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The Yen Revisited
Knowing my skills as a chartist are weak at best, I asked frequent contributor Harun I. to check my recent (Oct. 15) comments on the yen carry trade. Alas, I had the yen's movements exactly backwards. Here is the correct interpretation.
Please go to www.oftwominds.com/blog.html to view the charts.
Yes, I am an idiot, but it turns out there are two ways of charting the yen: a currency chart and a Forex chart, and I confused the two. Each is a mirror image of the other.
Now that we have that straightened out, we can see the Yen strengthened July - September, as we would expect as the dollar lost value. But then starting about October 1, the Yen started weakening along with the dollar.
In my view, this suggests central bank intervention to weaken the yen back to the 117 level, regardless of how low the dollar fell. Recently--just the last few days--this attempt to weaken the Yen in tandem with the dollar appears to have failed, as the yen has now risen back to the Carry Trade's profitability "line in the sand" around 115.
Why should you care what the Yen does? because if I'm right, then next week will be a blood-bath in the U.S. and global stock markets. The U.S. markets have roared up the past 7 weeks, invigorated by the Yen Carry Trade which got a new lease on life as the Yen weakened to 118.
But in the past two days it has reversed direction and started strengthening again to 115. Below 115, the carry trade is no longer a low-risk bet. As dollars leave the U.S. markets to be repatriated into Yen, the U.S. markets plummet. Of course there are many other knives embedded in the back of the U.S. Market Monster--renewed credit contraction, risk aversion, insanely overvalued tech stocks, weakening corporate profits, rising energy prices, rising inflation and a collapsing housing market, just to name a few.
On Monday (Oct. 15) I was seeking some correlations between the Yen and the Dollar and the U.S. stock market. I asked Harun for help, and he sent these charts. (The comments on the charts are mine.) Here is the Yen and Dollar:
And the Yen and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA):
Clearly, there is no one correlation which remains constant. Are there some correlations in certain time frames? It pays to be careful before reaching hard-and-fast conclusions. Here are Harun's comments:
"One thing that must be cautioned against is making conclusions from too little data. To investigate the media pundits claim of what is happening to the yen vs. the market (Dow Jones Industrial) we begin by visual inspection of a longer-term chart.
A cursory visual inspection of the Dow (red) and Yen (black) shows that from 1985-1995 the Yen and the Dow were in a bull market. It is worth noting that during this period and beyond, the Nikkei was in secular bear market. In 1995 the Yen peaked and then descended rapidly, bottoming in 1998. During this time the Dow remained in a bull market and the Nikkei was still in a secular bear trend.
Off the 1998 bottom the Yen rallied coincident with the Dow until 2000. At this time both peaked and began to decline however there are times when they were notably out of phase by 180 degrees (mid-2001 and early 2002). Both rallied again in 2003 into early 2005. Since then the Dow has rallied and the Yen has declined. (my emphasis added--CHS)
Even with this cursory analysis we can see that movement of the Yen at times is coincidental but not correlated to the US market. If one looks at the Yen price line one can see that it has been tracing out an ever-decreasing range of trading for the duration of this weekly chart. This formation means something and must be watched because breakouts of tight price formations at the primary and intermediate levels (long-term) usually lead to sustained long-term trends.
As for the Yen/Dollar relationship it must be understood that the Dollar has no futures contract. The USD Index is a geometrically weighted index of six currencies, with the Euro and the Yen having the greatest weight. Because of this weighting the Yen can and does move coincident with the USD. Most of the time the movement of the Yen is opposite USD and correlated.
A rising Yen line (black) indicates strengthening against the USD and vise versa. A rising USD (blue line) indicates a general strengthening against the indexes component currencies. With that said it should be noted that currencies carrying the least weight (Canadian Dollar, Swedish Krona) might have spectacular runs that have little affect on the USD Index.
The peak and troughs of the USD and Yen in 1995, 1998, 2000, and 2005 show opposite but not equal ends of the spectrum. Second quarter 2006 a decline in both can be seen. How does this happen? The other currency components of the USD Index, i.e., the British Pound, Canadian dollar, the Euro and Swiss franc have been acting rather bullishly. The decline of the Yen is the only thing standing in the way of a more pronounced decline of the USD. Carry trade or no, if all component currencies start rising the USD will decline.
A word about the carry trade: Much ado about something that is old hat. It is not the job of traders and investors to set economic policy. It is their job to take action to earn returns that increase or maintain purchasing power. Carry trades do not distort the market. The distortions seen today are the result of flawed economic policy. Investors and traders must exploit the foolishness of flawed government policy or be victimized by it.
Does the Japanese Central Bank intervene to protect Japan's economy? Of course, with the world's second largest economy being export based and most everything dollar denominated, they can and will intervene to keep their exports attractive.
Is it advisable in the long-term? Probably not; empirically, over the long-term such manipulations if not backed up by sound fundamentals lead to market corrections that become uncontrollable by any one entity. Power laws suggest that the less frequent an occurrence the more significant it is but that is another topic.
From an anecdotal perspective we can conclude that media pundits are falling prey to what is known as recency bias (weighing recent data more than earlier data) and belief in small numbers (drawing unjustified conclusions from too little data). The proper way to research this would be to run a correlation study.
This too, however, can be subjective. Do you do it on a one to one basis, which may not reveal trends well, or over an average time period? If we do it over an average period we would have to determine the length of the average that produced acceptable statistical relevance.
The media want us to believe in easy answers but there are none to be found."
Thank you, Harun, for your enlightening commentary. Even as I try to absorb Harun's analysis, I note the Yen has broken 115 as I write this Friday-- a line which I have noted (anecdotally, and yes, recently) seems to correlate with the U.S. stock markets dropping like proverbial stones.
If this is truly correlated, next week could be a real blood-bath in the U.S. (and global) stock markets.
I also asked Harun to comment on the Yen and Dollar's correlation to exports, i.e. Japanese exporting companies like Honda and Sony selling goods in the U.S. for dollars and then selling those dollars for yen. Harun made these observations about currencies, risks and hedges.
"Each exporter can decide how it will accept payment. If I want to be paid in yen the purchaser of my goods must sell their currency and buy yen. If I want to be paid in dollars then the importer has to come up with them and the exporter must convert those dollars into yen. Each has risks. For simplicity the exporter must protect against a decline in its domestic currency and an importer must protect against the strengthening of the foreign currency.
With that said, the BOJ doesn't want the yen to become too expensive or it will hurt the overall economy and even though it is frowned upon the BOJ does intervene to control the yen. This is short-term and at times as seen on the chart it fails.
Back to the risks.
If the Japanese exporter wants yen for his goods the risk is that the yen will weaken and therefore the exporter should short yen as a hedge. When we look at the COT data we see that Large traders are increasing net short positions and therefore Commercials are slightly net long suggesting that they are hedging against a rise or strengthening of the yen and simultaneously accumulating yen at lower prices.
Regardless of the complexity of these interactions we know that when these positions are lifted price will react. It is here we can use technical tools to gauge where support and resistance reside and place our bets.
To complete the circle, Banks and investors are looking to make money on interest. If you have a credit card with a 0% teaser rate it makes sense to use that card to purchase that plasma screen television than a 13% bank loan. So in that vein the carry trade makes perfect sense. It is simply good business to make money off the spread in the yield.
The market doesn't open the spigot, the Central Banks do. Their price control of money is what causes distortions. Leave the spigot open too long and a flood occurs. Leave it shut too long and there is a drought. Both are extremes and both are undesirable to the stability of an economy. As we have seen the market will turn off the spigot of liquidity when its interests are threatened.
Economic theory is both right and wrong. Price controls don't work, this is empirically proven. Human beings are not rational actors, this also is empirically proven. The economic tools the Fed uses (at least the ones released to the public) to gauge the economy have been hijacked and are no longer economic but political tools use to hold onto power. Of course this involves the requisite lying, cheating and stealing.
I would say that greater economic literacy would help but no amount of education will overcome greed. What is needed is a sense of responsibility to the generations that will follow but once again that also takes a back seat to profits.
The situation has become Darwinian, we either adapt (learn how to play the game and live ( maintain our standard of living and pass something on to the next generation) or we fail to adapt and perish (live in poverty). "
Thank you, Harun, for illuminating some of the dark corners of the currency /carry trade, and for addressing market correlations.
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On the eve of taking ownership of the former Highland Lake Golf Course, Flat Rock Village Council said Thursday that residents will have to wait until mid-December before they can walk the new park property.
On the eve of taking ownership of the former Highland Lake Golf Course, Flat Rock Village Council said Thursday that residents will have to wait until mid-December before they can walk the new park property.
Landowners Course Doctors Inc. will turn over possession of its 66-acre property to the village Friday, but Councilman Dave Bucher said several features need to be in place before the public can access the developing park site.
Council set Dec. 15 as a soft opening date for public access, to give Bucher and others time to install trash cans, benches, signs and a donated doggie waste station. Bucher said the village also needs to cap water and electric meters at two buildings that council plans to remove from the site.
"There's nothing wrong with saying the 15th and if we get it done earlier, we get it done earlier," Councilman Don Farr agreed.
On Nov. 1, council approved a preliminary master plan for the park, which eventually will feature three age-specific playgrounds, picnic tables, walking trails, boardwalks through wetland areas and an interpretative center.
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"I think it would be wise to have the ... new council have a retreat somewhere to talk about the park, and what we want to see and what we don't want to see," Weedman said. "To me, there's some controversial items."
Weedman said he thinks the current parking lot off Highland Golf Drive is sufficient, "but that keeps coming up as part of the initial phase (of development)." He also said council doesn't need to spend a lot of money on lighting for a dawn-to-dusk park. Councilmen then debated the merits of hard-surface trails versus soft-surfaced ones. Village Administrator Judy Boleman said "there are a hundred different little things that can be argued about," agreeing a workshop might be the best venue for working out those differences.
Mayor Bob Staton suggested that council appoint a three- to five-person park board or commission in December that will pick up where a park development advisory committee left off. Members could advise council on budgeting, operations, maintenance and the phasing of improvements, he said.
Council adopted a series of rules for park users Thursday, which ban motorized vehicles from trails and walking paths (excluding electric wheelchairs); prohibit skateboards, skates and rollerblades on park roads, walkways and parking lots; require dogs to be leashed at all times; and made "unlawful" any games such as football, soccer or baseball outside of approved areas.
During a public comment period, local businesswoman Eva Ritchie urged council to allocate more funding for the Flat Rock Playhouse. Last December, council gave the nonprofit theater company a "onetime, emergency donation" of $100,000 to pay down some of its debt.
Ritchie said a recent tour group she helped bring here from Virginia spent between $7,000 and $8,000 in the community because of the Playhouse. Noting that local government funding for the Playhouse has been cut by 90 percent this year, Ritchie asked council "to reconsider and give them what they're really due to help them, because they help me and they help us."
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Salvation Army bell ringers and red kettles are back
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Bell ringers and red kettles of the Salvation Army are back, and just in time for the holidays. They started yesterday and will continue for the next 38 days at 67 Publix, Winn Dixie, and Wal-Mart locations around the area trying to raise as much money as they can to fund programs that don't stop after the holidays.
"People forget sometimes, we are feeding people every night of the year, we house people every night, not just Thanksgiving Dinner or Christmas Dinner," Major Dean Hinson - NE FL Salvation Army Area Commander said.
Hundreds of volunteers will spend parts of each 10 hour day ringing away hoping spread the hope of the holiday season and bring in as much money as they can, all of it done with kind worda and a smile.
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The Salvation Army is still looking for people to volunteer during the Red Kettle Drive. If you'd like to help you can call the Salvation Army at 353-6303.
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Taking a cue from the Department of Labor, a bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill Wednesday that would allow workers in retirement plans to receive an annual statement of how their lump-sum savings translate into a lifetime stream of monthly income.
The Lifetime Income Disclosure Act was introduced by Sens. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., Christopher Murphy, D-Conn., Tim Scott, R-S.C., Bill Nelson, D-Fla. and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.
The companion bill, H.R. 2171, was previously introduced in the House by Reps. Rush Holt, D-N.J., Tom Petri, R-Wis., Ron Kind, D-Wis. and Dave Reichert, R-Wash.
In early May, DOL's Employee Benefits Security Administration announced that it was seeking public input on a proposed rule on lifetime income illustrations given to participants in defined contribution plans, such as 401(k) and 403(b) plans.
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Tree of Memories
The event, sponsored by Hospice & Palliative Care of Cape Cod, is in its 21st year. Ornamental scallop shells to honor loved ones adorn 16 holiday trees located at locations across Cape Cod. Shells may be reserved with a donation of any amount.
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… The Red Cross is teaming with Pitney Bowes for the 5th annual "Holiday Mail for Heroes" – through Dec. 9, the public can send holiday cards and thank yous to service men and women in the U.S. Armed Forces. They'll be screened and sorted by volunteers and delivered to locations around the world. All holiday greetings may be sent to Holiday Mail for Heroes, P.O. Box 5456, Capitol Heights, MD 20791-5456. … Honor your local heroes: The Annual Heroes Breakfast is scheduled for March 30 at the Resort & Conference Center in Hyannis. Nomination forms are available at cciredcross.org or uwcapecod.org, or at 508-775-1540 x 21. Deadline is Dec. 28. … For a complete list of classes or for more info or registration, visit www.cciredcross.org or call 508-775-1540.Rehabilitation Hospital offerings
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Cape Cod hosts Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous meetings every Sunday 9:30 to 11 a.m. … AA meets Saturdays, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. … A support group addressing issues of early onset Alzheimer's meets the fourth Monday of each month, 5 to 6:30 p.m. … A fibromyalgia support group meets the fourth Thursday of the month, 5 to 6:30 p.m. … The aphasia support group meets the first Wednesday of the month, 10-11:30 a.m. … The MS support group meets the third Sunday of the month, 1 to 3 p.m. … A stroke survivors support group meets the second Wednesday of the month, 1:30 to 3 p.m. … A mild brain injury and aneurysm support group meets the third Saturday of the month, 2 to 4 p.m. … Food Addicts in Recovery meets every Sunday, 9:30 to 11 a.m. … Parkinson's support group meets the fourth Wednesday of each month, 2 p.m. … Hearing screenings are held the second Wednesday of each month by appointment (508-833-4141). Driver rehabilitation program: Those whose driving ability has been compromised by illness, injury or normal aging may take part in the Driver Assessment Program being offered at Spaulding (508-833-4141).
Call 508-833-4008 for details on these and other programs. Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Cape Cod is located at 311 Service Road, East Sandwich.Lyme Disease support group
There's a Lyme disease support group that meets from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on the third Sunday of each month at Cape Cod Covenant Church in Brewster. For more information, phone Scott Caseau at 508-957-2535.Open Wide for free dental care
The Tri-County Collaborative for Oral Health Excellence has launched an Open Wide Preschool Dental Disease Prevention Program that will offer several preventive dental procedures at no cost, along with assistance in finding affordable dental care offices. More information on the program, call BL Hathaway at 508-255-0009. The local Tri-CCOHE office is located at 115 Enterprise Road, Hyannis.Caregiver support program
The Family Caregiver Support Program at Elder Services of Cape Cod & Islands provides training and assistance for family caregivers. To determine eligibility to receive services, call 508-394-4630.Dare to Be Alive
DTBA hosts an education and support group for individuals interested in organ donation, which will meet at 6 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month, at Cape Cod Hospital in the Cape Cod Five room. All are welcome. More information at 508-398-1260.New brain injury support group
The Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts has formed a new brain injury support group for survivors, caregivers and families. Meetings will be held on the third Wednesday of each month from 10 a.m. to noon at Mashpee Public Library, 64 Steeple St. More information at 1-888-607-7678 or at www.biama.org.Alzheimer's Caregiver Support
An Alzheimer's Community Caregivers Support Group will be held the third Thursday of each month from 3 to 5 p.m. at Harbor Point at Centerville, 22 Richardson Road, led by Tamara Peach, Harbor Point's program director. The meetings will provide an opportunity to learn more about the disease and offer tips on ways to cope. Free and open to the public. RSVP to 508-778-2311.Free health screenings
The Clinical Research Center of Cape Cod, 131 Attucks Lane, Hyannis, will hold free preventive health screenings for blood pressure and glucose on the second Thursday of each month, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information or an appointment, call 508-375-6360.Mental illness support group
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) of Cape Cod & the Islands offers support groups for families with a member who has a mental health situation or condition. The group meets the third Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the NAMI Cape Cod Office, 5 Mark Lane (off West Main St.), Hyannis; and the 1st Thursday of the month at 7 p.m., First Congregational Church, Main St., Chatham.
NAMI support groups for people with mental illnesses are held at Federated Church, Main St., Orleans (monthly, 2nd and last Saturday, 10-11:30 a.m.); NAMI Cape Cod (weekly on Thursday, 5:30 to 7 p.m.); and Gus Canty Recreation Center, 790 Main St., Falmouth (weekly on Thursday, 1:30 to 3 p.m).
For more information, call 508-778-4277 or visit www.nami.org/sites/capecod.Stretch your food budget
Community Action Committee of Cape Cod & Islands can assist those who may be having a hard time putting affordable and nutritious meals on the table during these hard times. All can apply for the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) – Call SNAP Outreach for more information or to set up an appointment: 508-771-1727 x 164.Grief support programs from Beacon Hospice
All groups are open to all and free of charge. Registration is required: call 508-778-1622 ext. 20.Individual and group grief support groups
The Grief Support and Referral Center of Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital provides individual and group counseling for needs surrounding grief, transition and loss. Current groups include "Spousal Loss Group," "Adult Parental Loss," "Young Widows," "Brown Bag Bereavement Lunch," "Transforming Grief Through the Mind/Body Connection" and "Adults Living Through Grief."
Most insurance is accepted and no one is turned away for inability to pay. The center's Hyannis office is at 765 Attucks Lane, and there are offices in Falmouth, Hyannis and Brewster. For information on all programs, call coordinator Ann Geagan at 508-957-0268.Organ transplant awareness group
Dare To Be Alive Foundation, Inc. holds support group meetings on the third Thursday of each month at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, at 6 p.m. The meeting is open to all interested individuals. Call 508-398-1260.Overcoming ostomy problems
The VNA of Cape Cod holds ongoing free ostomy clinics. The clinics will include a one-hour visit with a wound, ostomy and continence nurse. Clinics are held second and fourth Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to noon at VNA of Cape Cod, 434 Route 134 in South Dennis. For an appointment, call 508-957-7476.Mended Hearts meets at CCH
Members of the Mended Hearts group meet every third Thursday at 4 p.m. at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis to discuss heart disease and share experiences. Those with heart disease and members of their family are welcome. Contact Tim Crane at 508-896-2560 or club President Pat Boris at 508-896-5941 or go to www.capecodmendedhearts.com.VNA offerings
The Visiting Nurses Association, in conjunction with the Massachusetts chapter of the Arthritis Foundation, offers Young at Heart/PACE (People with Arthritis Can Exercise) at several Cape locations. A low-cost fee and a doctor's approval are required for participation. For more information on location or registration, or to observe a class, call 1-877-267-7700.Help for moms
The Center for Breastfeeding, 327 Quaker Meeting House Rd. in East Sandwich, offers classes for moms and children all year long. Free lactation counseling and pump and supplies use are also available.For class times and more information, call 508-888-8044. HIV/AIDS testing, counseling
The Cape Cod Free Clinic & Community Health Center offers free, confidential testing for HIV and AIDS at its Falmouth and Mashpee offices. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 508-477-7090.Independence House hosts support groups
Independence House in Hyannis sponsors a seeking safety support group at the office in Falmouth Hospital on Mondays at 5:30 p.m.; a children's empowerment group on Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. at the office in Hyannis; and a self-esteem focus group on Thursdays at the Hyannis office at 5:30 p.m. Call 508-771-6507.Cancer support in Mashpee
Cape Cod Healthcare offers a Living With Cancer education support group that meets Tuesdays at the Mashpee Health Center, 5 Industrial Rd. Call 508-539-6215.Alzheimer's services at county
The Barnstable County Alzheimer's Collaborative offers a program called Safe Return for those with Alzheimer's disease and their families. Call 508-375-6043 for information or to register a loved one.
Cape Cod Healthcare provides options for behavioral health, physical rehabilitation
The Kids and Teens Behavioral Health Assessment Center, 460 West Main St. in Hyannis, provides families with behavioral health assessments and treatment plans, as well as referrals and information about behavioral health services. Call 508-790-5903.Send us your news
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Colleagues, since last Friday you've likely received a number of emails from advocates regarding the trails in the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve. As you know, the City and Travis County partner on oversight and administration of the permit we collectively were granted from the US Department of Interior, Fish & Wildlife Service. Periodically portions of the management plan are open for updates; that's what is happening at this time. I asked the staff team managing the Preserve to provide procedural background to share with Mayor and Council for your information and which you can also use to respond to your constituents who may have contacted you. Here's the general information with relevant deadlines for public input:
BCCP staff are currently compiling written comments on this plan through the link below. If you have not done so already, please submit your comments through this channel to ensure that staff will receive them. Comments through this survey will be accepted until November 19, 2017, at 11:45pm. · https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NM92Q55
The purpose of the Public Access chapter revision is to consolidate guidance from the BCCP Permit, Final Environmental Impact Statement and Habitat Conservation Plan, and the Trail Master Plan which applies to City of Austin properties. This document does not recommend changes to the currently approved public access uses in parks that are co-managed by City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department (PARD) and BCP.
Public comments will be compiled and presented to the BCCP Coordinating Committee at their December 1, 2017, meeting.
Following the December 1, 2017, Coordinating Committee meeting, BCCP staff will revise the Public Access chapter taking into account public comments and Coordinating Committee direction.
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Is author Daniel H. Wilson on his way to becoming Hollywood's next Philip K Dick? First his unpublished robot uprising novel Robopocalpyse gets picked up by Steven Spielberg. And now Wilson's latest work, Amped has been scooped up by the Dark City director Alex Proyas.
THR is reporting that Proyas is attached to direct Amped his latest cyborg thriller. The book is heavily involved with nanotech-enhanced people who are embroiled in a lifelong battle with regular non-cyber punked humans. You can actually tead the first three chapters of Amped here.
Amped THE MOVIE already has a release date too, April 25, 2014.


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Exclusive Author's Photo as Scene from the Novel; preview of the upcoming "Hell" by Robert Olen Butler
As mentioned in my review of "Severance: Stories", Robert Olen Butler's upcoming novel "Hell" became a highly awaited September release for me and a review of it will be forthcoming here around the publication date.
Mr. Butler was very kind to send me some extra material, including an author's photo that actually represents a scene from the novel.
As a limited preview I include two lines from the first page of the novel, lines that would always make me get and read such a book asap:
"...it's the Evening News from Hell. And now here's your anchorman, looking a little fragile himself, Hatcher McCord." The voice of Beelzebub, Satan's own station manager, mellifluously fills...."
"Later, in our ongoing series of interviews, 'Why Do You Think You're Here?', we speak to the Reverend Jerry Falwell and to George Clemens, inventor of the electric hand dryer for public restrooms." "
"...it's the Evening News from Hell. And now here's your anchorman, looking a little fragile himself, Hatcher McCord." The voice of Beelzebub, Satan's own station manager, mellifluously fills...."
"Later, in our ongoing series of interviews, 'Why Do You Think You're Here?', we speak to the Reverend Jerry Falwell and to George Clemens, inventor of the electric hand dryer for public restrooms." "
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Hi Liviu
Yeah these lines really make me want to rread the book " 'Why Do You Think You're Here?', we speak to the Reverend Jerry Falwell"
This looks like a fun book.
- May 27, 2009 at 2:24 PM
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emotiv necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 30 diseños de 3 diseñadores freelance.
Emotiv; http://www.emotiv.com
Emotiv is a neuroengineering company that has developed a breakthrough interface technology for digital media taking inputs directly from the brain. Emotiv's vision is to revolutionize human-computer input in the same way the graphic user interface did 20 years ago. Emotiv is a recognized world leader and pioneer in this field of brain computer interface technology.
Emotiv is the maker of the EPOC headset and related software. EPOC is a brain-to-computer interface device for the PC. The company additionally sells an SDK that allows developers and researchers to create innovative applications for this revolutionary device.
Target Audience:
1. Early adopter consumers
See more information at: http://www.emotiv.com/apps/epoc/299/
2. Developers
Depending on whether you are an independent developer (individuals, companies or incorporated entities that had a turnover less than US$100,000 in their last fiscal year), educational institute or a commercial enterprise, we offer the opportunity for you to work with our APIs and detection libraries to create applications that can be controlled by your mind.
The Emotiv Software Development Kit includes a high resolution, neuro-signal acquisition and processing wireless neuroheadset and our proprietary software toolkit that exposes our APIs and detection libraries. It includes EmotivControlPanel.exe, EmotivComposer.exe, EmoKey.exe, header files and import libraries, and sample code. The EmoComposer & EmoKey is a hardware emulator that will enable you to commence immediate development for the headset. The SDK provides an effective development environment that integrates well with new and existing frameworks.
See more information at: http://www.emotiv.com/apps/sdk/179/
3. Researchers (EEG researchers)
See more information at: http://www.emotiv.com/apps/sdk/209/
The new Emotiv website will replace the existing site (http://www.emotiv.com) to refresh the site's look. The new site will serve: fans, consumers, developers and researchers. In addition to featuring the EPOC product to drive online sales, the site will host an application store (downloadable products submitted by developers and researchers), user support via live chat, a trouble ticket system, user discussion forums, and corporate information.
The site has to have a clean modern look. Color scheme should consist of a white or light grey gradient background and colors that match the style of the EPOC product (orange logo and highlights, flat black, grey, white).
Logo Usage: Only the symbol will be used in the website masthead. The full logo (including "Emotiv") will be featured on the home page central display area - which will feature the EPOC product.
Below is a list of some sites that poses elements of the desired design style:
http://www.apple.com, http://www.bang-olufsen.com, http://www.steamcommunity.com, http://www.sonystyle.com, http://www.goldvish.com, http://www.unity3d.com http://www.digitalmash.com (clean, panoramic appearance, "wet" look) http://www.us.playstation.com (layout of featured games, pre-orders, e-commerce system)
1. Home page: http://www.emotiv.com
2. Store page for headset, applications & SDK: http://www.emotiv.com/apps/epoc/299/
3. Category page:
For headsets: http://www.emotiv.com/apps/epoc/299/
For applications: http://www.emotiv.com/apps/index.php
For SDK: http://www.emotiv.com/apps/sdkhome.php
4. Product detail page: http://www.emotiv.com/apps/sdk/179/
5. Information page: http://www.emotiv.com/corporate/policy.php
6. Account profile page
We require each of these pages to be provided in PSD format please.
Clean look, focuses on product and applications, simple navigation.
Below is a list of some sites that poses elements of the desired design style:
http://www.apple.com, http://www.gatesfoundation.org, http://www.rawnet.com, http://www.bang-olufsen.com, http://www.steamcommunity.com, http://www.sonystyle.com, http://www.goldvish.com, http://www.unity3d.com http://www.digitalmash.com (clean, panoramic appearance, "wet" look) http://www.us.playstation.com (layout of featured games, pre-orders, e-commerce system)


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Industrial Athlete: Getting Heart Patients Back To Work
More than half a million heart surgeries are performed each year in the U.S. For many, cardiac rehab is helpful. However, it's not enough to get them back to work. Now, there's a different type of therapy. It's rehab for the real world.
It looks like scuba instructor Dennis Maurer is gearing up for a dive, but this is rehab for the 60-year-old who recently had two heart surgeries.
"There was about an 80 percent blockage, in one of the arteries," Maurer told Ivanhoe.
Instead of standard rehab, Maurer chose industrial athlete. A rigorous program designed to help heart patients get back to their physically-demanding jobs.
"Basically, we're trying to make the exercise prescription as close to real life as possible," Tim Bilbrey, Cardiac Rehab Manager, Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital in Dallas, Return to Work Lab, told Ivanhoe.
They carry hoses up stairs, swing sledge hammers, shovel rocks, and even practice hitting dummies.
Firefighters, police officers, athletes, farmers, and auto workers regain the strength they need by doing activities they do in their jobs.
"We believe that we need to see them at the level they are going to perform at their job or their sport," Jenny Adams, PhD, Senior Research Associate, Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital in Dallas, Return to Work Lab, told Ivanhoe.
A recent study found attending rehabilitation is associated with a 46 percent lower risk of death, but a recent study found only 14 percent of heart attack patients use rehab.
Researcher Jenny Adams says one of the problems is traditional rehab isn't personalized.
"We have a 90-year-old woman in here. In the old days, we would give her the same prescription that we would give a 30-year-old firefighter, and we just want to stop that," Dr. Adams said.
Every patient gets a different workout.
"After three months of working out and on rehab and after the surgery, I can walk on the treadmill. I can go up ladders. I can carry weights," Maurer said.
Standard cardiac rehab is very conservative. Patients ride stationary bikes, walk on treadmills, and lift very light weights. Adams believes the program at Baylor Hospital is the only one of its kind in the nation. It recently won the innovation award from the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation.
BACKGROUND: Heart surgery is done to correct problems with the heart. More than half a million heart surgeries are performed every year in the United States. Heart surgery is used for both children and adults. The most common type of heart surgery for adults is coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). During CABG, a healthy artery or vein from the body is connected to a blocked coronary artery. The grafted artery or vein bypasses the blocked portion of the artery. This creates a new path for oxygen-rich blood to flow to the heart muscle. It can relieve chest pain and may lower heart attack risk. Doctors also use heart surgery to replace or repair heart valves, which control blood flow through the heart, replace a damaged heart with a healthy heart from a donor, implant medical devices that help control the heartbeat or support heart function and blood flow, and repair abnormal or damaged structures in the heart. The results of heart surgery in adults are often excellent. It can reduce symptoms, improve quality of life, and improve the chances of survival. (Source: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/hs/)
CARDIAC REHAB: Cardiac rehabilitation (cardiac rehab) is a program designed to help people recover from heart attacks, heart surgery, and percutaneous coronary intervention like stenting and angioplasty. Cardiac rehab programs usually provide education and counseling services to help heart patients increase physical fitness, reduce cardiac symptoms, improve health and reduce the risk of future heart problems, like heart attack. The physical program is tailored to an individual's needs. Training often starts in a group setting where the heart rate and blood pressure are monitored during physical activity. Patients may work with a physical therapist, exercise physiologist or other healthcare professional. Then, patients may work up to more intense aerobic activity on a treadmill or exercise bike. (Source: http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/More/CardiacRehab/What-is-Cardiac-Rehabilitation_UCM_307049_Article.jsp
INDUSTRIAL ATHLETES: A recent study found that rehabilitation is associated with a 46 percent lower risk of death. However, another study found that only 14 percent of heart attack patients used rehab. Some researchers believe that one of the problems is that traditional rehab is not personalized. Industrial Athletes is part of the cardiac rehab program at Baylor Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital. Industrial athletes are firefighters, police officers, fed-ex drivers, and warehouse workers—people who depend on physical fitness and strength to do their job. When these people have heart attacks, they need more intense therapy to get back to work. Usually cardiac rehab is very conservative. Patients ride a stationary bike for 20 minutes, walk on a treadmill for 20 or 30 minutes, and lift hand weights. A young firefighter is given the same therapy regime as a 90-year-old woman. The Industrial Athlete program has a variety of equipment that allows the cardiac rehabilitation team to tailor a program to meet individual patient goals. The equipment includes training dummies, boxing gloves, fire hoses, and more. Also, during workouts, clinicians monitor heart rate, blood pressure, sweating and shortness of breath. (Source: https://www.baylorhearthospital.com/Cardiac-Rehabilitation.html)
* For More Information, Contact:
Jenny Adams, PhD
Senior Research Associate
Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital in Dallas
Return to Work Lab
(214) 820-1395
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Here are the is the handout with hyperlinks for the "Virtual Genealogy Education" lecture I gave at the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy.
Factors to consider when choosing genealogy education programs:
· Your educational needs – individual topics or comprehensive courses
· Your time and availability – access online programs from home
· Quality of the program and reputation of instructors
Education Strategies
· Learn about the Records
· Learn about a Locality
· Learn Techniques and Methodology
"Virtual" or Online Educational Options
There are many educational opportunities available online and accessible from your home. These include webinars, recorded presentations, tutorials, classes, courses, and certificate programs. Note: All of the websites listed in this handout are also posted on my blog (address above) if you would rather click on the URLs than type them into your browser.
These live seminars held on the internet and generally last 60 to 90 minutes. You download free software and log in at the appointed time to hear the presentation and see the slides. These webinars are hosted by a variety of organizations and many are free, but some have a charge. Some of the webinars are archived and available to view later.
GeneaWebinars Blog – contains information on a variety of webinars including a master calendar of upcoming events (click on the "calendar" tab) http://blog.geneawebinars.com/
Genealogy software companies hosting webinars:
Legacy Family Tree
Genealogy societies hosting webinars or virtual meetings:
Southern California Genealogy Society – Jamboree Extension Series
Friends of the National Archives-Southeast Region
Utah Genealogical Association -- Virtual Chapter Meetings
Illinois State Genealogical Society - New series of educational webinars.
Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania -
Commercial Companies hosting webinars:
Ancestry – Live and archived webinars
FamilyTree University – Webinars for $49.95
Online Presentations
FamilySearch research courses and recorded lectures – over 300 available!
Favorites: "Inferential Genealogy" by Thomas W. Jones, "U.S. Courthouse Research" by Christine Rose, the handwriting series, and research principles topics.
New England Historic Genealogical Society – recorded presentations
National Archives - Know Your Records Programs
National Archives - Know Your Records Programs
Online Tutorials
Census http://census.byu.edu/
Scottish Handwriting http://www.scottishhandwriting.com/
English Handwriting http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/ceres/ehoc/
Immigrant Ancestors Project Script Tutorial http://script.byu.edu
Study Groups
These study groups are similar to Special Interest Groups (SIGs) hosted by some genealogy societies and can be organized to study any genealogy topic. Some are formal like the ProGen Study Group, and others are more casual study groups.
ProGen Study Group – for aspiring professional genealogists
NGSQ Study Group – studying articles from the NGS Quarterly
Email Sheri Fenley for information email@example.com
Writer's Group – reviewing the writing of group members
Formal Classes and Courses
National Genealogical Society Online Courses
Seven courses available including Family History Skills; Special Federal Census Schedules; Transcribing, Extracting and Abstracting Records; Working with Deeds; Religious Records; Social Security Sleuthing; and Civil War Research.
FamilyTree University – Online courses and virtual conference
Family Tree University is an online education program from the publishers of Family Tree Magazine. Courses are generally four weeks for $99 with new classes beginning monthly.
Pharos Tutors (Based in the UK) – Online courses in British records
These courses include advanced topics in English, Welsh, Irish and Scottish research
and can be taken individually or toward a certificate program.
National Institute for Genealogical Studies – Online courses and certificate program
Courses can be taken individually, in packages, or by certificate program. Certificates available in American, Australian, Canadian, English, German, Irish or Scottish records as well as Librarianship and General Methodology.
Boston University Center for Professional Education
Certificate in Genealogical Research – This fifteen week non-credit course is taught by excellent instructors who give feedback on the students' work. The modules include: research foundations, problem solving techniques, technology, evidence evaluation and documentation, forensic genealogy, and professional Genealogy. http://genealogyonline.bu.edu


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Scientific area
Direct numerical simulation of turbulent flows.
Short description
A relevant fraction of the energy spent in transportation is lost in a thin layer where the surrounding fluid contacts the surface of the vehicle, called boundary layer. That thin layer, where the fluid is in a turbulent state, is still not fully understood. Describing the structure of the turbulent wall bounded flows, particularly boundary layers, but also pipes and other internal flows, is essential to improve the turbulence models and sub-grid approximation for large-eddy simulations, that are a key ingredient in most industrial CFD applications.
OpenTBL is a fast, highly scalable, and memory efficient code that uses a high resolution numerical scheme to simulate a turbulent boundary layer with a range of possible configurations. This code has provided the largest simulation of a zero-pressure-gradient boundary layer, that is publicly available to researchers and engineers.
- 458,752 cores (1,835,008 compute threads) on BlueGene/Q (JUQUEEN)
- 32,768 cores on BlueGene/P
- 8,192 cores on Cray XC-6
- 4,096 cores on x86-64
Programming language and model
- Fortran 2003
- Hybrid parallelism (MPI + OpenMP)
- I/O in parallel HDF5
Tested on platforms
- BlueGene/Q
- BlueGene/P
- Cray XC-6
- x86-64
Application developers and contributors
- Javier Jiménez
- Juan A. Sillero
- Guillem Borrell
- Mark P. Simens (Previous version)
- Siwei Dong (Tests in JUQUEEN)
Javier Jiménez
ETSI Aeronáutico
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
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Planners Give Thumbs Down to Closed Center Street
Planning commissioners sailed through two sections of the downtown plan last week, in the process diluting a call for a Center Street pedestrian plaza.
The notion of creating a pedestrian plaza on Center Street had proved controversial since it first emerged as a public issue five years ago during discussions by a city task force of options for the so-called UC Hotel project.
UC Berkeley wants a hotel and conference center downtown to accommodate guests at meetings and public events, and had picked a site at the northeast corner of Shattuck Avenue and Center Street.
Planning commissioners picked a citizen task force to come up with proposals, and the first recommendation in the group's final 13-page report was "Create a public pedestrian-oriented open space or Plaza on Center Street between Shattuck Avenue and Oxford Street."
The proposal called for closing the street to through traffic.
When the City Council named the Downtown Area Plan Advisory Committee (DAPAC) to create a new downtown plan to accommodate UC Berkeley's desire to build 850,000 square feet of new off-campus construction in the city center, the committee came up with essentially the same recommendation.
The key difference between the two was DAPAC's decision to allow some access for deliveries and after-hours traffic. The two groups also differed on what to do with Strawberry Creek, with the task force calling for a full open channel with landscaping and DAPAC settling for a vaguely defined "water feature."
Through both public processes, the Downtown Berkeley Association fought closure of the street, maintaining that the plan would adversely affect restaurants and merchants along the street's southern side.
When DBA President Mark McLeod and Deborah Badhia, the organization's executive director, brought their arguments to planning commissioners, they found a noticeably friendlier audience.
Planning commissioners have been steadily chipping away at the DAPAC plan, diluting many of the plan's "greenest" elements on the grounds they would make it too hard for developers to build new housing.
Driving the plan is a combination of Berkeley political realities, "smart growth" policies of developers and the dictates of the Association of the Bay Area Governments (ABAG), which tells local governments how many new housing units they must allow in their jurisdictions.
Berkeley Planning and Development Director Dan Marks told DAPAC that the city wants to concentrate growth downtown because of political resistance to larger buildings in other neighborhoods.
DBA worries
"We remain opposed to the closure of Center Street," Badhia said, urging the commission to add language saying the action "should be considered rather than mandated."
She said the DAPAC plan for the plaza amounted to "a harsh experiment" because it proposed reconsidering the traffic closure only "if the businesses failed."
"We're generally happy with the way it's going," she said of the planning commission's rewrites, but she urged commissioners to include discussions with downtown businesses before making final decisions about the shape of the city center.
"Whatever is planned for Center Street should be considered in the context of the entire plan," she said, including impacts on traffic on surrounding streets.
She said a privately funded design project for Center Street, which has brought in UC Berkeley landscape architectural instructor Walter Hood, was aimed at meeting the needs of "a private client with an agenda," Ecocity Builders.
McLeod said DBA members were especially concerned about plans for the area near downtown's BART Plaza, and with winning improved streetlights through the city center. Existing lighting, he said, "doesn't make a lot of people feel comfortable walking around the area at night."
Commission chair James Samuels said Hood's planning was almost complete, and he had asked his sponsors to make a presentation to the commission at an upcoming meeting.
But whatever plan Hood completes "is being developed by a non-profit and it is in no way associated with the city," said Matt Taecker, the planner hired with city and university funds to steer the planning process.
His designs are available online at www.ecocitybuilders.org/center.html
Badhia said DBA also opposed DAPAC's call to build affordable housing at the city's Berkeley Way parking lot if it would result in the loss of public parking spaces at the site, adding that adding all the plan's elements together would result in a loss of downtown parking spaces. "It makes for a big squeeze," she said.
Two actions
When it came time for commissioners to tell Marks and Taecker what they wanted, it was commissioner and architect James Novosel who made the first suggestion: drop the word closure, but create a space that would allow concerts, festivals and other public events, while allowing "limited auto access" for businesses.
Then Harry Pollack suggested dropping the "limited" as the price for his support.
"Take the word out," said Novosel. "It doesn't matter to me."
"I can live with that," said Pollack.
"So there's no discussion of closing Center Street any more?" asked Victoria Eisen, one of the commission's two newest members. While she supporting bringing merchants in on the discussion, Eisen said, "to do away with the idea of closing the street altogether feels like a lost opportunity."
As for the Walter Hood project, "It's not going to happen," said Novosel.
"I just don't understand how we can create a Center Street plaza that allows for auto access," Eisen said.
"Take the word out," said commissioner David Stoloff. "It implies something we're not doing here."
But a majority of his colleagues liked the word, so Stoloff said, "I take it all back. I'm going to go with the flow."
And with that, the name was back, but the idea of a plaza closed to traffic was gone.
Commissioners whipped through two plan chapters, "Access" plus "Streets and Open Space," as Marks stood before them, fielding questions and making clear that it was past time for detailed comments and grammatical fixes.
Marina ferry option
In their press to finish with the plan in a few weeks in order to give the City Council time to make its own fixes and then pass a final version in May, commissioners also rejected a plea to meet with Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) officials later this month.
WETA is pushing the city to name a preferred site of a new transbay ferry terminal at the Berkeley Marina.
If a local site isn't finalized by the end of the year, Marks said, the project automatically moves to Richmond. The two Marina sites the board picked would have major impacts on the waterfront, Marks noted in a letter to WETA officials, written after discussions with city commissioners.


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1st printing. Collects Formic Wars Silent Strike (2011)#1-5. Written by Orson Scott Card, and Aaron Johnston. Art by Giancarlo Caracuzzo. Cover by Guiseppe Camuncoli. With 44 million people killed by the toxic gas the alien Formics unleashed in China, the only hope of a counter-agent lies with Mazer Rackham and the Mobile Operations Police safely retrieving a sample. Meanwhile, young asteroid miner Victor Delgado has snuck aboard the Formic mothership in hopes of taking it down alone - and boy is he is for a big disappointment. Meanwhile, Captain O'Toole and his unit take on the Formic Death Squads, but the humans are outnumbered a hundred to one! Besieged on all sides, the Formics fight to the bitter end - but as the Hegemon of Earth is revealed, is it truly the end after all? Hardcover, 128 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.


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Doctor Horrible was spotted at this weekend's rally in DC announcing his credentials via sign. But whose side is he on: Jon Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity or Stephen Colbert's March to Keep Fear Alive? Updated with more scifi-themed signs!
Dr. Horrible via Maurissa Tancharoen.
Update: Reader Mary R. just sent in tons more scifi-themed posters and outfits from the rally. Thanks, Mary!


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IBM developerWorks published new article for Intermediate Linux/UNIX users. Explore the vast terrain of the UNIX file system with the find command. One of the most powerful and useful commands in the UNIX programmer's repertoire is find. All flavors of UNIX have file systems that can contain thousands of files of many different types. With so many choices, locating a specific file, or set of files, can be difficult. The find command makes this task easier in many ways.
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Go Coastal and Get Hooked!
By Amy Lignor
Trends arise in every industry. When it comes to the niche of jewelry, however, 2018 has seen a huge rise in the popularity and sales in the nautical category. For ladies who wish to add something to that perfect outfit – from tanning on the beach to elegant evenings out – jewelry that focuses on the concept of water creatures, nautical/naval items, and fantastical marine life is the choice they're making.
But it doesn't stop there. For men, from the first time they went fishing with Dad to the excitement felt when their first "trophy" fish was caught, the nautical jewelry captures those days and keeps those wonderful memories alive.
Gone Coastal Jewelry has been one of the popular places to go when searching for jewelry of this nature. Their concepts are unique, they bring a whole new passion to "Living the Salt Life," and they offer great gift ideas for the up-and-coming holiday season.
Just by going to www.gonecoastaljewelry.com people can explore the infinite designs and stunning collections created in gold, sterling silver, and the beauty of all-natural stones. Catering to those who love spending time on the water, their large selection includes everything from pendants to bracelets, rings, necklaces and more. Designs range from anchors to sand dollars; sharks to seahorses and the high quality of all is guaranteed. If looking for something "special," signature pieces are also available that are perfect as a gift for you or someone you love.
With many categories to choose from, it's impossible to praise them all. But to give you just a peek… For men, the sterling silver and multi-color enamel Tailing Redfish pendant is an absolute stunner and created upon request. In addition, the sterling silver Shackle Mariner's Link bracelet (66.8-gram weights approximate) is one that can be passed down to the next nautical lover in the family.
For the women looking for true eye-catchers, they can view a vast amount of jewels including, the Blue Topaz/Chalcedony/Pearl earrings which combine the bluest topaz, blue chalcedony, and mother of pearl drops on sterling silver French wires. They will also love the sterling silver and multi-color enamel Curled Tail Mermaid earrings, as well as the sterling silver polished Turtle Anklet.
Another wonderful thing to know is that by shopping this site, proceeds for various pieces go directly to helping those who strive to keep marine life and locations alive and well. For example, if purchasing the White Tail pendant, your money goes to the Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network dedicated to the conservation of marine mammals. If the Sea Turtle pendant is your choice, you immediately support Turtle Island Restoration Network. So not only do you receive the perfect piece, but you can also be proud of helping various groups restore our oceans, and preserve rivers and streams.
This company makes it easy to see why when you go coastal, you definitely get hooked!
To learn more, head to www.gonecoastaljewelry.com and start your own beautiful marine collection today.
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Tissue paper flowers are a classic childhood craft.
We made our own flowers for C's recent Fairy Garden-themed birthday party with supplies we had in the house: coffee filters and cupcake liners.
This colorful Spring craft would be perfect for Cinco de Mayo, Mother's Day,
a Birthday Party, or Baby Shower celebration.
They are so simple to make that preschoolers can make them
but have enough wow factor that tweens can enjoy the project as well!
To make the coffee filter flowers, we started by coloring simple white coffee filters with water soluble markers.
We used Crayola brand chunky markers and picked color combinations that we thought would blend nicely together like pinks and oranges or blues and purples.
The girls even added Dot-a-Dot marker accents to add some richer colors and shimmer.
We layered the coffee filters on top of newspapers then sprayed them with water from a little spray bottle.
This is the same technique we use when we make our colorful coffee filter fall leaves.
They reminded me of Dale Chihuly's beautiful glass flowers.
To help shape the flowers (and speed up the drying process),
we stacked little clumps of them on top of the Dot-a-Dot markers on the art studio table.
The next day, after they dried, we started to assemble the flowers.
To make them more flower-like, we trimmed some of the coffee filter edges into scallops,points, and petal shapes.
We layered the centers of the dried coffee filter flowers with cupcake liners and added some green paper leaves.
Layering colors added interest and made the colors pop.
A staple in the middle of the whole thing held it all together. Simple and beautiful.
The coffee filter flowers were so pretty along the stairwell wall for C's fairy birthday party.
We attached them with simple loops of tape.
After the party, I brought the flowers to school for C's teacher to use as classroom decor or on a spring bulletin board. I think these would be a lovely decoration for a Baby Shower or Mother's Day tea, brunch or party!
Happy Spring Flower Making!
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Rams Fall in Championship Game
St. Joseph's College - 1, Farmingdale State - 0
Farmingdale, N.Y. – The Farmingdale State men's soccer team fell 1-0 in the Skyline Conference Championship game this afternoon in Farmingdale, N.Y.
After Farmingdale had two goals waved off due to offside calls, freshman Greg Apicella scored on a breakaway off a rebound of a shot for St. Joseph's. The Rams took 16 shots in the game, nine of which were on goal but they were unable to score.
Junior goalkeeper Patrick Gubbins had three saves in the defeat for the Rams, while junior goalkeeper Mike Dougherty made nine saves in the victory for the Golden Eagles.
St. Joseph's College now receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III National tournament, a first for their men's soccer program. Farmingdale will await word to see if they receive a bid to the ECAC tournament beginning next week.


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Bloomington Minn. police
Booking photo of Andrew Engeldinger in 1997.
Updated at 4:45 p.m. ET: The man who shot and killed four others then himself at a sign-making business in Minneapolis on Thursday has been identified as Andrew J. Engeldinger, 36, an employee who had lost his job earlier in the day, the StarTribune reported Friday.
"It was a case he was terminated that day, he did come back about 4:25 to that location, parked his car and walked in the loading dock area and immediately started shooting people at that location," Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan said Friday afternoon.
Dolan said Engeldinger was found dead in the basement of Accent Signage Systems with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun and a single bullet casing, KARE television reported.
Asked if Engeldinger chose his victims, the chief said: "It's clear he did walk by some people, he did walk by people to get to certain other members of the business."
Dolan said Engeldinger's weapon was a Glock 9 mm, a semi-automatic handgun. He said police found packaging for 10,000 rounds of ammunition during a search of Engeldinger's home.
Barry Lawrence, a former employee who told the Tribune that he had trained Engeldinger as an engraver in 1998 or 1999, described him as "real intelligent, caught on fast."
"He seemed conscientious," said Lawrence. "He was conscious about saving money. He was always worried about his 401(k) plan. When the stock market went down, he was concerned about losing money. I said, 'Just forget about it, Andy, don't even look at if it upsets you.'"
Engeldinger's parents on Friday released a statement saying that Andrew struggled with mental illness for years and had lost contact with the family, KARE reported. "This is not an excuse for his actions, but sadly, may be a partial explanation," said the statement read by Carolyn and Chuck Engeldinger. They also expressed condolences to the families of those killed and wounded.
Updated at 8:02 a.m. ET: A gunman killed four people inside a Minneapolis sign-making business before turning the weapon on himself, authorities said early Friday.
The victims' bodies were found shortly after officers arrived at Accent Signage Systems Inc., located in a residential area in the city's north side, after receiving a 911 call Thursday afternoon, according to police spokesman Sgt. Stephen McCarty.
"When officers arrived and entered the business to assist with the evacuation of employees, give aid to the victims and to search for the suspect, they found four victims dead from apparent gunshot wounds," McCarty said in a statement.
Four other people were wounded, including three critically. McCarty declined to identify those killed or wounded, and said he did not know what connection the shooter may have had with the business, if any.
'Kind of odd'
Minneapolis Police Deputy Chief Kris Arneson said officers never fired at the shooter. She didn't release other details — including the shooter's possible motive.
Neighbor Heather Buckingham, who told NBC station KARE 11 that she formerly worked for Accent Signage Systems as a receptionist, said the gunman was an employee of the firm who had been laid off on Thursday.
As police search for a motive in a deadly Minnesota workplace shooting, witnesses say the gunman may have been fired from his job at a small signage company earlier in the day. Four people and the gunman were killed, and four others were injured. NBC's Kevin Tibbles reports.
Police continue to investigate a shooting in Minneapolis that left "several" dead and four injured. KARE's Jay Olstad reports.
"The one that was doing the shooting was quiet, kept to himself," she told KARE 11. "Kind of odd."
Someone from inside the building called 911 around 4:30 p.m. to report the shootings, police said. The first officers on the scene quickly began evacuating people from the business and closed off several blocks.
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Marques Jones, 18, of Minneapolis, said he was outside a building down the street having his high school senior pictures taken when he and his photographer heard gunfire that sounded close.
"We heard about four to five gunshots," Jones said. "We were shocked at what happened and we just looked at each other. We all just took off running to our vehicles."
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A police officer stands at the entrance of Accent Signage Systems in Minneapolis on Thursday.
'Watched his boss get shot'
Local resident Barb Gasterland told KARE 11 that an employee of Accent Signage Systems came to her home looking for help.
"He was visibly fearful," she said. "He came running up the side of the road and asked for the phone because he was running from the shooter."
Gasterland said the man described the details of the shooting while hiding in her house for about 30 minutes.
"He had watched his boss get shot and his best friend and two other people," she told KARE 11. "He could tell one person was dead at least."
Minneapolis Mayor R. T. Rybak described the incident as a "horrible tragedy."
John Autey / St. Paul Pioneer Press via AP
Officers with the Minnesota State Patrol man the Penn Avenue bridge over Bassett's Creek near the scene of a shooting in Minneapolis on Thursday.
In a statement, Governor Mark Dayton said: "I deplore this senseless violence. There is no place for it anywhere in Minnesota. I extend my deepest condolences to the families and friends of the innocent people killed or wounded."
Local business publication Finance & Commerce reported that U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce Francisco Sanchez visited Accent Signage Systems in August in a trip focused on exporting, and praised the company for its innovation.
Accent Signage Systems Incorporated specializes in interior signs that help the visually impaired.
The company holds a patent for technology that imprints Braille on things like hotel room numbers and restroom signs.
Companies in 38 countries use Accent's technology.
According to the company's Facebook page, Accent started as a part-time engraving business out of company president Reuven Rahamim's basement in 1984. It has grown significantly.
Accent now employs about 30 people and earns $5 to $10 million each year.
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
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XMP3 Review – The Best Satellite Radio Ever Made
Sirius XM Radio's XMP3 radio is the latest in wearable devices for satellite radio. Featuring a small compact size, and an easy to use interface, the XMP3 brings music to your ears. At only 2 inches x 3.6 inches by .6 inches, and weighing in at only 3.1 ounces, the XMP3 will fit where you want it while delivering all of the content satellite radio has to offer.
The XMP3 arrived from TSS-Radio, and the only disappointment I have experienced so far is the knowledge that I will only have this hot little unit in my hands for a short period of time.
Upon arrival, I wanted to try the device out quickly. Fully charged and ready to go, I turned on the XMP3 and jumped right in. A good electronics device is intuitive enough that the end user does not have to go crazy trying to figure out how to use it. The XMP3's simplicity of operation makes it a winner right off the bat. The unit features an easy to use navigation wheel that will be familiar to iPod and Stiletto users. A row of four buttons under the screen get you to any function you need, and the scroll wheel lets you navigate all pop-up and drop-down menus with ease.
Sirius XM Radio made several improvements over previous devices that go beyond size. A better color screen with higher resolution are obvious upgrades, but it is perhaps the recording capabilities that make this device stand apart from a simple MP3 Player. The XMP3 allows live recording of up to five channels at the same time. This means that you can grab content from many sources, and play it back latter. Want to record a specific show? No problem. The XMP3 lets you schedule recordings. In fact, this little device will let you grab up to 75 hours worth of shows! Want an added bonus? The XMP3 automatically records your favorite shows. Hear a song while listening live that you want? Press one button, and it becomes the latest addition to your music library. You can store up to 10 hours of individual songs. Want to import songs from your existing library? The XMP3 features a micro-SD slot. The XMP3 also has a nifty live programming feature that shows you what will be happening on XM for the next two weeks. You can choose to record any show right from this menu.
For investors, the XMP3 allows delayed stock quotes. While the quotes are delayed, it does allow you to know where your stocks are at any given time. For sports fans, you can get score updates right on the screen while you listen to other shows.
Having tried virtually every satellite radio that has come out, I can say that the XMP3 is the best satellite radio device that has ever been offered. The new smaller size combined with greater functionality give satellite radio fans a chance at the ultimate in a satellite radio receiver. TSS-Radio has the XMP3 available at TSS-Radio for $239.99 after a $30 mail in rebate. Whether you are an XM subscriber or a Sirius subscriber, this device is sure to satisfy. The BEST OF programming, which is now available, and the new channel line-ups make this device far more of an asset to audiophiles than a standard receiver. Simply stated, the XMP3 allows you to get the most out of your satellite radio experience, and set yourself apart from the iPod crowd.
Key Features:
- XM2go® Music Manager feature schedules recordings up to 75 hours
- Over 170 channels of music, sports, news, talk, entertainment and exclusive content
- Record XM programming 3 ways: automatic, scheduled, 1-touch–record up to 5 channels at once
- Listen to a personal music collection (MP3/WMA files) with microSD™ card slot
- Compatible with standard or high capacity microSD™ cards
- Set up to 99 favorite channels and record up to 100 hours of XM
- TuneSelect feature alerts users when certain songs are on-air
- XM programming guide features alerts when 'the best' is playing or schedule to record it
- Pause, rewind and replay up to 30 minutes of live XM
- Create and modify playlists of personal MP3 collection or XM recordings
- Bookmark and purchase songs from compatible online music services including Napster
- Purchase and listen to audio books from Audible.com
- GameSelect feature alerts users when certain sports events or teams are on-air
- Info extras feature keeps track of selected sports scores and stocks
- Rechargeable Battery
- Earbud Headphones
- Remote Control
- Home Dock
- AC Adapter
- USB Cable
- RCA Cable
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