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Today in the news: Gunman takes child hostage, shoots bus driver
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A gunman boarded a school bus in Alabama, took a 6-year-old boy hostage and then shot the bus driver who tried to intervene, CNN reports. The man then took the boy to a homemade underground bomb shelter, where police are trying to free the child.
The incident began Tuesday afternoon and continued into Wednesday. Other children were told by the gunman to leave the bus after he boarded, police told reporters. The gunman demanded two children but was only able to hold on to one who had fainted. The bus driver, identified as Charles Albert Poland Jr., was shot four times. The FBI was allowed to take the lead in the hostage negotiation. It was determined the child had not been harmed. Authorities were able to send prescription medication the boy needs to take daily, coloring books and crayons down the PVC pipe leading to the bunker.
Two neighbors idenitified the suspect as Jimmy Lee Dykes, who was due in court today for shooting at the neighbors during an argument. They said Dykes dug the underground shelter at night, between 2 and 3 a.m.
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Bearded drag queen in Eurovision spotlight
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — When Austria's entry takes the stage Thursday at the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen, the spotlight will slowly reveal a lone figure with wide sensual eyes, glossy painted lips, high cheekbones — and a man's full dark beard.
Conchita Wurst — the alter ego of 25-year-old Austrian Thomas Neuwirth — already has shocked audiences by challenging stereotypes of masculine and feminine beauty with the song "Rise like a Phoenix."
Pushing the boundaries of gender identity is nothing new at Europe's annual song contest — an extravaganza known for its eclectic, sometimes-unlistenable lineup of techno beats, love songs and pop tunes. But the backlash this year against Wurst highlights a rift between Europe's progressive liberal side and the traditional values and nationalist rhetoric of Russia and other nations taking part.
Amid growing tensions over the Ukraine crisis, some in eastern Europe have blasted Wurst as an example of the West's decadence. Activists in Belarus have even urged the country's state television network to edit the Austrian entry out of its Eurovision broadcast.
Russian legislator Vitaly Milonov accused the Austrian performer of "blatant propaganda of homosexuality and spiritual decay."
"I can only say 'Thank you for your attention!' If this is only about me and my person, I can live with it,'" Wurst said about her critics in emails Wednesday with The Associated Press.
"You know, I have a very thick skin. It's just strange that a little facial hair causes that much excitement. I also have to add that 80 percent of the autograph requests that I get are from Russia and eastern Europe — and that's what is important to me," she said.
Lisanne Wilken, an anthropologist at Aarhus University in Denmark, said the criticism against Wurst would have been trivial if it weren't for the Russian law last year prohibiting so-called gay "propaganda."
She noted there's been a lot of "transsexuals, transvestites and drags" in the Eurovision Song Contest, including Israel's 1998 winner Dana International, who had male-to-female gender reassignment surgery several years before competing.
The European Broadcasting Union, which organizes the event, has not received any formal complaints from the participating broadcasters, spokesman Jarmo Siim said. A national broadcaster is not allowed to edit out the live coverage, according to the EBU.
Neuwirth, who was born in Gmunden, central Austria, entered show business eight years ago, taking part in an Austrian TV talent show. After joining a boy band that quickly broke up, Neuwirth first appeared as Wurst in another Austrian talent show in 2011. She also took part in two reality shows, including one where candidates had to survive in the Namibian desert together with native tribes.
As she prepared for her performance in Copenhagen, Wurst said she wasn't paying much attention to the controversy about her.
"Hey, I'm just a singer in a fabulous dress, with great hair and a beard," Wurst told AP.
The annual competition is supposed to be completely removed from politics. Neither Russia's entry — teenage twins Anastasia and Maria Tolmachevy — nor Ukraine's Mariya Yaremchuk, whose routine includes a dancer running in a giant hamster wheel, allude to the recent tensions between Moscow and Kiev.
However, the Ukraine crisis has raised anew questions about the competition's scoring, which is partly done by phone voting across Europe.
Even though Russia has annexed Crimea, votes from the Black Sea peninsula will count for Ukraine because the phone operator there is still Ukrainian, the EBU said.
At Tuesday's semifinal, the audience booed when it was announced that the Tolmachevy twins had qualified for Saturday's final but cheered when Yaremchuk got into it too.
Both have "become the human face of the conflict," Wilken said, noting Ukraine seems to be some receiving sympathy support.
Bookmakers place Ukraine in the top 10 and Russia at the bottom.
The winner is picked by juries and television viewers across Europe. The final tally for each country is a 50/50 combination of the telephone votes and votes of a national jury. A country that received a good result in the telephone vote could still be left with no points in the overall tally if the jury gave its highest points to other contestants, according to EBU.
Contest watchers believe Wurst will advance from the second semifinal Thursday. Others considered strong contenders include Armenia's Aram MP3, who fuses a traditional piano ballad with contemporary dub step beats; a haunting melody with traditional sounds from Azerbaijan; a bluegrass tinged World War I homage from Malta and Hungary's New York-born singer Andras Kallay-Saunders, whose high-energy song about domestic violence could end up being a chart hit across the continent.
The competition is hosted by Denmark, the winner of last year's contest. Organizers say they expect 180 million television viewers this year.

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WASHINGTON — Democrats closed in on keeping their majority in the Senate, swiping Republican-held Senate seats in Indiana and Massachusetts on Tuesday and keeping a once vulnerable seat in Missouri.
Republican candidates' clumsy comments on rape and abortion proved to be the party's undoing in two of the races. The Democratic gains meant the GOP had to run the table in remaining open Senate seats in Virginia, Wisconsin, North Dakota, Nebraska and New Mexico, but they trailed in three.
Democratic Rep. Joe Donnelly edged out tea party-backed Indiana state treasurer Richard Mourdock in a race rocked by the Republican candidate's awkward remark that pregnancy resulting from rape is "something God intended."
Mourdock also upset some Indiana voters for his decision to sue to stop the federal auto bailout of Chrysler, which means jobs building transmissions to thousands in Kokomo. And he alienated some in his own party with his divisive win over six-term Sen. Richard Lugar in the May GOP primary. Lugar refused to campaign for him.
In Massachusetts, Democrat Elizabeth Warren knocked out Republican Sen. Scott Brown, who had stunned the political world in January 2010 when he won the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's seat. The race was one of the most expensive in the country — $68 million.
In Missouri, Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill was considered the most vulnerable incumbent, but Republican Rep. Todd Akin severely damaged his candidacy in August when he said women's bodies have ways of avoiding pregnancy in instances of "legitimate rape." GOP leaders, including Romney, called on him to abandon the race. Akin stayed in.
Democrats currently hold a 53-47 edge in the Senate, including the two independents who caucus with them. Republicans needed a net of four seats to grab the majority, three if Republican Mitt Romney wins the presidency.
The caustic campaign for control of the Senate in a divided Congress was marked by endless negative ads and more than $1 billion in spending by outside groups on races from Virginia to Montana, Florida to New Mexico. The outcome in Ohio and Virginia was closely linked to the presidential race. Republicans and Democrats in Massachusetts, North Dakota and Montana hoped that energetic campaigns and personality would lead to ticket-splitting by voters
In Maine, independent Angus King prevailed over Republican Charlie Summers and Democrat Cynthia Dill in the race to replace Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe, who blamed partisan gridlock in Washington for her unexpected decision to retire after 18 years in the Senate. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., wasted no time, reaching out to King, according to a Senate aide.
In Ohio, Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown survived an onslaught of outside spending, some $30 million, to defeat state treasurer Josh Mandel. In Pennsylvania, Democratic Sen. Bob Casey survived a late scare from businessman Tom Smith, who invested more than $17 million of his own money in the race.
Democratic Rep. Chris Murphy won the Connecticut Senate seat held by Sen. Joe Lieberman, the independent who was the Democratic Party's vice presidential nominee in 2000. Murphy's win marked the second straight defeat for former wrestling executive Linda McMahon, who spent $50 million of her own wealth in a failed effort against Sen. Richard Blumenthal in 2010 and more than $42 million this election cycle.
Texas sent tea party-backed Ted Cruz to the Senate as the Republican won the seat held by retiring GOP Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. Cruz will become the third Hispanic in the Senate, joining Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and Marco Rubio, R-Fla.
In Florida, Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson triumphed in his bid for a third term, holding off a challenge from Republican Rep. Connie Mack. Republican groups had spent heavily against Nelson early in the race, but the moderate Democrat was a prolific fundraiser with wide appeal among Democrats and some Republicans in the Panhandle.
Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders won a second term in Vermont. Democratic Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse in Rhode Island, Ben Cardin in Maryland and Tom Carper in Delaware were all re-elected. Cruising to another term were Democratic Sens. Debbie Stabenow in Michigan, Kirsten Gillibrand in New York, Amy Klobuchar in Minnesota and Menendez in New Jersey..
In West Virginia, Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin won a full term even though his state went heavily for Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
Tennesseans gave Republican Sen. Bob Corker a second term. Wyoming voters did the same for Sen. John Barrasso, and Republican Roger Wicker captured another term in Mississippi.
King has resolutely refused to say which party he'd side with if elected, and the outcome of the presidential election and the final Senate lineup could influence his decision. Members of both parties have indicated that they expect King — former governor and one-time Democrat who supports President Barack Obama — to align with Democrats. One factor could be the million-plus dollars that Republican-leaning groups such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Karl Rove's organization spent on ads criticizing King.
The arithmetic was daunting for Democrats at the start of the election cycle — they had to defend 23 seats to the GOP's 10. Further complicating the calculation were Democratic retirements in Virginia, Wisconsin, North Dakota, Hawaii, Nebraska and New Mexico as well as the retirement of Lieberman.
Republicans had to deal with retirements in Arizona, Texas and Maine.
Republican hopes of reclaiming the Senate suffered a major blow when the GOP candidate in Missouri made awkward remarks about rape and abortion.
Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill was considered the most vulnerable incumbent, but Republican Rep. Todd Akin severely damaged his candidacy in August when he said women's bodies have ways of avoiding pregnancy in instances of "legitimate rape." GOP leaders, including Romney, called on him to abandon the race. Akin stayed in and is counting on support from evangelicals to lift his prospects in a state that favors Romney.
Democrats and Republicans in a dozen states faced an onslaught of outside money that financed endless negative commercials and ugly mailings that left voters exasperated. The record independent spending — $50 million in Virginia and $40 million in Wisconsin in addition to $33 million in Ohio — reflected the high-stakes fight for the Senate.


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Business update: Janet Yellen, Fed clarify guidance on short-term rates
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WASHINGTON — Janet Yellen tried at her first news conference as Federal Reserve chair to clarify a question that's consumed investors: When will the Fed start raising short-term interest rates from record lows?
Yellen stressed that with the job market still weak, the Fed intends to keep short-term rates near zero for a "considerable" time and would raise them only gradually. And she said the Fed wouldn't be dictated solely by the unemployment rate, which Yellen feels overstates the health of the job market and the economy.
The statement also said the Fed will cut its monthly long-term bond purchases by $10 billion to $55 billion because it thinks the economy is steadily healing.
But Yellen appeared to jolt investors when she tried to clarify the Fed's timetable for raising short-term rates. She suggested that the Fed could start six months after it halts its monthly bond purchases, which most economists expect by year's end. That would mean short-term rates could rise by mid-2015.
A short-term rate increase would elevate borrowing costs and could hurt stock prices. Stocks fell after Yellen's mention of six months. The Dow Jones industrial average ended the day down more than 100 points.
The Fed's latest statement said its benchmark short-term rate could stay at a record low "for a considerable time" after its monthly bond purchases end. The Fed has been gradually paring its bond purchases, which have been intended to keep long-term loan rates low.
"This is the kind of term it's hard to define," Yellen said of "considerable time."
"Probably means something on the order of six months, or that type of thing."
Though stocks sold off after that remark, the Fed's statement and Yellen's comments made clear that borrowing rates for consumers and businesses could remain low for many more months. The Fed cut its benchmark short-term rate more than five years ago to a record low near zero, where it's remained since.
Some analysts said they thought Yellen's reference to six months didn't really change expectations for the timing of the Fed's first rate increase.
"We're not sure the comments suggest rates would begin to rise any earlier than the mid-2015 date already priced into rate futures markets," Paul Ashworth, chief U.S. economist at Capital Economics, said in a note to clients.
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"We have entered, as I see it, a spiritual limbo. Our educational institutions are no longer the bearers of high culture, and public life has been deliberately moronised. But here and there, sheltered from the noise and glare of the media, the old spiritual forces are at work" Roger Scruton
"When a common culture declines, the ethical life can be sustained and renewed only by a work of the imagination."-Roger Scruton
"Jesus prayed, "This is eternal life, that they may know You . . ." (John 17:3). The real meaning of eternal life is a life that can face anything it has to face without wavering. If we will take this view, life will become one great romance— a glorious opportunity of seeing wonderful things all the time. God is disciplining us to get us into this central place of power." Oswald Chambers
"No power on earth or in hell can conquer the Spirit of God in a human spirit, it is an inner unconquerableness." Oswald Chambers
To those who have had no agony Jesus says, "I have nothing for you; stand on your own feet, square your own shoulders. I have come for the man who knows he has a bigger handful than he can cope with, who knows there are forces he cannot touch; I will do everything for him if he will let Me. Only let a man grant he needs it, and I will do it for him." The Shadow of an Agony,Oswald Chambers
"If we wish to erect new structures, we must have a definite knowledge of the old foundations." John Calvin Coolidge
Atheism is a post-Christian phenomenon.
If social justice looks like your hand in someone else's pocket then you are stealing.
"In Sweden, giving to charity, absurdly, came to be considered a lack of solidarity, since it undermined the need for the welfare state." – Roland Martinsson
"…to love democracy well, it is necessary to love it moderately." Alexis de Tocqueville
Capitalism seeks to help others through a servce or product it provides. Free Market Capitalism is the most moral and fair economic system available to man. Capitalism augments personal growth, responsibility and ownership. Charity flourishes under capitalism. Charity dies under subjective "fair share" government confiscatory policies. Socialism redistributes ambivalence and greed.
"We are to regard existence as a raid or great adventure; it is to be judged, therefore, not by what calamities it encounters, but by what flag it follows and what high town it assaults. The most dangerous thing in the world is to be alive; one is always in danger of one's life. But anyone who shrinks from that is a traitor to the great scheme and experiment of being." G.K. Chesterton
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent.
It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction. Albert Einstein
"You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you odd." Flannery O'Connor
"There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him." C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
"Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him" (Job 13:15).
God's grace is not about the allowance for sin. God's grace is about the conversation God allows regarding sin.
From the book of Proverbs: We are not to favor the rich or the poor. We are to pursue justice.
"Always keep in contact with those books and those people that enlarge your horizon and make it possible for you to stretch yourself mentally." Oswald Chambers
One goldfish says to another, "If there is no God who keeps changing the water?"
"The truth is always there in the morning."
From Cat On A Hot Tin Roof script – playwright Tennessee Williams
God blesses those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they will be satisfied.
"America's greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments. Freedom without moral commitment is aimless and promptly self-destructive." John W. Gardner
"Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community." John W. Gardner
"In the world it is called Tolerance, but in hell it is called Despair, the sin that believes in nothing, cares for nothing, seeks to know nothing, interferes with nothing, enjoys nothing, hates nothing, finds purpose in nothing, lives for nothing, and remains alive because there is nothing for which it will die." Dorothy L. Sayers
"Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere."
G. K. Chesterton
"The battle line between good and evil runs through the heart of every man." Alexander Solzhenitsyn
This is what the LORD says:
"Stand at the crossroads and look;
ask for the ancient paths,
ask where the good way is, and walk in it,
and you will find rest for your souls.
But you said, 'We will not walk in it.'
-The prophet Jeremiah, 6:16
"…our common task is not so much discovering a truth hiding among contrary viewpoints as it is coming to possess a selfhood that no longer evades and eludes the truth with which it is importunately confronted." James McClendon, Ethics: Systematic Theology, Vol. 1


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Alec Baldwin's new talk show on MSNBC, Up Late with Alec Baldwin, distinguishes itself from other extended one-on-one interview programs like Charlie Rose and Inside the Actors Studio first and foremost with its set décor. There are no desks or couches or hard-backed chairs. Instead, Baldwin, his thick thatch of grey hair spiking like a porcupine, his collar open, natters with his guests on a set that resembles a diner with pretensions or a supper club on the skids.
In Friday night's premiere episode, Baldwin and New York mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio sat at a green leather booth in front of Venetian blinds covering fake windows, papers and ceramic mugs scattered out over the Formica table top, as if the men had just fled crowded midtown streets to seek refuge in a rare Manhattan joint with bottomless cups of coffee, cloth napkins, free coleslaw on the side, and a persistent soundtrack of NPR-approved jazz. So ensconced, Baldwin on Up Late fostered the impression of ceaseless, civilized, My Dinner with Alec-style conversation. The show does not hard-cut to commercial, it just fades out while Baldwin's mellifluous voice asks another question, as if while you're watching ads, Baldwin is continuing his erudite conversation—unwilling to acknowledge, let alone pause for, anything so crass and banal as a 30-second spot.
I fixated on the furniture because the proceedings were so willfully wonky. The exact shade of green of the leather banquettes (maybe, I think, a true Hunter green) was more absorbing than the very dull, informed conversation Baldwin and de Blasio were having about New York City tax policy. The first episode of Up Late was an overt statement of seriousness from Baldwin that his is a show for liberal grown-ups. (Most of Baldwin's wisecracks involved mocking the former MSNBC show Alan Keyes Is Making Sense.) It was exactly the sort of in-depth conversational television that civic-minded people, cable-news detesters, and Aaron Sorkin are always lamenting the absence of. It was also no fun to watch.
Baldwin questioned de Blasio from the left about marijuana and the police and asked skeptically about his ability to raise taxes. He occasionally evinced a slightly mischievous bent—he asked if de Blasio's policies could only exist in New York, "where there are a lot of wealthy liberals willing to subsidize the things you want to do"—and intimated that he gets into a lot more conversations about early education than you might think: "Everywhere" Baldwin goes, apparently, "people are praising universal Pre-K." Baldwin's particular strain of macho-liberalism, his set of echt-Blue Collar-meets-wealthy-celebrity-privilege values, got their quintessential showcase when he asked de Blasio whether he believes in subsidizing "people's right to live in Manhattan." Do you say, Baldwin wondered, to your "economic fathers, and—I don't want to be sexist here—mothers, Why don't we just let Manhattan be Bel Air?"
This question, like most of what Baldwin has done post-30 Rock to re-position himself as a public liberal, is noticeably of a piece with Baldwin's Jack Donaghy persona. Jack Donaghy is famously conservative, but that character's innate authority, particularly about political and economic matters, is integral to Alec Baldwin's blossoming career as a radio host, not-quite-political candidate, and now MSNBC personality. By being such a heavyweight, Donaghy encouraged people to take Baldwin more seriously: The character conferred power on the actor. Baldwin is not Jack—Jack would only have selected a long policy interview as a show's premiere when he was trying to tank NBC—but unlike many celebrities saddled forever to a fictional being, the more you confuse the two, the better it is for Baldwin. And it can get confusing: Falling asleep to Up Late—and you'll have to trust me on this—it's hard to tell if it's Alec Baldwin's or Jack Donaghy's resonant tenor lulling you into slumber. Up Late could improve immeasurably—this week, thankfully, Debra Winger will be on—but it's already the best show on TV to fall asleep to.


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Jags: NFL's Best 2-0 team? I was too premature yesterday asking who the best 2-0 team in the NFL is. After last night's shut-out, the answer is: The Jags. (The reasoning is coming later in the morning in its own separate post.)Meanwhile, you all know I love a good superlative. How's this one:
MNF game.
Doesn't exactly spark the imagination, does it? (But I said this about the Auburn-LSU game, too: At least it was close at the end. It beats a blowout where one team lights it up and the game is over in the 1st half. Right? Or am I wrong about that?)
Dodgers top Padres in best-of-season thriller: If East Coast Bias didn't exist, the Dodgers' 11-10 win over the Padres in 10 innings -- featuring 4 consecutive HR by LA in the 9th and a Nomar game-winning 2-run HR in the 10th -- would be the MLB Game of the Year.
Commenters: Why don't fans seem to care about the NL West? Is it the time zone? Regional bias? The fact that the NL seems destined to lose the World Series?
Mets clinch NL East: Wow, remember the last time that a team besides the Braves won
Commenters: What were YOU doing in 1990?
These Mets are a worthy, likeable champ, though. Tons of stars, lots of personality. A lineup that would fit right in in the AL. Now, you can gripe that they spent their way to a division title, but isn't that better than spending your way to NOT making the playoffs? (Ahem: Boston.)
Peter Gammons returns tomorrow. 'Nuff said. He and Ryan Howard will save baseball's finish from what feels like a complete eclipse by football since the month started.Clarett to "Oz" for 3.5 years: We covered this yesterday. (If you missed it, here's the link.) Is he the best "jail-time" (hard-time division) football player ever?
Pac-10 apologizes to OU: Suspends officials (including the inept replay official) and says "Our bad" to
(The Pac-10 commish should have said: "It ain't like you were going to the BCS title game anyway, so quit you're whining.")
The Pac-10 and BCS declined, however, to take the OU president up on his suggestion to strike the game's result from the record books, which instantly becomes the leading contender for Stupidest Idea of the Year.
(I'm not going to post it here, but buried within the comments...probably a dozen posts down the list, I tell one of my favorite stories about the lengths one goes to as a fan, in the context that even if the Okla-Ore calls were overturned, there's no GUARANTEE Okla would have won.)
USC pissed at Musberger: For apparently giving away an off-the-record "tell" by QB Booty. Well, why was the QB telling the broadcast team anything?
AP Top 25 Mistake: A voter from the Charlotte Observer turned in his ballot from the previous week, so in submitting a new one, BC gets the No. 20 spot to itself, breaking a tie with
Here's an idea: If the voter takes such little care with his ballot, maybe fans shouldn't trust the media with such a big job. (Want to have your say? Check out my BlogPoll rankings and make suggestions.)
Update: At least the guy publishes his ballot every week in the paper. The AP should require every poll participant to do that AND collect them all in one place online for fans to compare and analyze them.
NFL Wrap:
Even more interesting are the casting choices: The lineup is kind of all-star. John Turturro as Billy Martin? (Awesome.) Oliver Platt as George Steinbrenner? (Remember: He was a relatively YOUNG Boss.) And Daniel Sunjata as Reggie Jackson. Sunjata is one of my favorite actors -- he plays "Franco" on "Rescue Me" and was the starring role in Broadway's "Take Me Out," the best play ever written about baseball.


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7 tips for mortgage renewal time
It is that time of the year for you to renew your mortgage and all you want to do is sign the papers and get done with it. However, you shouldn't be in a haste to renew your mortgage without doing a little research.
A good fraction of Canadian homeowners—about 27 per cent of them—who carry a mortgage have automated their renewal process, according to a survey by Angus-Reid. While the aim is most likely to avoid any penalties or stress that comes with missing a renewal, this approach can prove costly. Automatically renewing your mortgage means you lose out on great opportunities to save money and take further advantage of any new products and features on your mortgage that may be advantageous to you.
Typically, mortgage renewals occur at the end of your existing mortgage term and the most popular period is usually 5 years—though it can range from 1 to 10 years. Depending on your mortgage type, with a fixed rate mortgage calculator, you can easily estimate your monthly mortgage payment and know how much you're due on your next payment.
However, before you make your next mortgage payment, here are some important tips that would help you get the most out of your mortgage renewal.
1. Review your current goals
It is possible that your financial needs must've changed since you first applied for a mortgage. Therefore, before your sign that renewal slip, you may want to take another look at your financial goals.
For instance, if you're currently on a five-year fixed mortgage, your renewal would likely come with another five-year fixed mortgage. If you're certain you would be staying in your home for that amount of time, then renewing it would be great. However, if you have plans of relocating to a different city in a couple of years, then a shorter mortgage term would be best.
Other financial goals that you may want to consider is whether you want to refinance your mortgage or access some equity with Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC).
2. Ask for better rates
Before your mortgage renewal is due, your current lender would most likely try to get you to renew early. Typically, you will receive a renewal letter from your lender 6 months and 4 months before your renewal date. While they may offer you a rate that is lower than what you currently pay, it is often not the best rate you can get.
The renewal offer given to you by your lender is often not the best deal and in an increasing rate environment, negotiating your renewal rate is even more important. Signing the renewal letter right away because of some discount offered by your lender might seem tempting but you are potentially losing out on a lot of savings by not considering other available options.
3. Shop early for better rates
Rather than just accepting your current lender's renewal offer immediately, you can start searching early for other providers and comparing their rates to see which one is most favourable for you. If you begin at least four months before your renewal due date, you will be giving yourself enough time to make a switch, if necessary.
While there are no major penalties if you choose to switch providers, there are some charges incurred that are typically covered by your new mortgage provider. You may not be able to change your mortgage provider until the actual renewal date, but this would give you enough time to find the right product and sort out every required paperwork.
4. Take advantage of a renewal rate hold
A mortgage renewal rate hold allows you to lock in a particular mortgage rate before your renewal is due. Normally, rate hold can last for about 90 to up to 160 days, protecting you from increases in interest rates.
During this time, you can comfortably compare rates months before your renewal date just to find a better deal. If the interest rates increase during your rate hold period, you would have nothing to worry about. Also, should the interest rates decrease, you can still negotiate for a new lower rate with your lender.
5. Switch mortgage lenders
Cutting ties with your current lender can be difficult—at least that's the impression most lenders give to home buyers. But don't be afraid of switching lenders, especially when you've found a better rate elsewhere.
Remember, getting a better deal on your mortgage can save you few thousands of dollars. Switching providers might mean you have to go through requalification but that is not a problem as long as you begin the process early enough before your renewal date.
6. Add some extra on your principal
If you're looking for the best time to make a bigger payment on your mortgage, then renewal time is the best since there are no limits on pre-payment.
Making a lump-sum payment can put a huge dent in your mortgage amortization and you would be saving a lot of money on your total interest cost.
7. Consider switching to a broker
If you're not already using a mortgage broker, then renewal time might be the best time to consider making the switch. According to a study by the Bank of Canada, most homebuyers who used a broker got a much lower mortgage rate than those who used one of the big banks.
Mortgage brokers are a better alternative because they have access to several lenders who offer different competitive rates, unlike the bank. Therefore, if you're looking to get the best deal on your mortgage, switching to a broker might be a great move.
3 Money and time-saving mortgage tips
The path to buying a house isn't the cheapest nor the easiest. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began last year, there has been several opportunities and challenges for first-time home buyers in the Canadian real estate market.
For some, sudden changes to their lifestyle created better opportunities to improve their savings plan while for others, such plans were halted due to the economic impact of the pandemic and rising home prices in real estate markets across Canada. According to the Canadian Real Estate Association, over 550,000 properties were sold in Canada last year, a new record for the country's real estate market and a huge boost for the Canadian economy.
If you are a prospective buyer, looking to purchase a home within the year or just planning for the future, having access to the right information, resources and support can be crucial during your home-buying process. Many people—especially first-time home buyers—easily fall into home debt due to a lack of proper research into the market.
There are some important factors to consider in ensuring that your mortgage works best for you by not only saving you time but money. However, before you start searching for a home to buy, you should have a good idea of just how much you're able to afford for one.
Checking your credit score using a Canadian mortgage calculator before applying for a mortgage, would give you a realistic price range and equally inform you of your chances of getting your mortgage approved.
Here are some important mortgage tips to help you save time and money while house hunting:
1. Know the penalties on your mortgage
There are several reasons why anyone would want to sell their property. From changes in your financial or marital status to getting transferred to a new location due to either school or work. However, these circumstances could lead to you selling your home and breaking the terms of agreement on your mortgage.
If you're on a variable-rate mortgage with one of the major banks in Canada, to successfully break your mortgage, you would need to pay about 3 months' worth of interest. For a fixed-rate mortgage, the cost is much higher than 3 months of interest and there's also the option of an interest rated differential (IRD). This is typically based on your remaining mortgage balance and current mortgage rates.
To avoid penalties on your mortgage, apply for a portable mortgage that allows you to transfer your existing mortgage to a new property and even combine it with another loan, if necessary. There's also the option of an assumable mortgage, where you can transfer the mortgage to a qualified buyer instead of breaking it.
2. Inquire about pre-payment privileges
When buying a home, you need to understand how rising interest rates would affect your mortgage. Without having any pre-payment privileges, the larger portion of your monthly mortgage payment would go towards the interest against the principal—making it harder to complete your mortgage.
Once you have pre-payment privileges, you're offered enough flexibility to repay a percentage of the principal on your mortgage before the amortization period is over—and without any penalty. In fact, some lenders may even offer you their best rate to avoid giving you the option of pre-payment over a fixed period of time. Therefore, it is important to ask your lender the specific kind of pre-payment privileges you enjoy on your mortgage.
The amount of money you save by taking advantage of pre-payment privileges is quite substantial. For example, if you took a $300,000 mortgage at a fixed rate of 3.29% over five years and is amortized over 25 years. By making a pre-payment of $2,000 annually, you would save about $21,787 in interest and finish paying off your mortgage almost 4 years faster—assuming the interest rate was fixed throughout the amortization period.
You can always use a mortgage calculator to check much you would be saving by making extra mortgage payments annually.
3. Know the benefits of making a less than 20% down payment
Typically, when house hunting, the recommended amount of down payment you need to make is 20% of the property cost. However, you mustn't always pay that high to get the best deal.
Surprisingly, lenders offer the best interest rates to those who want high-ratio mortgage because they have less than the recommended 20% down payment. This because a high-ratio mortgage borrower has a low risk against losses.
Default insurance makes it a lot cheaper for lenders to easily fund the mortgage loan, allowing them to transfer some of the savings—in form of lower rates—back to the borrower.
It is important to always carry out thorough research before applying for a mortgage to know what the best rates are, if a broker is more advantageous than a bank, or simply how you can get the best credit scores.
Major housing markets to shine this year and next: Reuters poll
BENGALURU (Reuters) – The outlook for major global housing markets is brighter than previously thought due to expectations for a broad based economic recovery and easy monetary policy, with only a low risk that a COVID-19 resurgence will derail activity, Reuters polls showed.
Over 100 million people have been infected by the coronavirus, leading to a healthcare crisis and deep economic recessions, but fiscal and monetary stimulus, and the rollout of vaccines, mean the global economy is set to recover this year.[ECILT/WRAP]
While already high unemployment caused by the pandemic is expected to rise further, the Jan. 15-Feb. 1 poll of over 130 property market analysts showed average home prices would rise this year and next in most countries polled.
That compares to largely pessimistic predictions made in September.
An economic rebound, loose monetary policy, government stimulus, pent-up demand and tight inventories were expected to boost housing market activity to varying degrees in Australia, Britain, Canada, Dubai, India and the United States.
"A solid economic recovery bolstered by more fiscal stimulus, still-low mortgage rates, and unmet demand should continue to prop up home sales and construction in 2021," said Gregory Daco, chief U.S. economist at Oxford Economics.
"We expect some gradual moderation in price growth over the course of 2021 as home sales cool, but sparse inventory will keep a solid floor under home prices."
Reuters Poll: Major housing markets outlook https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/polling/bdwvkybkqvm/Reuters%20Poll%20-%20Global%20housing%20markets%20outlook%20-%20Feb%202021.PNG
Three-quarters, or 77 of 102 analysts, said in response to an additional question that the risk of a COVID-19 resurgence derailing housing markets this year was low.
Although the U.S. economy on average contracted last year at its sharpest pace since the Second World War due to the pandemic, it had little bearing on housing market activity, an immunity the sector was expected to carry this year.
Despite the recent surge in coronavirus infections and renewed restrictions imposed in the United States, house prices there were forecast to rise over the next two years and activity was expected to continue on a strong course. [US/HOMES]
"The recent COVID-19 surge has not had any noticeable impact, with transactions near record high levels despite record high case growth," said Brett Ryan, senior U.S. economist at Deutsche Bank.
"Pent-up activity from COVID-19-shutdowns earlier in the year will soon start to wane and transactions will likely normalize. More housing supply will come online as vaccination picks up at the same time that base effects will start to roll off."
Reuters Poll: Global house prices outlook – Feb 2021 https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/polling/xklpylyqbvg/Reuters%20Poll%20-%20Global%20house%20prices%20outlook%20-%20Feb%202021.PNG
When asked about the primary driver of housing market activity this year, over 55% of respondents, or 57 of 101, chose an economic recovery and easy monetary policy.
Of the remainder, 20 analysts named a desire for more living space and 18 said a successful vaccine rollout, while six chose fiscal stimulus.
Australian and Canadian house prices were expected to rise significantly this year and next, helped by low mortgage rates and massive fiscal spending. [AU/HOMES][CA/HOMES]
When asked what was more likely for housing market activity, 58 of 100 respondents said an acceleration. The others expected a slowdown.
Those views were swayed by a somewhat modest outlook for the British, Dubai and Indian housing markets compared to the rest.
Indian house prices were expected to barely rise this year despite an economic recovery and supportive policies, and Dubai house prices were predicted to fall at a slower pace this year and next compared to the previous poll. [IN/HOMES][AE/HOMES]
British house prices were forecast to flatline this year.[GB/HOMES]
"While we expect a strong start to the year, we expect momentum to wane following the end of the stamp duty (property sales tax) holiday in April. Towards the end of the year the housing market should settle," said Aneisha Beveridge at estate agents Hamptons International.


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There's a difference between being cheap and treasuring value per dollar spent. One is knowing where the best burger joint is, and the other is going up to other tables and asking for unwanted leftovers and spare ketchup packets. Understanding this distinction is the reason why almost exactly one year ago I purchased a used Mercedes-Benz S500 and drove it daily. Here are a few things I learned along the way.
*This is an article from APiDA Online. If you'd like to see more of these types of articles, check us out here.*
The story's original article can be found here.
5. It's way cheaper than you think.
We all understand depreciation. It's the free market's way of telling you that the shiny thing that everyone wanted yesterday is now worthless because a new shiny thing that blows it out of the water just dropped this morning, and you're a big fat nothing if you don't drop everything and get it NOW. This makes things very interesting in the used car market. The values most affected (read: destroyed) are those of luxury cars due to low demand, high production numbers, and a clientele more fragile than the skin-like membrane wrapped around the indestructible exoskeleton of Kim Kardashian's offspring.
Let's put some numbers behind the rhetoric:
A 4-door 2014 Honda Accord EX-L, with no extra options checked, will set you back $30,287 (MSRP).
My 2000 Mercedes S500, with many options ticked, had an MSRP of $85,419 when new.
I bought the S500 in 2013, with 89,000 miles on it, for $3000. I bought it non-running, with electrical issues.
Full disclosure: To clarify, electrical issues can be a nightmare in a car this complex, but they are very easily solved if you understand how these cars work and aren't afraid to get your hands dirty. I did a bit of research on a few forums and found that the ignition module (where the key goes, known as the EIS) is a port for the car's Controller Area Network (CAN) Bus. I decided that this would be a good place to start. After taking the dash apart, I found the problem and managed to find an ECU, EIS, and shifter from the same model year locally for $350. This got rid of any trips to the dealer because the parts were all "married" to each other and required no further version coding. I installed these parts in less than an hour and I got the car running as if it was new, with no warning lights on the dash. I did have to install a replacement accelerator pedal, as the old one had an intermittent fault that would put the car into limp mode. Since the car was drive-by-wire, it was a matter of removing a 10mm bolt and disconnecting a clip and the problem was fixed with a good used part.
Here's what I spent fixing maintaining, and updating it over the year I've had it:
- Key, ECU, shifter combo, USED - $350
- Replacement accelerator pedal, USED - $50
- Both rear Airmatic struts, NEW, with installation - $650
- Mobil-1 Synthetic Oil change - $100
- One HID headlight ballast, USED - $40
- Serpentine Belt and Idler Pulley, NEW - $80
- Bluetooth Module and Noise Filter, NEW - $65
If I factor the initial price of the car, I've spent $4335, which is $25,952 less than the Accord. At that point, you have to realistically ask yourself, would you rather have one Honda Accord, or a fleet of German luxury cars?
Pictured: You can have everything in this picture, or a brand new Toyota Corolla. Your choice.
4. Cheap stuff is oddly expensive.
Although the car was cheap in the long run, things that were supposed to be cheap in any other car suddenly became made of some rare isotope of unobtainium. I wanted to get a set of keys made for the car, since I only had one. I went to the local locksmith with a used key from a previous ignition that I wanted re-coded for my car, and they acted as if I just ordered them to predict winning lottery numbers at gunpoint. My keys were laser cut and one-time dealer encoded, meaning that no one else could ever re-encode them, so it meant my spare key was now as good as the rocks the store so eloquently told me to kick. After reaching out to the Mercedes dealership, a factory-cut key would be $400. That's only 10 times what a regular transponder key would've cost. That's a steep price to pay for something that will literally sit in a drawer and collect dust until the batteries die.
The battery on a regular car would cost anywhere from $60-$120. A Mercedes battery? $350 on the low end, because it's a dry-cell AGM design that is specifically made for the car's sensitive electrics, like a therapist tailored to a 13-year old suffering from a case of Affluenza.
How about a fresh fillup of fluids? You can't take it to the Jiffy Lube because they don't carry the $20 a quart Pentosin synthetic hydraulic fluid that your power steering system needs. Don't think you can get a transmission flush either without shelling out $20 a quart x 9 to replace all the Automatic Transmission fluid in the pan, versus $1.99 x 5 a quart for the regular stuff. Motor oil? $10-$18 a quart times 9, with a $10-$20 filter. You won't have to change it for another 9500 miles, but it's a pretty insane cost either way. It's as if you did the grocery shopping, didn't change your diet, and left the store realizing you just paid $300 for a sack of apples.
Pictured: Pretty much.
3. It's surprisingly easy to repair.
Although this car had over 200 patents filed for its various features before its initial release, mechanically it's no more complex than a medium-sized birdhouse. All of the interior is held on with either clips or small torx screws, and exterior panels all have cleary visible bolts with lots of clearance for tools. The engine is a big, lazy single overhead cam V8 with two spark plugs per cylinder and an air filter and ducting assembly that requires no tools to remove. There aren't any expensive timing belt services to do and no expensive turbos or superchargers to blow expensive and hard-to-reach seals. The air suspension consists of 3 bolts at the top with an air line connection and one bolt on the bottom. I priced out the labor a local shop would charge to replace a rear air shock assembly, and instead of giving me a price that resembled my phone number, they told me $70, and it was done in a few hours.
Pictured: This is the look of a man who got to keep BOTH kidneys after his Mercedes broke down.
If you want to really be on top of things, you can get a STAR Diagnostic scanner, or just pay a shop to run a scan for you, and check all of the car's electrical systems to make sure nothing else needs to be replaced. Fortunately my car was in good shape and the only electrical work it needed was the initial EIS repair. This kind of stuff isn't limited to MB, BMW has similar specs on their cars and have pretty reasonable repair rates for their mechanicals as well - even less if you can do the stuff yourself.
Pictured: KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!
2. You're going to be a jerk to some people, no matter what.
To outline this point, I'll illustrate a few actual scenarios that have happened to me:
I parked my car near the post office on a busy street, got out and proceeded to retrieve my packages from the backseat. An SUV with more primer than paint, chrome rims from the wrong end of 2001, and altezza taillights rolled up. A guy resembling a halfway point between a loan shark and an actual shark rolled down the window and said the following:
"Hey man! Hey....listen, my wife is in the hospital and I need some cash to get her out. I got my kids here, you think you could give me a little something to keep me going?" He then proceeded to roll down the window and showed me what looked to be either scared biological children or relatively well-behaved hostages. I told him I didn't have any cash on me, which I didn't, and he promptly rolled his eyes, told me to "have a nice fucking day" and drove away, nearly running a red light in the process.
Let me reiterate: This was a populated street, in which he could've asked anyone and didn't need to stop at my rejection. But here I was, with a shiny German luxury car in a sea of dented Accords and used Mazdas, and as the luck of the draw would have it, I got randomly selected by this guy to fund his wife's medical bills. How serendipitous.
In another turn of events, I was making a stop at Subway, and a guy with a dead battery asked me if I could jump his car from mine. I told him that I couldn't, because the electrical system in the car would promptly take a shit in its own pants if I tried to connect it to something as low-rent as his base model Hyundai or whatever the hell poor people drive nowadays. That wasn't exactly the reason, it actually had something to do with electrical surges, but the guy didn't want to believe that I couldn't help him and was perfectly happy calling me an asshole after scoffing as if I'd just urinated on his new shoes. That was OK, it's a little known fact that $5 footlongs taste better when a single tear streams down your cheek.
Finally, at a toll booth out of state, I found myself with no EZPass and no change. I went to the cash receipts lane and asked for an envelope because I didn't have any change to pay for the tolls. The smarmy toll booth operator said, in a singsongy, pseudo-authoritative voice, "You drive that thing and you don't have any money? What's wrong with you?" I said "I spent it all on the car", and took my envelope with a nice steaming slice of embarrassment pie. Joke's on them, I shorted them 10 cents when I sent in the change. WIN.
1. What you're driving is still better than most of the cars on the road today.
There are lots of things technology can account for and improve on as time goes on, but there are still things that are clearly better when you buy a car with a high standard of luxury and an emphasis on build quality - things that a luxury car maker can afford to do that another cost-cutting company wouldn't. For instance, my 14-year old Mercedes has double-paned glass for sound insulation with a layer of air in between so the windows don't fog up. There are rear vanity mirrors, and as many air vents for the backseats as there are for the front seats, with a independently-controlled zone for each corner. The rear headrests are air-powered and automatically extend when a person in that seat buckles their seatbelt. The audio system detects the noise inside the cabin and adjusts the volume automatically. It even has a strip of fabric that prevents things from falling in between the console and the seat.
The car will do 0-60 in about 6 seconds, and the cabin is quiet enough to whisper to the passengers in the backseat during a full-beans launch, but your efforts will have been in vain, for the air-powered lumbar support and reclining seats have all but guaranteed that they'd be fast asleep before you hit the go pedal. This is the kind of car that's available to anyone for half the price of a used economy car, and not only will everyone think you're rich, you'll be so refreshed and ambitious at the end of your journey that you'll act the part.
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[I have the pleasure of introducing you to my good friend Jeff Ingber. He lives in Providence, RI. A trained Chef and graduate from Johnson and Wales in RI, one of America's top culinary schools, Jeff graciously agreed to share his menus and pairings. CS]
Rosh Hashanah is behind us and most of us Jewish households here in the North East are preparing to dine "al fresco" for a week, while enjoying good company in the Sukkah. The change in temperature and the observance of the holiday offer us a chance to snuggle up to some bigger and bolder wines on these cooler nights. For over 20 years now here in Providence, people have long anticipated seeing and tasting what wine gems would be served in my Sukkah.
At the beginning of the Israeli Wine Revolution, I was still a student in college. I remember traveling to New Jersey on Sundays to pick up as many varietals of Kosher Wine I could get my hands on, at a store in Teaneck. I would arrive at 11:00am and the clerk would remind me that I could not complete a purchase until after 12:00 in Bergen County. I do not think she knew I had just driven 175 miles and 10 more minutes would not kill me.
Today, I manage a small Wine Store that is located inside my children's school. Yes, that is not a typo. We are the largest retailer of kosher wine in Southern New England. We carry over 100 labels and sell over 500 cases a year.
This morning I reviewed my menus to ensure some great pairings.
I am not a huge fan of wasting print with personal reviews. It is too refined a process for me.
I have become a huge fan of kosher wines coming out of Spain and Argentina. Israel is running right behind them. I try to do my pairing at this time of year with those countries offerings in mind so here goes.
Over the next 1o days or so I will be serving the following:
Stuffed Chicken Breasts with Chorizo and Jicama……….. Elvi Adar (Spain)
Arugula Salad with Sweet Potato Crisps and Dried Cranberries……….. Capçanes Peraj Petita (Spain)
Grilled Asparagus with Roasted Garlic Slivers……….. Arco Nuevo Shiraz (Argentina) $9.
Garlic Soup……….. I must say, this is a good time for my favorite Bourbon. (Willet's or W. H Harrison)
Black Sea Bass Ceviche (I catch it myself)……….. Barkan Classic Pinotage OR Carmel Shaal Gewürztraminer (Israel)
Grilled Southwestern Style Salmon……….. Flecha De Los Andes Gran Malbec (Argentina)
Chicken with Apple and Fig Chutney……….. Or Haganuz Amukah (Israel)
Chicken with Roasted Sweet Chilies and Cilantro……….. Segal's Single Vineyard, Dovev, Merlot (Israel)
I know , this is a wine Blog not a food blog but it is important to know what we are pairing with here.
There are many other super wines for the season. Wines from the Dalton Winery like their Shiraz or Tepperberg Meritage a big and bold are just the thing on these cooler nights to keep your senses on high alert. Other great wines like Bynyamina's Yogev Cabernet Zinfandel blend or Binyamina Choshen label Ruby Syrah are dancing with a mouthful of Mediterranean flavors of mineral dark fruit. Elvi's EL26 Priorat and Ramon Cordova Rioja remind you that you can sit in the sukkah with tapas, fine wine and great friends for a night under the stars. And, as my wife walks by and takes a look at my musings, she reminds me that Baron Herzog's Late Harvest Chenin Blanc is her favorite accompaniment to fresh berries and custard. These wines are all in the $7.00 t0 $28.00 range, except for the bourbons which are around $40.00 Everyone can get in on the season of rejoicing!!!
Jeff Ingber


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This image illustrates the combination of swells directed at Aropaonui through a typical June and is based upon 3506 NWW3 model predictions since 2006 (values every 3 hours). The wave model does not forecast wind and surf right at the coastline so we have chosen the optimum grid node based on what we know about Aropaonui, and at Aropaonui the best grid node is 24 km away (15 miles). The rose diagram illustrates the distribution of swell directions and swell sizes, while the graph at the bottom shows the same thing but lacks direction information. Five colours illustrate increasing wave sizes. Blue shows the smallest swells, less that 0.5m (1.5 feet) high. These were forecast 16% of the time. Green and yellow represent increasing swell sizes and red shows the largest swells, greater than >3m (>10ft). In each graph, the area of any colour is proportional to how commonly that size swell occurs. The diagram implies that the dominant swell direction, shown by the biggest spokes, was ESE, whereas the the most common wind blows from the W. Because the wave model grid is away from the coast, sometimes a strong offshore wind blows largest waves away from Aropaonui and out to sea. We group these with the no surf category of the bar chart. To simplify things we don't show these in the rose diagram. Because wind determines whether or not waves are surfable at Aropaonui, you can view an alternative image that shows only the swells that were expected to coincide with glassy or offshore wind conditions. Over an average June, swells large enough to cause good for surfing waves at Aropaonui run for about 84% of the time.


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== Applicative Functors ==
== Applicative Functors ==
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* [www.soi.city.ac.uk/~ross/papers/Applicative.pdf Applicative Programming with Effects]
== Further reading ==
== Further reading ==
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- The monad laws
- The Trivial Monad
- Tracking tainted data: Homeland Security Threat Level Monad
- Monads: a field guide
- Variable substitution gives a ... monad
- The monad behind every zipper
- Monads for vector spaces, probability and quantum mechanics pt. I
- Monads, Vector Spaces and Quantum Mechanics pt. II
- How to write tolerably efficient optimzation code without really trying...
- Monads from Algebra and the the Gray Code from Groups
- Monads, Kleisli Arrows, Comonads and other Rambling Thoughts
- Quick interpreters with the Reader monad
- Monads
- More on Haskell, Side Effects and Code Reuse
- A First Step Into Monads
- More Monads: Stateful Programming
- The theory of monads
- A newbie in Haskell land or another monad tutorial
- A newbie in Haskell land : The (->) monad
- Smart classification using Bayesian monads
- 3 open problems with monads
- Monads in 15 minutes: Backtracking and Maybe
- How to make Data.Set a monad
- Monads work because they have a tight interface
- Haskell: bootstrapping into a clue about monads
- Why monads matter
- Monads through Pictures
- Monads as universe helpers
- Simple state monad
- repeat and sequence
- What's a monad?
- Parameterized Monads in Haskell
- Monads! (and Why Monad Tutorials Are All Awful)
- Monads as computation
- Monads are hard to teach
- Haskell State Accessors (second attempt: Composability)
Monad transformers
- A twisted history of monad transformers
- How To Use Monad Transformers
- Local and global side effects with monad transformers
- Grok monad transformers
- A Simple Game with StateT
Continuation monads
- Concatenative programming in Haskell's Arrows
- Arrows and security
- Run length encoding in Haskell
- Haskell: Explaining Arrows through XML Transformations
- Playing with Arrows
- My Evolution as a Haskell Programmer: Factorial with Arrows
- Comonads and reading from the future
- Evaluating cellular automata is co-monadic
- Understanding comonads
Applicative Functors
Nobody has written blog articles on applicative functors - so how about a functional pearl:
- [www.soi.city.ac.uk/~ross/papers/Applicative.pdf Applicative Programming with Effects]


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This page contains the details of Change Proposal (CP) processing in the ITI domain for the 2020-21 publication cycle.
The ITI Change Proposal process follows the general IHE CP process described on the Change Proposal process page. The following sections give more detail on the process for folks involved in the CP process in the ITI domain.
The ITI-specific CP Process
The following text explains what the process used by the ITI technical committee in processing submitted CPs. It is consistent with the general IHE CP process and is informative only.
- Write a change proposal. Here is IHE's Change Proposal Template.
- Submit into the Incoming folder on the IHE Google Drive. This is typically done by directly uploading the CP into the folder (if you have access); otherwise, send it an email to the ITI Technical Committee members in charge of CPs (currently Sarah Bell or to an ITI Technical Committee co-chair).
- The new CPs are considered by the committee at periodic CP review calls. If CP is accepted it is given a CP #, assigned an editor, renamed to CP-ITI-xxx-00.doc and placed in the Assigned folder. If CP is rejected it is moved to the Rejected folder and the submitter is informed of explanation for rejection. Likely reasons for rejection are: duplicate, merged, withdrawn or not enough information to understand the request. Rejected CPs can be resubmitted with more information for reconsideration.
- Committee works with editor to draft the CP. Versions are kept in Assigned directory and numbered -00, -01, -02, etc.
- Committee decides CP is ready for ballot. Latest version of CP is moved to the Completed folder and old versions are moved to old_versions.
- ITI Tech co-chair or CP manager collects Completed CPs into a ballot. The Ballots folder will be used for this.
- Ballot is released to the general community for voting for 4 weeks
- Votes and comments are collected. All yes votes means the CP passed ballot and moved to Final Text. No votes are resolved by the committee. Sometimes CP is withdrawn, sometimes NO voter changes to yes vote after explanations. CP may be updated in this process. If updates are insignificant (clarification only) the CP is considered passed. If updates are significant the CP is submitted for another ballot.
- CP approved in ballot are put in Final Text status and scheduled to be integrated into the Technical Framework or Supplement.
- Refer to this Log of Approved ITI CPs.
- The Final Text folder holds CPs that have passed ballot but have not yet been integrated.
- CP status and ballots are tracked here
Change Proposal pages from previous years
Prior years work can be accessed at:
- ITI Change Proposals 2019-20
- ITI Change Proposals 2018-19
- ITI Change Proposals 2017-18
- ITI Change Proposals 2016-17
- ITI Change Proposals 2015-16
- ITI Change Proposals 2014-15
- ITI Change Proposals 2013-14
- ITI Change Proposals 2012-13
- ITI Change Proposals 2011-12
- ITI Change Proposals 2010-11
- ITI Change Proposals 2009-10
- ITI Change Proposals 2008-09
- ITI Change Proposals 2007-08
- ITI Change Proposals 2006-07
ITI CP Tracking
Location of CPs
All Change Proposal management is done on the IHE Documents on Google Drive here.
As CPs are processed through various statuses they move from one folder to another. The directories involved are:
- Incoming
- contains CPs which have been submitted but have not been assigned a CP number or an editor. This is the place that new incoming CPs are placed prior to the first stage of processing by the committee.
- Assigned
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Public hearing planned for Route 21 water district upgrades
The Canandaigua Town Board will hold a public hearing to discuss the improvement of a water district on state Route 21 this Monday.
The capital improvement project and installation of a transmission line for the town's water district is budgeted at no more than $166,000, according to town documents. The project will include a new transmission main extending south from the existing main at the intersection of Route 21 and Cramer Road to the Route 21 and Rock Oak Hill Road intersection.
A feasibility study completed by MRB Group determined the project will not negatively affect the environment and that the capital improvement will benefits the entire Canandaigua Consolidated Water District.
The town board at Monday's meeting will also be appointing new members to the zoning board, planning board, trails committee and parks committee to fill vacancies. The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday, July 28, at town hall, 5440 Routes 5 and 20.


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Whether you are new to the world of portable devices or new to downloading with the library, this holiday shopping season promises to be both exciting and a little overwhelming for those shopping for a new portable device that they will enjoy and will also work well with the library's downloadable eMedia.
A great place to start is with OverDrive's Device Resource Center. For your convenience, they offer details on devices they have tested to work with the digital library.
The North Carolina Digital Library powered by OverDrive is not the only resource available to you for free downloadable eMedia. Freegal , and our newest resource, Zinio both have apps that can be downloaded for free so you can have 24/7 access to your public library this holiday season.
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Calendar for: Plumper Pumpkin Patch
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Spring Field Trips 2022
9:00am, May 19, 2022
Many years ago, we were asked by teachers to add a spring field trip to our events. They were designed with school curriculums in mind. It is a highly educational and even more fun! Come learn about the many animal habitats on our farm. Tour the barn and barnyard and enjoy the springtime babies. Take a tractor ride up to the pumpkin fields to see the farm equipment used to cultivate the fields and learn about the growth cycle of a pumpkin plant. Then everyone will get to plant a pumpkin or two. (Come back in the fall to see how it has grown!) Discover the amazing world of bees during our bee talk, observe a working bee hive, and taste the honey. Groups are welcome to stay for lunch. Everyone goes home with a plant of their own.
Price: $9.00 per person
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Ann Foundation
20 Old Shelter Rock Rd
Roslyn, NY 11576
To whom it may concern,
My name is Emmett Eldred. I am one of many youth and young adults who belong to an active, passionate movement within the Church of the Brethren to better reflect the love and teachings of Jesus in our everyday lives. I am writing to you as part of a series of over 1000 letters that I have been writing over the course of a year to public figures and community leaders about the Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN), the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria.
I am writing to ask you to stand with the EYN. The EYN have been more severely damaged by the terrorist organization Boko Haram than any other group or church. Nearly 100,000 church members have been displaced, many have been killed, and dozens of churches have been destroyed. Of the 276 schoolgirls famously abducted from Chibok, three fourths are members of the EYN. A few weeks ago, the EYN headquarters was attacked and overtaken by Boko Haram.
Despite their suffering, the EYN have chosen to be the Church in northern Nigeria, and we need to stand with them. Whereas nearly every other organization has left the area, the EYN are committed to nonviolent resistance and community development to both stand up to Boko Haram and address the broader, systemic causes of violence in Nigeria.
The EYN are also providing essential refugee services not just for their own members, but for other persecuted Christians and equally persecuted Muslims. The EYN are committed to rebuilding and empowering communities. They understand that sustainable peace requires strong leadership and courageous action. They have chosen to be leaders in working to shape communities towards reconciliation. They have chosen the courage it takes to build peace.
The EYN are committed to building peace by answering the hate they have been shown with far more powerful love. When I look at the EYN, I see Jesus, and I know that I have to stand with them. These people fill me with hope, and I will never stop advocating for them.
I look forward to communicating with you further about how we can work together in partnership with the EYN. The EYN represent the possibility of peace in Nigeria, but they need our support and awareness to make that possibility a reality. Please don't hesitate to contact me in whichever way is most convenient for you.
With thanks and the love of Christ,
Emmett Eldred
Carnegie Mellon University SMC# 2046
Pittsburgh, PA 15289


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1251 W. 42nd Street, Norfolk. Play chess and teach the newcomers. A club for players of all ages. Adult players encouraged to come and teach the young players
E-mail contact: Lisa Suhay. Website: http://www.nicechess.net/


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Were any of you "X-Files" fans? I was a bit 'ole "X-Files" nerd, and while I don't think I believe in alien abduction (the truth is out there), I can so relate to the phenomenon they oft referred to as "missing time" : when you have this hunk of time which seems to just have disappeared and you have no idea where the time went, or what you were doing… because here's the deal, despite my lofty ambitions and best intentions, I still haven't made Guppy's Easter Bunny gift yet.
Well over a month ago, back when I thought I was going to have lots of time to get them done, I saw these adorable Purl Rabbits at The Purl Bee :
photo credit : The Purl Bee
These are some of the most stylish bunnies I've seen around! Trying to figure out how to spend all your copious free time? Well, make yourself a Purl Rabbit! You'll need the Pattern Pieces for Rabbit (Just look at the top of the post in the project journal for the next part of the project.)
I really love the Rabbit Clothes – do they come in adult sizes? They are so cute, and really make the Bunny look all dapper-dan. And fancy-pants. Fancy Danny Dapper Pants. Whatever.
Realistically it's not going to happen because this week is going to be very full for the Shellyfish, but I technically still have time, so let's not start calling bets yet, ok? And if all fails, I can still make more of these felt cuties à la Aranzi Aranzo like I did last year – they are always a hit. And of course, if I really go into "you've got to be kidding me" mode, I know I have a dino book stashed somewhere that could also be slipped into the basket. Must keep our bases covered and all that.
What are you making for the baskets o' festiveness? Have a crafty week, and don't forget to see what the other Wipsters are up to, and to check out our W.I.P. Wednesday Flickr Pool, too.


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Geese eye next postseason step
The top four seeds from the regionals feeding into Class 1A Brown County Sectional — including the Wethersfield Flying Geese — take aim at a berth in the Elite 8 this week in Mt. Sterling.
"All four teams are good," said Wethersfield coach Jeff Parsons. "When you get to the sectional, it comes down to whoever executes defensively down the stretch and who plays well."
The Geese captured their first regional title since 2008 with Friday night's 63-41 win over co-op partner Annawan at Oneida. Trevor Lay paced Wethersfield with 18 points in the win, while Tyler Litton added 16 for the 25-6 Geese.
Mendon Unity enters at 19-11 and winners of their second consecutive regional championship. The Mustangs erased a nine-point deficit late in the third quarter to beat the host school 43-39 in the Camp Point Central Regional title game.
Will Klusmeyer topped the Mustangs with 16 points, while 6-5 center Lane Davis added seven points and two blocks.
"When he gets the ball down in the paint, it's over," said Parsons of Davis. "He's a pretty good player and he passes well out of the post."
In addition to Klusmeyer and Davis, the junior-dominated Mustangs lean on Andrew Doyle and Alex Blickhan. Parsons said the Mustangs are similar to a Riverdale squad the Geese defeated at the Erie's Warkins Cardinal Classic.
"They like to push the ball and so do we," said Parsons.
Wethersfield's regional title served as a nice rebound from a late-season three-game skid. The Geese dropped games to Galva, Stark County and Orion by 10 points.
"We didn't panic too much," said Parsons. "We played well defensively, but we just didn't shoot the ball well. We didn't make more of it than what it was."
The veteran Wethersfield boss knows his team has responded well in tourney action this season. The Geese are 14-1 with titles from their own Wally Keller Invitational, the Lincoln Trail Conference Tournament and the ROWVA Regional.
"The kids seem to like that tournament atmosphere," said Parsons. "We told them this a four-team tournament and we have to win two games."
Parsons outlined the keys to his team's success at Mt. Sterling.
"We have to execute offensively," he said. "We don't want a good shot, we want a great shot. I think we're a tough matchup offensively. We have a lot of weapons."
"Also in the postseason, it's defense and rebounding" added Parsons. "That's all it is. We want to force them into bad or contested shots, while we're getting good shots on offense."
The winner of the Brown County Sectional advances to the Jacksonville Super-Sectional Tuesday, March 5, to play the Okawville Sectional champion.
The field at Okawville features Waterloo Gibault vs. New Berlin and Edinburg vs. Madison.
Enjoying regional title
The Geese celebrated Friday night's regional championship with a trip to Buffalo Wild Wings in Galesburg — what's fast becoming a traditional stop for Wethersfield postgame if there's a BWW in range.
Even with some wings, Parsons was unable to adhere to the 24-hour celebration rule after the victory. When a team mother encouraged him to enjoy the moment, Parsons thoughts kept drifting to sectional week.
"I couldn't really relax and enjoy the regional title," said Parsons, who was already trying to gather sectional information. "That's what coaching is all about — giving my guys the best chance I can to be successful. I just want to work as hard as my guys are working."
"I've coached a lot good groups here at Wethersfield, but this is a really great group of kids."
Fan information
Tickets at Wethersfield — Flying Geese fans can buy advance tickets for the sectional game from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at the high school office.
Additional tickets will be available at the door on a limited basis. Tickets are $5 each.
Fan bus — Wethersfield will run a fan bus for Thursday's game if interest warrants.
Thirty riders are needed for the bus, which will leave at 4 p.m. The cost is $5 per rider. For more information on the fan bus, contact the high school office at 853-4205.


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Main Peak List: Click here to see the standard peak listing, showning more informational columns and just the first ascent date.
Front Runners List: Click here to see list completion progress by climbers that log their climbs using Peakbagger.com.
Compare Climbers: Click here to compare ascents of up to 5 climbers working on this list.
About the Multiple Ascent Grid:
New Zealand, unlike countries such as the United States, Canada, and Australia, does not have a tradition of strong local administrative divisions like states or provinces. As such, the list of 17 regions presented here are of relatively recent vintage and are not as well-recognized as, for example, the states of the U.S. or Australia. However, it is all we have to work with if we want a list for New Zealand equivalent to a state high point list.
There are only really 16 regions defined for New Zeland, and the 17th, the "Outlying Islands", is an artifical construct I created to hold the peaks on the Chatham Islands, Auckland Islands, the Snares, Campbell Island, Antipodes Islands, Bounty Islands, and the Kermandec Islands. All of these are conisdered part of metropolitan New Zealand, in contrast to the dependencies of the Cook Islands, Tokelau, and Niue, so therefore should be part of a region. I could not determine which region these islands belonged to, so I created a new region to hold them.
This looks like a fun list to try and complete, with a nice variety to it. The peaks in the Southern Alps are very difficult, but the remainder do not seem unduly hard to attain, except for getting to the Auckland Islands to do Mount Dick.
= Peaks climbed by Jason Potkay = Unclimbed peaks
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How to avoid overeating at holiday dinner
By Dr. Jamie Y. Marable , Contributing writer
Worried about overeating during the holiday? While this is a common concern, you don't have to give in to negative thinking and start planning your post-holiday diet. There are a few effective strategies that you can use to enjoy a guilt-free holiday dinner without gaining a single pound.
Find an Accountability Partner
An accountability partner can be an invaluable source of support and encouragement when trying to manage one's weight. The results of a study at Harvard Medical School and the University of California-San Diego revealed that people have a tremendous amount of influence on one another when it comes to weight loss and gain.
An accountability partner can be a friend, coworker or family member, as long as he or she helps you stick to your goals. A true accountability partner will never suggest that you postpone healthy eating — not even for one meal. And it does not necessarily matter if the person is not physically present for your holiday dinner; a brief phone conversation with them before you sit down to eat can help reinforce your weight management goals and keep you focused.
Practice Visualization and Positive Self-Talk
Instead of succumbing to self-defeating thoughts such as, "I'll diet after the holidays," or "this one time won't hurt," try verbally reaffirming your weight management goals and visualizing yourself achieving them. Recommended by a number of doctors, visualization has been used effectively by persons who once struggled with food cravings and a lack of motivation to exercise.
Practice visualizing your desired outcome — enjoying a healthy dinner and looking and feeling your best — until it becomes a habit.
Eat a Healthy Breakfast and 'Minimeals'
It is fairly common for people to "save their appetite" for the big holiday dinner by not eating breakfast or lunch.
This is a huge mistake. Depriving yourself of food until the main meal only increases the likelihood that you will be starving by the time you sit down to eat. The end result could very well be overeating. On the contrary, individuals who eat a healthy breakfast such as cereal with low-fat or skim milk and fruit, have been found to lose weight and keep it off successfully at much higher rates than those who skip breakfast.
Studies also show that people who eat at least four small meals, or "minimeals," per day are significantly less likely to be obese than those who do not.
Fill Up on Low-Energy Density Foods
If you're fearful that eating tiny portions at your holiday dinner will leave you feeling hungry and frustrated, there is another, more realistic option: filling up on foods with low energy density. According to the Mayo Clinic, there are both high- and low-energy density foods, which the body digests differently. With high-energy density foods, one can accumulate calories very quickly from modest portions.
These are foods that are high in fat and sugar. However, low-energy density foods such as leafy vegetables, beans, fruits, whole grains, fish and skinless poultry, can be eaten in larger quantities and result in fewer calories being consumed. So go ahead and eat until you are satisfied, but make wise food selections.
Don't Place Food on Display
It is tradition in many households to set food out on the table in bowls and on platters when it's time to serve dinner. This is a no-no for persons who struggle with overeating, according to Auburn University Professor and nutritionist Barb Struempler. Leaving food out on the table only increases the likelihood of going back for seconds, even when you are no longer hungry. Struempler recommends that you serve plates from the stove and put food out of sight immediately after dinner has ended.
The most important thing is to have a plan and stick with it. By incorporating some of the aforementioned strategies into your daily life prior to the holidays, you'll be more likely to make wiser decisions at the dinner table when the big day arrives.


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Shawne Merriman: Steroids?! There isn't a bigger hit the NFL can take than to have its reigning Defensive Rookie of the Year – and one of the top defensive players in the league, period – test positive for steroids. (And he's supposed to be a spry youngster! What do you think the more veteran players have to do to stay in peak condition?)
NFL Week 7 Wrap (Appetizer Edition)
Player of the Week: Matt Bryant
Who's the NFL's new No. 2: Pats
Game of the Year: ATL 41, PIT 38
Hunh?!?! KC, HOU, MIN pull upsets
Dennis Green: NOW they can axe him
CFB Hangover
2. Clemson cracks my Top 10.
3. ND is more lucky than good.
4. Troy Smith, 2006 Heisman winner.
5. Northwestern: What the... GACK!
BCS Update:
And you can see the controversy over "Who's No. 2?" looming huge, particularly if/when USC loses. Would the final No. 2 be the UM-OSU loser? The one-loss SEC champ? One-loss Texas? One-loss USC? (Or unbeaten Big East champ?)
New MLB Labor Deal: I'd argue that a labor war is worse for baseball than a steroid epidemic; at least with the 'roids, the players are on the field. It's good to see the owners and players understand that.
Michael Schumacher retires: If we were to expand a "Who's the Greatest Athlete" debate beyond our own nationalistic myopia, it's very possible that Schumacher would grade out as the top athlete of the last decade. He, Tiger and Federer comprise a
Don't F with Bassy Telfair: I know I'm a little late on this, but I had to mention this development where Sebastian Telfair ordered rapper Fabolous shot after a few of Fabo's boys stole Bassy's pricey chain. Let's presume this is true -- because, I mean, it would be such a let-down if it wasn't -- how in the world would David Stern punish that?
NBA Preseason: Don't be surprised when we find out that Nazr Mohammed (16 pts, 12 reb) is an UPGRADE from Ben Wallace... I'm not sure Kings coach Eric Musselman should be fired, but you can certainly question his judgment and/or fitness to be an NBA head coach if he's spending the weekend before the season starts getting tanked up... Sorry to see Jay/Jason Williams' comeback attempt cut short. Is it too late to make him the poster guy of the D-League? Give him an exemption, Commish!
Nelson De La Rosa dead at 38: If the 2004 Red Sox had a circus-like atmosphere, it was certainly in part because of Pedro Martinez' little locker-room friend, De La Rosa, who died yesterday.
Given his near-magical presence – the Red Sox haven't won a title since he left the clubhouse – I'd argue that there's a "Curse of De La Rosa" in effect. (Now, where's my Shaughnessy-style book deal?)


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Karen J. Stevens
Karen J. Stevens, age 54, of Sturgis, Mich., went to be with the Lord early Monday morning, May 13, 2013, at Fairview Nursing and Rehabilitation in Centreville, Mich.
She was born May 3, 1959, in Sturgis daughter of Clyde and JoAnn (Collins) Gillette.
Karen was a lifelong Sturgis area resident and was married twice. These marriages ended in divorce.
Karen was one of the founders of the Sturgis Toy Run where she was known as "Squeak". She had been employed in fast food and Miller's Grocery Store in Sturgis.
She is survived by her beloved son, Randy (Jennifer) Burtch of Clarksville, Tenn.; mother, JoAnn Berna of Sturgis; two grandchildren, Makayla and Aiden; step-mother, Colette Gillette of Kalamazoo; two brothers, Martin Gillette and Kevin (Kathy) Gillette, both of Sturgis; two sisters, Gloria (David) Badiner of Mattawan and Lori (Vic) Crapo of Peru, Ind.; several nieces and nephews; special friend: Laura Klinger and all of her Toy Run friends.
She was preceded in death by her father, Clyde Gillette and step-father, Leldon "Pete" Berna.
In accordance with her wishes, cremation has taken place. A memorial service celebrating the life of Karen J. Steven will be held at a later date.
The Hackman Family Funeral Homes – Hackman Chapel, 114 S. Nottawa St., Sturgis, MI 49091, 269-651-2331 is assisting the family with arrangements.
The family suggests those wishing to make a memorial donation in Karen's memory consider the Sturgis Toy Run, 67014 N. M-66, Sturgis, MI 49091.
The obituary is also at www.hackmanfamilyfuneralhome.com where personal messages of support may be left for the family.


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