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The Dominican Friars are blessed to have nine men in formation. Of them, Br. Nicholas Reynolds, O.P. made his solemn profession on May 27 at St. Dominic Parish in New Orleans. Br. Thomas More Barba, O.P. was ordained a priest and Br. Carl Joseph Paustian, O.P. was ordained a deacon on Saturday, June 17, 2017 at Holy Rosary Church, Houston.
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Tall oil products sold well in 2003
Press releaseForchem's first full year of operations lays the groundwork for future growth
2003 marked a profitable first full year of operations for Forchem. The
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Although the fractionation plant in Rauma was inaugurated less than two years
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"We knew in advance that Forchem's first year of operations would put our new company to the test. We faced the challenge of starting full-scale production with a newly completed, modern plant, while at the same time optimising several parts of the process that had not been tested before. Nevertheless, our target was to achieve and even surpass market expectations, in terms of both products and services," says Martti Fredrikson, Forchem's President and CEO.
"Forchem also managed to achieve both its financial and technological goals. Excellent examples of this are the innovations of personnel, developed while carrying out their everyday work. The most important of these are the inventions relating to production optimisation and the R&D work that resulted in our new top paper chemicals product, rosin soap. We have submitted patent applications in both these areas. We have also realised that customers have quickly adopted the new operational models introduced in the markets as a result of our development work."
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"We launched our operations because we realised that it was time for something new to happen on the tall oil market after so many quiet years. We saw that international integration would increase pressure for the tall oil industry and it's main customer, the chemical industry, to increase mutual co-operation. These factors are still behind Forchem's growth targets.
Established in 2000, Forchem specialises in tall oil fractionation and further processing. In 2002 in the town of Rauma, Forchem launched production in the most modern plant in the industry. The company employs altogether 40 people. Forchem has three subsidiaries in the EU which are responsible for marketing its products and services. Exports account for over 80% of Forchem's production. The company buys approximately half of the crude tall oil produced annually by the Finnish pulp industry.
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PCGS No: 6500
Circulation strikes: 553,038
Proofs: 0
Designer: Charles E. Barber
Diameter: ±30.6 millimeters
Metal content:
Silver - 90%
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Weight: ±12.5 grams
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: "S"
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Throwing up is a nightmare. We all know it. You're a perfectly normal person who all of a sudden starts to think that something may be wrong. You're not sure what it is, but something about your general constitution feels shaky, uneasy, out of whack. You may even mention to those around you that you're not feeling quite right, or you might be getting sick. Then, all of a sudden it happens. A sensation of opening malcontent,shared by your head, your stomach, and your throat.
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Those around you are disgusted. You feel shame. Regret. As you continue convulsing, you beg forgiveness of the forces--godlike, mathematical, or otherwise--that this never, ever happen again.
Worse yet, you ruined Thanksgiving or Christmas or even your own birthday.
This has been the state of affairs around my house lately. An anatomy of broken holidays, shattered by stomach bugs from unknown regions. We didn't know anyone who was throwing up, we weren't in a filthy Walmart playground, and yet there is someone upchucking away our happiness. For, if there is anything worse than you personally throwing up, it's seeing your live children do the same and watch them suffer through the stages of anticipation, effort, and at last regret.
Thanksgiving was ushered in at midnight in my house six weeks ago with a kid waking up, calling for help, and asking me "Why is there so much silk in [her]bed?" Hint: it wasn't silk.
Throughout the night, daughter number 2 threw up. A real trooper, she hit the vomit bucket or the toilet every time.
Then, when she stopped throwing up at 8am, daughter 3 started throwing.
Thanksgiving lay in ruins, but the bug wasn't through with us yet. Then entire 4-day weekend was possessed with vomiting kids or ailing adults. My sister, visiting from New York, should have stayed there where at least the stench of vomit isn't inside.
Christmas went by with an act of rare mercy. My wife usually at least has a head flu like there is no tomorrow. But we were all well, happy, and relatively well rested. Bravo, Fate, bravo.
But New Year day struck me with a stomach ailment that left me begging for a reason to be put down. The worst seemed over, come the second day of the year. But the third day of the year, my wife's birthday, has been a living hell since a few hours before it started.
Once again, Daughter 2 ushered in the era of pain and suffering. We returned from a day trip to Ann Arbor. In the yard, on the way to the house, she threw up on the grass. It lies there still, frozen solid. Daughter 1 picked up the ball two hours later, making a spot in the rug that I hope will come out some day. The two of them didn't sleep until after midnight and kept vomiting until 3am or so.
That's when daughter 3 tagged-in. I slept next to her bed, catching as much as I could with cloth diapers. She kept it up until 8am.
It is always a challenge to give my wife a proper birthday celebration. It falls near Christmas, so funds are low and gift ideas are used. It is also usually the day that I return to work or the kids to school.
This year was a real winner. Less than a minute after opening her rebate gifts, she was in the bathroom. She's asleep now, as is daughter 3. Daughters 1 and 2 are watching hour 5 of movies, trying to distract themselves from hunger and activity.
Blah. Blah, I tell you, blah.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Stomach Flu on Holidays
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Solomon explains his Decision to ask the PSC to leave
The Chairman of Region 10, Sharma Solomon is saying that it was never really a denial to have the Private Sector Commission at any meeting about the situation in Linden but that the talks between the President and his team were ongoing and to have the PSC in would have changed the tone:
In a statement issued Tuesday the Private Sector Commission appeared miffed and questioned the wisdom of Solomon and others from the AFC and APNU in objecting to the presence of selected members of PSC at the talks with President Ramotar.
The PSC went on to refer to the AFC and APNU leaders as a few stating that "We should not confine our discourse on national issues to the political will of a few". Solomon says that statement does not reflect the reality on the ground:
But the PSC Chairman Ronald Webster explained that any reference to a "few" must be read in the context that the PSC simply wanted to encourage, what he called, a multi-sectoral approach that does not focus on either the Government or the Opposition. Webster added, in reference to the current arrangement that it speaks to a political approach and not to one that is open to the views of all stakeholders.
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In the early morning of April 4th my black 1999 Suburban, with aluminum flatbed trailer attached, and bright green Spec Miata Racer on the trailer, were stolen from the street in front of my home in Willow Glen. A bunch of racing equipment and log books were also stolen. There was a silver car cover on the Miata. On the back of the suburban are race track outline stickers, a checkered flag sticker, and sticker reading "Real men use three pedals." On the left side rear window is a "Santa Cruz" sticker in a shark outline.
If you see any of the items, please call San Jose police at 408.277.8900 and reference file number 17-094-0204 (and let me know as well, please).
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The Blue Box V77 is the Zunibal fishing vessel tracking equipment. Complying with the order ARM / 3238/2008 of November 6, which regulates in Spain the system of location of fishing vessels by satellite we have developed this device. The V77 provides accurate, secure and confidential information. It allows high scalability by configuring data collection according to the needs of both the owner and the authorities.
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This unique copperized corkscrew is patterned after an eighteenth century English antique known as the King's Corkscrew. In this rare design, the top lever screws the worm into the cork while the side lever functions to withdraw it smoothly from the bottle. The elegant piece is nested in a regal display box, making it a perfect gift for wine and history lovers alike.
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Chicago, IL (PRWEB) April 29, 2015
American Homeowner Preservation ("AHP") Founder and CEO Jorge Newbery will participate in The Future of Alternative Finance, a gathering of 40 industry thought leaders May 7 – 8 in Washington D.C. The event is one stop on the 2015 CrowdFunding World Tour Conference & Expo. The event will be held at the National Press Club and includes a press conference on Friday morning.
This caucus of thought leaders, industry leaders, and policy makers will consider the future of alternative finance. The event will be a first of its kind to consider how changes in finance will affect banking, access to capital, the sharing economy and innovation in the United States. During this roundtable, participants will discuss evolutions in financial markets and the opportunity and threat posed by fintech disruption to traditional financial markets. Further, those gathered will then consider the policy and regulatory concerns affecting the evolution of this market, look at fundamental disruptions including the challenge to bank lending through marketplace lending and the rise of non-fiat currencies. Finally, the group will also address the opportunities for broader access to capital afforded through alternative finance to SMEs.
Service providers, policy makers and financial professionals may contemplate adjustments to their long term strategies in light of these fundamental challenges, and this forum will gather leading thinkers in Washington DC to present the latest information on the evolution of these alternative financial vehicles and markets.
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Oooops! So sorry y'all. These glimpses of Spring have also kept me away from the computer (and the laundry room). I'm trying to get the kids outside as much as I can while the weather is so perfect. I know this could be just a tease and that snow could still be in our future, so I think today is the day I will go buy a large plant for my living room and try to prove to Kip that I can keep it alive.
I have so much to share with y'all next week. Our living room is in a super awkward stage right now. We have lots of new things, which is really fun, but I'm also dying to finish it. It's a weird mix, but once it's pulled together, I'm hoping it will look like a room that's been collected over time.
I need to know so much more about that room above. That wall color is perfection and I love the petrol colored bench seat sofas and pops of turquoise with the classic chinoiserie coffee table. And, of course, the plant sitch, while a bit intense for me, brings a little whimsy to a formal space.
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9 Tips On How to Grow a Full Beard Like A Man
For every man beard symbolizes masculinity, those who have capably developed a full grown moustache or beard would fine themselves greatly admired in peer group also by ladies. Maybe that is why men are so much interested in growing their beard and today how to grow a full beard is one of the popular search terms of on Google. So here are some useful tips following which growing beard turns out easier and that is too naturally.
- Exfoliation: Really exfoliation of skin is much needed. This really helps in removing the dead cells, it also fuels the hair growth. So those who are into exfoliating skin would be having faster beard growth.
- Washing face: the moment you will be washing face with warm water using mild cleanser, facial hair growth accelerates.
- Using herbs: among varying herbs Eucalyptus is known to hasten beard growth, one needs to take Eucalyptus as prime ingredient and massage all over the face it helps in growing beard faster.
- Repairing skin: you need to ensure that while sleeping you are using something to repair your skin to promote beard growth, there are number of serums and creams available for repairing damaged skin there are number of vitamins and minerals which help in speeding up the beard growing process.
- No ingrown hair: if your face is having lots of ingrown hair, you need to keep tab. You need to depend upon some home remedies which help in hindering the ingrowths.
- Biotin: it is said that talking 2.5 mg of biotin helps in growing beard faster.
- Stay relaxed: the moment you are staying relaxed, you will find beard is coming up more quickly when you are having no stress and there are number of beauty and health experts who believe that stress is one of the reasons that prevent beard growth. Yoga and meditation helps in experiencing better result.
- Increasing Protein: it is better to increase the amount of protein like meat, eggs and fish. They help in growing hair quickly.
- No snapping or trimming: it is better to stay away from frequent trimming and shaping, when it is completely grown, then the beard should be trimmed.
- Itching should be prevented: while experiencing rashes and itching, it is better to make use of hydrocortisone for face.


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We recently took a tour of the Milner Library with our Director of Facilities and Operations. Watch the video for a peek inside.
Big Year for EPL's Building Projects
By Heather McIntyreJanuary 18, 2018
The Edmonton Public Library is writing four new chapters this year, with as many new buildings opening in 2018.
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These gift ideas for book lovers will help you find that perfect something special for every type of reader on your list this Christmas.
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It's no secret that those of us at the Edmonton Public Library love books. We have a feeling you, fellow book lover, can relate to more than a few of these bookish feels.
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text: Pembroke Pines -- A robber got away with a woman`s purse Monday, but not before the woman, 51, hit him in the face, police said. The woman was outside her front door in the 1700 block of Northwest 88th Terrace around 12:45 a.m. when she was grabbed from behind, police said. She struck the man, but he got hold of her purse and fled, police reported. The purse contained about $95 in cash, credit cards and a driver`s license.


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This view is of Fourth Street , the western boundary of the 8th Ward, taken from Walnut Street. Fourth Street ran along the backside of the State Capitol grounds.
In the photograph shown at left, the Citizen Fire Company House is the tall building with the bell tower near the center. The company organized in 1836 and was chartered in 1841. It was later re-chartered in 1858 and was the third oldest fire company in the Harrisburg area. Although originally located outside the 8th Ward, the engine house was re-located to Fourth Street.
The Citizen Company purchased its first engine in 1838, which was capable of drawing water directly from the canal and did not rely on bucket brigades. Once hydrants were located within Harrisburg after 1838, the Citizen Company was the first to use hoses and a hose carriage.
(Summarized from an article written by J. Howard Wert for the Harrisburg Patriot newspaper on June 16, 1913, and reprinted in Harrisburg's Old Eighth Ward, edited by Michael Barton and Jessica Dorman, (Charleston: Arcadia, 2002), 136-138.)


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Virginia Beach, VA (PRWEB) April 15, 2016
Dr. Kyle S. Choe, M.D., F.A.C.S. of the Choe Center for Facial Plastic Surgery has recently received the "Top Doctor" recognition from RealSelf. This is a very prestigious honor awarded to less than 10 percent of RealSelf physicians. The physicians are recognized both for having an outstanding record of consumer feedback and for providing credible, valuable insights in response to consumer questions regarding elective cosmetic treatments, plastic surgery, dentistry and more.
RealSelf is a leading website and online community specializing in reviews and ratings of doctors and cosmetic treatments. The website is known for helping people to make confident choices in elective cosmetic procedures. In order to earn the title of Top Doctor, a medical professional must maintain a high patient satisfaction rating, invest a significant amount of time in Q&A and other various activities, and receive favorable reviews on their expert answers given to site visitors.
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Here is a toy that you can use in lots of ways: you can build a wall, a tower, a castle, a house, or whatever you want. The blocks shown in the color photograph were made from new corks in their natural color, but you can use old corks, too just paint them bright colors.
- a package of plastic or wooden toothpicks that have points on each end
- a large needle to make holes if it is hard to stick the toothpicks into the cork
- lots of corks with different shapes
- All you do to make this toy is stick the toothpicks into the corks and then build whatever you want. You will learn about balance, because whatever you build must stand up!
- If you make a hole in the cork before sticking the toothpick in, do it in the exact spot you will put the toothpick.
- Always make a strong base for your buildings; a square, a triangle, a circle and so on. After that, the rest of the building is easy to do.


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Cal Ripken, Jr. and the Energizer Bunny(R) are looking for stories about unstoppable people who are living life with vim and vigor for this year's "Energizer Keep Going Hall of Fame." Perhaps deliberately, certainly serendipitously, this rabbit-raising rally cry takes place over Easter, the time of year when we all take a moment to celebrate the humble bunny. And eggs and Jesus.
The national baseball hall of famer (and honorary inductee into the EKGHOF, as it will henceforth be known) has teamed up with America's most energetic bunny – and the competition for that title is steep – to search for its fifth inductee since its 2006 launch.
If you know someone who has the spirit and enthusiasm of the Energizer Bunny, they could walk away with a $10,000 cash prize, a $5,000 donation to their favorite charity, and of course the opportunity to become the fifth inductee into the EKGHOF, which includes a special induction ceremony at the EKGHOF in St. Louis, Missouri. I'm going to write EKGHOF again just because I can.
The contest keeps going and going until April 23. After that, nominees will be narrowed to a field of 100 semifinalists who will be honored in their respective hometowns.
Next, a panel of judges will select 10 finalists whose names and stories will be posted online. (If you're using another brand of battery while reading this you may not get to the end of the post, but Energizer Bunnies are no doubt as fresh now as they were when I started.)
After that, from July 6 to August 20, individuals can go online and vote for their favorite "Bunny," at which point it all starts to sound a bit Hugh Hefner. Each vote will trigger a $1.00 donation from Energizer to the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation, an organization dedicated to helping disadvantaged young people across America through baseball-themed programs.
Click here to read about the four elite members of the EKGHOF as well the 36 finalists that have been honored over the past four years.
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text: 08 March 2017 / Categories: News Abigail Secures Place on Youth Cabinet The votes are in for the local Youth Cabinet Elections, with Sheffield Park Academy's Abigail Kirk securing her place for another year. A Year 11 student at the academy, Abigail is already a veteran of the political scene, having been chosen to represent Sheffield on the UK Youth Parliament in 2015. Last month, Abigail was re-elected onto the Sheffield Youth Cabinet, which represents the voice of all young people aged 11-18 who live in the area. As a part of its role, the cabinet works on campaigns to make people look at and listen to the issues that constituents want to be seen and heard, helping to make Sheffield and the UK a better and fairer place for young people. Supported by Sheffield Futures' Young Peoples' Involvement Team, this year's elections, which took place in secondary schools and youth clubs across the city, recorded an incredible 11,581 votes – the highest so far in an election for young people in the Sheffield area. Sheffield Park Academy was also presented with a bronze democracy award, thanks to more than half of its students choosing to vote. Commented Sheffield Park Academy Executive Principal Mr Dillon: "Abigail's passion and determination to help improve the lives of others, both at a local and national level, really shines through and we are, once again, very proud that she has been chosen as a member of the Sheffield Youth Cabinet. It's also very encouraging that so many of our students took an interest in the elections and actually voted, helping us to secure the bronze democracy award. Next time around we'll aim for Gold!" Previous Article Newsletter - February 2017 Next Article Sheffield Park Academy Gets Ministerial 'Thumbs Up' Print 1065


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we're 4 days out of the Iowa caucus and there has been no comment here.....
Maybe none of us were surprised by the outcome, tho' I was a bit -- after all of the media hype that Hillary was inevitable (fed by her saying so by running against Bush right out of the gate), her 3rd place was a bit of an eye opener
And now, I must say that I have changed my mind too, and when we attend our caucus on Feb 5 I'm going to stand for John Edwards. After reading the web sites with all their position papers, his views on health care, education, gay marriage and corporate greed are the closest to mine. Also his whole "we're mad as hell and we aren't going to take it any more" attitude matches mine too. I don't think the Republicans are going to just lay down to a reasoned, intellectual approach, we're going to be scrapping it out to the finish, and Edwards seems to be willing to do that.
On the other side, who could have thought that Huckabee could be the winner in Iowa? (In fact, who thought he would even be in the top 3?) Quite interesting on that front as well. Could it be that the Republicans are having a change of heart too -- one can hope, but I doubt it
The most encouraging thing of all tho' is the huge number of folks that turned out. Lets hope that trend continues and the voice of the people is actually heard


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Econ 101 -- Silver Market Manipulation
Some say that everything you need to know you learned in kindergarten. I suppose that's true to some extent. However, to fully understand the forces at play in Comex Digital Metal, it might be good to review some of the basic economics that are often taught in introductory Econ classes at your local college or university.
Let's start with a chart. It doesn't really matter which one and, in fact, I just chose this one at random. Below is a one-week chart of the stock of Coca-Cola. Note that KO had some ups and downs last week but was mostly sideways in a price range.
And why was the price of KO shares moving sideways? At the most basic level, there were equal amounts of buyers and sellers in a period of fixed supply. Therefore, an equilibrium was reached and price was stable around $42.45/share. In your standard college economics class, it looks like this. Price is discovered where supply meets demand:
But you see that's not how it works on the Comex. There is never a period of fixed supply of futures contracts as The Banks issue and retire open interest on a daily basis. Complicating matters is the completely untethered nature of contract creation. Banks never have to deposit physical metal as collateral in order to sell paper metal short so they have the nearly unlimited ability to create as many contracts as they feel necessary.
What this leaves is a "market" where both the supply of the product (the Comex silver futures contract) and the demand for the product fluctuate on a daily basis. And with The Banks limitless ability to create new contracts, they're able to issue new contracts to meet demand whenever there is a spike in buying interest from speculators.
So now let's look at another stock from last week. Below is a chart of Amazon. Note the price rally over just five days. And why did price rise? Frankly, I have no idea of the fundamental cause of the rally. What I do know is this, however. Given that the amount of shares in the market for Amazon didn't change last week (supply), another chart from Econ 101 above explains the price rally. Increased demand for shares while the quantity of shares is held constant means that price has to rise to the point where current holders of shares were willing to part with them.
OK, are we all on the same page so far? Good. Let's continue.
Below is a chart of Comex Digital Silver that shows the price changes over the past week. Note that it looks a lot like the chart of Coca-Cola. Price appears to be stable and centered around the $18.20 level. At first glance, you might assume that therefore we have equal amounts of buyers and sellers. In a sense we do...but with one critical difference:
And what is that "critical difference"? For the answer, we turn back to Econ 101 and what we learned about supply and demand. Recall that when supply is held constant, changes to demand are reflected in a higher or lower price. However, in the case of Comex Digital Silver, the supply is not held constant. Instead and as noted above, the "market-making" Bullion Banks have the nearly unlimited ability to create additional supply of Comex contracts on a daily basis. The chart below again shows the price changes of Comex Digital Silver for last week. However, be sure to note the additional information provided. If increased demand is met with an equal increase in supply, price remains the same.
So we're left with the question: How much higher would price have risen just last week if the supply of contracts had been held constant? Would the chart for Comex Digital Silver look more like the chart of Amazon rather than the chart of Coca-Cola?
(It's important to note, too, that this is where the fraud comes in and this is why we maintain that Comex pricing is a completely illegitimate process for discovering the price of physical silver (or gold). The sellers of the new contracts (The Banks) are "selling" silver that they don't have and making a promise to deliver metal to a buyer (the Speculator) who has no intention of taking physical delivery. So what we have here is simply have a parlor game and a battle of liquidity where the winner is determined by who has deeper pockets and is thus capable of withstanding price fluctuations and margin calls.)
In creating and selling to Specs those 23,713 contracts last week, The Banks essentially minted new obligations to deliver 118,565,000 ounces of silver to the Spec buyers of these contracts. That's about 14% of the silver that the entire world will produce in 2017. Was any silver placed on deposit with the exchange as collateral for these new obligations or did The Banks simply create them from whole cloth through cash and leverage? Below are the CME Silver Stocks reports from Monday and Friday of last week. Note that the amount of silver held in the vaults actually declined over the week from 191.5MM ounces to 190.2MM ounces.
It's at about this point in the conversation where The Cartel Shills and Apologists jump in and claim that all of this new open interest is only being provided by benevolent and altruistic Bullion Banks, which simply provide necessary hedging services for their mining company customers. The Banks make no directional bets: https://www.benzinga.com/media/cnbc/12/04/2478161/jp-morgan-commodities-chief-blythe-masters-denies-firm-manipulates-precious
But there are a few, common sense holes in this defense theory:
- The total size of the silver producer hedge book is historically low, as you'd expect with prices barely above the all-in, break even cost of production for most miners.
- And we're supposed to believe that, en masse, the global silver producers combined to hedge 14% of global mine supply in just the past five days?
- And what about gold? With the April17 contract coming off the board last week, total open interest in Comex Digital Gold fell by nearly 10% or 45,471 contracts and is back near 2017 lows. Are we supposed to believe that ONLY silver miners are now actively hedging and selling forward their future production?
Obviously, this idea that The Banks simply "make markets" and "perform services" for their clients is utterly bunk and requires no additional discussion.
What does require one final bit of discussion is the notion of price change over time. While a handful of fundamental factors do play a small role in determining price over time, the notion that physical supply and demand somehow effect price change on an intraday or daily basis is simply outdated and naive. Two great articles were recently posted which detail how it's the paper derivative markets which set price in the 21st century and not the physical markets. Though both articles deal with gold, the same notions apply to silver and, in fact, the leverage in the supply of silver derivatives exceeds gold, making the situation even worse.
- https://www.bullionstar.com/blogs/bullionstar/what-sets-the-gold-price-is-it-the-paper-market-or-physical-market/
- https://srsroccoreport.com/record-10-trillion-paper-gold-trading-market-continues-to-depress-price/
Turning back to Econ 101 allows us an explanation of how price is managed lower over time through the limitless creation (supply) of these paper derivative contracts.
Let's pick some random dates back in the spring of 2011. Back then, price was screaming higher as demand for the Comex silver derivative was soaring. What was the total open interest of Comex silver in that period? See below:
January 18, 2011 ---- Total Comex Silver open interest 135,675 contracts
February 22, 2011 --- 145,070 contracts
March 15, 2011 ---134,914 contracts
April 26, 2011 --- 143,341 contracts
You may recall that, over the same time period, the price of Comex Digital Silver rose from $28 to $48. And note that the supply of the Comex derivative contract was mostly constant. Again, see this chart:
Let's compare this to the available supply of Comex silver derivatives in 2017. With a total open interest of 216,372 contracts, you're supposed to believe that this supply increase of over 50% is somehow related to increased hedging by mining companies and others who wish to sell forward their future production. Really? A more logical explanation is that manipulative Bullion Banks are greatly increasing the amount of derivative supply in an effort to contain price at these lower levels. How does that work? One more chart from Econ 101. As you can see, if you can increase supply faster than the increase in demand, price falls. And again, where are we in 2017? The paper derivative price is down 60% from the 2011 highs while supply of the derivative is up 50% over the same time period.
So finally, the conclusions that you should draw from all of this:
- Obviously, The Banks are still active in managing price through the issuance of paper metal contracts. They sell these obligations to speculators in enough supply as to dampen the upward price pressure that would have resulted from supply being held constant.
- Contrary to popular belief, it is most definitely not the supply and demand of physical metals which determines "price". Instead, the trading and daily supply/demand of the paper derivative contract is what determines the physical price. The physical market is then contorted by The Bullion Banks, which manage the wholesale flow of physical metal in order to legitimize this digitally-derived price.
- It's not impossible for the paper price to rise...it's just that certain conditions must be met. Either of two things must happen: a) Speculator demand for the paper derivative must exceed The Banks willingness/ability to supply new derivative contracts OR b) Banks must be forced to maintain a limited supply of paper contracts in the market. Perhaps the ability of The Banks to create new contracts must be tethered to a proven and readily-available amount of silver on deposit at the exchange?
I hope this helps you to understand the forces that are aligned against you as a silver investor. However, do not despair. No fraud can last indefinitely and no institution built upon a foundation of lies and deceit can stand the test of time. Instead, the day is coming where true physical price discovery will again prevail in the precious metals. What will that price be? I have no idea but I'm quite certain that it won't be $125o/oz for gold and/or $18.25/oz for silver. Therefore and as always...
Prepare accordingly,
April 17, 2017 update:
As of last Thursday, total Comex silver open interest has now risen to a new alltime high of 227,498 contracts. This exceeds the previous alltime high of 224,540 seen on August 2 of last year and, as a reference, this is fully 50% higher than the common open interest totals back during the fun years of 2010 and 2011.
Additionally, At 227,948 contracts, total Comex silver OI represents 1,139,740,000 ounces of virtual "silver". The ENTIRE world only produces about 880,000,000 ounces per year so total Comex OI now represents 129% of global mine supply.
As you can see, over the course of April, no additional silver has been placed into the Comex vaults as collateral for the new Bank or "commercial" shorts that have been created. Instead, this is nothing but a hyper-leveraged game of "chicken" where The Banks feel confident that their unlimited liquidity can outlast the Specs taking the other side of the trade.
And here's your updated price with OI chart. As you can see, over the past month, the commercials (Comex "Bullion" Banks) have created 38,392 new Comex silver contracts. Therefore, by increasing the total supply of derivative contracts by over 20%, The Banks have managed to contain the total price rise in Comex Digital silver to just 9.5%.
It should also be noted that this increase of 38,392 contracts represents the creation of 191,960,000 ounces of virtual/digital silver. Again, The Shills and Apologists will claim that "this is simply producer hedging" or that all is fine because "there's a levered long for every levered short". But how is any of this relatable to the physical price of silver when derivatives representing 20% of total annual mine supply can simply be conjured up from thin air and supplied to money managers and traders as "exposure". Trading in these derivative contracts are no more related to physical silver than is trading of sunflower seeds or baseball cards.
This is nonsense. It's fraudulent in nature which makes it criminal activity. And it's a pricing scheme that simply must end.
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Gold! Gold, I tells 'ya!
It's nice to be first, unless you're facing a firing squad . . .
Stack on!
The professor...
....is in the house !
Thanks Prof. Turd !
Cold blue steel up today... hmmmm
RGR (Ruger) and AOBC (S&W) up 5%..... telegraphing something? Probably not, but at least reversing recent slide.
Even VSTO (ammo maker, big dog in my 'folio) is up.
nice to be first
MP's and Vietnam
MP's were the first and last vehicles in a convoy. nether was a good position to be in.
Should be front page
In the Wall Street Journal...
6 times 500 gives you 30,000 and that's the number of scientists(actually 31,000) that have endorsed this paper on the climate hoax.
You can download the paper yourself. This site also lists signees by name with contact info for you to confirm.
A most excellent class! Unfortunately, your "lesson" is directed at an audience of PhD's (Turdville). This deserves its place as a public post . . .
Hey Turd, how does the
Hey Turd, how does the trading pattern of silver compare to the trading patterns of other metals, like copper, cobalt, or iron? Because if we assume that silver is "just an industrial metal," as all the fiat fanboys claim, then wouldn't silver have the same trading pattern as these metals. If its not too much of a hassle, maybe you can also compare these metals with silver. Here is copper compared to silver trading of the last 7 days:
I'm no technical analyst, but it seems to me that these two metals have very different trading patterns.
Thank you!
I appreciate your going back to basics and sharing this lesson. Not all of us in Turdville have earned our PhD's quite yet.
We're On Our Way
I was excited all weekend that our friendly bankers sold 100 million ounces last week to cap the price. Then I found out they sold 122 million ounces and the price is still climbing. And, believe it or not, the price of First Majestic is actually up.
$21.00, here we come.
OI (final)
Gold Future +2,661
Silver Future +4,850 (total 216,372).
It is bittersweet...
On one hand my stack's value is capped measured in paper FIAT .
On the other hand that capping allows me to get much more Ag for those pieces of toilet paper.
Me personally? I have lots of time.
However it is a total sham and I feel bad for those that need true price discovery.
Eono 101
Great post Turd !!!
Exhibit 'A'
This Turdpiece should be front and center in any 'market manipulation' legal proceeding(s).
Ok they can issue "nearly unlimited" contracts to cap price.
So how do we define nearly...
For example (and I will exaggerate for illustration) can they issue 100 Trillion contracts?
I would say they can not.
So at what point does nearly come into play?
Is it just "The Banks willingness/ability to supply new derivative contracts"?
That may be the golden question.
or maybe it does not matter...just curious.
another way to look at this...
the SUPPLY of criminality vs. the DEMAND for justice...which way do you think the graph is tilting ????
This thing (and many others) can only go on for so long !!!! The sleeple are indeed awakening and once they realize the screwing they've taken there will certainly be hell to pay.
Tick-tock, tick-tock.....
And this Econ 101 lesson
is why I just stack. Just for kicks put "Silver", "Gold", "Explode" in your search engine and see how far back the "imminent" explosion goes.
Eventually Econ 101 will obtain.
Keep Stacking!!
Hypothetically speaking, if one were to win the Powerball...
...and decide to F with the cartel with the entire bankroll (let's call it $300 million for arguments sake). How many times in a row would one have to stand for delivery on a million bucks worth of silver per week to blow this MFer up? Or would that even do the trick?
My Bad
But, hey! I perused the article while sipping my first cup of Joe this AM, so missed the public status of the article. It is a first-rate piece of reporting, and demonstrates, again, how insightful Turd can be in explaining the nature of the beast we face on a daily basis. Like rust, the PPT never sleeps . . .
They need to use some enhanced interrogation techniques and get her to sing. (If only this could be done)
Heads need to roll on this one.
This is the BEST..
explanation I've read to date that explains what's happening. Thanks T!
Boingsnap: not to be nitpicky
but your "6 times 500 gives you 30,000" is not the correct answer. 6 times 500 = 3,000
Ode To Mary Jo
I was too tired to make the last thread. Here is my account of Teddy and Mary Jo written 49 years ago. (When I was young.)
For want of a shoe, a kingdom was lost,
You have heard the tale.
How a man lost his kingdom,
Because a horseshoe needed a nail.
From the Commons of Boston,
And the Cape of Cod comes now this wail,
About the tragedy of the big game hunter,
And the dainty, drowned quail.
The Oracle of Delphi would have declared,
July nineteenth as a day of doom,
For then were a woman and a presidency,
Buried in a watery tomb.
It was the isle of Chappaquiddick,
They were on the way to the Ferry.
They were such an innocent pair,
A Senator named Ted and a girl named Mary.
You know how the story goes,
For the want of a shoe a kingdom was lost,
And for want of a left turn,
A treacherous wooden bridge was crossed.
There were no guardrails; it veered to the left;
They fell to the right, into a tidal slip.
Only the window on the driver's side was open,
Only the driver could escape the sunken ship.
He walked back or laid in the grass;
The accounts vary of what he did then;
But for years to come, the debate
Will rage in the councils of men,
Enter Gargon and Markham,
That formidable pair;
"Leave it all to us, Teddy,
We'll get it out of there."
You know what happens,
To the plans of mice and men.
They would have gotten the car out,
Except that wreckers can't swim.
So they were trapped by time and tide.
When morning came, the car was still there;
To be seen by unbelieving millions,
When the receding tide laid the upturned wheels bare.
They called in their brain power,
Even McNamara, he of Edsel fame.
Big time politics were their forte,
The presidency, the stakes in their game.
And their story was a dandy;
Not quite as wild as Mod clothes;
More like a Chappaquiddick fish net;
Stringy, and full of holes.
That the public is gullible and dumb,
Has always been the Harvard's clique's belief.
The gullibility of the public is boundless,
And their stupidity is without relief.
He dove repeatedly, walked intrepidly, and swam to another island.
For a man in shock; he exercised jealously.
Too bad Edgar Allen Poe is dead.
A story like that would have aroused his jealousy.
For want of a nail, a kingdom was lost.
For want of a wrecker, a candidate was lost.
Their reason for turning right may never be known,
But, whatever the reason, the White House was the cost.
The salty wind blows across Martha's Vineyard,
The fog folds Chappaquiddick in her arms,
The Senator, the fog, the tide, the wind, will never tell.
The secret of Mary Jo's fatal charms.
A nail, a shoe, a horse, a missed left turn;
Those are the perils of those who would rule.
If one should look under a wooden bridge,
All they would see is a quiet tidal pool.
Through the inlet with inexorable force,
Moves the tide's shimmering sheen.
But if one should look when the light is right;
On the basin bottom lies a broken dream.
In the bay a skiff goes sailing,
Toward the Vineyard a dingy does row.
Through the slip fans the tidal breeze,
Singing an ode to Mary Jo.
Informal poll
Hat tip if you have a doctoral degree
E.g., PhD, MD, DS, etc. (no BS ;^)
@ Libero Dang your right!!
Not hard to tell its Monday!


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Technology Strategy Board launches '�ber KTN'
A UK government-backed body has been set up by the Technology Strategy Board to bring together business, academia, and government to drive technology innovation. Three existing knowledge transfer networks (KTNs) – Grid Computing Now!, Cyber Security, and Location and Timing – have merged.
The Digital Systems KTN is led by experts in distributed computing, online security, and satellite navigation, and will create links between organisations to address technology issues such as intelligent transport, Cloud Computing, smart metering, and mobile data access.
It will stimulate knowledge sharing and circumvent obstacles that prevent advances in technology, explains says Digital Systems KTN director Ian Osborne: "A successful digital society marries the need to access data on the move with a secure and scalable approach to gathering, processing, and using that information. We will create opportunities to innovate in this field by bringing people together; for example, there are many academics making exciting breakthroughs in new tech who do not have the contacts to make them a reality or innovators who need to be connected to funders."
The Digital Systems Knowledge Transfer Network will host conferences and online meetings, provide members with guidance on funding sources and allow them influence on future policy decisions. The Digital Systems KTN is managed by Intellect, QinetiQ, and the National Physical Laboratory, who are jointly responsible for programmes of work in scalable computing (Ian Osborne), cyber security (Tony Dyhouse), and location and timing technologies (Bob Cockshott), respectively.
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December 3, 2009
The Christmas Shop
A few weeks ago, my sisters & I were lucky
enough to attend a cooking demonstration/feast
at ALICIA'S , a very popular eatery in the OC.
One of the best parts of this event, well, at least
for me...is the discount the attendees receive
on all the adorable items in their gift shop!
Like kids in a candy store!
{sidebar---if I go to bed with wet hair...this is
what I look like in the morning}
Enjoy this little tour with minimal
interruptions from the peanut gallery!
GGG...me, me, me!
Do you hear angels singing?
Even Santa is dreaming of a WHITE
I LOVE that little fire place! Look closely, there's
a smaller one above it that hooks onto a single tree
I know these pictures are blick...I have no
talent for flash picture taking and it makes
me peevish! But I did like this one...so I
made it into a card...it looks FAB!
Pretty, pretty!
To copy or not to copy?????
Of course I will! I am , after all
The Rip-off Artist!
Too cute!
Yes, I like the sign!
Ballet shoes! Every Christmas requires
a new ballet shoe ornament...and ice skates...
and snowflakes...and...and...
Whaaaaaat could be better???!! Ornaments
shaped like food!
Be MERRY!
Stockings were hung...
...and hung...
Love these!
Waaaaaaaaay to cute for mere cooking!
I LOVE this section of the shop!
Aaahh...it looks so forlorn with those
empty spaces! (where all the pink cupcakes
were until I bought them!;)
And as full as we were...we still managed to
force ourselves to peruse until they wanted
the kick us out...and we even bought a thing
or two...or more! ;}
Be sure to stop by Cindy's for more
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Looks like a wonderful store.ReplyDelete
wow Wow WOW!!! i bet you thought your were in glitter heaven...i LOVE the little pink angels and the sweet pink church...i could have gone nuts in that shop!!!ReplyDelete
I know one thing....I'd have to take a TRUCK to haul all my stuff I bought there...home.ReplyDelete
Come see what I did with my blue cobalt glass candle holder I found at the antique store...
I would love to open a Christmas store, but I hate to dust! I can go look at 'OP's" though.. (Other People's) Thanks for sharing the pictures.ReplyDelete
what a fun place to shop! And look and copy from! ♥ReplyDelete
Wow! Now that's a Christmas shop! I love the litle bird with the "wet hair"! Bisous... Julie MarieReplyDelete
Wow! So many pretty things. I just love your side bar comment. I can totally relate.ReplyDelete
Can't wait to see what you come up with after being so inspired!
Wowsers! That was a lot of eye candy. I loved it all. Thanks for taking us along. Have a blessed day!ReplyDelete
holy guacamole!ReplyDelete
i would have needed to sit for a minute! love it all (and YES, do that copycat thing you do so well).
LOL at your hair crack. so like me ...
speaking of me ... i have been quite elf-like making ornaments for a certain soMeone! tee hee
Thanks for the tour! I want to go there right now and let the AmEx hemorrhage away!ReplyDelete
Wow, what a wonderful store...I wish I lived nearby. I love all the beautiful eye candy you shared. Have a fabulous day.ReplyDelete
xxoo Valarie
Pretty, pretty, pretty! I actually have the red polka dot teapot! That sounds like a wonderful event and lovely place to shop. I hope you show us what you did with your purchases! :)ReplyDelete
Oh boy! What a fun store! The wreath in your 23rd picture down is to die for!ReplyDelete
:o) Sincerely ~ Tricia Anne


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CE Pro 100 Brand Analysis 2013
We want to thank our custom install friends at CE Pro, for all they do for the home theater industry and custom electronics dealers and integrators. They also do some great research every year. While we recognize that a reseller may have a few different reasons for choosing a favorite brand than the rest of us, like profit margins or technical or marketing support, often the reasons are the same: they want products that work. The CE Pro Brand Analysis for 2013 provides good insight into what customer installers are selling. Take it as you will.
Freestanding Speakers
The top three brands were unchanged for three years running – although the order has shifted a bit. B&W is still in the top spot with 30%, Paradigm leapfrogged to number two with 24% followed by Klipsch at 23%. Rounding out the top five were Monitor Audio and Triad Speakers, both at 11%.
A/V Receivers
Integra dominated this segment again this year with the same outrageous 60%. Hanging in at number two on the list was Denon down to 27% from 31% last year. Marantz hangs onto the number three spot with 24%, but had to share it this year with Sony, who jumped up to 24% from 20% last year. Rounding out the list are Pioneer at 23% and Yamaha at 18%. This is the first time Yamaha has made the top five. The Pioneer Elite brand was at 20% last year but dropped out of the top this year completely.
Oh how the mighty have fallen, the consummate champion, Runco dropped from its almost historic run at number 1 all the way to a tie for fourth place with JVC at 34%. Runco had a substantial lock on first place last year with 46%. The new number one for 2013 is Epson with 47%. Braden has been trying to tell you. The list also includes Sony at number two with 40% and Digital Projection at number three with 37%. SIM2 rounds out the top brands with 11%.
Flat-Panel TVs
Unlike Runco's dramatic fall from number 1 to number 4 in projectors, Samsung, who crushed the competition last year with 88% hangs onto the top spot this year with 87%. Sony has lost the second place spot to Sharp with 51%; Sony has 47%. Rounding out the top five were LG (33%) up from number five last year, and Panasonic (30%). While they didn't make the list, CE Pro also points out that Runco took a beating in flat panels as well, dropping from 21 dealers to only 8. Value was the big theme in this years survey; evidently Runco isn't seen as a value brand.
If you have time to peruse the full report, we'd encourage you to. The survey covers everything from architectural speakers to outdoor speakers; audio servers, video servers, wireless audio systems; lift mounts and racks; whole house automation, lighting control and universal remotes. You name it, they have a category for it. If you want to know what the pros are installing, this survey is a great starting point.
Home Theater Design Tips & Mistakes
This CE Pro White Paper starts off by making the point that "A great home theater is more than just a big screen and a nice projector." The authors then go on to explain several concepts in home theater to introduce some tricks of the trade and warn you against some of the more common pitfalls encountered in designing and building a home theater. Most of the tips revolve around what to sell and how to sell it, and focus primarily on seating, audio design and lighting.
Material Matters
One point made by Gerry Lemay, founder of the Home Acoustics Alliance (HAA), is something we've probably never mentioned before, and may be new to some listening. He advises installers to use cloth seats, not leather, when designing a home theater. He believes that the reflective nature of leather is less desirable than cloth seating. Cloth makes perfect sense from a sound absorption perspective, but so many home theater chairs are leather, you'd almost assume the leather was just as good.
We don't have any measurements or even anecdotal evidence to prove or refute Mr. Lemay's claim, so we're simply passing it along. Intuitively it does seem to make sense that leather would be more sound reflective than cloth. On the other hand, the percentage of chairs and seating you find at typical furniture stores marketed as home theater seating that's made of leather is very high. How could the whole industry be so wrong? Unless they're simply making and selling what the customer wants, and nobody is educating the customer on the pros and cons.
Where do you sit at the Movie Theater?
John Caldwell of Motif Grace distribution advises dealers to ask their customers where they like to sit when they visit the movies, assuming the theater isn't too crowded and they can actually select their favorite spot. So we'll ask you now, take a second and think about where you like to sit. Are you a front row person, a front third of the theater viewer? Do you like to sit near the middle or just slightly behind middle? Or maybe you like to sit all the way to the back – and please assume for this activity that you're there to watch the movie and not engage in other extracurricular activities.
Depending on how you answer, it could help you decide where to put your seats, as well as ideal screen size and other options. According to Mr. Caldwell, the standards and formulae we use for viewing angle and seating distances were developed to match the experience in the last row of a commercial movie theater. That's where we get the minimum seating distance numbers that range from 1.3 to 2 times the screen width. He advises changing those values and instead using something like 0.9 for those who like to sit in the middle third of the theater and 1.0 for those who like to sit in the first third of the commercial movie theater.
Show me 'Paint the Fence'
Apologies for the Karate Kid reference, especially since it doesn't even really even apply, but just as painting the fence was essential to young Daniel's success in martial arts, painting the walls and even the ceiling, could be very important to your home theater. We've talked about selecting the right color and paint finish several times before, but it isn't a topic we deal with often, so it bears repeating. Movie theaters are painted dark for a reason. Light or bright walls are a bad idea in a theater.
Dark, neutral or earth tones tend to work best in a home theater. Light reflecting off a red or blue or green wall will tint the image on screen and upset your calibration. And before you ask, this reflection is nearly impossible to "calibrate away" because the amount of reflected light is never constant. Since most people don't want to feel like they're living in a cave, so you have to make compromises. If you have to give in on the color, stay firm on the sheen. Sure glossy paint is easier to clean, but even glossy darks still reflect some light. Matte or flat paints reflect much less.
Posted by The HT Guys, June 13, 2013 11:47 PM
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About The HT GuysThe HT Guys, Ara Derderian and Braden Russell, are Engineers who formerly worked for the Advanced Digital Systems Group (ADSG) of Sony Pictures Entertainment. ADSG was the R&D unit of the sound department producing products for movie theaters and movie studios.
Two of the products they worked on include the DCP-1000 and DADR-5000. The DCP is a digital cinema processor used in movie theaters around the world. The DADR-5000 is a disk-based audio dubber used on Hollywood sound stages.
ADSG was awarded a Technical Academy Award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2000 for the development of the DADR-5000. Ara holds three patents for his development work in Digital Cinema and Digital Audio Recording.
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Yahoo revenue drops, but profits rise 8 per cent in Q2
SAN FRANCISCO, 21 JULY 2009 - Yahoo on Tuesday (21 July) reported second-quarter revenue of US$1.57 billion, down 13 per cent from a year earlier as companies continued to spend less on advertising.
Its net profit for the quarter, ended June 30, was $141 million, or $0.10 per share, an increase from $131 million, or $0.09 per share, in the same quarter a year earlier, the company said.
Excluding one-time charges, which included a $65 million restructuring charge for severance payments and other items, the net profit was $229 million, or $0.16 per share, much better than the $0.08 per share that analysts had been expecting, according to Thomson Reuters.
"Considering the economy, I'm pleased with our results," CEO Carol Bartz said in a conference call.
Revenue from marketing services, which includes Yahoo's online advertising business, declined 13 per cent from a year earlier, while "fees" revenue, which includes money from paid services such as music downloads, declined 8 percent, the company said.
The revenue was pulled down by changes in exchange rates and the sale of Yahoo's Kelkoo business last year, the company said. Excluding those factors, revenue would have declined by 6 per cent instead of 13 per cent, it said.
Yahoo is under pressure to revitalize its Web sites and generate financial results that compare better with those of Google, the market leader in search and search advertising.
Google reported its second-quarter results last week. Its revenue increased by 3 per cent, to $5.52 billion, while net income before one-time charges was $1.71 billion.
Yahoo is rolling out a new home page Tuesday as part of its recovery effort, hoping to pull more people into its orbit of Web sites. The new page adds a column of "favorites" on the left of the screen that provides access to services from other companies, such as Facebook and e-Bay.
Yahoo's on-again, off-again talks with Microsoft continue. Once again last week the companies were reportedly close to a search and online advertising deal, one that could see Microsoft pay several billion dollars for Yahoo's search advertising business.
Microsoft tried to buy Yahoo last year but eventually dropped its bid in a saga that cost Jerry Yang his job as CEO. He announced plans to step down in November and was replaced by Bartz in January.
Yahoo has also been cutting jobs to reduce costs. In May it said it would lay off 5 per cent of its staff, or about 680 people. That followed cuts of about 2,600 employees in two rounds of layoffs during 2008.
Yahoo Web sites accounted for 19.6 per cent of Internet searches in June, down a half-percent from the month before and well behind Google's 65 percent, according to figures from comScore. Microsoft was third with 8.4 per cent of searches, up slightly on the strength of its new search Web site, Bing, comScore said.
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David Gwaltney is a multi-instrumentalist and a producer. His work ranges from pure folk to experimental electronica. Often, the music falls somewhere in between the two, sometimes called folktronica.
Folk University
Release: 2015
Film & Video
DG Art
Dave's Book Club: 'Eat, Pray, Love'
"It feels like a precious wound, like a heartbreak you won't let go of because it hurts too good. We all want things to stay the same, David; settle for living in misery because we're afraid of change, of things crumbling to ruins. Then I looked around in this place, at the chaos its endured …
The Lighthouse Manifesto
I thought I would share with you a creative manifesto I wrote somewhere in 2010. Now, I know the word manifesto can get some people in a tissy, immediately associating the thought with extremist groups and the Communist Party; however, this was something I wrote to give myself a creative direction. I'm not the only …


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Himolla Is one of Europes largest furniture brands, based in Germany, that has been manufacturing furniture since 1948. Their primary goal is to offer their customer's the best possible comfort by providing inovations in terms of design, manufacturing and production. This ensures they remain a high quality furniture manufacturer and guarantees that their customer's receive the best possible product available.
They offer a range of Sofa's and chairs, with reclining functions and many optional extras for more comfort. They also include the revolutionary curved sofa for that added bit of luxury. All items in the range can be customized to suit your home and needs with a range of leather and fabric options available.