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Develop real-world web applications in Laravel 4 using its refi ned and expressive syntaxLaravel 4 is a clean and classy framework for PHP web development. It attempts to ease the development of web applications by simplifying the common tasks required in the majority of web projects, such as authentication, routing, sessions, and caching."Learning Laravel 4 Application Development" uses a step-by-step approach to teach you how to build real-world web applications. You will learn how to create a web application from scratch as well as how to create and use packages to build reusable components to be used in your projects.This book begins by familiarizing you with MVC concepts as well as the Laravel 4 framework. From there, it moves on to the creation of the frontend and backend of your web application. As you progress through the book, you will learn how you can authenticate users as well as develop RESTful APIs. You will also learn how to configure, optimize, and secure your applications. Lastly, it teaches you how to deploy your applications using different approaches like Git, FTP, and SSH.Laravel 4 Application Development will teach you everything you need to know to create accessible real-world web applications quickly and efficiently.This book is written in a simple and easy-to-understand manner, with each chapter contributing as a standalone project that will give you as a reader something to reflect on as you're learning.This book is aimed at amateur PHP developers with a desire to get a firm understanding of the Lavarel 4 framework. Basic knowledge of PHP will be helpful, however in-depth knowledge is not a must.


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Seib & Wessel: Little Stomach for Syria Strike
President Obama continues to have minimal backing from the American public for a Syria attack, and just lukewarm support in Congress, says WSJ's Aaron Zitner. With such little success in building consensus, can he still strike?
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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 335 construction workers died from job-related falls in 1995. That was the year the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) "Safety Standards for Fall Protection in the Construction Industry" (29 CFR 1926.500, Subpart M) went into effect.
This year, as of January 1, enforcement of the fall protection rule changed. Body belts are no longer acceptable as part of a personal-fall-arrest system for construction workers, and locking snap hooks must be used in personal fall arrest systems.
"OSHA has taken these steps to increase the level of protection for construction employees against injuries from falls, one of the major hazards in the industry," said Charles N. Jeffress, assistant secretary of labor for OSHA. According to OSHA, employees who fall while wearing a body belt do not receive the same level of protection they would if wearing a full body harness. When a safety belt is used, the forces that stop a fall concentrate on a worker's waist and lower back-in some cases causing serious neck, back, or internal injury. Additionally, OSHA says studies indicate that people suspended in body belts cannot tolerate suspension long enough to allow for retrieval. The belts, however, can still be used for restraint and positioning.
Put into effect February 6, 1995, OSHA's fall-protection rule is designed to protect employees from falling off, onto, or through working levels and to protect employees from being hit by falling objects. The rule calls for fall protection systems and associated equipment to be used when fall hazards cannot be engineered out of the workplace.
Areas or activities where fall protection is required include: ramps, runways, and other walkways; excavations; hoist areas; holes; form work and reinforcing steel; leading edge work; unprotected sides and edges; roofing work; precast concrete erection; wall openings; residential construction; and other walking/working surfaces. The rule requires construction employers to provide fall protection whenever their employees are exposed to a fall of 6 ft or more. Protection also has to be provided if a worker is in danger of falling into dangerous equipment. The rule does not include construction workers inspecting, investigating, or assessing workplace conditions prior to actual start of work or after all work has been completed.
OSHA has taken these positions on the use of body belts in certain situations: With respect to the use of body belts in aerial lifts, the policy is that if the system is rigged as part of a positioning device body belt system that limits free fall to 2 ft, belts may be used.
With respect to the use of body belts covered under OSHA's general industry standard for electric power generation, transmission and distribution, which adopts the construction standard on this point, the policy is the same; that is, if there is no free fall potential in excess of 2 ft, the workers may continue to use body belts.
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The Orioles have not gone before an arbitration panel with a player since prior to the 2006 season, but with potential hearing dates approaching, it's becoming more likely that that trend will be broken.
According to multiple sources, the Orioles have tentative hearings scheduled with right-handed starter Jeremy Guthrie on Monday, Feb. 6, with swingman Brad Bergesen on Wednesday, Feb. 8, and with center fielder Adam Jones on Friday, Feb. 17. All are scheduled for mornings at the Renaissance Vinoy Resort and Golf Club in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Guthrie is the first on the slate for the Orioles and seemingly is the most likely to go before the three-person arbitration panel. Guthrie, who was 9-17 with a 4.33 ERA and made $5.75 million in 2011, has proposed a $10.25 million contract for 2012 while the Orioles countered with $7.25 million. The panel will decide one number or the other.
This will be Guthrie's third and final year of arbitration; he and the team agreed to terms the previous two times. However, $3 million is a considerable chasm -- the fifth-largest gap between teams and MLB players who could still head to a hearing.
The Stanford-educated Guthrie, a players association board representative, has always been interested in the business side of the sport. So it wouldn't be surprising if he and the club went through the hearing process in his last opportunity to experience it.
And it could end up as a battle of two heavyweights.
The Orioles have not lost a hearing since Ben McDonald in 1995 and are 6-0 when led by club counsel H. Russell Smouse. But Guthrie is represented by Brodie Van Wagenen of CAA, one of the more successful agencies in arbitration. CAA's victories include the 2008 benchmark award of $10 million for Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard.
CAA also represents Jones, who is in his second year of arbitration. The 26-year-old center fielder, who made $3.25 million in 2011, submitted a $7.4 million salary for next season after hitting .280 with 25 homers and 83 RBIs. The Orioles countered with $5 million.
The club has expressed interest in potentially extending Jones' contract, but the sides have not engaged in any extension talks.
Bergesen, in his first year of arbitration, asked for $1.2 million and the Orioles presented $800,000. It's not a large gap, but the Orioles considered nontendering the 26-year-old righty after he went 2-7 with a 5.70 ERA in 2011. So, even a slight difference could prove to be contentious enough for a hearing. Regardless, if Bergesen loses, he still would nearly double his 2011 salary of $434,000.
Previous club president Andy MacPhail avoided arbitration hearings, believing that criticizing a player in front of a panel in an attempt to secure a less expensive contract was counterproductive to the ultimate goal of getting that player to perform to his highest capabilities the following season.
New executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette doesn't necessarily subscribe to that theory. In fact, the last time the Red Sox went to a hearing -- and won -- was in 2002 with pitcher Rolando Arrojo while Duquette was Boston's GM.


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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD coming to PS3 in two weeks
After a brief stint of exclusivity on Xbox Live Arcade, Tony Hawk's HD facelift is making its way to the PS3. Activision has announced that the game will be available on PlayStation Network on August 28th.
Speaking on the PlayStation.Blog, Robomodo president Josh Tsui says that the delay was totally not about any exclusivity deal made with Microsoft. "If there was a 'Make PS3' button, we would've been tempted to hit that a long time ago. But we wanted to take the time to fix a few things and make sure that the PS3 experience is everything it can be," he explained.
In addition to the release date, Tsui also offered further details on the upcoming DLC, based on THPS3. In addition to adding revert, the pack will add three levels: Airport, LA, and Canada, as well as new pros, including Steve Caballero. There's no release date for the DLC yet. You can read our review of the XBLA version if you're curious about picking this up.


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The Capital Markets Center of Excellence—with locations in Paris, Madrid, New York, Mumbai and Shanghai—provides infrastructure and dedicated services for a successful, industrialized delivery of our capital markets specific offerings.
For our Trading Services, the center provides training (online training and documentation), research (live software playgrounds) and development capabilities (integrated development environments), as well the development of proprietary Accenture assets such as solution accelerators. A few examples of the assets developed around the software of our alliance partners within Accenture Trading Services are included below:
Calypso—The center contains our Calypso installation and configuration framework, an interface framework and a comprehensive test and quality framework. Dedicated Accenture-developed assets include an automated online/offline workflow testing tool and a Calypso Fast-Track solution development environment that enables a quick start with our clients' Calypso projects.
Learn more and download the PDF: Calypso Trading and Risk Management Capabilities. [PDF, 662KB]
Murex—Accenture has developed, among others, an estimation tool to quickly estimate the amount of work needed for a specific Murex implementation project. This tool also delivers a work plan and can help optimize the scope of a specific project with predefined Murex tasks. Another estimation tool has been developed for application outsourcing projects covering maintenance and enhancement tasks. Based on a specific client challenge, this tool provides an estimate for the required team size and the skill pyramid needed.
Learn more and download the PDF: Murex Capabilities. [PDF, 185KB]
Kondor+—The center is equipped with two different Kondor+ versions: Kondor+ 2.6 and Kondor+ 3.0, released in the third quarter of 2008. Accenture has built solution accelerators around Kondor+, including an installation and configuration framework, a Maintenance Run Book, as well as tools to automate the customized code version migration. Additional accelerators include our ready-to-use development environments (based on both Kondor+ 2.6 and Kondor+ 3.0) that allow a quick start with our clients' Reuters Kondor+ projects.
The Capital Markets Center of Excellence links seamlessly with our local capital markets service lines in different countries, our dedicated capital markets delivery centers in Spain, India and China and Accenture Global Delivery Network, the largest and most diversified group of technology, business process and outsourcing professionals in the world.
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We specialise in the seamless installation, modernisation, maintenance and repair of all types of passenger lifts from simplex to eight-car groups. We are dedicated to providing a better service to the building management industry, as demonstrated through innovation and accreditations.
Our lift services quite often save money on your building's day-to-day running costs; get in touch to find out how we can offer a bespoke solution. Guideline are an Equal Opportunities Employer.
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"Oh, there's no pleasure. I write with a sort of grim determination to deal with things that are hidden and difficult and this means, I think, that pleasure is out of the question."
– Colm Toibin, on writing, to the UK's Guardian, 3/2/09
Quite a bit of controversy was stirred up by this sentiment, uttered as it was by an acclaimed Irish author who has been twice nominated for the Booker Prize, but who went on to say that the money means more.
It's apt, though, because to read Toibinâs new novel, "Brooklyn," is to get a sense of what the author no doubt felt while writing it: grim and determined.
The plot itself is simple: Eilis, a young woman who has grown up poor in post WWII Ireland, is offered a job and housing in Brooklyn. It is there that she begins to discover what she wants out of life (to become a bookkeeper and get married).
Eilis – whose name reads as a play on Ellis, as in Ellis Island – also begins to rebel against the constraints of her religious upbringing, which in most Irish Catholic stories means having premarital sex.
Elegantly and simply, Toibin captures Eilis' homesickness for her native Ireland and her family, the particular way New York can swallow you up whole.
In time, Eilis adjusts and falls in love with Tony, a nice Italian-American boy who takes her to the movies and Coney Island. But Tony and all the characters, really, remain flat on the page. She marries him, but when Eilis' family suffers a sudden loss, and she goes home and falls in love with another man, this doesnât seem so much tragic as totally normal: Of course she does. Sheâs barely out of high school.
Despite his glaring lack of specificity – there is almost no detail particular to any neighborhood in Brooklyn – Toibin has full command of the Irish psyche. Of Eilis' ambivalence about America, and her decision not to talk to her mother about it: "She imagined that her mother knew everything . . . they could do everything except say out loud what it was they were thinking."
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Tragic death on Goulburn train tracks
POLICE are not treating as suspicious a young man's death on Goulburn's rail tracks last night.
But they are trying to identity the man, thought to be aged from his late teens to mid 20s, who stood on train tracks some 200 metres north of the Blackshaw Rd crossing.
The Canberra to Sydney Explorer, which had just left Goulburn Railway Station, was travelling at 80km/h when it impacted with the man at about 6.55pm, police said.
Investigations revealed the male had emerged from the grass verge on the western side of the rail corridor and stood in the centre of the tracks.
Police, forensic examiners, ambulance and rail track investigators attended the scene.
The man did not have any identification or identifying marks. He was Caucasian, with brown hair and thin build, and wearing an orange fluorescent jacket, blue long-sleeved shirt, blue track pants, black shorts underneath and white joggers.
Sergeant Scott Marsh said police were examining fingerprint and DNA samples in an effort to identify the man. They had also checked with local hostels, hospitals and mental health providers, without success.
Police are appealing to the public for help in identifying the man.
The train was held up for four hours due to the investigation. Some 80 passengers were transferred to buses.
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In a certain nation, no-one except the Emperor is allowed to have a name. Therefore, the people give themselves pseudo-names called "callings". Examples of callings: A family is known as the Red Sparrow family. The father is called Swooping Red Sparrow. The wife is Bright Red Sparrow Blue Lizard because she was called Bright Blue Lizard before marriage. Their daughter, until she becomes an adult, is Daughter of Red Sparrow. Their sons are Eldest Son of Red Sparrow and Younger Son of Red Sparrow.


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8: There is something of the marvelous in all things of nature. -Aristotle
13: Never a day passes but that I do myself the honor to commune with some of nature's varied forms. -George Washington Carver
15: Go and walk with Nature; thou wilt find Full many a gem in her enchanted cup. -Isaac McLellan
20: As long as I live, I'll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing. I'll interpret the rocks, learn the language of flood, storm, and the avalanche. I'll acquaint myself with the glaciers and wild gardens, and get as near the heart of the world as I can. -John Muir


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More signs of Iraq disintegration as Kurds call for independence vote, Islamists solidify position
Iraq appeared closer to its long-predicted disintegration Thursday as Kurdish leaders ordered steps to hold a referendum "as soon as possible" on self-rule for their oil-rich territory and Islamist extremists improved their military position by seizing additional territory across the border in Syria.
U.S. military officials, offering their first public assessment of the situation, said it will take decades to subdue the threat now posed by the Islamic State, which seized Iraq's second largest city, Mosul, on June 10, then raced southward 200 miles, coming to within an hour's drive of Baghdad before their advance was halted. On Sunday, it declared an Islamic caliphate on the land it controls in Syria and Iraq.
Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters in Washington that the Islamic State's rapid advance had "stretched" its resources. Still, he said he believed that the world community would have to wrestle with the organization for "a generation or two."
He also labeled as "bleak" the future for a united Iraq unless there is reconciliation between Sunni Arabs, who have supported the Islamic State's advances, and majority Shiite Arabs, who run the country's government. Dempsey said Iraq's political leaders, an apparent reference to embattled Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki, have to find a way "to separate Sunnis" from the Islamic State, with whom they've partnered "because they have zero confidence in the ability of Iraq's politicians to govern."
He said the United States' first task "is to determine whether we have a reliable Iraqi partner that is committed to growing their country into something that all Iraqis will be willing to participate in."
"If the answer to that is no, then the future is pretty bleak," Dempsey said.
The impact of the Islamic State's success in Iraq became clear on Friday in Syria, where Islamist fighters took over five towns in the Deir el Zour region without a fight. The development allowed the Islamic State to secure its rear flanks, where it had been battling other Syrian rebel groups, and gain control over much of Syria's oil and natural gas production _ an economic boon for an organization that already has seen its coffers filled with booty captured in Iraq.
The Islamic State was able to make its startling advance in Syria after the Nusra Front, al Qaida's official Syrian affiliate and a bulwark of the movement to topple the government of President Bashar Assad, abandoned its positions in Deir el Zour, the capital of the province by the same name, and Abu Kamal, another Syrian city, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based group that monitors violence in Syria.
The observatory said that the withdrawal came after powerful Sunni tribes that previously had supported Nusra endorsed the caliphate that the Islamic State had declared over the weekend. Nusra has fought a bitter battle with the Islamic State over tactics and strategy in Syria.
Unconfirmed but credible reports in local media accounts also said that multiple units previously aligned or directly controlled by Nusra had defected and sworn allegiance to the Islamic State and its new caliphate.
Videos posted on the Internet said that tribes in the towns of Mayadeen, al Ashara and Burqas, all longtime allies of Nusra, had sworn allegiance to the Islamic State. A tribal leader in one of the videos even referred to the leader of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, as "Caliph Ibrahim," the name he was given in the Islamic State's announcement of the new caliphate.
"The clans of the city of Ishara, and the villages around it . . . and all of the factions in these areas . . . announce before God that they will cease fighting with the Islamic State," the tribal leader said.
An anti-Assad activist in Deir el Zour, Abu Abdulla, said that the Islamic State's access to heavy weapons it seized in Iraq had been key to local officials' decision to quickly pledge allegiance to the group. He said that in one town, Shehail, local officials on Wednesday met with rebel groups, including Nusra, and agreed to surrender.
"They decided to avoid more bloodshed in what would have been a losing battle," he said in an interview conducted by Skype.
The fall of Shehail had a domino effect, and within 24 hours, four other towns surrendered to the Islamic State. Rami Abdurrahamn, the Syrian Observatory's director, reported on Facebook that some Nusra units remained engaged in combat in the area but appeared to be on the brink of collapse because of defections and withdrawals.
But it was what took place in Irbil on Thursday that was most likely to cement Iraq's eventual partition into regions along ethnic and sectarian lines.
Massoud Barzani, the president of the Kurdistan Regional Government, buoyed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's public support for independence, took the first legal steps Thursday toward holding a referendum on self-rule, instructing the regional Parliament to pass a bill setting up an election commission "as soon as possible."
"We have international support for independence, and those who do not support us do not oppose us," he said, according to an official statement.
Barzani also announced that Kurdish military forces would not withdraw from Kirkuk and other disputed areas outside Kurdistan's borders that it occupied following the collapse of the Iraqi army.
"It is time to decide about our self-determination and not to wait for other people to decide about us," he said, according to an audio of the closed-door remarks obtained by Associated Press.
The White House did not criticize Kurdish moves toward independence but reiterated its longstanding position that only a united government could counter the Islamic State. "The best way for Iraq to confront the threat" posed by the Islamic extremists "is to unify the country," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said.
"We're confident that Iraq can meet the threat," Earnest said. He added a disclaimer, however: "But we're confident that they won't be able to meet the threat if they don't act quickly to . . . pursue an inclusive agenda."
There was no immediate reaction from the central government in Baghdad to Barzani's call, though Maliki has accused the Kurds in recent days of using the Islamic State's advance to pursue their own political agenda. On Wednesday, he said there were no provisions in Iraq's constitution for the vote the Kurds were contemplating.
McClatchy special correspondent Prothero reported from Irbil, McClatchy special correspondent Alhamadee from Istanbul. Contributing to this report were Nancy A. Youssef and Lesley Clark in Washington and Roy Gutman in Istanbul.


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I spent the past hour just reading the article. Thanks for the in-depthness of it. Can you have a members tasting next time? It must be like Christmas when those bottles roll in!
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The grenache in the Cayuse God Only Knows is grown in OREGON and the wine is made in OREGON, so I guess it really IS "redefining Washington wine" (as also including wine made in Oregon)... Also not sure how Christophe "makes a strong case for grenache grown in Washington" with grenache grown in Oregon, except that Washington IS only about 5 miles north of the Cayuse vineyards - I suppose that's close enough....
Cityroute16, I'll definitely let you know! :)
Anon, as you may know if you are a regular reader, I consider the part of the Walla Walla Valley AVA south of the border the 'occupied area' and have an Oregon annexation plan. Read more here:
RJ's Wine Blog Says:
sean, great write-up! now, let's see, there are 365 days in a year, 100 top wines, that's 3.65 days per wine, not including the time needed to find the wine, at a reasonable price. oh man, i gotta run - you have officially filled all my spare time...
will chancellor Says:
What an incredible list! But I'm more interested in what didn't make the cut. Conspicuous in their absence are Reynvaan, Chateau Rollat, Gorman Wineries etc. Are we to assume that these wines were submitted and didn't make the cut? Or weren't submitted at all. It would also be cool to know if you got your favorite wines from all the winemakers. Or was it, "Man, Pirouette again! Sequel is far superior...."
And if you ever want to make my day, give me a list of the 20 best syrahs in WA state
Greg Says:
RE: 20 best Syrahs in WA.
Stever Tanzer did an incredible lineup of Syrah during his last visit to WA. It was a private event that featured 15 or so Syrah from the 07 vintage. All the hitters were there. Was an absolutely incredible tasting. He did a review on his blog. We're going to make sure Mr Sullivan gets an invite next time.
RJ, thanks and let me know how the wine finding mission goes. :)
Will, just posted a comment regarding this on the Seattle Met site which you can see here:
I will say that I think the wineries you list are each making phenomenal wines. A shame not to have them represented.
For the list of 20 best Syrah, I saw the list from the Tanzer event which looked absolutely incredible. Definitely check it out.
Will Says:
Hello Sean,
Cheers to a fantastic article! I have not been a big wine drinker in the past but a recent trip to Sonoma followed by reading your article has me hooked. Although I always love Seattle Met (I am a contributor), your article put this issue over the top.
Will, thank you very much for the kind words. There is definitely much to enjoy in Washington wine, so it's a great time to dive in. Have fun!
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I was waiting in the checkout lane at a QFC grocery store yesterday, and there was the Seattle Met magazine right at eye level. I got a big grin on my face after realizing that yours isn't just a feature article but the big cover story (this is what happens when I read everything online). Congrats!
Thanks CindyW!


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I already mentioned that Tibetans in Tibet do not necessarily like Diaspora Tibetans very much.Indrajala wrote:That rather undermines or at least takes away from the arguments of diaspora Tibetans who say Buddhism is being systematically crushed and eradicated from Tibet.Malcolm wrote: Quite the opposite -- Dharma in Tibet, while under siege, has experienced a massive intellectual resurgence, especially in Eastern Tibet, Amdo and Golok -- with thousands of books being published in Tibetan language every year on all subjects.
For example, in Tibetan communities in this country [US] they tend to stay separate, with the Diaspora Tibetans always suspecting the non-Diaspora Tibetans of being spies.
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A documentary in the making profiles four photographers in Afghanistan as the country enters a turning point in its history. Mo Scarpelli, one of the filmmakers behind "Frame by Frame," discusses the project and the Kickstarter campaign. Photo: 'Frame by Frame.'
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Posted 28 December 2004 - 07:52 PM
I can't really describe it in detail because you know how dreams are. I was floating on a raft in the middle of some ocean when all of sudden this huge tidal wave (it was as high as our skyscrapers in NYC) slowly started coming towards me. I was panicked. All of a sudden I was in a car with my fiancee and he said "let's get out of here and find a hotel". I said "the hell with the hotel, let's just hightail it out of here altogether before that thing hits us!". That was the end of the dream. It was so scary, but I had no clue as to the location or anything. It was a very vague dream, but it disturbed me nonetheless.
When I learned of the Tsunami in Asia, it triggered the memory of my dream and it freaked me out.
Just thought I'd share.
Posted 28 December 2004 - 08:36 PM
1) What feelings does it bring about within me in the dream and how do I experience or react to this? Find the feeling in your body and then ask yourself where does this same feeling appear in my waking life (especially in the day or few days preceding the dream). This then gives you insight about what the dream is speaking about. Then you can ask yourself, "How do I experience or react to this in waking life? And what new information might the dream be trying to give me?"
2) What choices or actions within my life does this dream affect or bring about?
3) Is this my best scenario or would I prefer a different ending that makes me feel freer/happier/more empowered? What is the best ending you can think of?
4) If you have decided upon a new, more positive ending, sit quietly before bed and visualize the dream but with the new ending.
Here are some of the most common themes (with positive outcome examples for each scenario) and suggestions about what the dreamer might look at in waking life:
chase or attack : The pursuer usually represents a fearful aspect of our shadow, and hence an exaggerated version of a denied or inhibited portion of our own personality that would benefit us if integrated and appropriately expressed. (ideal outcome: standing our ground, facing and dialoguing with our pursuer, and eventually, acceptance and embrace)
falling dream : Am I feeling heavy, unsupported, worried about something? How can I feel freer, lighter? Also: do I need to be more grounded? (ideal outcome: feeling safe, landing, floating or flying)
car out of control : Is life too hectic, out of control? How could I slow down, act more peacefully and "enjoy the ride"? (ideal outcome: driving well & within speed limits, walking peacefully)
unprepared, late for or failing an exam : Am I feeling unprepared for some upcoming event? Unconfident about my performance? Am I worrying needlessly or do I actually need more preparation in order to feel confident and do a good job? (ideal outcome: feeling assured about oneself, performing well)
stuck in slow motion, unable to move or make any noise : Where am I feeling stuck in life, like Im getting nowhere or unable to voice my true feelings? What can I do to change it? (ideal outcome: relaxation and acceptance, and eventually, peaceful action & self-expression)
embarrassed to be nude or naked in public, though nobody seems to notice or mind : Where in life am I feeling unconfident, embarrassed, unskilled? This type of dream is usually pointing out, by the fact that the other characters in the dream dont seem to notice, that we are the only one viewing our self this way, and usually mistakenly so. (ideal outcome: comfortable with oneself as is, confident)
personal injury, dismemberment : What part of my lifenot usually the physical bodyhave I been neglecting, mistreating, forgettingi.e. dis-membering as opposed to remembering? (ideal outcome: healing)
trapped, locked in : Where am I feeling trapped in life? How might I open myself up to a new perspective, and explore new courses of action? (ideal outcome: breaking out, exploration)
drowning, threatening waves, tsunami (tidal waves) or flooding : Am I blocking, denying or feeling overwhelmed by my emotions? How might I better acknowledge, accept, and feel these feelingswhich often include vulnerability? (ideal outcome: swimming, surfing, breathing underwater)
helpless, abandoned, or crying baby, monkey, bunny or small animal : Have I been taking care of my "inner child"? Maybe I need to laugh more, play outdoors, express my creativity, be more spontaneous, or enjoy more personal warmth and intimacy? (ideal outcome: caring for baby or animal, playing, simply having fun)
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Posted 28 December 2004 - 09:23 PM
I have had other recurring dreams. One of which I interpret as an obstacle dream. In this dream, I am always climbing...sometimes it is on a rickety ladder (lacking some of the rungs) leading to a trap door to some dark attic apartment of some kind. It is such a struggle to get up that ladder. I have to hoist myself up and twist myself in all kinds of positions. I feel as though I am trying out for the Olympics (it's no wonder I don't feel rested when I wake up in the morning ) In this dream I have to do this numerous times (why I don't know). But, each time I do this I learn a little bit more and it becomes easier.
Another weird dream, is I am always searching for a public restroom. I am in a huge hotel with many floors and elevators and I am always looking for my favorite restroom. Riding the elevators, climbing stairs...walking through corridors.
And finally, the grand finale....The same plane crash dream that I have been having on and off for about 20 years. I am usually always on the ground or in a car. I look up at the sky and I see a plane (could be a jet or a helicopter) just spiraling down. It could hit the water or the ground, but everytime I see it in my dream it is so familiar....like I had really witnessed it in real time. It hits water or ground and explodes into flames and I am panicked that I will be hit by the flying debris, so I run. I am never usually on the plane when it goes down, but a few nights ago I was. The plane was slowly going down but I woke up before we made impact. Scary stuff.
So, do you think I need a shrink? :huh:
Posted 28 December 2004 - 09:33 PM
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Posted 28 December 2004 - 09:42 PM
Actually, I think you are the lucky one. Sometimes the dreams I have I wish I could forget. I dream in vivid detail almost every night. It's like that in my waking life as well. I remember everything...and sometimes that is a curse.
Wow Cyn you have some interesting dreams, as for a shrink I do no think it is neccesary. I have also had a tidal wave dream, where a big 60 foot wave hit me, but before it did I woke up.(I know where I would have gotten the 60 foot waves from, I got them from Ivan, off shore the waves were 50 to 60 and on they were 20.) Yeah and I have also had the falling dream where I was in a basment and climbed up the wooden stairs and fell back in slow motion then before I hit the ground I woke up. You are defidentally luck you can remember your dreams I cannont remember any of mine at all.
Isn't it weird that in those falling, or impact dreams we alway wake up before we hit. I remember reading somewhere a long time ago that it is our soul's defense mechanism. If we really made impact in our dream...it would surely kill us just as if we were experiencing the actual event in real time. Interesting concept...makes sense!
Posted 28 December 2004 - 09:48 PM
Hey just found this Vampchick I have been on here before and read some of the replies, they are interesting.
Posted 28 December 2004 - 09:51 PM
And I too have heard (from my mother actually) that when you are falling in a dream, your heart is skipping beats, if you land, your heart stops, jolting awake is your heart working overtime to re-establish it's 'pattern'.
But, she's a banker....lol....not a doctor or a dream expert. She was likely repeating what someone else had told her.
Hmmm...did a cursory scan....seems the house is me and the rooms are my personality...so since I keep running into rooms I didn't know were there and finding things in them, I have a lot to learn about myself still.
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Posted 28 December 2004 - 10:03 PM
Hmmm, I guess we'll never know for sure because we were the lucky ones that never hit the ground. Do you think that maybe those that have died in their sleep had actually hit the ground? Sounds a little crazy, but it just popped into my head. Food for thought. On that happy note...Sweet Dreams! I'll see what I can conjure up tonight.
Vampchick you may want to check this site out I just did a Google search and found this. Cyn I have heard of that, I was told a long time ago that if you hit the ground in your dream, you die in your sleep, I think it is myth though.
Hey just found this Vampchick I have been on here before and read some of the replies, they are interesting.
Love to all!
Posted 28 December 2004 - 10:35 PM
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The bedroom had antique furniture in it that was now ours. I looked around in this one room and there were hundreds of nick nacks lining the windowsills. After winding around and around the house, i started feeling overcome that we had gotten ourselves into too much.
Anyways, I could go on, but i have had these kind of dreams many times.
When I was a teenager, I used to get the tidal wave dreams all the time. I think it was the pressures of puberty, the feeling of being overcome by disaster.
I also used to have recurring dreams that my parents turned into devil worshippers.
Posted 29 December 2004 - 08:41 AM
the dreams you have about falling is when you have an out of body experience and you are returning to your body it is your sole re-entering your body.
I don't believe that, I think our dreams are all in our mind, although I do believe that they all have meaning or tell us something.
Posted 29 December 2004 - 08:45 AM
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Hey, Spike! finds two Zealous brothers in Frisco
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Those Drake boys sure are lucky, still getting to play in Frisco's Bill's Ranch neighborhood where they grew up.
Adam, 34, and Luke, 31, sons of Ron Drake of Frisco and Anne Williams Drake of Kremmling have gone forth and are prospering. And based on their family longevity genes, the fourth-generation Coloradans and Frisco natives will be doing it for a long time.
Their granddad, square dancing George Drake, passed away a few years back at age 92, having lived here since 1946.
Their aunt and uncle are Gary and Lynn Lindstrom, also longtime locals.
The young entrepreneurs can be found in their Zealous active apparel shop between Rocky Mountain Coffee Roasters, owned by Tim Adrian and Nate Post, Zeke Hirsch's Blue River Anglers, and Deli Belly, owned by Lisa and George Tousey.
"Our designs are all original and handmade at our studio here in Frisco. We make and sell men's, women's and children's casual clothing, T-shirts, long-sleeves and hoodies. We also carry fitted and snap back caps and knit beanies," they explained.
"Most of our designs are logo driven, organic in nature and supposed to represent the majesty of a mountain lifestyle," the boys said.
They opened their Zealous store in mid-December.
"We had a soft opening the weekend of the 15th-16th, closed for a few days and then re-opened for good the following weekend," they said.
"Business is steady – we're just living, learning and trying to improve every day. Retail is a tricky biz; we have been successful because of the great people of Summit County and their local support. We have also had great response and business from our amazing visitors. All and all, I think we're doing quite well for being three months in. We can't wait for the summer, when it should be even better," said Adam.
The Drake boys also have kind words for their landlord, Rob Philippe of Masontown Development.
"We rent from Rob, and are very blessed. He's a good man and has given us a great opportunity allowing us to rent from him. He is very supportive of locals and small business," says Luke.
So, where does Zealous come from?
"The name Zealous was born from the encouraging I Peter 3:13, 'Who can harm you if you prove zealous for what is good.' The ZL logo was born from the identity of the ZL license plates," the boys explain.
Adam graduated from Summit High in 1997, followed by college.
"I attended the University of Arizona in Tucson, Colorado State in Fort Collins and Mesa State in Grand Junction," Adam says.
As for brother Luke, who graduated from Summit High in 2000, he was highly involved with the school's various sports programs, including football and basketball.
"I was Mr. Basketball," he said, smiling at the memory and related in a previous Summit Daily story. Luke played as a power forward with the No. 24, the same number his brother had worn.
After high school, Luke started graphic design school in Denver and spent some time at Mesa State with Adam.
"While living in Denver attending graphic design school Luke's apartment building burned down and he lost everything," relates Adam. "Luke moved home soon after and encountered another setback when he broke an ankle skateboarding. During this time of struggle, disappointment and down time, Zealous and its ZL logo were born."
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Spike! and Mary, while out running, stopped to chat with John Mellon, who has about 79 days' skiing at Loveland on a pass he paid $79 for. He has a few more days at A-Basin, Breckenridge and Copper.
Another skier getting in some quality days is Flip Rys, owner of Gore Range Garage Door.
And yesterday, we spotted bicycling newlyweds Craig and Julie Arnes peddling around Friscotown in the springtime sunshine. Congrats.
Meanwhile, we express sadness at the recent passings of Eileen Miller of Pahrump, Nev., Rosemary (Amico) Steo of Denver, Stan Davis of Lakewood and Tony Arguello of Denver and the Eagle Valley.
Miles F. Porter IV, nicknamed "Spike," a Coloradan since 1949, is an Army veteran,
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People will be able to screen out the good from the bad, by critical thinking and reflection.You realise that the majority of "good" open source journals are also peer-reviewed? Peer review is important otherwise you end up with work that is unacceptable scientifically (for methodology, reasoning/deductions/conclusions drawn etc) being published and wasting everyone's time working out what is a good paper and what is not.
I don't understand why peer-review journal should continue to exist! Longtime ago, all scientific and great discoveries came out without peer-reviewed journals!
Did Mandel, Darwin, Einstein, Newton,...and so on, publish their research in peer-reviewed journals?
So, why should we support the capitalist publishing policy to make them more and more rich?
Publishing is becoming business issue, not to publish scientific results!
I am an ardent supporter for the open publishing and eliminate the peer-reviewed policy!
Knowledge should be free and available to everyone without constraints!
When you try something that doesn't work, it is likely to be bad. If you disagree with an author you relied on his work or results but got nothing, you can point it out and warn to rely on it. People will, so, be scared of incredibility if they publish something unreproducible. .
I hate the elitism! I hate Nature and Science magazines and all other elite names or brands, which harvest a lot of money for something that should be done for free.


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What do you do with a philosophy major?
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Alumni Praise Big Bash Weekend• June 6, 2006 Share:
The Third Annual Big Bash Reunion Weekend shattered all previous attendance records with more than 350 alumni returning to campus. The weekend weather was ideal for colloquia sessions, golf outings, picnics, and the sharing of good times and memories.
Attendees have begun to write the Alumni and Parent Relations Office with praise for the weekend. Here are a few samples:
Tim Cobb '91
After returning from the Big Bash Weekend, I just wanted to send a quick note expressing our thanks and gratitude for the wonderful event put on by the College. Tricia and I enjoyed ourselves immensely and found the weekend to be a very rewarding experience. It was nice to have the reunions be in a somewhat more relaxed environment than Homecoming and lacking in some of the time pressures that are seemingly inherent to a football weekend. We both found it enjoyable to return / experience for the first time at our own pace without ever feeling rushed or pressed for time. We both found the colloquia to be outstanding and learned quite a bit from the three we attended. Tricia has a background in aeronautical and astronautical engineering and was especially impressed by Dr. Bohlin's presentation while I greatly enjoyed listening to Drs. McLean, Mielke,and O'Rourke and their memories of Wabash and her people.
I understand from a comment by Hugh Vandivier during one of our class activities that the Big Bash Weekend is a trial program. Based on our experiences, we would strongly encourage the College to continue the program in addition to events at and around Homecoming Weekend. The Big Bash Weekend was intellectually stimulating and emotionally rewarding. Indeed, I can't think of an event I've enjoyed more since I graduated in 1991.
Timothy (1991) and Tricia Cobb
Paul Kimball '56
I was originally going to write to you to thank you for all your work in putting together such a wonderful weekend, but when I checked into the Wabash web site earlier today, I was quite astounded at the job your staff did in posting all the stories and pix. It so happens that I am a Webmaster myself, so I know what it takes to do all that. So, as we used to say in the Navy in such situations, BRAVO ZULU.
Paul Kimball '56
Kip Aitken '91
To the Alumni Office Staff,
I just wanted to thank all of you for the fantastic reunion weekend and to let you know that we all appreciate your tireless efforts. Your work ethic, professionalism, and attitude continue to impress. You guys rock!
In closing, Julie, Abby, and I had a delightful time. Thanks again for the effort.
- Kip
Bill Cook '66
This first appeared as a column in the Livingston County (NY) News)
I really did not want to attend my 40th class reunion at my undergraduate alma mater, Wabash College. I've been at Wabash quite a bit in the past few years since my son Eric will be a senior next year. I have seen several of my closest friends from Wabash recently, and I knew that none of my friends from the classes just ahead and behind me would be there. Since I have been on a college campus for each of my 40 years since I graduated, there was no nostalgia for academe drawing me to Crawfordsville, Indiana.
However, I was asked to be a small part of the planning by trying to persuade my fraternity brothers to come. I had no excuse for not going. So, there I was last week. I had met lots of Wabash alumni when I was a student because I was a member of the Glee Club, and we entertained at such reunions. I remembered old guys (Wabash is still all men), often wearing funny reunion hats. I recall asking one alumnus what he majored in, and he had no idea. Others did not remember buildings that had been standing when they were students. I feared that some of my classmates and I might appear just as silly to today's undergraduates as the Class of 1926 did to me 40 years ago.
Well, I had two glorious days. This was not because our reunion was so different than ones I witnessed in the 1960s. It is that I completely misunderstood what it meant to be 40 years out of college and then reunite with some of the guys who were with me during what might be the most significant years of my life.
We wore class shirts and name tags (the print was not quite big enough). My class wore replica green and read beanies, like those we had to wear as freshmen. I guess we looked pretty ridiculous to everyone except other Wabash men, but they were the only ones who mattered. We competed with other reunion classes in the singing of the college's fight song, "Old Wabash." I can still sing it in my sleep since I sang it hundreds of times with the Glee Club. The Class of '66 was the runaway winner of the singing contest.
I spent most of my time with two fraternity brothers, one a successful lawyer in Minneapolis and the other a professor at Butler University in Indianapolis. We told old stories, many probably not quite true. We walked around the Lambda Chi house and recalled wondrous times and idiotic moments. The two are not as distinct now as they were then.
I talked a great deal with this really smart guy who went to Harvard Law School and now practices in LA. I had not seen him since graduation day. It's fun to talk about serious and frivolous things with people who knew me when I was just beginning to take life seriously. We discovered that both of us were converts to Catholicism, something neither suspected of the other. One of my closest Wabash friends is David Kendall, one of President and Senator Clinton's lawyers. We get together from time to time. He is the smartest person I know personally, and it is good to be in the presence of profundity, even if it is intermingled with silly tales of water fights.
Forty years change a lot. We praised our physics professor Bob Henry, even though I participated in hanging him in effigy after a particularly tough test. I told a warm story about an economics professor who taught me very little about economics. I greeted joyfully my fraternity's advisor, who would not let us fire the world's worst cook.
Of course, there were a lot of folks I would like to have seen who were absent. Almost all the professors we talked about are dead, and the few who are still alive are retired (the last one who overlapped us retired in May at age 74). Only a couple months after graduation, one of my classmates was killed in an automobile accident, and we have lost classmates steadily. Our class president was killed in Vietnam. One guy had two heart transplants and died about 10 years ago. At least two have committed suicide. Some have simply not stayed in contact with the College, and we do not know if they are flourishing, languishing, or dead.
There was an educational component to our reunion. Several alumni talked about matters ranging from the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, presented by a member of the class of '56 who was sent to a camp at age 7, to the election of Pope Benedict XVI presented by a religion professor at the College of St Rose (class of 1991). It is right that part of a college's reunion should be educational.
During a brief visual presentation, a picture flashed on the screen for about two seconds of the Wabash College Glee Club posing before the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Kneeling in front was little freshman Bill Cook. There I was. In my own minuscule way, I am part of Wabash's history just as Wabash is a part of mine.
I am already counting the days (3652 starting the day I got home) until my fiftieth reunion at Wabash. God willing, I'll be there with my companions from the time the greatest adventures of my life were beginning.
Paul Hawksworth '56
I will admit that three or four years ago, when this notion was first floated I was lukewarm toward it, but having attended last year as a guest and this year as an Alum, I am completely sold on the idea.
You and your staff deserve multiple "SOME LITTLE GIANT" cheers. The planning and preparation was wonderful. My definition of professionalism has always been "attention to detail". In my experience that is what makes the difference between mediocrity and perfection and you and your staff hit Perfection (with a capital "P").
Thank you for a most happy and gratifying experience as we enter the domain of "Golden Little Giants."
Terry Lowry (wife of Fred LaCosse '56)
Dear Tom,
As a "Little Giant's" spouse, I would like to express my appreciation to you for your role in creating such a memorable experience. Obviously, the guys had a great time. To your credit, the ladies did too!
Fred and I are enjoying the website! I'm looking forward to the next BIG BASH at Wabash (1956 @ 55 in 2011?)
Thanks a million.
Father Michael Reding '86
Since I've been back, so many people have asked me, "How was the reunion?" And I have to say that it was nothing short of outstanding. I appreciated the timing, the format, the structured offerings, and the unstructured time for socializing. The college offered enough framework to hang a reunion on, and the guys who gathered took it from there. In looking back, I suppose that one piece of the success, for me, was simply: who was there and who wasn't there. I thoroughly enjoyed the weekend.
Tom Ochsenschlager '66 (a note to Class Agent Jay Fisher)
I know I speak for all the Sixty-Six Sigs, thank you for cajoling us into showing up. I wouldn't have been there without your encouragement. It was great to see you and Marty and the ol gang again. I had a wonderful time.
Larry McNair '66
To all in the Alumni Office, who worked so incredibly hard on this year's Big Bash, I want to give my deepest thanks. This also goes to my class agents Cal Black, Jay Fisher, and Squirer Neal. You are all some Little Giants. Get some well deserved rest.
During my student years at Wabash, 1962 to 1966, I knew it was a special place. I know that even more today. Those closest to me, my wife and my parents, know how fortunate I am to have attended and graduated from Wabash.
I have furthered my education at two graduate schools, Wichita State University and Virginia Tech. The late great Ben Rogge advised me to attend Wichita State and got me an Earhart Fellowship to attend the doctorate program at Virginia Tech. At Tech I had the great fortune to study under Nobel Laureate James Buchanan. Despite these incredible graduate opportunities, nothing compares with my close relationships with Wabash faculty and students.
Though an econ major and later an econ professor for about ten years at several colleges and universities, I've benefited immensely from knowledge acquired in other disciplines at Wabash. I've referenced history, psychology, philosophy, and religion in my lectures. When I designed and built commercial signs for twenty-five years, I used training from Harold McDonald's art department, Now, after ten years in the corporate world of a regulated utility, my understanding of regulated monopolies being helpful, I am about to pursue a divinity degree and ordination. I'm leaving Division III for Division II. The cross pollination I received at Wabash has been good. My wanderings have been interesting.


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The business of retailing is quite simple. You have a large base of fixed costs tied up in real estate, inventory and personnel, and you aim for a base of sales above those expenses. When that happens, each incremental new dollar of sales can quickly flow to the bottom line.
But this kind of operating leverage can work the other way, as falling sales make it harder to cover costs. That's the kind of negative leverage that has been in place for some time at Sears Holdings (Nasdaq: SHLD), which just announced another dismal quarter at both its flagship Sears stores as well as its Kmart stores. If the current sales trends continue, Sears won't even be around in five to 10 years.
I highlighted this retailer's woes in late May and though shares are down more than 15% since then, much more downside lies ahead.
As I noted in that piece, Sears Holdings has generated a cumulative $1.7 billion in negative free cash flow, offset only by the fact that Sears has been selling off key assets to keep the balance sheet from sinking.
Well, Sears' second-quarter results paint a picture of even deeper distress. Same-store sales were negative at Sears, Kmart and Sears Canada. Coupled with the closing of several stores, Sears saw sales drop 6.3% from the same quarter last year. Sears' quarterly sales base of $8.9 billion lagged behind analysts' consensus forecasts by a stunning $600 million. Who knows how bad the sales trends would have looked had Sears not resorted to a heavy slate of promotions.
|If the current sales trends continue, Sears won't even be around in five to 10 years.
A sure sign of retail distress: Sears' gross margins fell to just 24.6% as the company slashed prices to lure customers. To put that in perspective, other retailers such as Macy's (NYSE: M), Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) and Home Depot (NYSE: HD) have gross margins that are 10 to 15 percentage points higher.
This retailer is rarely profitable outside the holiday-focused fourth quarter, but a current quarterly loss of $194 million is far worse than last year's $132 million quarterly loss, and roughly $40 million worse than analysts had been expecting. Were it not for some one-time gains on asset sales, Sears' operating loss would have swelled to $235 million.
To stem the hemorrhaging, CEO Eddie Lampert is trying to turn the retailer into a membership club. That strategy has worked wonders for companies like Costco (Nasdaq: COST) and BJ's Warehouse, but Lampert is kidding himself if he thinks he can succeed in this already mature category.
The eponymous Sears stores are already showing signs of trouble as same-store sales remain negative, but the Kmart stores, which were acquired for $11 billion in cash and stock back in 2004, are an absolute disaster. Store traffic has become so weak that another round of store closures is almost inevitable from the current base of 1,261 stores. And that will yield negative economies of scale in terms of merchandising and advertising. At some point in the next few years, Sears may need to simply shutter the entire Kmart division.
Although Sears still has roughly $700 million in cash (thanks to huge amounts of asset sales in recent years), investors need to start questioning Sears' access to credit. The company notes that there are roughly $1.6 billion in untapped credit and inventory. But lenders cannot be pleased to see Sears inch ever closer to the debt covenants in place. Total debt has risen from $3.1 billion at the end of January to a current $3.7 billion.
Although the current credit facility won't expire until April 2016, Sears needs to maintain a fixed charge ratio above 1.0 (which is EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes) plus lease payments divided by EBIT plus interest payments). Not only is Sears' EBIT falling, but a recent spike in interest means that Sears interest payments are rising. Sears currently has about $240 million in annual interest expense, though that figure should move higher as rates rise.
There's a reason why Moody's rates Sears debt at B3 and S&P gives it a CCC+ rating. Judging by the just-released financial results, and Sears' exposure to rising interest rates on that debt, further ratings downgrades may ensue.
Risks to Consider: As an upside risk, Sears plans to keep selling off its best assets, which may keep the lenders at bay and postpone any day of reckoning.
Action to Take --> We are watching the slow-motion demise of a once-storied retailer. Eddie Lampert's steady milking of cash from Sears, and a long period of under-investment, has left Sears and Kmart simply unable to compete against savvier retail rivals. Avoid the temptation to view Sears' current share price weakness as an opportunity, and instead focus on how financial trends appear set to worsen further in coming quarters and years.