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Friday, March 18, 2005
Overstocked and Underauctioned, Part One
"THE MOMENT TO STRIKE," Bryne's message began, noting the February 18 eBay fee increases and the opportunities these offered to grow Overstock.com listings. Bryne noted that Overstock's auction listings had soared from 50,000 to 90,000 in just the two days since eBay shot itself in the foot by annoying its members and doing exactly what low-cost retail operators never do: raise prices.
Since a full month has now elapsed since both the eBay move and Byrne's clarion call to his auction members, we now have some data to assess the impact of Byrne's call to action, and in ensuing posts will take a closer look at the results.
Suffice it to say, it does not appear at this point that eBay has anything to worry about from Overstock.com Auctions.
Jeff Matthews
I'm Not Making This Up
35 comments:
- Its_strange said...
How come i get the feeling everyone knows who Bob really is but me ?
- bob obrien said...
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- mfairview said...
Wow Jeff, you're averaging 1 OSTK slam for every 3 articles. Did Byrne kick your ass in a previous life? Or are you now on the RP payroll like your good buddy lapdog Herb. Hope you were able to negotiate for more vacation time or a better pay package. You seem to be working harder at it.
- mfairview said...
By the way Jeff, it's 3/19/05. Do you currently hold a position in OSTK at this time (either long or short?)
- bob obrien said...
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- Its_strange said...
All this is going to happen while you remain anonymous ? Sorry Bob that doesn't fly . And i can't imagine the powers that be acting on the word of someone who refuses to reveal his identity .
"Enjoy the show, I guarantee you will never see anything else like this during your lifetime" I'm waiting Bob. Perhaps we can work a compromise. Why don't you have your lawyer pal go public with what you have. Put a face to the claims. Thats a start . I would think the gov would be more willing to listen if it had a face or contact .
- Its_strange said...
who are you defrauding ? Well Bob i think yoou and others are trying to orchestrate a stock squeeze in NFI and OSTK and perhaps others . And you will be lone gone while your flock ends up holding the bag. I think you are running a pump and dump operation. I think thats the reason you will not reveal who you are
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- bob obrien said...
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- Its_strange said...
Funny thing grasshopper , i noticed a NFI post on Yahoo pointing to gay man and that being alright . But enough of that nonsense .
This naked shorting / hedge fund scam will become a show of a lifetime while the chief accuser remains anonymous ? While the chief accuser is long the stocks thought to be manipulated ? While the chief accuser offers tips and advise on the message boards and on his website. Well Bob i will be watching it all unfold . And i will be also watching NFI's and OSTK business model unfold
- Ed said...
Non sequitur: Do you think we would meaningfully reduce the trade deficit if we could eliminate piracy of software and movie - our 2 most competitive global exports?
- bob obrien said...
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- Its_strange said...
When Bryne said the diamond deal was a " steal of a lifetime" did he mean no such deals are in the future ?
Why did NFI miss thier earnings estimate last quarter ? Does that explain why your view that the stock would be $120 by now was so wrong ?
- Its_strange said...
Bryne is charismatic and a visionary ? Well you know the guy, i don't . But whats charismatic about calling reporters liars and sending bizarre emails ? Whats visionary about starting another internet retailor ?
- Jeff Matthews said...
Bob O'Brien has been removed until he cleans up his act.
There is no cursing on this page. If you can't say what you have to say without using the 'f' word, you will not say it at all.
So, for now, "X-Files" O'Brien will not be saying it.
Jeff Matthews
I Am Not Making This Up
- jfichthorn said...
So I'm surfing the overstock auction boards out of boredom. And what is the most obvious feature? 8 out of 10 items listed have 0 bids.
- Jeff Matthews said...
We have a winner!
"jfichthorn" has hit one of the Overstock.com coffin-nails squarely on its head: a majority of the items listed on the auction site have no more than 1 bid.
I will flesh this point out in Part Two of "Overstocked and Underauctioned," coming tomorrow, but in the meantime, well done. A poster has finally published a certifiable fact.
That is what this site is about, and that is why "X-Files" O'Brien has been disappeared.
Jeff Matthews
I'm Not Making This Up
- Its_strange said...
Why does OSTK keep its auctions up for 10 days ? Ebay knows the business and they keep the auctions up for 7 days . What does OSTK think it will benefit by this ?
- BelowTheCrowd said...
Actually, eBay allows you to leave items up for anywhere between 1 and 10 days. 7 days is a "standard" auction, and in my experience 5 day auctions are the second most common. 10 day auctions are possible, but eBay charges you an extra fee for having it listed the extra time. Theory is that the longer it's out there, the greater the chance of it getting bidded up, but at a certain point there have got to be diminishing returns. Many people won't bother to bid more than a few days out, and some (like myself) make a point of trying to check in during the last five minutes, or even seconds.
Overstock probably are portraying this as an "advantage." After all, eBay charges extra for the 10 day listing, and they give it to you free.
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- SteveF said...
Here's what's really going on with Bob O'Brien's posts: Jeff needs to censor dissenting views. I read them over the weekend and there was nothing offensive or bad about them. Rather than changing one word in one post that as far as I can tell was used jokingly for effect, Jeff has elected to delete all Bob's posts - a handy way of silencing statements that show you to be an imbecile.
I challenge Jeff to reinstate those posts and put an asterisk through a letter of the offending word.
That won't happen. Because Jeff doesn't want you to see how much of this he is making up. And Bob nails the issues, which Jeff really doesn't like one bit.
- Jeff Matthews said...
Unfortunately, "stevef" doesn't get it any better than "Bob O'Brien" didn't get it.
This is not a Yahoo message board with losers swapping misinformation along with the 'f' word. If any such losers want to curse on the web--jokingly or otherwise--they are quite free to do it elsewhere.
Therefore, I will not be "asterisking" anybody's posts here. My job is to provide information and a forum for informed commentary, not editing for uninformed message board refugees.
"Bob O'Brien" is free to post here when he meets the simple standards of this site. He will not be reducing those standards for others.
Jeff Matthews
I Am Not Making This Up
- mfairview said...
Hey Jeff, can you post the list of offensive words so we're aware what they are so we don't pi** you off? (good thing I caught that and went back to clean it up!)
"My job is to provide information and a forum for informed commentary, not editing for uninformed message board refugees."
What absolute drivel. Bob's post are informative; just counter to your beliefs (God forbid someone disagrees with you here.) If you want to censor "uninformative" garbage, try looking at "its_strange" constant ramblings. How many times and how many different ways can he ask "Who are you bob? Are you Davidson?"? He obviously enjoy clogging up the board with that tired angle again and again and that seems to be OK by you. Very informative and educational indeed.
btw- it's 3/21/05. Do you currently hold a position in OSTK at this time (either long or short?)
- milchmaid said...
Finally, there are some people who aren't afraid of Wall Street. Dr Byrne and Bob OBrien were smart enough to figure out about the naked shorting, the abuses of the brokerages, hedge funds and they couldn't be bought off. The DTCC is counterfeiting shares and the SEC is telling us this is true with the REGSHO list. Wake up and smell the coffee. If you don't stick up for the companies that are being abused, your next investment will be the one that gets driven into the ground. Senator Bennett doesn't think any of this is a laughing matter. By erasing Bob OBrien's comments, you look like you approve of the illegal activities and/or you are intimidated by someone who is a lot smarter than you are.
- nabrum said...
Hey Jeff. Why did you delete all the responses? What are you afaid of????
- BelowTheCrowd said...
What do any of the comments here (other than mine and a couple of others) have ANYTHING to do with the topic of the original post -- specifically the apparent slowness in OSTK's auction business?
Were this my blog I'd have deleted all the responses that had nothing to do with the subject under discussion. I'd applaud efforts to keep discussions on topic. There have been plenty of posts here about naked shorting, Bob O, etc. Maybe keep the comments in the right place?
- SteveF said...
My observation is that one of, what, 5 posts you deleted had "bad" language. I note that the post immediately after the first one you deleted, still present, by its_strange, has the offensive word "bug*uck crazy" in it with an asterisk. I just thought that you could do the same so everyone could enjoy the benefits of free speech. I recall that none of the other posts had objectionable language, so the truth is you don't like the information in Obrians posts. I can see why, they mostly proved your whole rationale to be in error. So away they go. You do your readers a disservice by stooping to this petty a level, but it sounds like they mostly understand what it is your up to, so you lose the credibility here. Obrian touched a raw nerve about your objectives and the vapidness of your position. No wonder you deleted him. Am I next? Is anyone that proves you to be wrong next?
- mfairview said...
"What do any of the comments here (other than mine and a couple of others) have ANYTHING to do with the topic of the original post -- specifically the apparent slowness in OSTK's auction business?"
How's this.. I just checked, they currently have 145,362 auctions. This is up about 115k since I started tracking them a month ago (300% rise). Admittedly small potatoes to Ebay, but here's the kicker. They have SEVERAL revenue streams (Store, BMV, Travel, etc.) and undoubtedly growing. I think they plunked all of 2M down to get auctions up and running. AND they just turned profitable this past Quarter after several years in the biz. Jeff's a bit short-sighted (to say it nicely) to focus on bits and pieces of the company in his attempt to discredit them across several blogs (Am I the only one who thinks he's a bit obsessive here?)
Here's more... The CEO (Byrne) doesn't take a salary, he recently refused a bonus due to him, and has never sold 1 share of OSTK. In fact, he's spent SEVERAL millions of dollars of his own money to purchase shares on the open market. And Jeff calls him a scam artist? If he is, then I admit that he's got me fooled.
On top of it all, read the story on World Stock (another Byrne's creation). It's inspiring to say the least: http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi?SEC_IID=5083&PAGE=STATICPAGE&PAGE_ID=1328&TID=WORLDSTORE20041103&IID=BOTTOMLINK:8
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Know this: There are 3 sides to every story. His side, her side, and the truth. Don't just take my word for it, and certainly Jeff's words is worth as much as the ether it's printed on (his actions are even worth less). Do your own DD.
Since 1983 I have spent a fair bit of my life in China, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and the Levant. Like many visiting such places, I was overwhelmed by the destitution I saw there. Perhaps as a result, my graduate studies centered on philosophy and development theory, yet over time I grew skeptical of the advice the West has offered the world's poor for the past fifty years, and of the bromides of the World Bank, the IMF, NGOs, and charities.
Years after I left such academic matters behind me to become an investor, the opportunity arose to create an Internet outlet store. From the start we designed Overstock with one mission: to create an e-retailer optimized for liquidation: that is, to work within fractured supply channels of numerous, scattered vendors, scooping up products in lots too small to be moved efficiently through mass retail.
In 2001 I took a break from Overstock to visit India and Southeast Asia. Unlike an earlier visit to Cambodia in the 1980s, this time I was able to travel widely by motorcycle. As I went from village to village, I came across small groups of artisans making first-rate silver and woodwork, table settings, silks, and home décor products. Some of these cooperatives included the disabled, many of whom had lost limbs to landmines, or women with no legitimate job opportunities at all. One afternoon I crashed my motorcycle on a dirt path and lay tolerably banged up in the tropical sun, watching farmers work their fields. Some children took me to their village, and that night, sitting on a cot in the dark, perhaps under the influence of too much of their painkiller, I reflected on what I had seen. I remembered a Hanoi nail factory I had visited in 1988, staffed and managed almost entirely by the blind (to this day, one of the most incredible things I ever witnessed). I thought about the famous Grameen Bank of Bangladesh, a pioneer in micro-credit for village entrepreneurs (often women) who take loans to buy small capital goods, such as sewing machines, to support themselves. I thought about similar small cooperatives of artisans in Lebanon, Palestine, and Peru, which I had either seen or read about.
I lay there speculating from the economic and business perspectives I lacked as a youth, and saw a common thread running through these communities, a thread I had previously missed. They have in common, of course, their poverty, coupled with a desire for work, self-respect, and the chance to provide for their families. Yet beyond their disabilities, obstacles, and lack of capital, a larger problem confronts them all: their output comes into the world through highly fractured supply channels of numerous, scattered producers, in lots too small to be moved efficiently through the mechanisms of mass retail.
Finally it was too obvious even for me to miss! The central problem of artisan production and liquidation are indistinguishable: How does one marry scattered small-lot production to mass demand? Because their central problem is the same, the structure of the liquidation market is precisely that of the market for artisans' goods. And by one of those weird coincidences that seem to govern my life, I had spent two years building the most effective mechanism ever created for marrying scattered supply to mass demand: Overstock.com.
Internet Retailing Meets Artisans: Missions and Dilemmas
Upon returning to the States from Cambodia, I formulated plans for Worldstock, a store within Overstock devoted solely to carrying the works of artisans, especially disadvantaged artisans, and selling them as inexpensively as possible so as to maximize the amount of return for them. The first questions that needed to be addressed were, of course, ethical.
One obvious question concerns child labor. The essence of trade is that it is conducted by free and rational agents, yet children are not "free and rational" in any relevant sense. Children working in factories cannot meaningfully choose the condition of their employment, and so their output is morally tainted. (I decided, however, that children might legitimately help their parents in informal, cottage-industry settings, if their work were limited and they go to school.)
Beyond this, however, I found that I was stepping onto a battlefield strewn with landmines. For example, how can an American liquidator negotiate fairly with a supplier from a poor country in a context of asymmetric power, information, and capital? Would providing new economic opportunities to traditional cultures reinforce entrenched patterns of the oppression of women? Should trade be conducted with people working in countries whose governments are guilty of human rights violations, or would that support tyranny?
Over time I arrived at the best set of principles I could formulate, based on my own personal observations, education, and experience. I chose them by reflecting on the products with which I hope to build Worldstock: goods whose purchase would support women, disabled people, and traditional artisans such as Native Americans, or other disadvantaged people, goods produced through micro-credit, and goods whose production or consumption is carried out in an environmentally sound manner. The common denominator of all our Worldstock products, I decided, would be sustainability: the businesses we will support are those that sustain rather than use up people, cultures, and natural resources.
Economic Sustainability
One way goods can be socially responsible is by offering sustainable livelihoods to disadvantaged people: for example, casualties of war (such as land-mine victims and widows); aboriginals and traditional peoples bypassed by over-centralized development; and women with no viable job opportunities who have fallen on hard times. Through trade we seek to provide stable employment which is healthful enough that it does not "use up" workers in the short term, and with which people can build a life for themselves in the long term. By purchasing their products, our customers are in effect bypassing a top-heavy, hand-out approach to poverty, opting instead for an organic approach that nurtures local cultures and practices.
Cultural Sustainability
Development often causes massive cultural dislocations. For example, efforts to stimulate job creation in cities can lead to increasing urban unemployment as stimulatory effects get washed out by waves of workers forsaking traditional crafts for urban jobs. By buying the products of artisans working in traditional settings, we aim to support traditional practices while ameliorating the cultural disruptions that often accompany development.
Environmental Sustainability
Goods can contribute to environmental sustainability. For example, organizations such as the Worldwatch Institute and One World Products, Inc., aim to save the Brazilian rain forest by researching and selling replenishable products from it rather than burning it for pasture. Moreover, some goods are surrogates for commercial goods, but are produced in nonindustrial, eco-friendly ways.
Worldstock Adoptive Principles
Corporations are often accused of disingenuousness concerning the socially responsible practices of which they boast, so suspicion haunts any firm making claims such as those outlined above. Consequently, along with the foregoing principles governing what products we acquire, we are also committed to the following principles governing our pricing, negotiations, and disclosure.
Razor-thin margin pricing
Some retailers buy goods that contribute to economic, cultural, or environmental sustainability, but then mark them up 300 or more, with the result that only a small fraction of the sales proceeds actually gets to the producers. We have decided on a radically different course. While a small profit is necessary to afford the ever larger inventories that growth requires, my dream is to price our Worldstock goods inexpensively so as to grow the department rapidly and spread the model to as many people as possible. So while the answer to the question, "What percentage of the price actually goes to the producers?" varies by product, in general, it runs in the range of 60 - 70 of your purchase price goes to the producers. The remainder is pretty much entirely consumed in our own costs of importing, duties, handling, shipping, credit card fees and marketing.
Fair negotiation
I am a capitalist. As you read this, I'm doing everything I can to edge out the competition. That's how we sell TVs, jewelry, and computers at the prices we do. But that hypercompetitive mentality is not appropriate for Worldstock. When disparities in wealth, options, and information between two parties go beyond a certain level, negotiations can no longer be fair. We do not want to chisel Peruvian widows in order to "get the goods," and I have no doubt that socially conscious consumers don't want us doing that on their behalf. Consequently, for this department, we do not negotiate roughly with suppliers, but rather remind them that if they charge us too much, we will not be able to sell their products or place reorders; lower prices to me will create higher volume for them. In effect, the buying behavior of our customers dictates how hard the producers themselves face pushback. I could think of no fairer system.
Principled disagreement exists among proponents of fair trade.
For example, some Worldstock products are purchased from development organizations, NGOs, nonprofits and micro-credit banks, which organize producer associations and in some cases (landmine survivors, for example) provide training for producers. Some believe that socially responsible goods should be acquired only through such agencies to ensure credibility.
Others claim that limiting purchases to such agencies perpetuates a mindset of dependency, which says, "An agency, not individual initiative, offers the only way to get ahead." For example, imagine that in my own travels I find (as I have) a small workshop in a village in the Bekka Valley of eastern Lebanon, where a few women work together, making exquisite shawls. Their products do not carry the imprimatur of any UN organization or development agency, but in my view their wares are appropriate for Worldstock. Should I forgo the shawls because they lack the certification of an NGO, or should I trade in them to reward their initiative?
My answer to this dilemma is simple: transparency. We buy socially responsible products from reputable fair-trade importers, NGOs, micro-credit facilities, humanitarian organizations, and directly from artisans themselves. All producers sign a statement of principles concerning the manner in which the goods are produced, and we conduct our own investigation of such suppliers and their reputations. Therefore, a customer who trusts my claim that buying a given shawl contributes to the well-being of a village in eastern Lebanon can buy the shawl knowing where it came from. On the other hand, that customer might choose to buy only those products we acquire through formal channels, such as Rehab Craft Cambodia (an NGO building a self-sufficient business channel for Cambodians with disabilities). By providing sourcing information in our product descriptions, we minimize dilemmas about social responsibility: we are honest and transparent and let the customer decide.
Artisans around the world have trouble reaching their natural markets due to poverty, poor information, and the disadvantage of being small-lot producers in an age of high technology and mass distribution. Yet they are capable of making exquisite centerpiece products. These artisans could feed their families, vaccinate their babies, and send their children to school, if we in the developed world were to purchase the high-quality goods they know how to make. We realized that Overstock could bridge this global gap. The result is Worldstock, a store emphasizing sustainability, fairness, and transparency while empowering artisans to achieve their dreams for themselves and their families.
Patrick M. Byrne
- Jeff Matthews said...
The "its strange" post with the stupid message board language is gone, as it should be. I hadn't seen it until "stevef" correctly pointed out that it violated the clean-language policy here.
Unfortunately, "stevef"'s post quoting the "its strange" post also had to go.
Stupid message board language is not welcome here. Facts are.
Jeff Matthews
I'm Not Making This Up
- mfairview said...
As a preface to World Stock, read Dr. Byrne's recent interview with Charlie Rose. An interesting observation on why he [Byrne] prefers to give money to [hire] women:
- SteveF said...
Jeff, you never addressed the point I made. Obrians posts other than the first one contained no objectionable language, so what are you using as your premise for censorship on those? Can't be language.
- Its_strange said...
Bob beleives knowing the shorts name , address and holdings is germane to the story . He mentions Rocker partners often . He mentions others as well . He suggests there is something dishonest between the shorts and the press . He even suggests the SEC is a tool of the shorts. He mentions reporter by name . Clearly he believes thier identity is germane to the story . I think knowing who created the NFI website, NCANS and who took out the Washington Post ad is reasonable .


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Dean calculated the total carbon load generated by a pound of coffee, from growing, harvesting and processing, to shipping, roasting, shipping to you, and brewing your coffee at home. This took a long time and required help from Trees for the Future, UPS, World Resources Institute, and Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center. Seventeen pounds of coffee generates about fifty pounds of CO2 into the atmosphere. Dean also found that one hardwood in the Tropics of Coffee sequesters about fifty pounds of CO2 annually. So he devised a program to plant one tree in Pangoa Cooperative for every 17 pounds of NoCO2 Peruvian coffee consumed. This is not a joke or a clever, meaningless marketing ploy. It's a real attempt to take responsibility seriously, and help consumers take theirs seriously as well.
Dean began the project with the Ashaninkas indigenous farmers of Pangoa, whose land was denuded by illegal logging in the 1980's. They have chosen the species, Tornillo, which grows about fifty feet tall over time and provides shade, critical migratory bird habitat, and, when properly managed, provides "social security for our grandchildren" in the form of a harvestable forest product, according to Esperanza Castillo, the manager of Pangoa. To date, over eighty thousand trees have been planted, much more than needed to compensate for the carbon load of Dean's relationship with the coop. Give NoCO2 a try and see if this hot coffee can help cool the planet.
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At only £195+VAT, the Mathematica 7 Home Edition is just too tempting as an executive toy but it still seems to be far too buggy to be taken seriously. After just a few hours of playing around, a variety of bugs have become apparent. Every Mathematica user fears the dreaded error box that marks the loss of all unsaved data:
Fortunately, a really serious bug in the FFT routines of Mathematica 7.0.0 was fixed for the 7.0.1 release. This was a showstopper for customers of our time-frequency analysis add-on. The severity and ubiquity of this bug really highlights just how little quality assurance goes into Wolfram's software which, in turn, goes to show how a unimportant correctness is in the creation of commercially-successful software products, even if they are used in aerospace engineering!
The first bug is in the new support for parallelism in Mathematica. Although it is only supposed to handle 4 cores, it produces pages of errors when run on a machine with more cores such as our 8 core system:
Half of the spawned kernels die and the errors are about miscommunications. Looks like it was not tested on anything beyond a quadcore.
Another bug appears when trying to load the example matrices as described in Mathematica's own documentation:
And there seems to be a nasty bug in the MinCut function that is supposed to find partitions that break the fewest edges because this function causes an access violation (aka segmentation fault) every time we try to use it:
A question on Stack Overflow highlighted another bug, this time in Mathematica's regular expression engine which crashes on non-trivial inputs, again losing all unsaved data:
So, although we do not hesitate to recommend Mathematica as an executive toy or even fun educational software for children, we still cannot recommend Mathematica for serious use due to the pervasiveness of serious bugs in this software. On the other hand, Mathematica's commercial success really demonstrates just how unimportant quality is in the software world.
As an aside, it is interesting to note that Mathematica is one of the languages with a bleak future in the face of multicore computing due to fundamental design issues. Specifically, the Mathematica system is largely built around the Mathematica language which is a term rewrite language evaluated by repeated substitution using symbolic replacement rules. The rules are, by definition, read and written via one giant global rule table and, consequently, direct concurrent use from multiple threads would introduce massive contention for the global table. The only viable solution is to duplicate the entire system separately on each core and communicate via message passing. This foregos the benefits of shared memory offered in a highly-efficient hardware-accelerated form on all multicore computers and, consequently, parallelism in Mathematica is orders of magnitude slower than in other languages. For example, even ignoring the distribution of definitions required to use parallelism in Mathematica, its ParallelTable construct is over 250× slower than the equivalent Array.Parallel.init in F#.
Still, Mathematica's accompanying literature alone justifies the price of just £195!


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Finally Andi lost a tooth. She was a late bloomer I guess. She has been waiting and waiting and waiting to finally get a loose tooth and "all" of her friends have already lost teeth. In fact, she even grew her adult teeth in about 3 months ago. She looks like a shark! See:
She is so proud. The tooth fairy came for a visit that night even though there was no tooth. Here's the story...One night Andi asked Cory if he could pull it out. I don't think she really even knew what that entailed. She just liked the attention, I think. So Cory got the floss and wrapped it around and just yanked it. And out it flew! It flew behind Cory, hit the wall and disappeared. Really! We looked everywhere for it and couldn't find it. So she wrote a note to the tooth fairy and stuck it under her pillow. Luckily the tooth fairy remembered and brought $2 because that's what was in the tooth fairy's wallet.


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Román Arámbula has mainly worked in animation, but he also had some stints in the field of comics. He did cartoons and illustrations for Mexican magazines, and started out with working for television commercials in the 1960s. He then became a layout artist on Hanna-Barbera cartoons like 'Josie and the Pussycats', 'The Hair Bunch' and 'Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch' in the first half of the 1970s.
Arambula did his first comics for the Disney Studios in the early 1970s. After doing some 'Mickey Mouse' strories for the production for foreign comic books he took over the daily 'Mickey' strip from Floyd Gottfredson in 1975. He drew the strip until 1989, and from 1984, he also drew the Sunday page. He has additionally done some art for Hanna-Barbera's 'Laff-a-Lympics' and 'Undercover Elephant' comic stories in the late 1970s.
He returned to animation in the 1990s, working as an assistant director on 'The Oz Kids' by Hyperion Pictures. He also worked as a storyboard artist for Marvel ('Little Shop of Horrors') and Warner Bros ('Pinky and the Brain').


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D365 / Dynamics AX Supply Chain Functional Consultant
Area of expertise:
Job Description
Avanade leads in providing innovative digital services, business solutions and design-led experiences for its clients, delivered through the power of people and the Microsoft ecosystem. Our professionals combine technology, business and industry expertise to build and deploy solutions to realize results for clients and their customers. Avanade has 27,000 digitally connected people across 23 countries, bringing clients the best thinking through a collaborative culture that honors diversity and reflects the communities in which we operate. Majority owned by Accenture, Avanade was founded in 2000 by Accenture LLP and Microsoft Corporation. Learn more at www.avanade.com.
The Avanade Dynamics 365/AX Supply Chain Functional Consultant takes an end-to-end, process-based approach to address key business challenges such as complexity reduction, lean manufacturing and operations excellence, process innovation, strategic cost reduction, enterprise transformation and growth through fast innovation. Functional Consultants are challenged to understand and respond to clients' varied business needs in both the private and public sector, and work with clients to rapidly enhance the internal capabilities needed to continuously improve operational and innovation performance. Our core offerings target different aspects of a client's value chain - both across the enterprise and at the intersections of assets, process, polices, and people delivering value.
Job Description:
As a Functional Consultant in the Avanade Dynamics 365/AX Practice, you will use your strategy and operations consulting skills, business process knowledge, and other methodologies and tools to quantitatively analyze issues and drive solutions to transform our client's business.
Avanade professionals are responsible for delivering large-scale, complex programs that marry processes with technology to help our clients achieve high performance. Dynamics AX professionals design, implement and deploy AX solutions to achieve defined business goals. They maintain skills in AX applications process design and configuration; AX application design, development, integration, testing and deployment; and AX application technical architecture.
Key responsibilities:
· Business performance and process diagnostics and assessments
· Supervising application design and architecture components
· Supervising process and functional design activities
· Creating functional requirements as an input to application design
· Developing and testing detailed functional designs for business solution components and prototypes
· Supervising application build, test, and deploy activities
· Planning and executing data conversion activities
· Driving test planning and execution
· Project and program management that exhibits leadership in process re-engineering and implementation of process, technology, strategy, and organizational change
Job Requirements:
- Configure and implement Supply Chain Dynamics AX/365 for our customers
- Use your knowledge of business processes and Dynamics AX to identify software gaps and suggest alternatives
- Write development specifications and interface with customers to test modifications and resolve any issues that arise
- Demonstrate the ability to work systematically and logically to analyze situations, resolve problems, identify causes and anticipate implications
- Contribute to the set-up and execution of Dynamics AX project work streams
- Manage and develop customer relationships and perceptions to achieve mutual goals
- Demonstrate the capacity to plan, prioritize and organize their time, project schedules and multiple project activities
- Ability to travel approx. 80% (Typically Mon-Thurs)
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree: Business or technology related BA/BS
- Dynamics AX Supply Chain implementation experience
- Experience participating in requirements gathering process for IT systems
- Clear and concise oral and written communication
- Ability to lead people, teams and projects
- Understanding of aspects of business management and strategic evaluation
Preferred Requirements:
- Master's Degree in business or technology
- Dynamics 365 experience
- Dynamics AX Certification
- Prior consulting experience
- Working knowledge of at least one software development methodology
- Working knowledge of Microsoft platform skills
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Project
Professional Skills:
- Results oriented / self-directed ability to drive change in unstructured environment
- Strong client interface and presentation skills
- Strong business acumen
- Track record of initiative and outstanding performance
- Excellent interpersonal skills-'Customer Focus'
- Manages customer expectations effectively
- Ability to quickly build relationships
- Passion for learning
- Strong time management skills
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Sister is in Italy swimming in the Mediterranean Sea. She and her husband have taken a much-deserved vacation, but who doesn't deserve a vacation? After five and a half years of marriage I am still waiting for a honeymoon. When I got married I was an immigrant from Canada so I couldn't leave the country for three months while I was being processed. Then that very summer while we were planning our romantic trip, I was diagnosed with breast cancer and the rest is well-documented on this Life with Breast Cancer blog. I want a vacation and a honeymoon, and I don't want to take them at the same time.
Travel is great fun, but not when you're sick or recovering. Even the car travel after reconstructive surgery in Baltimore (a ten hour drive from Detroit) was a challenge. Baltimore is a different enough city that I tried to make a fun time of exploring it around the surgery. During my second trip for follow-up surgery, my husband took me on a side day trip to Washington D.C. and I really enjoyed that. It was the first time I had been to the Capitol of the U.S. Like many people who battle a disease we have been strapped paying for the high co pays for insurance through my employer and additional medical costs outside of insurance. In addition, we paid for insurance ourselves when we were on Cobra or self employed so all of that combined has limited our vacation planning.
Sister doesn't have to worry about any medical costs even though she has been through extensive costs and surgery related to testing positive for the BRCA II gene mutation. She is also involved in continued treatment and tests designed to prevent breast cancer. Not any of it has cost her one penny from her own pocket, so she can afford a vacation. The same is true for many Canadians, French, Spanish and English even if they went through costly medical treatment. But for Americans who have to pay for high insurance premiums and medical costs, sacrifices like not taking vacations is just part of reality.


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Claude Debussy, one of the most influential composers of his era, was born in the western suburbs of Paris in 1862. From an early age, the composer was as argumentative and radical as he was talented, challenging the rigidity of his formal training at the Paris Conservatoire and striving to create a new music: 'Is it not our duty to find the symphonic formula which fits our time, one which progress, daring and modern victory demand?' he wrote. 'The century of airplanes has a right to its own music.' A self-taught and brilliant pianist, he favoured dissonances and developed a unique sound world. Though he was often identified as an Impressionist, it was a term he despised, dubbing those who appropriated it 'imbeciles'.
To celebrate Debussy's birthday, we've picked out a few examples of the composer's music that have inspired choreographers:
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Afternoon of a Faun)
Originally conceived as a symphonic poem for orchestra inspired by Stéphane Mallarmé's poem of the same name, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune has become one of Debussy's most famous works, alongside his iconic symphony La Mer and sole opera Pelléas et Mélisande. Its opening, chromatic flute solo remains one of the most famous passages in musical modernism. It was made into a short (and controversial) ballet for the Ballets Russes by Vaslav Nijinsky in 1912, with staging and choreography reminiscent of ancient friezes. This overtly erotic work is considered one of the first modern ballets. The work was reinterpreted by Jerome Robbins in 1953, who transposed the setting to a sunny ballet studio. It was later referenced in Queen's video for I Want to Break Free, in which Freddie Mercury danced the role of the faun alongside Royal Ballet dancers, with choreography by Wayne Eagling.
Although somewhat eclipsed by the infamous premiere of The Rite of Spring that took place two weeks later, Jeux (Games) with its erotic subtext added to a controversy-filled 1913 for the Ballets Russes. With a narrative based on a game of tennis and a lost ball that leads to a departure into the garden bushes, the score was Debussy's last completed work for orchestra. It changes speed every two bars and is striking for almost never repeating any musical material – the composer described how he created the work for 'an orchestra without feet'. Like L'Après-midi d'un faune, Jeux was also choreographed by Nijinsky, who originally intended it to be a flirtatious exchange between three male dancers. However, company impresario Sergei Diaghilev insisted it be danced by one male and two females.
Debussy's 1896 orchestrations for his friend Erik Satie's 3 gymnopédies catapulted Satie to fame – much to Debussy's later chagrin. Debussy orchestrated only the first and third, believing the second did not lend itself to orchestration; Satie acolyte Alexis Roland-Manuel later completed the triptych with his own orchestration. Discovering the music years later, Ashton was struck by its form and hypnotic purity, and went on to craft a masterpiece of other-worldly beauty.
Alastair Marriott created Sensorium in 2009, setting it to Debussy's Préludes, orchestrated by Colin Matthews. The Préludes, originally written for solo piano, were written late in Debussy's life. They were divided into two books of twelve each, published in 1910 and 1913. Marriott opted to use seven préludes, including two for solo piano, which he set as mesmerizing pas de deux.
Which Debussy works do you love?
Or, if you could create a ballet scored by one of the composer's works, which would you choose and why?


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Joan Pearce is a script researcher who worked a large part of the Star Trek franchise, from the beginning of Star Trek: The Original Series to the end of Star Trek: Enterprise. She is the founder of Joan Pearce Research Associates.
On the original Star Trek, Pearce worked directly with the staff to ensure continuity and to prevent the series from encroaching on other science fiction stories. She has since helped research over 700 hours worth of scripts. Among the specific episodes she assisted with was Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges", for which she provided writer Ronald D. Moore information on the Latin phrase which makes up the episode's title. (AOL chat, 1998)
On 28 July 2006, an extensive collection of scripts and production material from Pearce's personal collection was auctioned off at the the 25th Annual Profiles in History Hollywood Auction.


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YousufSaif needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 75 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
The Wharton Arabian Gulf Business Association (WAGBA) requires a professional corporate looking logo to use on the Association's website and on cover letters/headers.We will be targeting professionals and corporations so the logo must be crisp and professional.
Wharton Arabian Gulf Business Association and/or WAGBA
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Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
Wharton Arabian Gulf Business Association is currently in the pre-launching stage. The Association's goal is to develop awareness of the region and to create career development events (career fairs, internship opportunities).
The logo must contain the words "Wharton Arabian Gulf Business Association" and/or "WAGBA". The logo must also look "corporate" and "crisp" but apart form that we are open to ideas. Any color schemes are acceptable and icons/illustrations are welcome.
An Arabian theme and/or Islamic pattern (http://images.google.com/images?hl=…a=N&tab=wi) could be used for the logo.Â
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We have college graduates from all over the country at American Eagle and want to showcase their style and love for their Alma Mater. Each week we will be featuring an AE employee modeling their favorite pieces from the AE Vintage Collegiate Collection. This week we have Catherine G., Web Designer, and a graduate of Ohio University, sporting the Ohio University Vintage T. She shared one of her favorite memories with us from her college days.
"I worked in Student Programming at OU and one year I was asked to work a Hilary Clinton convention when she visited for the 2008 primaries. Little did I know the reward I got for working that event was getting to meet Michelle Obama the same afternoon when she came to town. I cried. It was amazing. I also enjoyed hanging out at a hole in the wall bar called Tony's with my best friends. It was sort of like a old dark log cabin inside. Amazing in the winter!"
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Configuring Your Linux Server as a DNS Server (No Control Panel)
You need to perform several tasks to configure your Linux server as a DNS server. This process involves Linux command line operations, and familiarity with the Linux command line interface is helpful.
Unfortunately, we cannot assist you directly with the process of configuring your Linux server with no control panel as a DNS server. We recommend researching this process with your favorite search engine, as there is ample documentation online that can assist you. Using a search engine, you can query Linux command line DNS configuration to yield useful results.
The following instructions can help get you started.
To Configure Your Linux Server as a DNS Server
- Set up the BIND service to process DNS requests.
- Create zone files for the domain names for which your server handles DNS requests. Click here for more information.
- Register nameservers for your domain name. For more information, see Change nameservers for my domains.
- Change your domain's nameservers to the newly registered nameservers. For more information, see Change nameservers for my domains.
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Fogco is a manufacturer of high pressure mist systems and fog systems for industrial, commercial, and residential markets. As a professional fog system manufacturer with over 25 years experience, Fogco offers a wide range of products from entry-level mist systems to custom designed solutions for outdoor cooling, humidification, and dust control.
Our product range includes standard and custom pump designs. The Fogco pump selection provides an extensive list of custom pump additions including variable frequency drive, 1 phase or 3 phase voltages, multiple zones, remote control capability, and integration with existing controllers and low voltage signaling.
Our product range also includes robotic welded stainless steel fog lines, a proprietary line of cooling and humidification misting fans, specialized humidity and temperature controllers, and both standard and cleanable fog nozzles. All of our products can be viewed by clicking on the specific items listed on the drop down menu under products.
This website also includes detailed information about our mist system products for cooling, humidification, and dust control applications. These system characteristics and performance capabilities can be reviewed by clicking on the items listed on the drop down menu under applications.
Experienced with both commercial and industrial uses for misting pumps and fog systems, the Fogco professionals can answer your questions and provide system design assistance for your specific project.
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I'm listing this both as a bug and a feature request since it's subjective as to which it might be.
I discovered while discussing another feature request that I can mark a tag as both Ignored and Interesting. This leads to question lists that look like this:
Now, perhaps this is intended behavior, but it seems counter-intuitive to me. I would argue that it would be best to make ignore / interesting mutually exclusive. If you try to add one and it's on the other list, you get the Red Popup of DOOM telling you to remove it from the other list first.
Edit: Well, I have my answer: it's by design. I can live with that. Just seems counter-intuitive, is all.


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I rarely buy more than one bottle of ANY wine even if it's great...I've now bought 4 bottles of this riesling...this wine distinguishes the difference between one note american riesling (which should never be rated over an 89) and true German rieslings which are symphonies of fruit...this wine is just a mouthful of fruit...a super riesling at a very reasonable price.
The WS review says it well: a real mouthful of peach, apricot, and lime, and an intriguing creamy texture on the tongue. More than off-dry, this vintage is halfway to sweet, even though it's been taken to 8% alcohol (per the label). I'm enjoying it all by itself, but it should go really well with mild-to-sharp cheeses, and spectacularly well with a nice brie.
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Fresh apple and orange take the lead in Weis's 2006 Ockfener Bockstein Riesling Kabinett, which like their entire crop from Ockfen, was picked late this year. Hints of brown spices and citrus zest add interest to this delicate, bright Kabinett, and its juicy finish offers welcome ripeness, savory salinity, and hints of wet stone. This little model of Saar refreshment and impeccable balance, as usual, represents very good value.
Offers enticing peach, apricot, lime, and slate aromas and flavors, with a touch of vanilla cream. Creamy, yet bright and pure, with persistence and a complex finish. Drink now through 2025.
A stellar selection from one of our favorite German Riesling producers. Lithe and elegant, with beautiful peach, green apple and racy lemon-lime fruit notes. With excellent focus and a strong mineral and citrus background, the St Urbans-Hof is a winner for many fish and chicken dishes, as well as pasta salad or fresh veggies.
Yeasty fermentative notes on the nose of Weis's 2008 Ockfener Bockstein Riesling Kabinett reluctantly recede to reveal site-typical orange blossom and apple. This is certainly a genuinely light-weight Kabinett, with both efficacious acidity and bitter hints of fruit pit and apple pip balancing its residual sugar in an invigorating dynamic.
A vivid Riesling that crackles on the palate with fireworks of black currant, violet, lime and slate. There's also a savory aspect that lingers on the finish. Best from 2010 through 2020.
Orange blossom, lemon, smoky crushed stone, and pungent lavender are mingled with slight yeastiness in the nose of Weis's 2007 Ockfener Bockstein Riesling Kabinett, whose relatively high 9% alcohol (a legacy of sheer ripeness) does not prevent it fulfilling its duty as Kabinett to be delicate and engagingly juicy. Fresh apple and a lick of salt in the penetrating, pungently zesty finish enhance the refreshment offered by an excellent value that will no doubt give pleasure for close to a decade.
The whiff of yeastiness in the nose of Weis's 2009 Ockfener Bockstein Riesling Kabinett (from the original Neuwied vineyard) proves perfectly delightful as an accent to apple and orange blossom; pineapple and cherry, all of which persist on an ultra-refreshing, generously juicy, delicate palate whose saline and seemingly crystalline mineral notes make for uncontrollable salivation. Look for 15 or more years of delight from this quintessential Kabinett and outstanding value, whose sweetness seems impeccably balanced despite its fully 50 grams of residual sugar. Despite Weis's laudatory comments about Bockstein this vintage, he still sells its wines at the customary lower price than those of Goldtropfchen.
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On Saturday morning, scores of people walked around Chestnut Hill, carrying blue booties on their way to tour five houses decorated festively for the holiday season. The annual holiday house tour benefits the Community Fund which distributes money to area social, humanitarian, green and educational organizations. Two of the tour goers were Barbara Braxton of Wyndmoor and Bert Asbury of Mount Airy Braxton described a beautiful place setting in the house they had just visited. At the Glazer house where interior designer Patricia Cove and placemat creator Sandra McFarland were on hand to talk about their work.
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40 Years in the Making
I say it every year and I never tire of it – Thank YOU. Thank you for an incredible 40th anniversary celebration at Global Rally! Dallas holds a special place in Forever history and I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to welcome you home for #FGR18.
Thank you for helping to make this company the greatest opportunity in the world. Thank you for everything you do to ensure that our products can help more people all over the world look better and feel better. Thank you most of all for you your enthusiasm as we see the biggest evolution of Forever and our products since it all started 40 years ago.
All the hard work and dedication to get this company and your business where they are now show that nothing happens overnight, and sometimes, we can really only grasp the significance of our accomplishments by looking back.
I will always remember Global Rally 2018 as one of the greatest reflections in our company's history. Thank you for making this celebration truly an experience like no other. Now, let's set our sights on the next 40 years!
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European Parliament Offers to Help India Save Wild Tigers
BRUSSELS, Belgium, September 24, 2008 (ENS) – In advance of the Europe-India summit in Marseille next Monday, the European Parliament today passed a resolution calling on both parties to renew efforts to save the wild tiger, and to place the issue on the summit agenda.
The resolution calls on both Europe and India to redouble efforts to tackle the organized gangs behind the trafficking of tiger parts, and to work together to protect forest habitats.
In June, the government of India established a dedicated agency for tackling wildlife crime, the Indian Wildlife Crime Control Bureau.
The parliamentary resolution, "Welcomes the foundation of the Indian Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, while remaining deeply concerned about the plight of the wild tiger, and calls on India to protect tigers from habitat loss and trafficking by transnational criminal networks."
Baroness Sarah Ludford, Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament for London, who has campaigned on the issue, said, "By setting up the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, India has taken an important step towards improving enforcement and tackling the networks behind illegal tiger trade."
"By raising this issue we are calling for the European Union to offer technical and financial assistance, and to ensure that the issue gets maximum political support," said Ludford.
The resolution calls for specific EU assistance for this conservation effort in the form of technical expertise, financial support and the reinforcement of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, an international treaty that lists all subspecies of tigers as endangered and prohibits trade in live tigers or their parts.
Currently, there may be as few as 2,500 tigers left in the wild, of which just over half are in India, says the Environmental Investigation Agency, a nonprofit group based in London, UK and Washington, DC, which works to combat environmental crime.
These few thousand tigers are the only ones left from the 100,000 wild tigers that are estimated to have lived at the beginning of the 20th century, according to the IUCN's Cat Specialist Group.
These remaining tigers are threatened by demand for their skins and body parts from China and East Asia, and habitat loss due to forest clearance and illegal industrial development.
Currently the main demand for tiger products comes from China, where bones and body parts are used in medicine; while skins are used for home décor, clothing and non-financial bribes.
Recent undercover work by the Environmental Investigation Agency, found whole tiger skins on sale in China for RMB 100,000 (US$15,000).
Despite widespread evidence of the serious and organized nature of wildlife and environmental crime, enforcement efforts in many parts of the world remain inadequate.
Still, conservationists are optimistic, pointing out that if the right measures are taken tigers can recover rapidly.
Alasdair Cameron of the Environmental Investigation Agency said, "Protecting the tiger is not just about protecting a species, but about protecting the forests it lives in and the ecosystems which depend on it.
"In many cases we know what we need to do, but it requires political will," said Cameron. "India has taken the lead in developing a 21st century approach to wildlife crime, we need other countries like China to do the same."
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Sentara Starr Hill Health Center
Sentara Starr Hill Health Center provides services free of charge to qualifying children and their families working to address childhood obesity. The Nurse Practitioner conducts health assessments and writes individualized plans to help children and families reach wellness goals. Additionally, the center provides medication reviews, CPR training, and educational sessions to help meet healthcare needs in the community.


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The Stem Cell Transplant Center receives valuable support from
Hilfe für Krebskranke Kinder Frankfurt e.V. (Frankfurt Help for Children with Cancer Association).
Families of child and adolescent patients can stay at the association's Family Center or use the facility to gather information or share their experiences with other affected families.


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Best Practices
It Takes a Village.
Stocktwits prides itself as a venue for market participants to congregate for the purposes of mutual discovery, sharing, networking, and learning. We strive to be the place for investors and traders to quickly get up to speed on market-moving information and insight which is driving real-time changes in investor mood and sentiment.
To ensure these goals are met, a community with vested interest in constructive and organized dialogue is essential for everyone to receive maximum benefit from their experience on Stocktwits.
Let's keep it professional by remembering we all want to make money and better trades and investments. In this spirit, here is a short and simple guide of Do's and Don'ts that when practiced keep the conversation and discovery on point to the benefit of everyone.
Best Practices on Stocktwits:
- Include a relevant $TICKER in your message. This ensures your message appears on the proper ticker stream, for the right audience. It also allows your message to be shared with our media partners for display on their platforms (yahoo finance, reuters, bloomberg, cnn money, msn money, & more) which furthers your reach.
- When engaging in a conversation with others, use "reply" or address your message directly to the intended user via @username or direct message. (do not include a $TICKER - see below in 'activities to avoid')
- Be a curator of excellent content. Sharing great messages or links from other authors builds trust with your audience, and solidifies your reputation as a "thought leader" and spreader of goodwill.
- When sharing a link to a blog post or an article, paste the long original URL in the Stocktwits message box. It will auto-shorten and be clickable upon publication.
- Always send links to direct articles (not homepages), and give attribution to the author of any links you share ("via @username" - if the link isn't authored by you).
- If you see someone sharing great content or smart ideas on the stream, give them a shoutout! Giving props to people who exhibit best practices is contagious and betters the experience for everyone.
- Be helpful when users ask you questions. The more you can engage in two-way conversations, the more you'll gain from your experience on Stocktwits.
Activities to Avoid:
- Spam: sending links to advertisements for services, or links which require signup/login to view content. Or linking to outside chatrooms (free or otherwise) that pull conversation away from the ticker stream. This turns people off and will hurt your cause.
- Please do not include $TICKERS in messages where you are not sharing a new and/or actionable trading/investing idea about that ticker. (ex. "$AAPL what are you having for lunch today?")
- Please do not include a $TICKER in your side-conversations. It is noise to everyone else on the stream who isn't party to your discussion and is simply looking for ideas about the ticker when visiting its stream. (use reply or DM - see above in best practices)
- Engaging with trolls/haters. If someone is abusive to you, please ignore, click 'report' button in the message, and then block the user (see below). It's an unprofitable waste of your time to engage with them, usually ends up as valueless noise on a ticker stream, and rarely anything good comes from it.
The Unpleasant Realities of the Anonymous Internet:
Some things are unchangeable. At the top of this list is human behavior. Add the element of optional 'anonymity' on the social internet, and you'll often meet some very interesting characters. While this problem is not unique to Stocktwits, we do our best via algorithmic and human curation to weed out the spammers and bad actors. However, the occasional nefarious character may interfere with the profitable discourse you're enjoying with the rest of your community, and we ask that the community takes ownership of the problem and pitches in to help. Here's how:
In cases such as this, you are empowered to take action to restore the sanctity of your stream. Instead of giving control to the offender by responding to his/her actions and validating their efforts, take control with these three simple clicks that will take you three seconds:
This simple three-click, three-second process sets the wheels in motion for your environment to be rid of the community member whose messages are interfering with your process, and sends that user's profile into review by our community moderation team. This user will then be reminded of our simple House Rules and specific Best Practices to pay closer attention to. In most cases, this solves the problem for the betterment of the rest of the community. In worst case scenarios, we simply part ways with users who don't find our basic community standards within their best interest.
Some House Rules:
Three things that are NOT allowed on Stocktwits are abusive behavior towards others, spam, and excessive cheerleading/bashing.
Abuse: Disrespecting others directly or indirectly won't make you any money and will not be tolerated on Stocktwits. We all have different levels of experience and capitalization -- but everyone is here to share, discover, learn, and grow. No user should feel threatened, belittled, or harassed in their community.
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Cheerleading/Bashing: While it's certainly understandable to get emotional when a position is wildly going your way, repetitive cheerleading or bashing of a $TICKER is noisy and doesn't add any value for other users. Less is usually more. Please make every effort to only send messages that offer something new to the stream. Nobody wants to sift through endless messages from the same user who is constantly repeating himself.
Gain your Edge
Armed with this list of Best Practices, activities to avoid, and tools to take control of your experience, every community member has within their means the ability to curate and nurture their own supportive environment that makes sense for each individual's needs.
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Wilder's "The Apartment" - the film that defines me
"This film is alive," Henry Miller once said, "and it speaks to me."
Movies have many voices. Some simply entertain us; others instruct. A few make us feel alive, and even fewer influence our behavior and decisions.
The ones that grip us in a personal way are the truly special movies in our lives. They have the awesome ability to get us to look inside ourselves and to pursue dreams that we otherwise might never consider.
Growing up, we all invariably have used film as a point of reference, a learning tool, an example. We would gulp down our One-a-Day vitamins, check our PF Flyers to make sure that they were double-knotted and then, almost routinely, make a beeline for the neighborhood Bijou where we would lose ourselves in make-believe, fantasies and daydreams. The Movies. Even the word is glittery.
The special ones stay with us – forever. It takes little mental coaxing for me to remember those personal film arousals that have overwhelmed my life. And I've a suspicion that if I were to connect these movies - the way one connects dots - I'd come up with an image that looks, well, very much like me.
Each of us could be charted by the movies that have guided us, movies we love. As a society, that chart would probably include such titles as "Gone with the Wind" and "The Wizard of Oz," seminal movie experiences that continue to have an impact on the masses.
The beauty of movies is that they work on us personally, directly on our senses. They get us alone in the dark and then, while we're isolated and diverted and vulnerable, they subliminally instruct us in the ways of life. And, sometimes, they lie to us.
They may not always change our lives in conspicuous ways, inspiring us to pick up and move away, get married or have a baby (although some can). What the best of them do is to, quite simply, put us in contact with ourselves.
The movies that are special to us - and you know which ones are your favorites - knock us out with some truth or some indication of what can be. We never do quite get our balance back. We leave the theater feeling dazed, irritated, excited, exhilarated and maybe even eager to do something.
Movies are my life, more than a profession or even an avocation. I will be frank: I dream about them, the way I do about people. They are my world and it's a wondrous place. But one has to be careful because when one lives in a world of movies, one risks living in a place that's close to, well, nowhere.
So, how did I end up in this place?
It started innocently enough. I used movies initially as an escape, then as a learning tool, looking for examples, for role models, for someone with whom I could connect the way everybody does.
That wasn't easy. I'd sit there in awe of John Wayne, for example - as he fought Indians with his cunning and prowess or, in John Ford's "The Searchers," as he rescued a teenage Natalie Wood - knowing that I could never measure up. Never. The image of Wayne swooping down and scooping up Natalie Wood has a strong, masculine force that is anything but absurd to a 10-year-old boy.
It was difficult to feel much kinship with the people I saw on screen, but I tried.
Then, I saw a movie that convinced me that, somehow, my life would be emotionally mixed up with movies. When I first saw it, Billy Wilder's "The Apartment" created a longing so ardent that I thought my chest and head would implode. I remember little else about that summer or that year, for that matter, except that I loved "The Apartment" and that I related to its star, Jack Lemmon, in the most complete, complicated way possible. A point of reference and a role model, at last!
With such dubious assets as his slight build, sagging shoulders, slouching posture and wide-open face filled with basset-hound anxiety, Lemmon filled me with wonder for someone who seemed so much like me - or so I liked to think.
Jack Lemmon was Mr. Joe Average, a guy like a lot of other guys, only with a quizzical alertness and high-strung energy. As Saturday Review aptly put it in its review of Richard Murphy's "The Wackiest Ship in the Army," Lemmon was "the perfect personification of all harassed mankind - the outranked, outnumbered, outmanipulated little fellow with sound instincts and bad judgment. He is the one who is always taken advantage of. And if, in the end, he emerges triumphant, it's because of a basic decency rather than superior cunning or sudden inspiration."
I've seen "The Apartment" at least 20 times, maybe more, but I still remember the first time. I was with some friends, kids who tested their tonsils and tangled diction on the screen by shouting obscene words through their cupped hands.
They goofed off, but I watched. "The Apartment" is the first film that I actually studied, reading between the lines and noting techniques. I've seen a lot of films, and my list of favorites keep changing, but "The Apartment" – the story of an ambitious office worker (Lemmon) who climbs the corporate ladder by "lending" his apartment to his philandering bosses before getting his priorities straight – has been resistant to any upward or downward revision in my mind. It's been a constant, the test, I guess, of a truly great personal film.
Few movies, however, have the kind of impact on our lives that that "The Apartment" has on mine. But the infrequent great ones do come along from time to time, films that restore our belief in possibilities and that remain our points of reference throughout our lives.
These movies are like dreams that live on. Each movie, each celluloid dream, becomes a part of our mental scrapbooks. I know that I've lingered over movies and movie scenes the way some people reminisce over snapshots of that wonderful vacation in Cape Cod. "The Apartment," for example, has been carried around inside me ever since that first viewing. It's familiar and comforting, like an old easy chair that's been lugged to each new place in which I've lived – to remind me of where I've been and from where I've come.
That movie is like a ribbon, a thread, that has run through my life and I can always go back to it. And, like me, throughout the years, it has evolved and changed. It hasn't remained the same and, for some reason, I find that reassuring.
I still quote lines of the Billy Wilder-I.A.L. Diamond dialogue from the movie – such as Lemmon's casual shrug, "That's the way it crumbles, cookie-wise," or his observation to his dream girl in the film, Shirley MacLaine, as they are about to enjoy a spaghetti dinner on Christmas day: "It's a wonderful thing – dinner for two." Shirley MacLaine. Yes, she was my dream girl, too.
Inevitably, I found myself discreetly consulting "The Apartment" as a way of getting through life. A situation would be confronted by speculating how C.C. Baxter, Lemmon's character in the fim, might handle it. I actually thought I'd grow up to be Jack Lemmon or, at least, C.C. Baxter.
Of course, I wasn't Jack Lemmon and my life that followed wasn't at all like the one he lived in "The Apartment." And with this, I realized that movies have the ability to hit us in more ways, and on more levels, than we can ever appreciate. They are transporting and make us believe.
Up until that time, I spent endless, sleepless nights as a kid wondering if I'd grow up to look like Jack Lemmon (I didn't) or if I'd join the Navy the way he did in John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy's "Mr. Roberts" (again, I didn't) or work for an insurance company the way he did in "The Apartment" (ditto) or if I'd marry Shirley MacLaine's Fran Kubelik (no way). These were actual, recurring dreams.
Ever since I first saw "The Apartment," my life has been wrapped up, irrevocably, in movies, so much so that, for me, film has evolved into a pop psychology. Film became a part of something larger in my life. Movies and events in my world have tended to blend together.
Along the way, I learned to separate fantasy from reality, to realize that only a few of my movie-fed dreams will materialize. And I've also accepted the realization that many of these dreams may fall short of "the way it happens in the movies" - a harsh truth for the movie-loving kid still inside me.
No, the Navy no longer holds any glamour or allure for me, and neither do insurance companies. And I married someone who, I think, is better than Fran Kubelik. But I have other, newer dreams, all of which, I'm sure, also come from the movies.
Note in Passing: My parents were not happy that I went with my aforementioned friends to see "The Apartment." I subsequently saw it on my own several more times, always behind their backs. I'd fib and say I went to another film. I remember telling them that I had seen "The Story of Ruth," a Biblical epic. Blasphemy, I know. In reality I was watching Jack lend out his apartment to his bosses for sex. I confess: I was a kid sinner.
(Artwork: top: Publicity shot of Jack Lemmon as C.C. "Bud" Baxter in "The Apartment"; middle: still shot of the office Christmas party, and bottom: Lemmon and director Billy Wilder, a "mutual admiration society" on the set)
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Tuesday, August 01, 2006
welcome: an introduction to The Passionate Moviegoer
After spending most of my life at the movies (or at least thinking about them) and all of my adult life reviewing them professionally, I decided it was time to kick back with a little movie-free downtime.
But my wife Susan had other ideas. Convinced that I'm way too opinionated a soul to truly harness myself – and also too much of a movie aficionado to completely fast – she had this handsome blog designed for me. "Indulge yourself!," she said. A compelling, possibly dangerous idea. After all, an idle mind can uncork some weird, comic demons, and this blog, I decided, would be devoted to my own personal demons - a collection of movie-fed daydreams.
My most intense movie passion revolves around those titles that are, well, not "the usual suspects." I'm not talking about great movies, but good, solid films that, as I point out in the introduction to your left, have been either neglected, overlooked, underrated, hastily dismissed or unfairly maligned.
These are films that are lost, plain and simple. They are just about impossible to see nowadays. Because of studio indifference/politics, they not only have never been issued on home video/DVD, but have also virtually disappeared from the airwaves, never or rarely televised anymore. Without some kind of acknowledgement and, yes, gratitude, these films have the potential disappear ...forever.
They are also the kinds of movies that critics rarely, if ever, return to – for the purpose of reevaluation that, by extension, would possibly adjust original first impressions that were perhaps the result of deadline pressures.
As a working critic, I had become keenly aware of how different a film can look when distanced from the prevailing hype (or bad press) that surrounded it on its initial release.
And, frankly, as a film enthusiast, I get weary of scanning the revival listings in The New Yorker magazine and The Los Angeles Times - only to find, yes, the usual suspects being honored and celebrated again. You know the culprits -"Citizen Kane," "Nashville," "The Wizard of Oz," "The Searchers," "Raging Bull" et al. These are films returned to by critics on a regular, predictable basis. There's nothing left to say about them. Certainly, I have nothing to add. At this particular juncture in my life, such films seem to interest me less and less.
Rather, my goal is to share with you films of a rarer persuasion - movies likely to go through my head at any given moment, often bleeding together.
When the mood strikes me, I hope to comment on Natalie Wood's "Inside Daisy Clover." On another day, it might be the lost Pat Boone musical, "Mardi Gras," a personal guilty pleasure. There will be viewpoints on films unavailable on DVD, such as Billy Wilder's "Ace in a Hole" and Martin Ritt's "No Down Payment" and pronouncements on those lost films that pop up occasionally and unexpectedly on American Movie Classics.
That said, I don't mean to imply that this blog will devoted exclusively to lost movies, that there won't be occasional comments on contemporary titles and new DVD releases. But I'll make every effort to veer away from the current Hollywood blockbuster or the latest critics' darling. One thread that I'd like to weave through this blog is what I call missed opportunities on DVD releases. For example, why on earth haven't Kevin Costner's deleted scenes in Lawrence Kasdan's "The Big Chill" ever materialized on home entertainment of any sort? And exactly where are all the songs excised from James Brooks' former musical, "I'll Do Anything"?
Speaking of musicals, I also hope to post periodic comments on the musical film, perhaps the most creative, least appreciated genre, one that embraces every possible art and craft. And I will certainly muse periodically about the appeal and talents of Jack Lemmon, an all-time favorite of mine, as well as the subject of two books that I wrote. There will be a LOT of Jack Lemmon here.
Anyway, on different days, in different moods, these movie-fed daydreams may vary, starting in one place and then going someplace else. And beware - my conclusions will be ever changing, too, sometimes maddeningly so.
I relish the idea of sharing these daydreams with you and sincerely hope that you will open up and share yours with me. And, by all means ... feel free to disagree. --Joe Baltake, 8/1/06
(Artwork: Natalie Wood, in extreme close-up, on a 1962 cover of SHOW Magazine.)
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Climate Impacts and Economic Opportunities: Business, Elected, Public Health Leaders Call for Bold Action in WAOctober 22, 2013Opportunities for Reducing Climate Pollution and Accelerating the Homegrown Clean Energy Economy Under Consideration by Gov. Inslee and Legislators in Climate Workgroup Read more
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Last Thursday night occasioned another one of my husband's surprises. He's provided a gazillion of them for me through the years. He simply told me what time to be ready and how to dress. This time my surprise was dinner at a homey, rustic restaurant followed by the play "The Miracle Worker" at a nearby theater. It was a wonderful evening.
And if you will indulge me I'd like to say a word to my husband. (He is in Sun Valley, California at present, due to being the guest speaker at Grace Community Church this past weekend.). CJ, I hope you read this today because I simply want to tell you again how grateful I am to be your wife. Thank you for thirty years of devoted, passionate, exhilarating love. I don't deserve you!
So back to what I was saying. We went to see "The Miracle Worker." Most likely, you are familiar with the plot. It's the story of Annie Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate. Initially Annie found it extremely difficult to teach Helen due to her wild and violent behavior. But then Annie had a revelatory moment. All of a sudden she realized: "Obedience is the gateway for knowledge to enter the mind." She understood that she needed to first teach Helen to obey before she could teach her knowledge.
At this point in the play I couldn't help but think of my daughters, Nicole and Kristin. That's what they are doing. They are attempting to train and discipline four little boys to obey so they can impart knowledge. And not just any knowledge, but the most important knowledge of all—the message of the gospel.
So to all moms with little children I desire to encourage you today. I want to cheer you on in your efforts to discipline and train your children to obey. It's hard, exhausting work, I know. Just watching my daughters makes me tired. But it's worth it. Because an obedient child is a receptive child. And with a receptive child you can teach them the good news, the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ. Now that's a goal worth striving for, don't you agree?
"Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it." Prov. 22.6


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Job Opportunity
22 July 2009
Freelancing Web Developer for the International Year of Astronomy 2009 Cornerstone project: Galilean Nights
Following the unprecedented success of IYA2009's 100 Hours of Astronomy (www.100hoursofastronomy.org), which featured hugely popular projects such as a Global Star Party, the live 24-hour webcast "Around the World in 80 Telescopes", a Science Centre webcast, Sun Day and 100 Hours of Remote Astronomy, another series of astronomy events has been highlighted for 22-24 October 2009. This new IYA2009 Cornerstone Project is called Galilean Nights and will see amateur and professional astronomers around the globe taking to the streets, pointing their telescopes to the wonders that Galileo observed 400 years ago.
We are looking for a person with proven web development skills and experience with running web applications in the cloud (using e.g. Google App Engine, Amazon Web Services or similar) and who will help us share the excitement of astronomy through the Galilean Nights Cornerstone Project of IYA2009.
The website will be used to register the details of the hundreds of global Galilean Nights events in a searchable database, share resources such as documents, images and videos, link to Galilean Nights groups on external sites, such as Flickr or Youtube, and be a central point to share Project news and information.
- Website programming of the Galilean Nights project, including event registration and on-line database management.
- Integrate the graphical web design in HTML.
- Minimum one larger web application running in the cloud in portfolio.
- Experience with freelancing projects and ability to work independently.
- At least 2 years of previous professional experience with web development.
- Be able to communicate effectively in English both verbally and in writing.
- Be able to work remotely and meet deadlines.
On top of the requirements, the ideal candidate will also have:
- Basic experience with Adobe Photoshop
- Some basic knowledge of astronomy and an interest in communicating astronomy.
Applicants will be able to start work straight away, with the website due to go live by the end of August 2009. On-going support of a few hours a week will be required from the end of August through to early November.
Send as soon as possible your CV and live examples of your work to Catherine Moloney (firstname.lastname@example.com)
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DATE 25 October 2013
LINEUP Dixon, Tim Green, Luca Lozano & Mr.Ho, Alex Kilby, Mark Derry
VENUE The Tunnel, Fort Horsted, Primrose Close, Chatham, ME4 6HZ
Evolution has helped shape the living world since the existence of life. It's a process of improvement and adaptation over time… When news of Bedlam ending was announced in May, it was clear that people did not want it to close. However it wasn't the end…. It was the next step in the evolution of the one of the best music venues in the UK. The awe-inspiring Napoleonic Fortress – The Tunnel.
Many months of work, planning and preparation are now coming to fruition as we announce that the Disc Over launch party will be taking place on Friday October 25th for a Halloween special @ The Tunnel, Chatham, Kent. As with previous Halloween events @ The Tunnel expect to see some of the craziest fancy dress outfits you are ever likely to see!
Disc Over Music is the band new record label launching from Tim Green. An evolution in a career that has seen Tim release with labels such as Cocoon, Get Physical & Dirtybird, winning awards, recording BBC Radio1 Essential mixes as well as touring every corner of the globe amassing an army of fans. The time was right to unleash a brand that showcased the full palette of Tims musical tastes. With it comes a brand new 'live show' which will be making its Kent debut. Expect to hear Tim destroy The Tunnel with some of his biggest and unreleased bombs all pieced together live and on the fly, whilst bringing live vocals to the fore. This will be unforgettable!
We are extremely excited to be welcoming Dixon to headline our launch party as he makes his debut appearance in Kent. Without doubt Dixon is one of the most special, and in demand djs on the planet. However it has taken over 2 decades to reach this point. First learning his craft in the clubs of Berlin in the early 90's, to setting up the now world famous Innervisions Recordings, to producing highly acclaimed remixes for artists like Disclosure, The XX, Underworld & Little Dragon to name a few. Dixon is the real deal when it comes to providing special moments on the dancefloor, hence why year he was voted number 3 in RA's their annual 'top 100 djs poll'.
Luca Lozano will be familiar to those who have followed underground house music over the past 2 years, his killer productions and infamous label Klasse Recordings have gained major recognition. With their massive single 'Drownd' coming out on Disc Over Music in October we thought it was only right to welcome Luca Lozano to play a very special back 2 back set with Mr. Ho. This promises to be very special. Rounding things off, we have 2 djs we consider to be amongst the best resident djs in the UK. Alex Kilby & Mark Derry will be opening the room and getting the party started in true Tunnel fashion.
Very limited £10 earlybird tickets only available here: http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?512302
Bring it on!!!!!!
Big thanks to Resident Advisor for this posting this feature on the upcoming Disc Over Music launch party:


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Broccoli Chicken Lasagna
Total TimePrep: 20 min. Bake: 50 min. + standing
Makes12 servings
- 1/2 pound sliced fresh mushrooms
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1/4 cup butter, cubed
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) chicken broth
- 1-3/4 cups whole milk
- 2/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 package (16 ounces) frozen broccoli cuts, thawed
- 9 lasagna noodles, cooked and drained
- 1-1/3 cups julienned fully cooked ham, divided
- 2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese, divided
- 2 cups cubed cooked chicken
- Preheat oven to 350°. In a large skillet, saute mushrooms and onion in butter until tender. Stir in flour, salt, pepper and nutmeg until blended. Gradually stir in broth and milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in Parmesan cheese and broccoli; heat through.
- Spread 1/2 cup broccoli mixture in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Layer with three noodles, a third of the remaining broccoli mixture, 1 cup ham and 1 cup Monterey Jack cheese. Top with three noodles, half the remaining broccoli mixture, all the chicken and 1/2 cup Monterey Jack cheese. Top with remaining noodles, broccoli mixture and ham.
- Cover and bake 45-50 minutes or until bubbly. Sprinkle with remaining Monterey Jack cheese. Bake 5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. Let stand 15 minutes before cutting.
Nutrition Facts1 piece: 326 calories, 16g fat (9g saturated fat), 64mg cholesterol, 703mg sodium, 24g carbohydrate (4g sugars, 2g fiber), 22g protein.
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Jul 14, 2015
Make more sauce. There wasn't enough to cover. I made this also without the ham.
Oct 2, 2013
Very good.
Jan 14, 2012
I don't care for mushrooms so substituted water chestnuts. Loved the taste. I think I would also try this with a different vegetable blend and maybe different cheeses for variety, though I love broccoli and Monterey Jack or CoJack cheese.
Jul 11, 2011
This was an excellent recipe. I also used steamed fresh broccoli, fat free milk & fat free cheese to lighten it up. I will definitely be making this again!!
Oct 28, 2010
I would make this again! My husband raved over this! I likes it a lot also! the only thing I owuld do diffrent is maybe add a can of cream of celery or mushroom and maybe a half a can of milk as I thought the noodles sucked up a lot of the liquid and made it a bit dry. Other than that great flavor. I also used fresh broccoli and added a few extra mushrooms because I had that leftover from the weekend and didnt want to waste fresh mushrooms.
Feb 12, 2008
This recipe takes a little extra prep work, but is worth it! It has a great flavor and my family loves it!