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The latest issue of IUCN's magazine World Conservation, "Last call: Climate and nature", features several contributions from IUCN Member representatives, on the hot topic of climate change:
IUCN President Ashok Khosla, founder and chairman of IUCN Member the Development Alternatives, underlines a message of investing in nature to deal with climate change and turning existing knowledge into urgent action in the article "A bridge to the future".
Fellow IUCN Councillor, Johan Schaar, Director of the international Commission on Climate Change and Development, an initiative of the Swedish government, insists on increasing funding for adaptation to allow the most vulnerable communities to cope with climate change in the article "Closing the gaps".
Robert Watson, Chief Scientific Advisor at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) an IUCN UK Member, advocates making the right decisions now about how to adapt to climate change in the article "Intelligent decisions".
Trevor Sandwith, Director of Biodiversity and Protected Areas Policy for IUCN Member The Nature Conservancy and Deputy Chair of IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), promotes the value of protected area systems as powerful tools to combat climate change in the article "The sky's the limit", co-written with Nigel Dudley, WCPA Vice Chair for Capacity Development.
Finally, the "In Brief" section provides a snapshot of some of the numerous projects and initiatives on climate change involving IUCN, its Members and partners.
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CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court on Saturday threw out a lawsuit calling for a popular television satirist to be banned for insulting the president and Islam, but he still faces a criminal investigation on similar charges.
Critics of the government see the cases against Bassem Youssef, who has cited U.S. satirist Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show" as a model, as part of a crackdown on dissent. This is denied by the government of President Mohamed Mursi and its Islamist allies, the Muslim Brotherhood.
A Cairo administrative court rejected a petition brought by Mahmoud Abu el-Aineen, an Islamist lawyer, to ban Youssef's program and shut down independent television channel CBC, legal sources said.
Youssef, who rose to fame with a satirical online show after the uprising that swept the previous president, Hosni Mubarak, from power in 2011, had been released on bail on Sunday after the prosecutor-general issued a warrant for his arrest.
The prosecutor also accused Youssef of insulting Islam and undermining Mursi's standing.
The case brought by el-Aineen, who works for the Muslim Brotherhood but filed the complaint on his own, is not related to the prosecutor's.
On Tuesday, Egypt's investment authority threatened to cancel CBC's license because Youssef's show violated rules governing the media in Cairo where the channel is located, state media said.
It said the show contained vulgarity, insults, sexual innuendo and bad language.
Last week, the United States, which gives $1.3 billion in military aid per year to the North African country, accused Egypt of muzzling freedom of speech.
Egypt has been in political turmoil since the ouster of Mubarak, a long-time U.S. ally.
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"Chronic Pain and the Holidays"
Holidays are a special time for most, but those with chronic pain often struggle with keeping up a 'good front' with friends and family, wishing their pain would indeed take a HOLIDAY. Chronic pain can create a sense of isolation that prevents us from participating as we would like. Join Dr Lance LaCerte as he shares coping techniques to make the holidays more enjoyable.
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Thursday marked the final flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery, and one lucky airliner was fortunate enough to witness its launch from a high altitude. And even better, one of its passengers was able to video Discovery taking off.
Passenger Neil Monday snapped this footage of Discovery (which also contains a robotic crewmate) using his phone while flying out of Orlando International Airport. For another angle of the launch, check out this photograph captured from a camera phone hoisted by a weather balloon. Also, here's a launch photo of the Johannes Kepler ATV taken from the International Space Station on February 16.
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Haidari Returns, Talks to Studentsby Jim Amidon • March 4, 2011 Share:
As a young teenager working to support his family, Ashraf Haidari '01 dreamed of getting an education. When factional infighting broke out in Kabul, he fled to northern Afghanistan and eventually made his way to Wabash. Now, 15 years later, he's preparing to return to his home country for reassignment within the ministry of foreign affairs.
Haidari visited his alma mater as a guest of the Lecture Committee, giving several public talks and sitting in on classes focusing on civil liberties in wartime and Islam.
Haidari told Wabash students about his own experiences on the streets of Kabul; how he taught himself high school classes using old books and magazines, all the while trying to memorize an Oxford English dictionary. He got a job working for the United Nations in in Mazer-e-Sharif, and after overcoming serious visa issues in Pakistan, made his way to Wabash.
He majored in political science with an area of concentration in international studies. He studied the root causes of extremism and terrorism in the United States and Switzerland.
He's spent the last six years working his way up through the Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington, having served in various senior positions of complex responsibility: first secretary, political counselor, and most recently charge d'affaires. He's soon going to return to Kabul, where he will be reassigned in the ministry of foreign affairs.
Political Science Professor Scott Himsel welcomed Haidari's comments in his course on civil liberties in wartime. The class had studied the 9/11 report and FISA warrants, while trying to understand all of the intelligence gaffes that allowed the worst terrorist attack ever to occur on American soil.
"There were signs, there were warnings very early on," Haidari said. "Al Qaeda was getting stronger and already launching attacks against the United States' assets and interests. There was ample intelligence about Al Qaeda operating in Afghanistan years before, but if you will recall, that was during the time when Monica Lewinski was dominating the news."
While Professor Himsel's class is focusing on what went wrong and how the CIA, NSA, and FBI failed to "connect the dots," having Haidari in class helped the students better understand the root causes of terrorism in the first place.
"You're talking about a large portion of the population, gangs of 14-18 year-old young men who are illiterate, poor, have no job prospects, and are supporting large families," he said. "Those in Pakistan have been brainwashed in extremist madrassas."
He said many of these young people have no food and no prospects, so when the Taliban promises a good wage, $10 a day — not to mention eternal peace and happiness in the 'land of milk and honey' — they listen. "Here in the U.S., if you fall behind, you get desperate and depressed and you feel lonely. Now multiply that by 1,000. In Afghanistan and Pakistan, if you're already having suicidal thoughts and someone promises you a lot of money for your family… you begin to see why these people do what they do."
Haidari pointed out that the huge majority of Afghan people embrace democracy; 83 percent are registered to vote. But when the promise of democracy goes unfulfilled, people lose faith.
"It's not that democracy isn't the best form of government," he said, "but it's a long-term process. You can't just have elections and say 'that's it.' You have to build up the institutions of democracy — government, education, rule of law, and human security needs."
He also reminded the students that while the international community is spending over $100 billion on military operations in Afghanistan, development priorities receive scant attention and resources, leaving some eight million people in need of humanitarian support. "It's not sustainable; it's a developmental problem," he said.
Later in Professor David Blix's class on Islam, Haidari paid tribute to the many faculty and staff who went out of their way to help him succeed. Because of the visa problems, he missed freshman orientation and the first two weeks of class.
"I didn't know how to write academically; I could do administrative writing, but that was it. I took religion and composition classes, and the papers were seven or eight pages, and I just had problems with them. I reached out to the faculty, who were very helpful and caring."
And with a nod to the professor in the room, Haidari noted, "The faculty put in a lot of effort to help me catch up." Then, to Professor Blix, "All while continuing to be a tough grader."
The students in the class are studying Islam. Haidari said the vast majority of Aghans are cultural Muslims who are born into Islam but don't know much about it.
"In Afghanistan, Islam is at the heart of Afghan identity; it's written into our constitution," he said. "But this is not the extremist, radical, or fundamentalist interpretation; moderate, traditional Islam is what is practiced."
He also credited Professor Blix with deepening his own faith. "I was born a Muslim, but it wasn't until after I came to Wabash and took four religion courses with Dr. Blix, that I came to discover what real Islam is and that did nothing more than strengthen my faith. I didn't know much about my religion until I studied here."
When students asked about the fundamentalist and Taliban interpretation, Haidari talked about the series of events that led to the Taliban systematically taking province after province in his home country. He told the students how some Taliban leaders previously fought in the Afghan jihad, which the CIA supported against Soviet forces in Afghanistan. "What do you do with the monster you've created," he asked. "Are you prepared to deal with the consequences?"
The kind of Islam practiced by the Taliban, he said, was completely foreign to most Afghans. "The Taliban tried to impose personal restrictions that Afghans found alien — the oppression of women; forcing people to pray in certain ways; the length of a man's beard. If you didn't follow these rules, you were beaten. For the people of Afghanistan, it was mere existence, not living. If you could afford it, you got out to Pakistan or Iran.
"The atrocities were happening right before our eyes."
The biggest point he made with the students was that the Taliban and other extremists have not only politicized the religion, which he said is based on kindness, mercy, and benevolence, but also hurt the worldwide image if Islam.
"The western media reinforces Islam-phobia, but does not dig deep into the actual causes of extremism. What you are seeing today in Libya, Egypt, and Tunisia is not politicized Islam, but simply frustration on the part of people because of the oppression of long-serving dictators.
"While I think people understand that democracy is good and there is great promise in democracy, it is a luxury that comes with pre-conditions," he said. "Democracy can only work when the institutions of democracy are in place — education, resources, and infrastructure."
Finally, he appealed to the students: "I appeal to you today to avoid as much as possible Muslim profiling and Muslim-phobia that is so common today."


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By Kathryn Doyle
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In states where Medicaid pays doctors higher fees for office visits, Medicaid beneficiaries are more likely to be screened for breast, cervical or colorectal cancer, according to a new study.
"States tend to vary in their reimbursement rates for different types of medical care services; some states may have low reimbursements for certain services and higher reimbursements for others," said lead author Dr. Michael T. Halpern of the Division of Health Services and Social Policy Research at RTI International at Washington, D.C.
Medicaid, a health insurance program for low-income individuals, is jointly funded by the federal government and the individual states. Each state establishes its own coverage and reimbursement policies.
Unexpectedly, states' reimbursement rates for specific screening tests weren't always associated with an increase in screening rates, Halpern and his team found.
There is no reason to believe that reimbursing more for a certain test would lead to that test being used less, so there's probably something else going on to explain that relationship, which was specifically true for Pap tests, Halpern told Reuters Health by email.
Researchers analyzed Medicaid data from 2007 for 46 states and the District of Columbia.
In states with higher payments for office visits, cancer screenings were more common. But higher payments for the screenings themselves did not always mean the screenings were performed more often, according to results published in the journal Cancer.
Nationwide, the median Medicaid reimbursement for an office visit is $37. (In other words, half the states pay doctors less than that.) The median Medicaid reimbursement was $24 for a Pap test, which can detect early cervical cancer, and $271 for a colonoscopy.
These tests are all recommended for the age group of the people in the study, but since some of the tests are not recommended yearly and the study only includes data from 2007, it was not clear whether the Medicaid beneficiaries were receiving guideline-based screening, Halpern said.
State by state, when screening test reimbursement rose by 20 percent, the odds of receiving a colonoscopy increased by 1.6 percent, the odds of getting a Pap test decreased by 0.8 percent, and a mammogram might be more or less likely depending on the type and location of the screening order.
But when reimbursement for an office visit rose by 20 percent, so did screening rates, by 2 to 8 percent.
"Many primary care physicians do not accept Medicaid patients or are able to provide care only to limited numbers of Medicaid beneficiaries, potentially due to low reimbursements for office visits," Halpern said. "By increasing Medicaid reimbursements for primary care physician office visits, more physicians may be able to provide care for Medicaid beneficiaries, thus increasing their likelihood of receive cancer screenings."
For screenings like colonoscopy and mammography, the primary care doctor refers the patient to another provider for those tests, so the amount Medicaid reimburses for the tests generally doesn't have a financial benefit for the referring physician, he said.
"The finding with higher Medicaid office fees is noteworthy, because it means that higher fees open physicians' doors to Medicaid patients and that is the first step to getting patients the care they need," said Stephen Zuckerman, senior fellow and co-director of the Health Policy Center of the Urban Institute. "Cancer screening is only on part of that."
Doctors' time is limited, and economic incentives matter to them, Zuckerman told Reuters Health by email.
"In a system with many payers, that means that it makes sense for physicians to see patients for whom they receive better compensation before they see other patients," he said.
Fees are not the only incentives in scheduling patients, but they do play an important role, he said.
"Since office visit fees have the most consistent relationship to receipt of cancer screening, it would be important to make sure those fees are sufficient to get Medicaid patients appropriate access to primary care services," Zuckerman said.
SOURCE: http://bit.ly/1tOc4l9 Cancer, online August 25, 2014.


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Blue Cheese Salad Recipes
Blue Cheese Pear Salad Recipe
When pears still have a hard texture, they are a wonderfully sweet addition to salad. I wanted to make a first course that looks festive for the holidays, so I mixed some greens, hazelnuts, dried cranberries, pears and blue cheese. What's not to like? To finish, I drizzled creamy blue cheese dressing on the salad.
This is definitely not a salad for dieting! It's the holidays though, so indulge.
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Red Cabbage Coleslaw with Buttermilk Ranch Dressing
This recipe was inspired by a dish described to me by Chef Doreen T. Ross. We "met" through PhamFatale.com and we've exchanged several emails about dishes. She recently made a plate of very successful fish tacos that used cabbage coleslaw instead of the more traditional choice of lettuce. Doreen made her coleslaw with a buttermilk ranch dressing that sounded delectable. I had to try it myself, so today I tried to recreate the coleslaw that Doreen described to me as a stand alone dish.
I adapted the recipe so the vegetarians in the house could partake, which means there are no eggs. If that's not an issue for you, a standard egg-based ranch dressing would work fine. To make vegetarian ranch dressing, I usually incorporate silken tofu, but as I started working on the dish I realized that I had bought the wrong kind at the store. I had liquid soy lecithin and xanthan gum in my pantry, so I used those instead. If you're familiar with egg-free recipes, xanthan gum and lecithin are an excellent egg substitute.
I didn't think my first iteration of the buttermilk ranch dressing had enough of a kick on its own, so I melted blue cheese and added champagne vinegar to the mix. Because of its rich color, shredded raw red cabbage seemed like the right canvas to showcase the light-colored dressing. I paired the cabbage with cubed Granny Smith apples for a little sweetness and additional color contrast.
The result is an unexpectedly complex and flavorful dish. It was a big success at my house, so I have to say thanks again to Chef Doreen for the tip!
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Georgia Peanut Commission holds ribbon cutting and open house for new headquarters on July 31
TIFTON, GA Aug. 6, 2012 The Georgia Peanut Commission (GPC) board of directors concluded the commission's 50th anniversary by holding the official ribbon cutting ceremony and open house at the new headquarters in Tifton, Ga., on July 31. The new headquarters is located off of Interstate 75 in Tifton at exit 63B.
"We are proud of the new energy efficient headquarters and the opportunities that exist to promote peanuts to millions of consumers traveling through Georgia," says Donald Chase, GPC Building Committee chairman and peanut farmer from Oglethorpe, Ga. "The principles of forward thinking in the design of the new headquarters is a testament to the forward thinking of farmers in the peanut industry here in Georgia."
The new headquarters, designed by Cadmus Design-Build, will be the first net-zero energy building for state government in Georgia. Cadmus Design-Build provides Architectural Design and Construction Management in the Master Builder tradition towards net-zero energy, environmental sustainability and economic feasibility goals. These high performance standards are met through a holistic approach to energy and water efficiency, conservation, environmental impacts and waste management as part of design, development, construction and ongoing building maintenance and operations.
The new headquarters was designed and built to meet criteria for LEED Certification at a Platinum Level with a combination of systems which provide synergies that result in enhanced performance overall. The site selection, development, building placement, design, engineering and orientation all contribute to low-impact and high performance results.
Beyond building to LEED Certification standards, the new headquarters has fully integrated alternative/ renewable energy systems that enhance performance capabilities towards the Near and Net-Zero Energy goals. The new building's integrated systems include both passive and active Geo-Thermal Systems, Passive Solar Architectural Design and Engineering, Solar Photovoltaic Systems, Solar Thermal Systems, Natural / Daylight Harvesting Systems, Rain and Condensate Harvesting, and so many other materials and methodologies that all contribute to the Cadmus Design-Build mission of "Building a Better Environment".
During the ceremony Debbie Cannon with U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss' office presented a U.S. flag flown over the U.S. Capitol in honor of the GPC's 50th anniversary. Congressman Austin Scott commended the GPC on an excellent job and stated that he looks forward to continuing to represent them in Congress. Commissioner of Agriculture Gary Black also presented Georgia Grown products to the GPC and stated that the department is having a Georgia state flag flown over the Georgia State Capitol in honor of the GPC. The GPC was presented with congressional records on their 50th anniversary from Sen. Chambliss, Sen. Johnny Isakson, Congressman Scott and Congressman Sanford Bishop.
"The commission is proud of the fact that we have used local contractors and businesses in the construction of the new headquarters which has helped strengthen the economy in the South Georgia area," says Armond Morris, GPC chairman and peanut farmer from Ocilla, Ga. "The new headquarters will assist the commission in fulfilling its mission of educating consumers and telling the peanut farmers' story."
During the ceremony Don Koehler, GPC executive director, noted that the new facility lacks only one thing, "We're absent of a mortgage because it's paid for." He also said the cost of the building was $87 per square foot.
"Not only does this building represent a huge commitment and achievement from Georgia's peanut farmers but it will serve as an achievement for the entire peanut and agricultural industry in Georgia," Chase says. "We have had numerous partners throughout the industry that have seen the value of the new headquarters and educating consumers about agriculture."
The new headquarters has been made possible through sponsorships and a commemorative brick and bench program. The sponsors include: Platinum level – Kelley Manufacturing Co. and Lewis M. Carter Manufacturing; Gold level – American Peanut Shellers Association, Birdsong Peanuts, Toto, USA, Inc., The FlintCo Family of Companies including Albany Tractor Company, Flint Equipment Company and Flint Power Systems; Silver level – Farm Credit, Lasseter Equipment Group and SunSouth. Numerous farmers, organizations and business have all contributed to the building program by sponsoring a commemorative brick or bench.
For more information on the GPC building project, visit www.gapeanuts.com.
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I'm a nostalgic man. I love to ruminate. Sometimes I wonder if I think too much about the past, isolating certain events or frightening discoveries so that they obtain more heft or become larger than they really are, rather than a part of a more forgiving whole. The closer I get to 60 the more I think literally and figuratively.
It is 1979. Fall. My future wife, Roberta, and I pull into Durham, taking the exit to Duke Hospital, then only a southern campus. I was driving a two-toned green Maverick, a car purchased in 1975, new at the time. It only had an AM radio. I kept the dial set at WLS, a station out of Chicago, which played the songs of my youth. I can still hear "Wildfire," by Michael Murphy, in my head. I was dating the mayor's daughter at the time, and this was "our song," until it wasn't, and that's when I knew I was also no longer the one for Debbie Story.
Robert Miller, my future father-in-law, was in the hospital. It was my first time meeting him. I was 22 years old. When we walked in – Roberta and I – he was sitting on the edge of the bed, a fancy green robe gathered about him. From the beginning I liked this man. He wore wire-rimmed glasses, and he was mostly bald, and had a twinkle in his eye. Once, years later, while he sat at the dinner table, he took a windup toy, a pair of red lips, and wound it up and let it go, and we watched the lips rapidly go up and down. "I swear this thing has a soul," he said, and I laughed. When he did things like that I could see the mischievous boy in him.
After Roberta and I married, my father-in-law used to take me down in the basement of his house and play real movies about his days in WWII. He never talked about it much, but I could tell the war had affected him greatly. I used to listen to his stories, and I think he took great comfort in that fact. The movies were often silent films, and sometimes he would play a record, mostly Frank Sinatra songs, on the record player, and the juxtaposition of watching the devastation and listening to Sinatra's crooning voice, I found immensely plaintive. This, of course, was the music that my father-in-law held to his heart, so for him it brought back deeply held memories.
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In these pages I began my exploration of memory three years ago, not as a search for personal meaning, but as a way to connect through stories. Marcel Proust, in his essay "Return to the Present" connected talent in writing to music and memory. He considered music to be the deepest memory. And so did E. M. Forster, who claimed: "music is the deepest of the arts and deep within the arts." Music is often used as a metaphor for memory. Proust, for example, made the solicitation of his memories his life's work. He believed, too, that we each have a story to tell, and that to not write it down, would be like never knowing "the tune that beset you with its intangible delightful rhythm."
I was born on Christmas day. When I was a boy, before I began living with my grandparents, all the family would gather at my grandparents' house for Christmas. I had a much older cousin, a beautiful young woman, who, on the anniversary of my birth, would always come into my grandparents' house, and, usually while I was sitting on the sofa, bend over and plant a sweet-smelling kiss upon my cheek. I remember these kisses fondly. I also remember one time she came in singing "Blame It on the Bossa Nova," by Eydie Gorme`. To this day I think of Lucille as a woman firmly planted in 1963.
There is a movement afoot. It is called Music in my Mind (MIMM). It is based upon the concept brought forth by Dan Cohen, MSW, who surmised that older adults suffering from Alzheimer's disease or other cognitive disorders could connect with memories through personalized-music. Advisory partners working in the field with older adults, throughout Durham, have the audacious goal of bringing personalized-music via a digital device to all Durham residents suffering from cognitive challenges. A film about the movement, "Alive Inside," will be shown at the Chapel Hill library April 2 at 2 p.m.
Memory is something that we all share. As individual as it may be, collectively it pulls at each of us, ostensibly, like music, in tangible ways to connect us.
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Not all gamers are low scorers on friendships, relationships
Not all video game players are destined for lives filled with failing relationships and dwindling friendships, according to Penn State researchers, who say that a lot depends on the role of the game-playing activity in the gamer's life.
"There's a common stereotype that if you play video games, then you are a loner," said Benjamin Hickerson, assistant professor of recreation, parks and tourism management. "But it may have more to do with how a person is involved in gaming that determines how their social support is affected."


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Energy Management Inc. (EMI), the developer of the Cape Wind offshore wind project, is among the developers that have expressed interest in building a wind farm off the Virginia coast.
EMI's application was one of two qualification packages recently submitted to the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM); the other was from Sea Breeze Energy LLC, BOEM spokesperson Tracey Moriarty confirmed to NAW.
However, BOEM is not yet seeking specific project proposals at this time, so the details about each developer's intentions for the area remain unclear.
The expressions of interest come in response to Virginia's proposed sale notice, which was published last December. In addition to EMI and Sea Breeze Energy, eight other companies already submitted nominations in response to BOEM's February 2012 call for information and nominations for commercial wind leasing offshore Virginia: Apex Virginia Offshore Wind LLC, Arcadia Offshore Virginia LLC, Cirrus Wind Energy LLC, Dominion Virginia Power, enXco Development Corp. (EDF Renewable Energy), Fisherman's Energy LLC, Iberdrola Renewables Inc. and Orisol Energy US Inc.
The proposed lease area offshore Virginia will be auctioned as a single lease and totals about 112,800 acres located about 23.5 nautical miles off the southern part of the Virginia coast. It is expected to support more than 2 GW of wind energy generation.
BOEM will hold competitive lease sales for the area sometime this year. The qualification process is ongoing, and the companies that are qualified to bid on the upcoming lease sale will be announced as part of the final sale notice, which is expected to be published later this year, Moriarty says.


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The Michael Vick era in Atlanta is officially over.
Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff said the team relinquished its contractual rights to Vick on Friday.
"Michael remains suspended by the NFL," Dimitroff said. "However, in the event NFL commissioner Roger Goodell decides to reinstate Michael, we feel his best opportunity to re-engage his football career would be at another club."
The move was no surprise. Owner Arthur Blank has said Vick would not return to the Falcons.
"Everybody always knew that Mike wouldn't be playing with the Falcons," Vick's agent, Joel Segal, said. "He's really just taking it one day at a time."
The NFL had no comment on Vick's release.
Falcons spokesman Reggie Roberts said the team's release of Vick opens the door for other NFL teams to talk with the quarterback. Roberts said Vick can sign with another team even before the Goodell decides on clearing the way for Vick to play.
Goodell has not committed to reinstating Vick after the quarterback completes his 23-month sentence on July 20 for running a dogfighting ring. Vick is making $10 an hour as a construction worker for W.M. Jordan Co. while he serves the final two months of his sentence on home confinement in Hampton, Va. Vick was released from federal prison in Kansas on May 20.
Even while making it clear Vick had no football future with the Falcons, Blank has said he would be available to assist Vick.
"Our entire organization sincerely hopes that Michael will continue to focus his efforts on making positive changes in his life, and we wish him well in that regard," Dimitroff said Friday.
Vick was the Falcons No. 1 draft pick in 2001. He played six seasons with the team, but the Falcons moved on by making quarterback Matt Ryan their No. 1 pick last year. Ryan started every game as a rookie and led the Falcons to the playoffs.
Vick was the figurehead for the Falcons and, as a dual-threat quarterback, was one of the NFL's most dynamic stars from 2001-2006 before his sudden downfall.
Goodell said last month he would not make a decision on Vick before the end of his sentence.
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Speculation about Vick's NFL future started even before his release from the Falcons.
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Last night I had some very strange dreams, from leaving my daughter in the middle of the busy city to catch a train home on her own to finding letters that were written by my paternal grandmother. I just knew that I had to blog about the latter.
Freda wrote to me frequently when I left England in 1978 to live in Australia with my mother. She always wrote at least one page, even when she was in hospital (which was often) and she sent cards to my mother and I every year, without fail. I wish I had kept more of her letters to me but over time I threw many of them out (my way of downsizing during my frequent moves from house to house in my twenties). It was only the last letters that she wrote me, before her eyesight failed her completely, that I had the good sense to keep. What a relief, I did something right then.
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When my great-aunt Joan passed away in 2005, her son Terry sent me some letters and cards, written by my grandmother Freda to Joan and my great-uncle Billy, which he found amongst his mother's personal effects.
When I woke up from my dream this morning I had a strong sense that Freda was trying to communicate something to me. In the dream I opened a drawer and took out some papers. Among the handful of papers were letters and I immediately recognised the handwriting as my grandmother's and started to cry. My tears were of happiness and relief that I had found her letters but sadness as well because I really miss her. One of the letters I held in my hand was typed and was dated 1933. It talked of all sorts of historical facts about pre-war threats and her feelings on the subject. I folded it up and made a mental note to read it in greater detail later. The second letter is more vague in my waking memory but it was definitely her handwriting and on seeing it, I burst into tears. Then I woke up.
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Here is a transcript from a letter that my grandmother Freda wrote to my great-aunt Joan in 1961. My cousin Robert was a newborn and she was writing to send her congratulations:
Dear Joan & Billy,
Many Congratulations on the birth of your little Son. I am so glad it all went off well & that you are both well.
I am writing to your home address Joan, as I don't know how long you stay in Hospital. I bet you felt important being waited on, its nice for a change, but I expect you're like me you rather be up & about.
Julian [my cousin, who was eighteen at the time] seemed quite pleased to tell the news to everyone, you'll have plenty to think about now.
I'm sorry I haven't written before, but time flies & I haven't been too well with my legs, when it comes to tea-time I can't do another thing.
We shall look forward to seeing him now.
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Dear Muriel,
Very sorry to hear bad news received from Joan by telegram: it does seem so cruel after you being so very happy with Jack but I suppose God has a time for us all.
Well Muriel I will never forget the happy evenings we three had at No. 15 and I'm sure wherever Jack is he will never forget either. Now Muriel old girl if there is anything I can do for you anytime, don't be afraid to ask. Myself & Joan will willingly do anything, anytime. You don't forget that cause I mean it....If you feel like taking little Terry out on your own, Joan would only be too pleased. I know you like children & little Terry so don't be afraid to say so. (Now can you keep a secret Muriel, don't say anything to anybody, not a word. Don't even let Joan know. Promise? Well we are expecting an extra in the family. Sometime next June [1942, which would have been Julian]. Now promise not to breath a word...
I love his closing salutation:
Yours for always,
Your loving brother,
|Brother and Sister: Billy & Muriel, 1935
I can't begin to express just how much I truly miss Freda. She was such a lovely woman and a fabulous grandmother to me and my sisters.


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- 9:29 am
- Leaning lower
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Good morning.
Stock futures are indicating a slide by Wall Street.
European stocks have been down on more bad news from that troubled Portugese bank, a weak inflation reading and disappointing earnings — plus the Argentina news is hitting sentiment.
Photo credit: Reuters
- 9:34 am
- Lower open
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Losses are sizable in the early going, with the Dow falling more than triple digits.
Dow -0.7% or -115 points
Nasdaq -0.9%
Russell 2000 -1.1%
- 9:38 am
- Dow, S&P turn negative for July
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Up until today — the last day of July — the Dow and S&P 500 had been showing a gain for the month of July.
With today's selling, they're now on pace to end lower for the month.
Monthly performance:
Dow -0.4%
Nasdaq +0.5%
Russell 2000 -4.8% (ouch!)
- 9:44 am
- Big losers
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Among the biggest losers in the S&P 500 are Yum and Whole Foods, which are falling on problems for a Chinese supplier and an earnings report, respectively.
Yum /quotes/zigman/303422/delayed /quotes/nls/yum YUM is down 6%, while Whole Foods /quotes/zigman/80039/delayed /quotes/nls/wfm WFM is down 5%.
The biggest loser in the S&P 500 is L-3 Communications /quotes/zigman/218529/delayed /quotes/nls/lll LLL , diving 12%.
Read more in today's Movers & Shakers column.
Photo credit: Whole Foods
- 9:48 am
- Chicago PMI
- by Victor Reklaitis
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A fresh reading for the Chicago PMI hit in the last few minutes, and it was weaker than expected.
But stocks aren't really reacting much. Plenty of other market-moving reports today.
- 9:52 am
- L-3 accounting review
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Dow Jones Newswires describes the troubles at L-3 /quotes/zigman/218529/delayed /quotes/nls/lll LLL :
"L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. (LLL) ticked up its 2014 revenue guidance but cut its per-share earnings and margin expectations as its aerospace segment, which is undergoing an accounting review, is expected to get hit by charges."
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L-3 is now down more than 13% — the S&P 500′s biggest loser by far.
Photo credit: Bloomberg
- 10:02 am
- Fresh session lows
- by Victor Reklaitis
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A half hour into today's session, stocks have just slumped to fresh session lows, then lifted up a bit.
Dow -144 points or -0.9%
Nasdaq -1.1%
Russell 2000 -1.2%
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- 10:10 am
- Today's drivers
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Plenty of development are contributing to negative sentiment today:
Wages are finally rising, and that could force the Fed to hike rates
Argentina is effectively in default
Before the U.S. market opened, European stocks were down on a soft inflation reading, weak earnings reports and more troubles for that ailing Portugese bank
Credit for picture of Argentine pesos and Brazilian reals: Bloomberg
- 10:37 am
- Hooper: Too much uncertainty sends investors for cover
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Kristina Hooper, U.S. investment strategist at Allianz Global Investors said investors are still digesting the GDP number and the FOMC statement from Wednesday and are nervous ahead of the monthly jobs data.
"Markets love certainty and right now there is too much uncertainty about the Fed's trigger points for raising rates. Instead of looking at one number, such as the unemployment rate, the Fed is looking at a mosaic of data points.
Investors are unsure what the Fed would consider a tolerable level of higher inflation. They are also unsure when the Fed would consider the labor market as void of slack.
On Friday, investors will pay close attention not only to the headline number in the jobs number, but also to the wage inflation, a number of part-time workers versus full-time, a percentage of long-term unemployed.
- 10:44 am
- Argentina ETF drops
- by Victor Reklaitis
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You get an overview of the Argentina situation in a story that we have here.
The article contains the following nugget:
Argentina's "stocks and bonds had rallied this week on hopes that the two sides would reach a deal and avert default."
- 11:04 am
- S&P 500 technical levels
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Losses on Wall Street are deepening and the S&P 500 is at 1,945, an important level of support according to technical analysts.
Sam Stovall, equity Strategist at S&P Capital IQ in a note wrote:
From a technical perspective, U.S. equities are sending mixed messages. The S&P 500 remains in an overall bullish position, while it stays above support at 1944-60, with the ascending trend channel defining the larger upward trend.
However, small-cap stock action, as well as overall market breadth, continue to signal a warning for the market. A move over 1169 for the Russell 2000 would be a near-term victory for the bulls and point to additional upside.
Below 1140, however, we give the odds to the bears and downside action. Separately, gold is again testing support at 1287-95. We continue to project rotational price action while this support remains intact, but think a move below 1287 would tip the odds in favor of the shorts, targeting 1233-58. Resistance remains at 1316-32.
- 11:07 am
- Tesla slides ahead of earnings
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Tesla /quotes/zigman/118681/delayed /quotes/nls/tsla TSLA shares are in retreat as the electric car company gears up to report quarterly earnings late Thursday.
Investors will be looking for details on its GigaFactory plans, including site selection and suppliers.
Analysts surveyed by FactSet expects Tesla to earn 4 cents a share in the second quarter.
Tesla slid 1% to $226.49 in line with the broader market's decline.
- 11:08 am
- Corporate earnings
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- 11:53 am
- Only a handful of Nasdaq 100 stocks in green
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Of the stocks in the Nasdaq 100, only six are trading higher while the rest are covered in red ink. The few that are surviving the market-wide selloff are:
Garmin /quotes/zigman/118648/delayed /quotes/nls/grmn GRMN
Discovery Communications /quotes/zigman/112277/delayed /quotes/nls/disca DISCA
Equinix /quotes/zigman/89870/delayed /quotes/nls/eqix EQIX
Staples /quotes/zigman/78299/delayed /quotes/nls/spls SPLS
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Costco /quotes/zigman/67728/delayed /quotes/nls/cost COST
The Nasdaq 100 /quotes/zigman/12633936/realtime COMP shed 1.8% to 4,380, the worst hit among the three major indexes.
- 12:26 pm
- Synchrony gets lukewarm welcome
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Synchrony Financial /quotes/zigman/30512340/delayed /quotes/nls/syf SYF , spun off from General Electric, got a tepid reception when it debuted in the market on Thursday.
Synchrony weaved in and out of negative territory in its first couple of hours as a public company, trading near its IPO price of $23.
The private-label credit card company sold 125 million shares to raise $2.8 billion.
- 12:54 pm
- Cry for me, Argentina
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The world is looking at Argentina, which didn't make its bond payments Wednesday, the latest wrinkle in a years-long grudge match between the South American nation and its creditors. The situation continues to unfold, and investors continue to remains hopeful about a deal, but…
Argentina's Merval stock index /quotes/zigman/1467195/delayed AR:MERV lost 6.6% Thursday, while the Global X FTSE Agentina 20 ETF /quotes/zigman/16859446/delayed /quotes/nls/argt ARGT , which tracks a barrel of companies linked to its economy, is down 4.4%. Bonds are down too.
You can read more about it here.
(Photo credit: Bloomberg)
- 1:08 pm
- Red July
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July is starting to look like that scene from the wedding at the end of season three of Game of Thrones. I won't give it away, but all three indexes are now in the red for the month. Here's the intra-month losses:
S&P 500 index: -0.9% for July; down 1.4% thursday
Nasdaq: -0.4% for July; down 1.7% Thursday
Dow: -0.9% for July; down 1.2% Thursday
- 1:15 pm
- Small cap gaps
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Small caps haven't been faring so well in July either. A note from Steven DeSanctis, head of US Small Cap Strategy at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, highlights the following:
"July has been one of the toughest months in quite some time for small caps, as the size segment is down over 4% and lagging the large caps by nearly 500 basis points. This is a continuation of the full year's performance in small, as the size segment is now 8.2% behind large caps (Chart 1). This year has the making of being the worst relative performance since 1998, an infamous year for small-cap investors. When small has performed as poorly as it has versus large, one would expect a bounce, but that was certainly not the case in 1998. In fact, when the first seven months are as bad as this, small continued to trail large by another 3.6%."
- 1:18 pm
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Here's a little-known market indicator: Josh Brown's hair during his CNBC appearances:
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- 1:25 pm
- Good isn't good enough
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MarketWatch's Tomi Kilgore has more on the "good isn't good enough" theme, which seems to be dominating earnings season. We saw it last week in the biotech sector. Now we're seeing signs of it in the tech sector:
"Akamai Technologies shares /quotes/zigman/67451/delayed /quotes/nls/akam AKAM dropped 2.1% in midday trade Thursday, although the Internet content delivery company reported profit and sales that beat consensus analyst estimates and provided an upbeat outlook for the current quarter after Wednesday's close….
"The problem was revenue of $476 million, which while above the FactSet consensus of $472.9 million, was within the company's guidance of $464 million to $478 million.Morgan Stanley analyst Jennifer Swanson Lowe said bears may be picking at the fact that Akamai snapped its five-quarter streak of beating the high end of guidance. And when a stock has surged 29% year-to-date, or about four-times better than the S&P 500's gain, that might as well be a miss."
- 1:33 pm
- Fear index
- by Ben Eisen
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The CBOE's Volatility Index — which often gets the nickname "fear index" — spiked on Thursday to its highest since mid-April. The VIX is up almost 20% on the day.
There's a whole host of discussions about whether the VIX actually has any meaning, but we'll leave that aside for now and just note that if the VIX isn't showing investor caution, the major stock indexes certainly are.
h/t to Steven Russolillo, down the hall at WSJ's MoneyBeat.
- 1:35 pm
- But don't panic
- by Ben Eisen
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A word of advice from Nuveen strategist Bob Doll, who's got a mid-year market update at 4 p.m. Eastern:
I was recently asked about the biggest mistake most investors make. My view: Overreacting to market highs and to market lows.
— Bob Doll, Nuveen (@BobDollNuveen) July 31, 2014
- 1:38 pm
- If you're gellin', start yellin'
- by Ben Eisen
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More on Josh Brown's hair, because, why not? MarketWatch reader SH Moder writes in the comments section:
"Thanks for the laugh MW. Had a co-manager who used to rub his fingers through the gel in his hair on bad days, so how his hair looked was always a barometer of when to stay away. "
- 1:54 pm
- "My bad"
- by Ben Eisen
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MarketWatch's Angela Johnson writesthat Bill Ackman gave a big old "my bad" to the folks at Bloomberg for his lackluster presentation skills. His "death blow" presentation about multi-level marking company Herbalife Ltd. /quotes/zigman/361145/delayed /quotes/nls/hlf HLF last week caused the stock to rally 25%, making it, well, pretty much the opposite of a death blow. To be fair, Herbalife stock didn't retain much of the rise in share prices. Just look at the above chart.
But Ackman had this to say about the whole experience:
"It was a PR failure," Ackman told Bloomberg. "I think we raised expectations. People were looking for the dead body and the smoking gun and instead what they got was a three-hour, detailed regulatory presentation."
- 2:01 pm
- Crazy day
- by Ben Eisen
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A click gets you some more factoids on just how bad this last day of July has been, courtesy of MarketWatch's Victor Reklaitis. A preview for you chart-watchers out there:
"The S&P 500 has sliced through its 50-day moving average. The benchmark last closed under that level on April 15. The Dow also has undercut its 50-day line, and it hasn't finished under that level since May 20."
(For some background, crossing through the 50-day moving average generally suggests a down-trend in the intermediate term.)
- 2:02 pm
- Stocks end volatile July with a selloff
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Stocks are sharply lower on worries about the outlook for Federal Reserve policy. Chief investment strategist Doug Roberts at Channel Capital Research doesn't expect Fed tightening, but we could see "increased noise from the hawks on the Fed."
- 2:11 pm
- Burning ring of fire
- by Ben Eisen
- Add a Comment
Our screens show all of the 30 components of the Dow are now in the red. Here's an update on the indexes:
Dow: -1.26%
Nasdaq: -1.54%
- 2:26 pm
- Yelp shares fall on decline in new advertiser
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Via Rex Crum:
On Wednesday, Yelp Inc. /quotes/zigman/9021597/delayed /quotes/nls/yelp YELP reported its first quarterly profit since going public more than two years ago. Not only did the online review aggregator move out of the red, but it reported an uptick in sales that also exceeded the estimates of Wall Street analysts.
The company's stock seemed like it would rise Thursday morning. But that's not what happened.
- 2:51 pm
- Stocks extend losses
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Stocks hit session lows. All three main benchmarks are looking at monthly losses.
Dow -1.5%
Nasdaq -1.8%
- 3:00 pm
- S&P 500 sectors down more than 1%
- by Anora Mahmudova
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For a snapshot of today's markets, you can read our regular Market Snapshot column.
All 10 main sectors on the S&P 500 are now more than 1%. Telecoms is down 2%, while energy sector fell 1.8%.
Investors are beginning to worry about the Fed raising rates sooner than anticipated, given the faster economic growth. GDP preliminary numbers show the economy expanded by 4% in the second quarter.
There are also signs that wages are seeing inflation pressure. Wage inflation can accelerate overall inflation forcing the Fed tighten its policy.
- 3:14 pm
- From around the Twittersphere
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Biggest sell program trade we've seen in a month hit about 10 minutes ago and sent the market to lows of the day.
— Bespoke (@bespokeinvest) July 31, 2014
Getting ugly technically out there. Both #Dow and #SPX decisively break 50 day moving averages to signal seasonal correction . #trading
— Colin Cieszynski (@CCieszynski_CMC) July 31, 2014
- 3:23 pm
- Selling continues
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Dow fell 300 points or 1.8%. That sell order was serious.
- 3:32 pm
- Ugly
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Wow, the Dow is now on pace for its worst drop in six months — since Feb. 3…
- 3:38 pm
- Today's drivers
- by Victor Reklaitis
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A range of factors are getting the blame for today's selloff, which has accelerated in the afternoon:
Wages are finally rising, and that could force the Fed to hike rates
Argentina is effectively in default
Before the U.S. market opened, European stocks were down on a soft inflation reading, weak earnings reports and more troubles for that ailing Portugese bank
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- 3:46 pm
- S&P: Worst drop since April 10
- by Victor Reklaitis
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So the Dow is up a bit from its session lows and showing a loss of 296 points, rather than 300.
But the blue-chip benchmark still is on pace for its biggest drop since Feb. 3. It's on pace to top its April 10 drop of 267 points.
What about the S&P 500?
It's down 1.9% or 37 points. On April 10, the benchmark fell 2.1% or 39 points — so this will be its worst drop since then.
- 3:50 pm
- Big losers
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Some notable stocks are showing double-digit percentage drops.
They include Yelp /quotes/zigman/9021597/delayed /quotes/nls/yelp YELP , 3-D Systems /quotes/zigman/5280737/delayed /quotes/nls/ddd DDD and L-3 Communications /quotes/zigman/218529/delayed /quotes/nls/lll LLL .
Read all about it in our Movers & Shakers column by Sue Chang and Angela Johnson.
Photo credit: Bloomberg
- 3:58 pm
- Final minutes
- by Victor Reklaitis
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With just a few minutes to go, here's where we are:
Dow -306 points or -1.8%, on pace for worst drop since Feb. 3
S&P 500 -1.9%, on pace for worst drop since April 10, when it fell 2.1%
Nasdaq -2%
Russell 2000 -2.2%
- 3:59 pm
- Dow negative for year
- by Victor Reklaitis
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The Dow also is down for the year at this point: -0.03% YTD
- 4:07 pm
- Headlines from the close
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Stocks end sharply lower; Dow dives more than 300 pts
S&P 500 closes down 2%; Nasdaq slides 2.1%
Dow turns negative for year, down 0.1% in 2014
Dow falls 1.6% in July; S&P 500 loses 1.5% for month
Nasdaq drops 0.9% in July; Russell 2000 loses 6.1%
What stands out for this live blogger is the Dow today erased its modest gain for the year, and the 30-stock index is now -0.1% in 2014.
Also, the small-cap Russell 2000 got hammered this month, sliding 6.1%.
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- 4:21 pm
- Worst day since...
- by Victor Reklaitis
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So the Dow did indeed end up suffering its biggest single-day drop since Feb. 3 — both in terms of points and percentage.
Meanwhile, the S&P 500 (-39.40 points or -2%) endured its biggest single-day drop in terms of points since Feb. 3, but in terms of percentage, this was its worst drop since April 10, when it fell 2.1%.
- 4:30 pm
- LinkedIn leaps
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Well, not every U.S. stock is dropping.
LinkedIn /quotes/zigman/5131883/delayed /quotes/nls/lnkd LNKD is gaining after hours on its quarterly earnings report.
Our After Hours column by Sue Chang will be updated shortly with details on all of the late movers.
Plus Ben Pimentel will be live blogging LinkedIn's earnings conference call.
That's a wrap for today's live blog. Thanks for checking it out.
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carpet transition
Author: A Clark
Date: 3/16/2007 7:18 am EDT
I'm considering using Avaire in a bathroom over existing vinyl flooring with the QuietWarmth/QuietWalk underlayment. What's the best way to transition between the Avaire in the bathroom and the carpet in the hallway?
RE: carpet transition
Author: Jonathan
Date: 3/16/2007 10:58 pm EDT
Thank you for your comments.
We have looked around extensively on the web for comments on Avaire. Most - if not all of the comments - are from people who have confused Avaire with Edge. Edge definitely had some issues during their launch in 2004 - I believe they would readily acknowledge this fact. However, we understand they have done much to improve their product since their launch. We certainly wish them the best of luck. There remain significant differences between Edge and Avaire, and, as you might expect, we believe Avaire is superior.
There was an early prototype version of Avaire available in 2004 that saw very limited distribution. But that version was discountinued in early 2005, completely re-engineered, and brought back to market in the middle of 2006 after extensive field testing in early 2006. While the original prototype Avaire was a decent product, significant improvements were made between 2004 and 2006.
We have sold tens of thousands of square feet of Avaire since July, 2006, and we do not have a single complaint of broken tile (or frankly any other customer complaints). Our customers love Avaire. Not to say we will never have a complaint - that would be unrealistic.
Regarding your question on the warranty - as you know, there is NO warranty on traditional tile. If it cracks, you must replace it. The fact is, if you drop something heavy on either traditional tile or Avaire, there is a reasonable probabiity it will break (it will be much easier to replace the Avaire tile using the replacement process - the entire tray/tile assmembly is replaced, not just the tile portion). The 10 year warranty is to assure our customers that the tray and the adhesive between the tray and the tile are designed to last. Also, the tile we use is a minimum of 9.0 mm thick. As you may know, a tile's structural strength increases more than linearly with thickness. It is significantly stronger than the nominal 7.5 mm thick tile found at most retailers.
Shoot me an email and I will send you a video clip of the Robinson Test showing a Avaire floor being abused by 900 pounds of rolling weight. While it is a lab test, it should give you better confidence in the system. It really does work!!
RE: carpet transition
Author: Krista
Date: 3/20/2007 0:08 am EDT
Dear A. Clark,
My name is Krista and I am part of the Avaire team.
Although Avaire does not currently have transitions in their product line, it is an area that they are working on expanding.
I have Avaire in my dining room and kitchen. We have not yet purchased transitions for one area (from the kitchen to the hallway); however, from our dining room to our living room, my husband "rolled" our carpet under and stapled it down. It looks very nice. I'll send you a digital picture, if you'd like.
Including the 10mm tile and the 4.5 mm "tray", Avaire tile is 14.5 mm thick (just over 1/2 inch), so if you go to your local home center and tell them what color your carpet is and what color your Avaire tile is, they can help you find a transition that will be of most benefit to you.
I hope this helps answer your question. If you need further assistance, please feel free to contact me.
Thanks for posting!
RE: carpet transition
Author: Francine
Date: 3/25/2007 9:07 pm EDT
I would like to get some information on avaire. plus send me your video thanks
RE: carpet transition
Author: Joe Grinker
Date: 8/20/2008 10:33 pm EDT
I have read many of the questions and responses to Avaire tile intallation and am about to install it in our bathroom. I am unclear whether the tile is to be installed under the existing carpet metal door edge piece which is nailed down or just brougt up to it and either caulked along the edge or a new transition piece istalled between the new tile and the existing metal strip on the carpet.
RE: carpet transition
Author: Chris
Date: 8/21/2008 8:55 am EDT
The meatal transition piece thats between your carpet and a vinyl floor should be removed.
After the Avaire is installed, place a piece of tackstrip and tuck the carpet the same as you would traditional tile.
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Friday, 1 March 2013
Sepia Saturday - Skirts on Show
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That's a sad little story about Dorothy, but I do like the picture of her working away at that vine. Now Violet--did her skirt have pockets or was she sitting on her hand??ReplyDelete
I do like the Violet and Frank picture very much, and I love her skirt, pocket or no pocket!ReplyDelete
Oh goodness this was fun, and we both ran slightly close in our themes! Only difference is- well you'll have to check it out!ReplyDelete
Those insets, which I've often seen on dresses of that and earlier eras, always remind me of the tabs on file dividers.ReplyDelete
Dorothy was indeed one of many whose lives changed course drastically due to the Great war. My grandfather married his sweetheart on one of his leaves home during the war, only to arrive home on his next leave in time to see her succumb to the influenza epidemic.
A second post this week to discuss treadle sewing machines!
I liked the way you developed your theme Sue.ReplyDelete
Some of today's skirts are even shorter than your mini; one wonders whether they are a skirt at all. South Shields brings back memories of fierce hockey battles for me.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous2 March 2013 at 16:28
Such a fun post Susan. I luv luv luv long skirts and how gorgeous is your husband's Aunt Violet's skirt, eh?ReplyDelete
I smiled at the mini skirt remembering how careful we had to be to not show our "knickers" when getting in and out of a car, or dancing "the twist". "Knees together, Catherine" my mother would say :-)
Terrific photos... thanks for sharing.
A great selection of images, many of which seem familiar because I have similar poses of similar years in my collection. As for that last one, I have a matching picture of me (aged about the same age as you) stood against that same boundary sign.ReplyDelete
Loved all the skirts. Your mother and aunt were very stylish and well accessorized.ReplyDelete
I think the fashions of the 1930s look more modern than the fashions of the early 1970s.ReplyDelete
The ankle length hemline allowed safe ladder climbing but the hem of an 1880s dress would not. But neither would the hem of the 1970s but for an entirely different reason!ReplyDelete
Lovely photos of such diverse skirts Sue. I especially like Violet's but yes it's odd that one hand is hidden...did she have something wrong with it? I wonder why if it was an engagement photo that her ring finger was not prominently displayed. So sad about the war time losses and their profound impact on a generation of women.ReplyDelete