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1115: Sky
Title text: I dropped a bird and I didn't hear it hit bottom.
This comic is about the fact that much of the way we see the world is subjective. From the directions up and down appear subjective, as gravity can not be strongly felt. Also since the vestibular system (the balance glands in the ear) does not strongly impact equilibrioception (the sense of balance) and the sense of balances is often based on vision, which uses subjective clues to determine what is the up and down, up and down can seem arbitrary at times. For example, people can convince themselves (accidentally or deliberately) that up is down and down is up or be confused about their orientation (dizzy). Forcing yourself to think in a different perspective changes a lot of things that are usually thought of as mundanities.
Beret Guy convinces himself that down is toward the sky. Megan asks him why he is clinging to the ground. He responds that he is holding on to the ground so that he does not fall into the sky. Megan at first dismisses this but later looks up, gets scared and is found by Ponytail, clinging to a mailbox afraid of falling up.
The title text continues this idea, where Megan "drops" a bird into the sky, and never hears it hit the "bottom". As birds can fly, and captured birds often fly away when released, its flight appeared to Megan as the bird falling upward. "didn't hear it hit bottom" would normally mean that, after you throw a rock into a pit, it takes too long to hit bottom, or the sound couldn't even make it to the thrower.
- [Megan is looking down at Beret Guy, who appears to be doing a handstand on a grass lawn, with grass tuft drawn several places, including where his hands touches the grass. His hands can be seen in the grass, like he is holding on to the grass. Both his legs are moving around above him, as indicated by movements lines.]
- Megan: What are you doing?
- Beret Guy: Clinging to the ceiling of a bottomless abyss.
- [Megan walks past Beret Guy, whose legs are still moving. She is still looking down at the grass.]
- Megan: You are very odd.
- [In a frame-less panel Megan walks towards a mailbox looking down at it. There are grass around the base of the mailbox pole.]
- [As Megan passes the mailbox, she looks up towards the sky and seems to stop.]
- [The last panel is upside down with the grass at the top and the mailbox pointing down. Megan is clinging to the mailbox, sitting on the grass with her head under the mailbox. Ponytail approaches her, walking on the grass with her head pointing down. The text is written in the sky below them.]
- Ponytail: What's wrong?
- Megan: I looked down.
- This comic's official transcript actually refers to Ponytail as Ponytail.
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As anyone who read Ender's Game know, "The enemy's gate is down". t must be noted that mentioned gate was in a zero-gravity environment so the usual definition of down being the direction gravitation is pulling us was not applicable. -- Hkmaly (talk) 08:09, 5 October 2012 (UTC) The enemy's gate is down. Also in Ender's Game, Ender makes reference to himself clinging to the earth just before he leaves it for the first time.
- you could also now say that the movie made a small reference to that concept, though the middle half of the book was reduced to a 4 or 5 minute montage of battle scenes and Ender and his army being woken up a few times... sigh... how could I have expected it to be better :-( Brettpeirce (talk) 13:19, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
Furthermore, the last panel might be a reference to Nietzsche's quote: "When you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back at you".
Additionally, it might also allude to the law of gravity, as it operates in the realm of Cartoon physics. This interpretation would seem to match the 'perspective inversion' theme of the entire comic.184.108.40.206 08:14, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
I think the comment about a bottomless hole is misleading but I am not certain. the mass of the walls of the hole as well as surrounding matter would create a definite gravitational force, as would any gases or liquids that fill the hole. There would be a point (or possibly surface or line) depending on the composition and shape of whatever the bottomless hole is in as well as the contents and shape of the hole itself where the net gravitational force is zero, with all areas surrounding this point (surface or line) having gravitational forces pointing in the direction of the point/surface/line, unless the hole is in a body that extends in one direction off into infinity, in which case the mass of the entire system would be continually collapsing into a black hole as the mass of the body is infinite.
- yuuuuup Brettpeirce (talk) 13:21, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
The comic also encapsulates a feeling about the sky. If you lie down in a flat area like the american southwest, all you can see is sky. All you can see is sky. All of the sudden, it feels like one little push could send you flying. You get the feeling that you are laying on a round, small surface, and are enveloped by a huge blue sky. In "Death comes for the Archbishop" There is a one line description of this feeling.
"The sky was as full of motion and change as the desert beneath it was monotonous and still, — and there was so much sky, more than at sea, more than anywhere else in the world. The plain was there, under one's feet, but what one saw when one looked about was that brilliant blue world of stinging air and moving cloud. Even the mountains were mere ant-hills under it. Elsewhere the sky is the roof of the world; but here the earth was the floor of the sky. The landscape one longed for when one was away, the thing all about one, the world one actually lived in, was the sky, the sky! --Death Comes to the Archbishop, Book VII, Ch. 4" [ http://www.en.wikibooks.org/wiki/American_Literature/20th_Century/Willa_Cather link title]
This comic seeks to describe that feeling of "The earth being the floor of the sky" --188.8.131.52 00:41, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
Shouldn't his beret be shown on the ground? Xyz (talk) 19:34, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
- Staples. Squornshellous Beta (talk) 14:53, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
- What Squornshellous Beta said. Brettpeirce (talk) 13:24, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
Anyone else reminded of the Stone Tower Temple from Majora's Mask? 220.127.116.11 08:41, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
- Add this to the incomplete explanations list
There's no coverage on the title text. 18.104.22.168 02:52, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
I added an explanation on the title text. Anyone can feel free to correct it as they see fit. Codefreak5 (talk) 13:08, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
Maybe it's a reference to Patema Inverted or Upside Down? 18.104.22.168 06:49, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
There may be another theme here, too: That a seemingly bizarre and unintuitive but irrefutable interpretation of reality may become the accepted interpretation, with implications that overturn our world view. We already saw this with General Relativity and the Grand Unified Theory. Maybe Beret Guy has hit on a Theory of Everything? 18.104.22.168 13:33, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
I think this is a simpler conception of the above theorist's. In cartoons, knowledge about gravity can be ignored until it's pointed out. We have endless scenes of the coyote chasing the road runner off a precipice, whereupon he sees the road runner's sign telling him to look down. He does this, and only then plummets to the ground. So Beret Guy "infects" Megan with his conception of "down," but it takes until she looks "down" to succumb to his interpretation of reality, causing her to cling to her mailbox for dear life. The final frame is from her perspective, though it doesn't affect Ponytail (yet!). Tquid (talk) 21:44, 31 July 2014 (UTC)
- rewrite the explanation
there are plenty dictionary definitions and physics of the term "down" -- https://www.google.com/search?q=define+down&oq=define+down&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.1959j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8&qscrl=1 -- generally speaking "down" is in the direction you move from a higher point (of energy) to a lower point (of energy) -- so the explanation as it stand saying that "there is no set rule for what is down" is plainly wrong, and as the opening and defining argument of the explanation it warrant the entire explanation to be re-visited and re-written. Spongebog (talk) 17:40, 31 July 2014 (UTC)
If I could fall into the sky, do you think time would pass me by? ImVeryAngryItsNotButter (talk) 16:23, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
I kind of experience this too, but with tall buildings that have only one floor... Basically halls. Looking upwards in there can get me dizzy and give me fear of height. I feel like I might fall down there. The hall has to be well lighted and without a lot of things standing on the floor though, that ruins it. Sinni800 (talk) 00:04, 12 August 2014 (UTC)


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CHICAGO (AP) — Mike Holmgren won't be finishing the job he went to do in Cleveland.
New Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam III said Tuesday that Holmgren was out as team president, although the Super Bowl-winning coach will remain with the franchise to help in the transition.
Haslam was introduced as the Browns' new boss after the 32 NFL owners unanimously approved his $1 billion purchase of the team from Randy Lerner. Moments later, Haslam announced that former Eagles President Joe Banner would become chief executive officer. The move takes effect Oct. 25 when the sale is concluded.
Haslam plans no other personnel changes before 2013, meaning the jobs of coach Pat Shurmur and his staff and general manager Tom Heckert appear safe for now.
"I told Pat on Saturday night that this was the only personnel move until the end of the season," Haslam said, "But I am not at all saying we'll make changes at the end of the season."
The Browns were the last team to win a game this year, beating Cincinnati on Sunday after five losses. They are tied with Kansas City for the worst record in the league.
Later Tuesday, the NFL confirmed that Minnesota will host Pittsburgh in a second London game next year. The Vikings and Steelers will play at Wembley Stadium on Sept. 29, 2013, four weeks before Jacksonville hosts San Francisco at Wembley.
"This is a unique opportunity," Vikings President Mark Wilf said. "It will give excellent and exceptional exposure for the team."
The league also announced that Houston, San Francisco and South Florida will bid for the 2016 and '17 Super Bowls.
The 57-year-old Haslam, who built his fortune with Pilot Flying J truck stops, has been a minority owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, and is in the process of divesting that stock.
He said Holmgren and Banner will "work together until the end of the season to transition in a seamless fashion."
"He has been and still is committed to doing everything he can to make the Cleveland Browns a winning football team," Haslam said of Holmgren, whose Browns are 10-28 since he was hired by Lerner to run football operations in 2010.
Haslam spoke at length with Holmgren in the 2½ months since he agreed to purchase the Browns. They met Sunday to work out the logistics of the transition.
"Mike was brought into do a certain role and I don't think he wanted a different role," Haslam said.
Holmgren led the Green Bay Packers to the 1996 NFL championship and lost in the Super Bowl the next year to Denver. He left the Packers in 1999 to become coach and general manager in Seattle. Six years later, the Seahawks won the AFC title — Holmgren had given up much of his personnel duties by then to concentrate on coaching — and fell to Pittsburgh in the Super Bowl.
His time in Cleveland has been far from successful, though. Indeed, Haslam has said his mission is to bring winning football back to Cleveland; the Browns have made the playoffs once since returning to the NFL in 1999.
"I would never stand here and say we need to have 'X' number of wins, but we want to see a positive direction," Haslam said. "I think we want to see continued improvement and we want to see them play hard."
Banner left the Eagles in June. He was been with them since 1994 and was team president when he resigned.
"His track record in Philadelphia has been impressive," Haslam said. "Joe is in charge of day-to-day operations of the company. Any big decisions, we will be involved in. Football (operations) will report to Joe."
The late Al Lerner, Randy's father, purchased the franchise from the NFL in 1998 for $530 million after the original Browns moved to Baltimore in 1996 and became the Ravens. The elder Lerner died in 2002.
The Browns made the playoffs in 2002 and lost to Pittsburgh in the first round. They've had only two winning records in 13 seasons.
Also at the meetings:
— Owners amended an anti-tampering resolution. Three days before a player becomes a free agent, teams will be permitted to contact the player's agent and begin contract negotiations. But a contract can't be completed until after free agency begins, and no direct contact is allowed with the player before his contract expires — except by his current team.
— South Florida and San Francisco — actually Santa Clara, where the 49ers are building a new stadium — will compete to host the 50th Super Bowl in 2016. The loser of that bid will compete with Houston for the 2017 game.
Some owners have said SunLife Stadium in Miami needs major upgrades before it should be considered for another Super Bowl; Miami has hosted the most NFL title games, 10.
"We understand the Dolphins and South Florida are looking at renovations and they do feel that is a large part of their bid," Commissioner Roger Goodell said.
Houston has hosted two Super Bowl, the last in 2004. There was one Super Bowl in the San Francisco Bay Area, at Palo Alto, Calif., in 1985.
"Nothing brings a region together like a Super Bowl," 49ers CEO Jed York said.
— Asked if he would recuse himself from the appeals process, as the four players punished in the Saints bounty probe have asked, Goodell said he would respond to the letters requesting that "after these meetings."

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Summer Reading Club at the Greater Sudbury Public Library
Do you have your Summer Reading Club booklet yet? It's your passport to great summer fun at Greater Sudbury Public Library branches near you. The Summer Reading Club is a great way to get kids reading during the summer and enjoying some fun and special programs at the library. Get your booklet at the branch of your choice and sign up online for chances to win great prizes.
What is the TD Summer Reading Club?
The TD Summer Reading Club is a fun reading program for kids, developed through a partnership between the Toronto Public Library and Library and Archives Canada and sponsored by TD Bank Group. The club, which runs in more than 2,200 libraries across Canada, helps to keep kids reading over the summer, which can contribute to lifelong literacy skills and academic success.
Children can get a Summer Reading Club Notebook at the library and register online with a unique web code. Kids get a prize ballot when they sign up. Once kids have read a book, they can write the title in their notebook, and mark the page with a sticker (included). Once kids complete their Notebook, they can return it to the library and get a second prize ballot. Draws will take place at the end of the summer.
There are bilingual French/English notebooks for readers and pre-readers, and now you can also find accessible notebooks, which are available in Braille, large print typeface, OpenDyslexic Font, as well as audio formats for readers of all abilities.
This year's theme is The Natural World. You can visit the Summer Reading Club website at www.tdsummerreadingclub.ca for a list of recommended books to read, free e-books you can read right away, jokes by kids, webcomics, trivia, story starters and more!
Library branches have created some amazing Summer Reading Club displays featuring both new books and favourites that fit this year's theme. Drop by and see what surprises you might find!
Summer Programs Coming to a Branch Near You
The Summer Reading Club is about more than just reading. There are also great programs and activities every week of the summer at all Greater Sudbury Public Library branches. This is your chance to see fun performances for all ages led by special guests. Check the online calendar at calendar.sudburylibraries.ca or pick up a Summer Reading Club program guide at your local library branch.
Here are just a few of the programs happening between now and Aug. 23:
Throughout August, The Amazing René will be visiting Greater Sudbury Public Library branches with his show, "Urban Street Magic". In this novel and creative twist to a traditional magic show, The Amazing René brings to life the magic of the classic street performers of the past. This unique, hilarious and fun to watch magical performance is guaranteed to astound and entertain all those in attendance. (Various branches and times.)
Little Ray's Reptile Zoo is the largest reptile rescue in Canada, assisting the SPCA and the Hope for Wildlife Society in rescuing and placing unwanted pet reptiles across the country. Little Ray's will provide an educational and entertaining experience featuring some cool and scaly creatures, (Various branches and times)
Code Mobile presents a full-day workshop on Creating a One-Page Website using HTML and CSS on Aug. 6 at the New Sudbury Library.
Later that day, Rodney Meilleur, an experienced children's entertainer and local musician, will deliver an exciting performance full of music and fun at the Capreol library, (Aug. 6, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.).
It's not too late to register. Visit any branch of the Greater Sudbury Public Library today to get your booklet and web code to unlock great prizes and lots of reading fun.
— Colleen Burns is a branch assistant at the Greater Sudbury Public Library


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Montreal, Quebec, Canada-based female-fronted melodic death metallers THE AGONIST have completed work on their long-awaited third studio album, "Prisoners", due on June 5 (one day earlier internationally) via Century Media Records. Produced by Christian Donaldson (CRYPTOPSY) and mixed by Tue Madsen (THE HAUNTED, DARK TRANQUILLITY, SUICIDE SILENCE), the CD "picks right up where 2009's 'Lullabies For The Dormant Mind' left off, with soaring melodies over complex metal passages that fans of thinking-man's metal can appreciate," according to a press release.
Commented singer Alissa White-Gluz: "Creating 'Prisoners' was the most challenging under-taking to date for THE AGONIST. Years of emotion, passion, thought and experience went into making this album, and I think people will be able to hear, feel and think right along with us when they listen to 'Prisoners'."
Fans don't have to wait until release date to hear new music though. The band will be selling digital download cards throughout their upcoming tour with KITTIE. The brand new track "Ideomotor" and the previously limited-edition EP-only track "The Escape" will be available for immediate download, with the remainder of the album available on release date.
THE AGONIST last fall took part in a North American tour with KAMELOT, ALESTORM and BLACKGUARD. Unfortunately, THE AGONIST lead guitarist Danny Marino was unable to join the band on this trek, and was replaced by ex-THE CATALYST guitarist Justin Deguire on rhythm guitar while Pascal "Paco" Jobin took over lead guitar duties.
In a recent interview with MetalConcerts.net, Alissa White-Gluz stated about the musical direction of the follow-up to 2009's "Lullabies For A Dormant Mind", "I wouldn't say it's heavier or more melodic. I think it sounds more mature. It has the same sort of schizophrenic side that 'Lullabies' has, but it also has some other I guess what you would call classic influences. Like, there's some PANTERA influence, there's some RADIOHEAD influence. I mean, there's a lot of influences that we didn't really have before."
"Lullabies For A Dormant Mind" debuted at No. 105 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.


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National Theatre Live: Timon of Athens
- November 28, 2012 2:00 PM
Simon Russell Beale takes the title role in Shakespeare's strange fable of consumption, debt and ruin, written in collaboration with Thomas Middleton.
Wealthy friend to the rich and powerful, patron of the arts, ostentatious host, Timon of Athens is surrounded by free-loaders and sycophants. He vastly outspends his resources but, finding his coffers empty, reassures his loyal steward that all will be well. When he calls upon his associates, instead of offering help, they hang him out to dry. After a final, vengeful banquet, Timon withdraws to a literal and emotional wasteland, living off roots and pouring curses on a morally bankrupt Athens.
Simon Russell Beale has been described by the Independent as 'the greatest stage actor of his generation.' His recent work for the National Theatre includes London Assurance, Much Ado About Nothing and Collaborators, John Hodge's Olivier Award-winning new play in which he portrayed Stalin.
For more information, please visit the National Theatre Live website.


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My mother, all-knowing fount of wisdom that she is, has long maintained that Jewish women cannot vacuum.
Now, I've always believed that her hypothesis was somewhat along the lines of my hypothesis that Jews do not go to Walmart. In theory, I'm sure some Jews have been to Walmart before, but because I don't want to go to Walmart ever in my life, I use that as my rationale for not going. My mother has no intention of vacuuming, so I assumed she says that she can't to avoid it.
But I, on a poor, pitiful teacher's salary, cannot afford a housekeeper. And my mother, for no reason that I can understand other than sheer meanness, refuses to pay for hers to come clean my house.
So from time to time, I find myself required to break her dictum against our people using that particular household instrument and actually use a device that sucks the dirt off of my carpet. (Which only came after what basically boiled down to my losing a giant game of "Not It!" against the boyfriend to determine who had to vacuum. We're very mature at Casa De Goodman.)
So, being adaptable, I dusted off the vacuum, brought it into the bedroom, plugged it in, and pushed the power button.
At which point absolutely nothing happened.
Well, that's not exactly true. The power on that entire wall went out. Both sides. Meaning I no longer had cable, internet, power to either the bedroom or living room tv, my laptop, or any of my other entertainment providing devices. Not good.
But I've lived in my apartment for seven-and-a-half years now. I've had power issues before with only two resulting fires and one near-death electrocution incident. So I consider myself quite the expert at finding the fuse box and flipping the circuit breakers. But no breakers had tripped. I tried flipping them all anyway. Which meant I had a trembling dog perched on top of my head because Rosie is terrified whenever the power goes out and starts shaking uncontrollably. Then she either needs to find the highest ground she can (ie the top of my head) or hide behind the toilet. Apparently those are the two safest spots to be in an electrical emergency.
But it didn't fix the problem.
Meaning it was time to call in the pro—my dad. I called him and began explaining the problem, but he cut me off before I could finish. "Wait," he said. "I thought Jewish women couldn't vacuum."
I sighed and continued, pretending I couldn't hear my mother in the background yelling, "See? Jewish women CAN'T vacuum! Look what happens when we try!"
"Flip the circuit breakers," he advised. I told him I had already done that. "Well, then you're f*****."
Thanks dad. Really. Thank you. And thank you for then leaving the country for Mexico instead of coming over to help with the problem. Particle astrophysics conference my ass. I think you went on vacation to avoid rewiring my house!
But I digress.
And unfortunately, because my father and I have a good relationship, I don't have daddy issues. So instead of finding a guy just like my dad, meaning a physicist, the boyfriend is an English nerd like me. And apparently so are my building's maintenance guys because after doing the exact same thing I'd already done (flipping the circuit breakers), and some head scratching, they told me to call an electrician.
Which, I suppose, is better than what I expected them to do, which was put a giant hole in my wall trying to fix the wiring. I was one-hundred percent convinced I would come home from school on Tuesday to find a gaping vortex in the drywall and no sign of Rosie except the scraping sound of her little gremlin feet inside the walls and a creepy voice saying, "Carol Ann, go into the light!"
So okay, I called the electrician that my maintenance guys recommended. Three days, multiple phone calls and voicemails later, he still hasn't called me back. My current theory is that he too went to Mexico to avoid fixing my wiring, or else is stuck in someone else's wall vortex.
But the more pressing issue was that I hadn't gotten to watch Mad Men from Sunday night yet. And the clock was ticking! If I didn't watch it soon, I was going to go insane and start killing people.
Not to mention the fact that the maintenance guys made it worse and cut the power to my entire bedroom, so I was stuck without cable, internet, OR lights.
The boyfriend didn't seem to care. Having spent three years living in his aunt's cabin in District 12, he's used to surviving without power or television. And without those basic necessities, I began to realize that Katniss doesn't volunteer as tribute to save her sister. Oh no. She volunteers for the chance to get the hell out of the boonies and be able to freaking watch Mad Men like a normal person!
Several recommendations later, I placed calls to about six electricians, and the one who called back first and was able to come to my house that afternoon won. He fixed the problem with ease (making me wonder, what the hell am I paying such an exorbitant condo fee for if my maintenance guys can't figure out something so simple that, had they not scared me about touching the wiring, I could have done myself?), and at minimal cost.
But we had to move some furniture to get to the outlets.
Which is when we found the mouse poop.
Ah, the joys of owning a condo.
But at least I got to watch Mad Men, so all is right with the world.
And I was able to say definitively to the boyfriend, with an abundant amount of evidence and an electrician's bill to prove it, that Jewish women cannot vacuum, and it is therefore now his job when we clean the apartment.
Which, in the end, was worth the hassle.
But not the mouse poop. Be warned little mousie, I'm investing all of my resources into the war on mouse terror that I'm now launching and I'm far more efficient than the US at destroying terrorist cells in my land!
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Mount Washington house fire sparked by tree trimmers
Pittsburgh firefighters battle flames on Estella Avenue
Firefighters battled a smoky three-alarm blaze at neighboring houses Tuesday afternoon on a hilly street in Mount Washington.
According to multiple sources, a tree-cutting company hit a high-tension power line that broke and caused the fire on Estella Avenue.
Sky 4 flew over the scene and showed Pittsburgh firefighters working on the roofs of both houses as they cut holes in one roof and sprayed water on the fire, which had spread next door. (SLIDESHOW: Photos of the fire)
Michael Bryant and his family live in the homes that initially caught fire. Bryant said he was at work, but his son was inside the home at the time.
"He was in the shower and he saw all these sparks and he ran down the steps and said all this smoke was in the house," Bryant said.
Bryant said his son ran out the back door, while neighbors said employees from Fred's Tree and Lawn Service were pounding on the Bryants' front door.
"He said he heard somebody banging on the door but there was so much smoke in the front that he ran out the back. He didn't know who was knocking," Bryant said.
No one was hurt but Bryant said his home is destroyed. Bryant's family and their neighbor are being assisted by the American Red Cross.


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When Google acquired Motorola, most major Android device manufacturers like Samsung and HTC must naturally have felt threatened. Samsung, the largest Android device maker, knows better than to keep all its eggs in one basket. It has already hedged its investment in Android device development with bets on alternative platforms including Bada and Tizen.
However, according to the latest rumor sparked by a comment by an analyst, Samsung may be looking to invest around $1.5 billion in Research in Motion, the creator of Blackberry devices, and may also license the upcoming Blackberry 10 operating system for use with its own devices.
If this rumor were to be true, Samsung would have device offerings powered by every major platform except iOS. It already has bets on Android, Windows Phone and Bada.
RIM's stock was up 5% on this rumor, which if true, could save RIM, which is on the verge of extinction as its devices fail to attract customers while iOS, Android, and now Windows phone gobble up its market share.
Maybe RIM should really look at becoming a services company, while spinning off the handset division. Its current strategy hardly seems to be working. Partnering with Samsung, or selling off its handset division to it could be the shot in the arm that it desperately needs.


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The bull is sleeping ... it's not deadJune 25, 2013: 12:34 PM ET
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Paul R. La Monica. Other than Time Warner, the parent of CNNMoney, Abbott Laboratories and AbbVie, La Monica does not own positions in any individual stocks.
We all know that bears hibernate. But what about bulls?
It's been an unnerving couple of weeks for investors. The Dow is off more than 5% from the all-time high it set on May 22, while the S&P 500 is down nearly 6.5% from the record it hit on that same date. But despite all the talk of fear and volatility, it's been a fairly orderly sell-off.
Related: CNNMoney Fear & Greed Index continues to show Extreme Fear
The worst of this recent slump for stocks was last Thursday, one day after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke gave his clearest explanation yet about when and how quantitative easing would end. But even though the Dow dropped a scary-sounding 353 points, that only worked out to a 2.3% drop. And the S&P 500 only fell 2.5%. That's hardly a panic.
Remember 2008? The Dow and S&P 500 had much worse daily drops back then. And the markets in Japan and China have been far more volatile lately. The Shanghai Composite fell more than 5% Monday. In Japan, the Nikkei has had several drops of more than 5% in the past month.
The lack of a truly bloodcurdling decline for the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq (so far at least) could be a promising sign. It may mean that, despite worries about emerging markets, Japan and Fed tapering, the recent weakness in U.S. stocks is nothing more than a long-awaited correction. It's not the beginning of a brutal bear market.
"This is healthy. We've had such a big run-up. We needed a pullback here," said Bob Landry, executive director and portfolio manager at USAA Investments in San Antonio.
Yes, the spike in long-term interest rates is alarming to traders. Wall Street is clearly not looking forward to the Fed taking the floaties off the bond market and asking investors to swim on their own. But a 10-year Treasury yield around 2.6% is not exactly something that should cripple demand for loans. And if rates go up because the economy is getting better, that's a good thing, not bad.
"If rates move higher out of economic strength, that's fine. It's coming off unusually low numbers," said Christopher Baggini, manager of the Turner Titan fund in Berwyn, Pa. He adds that investors should not truly be worried about long-term rates unless they moved closer to 4%.
So the key will be whether or not they settle around these levels or if investors continue to dump bonds and push rates even higher.
Richard Ross, global technical strategist with Auerbach Grayson in New York, thinks the bond sell-off is pretty much done. And it was needed as well.
After all, bonds were arguably as ahead of themselves as stocks this year. It was less than 2 months ago that the 10-year was at 1.6%. That's not that far off from the all-time low of just below 1.4%.
"A lot of the froth is now out of bonds and stocks. The market was overbought and some of the complacency has been removed," Ross said.
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So where do stocks and bonds go from here? Landry said the U.S. should benefit from the fact that its macroeconomic challenges seem to pale in comparison to that of Japan, China, Brazil, Europe and just about any other market out there.
"The U.S. economy is not doing all that badly. The data generally paint a picture of an economy that, while not booming, seems like it's slowly improving," he said.
Ross agrees, and that's why he's urging investors not to blow the recent volatility (which often happens in the summer months) out of proportion. He added that many investors have been saying for months that the stock market was due for a dip. So this should not be a surprise.
"Everyone has been waiting for a pullback and now that it's happening they start thinking that the market is going out of business because it looks bad. It's supposed to look bad," he said.
Of course, this doesn't mean that it's now smooth sailing. Many experts expect more volatility ahead.
The China credit crunch fears are unlikely to go away overnight. And investors are still trying to figure out what the Fed is going to do and when. It's going to be bumpy. But Baggini said investors who can stick out the tough times should be rewarded.
"If your time horizon is in weeks or days, then it's not a good time to be in the market. But if it's longer than that, it's a great opportunity," he said.
Editor's note: This is my last column for a month. Baby Buzz 2.0 awaits! Starting Thursday, I'll be out on parental leave until July 29.


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Modern Warfare 2 was not especially loved in PC gaming circles because of the lack of dedicated servers, the inability to tweak the game's settings, and the absence of support for user-created content. It looks like Treyarch is swinging for the fences with the latest entry in the series, which will include all three, although not at launch.
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Right now? They're focusing on finishing the game. "And, dev console: confirmed," the post continues.
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Paul Lambert has offered his resignation as Norwich manager but the club has revealed in a statement that they have not accepted it.
Norwich confirmed Lambert, who has been strongly linked with the vacant manager's post at Aston Villa, wanted to leave.
A statement read: "The club regrets to confirm that Paul Lambert has offered his resignation from his position as Norwich City manager. We have fought hard to keep Paul at Norwich and have not accepted his resignation whilst discussions with another club are taking place."
It continued: "However, whatever happens, we want to place on record our sincere gratitude for everything Paul has done for the club over the last three fantastic seasons."
Lambert, 42, took the Canaries up from npower League One after being brought in from Colchester in August 2009, and then immediately on into the Barclays Premier League, where they finished a creditable 12th place.
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For many sports fans "tailgate" is their favorite word of the season -- a time to party-hearty in the great outdoors, or at least in a huge stadium parking lot.
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If there's a baseball game or NASCAR race, someone's next to his car, truck, van, SUV or even RV, performing tailgate rituals -- like grillin', chillin', drinkin' and watchin' TV. Non-sports fans have embraced tailgating too, taking the fun to concerts, camping and other outdoor get-togethers.
"Tailgating used to be a pickup truck and keg of beer. Now it's an art form," says Peter MacGillivray, vice president of events and communication for the Specialty Equipment Market Association, a 50-year-old automotive trade organization with 6,500-plus member companies.
The emphasis is on the car or truck, says MacGillivray, because that's where the tailgating fun begins. "Tailgating really highlights the way you can personalize and enhance your vehicle to fit one's interests. Thanks to manufacturing innovations, today's tailgaters have a vast array of cool, clever products to turn their vehicles into party headquarters."
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There are various ladders, ramps and stairs to improve access. Tailgate caps protect the tailgate and enhance the appearance of your vehicle. And for sheer comfort, a tailgate couch can convert any full-sized truck tailgate into a haven for couch potatoes.
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Whenever a new treatment emerges from the pipeline I typically explore the possibilities of switching to the new medication for my psoriasis. I would love to find a medication or therapy that works and stay with it forever. But many of us know that's not a realistic scenario when managing psoriasis. As of today I have not decided which therapy or medication to rotate into next. In fact, I am taking a wait-and-see approach when it comes to figuring out which treatment to use once my Enbrel (etancercept) and Neoral (cyclosporine) combination stops working.
The drug that I'm mainly waiting-and-seeing about is Stelara. Thanks to the many of you who have shared your personal experiences with Stelara over the months. Most responses have been positive, with a few of you not doing well on Stelara for one reason or another. With such a success ratio I thought I would be even more convinced to try it. I have, however, felt reluctant to make that leap without more research and thought.
I found a story about Stelara on Medical News Today. The article, which appears to be more technical to a layperson like me, sums up the findings:
The results showed a significantly higher clinical response with both doses of STELARA [high and low dose] than with etanercept over a 12-week period. The first-of-its-kind head-to-head study comparing two biologic agents for plaque psoriasis also shows the efficacy of STELARA among patients in the study who failed to respond to etanercept.
Of course, efficacy is only part of the equation when considering taking a medication; safety is another major factor. To this point Dr. Mark Lebwohl in an WebMD article speaks directly to my dilemma. He asks people to weigh their options. A patient should realize that many might do well on Enbrel but then again it has a long track record when it comes to safety. While on the other hand, it seems that Stelara is more effective but it hasn't been around long enough to really have a track record when it comes to safety.
Dr. Lebwohl's comments leave me right where I started: questioning whether I should continue injecting Enbrel or consider starting Stelara. One has a proven track record, with lower efficacy; the other has the possibility of much greater effectiveness although with an unproven long-term safety record. After trying Humira a couple years ago I am much less enthusiastic about trying new biologics. Is it a function of getting older and more conservative that I don't want to take the risk of trying a new therapy? Is it that I would rather use something that partly works versus the risk of something not working or causing unwanted side effects?
These kinds of dilemmas can drive a guy crazy. But there's one fact that easily drops out of the intensity of the decision: at least I have options that I didn't have before. If I am having these troubles with a new medication it means that we have a new option to consider. Besides, short of a miracle, I'll probably end up trying all these medications eventually anyhow!
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It's July and suddenly you are more popular than you ever dreamed – blessed with an abundance of off-Cape friends and relatives who've arrived for a visit.
It's July and suddenly you are more popular than you ever dreamed – blessed with an abundance of off-Cape friends and relatives who've arrived for a visit. Some you wanted to invite, planning their arrival carefully in consideration of your schedule and theirs. Others wheedled their way to your door after hinting they'd like to spend a day or two -- or three or more -- on Cape Cod. If you're very gracious, naïve or bored, you may then have extended an invitation for them to stay with you and enjoy the Cape's beaches, boats, fishing or golf.
As former Manhattanites, my husband and I occasionally hosted visiting friends and relatives in our apartment for a night or two. But after moving here four years ago, we realized that longer-term stays were the norm for summer visitors. That first year, we invited city friends to see our new home and enjoy the Cape. While we enjoyed seeing them, we found ourselves exhausted from cooking, touring, cleaning and entertaining. A bit wiser the following years, we restricted our visitors to only a few each summer.
In time, we realized our visitors fit into several distinct categories. The first, and most exemplary, guest was one who stayed with us earlier this month, a woman so polite as to make Miss Manners blush. Our Perfect Guest was not only neat, helpful, considerate, and interested in her surroundings but even insisted upon treating us to a restaurant in return for several home-cooked meals. Needless to sa,y she will be invited back again.
Certain other guests are less welcome. They include: the Night Owl, the Nonstop Talker, the Complainer, the Lingerer, the Do-It Yourselfer and the Slob. Each have certain foibles which work well for them in their own homes , but tend to rankle even the most easy-going host.
The Night Owl is one example. When visiting friends, that bird often imposes his nocturnal rhythms upon his weary host by gabbing half the night away, blaring the TV, tinkering with the media center, or going out for a midnight ramble and leaving the screen door ajar. The next morning the hollow-eyed host realizes his home is filled with mosquitoes, flies and Cape Cod moths and before long, that the media center is on the blink. All the while, the Night Owl snores the morning away.
One of the joys of Cape Cod is its natural beauty, its verdant greenery, soft breezes and shining waters that can be enjoyed in intermittent silence. Enter then, the Nonstop Talker who feels so expansive, relaxed or authoritative about the "real world" off-Cape – or his own life – that he or she jabbers on incessantly, eclipsing the racket made by local crows exulting over a road kill.
The Complainer is another headache-producing guest. "Can't you take down that wind-chime? It's disturbing my sleep." Or, "Are these organic vegetables? Is the chicken free-range?" Or, "No, I don't have celiac disease, but I don't eat anything with wheat." Another variation of the quintessential Complainer: "Isn't there a place here to get a British newspaper or fusion Asian food?" "Can't you get rid of those insects on the deck at night?" "I thought the Cape was cooler than the city. Guess I was wrong." "Oh, I can't stand this drive. The roads are so twisty and dark." Because it's the Cape, that's what makes it so unique, so you mutter under your breath, smiling as you sharpen your knives and reject the thought of grilling the Complainer on your barbecue on that too-buggy deck.
There is also the Lingerer. In contrast to the Non-Stop Talker, this dilatory type has no interest in anything –except sitting on your couch day and night. "If you'd like to see the rest of the Cape, we should leave soon," you gingerly offer one morning. "Nah, it's all like this, isn't it?" your guest proclaims. "Want to go to the beach?" you ask. " Nope, hate the sun." "How about one of the art galleries or the museums?" "I've seen enough art in Italy." Instead, your guest spends the day in front of the TV. "Hope you enjoyed your stay," you say as you drop him off at the bus. "Fascinating place. Thanks," he murmurs as he waves goodbye.
Beware, too, the Do-It-Yourselfer. "Nice house," he or she chirps at the front door, followed by, "I know a great way to fix that sticking door... (or) shine up your door knocker permanently." Or alternatively, as he or she peruses your flower beds, ""I've got some great tips that will improve your garden." Uh oh. Before you know it, your guest is on a stepladder dismantling and reconfiguring your awning. Later, the repair man sighs, and explains that he will fix it as best as he can.
Last but not least is the Slob. Now many people happily function that way in life, but common courtesy demands that as a guest, he or she should respect a host's property. Wet towels thrown on the guest room rug, nail polish stuck on a blanket, red wine spilled on a beige coach, a trail of clothes, sneakers, socks, hats, cameras – all are telltale signs of a one-time guest. Given the detritus of the Slob, he or she invariably leaves things behind, compelling the host to mail them back at his own expense.
In all fairness it is not easy to be a houseguest. Having occasionally stayed in the homes of my friends, I know that can also be a challenge. Not only is it often expensive to travel to a friend's home, but house gifts or at least one dinner out are expected. Moreover, as a guest you have to cope with the idiosyncrasies of your host's home and the necessity of being tidy in an unfamiliar space.
Fortunately, hosting a guest usually produces more benefits than disadvantages. The opportunity to spend quality time with him or her, to chat at leisure, to share the reality of where you live – all may enhance and deepen that friendship. It is for that reason that Cape Codders welcome our friends and relatives each summer. Won't you come and stay for awhile? We'd love to have you visit!
Nancy Rubin Stuart is an author/journalist (www.nancyrubinstuart.com) and executive director of the Cape Cod Writers Center (www.capecodwriterscenter.org)


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The Perfect Day
Let's just get it over with and declare today the winner. It could get no better.
Cool in the morning. Forty-six degrees. Nice fall touch. But it warmed quickly. Mowed a little grass, as the lawns perked up with last week's rain. The gardens are in good color.
Went grazing. Ate snow peas first, then raspberries, red and yellow, then a green pepper and about six cherry tomatoes. Tried a Honeycrisp, which looked perfect, but it wasn't ripe. A pity. I threw it as far as I could into the swamp eliminate evidence of my unwisdom. But the grapes were perfect. Ate two clusters.
Afternoon nap. Then went for a run on the railbed. The dust is still settled from the rain. Birds fluttered along ahead of me as I approached. Crickets on either side chirped in stereo. Still warm enough to run without a shirt on. Wanted to run with less, but I haven't yet dared go four miles in such a state, although eighty-five percent of the time you could get by with it. It's that other fifteen percent that will get you in trouble. And the Amish use the trail some. Hate to scare the kids.
Drove back to the place in the old Ranger. Picked six cobs of corn, two big tomatoes, a bunch of Goodland apples, some snow peas, and my new favorite vegetable, the incredible, edible, nutritious purslane. Please read the article. You all have it in your garden. It is time to eat it. Tonight, I stir fried it with lemon basil, snow peas and left-over lamb roast. It was scrumptious.
Then I juiced the apples with carrots and celery, boiled the corn, and I think Lance and I had a great little supper.
Went up to Joe and Kae's on the bike as the sun started to set. Turns out Kae had been foraging as well. Her dish was better than mine, but I had no room left for any more than a bite.
Then on the bike for one of my favorite rituals on a perfectly still evening in the summer: Biking as slowly as possible on the tar and watching the sun set. One car went by in 40 minutes. One jet flew elegantly over head, quite low. No sound until it passed. No wind.
More natural sounds: The swans honking in their new home (my swamp got too low on water) 3/4 mile north. Sandhill cranes on the stubble field 1/2 mile away sounding their rubbery croak. A hoot owl across the lake on the DNR land, his hoot lingering across the water. Mourning doves. Dozens of kinds of crickets. Two mallards quacked out of the reeds when I came near, then fifteen more rose up and startled me good.
Smells: The cool air smelled like a glass of cold water. Spicy clovers. Heavy swamp smell. Grass. Cedar mulch in the garden. Corn field along my drive.
This fun would not have happened when the road was not paved. With pavement, one can glide silently with the bike and hear everything. With gravel all you hear is crunching.
The back gear could use some WD-40.
Overhead, some elegant cirrus clouds high up scissored back and forth. When I looked at them for a long while, they popped into 3-D, just like those optical illusion things.
No use for a camera, on the 3-D clouds or anything else. Best just to soak it in, store it up for winter. I almost longed for a tape recorder so that in the silence of winter, I could play an hour of evening summer noises.
With the sun down for good, the air got real cool quick, cool to the point where it felt warm when I finally stepped in the house.
There could be no more perfect day in northern Minnesota.
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The idea for 17 Girls, a woozy fever dream about a bunch of French provincial high-school girls who make a pact to get pregnant together, came from a similar, well-publicized 2008 event in Gloucester, Mass.
For all the media hullabaloo that blew out of the incident (followed by the inevitable TV movie), the reality in Gloucester was fairly mundane and not a little depressing. For starters, it's unclear whether there actually was a pact or just a pregnancy cluster in an economically depressed, heavily Catholic part of town where access to birth control was severely limited and there was little for kids to do.
Lorient, the port city in Brittany where 17 Girls is set and where co-writer-directors Delphine and Muriel Coulin grew up, shares with Gloucester a fragile economy and a breathtaking marine beauty disfigured by soulless urban planning for its less-affluent residents. Not exactly the stuff of the dreamy fantasy that shapes the movie, which filters the story through the point of view of the girls without (altogether) buying into their woozy romance. Note the qualifier.
The pact premise, which brings unexpected new meaning to the term "planned parenthood," makes for an incendiary tale. Led by Camille (Louise Grinberg), a green-eyed beauty who turns her own accidental pregnancy into a rallying call, the bevy of perfectly formed beauties who follow her into explosive fertility look more like Hamptons-baby models cavorting in a tasteful Ralph Lauren commercial than like the daughters of underemployed proles struggling to make ends meet. Blonde, red-headed, brunette — there's not a brown skin among them, despite the decidedly multiculti classmates who hover on the periphery.
In a wacked-out twist on the standard teen pregnancy narrative, the girls plot to get impregnated at a beach party, apparently the only recreation in a town without amenities beyond a down-at-heel park designed for toddlers. Following that, they will jettison the dads and their families, and create their own communal matriarchy free of adult constraints.
Bursting with fertility, most of the girls have no trouble getting pregnant. The rest, of course, is anything but smooth sailing. As things go wrong and the future begins to look less like empowerment than a repetition of their parents' humdrum survival, the girls' cocky assurance en groupe starts to wear thin, and we glimpse individual girls alone and shell shocked with their stuffed toys in their bedrooms. In the background, a hapless crew of parents, teachers and health professionals wring their hands and bicker over whether to lock the girls up, expel the instigator or install free condom dispensers in the school bathrooms.
17 Girls has a powerful and loving sense of place, expertly juggling the natural beauty of the shoreline and the lovely old houses with the hideous yellow high-rise where Camille lives with a harried single mother and her protective brother — a soldier on leave from Afghanistan who warns her, "I wanted to do something great too, but I ended up shooting at guys who have done me no harm."
Though the dialogue is riddled with instructional cliches like this, they're all true. Toggling between grim realism and floaty fantasy, the Coulins clearly mean to focus on these girls reveling in the physical power of their bodies, without negating the dangerous lunacy of their bid for autonomy. In a world where they own and control nothing, the girls want something to call their own.
Like teenagers everywhere, they can't see or think their way to consequences. The film's rhythms mimic the volatile emotional life of adolescence: the violent rushes between euphoria and despair, the overconfident contempt for adults mixed with regressive dependence when things fall apart. If 17 Girls makes you want to roll back the reel and save these mouthy rebels from themselves, it also compels you to honor their utopian impulses, their drive to rewrite their stories and replace despair with light, color and community.


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After a slow start to 2012, momentum lifted in the second quarter, but significant macroeconomic volatility and changes in political leadership in many parts of the world, weighed on global IPO activity for the remainder of the year. In the year to date, the amount of capital raised globally is down by 30% at US$118.5b. The number of deals is also down by 37% (768 IPOs), compared to full year 2011 (1,225 deals, US$170b). However, another 50 companies, with a combined deal value of around US$6.0b are expected to list by the end of December, according to Ernst & Young's Year-end Global IPO update.
- Q4 sees improved activity in US and Europe but 2012 activity down 30% on 2011
- Real estate, oil and gas, infrastructure and healthcare to become more active in 2013
- US stock exchanges ahead of Greater China this year
- Maria Pinelli, Ernst & Young's Global Vice Chair Strategic Growth Markets says: "The weakening economy, unstable equity market conditions and poor performances on some IPO transactions undoubtedly impacted investors' confidence."
Q4 2012 sees improved activity in US and Europe
This quarter, the US markets raised US$7.3b (29 IPOs), narrowing the lead on the Asian markets, which raised US$8.8b (59 IPOs). European exchanges also saw something of a return to form, with deal value reaching US$7.0b (20 IPOs). Globally, year-on-year, the picture for Q4 remains somewhat depressed. The number of deals fell 46% from 255 deals in Q4 2011 to 136 deals in Q4 2012, whereas by capital raised, it only fell 6% from US$29.1b in the same period last year to US$27.3b this quarter.
Continues Pinelli, "As expected, there has been lower IPO activity in Asia as the number of state owned enterprises (SOEs) coming to market has diminished. The fourth quarter figures show that the US IPO market is back by deal number and rewarding companies that perform strongly. Europe has significantly increased activity in the fourth quarter, compared to the rest of the year."
Technology, financials and industrials were the most active sectors in 2012
The leading sectors by capital raised in 2012 were technology (US$23.2b via 112 deals), financials (US$18.0b via 46 deals) and industrials (US$17.2b via 112 deals). Energy and materials sectors also stood out by capital raised (ranked 4th and 5th). Pipeline data suggests these sectors should continue to drive activity in 2013.
Pinelli comments: "Looking ahead to 2013, we believe that the real estate sector is also set to be more active, due to increased investor interest ahead of a possible rebound in this sector. Oil and gas also looks set to become a more dynamic sector in the US and Europe. Other sectors to watch include infrastructure and healthcare, where investment is expected to occur."
US stock exchanges ahead of Asia
The NYSE and NASDAQ exchanges raised US$44.9b in 128 deals, and NYSE raised 19% of global proceeds in 2012; leading the Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Shanghai stock exchanges (US$11.1b via 129 deals, US$9.8b via 44 deals, US$5.3b via 25 deals respectively) for a second consecutive year.
Pinelli says: "Market and investor confidence is building, the employment picture is improving and the housing market is seeing a return to form. Despite exceptional weather conditions, political uncertainty, a closed market for several days and concerns over the impact of the fiscal cliff, the US market is active.
"We are continuing to see companies sell smaller stakes (10% to 20%) for a longer term financing strategy, with the view to raise further capital with one or two follow-on offerings. We believe that Q1 2013 will start cautious, but we anticipate that by June 2013 we will be looking at a higher level of activity in the US and a strong pipeline of deals coming to market."
Greater China IPO market taking a pause as confidence weakens
Activity in Greater China in 2012 tailed off as the three-year run of sales of large (SOEs) came to an end. "The after-market in Greater China in particular has been depressed and across Asia investment confidence is weak with investors holding back" says Pinelli. "Although the Greater China market has seen signs of improvement in the past week – thanks to the People's Insurance Co of China Ltd. raising US$3.1b, (the largest deal on HKEx this year) – Chinese and foreign companies into China are currently finding it difficult to complete their IPOs, as investors are showing signs of scepticism in this market."
The Asian exchanges only completed 373 deals which raised US$47b, down 46% by capital raised compared to 2011 (610 IPOs, raising US$88b). Other active stock exchanges included, Bursa Malaysia, raising US$7.6b with three of the year top 20 deals, the HKEx (US$9.8b in 44 deals), and the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges (SME and ChiNext), raised US$16.4b in 154 deals in total.
European stock exchanges started picking-up
European exchanges saw a 63% decline in capital raised (US$11.1b raised in 139 IPOs) in the first 11 months of 2012, compared to 2011 full year (US$29.7 raised in 266 deals). However, the top three largest European IPOs so far this year all happened in Q4 2012. The London Stock Exchange raised the most capital (US$3.9b in 7 deals) with 57% of capital raised coming from Russian issuers. Deutsche Börse AG ranked second (US$2.4b in 11 deals) and Euronext ranked third (US$1.5b in 9 deals).
Pinelli comments: "While the European economic environment is still very difficult, confidence is starting to rebuild and many companies are now looking to plan an IPO in the second half of 2013. Recent IPOs, such as Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG and Direct Line Insurance have reinserted some confidence back in listings on the European exchanges."
2013 will see improved IPO activity
Pinelli concludes: "Looking ahead to 2013, we expect a better outlook, with a strengthening US economy leading the recovery, followed in the latter half of the year by Europe and Asia. Reduced stock market volatility, assertive action from central banks and brighter economic prospects suggest 2013 could be the right time for companies currently in the pipeline to list.
"The US, Toronto, London, Frankfurt, and Moscow stock exchanges lifted significantly in the fourth quarter, thus suggesting that signs of stability in equity markets and supportive central bank policy are starting to take effect. We believe the market is likely to see smaller offerings initially while market and investor confidence builds. As the global IPO marketplace ceases to be characterized by the sale of SOEs, whichever economy provides the most effective support to commercial, entrepreneurial businesses will become the largest capital market in the world."


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Blade: ATS 34 - Hollow Ground - Hand Polished - 59 Rc
Blade Length: 2 3/4"
Bolster and Shield: 416 Stainless Steel
Liners: 416 Stainless Steel - Filed top and bottom
Scales: Mahogany colored Sam Bar Stag
Filing: Roman Knot
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Thursday, September 10, 2009
Stag Trapper: This one is for sale!
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009
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Tuesday, September 8, 2009
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I labored on Labor Day to finish this trapper.
Blade: ATS 34 - Hollow Ground - Hand Polished - 59 Rc
Blade Length: 2 3/4"
Bolsters, Liners and Shield: 416 Stainless Steel
Liners: Relief Milled
Scales: Mahogany Jig Bone
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