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Rather than gifting neighbors with small baskets of treats this May Day, the Occupy Wall Street crowd (yes, they're still around) decided to wreck havoc in major cities across the nation. Nothing says, "I'm a serious adult" quite like vandalism.
Occupy Oakland got started early with vandalism in San Francisco. Participants smashed store windows and cars during a mile-long trek through the city. They also slashed tires and threw bags of paint at buildings.
In New York, they mailed 10 envelopes full of white powder resembling anthrax to banks, the mayor's office, and media outlets including Fox News. A note accompanying each package read: "This is a reminder that you are not in control ... Happy May Day."
An FBI informant in Cleveland was able to notify law enforcement about a plot to blow up a bridge over Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Occupy Cleveland officially denies involvement in the terror plot, despite the fact that Brain Baxter, Douglas Wright, and others were active participants in the movement.
Police in Seattle seized a number of items from Occupiers, including bombs, rocks, pry bars, hammers, poles, and bags of feces. Poop bombs. Seattle police recovered poop bombs from these supposed peaceful protesters.
Stories like these have come in from major cities all over the nation. An interesting observation is that most (if not all) of the mainstream media coverage mentions 'peaceful protest' in one sentence and 'multiple arrests' in the next. If these were really peaceful protests, we'd have a major, national scandal on our hands, because our right to peacefully assemble is right there in the first amendment of the Constitution. People living under dictatorships aren't allowed to protest the government, but Americans are.
Then again, if these protests were peaceful, we wouldn't be dealing with smashed windows, graffitied storefronts, dented cars, fake poison, or poop bombs.
The truth is that Occupy Wall Street has a long history of violence, rape, squatting, and disruptive behavior in general. The longer people condone this abhorrent activity, the longer it will continue. Grow up, Occupiers. The adults defecate in the toilet, not on police cars.
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They're also causing problems here in MPLS. What's their point again?? All they are doing is causing problems and causing US, the taxpayers, money. Their point is long gone. We can't even enjoy going to some or our parks. Don't people think anymore? It's the squatting that's causing the majority of problems here along with their refuse and garbage.
Damn, I was in Seattle yesterday, in a shop right across the street from where they were gathered. SO glad I left BEFORE that crap happened!
Their purpose seems to lie in causing trouble and acting like fools as opposed to making a difference. If you want to fight corporate corruption, this is not an effective way to do so. They're super "enlightened" and "intellectual", aren't they?
Yet CNN is "stumped" about whether the Cleveland Occubombers were affiliated with the Tea Party or the Occupy movement.
Mainstream media is a joke. Thank the Lord for the internet and New Media.
Clearly the Occubombers were from OccupyCleveland.
Obama to Occupy: "You're the reason I ran for president"
Nancy Pelosi on Occupy: "God bless them"
Jenny this is an extremely biased article that distorts the truth and makes sweeping generalizations. Yes, there are SOME protestors who SOME times take things too far - but not ALL Occupiers are the scoundrals you make them out to be. Just because a FEW people make poop bombs doesn't mean THOUSANDS of other prosestors weren't practicing their first amendment rights and protesting peacefull. May Day in particular was also a joint effort by multiple groups besides the Occupiers, such as Labor Unions, LGBT community members, Women's Rights Coalitions, Immigrant Rights Groups, etc. Also, your claim that if they were peacefully protesting there wouldn't need to be multiple arrests is clearly falicious. You don't think it's possible for the police to EVER be wrong? You don't think it's possible for the police to SOME times arrest peaceful protestors? What about the UC Davis students who were sitting on the ground holding hands when the cops pepper sprayed them in the face for no reason? The police aren't infallible, and clearly neither is your faulty logic. Seriously Jenny. This article is just embarassingly bad.
No SaphronScribble, you're embarrassing bad. The people you're talking about aren't even being heard because of the people like this that are causing problems all over the country. If the groups you mentioned want to be heard, they better disassociate with these idiots or they'll all be thought of in the same way. Us Americans are sick of it. Don't you realize WE can't go to our parks because of these pigs and the conditions they leave them in? What about our rights? Our tax dollars could be going for much more important things than sanitation. These people aren't even respectful enough to clean up their own shit.
People like you who stick up for them are so misinformed. Go to a park where they gather and see how they leave things after a day. MPLS had to put up cameras to stop public urinating, defecating and squatting. Who do you think has to pay for that?
dreabug: "So, using your logic, all Tea Party activists are racist, inbred, wifebeating, Nascar loving alcoholics. Sounds right to me!"
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Weather Slows Down Harvest
David Wright
October is generally the driest month of the year and number of hours of daylight is limited as producers try to finish harvest. Cotton, peanuts and soybeans will generally be finished up during this month with only late-planted crops harvested in November. It is very critical to take advantage of good harvest days since November is cooler and takes longer for the dew to dry off.
Harvest capacity for all crops should be sufficient to obtain maximum yield and quality. Defoliating cotton under cool conditions is different than in September and early October, and rates of harvest aids have to be increased to expect the same kinds of results as you received earlier in the season. Most cotton should be picked by late October and number of acres that can be harvested decreases rapidly due to short days, which also results in a longer time to dry out after rains.
Many producers plant cover crops after harvest/stalk mowing. Fields can be leveled with a harrow if ruts were formed due to tractor or picker passes in the growing season or at harvest. If fields are to be grazed, cover crops should be planted as soon as possible after harvest to expect early grazing. If all operations are done using no-till, and cotton is to be planted again the next year, precision placement of rows can make a difference in yield the following year.
By moving rows from the previous year's row to the row middles, yields can be increased by 25 to 33 percent. This impact is due mainly to nematodes since cotton can continue to grow until mid-December, and nematodes survive on these roots. Timeliness is critical for each operation to make the best yield and quality.
Don Boquet
As we look back on this year, it seems that the weather in Louisiana was scripted to test the resolve of cotton farmers. We began the year with a very wet spring that delayed planting and damaged stands, which needed replanting, then immediately encountered an extended dry, hot period in June/July and are now facing an unusually wet September during harvest season.
Despite it all, the Louisiana crop is rated as somewhat above average, if it can be harvested timely. Unfortunately, the weather has limited harvesting to about 20 percent of the crop, although 95 percent of fields are mature enough for defoliation and harvesting. There have already been significant fiber quality losses from the extended rainy period. As of this writing on Sept. 18, it is not likely that the remaining late-planted fields that are not mature can complete development of bolls that are not already at least 75 percent mature.
Research in the LSU AgCenter has shown that the shorter days of late September and October with reduced total sunlight greatly extend timing of boll development, and, in some years, limited heat unit accumulation is also a problem, limiting the yield that can accumulate.
If a few cloudy days also occur that further reduce total sunlight, plants make little or no progress in filling bolls. At this time of year, it may be best to sacrifice the immature top bolls to minimize the extended risk to the crop and even later defoliation and harvest. Once typical winter weather arrives with rains and poor drying conditions, the risk of yield and quality losses will greatly increase.
Mike Milam
According to the Missouri Crop Progress and Condition Report for the week ending Sept. 13, cotton is 18 percent open, which is 12 days behind last year and 18 days behind normal. In spite of the later cotton, there is optimism for a good yield. In fact, USDA has increased the projected yield for Missouri from 1,061 to 1,132 pounds per acre. It is all dependent on climatic conditions to have enough heat units to mature the top crop and to get the crop out of the field.
Our weather patterns have been somewhat erratic this season. Irrigated cotton did not have the same stress levels as the non-irrigated crop. This should help with fiber development and quality.
Producers need to be mindful of resistant weeds. In the last several weeks, I have seen what appears to be resistant Palmer pigweed, and we now have plenty of the resistant marestail. Many of our Missouri producers have crews to "big weed" their field, which has helped reduce the seed potential.
We have more than enough moisture to fill out the top crop, and we also have more on the way. So, regrowth might be a problem. Since we have a later crop, tankmixes for defoliation will be recommended because it will probably be cooler than normal. The use of thiadiazuron (Dropp, Ginstar and Leafless) is recommended as part of the tankmix.
The success of re-growth control is highly dependent on rate, plant condition and weather.
Tom Barber
The Arkansas cotton crop is later than any in recent memory. Unseasonably cool temperatures, rain and cloudy weather during July, August and September have delayed the crop even further, and, as a result, many producers will be defoliating cotton in October. Generally, in Arkansas, 30-year average temperatures suggest that the first two weeks in October should be warm enough to provide for heat unit accumulation and thus be warm enough for defoliant products to continue to work effectively with appropriate rates.
Historically, the majority of the Arkansas cotton crop is defoliated the last week in August through September. This year at least 40 percent of the crop will most likely be defoliated between the last week of September and second week of October. This year will be unlike many others in that producers should be watching the extended weather forecasts to schedule harvest-aid applications prior to possible frosts or freezes.
Effectiveness of harvest-aid products relies heavily on environmental conditions, particularly temperatures before, during and after application. Average temperatures below 60 degrees will greatly decrease the effectiveness of most harvest aids. Applications of boll opening products four to five days before a frost or freeze, assuming adequate temperatures are available, will be needed to enhance abscission formation allowing the leaves to fall off of the plant after the frost event.
This may be a critical decision this year for many cotton producers in Arkansas.
Charles Burmester
The majority of Alabama's cotton crop this year is much later than normal. Heavy rains in May delayed planting until the end of the month, and a cooler and wetter growing season has myself and many producers concerned. A few weeks ago I wrote an article stating we needed a warm September in Alabama to mature this cotton crop.
Well, at this writing in September, it's been cool, wet and overcast for most of the month. Cotton is maturing very slowly, and a few producers are remembering 1967 when a good cotton crop in Alabama was left in the field because bolls froze before they could open. I am not predicting that for this crop, mainly because we have better tools to defoliate and open cotton than we did in 1967.
However, we may have to modify our cotton defoliation techniques. Rates of defoliants and boll opening products may have to be increased to get the desired results. It may also take more than one trip across the field to defoliate and open the later maturing fields. As weather conditions change, we will be applying defoliation strip trials to find the best combinations and passing this information on to area farmers.
Chris Main
For the Tennessee producer, the theme for this year has been "hurry up and wait." Planting delays due to wet weather in April and May dictated that producers would hurry up to plant, and when the rains started two days later they were back to waiting again.
All season, producers would hurry up to make applications of insecticides or plant growth regulators ahead of a rain, then back to waiting again. Finally, as September arrived, the weather finally dried up, and the crop began to show signs of maturity. However, by Sept. 10, the rains began again, and, as of today, (Sept. 21), we have endured 10 straight days of cool, rainy, cloudy weather.
The forecast is for 50 percent chance of showers or thunderstorms through Sept 26 (five more days). Needless to say, everyone is waiting again. All Tennessee crops, including cotton, were headed toward record-breaking yields in 2009. Unless the weather pattern changes quickly, we will leave a good portion of that record in the field.
Darrin Dodds
To say that 2009 has been a rollercoaster ride may be an understatement. Excess moisture in April and May resulted in late planting, which was followed by a hot, dry June. July and August were cooler and wetter than expected, and, as of mid-August, Mississippi had an excellent looking cotton crop. However, cool weather arrived in late August followed by persistent rainfall in September.
At the time of this writing, hardlock and boll rot occurrences are increasing, and we are seeing some fields with seeds sprouting in the boll.
Even with the challenging year we have had, all is not lost. Cotton pickers will be busy in October, and until the final numbers are in we should not count this crop out.
Although this crop is not out of the field yet, it may be prudent to begin planning for next year's crop now. After a long difficult year, the thought of picking up a soil probe may be as appealing as taking a shower in ice water. However, the benefit of a sound soil fertility program cannot be overstated. The need for fertilizer is similar to that of gasoline for a car. You go a long way with it, but not far without it.
The easiest way to save money on fertility is to collect soil samples and design a fertility program based on results from your soil testing lab. Determining the type and quantity of nutrients that are needed through soil testing will lay the foundation for a successful crop next year and may ultimately save you money in the long run.
Climbing the mountain of success next year begins with taking baby steps this year.


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Deputies responded to the 12900 block of East Cataldo on a Residential Burglary
call. Deputies contacted the complainant behind his residence who had
19-year-old Preston Fitzgerald-Butcher detained.
The complainant told deputies at about 9:20 p.m. he was
watching tv in the living room when he heard the rear, unlocked sliding door
open. He walked out to the kitchen and saw a blue piece of clothing run out the
kitchen and exit the rear, slider door.
He said he chased two subjects through
two yards when he saw then try to hide under a truck. He said he tried to get
them out from under the truck when one suspect ran from under the front of the
truck. He was able to detain Butcher until law enforcement
Butcher admitted to deputies that he and his friend did enter
the residence through the back slider. He said they were in the residence
looking to steal cigarettes and admitted it was "stupid." At this time it is
unknown who the second suspect was.
Fitzgerald-Butcher was booked into the Spokane County Jail on the felony
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A Bright Road Ahead After a Solid 3Q
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Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), the provider of open source solutions recently posted its 3Q13 results. They were definitely better than what I had expected in this global challenging environment. The results came up as a New Year bonanza for investors. The company's revenue saw a jump of ~18% y/y at ~$344 million. The company was mainly benefited by its growth in billings which was up by ~18% y/y against the consensus forecasts of 16%. The subscription revenue also posted growth of ~19% y/y at ~294 million and it again outpaced overall revenue growth. I believe the company's strong product portfolio has helped it to achieve this level of growth in billings and subscriptions. Another favorable aspect in the results was that its top 25 deals were all renewed in this quarter at ~120% of the original value.
This proves Red Hat's capability to deliver the best of solutions to its customers over time. Red Hat is generating most of its revenue from its RHEL platform and its middleware segment, though I believe Cloud adoption will be the key factor for the company to accelerate its revenue gain in the next 1-2 years. Let us have a look at Red Hat's Cloud strategies in detail.
All Eyes on Cloud
Red Hat has always been known as an operating system company, however since last few years it is re-inventing itself as a Cloud software company. But, many companies are still not ready to automate their processes with Cloud technology, as it requires a lot of technical as well as organizational changes. With new technologies emerging every year in Cloud computing, the companies need such solutions which help them to upgrade their processes from time-to-time. In such a scenario, Red Hat has a strategy to deliver such solutions to enterprises which provide them the flexibility to adopt the innovations in Cloud computing.
To solidify its position in Cloud computing, Red Hat recently launched a new range of open source solutions for hybrid Clouds aimed at reducing the complexities of the companies while moving to hybrid Cloud computing. It includes Open Shift Enterprise PaaS Solution, Hybrid IaaS Solution, Cloud with Virtualization Bundle, and Red Hat Storage. The one which is liked the most is the Open Shift Enterprise PaaS, which is the first ever solution that offers on-premises deployment within data centers or Clouds. It offers complete flexibility to the enterprise in the choice of Cloud along with the support of full stack and open source solutions. It is now available in North America, UK and continental Europe and will be expanded globally in 2013. According to Gartner, the PaaS revenue is expected to reach ~1.8 billion in 2015. And Red Hat will definitely gain out of this opportunity with such strong solutions in place.
This solution from Red Hat will directly compete with VMware's (NYSE: VMW) Spring and Cloud Foundry. I feel Red Hat Open Shift will attract more developers because VMware doesn't support the on-premises version of its solution. Also the Open Shift supports the use of Java Enterprise Edition whereas Cloud Foundry does not offer this platform. These are the areas where VMware solutions lose the battle against Red Hat. Moreover most of the public Cloud providers are building their solutions on the open source technology which comes from Red Hat. Even Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has all the elements to build a complete Cloud structure, but it is too expensive as compared to Red Hat's open source structure. As a result, Cloud Linux now has a ~80% market share whereas the Windows Cloud holds a very small portion. This gives Red Hat a clear edge over its competitors in the public Cloud computing.
After Private and Public Clouds, Hybrid Cloud is the next major technology which all Cloud providers want to excel in. And both, VMware and Microsoft have their dominance in Hybrid Cloud computing. VMware recently extended its partnership with Hitachi to encourage the hybrid Cloud technology. Under this deal, Hitachi will offer vCloud data center services in its Cloud solution which is expected to be launched in 2013. Also it will include VMware services in its premium support solutions. The companies will together market vCloud services in the Cloud market to speed up the distribution of reliable hybrid Cloud solutions. This move will further expand VMware's presence in the hybrid Cloud computing segment.
On the other hand, Microsoft has been a late entrant into the Cloud market but still holds a favorable position to drive the competition. The company in its last update on Azure merged IaaS and PaaS capabilities to from a single Cloud platform. The company is also offering Linux based operating systems on its Azure solutions which were once a competitive threat to Microsoft. Now even it has realized that Cloud computing is majorly Linux based and an open source matter. So it agreed upon another operating system to be technically sound in the industry. This again was a favorable move for Red Hat enhancing its leadership position in Linux based Cloud solutions.
Along with its positive 3Q13 results, Red Hat also announced its acquisition of ManageIQ for ~104 million. ManageIQ being an automation software to the Enterprises is a perfect fit for Red Hat's growing portfolio in Cloud. The acquisition also supports the company's strategy to promote its open-source software with the public Cloud services like Amazon. This deal provides Red Hat some additional tools to fight with VMware for the Cloud management arena.
Besides this, the company is looking forward to one of its major releases in 2013. Red Hat targets at a new version of its operating system after every three years and year 2013 will witness the release of version 7 of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). It will be launched with a new interface with several new exciting features such as GNOME 3 which will be a new experience for the users. There are around 1 million servers awaiting the launch of this new version which creates a huge opportunity for Red Hat. Looking at Red Hat's above average growth profile and its strong competitive position I expect its billings and subscription revenue to grow in a range of ~18-20% in FY13. Moreover, its growing Cloud segment will further enhance its portfolio and will increase the total revenue.
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But there are many parts of this country where manufacturing is very much alive, albeit in a different form. The monolithic industry model — steel, oil, lumber, cars — has evolved into something more nimble and diversified. As this country continues to figure out how to crawl out of its economic despair, we could benefit from focusing on the shift.
President Obama, looking for ideas for job creation, came to San Francisco last month to pick the brains of tech-industry giants like Steve Jobs, Larry Ellison and Mark Zuckerberg. He would have done well to include Kate Sofis as well — and not only to right the gender imbalance at the dinner table. Sofis, executive director of SFMade, is helping breathe new life into a forgotten potential economic driver: manufacturing.
"Manufacturing isn't dead and doesn't need to be preserved," she says. "Let's stop fixating on what's lost. Let's see what we have here, what's doing well, and let's help those folks do better."
Industries like the record business, publishing and technology are constantly evolving in order to survive. Both SFMade and its New York cousin, Made in N.Y.C., are increasingly able to share success stories of how manufacturing has developed new models for doing business in the 21st century. The monolithic single-industry model has evolved as manufacturers see the benefits of being smaller and paying attention to how patterns of consumption, ownership and use are shifting.
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Welcome to the new recession
It may not have felt like it, but stocks have been in a 4-year bull market. That's coming to an end as a new recession nears -- and in fact, may already be here.
It may be hard to believe, but the bull market is turning four years old. And from the looks of things, it isn't going to make it to its fifth birthday.
That's because, despite the nice little Santa Claus rally Wall Street's been enjoying over the last few weeks and rising hopes of a "fiscal cliff" deal in Washington, some serious warning signs for both the market and the economy are emerging. In fact, one of the most respected economic forecasters in the business believes we're already in a new recession.
If true, now's no time for aggressive optimism. Instead, it's time to move to cash and batten down the hatches for what looks to be a rough 2013.
I'll explain why in a moment, but first, let's review how we got here.
Following the Fed
Just as a wintry chill was setting in, between Thanksgiving and Christmas 2008, the economy faced an imploding housing market and financial-system meltdown. At the Federal Reserve, desperate policymakers decided to start using freshly created dollars to buy mortgage securities. This drive, which came to be known as "quantitative easing" or QE1, was expanded in early 2009 to include Treasury bonds.
Corporate bonds, which have been an area of focus for the average investor this cycle, responded right away. Stocks, initially disappointed by President Barack Obama's election, found their footing in the spring, and the bull market was on. The economy didn't respond until the summer, while the job market took a full year to begin turning around.
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The year that followed was promising until a government bond crisis in Dubai revealed that developed governments were overextended. Then, the impact of U.S. stimulus spending faded. That was followed by Greece kicking off the ongoing eurozone woes. Central banks kept the economic ball rolling with an alphabet soup of programs that all amounted to the same thing: more cheap money.
Things slowed, job growth leveled off, and stocks have pretty much been sliding sideways since the Fed ended its second round of quantitative easing, known as QE2, in mid-2011. Investors have pulled out since then. The U.S. economy is barely moving forward.
So while the Standard & Poor's 500 Index ($INX) climbed more than 120% from its March 2009 low to its September 2012 high, there is evidence that the current bull market has run its course.
And now, the drag
With rich-world governments collectively set to tighten their budgets by 1% of combined gross domestic product, according to the International Monetary Fund (1.3% here at home, worth nearly $180 billion next year) more weakness lies ahead.
This fiscal drag is already baked in. It could be made worse by any turmoil related to the process, from a fiscal cliff breakdown here at home to ongoing political tension in Europe or a bond market revolt in Japan.
What's scary about all this is that the recent slowdown has happened despite very aggressive action by the major central banks. The Fed is currently engaged in unlimited quantitative easing (QE3 plus QE4) of $85 billion a month, saying it will continue until the unemployment rate falls below 6.5% or the inflation rate rises above 2.5%. The European Central Bank has threatened unlimited bond purchases if a country -- such as Spain -- requests help and commits to a budget-cutting plan. Prime Minister-elect Shinzo Abe of Japan has said he will push the Bank of Japan to engage in unlimited bond-buying. The Bank of England is pushing hard, too.
It seems the global economy just isn't responding to cheap-money stimulus anymore as the credit channel remains constrained. Governments and households are focused on paying off debts, not borrowing more cheap money, while banks are busy rebuilding their capital reserves.
The stock market doesn't seem impressed, either: The Dow Jones Industrial Average ($INDU) actually finished with a loss on the day the Fed announced QE4 -- the first time stocks have moved lower in response to a new round of quantitative easing.
Welcome to the new recession
In fact, the folks at the Economic Cycle Research Institute, who have made some remarkably prescient calls on the business cycle over the last few decades, believe we are already in a recession that started in July.
Corporate executives have pulled back on capital expenditures in a big way, sending ripples throughout the supply chain. Industrial production is on a downward glide path despite a temporary lift from Superstorm Sandy rebuilding. Small-business confidence has collapsed. Personal income is down. All are consequences of the fact that real equipment and software spending -- a proxy for capital spending -- has suddenly sliced into recessionary territory.
According to UBS economists, the recent lift in the job market is at odds with this, which is one reason I've been hammering on about the questionable veracity of the recent drop in the unemployment rate to 7.7%. A better measure of the job market, the employment-to-population ratio, is flat-lining near early 1980s levels. The disconnect is illustrated in the chart above.
Surprise, surprise. The drop in corporate investment and overall stupor of the global economy is starting to negatively impact corporate earnings -- which had been a rare bright spot over the past few years, thanks to strong foreign demand (from consumers in emerging-market nations) and the ability to make deep, harsh cuts to the jobs, wages and benefits offered to American workers.
You can see this in the way unit labor costs -- a measure of labor expense -- have stalled near prerecession levels despite the fact the economy has grown $312 billion over its prerecession peak to help push corporate profits to record highs.
That is what threatens the bull market.
Growth gets hard to find
Barclays Capital equity strategist Barry Knapp notes that corporate earnings and revenue trends are at typical prerecession levels. Heading into the Q3 reporting season, the S&P 500 had posted 12 consecutive quarters of earnings growth since the financial crisis. However, that run is under threat as third-quarter earnings have grown just 0.1% over past year.
Revenue is under pressure, with just 40% of companies reporting top-line growth above analyst expectations, which is lower than the long-term average of 62% and lower than the 55% average of the past four quarters. Heading into Q4, there have been 96 negative earnings preannouncements, compared with just 27 positive ones, a ratio of 3.6 versus an average of 2.3 since 1995.
We'll know more soon as Alcoa (AA) kicks off Q4 earnings season with its profit report on Jan. 8, 2013.
Historically, negative earnings growth has been a perfect corollary to economic recessions. So, if we are indeed already in a downturn, it should be reflected in an outright drop in fourth-quarter earnings versus the fourth-quarter of 2011 results.
The bad news on bonds
While investors have largely shunned stocks in this bull market, they have piled wholeheartedly into corporate bonds -- pushing the yields, on some high-quality paper to levels below those on Treasurys. Some major U.S. corporations can now borrow at cheaper rates than the federal government can.
The narrowing of the "spread" or the difference in rates between corporate bonds and Treasurys is a reflection of people's lowered expectations that negative events, such as default or bankruptcy, will happen. This isn't surprising, given impressive earnings growth coming out of the last recession.
But should the economy and earnings weaken -- as I expect -- the corporate bond default rate should pop back up as it has during recent recessions. That will pressure bond prices and shatter the illusion of fixed-income investments as a haven from any storm.
The Bank for International Settlements warned of this in its latest quarterly report, noting that some asset prices have "started to appear highly valued in historical terms relative to indicators of their riskiness." For instance, global high-yield corporate bond spreads over government bonds have fallen to levels comparable to those of late 2007 as the last bull market was peaking, yet the default rate on these bonds is now running around 3% versus a rate near 1% then.
In other words, we could be looking at the type of irrational exuberance that typifies bull market tops. Only this time, it's concentrated in the corporate bond market.
Certainly, everyday investors are exposed. According to data from the Investment Company Institute, retail money market funds are currently at $629 billion. That's below the mid-2000s bull market lows. It's territory that hasn't been seen since the late 1990s. So people are extended and carrying relatively small cash balances.
The chart above shows how bonds have solidly outperformed equities since 2007, falling less than stocks during the 2008-2009 wipeout and nearly keeping pace with the stock market's post-recession gains. It's been an impressive run: While stocks are only now returning to their early 2007 levels, investment-grade bonds are up more than 50% over the same period.
But like all things, this will come to an end. And based on the evidence I see, it could come sooner than many expect. Already, it looks as if cyclical, economically sensitive stocks topped out in early 2011 and have been in the doldrums since. The broad market has set marginally higher highs since then, thanks to the heroic effort of the technology sector, along with a shift into more-defensive areas such as consumer staples.
The same shift happened as the last bull market was waning in 2007 and 2008. It's taking a little longer this time, but the behavior looks remarkably similar.
It's time for the prudent to move into cash or real assets. Given the combined shock of fiscal austerity, the realization the Fed can't prevent all financial ailments, rising corporate default rates, and another bout of rising joblessness, 2013 could be a nasty year. I guess it's time for a dose of triskaidekaphobia -- fear of the number 13.
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Steps to a lasting and thriving economy:
1) Stop lifetime benefits for part time politicians.
2) 25% penalty tax on any item not made in the USA
3) Limited time available to draw welfare
4) Reimplementation of the CCC for any able bodied person on Government assistance.
5) Temporarily suspend the right to vote for any able bodied person drawing government assistance.
6) Regulated pricing on Gas, Utilities, Food and Health Care.
7) Limit foreign aid.
8) Flat 15% Federal income tax on everyone, NO deductions, NO exemptions.
9) Balanced Federal Budget or all politicians forfeit their pay.
Well, Why does the U.S. and foreign countries base everything off of Stock Market performance ?
Did we not learn from the 1929 Crash and went into the Great Drepession. The only reason the Great Depression disolved cause we entered WW II.
Wall Street has destroyed this Great Country along with a long list of corrupt people that I will name.
CEO's, Bank Presidents, Politicans, Lawyers, Large Corporations, Mafia/Syndicates/Drug Lords, Schemers, and many more reasons which also includes our own U.S. Government committing "Fraud, Waste and Abuse".
As those of you who elected Barack Obama in 2008, who can thank Obama for the STIMULUS PACKAGE that bailed out the Crooks and gave us more Worthless Printed Dollars as the value of American Currency plunged and gave us our worst Credit Rating then onto an Increase of Raising the Debt roof leading us to the Fiscal Cliff.
Remember this, the Obama Administration FAILED the people as Obama wanted the U.S. to crumble and become a Socialist nation. Obama and his hoodlums of Evil are in Part 2 of their wicked plan since you've re-elected him in 2012.
We never left the Recession of 2008 and here we are buried in the Greatest Despression the World will ever know.
The Liberal / Democrats put us in this situation the last 2 years when they held the chips in the Senate/Congress/ House of Representatives during the BUSH Administration. It was not the Republicans that caused the Recession but the Democrats fearing that the Republicans would dominate.
As you will notice the only happy people are the Wealthy and those in Power. Hopefully GOD will punish them along with Obama.
The people need to retake our Government and make it work for the people. Also to demolish/ rid of Wall Street as those who support it are very GREEDY.
And therein lies the problem. Corporations continue to rake in RECORD profits while more and more regular Americans slip further into poverty. If Americans can't afford your products, how do you expect sustainable future revenue? Workers are laid off, wages are stagnant, the Average Joe is going nowhere while those at the top line their pockets some more, even though they have more money than they can spend. And I'm not advocating the old "tax the rich" line.
Corporations need to be penalized for shipping American jobs overseas. They need to pay taxes. Why are companies making record profits not paying taxes? Why are companies making record profits being given taxpayer money in the form of subsidies?
I'm not advocating the end of capitalism. People and companies have every right to make money. An ethical company though, if they are already profitable, doesn't lay off thousands of people simply to drive the bottom line up a little more. An already profitable ethical company doesn't continue to raise prices on their goods when so many Americans are hurting just to drive the bottom line up a little more.
Making money is fine. Being an uncaring, unethical piece of crap who rapes America for everything you can take, isn't.
So what else is new? We the 99% have been in a / the recession since 2008. To me it's still a depression, only because of the length of time involved.
Let's talk about the "Cliff" that we're about to go over. Those in Washington want us to go over. It means more tax dollars for them. Why else do all the bozos in Washington stand around and blame the other guy for not doing the right thing. I would be very happy to lose the Bush tax breaks. Every time he put one through, I can home with less money in my check. Never could figure out how a tax break reduced my net pay. Just as a note, I live on the border between working poor and poverty.
I think what has happened in Washington is government by the lobbyists. It doesn't work, never will.
Our markets oversold during the crash of 2007-2009. Our growth, to the extent we have growth, has come about because of trillions in deficit spending and cash printing. We've spent MANY trillions at this point and haven't improved real wealth values by the amount spent. Translation: We are less wealthy than before all this charade began, but because as a people we are about as economically illiterate as a population ever could be, we don't get why, or how. We just trade our votes for the promise of more free stuff.
We need major tax code reforms to simplify the entirety of the code. We need to reduce (I'd eliminate) the business tax. We need major entitlement reform--SS, Medicare, and Medicaid to be sure. We need a rollback of the tens of thousands of pages of regulations that have been promulgated. We may need other things too, but this is a start. We are in deep kimshee, and not until we quit trying to delude ourselves with deficit spending to pay for stuff we want today and think we are doing something right will we be able to get on the right path again.
Our economy is fundamentally sick. We need to go back to fundamentals and completely eschew DC as our economic savior. DC can't find its way out of an economic bag, it sure as heck can't help the rest of us.
Whenever you read incindiary "I-Reporting" crap like this just think weathermen: they can measure a thing - but don't confuse that with an ability to understand, let alone control, the thing they can measure.
Do your own homework. Be clear on what you are willing to risk. Be contet to play smallball and take your opportunities where you can find them. Sometime you just don't make a bunch of birdies in your round - take your par and get outta there.
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USDA Awards New Grants For Studying Water Quality
Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan has announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is awarding 26 grants for research, education and Extension efforts that will help to inform science-based decision-making on water-related issues in communities across the United States.
The grants, totaling $13.4 million, are split into two major categories: 17 grants will support integrated research, education and Extension work to improve the quality of the nation's surface and groundwater resources in agricultural, rural and urbanizing watersheds; and nine research grants will address critical water resource issues, including drought preparedness and water reuse in agriculture. The grants are funded by USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
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In the first category, 17 grants totaling more than $9 million were awarded by NIFA through the National Integrated Water Quality Program (NIWQP), which aims to solve water resource problems by advancing scientific knowledge about water quality.
Funded projects also use the new knowledge gained to develop and disseminate science-based decision making and management practices that improve the surface and groundwater quality in the nation's watersheds.
Additionally, in Fiscal Year 2011, NIFA, in cooperation with USDA's Farm Service Agency, solicited proposals for three interrelated projects that address nitrogen cycling in agricultural watersheds. All three projects funded through this special emphasis area are expected to work collaboratively in developing solutions for improving water quality.
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GREEN BAY, WI (WHBL) - The Green Bay Packers moved into first place in the NFC North division Sunday with a 31-13 home win over Cleveland. Aaron Rodgers threw for 260 yards and three touchdowns, despite being without receivers Randall Cobb and James Jones due to injuries. Second-year pro Jarrett Boykin filled in nicely, with 103 receiving yards and a touchdown. Tight end Jermichael Finley was sent to a hospital with a neck injury on a helmet hit to the neck and shoulder area by the Browns' Tashaun Gipson. He laid motionless on the field for over five minutes before he was hauled away on a stretcher. Preliminary reports said Finley had movement in all his extremities. The Packers jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter and made it stick. The Browns got to within 11 on Brandon Weeden's only touchdown pass of the day to Jordan Cameron in the fourth quarter. The Packers drove right back, as Boykin's 20-yard scoring catch put a cap on Green Bay's 10th straight home victory. Eddie Lacy ran for 82 yards and a touchdown. Finley and Jordy Nelson hauled in Rodgers' other T-D passes, as the Pack improved to 4-2 on the year. Weeden struggled while completing 17 of 42 passes for 149 yards. The Packers outgained the Browns 357-216 in total yards, and held the ball seven minutes longer. Cleveland lost its second straight, and is now 3-4. The Packers will now play two straight division games starting next Sunday night at Minnesota followed by a Monday nighter at Lambeau against Chicago.
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Miami Shores, Fla. – The 2013 year is starting off just fine for Lynn University's women's basketball team. The Fighting Knights followed their 17-point victory in the first the game of the New Year with a dominating 18-point, 72-54 win over rival Barry University. Kira Harvey led all scorers with 21 points while Charla Nelson-James added 16 points and nine rebounds. Lynn improves to 9-3 overall and 2-1 in the Sunshine State Conference.
Meeting for the 41st time, the Blue & White controlled the pace of play from the opening tip-off and never looked back to pick up their 18th victory in the series. Harvey broke free on the right wing for a three-pointer attempt but it was Nelson-James rebound and put-back that gave LU a lead it never relinquished.
Knocking down 70 percent of its shots at one point in the opening period, Lynn was able to build a steady nine-point advantage, 23-14, following a baseline jumper by Tifani Kerrison. The Buccaneers (7-4, 0-3 SSC) would mount a minor comeback, pulling to within three, 23-20, to force head coach Niki Washington into a 30-second timeout.
After the break, Amanda Schultz knocked down a pair of free-throws and Tylar Tracy buried consecutive threes to start the route. Harvey closed out the half with five straight points and LU headed to the locker room on top 38-24.
Just as she had started the game, Nelson-James kicked-off the second half with a basket off a pass from Harvey. The dynamic duo combined for the next nine points as Lynn built its lead to 20. The highlight of the night then came with 15:14 to play when Zachara Bailey lofted a perfect alley-oop to Schultz to give the Fighting Knights a 53-30 advantage.
Lynn closed out play hitting 49 percent of its shots from the field, including 41.2 percent from downtown, while holding Barry to 33.9 percent shooting. Tracy added 10 points, four rebounds and three steals and Schultz tallied 10 points and eight boards.
Harvey now has seven 20+ point outings in 12 games this season, surpassing her total of six from all of last year. Additionally, Nelson-James had her best shooting contest of the season, knocking down 8-of-9 attempts from the field.
The Fighting Knights return to the hardwood on Saturday, January 12, at 2 p.m. when they host 10th-ranked University of Tampa. Fans will be able to watch the game live at LYNNFightingKnights.com and receive in-game tweets by following @LUKnights on Twitter and Instagram.


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World Wetlands Day 2000: South Africa
South Africa s World Wetlands Day Report 2000
The World Wetlands Day (WWD) was approached with the same enthusiasm as last year with different activities taking place around the country. The National Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism worked together with the same coordinators appointed last year in each province (except Northern province). It supplied each coordinator with the theme for celebrating this year WWD, information on each of our Ramsar sites, and any other informative material on wetlands that would be useful for WWD celebration in their provinces.
The National Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism prepared a press release on information about each of the sixteen South African Wetlands of International Importance. A report (obtained from some of the provincial coordinators) on the activities or events that took place on 2nd February at different areas are listed below.
Some events were also held after the WWD on a weekend as it was not easy for some people to attend the events during the week.
In Pretoria, Colbyn Valley, where a wetland area was discovered, WWD was taken as an opportunity to promote public awareness about this wetland area. A Mosstrosity youth group of grade 10 students (C.R. Swart High School) had taken the responsibility to preserve this wetland area found within the metropolitan area of Pretoria. The Colbyn Valley covers 80 hectares of wetland area and it contains peat fossils dating back to 8,500 years. It consists of grassland, wetland, peatland and vegetation of the Koppie. 108 bird species of which 6 are species are threatened occur in this area, 25 mammals of which some are endangered, 8 species of indigenous trees, 6 species of shrubs and 6 species of grass can also be found in this wetland area. As part of celebrating WWD an open day was held at Colbyn valley. Visitors were taken on a two hour educational tour through the wetland and were shown the 2m thick peatland and, the circumstances under which peat develops were explained. Also the danger of losing this peatland were appointed and the steps which can be taken to restore the wetland to its former pristine state were discussed.
In Mpumalanga special attention was given to the application of Verloren valei nature reserve found in this province to be recognised as a Ramsar site. The application has been approved and recommended by the Working Group on Biodiversity, Conservation and Heritage. Radio interviews were held on the importance of wetlands and world wetlands day and also some articles on wetlands were published on several newspapers. The published articles included a picture quiz and a full page wetland poster developed by the Lydenburg Environmental Centre. Other activities at which members of the community and school children were involved included workshops, video shows and a visit to a wetland area guided by environmental officers. The wetland area was offered by Sappi and Nova Board to be used as an educational resource as part of WWD activities.
At the Swartkops educational centre (Eastern Cape) an environmental video on caring for our environment was shown to pupils (Swartkop primary school), and also a presentation on the importance of wetlands and their threats was made. Pupils were taken for a tour around the Swartkops Estuary, picking up litter and having informal talks of the estuary and wetlands in general. Other activities included the Ilungelo Primary school enviro club at Kwazhakhele, which has adopted a wetland and running a rehabilitation project. Activities also included school kids in the Seekoei sub-region near the Krom River wetland. A speech on the Wetlands of International importance was delivered and a water quality testing was performed by officials with the pupils. A talk highlighting the importance of caring for our environment especially our wetlands as we are a water stressed country was broadcasted at various radio stations (Umhlongo Wenene FM, Radio Ciskei) in the province
The Orange River Mouth Ramsar site found on the coast of the Namaqualand and is the only Wetland of International Importance in the Northern Cape. The Namaqualand region is often neglected because of its distance from the Northern Cape capital, hence the Orange River Mouth Ramsar site provided with a logical choice for WWD activities to be focussed in this region
A slide show dealing with various aspects of wetland biology (e.g. the diversity of wetlands in the Northern Cape, their ecological value, their importance to human kind and its conservation importance) was presented at each of the six schools visited. The target audience at schools included eco-clubs, grade 12 biology and geography pupils. Special emphasize was placed on the Orange River Mouth Ramsar site at Alexander Bay and the audiences were alerted as to the conservation value of this site and the efforts that are been taken to safeguard the wetland from further degradation (already seen during the early nineties).
In the other provinces most of the activities included radio interviews, publications of articles on various newspapers and workshops on wetland related issues.
Organisations that took part in the events across the country:
- National Department of Environmental affairs and Tourism (DEAT)
- Department of Water affairs and Forestry
- Eastern Cape Department of Economic Affairs, Environment and Tourism
- Mpumalanga Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
- Gauteng Department of agriculture, conservation and Environment
- Northwest Department of agriculture, Environment and Conservation
- Port Elizabeth Municipality-Parks and Recreation
- Community Environment Network (Eastern Cape local NGO)
- Northern Cape Nature Conservation
- Mpumalanga Parks board
- Wetland Consulting services
- Dinaletswa Conservation club
- Fountyn Mineral Water
- Golbyn Golf Range
- Pretoria City Council
- Lydenberg Environmental Centre
- Sappi and Nova board
- Rennies Wetland project (NGO)
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South African Wetlands Conservation Programme
Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
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This is today's breaking news from ASCO. A study from the UK indicates that ten years of tamoxifen is even more helpful than five years. Until the introduction of the AIs, Tamoxifen was the only anti-estrogen or hormonal treatment for women of all ages with ER positive breast cancer. The standard of care with any of these drugs initially was five years, but, if you have been a regular reader of this blog, you know that there have been recent studies suggesting that longer duration of therapy with AIs is helpful. Now there is evidence that is true, too, for Tamoxifen.
Here is a quote from ASCO's Patient Site (see yesterday's entry for more information re their coverage of ASCO news) and then a link to read more:
.. .. ....Ten Years of Tamoxifen Works Better to Lower the Risk of a Breast Cancer Recurrence
..A recent study comparing five or 10 years of tamoxifen (Nolvadex, Soltamox) therapy for early-stage, estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer showed that continuing tamoxifen for longer than five years further lowers the risk of a breast cancer recurrence (return of the cancer) and death. ER-positive breast cancer uses the hormone estrogen to grow and spread. Tamoxifen is a type of hormonal therapy that blocks the effects of estrogen on tumor growth and has been proven to lower the risk of a breast cancer recurrence and lengthen the lives of women with early-stage breast cancer. Currently, the standard length of tamoxifen therapy is five years, and women start it right after finishing surgery or chemotherapy.
This study included 6,953 women in the United Kingdom who had been taking tamoxifen for five years and then either stopped taking the drug or continued for an additional five years. Researchers found that both recurrences and deaths decreased with each year of continuing tamoxifen, and the women with the lowest risk of recurrence were those who took tamoxifen for more than nine years. Among the women who took tamoxifen for 10 years, about 17% had a recurrence, compared with 19% of those who took the drug for five years. Longer treatment also lowered the risk of dying from breast cancer. Researchers estimate that, compared to taking no tamoxifen, taking tamoxifen for 10 years reduces the deaths from breast cancer by a third in the first 10 years after diagnosis and by half in later years.


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Human material progress is desirable and sustainable. People have worried about many problems. These pages discuss energy in general, nuclear energy, solar energy, food supply, population, fresh water supply, forests and wood supply, global engineering, pollution, biodiversity, various menaces to human survival, the role of ideology in discussing these matters, useful references. Other problems are discussed in the main text including minerals and pollution.
The sustainability pages are essentially done, although I plan to improve them and respond to inadequacies people find. Having done my best to show that material progress is sustainable, I can justifiably turn my attention to the future and present ideas about what progress people will want and what can be achieved. The emphasis is on opportunities rather than on inevitabilities.
Most of the contentions of these pages are supported by simple calculations based on readily available numbers. Here's an illustration. Slogan: He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense.
With the development of nuclear energy, it became possible to show that there are no apparent obstacles even to billion year sustainability.(1) . A billion years is unimaginably far in the future.
Humanity has progressed over hundreds of thousands of years, but until about the seventeenth century, progress was a rare event. There were novelties, but a person would not expect a whole sequence of improvements in his lifetime. Since then scientific progress has been continual, and in the advanced parts of the world, there has also been continued technological progress. Therefore, people no longer expect the world to remain the same as it is. [Very likely, the greatest rate of progress for the average person occurred around the end of the 19th century when safe water supplies, telephones, automobiles, electric lighting, and home refrigeration came in short order.] Thirty years ago, historian of science Derek J. De Solla Price wrote that "Using any reasonable definition of a scientist, we can say that 80 to 90 percent of all the scientists that have ever lived are alive now. Alternatively, any young scientist, starting now and looking back at the end of his career upon a normal life span, will find that 80 to 90 percent of all scientific work achieved by the end of the period will have taken place before his very eyes, and that only 10 to 20 percent will antedate his experience." (1963, pp. 1-2)
This page and its satellites will contain references to articles, my own and by others, explaining how humanity is likely to advance in the near future. In particular, we argue that the whole world can reach and maintain American standards of living with a population of even 15 billion. We also argue that maintaining material progress is the highest priority and the best way to ensure that population eventually stabilizes at a sustainable level with a standard of living above the present American level and continues to improve thereafter. These opinions are old-fashioned according to some people, but they have a lot of support. For example, the biologist E. O. Wilson writes in his excellent book Consilience.
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The Commission may determine from time to time that other material is special nuclear material in addition to that specified in the definition as special nuclear material. Before making any such determination, the Commission must find that such material is capable of releasing substantial quantities of atomic energy and must find that the determination that such material is special nuclear material is in the interest of the common defense and security, and the President must have expressly assented in writing to the determination. The Commission's determination, together with the assent of the President, shall be submitted to the Energy Committees and a period of thirty days shall elapse while Congress is in session (in computing such thirty days, there shall be excluded the days on which either House is not in session because of an adjournment for more than three days) before the determination of the Commission may become effective: Provided, however, That the Energy Committees, after having received such determination, may by resolution in writing, waive the conditions of or all or any portion of such thirty-day period.
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The bill cleared the Senate this month only after Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann cast a tie-breaking vote in favor of it.
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He was born Aug. 31, 1924, in Alford, Mass., the son of Howard Sr. and Katherine (Coon) Love, and he attended schools in Massachusetts.
He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict.
On Dec. 26, 1961, Mr. Love married Helen Cussuttica in Copake, N.Y.
He was employed as a machine operator with Pfizer Minerals in Canaan, Conn., for many years, retiring in 1988.
He enjoyed cars and making model cars.
Survivors include his wife of Springfield; four children, Karen Ruane of Long Lake, N.Y., Anthony Love of Keaau, Hawaii, David Love of West Unity, N.H., and Rodney Love of Ludlow; a stepson, Gilbert Klahn Jr., and a sister, Doris Warner, both of Pittsfield, Mass.; 19 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
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