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You have a long list of features (call forwarding, caller id block etc) that you can click on for a description.. but amazingly, the command to invoke these features (such as *72) are just not there!! Only for *69 because that is the name. How can it be that you don't have a list of all the star commands available and prominently posted on your support website?!?!
In particular, I was looking for conditional call forwarding. You call it forwarding when busy/no answer. Only one of your customer support agents knew what I was talking about after multiple multiple calls and gave me the code (*92). I found the description of it buried on your website after looking forever... but it didn't give the code (*92)!!
This should be published!! Actually, you should allow this option in the options page. it is more useful than the option you do have to forward certain numbers.. REALLY Verizon.
Comcast has voicemail transcription. Verizon sales people said you have it too but you don't. So I need to forward my unanswered calls to google voice because they offer the voice transcription. I finally did it successfully after hours of research because you didn't list the star code!! Please fix this!! And teach your agents!!
Thanks. I couldn't find that.. but it is incomplete.. and in fact, doesn't include the star code that I needed and finally found (in a wiki post..not on verizon). I needed *92 for call forwarding when I don't answer my line (to go to my google voicemail). It is not on that list. There are other codes not there as well.
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Can you create a query over multiple ranges?
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I'm exploring a scenario requiring sets of range queries. The ranges are simple lexicographic sort order ones.
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Since u could send multi queries asynchronously, wouldnt it be possible by just making a simple util function which takes a list of multi queries as argument and returns a merged resultset?
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Thanks, yes that would be canonical, I was just curious if there was anything undocumented for range queries that would let you chain them.
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All of you who do science, all of you who teach or research or you're involved in engineering or medicine or education, or biology or chemistry or physics—you are doing a noble thing. You are thinking God's thoughts after him. … You are obeying God's command given way back in Genesis to exercise dominion, to learn about, to be curious and discover and steward the earth.
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San Antonio – UIW is proud to announce that for the first time in school history, enrollment has surpassed the 9,000-mark.
The university's global enrollment reached a record-breaking 9,188 students in the fall of 2012, a nearly 9 percent increase from last year. The enrollment figure includes more than 1,000 freshmen students and over 700 students at UIW's academic sites in Guangzhou, China and Mexico City, Mexico.
"This is a historic achievement for us," said UIW President Dr. Louis J. Agnese, Jr. "We continue to be one of the fastest growing universities in the state by offering innovative academic programs. It also shows the UIW brand is becoming better known each year, not just in South Texas but throughout the country and internationally."
The university's enrollment was 1,298 students in 1985, a figure that had increased to 3,702 students by 2000. The 733 students that UIW added this year would have been equal to about 60 percent of the university's total enrollment from 1985.
UIW offers 80 undergraduate, graduate and professional programs, an increase from the 56 that were offered in 1985. UIW continues to add new programs to serve the community and in August, UIW officially opened the Debbie and Naty Saidoff Center, a $7.5-million state-of-art facility home to the university's new School of Physical Therapy. The inaugural class of 54 students, who will be studying for a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree, began classes Aug. 20.
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Actor Harry Lennix delivered an infamous quote from The Dark Knight Returns before director Zack Snyder revealed the official logo.
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On the heels of the worldwide success of Man of Steel, director Zack Snyder is bringing together the two greatest Super Heroes of all time - Batman and Superman - for the first time on the big screen. The announcement was made today by Greg Silverman, President, Creative Development and Worldwide Production, and Sue Kroll, President, Worldwide Marketing and International Distribution,Warner Bros. Pictures.
The current hit, Man of Steel, has taken in more than $630 million at the worldwide box office to date, and climbing. Along with its star, Henry Cavill, the upcoming film brings back Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne and Diane Lane. The new Batman has yet to be cast.
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Collector and friend Joop Bollen has generously donated several important Egyptian works of art to the Michael C. Carlos Museum, including a Middle Kingdom wooden sarcophagus and a large19th Dynasty limestone relief slab called a stela. Bollen is one of many benefactors who helped the Carlos Museum nearly $34 million during Campaign Emory, and the museum continues to seek assistance in continuing its work at Emory and in the community. Top priorities for philanthropy at Carlos Museum include support for expansion and renovation and increasing the museum's endowment.
"We are fortunate to have so many dedicated donors and patrons who believe in our work. We could not sustain the Carlos Museum's level of excellence without their support. " says Bonnie Speed, director of the Carlos Museum.
Bollen, a businessman based in South Dakota, is a longtime collector whose interest in antiquities led him to a close association with Peter Lacovara, senior curator of Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art at the Carlos Museum.
"When you are collecting antiquities, you have to be knowledgeable. Peter's advice gave me the confidence I needed to be able to identify authentic artifacts," Bollen says. "When someone gives you good advice and does it in such an altruistic way, it makes you want to do something for them."
As he builds his collection, Bollen says he encounters pieces he realizes are destined for amuseum. His recent gift of a large Egyptian mummy mask from the Late New Kingdom period is a rare find of ancient Egyptian funerary art.
"The only other examples in the country are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York," Lacovara says. "Made of fragile cartonnage, a paper mache-like material made of papyrus and linen, it is a miracle the mask has survived in such wonderful condition."
Because of its beauty and rarity, Bollen knew the cartonnage mask belonged in a museum where others could learn from it. "Peter is such an asset to the university, it seemed like a meaningful way to show my gratitude to him," says Bollen.
Carlos supporters find the museum a unique resource both to Emory and the community and are committed to supporting the museum and strengthening the museum's collections, education programs, and conservation work.
Like Bollen, some patrons make direct gifts of art to the Carlos to support collections. Among the donations made by James and Elizabeth Ferrell of Kansas City are two bronze disks and a glazed vase, while museum member Louise Gunn donated a Hellenistic marble statue of a draped female to enhance the museum's Greek and Roman collection.
Adjunct Clinical Professor of Pediatrics Stanley Cohen and Jamie Cohen have invested in the African collection to help the museum share the art and culture of Africa with all audiences. Walter Melion, chair of Art History Department at Emory, and John Clum are making an estate gift to strengthen the Works on Paper and Art of the Americas collections.
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The next few months see the start of a number of new time series, and the development work on each of the collections drawing to a close. As this occurs, the focus of the group will change from development to use of the information collected, which will present fresh challenges.
The last couple of months have seen the release of the first set of official productivity measures for New Zealand, as well as the second releases for both the Biotechnology and Internet Service Provider surveys. Links to all these are provided below.
As always, we welcome feedback on any of the projects that are underway, as well as comments on other opportunities that you see to use the data being generated.
The first official New Zealand Productivity Statistics were released on 28 March. This marks the end of Business Performance involvement in this project. Ongoing work on this series will now be the responsibility of the National Accounts group.
The interest in Productivity will not disappear as the focus will now be on firm-level measures, which form part of the Improved Business Understanding via Longitudinal Database Development (see below).
The six-monthly Internet Service Provider (ISP) Survey measures the nature of the Internet service provision industry in New Zealand. The survey looks at Internet subscriber data, Internet connection technologies, spam and virus filtering, and barriers to Internet service provider growth. Results from the second survey (covering the six-month period to September 2005) were published in March 2006 and can be found here.
The March 2006 ISP Survey is currently in the collection phase and the results will be published in August 2006.
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The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Supply Survey 2004/2005 is nearing the end of the data collection phase and preliminary data editing and analysis is underway. Results were due to be published in April 2006, but due to collection and processing delays it will now be published in June 2006.
The ICT Supply Survey 2004/2005 is the first circulation of a new survey that includes both information and communication technologies, bringing it into line with current international best practice. Although it supersedes and is a redesign of the previous Information Technology Survey run by Statistics New Zealand, caution must be applied when comparing the results of the ICT Supply Survey 2004/2005 to the previous information technology surveys as there have been major changes between the two.
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Data regarding New Zealand businesses' use of ICT will be collected biennially, as one module of three within the annual Business Operations Survey (BOS). The first data for the business use of ICT module will be collected during BOS 2006, to be posted out in August 2006. Results will be published in the second quarter of 2007. Collecting this information as part of BOS will allow us to analyse any relationship between the use of ICT and firm performance, across a full range of industries and sectors. This survey module is being developed in collaboration with the Ministry of Economic Development and the State Services Commission.
BOS will provide information to benchmark New Zealand ICT use against use in other countries. When combined with the new household and government ICT use surveys, this information will establish a clear measure of the use of ICT in New Zealand.
The Government Use of ICT Survey is a new survey, measuring the use of information and communication technologies by government organisations in New Zealand. The survey was developed with the Ministry of Economic Development and the State Services Commission, and is currently undergoing the Ministerial review process. It is scheduled for post-out in August 2006, and will be administered biannually thereafter.
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The initial results from the Biotechnology Survey 2005 were released in a Hot off the Press in early April and can be found here. A more detailed report from the 2005 survey will be published by the end of June 2006.
The survey was previously run in 2004. The Biotechnology in New Zealand 2004 report analyses detailed results from the 2004 Survey.
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Title | A Selective Synthesis of Intervention Research for Students with Learning Disabilities
Author | Swanson, H.L., & Carson, C.
Source | School Psychology Review, 25(3), 370-91.
Year Published | 1996
Presents the selective synthesis of instructional research with children and adolescents with learning disabilities, analyzing studies across instructional domains, sample characteristics, intervention parameters, and sampling procedures. Synthesis indicates that reading is the most researched domain, and intervention studies that produce the highest effect sizes were related to derivations of cognitive and/or direct instruction.
A more detailed abstract comes from NASP, the National Association of School Psychologists, as follows:
H. L. Swanson, Cristi Carson, and Carole Sachse-Lee of the University of California, Riverside, reviewed the results of 78 studies that tested educational interventions for children with learning disabilities. They reported several findings: First, reading is the most widely researched academic area, whereas mathematics interventions are not well researched. Second, interventions that yielded the highest academic gains taught cognitive strategies, followed by those using direct instruction and remedial instruction. Third, the higher the number of intervention sessions per week, the higher the gains in academic functioning. Fourth, cognitive strategy instruction is most effective when taught within an academic domain, rather than as isolated skills. Fifth, the effectiveness of specific strategies may vary as a function the academic domain. That is, Swanson and his colleagues reported that cognitive a strategy instruction and direct instruction are the most effective interventions for teaching reading comprehension: whereas phonetic (decoding) strategy training and remedial instruction are most effective for improving word recognition and spelling skills. Cognitive strategy instruction also is effective for improving communication and language skills. School psychologists are well advised to consider such research findings when making recommendations for students with learning disabilities. (School Psychology Review, Vol. 25, #3)
In the two decades between the mid 1970's and the mid 1990's the number of children classified as having a specific learning disability (LD) nearly tripled. Children with LD became the largest single category of students served under special education, accounting for almost half of all the children receiving special education services. Despite the growing number of students receiving special education under the category of "specific learning disability," the authors of this study found that questions such as, "Which intervention is best suited for students with LD?" and "Which intervention works best for which subgroup of students with LD?" could still not be answered. This meta-analysis was undertaken to answer these questions and synthesize what intervention research could tell us about effective instructional interventions for children with LD.
Research Questions
- Which intervention works best for which subgroup of students with LD?
- Do the interventions that are effective in teaching students with LD vary depending on the following factors:
Instructional domain (e.g., reading, social skills),
Sample characteristics (e.g., age, intelligence),
Intervention parameters (length of sessions, number of weeks),
Sampling procedures (e.g., random assignment to conditions vs. intact groups)?
Research Design
- Number of Studies Included | 78
- Number of Subjects | 5-59, with a mean sample size of 19.94
- Years Spanned | 1968-1993
Research Subjects
The participants in these studies were students with learning disabilities.
Age/Grade of Subjects
The ages of subjects in the treatment groups varied from 6.5 years to 17.3 years, with a mean age of 10.64 years old. The ages in the control groups varied from 6.5 to 17.10 years, with a mean age of 10.57.
Specified Disability
Learning Disabilities (LD)
This meta-analysis investigates a variety of interventions for students with LD. These interventions were classified into 1 of 4 models: strategy instruction and direct instruction; direct instruction alone; strategy instruction alone; neither strategy instruction nor direct instruction; for descriptions of what strategy instruction and direct instruction involve, see the "Additional Resources" section.
Duration of Intervention
The typical intervention instruction was held for 41.79 minutes, 3.64 times a week, over 4.79 weeks.
- Reading was the most researched domain, whereas mathematics and intellectual processing were the least researched.
- Intervention studies that produced the highest effect sizes were based on cognitive and/or direct instruction.
- No significant differences in effect sizes were found across response domains (e.g., reading, mathematics, spelling, language).
- Effect sizes for cognitive processes (e.g., attribution, metacognition, memory) were higher when coupled with academic domains than when "isolated" for intervention.
- Effect sizes were significantly higher for intact or stratified groups than for randomly sampled groups.
Combined Effects Size
- The analyses yielded 78 studies with a total of 324 effect sizes and a mean effect size of .85 (SD = 1.17).
- The mean effect size scores for various instructional orientations were:
—0.59 for eclectic approaches (approaches not directed specifically to academic skills),
—0.91 for direct instruction,
—0.68 for remedial instruction, and
—1.07 for strategy instruction
The large mean effect size suggests that a variety of instructional approaches have a significant beneficial effect on students with LD.
- Reading instruction for students with LD is the most researched domain, with 16 studies on word recognition skills and nearly twice as many studies focused on reading comprehension. The most underrepresented domains of investigation are in the areas of mathematics, intelligence, language, perception, and memory.
This meta-analysis indicates that specific procedures are effective in certain instructional areas.
- Effective procedures for reading comprehension, for example, are direct instruction and cognitive strategy instruction. (Sources of additional information on both of these approaches are listed under the "Additional Resources" section.)
- Word recognition skills and spelling are most positively influenced by phonetic/decoding training. (More information on phonetic/decoding training is available via the links provided in the "Additional Resources" section.)
- Cognitive strategy instruction is effective in the communication-language domain.
Some domains are influenced by various treatment effects, even when they are not the main focus of the intervention.
- For example, cognitive strategy instruction used to improve reading or writing performance may also influence measures of cognition, such as metacognition (i.e., when a learner thinks about, plans, or evaluates his or her own thinking or learning).
* Meta-Analysis | A widely-used research method in which (1) a systematic and reproducible search strategy is used to find as many studies as possible that address a given topic; (2) clear criterion are presented for inclusion/exclusion of individual studies into a larger analysis; and (3) results of included studies are statistically combined to determine an overall effect (effect size) of one variable on another.


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Kansas Day at the Museum - Activities
Standards Based Activities
In the lobby of the museum you will find a wide variety of hands-on activities. Each has been chosen to correlate to the Kansas Academic Standards. Activities are designed around the number of people expected to attend and the varying ages of students who will be here. Activities this year include:
- Oregon or Bust! - What should Oregon Trail travelers take with them? Leave behind? You decide!
- Case of the Mystery Artifacts - The museum received some "mysterious" donations. They don't know what they things are. Examine the artifacts for clues to help the curators solve the mystery.
- Young Kansans! Celebrate Kansas' 153rd birthday with Kansas symbols, the state flag, and more.
- Cowboy Scavenger Hunt - Take part in a cowboy adventure as you explore the museum.
- National Parks in Kansas - Geography is fun and can tell you a lot about the national parks in Kansas.
- Kansas Soil - Learn about the soil in Kansas and how it filters water.
- We Are Kansas! - Learn about some Kansans who helped change the world as you examine primary sources and sequence their achievements.
- The Underground Railroad in Kansas Territory - Use your cause and effect skills to better understand this dangerous part of Kansas's past.
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Take a step back in time as you learn about the low-tech life of the past. Try your hand at weaving on a loom, examine a flute made by an American Indian craftsman, or feel wool as you card it for spinning. Demonstrators will share their skills in making baskets, making wooden flutes, spinning yarn, knitting, weaving, flying model airplanes, rope making, wood carving, sewing and quilting.
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You won't want to miss the opportunity to touch a bison bladder "water bottle", try on a Civil War uniform, examine a candle mold, or sit in a train seat once occupied by a cowboy moving cattle across Kansas. These experiences and more are waiting for you at the gallery carts in the museum gallery.
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The East Sandwich man accused of stealing more than $125,000 from the Cape Cod chapter of Disabled American Veterans while serving as that chapter's president is set to be arraigned tomorrow in Barnstable Superior Court.
Richard Trott Sr., 62, is accused of diverted funds to himself and creating unrelated organizations to defraud donors who believed they were supporting disabled veterans, according to a press release from attorney general Martha Coakley's office.
He has been indicted by a Barnstable County grand jury on the charge of larceny over $250.
"We allege that this defendant stole tens of thousands of dollars from this veteran's organization, depriving disabled veterans and their families of much needed assistance," Ms. Coakley said. "We further allege that he created unrelated organizations in a thinly-disguised effort to defraud donors who believed they were supporting disabled veterans in their community."
The state attorney general's office began an investigation in May 2013 after the matter was referred by the Cape and islands district attorney's office. Mr. Trott was the former president of the Disabled American Veterans, Inc. (DAV) of the Cape and Islands, Chapter 96. DAV is a national charitable corporation that was congressionally-chartered in 1932 for the sole purpose of representing the interests of disabled veterans and their families. Each state has a department of the DAV and each state department, in turn, comprises multiple chapters.
Authorities allege that from 2009 to 2011, Mr. Trott stole approximately $125,000 from the organization. The investigation revealed that Mr. Trott allegedly transferred funds from DAV accounts into his own personal accounts and continuously withdrew DAV money for his own personal use, using ATMs and checks payable to himself.
Further investigation also revealed that Mr. Trott allegedly created several organizations with names intentionally similar to the DAV in an effort to defraud donors who believed they were donating to help disabled veterans. Authorities allege that Mr. Trott diverted money intended for the Chapter 96 DAV into these unrelated organizations, which included "Cape Disabled Veterans Home, Inc.," "Disabled Veterans Association of Cape Cod and the Islands," and "United Veterans Council of Cape Cod and the Islands, Inc."
This case is being prosecuted by assistant attorney general Anne Kaczmarek of Ms. Coakley's Enterprise and Major Crimes Division with assistance from financial investigator Marco DePalma, state police officers assigned to the attorney general's office, and the Cape and Islands district attorney's office.


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Quick Weeknight Meal: 5 Pizzas for Late Summer
Pizza is one of the quickest, most fun, and most rewarding weeknight meals we know. If you make up a batch of dough in the morning and then have a few toppings sitting in the fridge and pantry, dinner can be ready in about half an hour after coming in the door. Here are five recent pizzas, perhaps with toppings that will get you thinking.
• 1 Beet pizza! I thinly sliced one baby beet from the garden, and then topped a pizza with these and the chopped beet greens. It was perfect with some goat cheese and Parmesan too.
• 2 A basic summer pizza with tomato, mozzarella, and basil. It's the classic.
• 3 Eggplant pizza, inspired by a local pizza place, and including goat cheese and reduced balsamic vinegar.
• 4 Potatoes with mascarpone, ground hazelnuts, and basil. Oh, and a touch of red pepper for some unexpected spiciness.
• 5 Fig and prosciutto — an unexpected yet classic combo. Sweet and savory!
Want to make pizza tonight or tomorrow? Here are some recipes and tips.
• Recipe: Homemade Thin Crust Pizza
• http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/italian/recipe-stovetopbroiler-pizza-with-asparagus-shiitake-and-fresh-mozzarella-083037
• Recipe: Spinach, White Bean, and Taleggio Pizza
• Recipe: Breakfast Pizza
Related: Weekend Cooking Report: Homemade Pizza
(Images: Faith Durand)
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Beets! Yes! And mascarpone with hazelnut? Be still my beating heart. Now I want pizza for dinner.
Yum! Beets are my favorite food! Thanks for the inspiration.
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I just put a prosciutto and fig pizza in the oven! It is my husband's FAVORITE.
I use this recipe from Chow Mama.
Does anyone have a good recipe for sauce?
Oh my goodness...they all look delicious.
A good recipe for sauce:
The key is UNCOOKED. IMO, you want that fresh, bright tomato taste. A can of good whole or diced tomatoes with the addition of some fresh oregano (or good dried) and salt is all you need. Mash with a potato masher or zizz with an immersion blender for a couple of seconds. You want it a bit chunky.
For tomatoes, San Marzano's are the obvious choice, but real ones are .05% of the Italian tomato crop so unless you want to pay $20 a can, look elsewhere. Homegrown or local fresh is the next choice. Dip in boiling water and peel, then dice and proceed as above. For canned, I like Muir Glen, or there are some San Marzano knock-offs in a giant can at Costco for like $3 that I'm sort of in love with. I portion them out into sandwich bags and freeze, then thaw and doctor just before pizza time.
If you want to make things even easier, and especially if you're cooking for one and don't need/want leftovers, I am a HUGE fan of pita bread pizza! I usually toast the pita briefly in the oven, then add any number of toppings, but my favorite is mushrooms.
I just had the most amazing pizza EVER: It was fresh peaches, prosciutto, arugula, goat cheese and red pepper (for a kick). AMAZING. I'm in the market for a pizza stone so I can recreate it. Any suggestions?
Also - try grilling your pizza!!!
Once your charcoal is lit and hot your dough won't sag through the grate - and a single pizza will take less than 5 minutes! Grill one side (with a bit of olive oil), flip, add the toppings, and close the cover to melt the cheese. Mmm...


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A garden tour series this weekend may be for you.
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Why Cramer calls this stock "The Best Dog of the Dow"?
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Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) investors were extremely delighted when they heard the company announcing that its global sales rose by 5%, marking the 30th straight three-month period of retail-sales expansion for this economic bellwether. But bullish and bearish investors both retain different takes about how the company will fare in the future.
The bears believe that the investors seem to ignore the way Caterpillar's growth rate has been easing in recent months. Apart from that, the bears are also concerned about the company's massive inventory in North America and its slower-than-expected growth in China.
On the other hand, the bulls believe that fears regarding the U.S. presidental election and the fiscal cliff have subsided, and that retail sales may experience a total turnaround in North America. In this scenario, they also believe that other major players in the machinery industry are also poised to benefit from the improving market sentiment in the U.S.. Moreover, the bulls are also excited about Caterpillar's bright future in Latin America.
Retail Sales Summary
The following chart tells us a lot about the global macro environment:
Source: Caterpillar 8-K
It is important to compare this table with CAT's revenue geography -- the proportion of Caterpillar's revenue made in different geographical areas.
The chart shows us that North America accounts for the largest portion of the revenue pie. However, it is disappointing to see that the growth rate of retail sales in North America has sharply declined from 13% to just 3%.
However, the sentiment around the macro environment is improving. Election fears have subsided, and our collective avoidance of the fiscal cliff should also help to stimulate equipment demand. An article published in the Wall Street Journal stated the following:
"The demand for the equipment built by Caterpillar Inc., Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE), Paccar Inc. (NASDAQ: PCAR) and other manufacturers could receive a bounce from tax increase legislation that many view as a wet blanket for U.S. economic growth. The bill includes a one-year extension of the accelerated depreciation program that allows companies to deduct up to 50% of the cost of capital equipment from their federal taxes. A 100% depreciation provision was in place until the end of 2011. The program was scheduled to expire at 2012's end before receiving a reprieve. The bonus depreciation program is credited with stimulating demand for capital equipment, as companies opted to use equipment purchases as a tax shield."
The bears have their point to make as well. They state that the company has excessive inventories in North America. This inventory in the supply chain needs to be liquidated. A slower-than-expected growth rate in the retail sales could force the company to cut production more sharply -- a reduction that could extend well into 2013 and beyond.
The Asia/Pacific region seems like another area of concern. Caterpillar has solid plans to go massive in China. Currently, only 3% of the company's revenues come from this region. However, the company wants to become as big as the local Chinese players like Sany Heavy Equipment (NASDAQOTH:SNYYY) or big Japanese players like Hitachi Limited (NASDAQOTH:HTHIY). IMF predicts a growth of 8.2% in the Chinese GDP. However, many factors are at play to decide whether this target will be achieved or not. The recent surge in the Chinese Purchasing Manager Index (PMI) has sent bullish signals to the market.
Growth in Latin America seems promising. The sales in Latin America continued to improve from recent months. November-period sales rose 15%, following 9% growth in October sales and a 4% contraction during September.
As already mentioned in the executive summary in the introduction, there are some other players in the machinery industry, as well, that are set to benefit from the improving market sentiment. In this context, Deere and Joy Global (NYSE: JOY) need a special mention.
Deere & Co.
This farming equipment company reported record sales and profits for its fiscal year ended Oct. 31, despite the worst drought for North American farmers in decades. The drought destroyed crops, but simultaneously led to a sharp increase in the crop prices, which led to a rise in the farmers' incomes. The company gets 52% of its revenues from North America. This means that along with a rise in the farmers' income, the company is also expected to benefit from the improving market sentiment in the U.S. Along with the growth in North America, the company also expects firm growth in Latin America where the farms are booming and Deere has invested heavily in new product launches, factories and dealers.
Joy Global
The main concern that investors have about Joy Global is that this company derives more than 30% of its revenues by selling machinery used in mining coal. The shale gas boom has brought a secular decline in coal usage and therefore has severely damaged the company's revenue growth rate.
However, it is important to note that the company gets 55% of its revenues from outside North America. This means that the company can still benefit from the rising usage of coal in different regions of the world like China.
Also, the company has a strong aftermarket service segment that helps it to derive almost 50% of its total revenues. Given that the company gets 45% of its revenues from North America, it is also expected to benefit from the fiscal cliff aversion through the bonus depreciation program and the stimulating demand for the capital equipment.
The firm has strong margins as compared to its peers, and the One Global Program being currently implemented in Joy will help the company to control costs in a more appropriate manner.
Foolish Bottom-Line
Fiscal cliff aversion is definitely going to help Caterpillar and other equipment makers that have large revenue bases in the U.S. However, holistically speaking, the global macro environment remains pretty much uncertain. Keep a close eye on heavy equipment makers' upcoming earnings reports for a better idea of how Caterpillar and its sector's future may play out.
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Weekend Box-Office Results: Ryan Reynolds, The King of Flops
Though he had the greater chance of having earn the most money earned this weekend, from the two movies he was starring in (one with his voice, at least) Ryan Reynolds failed to earn as much money than The Conjuring, which placed first this weekend. Not many people took too kindly to Turbo and even fewer saw R.I.P.D. I saw the latter and wished the film was more fun but others thought the film shouldn't have even been made. The Conjuring opened really well for a horror film being one of the biggest opening for an original R-rated horror film.