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Some stocks don't even pause to catch a breath. Look at Eastman Chemical's (NYSE: EMN) wild ride in 2012 – I have lost count of the new highs it created this year. And there's no stopping it -- the stock hit $65.07 last week -- an all-time high for Eastman.
Many are sulking over the missed opportunity, and the question that's troubling them is: Will Eastman do an encore in 2013? Chances are high if the company can exploit the huge opportunity in hand to the max.
Well deserved!
Eastman stands out among peers, and it's not just stock gains I am talking about. The company's top line growth in the past twelve months surpassed that of peers, and its gross and net margins are among the best in the industry. Take a look at the table below:
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While Eastman's revenue grew at the fastest pace during the past year, only DuPont can boast of a healthier gross margin. But it has more to do with DuPont's agriculture business than chemicals (the company derives more than a third of its revenue from agriculture). Dow Chemical had a tough time as it battled dwindling sales. Weak economic conditions, particularly in Europe, even compelled Dow to shut down facilities and cut jobs earlier in the year which pressured margins further by way of write-down costs. Restructuring kept Huntsman busy as well throughout 2012; and as a result dented its margins. Celanese managed good gross and net margins, thanks to a tight grip over costs.
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So Eastman's rise in 2012 seems justified. But now that the stock has risen a whopping 61% year-to-date, it isn't cheap anymore. Peers, except Dow Chemical, trade at lower earnings multiples and thus appear more attractive.
(Source: Yahoo! Finance)
Yet, the dip in Eastman's forward P/E indicates how earnings are expected to grow in the future. That's natural, because the growth potential that Eastman has bagged in the form of Solutia is immense, which is also why I am not reading much into its debt-equity ratio which shot up as a result of additional $2.4 billion debt acquired during Solutia's takeover. What's more, Eastman plans to de-leverage swiftly by repaying half of the debt acquired within a year.
Solutia could be indeed a game-changer for Eastman in the emerging markets, particularly the Asia-Pacific region where Solutia had a strong hold. In the third quarter, Eastman's sales contribution from the region climbed four percentage points to 28% compared to same quarter last year, and sales grew at a 45% clip. The acquisition thus gives Eastman a great head start to capture a high-potential market before rivals snatch the game away. It also gives Eastman a fantastic avenue to shift focus from the struggling European region and make up for lost sales.
Eastman's third quarter was the first such to include numbers from Solutia, and it certainly gave out positive vibes. Earlier during the year, Eastman had set out full-year earnings per share guidance of $5, including Solutia. But with the third quarter turning out to be sweet, Eastman raised its outlook to a range of $5.30 to $5.40 per share for 2012. That would mean record earnings for the company.
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Coming back to the question, can we expect Eastman's shares to continue their run up in 2013? Well, going by analysts' estimates, we may. For around 18% growth this year, the stock shot up over 60%. Analysts are pegging the company to grow at around 17.3% in 2013.
On its recent Investor Day, Eastman told stakeholders what they wanted to hear – on track to meet full-year estimate and ambitious projections for the years to come. The company expects to earn $6.25 per share next year, and is looking at an EPS of $8 by the end of 2015. Sure, it's a crystal ball guide, but enough to keep Eastman investors on their toes, and to keep the stock on your watchlist. Click here to add Eastman Chemical to your stock watchlist.
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MSU went 1-2 in a three game series against Austin Peay in Clarksville, Tenn., last weekend. Weather postponed Friday and Saturday's contests, forcing the two teams to play a doubleheader on Sunday. MSU and APSU split on Sunday, but fell on Monday in the rubber game.
This is just the third-ever meeting between the Spartans and the Wildcats; before playing in 2006, the two teams had not met since 1913. Kentucky enters the weekend on an eight-game winning streak and is 11-1 this season. The Wildcats topped Xavier on Tuesday and its only loss of the season came against Kansas State.
The Wildcats won a single-season school-record 45 games last season, finishing 45-18. UK advanced to the semifinals of the SEC Tournament, going 2-1. Kentucky made its seventh all-time NCAA Tournament appearance, going 2-2 and finishing second in the Gary Regional.
MSU senior right-hander Andrew Waszak will get the call for the Spartans on Friday in the series opener. Waszak pitched six innings, giving up five runs but only three earned in a loss against Austin Peay on Sunday. He is 1-1 and struck out a career-high eight in six innings of work and allowed just one run and four hits to earn the win over Western Carolina on Feb. 22.
Junior right-hander David Garner (2-0) gets the nod on Saturday. Garner picked up the victory in the second game against Austin Peay, tossing seven shutout innings while striking out seven and surrendering just five hits.
In Sunday's finale, sophomore RHP Mick VanVossen will take the hill in his third start of the season. VanVossen struck out four in 5 2/3 innings of work in the 10-7 loss against APSU on March 4.
Live stats, radio broadcasts, and live stream for all of this weekend's games against Kentucky will be available at UKAthletics.com.
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"We go to Kentucky, who was preseason ranked fifth in a couple polls, and I think they're in the top 15 right now, so they're a very good program out of the SEC. It'll be a good test for us and a good opportunity to get better."
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Clarendon, TX - One area city is going through a political transition - but it looks like it will be a smooth transition.
Over the course of just a few days last week, three members of Clarendon's Board of Aldermen resigned, effectively leaving the board of hold due to a lack of a quorum. But although the board might be on hold, the city won't be.
Under Texas law, the board cannot act on any decisions it makes without a quorum. So the city considered their options to fill the empty positions: they could hold elections in November in the general election, in May in the city's regular election, or ask permission from the governor to hold a special election.
The city chose to hold elections in November. But until then, the board won't be able to approve next year's budget - so in the meantime, they'll continue operating under this year's budget.
"The key things that are coming up are the tax rates for next year and the new budget," explains Clarendon Alderman Sanford "Sandy" Skelton, "so since the fiscal year starts October 1, we'll have to slide into October with the current budget we have and the current tax rate."
The board asked for, and was granted, permission from the county to go ahead and plan next year's budget on the assumption they'll have a full quorum by the time they need to approve it.
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BROOKINGS, S.D. (KWSN) — Future schedules for the South Dakota State University football team are filling up fast.
A full slate of games for the 2015 season has been finalized, while the program is looking to fill one date each for 2014 and 2016. The Jackrabbits have filled their annual contest against a Football Bowl Subdivision opponent for each of the next three seasons, starting with an agreement to open the 2014 campaign at Missouri. The 2015 season will kick off at Kansas, with the 2016 season opener scheduled at Texas Christian. The Sept. 3, 2016, game in Fort Worth, Texas, fulfills a contract originally negotiated with the University of Minnesota that was later transferred to TCU.
The non-conference portion of the 2014 schedule also includes games against a pair of former Great West Football Conference foes and current members of the Big Sky Conference. SDSU will open the home slate Sept. 6 against Cal Poly, before traveling the next weekend to Southern Utah for the start of a home-and-home series. The Jackrabbits are in search of a sixth home game on either Sept. 20 or 27 to complete the 12-game schedule.
"I am excited about the additions to our future schedules," head coach John Stiegelmeier said. "We have the renewal of some old rivalries and the addition of some new challenges. We look forward to each."
Eleven-game regular season slates are scheduled for both 2015 and 2016. A six-game home schedule for 2015 already has been secured as the Jackrabbits are scheduled to host both Southern Utah and Robert Morris (Pa.) in non-conference action.
The 2016 season could be the first in a new home stadium for the Jackrabbits, after university officials formally announced constructionplans last week upon receiving $12.5 million in lead gifts from Sioux Fallsbanker Dana Dykhouse and philanthropist T. Denny Sanford. SDSU will again seek to play a six-game home schedule in 2016 as Cal Poly is scheduled to return for a Sept. 17 game, with another home game to be played Sept. 10 or 24.
Missouri Valley Football Conference members will continue to play an eight-game league schedule. The Jackrabbits will not play Southern Illinois during the 2014 and 2015 seasons, while Indiana State is off the schedule for a two-year period starting in 2016.
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Did Big Oil Win the War in Iraq?
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Last week, ExxonMobil became the first U.S. oil company in 35 years to sign an oil-production contract with the government of Iraq.
As I write, several other contracts with the world's largest oil companies are being finalized, and more are expected when a new negotiating round kicks off in Baghdad on Dec. 11.
Do these contracts represent a "victory" for Big Oil in Iraq? Yes, but not one as big as the companies had hoped for (at least, not yet).
Before the United States and Britain invaded Iraq in March 2003, their oil companies were shut out of oil-production contracts being negotiated by the government of Saddam Hussein. Today, more than six years of war later, Saddam is gone, and the U.S. and British oil companies are not only in on the oil contracts, they have managed to sweeten the terms.
However, organized resistance by Iraqis and people around the world has thus far succeeded in denying Big Oil its Big Prize: passage of the Iraq Oil Law, alternatively called Iraq Hydrocarbons Law, which would grant far greater control over Iraqi oil to foreign companies on terms much less favorable to Iraq than the current contracts provide.
If the negotiations proceed on their current path, foreign companies will produce the vast majority of Iraq's oil. How much control they will exert, and who will reap the greatest benefits (and endure the steepest costs) is yet to be determined.
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In January 2000, 10 days into President George W. Bush's first term, representatives of the largest oil and energy companies joined the new administration to form the Cheney Energy Task Force. As part of its deliberations, the task force reviewed a series of lists titled "Foreign Suitors for Iraqi Oilfield Contracts" naming more than 60 companies from some 30 countries with contracts in various stages of negotiation.
None of contracts were with American nor major British companies, and none could take effect while the U.N. Security Council sanctions against Iraq remained in place. Three countries held the largest contracts: China, Russia and France -- all members of the Security Council and all in a position to advocate for the end of sanctions.
Were Saddam to remain in power and the sanctions to be removed, these contracts would take effect, and the U.S. and its closest ally would be shut out of Iraq's great oil bonanza.
After the Invasion
The invasion of Iraq dealt handily with the problem of U.S. and British exclusion. ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, ConocoPhillips and other major oil companies met with the Iraqi government on countless occasions, and the Iraqis tried to make deals.
But the oil companies, backed aggressively by the Bush administration, steadfastly insisted that contracts would only be signed after the Iraq Oil Law was passed. They nearly prevailed on several occasions, but organized resistance in and outside of Iraq has continually stymied the law's passage.
Several forces have conspired to bring the oil companies to the negotiating table today.
Most recently and significantly, Iraq's Parliament has refused to even consider the law until after the January 2010 elections. It is quite likely that a new government hostile to the interests of foreign (particularly U.S. and British) oil companies could come to power in those elections, making passage of the law much less likely. The deals being offered today would be the best the companies would be likely to get.
President Barack Obama and his administration have been vocal and active proponents of the law's passage. However, this administration's allegiance to the oil industry is not as steadfast as that of its predecessor.
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THREE Oxford University students managed to win a charity challenge by getting all the way to Tokyo for nothing, courtesy of Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson.
Oxford Raise and Give (RAG), the university's biggest student charity, hosted Jailbreak 2014 last weekend.
More than 200 students tried to get as far away from Oxford as possible without spending a single penny – and raised £44,000 for charity.
Teams had 36 hours to travel while relying on the goodwill of others.
Travelling by car, coach, trucks, school bus, emergency service vehicles, train, ferry and plane, participants made it to Stockholm, Warsaw, Mallorca and Lisbon.
The winning team, called No Rest Til Budapest, managed to escape Europe altogether – after bumping into Sir Richard Branson. The lucky trio, led by New College student Caitlin Place, met Sir Richard just before the event and he gave them return tickets to Tokyo.
Team member Robert Harris, who completed the trio with Charlie Parkes, said: "We travelled 6,000 miles in 18 hours, without having spent a penny.
"We may have had a relatively comfortable ride with Sir Richard's support, but we certainly still got a good taste for the adventure of Jailbreak, not least when the Japanese immigration officer became extremely suspicious at our claims that we had nowhere to stay and that we were 'running away from England'!"
Sponsored by friends, family and strangers, the three friends have so far raised more than £1,400.
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SPOKANE, Wash. -- Eighty-five local veterans returned home Wednesday after a whirlwind trip to Washington DC.
The World War II veterans were taken via Honor Flight to see the memorials built in their honor. The group stopped at all of the major memorials in DC during their two-day trip.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) -- On the last day of its term, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today on two same-sex marriage cases. Both are important cases, and both will go far in redefining the most basic institution of human civilization.
The court knew it was making history. A majority of the justices clearly intended to make history, and future generations will indeed remember this day. But for what?
In the first decision handed down today, the Supreme Court found that the Defense of Marriage Act, passed overwhelmingly by Congress and signed into law by President Clinton in 1996, is unconstitutional.
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In the Proposition 8 case, the court's majority held that the plaintiffs in the case, representing the people of California, lacked legal standing to appeal the lower court's decisions that found Proposition 8 to be unconstitutional.
In 2008, a majority of voters in California passed a constitutional amendment that defined marriage in that state as the union of a man and a woman, effectively overturning a California Supreme Court ruling that had legalized same-sex marriage.
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in that case today means that the decision of the Federal District Court stands, presumably meaning that same-sex marriage will be legal again in California. This is presumably the case, but not necessarily, because of disputed provisions in California law. Courts in that state will have to sort out those issues.
Of the two decisions handed down today, the DOMA decision is, by far, the most important and wide-reaching.
In the court's majority opinion, written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, the court has ruled that Congress was motivated by a specific moral animus against homosexual marriage and homosexual citizens when it passed DOMA. As such, the court ruled that DOMA is unconstitutional.
Is the DOMA Decision a New Roe v. Wade?
It is virtually impossible to exaggerate the future impact of the DOMA decision, but it is not yet a new Roe v. Wade. Instead, it sets up a future legal challenge from any citizen in any state that does not have legal same-sex marriage. The court's decision in that future case, surely not long in our future, will be the new Roe v. Wade -- a sweeping decision that would create a new "right" that would mean the coast-to-coast legalization of same-sex marriage.
Today's decisions do not take us there, but they take us to the precipice of that sweeping decision. That is especially true of the DOMA case.
Striking at the heart of DOMA, Justice Kennedy wrote: "The history of DOMA's enactment and its own text demonstrate that interference with the equal dignity of same-sex marriages, a dignity conferred by the States in the exercise of their sovereign power, was more than an incidental effect of the federal statute. It was its essence."
As evidence of this judgment, Kennedy cited a document from the House of Representatives in 1996. That statement proposed that DOMA expressed "both moral disapproval of homosexuality, and a moral conviction that heterosexuality better comports with traditional (especially Judeo-Christian) morality." That document went on to state that DOMA would protect the government's "interest in protecting the traditional moral teachings reflected in heterosexual-only marriage laws."
In the view of five justices, that meant the death of DOMA. They ruled that the only reason that Congress passed DOMA in 1996 was because it wanted to single out same-sex couples to be denied access to marriage, and it did so on moral terms.
As Kennedy argued in his majority opinion, "The avowed purpose and practical effect of the law here in question are to impose a disadvantage, a separate status, and so a stigma upon all who enter into same-sex marriages made lawful by the unquestioned authority of the states." In doing so, he argued, the Congress had passed a law that "violates the due process and equal protection principles applicable to the Federal Government."
Nevertheless, even as Justice Kennedy castigated Congress (and presumably former President Clinton) for making moral judgments, he could not resist moral judgments of his own. He wrote of our society's "evolving understanding of the meaning of equality" and declared that the states have the right to confer on same-sex marriages "the equal dignity" of a marriage between a man and a woman.
By finding that the moral judgment of Congress in opposing same-sex marriage was wrong, he asserted, quite forcefully, that opposition to same-sex marriage is rooted in animus or hatred. In other words, Justice Kennedy, joined by four other justices, believes that opposition to same-sex marriage is wrong. In condemning a moral judgment, he arrogantly made a moral judgment.
While the immediate effects of the striking down of DOMA's federal definition of marriage are not specifically clear, it does mean that the federal government will now be required to recognize any same-sex union declared to be legal in any state, extending full recognition and extending all federal marriage benefits to that same-sex marriage.
The Obama administration will have to make a myriad of decisions about how this is to be done. Interestingly, this will put President Obama, who last year "evolved" into full support for legal same-sex marriage, on the hot seat once again.
Scalia the Prophet
Back in 2003, when the Supreme Court struck down all state laws against homosexuality, Justice Kennedy also wrote the majority opinion. That opinion, in the case Lawrence v. Texas, set the stage for today's majority opinion authored by the same justice. In 2003, Justice Kennedy argued that laws restricting homosexual acts and relationships were driven by moral animus against homosexuals and homosexuality.
He acknowledged that this moral judgment is both venerable and deeply rooted in the moral traditions of Western civilization, but he condemned such laws and, writing for the majority, struck them down. He employed the very same logic today in striking down DOMA.
Back in 2003, Justice Antonin Scalia issued a scathing dissent to Justice Kennedy's majority opinion: "Today's opinion dismantles the structure of constitutional law that has permitted a distinction to be made between heterosexual and homosexual unions, insofar as a formal recognition in marriage is concerned. If moral disapprobation of homosexual conduct is 'no legitimate state interest' for purposes of proscribing that conduct ... what justification could there possibly be for denying the benefits of marriage to homosexual couples?"
Justice Kennedy insisted in 2003 that the Lawrence decision did not involve homosexual marriage and did not imply any necessary recognition of same-sex unions. In response, Scalia retorted: "This case 'does not involve' the issue of same-sex marriage only if one entertains the belief that principle and logic have nothing to do with the decisions of this Court." He concluded: "Many will hope that, as this Court comfortingly assures us, this is so."
As Justice Kennedy himself made abundantly clear today, Justice Scalia was right 10 years ago. Justice Kennedy's protestations that the Lawrence decision did not involve same-sex marriage were wrong. It is hard to avoid the moral conclusion that he was then both intellectually dishonest and disingenuous. The decision handed down today proves Justice Scalia to have been a prophet. He told the truth, and Justice Kennedy, in his own words, has proved Scalia to have been right.
In an equally scathing dissent handed down in the DOMA case today, Scalia called the decision "jaw-dropping." He castigated the court's majority for usurping the democratic process and for condemning all opposition to same-sex unions as "irrational and hateful."
Even though the court did not rule today that all states must legally recognize and allow for same-sex marriages, the handwriting is on the wall. Justice Kennedy's majority opinion implicitly invites any citizen who resides in a state that does not allow for same-sex marriage to claim that his or her constitutional rights are violated on the basis of the court's opinion handed down today. You can count on a challenge of this form arising in short order.
As Justice Scalia noted in his dissent today, "As far as this Court is concerned, no one should be fooled; it is just a matter of listening and waiting for the other shoe."
The court's majority did not want to pay the political price that a decision as immediately sweeping as Roe v. Wade would have cost. Instead, the majority decided to send a clear signal that such a case will now be well-received. It struck down DOMA by employing a logic that, as Scalia noted, cannot stop with the striking down of DOMA. It can only stop with the full legalization of same-sex marriage in all 50 states by judicial fiat.
But wait, for there are more shoes to drop. In his opinion today, remember that Justice Kennedy wrote these crucial words: "The history of DOMA's enactment and its own text demonstrate that interference with the equal dignity of same-sex marriages, a dignity conferred by the States in the exercise of their sovereign power, was more than an incidental effect of the federal statute. It was its essence."
What about laws against polygamy? Was Justice Kennedy even aware of just how sweeping this statement would be? Laws against polygamy were explicitly passed in order to "interfere" with the "equal dignity" of multiple-spousal marriages. Justice Kennedy's opinion, now the court's decision, destroys any legal argument against polygamy.
The Christian Church and Marriage
The Christian church does not ask the U.S. Supreme Court, or any other human court, what marriage is. Marriage is a pre-political institution defined by our Creator -- for His glory and for human flourishing.
Today's decisions will create serious religious liberty challenges for all churches, Christian institutions and Christian citizens in this nation. But the greatest impact of these decisions is the further marginalization and subversion of marriage. The destruction of marriage did not start recently, and it did not start with same-sex marriage, but its effects will be devastating.
Christians will have to think hard -- and fast -- about these issues and our proper response. We will have to learn an entire new set of missional skills as we seek to remain faithful to Christ in this fast-changing culture.
And, as warned by Justice Scalia, we do so knowing that we are waiting for the other shoes to drop.
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CINCINNATI • Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner, frontman for the hit-making funk music band the Ohio Players, has died. He was 69.
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Born in Hamilton, Ohio, Bonner teamed up in the 1960s with core members of a group called the Ohio Untouchables to form the Ohio Players. The band had a string of Top 40 hits in the mid-1970s and continued to perform for years after that. He had remained active in recent years with a spinoff band called Sugarfoot's Ohio Players.
"Humble yet charismatic, soft-spoken and of few words, the weight of his thoughts, lyrics and music has influenced countless other artists, songs and trends," stated a posting attributed as an "official family announcement" on the Facebook page of Sugarfoot's Ohio Players. "He will be missed but not forgotten as his legacy and music lives on."
Marshall Jones, the bass player and a founding member of the Ohio Players, called his bandmates "a bunch of the most creative people — especially Sugarfoot — that I have ever been around."
"It's kind of crazy," Jones, 72, told The Associated Press of Bonner's death. "I'm still feeling fragile."
Jones said after years of playing music, the band's sudden stardom, with No. 1 singles and huge crowds in venues such as the Superdome in New Orleans, was stunning.
"I sit back now, and it was all a brilliant blaze," he said. "I think 'Damn, did I do that?' It was just 'Zoom!' That was a starburst. And like all things like that, it fizzles."
Jones said he, Bonner and other band members were delighted and flattered when "Love Rollercoaster" gained new fans through a 1990s cover by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Bonner had said he learned about music in Hamilton, where he was the oldest of a large family, playing harmonica, learning guitar and sneaking into bars as an adolescent to play with adult musicians. He said he ran away from his home some 20 miles north of Cincinnati at age 14, and told the Hamilton JournalNews in 2009 that he had only gone back there once. He explained he had bad memories of growing up poor.
He wound up in Dayton, where he connected with the players who would form the band. Their lineup changed at times, but featured horns, bass, guitar, drums and keyboards.
"We were players. We weren't trying to be lead singers, but we became one of the first crossover singing bands," Bonner told the Dayton Daily News in a 2003 interview. He said he initially played with his back to the audience, because he didn't want to get distracted.
While the band used sexual innuendo, Bonner said he didn't relate to some of the explicit lyrics and attitudes of later pop music and rap.
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There has been some confusion in the grantee community about our R01 policy and whether the cuts might represent a reduction of support from a grantee's current award level. I hope this message corrects any misunderstandings, and clarifies the rationale behind our decisions.
Although NCI funding remains at a historically high level, our operating budget in the current fiscal year (FY 2004) is slightly lower than that of last year as a result of cost-of-living adjustments, an increasing number of noncompeting grants, and assessments to support the NIH Roadmap Initiative and other centralized activities. To maintain the momentum of scientific discovery, we will continue to fund the maximum number of competing R01 research grants. The abrupt change in our rate of growth, however, has necessitated a modification in our funding policies. To secure the funds necessary to maintain the R01 payline at the 20th percentile, we will reduce the award amount of competing grants to a greater degree than has been the case over the past two years. This budget adjustment will enable us to support 75 more R01 grants than would have been possible if we maintained budget reductions at recent levels.
It is important to understand that these reduced funding levels apply only to competing grants and that we are taking into account the size of each grant. Smaller grants are being reduced, on average, by a smaller percentage than larger grants. Competing renewal grants (Type-2s) will also take a smaller average reduction than new (Type-1) applications; even after the reduction is taken, renewal grants will receive, on average, an approximately 10 percent budget increase over the current grant level. Furthermore, no competing renewal grant will be reduced below its current level of support unless the principal investigator has requested a smaller budget.
This "reduction from requested budget" policy will also apply to P01s, R21s, and all other research project grant (RPG) mechanisms, except R15s and R03s. However, it does not apply to noncompeting continuation R01s (often called Type-5s), as every Type-5 will receive the amount committed in its prior award. For nonmodular Type 5 grants (those whose direct costs exceed $250,000), there will be a cost of living adjustment of 3 percent. Research currently under way will not be affected by this policy.
All investigators conscientiously prepare their research budgets and are negatively affected by receiving less than the requested amount. Reductions, however, must be put into context. Since FY 2001, we have actively sought the advice of our scientific advisors on the National Cancer Advisory Board, the Board of Scientific Counselors, and the Board of Scientific Advisors regarding the funding options we face each year. Our advisors consistently express the view that, while we need to be cautious about imposing budget reductions in excess of 15 percent on competing grants, funding more R01s is a greater good - and should be a higher priority - than funding fewer grants with budgets as requested.
Given the unprecedented increases in the NIH and NCI budgets in recent years and the intense competing demands on the overall federal budget, we at NCI must plan for a period of nearly flat growth in the foreseeable future. That prospect is a challenge to all of us at NCI and to everyone in the cancer research community, and difficult decisions must be made. We remain eager to hear your best thinking as to how we can align NCI's budget with the best opportunities that will enable us to reach our goal of eliminating the suffering and death due to cancer by 2015.
Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach


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Motorcycle Features
In this section you'll find motorcycle-related feature articles including biographies, technical endeavors, historical spotlights and other articles that focus on interesting aspects of motorcycling culture. If it's not a road test, motorcycle spotlight, news, gear, rally, blog or tour article, you'll find it here!
Crystal River Riding Reboot—Motorcycle Riding in Florida
John Brumm
October 8, 2013
Last summer I relocated from Southern California to Central Florida, primarily to pursue a job opportunity, but in the back of my rider's mind was the added lure of roads untraveled in what my SoCal riding homies refer to as the "Far Side" of the USA. But the day I rolled my Hona VTX1300 down the... Read more »
Moto Guzzi's California 1400 Touring in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains
Clement Salvadori
October 4, 2013
Back roads make me happy. Two lanes, little traffic, preferably with lots of curves and undulations, rather like the better parts of California Routes 58, 120 and 178. Lots of gear changes, lots of lean, maybe a little braking on occasion when the yellow and black warning sign says 30 mph and the speedo... Read more »
The Kingdom of Saguenay
Ken Aiken
September 5, 2013
It was the French El Dorado. Iroquois legend spoke of blond men rich with gold and furs who lived north of the Saint Lawrence River. Whether it was based on early Norse settlers who arrived in Newfoundland centuries before, or a fabrication created to appease early French explorers is unknown, but in... Read more »
Coal, Country & Curves—Eastern Kentucky
Lance Oliver
September 5, 2013
At a certain time of year, the bite in the night air has me working phrases such as "last chance" and "end of the season" into conversations, until my wife finally gets tired of hearing it and kicks me out the door for one final motorcycle trip before the shivering season begins. This year, I... Read more »
Great Roads: Oklahoma
Story by Alan Paulsen, Edited by Heather Reinhart
September 4, 2013
Upon entering Oklahoma, a decorative granite sign demarcates the state line, followed soon by a billboard depicting a Buffalo Bill character, waving his Stetson, astride a spotted horse rearing out of the sign in welcoming exhortation. My next stop was the Route 66 museum in Clinton. This so-called Mother... Read more »
Sidehacking into History
Eric Daeuber
September 4, 2013
Many motorcyclists consider freeway speed limits to be a barrier. On a Ural, they're more like an accomplishment. But the thrill one feels at 75 mph on three wheels fades fast, and not much of life happens at that speed anyway. So less than a hundred miles of our 2,800-mile round-trip to the Niagara... Read more »
The Patagonia Experience: Touring Chile and Argentina with RIDE Adventures
Arden Kysely
August 8, 2013
The Cuernos del Paine stop us in our tracks. One rider after another pulls over to gaze at the chiseled peaks jutting up like deformed teeth in a Tolkien monster's mouth. Gliding into the scene on motorcycles only enhances the experience. We slalom down a canyon road that reveals new vistas at each... Read more »
The Olympic Peninsula: Travel in Northwest Washington
Rider Magazine
August 7, 2013
Story and photos by Phil Buonpastore When I wake up in the morning, the first thing I do is look out the window. It's a habit I've acquired since moving to the Seattle area. Given the sometimes long periods of cold and rainy weather from October to April, any clear day warrants an immediate change... Read more »
Great Roads: Motorcycle Riding in Missouri
Jim Auckley
July 9, 2013
The crack of the bat and the smell of yeast are never far away in St. Louis, a vibrant city—kingdom of baseball and beer. It's home of the National League Cardinals and the historical site of the nation's largest brewer, the Anheuser-Busch Brewery. This ride from St. Louis to Frankenstein is an... Read more »
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Clement Salvadori
July 8, 2013
At 11 a.m. we were parked 10,000 feet up at a small restaurant on the two-lane Pan-American Highway, sipping excellent coffee and putting on an extra layer of clothing in the cool air. Hummingbirds hummed around the feeders outside the view window. We had just passed the cloud-shrouded 11,450-foot Cerro... Read more »


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NEWPORT NEWS -- 75-year-old Charles "Kent" Stitt, Sr. died Monday night, several hours after a car crashed into his home, pinning him under the car.
His 73-year-old wife, Sharon, was hurt. She still was in the hospital Tuesday, listed in fair condition.
Neighbors say the car was on Brick Kiln Boulevard heading toward Kiln Creek Parkway when it jumped a median, crossed into oncoming traffic and slammed into the side of the Stittses' house on Timberneck Lane. The 2008 Nissan ran through the living and dining rooms and ended up in the kitchen.
"He was pinned under the front of the car, under a table, and, so, I got him up and got him out the back window there," said Lawrence Davis who rushed to the home and into it after hearing the sound of screeching tires and the crash that followed.
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Before talking about this week, let's reflect for a moment about last week, as all of the chefs are doing as the episode opens.
Kristen was robbed, plain and simple, and the producers should be charged for cruel and unusual punishment for subjecting television audiences to Josie's soul-piercing laugh for another week. Seriously, while "the man" was busy waterboarding terrorist suspects in Abu Gharib, Josie's laugh track was probably blaring into their skulls on repeat.
Brooke is kicking herself for not speaking up when Kristen wouldn't, Josie is racked with guilt over what she knows was a horrible decision by the judges, and Stefan is left eyeballing Lizzie and Brooke's feet as the next on his sniff-list.
This week's episode is all about simplicity.
For the Quickfire, Padma brings in Katsuya Uechi, Master sushi chef ninja out of L.A. His task for the remaining 6 chefs is straightforward: Make a simple, clean, not-too-fussy sushi dish in 30 minutes. Now that immunity is no longer an option, the winning chef gets $5K.
Brooke is all aflutter because she eats sushi three times a week and fancies herself a contender in this challenge. Turns out she was right, with her super clean (and mouthwatering, to us sushi fans) octopus with yuzu and grated wasabi, earning her a spot in the top two. Josh, on the other hand, isn't all that pumped about this one and apparently decides to throw the challenge since the only thing he can eat, cook, wear, or talk about is bacon. So much so in fact, what do you think he puts onto his breakfast sandwich sushi that he was JUST TOLD should be simple and clean? A nice, thick slice of bacon.
*Note – I'm a huge bacon fan, I talk about it a lot, I have bacon-themed t-shirts, and I put it in my wedding cake. But even I have my limits….Josh, you didn't have to pack ONLY bacon clothes. We get it. Give it a rest.
Stefan is freaking out with "writer's block" and can't figure out what to do. He finally settles on a yellowtail and grilled shitake, as well as raw lobster, seaweed, and freshwater eel.
Lizzie's fishy warm broth over cold fish puts her in the bottom, along with Josh, but his abomination of a breakfast "sushi" probably would have sent him packing had this been an elimination challenge.
It comes down to a dead heat between Stefan and Brooke, and he winds up walking away $5,000 richer. And it only took him 27 challenges to get there.
So who better to continue the Asian theme into the Elimination challenge? If you said David Chang, you were almost right. Because this week is all about fried chicken.
Tom informs the chefs that he is hosting a dinner parts, entirely attended by restaurant industry heavyweights like Chang, Wolfgang, Emeril, and Michelle Bernstein. And Tom was pretty clear about what they wanted: Fried chicken, crispy and delicious, no matter how they do it.
The only thing more intimidating that cooking for that group has got to be cooking for that group when they are good and wine drunk. 'Cause that definitely happened.
Stefan leads off with an obligatory breast/thigh joke. Yawn.
Josie does something that turns my stomach – starts saying things like, "this is how we do it down south" and claims a Georgia connection. Well, I don't want anything thinking that we all make super-greasy chicken served on a banana leaf down here. Michelle took one bite and pushed her plate away, so (shocker) Josie sees the bottom three once again.
Brooke wastes the majority of her whole bird and uses only the breasts…skinless. Ugh. That decision was made that much more awkward when she is reminded of the fact that two of the judges, Vinny Dotolo and Jon Shook of Animal, once interviewed with her as line cooks. And didn't get hired. After tasting her dry, skinless chicken breasts, Vinny declares that he is "glad he didn't take the job." Ouch.
Even though there seemed to be an expectation that he would dominate the sushi challenge (he didn't), Sheldon seems a lot more comfortable with the fried chicken challenge. He opts to make it two ways –umami drumsticks and thighs, and Momafuku style with grapeseed oil, Usukuchi soy sauce, and vinegar. Unfortunately, his oil is up way too high at first, and he has to dump some of his wings, leaving him a few servings short.
Lizzie has no clue what she is doing, playing the "Oh, I'm from South Africa" card, putting together a crunchy breading of brown sugar, black pepper, and ground coriander rub. Despite all conventional wisdom, it actually turns out well, landing her in the top three.
Somewhere between making breast jokes, Stefan came up with the worst concept of the group, which was to make chicken cordon bleu, because…that is the only fried chicken they have in Europe? On top of the fact that his version of Chicken Cordon Bleu wasn't a good one, the judges eviscerate him for deciding to go with that airplane-food dish in the first place. LOVED Padma's comments after his weak explanation at judges table, but I can't write them here. My editors will get emails.
Josh seems like an obvious favorite for this one from early on…not only does he seem to actually know what he is doing, he is doing it in the most purist form of all of the chefs. In some ways, he is taking the biggest risk, for, as David Change says, fried chicken is "deliciously simple and deceptively complex." But it was when I saw Josh throw a little smoke on his chicken that I knew he was taking this one home. (Ahem…I've been doing that for years…recipe can be found here…).
Everyone else loved Josh's smoky chicken as well, giving him the win and a year's supply of Terlato wine.
And, now for my absolute FAVORITE part of the night (and also the most hypocritical) – JOSIE IS GONE!
Now, I'm obviously pleased that the universe is right again and Josie got the boot, but the judges need to pick a philosophy and stick with it. Brooke's fried chicken was clearly the worst individual dish of this week, but they'd had enough of Josie's poor time management and constant underperformance. WHERE WAS THAT LAST WEEK?! What, all of a sudden it isn't just the last dish you cooked, but you held Kristen to that standard?
Come on guys….
Now I'm following Last Chance Kitchen so I can watch Kristen's scripted rise back to the finale. Not even a spoiler…she beats Josie in LCK.
- By Jon Watson, Food & More
January 24th, 2013
7:38 am
For all of the preaching that Top Chef does about how they only judge the food put in front of them and not on personalities or who has been the worst chef so far (and I will give them the benefit of the doubt) … doesn't it seem like, more often than not, convenient head-to-head match ups happen? About five minutes into this episode, I figured Josie was going to lose just to set up that Last Chance Kitchen rematch.
BTW … I'll say it for you … Padma's comment about Stephan ("He's such a bull&*(%er. He's such a bull&*(%er.") was only the second best line of the night. The line of the night was the preview of Last Chance Kitchen when Kristen was asked if she was surprised to see Josie … "Yes and no."
January 24th, 2013
10:17 am
WHOOOHOOOO! Josie is finally gone. This episode was killer for me, I'm dieting so looking at them eat all that fried chicken was pretty tough. I think I'll have a cheat this weekend, mmmmm Popeyes!
Stephan really could have done something other than chicken cordon blue, how pitifull, and I never heard of the smoke then fry method, def sounds interesting.
January 24th, 2013
10:25 am
I am one of thousands and thousands of your fans and what you guys did to Kristen was awful, she had just shown how awesome she was on QF, to keep Joise that night was just plain MEAN and embarassing to all of us, what were you thniking.
January 24th, 2013
10:28 am
Wonder how many votes for "Fan Favorite" Josie will get.
January 24th, 2013
10:48 am
@1164mgc … is it possible for her to owe votes?
At the end of the day, Josie's true "class" shown through for all to see … blowing off Stephan after being eliminated but making a beeline for Brooke; then claiming that she had nothing to be embarrassed about. I'm glad her family loves her because, to me, she is as repugnant as Marcel.
January 25th, 2013
12:57 pm
Josie needs to get on back to the Waffle House where she belongs.
January 26th, 2013
4:07 pm
Come on Edward! Waffle House doesn't deserve her! LOL!
January 28th, 2013
7:27 am
Wow … "Sabina" … thanks for your contribution to the discussion.


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