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Oh really so the population of Monaco and Cayman Islands is due to what exactly? This article is rubbish firstly it relies on income not wealth.
wealthy people , who accumulated well during the true bull markets of 1982-1998 don't pay much in taxes because their income is mostly passive / investment driven rather than wage driven.
Surely someone is smoking something to believe the premise of this story. I would expect a lot of those who don't leave, haven't simply because they have family or business there. That said, I expect that if liberals got their way, they would drive even many of those out. It's like this, if I make $1000 per month and my rent goes from $200 to $900, I'd move – I'd have to. The only real reason the wealthy don't cut and run is because they are in much greater control of their income. In other words, the goods and services their companies sell will have to increase in price, which means the "tax on the rich" will really be paid by us – the consumer of said goods and services. That's the thing no one seems to mention – taxes aren't paid by corporations or by the wealthy – they are paid by the millions of people who purchase their products.
bs is correct. middel to high income earners ( not yet rich ) are the ones who get soaked and IF they can make a move and keep most of their income intact, they will consider it to many a climate.
This is BS. I'm thinking of moving my business from Boston to Portsmouth, NH as I will save 5.3% income tax, pay 5% on dividends and interest instead of 10%. And I can still do business in Boston within a 60 minute drive. What I will save in taxes will pay for my kid's monthly tuition bills.
"Oh really so the population of Monaco and Cayman Islands is due to what exactly?"
Yeah, everyone who lives in those places in there to avoid taxes… Are you retarded?
The premise of this article is false. We moved from VA to TX in 2002 largely because of VA's high income tax rates of nearly 6%. TX has no income tax. Over the last 9 years, we have saved nearly $108,000 in taxes and been able to afford a home as well.
If people and companies locate and/or move because of taxes why in the world does anyone live in California? Answer that before you bash the article. Why doesn't Jobs and Ellison move themselves and their businesses to, say, North Dakota.
Gee, let me be a data point.
Five weeks ago I lived, worked, and paid huge taxes in Cailfornia. Now I live, work and pay taxes in Alabama, which is not bad.
Socialist California can now implode.
What the article ignores are the number of people that have "moved on paper".
Re: Inconvenient's remarks – I believe that California has been losing population for at least the past 10 years, and that taxation has a lot to do with it.
And as for Moved from VA, I work in Virginia, commuting there from Maryland (my husband works in MD). I wish I could have Virginia's tax rate!
The truly wealthy can manipulate their income, Jobs has a salary of $1 a year, no need to move to ND.
What this article and the study cited in the article cannot address is how many wealthy people or businesses never bothered to move to higher tax areas since you cannot measure something that does not occur.
The article is not talking about the wealthy. It is about people with high incomes. A better article would be about how people change their investment strategy to make the best return on their investments. That would be an interesting read, but difficult study to conduct — I don't know anyone who would volunteer their information. This is where a Discounted Cash Flow calculation is your friend.
The question that CA should be asking — What state will be the state of residence for most of the CEO's when they finally retire and cash out. The ones we know did not do so as residents of CA. They paid taxes on their salaries while they live here, but move and wait till the following year to cash out.
When Maryland implemented a "millionaire" surtax, the number of millionaires dropped dramatically. Why would that be? So maybe they didn't move, but their money sure did. For the rich, it isn't where they live that matters, it's where there money lives. They have the resources to legally shield their income, or change their income to some other form. The rest of us don't. This study is a smokescreen.
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is more than just a "left-leaning" organization — it's members read like a who's who of the left.
study proves that the "don't tax the rich folks" just twist data to suit their needs. CT and NYC have some of the highest tax rates, but the rich hedge funders et al still live there b/c that's where the jobs are at! the jobs that pay them millions and billions, and unless you're taxing them at 90% they're gonna stay there!
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I think Maryland's "millionaire" surtax first kicked in for 2008, and I believe the Great Recession probably had more of an impact on Maryland's reduction in millionaires than the tax rate did. Some of them left, I'm sure. But many stayed in Maryland, but simply weren't millionaires anymore. Plus, high income earners tend to fluctuate wildly from year to year, and often someone might make $1M or more one year simply because they sold a business or other major asset, so that was a one time event, that can't be depended on reliably.
High tax states & cities are nearly always accompanied by stifling, over-reaching microregulation that makes it very difficult to run or start a business.
That's another motivator to get out.
Often it's the middle class that gets squeezed, not the hyper-wealthy. The latter have many more strategies available to avoid taxes … "thanks" to the corrupt US tax code and its many carve-outs for politically-connected special interests.
My husband and I live in a higher-tax New England state and more than qualify under the guidelines here as "wealthy". The premise of the article seems very in line with what we've experienced. Any of the friends we've had move from New England moved because of the winters, not because of taxes. But then, most of the wealthy people we know in real life don't spend a lot of time complaining about paying our fair share of the cost burden of living where we do. Most of us consider ourselves both lucky and blessed to have such "problems".
When I looked for a retirement location, low taxes were one of my highest priorities. My neighborhood is filling with tax refugees from California.
Doesn't this analysis ignore the idea that rather than moving the higher tax rate simply motivates more people to seek tax shelters and other contrived tax breaks that avoid paying the tax? In other words, higher tax rates simply create more accountants and attorneys rather than driving huge emigration or more revenue to taxing entities.
And while I'm all for creating jobs, I would argue that these are some of the least socially/economically productive ways to create jobs, as they're effectively indirect corruption (jobs based solely on government action).
Shocking. People move for a lot of reasons (includng, but not limited to taxes). The older folks are wealthier and more mobile. Florida has a great winter climate AND no income taxes.
Moving is a multifactoral decision. Check out Alaska. In Alaska, taxes are very low and you get an oil payout every year. How many folks from NJ moved to Alaska for the taxes? Not a whole lot.
Be warned my liberal friends. Taxes might not drive folks out, but they do keep businesses from relocating TO your state. Even Andrew Cuomo agrees that New York is not competitive for ATTRACT new businesses. That metric is more relevant to the conversation about moving.
Taxes alone don't cause most people to move. When it's time to move, taxes and other cost of lving expenses at the potential destinations are a large consideration.
Mr. Frank is just regurgitating DNC talking points, like always…
Taxes alone may not make me leave. But if I'm relocating anyway, they sure do factor in to where I'm relocating.
The real question isn't how many New Jerseyites left. It's how many people decided not to move to New Jersey.
Florida has no state income tax but don't let that fool you into thinking it's a low cost area. Property taxes and insurance are high! There are people in the Tampa Bay area that are paying $750 month taxes on a $135k home. I live in Florida and wish I didn't!!!!!!!!!!
Look what happened to England during the Brain Drain…
Ridiculous. I come from a "rich" family, and I myself am now in business. My family employees hundreds of people and because of a recent tax addition where i'm from, there is a chance that all of them will be unemployed in a matter of months. Personally, business for myself is looking more and more risky with increased taxes. You show someone poorer and less successful than yourself that employes you, and I'll say that it's good to raise taxes on the rich.
Florida has no estate tax. Someone should do a study on how many wealthy former Ohio residents now reside in Florida for just over 6 months per year.
I'm a small business owner that makes $300K plus per year, and I just moved away from Oregon to AZ because of Oregon's Measure 66/67 that decided to discriminate based on income and just raise taxes on those making above $250K. I took my business with me and had to lay off Oregonians to do it. Arizona is by no means a tax haven. But at least they know the value of business owners and respect their capital in ways that socialist Oregon will never do because of their absolutely insane approach to economics.
No evidence of tax migration, or no evidence found by those left-leaning group? Counting on a left leaning group to find this kind of evidence is the same as asking a criminal to find evidence for his own crime.
We're contemplating a move and high property taxes on Long Island are the one and only reason. Lower housing costs and better weather are side benefits, but they're offset by lifestyle advantages, cultural opportunities and proxiimity of family and friends that we'd be leaving behind. All things being equal we'd rather stay.
The bottomline is that rich folks spent a lot of time and effort accumulating wealth and building a presence in their local communities. Up and leaving is not as easy as it sounds and the cost of extra taxes might just be worth for some people so they can enjoy the fruits of their labor in their current location. Sure, some will jet off to tax havens like Cayman's but most will stay put and work with local leaders to invoke change.
Of course! If there is an angry, desperate, poor underclass, then they are going to take it out on someone. The fact is, there is much less likelihood of a poor, angry, desperate underclass when the rich pay their share. Look at India. The rich get off scot-free, and as consequence, they have to exist in a completely separate sphere from the populace for fear of security issues. If America loses her middle class, the wealthy better get used to their glorified prisons of barbed wire and security guards, because that is all they will have access to.
A society where all have opportunity, where the middle class exists and is making enough money to remain middle class, where jobs are not all exported for cheap labor, is a society where a wealthy individual can take a leisurely stroll down the street without being bludgeoned for his money.
*This study was paid for by the organization of the rich.
@Greg…. I have been to New Delhi and I would rather walk through the slums of New Delhi than the slums of Los Angeles, any day of the week. And living in a US slum pales in comparison to the hardship the New Delhi slum residents have to endure. So I believe your theory does not hold water. It has more to do with the culture of the society and the enforcement of laws than anything else. In India, you get caught breaking the law (attacking someone…etc) and the consequences are pretty dire. The consequences here, in many cases, puts the offender in a better place than they had prior to when they broke the law. Limiting personal freedoms is not that big of an incentive to not commit a violent crime. However, if you knew that your life would be WAY worse off by committing a violent crime, you might think twice about it… irrespective of your financial hardship.
At least one data point, as a counter-example, from Oregon: http://snewpy.com/2011/06/maybe-ill-just-leave-instead/
3 of the weathliest counties in the US are in NJ – 3 are also in NY – (see Forbes 25 riches counties) .. – 2 in CA the rest are spread out all across US. but interestingly enough none are in TX which is the largest income tax free state in the union..so I am thinking this article may be right in mnany ways. With NJ / NY and CA very high tax rate states funny they seem to have more weathly counties than any other state except may be VA ..but I think being near DC has a lot to do w/ that and not its tax status..
so I say TAX the rich …help fix the debt crisis – we have 150,000 troops fightiing wars in Iraq and Afghan and I am sure hundres more in places we do not know like Yemmen etc .. it is costly in both human lives and money…if the rich or their offspring are not going to volunteer to help fight in the wars to help defend this country then let them help pay for them… by paying a little more taxes….
@Steve — you answered your own question — you need to figure in the cost of living. The rich already pay a higher percentage of federal income tax. You could take all of the money from the wealth and it makes no difference to the debt — the debt is too huge. The country has to start cutting entitlements. That is why the credit rating was lowered and the markets have been in free fall.
What is the real cost of the military? Everything gets accounted for in -the 2 wars — it is listed by all of the liberals as if we purchase every item used there. How many new aircraft and tanks are purchased? None. Do we pay the people regardless of where they are stationed? Yes. Does the military practice everyday when they aren't in a combat role? Yes. Steve — I hope you are a veteran for all of your preaching — I am too. I know about the personal costs too. Yes, my family serves/has served.
Congress needs to get off of their asses and start doing what we paid them to do. The president needs to stop running for reelection and lead the country. This administration has been a disaster so far. You Democrats should have elected Hillary.
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What a ridiculous study. Of course wealthy people move to escape taxes. That is why you have so many retirees going North to South and none going the other direction. If the situation was reversed, do you think retirees would stay in Florida and Arizona? Of course not. The weather is just the cherry on top of the cake.
As for working stiffs, it is pretty obvious why most of them don't move – they have a good job, good income, and so they suffer high state taxes because they have no choice. But you can sure bet they will vacate their residency in NY or CA at the first opportunity. Why do you think people jump for expat assignments outside the US? No state taxes? No kidding!
It is really pathetic to see the WSJ now publishing this drivel, without any critical analysis.
As income taxes rise, companies will simply find other ways to compensate their employees, maybe through deferred comp arrangements (i.e. pensions) options and nontaxable benefits like health insurance. High tax states like CA and NY are already seeing diminishing returns and budget problems due to their dependence on income taxes which fluctuate massively with the economy.
I love the SF Bay Area and my sports teams but there is no question that I will go Galt and become a permanent resident of Nevada when I retire – maybe buy a luxury RV when I come back to "visit". High tax states are going to end up with declining economys and low income seniors and unemployed who can't move and require increasing amounts of support. And then the whole system will implode a la Atlas Shrugged.
Jobs for the Poor, Taxes for the Rich!!!!
to – tiredofflippingthebill – yes I am a vet – retired – and I do not mean every wealthy person does not do their service one way or an other for their country …and it can be a way that is other than military service .but antidotal and from the statistics put out by DOD on social economic status of service members it is clear to me by far the vast majority of those in service come from or are in the lower to middle economic class ..who all pay taxes (except some may not pay federal income tax – gratned but do pay all other taxes) ..it is also clear to me that the weatlhy (except for a very minor few) ..are not affected by these wars at all so really have no stake in them or are affected by them at all so do not care about being in war …..if they are I would like some one to eductate me on how….and I'll quite my preaching….may be we need a war tax on the rich..then they may wake up and start to think why we have been in Afghan for 10 yrs with no end in sight..the tax would be in effect as long as we are in Iraq and Afghan
You cannot apply a study of state taxes to federal taxes.
Also this study is not looking at super rich, who can just uproot at a moments notice and live elsewhere and probably own the place they move to already.
The study uses a nebulous "More Affluent" households as the indicator. There are many levels of being rich and many more levels of a contrived "more affluent" status.
Try using a complete list of all persons moving between states and their personal worth and look how many multi-millionaires are in the numbers. When you none revamp the study.
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Taxes are for the little people.
This guy obviously doesn't live in NJ. I know a lot of people who just spent more time in Florida than NJ so they could claim Fla as their residency rather than NJ. SOme were small business owners who can run their businesses from anywhere. Some were people who recently retired and would have spent more time in NJ but for the Florio tax increase. So while the liberal commentators can argue it was a change in circumstances (job change retirement, etc…), the fact is people migrated out of NJ BECAUSE of the tax. The best "empirical" evidence of this is when NJ raised its tax rates, revenues for those making over $500,000 not only didn't increase enough to cover the deficit, it didn't go up at all!
When I see studies that do not match my experience, I need to ask if my experience is unique or if the study had built-in biases that tilt it away from reality. In this case, I believe it is the latter. In my life I have known several wealthy individuals; two-thirds of them have moved to different states with taxes being the primary drive in their decisions. I have never seen a wealthy person move to a high-tax state.
LOL – the same idiots who think that raising taxes on millionaires has no effect on whether millionaires live in your state are probably the same ones who are convinced that carbon dioxide is a pollutant, that a 0.5 degree increase in temperatures over 100 years must be significantly caused by man, and a 0.5 degree increase will cause irreparable harm to the planet despite it being known that the planet has been much warmer and colder over the last several thousand years in cycles that have nothing to do with man made activity.
It's a pity these studies don't do a better job of breaking out the type of income components that make up what they are measuring. For the 2001 – 2010 time period, capital gains taxes have remained more stable. The "Wealthy" can always choose to shift more assets into municipal bonds anyway – eliminating those income taxes. And those who are selling a business might be able to structure the deal such that they don't trigger a "millionaire tax" by staggering the sale payment over a few years. So many ways to move money around to avoid tax cliffs.
survey answers are notoriously inaccurate when tied to controversial topics. More convenient/PC to say left due to weather vs. taxes
Yes, there's no proof I left NJ for lower taxes…I did have to find a job elsewhere first so we'll just say it was for the job, not lower taxes. Whatever helps the taxers sleep better at night.
Apparently you haven't noticed the more then 10k employers who left md or closed up shop due to omalley taxes,fines,fees and a known scam artist.
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I've been having quite the month, let me tell you. Finally done doing lots of shows and settling down to start recording my songs. I've been torn about where to move, since I've had oportunities in a few places.
any semblance of my old life is gone…kinda weird…
Ive been absorbing that recently. kinda, delayed culture shock still.
to be frank, I've been dealing with some blue-ness. I don't want to use the word depression because everyone throws around that term. I have not changed, I've always been a blue person (if you can't tell by my general sense of humor), is just been getting to me. Its a cloud that rolls into town when I start to try to become….something. It pushes down on my chest and keeps my thoughts fogged up, you know?
I need some roots, I need to stay in one place for a minute to get my head on straight.
ever since the show ended I've been running. from silence, from myself, from who I've become. from what is beyond MYSELF. because when its quiet, I have to fight against my own dark, silent self-defeating side.
I think I've been putting too much pressure on myself since this all happened. Its hard not to…Ever since I was a kid I've been kindof, harsh on myself. Its a tid bit magnified. to the point where I can hardly talk or write without mentally tearing myself down before I get to my own thoughts… It can get pretty unbearable.
I'm not saying any of this for attention, I'm saying it because it is who I am.
Sadness is a part of my everyday life. Has been for as long as I remember. I'm what my friend calls " a sadly happy person"….hah
I guess I say it for the simple reason that, I think that others feel this way too. And I just wanted to share where I'm at in that journey…or something. We shouldn't be ashamed of the battles we wage inside. Can you tell I don't have management telling me how to do a proper update?
I'm doing a bad job at describing all this…I guess I should keep it in my songs, no?
In summary, hey, I'm writing an album and going through some bizzarre existential changes, and whatever you guys are going through out there, just know that….Life is absurd and I hope this resonates in some way, that its ok I suppose to admit that life is a strugle and feels fucked up sometimes. or not. or whatever. I'm workin through it, slowly. Ultimately I'm excited to share music, it is my dream. Just cant let me get in the way of me, no?
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Musicians Protest New York City Opera's New Season At Guggenheim
The union members say they're being offered a contract that would gut the chorus and orchestra, strip them of health and other benefits and turn them into freelancers. And they say they're not even guaranteed a minimum number of work weeks.
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New facility designed for prompt, quality care and patient safety
When you have a medical emergency, time is of the essence. You call 911 or rush to the emergency department and hope you'll be treated quickly.
That need for speed is not only instinctive, it's essential: Research shows that the sooner emergency patients are treated, the better their outcomes.
In fact, according to Dino Rumoro, DO, chairperson of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Rush University Medical Center, treating emergency patients quickly is so important that the new emergency department (ED) was designed specifically for speed and efficiency to provide better patient care.
"Our goal is to make emergency visits as brief and efficient as possible," Rumoro says.
Quality care — quickly
The details of this innovative design came from people who knew best what was needed: the ED staff. Their ideas led to a system that ensures faster care and enhances patient safety by improving the way patients move through the department.
This system consists of three clinical "pods," each with single rooms. It also includes comfortable, spacious waiting rooms — but with an important catch.
"Our goal isn't to have people waiting in comfort," Rumoro says. "We don't want them waiting at all." To accomplish this goal, the system works in the following way:
With not only speed, but also infection control as motivation, the design of the ED keeps patients — and their germs — moving through it in one direction: away from the waiting room and other patients and toward the care they need. It also gets patients that care in as short a time as possible. This is a crucial advantage, particularly for critically ill patients. For example, quick treatment with medication can make a big difference in the recovery of many stroke patients.
"Rush is among the first institutions to implement this efficient system," Rumoro says. "It really looks to the future of emergency care."
Heightened alert
The clinical pods have another important function. Each can be converted into an isolation unit in case of a disease outbreak. Air pressure can also be controlled to vent germs quickly to the outside. This efficient use of space promotes safety by protecting patients and staff from infectious diseases — for example, a flu epidemic.
The Rush ED is also designed to handle mass casualties during large-scale emergencies. The department's flexible infrastructure is able to expand into nearby hospital areas to take in greater numbers of patients. And the ambulance bay converts into a decontamination center, with features such as a water curtain, which acts as a decontamination shower.
Care, comfort and convenience
Additional features designed into the ED — many derived from staff suggestions — are intended to help Rush provide the highest quality emergency care. They include the following:
Bigger and better
The Rush ED is one of the busiest in Chicago, and more space was needed to meet the needs of both patients and staff. The new ED is more than twice the size of the previous one, but its advantages extend beyond its square footage. The advanced design and public safety features make Rush a national leader in how emergency medicine is practiced, Rumoro says.
"We've always provided excellent emergency care," he says. "Now we have a great facility as well."
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What The Papers Say - 13 December
Blues linked with Chelsea left-back in Friday's papers.
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Friday's newspapers look ahead to Everton's meeting with Fulham at Goodison Park.
The Blues are hunting for their eighth Premier League win of the season this weekend – but Gareth Barry, speaking in the Liverpool Echo, insists it won't be plain sailing against the lowly Cottagers.
Also in the Echo, Roberto Martinez has been recalling the days when he used to watch and admire mercurial playmakers Bernd Schuster and Emilio Butragueno showcasing their skills for Barcelona and Real Madrid. The Blues boss explains that he wants his own players to display their footballing 'arrogance', like the aforementioned duo.
The Daily Express features an exclusive interview with Bryan Oviedo who says England should not write Costa Rica off ahead of next summer's World Cup showdown between the nations.
In the Daily Mail, Ross Barkley has been speaking about how he embraces the comparisons that have been made between him and Paul Gascoigne.
Barkley is also mentioned in the Guardian and Daily Star, with both papers claiming that the midfielder is set to be offered an improved contract at Goodison Park.
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Weekly Investment Commentary
- Thursday, July 27, 2000
Written by Dr. Walter Miller, of Wright Investor's Service.
Wednesday, July 26, 2000
Despite generally good earnings and economic news and an upbeat assessment from the Fed, the economic outlook is uncertain enough to keep the markets volatile.
Last Thursday, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan told investors what they wanted to hear. In his semi-annual report before the Senate Banking Committee, Chairman Greenspan essentially said that the U.S. economy appears to be moving towards a soft landing. More specifically, he reported that growth in household spending has slowed noticeably from the rapid pace of late 1999 and early 2000. The Fed chief also said that if the recent trends toward a balance of supply and demand persist, the immediate threat to our prosperitywould abate, suggesting that he believes the risk of a damaging surge in inflation has diminished. In fact, this movement towards a soft landing has been evident in recent months in reports on economic conditions during the second quarter, but nevertheless it was reassuring to hear Alan Greenspan acknowledge it.
The central bankers latest forecasts reflect the hoped-for persistence of slower growth. For 2000, Fed members expect GDP to grow 4%-4.5% fourth quarter to fourth quarter; the mid-point of that range indicates growth at about a 3.8% annual rate in the last three quarters of this year after the first quarters 5.5% rate. Growth in real output next year is forecast to slow to about 3.5%. Greenspan pointed to several factors that could keep the restraint in spending from being quickly reversed, including the halt in the rise in equity prices, higher interest rates, and increases in the stock of consumer durable assets (in other words, sated demand).
The Fed chief expressed optimism on two items that have been near the top of his worry list. Greenspan said that productivity gains may still be accelerating, and that slowing demand could ease some pressure on finite labor resources. Nevertheless, the Feds forecast for inflation in 2000 was raised because of higher energy prices. Also, the Fed Chairman included in his remarks warnings of possible threats to a gentle economic touchdown and easing inflation pressures (it is the Feds job to worry, after all). These include a snap-back in consumer spending, further rises in energy prices with effects spreading to core inflation, and a slowdown in productivity gains as the economy slows.
The euphoria which first greeted the Chairmans remarks has deflated a bit. The markets initially took Greenspans testimony as a sign that the Fed will not raise rates at next months meeting, but since then some reasonable uncertainties have filtered in. On Thursday, the ten-year Treasury had its best day in over a year, rising more than a point to yield 6.00%. By Monday, the yield edged back up to 6.03%. Primary government dealers are about evenly split on the outcome of the August FOMC meeting, and the implied yield on Fed funds futures is forecasting a rate hike before the end of the year. WIS expects that economic growth will slow to the desired 3.5% range. But thats not to say that the chance of Fed tightening in the coming months is zero. Not all upcoming economic reports are going to point to a soft-landing. As this is being written, unexpected increases in existing home sales for June and consumer confidence for July were reported, and this week the markets confidence will be tested by reports on the second-quarter employment cost index and real GDP.
The stock markets attention quickly shifted from the Fed back to earnings. Stocks moved higher on Thursday, but some unfavorable earnings reports and profit warnings sent the markets lower on Friday, to end a losing week; on Monday, reports of lower second-quarter PC sales pushed Nasdaq below 4000 again. According to First Call, second-quarter earnings are coming in better than expected, albeit not by as much as first-quarter results. So far, overall forecasts for the third quarter have not been revised down much. But for the past week at least, amidst continuing volatility in the market, equity investors have tended to focus on the negative, not a good omen for those looking for the start of the next bull market leg.
Investment Outlook
The economy still appears to be on track to slow to a sustainable growth pace with controlled inflation. But the up and down pattern of recent trading suggests it could be a while before stocks begin a sustained upward move.
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There aren't too many in the world, let alone a lady, who can boast being an advertising spokeswoman, a model, and a top tier race car driver all at the same go. We at MSN Sports Singapore give you the one exception, Danica Patrick.
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Born and raised in Roscoe, Illinois, Danica began racing go-karts at age 10. She then made a swoop into Formula Ford racing at age 16, and finished second in Britain's Formula Ford Festival, making her the only woman to finish that high up the order in the race.
2002 saw Danica get thrown into the limelight when Rahal Letterman Racing announced that she would have a drive with the team for the forthcoming Barber Pro Series, an entry-level open wheel auto-racing series.
Danica's career launching moment came when her entry into the IRL IndyCar Series 2005 was announced by the team, making her only the fourth woman to compete in the event.
Danica was undeniably quick in an IndyCar; snatching pole position was just another day for Danica in qualifying. A race victory eluded Danica for the most part of the racing. Finishing on the podium however was something she was well accustomed to. Not a bad effort by any means at all.
In 2008, the break Danica was waiting for came when she became the first woman to secure an IndyCar race win. The Twin Ring Motegi of the Indy Japan 300 saw Danica Patrick make history by joining a list of very few women to win in top tier American motor racing.
At the moment, the entire world is waiting to see Danica Patrick become the first woman ever to compete in Formula One. A statement from her earlier this year said that there has been no contact from any of the Formula One teams asking her to sign with them. What we do know however is that that she was approached by Honda last year requesting Danica to test for them. Unfortunately, Honda's surprise exit from Formula One saw an end to that.
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Artistic Director Li Cunxin introduces Season 2015.
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Alina Cojocaru and a renowned male dancer to be announced in the coming weeks will guest star in The Sleeping Beauty in 2015.
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One ballet loving Queensland child will have the chance to win an ultimate year of ballet. Head to our facebook page to enter.
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|Centre Stage at Westfield Carindale
Westfield Carindale will transform into a gallery-meets-mall space with a series of unique installations that celebrate the art of costume, fashion and ballet.
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Suncorp announced their new partnership with QB.
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Our PPP's participated in workshop with one of today's most celebrated international dance artists, Akram Khan.
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When Cinderella arrived in Toowoomba she wasn't travelling in her ornate carriage. Instead the fairytale princess arrived at the Empire Theatre in a Wagners' front-end loader.
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The ladies demonstrated how they prepare their pointe shoes for rehearsals and performances.
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Queensland Ballet attended the Parkinson's Queensland Inc. Walk in the Park at New Farm Park on Sunday 31 August
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Company Dancer Vanessa Morelli took the time out from a busy Cinderella rehearsal schedule to teach beginner ballet on Wednesday 27 August.
Vanessa is passionate about instilling a love of ballet and dance in the community.
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The app has five separate sections that cover a comprehensive range of beginning reading skills like letter recognition, word matching, letter tracing, sight words—and more! Each exercise takes place in an adorable cartoon setting with Mr. Raven dressed for the sea, the circus, the snow, or whatever the occasion demands. Correct answers earn little learners virtual stickers that they can use to decorate their birdhouse. Not only an engaging game, it's got serious teaching cred: Reading Raven was developed using a progressive phonics-based reading system that introduces letters and sounds and then works up to sight words. Each activity builds on the previous one at a comfortable pace.
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In last month's editorial Irv Rockwood, Choice editor and publisher since 1995, announced his retirement. As I write this editorial, Irv is still wrapping up affairs in the office, but shortly he will depart to enjoy another chapter of his life. Many of you know Irv from his editorials, in which he offered his insightful perspectives on publishing and industry issues but also poignant and entertaining pieces on his personal life. But those of you who have not had the pleasure of meeting Irv in person do not know about Irv's signature quality--his big, hearty laugh, an infectious laugh that fills a room and has buoyed staff through good times and bad. The saying around Choice is "just follow the laughter and you'll find Irv."
The importance of Irv's laughter cannot be overstated. As they say, "laughter is the best medicine." Irv created a convivial, positive, supportive work atmosphere that greatly contributed to staff camaraderie. A nicer person you will never meet. In the darkest, most stressful times, Irv could be counted on to introduce much-needed laughter and perspective. Despite daily chores and frustrations, Irv always made time to stop by offices or the staffroom and lighten the mood with his latest news and antics. No doubt Irv had sleepless nights worrying about work issues, but he never transferred this angst onto his staff. The goodwill he engendered was instrumental to his success.
He was an easy conversationalist and was often the life of the party. Irv's many stories of his boyhood days growing up on a farm are hilarious, and to this day we are all amazed that he didn't land in jail, or worse, for the pranks he and his high-school and college pals participated in. For example, on picture day in high school, when all dressed up for class photos, Irv agreed to be stuffed in a trash bin by his friends, which they all thought very entertaining until the principal caught him. And if you ever meet Irv, you can ask him about the Choice Halloween party where he came dressed and coifed à la Howard Stern. Irv was our Mel Brooks.
Amidst all this levity, Irv accomplished an extraordinary amount in his tenure. His first big accomplishment when he arrived was transforming work routines by putting a computer on every desk and automating many functions. He then proceeded to develop the first online version of Choice in 1999, followed by the second version in 2007; plans are underway to launch version 3 soon. In 2006 Irv also revived the seminal collection development tool Books for College Libraries, with the impressive online Resources for College Libraries; oversaw the planning, construction, and purchase of Choice's new office condominium; and most recently launched the and most recently launched the Choice E-Collection and just this spring, the Choice/ACRL Webinar program.
Our final farewells and last laughs will be bittersweet. As Irv prepares to depart, we offer him sincere thanks for being such a great boss and for his outstanding leadership. And Irv, no matter where you go or what you do, may you always have the last laugh.— Francine Graf


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Amitabha Pure Land, Washington, USA — November 21, 2010
From Ven. Roger Kunsang:
Over the past couple of years Rinpoche has been "planting" plastic flowers (many kindly offered by Ven.Pemba, Esther Ngai and Cham Tse Ling) in the garden of his retreat house in Washington state.
Why would Rinpoche plant beautiful plastic flowers in the garden? The answer is very simple. The deer won't eat them and during the winter when it is very cold and the area gets a lot of snow, there can still be offerings of beautiful flowers to the holy objects.
The large stone Medicine Buddha statue in the garden was made and offered in Indonesia (thank you, Teddy Leo). After receiving the statue, Rinpoche spent some time carving a smile on the face and reworking the art of the hair with stone carving equipment. Not an easy job because this stone is very hard.
Currently Rinpoche is doing a short, strict retreat and then we leave for Nepal. Starting retreat isn't a simple process for Rinpoche. Apart from the normal things such as making tormas etc., there is the "organization work." Rinpoche always makes an effort to clear up some of that first, this time it took about two weeks: letters from students and then FPMT work which can be all sorts of things.
The letters never end, there are always so many, which makes it quite difficult to manage. Sometimes Rinpoche dictates letters to Ven. Holly nonstop for up to 13 hours then move on to other things. Then there is 13 hrs of dictation to rewrite and put in reasonable order, with additional details such as organizing pujas with the monasteries in India in Nepal, sending protections, blessed pills, cards, gifts, etc. This can take literally weeks. The action prior to retreat is nonstop around the clock. And the range of activities is very interesting and a little overwhelming sometimes. But great if you are keen to practice patience!
One of the last activities Rinpoche did before starting retreat was making food for ants. Rinpoche had come across two ant hills and wanted to offer them some food. This entailed making tsampa with butter, blessed water and blessed pills and then Rinpoche proceeded to translate a small text on the benefits of offering charity to ants.
Then this early morning, although in strict retreat and not talking, Rinpoche made "jam" for the neighbors. There was butter with erma (a "zinging" very unusual tasting herb from the Himalayas), and also mashed avocados with herbs. Also with the jam came handwritten cards from Rinpoche and many postcards with images of holy objects (such as Boudhanath Stupa) and cute animal cards. The neighbors aren't Buddhist but kind people.
From my point of view, Rinpoche's retreats only seem to have one session: the start of the retreat and then days later the session/retreat ends; something I haven't been able to figure out yet. Time is an interesting concept when you are around Rinpoche.
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In case anybody wonders what happens to the letters mentioned above, they go, of course, to the person to whom they're written, but then many of them also appear later (anonymized) in Rinpoche's online Advice Book on the LYWA website: http://www.lamayeshe.com/index.php?sect=article&id=302
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Rejoicing for the rest of the Amitabha Buddha retreat land monks and nuns who, collectively, help to serve and support the Guru while He's there on retreat. And rejoicing for all the students, neighbors, even strangers who have offered service at the retreat house in the past, in the present, and who will offer service there in the future.
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Prospects Look Bright For Household And Personal Product Industries
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Many investors, understandably, begin to worry about their stocks when they encounter economic uncertainty. Stocks, as a consequence, can show widely varying results because of how much the ups and downs of the market are tied to investor expectations. Investing in what are referred to as "defensive sector stocks" can minimize exposure to such economic-related risk.
The traditional wisdom about the best defensive sector stocks for investors focuses of food, clothing, and shelter, essentials that everybody needs. Such stocks are among the most resistant during periods of economic downturns. Accordingly, they represent a relatively safe opportunity for investment during a down economy.
Such defensive stocks pay higher dividends, combined with steady price appreciation. This is particularly true of household and personal product industries stocks. In picking out such stocks, it is best to focus on those companies that present good cash flows, balance sheets, and income statements to lend support to both dividends and share price appreciation.
In this article, I pick three companies from the household and personal product industries for their consistently growing returns. These companies all have solid financial statements to back continuing returns for shareholders. Let's evaluate each company's financial situation to scan its ability to uphold increasing returns for investors.
Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) offers branded consumer packaged goods. The company markets its products in approximately 180 countries. Procter & Gamble has been consistently paying dividends since 1890. On top of this, over the past 57 years, it has been consistently able to increase its dividends. Recently, it announced a 7% increase in dividends, which brought them to $0.6015 cents per share.
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For dividend investors, the company has been displaying a solid income statement. It has been able to increase its margins over the past few quarters. It has one of the best operating and net margins among the industry average. With the improvement in consumer spending, and Procter & Gamble's ability to improve margins, in the trailing twelve months (TTM) its earnings per share (EPS) increased to $4.41.
On the other hand, the company has the potential to generate strong cash flows. It's free cash flows adequately cover current dividends. In the TTM, its free cash flow stood at $10.695 billion, while dividend payments stood at $6.332 billion. The company is also seeking to reduce its share count, and, in the TTM, repurchased $6.244 billion of shares.
In order to increase returns for shareholders, the company is focusing on its biggest profitable businesses, and on innovations. Procter & Gamble is concentrating more on developing markets for potential growth. Generally, these markets offer a better opportunity for growth.
With this strategy, the company is looking to enhance organic sales 1%-2%, quicker than the overall market in which it competes. Procter & Gamble is anticipating increasing its EPS from high single-digits to low double-digits.
Kimberly-Clark (NYSE: KMB) is engaged in the manufacturing and marketing of a variety of essential products to better people's lives around the globe. Kimberly-Clark was named among the top dividend-payers in the consumer defensive sector. The firm offers a quarterly dividend of $0.81. Recently, the company increased its quarterly dividend by 9.5%. It has a long history of dividends and has raised them for 41 consecutive years.
Recently, Kimberly-Clark announced first quarter results, with operating profit of $783 million. At the end of Q1, sales were up by only 1%, while its solid margins led it to increased operating profit by 12%. However, the company has shown improvement in its organic sales. Its organic sales rose by 3%, together with increases of 6% in North American consumer tissue and 5% in Kimberly-Clark International.
Furthermore, its cash flows are also in a solid position. It increased its operating cash flows to $607 million at the end of Q1. Kimberly-Clark is also spending heavily in growth opportunities. In Q1, its capital spending stood at $274 million. With the solid improvement in cash flows, it is also working on a share repurchase program.
For the Q1, Kimberly-Clark repurchased 5.5 million shares. As an indication of its strong cash flows, it returned nearly $800 million to investors through a combination of dividends and its repurchase program. With a smart business strategy and solid financial performance, it raised its full-year earnings targets from $5.60 to $5.75.
Clorox (NYSE: CLX) is a manufacturer and marketer of consumer products. The company sells its products through grocery stores, mass merchandisers, and other retail outlets. Clorox operates in four main business segments, namely cleaning, household, lifestyle, and international.
Clorox has been consistently paying a stable and increasing dividend. At present, Clorox offers a quarterly dividend of $0.64 per share. In the past five years, the company increased its dividend by 60%. In the TTM, its payout ratio based on dividends stood at 58.2%, which is manageable.
Recently, Clorox announced Q2 results with earnings of $123 million, up 18% over the past year's quarter. It has shown solid performance in all business segments. On a consolidated basis, its sales grew by nearly 9% over the past year's quarter. Additionally, it has shown a solid gross margin expansion. In the Q2, Clorox improved its gross margin by 100 basis points to 42.5%.
Its cash flows are also in a solid position to support and back consistently increasing returns for investors. In the TTM, its operating and free cash flows stood at $769 million and $557 million, respectively. Its free cash flow is enough to cover current dividend payments. In the TTM, its dividend payments stood at $323 million.
Final Notes
Procter & Gamble is consistently paying increasing dividends. The recent 7% increase in dividends symbolizes the company's strong financial situation. Procter & Gamble is also trading at attractive multiples, compared to industry peers. Procter & Gamble can be a safe pick for dividend investors.
Kimberly-Clark is displaying a strong financial situation. The company's revenue growth is quite stagnant. However, its restructuring efforts led it to enhance margins. The stock looks pricey at present. Nevertheless, Kimberly-Clark looks like a safe stock for dividend investors.
Clorox is, and remains, a solid stock for dividend investors. The company had strong year-over-year sales growth, along with a solid gross margin, which is key for any companies consistently generating profitable growth. With a 5% sales growth and 10% EPS growth in the first half of the year, the company improved its full-year outlook. Clorox is anticipating producing EPS in the range of $4.25-$4.35.
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so after my last post, i decided that if i was as apprehensive as i was, it would probably benefit me to keep on keeping on with not drinking. not saying that i will never drink again, just not until the time is right. i've got a few parameters in my head about what would be the "right" time.
there have been a some scenarios lately where i think it would be appropriate to have a glass or two of wine, instances where i wouldn't be driving, where i'd have this very specific type of wine.. each time i was in the moment, it just didn't seem right. i would get to the point where i weigh having a glass vs breaking my streak. i'm really proud to be able to say i've not drank in over a year. last week at the doctors office i was able to answer the "do you drink" question with a no.
so, for those of you wondering, i'm still going strong. that's not to say my perfect moment will not some day present itself, but for now keeping my streak alive is more important.
i need some help. i'm inside a week of not drinking for an entire year. this is uncharted territory for me. i've gone a month, maybe 2 in the past, more as "tests" to see if i could do it. this past year of abstinence from alcohol has come as a result of some very poor choices i made, and a suggestion from my therapist. i really do believe that i was heading down a dangerous path and i'm really glad i took the year to get some distance and perspective on my drinking habits.
i've thought for a really long time that eventually i would stop drinking, like many years as i was growing up. my dad quit when he was in his early 30′s, plus i think i have the addict gene. and if not, my heritage certainly isn't on my side. i kind of just thought it was something that i would do.
i've written ad nauseum about this past year, but when i think about what my mindframe / extracurricular activities and desires were a year ago, i feel like a completely different person. i was never one to pass up happy hour, going out for a drink or two (or 3) sometimes 3 nights a week if the opportunity was there. now, the thought really doesn't cross my mind to hang out after work. on one hand that is great, but on the other there are some people and coworkers that i don't really see anymore because of that.
another thing that i notice is a stronger sense of self. i don't second guess myself as much as i used to, and i have an easier time resisting anyone that wants me to compromise my self worth.
this past year i've really not had many (any really, after i got my legal situation under control) episodes of impending doom, or the feeling of drowning, it's hard to not draw the correlation to not drinking. granted i've also made efforts to stay on track with my finances, with HUGE help from a friend and that is a very comforting feeling.
recognizing familial dramatic situations as they are unfolding is also a much easier minefield to navigate when not drinking.
my therapist was pretty confident when he suggested that i take a year off and then reintroduce some alcohol that i would not feel so out of control and be able to maintain a healthy relationship with it. i wish i was more confident in my abilities… from my drinker/driver class i learned that you should have 1 drink in a day, no more than 2. max 14 in a week. i worry that if i have one glass, i will want 2 and eventually i will be drinking every day. i'm afraid that drinking will make me say or do things to sabotage my financial progress or my relationship. maybe i'm thinking worst case, but those are my worries.
so, here is where you come in. i've written out the pros/cons that come to mind. what would YOU do? leave you suggestions in the comments..
pros for not drinking
i feel like i think very clearly
i won't repeat past mistakes
no hangovers
saves money
no more "swollen" looking photos
won't be in danger of spiraling out of control
i am less likely to make high risk choices
cons for not drinking
the taste of wine is so delicious
the warm tingly feeling of being buzzed
vacationing and not drinking is sad
not as much social friend time
This year has been like no other for me in many ways.
i have high hopes that 2014 will be equally as great as this year, just with less cancer. Cheers. ;)
so this past weekend and monday i ate candy and sugar like it was my job. fortunately this time last year i was fresh out of surgery and wasn't even considering eating sugar, i was having dreams of how great it would be to eat cottage cheese.. my how times have changed.. anyway. i've discovered that in the moment i can handle consuming sugar, it doesn't affect me till hours (or more) later. well. i'm at "later" right now and have been here for the last 2 days. i'm a hazard to other peoples airspace. i sincerely apologize to anyone within smelling distance of my cube, to my friends and anyone else at Kitty Hoynes tonight, to my pets.. i honestly wouldn't be surprised if someone calls national grid on me.
i wonder when i will learn not to eat sugar. i was literally disappointed when i ate sugar for the first time and didn't have immediate dumping like some RNY patients do.
tomorrow is halloween. i waited until tonight to buy a pumpkin. as you can probably imagine my choices were slim. the only normal sized pumpkins were all bumpy. so i opted not to get one. i'll have to "carve" some paper bags.
tomorrow i have bloodwork taken for my annual health assessment at work. i'm excited to know how my bloodwork looks. i've also lost close to 100 lbs since my last assessment, so i'm interested to see how that manifests itself too.
so a whole year has come and gone. as i re-read some of my early entries and think back to what i was doing and how i was feeling a year ago i realize just how far i've come, and how major my surgery was. i made some notes this month of things that are major differences.
i remember not too long ago getting up from my desk at work and feeling like i was 90 years old, being stiff from sitting still for an hour or two. that doesn't happen anymore.
i've discovered that i actually have bones. some of them you an even see! the most notable bones i have are collar bones, or clavicles. my knee caps actually touch and can be uncomfortable when i lay on my side while i'm sleeping. if i'm laying down, i can feel a pelvis. :) it's quite exciting to actually feel bones inside my skin. someday i'll be able to see my wrist bones. that's been a goal of mine since figure drawing in college.
this last check up with my surgeon the nurse told me that my bmi was 37 and if i were to apply for surgery right now, i probably wouldn't even qualify. that's unbelievably exciting news. when i started this whole thing my bmi was 55..
recently i had a dentist appointment and always dreaded when they would want me to spit, it was really hard to sit up from a reclining position.. this last time, no problem! i kinda wanted to mention it to the hygienist. sorta like i wanted to tell my seatmate on the airplane i last flew in that my seatbelt fit without needing a seatbelt extender. these little victories are so minor to average people, but they are thrilling when they happen, they make me giddy with excitement.
one downside i've noticed is the toxic flatulence that i experience anytime i consume sugar. it's room clearingly bad. i should probably be thankful that i don't really experience the traditional dumping symptoms of nausea, dizziness, sweating.. but hours later i have unspeakable gas.
another thing that i haven't really experienced is an aversion or taste difference to some foods pre and post surgery.
so over the course of a year i've lost 95 lbs. pretty incredible, and my doctor thinks i will probably continue to lose for another 6 months, "cause i'm short". :) let's hope so.
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That was before I came up with my "never ever work at DC ever" plan. It was around when my pal Marley Zarcone did an issue and my misses, Marian did one too.
It was an interesting experience. The editor was super heavy handed. but missed some basics ,like I was never told that the kids I drew were meant to look like Akira old/babies. I just drew them as kids.
I got asked to do a lot of layouts— I think it was 16 pages of layouts for an 8 page story or something. That kind of thing just makes me second guess my own work. I feel like I'm fairly competent as a storyteller but I was being asked to make changes that I thought made the storytelling weaker. —Maybe it's just that I'm coming from more of a manga background and not a Vertigo aesthetic.
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