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Suncorp-Metway: Actuarial Advances
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Suncorp-Metway is one of Australia's 25 largest companies and boasts a share market value of around $AU5.8 billion (US$3.7 billion). With the acquisition of GIO in 2001, the company's customer base increased to 3.8 million and the company became the second largest general insurance group in Australia.
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Aside from its 55 percent share in Queensland's Compulsory Third Party market, Suncorp has substantial national general insurance market shares – home (15 percent), motor (14 percent), workers compensation (22 percent) and commercial (25 percent).
As in all insurance companies, the actuary's role within Suncorp is one of constant collection and interpretation of numerical data. The result is critical information that is used right across all Suncorp insurance lines of business.
But with the acquisition of GIO and the almost overnight increase of insurance policies to more than 3 million, there was an urgent need to encompass the GIO insurance systems. Suncorp's Actuary, Charles Pollack, states: "We ended up with three separate database formats, and the driving requirement was to encompass all the data in a single solution. Given that we had already developed a comprehensive SAS-based solution for Suncorp, we were able to utilize the SAS cross-platform capabilities to achieve this with minimal personnel resources and in a very short time."
Benefit: Automatic Web Output
"The entire process takes only a few days," Pollack states, "and aside from a very small number of manually created home pages, the entire Actuarial Services site is done for us by the SAS software."
The effort put into developing the site – dubbed Actprod – is such that it meets approximately 90 percent of the insurance company's analysis requirements. Maps of exposure and claims, tabular data and interactive charts, reports and CSV export data are only a few of the many features provided via the SAS software-generated Actprod site. Where further information is required, Actprod includes a Web page-based query form that, once completed, is submitted to Suncorp's SAS system, which automatically generates a new HTML page and e-mails the link back to the user.
Benefit: Fact-Based Decisions
According to Pollack, it is common for actuaries to advocate an 80/20 approach, where an 80 percent correctness level is obtained from a 20 percent effort. "Using SAS software, we actually get around 95 percent accuracy with the same amount of effort," he says. "This means while other companies are basing their business decisions on approximations, we're able to base ours on factual results."
Benefit: Extending Data Value
Other Suncorp business units are also realizing the inherent value of the SAS software implementation and, as a result, new lines of communication between the actuarial department and these units are being established – and used. Marketing personnel, for example, have recognized the enormous benefits in using SAS software to analyze customer data to support more effective marketing activities. Similarly, sales staff are gaining valuable information for product cross-selling opportunities.
"It really boils down to SAS software being a business enabler," Pollack states. "We use half the amount of personnel resources as typically used in this type of environment, but gain results that are well beyond those of our competitors."
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Operate as one entity by bringing together disparate data systems after acquiring a competitor and adding millions of new policies.
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SAS software's cross-platform capabilities achieved that goal in a very short time with minimal personnel resources.
" It really boils down to SAS software being a business enabler. We use half the amount of personnel resources as typically used in this type of environment, but gain results that are well beyond those of our competitors. "
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Saving at the Supermarket: 15 Great Grocery Shopping Tips
Published on - June 30th, 2008 (by J.D. Roth)
Kris and I went grocery shopping this weekend. We stopped at Bob's Red Mill — a local health-food store — to use some "buy one, get one free" coupons. "You can get anything you want," Kris told me, "except hot cereal."
"Why can't I get hot cereal?" I asked. "I love hot cereal."
"I know," Kris said. "But you buy it all the time. You buy it faster than you eat it. Just last week, you bought another box of that blueberry oatmeal from Trader Joe's. You never remember what we have at home. You need to shop with a list."
She has a point.
A shopping list is a useful way to remind yourself what you do and do not need to purchase. But most frugality experts emphasize shopping with a list because it prevents impulse purchases. Impulse purchases wreck grocery budgets. In Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping, Paco Underhill writes:
Supermarkets are places of high impulse buying for both sexes — fully 60 to 70 percent of purchases there were unplanned, grocery industry studies have shown us.
More than half of all grocery purchases are unplanned! No wonder creating and sticking to a list can bring down grocery costs.
But that's not the only way to save money at the supermarket. Over the past two years, I've published a lot of tips for saving money on your grocery bill. Some of these have been obvious — others less so. All of them can help you save at the supermarket. Here are some of the best:
- Make a list — and stick to it.
- This is the cardinal rule of shopping. The list represents your grocery needs: the staples you're out of, and the food you need for upcoming meals. When you stray from the list, you're buying on impulse, and that's how shopping trips get out of control. Sure, a magazine only costs $5, but if you spend an extra $5 every time you make a trip to the supermarket, you waste a lot of money.
- Compare unit pricing.
- The biggest package isn't always the most cost-effective. Stores know that consumers want to buy in bulk, and so they mix it up: sometimes the bulk item is cheaper, sometimes it's more expensive. The only way you can be sure is to take a calculator. Our grocery store posts unit pricing for most items, which makes comparisons easy.
- Ditch the basket or cart.
- If you're dashing into the supermarket to pick up milk and bread, don't use a basket. Baskets induce people to buy more. If you're limited to what you can carry, you're more likely to avoid impulse purchases. Only use a basket (or shopping cart) if it's absolutely necessary.
- Don't examine things you don't need.
- The more you interact with something, the more likely you are to buy it, says Paco Underhill in Why We Buy: "Virtually all unplanned purchases…come as a result of the shopper seeing, touching, smelling, or tasting something that promises pleasure, if not total fulfillment." Do you know why grocery stores place those displays in the aisles? To intentionally block traffic. They want to force you to stop, if only for a moment. It only takes a few seconds of idly staring at the Chips Ahoy! to convince you to buy them. Stay focused.
- Live on the edge.
- Health-conscious shoppers know that the perimeter of the store is where the good stuff is. The baked goods, dairy products, fresh meats, and fruits and vegetables are generally placed along the outside edge of the supermarket, while the processed stuff can be found up and down the aisles. But shopping the edges isn't just healthier — it's cheaper too. Stock up on the fresh food first, then venture to the middle of the store.
- Discard brand loyalties.
- Be willing to experiment. You may have a favorite brand of diced tomatoes, for example, but does it really matter? Go with what's on sale for the lowest unit price. You may find you like the less expensive product just as well. If you try a cheaper brand and are disappointed, it's okay to return to your regular brand.
- Choose generic.
- Better yet, try the store brand. Generic and store brand products are cheaper than their name-brand equivalents and are usually of similar quality. But do you know why you're reluctant to try generics? The power of marketing. Most generics have unappealing packaging. If they cost less and taste the same, who cares?
- Use coupons wisely.
- Coupons really can save you money. But you have to know how to use them. Clip coupons only the things you need — staple foods and ingredients — not for processed junk food. Learn to use special coupons. Once each month, one local store sends us a "$10 off a $50 purchase coupon". We know it's coming, so we plan our trips around it.
- Make one large trip instead of several small ones.
- Each time you enter the grocery store is another chance to spend. By reducing the frequency of your trips, you're not only avoiding temptation, but you're also saving money on overhead (time and fuel).
- Buy from the bulk bins.
- Some stores offer bulk bins filled with baking ingredients, cereal, and spices. When you buy in bulk, you get just the amount you need, and you pay less. Much less. (One GRS reader recently shared how he saved over $150 by buying spices in bulk.)
- Check your receipt.
- Make sure your prices are scanned correctly. Make sure your coupons are scanned correctly. Sale items, especially, have a tendency to be in the computer wrong, and yet few people ever challenge the price at the register. You don't need to hold up the line: simply watch the price of each item as it's scanned. If you suspect an error, step to the side and check the receipt as the clerk begins the next order. If there's a problem, politely point it out. It's your money. Ask for it.
- Shop alone.
- In Why We Buy, the author notes that people tend to buy more when shopping in groups than when shopping alone. "But men are especially suggestible to the entreaties of children as well as eye-catching displays." Kris complains that we always spend more on food when we shop together. She's right. If possible, shop alone.
- Use a grocery price book.
- A grocery price book is an ongoing list of the items you most commonly purchase and how much you paid for them. This list allows you to detect price cycles, spot bargains, and plan your shopping trips for maximum savings. A price book allows you to practice strike-point shopping.
- Shop on a full stomach.
- Studies show that folks who shop when they're hungry buy more. This is certainly true for me: If I go to the store for milk on a Sunday morning without eating breakfast, I'm likely to come home with donuts and orange juice and Lucky Charms, too.
- Walk or bike.
- In our recent discussion about how to pay yourself first, Ross Williams suggested another way to reduce impulse purchases. By walking or biking to the store, you can automatically limit your spending. "It's amazing how focused you can be when you are limited to one shopping bag full of groceries," he writes. "Once you are very conscious of each purchase, it seems to carry over even to the small items where space isn't really an issue."
Any of these tips can help a savvy shopper save money at the supermarket. But when combined to create a cohesive shopping philosophy, they have the power to slash your grocery budget significantly. I'm not promising that you'll be able to feed yourself for $15 a week, but you might be able to save enough money pay down your debt or to jump-start your savings!
Here are some related articles:
- How to save hundreds by playing the drugstore game
- The lazy man's guide to groceries on a budget
- Grocery store vs. farmers market: Which has the cheapest produce?
Kris requested I offer some final pointers for the gentlemen. "Check with your wife before you go shopping," she says. "Check with your wife before you put anything into the cart. And remember: Just because you like a food doesn't mean you need to buy it every time you go shopping."
Bulk food photo by mattieb.
My husband spends twice what I do when I let him do the shopping! When I say "Please pick up the groceries" he apparently hears "Go buy enough garbage to restock a frat house fridge".
Some times I'm envious of people with access to Trader Joe's and Whole Foods…other times, I think it's budget salvation.
Great tips! However I've got to challange a comment you made in "Live on the edge" as well as back up Aaron on post 40. I cant believe for a minute that buying fresh is cheaper. In fact I love to eat fresh food but find that my grocery bill is out the window when I try to buy a lot of it. I do my best to buy what's in season as it's cheaper, but that only applies to produce. Growing up my family didnt have a lot of money and we hardly every bought fresh items as we couldnt afford them. Instead we tried to grow as much as we could in the garden. So I think Aaron and I are challenging you to back up that statement, or at least clarify. If you know some secret to getting fresh food for affordable prices I'm sure we'd all love to know about it.
I wrote a post the other day about how high our grocery spending is, so this is very timely.
Checking your receipt and standing up for what is coming to you is very important. A few days ago I did a $119 shop and had two problems.
The first was that the cashier put through 2 apricots as weighing .530 kilos (over a pound!) and costing $2.87. It was late, there was only one cashier open with a lineup behind me but I politely insisted that I was not paying almost $3 for 2 tiny apricots.
He put them through again and they weighed in at .130kg. Great. Now I've been charged the right price but we can't get the wrong price deleted because they don't weigh what the scale thought they did the first time around. There was nobody around, the kid on cash was very young and very inexperienced and couldn't make the intercom work.
He eventually walked away to look for someone to help and someone else showed up. The other employee was able to reverse the charge by putting it through as a coupon on produce. All told, it took about 10 minutes.
About 2 days later I entered my receipts into the computer and saw that I'd been charged for 3 jars of decaf instant coffee when I'd only purchased two. I went back today and got $5.25 back in cash. That took about a minute.
I'd actually love to see a post on food prices and whether or not they're on the rise as I've read in the Wall Street Journal somewhat recently and heard elsewhere. It may make sense, for example, to buy more food when it is less expensive than less when it is more expensive. What good is making 4% in a savings account on what you don't spend on food when food prices may be on the rise and your groceries may cost 10-30% more over the next year? That would seem to have a negative effect on the use and value of your money. Is it always wise, in other words, to be frugal by buying less?
I do all the grocery shopping and all the cooking…why on earth would I ask my wife about any of this?
And fresh produce is only cheaper if you get it all used.
Why is it that "shop with a list" is the number one item on every "save money on your grocery bill" story?
If you want to save money at the grocery store do *not* shop with a list of items. Shop with an idea of what you might like to eat, and then purchase whatever is on sale. Making a list is the easiest way to miss similar but cheaper products right down the aisle.
I used to work for a grocery distributor. There are many tricks they use to get you to spend more money. Some of them are listed in JD's post.
I wrote about several in three posts on my website. The last one is at http://gettingaheadinlife.blogspot.com/2008/01/grocery-shopping-202-buying-in-bulk.html
The first two are linked from that one.
Can you follow my wife around the next time she goes shopping:) I swear, I cringe every time she comes home from shopping alone for fear of what the bill will be. I'm new to your blog, but I'll definitely be returning for more insight. I love the tips and already forwarded your blog to my wife – I may have to sleep on the couch tonight:)
You're so right about checking the receipt. Before my local health food store automated their system, I was once charged 24.00 for four oranges! You better believe I made a beeline for the customer service desk once I figured that out (even though it required driving back across town). I'm all for checking these things twice.
The people who think "misrung" items are scams don't know anything about how a grocery store works. One group of people sets the prices for items. But in each store when a price changes, a worker has to go scan the bar code and manually change the price. More or less. So it's not a manager conspiracy, because managers aren't the ones manually setting the price. There are a lot of products in a store, and often people mix up different items or accidentally miss a for sale item.
I was a cashier in high school and sometimes a customer would get angry at me when an item came up with the wrong price – it was really rude, and clueless. I was more than happy to fix an incorrect price, but it's not as if I set the price in the first place! Cashiers aren't paid by commission. There's no conspiracy to charge you an extra 30 cents. Seriously – don't get angry at the cashier for a price you don't like. If everyone is polite things work so much more smoothly.
Anyway. Checking things twice is a great idea. But if you notice that something is the wrong price, don't wait until after you've paid to say something. It's a lot easier to check a mistake before the transaction is complete, and a lot easier to fix it. Every so often someone would wait until after I had closed my till to point out that I accidentally charged them for the wrong brand of apples, etc. That was always frustrating because it would have been so easy for me to correct only minutes beforehand, and the customer could have gotten out of the store more quickly, but since they waited I had to take them to customer service and it took much more time than it needed to.
Of course – that's assuming you notice right away. (If you do, say something! It's not a big deal if the line gets held up for a minute!)
Grocery stores might do some things to encourage you to spend money (what store doesn't?) but they're not trying to steal from you. What kind of business practice would that be? Grocery stores live and die off of reputations for customer service.
i have noticed that my grocery bill is much cheaper when i shop without my husband. this is strange because he is really the minimalist in our relationship. but i leave him alone on saturday mornings and do the shopping by myself
I just tried the farmers market and it's sure cheaper than the grocery store – for € 8.50 I bought quite a lot of fruit and vegs.
I have found that when my wife and I go grocery shopping together she wants to stop and work out which item is cheapest but I just want to get out of there as quickly as possible. I take that view that there is no point saving $10 on your groceries if it takes you an extra hour to do it.
All such great tips! The one thing I will warn people about is buying store brands for everything.
While you should check the ingredients and the nutrition values for any packaged food, it's especially important to check this information on store brands. They're often much cheaper, but sometimes you pay a health price in areas like higher fat, unnecessary sugar levels, and/or extremely high sodium content.
Compare the first 5 ingredients of any store brand with your favorite name brand and the name brand on sale, just to make sure you are spending money on real ingredients, and not things you can't pronounce or even just plain junk. Also be sure to compare the per-serving levels of saturated fat, trans fat, sodium, and insoluble fiber, and do the math on how much of that container you'll actually eat in one sitting. That'll give you an idea of how much of the product is made of better ingredients versus junky stuff, and how much you're actually spending/saving.
Depending on what packaged things you're buying, sometimes a good solution from a health perspective is to buy whole foods and cook stuff in advance. Not everyone has the time for this, but even if you pick one dish a week, making homemade batches of prepackaged equivalents like soups, mac and cheese, and pasta dishes and freezing them makes for inexpensive, easy, and healthy heat-and-serve meals.
Great tips as usual, I'd never thought of "Ditch the basket or cart". Good one.
I agree When you go grocery shopping you have to have a grocery list on hand.
I always keep my grocer list on line at http://www.GroceryWiz.com that way I can add to it when I need to and have it ready to go at the end of the week when I go shopping.
I have found that buying less is always better than buy more. When you buy more sometimes the extra stuff doesn't get eaten and just goes to waste.
I would rather run back out to the grocery store and have to do more grocery shopping than waste the food.
Hope this helps.
These are great tips overall – especially about not using a cart if you don't need it; or at least use a hand basket instead of a large wheeled cart.
But, one point I disagree on is going shopping less often and buying a lot. That's exactly when most people tend to overspend. When you're buying for two weeks, you can't always anticipate and you grab potentially more than you can use; if you're not careful, items go bad or don't get used the way you expected. I will stock up on items I always use like rice or canned tomatoes, but I find I'm more frugal and efficient, and waste less, by stopping at the market two or three times a week just for the fresh items I need.
This article is a little older but there are a lot of great, relevant suggestions in here. One way that we've found to save money is to be disciplined about buying some of our groceries online. Not all products are a good deal, but non-perishable items, bulk purchases, and products on sale make up at least 25% of our groceries now, and we buy them all online.
Absolutely agree with the advice in the article. Seems like every trip to these stores and you find the prices are going up a few cents per item. If you do a list and stick to it and coupon then you still can save the money.
As it is said above, for me using a shopping list is still the most useful advice. I use the application on my phone (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gal.appshoppinglist) which is always with me, and automatically sync with my partner and kids. It saves me money!!! by buying what I need rather than buying on impulse
The best advice is still the oldest one… Have your shopping list with you, updated and stick to it whatever happened. I use an app on my phone which also automatically updated my partner and kids changes so I have with me always the most updated list. You should try it… https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gal.appshoppinglist
Great article with wonderful tips one must follow these tips you will definitely save good amount of money.


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Appetizer idea needed stat: Room temp or cold, must travel well
- mels Mar 2, 2012 06:34 AM
I will be attending a dinner party tomorrow and was tasked with bringing an appetizer. The kicker is the party is about an hour from my home and I do not want to have to commandeer their kitchen upon arrival. I need something that will travel well and can be served room temperature or cold. Dinner will consist of minestrone soup and tagliatelle with bolognese, so Italian is the main theme. The party hosts are fans of big red wines, so that will likely be the beverage of choice.
My default idea if I can think of nothing else will be some sort of antipasto plate. I am kicking around the idea of gougeres, even though I have never made them before and am unsure of how they will be at room temp, hours after baking. Another thought is bringing some homemade crusty bread and a couple of different spread options.
Any ideas would be very helpful!
I think gougeres are fine at room temp but don't think they go w/ the menu as much. What about Nigella's sun dried tomatoes and pesto terrine? It doesn't sound like much and the first time I saw the recipe, I quickly passed. But, a friend brought it to a party and it was a big hit--perfect at room temperature, plus very pretty:
You can serve with crusty bread if you want.
Dates stuffed with gorgonzola dolce and a smoked almond. Smoked almond gives the bacon-like effect, but you don't have to worry about it getting chewy...can also through figs and dried apricots into the mix.
May not seem exactly Italian, but this has been well-received at gatherings either at the beginning of the meal, or towards the end as part of a cheese/dessert course.
Have fun!
Gougeres need to be served fresh from the oven but they can be baked ahead of time and then re-heated right before serving.
If you are interested in an Italian cheese type appetizer you might consider Parmesan "frico" crisps topped with an herbed goat cheese mousse and tomato confit. The parmesan frico can be made a day ahead. Basically you spread grated Reggiano parmesan onto a silpat lined baking sheet and bake in a 350 F until crisp (6 to 8 minutes). When cool enough to handle break into pieces which will serve as the base for the mousse and tomato confit. Alternatively, if you want to make a more polished appetizer, use ring molds and place a mold on the silpat lined sheet. Put grated cheese in molds and repeat with each molded round of cheese separated by at least one inch from the other. Bake till crisp and while still soft but cool enough to handle put each round into a mini muffin tin or egg carton to form a convex shape.
The base is stuffed with a mousse made with your favorite fresh herbs, goat cheese, some cream, some lemon zest, maybe some hot pepper sauce or piment d' espellette whizzed briefly in a food processor (you can also add things like roasted garlic or minced scallions depending on your mood). This can be made a day ahead of time and brought to room temperature before piping via a pastry bag or spooning (the former method fancier and the latter more rustic) onto the base. I liketo top with some tomato confit which I generally tend to have on hand either in the fridge or the freezer. It's just slow and low roasted tomatoes with olive oil, fresh herbs salt & pepper cooked until they get intensely flavored and slightly dried out. I like to mix some shery vinegar with the confit to add a little acid to the mix
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I was also going to suggest the frico with an herbed goat cheese. crispy and creamy - travels well - the two parts can be made ahead and just assembled on site (goat cheese in a zip lock - cut tip - pipe onto each frico)
I do a combo of what KateBChi suggested in that I sprinkle the grated parmesan into a rough circle shape (leaving it a little "lacy" (sp? looks wrong)) and then when they come out of the oven and are still soft I put them into an empty egg carton (or over small bowls or in a pinch crumpled aluminum foil) so that they are an open cup shape - easier to pick up off a platter when served.
How about some stuffed cherry peppers. Make the stuffing with chopped manzanilla olive with garlic and parsley,and perhaps some anchovies. Or a simple platter of provolone cheese with roasted red peppers, pepperoncini, prosciutto, olives,etc.( you get the idea ) served with a baguete style of toasted Italian bread. A deconstruced antipasto, if you will. Keep the olive oil nearby and people can build their own. My experience is gougeres are not very appealing at room temp. Although they can be reheated. They are easy to make. Also there is tapenade. Also, just something as simple as grissini to munch on during cocktails. Good luck.
Was also going to suggest an olive tapenade with toasts and a soft cheese. Always tasty.
Or another favorite of mine which would go well (though many argue asparagus doesn't pair nicely with all wines, though I never seem to have an issue in my palate) are prosciutto wrapped asparagus. Steam asparagus, quick chill, dry, wrap with prosciutto. You can always pair with a pesto to dip in too. One of my favorite quick, easy, do ahead, apps.
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The prosciutto wrap is easy, flexible, and fits the Italian theme nicely (and they look good). Instead of asparagus, I've done a small baton of manchego cheese, a dab of homemade mayo, and some baby arugula (to speed it up, you can chop the arugula and mix it with the mayo -- maybe 50/50). Maybe cheese, basil, and roasted cherry tomatoes?
If you want to bring some dips with pita chips, crotini and/or crackers, I like these a lot...
Pea Dip with Parmesan
Artichoke-Olive Crostini (I usually add more olives)
Artichoke and Sun Dried Tomato Tapenade (yes, I realize people will dispute that this is not a true tapenade, but it is delicious, so who really cares?!)
And if you serve all three of these next to each other, they make up the colors of the Italian flag!
Depends on what your host means by appetizer. For me, that means something that guests can stand around and enjoy with a cocktail, whetting their appetites for that soup and tagliatelle. I would lean towards light options, something to have with that red wine (assumedly). A selection of olives is lovely (salt cured Gaeta, Kalamata, cerignola?) Some dry roasted nuts (pecans, macadamias) and some grissini would do it for me.
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I think by "appetizer" they meant wine glass in one hand, food in the other while we mingle before sitting down to dinner.
Thanks for the suggestions, all. I will have to bookmark this thread for future reference as there are some really great ideas here!
I know your request is for room or cold temperature suggestions......one that could possibly fall into the category as *room*, but best served warm-hot, would be Arancini. I go to a friend's home for an annual party and the guests all look forward to the hostess' bite size treats with glee. You could prepare them on a couple of cookie sheet pans and bring a serving dish. I would not characterize popping them in an oven for 10 minutes as commandeering....but if so, they are so worth it.
For a non hand held appetizer....A Mixed Seafood Salad is always guest favorite at my home events.


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It's no Alibaba, but the Citizens Financial Group offering is important to the market.
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Only one of these troubled companies is worth owning, Jim Cramer says.
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Wells have become more productive -- a trend that should keep the fuels flowing.
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More and more, America's key transportation manufacturers like Boeing (BA) and GM (GM) are looking to China to add sizzle to their shares.
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Funds tracking the dollar, Italy, oil, agriculture and autos will be in the spotlight.
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QE2 is scheduled to end on June 30. The anticipation leading up to that date, combined with general market turmoil, could result in some interesting action from dollar-tracking UUP in the days ahead.
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So close and yet so far, stocks got off to a nice start last week but ran into the wall of worry. By the end of the week, early gains disappeared as the S&P 500 index closed down fractionally for the period.
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In the absence of substantive news, bears are winning the speculative battle. It is far easier to be negative than positive in the current environment.
Thankfully, the second quarter ends this week. That means earnings season is near. My prediction is that it will be strong corporate profits that will turn things in the market.
The ETF to buy this week in advance of what should be a strong rally is SPDR S&P Homebuilders (XHB).
The amusement park operator will see its share price halved and could take investors on a roller-coaster ride.
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Amusement park giant Six Flags Entertainment (SIX) has seen its stock price climb steadily over the past year, much like the steep hills its roller coasters climb right out of the station.
Monday, that stock price is going to lurch downward like the first gut-wrenching descent of that coaster as Six Flags' stock splits in two.
Sounds scary for investors and thrill-ride fans alike, right? Well, relax. In reality, this white-knuckle ride doesn't change a thing and may actually be profitable for savvy traders who know what to do.
This market seems to believe that growth is impossible without inflation. It's lying.
It happened in passing. Someone blithely mentioned it on some show that went in one ear and out the other. It was a throwaway. The line? "Sure, so what if inflation has peaked?"
I wanted to laugh because it shows you how out of control this moment is versus what we should be thinking, how wrong this market may be on a daily basis compared with the pathetic way that it trades. Can a market, I ask myself, be disingenuous? Can markets be mendacious?
Because it sure seems that this one is.
Somewhere along the line we forgot what the business cycle is and how it affects stocks. In 2008, we had a phony multi-month rally based on the increase in commodity prices. Underneath, we all knew that aside from Freeport (FCX) and National Oilwell Varco (NOV), the two big headliners of that rally, the market was as sick as a dog, with whole segments long-since faltered.
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The markets have largely shrugged off damaging world events until recently. Now the possibility of another downturn is too stark to ignore.
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Add to that the financial instability in Greece, Ireland and Portugal. And don't forget the rising prices for food and commodities, stoking concerns about high inflation.
The young woman who designed the iconic image received a $35 check for her work. Nike made up for that later.
"I don't love it," chairman Phil Knight said at the time, according to The Oregonian, "but maybe it will grow on me."
And it did. The curvy, uplifting swoosh logo became Nike's signature mark. The image is now so powerful that it's instantly recognized around the world as the symbol of the athletic gear company.
These funds allow broad investment at a level of risk appropriate to each investor.
By Roger Nusbaum, TheStreet
For the last few months, most of my articles for TheStreet have mentioned the narrow industry ETFs like the Global X Fishing Industry (FISN) or the small-cap country funds like the Market Vectors Small Cap Russia (RSXJ) or even small-cap specialized funds like the Global Agribusiness Small Cap (CROP).
The latest flurry, however, has been with broad-based domestic-index funds offering slight variations on indices like the S&P 500 ($INX) and the Russell 1000. A few weeks ago PowerShares debuted the S&P 500 High Beta Portfolio (SPHB), which owns the 100 most volatile stocks in the S&P 500, and the S&P 500 Low Volatility Portfolio (SPLV) which own the 100 least volatile stocks in the S&P 500.
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General Mills' cereal sales have been soggy lately, but the popularity of one of America's favorite breakfast staples endures.
It's still the best-selling cereal on the shelves. Well, technically, Honey Nut Cheerios is tops, but that still counts. One of every eight cereal boxes sold at U.S. stores is in the Cheerios family, The Associated Press reports.
To celebrate the big birthday, the city of Buffalo, N.Y., is holding a special Cheerios breakfast near the General Mills (GIS) plant that makes the cereal. You might associate Buffalo with the chicken wing, but the city has had a longer relationship with Cheerios. It's been making them at its waterfront plant since 1941, and the Buffalo chicken wing, the little youngster, has been around only since 1964.
Research In Motion's CEOs engage in awkward semantic debate. Netflix battles tech woes. CenturyLink puts its name on a stadium.
By Gregg Greenberg, TheStreet
Here is this week's roundup of the dumbest actions on Wall Street.
5. RIM's silly semantics
Research In Motion (RIMM) reported its fiscal first-quarter results late last week, beating analysts' earnings estimates by 1 cent while missing sales estimates by an ugly $200 million. Research In Motion also significantly lowered its outlook for the full year. The lowered guidance had traders unloading RIM's stock -- it's down nearly 20% since last Friday and sitting near multiyear lows -- almost as quickly as customers are abandoning its gadgets in favor of Apple's (AAPL) iPhone and devices powered by Google's (GOOG) Android operating system.
Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, the company's co-CEOs, didn't help things when they engaged in a semantics debate on a call with analysts. After announcing a wide-reaching plan to overhaul its organization through new product launches, cutbacks and layoffs, Balsillie challenged an analyst for referring to his reforms as a "restructuring." Read more
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Investors bugged by Oracle's (ORCL)fourth-quarter hardware numbers should rest easy, as the database giant's falling hardware revenue is just a small part of a bigger, positive picture.
Oracle shares tanked after the results, released after market close Thursday. Investors reacted negatively to the decrease in hardware systems revenue, which dipped 6% to $1.2 billion. Oracle's overall revenue, however, climbed 12% to $10.8 billion.
The hardware number "spooks investors, but I believe they're reaching the wrong conclusion," Richard Davis, an analyst at Canaccord Genuity, wrote in an email to TheStreet.
"We do not want to overreact to trends in a business representing 10% of Oracle's revenue mix," Karl Keirstead, an analyst at BMO Capital Markets, said in a note released Friday. "The other 90% of Oracle is performing well."
There's always time to look at the bright side of life.
By Rick Aristotle Munarriz
If you're feeling good about the market, you're not alone. Take my hand as we go over some of this week's more uplifting headlines.
1. Sirius horsepower
General Motors (GM) is the latest carmaker to milk more money from its used cars through Sirius XM Radio (SIRI).
Buyers of pre-owned cars sold through GM dealers that have deactivated XM receivers -- regardless of the original manufacturer -- will now come with three-month trials to the premium radio service.
It's a win-win-win deal that Sirius XM has been inking with leading auto manufacturers. Used-car buyers get three months of free satellite radio. Sirius XM has an easier way to woo new paying subscribers with minimal investments, since the dormant receivers are already in the cars. The automakers get a piece of the action from Sirius XM for any drivers who sign up as paying subscribers.
The decision to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve will shake out speculators and help consumers.
All people did Thursday when I asked them about this Strategic Petroleum Reserve gambit was tell me how silly it was, how it won't work and how it is just a sign of desperation.
To which I say that we have thrown trillions of dollars and euros all over the place to get this world's economy moving again, and it is failing in large part because the price of oil is too high. Is it really such a nutty idea to hit the market with enough oil that the nonconsumers who are hoarding it get blown out and the price falls? Is it really so crazy that we should criticize it when it's already working?
Sometimes people have to recognize the beauty of this. If all it takes to destroy the price is the release of a couple of days' supply of oil from our reserve to the marketplace, can't you see how phony the whole thing is? The critics would let us be hostage to that situation instead of having this artificial and easily manipulated market be brought to heel.
The electric-car market hasn't taken off like some expected, and that leaves a dearth of customers for A123 Systems.
A stronger greenback is shaking Wall Street traders, but it's exactly what Main Street consumers need.
Since Osama bin Laden was taken out on May 1, the U.S. dollar has stabilized and moved higher. I guess that after years of seemingly endless wars, terrorist threats, economic stagnation and financial crisis, the clean kill half a world away restored some of America's honor. It couldn't come soon enough.
Between June 2010 and May 1, the dollar lost nearly 18%. While that was good news from the perspective of Wall Street traders and multinational CEOs, it was terrible for average consumers. Gas prices spiked and crude oil soared on currency effects and supply concerns. And import prices climbed as a weaker dollar helped import Chinese inflation. All of this contributed to the current soft patch in the economy.
But things are changing now. It started with bin Laden's death. Now the Federal Reserve's decision this week to end its $600 billion money-printing operation without a followup has added to the dollar's tailwind. That's just the thing to get the recovery back on track -- even if it makes Wall Street a little uncomfortable.
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Chevy Venture Transmission Issues
jrdwyer Posts: 168Although possible, a failing transmission will often give warning signs. Ours started downshifting hard and making clunk sounds when doing so. When that happened, I pulled the dipstick and noticed black fluid and the burnt smell. It then went to the dealer and was diagnosed as transmission failure. Specifically, the GM dealer service receipt said: "REMOVE AND TEAR DOWN TRANS PLANTERY GEARS AND SHEEL IS BUSTED REBUILD TRANS."
Parts replaced were carriers, dam, bearing assembly, bearing, gear, transmission kit, torque converter (remanufactured part used), gear rear, cleaner, and ATF fluid.
Ours is the Olds Silo version with the same tranny and was purchased new in Sept. '01. Tranny failure occurred Sept. '03 at app. 26,286 miles. All repairs were covered under warranty. So far so good at 11 years and 130K miles on odometer. I changed the tranny fluid and filter myself at app. 75K miles.
I hope GM/dealer will lower the price below $1K to get your tranny rebuilt or replaced, especially considering that you had all service done at GM dealers. There is no reason for a properly built, maintained, and normally used automatic transmission to fail before 200K miles of use.
uniq1979 Posts: 1Hello,
That sounds a bit fishy to me. I say that because I have a 2003 Chevrolet Venture and it has over 200,000 miles on it and the transmission has never stopped working. I have been having problems with the shifting and it needs a TCC Solenoid, other than that it's still going. I know I will need one after awhile. If you have been maintaining transmission flushes and you only have 90,000 miles on it, I don't see how all of a sudden you need a new transmission and a offer to buy a new vehicle. Doesn't sound right at all!
I'm getting a low toned winding down noise when slowing to a stop. Occasionally I will get a bump before the van gets moving from a stop. Haven't noticed a pattern to it's exhibiting these signs. It has107K miles and 24K from the last transmission service (fluids). Thanks!


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Brinkley's Estranged Husband Issues Apologyby Free Britney at . Comments
He railed an 18-year old and Janice Dickinson (?) railed against him. Now Peter Cook is apologizing profusely for cheating on his gorgeous, supermodel wife with a teenager, and pleading for another shot.
The estranged husband of Christie Brinkley (left) has been silent until now about the affair with his teenage employee. Now, under fire from the press and from his scorned wife, Cook's desperate apology is receiving a very public airing.
"This is an aberration I'm sorry. I'm contrite. I'm stupid. Foolish. No excuse," Cook is quoted as saying by Cindy Adams of the New York Post.
According to Adams, those words are Cook's own, and were provided to her by his attorney, Norman Sheresky.
"I love my wife. ... For a lifetime I've tried to prove how much I love her," Cook said.
Sheresky said that Cook, 47, a Long Island architect and the model's fourth husband, is hoping for a reconciliation with Brinkley, 52.
"He got involved, in over his head somehow, and he wants to make it up to her for the rest of his life," said Sheresky, who defended Cook as a "man who loves his wife and who loves his children."
Elliot Mintz, Brinkley's publicist, told The Associated Press early Tuesday that he did not believe she would issue a response.
"This is not the way for people to have a discourse or a discussion about private matters," he said.
The couple's separation exploded in scandal earlier this month when 19-year-old Diana Bianchi claimed Cook had seduced her shortly after hiring her to work at his architecture firm. The teen's lawyer, Joseph Tacopina, described the relationship as consensual, but claimed that Cook's role as employer and his gifts of a car, money and jewelry may constitute sexual harassment.
"The idea that the other person involved didn't knowingly consent to this relationship is garbage. I took no advantage," Cook said through his attorney.
Days after Bianchi came forward, 29-year-old Samantha Cole told the Post that she had a relationship with Cook, who had proposed marriage to her when she was 19, a month before he became engaged to Brinkley.
Sheresky said Cook would respect Brinkley's wishes, whatever the result.
"He hopes there's no divorce. IF she wants one, and he certainly hopes this doesn't happen, but IF â€" it will not be nasty," Sheresky said. "She can have whatever she wants."
This guy thinks that he has spent a lifetime proving his love to his wife? This person is a sociopath/pathological liar. Was that how he demonstrated his love for his kids? Cheat on the family?
One could almost (and I say almost) understand a mid-life crisis but when #2 poped out of the sewer and told us all about her rlationship with him during his courtship of Brinkley that just showed him to be the sicko creep we all assumed he was,


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Tonight: Snow and areas of blowing snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Some thunder is also possible. Low around 20. Wind chill values as low as zero. Very windy, with a north wind 30 to 33 mph increasing to between 38 and 41 mph. Winds could gust as high as 55 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 9 to 13 inches possible.
Monday: Snow and areas of blowing snow before 7am, then widespread blowing snow and a slight chance of snow between 7am and 10am, then widespread blowing snow after 10am. High near 30. Wind chill values as low as zero. Windy, with a northwest wind between 37 and 39 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
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- The New York City Department of Transportation and the Department of Sanitation today announced the suspension of Alternate Side Parking regulations Citywide for Monday, December 27 to facilitate snow removal. Parking meters will still remain in effect throughout the City.
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- If planning to fly tonight or tomorrow, check with your airline. Most flights out of New York City have been cancelled.
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- There are currently delays on the 1/2/3, 4/5/6, A/C/E, and N/Q/R trains. There are delays on all LIRR trains. There are also delays on Brooklyn buses. Check mta.info for updated info.
- All NJ Transit buses have been suspended tonight and tomorrow, December 27.
- If you are elderly or disabled, or know someone who cannot clear snow from their door, please call 311.
The first flakes have already been falling in Prospect Heights, but predictions say there is a lot more ahead.
The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard warning for the area now through 6:00 p.m. Monday. The forecast calls for 11-16 inches of snow across parts of northeastern New Jersey, New York City, southeastern Connecticut and Long Island.
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Sustain Louisville update cites successes, challenges
From new Energy Star buildings to preparing for the most complete urban heat management plan in the U.S., Louisville has taken important steps to being a greener and more environmentally friendly city according to the first-year report on Sustain Louisville.
Sustain Louisville is the comprehensive plan that guides Louisville's environmental progress.
"This report shows significant momentum in becoming a truly sustainable city," Mayor Greg Fischer said. "We are integrating sustainability into the daily work and operations of city government, and we are committed to creating a culture of sustainability throughout the community. We are making solid progress, but there's a lot to be done and we have our sights set on even bigger goals."
Fischer said significant work is underway on a majority of the initiatives within the six areas that Sustain Louisville covers – energy, environment, transportation, economy, community and engagement. Key initiatives planned for the coming year include providing a sustainability guide to businesses and organizations and a pilot "EcoDistrict" and sustainable neighborhood program.
The Sustain Louisville plan, which was developed with input from the community and released in March, 2013, includes 19 broad goals and 63 initiatives.
Successes noted in the first-year progress report include:
· The city launched a new energy savings performance contract that will result in nearly $27 million in energy-efficient upgrades and repairs in city-owned buildings.
· The Mayor's Energy Star Building Challenge was successfully completed with 25 newly certified Energy Star commercial buildings in the community – putting Louisville back on the list of top cities with these buildings.
· The city received $135,000 in private grant funding to complete what will be the most comprehensive urban heat island assessment and heat management plan in the country.
· Bicycling improvements focused on connecting to and within the Central Business District, with plans to expand throughout the city.
· The launching of Move Louisville, a 10-month process to engage the community in creating a long-range strategic multimodal transportation plan.
· The city's Land Development Code was updated to allow community and market gardens in a wide variety of zoning districts, and a $25,000 grant was received to help fund 13 new or expanded community gardens in the Portland and Shawnee neighborhoods.
· The city and MSD each allocated $50,000 toward conducting a comprehensive tree canopy assessment which will be completed later this year."The purpose of Sustain Louisville is to engage the entire community in improving the environment as well as the health, wellness and prosperity of all citizens," said Maria Koetter, Louisville Metro Government's sustainability director. "We've made solid progress in launching programs and initiatives, creating strong partnerships, defining the needs and goals – and now we are accelerating forward."
Koetter said citizens are invited to share their sustainability success stories and comments on the now through the end of July, on Twitter -- at SustainLou, and Facebook -- at Sustain-Louisville.
The full progress report can be downloaded at: http://www.louisvilleky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/ACA3873F-19C0-4A70-A600-D91788602176/0/2013sustainprogressreport.pdf
City Sustainability Director Receiving National AwardCiting her role in shaping Sustain Louisville and promoting energy efficiency, the U.S. Energy Association Thursday is presenting Koetter with the annual Energy Leadership Award for Public Service. The award will be presented during the 25th annual Energy Efficiency forum in Washington, D.C.
Koetter, who became Louisville's first city sustainability director in 2012, was also noted for her work in developing the city's performance contract with Johnson Controls, which will result in nearly $27 million in upgrades and renovations to improve the energy efficiency of city-owned buildings and facilities throughout the community. The contract is the first of its kind by a city government.
The public service awards were created in 1991 to recognize government officials and public servants who motivate action to improve energy efficiency. A list of past award winners can be viewed at: http://www.eeforum.net/Awards/Past-Award-Winners


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I need help. I don't know how to live.I feel sick and I am so tired all the time. Why is this so hard?
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kamachulu 22-25, M 1 Response 0 Aug 6
I'm so behind on homework.I hate work. I always want to sleep. I just lack motivation to do anything anymore. I use to be so involved with my community but I feel burnt out. I hate college. I just want to live life a little.
celestethebest 18-21, F 4 Responses 4 Apr 9
Yep, Always.Even a couple of cups of coffee every single day seem to do nothing to relieve this fatigue. And, when I had a job, I used to drink up to ten cups of coffee a day, and I [still] couldn't function or think straight. And it was hard because I had to deal with hotel guests (I was...
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AlyssaDurham 18-21, F 1 Aug 5
I can honestly say that I'm tired of beingtired. I have sleep apnea..am supposed to sleep with a CPAP machine...but that thing drives me crazy & I can't sleep with it on. Even if I DO manage to get to sleep with it on, I take it off during the night without remember doing so.:( I get up early now so I can exercise...
RubyLane 41-45, F 1 Response 3 2 days ago
I always wanna n insideeither in bed eatin watchn tv.. My life .. But lookn at me u wud Neva kno
BeauteFloue 22-25, F 2 Responses 1 Jun 30
20 Years Old and Always TiredI'm 20 and have been a very tired person for the last few years, especially since college started, but during high school as well. There is this fatigue and tiredness that lingers with me all the time. I have a hard time waking up in the morning and would sleep till about 11...
katpunkhippiegirl 18-21, F 3 Responses 0 Nov 28, 2008
I've lost my appetitebecause of self-medicating and I don't tell anyone about it. I like it when they worried about my health and I feel so tired almost all day. I'm a selfish brat :)
GrumpyMe 22-25, F 3 Responses 1 Aug 25
"why Am I So Irritated All The Time?"I dly im snapping at them. I don't seem to give a care in the world about anything, all i feel i ever sayton't know exactly what makes me feel so hot tempered all the time. I can be fine one minute but god forbid someone starts talking and im irritated. If they try to talk to...
Anto815 46-50, F 3 Responses 1 Jun 20, 2011
I slept for 11 hoursbut I'm so tired I can barely be bothered to move.
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christinaL6 13-15, F 1 Response 2 Aug 12
Omg it's ridiculous how I'm ALWAYS tired I fallasleep in almost every class I take , fall asleep on the bus (coming to & from school) and I fall asleep when I get home from school. I have a heart palpitation and take medicine for it but there is no way that makes me that tired. Its just a constant routine . But when it's...
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Ppl say I am lazy but it's like my body justwants sleep
Reynastaxx 26-30, F 1 Apr 9
Tired of everything. I wake upand I'm already tired. (Physically also). It's just another day of getting myself disappointed because I'm not the smartest or have the best work ethic for college. It's gotten so bad that I missed so many classes and I might fail this semester again. I'm just..... Tired.
FranklynF 18-21, M 1 Response 2 Apr 9
Feeling tired. Especiallywhen I'm down and confused like I am right now. Life seems to be empty right now.
whymeohmeohmy 22-25, F 0 Mar 26
6 hours of school exams followed by 8 hours ofwork and have to be up in 5 hours to do it all over again, whilst I'm burdened with my chronic illness. Happy living!
alaskamxrie 16-17, F 1 May 29
It's because of my meds ,and let me say,it sucks.Like right now,i woke up a couple hours ago,and i want to go back to bed,lol,maybe the coffee will kick in:)
1prettygirl 36-40, F 6 Responses 3 Jan 27
It Comes and Goes...I don't know. Maybe it's lack of sleep, or nutrition or maybe just how I was born, but I've always felt a little lethargic. It's not always really bad, in fact I do have some pretty energetic days. It's just that no matter how awake I feel, or how much energy I seem to have...
Tuva 31-35, M 1 Response 2 Jul 4, 2009
for some reason no matter how much i sleep imalways tired. ive went to the doctor for it but im fine. ive been told it could be my anxiety. even right now while sitting in class all i can think about is sleep.
enoshima 13-15, F 0 Jan 27
Sleep 8, 10, 14 hrs still tired.getting more and more tired each day. need like 24 hr sleep to be energized.
Zack607 22-25, M 2 Responses 0 Jun 19
It was 8:30, I said, okay I will lie in bedfor half an hour and then I will go study, but lying was a big mistake! O.o I knew it and I still did it!
MissGaga 22-25, F 0 Mar 20
I Love Sleeping, But Not All the Time...If I could, I would sleep 14 hours straight. I love sleeping. It's one of my favorite things in the world. It's an escape from life. It's refreshing, soothing, and comforting. However, it hinders my ability to finish anything during the day. I daydream of sleeping while I'm doing...
CremedelaCreme 19-21, F 1 Response 1 Jul 8, 2007
lately it has been getting worsebut all i can really feel now is how tired i am. its really stressing tbh
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athenalovlies 18-21, F 0 May 15
Lately I'm so tired after doing barely anythingand I hate it. It's like I just wanna sleep all the time and I can't find any energy.. I never use to feel like this
kass1600 18-21, F 0 Jan 30
IB exams in a couple of weeksand I really haven't been seriously studying. I stay up late on Tumblr and I'm just fed up with myself. I need to re-organize my life.
PortableInsanity 16-17, F 0 Apr 9
I swear, I could sleepfor an entire week, and still wake up and be dead tired.
YoungAndAwkward 13-15, F 1 Response 2 Jul 16
I was ... Even when I was getting 6-8 hours ofsleep. I thought I was battling depression or maybe had a thyroid problem.. but just recently changed my diet, added a little cardio ( before that I only did hot yoga) , and vitamin D and I feel so much more energy. I'm wondering if I can keep this up .. Only time will tell!
romi777 31-35, F 1 Jul 16
So exhausted all of the time,everything I do feels like such a struggle.
dplastini 18-21, F 3 Responses 2 Mar 29
jus feeling like laying in bed all day :)starting a new job and my dui classes to get my license back and im soo tired i wanna say forget it!! this depresion is no joke ! starting to think i need meds/ but i dont really want to go that route
cassandra1122 26-30, F 0 Aug 6
I Am Tired Of Every OneMy mom yells at me 4 no reason she won't listen she always putting me down. she hits me 4 no reason i attend job corp in savannah and its some boys at jobcorp who pick at me threaten to hit me they already hit me and always threaten to hit me
brownjada5 18-21, F 2 Responses 2 Nov 30, 2013
It's Kind of ScaryI actually think I might be sick. No matter what amount of sleep I get, I'm always tired. And the possibility of sleep apneia is not really comforting. Now my doctor told me I stop breathing at night. Greeeeeat.
FindMeSaveMe 16-18, F 1 Response 1 Nov 27, 2007
Is It Really So Bad Wanting To Sleep Forever?I always keep myself busy..I dont' likeit when I have nothing to do..it makes me nervous, it makes me think I'm not being productive, and that messes with my head. Add the endless war I have with the outside world between the overall rejection I get way too often...
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I've been really tired these past couple ofdays, and I guess all of the extra sleep is really taking a down effect. I feel even more drained when I wake up, and the only thing that helps me is going outside and being active.
Driftyftw 16-17, F 1 Jul 2
I Cant Take This Anymorei don't want to always be tired, i don't want to always be sick. i want to be bale to go out and have fun or eat what i want. i don't constantly want to be in hospital or worrying about tablets. i want the pain to stop because its killing me. i want someone to hold me and tell...
bekha 16-17 1 Response 1 Nov 30, 2013
Today I fell asleep in the middle of physicsand im still so tired i go to bed around 10 wake up At 6:45 but i never am able to got straight to sleep it can take me hours to sleep and i dont know whyy.. it coukd be exam stress or just all the work i have to do but im so tired i can hardly concentrate in my lessons which...
Daisyellenrose 13-15, F 2 Responses 1 Apr 30
Rested Or NotNo matter how much sleep I get, it's never enough. I'm so tired all the time and ... hey I'm tired of being tired! Some days are harder than others to get out of bed, but I do it for my little boy, and I just try to keep going. I don't know why I'm so tired all the time. Maybe...
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ExhaustionFrom getting headaches constantly I knew it would make me a little frustrated or a little tired. I had no idea I would be this exhausted . The doctor said it was normal for me to be tired from my head hurting all the time but I feel like I've had the wind knocked out of me . I...
redridinghoodxo 18-21, F 2 Responses 1 Nov 15, 2013
Zzzzzz.....Why am I always so exhausted!!?? I'm tired morning, noon and night. No matter how much sleep I get...even 12 hours or more, I still feel like I never even closed my eyes.
sarboo 21-25, F 2 Responses 1 Aug 21, 2007
Idk why i'm always so tired.I could fall asleep 3 times in one day.
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Silicon Laboratories acquires ChipSensors, maker of innovative single-chip CMOS sensors
Silicon Laboratories Inc. (Nasdaq: SLAB) today announced the acquisition of Ireland-based ChipSensors Limited, an early stage technology company creating innovative single-chip CMOS sensors designed to detect temperature, humidity and gases.
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(0.4 miles ESE)
Trinity Lutheran School, IA (1.8 miles E)
Holy Family School St. Ludmila Ce, IA (3.2 miles ESE)
Isaac Newton Christian Academy, IA (3.6 miles NE)
Xavier High School, IA (3.7 miles N)
Good Shepherd Lutheran School, IA
(4 miles NNE)
Regis Middle School, IA (4.5 miles ENE)
Essential Montessori, IA (4.7 miles NNE)
St. Matthew School, IA (5 miles ENE)
All Saints School, IA (5.1 miles E)


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The key to great tasting coffee is freshly ground beans, and you can have this delicious flavour every morning with the De'Longhi Coffee Grinder. Stainless steel blades grind the beans to perfection. Push button operation makes it simple to use. Cleaning is also easy with the convenient integrated brush.
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De'Longhi KG40 Coffee Bean Grinder - Black. 423/1019
Cash price £21.99
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