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Time to Exit the Builder Stocks
By Steve Peasley - March 27, 2013 | Tickers: LEN, MDC, TOL
It is time to sell the builder stocks, despite good news in the housing sector. Homebuilders are too pricy, and the low interest rates that feed the industry will climb.
There is no doubt that the U.S. housing market is finally recovering after a severe and protracted slump. For the first time since 2008, the construction and sale of homes will add not only jobs but needed tax dollars more »
3 Stocks Riding the Hard-to-Reach-Oil Boom
By Steve Peasley - February 21, 2013 | Tickers: CAM, OXY, OII
With more and more new sources of oil and gas found tucked away under the ocean or in land rock formations, the companies that specialize in getting out those hard-to-reach deposits will prosper. Three in particular should benefit: Oceaneering International (NYSE: OII), Cameron International (NYSE: CAM) and Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY).
In the near term, their success hinges on future prices of oil and gas. A slide in energy prices more »
4 Beverage Giants Destined to Get Even Bigger
By Steve Peasley - January 11, 2013 | Tickers: BUD, KO, KOF, DEO
Forget all the jokes about liquid assets. Beverage stocks are a good place to be. This is a non-cyclical industry that has solid dividends and good long-term prospects. The best way to invest is in the shares of the four heaviest hitters.
With the middle class expanding rapidly both in Asia and South America, demand for this quartet's consumable liquids is poised to rise for many years to come more »
Why Retail and Data REITs Are a Buy
By Steve Peasley - December 14, 2012 | Tickers: DLR, O, SPG
Editor's Note: The initial post incorrectly stated that DLR had not raised their dividend payout in several years. This is incorrect, this version has been corrected.
Now is the time to buy real estate investment trusts, especially in growing sectors like Internet data centers and recovering ones like retail.
The income-starved investor needs help amid low rates and cannot take a lot of risk. With U.S. Treasury bonds more »
A Smarter Way to Invest in Gold: Royalty Streamers
By Tina Larsson and Mark J. Foley - October 5, 2012 | Tickers: SSL, GLD
The Federal Reserve favors continued easing years into the future. That's a boon for hard assets like gold to hedge against inflation. But what's the best way to invest in gold? Something called royalty streamers.
Tech Empires Aren't Good For Shareholders
By Yale Bock - September 18, 2012 | Tickers: DELL, EXPE, GOOG, IACI, MSFT, SNE
The corporate titans of today's tech world would be better off in parts rather than as wholes. The job of management is to generate shareholder value, not to build massive integrated empires with cash that yields one and a half or two percent. Rather than acquiring more divisions, these massive companies should spin divisions off into leaner, more agile companies.
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is one company that has done more »
Investing in Nuclear, Post-Fukushima
By Mark J. Foley and Tina Larsson - September 13, 2012 | Tickers: BHP, CCJ
Nuclear power is in a slump and uranium prices are down. But not for long. Surging international power demands should soon create an opportunity for a good uranium producer. And the best of that bunch is Cameco Corp. (NYSE: CCJ).
Overall, we see value in uranium mining stocks. Cameco is one of the world's largest uranium miners. The company produces approximately 22 million pounds per year, fully 16% of more »
Tobacco and Spirits – Investors Can't Afford to Ignore Them
By Peter A. Delgado II - August 22, 2012 | Tickers: MO, BEAM, LO, PM
So-called sin stocks tend to hold up well, whatever the economy is doing. Citizens want their booze, and even after all the relatively new anti-smoking laws, their tobacco.
With cigarettes, there's concern that some day no one will smoke them. Just as barbers no longer bleed people, to remove an evil psyche. But it's reasonable to expect that the U.S. smoker demographic is down to a hardcore more »
Smart British Empire Stocks: The Sun Never Sets
By Mark J. Foley and Tina Larsson - July 31, 2012
The British Empire once bestrode the world, and now there are smart plays in stocks from England, Australia and South America that do extensive business throughout the developing world.
Specializing in materials, real estate and securities exchange, three companies in particular stand out, with strong earnings and good strategic placement. They are listed on their home countries' exchanges, but also are available in the U.S., over the counter.
Anglo more »
What's Wrong with Dell Paying a Dividend?
By Larry Light - July 23, 2012 | Tickers: CSCO, DELL, MSFT, QSFT
Bravo to Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) for starting to pay a dividend. Last month, the company announced it will begin paying 8 cents per quarter to investors, resulting in a current yield of 2.6%. Dell's a bit late to the party, but good for it. Some, though, think this is a bad idea. They are wrong.
Critics prefer Dell to funnel its money mainly toward growth initiatives, more acquisitions more »
Don't Get Burned by Energy
By Alex Gurvich - July 6, 2012 | Tickers: XLE, SPY, SCO
This year was not kind to investors in the energy sector. And what's worse, it is not likely to get any better. Slowing world economies and a lack of frightening war headlines keep energy stocks down. But there are ways for investors to make money from this.
How far down is oil and other energy producer stocks? Energy is the worst-performing sector year to date, as measured by the more »
These Overseas Stocks Will Triumph
By Mark J. Foley and Tina Larsson - June 26, 2012 | Tickers: CIG, CI, TEVA, TBLMY.PK
As the U.S. dollar's appreciation continues, Americans' making money from foreign companies is tougher. But some overseas businesses are doing so well and have such great prospects that their stocks are worth buying, even if exchange rates don't favor them at the moment. There are three terrific companies from Brazil, South Africa and Israel that I have my eye on currently.
The dollar's surge is due more »
Amazon is Overvalued and on the Wane: Part II
By Kevin Flynn - May 25, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, RFMD, CRM, VMW, WMT |
In my last post, on Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), whose stock recently rallied on the back of a positive earnings surprise, I discussed some of the myths circulating to justify the stock's nosebleed valuation (185 times trailing earnings).
The online retailer does not deserve that multiple, and does not have a bright future. Here in Part II, we'll look at some facts about the company and crunch some numbers more »
Amazon Is Overvalued and On the Wane: Part III
By Kevin Flynn - May 23, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, BBY, WMT
With its huge stock-price run-up and sky-high multiple (178 times trailing warnings), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) looks like a strong growth prospect. Maybe for sales, but not for earnings. In my previous two posts, I punctured myths and presented unpleasant truths about the online retailer.
Here, we examine its outlook based on the numbers.
Let's make some reasonable, even generous assumptions. The first assumption is that Amazon can grow revenue more »
Amazon Is Overvalued and On the Wane: Part I
By Kevin Flynn - May 22, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, AAPL, KO |
Trees don't grow to the sky, and neither will Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). When a stock is priced for a stratospheric rise, it invites skepticism.
Yet the online retailer's recent first-quarter earnings of $0.28 per share, combined with revenue growth of 34% over the first quarter of 2011, easily beat analysts' expectations after Amazon had issued guidance to analysts for a probable loss. The stock soared on the more »
Amazon is Overvalued and on the Wane
By Kevin Flynn - May 11, 2012
Trees don't grow to the sky, and neither will Amazon. When a stock is priced for a stratospheric rise, it invites skepticism.
Sure, we order from Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), too. Who doesn't? Right now, that ubiquitous consumer use may make it seem invulnerable.
The online retailer's first-quarter earnings and revenue beat analysts' expectations after Amazon had issued guidance to analysts that there would be a loss. However more »
Take a Spring Break From Stocks
By George Clausen - April 13, 2012 | Tickers: STIP, SHY, AGG, TIP, MDY
Most market news is negative lately. Maybe it's time for the stock market to take off for spring break. A little sun and beach make a world of difference.
The bad news adds extra meaning to the old stock market adage: "Sell in May and go away." Make that mid-April.
Downgrades are happening again. On April 5, Egan Jones Rating Company downgraded the U.S. government debt from AA more »
Why Fundamental Indexes Are the Best
By Tom Gartner - March 22, 2012 | Tickers: ALXN, CSCO, MSFT, PRF
A new kind of index fund is outdoing the old variety, which is composed according to its underlying stocks' market capitalization.
Called a "fundamental" index fund, it fixes a longstanding defect of traditional index portfolios. The traditional variety forces exposure to a lot of hot stocks. Fundamental indexes – which are embodied in several exchange-traded funds -- place a bigger emphasis on boring but often more profitable stocks.
Over time, fundamental indexes more »
Why 2012's Market Will be Good
By Raul Elizalde - March 14, 2012 | Tickers: IWO, IWM, IWN, SPY
The market is doing well thus far this year. Will it swoon? Historical patterns say it will not.
Hollywood has a typical formula for movies. They start well so the audience knows what is at stake if things go wrong. Invariably they do, but whatever is lost is eventually recovered by the time the movie ends.
By that standard, the 2011 stock market followed a simple Hollywood script. The first more »
No Bull's-Eye for Target Date Funds
By Jeffrey Baumert, AIF - March 5, 2012
Target date funds are all the rage because they promise increasing safety as time goes by. Focused on a date you want to retire, say 2025, these funds gradually become more conservative, moving from concentrating on stocks to presumably less-risky bonds. In the fund trade, this shift is called the "glide path."
Trouble is, passengers would have a much better flight if some of these planes had better parts.
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Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas does not understand why the Europa League is valued so poorly in England.
"I respect the competition. I certainly think it is viewed as a punishment in England and I cannot understand why," said the Spurs boss, who won the competition when in charge of Portuguese side Porto.
"It's full of tradition, particularly in England, so that's what surprises me even more."
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers says moves have been made to tie some of the club's youngsters to new deals.
Teenagers Raheem Sterling, Suso and Andre Wisdom have broken into the first team this season, while other young players have also impressed.
"It's [new contracts] something we'll look at between now and the next few months," said Rodgers.
"There have been discussions with the club and with representatives, but it's at an early stage."
The Special Olympics GB 2013 National Summer Games will be held in Bath.
The National Summer Games take place every four years, and 1,700 athletes will compete in the event between 28 August and 1 September 2013.
"This will require a large amount of assistance and energy from the local population," Karen Wallin, Special Olympics GB's CEO, said.
The University of Bath will be the venue for the majority of the 12 sports which make up the event.
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Clubs who exploit "back-door funding" should be expelled from European competition, says Borussia Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke.
Uefa's new Financial Fair Play rules apply from the start of next season.
On Wednesday Dortmund face Manchester City, who have been transformed since 2008 by owner Sheikh Mansour's wealth.
"Uefa must find the thin line between sponsorship and excessive back-door funding - they must show strength to expel big clubs," urged Watzke.
Paul Lawrie says he wants to play in the 2014 Ryder Cup - not captain Europe in the match against the United States in his home country at Gleneagles.
"I don't see that in two years time I will be any less competitive than I am now. I would like to think that I would be even more competitive and a better player," said the 1999 Open winner.
"I am certainly going to be in all the top events for the next little while, so if I keep the performances up that I have had I am going to have a fair chance of getting in that team.
"To play in your home country in a Ryder Cup would be pretty special, so I will still be trying my hardest."
An equaliser for Zenit St Petersburg, who have come from two goals down at home to AC Milan. Roman Shirokov converts and there are 40 minutes remaining.
Newcastle United midfielder Yohan Cabaye admits he is yet to replicate the form he showed in his first year on Tyneside.
The France international, who has not scored in 2012-13, joined up with Newcastle four weeks late having played for his country during Euro 2012.
"My pre-season wasn't very good," Cabaye told BBC Newcastle.
"I need to keep working, keep playing and to be fit, because if you're not fit in England, it's really hard."
Hollywood star Bill Murray does not take kindly to reporters asking him questions at the Dunhill Links pro-am at St Andrews.
"These idiot interviews are going to stop now," he tells assembled journalists on the putting green.
"It's going to spoil my golf day if I talk to another moron. What's with you guys?"
Hulk scores for Zenit St Petersburg right on the stroke of half-time. 1-2 to AC Milan now, and a wide open second half expected in the early Champions League match of the day.
England Twenty20 captain Stuart Broad tweets: "Jet lag advice: keep busy. So I'm off to The City Ground for the Blackburn game! I think we're gonna score four! Come on boys!"
Bournemouth chairman Eddie Mitchell has ruled out the possibility of Harry Redknapp replacing Paul Groves as boss.
Groves lost his job as Bournemouth manager on Wednesday after winning just one league game this season.
Redknapp is currently working for the club as an advisor but Mitchell says he is not in the running for the job.
"There is no truth that I have offered him the job," Mitchell told BBC South. "His future is a lot higher, we are a Division One club."
Sixteen rivals remain at the latest entry stage for what is expected to be the unbeaten Frankel's final race, the Champion Stakes at Ascot.
Sir Henry Cecil's four-year-old, rated the best racehorse in the world, will seek his 14th straight victory.
Epsom and Irish Derby winner Camelot is still entered but runs in Sunday's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp.
Last year's winner Cirrus Des Aigles and Nathaniel, who has been ruled out of the Arc, are among potential rivals.
Carl Frampton's promoter Eddie Hearn appears to have ruled out any prospect of the Belfast fighter finally getting into the ring with Kiko Martinez.
Frampton has been scheduled to fight European champion Martinez on two previous occasions only for the Spaniard to pull out because of injury.
"It's difficult to build someone's career against somebody who is so unreliable," said Hearn.
"There are a couple of other interesting fights out there."
Former England captain Alec Stewart writes in his BBC Sport column that England must learn from the Kevin Pietersen saga:
"Whatever people may think of him as a person, and whatever they may believe or not believe about what has or hasn't happened, no-one can dispute that England are a better team with Pietersen in it.
"The past few weeks have been ugly and unnecessary and have not done anyone any favours. Pietersen will and should take the majority of the blame, but at the same time the dressing room and the hierarchy need to ask themselves why it was allowed to get to this.
"English cricket should learn a lesson from this sorry saga and ensure that nothing like this ever happens again."
Nottingham Panthers forward David Ling says he is still settling in despite hitting a hat-trick as his new side earned a 4-2 Elite League and Challenge Cup win over Cardiff Devils on Tuesday.
Ling scored twice in the opening period and once in the third, with Matt Francis also on target.
He told BBC Radio Nottingham: "It was coming. I was getting the chances, but they weren't going in.
"It was coming and it's nice to get the confidence rolling."
Minutes later AC Milan double their lead, Stephan El Shaarawi making it 2-0 in St Petersburg against Zenit.
In the early Champions League kick-off of the evening, AC Milan take the lead away to Zenit St Petersburg, and have Dutch winger Urby Emanuelson to thank for the goal: 1-0 to the Rossoneri.
Martin Kaymer, who holed the winning putt for Europe in the Ryder Cup on Sunday, hopes to continue his success in the Dunhill Links Championship starting on Thursday.
"The first time I played in the Ryder Cup [in 2010] I came [to St Andrews] a week later and won the Dunhill Links, and it would be nice to do that again," Kaymer said.
"After the wonderful ride and the journey last week it's time to focus on this week's tournament."
BBC Radio 5 live
A reminder about tonight's 5 live Sport with Mark Pougatch at 19:00 BST, which comes from the Etihad Stadium where we have live commentary on Manchester City's Champions League match with Borussia Dortmund. There are updates from Arsenal's game against Olympiakos at the Emirates and we also have reporters at the Championship fixtures between Middlesbrough-Derby and Nottingham Forest-Blackburn, the latter available as a live commentary on 5 live sports extra.
A new race in Texas has been confirmed on the MotoGP calendar for the weekend of 19-21 April 2013.
The race will take place at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, which will host a Formula 1 race next month.
Carmelo Ezpeleta, head of organisers Dorna, said: "We are excited to bring our series to an exceptional new facility in Texas."
The announcement leaves just another proposed new race in Argentina to be confirmed on 14 April.
Stuart Pearce reveals Raheem Sterling was close to a full international call-up later this month.
Pearce opted to select the 17-year-old Liverpool winger for the Under-21 play-offs against Serbia instead following lengthy discussions with Roy Hodgson.
"Roy Hodgson and I have had a long conversation, last night being the last time, and he is more than aware of the under-21s' key players," says Pearce. "What's certain is the players are at the centre of the decisions both Roy and I make."
Brendan Rodgers reveals the club has opened talks with Suso and Raheem Sterling over new contracts, report BBC Radio Merseyside.
Hosts Sri Lanka take on Pakistan in the World Twenty20 semi-finals on Thursday with captain Mahela Jayawardene desperate to claim his country's first trophy since the 1996 World Cup.
"Yes, we haven't won any of those - and it's a bit of a disappointment," says Jayawardene. "But we have to be in those big tournaments, and if we keep getting there we will win.
"Still we are two games away from getting to that title. We are extremely proud to be a part of a group that has been consistent throughout the tournament."
Steven Gerrard insists he will never give up hope of winning the Premier League title with Liverpool.
"I'm not really one who looks back, I look forward, and I am never going to give up fighting for the title," he says. "But I'm realistic about where the team is at the moment and how much hard work and improvement needs to be done if we are to compete for it.
"Have I got the time on my side? No. Is it impossible? No. Let's just see how the next two or three years go.
"I know I am good enough to play in a side to win the league and I know I am a good enough player to win the league but sometimes stuff is out of your control."
Peter Ridsdale insists his role at Preston will not be affected despite being banned from holding any company directorships for seven and a half years.
"I can confirm that I have agreed a voluntary undertaking not to act as a company director as a result of ongoing issues with a personal matter which occurred in 2009," he says.
"I am currently undertaking a role of 'Chairman of Football' at Preston North End but am not a director nor at any time have I sought to be one."
Paul Lawrie reveals being heckled by the American crowd during last week's Ryder Cup win made the victory sweeter.
"It's pretty tough when someone is screaming and blowing in your ear that you're a loser, but there's not much you can do," he says. "It makes it all the more satisfying on Sunday night when you're standing there with the Ryder Cup in front of you and they are not. I think it helps us, to be fair."
Kev Hegarty on Twitter: "If KP doesn't get picked for India because of "reintegration", what the hell is the point? A four month contract to not pick him?"
R&K Robinson on Twitter: "Harry Redknapp returns to Bournemouth in September. Manager Paul Groves gets the sack today. Coincidence?"
Rob on Twitter: "KP is a once in generation player, he has to play. The bores that don't like him obviously don't like entertaining cricket."
Raheem Sterling will have to wait for a first senior call-up as he is named in Stuart Pearce's England Under-21 squad for their play-off double header with Serbia. The 17-year-old has impressed for Liverpool and had interested Roy Hodgson.
Tottenham winger Andros Townsend and Manchester United midfielder Nick Powell are also in the 26-man squad.
Ben Amos (Hull City - loan from Manchester United), Jack Butland (Birmingham City), Declan Rudd (Norwich City), Jason Steele (Middlesbrough)
Ryan Bennett (Norwich City), Steven Caulker (Tottenham Hotspur), Nathaniel Clyne (Southampton), Craig Dawson (West Bromwich Albion), Tom Lees (Leeds United), Jack Rodwell (Manchester City), Danny Rose (Sunderland - loan from Tottenham Hotspur), Adam Smith (Tottenham Hotspur), Andre Wisdom (Liverpool)
Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Tom Ince (Blackpool), Henri Lansbury (Nottingham Forest), Jason Lowe (Blackburn Rovers), Josh McEachran (Middlesbrough - loan from Chelsea), Nick Powell (Manchester United), Jonjo Shelvey (Liverpool), Raheem Sterling (Liverpool), Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace)
Nathan Delfouneso (Blackpool - loan from Aston Villa), Marvin Sordell (Bolton Wanderers), Andros Townsend (Tottenham Hotspur), Connor Wickham (Sunderland)
Charlton chairman Michael Slater lodges a formal complaint relating to the conduct of Spanish police after revealing he was knocked unconscious prior to last month's Champions League clash between Real Madrid and Manchester City.
"I can confirm that I was assaulted by at least one police officer in Spain without any provocation at all," Slater, a Manchester City supporter, tells the Charlton Official Website.
"I have been in contact with the FA, and I am expecting them to take the matter up formally with UEFA."
Frenchman Sebastien Loeb is using retirement from his home race in 2011 as extra motivation to win the Rallye de France-Alsace this year and could win a record ninth world title if he does so.
"Like the fans who turned out to support me, I was disappointed to retire last year, but that kind of thing is also part and parcel of racing," he tells the team's
"I feel that there is some sort of revenge to take."
Midfielder Yohan Cabaye urges Newcastle to use the Europa League as a stepping stone towards more success just like he did at Lille.
"With Lille, we played for three or four years in the Europa League, and I think that competition helped us to win the French title and the French cup," he says ahead of the Magpies' match with Bordeaux on Thursday.
"It's important to play 100% in this competition to get more experience for the future.
"Now we have got the Europa League, so we have to play to win the game because we are playing at home."
Italian finance police raid Serie A club Napoli's head offices, taking away a number of documents in an investigation into possible foul play.
Valtteri Bottas is aiming to follow in the footsteps of fellow Finnish countrymen Keke Rosberg, Mika Hakkinen and Kimi Raikkonen as the Williams test driver continues to impress.
"I want to be the world champion some day," says the 23-year-old.
Former Manchester United striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer dismisses speculation linking him with the vacant manager's job at Blackburn. Solskjaer, 39, is currently managing of Norwegian champions Molde.
"It's the same as always - speculation," he says. "We have gone up this path before and it is only speculation.
"It will happen when it happens, that I have to pick up the phone to (Molde owner) Kjell Inge Rokke regarding a job offer, but I have not spoken to Blackburn as yet. I can not say any more about Blackburn now."
Paul Lawrie wants to captain the European team in the Ryder Cup one day but not in the 2014 event.
"I think the captain will be picked around February so by then I believe I will still be roughly where I am in the world rankings so I can't see them picking me as captain, and to be honest I'd rather play and give myself a chance of getting on the team," he says.
McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh does not believe Lewis Hamilton's move to Mercedes will give him a major performance advantage when new engine regulations are introduced in 2014.
"Lewis knows that we are strong team if you measure us over the short, medium or long-term," says Whitmarsh.
Hamilton worked with Ross Brawn, who helped designed the Mercedes car, prior to 2010.
Frank Lampard wants Chelsea to qualify for the Champions League knockout stages with two games to spare after Tuesday's 4-0 win in Nordsjaelland.
"It is important now that, our next couple of games, we try and get wins again and then we will have that foot into the next stage," he says.
Patrice Evra wants Manchester United fans to remember they have Wayne Rooney as well as Robin van Persie up-front.
"Robin's an amazing player and that's good but people mustn't forget what Wayne Rooney has done for this club," says Evra. "He's a big, massive player and looked really sharp last night.
"When someone new comes, everyone is excited and forgets the old things. But Wazza will show it to everyone."
Novak Djokovic reaches the China Open quarter-finals after beating Carlos Berlocq of Argentina 6-1, 6-3.
Ravi Bopara is the latest name to sign a new one-year contract with Essex, despite a poor season. Bopara has just returned from a disappointing World Twenty20.
"It has been a tough summer for Ravi but we want to keep him at Essex for as long as we can because of the ability he possesses," says coach Paul Grayson. "He is able to give some massive performances for Essex next season and I'm delighted he has signed a new contract."
MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner confirms he will return from injury at the Japanese Grand Prix on 14 October. Stoner has missed the last three races after breaking his right ankle in a crash during qualifying at Indianapolis in August.
Burnley youngster Jack Errington will not play again this season after learning he faces surgery to correct a heart problem. The 17-year-old defender was found to have an enlarged aorta during routine heart screening and further tests confirm he will require an operation to safeguard his future well-being.
Former Bari defender Andrea Masiello, 26, is given a suspended 22-month prison sentence after admitting he deliberately scored an own goal to help local rivals Lecce avoid relegation from Serie A in May last year.
Castleford chief executive Steve Ferres is urging fans to attend "one of the most important events in their 86-year history" to detail the challenges the club are facing.
"There isn't any doubt that the club is in a precarious position and one that cannot be resolved quickly or easily," he says. "It is now time to be honest with the fans."
More from you on the Kevin Pietersen saga, via #bbcsportsday.
Asim Zaman on Twitter: "What was all this fuss about KP then, if no derogatory texts..."
Spencer Murphy on Twitter: "On a serious note, we all know KP was a naughty boy. However, the hierarchy forgave him. Please now get over it England fans!"
Gethin Stone on Twitter: "Pietersen takes England from being a good team to a great one, no other batsman in the team with more experience or ability."
Jonathan Agnew, BBC Test Match Special
Via Twitter: "ECB will claim overwhelming win. No IPL/Test clash. Available for ODI and T20. Short term contract to ensure KP works hard at team ethic."
Borussia Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke wants clubs that exploit "back-door funding" to be expelled from European competition. Watzke wants sponsorship deals investigated to ensure all clubs conform to the incoming financial fair play guidelines of European governing body Uefa. Dormund play Manchester City in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Preston chairman Peter Ridsdale is banned from acting as a company director for seven-and-a-half years, due to his conduct as a director of WH Sports Group Limited, according to a report on the Cabinet Office website. Ridsdale was previously chairman at Leeds United, Barnsley and Cardiff City.
Former England captain Bob Willis is surprised the ECB have accepted that Kevin Pietersen did not send derogatory texts about Andrew Strauss to AB de Villiers and Dale Steyn.
"I find it flabbergasting that Pietersen can convince the ECB that he didn't say anything derogatory about the England captain," he tells Sky Sports News. "What on earth was all the fuss about? These texts were called "provocative" by the ECB. So if they're provocative there must have been some criticism of somebody."
Former England captain Faye White gives birth to her first child, an 8lbs boy called Lukas.
"I'm really happy for her and (White's fiance) Keith. Faye had a fantastic England career and this is an exciting new chapter in her life. I know she will be a brilliant mum," says women's coach Hope Powell.
Frankie Dettori is delighted at the prospect of riding Camelot in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp on Sunday.
"What an opportunity and honour to be asked to ride the Guineas and Derby winner in the Arc - a couple of the main horses haven't made the race, so he's right there at the top of the betting. I've ridden in 25 Arcs in a row, which is a pretty good record, so I'm looking forward to it and am pretty excited. The Arc will be his absolute cup of tea," the jockey tells Racing UK.
Anton Ferdinand thanks QPR fans for their support during the recent Premier League match against Chelsea at Loftus Road.
Ferdinand faced John Terry for the first time on a football field since the former England captain was cleared by Westminster Magistrates' Court of racially abusing the QPR defender during a match at Loftus Road in October 2011. "The club on the whole, the lads and all the fans have given me incredible support. The backing I've been given is something I will never forget," says Ferdinand.
Sharkastic via Twitter: "This Pietersen saga has been going on for longer than a Test match. Typical cricket."
Annie Avri via Twitter: "Oh, they handled it? Is that what it's called? Back in the day I thought it was called bottling it."
Stuart Mitchell via Twitter: "Four months to reintegrate KP? Can't they just have an England team 'Come Dine With Me' instead?"
McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton refuses to discuss his high-profile move to Mercedes next year at a sponsor's event before this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix.
He does tell the event in Tokyo that he is looking forward to racing at the figure-of-eight Suzuka track on Sunday: "It's one of the real racers' circuits. It's a track that I have not won on before so I'll try to get that win."
Seven Essex players sign new contracts with the club, including all-rounder Graham Napier, batsman Mark Pettini and fast bowler Maurice Chambers.
"Successful teams flow in cycles and we now have an amazing crop of talented youngsters maturing together. I believe they provide the platform for us to achieve many honours in the years to come," chief executive David East says.
South African Ernie Els admits that the Presidents Cup is behind the Ryder Cup in terms of prestige and interest. The Presidents Cup is a team tournament between the United States and international golfers outside of Europe.
"I think even non-golfers watch the Ryder Cup - it's really on a very different platform than the Presidents Cup at the moment," he says.
Bournemouth part company with manager Paul Groves and assistant Shaun Brooks. The south-coast club have won just one of their 10 league games this season.
Mark Costin via Twitter: "Did Pietersen add 'honest guv' at the end of his sentence about not saying anything derogatory in the deleted texts?"
Gavin Harris via Twitter: "Answer to the Pietersen saga is easy. Give the rest of the squad his mobile number and let them text their 'thoughts' to him."
Ian Blake via Twitter: "Can we go back in time a couple weeks and reintegrate him into the T20 team?"
Let us know your thoughts on Kevin Pietersen's 'reintegration' via Twitter using the hashtag #bbcsportsday.
Blackpool manager Ian Holloway says Tom Ince would feature regularly for England team if he was playing in the Premier League.
"Lord knows what he could do with an England shirt on his back now. His end product is absolutely top, top drawer."
Michael Vaughan, BBC Test Match Special
Via Twitter: "Reintegration is (not) a word I thought I would ever hear around the England cricket team...."
Olympic gold medallist Peter Charles withdraws from this week's Horse of the Year Show in Birmingham after groin surgery.
"I have to give my injury time to heal following surgery, which is going to require a few weeks' rest," he says.
South Africa coach Heyneke Meyer keeps faith with the same starting team for the meeting with newly-crowned Rugby Championships winners New Zealand in the final round.
Centre Jaco Taute continues in the No. 13 jersey after making his debut in the 31-8 win over Australia in Pretoria. Prop Coenie Oosthuizen in on the replacements bench after recovering from a neck injury.
Andy Murray will face Stanislas Wawrinka in the quarter-finals of the Japan Open after the Swiss number two beat France's Jeremy Chardy 7-6 (7-1) 6-7 (6-7) 7-5.
Barcelona say captain Carles Puyol will be out for eight weeks with an elbow injury suffered in the 2-0 Champions League Group G win against Benfica on Tuesday.
Somerset spinner Abdur Rehman receives a 12-week suspension from the England and Wales Cricket Board after testing positive for cannabis.
Rav Sunda via Twitter: "ECB have bottled it and shown us that KP is bigger than the national team #jokers."
Neil Marshall via Twitter: "Is KP's reintegration process like induction? He's got to sing karoke and spend half an hour in a cupboard with Boycott?"
Bibhash Dash via Twitter: "ai ai ai...never before have I seen so many cricket updates on the Sportsday feed! Football must be feeling quite lonely today."
Jonathan Agnew, BBC Test Match Special
Via Twitter: "In 35 years in cricket I have never heard of the need for a 'reintegration process'."
Should Kevin Pietersen be reintegrated back into the England cricket team, and should he play in the Test series in India? Have the ECB dealt with what Pietersen calls a "horrible situation" well? What does KP need to do to "reintegrate" himself?
Let us know via Twitter using the hashtag #bbcsportsday.
Jonathan Agnew, BBC Test Match Special
Via Twitter: "So a 4 month plan to reintegrate KP to England team. Process to be overseen by Flower. Odds are KP will be in India. Commits till 2015."
ECB chairman Giles Clarke says England team director Andy Flower led the process of Kevin Pietersen's reintegration into the squad: "The England team director has himself determined the start of this process.
"We would not be entering into this process if the England team director, the England team management and everyone at the ECB was not as fully committed to this process as Kevin is."
ECB chairman Giles Clarke: "Kevin has signed a contract with the ECB today which is a central contract. That central contract is for a period of time and that central contract on the completion of the reintegration programme will then be extended until the 30th September this coming year."
Kevin Pietersen apologises again for his behaviour, but reiterates that he did not share sensitive tactical information with the South African players: "I'd like to take this opportunity to apologise to my team-mates, all England supporters and the ECB for the situation that has arisen over the last couple of months.
"Thankfully we have drawn a line under it and can move forward. Although it has been made clear in the statement, I'd like to make it clear that at no time did I share tactical information with any of the South Africans."
Kevin Pietersen on his hope of representing England in the future: "I am committed to completing the reintegration process we have agreed over the coming weeks and resuming my England career in all formats, hopefully until the World Cup in 2015, as long as my body allows.
"I want my son growing up seeing me playing for England and I hope one day he will put an England shirt on himself."
US Open champion Andy Murray maintains his impressive form in the defence of his Japan Open title with a straight-set victory over Lukas Lacko.
Murray, 25, needs 57 minutes to beat his Slovakian opponent 6-1 6-2. He will play Stanislas Wawrinka in the third round.
ECB chairman Giles Clarke: "Kevin has signed a central contract today. Andy Flower will determine the progress of the reintegration process. It could be soon, it could be much later."
Kevin Pietersen: "It's been a horrible situation for all involved, but it is time to move forward. All being well I'll be back in an England shirt as soon as possible."
BBC Racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght: "The Epsom Derby winner Camelot has been confirmed as a definite runner in Sunday's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe with Frankie Dettori riding."
Adam Mountford, BBC Test Match Special
"Kevin Pietersen and Giles Clarke have arrived. Press conference live on BBC 5 live shortly."
A statement from the England and Wales Cricket Board on the future of Kevin Pietersen: "ECB and Kevin Pietersen confirm that agreement has been reached concerning a process for his reintegration into the England team during the remainder of 2012. Upon completion of the programme, the England Selectors will consider Kevin for future matches.
"Kevin Pietersen has apologised to Andrew Strauss and wishes to express to all those who support England his regrets at the impact the recent controversies have had on the England Team. He now wishes to put the events of the summer behind him and to focus on regaining his place in the England Team."
Former Bari defender Andrea Masiello reaches a plea bargain for a 22-month suspended sentence for match-fixing after admitting that he scored an own-goal to help Lecce stay in Serie A.
Andy Murray wins the first set of his round two match against Slovakia's Lukas Lacko at the Japan Open.The US Open champion takes the set 6-1 in just 25 minutes.
BBC Sport's Pat Murphy: "It had been thought that Pietersen may be drafted back in to the squad for the Test series in India, but it's looking more likely that his return - when confirmed - would be for the T20 matches there.
"Pietersen will be given the chance to state his case for a return to the England Test squad, when the players gather at a holding camp in the United Arab Emirates later this month."
Kevin Pietersen is due to appear at a news conference at 11:30 BST on Wednesday where his England future is expected to be outlined.
The 32-year-old batsman was dropped for sending "provocative" text messages to opposing players during the Test series against South Africa.
Andy Murray has only been on court 17 minutes but the Scot is already 5-0 ahead in his round two match against Slovakia's Lukas Lacko at the Japan Open.
Kettering Town attracted the lowest crowd in the team's history last night.
Thirty-four people attended their 2-0 win over Peterborough Northern Star in the Northants Hillier Senior Cup - a competition for local sides. The Poppies, who were relegated two divisions in the summer from the Blue Square Bet Premier to the Southern League Premier amid financial problems, have been attracting crowds of around 400 for league games.
Andy Murray races into a 3-0 lead in the first set of his round two match against Slovakia's Lukas Lacko at the Japan Open.
Adrian Morley says he intends to savour the experience of captaining Warrington Wolves in Saturday's Grand Final against former club Leeds Rhinos (1800 BST) as he approaches the end of his career.
The 35-year-old will play on for the Wire next season but is aware his time at the top is nearly at an end. "Everyone enjoys them but I think I savour these occasions more because I am at the end of my career," he tells BBC North West Tonight. "I really will soak it up this week."
Match coverage: Live commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio Merseyside, BBC Radio Manchester, BBC Radio Leeds; highlights on BBC Two on Sunday 17:00-18:00 BST; score updates on BBC Sport website.
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Tonight's 5 live Sport with Mark Pougatch at 1900 BST comes from the Etihad, where we have live commentary of Manchester City's Champions League match against Borussia Dortmund from Mike Ingham, with Mark Lawrenson providing the summaries.
Darren Fletcher is at the Emirates to bring you updates on Arsenal against Olympiakos and we also have reporters at the Championship matches between Middlesbrough-Derby and Nottingham Forest-Blackburn, the latter available as a live commentary on 5 live sports extra.
Wigan manager Roberto Martinez fined £10,000 by Football Association after he admits a charge of misconduct in relation to media comments made after his side's game against Manchester United on 15 September.
Martinez, who requested a personal hearing, is also warned as to his future conduct.
Andy Murray is about to start his round two game with Slovakia's Lukas Lacko at the Japan Open. Stay here for all the latest news.
Patrice Evra tells Manchester United's in-house television channel MUTV that's the team's habit of conceding first in games is a "bad habit".
"We just need to be focused on trying to score first and making sure we control the game," says the full-back. "It's not a worry (conceding first) but I will say it's a bad habit."
Looking ahead ot Sunday's game at Newcastle, Evra adds: "I think last year was a disaster at Newcastle. We played very badly and lost 3-0. This year it's going to be really important. We've already lost against Tottenham and have to react. We must have a big reaction against Newcastle but it's not an easy game."
Maria Sharapova eased into the last 16 at the China Open with a straight sets victory over Sorana Cirstea. The 25-year-old second seed beat the world number 29 6-2 6-2 to set up a meeting with Slovenia's Polona Hercog.
Switzerland's Romina Oprandi beat former world number one Ana Ivanovic 6-4 6-3 to reach the last eight.
Ivanovic said: "I struggled to find my rhythm, especially on the forehand. The ball was coming without much pace. Unforced errors made a difference."
As news is awaited of whether Epsom Derby winner Camelot will run in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, stablemate Imperial Monarch has been withdrawn by trainer Aidan O'Brien at the latest forfeit stage.
Sixteen horses remain in Sunday's race at Longchamp. Camelot was due to have a gallop on Wednesday at his Ballydoyle training base in County Tipperary before a decision about his participation is made.
Best football strike partnership in the world? Let us know at #bbcsportsday
Gerald on Twitter: "Wayne & Robin? Nothing compares to the front of Barca. But let's see in the future."
Edson Madeira on Twitter: "Perhaps not a strike partnership but the Podolski + Carzola partnership looks very good."
Niken Patel on Twitter: "Rooney and RVP link up was good to see, but I doubt anyone will ever be able to emulate the partnership of Cole & Yorke."
There was jubilation in Belarus after underdogs BATE Borisov staged a second straight upset in the Champions League on Tuesday night, BBC Monitoring reports.
"Europe is shocked!" said a headline on Belarusian sports website Football.by after the club defeated last year's runners-up Bayern Munich 3-1 in Minsk. "It's a new reality," proclaimed Pressball. "This is fantastic," said BATE coach Viktar Hancharenka. "We must have been born under a lucky star."
Two weeks ago, BATE scored its first-ever win in the Champions League by defeating Lille, also 3-1. The club play their European matches in the capital Minsk due to the low capacity of the City Stadium in Borisov.
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England women's captain Charlotte Edwards believes she has the side to beat New Zealand on Thursday and progress to the World T20 final for the second time in its three-year history.
"We've worked towards this for 18 months," says Edwards. "We want to be in that final on Sunday and we know that if we play our best cricket we should be there. But we all know about the T20 format and we're going to have to play 120 balls in both innings better than the Kiwis, which I believe we can do."
Coverage: Test Match Special on air with ball-by-ball commentary from 0945 BST on 5 live sports extra.
Managerless Blackburn can go second in the Championship table if they win at Nottingham Forest later. A second league victory on the road will equal the total Rovers achieved in the whole of last season's ill-fated Premier League campaign.
In Tuesday's action, Cardiff beat Birmingham to go top which brought this reaction from Bluebirds manager Malky Mackay: "On another night we should have been out of sight.
"We had four or five chances flashing across their goals that we should have despatched and made it a comfortable last 20 minutes, as opposed to where a hopeful ball into our box could have caused a problem."
Andy Murray will be on court at the Japan Open following the conclusion of Jeremy Chardy's game with Stanislas Wawrinka. Switzerland's Wawrinka took the first set 7-6 before Chardy hit back to edge the second 7-6. The third has just started.
Roberto Di Matteo warns Chelsea they face an uphill battle to retain their Champions League crown after they left it late to take control of Group E.
Despite seeing off FC Nordsjaelland 4-0, manager Di Matteo says: "There are no pushovers in the Champions League - look at Bayern losing, and United having to come back."
England fall two places down the Fifa world rankings to number five. Spain still head the rankings as South American teams surge into the top 10 after playing 2014 World Cup qualifiers last month. Scotland drop to 56th with Wales one place below. NorthernIreland are 117th.
Best strike forces in world football right now after Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie hit it off from the start in the Champions League? Let us know at #bbcsportsday
AJ Morley on Twitter: "Look no further than Barca's front 6. Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Villa, Pedro, Cesc. Yes please!"
Jackson Shuttleworth on Twitter: "The striking partnership is becoming a dying force with more and more teams favouring to play one up front."
Francesco Vernava on Twitter: "Tevez and Aguero? Deadly at the back end of last season."
Reigning MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner will return from injury at the Japanese Grand Prix on 14 October. Stoner, 26, has missed the last three races after breaking his ankle in a crash in qualifying in Indianapolis.
The Australian says: "It's been another quiet week here in Australia. I've been resting, having some physio and following doctor's orders to recover. The good news is that I feel I can race in Motegi and will be rejoining my team next week - I can't wait."
Liverpool defender Daniel Agger says he is happy to keep playing with a minor fracture in his kneecap.
"I feared the worst when it happened," Agger tells the Liverpool Echo. "I thought it was a bad one and that I would be out for months. But, thankfully, it was just a really hard knock to the knee. I've got a small fracture in the bone but it's only a minor thing. It's not a problem."
The Denmark international suffered the injury in the 2-1 defeat to Manchester United on 23 September but recovered to play in Liverpool's 5-2 win at Norwich six days later.
Third-seed Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia rallied to beat Gilles Simon of France 4-6 6-3 6-1 in round one at the Japan Open. Andy Murray is due on court later to face Slovakia's Lukas Lacko in round two.
Leeds player Carl Ablett says he still gets excited about the Super League Grand Final despite the success the team has enjoyed down the years at Old Trafford.
"Being back at Old Trafford is brilliant and you can sense it is a big week," adds Ablett. "We had a great win against Wigan last week but we know we face a really tough test against Warrington this week."
Leeds face Warrington at 1800 BST on 6 October.
Wayne Rooney warns his team-mates they must stop falling behind in games after Manchester United suffer another scare.
Sir Alex Ferguson's side conceded the first goal in Tuesday's 2-1 Champions League win over CFR Cluj - the sixth time this season it has happened.
"It is not nice and it is something that we have to stop because we cannot afford to keep letting teams get a head start on us, especially in the Champions League because it is difficult to win the game anyway," says Rooney.
Andy Murray is due on court later Wednesday morning to face Slovakia's Lukas Lacko in round two of the Japan Open. Stay here for all the latest from the match.
Batsman Wes Durston, 31, commits to Derbyshire after signing a three-year contract with the second division champions.
"This is as tight-knit a squad as I've known throughout my career and I'm delighted to be remaining a part of it for the foreseeable future," says Durston.
Durston's Derbyshire team-mates Ross Whiteley, Tony Palladino and Jonathan Clare also penned three-year deals this week.
"People underestimate Celtic. I don't think we get the respect we deserve but that might change a few attitudes." So says manager Neil Lennon after his team's excellent 3-2 victory over Spartak Moscow in the Champions League.
On former Scunthorpe striker Gary Hooper, 24, who scored the Scottish club's first goal: "I thought he was world class. I thought he was just magnificent and the catalyst for a lot of good things we did.
"People keep asking me about him playing for England. Well, I think he showed how good he is."
Sir Alex Ferguson left Transylvania a happy man after Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney hit it off from the start to earn Manchester United a 2-1 win against Cluj
Rooney - starting with Van Persie for the first time - set up both goals for the Netherlands striker. So can the Rooney-Van Persie partnership flourish to become the best in the world? What is the best strike force in world football right now?
Let us know at #bbcsportsday
BBC cricket producer Adam Mountford reports: "Kevin Pietersen and the ECB chairman Giles Clarke are expected to appear at a press conference in Colombo today where details of Pietersen's return to the England fold will be revealed. It is possible Pietersen could be added to the England squad for the tour of India starting later this month."
We start with three stories which have made it into our football gossip column.
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson plans to watch Borussia Dortmund striker Robert Lewandowski, 24, in action against Manchester City on Wednesday ahead of a potential summer move. The Scot is considering selling winger Nani, 25, and centre-forward Javier Hernandez, 24, to fund the deal. (Daily Telegraph)
Manchester City football development executive Patrick Vieira scouted striker Stevan Jovetic, 22, during Fiorentina's 2-1 defeat by Inter Milan on Sunday. (talkSPORT)
Carlo Ancelotti renews speculation that Ashley Cole could move Paris Saint-Germain next summer. (Guardian)
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As well as reaction to Celtic's remarkable Champions League victory in Russia against Spartak Moscow - along with victories for Manchester United and Chelsea - we set the scene as Manchester City welcome German champions Borussia Dortmund to the Etihad Stadium while Arsenal host Olympiakos.
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Do jails (Gaols) rehabilitate?
People who commit crimes will sometimes find themselves serving time in a penal institution, whereby they will be punished for their crime and may after a qualifying period be set free back into society.
Western society has differing versions of punishment, eg some countries/states have the death penalty for crimes while some other countries will chop off the hand of a thief for their first offence and then the other if they do it again. I have heard in countries with this practice that their rate of theft is way down.
Conversely I have also heard that the death penalty does not deter people from committing the crime... clearly they are very sorry ...when they are caught.
Also I have heard that some criminals cannot be rehabilitated, eg child molestors, tho in some cultures castration will remedy this'
In a recent American jail documentary I saw, there were two different environments portrayed for offenders. One was in a traditional jail with the prisoners dominating weaker inmates, while the other was very military oriented with prisoners ridden hard by their jailors with strict codes of practice enforced.... the outcomes were incidentally overwhelmingly in favour of the military styled environment in terms of rehabilitive members.
My debate here for TED members revolves around the present status quo for their country/state with regard to prison terms and systems for rehabilitation and what in their opinion would create the ideal system for rehabilitation of offenders! Notwithstanding, measures for dealing with preventative measures which would see for example the over represented numbers of offenders who were affected by or motivated by drugs at the time of their offence : D
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Thanks to everybody involved for their time, effort, wisdom, experiences and contributions here.
My interpretation in conclusion. is that, jails do not rehabilitate but possibly instead further steep an individual into criminal institutilisation. Money appears to be more at the focus in terms of privatisation and it does seem a MASSIVE overhaul needs to be made in terms of punishment, jailing and criminal behaviour.
It seems that the nurturing/ developing years that a child is raised in are often the breeding ground but also the place to nip in the bud, criminality.
Some programs in jails designed to foster rehabilitation work for some people, as there are people who do care about this. Others will rehabilitate themselves due to wanting to break free of incarceration, tho this may come with maturity and reflection.
On the other side of the equation, if someone who has been rehabilitated after doing their time and paying the price for their crimes/s, they are then further punished by being discriminated against when seeking employment, thus setting up the potential for re-offending.
Many conversations on TED have revolved around this theme and it is unfortunate that there is not some better way (at the moment, I am going to have a crack at exploring our options) of better utilising the ponderings and ideas developed to be subsequently ideas worth spreading into society.
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Jul 18 2013: Time Traveller,
I'm wondering if you have tapped into all the other TED conversations that deal with incarceration/rehabilitation? There have been a few very long discussions on this topic, which might give you more information.
I would love to see jails/prisons/correctional facilities operate as self sustaining villages, with offenders actively taking part in the operation of the village. This may give them experience in learning skills which they may be able to use when/if they get out.
One of the facilities I worked in, while volunteering with the dept. of corrections for 6 years, had a mechanic shop, woodworking shop, gardens, etc. We could see the difference with offenders who were active in these programs, because their motivation and attitude was improved as they participated in "cognitive self change" sessions and other programs. They need to learn skills that might help sustain them, otherwise, as we know, they will often re-offend.
Many facilities in the US are now privatized, which does not support rehabilitation. It has become a big business, so there is no motivation to rehabilitate. The privatized facilities would be cutting their profits if they rehabilitated offenders.
I honestly did not witness "reflection and lack of freedom in jail creating the rehabilitation". There needs to be more motivation than that, because many offenders are not thinking about consequences. Many times their actions/reactions/behaviors are knee jerk reactions.
You ask in your comment below..."...identify how to, for those impossible to rehabilitate, options to keep them away from society so society will be safer."
There are some tracking processes which help identify offenders among us in society, like the sexual offender registry, which is public information and available to all of us.
Jul 20 2013: Hi Colleen, no I haven't seen or was aware or know how to easily find all the relevant other post topics that relate to this one and incarceration!
Admittedly, I haven't tried too hard to search either, however in another post by Jimmy (Strobl ?) I had mentioned via his topic of ways on improving TED, that there should be some sort of key word link setup that would engage the other relevant posts so that they could be incorporated.In this way, duplication would be minimised and topics would go deeper and give better informed/discussed answers.
I think that part of what TED could/should be is a growing repository of ideas that are worth spreading, initially via this seed germinating and development of the idea to the point that it is then ready to be taken further afield and adopted in mainstream society for those ideas that are good enough/warrented and deserving/worthwhile! : D
Jul 20 2013: Hi Again TT,
Near the top of this page on the left side, you see "Popular Topics"? If you click on one of those, you get a list of more topics, and that is one way to connect with other talks on the subject.
I clicked on "jail" and "prison" to get these, and I am pretty sure there are more "out there"....perhaps under a different category.
Good idea to develop ideas and take them into mainstream society. I guess I'm going backwards....I worked in the system for quite awhile, and I'm bringing information to TED..
Jul 20 2013: Here are a couple more I thought of TT:>)
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Two years ago a mother gave birth to a baby girl and then three weeks later abandoned the baby to her stepfather. Now authorities say they've located that mother, and she may be returning to claim her daughter after all this time. Little Haddile has already had an unstable life. She was removed from her stepfather's care over abuse charges and has been living with a foster family. Her foster parents would like to adopt her, but they may never get the chance.
This story raises some uncomfortable questions about what rights a birth mother should have. If you abandon your baby, can you really return two years later and claim your child again? How long is too long to reunite with your child? What about the people who have been loving and caring for the child, and what about the child's attachment to them?
The case is even more complicated because while the baby was born in Sweden, the mother is French-Algerian and has been living in France. I have no idea what the laws in either country are, but I'm alarmed for the little girl regardless.
Haddile's case worker says he doesn't know what her birth parents' intentions are -- whether they want to take the girl back home with them, or if they just want to meet her. A DNA test was conducted to prove that they are indeed her parents, so that's not in question. We don't know why her parents abandoned her, either. Perhaps the baby was actually the result of an affair, and the mother fled because she was afraid her husband (the stepfather) would be angry with her. But still, why leave the baby behind?
So many questions. But the most important one is what's best for the 2-year-old. Kids are resilient, but her mother missed out on some key developmental phases. Haddile has lived with her foster parents for most of her life, so she's probably firmly attached to them. Tearing her from that family would be traumatic for her. Again, I have no idea if the birth mother wants to claim her daughter or not, but I hope for Haddile's sake, she stays with the family who wanted her all along, and who has been loving her all this time.
Do you think a mother should be able to reclaim a baby she abandoned years ago?
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without knowing the circumstances of why this child was abandoned (it could range from 'mom didn't want a baby' to 'mom was protecting baby from an abusive home life' and everything in between) i can't really say. but i think @michelephant is right - if she didn't give up her rights, i would imagine legally she still has claim to her child. of course, not being the US, i'm not sure of the legality of the whole situation anyway. but i think something like this should never be addressed with a 'blanket solution', but rather each case would need to be looked at for the circumstances surrounding it.
Off the top of my head I'd say they shouldn't give someone more than 3 or 4 months to reconsider. It's in the best interest of the baby and society to find her good permanent parents as soon as possible not wallow around trying to find a birth mother who isn't even bothering to check in on her.
I'm sorry but she left her baby with someone who abused her. How is she a good parent, compared to the family that has been raising the baby and taking care of all it's needs. Just because she birthed this little one into the world doesn't mean she has it's best interests at heart.
How is abandoning your child not giving up your rights?? Seems to me that the best thing for the child would be for her to be adopted by her foster parents.
Agree with CPN322. And chigirl it sounds like you are misinformed. While you are right that foster care is intended to be temporary there are many foster parents that get into it to adopt. Sadly I know many wonderful foster families that have had their babies taken from their REAL mother's arms to be placed with their egg donor that could care less about them. We need to quit worrying about what is best for the parents and concentrate on what is best for the children. There is no circumstance in the world where I would abandon my son. Unless that lady had amnesia there is no excuse and even if that is the case it is not best to take that child from everything she knows to make the bio mom feel better.


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Recent leaks about surveillance efforts by the secretive National Security Agency have sparked a wide range of questions during the last week over online privacy, or lack thereof, as well as possible violations of the Constitution. But at this stage, the exact methods employed by the nation's top intelligence agencies to gather information in the interest of national security are still fuzzy.
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- AlkieGourmand Jun 12, 2012 12:55 AM
I tried the new downtown location of Mo Chica. I was disappointed. I liked the old Mo Chica much better. The new Mo Chica lacks charm. It has the Border Grill sort of faux Latin feel to it. It has a small plates concept. Whatever. I'm not aware of any small plates restaurants in Peru.
The menu is printed on annoying rectangular cards that are grossly inferior to normal menus, which are ubiquitous for the simple reason that they work well.
Solterito. A tasty but tiny little salad with pea tendrils, lima beans, corn, and feta. Maybe 175 calories. This is meant for sharing? Everybody gets two pea tendrils, three lima beans, and three kernels of corn. Enjoy!
Anticucho de pulpo. The octopus was about average. It was served with potatoes and a jalapeno sauce. There was nothing interesting about this dish.
Aji de gallina. Below average. Small portion. No rice! (I didn't even see rice on the menu, but it was hard to understand.) Rubbery, overcooked chicken. Average sauce. Even the quail eggs seemed subpar. This is the sort of thing that a decent home cook can top on his or her first try.
I find it surprising to say this, but I wouldn't go back. The food quality was about on par with Mas Malo across the street.
Wow, what a disappointing report. I have not yet tried the new MC, but have walked by and definitely see what you mean by the "faux Latin feel". I would also note that the prices seem to have tripled for some items since the move, which I guess is to be expected.
I really regret not making the trip down to Mercado La Paloma more often when I had the chance, the original MC really embodied everything that I love about the food scene in this city. It's a shame they couldn't keep it open.
re: ronsilverado
Disapointing. Was going to host a rotating monthly downtown lunch next week. Where instead? Have done Lazy Ox, Spice Table, Botegga. Need something cool but price wise about the same as Spice.
re: Thor123
If you want to be able to have a conversation, don't go to Louie Botegga.
Interesting, I was just reading KevinEats.com's review of the place: http://www.kevineats.com/2012/06/mo-c.... He had a generally positive experience.
Not sure if I want to try it for myself, just wished I had tried the original Mo-Chica.
re: PeterCC
Possibly his review could be going easy on him or he is easier to satisfy. Hard to say but differing perspectives never make choosing a restaurant easy.
re: PeterCC
Don't be too hard on yourself. The experience at the original location had seriously degraded from what it was a few years back.
re: downastro
Degraded how? Quality of the food? It seemed to me last I was there that the service was struggling to keep up with its popularity, but the food always seemed consistent.
One reason we loved the original Mochica was the quaintness (tiny space, Japanese hair lady, the feel of eating in a Tiajuana indoor market). This is gone. If I were to go back to the old Mochica location and see that empty stall, I may start to tear up.
FWIW, it looks to me like you didn't order well. I've never had an aji de gallina that I really liked and the solterito is also something I doubt I'd order. There are much more interesting items on the menu.
We happened to go to the new Mo Chica for lunch yesterday. We really enjoyed the food and service, but the room lacks the charm that I've come to associate with ethnic SoCal places. I like everything from Din Sin World and Don Adrian to even Mexicali Taco, Natas Pastries, and Handsome Coffee Roasters.. But the new Mo-Chica just feels like it's trying too hard, in a NorCal kind of way.
After living for many years in NYC and London, I've come to love the relaxed lack of preciousness and over-thought design you get here, even among some trendy places. Unfortunately that doesn't describe the new Mo-Chica.
re: Peripatetic
While I love their cemitas poblanas without reservation I hope you weren't saying you enjoy the "charm" of the room at Don Adrian's...It has all the charm of a scale model downtown LA Greyhound Bus Station... ;-D>
I wanted to add a link to the piece that Chris Erskine (Man About Town) of the LA Times did on Mercado la Paloma (Mo-Chica is included as part of the story) whose writing is so very enjoyable and who has that "skewed" view that makes it all fresh and funny: http://articles.latimes.com/print/201...
It's not like the food was bad; I certainly wouldn't discourage anyone from eating there. I just thought the whole experience, and the food in particular, was worse than at the original Mo Chica. I was particularly annoyed by the small plates. They were not particularly refined, nor were they particularly suited for small plates. For example, I felt that the aji de gallina was a much smaller and clearly inferior version of the same dish at the original Mo Chica, which I recall being around the same price. I'm annoyed by the fact that they took a good, traditional dish, served a much smaller and inferior version of it without rice and without any discernible attempt at refinement, and charged the same price. All they did was overcook the chicken, remove the rice, and serve a quarter of the original portion. "Small plates" -- what a joke.
Although the price per plate is only about $10, I'd say the price per calorie is probably on par with places like Water Grill and Drago Centro. Those restaurants are far superior in my opinion. To be honest, I'm price insensitive. I'm just peeved by the fact that the food is worse than the original Mo Chica and the price per calorie is much, much higher. It seems like a scam. And I don't want to have to order five dishes to feel like I've eaten a normal meal -- especially when the dishes are just tiny portions of ordinary dishes that have no business being "small plates."
Trust me: this is not a serious restaurant.
re: AlkieGourmand
I've heard the same, boss went to eat with a friend and I heard that the lomo saltado portion size was reduced, doesn't come with rice anymore as well...
They should've kept the same format for lunch and change to a small plates format for dinner.
re: AlkieGourmand
I think you have to expect the prices to be a lot more given that their rent is a lot more at the new location. If the food isn't as good, that's another story. I still haven't had a chance to eat there yet but I'm pretty excited that the menu is larger and includes things like paiche (which I had and loved earlier this year in Lima) and alpaca stew and that they have a liquor license. I liked the original one too but given the hours of operation and location, I rarely made it there.
re: bg90027
I agree about the location. Although the name is the same, I think what they're doing, and particularly who they're doing it for, is going to change the experience a lot. Whenever I went to Mo-Chica at MLP, there were just a few people eating, all of whom looked like they were seeking out the restaurant (probably CHers or adventurous types). It sounds like this iteration of Mo-Chica is for the downtown locals, younger affluent types, who spend their time at the Umamicatessens and Cole's of the world.
So I'm guessing this is in fact, not as serious a restaurant, or not as Chowhoundy as we would have liked it to be.
re: andytseng
I don't really agree with you about the audience or the seriousness of it. Paiche is serious cuisine. They have plans to serve cuy. Non-adventurous eaters aren't going to order cuy.
re: bg90027
I dunno, celebrity chefs can make hipsters eat anything.
re: andytseng
You mean you think they would consciously serve less interesting food because...? I'm trying to figure out this logic.
re: foodiemahoodie
My wife and I had dinner there last night for the first time. We had never been to the original location. We almost didn't go after reading all of the negative reviews. Our server was well aware of the negative online reviews and he said the restaurant has increased serving size and lowered prices in the past few weeks. We split 4 dishes and were stuffed. Everything was delicious. I don't have the benefit of having experienced the original location but we greatly enjoyed our dining experience and will be back.
re: chezjay
Good hear. My partner and I went there a few wks/months ago; we had never been to the old location, but I had read reviews about it. I was sort of horrified when I saw the concept (tapas style, which generally means lots of $ for little food). The food was delicious, but it was simply *too* small. Went there ~1 mo ago w/ a 30% off coupon. At that price, it felt like quite a good value. So I think either reducing prices by 15% or increasing quantity by a likewise amount would be fantastic. It doesn't need to be "cheap," but you want to feel that what you got was a respectable value....
We stumbled across this restaurant while on a cross-country Amtrak trip. What a lucky find! The flavors were unbelievable. The four of us shared four appetizers and five entrees. We couldn't have enjoyed it more. Everything was cooked to perfection. Will definitely return on next trip to L.A.!!
I thought some people were exaggerating but the new location of Mo-Chica is terrible. I was a big fan of the old location and Picca as well. While I'm not upset the portions are smaller and prices are higher I was very disappointed. Of the night I had nothing worth remembering.
The oxtail and barely risotto: oxtail was not tender and still clung on to the bone strongly so it was a mess to eat and lacked that richness that braised oxtail should have.
Lamb shank: Absolutely terrible, I've never sent anything back to the kitchen but this was inedible. The cilantro beer sauce was bitter and did not taste right (I've had the same sauce on the duck at Picca and liked it there) and the lamb shank had no flavor, textured like it was boiled and not slow cooked then nuked in the deep fryer.
Causa - this didn't seem to have the same charm as the old location, maybe I'm just being nostalgic but I just didnt feel the same like I use to as it was one of my favorite things to get before. Also what's with being so sparing on the aji amarillo sauce?
Seabass ceviche - pretty much the same as it was before but I don't feel strongly about it now for some reason.
Grilled octopus and roasted potatos: Nothing really noteworthy, the octopus was bland an didn't have a nice char to it.
Lomo saltado - Not much to say about it, pretty much what it was at the old location but smaller portion and no rice which is a traditional side.
Alpaca stew - Don't remember anything good about this stew, it was pretty typical.
I was hoping they would have gotten their sea legs a few months in but I can't recommend this place to anyone. If anything Picca has much better food at least.


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Kelly's nominated for Collaborative Video of the Year for "Don't Rush," the duet from her greatest hits album that she recorded with country star Vince Gill . Ryan's nominated in the CMT Performance of the Year category for a collaboration he did with country star Luke Bryan : a live medley of Luke's song "Drunk on You" and OneRepublic's "Feel Again." Taylor Swift , of course, also has a slew of nominations and she's performing as well.
One of the most unusual performances of the night will no doubt be Nelly joining country duo Florida Georgia Line for a live performance of their hit remix, "Cruise." Asked what fans can expect from this strange pairing, the rapper says, "Just a lot of energy. We're gonna have a lot of fun."
He adds, "It's the guys' first year of making the rounds, so to speak, so I know they're real excited. I'm real excited to be here. It's my first time performing at the country music awards. So, I'm as excited as them."
Explaining how he ended up rapping on what started out as a country music song and what ended up as a huge pop hit, Nelly says, "You listen to hits, no matter where they are....we're on the same label, so the idea came up, and I was like, 'Yo, I think it'll be dope.'" He says he suggested some changes, including speeding up the tempo, and when they got his version back, they loved it.
Other performers and presenters on tonight's show, which airs on CMT live from Nashville, include The Band Perry , The Voice's Blake Shelton , Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Sheryl Crow, Ed Sheeran , American Idol season 10 champ Scotty McCreery , and American Idol alum and newly-minted Dancing with the Stars champ Kellie Pickler .
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While the rest of the country rides the back of China (India) on its road to recovery, check previous blogs , Kevin Rudd and Wayne Swan have hitched their own ride on the back of Australia.
A bumpy ride undoubtedly it is but nevertheless it's the chosen path through the mine fields of various undetermined minerals cutting a swathe through our recovering economy.
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While this theme is just a slither in proportion to the bulk of Peter Hartcher's oped piece , it's this slither that holds up the bigger picture.
Peter has crafted his "Big Picture" so that all the perspective lines lead to the danger that awaits Rudd and Swan in managing a recovering economy.
A recovery that the Reserve Bank's Glenn Stevens has openly declared we are already on but a recovery that the politically astute Rudd and Swan will not admit to.
Put simply this theme is the focal point of Peter Hartcher's bigger picture, a rocky and at times hazardous road to recovery with Rudd and Swan riding every bump while appearing to give clear and populist directions.
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