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Carter's (CRI) is a branded marketer in the U.S. of apparel exclusively for babies and young children. This stock is trading up 1.7% at $58.39 in recent trading.
Today's Volume: 773,000
Average Volume: 745,007Volume % Change: 67% From a technical perspective, CRI is spiking higher here back above its 50-day moving average of $58.31 with above-average volume. This move has also started to push shares of CRI into breakout territory, since the stock has taken out some near-term overhead resistance at $58.48. Traders should now look for long-biased trades in CRI as long as it's trending above its 50-day at $58.31 or above today's low of $57.37, and then once it sustains a move or close above $58.48 with volume that hits near or above 745,007 shares. If CRI can maintain this trend, then this stock will set up to re-test or possibly take out its next major overhead resistance levels at $61 to its 52-week high at $61.22. Viacom Viacom (VIA.B) is a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative therapies that target the molecular mechanisms that cause cancer. Its products include Nexavar, Stivarga and Kyprolis. This stock is trading up 1% to $62.15 in recent trading. Today's Volume: 2.42 million Average Volume: 3.07 million Volume % Change: 50% Shares of VIAB are trending up modestly here after Susquehanna raised its price target on the stock from $65 to $71 because of a compelling combination of improving operating trends as well as a low P/E. From a technical perspective, VIAB is trending up slightly here right above its 50-day moving average of $60.01 with decent upside volume. This move is quickly pushing shares of VIAB within range of triggering a near-term breakout trade. That trade will hit if VIAB manages to take out some near-term overhead resistance at $62.80 to $63 with high volume. Traders should now look for long-biased trades in VIAB as long as it's trending above today's low of $61.88 and then once it sustains a move or close above those breakout levels with volume that hits near or above 3.07 million shares. If that breakout hits soon, then VIAB will set up to re-test or possibly take out its 52-week high at $64.71.
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PBS announced today that it will add the new series GENEALOGY ROADSHOW to its fall lineup. Part detective story, part emotional journey, GENEALOGY ROADSHOW will combine history and science to uncover the fascinating stories of diverse Americans. Each individual's past will link to a larger community history, revealing the rich cultural tapestry of America. GENEALOGY ROADSHOW will air Mondays, September 23-October 14, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET.
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I was recently invited to speak at the National League of American Pen Women which is an organization of professional women artists, composers, and writers, who are dedicated to serve their communities through mentoring, encouraging and promoting emerging professional women in the arts.It was a wonderful group of women and to my surprise and delight 2 of them graduated from my college, Moore College of Art in Philadelphia. We each represented a different decade from the 1950's to the 1980's. Thank you Cora Lee for inviting me.
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This is what happens to glue over the years. It turns brown and stains the surface of the photos, permanently damaging them, so please do not use glue on original photos.
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I am so happy to hear that "Who Do You Think You Are?" is returning. This a great genealogy documentary series. Each week a celebrity goes on a journey to trace his or her family tree. You only dream that someday you will have the opportunity to do the same. It truly is inspiring.
"Who Do You Think You Are?" is scheduled to premiere on Tuesday, July 23, 2013 on TLC.
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I had the pleasure of creating a book honoring the life of Rose Steinberg who just recently turned 100 years old.
Here's a photo of Rose with her son and granddaughter.What better gift to give someone who's turning 100 years old then to present them with a book celebrating their life. This is Rose receiving her life legacy book.
A full century of life is something to be both happily celebrated and sincerely honored. Rose's family celebrated by throwing her a party. Family members flew in from all over the country to surprise Rose. It was such a joy for me to be able to join in the celebration and witness such emotion . . . tears . . . laughter . . . memories being shared! And she truly was honored. All of her loved ones contributed stories and provided photos making it possible for Rose to have all of her life memories in one lovely book.
Here are some of my favorite pages from Rose's Life Legacy Book.
A Lifetime of Photos from Youth to Present
Rose's mother Jenny Friedman
Rose's father Samuel Zevin
The Zevin Family History Page
Does anyone in your family crochet? I love to incorporate family pieces of lace into the legacy books I design.
Find your grandparents yearbooks, they are a great source of information
Rose's William Penn High School for Girls 1930 yearbook
I created this Rose Background from an antique card
Look for old postcards and letters to include in their book
Rose's son at Camp Rockhill in Pennsylvania
Where have your Grandparents traveled?
What is your favorite food that your Grandparents cook up?
I can't begin to describe the joy it brought me to watch Rose page through her book at the party. She called me a week later when she had read through the nearly 100 pages of her book and asked how was I able to get all of this information? I really had nothing to go by at the beginning. I first sent Rose a questionnaire then I interviewed her by phone. Once I had some information to go by I began writing to family members asking for stories and photos. I sent out instructions on how to scan a photo. The scanned photos were then emailed to me. The next step was to spend a day at Roses home, I brought my laptop, camera and scanner. Rose's daughter-in-law went through what Rose had and I documented it all while I was there. Despite all that was going on, Rose still wasn't quite sure what we were up to. The end result was worth all of the effort. It truly is a priceless gift!


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that was so hard to read... i was exhausted after i finally finished it.
that was so hard to read... i was exhausted after i finally finished it.
GESCOM: it's never too early to start beefing up your obituary!
Currently flipping back and forth between these two (both good reads):
Waiting For The Sun: Strange Days, Weird Scenes & The Sound Of Los Angeles - Barney Hoskyns
Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey--and Even Iraq--Are Destined to Become the Kings of the World's Most Popular Sport
- Simon Kuper, Stefan Szymanski
I have only read one Pynchon book, "The Crying of Lot 49," well, because it was on of my required reading lists for a class, and I didn't know what the hell was going on, lol!
I just remember some woman's boyfriend dying and then her discovering some vast conspiracy.
So I can only imagine attempting to make it through a longer Pynchon book like "Gravity's Rainbow."
And yet, I made it through Joyce's "Ulysses." :O
But our teacher walked it through it and so did Jameson whiskey, lol!
"Ulysses" is pretty bipolar, however. Some chapters go down well, but others, are like, well, wtf? I got through it, but I won't dare attempt it soon. Let alone "Finnegan's Wake."
Joyce and Pynchon > most of us...
Or are they just crazy?
Only by living absurdly is it possible to break out of this infinite absurdity.
-Julio Cortazar
Reading this right now...very odd, almost abstract short stories by the writer of PONTYPOOL* Tony Burgess.
*I have pimped the movie version of this on multiple threads...check this movie out folks. Great atmosphere/acting/sound design contribute to one of the most effective 'zombie-esque' horror flicks i have seen.
"House of Leaves," it's really unsettling which makes it a great read. I do suggest reading in at night, it just makes it 10xbetter.


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American Authors spent the summer opening for OneRepublic and The Script on tour. The band says while they would've loved to have had OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder write them a hit song, they had to content themselves with him offering them hunks of meat.
Speaking to Fuse , Authors singer Zac Barnett says, "There'd be so many nights on the tour where we'd all be out kickin' it, behind the venue, and he's always barbecuing, grilling up steaks. It's cool, y'know, 'cause he's a good cook. He's really good at grilling up steaks and burgers and brats and whatnot."
Sounds great, right? But as Zac explains, there was a downside. "There would be multiple times where I just had dinner a couple hours before," Zac explains. "And then when Ryan Tedder hits you up and he's like, 'Yo, dude, I just cooked you up this ribeye steak! Here, have it! And you're like, 'Well, I just had dinner...' [And he's like] 'No, dude you should totally try this!' You can't really tell Ryan Tedder, 'No, dude I don't want your ribeye!'"
Zac laughs, "Four ribeye steaks and brats later, you're getting the meat sweats, bro!"
Next up for the "Best Day of My Life" band: dates in Europe, followed by a headlining spot on the fall leg of the annual Honda Civic tour, kicking off in October.
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The Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game is Sunday in Russia, the same day NHL training camps are expected to open in North America and while several NHLers are in transit from Europe, it appears that Ilya Kovalchuk may not return to New Jersey until after the game at the earliest.
On Wednesday, the KHL website published the revised all-star lineup for the upcoming game and Kovalchuk was the only NHL player remaining on the list. However, Red Wings forward Pavel Datsyuk has been given permission to participate in the All-Star festivities before returning to Detroit.
There were questions surrounding Kovalchuk's return to the NHL earlier this week, just two days after the NHL lockout ended. While players returned to North America, Kovalchuk was non-committal about a return, claiming he wanted to see what the new CBA looked like before heading back.
"I will need to read the new agreement," Kovalchuk told Russian daily sports newspaper, Sport Express, on Tuesday.
On Thursday, Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello told TSN that he was confident Kovalchuk would show up and play with his team.
"I stand behind my comment that's been consistent from Day 1 that I have no reason to believe that he won't be here and play for the Devils,'' Lamoriello told TSN.
The 29-year-old, who signed a 15-year, $100 million contract with New Jersey in 2010, has spent the season playing for SKA St. Petersburg. He was on the ice Tuesday for SKA's 3-2 loss to Ak Bars Kazan, while teammates Sergei Bobrovsky and Vladimir Tarasenko set off for their respective NHL teams, Columbus and St Louis.
NHL owners will vote to ratify the new 10-year agreement Wednesday, while the players will vote on Friday and Saturday.
According to the Detroit Free Press, Datsyuk has been given permission to participate in the All-Star festivities put will return to Detroit on Monday.
"Pavel loves Red Wings organization. He make his name in Detroit," Datsyuk's agent Gary Greenstin told the Free Press. "He belongs to them, and Detroit belong to him.
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Piano, violin and whistling. :p
Happy Birthday LucyDiamond! :D
Happy Birthday! :D
So you think you can dance. :p
chips :p
Dog cake lol http://www.holidash.com/party-central/birthday/food/bizarre-birthday-cakes :p
Swedish meat balls :p
Automatic water taps that thinks you are done when you are not. :mad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kyw3MkVmn4 :p
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Obama is certainly a stronger president now than he was two days ago, but everything won't change.
In his last ever Tomasky Talk, Michael looks into the future of the 2012 Republican nomination race, the presidential election itself and how taxation will be the clincher
Last post on this blog. My thanks to so many of you.
All criticism of Obama is not racial, of course. But Trump's sure is.
This week's Friday quiz (and the very last Friday quiz): endings. But it's not sad, no!
Michael Tomasky: Obama's Alabama visit: every once in a while, politics can be put aside
Why liberalism can't fit on a bumper sticker.
Who is the most appalling American of the Tomasky blog era? Tough one.
Not completely sure what is gained, but a fine Pentagon chief is lost in Robert Gates.
How many Republican senators will oppose the Ryan plan?
Michael Tomasky: The release of Barack Obama's birth certificate will not pacify the minority that cannot accept an African American president
A hideous assault on poor women puts Mitch Daniels on the spot.
An announcement regarding myself.
Objectively, Obama's policies are often slightly to the right of...George Bush Sr's. Seriously.
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The Tax-Spend Debate: Time Series Evidence from State Budgets
AbstractThis paper examines the temporal relationship between revenues and expenditures for the forty-eight contiguous states over an annual period 1942 to 1992. Using an error-correction model, the author finds that the tax-spend hypothesis is supported for twenty-four states. The spend-tax hypothesis is valid for eight states while the fiscal synchronization hypothesis is supported for eleven states. The remaining five states failed the diagnostic tests for error-correction modeling. Copyright 1998 by Kluwer Academic Publishers
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Flowering Dogwood
Family:Cornaceae (dogwoods)
A beautiful shrub to small tree with a straggling, spreading crown.
Leaves are opposite, simple, egg-shaped, 3–5 inches long, dark green, with slightly wavy edges.
Bark is dark gray to brown with thin, squarish plates.
Twigs are flexible, slender, reddish-gray to purplish, or greenish with red dots, hairy, with flower buds terminal. Leaf buds are compressed and oval.
Flowers are small, in clusters of 25–30, surrounded by 4 large, white (sometimes pink) petal-like bracts, and appear in early spring before the leaves. Bracts are 1¼–2½ inches long and are notched at the tip.
Fruits are scarlet, egg-shaped berries (drupes), ½ inch long, in clusters of 2–6, appearing August–November.
Size:At maturity, to 40 feet tall; to 35 feet wide.
Habitat and conservation:Found along wooded slopes, ravines, along bluffs, upland ridges, successional fields; less common on glades, valleys and low ground; prefers well-drained, acid-based soils and shady locations.
Distribution in Missouri:Mostly in the Ozarks, but also present north of the Missouri River, particularly in the eastern half of the state.
Status:Common, especially in the Ozarks.
Human connections:Flowering dogwood and its many cultivars are favorite small, spring-flowering trees for landscaping. Historically, the plant has been used to make inks and dyes as well as medicine. The wood has been used for golf club heads and even skewers for cooking.
Ecosystem connections:The fruits are eaten by squirrels and white-tailed deer and are a preferred food for wild turkey and at least 28 other species of birds, including quail. As an understory and forest border tree, dogwood provides cover for many mammals and birds.


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Jihadi terrorists DIDN'T encrypt their comms 'cos of Snowden leaks
Security through ambiguity
I originally read the headline as implying that they were deciding not to encrypt emails as a result of Snowden...
Still, it got me to read the article...
Flamewars in SPAAACE: cooler fires hint at energy efficiency
Re: "heptane-based fuel"
"No, Cheesoid! Not petrol, cheese!"
Google devs: Tearing Chrome away from OpenSSL not that easy
Re: Could this happen with LibreSSL too?
This is a highly entertaining read which should answer that.
In a nutshell, they've created the LibreSSL fork because OpenSSL have been sitting on bugs (and creating horrible hacks) for years, because it's just too horrible to work on.
Researcher sat on critical IE bugs for THREE YEARS
Stale bread and butter...
...perhaps the reward system is working against timely reporting?
Asteroids as powerful as NUCLEAR BOMBS strike Earth TWICE YEARLY
Re: Break out the game....
Vector graphics is the term you're after
Top Secret US payload launched into space successfully
Re: Just wondering ...
"With so much (and very expensive) high-tech stuff in orbit, how come there's no sign of Malaysian Airlines MH370?"
There was an article about this on El Reg recently. Basically the plane disappeared in a boring part of the world, spy-wise, and is now hidden from satellite view by 4500m of water..
BuzzGasm: 9 Incredible Things You Never Knew About PLIERS!
Re: "epicaricacy"
Ah, so that's our word for schadenfreude. Cheers!
Massive new AIRSHIP to enter commercial service at British dirigible base
Vectored thrust...
...ought to be directed downwards to take off, no?
Woman whipped gun from vagina in SPACE ALIEN spat, reports Officer Zook
'Who is crazy, you or me?'
How many guesses do I get?
Excise Xmas prezzie indecision MISERY with El Reg's gift guide²
Re: Am I the only one...
Am I the only one who thinks the Nest Protect carbon dioxide monitor is going to go off every time I use my SodaStream..?
Or breathe..?
Bloke accused of using cop's innocent Facebook snaps in child sex chat
Re: Facebook could block pic printing and saving if it wanted to.
Perhaps, I think google+ can.
But they couldn't stop anyone taking a screenshot containing the photo, and cropping with an image editor.
Any photo of you on the internet will serve. So staying off fb wouldn't help
FB profile pics are just a mask, which might look like the person who owns the account. The cops might have realised this if the picture of a giraffe was used. Or they might have wandered down to the zoo with a step ladder to ask some questions...
Massive Investigation Fail
When the local bank was robbed by clowns, did they visit all the circuses in town looking for the culprits?
Fiery bits of Euro satellite to rain down on Earth this weekend
Why didn't they...
...do a controlled de-orbit while it still had the juice for it?
Fed up with Windows? Linux too easy? Get weird, go ALTERNATIVE
keep looking, it's there (at least it is now)
HTC phone STOPS BULLET, saves Florida gas station clerk's life
Re: Under warranty?
They might, but Apple wouldn't.
Apple's top bean counter: New spaceship HQ won't emit 'one atom of carbon'
"Surely all organic molecules contain carbon?"
The carbon contained in a building's structure is not going to be in the air.
Timber is great from this point of view
How much CO2 will be emitted in construction
Quite a lot if it will it be made of reinforced concrete?...
Canadian operator EasyDNS stands firm against London cops
is the 2nd of 2 options, the 3rd of 3 would be the last.
Double-click? Oh how conventional of you, darling!
Re: The French don't NEED indicators.
Or on roundabouts - never know whether they're going to exit before you, or carry on round in front of you...
Brew me up, bro: 11-year-old plans to make BEER IN SPACE
Headless beer:
Head of beer
Why would the head surround the beer?
Even if the container were spinning, the head would form nearer the centre of rotation, no?
Sofas with a roof and Star Trek seating: The future of office furniture?
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Cone of Silence. And it never worked. The occupants couldn't hear each other, but everyone else could hear the occupants
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Published on - March 27th, 2010 (by J.D. Roth)
This is a guest post from Chett Daniel, who writes about improving your life through personal fitness and personal finance at 5k5k.org. Last year, Chett shared what fourth-graders "know" about money.
What role do financial professionals have in our personal finance lives today and in the future? Are they still the gateway to understanding financial info that's too difficult for the common person to grasp? Or have they created a profit-producing "need" that is slowly slipping through their fingers?
I asked myself these questions recently while listening to a recent Planet Money podcast episode called "When Cinnamon Moved Markets". The podcast had nothing to do with financial professionals or their current need; it discussed a time when spices were currency, and the Arabs controlled the spice trade to much of the known world — and the knowldge about exactly how to get the spices.
Here's a synopsis of what I learned:
He who controls the spice…
In the ancient world, the Arabs controlled most of the spice trade. They ran secret trade routes from the Indies and other eastern countries. The spices they gathered were then sold and traded for extremely high prices to the Greeks and Romans in Alexandria, the Wall Street of its time. The Europeans knew many of the spices came from the Indies, but they weren't exactly sure where the Indies were and how to find the actual spices. This allowed the Arab traders to capitalize on the lack of information.
According to Herodotus in some of his fifth-century B.C. writings, the Arabs led the Greeks and Romans to believe gathering cinnamon was a matter of life or death. The story was told that Arab traders and merchants had to dress in full body suits of ox-hide to protect themselves from terrible winged creatures. They would have to leave a sacrificial cow to lure the winged monster bird off of its nest made of, wait for it…cinnamon. As the Arabs told the story, the winged creature would inevitably knock portions of their nest on the earth below as it flew to claim its offering. The merchants would then risk their life to grab the few pieces of cinnamon stick nests they could gather before the winged creature attacked them.
Herodotus also recorded stories of the Arabs regarding frankincense and ginger. According to the legends, frankincense grew in the tops of trees and was guarded by flying snakes. Arab traders would then cheat death by driving the flying snakes from the treetops while other merchants would quickly gather the frankincense they could. Ginger supposedly washed from the Garden of Eden.
…Controls the universe
What was the purpose of these ridiculous fantasies? Not only did the Arabs control the supply, they also manipulated the perceived value of their product and services by controlling all of the information of their origins. But the barriers of information in the spice trade began to fall around 120 B.C.
According to Tom Standage, business editor at The Economist, here's how it went down: In 120 B.C., a ship wrecked in the Red Sea. One survivor was found and taken to the court in Alexandria. He told them he was on a ship traveling between India and the Red Sea and it went off course and wrecked. The court sat speechless because as far as they knew, there was no direct route from the known western world to India. (Common belief at the time was that to reach India, ships would have to hug the shore, sail all the way around the Arabian Peninsula, up the Persian Gulf, and back down towards India, past Persia and Pakistan.) The stranded Indian trader bargained to show the Alexandrian court this "secret" direct route if they give him a ride home.
Within a few years the new, shorter routes are known to all of the Europe, and the fantasy stories were found to be nothing but myths used to inflate prices and scare away those who may want to find the spices themselves. In time, the Romans industrialized the spice trade and flooded the market with spices. This changed peppercorn from a spice you could pay a month's rent with, to something that is given away free is small paper packets in fast food restaurants today.
Is this a metaphor?
As I listened to this story, my mind drifted back to a little over a decade ago when most stock trades had to go through brokers who earned hefty commissions on each transaction. Today, those same transactions cost less than $5 on most websites, and can be executed with the click of a mouse. Investors who used to receive most of their information about the value of an investment from an "expert", can now research for themselves which investment choice is right for them. Companies like Vanguard have reduced their fees and made their prospectuses so user-friendly that even a financial novice like me can select an investment choice that works for my goals.
In this Information Age, does the financial industry look anything like the Arab spice traders? Are the markets (and the products sold on the markets) really as complicated as they've been made out to be? Or have they simply been constructed to funnel money into the coffers of the brokers and advisers? Has the financial industry profited from a system that looks strangely similar to the secrets of the Arab traders? And what do you think the role of the financial professional will be in the future?
Spice photo by Sudhamsu. Market board photo by Katrina Tuliao.
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Loved this post Chett, fantastic job! One of the reasons I found the post so intriguing is because prior to reading the post I had not heard this historical account of the spice trade – very mysterious and thought provoking.
I recall my Kindergarten teacher having what I believe is an old English proverb on her desk on a huge poster board – "Give a man a fish and he'll get for a day, teach a man how to fish and he'll eat for the rest of his life". In my view, the financial industry is built on just giving men fish which results in every time they get hungry they need to go back to a 'professional'. People can be lazy – some of this laziness is understandable the prevalence of dual income households, grueling schedules, overleveraged incomes, and sedentary lifestyles -all of these things can contribute to a person being overworked and perpetually stressed out. Because of this people want to abdicate control of their finances, pay someone a check, avoid learning about personal finance and hence assign accountability to the 'professional'. Most professionals have a skewed perspective, and multiple conflicts of interests arise because of the profit margin, and commissioned sales. They are motivated by their check and not your fiscal security.
As tragic and unfortunate as the Madoff fiasco was – some many investors did not question anything; they never wandered why they did not have online access, etc. It gets to the point that you do not want to disturb, burden, or question the professional because you do not want to feel or look stupid – its your freakin' money.
I believe The Millionaire Next Door had a story about a multi-millionaire screened advisors by asking them to show him their portfolio, and balances in their accounts – the advisors were horrified they felt completely confident in asking someone else to entrust their hard earned funds into them but recoiled at the idea of demonstrating their professional competence my showing how they are managing their money.
I believe most American households are a very long way off from even needing a professional. There are readily accepted personal finance benchmarks that everyone needs to meet and until you meet those professionals are not necessary in my view. ie., 6-8 months emergency funds, maxing out retirement accounts (Roth /& IRA), pay down all debt (including / excluding the house), college funds for kiddies. When my household gets to that point, we may go see a certified fee only professional, with "the heart of a teacher" (stole that from Dave Ramsey)
The moral of the story is that information is power and you shouldn't allow "conventional wisdom" to dictate your beliefs and actions. There are quite a few industries that rely on the supposed ignorance of the masses — healthcare, government, construction come to mind. The fact is, there is very little information out there that isn't readily available via the web.
That's why the Internet needs to be left alone by governments.
Excellent post- the best one from the "guests".
The world is changing quickly BECAUSE people are slowly seeing that they can care for themselves. Now to get the lawyers out of the middle (after just spending three months and several thousand dollars to settle my MIL's very meager estate).
Ron (#2) said it best – information is power. Unfortunately, many of us are unable to wield information even when it is readily available – because we cannot understand the lingo.
Thanks to this blog, my financial education is continuing…
P.S. In York, England, there is a building that was built in the 15th century whose rent was 15 peppercorns a year.
"Excellent post- the best one from the "guests"."
Nice Dune reference!
You are absolutely right that today the need for a broker or advisor to make your trades at a high cost is totally unnecessary, but the trade in FX, Options and ETFs is truly set up to benefit the producers of these instruments and not the investor. So while stock investing has become democratized not all of modern finance has.
Love the (unstated) Dune reference – He who controls the spice controls the Universe.
Great site! Keep up the great work.
I'm pretty sure there are still flying snakes involved.
Still, not every Roman trekked to India every time they need spices.
Likewise, it's true that trading is much more accessible now. But it doesn't mean everyone (or even most people) should become a DIY investor.
This article is an interesting read, but I'm afraid it can be dangerously misinterpreted as well.
I can't take the credit for the Dune reference, that was J.D.'s creative subheading.
I like this post however I would have thought it might lead to more insight on how the financial industry plows so much money into advertising. Make sure you read those financial disclaimers and understand the risks regarding investing in ANYTHING. I was suckered in mutual funds, stocks, etc. Good thing I avoided the housing bubble…
I don't think you can compare the Arabic traders to brokers today because in the old days, information wasn't available to the Western world even if people wanted to find it. Nowadays, there is so much information available, all a few clicks away.
I am taking what I can from Phil Town's books. We do have the basic information we need at hand via the internet. Just takes the will to manage one's hard-earned funds (who has more of an investment in it than yourself) and some work.
It's not only the stock brokers who have been making use of flying snakes. Travel agents, the post office and classified advertisers have all been recently disintermediated by the internet. I suspect real estate agents and mortgage brokers will be next.
@Brett: The post office? I don't see that. They provide an actual service (get your stuff from Point A to Point B) and not just control over information. However, you did forget to add Realtors to your list.
Great post! Information will always sell, and often for a great price.
Let's see, a lucrative money supply (high brokerage commissions) is vaporized due to technology, yet the lion wants more money. So undue risks are taken without house money (no downside), and we are all left holding the bag.
Cause and effect? Maybe, maybe not.
The same thing is starting to happen with college educations. Why pay universities so much when knowledge is free if you chase it.
(for SOME professions, not all. I still demand to see a diploma on my surgan's wall!)
Just a note regarding Dave Ramsey's endorsed local providers with "the heart of a teacher" (Re: comment #1.) In the world of the internet, it is called affiliate marketing. About five years ago I called one of the ELPs when I had some interest in the profession of financial planning. One of Ramsey's ELPs referred me to a multi level scam operation that fronted themselves as providing financial counseling, but really re-wrote mortgages for cash out equity loans to pay down a little debt and purchase really expensive insurance "investment" products. After that experience I don't have a lot of faith regarding the "ELP" heart of a teacher concept. It seems like an easy way for Ramsey to use his brand and make some money referring financial "professionals" in your area. I'm sure there are some good ones on his list, but I'm not buying my cinnamon from Ramsey's website. I'll look for it on my own.
"Knowledge is power" so I guess lack of knowledge leaves you weak/powerless, able to be manipulated, etc..how true.
What I meant about the post office is that snail mail is finally starting to become obsolete. Between email, billpay, direct deposit and online greeting cards, paper mail is quickly being replaced. It's just too slow, too expensive and too inefficient. Since I went to online billing, 95% of my mail is junk that I have to recycle.
Future generations will marvel that we actually wrote on pieces of paper and put it in a box. Then carriers drove around in carts and picked it up to put it in other people's boxes. It's like the Pony Express, the stage coach or Western Union's telegram service. The writting is on the wall.
I don't think the Post Office is bad or that it should go away. But, it will have to accept a reduced role in the future. And, if they don't start to compete seriously with FedEx and UPS for packages, they may be in for a world of hurt.


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Thanks to Ray Lewis, the Baltimore Ravens are forever connected to stabbing murders. Guilty or not, people still contest that Lewis is a guilty man that got away with murder. But while Lewis isn't going to be around anymore, the sick stories of stabbing murders will as the Ravens Super Bowl ceremony was reportedly plagued by trampling, stabbings and even murder.
Ravens execs expected roughly 30,000 people to show up to the free event which right there should have told you that the people that are supposed to be in control of the situation have absolutely no idea with what they're actually dealing with.
For most fans, the event was a joyous occasion, a climax of emotions and pleasure culminating in one of the best moments of their sports lives. But for others, the event was like walking into a Mad Max movie, where women literally had to shield their children from violent fans trying to force them from their seats.
One incident occurred in Section 119 where a mother was desperately trying to defend her two children from fans threatening them with violence if they didn't give up their seats to them.
"I was physically fighting them off to not trample my children and to trample the other children that were with us," said the woman. " They were yelling racial slurs. They said that if we didn't move, they were going to stab us… like all this craziness."
She wasn't the only one to endure this disgusting brand of fandom. Three rows of families with their children had to push past violent aggressors, giving up seats they had claimed nearly three hours before.
"I know a lot of people had a great time and a memorable time and I think that's wonderful," the mother said. "But I just feel like this needs to be heard, because it was really unsafe and I really feel that the police were completely outnumbered and they couldn't have helped us if they tried, and they did try."
While this mother was able to fend off aggressors and protect her children, another mother wasn't so lucky. Her 11-year old son was trampled and taken to the hospital after suffering a concussion and an eye injury after fans pushed him and his mother down to rush towards open seats inside the stadium. The mother recanted her horrifying story to the Baltimore-Sun, basically saying despite grabbing onto her sons hand with all her might, he was swept away by the wave of fans and trampled.
Tiffany Hodge said all she wanted to do was bring her son Tyreke to see his hero Ray Rice, but what started as a dream day became a nightmare and ended in the hospital.
"I was holding my son's hand, but instantly it was gone," Hodge said in an interview Thursday. "It was too late. They had already trampled on top of us."
The violence extended beyond the stadium as well, and unfortunately was amplified as well. After the celebration, just three blocks from M&T Bank Stadium, a 15-year old was stabbed to death outside of a McDonald's after he and his two friends were attacked by a man police are still looking for. 15-year-old Deontae Smith died as a result of his wounds while his two friends remain in a local Baltimore hospital.
Baltimore police insist the incident is not at all related to the Super Bowl ceremony, but as they wiped the bloody eggs off their face they admitted that the three friends had been at the Super Bowl ceremony prior to the murder. Smith's mother is taking up a crusade against the city of Baltimore, as she's claiming the police and the city are downplaying her son's murder while the national spotlight is on Baltimore.
A surveillance camera captured the entire murder and police are still looking for the suspect in Smith's slaying.
Fan violence at sporting events is not a new thing, but its seen a amplification in terms of it's seriousness in recent years. After the NFC Championship game, a 49ers fans stabbed an Atlanta Falcons fan in the throat and there have been plenty of similar incidents around not only the NFL but all professional sports in America.
The NFL is currently fighting a decline in attendance, a decline they're blaming on the advancements of home theatre technology. But one of the comforts of watching even a Super Bowl ceremony from the comfort of your own home, is the piece of mind that you won't be harassed, trampled or stabbed to death for attending.


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"We see a difference, a lag, when a child doesn't go to preschool," says Dale Tanouye, principal of Iliahi Elementary School, where in 2011-2012, for the first time, less than half (49 percent) of incoming kindergartners attended preschool. Tanouye, a former kindergarten teacher, and Iliahi's four kindergarten teachers say what's often missing or lagging is a child's readiness to learn – intellectually, socially, physically and emotionally.
Imagine, they say, the challenges a 4- or 5-year-old faces when entering kindergarten with no preschool experience: never having been separated from mom and dad and crying every day for weeks; having difficulty sharing, waiting one's turn, being nice to others or working with a partner; unable to listen without interrupting to a five-minute story read by the teacher; communicating only in "baby talk"; unable to cut with a scissors properly and safely (not cutting their clothes or themselves) or hold writing implements properly and safely (not eating these materials); unable to identify colors, shapes, letters or even their own name.
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What may be surprising is that this Wahiawa elementary school is likely representative of the large middle range of Hawaii's public elementary schools. While a Title I school with a significant percentage (49 percent in 2011-2012) of students receiving free or reduced-cost lunch, Iliahi serves some 400 students that run the gamut of families from middle class to low income, says Tanouye.
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"Most of our students come from working families, many of whom are struggling economically in these times." Part-Hawaiians (38.5 percent) are the largest and fastest growing group, followed by Filipinos (26.2 percent) and Japanese (10.1 percent); many live in multi-generational families.
Tanouye says school readiness has become more important because kindergarten must meet specific learner outcomes as part of standards-based education. Hawaii was a pioneer nationally as the first state to receive federal funding to develop educational standards under President Clinton's Goals 2000 legislation in July 1994. Tanouye expresses concern that every year Iliahi faces a challenge to meet its kindergarten standards outcomes, particularly in language and reading, to set the foundation for first grade.
To help students lagging behind their peers, Iliahi gives those challenged what Tanouye calls "a gift of time" by holding them back for an additional year of kindergarten. The school also began a "Kindergarten Camp," a two-week summer session with their kindergarten teachers and volunteers to introduce incoming kindergartners to the structured environment of school, from putting things away and paying attention to the teacher to cutting with a scissors and identifying their own name.
Iliahi Elementary is among the majority of public elementary schools that are experiencing a decline in preschool-experienced incoming kindergartners. In 2011, that percentage fell in nine of the state's 15 school complexes over the previous four years. Last year's 58 percent of all incoming kindergartners statewide who attended preschool was the lowest level since 2008, when all schools began reporting that statistic.
Statewide, kindergarten teachers echo Iliahi teachers' experiences. Only 37 percent of teachers in 2011 – down from 43 percent in 2009 – reported that at least 75 percent of their incoming students demonstrated "attitudes and habits that facilitate learning," such as asking questions, paying attention to instructions and showing interest in the world around them.
Citing continuing economic challenges for families, many Hawaii education experts believe that percentage will continue to decline.
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"We need to do the business of early education differently to change outcomes for our state," says Deborah Zysman, executive director of Good Beginnings Alliance. "[Early education] is foundational today for successful long-term workforce development for our children. But it is also a current workforce issue for employers whose workers have families that are struggling financially."
With the average cost for preschool per child in Honolulu at $720 a month, families face hard choices in the current economy with the rising costs of food, energy and housing. "It's hard to be at work when you're worried that your preschooler is safe for what you can afford, much less that your child has the opportunity to learn," she adds.
GBA is particularly concerned about the growing "gap group" of Hawaii families who fall between the high-income families who can afford quality early education programs and the neediest low-income families, many of whom are eligible for government-sponsored preschool programs targeting the disadvantaged.
"We know that some 'gap group' families take out second mortgages, use credit cards to pay for quality preschool," says Zysman. Others forgo preschool and opt for free babysitting instead by aunty or grandma.
According to the Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism, for parents to afford licensed care for one child, as well as before- and after-school care for a school-aged child, a family of four in Honolulu has to earn $61,900 annually, with 27 percent of these families falling below the self-sufficiency level and unable to afford child care. A single working parent has to earn $56,400, with 77 percent of these families below self-sufficiency to afford child care. The statistics in the Neighbor Island counties are similar, according DBEDT's December 2011 report on "Self-Sufficiency Income Standard: Estimates for Hawaii 2009."
"The children of our working families are being disenfranchised," says Zysman. "Access to quality early education is a social justice issue in Hawaii. School readiness is an equity issue that cuts along income lines in our state."
Some of the most dramatic declines in preschool attendance are in the state's working class and low-income neighborhoods. In 2011, at Mountain View Elementary on the Big Island, serving one of five lowest income census tracts in the state, about 20 percent of kindergartners attended preschool, compared to 48 percent four years ago. Puuhale Elementary in Kalihi welcomed just 27 percent of preschool-experienced kindergartners, compared to 45 percent in 2010.
"The time is now," says Zysman, "[for] universal early education for 4-year-olds in Hawaii to provide the broadest access possible for our families."
She cites a number of key developments working in favor of a universal program in the state, including an increasingly shared, community-wide conviction among educators, businesses and parents that early learning positively enhances a student's future learning.
First, as a key initiative of Gov. Neil Abercrombie's "New Day in Hawaii Comprehensive Plan," the governor's office has created Hawaii's first cabinet-level Executive Office of Early Learning. Second, in 2014, the Department of Education's junior kindergarten program, enacted by law in 2006, is due to end, with parents of more than 5,000 late-born children needing quality preschool for their keiki, and adding to the groundswell for a universal program. And third, high quality private-provider preschool programs already exist in the community – from community center and church-sponsored programs to private home-based certified programs.
A state-funded early learning program
Hawaii is only one of 11 states without a significant state-funded early learning program. Nationwide, state-funded programs have been one of education's biggest success stories, with dramatic enrollment increases and increasing program quality over the past decade. Recent years, however, have seen a decline in state commitments due to budget cuts, according to "The State of Preschool 2011: State Preschool Yearbook" by the National Institute for Early Education Research.
"For about 40 years, we've known that more than 85 percent of brain development occurs from birth to age 5," says Terry Lock, director since July 2012 of the newly established state Executive Office of Early Learning. With 36 years of experience in early childhood education, Lock was the director of early childhood at Kamehameha Schools for six years and worked previously in the Office of Head Start in Washington, D.C.
An exciting recent development in advanced neuroscience research shows support for the importance of early stimulation in the development of the "executive functioning" of a child's developing brain. This area controls such skills as the ability to regulate emotions, to develop attention span and to keep and retain information, says Lock.
"It's so important to take the total experience a child has in these early years to a higher level," says Lock who, at the publication time of this story, is working on what is called "The Governor's Plan for Early Learning," the state's first state-funded early education program. The major elements of the governor's plan are to be phased in over time, starting in the 2014-2015 school year and initially targeting the "neediest, at-risk" children, with the eventual goal over time to serve all 4-year-olds, says Lock.
Bottom line: It's the kids
Investing in the early years of education is fundamentally about addressing our children's physical, social, emotional and intellectual well-being. More employers, government agencies, social service agencies, educators and families recognize that early education's benefits extend to healthier families and stronger communities. Investments in our youngest citizens ultimately also strengthen and innovate local economies with talented and competitive future workers.
"We support early education for all children. We know that given the opportunity, they do respond and they will do well," says Iliahi Elementary Principal Tanouye. "Our children deserve no less."
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Quality. "School readiness is so significant that the preschool experience must be a quality program with teachers trained in early education, an age-appropriate curriculum, regular and ongoing assessments, and monitoring of a child's progress," says Diane Young, DOE (Department of Education) education specialist, who created preschool classes at Linapuni Elementary School for families from Kuhio Park Terrace.
Funding. Nationwide, state funding has been critical in launching a universal program, with state spending per preschool child enrolled averaging just over $4,000 in 2011. GBA's Zysman says that as a workforce investment, starting earlier by funding preschool will make public education cheaper in the long run, with anticipated financial savings from having fewer students in special education, less remedial enrollment in K-12 and decline in high school dropouts, among other positive developments.
Efficient coordination. "Partnering with DHS' (Department of Human Services) existing Pre-School Open Doors Program, we were able to create efficiencies to benefit 204 preschool students in areas with persistently low school achievement scores and, in some cases, no preschools available," says Camille Masutomi of the DOE's Race to the Top Office of Strategic Reform on its two Zones of Innovation Early Childhood Programs created in Kau, Keaau and Pahoa on the Big Island and Nanakuli/Waianae on Oahu.
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March 1, 2013
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August 30, 2012
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August 9, 2012
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"Pretty Little Liars" recap (3.09) — Space Ghost, Coast to Coast
June 19, 2012
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Morning Brew – Tues. June 19: Even straight girl want Cheryl Cole, lesbian brides in "The New Yorker"
June 18, 2012
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Shag, Marry, or Dump: The women of "Teen Wolf"
May 17, 2012
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March 28, 2012
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Watch now! Bianca Lawson shouts out AfterEllen.com at the "Bully" premiere
March 1, 2012
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The Incredibly Comical Adventures of Emily and Santana: The Mystery of Maya St. Germain
February 22, 2012
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Bianca Lawson talks marriage equality, Emaya, and that "Pretty Little Liars" finale rumor
January 31, 2012
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"Pretty Little Liars" recap (2.18) — Dayum, Emaya!
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Marlene King gives us an exclusive scoop on the "Pretty Little Liars" winter season
December 12, 2011
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Shag, Marry or Dump: Emily Fields' Lady Loves
October 8, 2010
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July 30, 2010
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Afternoon Delight: A peek at "Pretty Little Liars'" coming out episode, and are Tracy Chapman and Guinevere Turner U-Hauling?