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nice one rob
i some times do some thing like that but i dont all ways make a mask what i do is do the blur to the whole photo normal copy under it and add adjustment layer on the blured copy and invert it and paint back in the blur i find this some times quicker with the same kind of look
Yeah my way is kinda long winded, I find painting around hair to be an impossible task though which is why I do the whole cutting out thing with the refine edge
Having said that, youve just given me an idea, theres a refine mask tool, boom shall have a go with that tonight ;P
thats great thanks for sharing
thats the love of photoshop rob theres so many things inside it to do the job i love the software
Thanks wave
And I know right blitz, pretty much endless capabilities, you heard about the new motion blur fix tool that could be in CS6? should be immense!
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Jasmine replaces Josh's childish tattoo with a new tattoo befitting a grown man in the Coast Guard.
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When a former DJ in a strip club falls for the wrong woman, his poor decisions come back to haunt him. She assaults him with a box cutter and savagely attacks him, now he needs to get rid of the tattoo that constantly reminds him of her.
Big Gus renews Mara's outlook on life when he replaces her 69 tattoo with a beautiful tattoo of a tropical frog. When the tattoo is revealed to her, she is so elated that the tears flow.
Jasmine saves they day when she successfully covers Jayi's awful portrait of his favorite R&B singer, and covers it with a camera. Since he's an avid photographer, it's the perfect cover up.
A young man finally gets a chance to meet his favorite singer, Adina Howard, so he decides to tattoo her likeness on his arm. His rushed effort to get a tattoo is reflected in its terrible quality.
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Everyone in general aviation (GA) seems happy that the U.S. Senate has introduced a bill to force the FAA to simplify Part 23 certification regulations, the Small Aircraft Revitalization Act of 2013 (S.1072) introduced by senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska). According to NBAA, this bill and another introduced in the House of Representatives "would set a date for implementation of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Part 23 Reorganization Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) recommendations to adopt consensus-based, design-specific performance requirements to achieve FAA certification."
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One of the unfortunate but unavoidable facts of aviation is that accidents happen. While investigators work to determine why, and attorneys debate over who is responsible, in nearly every case there is a tragic human element involved-families of victims, who suddenly have their lives torn apart. It is a situation no one wants to be in.
The general aviation industry in the U.S. lost a key battle last night when the Santa Monica city council voted to impose higher landing fees, not just on transient aircraft but on all aircraft that use the airport. Starting August 1, even a Cessna 172 based at Santa Monica Airport (SMO) flown by a local student or rental pilot will be assessed $10.96 for each landing.
Last month in this space, I suggested some reading matter for the road. Now it's time to talk about films for your flight.
Flight operations specialist Francois Lassale brings up a good point in a recent issue of AINSafety, that "the unit's simplicity means training on the iPad and its use in the cockpit is seldom given much thought." Lassale is absolutely right, and his views should extend to the use of any device or product that pilots bring into cockpits to help with their flying tasks.
Voluntary safety programs are based on trust. Can you trust the FAA? The short answer, when it comes to voluntarily reporting violations or voluntarily cooperating with an FAA investigation, is no. You absolutely cannot trust the FAA to look out for your interests, especially the interests of maintaining your certificate or livelihood.
Why all the growing interest in low-cost flight simulators?
Some announcements at this week's Sun 'n Fun show in Lakeland, Fla., for example, underscore wannabe and regular pilots' fascination with these devices. Redbird Flight Simulations introduced its new low-cost Jay device, which, while it can't be used to log time, promises to help pilots stay proficient. And Pilot Mall today unveiled the Advanced Panel, which is a modular instrument panel with flight and other controls that works with Microsoft Flight Simulator X (FSX) software.
Remember the spate of sleeping controllers and the angst it all caused at 800 Independence Avenue and 1200 New Jersey Avenue?
Maybe for general aviation to survive, we need more disruption. An article published in Wired magazine (Clayton Christensen Wants to Transform Capitalism, by Jeff Howe) discussed how successful companies often fail to recognize that new companies with "disruptive innovations" are about to take over their marketplace.
I really thought we had heard the end of the FAA's one-level-of-safety mantra after Colgan Air Flight 3407, masquerading as a Continental Airlines codeshare, crashed in a fiery ball in a residential area just outside Buffalo, N.Y., one snowy February night four years ago.


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Athletic Club to Induct First Class to Hall of Fame
For the first time in several years, five former Clay County athletes will be inducted into the Clay County Hall of Fame.
Russ Chadwell, Richie Farmer, Victor Hyland, Vonda Jackson, and Kim Jones represent the 2010 Hall of Fame class.
Clay County Athletic Club President Les Nichoslon was enthused about bringing back the tradition of the Hall of Fame.
"There hasn't been an induction in quite some time, and we felt it was time to pick up the tradition and start again because some of our best athletes haven't been inducted yet."
Nicholson also stated he wanted to set the standard with the Athletic Club's innagural class.
"Our committee was unanimous about these five individuals," said Nicholson, "I think these five are some of the finest athletes Clay County has ever produced without a doubt. We wanted to set the bar as high as we could go with our first class."
A meal will be served to honor the five inductees at 5:30 Friday night before the Bobby Keith Classic basketball games at CCHS.
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On Saturday, April 27, the Cartersville Police Department, in conjunction with the DEA, will host the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day event at the Public Safety Headquarters, 195 Cassville Road, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
CPD Public Information Officer Capt. Mark Camp said this is the first of two events this year, with pill drop-offs being hosted in the spring and fall.
"The DEA coordinates the take-backs as a nationwide effort and maintains a list of the participating collection sites," he said. "After the event, the DEA contacts each participating agency and gets a total weight of the medications collected."
A booth will be provided for citizens to drop off unused, old or unwanted medications for proper disposal. Items labeled as bio-hazard and items such as needles and syringes will not be accepted.
"This event has been very successful in the past. Last year, approximately 58 pounds of medications were dropped off," Chief Thomas Culpepper said in a press release.
After the take-back event, Culpepper said the medications received during the event are disposed of in a controlled-burn environment.
Medications are a concern to law enforcement with the possibility of misuse and contamination among them.s
"This is a huge concern for several reasons. First, there is the risk of children finding the medications, taking them and overdosing," Camp said. "Second, medications flushed down the toilet can enter the water system causing contamination to the environment. Third, if the medications fall into the wrong hands, they may end up being sold illegally."
Although the take-back is set for later this month, Camp said the department accepts unwanted medication anytime.
"The only restrictions is that we do not take back items such as needles, syringes, lancets or bio-hazardous materials. We then properly dispose of the items on a weekly basis," he said.
CPD is installing a receptacle by the window in the lobby of the department's customer service area to accept those medications, according to the press release.
The DEA's website said proposed legislation could affect the future of take-back events.
"Shortly after DEA's first Take-Back Day event two years ago, Congress passed, and President Obama signed, the Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010, which amended the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), allowing DEA to develop permanent, ongoing, and responsible methods for disposal. Prior to the passage of the Disposal Act, the CSA provided no legal means for transferring possession of controlled substance medications from users to other individuals for disposal. On December 21, 2012, DEA published in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Disposal of Controlled Substances. These regulations would implement the Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-273) by expanding the options available to collect controlled substances from ultimate users for purposes of disposal to include: Take-Back events, mail-back programs, and collection receptacle locations," according to the website. "However, until these regulations become permanent, DEA will continue to hold Take-Back Days."
Most drugs can be thrown in the household trash, but consumers should take certain precautions before tossing them out, according to the Food and Drug Administration. A few drugs should be flushed down the toilet.
The federal guidelines for disposing of unused, unwanted or out-of-date medication include:
• Follow any specific disposal instructions on the drug label or patient information that accompanies the medication. Do not flush prescription drugs down the toilet unless this information specifically instructs you to do so.
• Take advantage of community drug take-back programs that allow the public to bring unused drugs to a central location for proper disposal.
• If no instructions are given on the drug label and no take-back program is available in your area, throw the drugs in the household trash, but first:
— Take them out of their original containers and mix them with an undesirable substance, such as used coffee grounds or kitty litter. The medication will be less appealing to children and pets, and unrecognizable to people who may intentionally go through your trash.
— Put them in a sealable bag, empty can, or other container to prevent the medication from leaking or breaking out of a garbage bag.
• Before throwing out a medicine container, scratch out all identifying information on the prescription label to make it unreadable. This will help protect your identity and the privacy of your personal health information.
• Do not give medications to friends. Doctors prescribe drugs based on a person's specific symptoms and medical history. A drug that works for you could be dangerous for someone else.
• When in doubt about proper disposal, talk to your pharmacist.


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Lazy days off from work are the best. It means you can wear your jammies for as long as you want, eat lunch while doing crossword puzzles, and snack on homemade graham crackers when the need strikes. It also means you have time to make pancakes for dinner! Blueberry pancakes. We enjoyed our pancakes with fresh orange juice and leftover tofu scramble (that should have been cupcakes…).
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Mother's Day idea: Put it All Away
Toys, blocks and dirty socks. What can you, young child (tween or teenager alike), do for your mother on her special day? Flowers, crafts and sweet treats are, well, OK. But if you want an even grander idea: Put it All Away. Dad can help and siblings too. Stuff it here, tuck it in there. Socks to the hamper. Hang it high (if you can reach) or line it up low. Try a shelf (yep, that's what they're for) or close the books and puzzles in a bottom drawer. Find a place, an out-of-the-way space to Put it All Away.
There's no "right" way as it turns out - it's your effort that counts. What will your mother say when you tell her it was you who Put it All Away? What will she do when she sees your good work? She'll gasp, sweep you off your feet and plant a big juicy kiss on your cheek. What could be better than making your mother happy (ecstatic!) on her very special day.
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August 29, 2012
DEARBORN / August 29, 2012--- Its been described as one of the best labs in southeast Michigan.
And this semester, many University of Michigan-Dearborn students can experience it for the first time. In a few weeks, UM-Dearborns Geographic Analysis and Mapping (GAM) lab will welcome students for its first full semester of classes.
The College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters invested in the lab to ensure that students, as well as faculty and staff, are exposed to geospatial technology, including GPS, geographic information systems (GIS), satellite remote sensing and applications such as Google Earth.
If we want our students to compete for jobs, weve got to offer them state-of-the-art technology, said Jacob Napieralski, director of UM-Dearborns GIS program and associate professor of geology.
And there are plenty of jobs to compete for when it comes to GIS. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ranked geospatial technology as one of the three emerging fields in the 21st century, Napieralski said.
Theyve been predicting a growth in the GIS industry for quite some time now, he said. Young people who have this sort of training, out in the workforce, are very marketable.
Napieralski, along with geology lecturer Justin Saarinen and geography lecturer Claudia Walters, train students who are interested in using GIS at the municipal, state and federal level, as well as in graduate schools and consulting firms.
An increasing number of job descriptions in local government agencies and private businesses are being rewritten to require employees to use GIS in geography, urban planning, watershed planning and management, civil engineering, surveying, landscape architecture, environmental science, geoscience and related fields.
And as more students get wind of the job growth, enrollment is expected to increase.
With this new GIS lab, weve got a facility and weve got lots of eager students and faculty who share a common interest, Napieralski said.
The GAM lab, located in the Social Sciences Building, also has generated interest from outside organizations, including some government agencies that are interested in partnering with UM-Dearborn on various projects.
We are starting to get attention from some agencies around the region that are involved with Great Lakes research, said Saarinen, who also is an assistant research scientist at UM-Dearborn. Theyre interested in not only access to a lab where cutting edge geospatial research is done, but theyre also excited about working with bright students and involved professors.
That could result in more student internship opportunities, Saarinen said.
This is a brand new lab without a strong purpose, outside of teaching, he said. Thats whats really special about this place. This is a brand new baby thats ready to have some identity.
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Last week I created the PGXN Manager interface for requesting a PGXN user account. It looks like this:
I really like the placeholder support in HTML 5, here nicely rendered by Safari. I've also used the jQuery Validation plugin to validate the form fields. So if you try to submit an incomplete form, it will complain before submitting, like so:
As with PAUSE, an administrator must accept it or reject an account request. Once your account is approved (likely unless you're a spammer), you'll be able to upload distributions (I'm going to do that part today). I finished the user admin interface yesterday. Here's a screen snap:
Some details. PGXN Manager will be hosted at http://manager.pgxn.org/. It uses basic auth for authentication; logged-in users will access https://manager.pgxn.org/auth. Administrators will have an extra menu item to this screen, which will allow them to accept or reject account requests. Its URI is /auth/admin/moderate. The admin can click the "Play" button to see the requestor's note explaining why he should get an account. It's a popover enabled by some jQuery code and looks like this:
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i have 2 canon 550d buddy with 2 Proaim DSLR KIT-9, and for audio i have Zoom H4n Handy and RODE NTG-3 mic , im goin to make a short movie for an official exams , anyway , i need a best lens for shoting a High-quality Movie , i want to have all the control that makes me able to change the color just like the cinematic look , What is the best lens u advise it to me
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Preferred Method for Testing RH?
RE: Preferred Method for Testing RH?
If I accept your statements as correct without verifying, I believe there are flaws in your examples as they relate to concrete moisture testing.
Yes absorptive materials will retain water. This is why additional water is needed in the box with cotton in it. Once the water saturates the cotton to a point above 50% - 70% any excess water will become suspended in the atmosphere. Over time, the air and the cotton will equilibrate, as do the absorptive materials in concrete.
While you may get your box of water down to 20% Rh or less, you will not get concrete that low. Very old and very dry concrete will measure 50% - 75% RH. The absorptive materials in concrete will retain water and absorb moisture from the air if they fall below this level. The concrete will seek equilibrium with the environment.
What we are testing for is free water, and that will show up as RH levels above 80% or so. If we see a reading of 100%, there very well may be condensation as in your kitchen example (I really enjoy your ability to simplify your examples, it makes things quite easy to understand) but we are not concerned how much water is in a liquid state as this must all evaporate and the RH must come down to 75% - 80% before we know the concrete has stopped hydrating and is ready for flooring.
Concrete that is ready for flooring will have many many gallons of water in it, but this water alone will not create the vapor drive which results in flooring failure. Concrete can live quite happily at 75% relative humidity and be considered 'dry'.
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RE: Preferred Method for Testing RH?
Thanks everyone for your thoughts on this forum. i agree with cc solutions. I am much more confident with my RH readings than i ever was with CaCl.
RE: Preferred Method for Testing RH?
I guess the point of sorptive materials was lost somewhere in the translation...sorptive materials will "steal" humidity from the air..but through thermal changes, this moisture can condense and or evaporate under changing conditions.
As far as vapor drive..there is very insignificant vapor drive, usually far less than 1.0 p.s.i. Consider it takes at least 2 p.s.i. to inflate a childs latex balloon...I think there is agreement that "drive" is of no consequence..the facts remain:
Unless the amount of space is known...the water content is unknowable
Humidity changes approximately 5% for each temperature change of ONLY 2 degrees F
If I am incorrect in these two significant points, then a LOT of textbooks need to be rewritten.
RE: Preferred Method for Testing RH?
is the discussion on the physical characteristics of concrete and hygroscopic nature, in relation to it environment?
We can drive out moisture to affect CC readings,
and Rh/t can also affect the probes Rh measurements,
As a flooring person, what am I most concerned? The moisture or the pH?
if the pH, what will bring it out? Rh in the concrete or the vapor emission?
Are both tests Qualitative or are they both, Quantitative? or, is one is or one is not?
Using meters, what should be done to the surface of the concrete first? I witnessed a so called tech person from XXXX, checking on some XXXX modular tiles, put his meter directly on the pressure release adhesive then declare in a authoritative voice the adhesive was re-emulsifying when there was no empirical physical evidence of moisture condensing under the vinyl backed tiles,
I use both methods to give my clients a total picture, and, I use the meter to find "hot spots" that I map out, to show differences from one area to another, and, I always use the GE system, if the holes are drilled correctly and the area around it treated correctly, then, others who have also tested the same slab using the Wanger found similar readings, no two meters, even of the same brand, will read the same, in fact, I have found, using the same Wanger probe at different times will give different readings, as will the GE,,,,
meters, if you know the huge range of differential between their readings and oven dry test methods for wood, would understand they are not accurate but should only be used as indicators and to show, if using the same meter, differences between locations at a one time reading,,, using Wanger with different machines seems to me, a sure fired method to be wrong.
Pin wood meters, thermal hydrometers and concrete probes all work on similar designs and technology, so, when using meters, what is our differential range and how will we calculate? Does the density and hardness affect any of the readings?
Dew point? temp of the surface vs interior vs the air vs our understanding we are not concrete engineers, or at least, I am not, who here is? Who here has worked for concrete correction companies?
maybe they can help.
RE: Preferred Method for Testing RH?
(12-23-2009, 11:54 AM)RCConcrete Consulting Wrote: I guess the point of sorptive materials was lost somewhere in the translation...sorptive materials will "steal" humidity from the air..but through thermal changes, this moisture can condense and or evaporate under changing conditions.
Absorbent materials will absorb moisture until they are in equilibrium with their environment. If you drop a cotton ball in a jar of water, the same amount of water is in the jar, but some is absorbed by the cotton ball. And heating the air in the jar will allow the air to become more absorbent and it will pull moisture from the cotton ball and equilibrate once again.
Where concrete is concerned, we look for 75% - 80% RH. At this point concrete will not cause a problem with moisture sensitive flooring.
(12-23-2009, 11:54 AM)RCConcrete Consulting Wrote: Unless the amount of space is known...the water content is unknowableYes this is true, but does not concern us. We want to know the RH of the slab. The amount of moisture will only give us an indication as to how much water needs to come out of the slab.
This can and has been tested. We can take two identical slabs, and one slab can be weighed and then baked dry to determine the amount of moisture in the concrete. Then knowing how much water is in the slab, and measuring the moisture lost each day, we can estimate how long the slab will take to dry to equilibrium with the environment. After years of testing and research, we can apply this knowledge to a stable water content that doesn't cause problems with flooring. This is called the RH test.
(12-23-2009, 11:54 AM)RCConcrete Consulting Wrote: Humidity changes approximately 5% for each temperature change of ONLY 2 degrees F
The textbooks don't show this to be true. I don't know how to post pictures here yet, but if you Google 'Psychrometric Chart' you will see the correlation between moisture and relative humidity. It is not linear as you suggest. And luckily indoor concrete slabs are relatively stable in temperature, and we are to test at service temperature.
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Quote:The textbooks don't show this to be true. I don't know how to post pictures here yet, but if you Google 'Psychrometric Chart' you will see the correlation between moisture and relative humidity. It is not linear as you suggest. And luckily indoor concrete slabs are relatively stable in temperature, and we are to test at service temperature.
But people do go away from home and sections of commercial buildings HVAC get shut down, even overnight when these buildings are inhabited. So tetsting at service temp is simply a snapshot in time and does not mean that will be the same forever.
I have to say if I am going to test ASTM-2170 method I believe the RapidRh is the best because your testing only down at the bottom of the hole as instructed,. The other probes that hang in the holes even though the air pocket is equilibriated must have a diffency factor because the top part of the concrete is dryer so not a true reading at 40%. Yes, I have watched the infomercial.
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Id like to see a new style ccs/Trg combination, solid riser vs.3 piece, maybe some new string options.... Hammerheas r a fine string, but it'd be cool to choose what color u want. And my last request, even tho it doesnt really matter to most, I'd love to see some nice looking Martin apparel .... I like to represent that I shoot a martin, and all there is out there for stylish apparel are some big names....
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Does any body know what it was like at the summit during the blizzard of 78?I lived in southern New England and I was 12 so I thought it was great. Just curiuos about the wind and snow at the summit.
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Does any body know what it was like at the summit during the blizzard of 78?I lived in southern New England and I was 12 so I thought it was great. Just curiuos about the wind and snow at the summit.
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Good Question. I remember that storm also since I lived in CT. The 70's seemed to be a great decade for snow in the north east. 80's and 90's?...not so much!Originally Posted by CHRIS
Is there really any BAD weather???
I can see from http://www.mountwashington.org/weather/normals.php that the summit received 24" of snow in one 24 hour period in January of '78. The total for that month was 94.6". Both of those numbers stand as records for the month of January.
Also of interest would be a firsthand account of the 68-69 season. The summit received 566.4" of frozen precip that season, which is about 47 feet!!!
From my memory of '78, at least in the Durham area, New Hampshire kind of skated by the actual storm. My memory says that the storm tracked out to sea somewhere near Gloucester and spared NH most of the snowfall. MA and RI were not so fortunate. I have a vivid memory of a frontpage picture on the Globe that showed I-95 at the MA/RI border where you could see where the MA plows had turned around and RI was just trackless white. The Maine and NH coast was pretty well pounded, a friend of mine was working at the Cleiif House in Ogunquit and they were scrambling to get some plywood over the window as the waves were breaking on top of the cliff. We also took a trip down to Hampton Beach a few days later and saw some houses moved off their foundations and some of the bus-sized jetty blocks moved from the seaward side of the road to the landward side. All in all, it was pretty impressive.
It was a pretty cold and snowy winter though, as the records attest, I remember a few storms and some heavy duty snow removal in Durham.
I was living in upstate NY that winter. After the storm was gone I called my sister in RI. She was standing in her house looking out at the back yard. She could see a little bit of red in the snow - was the top cross bar of her daughter's swing set!
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Well, I was 9 when that blizzard hit CT and I remember the snowbanks were a couple of feet over my head and the snow on the lawn was waist high. We had a sheep that got loose from a neighboring farm at our back door the morning after. I guess he got lost in the storm.
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I was about 3 years old for that storm, and remember a lot of wind and snow. I'm right on the coast of NJ, so we also had a lot of flooding...
I was in grammar school living in No. Jersey, I was thrilled we didn't have school for almost a week. You couldn't drive, we had to walk every where..
In '78 is was living in Connecticut and commuting to the University of Rhode Island. Anyone familiar with this route knows that it's not great in bad weather. URI didn't cancel classes until early afternoon on the day of the blizzard. Anyone who didn't leave earlier was stuck for several days (which ub this case might not have been the worst thing). I left in the morning shortly after I got there and took 4-1/2 hours to drive home (usually less than an hour). Pretty hairy ride. Much luckier than many of my freinds and family who got stuck somewhere for several days.
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A solid majority of executives from around the world who responded to a new McKinsey survey say the recent reform of the US financial-services industry was a necessary step toward economic stability.1 1.
The online survey was in the field from August 2 to 6, 2010, and garnered responses from 2,850 executives representing the full range of regions, industries, functional specialties, and tenures.
There is, however, strong disagreement about the bill's effect on the competitiveness of financial-services companies.
This perceived step toward stability comes during a summer of regulatory uncertainty, significant regulatory or policy changes in some major economies, and stock market volatility. Through all the uncertainty, executives' expectations for national economies and corporate prospects at the global level have remained about the same as they were in June: more positive than negative, though less hopeful now than last spring. The most notable difference is that North American executives are now the least positive about current and future conditions.
The results show some other positive indicators. Despite ongoing uncertainty, more than half of all respondents say their companies are not postponing capital investments or M&A, underlining hope for growth at companies of all sizes. And a much smaller share of executives—12 percent compared with the 18 percent of the executives surveyed in June—expect that troubled global markets will overwhelm domestic fundamentals by year end.
One of the largest uncertainties global financial institutions faced early in the summer was whether and how the US government would reform the country's financial-services industry. The final bill, signed into law two weeks before this survey was launched, was well received by respondents overall.
Seventy-three percent of executives outside the United States and 61 percent of executives within it say reform was a necessary step toward economic stability. More than 70 percent say additional government regulation of the financial-services industry around the world is a good idea, although 83 percent expect to see it enacted (Exhibit 1). Two-thirds of all respondents say the global economy would be less prone to crisis with a global regulatory framework. Although financial-services executives are slightly more dubious than those in other industries about the positive impact of additional regulation, more favor it than not.
On the law itself, more respondents overall expect its impact on the competitiveness of US financial-services firms to be positive than negative. However, expectations are much less positive among respondents in the United States and in the financial-services industry globally (Exhibit 2). Most respondents say the law will have no effect on their companies' finances. Interestingly, even 17 percent of respondents at large US financial-services firms have this opinion,2 2.
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perhaps highlighting that the law does not cover the full spectrum of companies in the industry.
More executives are positive than not about their countries' economic prospects, but expectations at the global level have remained flat over the summer, after steady improvement for more than a year (Exhibit 3). The region with the greatest pessimism, however, has shifted across the Atlantic. In June, European executives were by far the most pessimistic, but, in the current survey, US executives are (Exhibit 4).
In China and India, more executives see inflation than any other factor as a barrier to economic growth.
Executives' views on the barriers to growth in their countries have moved away from immediate financial concerns. In June, lack of credit and sovereign-debt defaults were tied with the perennial issue of low consumer demand as the top barriers. Now, low demand is the barrier chosen most frequently by far, selected by 42 percent of executives around the world.3 3.
The rest of the top five are lack of credit (28 percent), government regulation (25 percent), increased economic volatility (21 percent), and higher corporate or personal taxes (21 percent).
The results also indicate that executives now see economic volatility as somewhat less likely to destabilize the global economy than it was two months ago, when concern about European sovereign debt was near its highest level. Most notably, the share who say the best description of the global economy at the end of 2010 will be "troubled global markets overwhelm domestic fundamentals" has fallen to 12 percent, from 18 percent; the most frequently chosen option is "constrained global markets perpetuate imbalances," which has risen five points since June, to 40 percent.
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