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> Kitty,
> I think older folks DO worry about their animals. When my Boyfriend,
> Greg's, mother was still live, she had 2 cats(abandoned kittens to start
> with) and two dogs. I swear these animals kept her going on a daily bases,
> even when her depression kicked in or when her heart was giving her
> problems. WHen I was visiting her, which turned out to be two weeks before
> she passed away, she asked if there was anything in then house that I
> like to have. ABout that time, the cats were knocking at the door to get
> after their evening outing. I looked at her and said that I wanted the
> I thought she was going to cry. She had been afraid to say anything to any
> of the family about the animals, and was truly relieved that I wanted to
> take the cats. Another son took the dogs after hearing that I wanted the
> cats.
> betsy
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Commodities permabull Jim Rogers recently said he foresees $150/per barrel oil. Then there's his well-known distaste for the U.S. dollar and his love off all things agriculture. With that in mind, we decided to look at some names in the commodity space that we think Jim Rogers would consider. Here's what we came up with, plus some commentary on each.
The Mosaic Company (MOS) With a market capitalization just over $34 billion, this giant of the fertilizer world is prepared to feed to the soil that grows the world's agricultural diet. Why would Rogers like it? It vertically integrates the production of two of the three core inputs, potash and phosphate, that go into its fertilizer product. Despite a very bullish run in the past year, as recently as late January, RBC Capital Markets reiterated its outperform rating for the company. However, we believe shares are overvalued on a discounted cash flow basis, and investors would be advised to add a position on a pullback.
CNOOC Limited (CEO): CNOOC has averaged a 26.3% return on equity over the last five operating years and the company sports a PEG ratio around 0.6. Shares yield 2.4% with a modest 35% payout ratio. The company maintains four areas of production in China at Bohai Bay, Western South China Sea, Eastern South China Sea and the East China Sea. Further, the company also maintains offshore production in Indonesia. Upstream assets operate in Nigeria, Australia and throughout China. At year-end 2009, the company's net proved reserves totaled 2.68 billion barrels of oil equivalent with net production of 624,000 per diem. CNOOC subsidiaries include CNOOC China Limited, CNOOC International Limited, China Offshore Oil of Singapore. CNOOC Finance which provide ancillary regional services to the parent company.
CF Industries Holdings Inc. (CF) CF Holdings is a smaller player with a regionally concentrated market in the central United States. CF is another fertilizer name that has steady growth prospects for the long term. Its 5-year projected EPS are 8.5%. it should be noted that it, like others in the sector, the company has experienced a marked run up in its stock price recently.
Chesapeake Energy Corporation (CHK): Chesapeake Energy Corporation focuses on developing conventional and unconventional natural gas reserves onshore in the U.S. Carl Icahn was also a buyer during the most recent reporting period. The company sports a beta of 1.33, a trailing P/E of 13.35, and a forward P/E of 11.22. Profit and operating margins currently stand at 18.94% and 28.71%. Recently, BHP Billiton (BHP) paid $4.75 billion for Chesapeake Energy Corporation's gas assets in the Fayetteville shale formation
Gazprom (OGZPY.PK) Opportunely seizing on the theme of Mideast instability, Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee stated "The situation emerging in foreign markets makes the South Stream project even more essential, desired and ever timely." The Russian name that's synonymous with energy, Gazprom, has just joined forces with another: Lukoil (OTCPK:LUKOY). The companies will cooperate in natural gas extraction and delivery from the Bolshekhetskaya Depression and the Northern Caspian Sea. Additionally, the company is making major progress on its Sakhalin facilities. Broadly speaking, Gazprom is a direct buy into Russian oil and gas at this moment.
Monsanto (MON): Monsanto, with a market cap of $36.41B, is one of the largest agricultural product companies in the world. The firm offers chemicals and genetically modified seeds to boost farm production across a wide variety of crops. Although the stock is currently trading at a somewhat expensive P/E ratio of 32.95, the company has top-notch profitability, with an operating margin of 16.01%. The company also has a ROE of 11.28%, and offers a $1.12 (1.70%) dividend.
In addition to rising food prices, there are a few factors that appear to be in Monsanto's favor. First of all, Monsanto has a global presence, and should benefit from increased food demand in emerging markets, especially Latin America, where Monsanto has already experienced significant growth. Second, low investment in agriculture over the last decade means that products like Monsanto's will become more important to improve farm productivity. Finally, Monsanto has always been at the forefront of agricultural breakthroughs, and currently has nine products in the developmental pipeline.
Exxon (XOM): With a market cap of just over $400B, Exxon is the largest company in the world. Trading at a P/E of 13, the energy giant pays a $1.76 (2.10%) dividend. Exxon is undoubtedly a leader in the energy business, and operates at an above-average 12.01% operating margin. Over the last 12 months, XOM also has an outstanding 23.43% ROE, better than 90% of the companies in the industry. If the Fed decides to withdraw QE2, we think Exxon will survive, as we wrote here.
Potash (POT): Another agricultural giant, Potash has a market cap of $46.57B. Smart money investors such as David Einhorn like it. The stock is trading at a 27.54 P/E ratio, and offers a $0.29 (0.50%) dividend. Over the last year, POT has an unbelievable 38.03% operating margin that is among the best in the industry, with a 27.28% ROE.
Primarily a fertilizer producer, Potash should benefit from many of the same factors as MON and other agricultural product companies. That is to say, reduced farm productivity and increased food demand in developing countries will help boost profits moving forward. Goldman Sachs also just upgraded its rating on POT to "buy", saying that Potash may have the most favorable demand prospects among the fertilizer group.
Agrium (AGU): Agrium, which offers agricultural products and services, has a market cap of $13.96B and pays a small dividend of $0.11 (0.10%). Trading at a 19.53 P/E ratio, the company has a 9.32% operating margin and 14.68% ROE. Agrium also has a low valuation in terms of forward PEG, at only .6. The company is coming off of a record fourth quarter in 2010, when its quarterly earnings quadrupled those of Q4 in 2009. Additionally, Agrium has been active in taking over smaller companies, which should help it take advantage of rising food prices in the future. Agrium will benefit from the same factors mentioned for other chemical companies, namely increased global demand for food.
ATP Oil and Gas (ATPG): ATPG is an offshore oil and gas production company, with a market cap of $950.58M. The company was hit hard by the Gulf drilling moratorium, and as a result had negative earnings last year. Nonetheless, ATPG was just awarded the third deepwater drilling permit in the Gulf of Mexico, and will resume drilling this week at its well 90 miles south of Louisiana. ATP owns 100% of the well, and will use its ATP Titan drilling platform for drilling. Additionally, despite the negative earnings, the company had positive EBITDA of $208.44M over the last year. ATP has also made a push into Israel for drilling opportunities due to the slow permitting in the Gulf of Mexico, and could benefit from this diversification. Click here to read more on ATPG and the important permitting updates which will continue to help this offshore driller.
Chevron (CVX): Chevron is another large, diversified oil and gas company. With a market cap of $210.48B, the stock pays a $2.88 (2.90%) yearly dividend and is trading at an 11.06 P/E ratio. The company has strong earnings, with a 13.51% operating margin, and also has an impressive 19.29% ROE over the last year. The company currently has more than enough cash to cover its total debt, and has experienced solid growth lately. Like Exxon, Chevron made a big move into natural gas with its multi-billion dollar acquisition of Atlas Energy. Finally, the company has exposure to many potential high growth opportunities, both in emerging markets and within alternative energy.
MarketVectors Agribusiness ETF (MOO): This ETF is a good way to buy exposure into the agricultural space that diversifies your company-by-company allocation, as it is strongly geared toward the big names of the industry. Its top holdings include, in order, Monsanto, Potash, Mosaic, Deere & Co. and Singapore-traded Wilmar International. Indicative of the interest in the sector generally, the daily volume of MOO shares has spiked significantly over the past month and half.
Deere (DE): Deere, maker of tractors and other agricultural and forestry products, has a market cap of $38.57B, and is trading at an 18.40 P/E multiple. The company offers a $1.40 (1.60%) dividend and has shown a ROE of 37.03% over the last year.
As a cyclical stock, continued economic recovery would only boost DE, even after the strong recovery that the stock has already shown. If more good news about the economy keeps piling up, the stock should continue its rise. On March 10th, Deere announced major new investment in Russia, one of the four main emerging market nations. The company could see major growth through this investment, as Russia is a huge country with tons of land available for farming and forestry. Finally, as with other agriculture stocks, DE should benefit from increasing food prices, since higher farming margins will more easily allow farmers to invest in new machinery.
Syngenta Corp. (SYT) With over 4 billion dollars of cash on hand and a one-year forward EPS projection of nearly 25% Syngenta is a solid name. This Swiss company competes in two major agricultural arenas: Crop protection and seed production. It is an underdog amongst the more established genetically-modified seed producers, Monsanto and DuPont (DD). It may well be this underdog mentality that drives it to continue its aggressive investment in R&D and succeed in closing that gap and sating global appetites.
Archer-Daniels Midland Company (ADM): Archer-Daniels' income and revenue have jumped nearly a third YoY, with a 5-year EPS projection of a very steady and respectable 8%. The company is heavily involved in ethanol so investors strongly committed to this play or those simply looking to add a bit of ethanol exposure to their books without direct commodities investments might be attracted to this venerable name.
Brasil Foods S.A. (BRF) Brasil Foods distributes thousands of products to over 100 countries. It is a leader amongst Brazilian food companies. To the many consumers of its frozen food products it is more commonly known by its public-facing name of Perdigao. With a middle class constituting a majority of the population for the first time in Brazil, it bodes well for demand of the pre-made meals on offer.
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SI 680 Contracting and Signaling- Syllabus
Course prepares you to advise clients or your own organization on the design of contracts and screening policies when one of the parties has an information advantage over the other. For example, students study the design of patent licenses (the licensor knows more about the market), the design of social systems to reduce spam (the spam sender knows more about the content before the recipient decides whether to read), and the design of performance contracts for professional services (e.g.,... More
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It seemed I had chosen the perfect time to pay a visit to my ex boyfriend Sam Winchester who was staying in the room next to mine, I had managed to slip into the room just as he had decided to workout…shirtless.
It felt strange referring to Sam as my ex, I was still used to calling him my boyfriend. If he hadn't gone to Hell then things would be different, we'd still be together and he wouldn't be so…different. I still couldn't figure out just why things hadn't simply returned to the way things were when he returned, that's how it would have worked out in most cases. So why was he so distant now? Why was he suddenly uninterested in me?
Sitting down on the bed in the room I watched him intently doing various stages of workout ranging from push ups to sit ups and finally pull ups. A pleasant shiver ran down my spine as I leant back on my hands taking in the view, he may have lost interest in me but I'd be lying if I said there wasn't attraction from one side.
I had just gotten lost in the moment when he had decided to stop and I noticed a figure moving by the bathroom, frowning slightly I followed his gaze and noticed a dark haired woman had joined us in the room.
"Don't stop on my account" she commented whilst leaning against the doorframe, obviously enjoying the view as much as I was.
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"Last night was a…high point" she had cleared her throat halfway through her sentence for reasons I couldn't quite place.
My heart had sunk even lower then it had when I noticed she was in the room, at least when she hadn't started talking I could have pretended that she was here for a completely different reason…even if I would be living in temporary denial.
The cold atmosphere began creeping around the room and I began to feel awkward sitting here watching their conversation, although inside I was snickering at how distant Sam was being towards her.
"Alright…well nice seeing you start your day, when did you say you were heading out?" she enquired stepping closer.
Sam refused to answer and simply stood in front of her, looking at her with complete disinterest.
"Right…you didn't"
There was still no answer from the only male in the room and he continued to give her a look that suggested she leave as soon as possible.
"Damn you know how to play that mystery card"
Finally getting the hint that she wasn't wanted here she turned to leave and had made it to the door before Sam cleared his throat making her turn back around just as he pulled out a wad of money from his back pocket. My eyes widened in realisation and shock…Sam Winchester was paying for sex!
When did he start going out to find prostitutes?!
"Right…I almost forgot" this was said in a badly acted tone "next time you can call me on my day off…if you want" she smiled flirtatiously whilst passing him a card.
My eyebrow twitched as I tried to stop it from rising in curiosity 'prostitutes have business cards now?'
"Ok" Sam replied bluntly whilst taking the card from her.
Watching her finally leave was a little relieving but also filled the room with a tension I'd never felt before, I was still used to feeling relaxed and at ease around him but all that had changed when we were reunited.
I watched him as he screwed up the card and threw it into the bin across the room before turning to face me, his expression as unreadable as ever. As our eyes connected a shiver of revolt and disgust ran down my spine…I didn't know him anymore.
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Help Wanted TOWN OF NORTH HAVEN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES AND RECREATION SUMMER EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM June 26 August 4, 2017 (Subject to change) TITLE: Summer Program Leader SUPERVISOR: Summer Program Supervisor GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Assisting Program Supervisor in organizing, implementing, and supervising games and activities for children. Performs related duties as specified by Supervisor. REQUIRED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE: a. Some knowledge, but willing to learn more about games and activities, arts and crafts, music, drama, and outdoor education. b. Demonstrate dependability, creativity, and ability to motivate children. c. Enjoy working with children. d. An understanding of the various needs and skills of the diversified age groups. e. Attend pre-season orientation. DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS: a. North Haven resident. b. 15 years of age or older. SUMMER STAFF HOURS: Day Camp 8:15 a.m. -4:45 p.m. Playgrounds 8:45 a.m. -3:15 p.m. Hourly rate: $10.10 Applications will be accepted beginning December 12, 2016 until March 17, 2017. Please apply at the Memorial Town Hall, Finance Office, 18 Church St., North Haven, CT 06473 Monday through Friday 8:30 am 4:30 pm, or you can download the Summer Employment application from the Town's website www.town.north-haven.ct.us. Applications must be mailed or hand delivered to the Finance Office by March 17, 2017. Applications will not be accepted via email. Placement of employees will be based on the needs of the department.
Help Wanted TOWN OF NORTH HAVEN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES AND RECREATION TITLE: Summer Camp Supervisor SUPERVISOR: Assistant Director of Recreation Assistant Director of Recreation/Pool GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Overall planning, supervision and operation of a summer camp program. Perform related tasks as required by the Assistant Director of Recreation. DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF SUPERVISOR: The duties and responsibilities of the Summer Camp Supervisor are as follows: a. Programming and planning of daily and special activities for the Summer Camp in conjunction with staff. b. Maintenance of facility and equipment. c. Instruct staff on skills and assign tasks. d. Enforcerules and regulations of the program. e. Attend daily staff meetings. f. Prepare reports on activities and staff. g. Attend pre-season orientation. h. Opening and closing of the camp facility. i. Submit bi-weekly time sheets. REQUIRED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE: A qualified Summer Camp Supervisor should possess: a.Strong leadership qualities such as dependability, organization, communication skills, creativity, enthusiasm, flexibility, decisiveness and ability to delegate authority. b.A varied background in recreational games and activities such as music, athletics, arts & crafts, outdoor education, dance & drama. c.Ability to instruct staff & children in varied tasks. d.Enjoy working with children & people in general. e.Overall demonstration of strong leadership and administrative qualities. DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS: a.First Aid/CPR certification. b.Experience as a Summer Camp Supervisor or similar position. c. Own transportation. SUMMER STAFF SCHEDULE: Dates: June 19 through August 4, 2017 Hours: 8:15 a.m. - 4:45 p.m./8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Hourly rate: $16.40 Applications will be accepted beginning February 6, 2017, until filled. Please apply at the Memorial Town Hall, Finance Office, 18 Church Street, NorthHaven, CT 06473 Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., or you can download the Summer Employment Application from the Town's Website www.town.north-haven.ct.us Applications must be mailed or hand delivered to the Finance Office. Applications will not be accepted via email.
Help Wanted Elementary Cafe` Manager. 10 months per year - 20 hours per week. The Town of Wallingford Board of Education Food Service Department is seeking a skilled individual to coordinate and manage the activities of the other foodservice employees within the facility. Applicants must have a high school degree or equivalent. Ability to read, write, and speak English. Individuals must have experience in food service with school food service experience preferred. Supervisory experience also preferred. Special Requirement: Must possess sanitation certification from an approved Dept. of Education source. Hourly Rate of $16.41 per hour plus an excellent fringe benefit package. Apply to: Personnel Department, Town of Wallingford, 45 South Main Street, Wallingford, CT 06492. Fax #: (203) 294-2084. Closing date will be March 1, 2017 or the date the 50th application is received, whichever occurs first. EOE.
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Appliances AFFORDABLE - Used Dryers, washers, fridges, stoves, repairs available. Wallingford, 475-201-9001.
Furniture Tilt toptable, 23.5", 26" high, claw feet. 1960. $50. 203-427-3643
Furniture DINING ROOM SET- solid wood table, 2 inserts, hutch, 6 chairs, & table pads, $400.00 203-605-4899
Furniture LADY'S CLOTHES DRESSER - 6' LONG, ASKING $75. Must see. (860) 384-1183.
Misc For Sale The Record Journal will be happy to accept your free ad by mail only. You can place a free ad for stuff given away for free; lost and found pets or items; for "1" item of merchandise, for less than $100. Ads will run for 7 days. Items for sale cannot be repeated. Ads will be published at the discretion of the publisher when space allows. Please mail your ad to: The Record Journal, 500 South Broad St., Meriden, CT 06450.
Music Instrum Instru Music By Roberta Perform + Instruct Voice lessons - all ages +levels,piano beginner-interm. (203) 630-9295.
Wanted to Buy ANTIQUES - Always buying old; Toys, military, jewelry, art, watches, musical instruments, signs, arcade games, cameras, pre 1970 sports memorabilia, plus more. One item or entire estate contents. Call 860-718-5132.
Wanted to Buy ALWAYS BUYING CASH PAID Vintage Electronics, Musical Instruments, Amps, Ham Equipment, HiFi, Radios, CB, Guitars, Audio Equipment, Antiques. 860-707-9350
Wanted to Buy ALWAYS Buying old tools. Wanted old, used and antique hand tools, machinist, woodworking, engraving and work bench tools. Please call with confidence. Fair offers made in your home. Cory 860-322-4367
Wanted to Buy DEE'S ANTIQUES Buying Collectibles, Jewelry & Silver. China, Glass, Military, Musical. Anything old & unusual. Single item to an estate. 203-235-8431.
Wanted to Buy AARON'S BUYING Old Machinist Tools, Lathes, Bench Tools Hand Tools, Much More. (203) 525-0608
Wanted to Buy Buyer of Vintage NAPIER costume jewelry & memorabilia! HIGHEST CASH PAID! 203-606-8374
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Apartments for Rent SPECIAL - 1 Bdrm apartments $800 /mo. Free Heat, Hot Water and Electric! Ask about our pet policy. Security deposit required. (203) 639-4868
Apartments for Rent MERIDEN/NEW HAVEN, 1 & 2 BR avail. Lease, Sec & Refs. 203-314-7300 or 203-239-7657
Apartments for Rent MERIDEN - 2 BR, 5 rms 2fl, WD, enc. porch, $1,000; Also, 1 BR, 1st fl., $615. Both: HW, lrg KITs & appls., no pets, prkg, refs. sec. dep. Call (860) 276-0552.
Apartments for Rent SOUTHINGTON - Eff. 1st fl. Near Hosp. of C. CT, no util., ref. and double sec.dep., 860-621-2693
Apartments for Rent FLANDERS WEST APARTMENTS 3 Darling Street, Southington, CT Studio & One Bedroom Apt. Homes Includes Heat/Hot Water, Appliances Computer & Fitness Center Free Meal Program & Activities Free Shuttle Bus Service Affordable Apartments for Qualified Applicants 50 years of age of older. For more info call 860-621-3954 TTY 711 FlanderswestBC.com
Apartments for Rent MERIDEN - 3 BR, $995. mo + sec., HW inc., avail. immed., HOME SWEET HOME 203-938-3789
Apartments for Rent MERIDEN-4 BR, 1BA, 1100 sq. ft., refurb. kitchen w/new 3 door refrig & cabinets, & refurb. BA, new floors in bath, kitchen, dining room, new carpet throughout,fresh paint, W/D hkups in kitchen, 2 off-st prkg, sec., ref., credit ck., $1425.00 mo., avail. immed. 203-608-8348
Apartments for Rent MERIDEN 2-3 BR, 2nd fl., no pets, smkg, drugs, weed. $875/mo. lease, cr. chk., sec. dep. 203-608-8348
Apartments for Rent MERIDEN - newly remodeled extra large 6 room apartment, 3 to 4 BR, stove & refrigerator 203-238-3908
Apartments for Rent MERIDEN - 7 ROOM Townhouse, 1 1/2 BA, stove & refrigerator, garage. 203-238-3908
Apartments for Rent MERIDEN - 3 BR, 1.5 BA, W/D Hkp, $1,000 mo. 2 mo. sec. West Side. No pets. Maier PM, 203-235-1000.
Apartments for Rent MERIDEN - 2nd fl: 1 BR $600mo.; Studio $500 mo. 2 mo. sec. +app fee. Maier Property Mgt, 203-235-1000.
Condos for Rent Meriden - 2 BR Condo, $850, 2 mo sec. + app fee. No pets. Maier Property Mgt,203-235-1000. Conv. to hi-way.
Condos for Rent MERIDEN 1-2 BR Hubbard Park Condos. Air Heat. 775 West Main St. $825 to $1025 + Utils. No pets. Call John, (860) 989-6080.
Garage and Storage No. Haven Garage heated, 1100SF, 26x43, 11x13 O/H door, 5k SF fenced yard $850/mo. Keith 203-627-9639
Mobile Homes WALLINGFORD - One home available in Laurel View Park Two BR-One BA, with c/a. $44,000. Call park owner/agent at 203-623-0511
Open Houses Open House 12-2pm 129 Staffordshire Commons, Wallingford Spacious 2 BR Condo, CAIR, 2 car gar. $144,900 Emilia 203-494-0990 www.harrimanre.com
Open Houses Open House Sun 12-2 146 West View, Meriden Charming and move-in ready 3 BR ranch w/gar. $199,900 Pat 203-605-3873 www.harrimanre.com
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FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett recently sat down with Rob Bradford of WEEI.com and left little doubt that he views most, if not all, of the criticism directed at the Red Sox as unwarranted, unjust and undeserving of apology.
Bradford makes it clear he believes the pitcher has been unfairly maligned. "People wanted their pound of flesh,'' he wrote, "and some were doing their best to make sure it came off the hide of the All-Star starter.''
In the course of what Bradford said was a one-hour interview at Beckett's spring-training home, Beckett addressed a number of topics, and made an admission that he was unwilling to make at last week's press conference, that his wife's pregnancy was a distraction, but one that he has no cause to defend.
"To ask a man to care more about a major league baseball game -- and I know it's a major league baseball game -- than he does about what's going on with his wife, who's due any minute. And I never want her to be an excuse. Yeah, I was distracted, but that's not her problem. That's on me. I would never trade that.
"If somebody reads this or somebody thinks I'm wrong, they can go [expletive] themselves. That's the truth. That's what's important to me. I'm not saying baseball is not important. I could differentiate on the day I was pitching. I went out there and I was still as competitive. I'm not saying my mind was only focused on just this pitch because I did have other things on my mind. Whether you want to understand that or not, I don't care because I know who I am and what I'm trying to do.''
Beckett told Bradford he had some issues with manager Terry Francona, but was appalled at the way Francona was treated publicly, when details of his private life surfaced in a front-page story in the Boston Globe, including unsubstantiated allegations that the Sox were concerned about Francona's use of pain medication.
"Somebody made that stuff up, just like somebody made up that we were doing stuff … This is stupid," he said. "I don't understand what the big deal is. Somebody was trying to save their own ass, and it probably cost a lot of people their asses. The snitching [expletive], that's [expletive]. It's not good.
"There's two things with the clubhouse thing that I have a problem with: If I'm going to say something about the clubhouse, my name is going to be on it. The second thing is you never want to be remembered as that guy because that will follow wherever you go. It's just mind-boggling to me."
Beckett also refuted the suggestion that his weight gain by the end of the season was an issue.
"It's not like I was standing behind the mound, bent over breathing heavy. It wasn't anything like that," he said. "It wasn't something I thought about. We all put on a little weight during the year. I can't help that I wasn't pitching good and people notice that.
"Another thing people have to realize is baseball players aren't supermodels. We don't all look like Jacoby Ellsbury. I wish I did, but I don't. I never have and I never will. We're major league baseball players. We get paid because we're really flexible in our arms, that's the only thing. I'm not a professional athlete in anything else. It's just kind of crazy. This has become this big deal about how we're supposed to look like Jacoby. If I worked out for 23 hours a day I still wouldn't look like Jacoby. It's just not in my DNA.
"I never missed a workout. If anything … one of the things we've changed this year about the pitchers' workouts is that we started doing squats last year during the season because [I] felt good doing them. But at the end of the year there was some dissension among the medical staff where some of them wanted us to do it and some of us didn't. Now we don't do squats. I loved them. I did them all the way through September.
"The only thing I cut back from is that I couldn't run, but I was riding the bike the same amount of time. … There are reasons why I gained weight last year. It doesn't have anything to do with my wife, either. That's life. You go through things like this. It's just the way it is."


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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Mary Wells on Cringe-Worthy Madoff
I would not invest through people I do not know a lot about. And I would have investigated anyone who had a reputation of paying such unlikely regular high returns. The whole story was hard to believe. And there was something about Bernie Madoff's little smile that made me cringe.Read More
Mary Wells's Love Formula?
Well, of course it is about sex where one and one equal one. But more than that, much more than that, is a relationship in which people are free with each other to talk about anything and know they will not only get respect but energetic interest.Read More
The Real Cost of a 'Botax,' by Plastic Surgeon Dr. Haideh Hirmand
A noted physician exposes the hidden toxicity of the Senate's proposed 5% federal tax on cosmetic procedures.Read More
Mary Wells: The White House and the Calgary Zoo
I haven't known party crashers but I always wonder about the two daring 27-year-old men who crashed a Calgary Zoo party. They scaled the eight-foot fence and sneaked up to the cage of Vitali, the gorgeous Siberian tiger in the Calgary Zoo, who was feeling fun and stretched out his arm through the wires tauntingly, flaunting […]Read More
President Barack Obama's 'Pretzel' Problem, by Mary Wells
President Obama is like many earlier presidents who inherit serious troubles in a complicated world. If you were President Obama and you inherited Afghanistan what would you do that would solve all the problems including the looming one with Pakistan and India? Some problems you inherit as president are like pretzels and time is the […]Read More
Mary Wells: Give Tiger a Break
Tiger is not running for president or any leadership position in the country. He is a golfer. I think his and his wife's personal life is theirs, not ours, and I think he said it well. America has always had to deal with the puritanical streak in its personality but since the financial troubles began we have […]Read More
Diet S.O.S. – Help Me Please
Have you advice for this rotund recidivist? I rarely ask for help. I am insistent about putting my own luggage on the airplane overhead rack. Therefore, I find it odd and slightly out of character to write this. But, quite simply, I must confess I cannot seem to diet successfully. I can lick almost any […]Read More
Mr. wOw Says – Let's Get Out of Tiger Woods's Driveway
Here's hoping the golf star doesn't go all Hugh Grant on usRead More
How Google Has Changed the World: A Conversation With Ken Auletta
The author of a seminal new book about media talks with Cynthia McFadden about the future of print, the cost of information — and whether we should trust the largest search engine in the world. Editor's Note: New Yorker media correspondent Ken Auletta is the author of Googled: The End of the World As We […]Read More


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I found the following on various threads and couldn't help but share. The point, I think, is amplified when they are presented together.
Category: Junk Science
Sunday Reads #5: All things climate, environmental and politics
Don't like the budget? Your options aren't limited to voting
While some in the government are calling the actions of many disappointed Australians "socialism" in truth, civil disobedience and peaceful protesting is an essential element to a fully functional democracy. Of course, the opposition, when they have no genuine rebuke, will resort to name calling, so let them have that, at least.
Pyne short on maths when it comes to 'prestige' degrees
For those who care about the quality of the minds of future Australian who will be in charge when we are old and needing assistance (hoping that we haven't made them selfish and apathetic). The best point of this article, for me is the simple point; if university graduates are likely to earn 75% more, why not add a tax to those currently earning 75% more to support those who follow them?
It avoids the debilitating debt the current proposal will create and it will avoid further insult to the disadvantaged – those who may not make the supposed 75% more, women who take time off to have children, people who suffer an unforeseeable health problem down the track when they have already completed university and are unable to work in the same fashion, etc.
Climate change by any name is economics
A little shameless self promotion…
Why ethics won't help cut emissions
An excellent article to support a carbon price
Rules to cut carbon emissions also reduce harmful air pollution
What's more, CO2 isn't the only thing that comes out of exhaust pipes. Reducing carbon emissions reduces all other relating chemicals and particulates. A decarbonised world makes for healthier lungs!
Carter and de Lange's GWPF sea level report plagiarises their own heartland funded NIPCC propaganda
This made me laugh… But we must give them a little room. After all, they have such a small resource base to work from that this type of this is inevitable.
'Damage already done': Climate Change Authority staff quit amid uncertainty
My initial thought in reading this was, "Well, I'll happily apply for a role!" (noting, obviously, my skills sets are probably not a great match)
I've written numerous articles over the years about the how poorly the Australian Green Sector has established itself. Since 2009 it went downhill for some time and I had a sense last year that again momentum was indeed rebuilding.
Nowadays, I'm careful of whether or not I include the words "climate change" or certain publications in an application. We all have mouths to feed and lives to live. The cuts to research and anything relating to climate by our current government is an effective tool to undermine the confidence of the sector.
Global survey: Climate change now a mainstream part of city planning
And despite the strange behaviours in Australia, the world is building cities to that buffer them from future climate change… it feels a million miles away from sprawling urban Australia.
Abbott pedals against the global climate awakening
And there you have it.
"Climate Always Changes…"
This is by far the most common argument I hear in my daily life from those within my social circle. It is, in essence, an attempt to establish reasonable doubt rather than refute the science. It fails miserably.
Here is my reply.
You check your general savings account and notice a large drop in the balance from what you know should be in there.
You go into a branch of your bank to question them about it. The teller looks at your account and confidently concludes, "Your account balance always changes."
Is that the end of the story? Would you accept, on any level, that this reply answers your concern?
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Why I will not be watching Russell Crow in "Noah"
Sorry to be off topic…
Yes, I am one of those annoying people who picks movies to pieces. Of course, when the movie is fantasy, I am capable of suspending disbelief to enjoy the movie. In the case of the new movie, Noah, however, that isn't an option.
The reason being that there are many people who still take the fable as truth – some going as far as to waste their life away on a vain effort to find evidence.
How can I be so sure that the story of Noah arises in the Middle Eastern dreamtime? Because of engineering. Because of biology. Because of earth.
Of engineering.
Engineering is not my field, so I'll leave it up to others. In short, a wooden boat of such a size defies the known properties of the material and cannot be replicated by engineers.
Of biology
Now into a territory I'm more familiar with, I will need to break this down to many points to show just how idiotic the idea is.
No boat could be big enough.
It would have appeared otherwise to the all-too-human author at the time, with their limited experience of life that existed at the time of writing in other corners of the world and of all the life that had ever previously existed.
Even assuming all the dinosaurs and mega-fauna forgot to buy their tickets and assuming genus, or even families were the "kinds" described, the line would still have been too long (eg. ranging from the many millions with species down to the many thousands of families – which in turn would require evolution along the lines of Pokemon, that is within a generation or two, to account for all the species today).
Worse than that; the floods would have either been saline or fresh, meaning that the SS Noah would have needed aquariums for all species of the opposing environment.
And this point is a catch-22; if we grant that the waters were saline – in turn leaving the massive per-historic marine reptiles and modern marine mammals off of the ark – well, then this boat needed to carry a year's worth of water for all those on board.
Fresh flood waters demands tanks big enough for the likes of blue whales and their buddies.
The problem of thirst isn't the end of the problem with resources.
We must also consider what we could forgive the writer for not knowing; trophic levels. That is to say, animals eat each other.
To support just the big carnivorous cats and dogs over this period, we couldn't have just two of every species – but rather whole herds of prey species. These sacrificial herds were never mentioned.
This in turn magnifies the problem of feed for the herbivores, as the prey herds will need vast amounts of food and water to maintain the meat-eaters.
Assuming that the floods were fresh, thereby saving Noah the issue of carrying the water, he would still need to catch hundreds of tons of krill prior to the flood (because the freshening water would have killed them off) to feed however many baleen whales he needed to carry to "evolve" into the species we see today.
As soon as you factor in food, the already absurdly small boat looks even worse.
Again, we could forgive an author a few millennia ago for being ignorant, in this case, of limits to viable population size.
Sure, a few breeding pairs of a given rodent might take off in a new environment, but that's not guaranteed. We only need to look at how many times rabbits needed to be introduced to Australia before they exploded.
When you are talking about a species that may only breed once a year or even longer, the chances that a single breeding pair would suffice to save to species is effectively shot.
And I've ignored the problem of inbreeding here, which would have played havoc with subsequent generations.
Having a singly breeding pair of every known species (or genus or family), Noah would have been lucky to have any persist and flourish.
And now the real kicker
To sprinkle salt into the wound, the year on the ark in itself means everything.
Not only would he need to carry all the animals and all the food (and potentially water) to survive the year, but also for much longer. Worse than this, he would have needed to carry tons of seed.
No seedbank (ie. seeds in the top soil) would remain viable for such a period under the flood. Apart from the osmotic pressure – or high salinity – caused by the flood itself and apart from the silt collection from a year of turbulent water movement (remembering that this silt, the creation would tell us, led to all the fossils), the seeds would simply expire.
So, Noah would have needed herds of prey to release after the flood and enough food to support these as well as the herbivore breeding pairs while he reseeded the entire global terrestrial landscape with all the plant life we see today.
None of this is mentioned and must fail the laugh test.
Of earth
This problem is one noted prior to Darwin even learning his alphabet. No-one has found a single example of a fossilised duck mingled with Triceratops.
We could take this further and state that there has never been fossilised evidence of a giant ground sloth being killed by a t-rex, of a human kill of any dinosaur or of pterosaur competing with a large eagle (noting that they share the same niche).
That's because these species existed in different geological periods.
The flood silt didn't conveniently cover different groups in sequence. Of everything, the fossil record is both the most damning and easiest to understand to anyone who has any actual interest in reality.
If these ancient stories are true, show me the fossils.
Back to the movie
Sure, it looks dramatic, but with so many plots holes, the story fails before it even begins. Yet, for the true believer, it would, absurdly, be cementing to their faith. This work of fiction will be watched by the faithful as though it were some documentary!
Of course, Russell won't be shooing off any dinosaurs or else the critics would rip it to shreds.
Which brings me to the crux; there is a way out for the faithful. It is the only way out and one few who want to sound intellectual is likely to mention; magic.
"Oh, the boat would break? God held it together."
"Oh, the boat wasn't big enough? God made the animals shrink for the trip."
"Oh, there wouldn't possibly be room enough for all the food and water? God ran a meals-on-wheels service."
"Oh, there's a problem with salt or fresh water? God made all aquatic life temporarily salt tolerant."
"Oh, two individuals don't make for a viable population? God again…"
"God… God… God…"
Geeezus! Give up with the mockery of science and admit to placing faith in ancient stories over genuine certainty derived through critical analysis and get on making Adam and Eve Dino parks. If you're willing to suspend the laws of the known universe to make your story fit reality, you are no longer talking about science – which is all about those laws. There's nothing wrong with that, just admit it.
I don't care. Live and let live.
If only they could admit to their warped, magically inclined reality, we could dutifully write it off and stop pretending to take it seriously.
Then, perhaps, I would allow myself to suspend disbelief and watch the epic, yet terribly scripted, movie.
The coming together of bad ideas
Just a short post for a mid-week chuckle. What do you get when you cross anti-vaccination with chemtrail crackpots? You get petition aimed at stopping an "uncovered" secret government program to mass medicate populations. I'm serious, whether or not the creator of the work is….
All we would need now is for the vaccine to be fluoride based and intentionally fanned by wind farms and the Nexus of Stupidity would be complete.
The future history of The Great, Tony Abbott: A carrot by any other name is still bad policy
Early into the Abbott government's term, the Coalition realised that something had gone wrong. While Direct Action and the promise of cheaper electricity were enough to get the team in, scepticism on both fronts began to creep into the general population.
Concerned about public opinion and especially in keeping the public informed, members of the party began bugging journalists for interviews.
Reluctantly (as many journalists were in the middle of solitare on their Desktops) some granted them interviews.
It took a few weeks, but repetition paid off and soon an almost audible gasp of amazement spread over Australia.
Direct Action was a carrot! Of course!
The method being adopted globally and in the early stages of conception within our boarders, that is a carbon price, was nothing but a whipping stick to punish polluters. Direct Action rewarded self-motivated good behaviour.
The people finally got it and opinion of the new government rose to record breaking heights. Some, more motivated members of the public took it a step further, pledging donations to various big business if they were able to clean up their activities.
It became a national past-time, with Australian shares taking over the market.
Amazed by this phenomena, the Coalition realised just how powerful the tool they developed really was. Soon, the carrot was appearing in legislation to revolutionize everything in Australia.
Cameras were set up on every roadway. Speeding by these cameras no longer meant a fine appearing in your letter box, no. Bad drivers just missed out on the cheques that good drivers were sent annually.
So too, prisons nationally were closed for good. Good behaviour was instead rewarded by a larger tax return an naughty members of the community missed out.
Following the triumphant second election win which saw the largest swing towards a single party in history, the Coalition quickly implemented new legislation that allowed them to hand over a "carrot", in the form of payment, to media providers that had been highly positive of the Coalition over the election period. Murdoch himself, wrote a personal letter of thanks and praise that appeared across his media empire.
Before long, the carrot was adopted as the icon for the Coalition, to massive approval from the general public.
Tony remained Prime Minister until he retired on his own accord. There were many tears shed that day, even from all the other parties (small and trivial as they had become).
In his honour, above Parliament House in place of the Australian flag, a bigger than life brass statue was erected. It sported Tony riding a giant Clydesdale, rearing, with "business" stamped on its hide. In his left hand he held a rod (not a stick), like a jousting sword, with a carrot dangling from its tip.
Sequestration, like so many other "solutions," no silver bullet
Following my post, Carbon Sequestration; what no-one tells you, I received a couple comments from a reader, pointing out the potential of chemical sequestration, commonly referred to as enhanced weathering.
Of course, none of this was provided with case studies or research into it's viability and the individual quickly left the conversation, having made their point.
But it's worth reviewing, because I'm becoming increasingly aware of two camps, both very distinct, but sharing an absolutism approach to their favoured climate change mitigation strategy; the pro-nukes and the sequestration mob. Both are sure that their answer is the one and only true reply, but neither stack up.
I won't bother here with the pro-nukes, because I've discussed them various times in the past.
Yes, biological sequestration is only one possibility. Even the modest targets set by the current Australian government within "direct action" represent massive effort, as my analysis showed. However, there is another, apparently low energy, form of sequestration which relies on rock chemically reacting with atmospheric CO2 to capture it.
This is know as "enhanced weathering" as it is a natural process in itself and what the fans of this want to do is speed it up. It's euphemism for enhanced erosion. I'll get to the numbers in just a moment, but we're talking about billions of tonnes of material needed, to match the CO2. Who honestly believes that mining to this degree is viable, let alone desirable when we factor in the necessary impact to landscapes and aquatic environments both through the direct mining activities and resulting compounds as residue from this process, which will hit environments (unless we go to even greater effort and expense to again bury it) in far great amounts than the background levels?
As for numbers, looking at the Azimuth Project, two minerals that could be used for this process are Olivine and Serpentine.
The ratios for these;
|Olivine (forsterite)
|Molar Mass (g/mol)
|Weight ratio to CO2
|Molecules requires for every CO2
|0.25 to 1
|0.25 to 1
|1 unit weight of CO2 requires how many units?
|1.6 to 4.63
|0.8 to 3.2
Annual emissions of CO2 reached 34.5 billion tonnes in 2012. Therefore, for Olivine or Serpentine to capture all of this, we would need between 27.6 and 159.74 billion tonnes of these rocks annually.
From the Azimuth Project page;
Supposedly all the CO2 that is produced by burning 1 liter of oil can be sequestered by less than 1 liter of olivine. The market value of olivine is US $50 to US $100 per ton depending on quality. Plugging in the larger number then 5 trillion dollars a year of this material would absorb all the CO2 currently produced. But of course this calculation is oversimplified, since the spike in demand would send the price much higher.
None of this begins to address the billions of tonnes of residue materials as well.
Some might say that I'm being unfair – most targets aim at around 5% below, say 2000 or 1990 levels. To be generous, let's say the emissions value was 25 billion tonnes, meaning that we want to reach emissions targets below 23.75 billion tonnes. This means that we want to capture 10.75 billion tonnes of CO2 based on 2012 levels.
This amounts to between 8.6 and 49.77 billion tonnes of Olivine and Serpentine annually for enhanced weathering. This is still a massive industry devoted entirely to scrubbing the atmosphere of our CO2 emissions.
The Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, may call emissions trading a "so-called market in the non-delivery of an invisible substance to no one," but how can sequestration be anything but a non-delivery market, as much a sink of money as it is carbon?
It doesn't matter whether you rely on trees, soil, weathering or any other mechanism, sequestration is not the cheap and easy solution that it has been sold as. In every case you are also left with a bank that is useless unless it keeps carbon locked and what then of this material?
There is no such thing as a silver bullet. Reducing our emissions will require a lot of effort, behavioural change and a diversity of solutions, each contributing their own small part. Thus far, very little of this is being addressed or adopted above the barest effort.


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In this episode, Wade is joined by Vittorio Bertocci—Principal Program Manager at Microsoft and affectionately known to all of us as Admiral Identity—who shows us the new Identity and Access Tool for Visual Studio 11 Beta that, amongst other things, is closely integrated into the Access Control Service. You can get all the details at Windows Identity Foundation in the .NET Framework 4.5 Beta: Tools, Samples, Claims Everywhere and grab the bits here.
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What up with not covering the azure outage???
I've been waiting for you guys to go through that. Not even mentioning it seems cowardly and like you're trying to keep it quiet. C'mon! You're better than this!
Also: What happened to fullscreen video? Can't find out how to do it now that the silverlight player is gone.
In case you missed it, there was a very detailed post covering the outage. Not cowardly at all!
I am still seeing fullscreen video (via high quality MP4 download).
@hansol Fullscreen video is available, if you click on format and choose the sl player(smooth streaming).
@codingoutloud: Hi, I'm merely stating that not even mentioning it in CouldCover is a bit cowardly. Isn't the show called "cloud cover" and not "cloud coverup"? (Cheap point, I know).
@WadeWegner: Hi, thanks a lot for the post - it describes the situation in details, just as I wanted to know. But simply saying that the article was so brilliant there's nothing more to say isn't an actual argument for not covering the news. It's rather a good argument for presenting the article, no?
@philjay: Thanks a lot! I'll quit my whining now
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Choosing whether or not to circumcise your son can be a difficult choice. The important thing to remember is that circumcision is a choice. When a male fetus is developing, specifically his genitals, the penis develops with a special covering. This covering is called the foreskin. What once was thought of as a useless bit of skin, much like the appendix, has turned out, through research, to have a purpose Performing Circumcision Circumcision is the surgical removal of the foreskin from the penis. This is generally performed on infant males within the first few days of life.» Read more
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We recently passed the first rolling 12-month period for determining which entities will surpass the CFTC's de minimis swap dealing levels and thus be "swap dealers" under the Dodd-Frank Act. So, who are they?
The National Futures Association maintains an up-to-date registry of swap dealers and major swap participants, along with their respective CFTC registration statuses. The registry shows that there are currently 94 companies with provisional or pending registration as swap dealers. Almost all of the companies are large banking or financial services companies and their affiliates, including Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Citibank, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, and others.
However, three large energy/physical commodity companies are also registered as swap dealers: BP Energy Company, Shell Trading Risk Management LLC, and Cargill Incorporated. The CFTC recently approved a "limited purpose swap dealer designation" for Cargill and its affiliate, Cargill Financial Service International, Inc.–the first time such a designation has been granted. Pursuant to the order, the Cargill affiliates will be treated as swap dealers with respect to swap activities engaged in through Cargill's "Cargill Risk Management Business Unit" and as non-swap dealers with respect to all other swap activities.
The NFA registry shows that just 2 companies—Cournot Financial Products LLC and MBIA Insurance Corporation—are registered as major swap participants.
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Swap Dealers are subject to comprehensive regulation under the Dodd-Frank Act. As a result, they must obtain certain representations from their counterparties and otherwise ensure that their swap transactions with counterparties satisfy the CFTC's swap dealer regulations. The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has published two protocols—the ISDA August 2012 DF Protocol and the ISDA March 2013 DF Protocol—to address many of these swap dealer requirements. Approximately 11,000 companies have adhered to these protocols, showing their wide adoption. The protocols may be incorporated into existing master agreements (the ISDA and any other master swap agreement in place between matched counterparties) by: (1) "adhering" to the protocol through submission of an adherence letter and payment of $500 to ISDA and (2) exchange of questionnaires with counterparties. This may be done via an online system provided by ISDA/Markit.
Alternatively, the operative "Supplement" portion of each protocol may be incorporated into individually designated master agreements by an executed amendment. The International Energy Credit Association (IECA) has published amending agreements designed to incorporate the August 2012 and March 2013 ISDA DF Supplements into designated master agreements, with minor modifications that arguably make the Supplements friendlier to end users. IECA has also published a "Dodd-Frank Act Representations and Reporting Amending Agreement" that is a convenient means of obtaining mutual representations and assigning the swap reporting responsibility between two end user counterparties for Dodd-Frank compliance purposes.
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Chem-Dry, the world's largest carpet cleaning company with more than 3,500 units, recently expanded its franchise holdings in key markets in Colorado, Texas and Illinois.
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