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2016 Assembly of Compendium Experts in Malta
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Osteoarthritis at the base of the thumb has a 15-33% prevalence in adults
What is it?
Patients with osteoarthritis of the thumb carpometacarpal joint, or base of the thumb, commonly seek help for their symptoms. Arthritis at the base of the thumb causes functional disability and pain, particularly with "pinching" actions.
How common is osteoarthritis of the thumb?
The prevalence of this condition increases with age and is greatest in postmenopausal women. It ranges between 15% prevalence in adults in Finland and a 33% prevalence in postmenopausal women. This is likely to increase as populations age and people stay active for longer.
How to diagnose it?
Pain reproduced on the axial grind test localizes pathology to the base of the thumb.
Trapeziometacarpal and scaphotrapeziotrapezoid joints should be assessed with plain radiographs (X-rays) that typically show degenerative changes. However, X-rays may underestimate the extent of the disease.
What to do?
Non-operative treatments can ameliorate symptoms and delay surgery in most patients with osteoarthritis of the thumb:
--behavior modification
--pain relief
--corticosteroid injections
No single operative procedure has been shown to be superior:
--Simple trapeziectomy has the lowest complication rate; and
--Arthrodesis may be the best option for patients who value pain relief and reliable strength and stability more than mobility (such as younger manual workers).
Piano lesson: Rachmaninov had big hands.
Osteoarthritis at the base of the thumb. BMJ 2011.
Ves Dimov, MD, ACP Member, is an allergist/immunologist and Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Chicago, where he evaluates and treats both pediatric and adult patients. He is double board-certified in Allergy/Immunology (ABAI, a conjoint board of Medicine and Pediatrics) and Internal Medicine (ABIM). This post originally appeared at CasesBlog, his daily update of medical news.
Labels: CasesBlog, guest post, osteoarthritis, pain management, Ves Dimov
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Excellent summary. Enjoyed the video at the end too.
Both AFP and BMJ publish these "common sense" guides from time to time.
It would have been nice if they were open access, of course.
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|Italian vermouth
|1⁄2 Fluid Ounce (1/8 Gill)
|1⁄2 Fluid Ounce (1/6 Gill)
|Angostura bitters
|3 Dash
|Plain syrup
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Lemon peel juice
|2 Dash
|Crushed ice
|125 Milliliter (1/2 Glass)
1. Fill half the tumbler with broken Ice and add the Angostura Bitters.
2. Then add the Italian Vermouth, the Plain Syrup and the Brandy.
3. Stir up and pass through a strainer into a cocktail glass.
4. Serve the fairly strong cocktail with a Cherry and a dash of Lemon Peel Juice on top.
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Nutrition Rank
Nutrition Facts
Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 56 Calories from Fat 0
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0.01 g0.02%
Saturated Fat 0 g0.01%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 8.9 mg0.4%
Total Carbohydrates 4 g1.2%
Dietary Fiber 0.15 g0.6%
Sugars 3.4 g
Protein 0.09 g0.17%
Vitamin A 0.1% Vitamin C 1.3%
Calcium 0.6% Iron 0.47%
*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet


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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:184.108.40.206) Gecko/20060111 Firefox/188.8.131.52
Build Identifier: N/A
Note: This bug was originally reported to IPA (Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan) and forwarded to us at Mozilla Japan. I'm NOT original reporter. Don't mention my name in the security advisory. For more information about IPA, visit http://www.ipa.go.jp/about/english/
Attackers can forge a Web page on another domain by sending the HTTP response including Transfer-Encoding header with a space between header name and colon (:). This could be used for the real phishing to steal sensitive data, such as user password or cookies.
Windows XP Professional SP2
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20060129 Firefox/1.6a1
Reproducible: Sometimes
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set up Firefox to use Microsoft Internet Security & Acceleration Server 2004 (ISA Server) for HTTP proxy
2. Provide the proxy with HTTP response with the following conditions:
A. "Content-Length" header is included
B. "Transfer-Encoding : chunked" is included (note a space between "Encoding" and ":")
C. response length with chunk size data of B is shorter than the value of A
Actual Results:
"Transfer-Encoding SP" header (Transfer-Encoding header with a space) is not defined by HTTP/1.1. Therefore, ISA Server will send data of the number of bytes specified by Content-Length header to the browser. Transfer-Encoding header with a space will be transferred as is. This is appropriate behavior compliant with HTTP/1.1.
Received the response via proxy, Firefox recognizes "Transfer-Encoding SP" header as "Transfer-Encoding" header and understands that the response body is chunked encoded.
The rest of response determined by the condition C is incorrectly recognized as the response of following HTTP request.
Expected Results:
The rest of response should not be recognized as the response of following HTTP request.
The malicious Web site admins can target Firefox users who use HTT/1.1 proxy to steal cookies or build web pages including fake login form for arbitrary domains.
Workaround: Don't use ISA Server
More info coming.
I found Bug 80313. Is this a mistake on the implementation?
Created attachment 214406 [details]
data flow chart
IPA send us the data flow chart. I attach it.
Created attachment 214408 [details]
data flow chart 2
Here is another chart.
This bug can also be reproduced with Content-Length header.
Nominate for blocking.
-> me, for investigation
Any updates?
I don't think spaces around the colon have anything to do with this problem. Firefox prefers the last Content-Length header over the first, and it will prefer "Tranfer-Encoding: chunked" over a given Content-Length.
OK, nevermind. I understand now. This problem occurs because Firefox tolerates headers that are malformed. ISA proxy on the other hand, ignores the malformed headers, and therefore this bug gets introduced. I recall that we added support for sloppy header parsing for consistency with IE because many websites serve malformed headers. Some, even send '=' instead of ':'. I'm not sure how to proceed. If we make Firefox conform strictly to RFC 2616, then we risk breaking web site compatibility. If we do not, then we risk security.
Here's the code that Firefox uses to parse response headers:
The comment documents the parsing rules that we implement.
The patch for this bug will conflict with the patch for bug 328817, so I'm making this bug depend on that bug.
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I have IE, version 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519, and it does not appear to be vulnerable to this problem. It seems like Microsoft must have tightened up the header parsing in IE somewhere along the way, or maybe ruslan was wrong:
It seems that the best fix might be to make our header parsing strict again given the ubiquity of IE 6.
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Safari also implements strict header parsing from what I can tell.
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the table and nsHttp::IsValidToken were just moved without changes, right?
> the table and nsHttp::IsValidToken were just moved without changes, right?
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approved for 1.8.0 branch, a=dveditz for drivers
v.fixed on 1.8.0 branch: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US;
rv:188.8.131.52) Gecko/20060420 Firefox/188.8.131.52, no "hacked" popups with either of Darin's testcases, the second headers sent are not processed.
IPA have confirmed that this vulnerability affects Firefox only.
It's OK to publish security advisory as of Firefox 126.96.36.199. Thanks!
IPA told us that the original reporter is Kazuho Oku (Cybozu Labs).
FYI: http://labs.cybozu.co.jp/en/archives/2005-08-16-1.html
dveditz: Please mention his name in the upcoming advisory.
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Not something you can teach
From Daria:
Thanks for the encouragement, you two. Maybe sometime you can teach me how to pass judgment on someone I've never met. –She's going to be disappointed. –Yeah. That's not really the kind of thing you can teach.
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Marion Cotillard
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Her delicate and sweet appearance hides strength and determination, the ones shown by Marion Cotillard, the multi-awarded French actress and face of Dior, in playing tough and complex roles. And in fighting for environmental issues.
From France to Hollywood, from cinema to music, from fashion to her commitment to environmental issues. These, and a lot more, are the main traits of one of contemporary cinema's most respected actresses: Marion Cotillard. She was born in Paris on September 30, 1975 into a family of artists; her father Jean-Claude is a former mime, an actor and film director while her mother Monique Niseema Theillaud is a drama teacher and actress. Marion was raised in this eclectic, inspiring world and started acting at 16 years old when she enrolled in the Performing Arts Conservatory in Orléans. Following a few small roles for the stage and on TV, the turning point came in 1998 when she played Lilly Bertineau in "Taxxi", thanks to film director /producer Luc Besson who was impressed by her talent.
At that time she was in a relationship with actor Julien Rassam, who committed suicide in 2002 while the actress was shooting "Taxxi 3". This sudden bereavement urged her to go on a spiritual journey to India, putting her career on hold. After about a year she came back to Europe and found love again with Guillaume Canet, with whom she lives a quiet and reserved life in Paris. In 2011 the couple had their first son Marcel. In 2005, after two nominations, she won the César prize for best actress in a supporting role for her performance of a prostitute with a vengeance in "A Very Long Engagement" by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, showing her versatile quality. Global success came with her roles in films by important directors, like "Big Fish" by Tim Burton, and in 2008 she earned the Academy Award for best actress for her role as the "mome" Edith Piaf in the film "La Vie en Rose". At that time the actress stood out also for her refined beauty, charm, elegant poise and sweet eyes.
The perfect features for the Maison Dior, that picked her in 2008 to be the face of the Lady Dior bag. The iconic bag, that encompasses timeless elegance and feminine charm, reflects the actress' allure, who became its inspiring muse. From Annie Leibovitz to Steven Klein to Peter Lindbergh, the biggest fashion photographers portrayed her for the house, unveiling a new side to her every time, while still keeping a well-defined style. She also appeared in the short films shot to launch the bag, The Lady Noir Affair (directed by Olivier Dahan), Lady Rouge (by Jonas Åkerlund), Lady Blue Shanghai (by David Lynch), Lady Grey London and L.A.dy Dior (both by John Cameron Mitchell). The collaboration with Dior has been very successful throughout the years and was further confirmed by Enter The Game, the video that the actress co-directed with Eliott Bliss in 2014 and in which she shows her skills as a dancer and singer, performing as an exclusive the tune "Snapshot in LA", a song she wrote with Metronomy frontman, Joseph Mount. The Cotillard-Dior combo is thus representative of French style, thanks to the actress' inborn charms that she is able to convey through her almost aloof aura, that of a true diva. In that same year she also collaborated with Maison Cartier, recording the brand new song "The Strong Ones" with Hawksley Workman for the charitable ad campaign of the "Love" line.
Greenpeace is another key element of Cotillard's life: she is committed to environmental issues, in particular to garbage recycling and toxic chemical substances in beauty products and drinking water. In 2010, with other activists, she shot various documentary films in Oshwe (Republic of Congo) revolving around illegal deforestation on the part of European multinational companies; in that same year she was named Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. She has played numerous prestigious roles: she was the lover of Johnny Depp in "Public Enemy" and was part of the stellar cast of "Nine", the remake of Fellini's 8½, directed by Rob Marshall, and appeared in "Inception" alongside Leonardo Di Caprio. In 2011 she won over the public and the critics for her role of Adriana in Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris". In 2012 she appeared in "The Dark Knight Rises" while in 2015 she earned a new nomination for the Academy Awards for her leading role in "Two Days, One Night" by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, while in Cannes she presented the film adaptation of "Macbeth" alongside Michael Fassbender.
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The 2006 Tablas Creek Vineyard Vin de Paille "Quintessence" is Tablas Creek's reserve bottling of this traditional Mediterranean technique for producing dessert wines. Ripe grape bunches are carefully laid down on straw-covered benches in our greenhouses, and allowed to dehydrate in the sun. When the grapes reach the desired concentration, we press them and move the juice to oak barrels for fermentation. The juice ferments until it reaches an alcohol level where the sweetness of the juice is balanced by the acids and mineral characteristics of the wine itself.
The grapes for our Vin de Paille were grown on our 120-acre certified organic estate vineyard.
In 2006, we dried all four of our white Rhone grapes (Roussanne, Viognier, Marsanne, and Grenache Blanc) on straw in our greenhouses. We then pressed the grapes and fermented the wines separately. By the middle of the winter, it was clear to us that one barrel of the Roussanne was distinctly different than the rest, with tremendous richness and (we suspected) great longevity. When we blended our 2006 Vin de Paille blend, we held out this barrel to give it another year in our cellar to evolve, and bottled it as Vin de Paille "Quintessence".
The 2006 vintage was a study of contrasts, with a cold, wet start, a very hot early summer, a cool late summer and a warm, beautiful fall. Ample rainfall in late winter gave the grapevines ample groundwater, and produced relatively generous crop sizes. The relatively cool late-season temperatures resulted in a delayed but unhurried harvest, wines with lower than normal alcohols, strong varietal character, and good acids. We harvested the Roussanne for our Vin de Paille in one day on October 11th.
The wine, after pressing, was aged in a new French oak barrel for 22 months before being bottled in June of 2008. It was released in February of 2009, after an additional eight months in bottle.
The 2006 Vin de Paille "Quintessence" has a beautiful nose of maple syrup, caramel and ripe apricots, with remarkably concentrated flavors of honey, spice and pear, good balancing acidity and an exceptionally long finish. We expect it to drink well for decades.
Updated tasting notes from a January 2016 vertical tasting can be found on the Tablas Creek blog.
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A man legally adopts his girlfriend – bet you thought this was going to be about Courtney Stodden and that guy from "Lost," didn't you?
John Goodman, 48, the founder of the International Polo Club in Wellington, Fla., has legally adopted his 42-year-old girlfriend Heather Hutchins, reports "Today." Why? Because he's trying to protect his financial assets in a civil case brought against him for a fatal drunk driving accident.
On Feb. 12, 2010 Goodman ran a stop sign and was in a car accident that killed 23-year-old Scott Wilson. At the time, cops say Goodman had a blood alcohol level of twice of the legal limit. Goodman not only faces criminal charges that carry a possible prision sentence of 30 years, but he is also being sued in a civil matter by Scott's parents. That trial is set to begin March 27.
The court documents for that trial were recently released and it was then that the Wilsons learned that Goodman adopted Hutchins back in October. Circuit court Judge Glenn Kelley had previously ruled that a trust fund Goodman had established for his two minor children could not be considered an asset for any damages that come out of the civil trial. Now that Hutchins is considered Goodman's daughter, she is entitled to one-third of the trust and since she's over 35, she can begin drawing money from it immediately.
Judge Kelley writes, "The Court cannot ignore reality or the practical impact of what Mr. Goodman has now done. The Defendant has effectively diverted a significant portion of the assets of the children's trust to a person with whom he is intimately involved at a time when his personal assets are largely at risk in this case."
A probate court is expected to rule on the legitimacy of Hutchins' adoption. Goodman's attorney Dan Bachi says the adoption was only undertaken to stabilize the children's future through the trust, it "has nothing to do with the lawsuit currently pending against him."
So basically, even though the judge ruled that the trust could not be touched in damages award, Goodman is still afraid for that money and so he …. adopted his girlfriend so she could have instant access to that money. Which may not be strictly legal, since adoption is predicated on establishing the parent-child relationship. However, if they do maintain sexual relations, that would not be incest, under Florida law – because they are not "close blood relations."


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Microsoft Aims High by Going After the MacBook Air With Surface Pro 3
The 12-inch screen is a vast improvement as is the aspect ratio. Current laptop screens, which seem to be mostly sized for watching movies rather than performing actual work, don't really suit a lot of people, me included. The new Surface screen has a lot more useful real estate than do current tablets. It's worth noting that the screen is a lot closer in shape to what Apple uses for the iPad, which seems to work better for a tablet. The price of the Surface is another issue. Fully loaded with an Intel Core i7 processor and a half gigabyte of storage, the device will set you back more than $2,000 if you include a type cover. This is MacBook Pro territory. It's also a lot more expensive than a number of really nice touch-screen laptops already available. The $1,949 price of the basic i7 device doesn't include the type cover, so it's not exactly an apples-to-apples comparison with those other laptops. But even at that price, there's something to be said about one device that can take the place of two. During a recent weeklong travel interval I hauled around a briefcase laden with a Lenovo T-430 laptop with an extended battery and an iPad. I used the iPad to play music and read books from Amazon. I used the laptop to write my column for eWEEK and perform other work-related tasks.This means that I'm probably an ideal candidate for a Surface 3. But I already have a laptop and I already have a tablet (actually, I have seven tablets if you count the half-dozen my wife has accumulated). Do I really want to go out and drop a couple of grand on yet another tablet? Actually, a year from now, when my current laptop expires from one too many trips into the overhead luggage bin, I might. But will Microsoft manage to sell huge numbers of this new model on the hopes that people who currently already have a laptop and a tablet will rush out to replace them? Maybe, but this will happen only if the new Surface Pro 3 has some compelling applications that make it worth its keep. Even the cheapest Surface Pro 3 costs about as much as one and-a-third iPads, for example. So it needs to be worth more than just taking the place of another tablet.
I could have used the laptop for music and reading, but the 16:9 screen doesn't lend itself to reading, and I'd have to put the laptop away during takeoff, landing and turbulence. I could keep the iPad at hand the whole time. I also could have used the iPad for writing, but I don't like the iPad touch-screen keyboard, mostly because it's too small.
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The Independent Investor: Water Scarcity Not Only California's Problem
Just about everyone is aware of the California water crisis. You may be tempted to simply dismiss this on-going event as a local problem, but it isn't. Our world is running out of water and we are on the brink of a freshwater shortage.
At least that is the conclusion of NASA, in a recent report that argues that even giant lakes are disappearing. The agency believes that sometime within the next 35 years the globe will be facing a long and protracted drought of epic proportions.
You might say, "So what? We have plenty of time to come up with solutions. Besides, the 'authorities' will handle it." A look at what is happening in California might dissuade you of that view. Take the Sierra Nevada snowpack, which supplies much of that state's water needs in places like Los Angeles, San Francisco and the Central Valley farms. The snowpack is at a 500-year low. It won't be rebuilt anytime soon.
California is the nation's largest agricultural producer and exporter. It grows more than a third of all our vegetables and two-thirds of our fruits and nuts. The Central Valley, an area roughly 450 miles long and 60 miles wide, is also the U.S.'s top dairy producing region. Thanks to the drought, the water bill for just one 10-acre farm was $33,000 last year versus $3,200 the year before. Farm losses this year could total $2.8 billion.
But it is not only the economic loss that must be calculated. The damage to wildlife is enormous. At least 18 species of fish, including salmon and trout, face extinction. Five million birds or more migrating along the Pacific Flyway are also at risk of starvation and disease.
You may or may not believe global warming is behind this crisis, but leaving aside this debate, both sides cannot dispute that the overuse of groundwater from aquifers is a leading factor worldwide in the coming crisis. Aquifers are underground layers of rocks, sand and silt that store fresh water. These natural wells can be thousands, if not millions, of years old. We have been pumping water out of these wells for eons. Entire cities have sprung up above these natural wells and that has become a problem.
Some aquifers are shallow enough to be refilled through precipitation over time. Unfortunately, for places like California, where the area is experiencing both record lows in rainfall and snow (in addition to record heat) that process is not occurring. And even if it was, the key word in replenishment is time. Many cities, states and countries are running out of time. Even worse, many more aquifers are deep underground and once depleted are gone forever.
People in Iran, Brazil, and the United Arab Emirates, to name just a few affected areas, are already suffering from this water shortage. Without water, food becomes scarce, employment disappears and political unrest springs to the forefront. Some argue that the conflicts in Syria are more about the lack of water and all the hardship that it creates than it is about politics or religion. Scientists also point to groundwater contamination by pesticides, fertilizers and even hydraulic fracking as another cause of water shortage globally.
As for the "authorities", although California has known of their water shortage problem for decades, it was only this year that Gov. Jerry Brown implemented the state's first water-use restrictions. Restrictions, by the way, are not solutions. Combating this coming worldwide drought will require money, years of effort, and both radical and innovative responses by everyone.
Many solutions are already available. Solar-powered water purifiers, desalination plants, leak monitors, CO2 cleaners, even technologically innovative shower heads are available. What is lacking is the will to implement these solutions now.
Today's politicians are hoping that this year's El Nino will provide enough rain to break California's drought so that the water shortage problem will go away. This out-of-sight, out-of-mind approach to this impending challenge is about what we can expect from our "authorities."
In the meantime, while we wait for this crisis to develop, why don't you begin by doing your part? Go spend the money to at least buy a new water-efficient shower head. Over the course of the next decade, it could save the world thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of liters of water every year.
Bill Schmick is registered as an investment adviser representative with Berkshire Money Management. Bill's forecasts and opinions are purely his own. None of the information presented here should be construed as an endorsement of BMM or a solicitation to become a client of BMM. Direct inquires to Bill at 1-888-232-6072 (toll free) or email him at email@example.com.
The Independent Investor: The Pumpkin Patch Thrives in America
The pumpkin harvest is in and America's farmers assure us that there will be enough supply available for October and maybe even through Thanksgiving. The Christmas holiday season may be a bit more problematic.
Heavy summer rains in parts of the Midwest and elsewhere, as a result of El Niño, have crimped production of this year's pumpkin crop. Illinois, by far the largest producer of pumpkins in the country, has been especially hard hit. Over 80 percent of all commercially grown pumpkins in the U.S. are grown within a 90-mile radius of Peoria. Morton, a small town outside of Peoria, for example, processes 100,000 tons of pumpkin every year. That amounts to enough canned pumpkin to make 50 million pies.
Americans love their pumpkins. Beginning in October, families make their annual trek to their local farm for that perfect pumpkin. Farmers not only bank on that event, but have expanded on that local tradition by offering consumers other harvest experiences such as a trip through their corn maze, petting zoos and haunted farm houses.
Pumpkin-flavored or scented products are also a big business. Starbucks has sold more than 200 million pumpkin-spiced lattes since introducing that drink back in 2003. Candles, pillows, pasta sauce and even pumpkin tortilla chips start showing up in grocery stores about this time.
As Halloween approaches, windows, doorsteps and porches are sprouting jack-o'-lanterns carved from pumpkins. More and more communities are holding carving contests that have elevated this member of the squash family to a work of art. The practice of pumpkin carving is centuries old and originated in Ireland. "Stingy Jack," a mythical Irishman of unsavory character, tricked the devil on several occasions, or so the story goes, with serious consequences. Jack was banished from both heaven and hell and sent roaming the Earth for eternity with only a burning coal to light his way.
Ever resourceful, Jack put the coal into a carved-out turnip. As the myth took hold, believers in England, Ireland and Scotland began making their own versions of Jack's lantern by carving scary faces into turnips, potatoes and even beets. They placed them in windows and doorways to frighten away Stingy Jack and other evil spirits around this time of year. Immigrants from the United Kingdom continued the tradition and found that pumpkins, a native fruit grown in this country for 5,000 years, made perfect jack-o'-lanterns.
The pumpkin business overall is only worth about $150 million a year in the U.S. Economically, pumpkins are a low-cost (but also a low-margin) product that requires a lot of room to grow. Acreage planted in pumpkins could be used instead for higher profit produce. As a result, only a little over 51,000 acres of these orange beauties are harvested each year. Unfortunately, the rain has reduced this year's crop by about one-third.
The Department of Agriculture believes there will still be plenty of pumpkins to supply our needs through Thanksgiving, but there may be some shortages after that. In which case, just to play it safe, buy a few extra cans of pumpkin pie filling early, so you can be sure to have that dessert on hand for the holidays.
Bill Schmick is registered as an investment adviser representative with Berkshire Money Management. Bill's forecasts and opinions are purely his own. None of the information presented here should be construed as an endorsement of BMM or a solicitation to become a client of BMM. Direct inquires to Bill at 1-888-232-6072 (toll free) or email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Independent Investor: Millennials � The Misunderstood Generation
Millennials are feeling good about their financial future, says one survey. Another poll tells us that this same class of Americans is giving up on getting rich. Both can't be right and yet they are.
The first thing you have to understand is that attitudes change depending upon one's circumstances. In a recent poll by Bloomberg, for example, 47 percent of Americans between the ages of 18-35 believed that they do not expect to live better than their parents.
That is understandable if, for example, you happen to be living under your parent's roof (and 15 percent of millennials are). It is darn difficult to imagine living better than your folks under those circumstances. This is especially true if your own parents owned a home at your age. But is this a permanent situation or will higher income and a relaxation of strict mortgage lending standards change their perspective in the future?
Student debt can also impact a young person's attitude. How can one save for the future or put a down payment on a home when every spare cent you make is earmarked to pay off that student debt? However, over time, that debt will disappear, if and when it does, will the millennials attitude change as well?
While one poll paints doom and gloom, another, this one by Wells Fargo, "How America Buys and Borrows," came to the opposite conclusion. Their survey reflects optimism with 28 percent of millennials viewing their current financial situation favorably versus 24 percent of the general population. The survey goes on to say that nearly one-third of millennials plan to buy a home in the next three years compared to the general population's 19 percent. In 2014, 84 percent of millennials said their financial situations were stable to strong and 94 percent expected their personal financial situation to get better or stay the same.
You can find the same contradictions throughout the workplace. Polls tell you that social media has turned these millennials into team players. At the same time, this same group hates to be managed and is allergic to ideas of careerism. Some research will tell you the opposite: that competition is their driving force and they do not have much faith in their co-workers.
I could go on and on, but what explains these contradictions, in my opinion, is trying to generalize about a generation when much of what is going on is simply part of the aging process. A generation whose birth dates span 20 years (from 1980-2000), will experience changes in attitudes as they grow older and acquire more experience, especially in the work world.
Today we all want to apply our modern behavior studies and technologically sophisticated marketing tools to pigeon-hole a demographic group that is changing all the time. Like generations before them, the Millennials who have been on the job 10 years will have a different perspective (and income) than those just starting out.
Does that explain away all the differences between the Baby Boomers, for example, and this Generation "Y," of course not? In prior columns, I have identified many differences, such as their reliance on social media to communicate and access knowledge and news. Consumption patterns are clearly different from choosing less than more in living space, in valuing experience over acquiring "stuff" and in many other attitudes involving everything from social values to raising children.
The point is to sort through fact from fiction and identify the generational differences, which may not be as large as we think, and the more transitory and age-related changes that every generation experiences.
Bill Schmick is registered as an investment adviser representative with Berkshire Money Management. Bill's forecasts and opinions are purely his own. None of the information presented here should be construed as an endorsement of BMM or a solicitation to become a client of BMM. Direct inquires to Bill at 1-888-232-6072 (toll free) or email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Independent Investor: The Stock Market & You
If one listens to the chatter throughout the financial media, you are most likely at your wits end in worry. No matter how much we may tell ourselves that this is not another 2008, the gnawing doubt in the pit of our stomach remains.
Let me say categorically that we are not entering another financial crisis. The stock market is not going to drop 50 percent from here, no matter what some strategists are saying. If you have been reading my columns since 2007, you know that when it's time to raise cash I say so. This is not one of those times. You may not agree with me, (although you want to) so let me give you some food for thought.
Although the stock market and the economy do not necessarily perform in lock step, over time, they tend to trend in the same direction. The U.S. economy is growing moderately, employment is rising and there is nothing on the horizon that indicates that the economy is changing direction. This is decidedly different from 2008.
On the other hand, the stock market over the course of the last year or so may have gotten a bit ahead of itself. It is this discrepancy that is behind the present correction within the financial markets. As the economy continues to grow and interest rates begin to rise, investors are searching for a price level that more accurately reflects this new environment.
This adjustment period is almost over. The ultimate level in which investors finally agree that stocks represent "fair" value may be here or a 100 points lower on the S&P 500 Index. If your time horizon is anything longer than next week, that level should not be as important as the longer term direction of the market. To date, there is no evidence that the stock market has changed its long-term trend, which is up.
Over the past several years, most investors have experienced fairly good gains in their portfolios. To some extent, the market's stellar performance since the financial crisis has conditioned investors to expect more of the same. Anything less fills us with consternation. The problem is that expectation is not based in financial reality. Markets go up and markets go down.
It would be just wonderful if you (or your financial adviser) could time the market: selling at the top and buying at the bottom. Unfortunately, no one has been able to do that consistently in my experience. Investing is a process where no one catches the bottom (or the tops) but instead invests along the way. Normally, the best time to buy is in an environment like we are experiencing right now. Conversely, it is absolutely the worst time to sell (although emotionally that's just what you want to do).
How do you keep from making emotional decisions with your portfolio that you will regret later on? Stop looking at your account every day or week. Does knowing what you gained or lost on a daily basis help you make investment decisions for the long term? Compare your attitude toward the stock market with how you look at the real estate market.
Ask yourself this question, how much is your house worth today? You don't know, do you? And yet, for most of us, our house is worth more (in many cases several times more) than our financial portfolio. If your house were to fall by $10,000 by the end of this month, would you sell it? Of course not - because it is a long-term investment. In order to invest successfully, you must view your financial investments in the same way.
Don't get me wrong, losing money (even if it's only paper losses) hurts like the Bejeezus, The pain of losing is far worse than the jog of gaining. It's just how we humans are built. Just remember, we have all been here before and those who have stayed the course have benefited the most. This time will be no different.
Bill Schmick is registered as an investment adviser representative with Berkshire Money Management. Bill's forecasts and opinions are purely his own. None of the information presented here should be construed as an endorsement of BMM or a solicitation to become a client of BMM. Direct inquires to Bill at 1-888-232-6072 (toll free) or email him at email@example.com.
The Independent Investor: How Cell Phones Hurt Your Productivity
Forty-two years ago, when the cell phone was first invented, the new device was hailed as a major tool in boosting everyone's productivity. Today, we are discovering that the opposite is true. The cell phone has become a major distraction.
Ever notice how many people on the job are making cell phone calls? Cops, clerks, nurses, brokers — it doesn't matter who they are — their dependence on their cell phone is almost an addiction. New research reveals that you don't even have to answer your phone to reduce your productivity.
A study by the Journal of Experimental Psychology discovered that subjects who needed intense focus in their daily routines performed poorly when they simply received notification of a text or call on their phone. Their productivity dropped dramatically even if they chose to ignore the notification. Researchers call it the "degree of distraction."
Recently, I tested this concept on myself. My friends and relations will attest to my lack of interest in all things cellular. I regularly forget my phone. Many times my wife will call me on my cell, only to hear it ring on the kitchen counter next to her.
But I have grudgingly been attempting to join the 21st century in my electronic life. As such, I have a brand-new smart phone, a watch that tells me I have a call (as well as my heart rate) and an tablet at home. Over the last week, I've made sure my cell phone was on my desk, fully charged and "on" in my own experiment. I wanted to test my own level of distraction.
Money management requires a fair bit of focus; writing columns even more. Usually, I am under a deadline when I write. Producing readable copy regularly requires an enormous amount of concentration on my part. I try not to be disturbed during this process because it does throw off my focus.
This morning my cell phone was on and I received three calls and several text messages that I did not answer. Nonetheless, it took me an extra hour to complete this column. The same thing happened earlier in the week while writing another column. For me, simply the knowledge of receiving a message triggered a distracting stream of questions — who was calling me and why, was the message important, was it an emergency? Suffice it to say that I did check and see who had called just to put my mind at ease.
Granted, it was a most unscientific experiment, but it does support a growing volume of research on the subject. Although in this day and age multi-tasking is a daily chore, the facts are that human beings are really not that good at it. Workers think that they can text or access social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter or Snapchat and still maintain productivity. The facts are that the average office worker wastes over one-third of the day on these pursuits and that brings down their productivity level drastically.
Not only do cellphones create constant distractions, but they often interrupt important meetings. They can also represent a security risk, mixing personal and business applications on one phone. They can prove physically dangerous to those employees who believe they can multitask while performing physical work. Sometimes they can spread confidential information in the public, which is a big concern in my business.
All in all, while your cell phone can be a useful tool in your life, best practices in the work place would be to turn it off and put it a drawer until after the work day is done.
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Forty years after the Jesuits re-established their mission among Indigenous people at Balgo, Australian Provincial Fr Steve Curtin SJ says the Jesuits' commitment to Indigenous ministry remains strong.
The following letter was sent out to Province ministries this month to mark the anniversary, and encourage people to continue to deepen their engagement with Indigenous people.
Around this time, forty years ago, Fr Peter Kelly, as Provincial, decided to mission Pat Mullins and Brian McCoy to Balgo Mission as part of their regency. This was a new and challenging decision for our Province. When we departed from the Daly River Mission in 1899, we became separated from our relationships and ministry with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people for some seventy years.
Since 1973, a number of Jesuits have continued to live and work with Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and also form significant links with other Jesuits and Indigenous people in the Asia Pacific Assistancy, in North America and beyond. We are fortunate as a Province to have some Aboriginal people now in our various ministries and also some initiatives that involve forming close and developing relationships with them and their communities.
At the same time, it is obvious that the Jesuits who have been in this ministry – and have dedicated many years of service to it – are now getting older and not being replaced by younger men. What remains encouraging is that there are more and more of our lay colleagues who have expressed interest and commitment to this work, often as aspects of Jesuit ministries such as in the social, parish, intellectual and school ministries.
This growth in expression offers hope, but also a caution. While we have received much in this ministry and been blessed with many long and trusting relationships, we continue to have much to learn. We have made mistakes in the past. We need to learn from them in order to continue to sustain and develop this important ministry.
At our last General Congregation 35 (2008), a number of topics for the attention of government in the Society of Jesus were listed. One referred to Indigenous Peoples. It noted: 'Because of various political and socioeconomic factors, the indigenous peoples are among the most marginalized and exploited. The process of globalization, which is partly responsible for environmental degradation and the pillage of natural resources, has a particular effect on them. In addition, climatic change continues to seriously harm them. Since this situation threatens the very survival of these peoples, the Society should increase its commitment to them. The General Congregation suggests that in every area where this challenge exists, the Conference of Provincials form "work groups" of Jesuits working in this apostolate.'
In recent years the Australian Province has sought to support financially those ministries that reach out to partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Hence we have supported a capacity-building project in Alice Springs and its links with the Santa Theresa community, the establishing of Redfern Jarjum College and the work done for people seeking ministry training through Manalama, the Catholic partner at Nungalinya College in Darwin. While the Province does not have an established or dedicated fund for this ministry, working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people remains a priority of the Australian Province and we will continue to support it financially into the future. We will also explore, with Jesuit Mission, how we might better support and sustain these and other projects.
In September 2011 a group, from across various Province ministries, gathered in Sevenhill along with Aboriginal friends and colleagues. Accompanying this letter (linked below) is a report that summarises the key findings of that gathering. These findings are to encourage all ministries to acknowledge and reflect on their relationship with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of this land and to seek regularly to deepen and develop that relationship. I encourage communities and ministries to discuss these findings and seek to implement them where possible. I also urge communities and ministries to explore ways in which they can be financially supported and sustained as well.
I currently have an Assistant for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Ministry, Fr Brian McCoy, who continues in this role, despite his other and future commitments. He is assisted by an Advisory group that includes: Fr Pat Mullins, Beatrice Sheen, David Sutton, Jennie Hickey, Julie Edwards and Vicki Clark. It is my hope that this Advisory group can continue to develop and advise our Province ministries, particularly when and where we are beginning new projects.
One of the tasks of the Assistant and the Advisory group is to offer counsel and encouragement to our various ministries in any new initiative. We continue to learn how to do this ministry better and we need to learn from past efforts and mistakes. More recent initiatives, such as those in Alice Springs or Redfern, or other initiatives in our schools and social ministries, offer new and important learning experiences for the whole Province. I am asking my Assistant and the Advisory group to draw on their valuable experience and expertise to help support, advise and unite our efforts.
We are, particularly in this work, in need of 'elders', Indigenous and our own, who can advise us in relation to our past and future works. At the same time we need to remember our past and the many graces we received in this ministry since making that decision forty years ago.
Fr Steve Curtin SJ, Provincial
Report from the Province Gathering on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Ministry
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A dream two years in the making was realised on Monday 11 February when Redfern Jarjum College, the first Jesuit school to be established in Australia in over 60 years, opened its doors to 24 Indigenous primary-aged children.


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