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Editor's Note: Our goal in Minyanville is to remove intimidation from the financial markets and encourage an interactive dialogue among the Minyanship. We share this next discussion with that very intent.
The IBES Valuation Model says SPX is undervalued by 40%.
Historic PEs say it's overvalued by 28%.
Isn't the resolution of this monumental disparity between these
gauges that have tended to agree the one real question we have to
deal with?
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A very interesting question. To be honest I don't know how IBES constructs its valuation model, but I have a feeling it is similar to Fed model. Where you take S&P earnings and divide it by prevailing interest rate. If that is the case, this model suffers from a major flaw - it is extremely sensitive to interest rate levels. Though I am less sure now than I was a month ago about interest rates going up, that in itself is an indicator that they are likely to do so. I am a big believer in mean reversion - and today's level of interest rates is far away from the mean. Thus personally I would put little value into the Fed's model.
Now let's look at historical averages. You are right based on historical averages S&P looks overvalued, and this doesn't even factor in the stock option expense and never ending one time items.
Most importantly current valuation level is really irrelevant - that sounds less than expected coming from fundamental guy (me). What is important that we are likely (if history repeats itself and tends to do that) moving from one extreme valuation level to another, and current valuation shows that we are not there yet. I described this in a lot more detail in this Financial Times article.
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Everyone loves a bad girl, right?
And since Kassie DePaiva has played more than a few in her time on soaps such as One Life To Live and Guiding Light, she's easily slipped into the stilettos of Days of Our Lives' Eve Donovan, who returned to Salem earlier this summer to create mayhem for good girl Jennifer Horton.
Which of Salem's hot men does Eve have her eye on? And what exactly makes a good bad girl? And are soap fans as loyal as ever?
TV Fanatic was on the set of Days Of Our Lives and sat down with DePaiva to get her take on all of the above.
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The Damnable Heresy of Chrislam
There has been a lot of news lately about growing ties between various Christian churches and the Muslim faith. Tomorrow more than a few liberal churches are going to actually read the Quran in a positive light in Church services. It is of course being organized by a group with Soros ties. Earlier in the week evangelical preacher Jack Van Impe left Trinity Broadcast Network (TBN) because they refused to air a show in which he criticized Rick Warren for supporting Chrislam. I'm no fan of Van Impe generally but he's spot on in opposing growing ties between the Christian faith and the Muslim faith.
It should disturb Christians when the church and church leaders want to increase ties between our faith and any other religious faith. This is true whether we're talking about Jews, Muslims, Hindus or Earth worshipers. It isn't a matter of hating those other religions or being cold to those who believe in them. It isn't even a matter of being opposed to intellectual curiosity about those religions. I couldn't care less if Christians want to learn about other religions, in fact I wholeheartedly support understanding other religions because it will help us convert their believers. However, what's going on in these liberal churches and in Warren type churches isn't intellectual curiosity, it goes well beyond that.
There is a worldwide effort to bring together the Christian, Jewish and Muslim faith into one religion. This is largely the playground of American and western Marxists who really want to see religion destroyed. Separate Christians from their historical faith and eventually the left knows they'll be able to kill off the whole religion. (Absent divine protection, which of course Marxists don't take into account) The progressive left has been successful at separating Americans from the founding of this country, it should come as no surprise that these people want to do the same thing to the Christian church.
Like it or not, the Christian and Muslim faiths are not the same. They do not worship the same God and they do not have the same origins. Islam may use portions of the Bible in the Quran but it was created 700 years after Christ. The portions of the Quran not found in the Bible have almost nothing in common with Christian scripture. This is the opposite of the New Testament and the Old Testament, wherein the New directly fulfills what the Old Testament, Jewish scriptures prophesy. That Christians would even pretend that the Islamic faith is similar is absurd.
But these leftists take it one step further. They don't just claim similarity, they want to bring two opposite religions together to form one faith. Part of the problem is that many of these churches have already moved far left and have rejected the Christian faith. If there are any believers left in their pews, they need to get out before Islam is preached from the pulpit. Christians cannot worship both God and Mammon. We either worship Christ or we don't. If we worship or hold up other books as equal with God's Holy Bible, then we don't worship Christ and cannot call ourselves Christians. These leftist churches essentially no longer worship the God of scripture.
Rick Warren is an influential pastor, even in the conservative evangelical community. It is clear this man is not a believer. He has for quite some time dumbed down the Christian faith in order to get hoards of people into his churches. Sadly his support for Chrislam exposes what he's really here for. He is leading millions astray by rejecting the Christian faith. He's dumbed down his churches to the point where the people there do not know proper Christian doctrine from heresy. Now he's introducing Islam into his church and the people support it without knowing any better. He is a wolf in sheep's clothing.
This isn't a matter of hating Muslims or desiring violence against them. (the accusations of violence have always been absurd and not based on fact) It is a matter of protecting the Christian church from false doctrine. It's a matter of protecting Christians from being led to a false religion. To be perfectly honest, Islam has very little to do with this issue. We could just as easily be talking about the Jewish faith, holding Sader's in church or eating Kosher. The issue is protecting the Christian church from doctrinal error and protecting believers from doctrines not found in Christian scriptures. Religious pluralism leads to Hell and we in the church need to protect ourselves and our churches from the damnable heresy of Chrislam.
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Manila American Cemetery
On Sunday morning, we gathered early to head to the Manila American Cemetery. Driving through the gates, we were immediately struck by the vastness and beauty of the cemetery. The largest of the ABMC sites, Manila American Cemetery memorializes 17,097 Fallen Heroes with headstones and 36,286 more on its Walls of the Missing. The humidity that greeted us as we stepped out the vans was a subtle reminder of the difficult tropical conditions encountered by troops in the Pacific Theater.
As we made our way through the rows of the fallen, the weight of the sacrifice made by these men and women from diverse backgrounds, truly sunk in. The idea of universal sacrifice was driven home as we listened to the first two eulogies: one memorialized a Red Cross worker while the other honored a fallen performer from the USO. The totality of the war was emphasized at the grave of Evelyn Wahlberg, a dancer buried in a mass grave with her husband and members of the Philippine Army, with whom they shared their final flight.
We next traveled to the massive Walls of the Missing which circle around the center of the cemetery. The structure is designed so that one feels totally surrounded by names of those who made the ultimate sacrifice. The crests of the 50 states line walkways that lead past intricate and stunning mosaic battle maps that lend perspective and context to the major campaigns of the Pacific Theater. Here we heard eulogies commemorating the lives of six other Fallen Heroes. In particular, we were struck by the story of Teofilo Yldefonzo. Yldefonzo won two bronze medals in swimming at the Olympic Games in 1928 and 1932, before becoming a Philippine Scout when the war broke out.
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Layton City's own "ocean waves" are still rolling strong after 28 years. Opened in 1985, the Surf-N-Swim, at 465 N. Wasatch Drive, continues to thrive as a 500,000-gallon water attraction.
Surf-N-Swim, with its 10 minutes of ocean-like wave action, followed by 20 minutes of calm water, is still unique to Davis County.
There are only three other such wave pools in the State of Utah, according to Josh Dukes, aquatics manager for Layton City.
(That's Seven Peaks Salt Lake, Seven Peaks Provo and Desert Wave pool in Price.)
A hallmark of the Surf-N-Swim is that it offers a sloped, zero depth entry that's great for young children and goes to 8-feet-deep. For lap swimming, the Surf 'n Swim has 8 lanes.
With the winter bubble now removed, the facility is open again and its open use hours are noon-3 p.m. and 6-8:45 p.m. weekdays; and noon-6:45 p.m. on Saturdays. Closed on Sundays.
The summer season officially begins Monday, June 10. Open wave for public use starting then will be daily from noon-6:45 p.m.
Admission for open wave is currently $3 a person, but will increase to $4.50 starting June 10.
In the summer season, the150,000-gallon outdoor pool is also open and has a diving board.
Dukes notes that in the past 6 years, a variety of improvements have been made to the facility, including: a new bubble cover, installation of a new ultraviolet (UV) sanitation system – the best way to kill bacteria, like crypto – and also to remove chloramines and the chlorine smell in the water.
In addition, all the facility's original heaters were replaced, to be more efficient and ensure the water temperature remains approximately 84 degrees in winter or summer.
Plus, a new storage building was constructed to the north of the Surf –N-Swim, to store the bubble and accompanying equipment more safely and securely. The building also stores pool cleaning equipment and other items.
More recently, the Surf-N-Swim purchased a new membership cash register to allow point of sale and accurately track attendance. It also allows patrons who have purchased a pass to swipe a keychain barcode to gain admission to the facility.
In addition, the little pool's pump was renovated and all cast iron piping has been replaced with PVC piping; energy efficient LED lighting was installed under the water in the wave pool. The older halogen lights used 500 watts of power and had to replaced yearly. The new lights only use 70 watts of power and last 7 to ten years.
Finally, a family changing room was built in place of the steam room.
Dukes said the Surf-N-Swim has never failed any spot inspections from the Health Department.
He also said the wave pool has a capacity of over 800 people in the summer and the little pool's capacity is 150 people. So, Layton can host almost a thousand people during the summer time.
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How well are the UK's retail sites performing for smartphone users?
In this post we examine five key insights from a report that was produced by usability testing 15 leading UK retail sites with real smartphone users.
Optimising or delivering mobile UX?
As I was choosing which usability test clips (we ran 120 usability testing sessions) to share in this post I was reminded of a video that Google posted a few years ago that drew a parallel between the online and offline checkout experience.
Its purpose, I think, was to help retailers 'humanise' some of the problems that Google Analytics was reporting.
The video, in case you skipped it, shows a customer at a supermarket checkout struggling with the assistant who characterises a slow online checkout with a bad UX.
The video conveys, in a compelling and funny way a simple truth: people will leave a website if it's too difficult to buy.
But, isn't that obvious? Surely nobody would purposefully design a slow/poor checkout experience (unless RyanAir could make a swift pound from upgrading you to the fast/good one)?
Why, as digital professionals, do we need a video to show us this?
I started asking myself similar questions as I was choosing which video clips to include in this post:
- Why can't smartphone users zoom in to see what they're buying?
- How come search is so difficult?
- Has anyone actually tried to get to, let alone click on, a link in the footer?
- Don't these leading UK retailers know of these problems?
Perhaps they do. And perhaps as they incrementally improve their sites these issues will be addressed (since websites are, of course, never finished),
Or are we too early in the lifecycle of mobile commerce for retailers to concern themselves with optimising UX?
It may be, as was recently explained to me by an ecommerce manager, enough that there is sales growth: "we'll worry about optimising as the growth plateaus".
As you consider the five key insights I'm sharing from the report, please think about your own organisation's attitude to mobile UX. Where are you on the continuum of merely delivering (at one end) to optimising (at the other) mobile UX.
How we did it
The research was conducted in January 2014 using the WhatUsersDo platform and jointly published with Practicology.
Smartphone users were set common shopping tasks (such as find a product, add to bag, checkout, look for returns information) across 15 high profile UK retailer sites.
These sites included Amazon, Argos, ASOS, Currys, Debenhams, House of Fraser, Fat Face, Goldsmiths, Ikea, John Lewis, Marks & Spencer, New Look, Ted Baker, TopShop and Very.
Insight one: search usability
We found that many smartphone users shared the same expectations of site search, and that for some retailer sites (particularly Fat Face and TopShop) their experience of search was particularly poor.
We found:
- Users expect type-ahead functionality on search fields.
- Users expect to use search for both finding products and other on-site information e.g. returns, contact us.
- Almost no users changed the way that the results of their search were displayed (such as switching from product image to product detail views).
In this clip you can see one user struggling to even find the search box on TopMan. He eventually gets there after two minutes.
Insight two: product image zooming
All users expected to zoom in on product images and we observed some particularly easy to use interactions (most notably on the Very site).
However, three sites were severely lacking and either did not support pinch and zoom or only provided a single product image. For fashion sites in particular surely this is a dead-cert conversion killer?
Who would buy a pair of shoes if you can't really see them up close (see clip below)?
Insight three: adding to basket
There was a lot of user confusion when it came to adding an item to a basket (or shopping bag) with many users adding the same item more than once because they did not receive interaction feedback in a timely manner.
In the example below we can see one user becoming increasingly frustrated with the Fat Face add to bag (as they are forced to choose a colour swatch even when there is only one colour):
Insight four: omnichannel strategy vs real life contact us experience
When you work in usability there are times when it is best to shut up and listen to the users.
The following clip (where a user is working out how to phone John Lewis) is one of those times.
Insight five: finding returns information
We set users a task of locating the Returns Policy on each of the sites, since insight from other tests indicates that this is important for conversions.
As well as using the on-site search, users looked in both the main menu and then the footer for the Returns Policy.
We found that most sites did not provide a direct link and that returns was 'hidden away' in Help or Customer Services with some providing desktop only versions.
In the clip below we can see just how hard it is for this user to find returns information on the ASOS site.
What it all means
The table below outlines how well the 15 sites performed against the 11 different categories of interaction that users tested.
Nearly all of the sites have some way to go to optimise the smartphone experience for their users. Even Amazon performed poorly when it came to navigation and add to bag interaction.
However, there were many examples of emerging best practice, in particular the Argos and Currys' sites performed particularly well (until Currys presented shoppers with a desktop checkout version).
If you'd like to see more from the report, which contains 12 recommendations to improve smartphone UX, it is is free to download here.
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Thanks Luke - Really Interesting.
Still find it quite baffling that such large, online orientated companies like Amazon still haven't got things like this nailed but then I look around our own industry and see how much of a mess most of the mobile sites on offer are and you get reminded that for some reason, it just doesn't seem to end up being a high enough priority!
@Matt it's the killer question.
I wonder if the equivalent happened in-store (e.g. if for some reason you could only see the shoes on the shelf in front of you from a distance) if it would be tolerated then?
Great article and thanks for sharing. Some great insights and similar to findings I have found whilst user testing TK Maxx.
One reason client's won't invest in mobile UX optimisation is that it is usually considerably lower traffic share. Also even with a well optimised mobile retail site you will see much lower conversion rates because most consumers would rather actually pay on a desktop. It's just a pattern behaviour alot of users have preference to. What is still important for mobile is a channel for customers to research products, so UX is still very important even if it can't be attributed directly to conversion.
@Jack good point that payment may well happen on a desktop.
Surely retailers "get" that even though users may not actually pay on a smartphone, it's as important to the shopping experience and final conversion as anything on their desktop sites?
In fact, you could argue that users do convert on smartphones. It's just that conversion is switching to another device to pay. Therefore benchmarking the same conversion metrics for smartphone and desktop is not useful. More work is needed to apportion attribution throughout the journey.


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Micron To Shut Flash Memory Plant, Cut 15% of Workforce
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The world's flash memory makers have been struggling as the prices for NAND chips used in flash memory has been in a continuing oversupply situation. That oversupply has led to reduced prices which, while good for consumers, has severely affected profits at many firms. The ongoing economic crisis has further exacerbated the situation, leading to reduced consumer demand. The combination of these factors has led Intel and Micron to shut down their joint venture that made NAND flash memory at Micron's Boise, ID facility. Micron plans to layoff 15% of its total workforce over the next two years with most of that reduction coming at it's Boise plant.


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A fast-growing purple plum tree is located just outside of our property in one corner of our yard. They are pretty trees and I discovered they are more difficult to draw and paint than I thought. There are many shades of purple in the tree that you do not notice until you begin draw or paint the subject. Then when you add the shadowed areas there are more shades. I feel it is one of the most difficult trees to paint. This turned out OK so I wanted to share. Ink and watercolor, 11" x 14".
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Backyard Purple Plum
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Saturday, August 25, 2007
Summer Nightmare
This piece of art was done for Illustration Friday and the theme of Visitors. There is nothing more horrifying than to have visitors come to see you "unannounced"--with smiling faces, children, junky camper, a crummy looking boat and their dogs. And for icing on the cake--your house is a mess because you are having your floors redone.
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Saturday, August 18, 2007
Hockey Captain
The captain of an athletic team is usually the leader because he leads by example and exhibits quality in his play. Unfortunately in professional sports, no captain is exempt from trades. This NHL Chicago Blackhawk captain is now a Calgary Flame. This athlete will carry his qualities to his new team. I think it is an empty feeling to be traded. This was drawn for Illustration Friday's theme of Captain. Ink and watercolor, 10" 13", on Canson 100# Bristol.
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Wednesday, August 15, 2007
In mid-July, we took a trip to San Francisco to attend the grand opening celebration for the Hotel Tomo located in Japantown. My son Derek is the manager and he coordinated the multi-million dollar renovation of this property. We had an "in" so we got a special invite to the reception.
While I was there I strolled around to see the sites and the people. The signs located in the mall across the street from the hotel were interesting. I snapped some photos, drew and painted one of the signs. Ink and watercolor, 8" x10". SOLD
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Saturday, August 11, 2007
Emergency Vehicle
When there is an emergency, it's always good to see the police on the way. This drawing shows one of the hot new police vehicles that we all see on the roads today. I had a photograph in my files and when the Illustration Friday theme of Emergency popped up, I decided to draw it and enter it. I used pens, markers, color pencils and some Tombow washes.
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Thursday, August 09, 2007
Mountain Pines
Mountain pine trees on the side of a rocky slope begin to feel the rays of the sun in an early summer scene. For those of you who have been high in the mountains you know the serene feeling, the dampness, and the quietness of a new day. Except for the critters and birds there is nothing else to disturb the solitude. Ink and watercolor, 11" x 14".
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Saturday, August 04, 2007
B-52 Is Missing
A military B-52 makes its approach to an isolated airport in the far reaches of the United States. This airplane has proven to be one of the most reliable and effective weapons FLYING in military arsenal history. The once huge numbers of these lethal weapons is now MISSING. I have added this post as a part of this week's Illustration Friday event.
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A representative for Gisele Bundchen has defended the supermodel after she came under fire for driving a quad bike while carrying her baby daughter.
The Brazilian beauty was snapped traveling on the all-terrain vehicle (ATV) on a beach in Costa Rica earlier this week (begs13Jan14), but the image sparked safety concerns because Bundchen had her one-year-old daughter Vivian strapped to her chest while using one hand to control the bike. Neither mother nor daughter wore a protective helmet.
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GREENCASTLE, Ind. -- Carthage (22-7) held off DePauw (27-2) 53-48 in a second-round game on Saturday.
Carthage knocked off No. 19 Wisconsin-Whitewater (22-7) 74-68 on Friday, in a first-round game, with DePauw defeating Westminster (Mo., 22-5) 66-46 in Friday's other first-round contest.
The Carthage win snapped a 26-game home winning streak for DePauw, who had also won 76 of its last 77 home contests and 88 of its last 90. The Tigers also entered the game with a 26-game overall winning streak this season.
Neither team struck much of an advantage in the first half. Carthage had an early, five-point lead, 7-2, and a four-point edge, 10-6 lead at 13:19. DePauw took its first lead, 12-10, at 11:01 and led by as four, 14-10, at 10:05. The Lady Reds went back up, 15-14, and the lead seesawed from there, with Carthage leading by one at halftime, 25-24. DePauw, ranked second in the nation in rebounding margin (12.6 per game), showed how good they were on the boards in the first period, out-rebounding Carthage, 23-7, including a 15-1 margin on the offensive boards. The Tigers, however, shot only 30 percent in the period (10-33), while the Lady Reds connected at a 56 percent clip (10-18).
The tight game continued in the second half, with the Lady Reds inching out to a five-point lead, 34-29, at 13:25. Carthage was still leading by five, 36-31, at 11:45 when DePauw took off on a 10-0 run to go up by five, 41-36. Back-to-back 3-pointers by Ali Ross and Alex Gassaway capped the 10-0 run. The Lady Reds pulled to within one, 45-44, at 4:09 on two free throws by Cailee Corcoran, but a 3-pointer by Kate Walker at 3:53 put the Tigers up by four, 48-44. A layup by Diana Jacklin at 2:12 made it two-point game, 48-46, and Stephanie Kuzmanic's 3-pointer at 1:25 gave Carthage a one-point lead, 49-48.
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Carthage shot 50 percent (20-40), including six-of-12 3-pointers, while DePauw shot just 30 percent (18-60), including five-of-16 from 3-point range. The Lady Reds converted seven-of-nine from the free-throw line, while the Tigers shot seven-of-eight. DePauw wound up with a whopping, 41-19 rebounding advantage. Dani Ripkey (Sr., Deerfield, Ill.) led the Lady Reds with 15 points on six-of-10 field goals, including three-of-five 3-pointers. Diana Jacklin (Sr., Berwyn, Ill./Morton West) and Allison Groessl (Sr., Park Ridge, Ill./Maine South) had 10 points each, with Jackal adding seven rebounds and three blocked shots.


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On Saturday morning, before the snow got Serious, we took a trip to the snowy tree lot.
We found the perfect tree! Not too tall, not too short, not too fat, not too skinny.
Harper was a little grumpy.
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We spent the rest of the weekend playing in the snow, making presents, and decorating.
While Harper is much better in the snow this year mobility-wise, there was still some of this business. WHOOOAAAAA.
It was really powdery, but that wasn't stopping Luke from getting a few runs in on the sled.
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Did we use the Play-doh Fun Factory with the salt dough? Yes. Yes we did.
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Mama's favorite part: The LEGO Repast.
By Sunday, the snow had a thick coating of ice on top. Luke was ready to sled!
And as Lukey goes...so goes Harper. Trips up the hill alternated from her insisting "I can do it MY. SELF" to "GUYS? I need a little help."
At one point, she attempted so slide down on her bum (with limited success).
Little legs + many layers = Many breaks.
Harper's favorite part of playing in the snow? Eating it.
She'd been asking about eating snow, no joke, since the last storm of LAST winter. Occasionally, throughout spring and summer, she would ask, "When it snows? Can I eat some of the clean snow?"
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We closed out the weekend by trimming the tree.
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Many people will agree that the hardest part (if there's a "hard part") of golf is the walking. You've gotta cover a lot of ground over the course of 18 holes.
Fortunately, Oakley and Bubba Watson are working on a solution to that problem. It's called, "Bubba's Jetpack," and you can check it out in this cool new video.
The jetpack can carry the clubs, and ideally is flown by either the golfer or the caddy (whose life just got a lot easier), not only reducing the burden of walking and carrying the clubs, but also giving both a birdesye view of the course and each hole.
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Video Online retail monolith Amazon is recruiting for Prime Air - the much-hyped future delivery paradigm whose modest aim is to "get packages into customers' hands in 30 minutes or less using unmanned aerial vehicles".
Jobs up for grabs include a software development engineer who'll need "superb technical, research and analytical capabilities with a demonstrated ability to get complex hardware, software, embedded, mobile and mission-critical systems up and running quickly and effectively".
More significantly, however, Prime Air needs a communications manager to sell the masterplan to a sceptical world.
The core job responsibilities include the ability to "identify big opportunities to broaden awareness of Amazon's unmanned aerial vehicle delivery system", that's to say, create newsgasms for a likely unworkable project.
Here's the killer, though. Candidates should preferably be "comfortable with dealing with ambiguity and able to form a cohesive and effective outcome from potentially incongruous facts (or lack thereof) and individual perspectives".
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I am using Windows 7 home premium, and what I use my PC for the most is gaming. I keep all my games installed on a separate drive from the Windows installation. Windows is on "C:\" and my games are kept on "D:\". I do this so that if the integrity of the OS is ever in question, and I need to format or replace a drive, I don't have to re-install or re-image almost thirty entire games(I also created backups for the registry entries for all of them).
The thing is, many of the more recent games create a folder called 'My Games' in the "C:\Users\*myuser*\Documents" directory. Other games or applications will create folders related to the games in the above directory, outside of the My Games folder.
For example, Dragon Age: Origins creates "C:\Users\*myuser*\Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age"
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Acronyms that may appear in this guide:
Madred's - Madred's Bloodrazor
Stun - Bear Stance
Shield - Turtle Stance
IL - Innervating Locket
B - Blue Pill back to base
AA - Auto attack
AP - Ability Power
AD - Attack Damage
AS - Attack Speed
LS - Life Steal
DoT - Damage over Time
MS - Movement Speed
CC - Crowd Control, aka Stuns, Slows, Snares, etc.
Stance Dance - Toggling between stances to keep them on cooldown, and as a result, keeping your passive at three stacks.
DPS - Damage per second, refers to damage carries like Xin Zhao, Kog'Maw, and Tristana, just to name a few.
WARNING: Jungle Udyr is very Rune/Mastery dependent. Jungling Udyr at a lower summoner level is incredibly difficult.
Udyr is an incredible champ for several reasons. He has no item reliance. He has four amazing skills that he can use from level 1. He fits into almost any team due to his flexibility as either a laner or a jungler [although jungler is better =P]. He has fantastic ganking potential with his Bear Stance a great team AoE damage/buff in Phoenix Stance, One of the best shields and lifesteal/manasteal skills in the game in Turtle Stance, and a fantastic single target skill in Tiger Stance.
- Incredible chase/CC ability
- Incredible AoE/Farming ability
- Natural bulkiness that has huge potential
- One of the best Jungles in the game
- Fairly easy to synergize with a team
- Other than maybe Poppy, one of the best Anti-carries in the game.
- Although i hate to admit it and refuse to believe it... Udyr has just about zero item reliance so any build is viable. Though personally offtank is the only way i will play Udyr.
- Purely melee
- Relatively poor early game
- Difficulty choosing Items, Masteries, and Skill orders.
- VERY difficult to play, about 90% of all Udyr players are bad.
- This build requires a fairly good team, as you are not classified "a carry".
Summoner Skills Explanation
Recommended Skills
Smite - Required. And to be totally honest, every jungler should have it. Even if you are Warwick. Makes jungling so much faster, and as offtank Udyr, the jungle speed is required.
Ghost - Because his bear is intermittent MS boost, Ghost lets you catch ghosted champs. I actually like to pop this at the beginning to see if i can get a quick ward in on the enemy blue. Few people see any other option for a second summoner skill.
Other Options
These are useable, but really. Use the ones above. They were made for Udyr.
Cleanse - If you are laning, or being a pure tank, you might want to consider this one. This is my third summoner skill if I don't use the two above. This with Mercury's Treads makes you basically uncatchable.
Exhaust - This skill is great for catching people, but not really necessary with Udyr. If you need this, i suggest having your teammates get it.
Flash - This one is debatable. if you have lots of cc on your team, flashing in for ganks to start the stunlock might be viable. but if you really need flash to catch the enemy, you are doing something wrong.
Fortify - Usable if needed for the team, but it works better on a true tank.
Clairvoyance - Another skill like Fortify. It is incredibly useful and can be a gamechanger, but better used on support champs like Taric or Janna.
Poor Options
Heal - Give me a break. you have one of the best LS skills in the game. Really?
Clarity - Again, really? I mean, its good on a few people, but Udyr? with Turtle Stance?
Teleport - Udyr is fairly mobile at lv 18, so this is not an option.
Ignite - No. Please. No.
Core Item Build
Cloth Armor, Health Potion x2, and sight ward are what you should really start out with on Udyr. Udyr has enough LS to reliably keep his health up with only two Health Potions. The other three most people would buy usually went to waste when i used that build.
Heart of Gold - This item is what any tank jungle should rush. the extra gold is helpful, and basically gives you a free item, plus the early durability.
Mercury's Treads - I cannot tell you how good this item is. Galio's ult? Not a problem. Ashe's ult? Pfft. Amumu? He kinda tickles. The passive on this bad boy is amazing, and i ALWAYS go this item, even if there is only one AP user. The reduction of CC is priceless.
Banshee's Veil - Almost required for any build. The only time i wouldn't get this item is if the other team has no CC or AP users, which is almost never. It also gives you some much needed Health.
Madred's Bloodrazor - This is when Udyr is good. after purchasing this item, you can tank like a boss, AND deal out the damage. If they are still putting the hurt on you at this point, you can skip to Randuin's Omen first.
Randuin's Omen - This is my all time favorite Armor item. Health, Health Regen, Armor, and both passive and active effects that reduce both MS and AS of the enemy champs. This item should really be on almost every tank and offtank in the game, with few exceptions. But just my opinion.
Optional Items
Force of Nature - This is my personal favorite MR item. It has everything. Move speed, huge MR, and the best Health Regen in the game. A solid 5th pick, or even replace Banshee's with this if they have no CC.
Wit's End - This item is a bit overkill, but can really screw over the caster that just got fed too much. It gives some decent MR, but more importantly, drains the enemy's mana. This item is underrated.
Frozen Heart - A great anti-DPS item, with some great armor. Gives you CDR and mana, but you don't really need any more of that by the time you get this item.
Sunfire Cape - This item is what LilBallz uses on his build. It pairs very well with Phoenix Stance. I suggest getting two of these if you go this route.
Thornmail - This item pairs very well with Turtle Stance. I believe it is the highest armor for a single item. And the passive is great for dps champs.
This route is basically the only route for Udyr. Blue buff allows you to Stance Dance early on, which is the only way to make Udyr effective in the jungle. Please do not start at the small golem camp [5]. You will have no mana, and will most likely have to return to base several times. Having teammates stand guard can both scare off the enemy team and help you get that much needed Blue buff. Then just work your way across. After the fifth camp, you have both blue and red buffs, and should be ready to gank. Stun plus Slow is great for ganks, and if your team is any good at all, they should have no problem picking someone off with your help. These are also decent options:
- Jungle in the enemy jungle, which is risky
- Cover a lane for someone that died/needs to shop/needs to B
- Gank a lane... again. [preferably the solo top lane]
They are all useful, but going B at this point just is not an option. The first ten minutes of the game are the most important for Udyr, because if he doesnt build up gold count, he will be behind for the rest of the game, and relatively useless. we don't want that. Once you have enough for Heart of Gold, you will want to B. The earlier you buy it, the earlier it will pay for itself. This item will pay for itself after 32 minutes and 30 seconds. Now, I really hope you don't hold onto Heart of Gold for that long, but it's just a fun fact. This makes Randuin's Omen a little bit cheaper, which is why I rush Heart of Gold. After finishing this, you are free. You can keep jungling, take up a lane, or if your team is even slightly adept, you can team gank some lanes to make the game one-sided. The latter is my personal favorite.
Skill and Rune Explanations
Tiger Stance - This is your typical bread and butter DPS skill. now, because you aren't much of a DPS character, I tend to leave this at three. you have the option of putting into it a little earlier for tower pushing, but I personally don't use it very often.
Turtle Stance - This skill is amazing. Absorbs up to 220 damage without any AP scaling, has a LS rate of 20%, which is on par with Zeke's Harbinger, and MANAsteal as well, which is at 15%. I can count on one hand how many manasteal skills or items there are. Quite honestly, Turtle Stance is the only thing that comes to mind.
Bear Stance - This is what most people would call udyr's "ult". A 1 second stun that can proc on a champ every 6 seconds, it is the passive of bear stance, so it's not a proc on casting bear stance, and you can literally stun every champ on their team. Not to mention the MS boost of 27% for four seconds at level 5, which means that when combined with ghost, almost no one will be running from you. <3
Phoenix Stance - Ahh how we go back. At first I used it because everyone told me to. Then I didn't use it because I discovered Tiger Stance. I recently picked it up again because it buffs your AP by 48, your AD by 24, and adds a Sunfire cape-esque AoE for 5 seconds. Plus, the passive does bonus magic damage every fourth attack. This fourth attack doesnt only damage the target, but deals the magic damage in a sort of cone behind the target as well, meaning it is a sort of AoE. hehe. AoE on Udyr. Makes me laugh. Combined with [[sunfire cape], it is a great skill, and should be spammed in all team fights.
Greater Mark of Attack Speed - I tried armor penetration, and quite honestly, it is unusable as a jungler. Speed is everything in the jungle, and as a result, AS is a necessity. Especially on Udyr, who has a less than desirable level 1 AS.
Greater Seal of Scaling Magic Resist - I thought about going with Armor per level, which is of course still viable, but i did a little research, and realized [like a noob] that armor scales with level, but MR does not. So using MR runes instead of Armor runes is important to balance that out.
Greater Glyph of Scaling Magic Resist - This is really the only option for Udyr. I used CDR glyphs for a while, but they just didn't cut it. MR is so much more important than 5% CDR, and it sums up to a pretty healthy amount of MR. You can't go wrong with this. I actually use Greater Glyph of Scaling Magic Resist runes for all my physical melee jungles.
Greater Quintessence of Attack Speed - This is just adding to the Greater Mark of Attack Speed runes. I tried out flat health quints, but after about lv 4, the extra 100 health isn't much help. Even without life steal at level 1, health isn't a problem. Because of the extra attack speed, you are able to kill the golem long before he threatens to kill you.
Play style
I already explained the jungle style, which sums up to be your early game. SOOOOOO, i will explain mid and late game.
Mid Game
This is anywhere from Banshee's to starting your Madred's. You should have max Turtle Stance at least, and depending on enemy team comp, possibly max Phoenix Stance. These are what you spam, and only Bear Stance when needed because it still costs a good amount of mana to use. Without Blue buff, Bear Stance can effectively drain you of mana, making you a very easy target. At this point, you should be a little bit ahead of enemy damage, and can effectively be a soft tank. Just watch your health, and don't be too aggressive. You mainly want to stun and lay down the AoE damage, because your AA doesn't do an overwhelming amount of damage. Red buff is always a really nice buff to have, and can help your team catch up and get a great gank.
Late Game
You know when this comes around when team fights are all that is left. You should really have Madred's by now, or at least the parts to it. Ward control is one of the most important parts in this phase, because losing ward control in choke points or at Baron can be the difference between winning and losing the match. This is when you shine. you have Madred's Bloodrazor, Banshee's Veil, and possibly Randuin's Omen. You are incredibly hard to kill, and at the same time you can lay down some serious damage to anyone that gets in your way. This is the part where you go for their carry. Say they have an Ashe that had the most amazing early and mid game, and your team drops like flies. Just run through their team with Banshee's Veil, stun the carry, and punch away. Not only will the carry need to retreat, but their team will panic and target you. Bad idea. You want to be focused because that gives the rest of your team free pot shots at whoever they want. Congrats. You effectively destroyed their team strategy. Still, with at least 3 people focusing you, you need to be careful with your health. If you die, your team can run into problems very quickly. Don't die. The only thing That can kill you is your over-aggressiveness.
This build took me such a long time, because Udyr is my favorite character, and I can't let my friend, SixSonatas, outdo me in guides. Unfortunately, I ended up copying his build format. How embarrassing. Let me know how your Udyr games go, and if it goes poorly, let me know and I can give you some pointers. If you have suggestions, I would love to hear them so I can continue perfecting my build. Thanks guys!
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Let's forget about over the hill, it's overstayed its welcome. Fifty is no longer what it used to be and we are ready to celebrate! Turning fifty is actually pretty nifty. A person has spent 50 years on this earth and when they reach that birthday milestone there is cause for a celebration. There are cultures that believe that reaching age 50 is an age that deserves special, respectful attention. In the Netherlands, a woman reaching 50 celebrates her "Sarah Birthday" and a man is considered an Abraham, both after the biblical couple.
So if you're looking for fun ideas for 50th birthday, give some thought to any or all of the following to show just how wonderful this milestone really is.
Planning the Party
Invite 50 guests to this grand occasion. Be sure you plan a space that's big enough to fit all of these guests. If it's an outside party, there may be enough room, but be prepared for a change in the weather. If it's going to be an inside party, and your home can't fit that many guests, you can hire a catering hall to host the event, rent a room at the local club, book a room at your golf club, or see if your church has a room you can rent.
All About the Nifty 50-Year-Old
Fifty is an impressive number. A person reaching that age has likely accomplished many things both professionally and personally. Kindly roast the birthday boy or girl by reading off any or all of the following lists during your party that describes the guest of honor. You can ask your guests to help fill in these lists either during the party or when they RSVP for your celebration. Just be sure you have a complete list ready in case guests don't bring ideas for you.
- 50 Fun Facts About...
- 50 Great Accomplishments of...
- 50 Little Known Facts About...
- 50 Reasons Why We Love...
Decorate With 50 of Everything
- Visually display how grand 50 can be by decorating with 50 of any of these items:
- String a clothesline around the party and use it to hang 50 pictures of the guest of honor. You may need to ask guests to supply pictures to you before the party.
- Hang from the ceiling 50 words that best describe the wonderful things about the birthday girl.
- Fill a table with 50 framed photos of important family moments in the life of the birthday boy.
- Float 50 helium balloons in his or her favorite color at the entrance to the party room.
- Put together a playlist of his or her 50 favorite songs across the decades.
Present Food in Displays of 50 for Additional Drama
Serve finger food that can be displayed on large trays in quantities of 50, to continue showcasing the impressiveness of 50. If this party will be a potluck, be sure to give your co-hosts clear instructions regarding the food theme, and how to present their contributions. If you don't have enough large trays or platters, most party stores sell inexpensive trays that can be used for this purpose.
Party Favors
You can give guests small silk pouches filled with personalized M&M'S that have the number 50 printed on them. If chocolate isn't your guest of honor's favorite thing, give out personalized cookies from Eleni's New York with the number 50 on the cookie.


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John O'Brien was born in Philadelphia, PA in 1953 and graduated from The Philadelphia College of Art in 1975.
In the course of his career, he has worked with many notable publishers, illustrating 83 children's books, 8 of which he also wrote. He has done illustrations for publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, Global Finance and Worth, and contributed to many other collections, anthologies and textbooks. He has also had a long relationship with Highlights for Kids Magazine for which he has contributed numerous covers and interior illustrations.
John has also had a long career as a cartoonist for many magazines, most notably The New Yorker, for which he created 17 covers and over 200 interior pieces. His cartoons have also been featured in the New York Times, Esquire, Fast Company and Omni, among others.
John resides in Delran, New Jersey in the spring and fall. In the summer he moves to North Wildwood, NJ, where he has been a lifeguard on the North Wildwood Beach Patrol since 1970 and is currently Senior Lifeguard. John spends the winter months in Miami, Florida.
He plays music both professionally and for entertainment, primarily Dixieland and Celtic. He most enjoys banjo and concertina but also plays piano, bass and guitar.
John has a daughter, Tess, who recently graduated from LaSalle College in Philadelphia.


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Bonnie Sherr Klein
Bonnie Sherr Klein OC (born 1 April 1941) is a feminist filmmaker, author and disability rights activist.
Film-making career[edit]
Klein worked for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) in Montreal as a director and producer in the late 1960s. Between that time and the late 1980s, she made dozens of films there. In 1975, she joined Studio D, the NFB's women's section, which was the first government-funded film studio dedicated to women filmmakers in the world. She was also part of the NFB's Challenge for Change citizen media project.[1][2] In 1981, Klein made what is probably her best-known film, the anti-pornography documentary Not a Love Story.[3][4] It went on to become one of the most popular and commercially successful films the NFB ever made.[5]
In 2004, Klein shot a production about disability and art for the NFB. Shameless: The ART of Disability was released in 2006. Klein is featured in the film, along with poet and writer Catherine Frazee, humourist David Roche, dancer and choreographer Geoff McMurchy, and writer and artist Persimmon Blackbridge. Vancouver musician Veda Hille contributed music for the film.
Klein was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Stanford University with a master's degree in Broadcasting and Film and then worked in New York City with George Stoney.[6] She and her husband, Michael Klein, immigrated to Canada in 1967 as resisters to the Vietnam War.[5]
Klein and her husband Michael divide their time between Vancouver and Roberts Creek on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast.[5] The pair have two children, Seth Klein (b. 1968), the BC director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, and Naomi Klein (b. 1970), author of No Logo, Fences and Windows and The Shock Doctrine, and co-writer of the NFB film The Take.[7]
In 1987, at the age of 46, Bonnie had a catastrophic stroke caused by a congenital malformation in her brainstem. She became locked-in, quadriplegic, respirator-dependent, and experienced panic attacks. She spent more than six months in hospital and another three years in formal rehabilitation. She now walks short distances with two forearm crutches and moves through the world on Gladys, her motorized scooter, and a low-slung red tricycle.[8]
She published the book Slow Dance: A Story of Stroke, Love and Disability, coauthored with writer and artist Persimmon Blackbridge, in 1997.
- 1965-1966 Community Mental Health Series (three docu-dramas)
- 1966 For All My Students
- 1966 Last-Chance Children
- 1966 One Fine Day
- 1968 Challenge for Change
- 1968 Introduction to Fogo Island
- 1968 Little Burgundy
- 1968 Organizing for Power: The Alinsky Approach. Series of five films: People and Power; Deciding * to Organize; Building an Organization; Through Conflict to Negotiation; A Continuing Responsibility
- 1969 Opération boule de neige
- 1970 Citizens' Medicine
- 1970 La clinique des citoyens
- 1970 VTR St-Jacques
- 1976 Du coeur à l'ouvrage
- 1976 A Working Chance
- 1977 Harmonie (in French and English)
- 1978 Patricia's Moving Picture
- 1979 The Right Candidate for Rosedale
- 1981 Not a Love Story: A Film about Pornography
- 1982 C'est surtout pas de l'amour : un film sur la pornographie
- 1985 Dark Lullabies
- 1985 Speaking Our Peace
- 1986 A Writer in the Nuclear Age: A Conversation with Margaret Laurence
- 1987 Children of War
- 1987 A Love Affair with Politics: A Portrait of Marion Dewar
- 1988 Mile Zero: The SAGE Tour
- 1988 Le mille zéro : la tournée SAGE
- 1989 Russian Diary
- 2003 KickstART! A Celebration
- 2006 Shameless: The ART of Disability
Bonnie received a lifetime achievement award from Women in Film and Television Toronto[9] and a Governor General's Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case.[10] She was invested as an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2013.[11]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-05-18. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
- ^ "SHAMELESS: The ART of Disability". Vancouver: DOXA Documentary Film Festival. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
- ^ Bonnie Klein. Not a Love Story: A Motion Picture About Pornography. National Film Board of Canada.
- ^ DiCaprio, Lisa (March 1985). "Not a Love * Story: The film and the debate". Jump Cut (30): 39–42. Retrieved 2007-09-09.
- ^ a b c "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-05-18. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
- ^ Canadian Film Encyclopedia entry on her[dead link]
- ^ Woolley, Pieta (May 18, 2006). "Shameless disability". Georgia Straight. Vancouver. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
- ^ "Playing The Transformative Power of Art: Bonnie Klein (Clip 5) | CITIZENShift". 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2007-10-29.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-06-14. Retrieved 2007-10-29.
- ^ Klein, Bonnie Sherr. "Bonnie Klein: 'Fierce Canadian' Fears for Her Country". The Tyee. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
External links[edit]
- 1941 births
- Anti-pornography feminists
- Canadian disability rights activists
- Canadian documentary filmmakers
- Jewish Canadian writers
- Canadian women film directors
- Jewish feminists
- Living people
- People from the Sunshine Coast Regional District
- People with tetraplegia
- National Film Board of Canada people
- Writers from Philadelphia
- Stanford University alumni
- Film directors from Vancouver
- Film directors from Montreal
- Officers of the Order of Canada
- American expatriates in Canada
- Activists from Philadelphia


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