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Now here's an idea for special Sunday brunch. This torta is layered with slices of Yukon Gold potatoes, smoked salmon, and sautéed leeks, and bound with a dill seasoned custard of eggs and cream. It's sort of like frittata meets quiche meets Spanish tortilla. The torta has more structure than a frittata, it is sturdier than a quiche, it's more delicately flavored than the tortilla.
Like best friends in a sandbox, smoked salmon, leeks, potatoes, and dill play well together! They especially enjoy each other's company in this recipe.
The torta can be served warm or room temperature. You can make it ahead and reheat to serve. Leftovers (I doubt you'll have any!) keep well for days.
Smoked Salmon Potato Leek Torta RecipePrint
- 1 1/2 pounds small yukon gold potatoes, scrubbed, unpeeled
- 2 Tbsp butter
- 1 1/2 cups thinly sliced leeks, white and light green parts only (see How to Clean Leeks)
- 4 ounces thinly sliced cold smoked salmon
- 5 eggs
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 Tbsp fresh chopped dill
- 1/3 cup heavy cream
An 8 or 9 inch springform pan or cake pan
1 Put the potatoes in a saucepan, cover with cold water by an inch. Add 2 teaspoons salt to the water. Bring to a boil and cook until the potatoes are easily pierced with the tines of a fork, 10 to 15 minutes. When done, remove the potatoes from the pot and let sit to cool to room temp.
2 While the potatoes are cooking, start on the leeks. Melt the butter in a small sauté pan on medium heat. Add the sliced leeks and toss to coat with the butter. Let cook until softened, about 8 to 10 minutes. Do not let the leeks brown or dry out. Remove from heat.
3 Whisk the eggs in a medium bowl. Whisk in the salt, dill and heavy cream. Whisk in the cooked leeks.
4 Butter the insides of the springform pan or cake pan. Line the bottom of the pan with a round of parchment paper. Butter the top of the paper as well.
5 Slice the cooked, cooled potatoes into 1/8-inch thick rounds. Preheat oven to 350°F.
6 Place a single layer of sliced potatoes at the bottom of your cake or springform pan. (Taste one of the pieces of cooked potato, if it needs salt, and potatoes usually do, sprinkle a little bit of salt over every layer of potatoes in this torta as you build it.)
7 Spread half of the smoked salmon slices on top of the potato slices. If you are using a springform pan, wrap the outside of the pan tightly with foil to prevent leakage in the next step.
8 Spread a third of the leek and egg mixture over the potatoes and salmon in the pan. Then lay down another layer of potatoes and smoked salmon. Add another third of the egg and leek mixture. Line the top of the torta with the rest of the potato slices and cover with the remaining egg mixture.
9 Place in the oven (if using a springform pan, place foil wrapped pan on top of a rimmed baking sheet in case the foil leaks) and bake for 30 minutes, until set and a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from oven and run a blunt knife around the edges of the pan to gently separate the torta from the pan while it's still warm. Let cool to lightly warm or room temperature before slicing and serving.
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I made these a while back but somehow forgot to post them- thankfully, I DO have photos for this one!
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1 lb. pizza dough
1 pkg. broccoli, chopped and thawed
1 c. marinara sauce
1.5 c. shredded mozzarella
2 oz. thinly sliced Genoa salami, chopped
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line baking sheet with foil. (*note: I forgot to do this in the picture!)
2. Divide dough into 3 pieces. On lightly floured surface, stretch each piece first to 3x4" oval then 6x8" (let dough rest briefly in between).
3. Strain water from broccoli. Transwer to towel and pat dry.
4. Scatter broccoli over dough, leaving 1/2" border. Sprinkly with cheese, salami and 1/2 c. sauce.
5. Fold each side over onto top and then place each stromboli seam-side down. Cut slit in top to ventilate and brush with oil. Bake 25-30 mins. Use remaining sauce for dipping.
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How long does it take to get braces is a concern when headed to the orthodontistOur smile can be an important aspect of our happiness. If we have misaligned teeth -- known as malocclusion -- it doesn't just affect our self-image. It can also cause health problems and an inability of our teeth to perform vital functions.
No matter whether young or old, braces can be an effective way to fix a variety of malocclusions (re: misalignment of teeth), such as: an abnormal bite such as an overbite/underbite, gapped teeth, crowded teeth, and more.
Well, it will normally take more than one visit to your local orthodontist's office in order to find out what the problem is and perform both x-rays and impressions. After the few hours it takes to install your new get-up a week or two later, the period of wearing your new gear can last up to 24 months, depending on a variety of factors.
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A company that runs with cult power
This isn't new, but just this weekend media has taken a grip on the story.
The story begins in the beginning of the 80's among students of a technical university in Espoo. Tapani Koivuniemi, the bad guy of this story, started religious meetings among the student community, bible circles and such. Then the activity spreaded to the congregation of Olari, where the 'Monday Circle' got more active members, mostly highly educated people, like diplom-engineers and doctors. Then the group started to keep courses, in which people spoke in tongues and were taught to translate the 'holy language'. Then in the 90's the 'Milk Bar' was organized, as the 'Monday Circle' closed itself from the outside world. The 'Milk Bar' was open for everyone, but the 'Monday Circle' contained the inside.
In 1997, the 'Garden' was organized. Its members were ex-Milk Bar members and the sect was, of course, closed. The education of the kids of the members was organized inside the sect with the sects own material. Adults listened to the biblical teachings of Tapani Koivuniemi. In the beginning the women of the sect were pretty free, but then make up was banned, because according to Koivuniemis teachings Iisebel manipulates its husband through the husbands wife or something. The position of men as the heads of families was accentuated and ''holy mouthgiving'', in which people give long kisses to the wifes and husbands of others, became a common ritual. If one refused from it, the one was closely interrigated about his/her sex life.
Koivuniemis teachings accentuate totalitarian leadership and unquestionable authority. He has commanded maximum weights to the sect members, max. 19 body mass index units for men, and max. 17 for women. The kids are taught that Jesus likes thin boys and girls.
In 1999 Tapani Koivuniemi founded the Publishing House Koivuniemi. As you can see from the link, it first seems like a normal company, but the employees are the members of Koivuniemis sect. The company is able to provide cheap services, since it pays its eployees something from between 1000-2000€ per month and the employees work 65-75 hours per week, 6 days per week. The empoyees think that the profited money is used for Christian spiritual purposes, but none of the money is used for what the employees think its used to. Publishing House Koivuniemi is one of the most successful companies in Finland and its main customers have been state owned businesses and services + a few private businesses like Tapiola, Neste Oil and British Airways.
The kids in the sect are isolated from society, brainwashed into the the strict sect and trained to work in the company when they grow up. The women don't have much power and they have to do 'humbliness excercises', in which they crawl before their men and call them their masters and such.
That's all I know, but there's much more, since it's getting alot of media attention now.
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NEW DELHI: The leading ladies of Indian art seem to be on a roll. Just five months after Bharti Kher's elephant sculpture fetched a record Rs 6.9 crore, Delhi artist Arpita Singh is set to establish a new high. The sale of her mural — estimated at Rs 8-10 crore — will make her the country's top-selling woman artist.
The 16-panel mural, an impressive 24 ft x 13 ft in size, will go under the hammer on December 9 at the Saffronart winter auction. Thus far, women artists were not in the all-male charmed circle of sky-high prices.
Both Kher and Singh are changing that. So in art, as in life, does gender matter? Not for the flamboyant Amrita Shergil , the first to reach the crore-mark, but then came a slump. Says Dinesh Vazirani of Saffronart, "During the era of the Moderns, male artists such as those from the Bombay Progressive group dominated the art scene."
In a way, it's fitting that Arpita Singh has turned the spotlight back on female artists. The unbeautiful middle-aged woman has always been a central figure in her paintings. "I begin by painting a figure and it turns out to be a woman," Singh said.
The work going on sale has two women as pivotal figures, both elevated to goddess-like beings that seem to hold together and direct the rest of the painting's diverse cast of characters and everyday objects.
Times of India 16 Novermber, 2010
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could you try to watch at a bar and drive home later than you were planning? Or try to set up DVR and turn off all electronics/phones/etc. once the game starts and go straight to the TV when you get home?
Get MLB At Bat on your phone and LISTEN to Charlie and Dave (it's only 4.99 for the postseason)!! - get headphones, plug in one of them and drive, drive, drive!!
Consider both our away games are now day games, I am growing fearful MLB will make all of our games afternoon ones.That would be a very tough card to accept as a franchise wanting national attention.
I am flying in Tuesday through Friday so game time doesn't affect me, I just prefer night games for sake of national exposure.
This sucks. I'm gonna miss the Cards-Braves game today while driving to Dallas to look for a new apartment, and I'm gonna miss Nats Game 1 while driving back. Rooting for a team since April 2005 only to miss its first-ever playoff game.
I'm really hoping it's at 4:00 tomorrow. Skins and then Nats back to back!If it's at 1:00, the Nats will have my attention, but I'll have two TV's going strong.
Looks like you'll get the first 1/2 of the 'skins clear, switchin' for 1/2 (4 innings) and then be clear on the Nats. Sounds like a plan ...
Sirius has an app for smartphones. If you have decent data available you could stream the game on your phone. Plus I think they give away free trials!
ESPN Radio carries all the games. If there's a sports radio station you can pick up, you might have a good shot of getting the games. Check here for a list of affilliates: http://sports.espn.go.com/espnradio/story?id=6197767
Hopefully FM-106.7 will carry all the Nats matches - AM-980 (ESPN Radio in this area) has too many football commitments (NFL, Maryland, Virginia Tech etc) and too many of the matches will be seconded to low-power AM-570; also if the Orioles go through tonight anything else could get bumped down.
UPDATING: Rang the station just now and the person who answered said he wasn't sure but he thinks they will be carrying all the Nats matches.
Consider both our away games are now day games, I am growing fearful MLB will make all of our games afternoon ones.
Late afternoon, 4:00pm, would be great!Can pickup the kids after school and go.1:00pm would suck!!! I will be out a LOT of money.
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Now see Smackdown realized how you are supposed to end the go home show before a Royal Rumble PPV…instead of having 3 part-timers staring at one another for an uncomfortable amount of time what you do is have a lumberjack match that ends in all of the lumberjacks in the ring beating the hell out of one another.
Oh Mickie, You're So Fine
I am super pumped to have Mickie James back in WWE and especially on Smackdown because the Smackdown women's division is not overflowing with women who are good workers. And pairing her with Alexa Bliss should provide some really entertaining moments. A bitter (slightly nuts) Mickie James and Alexa Bliss (who looks like an evil stripper version of Anna Kendrick) are going to give a nice jolt to the women's division.
The Face That Runs The Place Deserves Respect!
No matter how bad an episode of Smackdown may be it always goes up a few notches just by AJ Styles making an appearance. AJ makes everything better. Not even being in the ring with an overly muscled 40 year old who dresses like a toddler can dampen AJ's brilliance. So John Cena can disrespect the champ on The Today Show all he wants but AJ rises above it all. AJ is so good at what he does that he can make a WWE crowd overwhelmingly cheer for Cena which is quite the feat. That's what we call legit heel heat, folks.
And has John Cena gotten more wiggerish since he came back? Calling people homie and appropriating the culture like a ravenous vulture. He needs to tone that down a bit.
If You Had A Name This Stupid You Would Turn Heel Too
I am thoroughly enjoying Dolph Ziggler's turn to the dark side and think it is long overdue. However, I am afraid that the brain trust at Smackdown doesn't understand how best to go about this transformation which is odd since there is a very simple blueprint they can copy to make Ziggler a great main event level heel: just copy Shawn Michaels' heel turn.
Give Dolph an interfering valet, stop with the surly guy who's sick of losing thing and make him an insufferable egotistical asshat. Also get him as far away from Apollo Crews as possible. Crews is currently a black hole that sucks all entertainment value into it and until WWE comes up with a gimmick for Crews that works all he does is diminish anyone he feuds with.
So keep having Dolph do stuff like beat up old man Jerry Lawler. Maybe even have him wack Daniel Bryan with a steel chair and beat up Shane McMahon. Just start pushing him in a more HBK direction stylistically while he does all sorts of villainous stuff.
Do You Know Who Is Surprisingly Awesome? The Miz
It took me a while to come around to it (mainly because I could never unsee Mike from THE REAL WORLD: RETURN TO NEW YORK every time I saw the Miz) but The Miz is probably in the top 3 or 4 of the wrestlers on Smackdown's roster. He is one of only a handful of guys I could realistically see as World Champion. He has improved greatly in the ring and he is the top talker on the entire show. Too bad he seems to be stuck in some horrid Groundhog Day scenario with bum ass Dean Ambrose where he has to wrestle Sandman V.2.0 every damn week. Hopefully this week's lumberjack match was the final time Miz has to lower himself to interacting with that scuzzball and he can go on to bigger and better things.
Wyatt Family Feud
I really do not understand the whole "Randy Orton becomes a Wyatt cousin by marriage" thing. Nothing about Randy Orton has changed since he became a Bray disciple. He looks exactly the same. He wrestles exactly the same. The fans react to him as if he was still a fan favorite. Maybe if he grew a beard, let his hair grow out a bit, started dressing like a hillbilly hobo…maybe then this whole thing would mean something. But as it stands it is just a bad storyline that no one involved seems to be in the mood to commit to.
Heck, I kinda side with Luke Harper in his distrust of Orton because Orton is the favored inbred son without having to make any sacrifices for the family at all. I'm sure Luke would like a haircut and shave; maybe to be allowed to wrestle in something besides Rustler jeans and a dirty wifebeater. So count me as #TeamLuke in this feud but #TeamNobody in this dumbass angle. Heck, I am not even sure if Bray hitting Sister Abigail on Harper means Harper is no longer a part of the Wyatt Family that is how incoherent this whole thing is.
That sloppy attempted discus clothesline into an RKO botch that happened during the Orton/Harper match was pretty funny though
Chinless Chicanery
I never understood the point of James Ellsworth. Didn't get it when they had AJ Styles feuding with him. Didn't understand it when he was costing Dean Amrbrose matches. And I definitely don't get this whole thing with Carmella. So dedicating an entire segment to Carmella taking Ellsworth shopping was totally wasted on me. Ellsworth needs to go back to wrestling in local high schools and WWE should take some of the creative energy they are wasting on these two and focus it on some of the potentially worthwhile wrestlers who are being criminally wasted without a gimmick of note like Apollo Crews.
Jobber Royale
That 10-man battle royale served to highlight how dreadful the midcard of Smackdown is. It was a cavalcade of bums and jabronies. It was like something you would expect to see as the main event at a fairgrounds in Bumfuck, AL. Putting The Ascension, Tyler Breeze, Fandango and The Vaudevillains in one match was WWE double dog daring viewers to change the channel.
And the winner was noted waste of space and all around good for nothing Mojo Rawley. Duke "The Dumpster" Drose laughs at Mojo Rawley.
Too Many Announcers
Why exactly does Smackdown need a 4-man announce team? Its not like they have the most talented crew of announcers assembled to begin with Mauro Ranallo is aces when calling a boxing match but is solidly average calling pro wrestling. JBL is no great shakes as the heel announcer. David Otunga is garbage on the mic and Tom Phillips is a non-entity.
So keep Ranallo and JBL as the announce team, send Phillips back to being a backstage interviewer who gets insulted constantly by all the wrestlers and I honestly have no idea what they should do with Otunga.
Do You Know Who Sucks? Dean Ambrose
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CDC study finds drops in cholesterol levels since 1988
NEW YORK — An uptick in the use of cholesterol drugs since the late 1980s and changes in Americans' diets may account for a fall in cholesterol levels, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The study, published this week in The Journal of the American Medical Association, examined three CDC National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, from 1988-1994, 1999-2002 and 1997-2010, looking at levels of "bad" low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, serum total cholesterol and "good" high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. During the 22-year period, LDL cholesterol levels fell from 129 to 116; TC fell from 206 to 196; and HDL cholesterol levels increased from 50.7 to 52.5. While triglycerides — another lipid linked to heart disease — increased from 118 in 1988-1994 to 123 in 1999-2002, they fell to 110 in 1997-2010.
The study noted falls in levels of harmful lipids among obese adults during the 22-year period while also finding increases in the use of lipid-lowering medications, from 3.4% in 1988-1994 to 15.5% in 1997-2010. Published reports also noted that the elimination of trans fats from many popular foods could be a factor.
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CVS Caremark names EVP specialty pharmacy
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Caremark announced on Thursday the appointment of Alan Lotvin to the position of EVP specialty pharmacy.
Lotvin has extensive experience in the pharmacy benefit management and specialty pharmacy industries. Prior to joining CVS Caremark, Lotvin was president and CEO of Icore Healthcare, a Magellan Health Services company. Previously, he has held roles as president and COO of M|C Communications, a medical education provider, and served in various senior management positions at Medco Health Solutions, including president of specialty pharmacy services.
"Specialty pharmacy is an increasingly important growth area for CVS Caremark, and Alan's in-depth experience and knowledge of the industry make him uniquely qualified to lead this portion of our business," said Jon Roberts, president of the CVS Caremark PBM business. "His expertise will enable us to continue to grow our specialty pharmacy leadership and identify opportunities for ongoing innovation to enable us to better help patients dealing with complex, debilitating diseases."
"I am looking forward to working with the team at CVS Caremark to continue to grow and build upon the company's specialty pharmacy offerings," Lotvin stated. "With specialty drugs estimated to account for seven of the top 10 drugs in the United States by 2016, we need to continue to develop programs and solutions that will help our clients improve outcomes for these complicated diseases while managing cost and ensuring appropriate utilization."
FDA approves first drug for eye condition
SILVER SPRING, Md. — The Food and Drug Administration has approved what it called the first drug to treat an eye condition that can interfere with the part of the retina responsible for reading vision.
The agency announced the approval of Jetrea (ocriplasmin), made by Iselin, N.J.-based ThromboGenics. The drug is used to treat symptomatic vitreomacular adhesion.
VMA contributes to eye problems if the vitreous, the jelly in the center of the eye, moves away from the macula, the part responsible for reading vision, leading to damage to the macula due to tugging or pulling.
Jetrea is an enzyme that breaks down proteins in the eye responsible for VMA, allowing better separation between the vitreous and macula and reducing the chances that tugging will occur, the FDA said.
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Mumbai: To deal with fresh challenges of
terrorism, by strengthening police force and upgrading
weaponry, Maharashtra government has increased the state plan
allocation for the Home department from Rs 303-crore in
2010-11 to Rs 505 crore in 2011-12.
Additional Chief Secretary (Home) U C Sarangi said that his department has chalked out plans to utilise the funds
(increased by 66 percent) to identify areas of deficiency in
the police force and focus on them during the coming year.
"I have already identified areas of focus to strengthen
police force, equip them with weapons and technology, improve
intelligence facilitate training and skill development," he
To ensure use of information technology to its full
potential to improve their day-to-day functioning, an
initiative called Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System
(CCTNS) is already under implementation. It is likely to be
completed by December this year.
In this system, data of crime and criminals will be
available online to all police stations which can be used to
speedy detection, he said.
Sarangi said nine software applications have been
selected for police computerisation. "They have been put on
trial at various levels from the District Superintendent level
to the state police headquarters. This will bring
administrative efficiency," he added.
Under the 13th Finance Commission, the state has got Rs
223 crore for a period of five years to upgrade training
facilities in all the police training institutions.
"For the first year (2011-12), we have received Rs 55
crore and the money is being utilised to complete all ongoing
constructions of training facilities, accommodation and
enhance service training modules including the Marine police
training institute and counter urban terrorism training
centre," he added.
Sarangi said the first phase of construction of office
building for Force One, the elite commando force set up by the
Government after the 26/11 terror attacks at Aarey Milk Colony
in Goregaon, suburban Mumbai will be taken up during this
Stating the need to address the long pending human
resource development issues on topmost priority, Sarangi felt
creating facility for induction training of officers and men
in various cadres is important.
"Promotions for the year 2010-11 are complete in all
senior cadres. Recruitment of 11,000 constables for 2011-12
will start soon," he said.
Ensuing full proof coastal security is absolutely
essential, he said adding that a planned initiative has already
been taken up in this regard with assistance of central
government. "It involves establishment of coastal police
stations, providing boats with technically trained manpower
and technological devices for continuous patrolling of the
seafront," he said.
Sarangi informed that registration of all fishing and
other vessels, providing biometric identity cards for
fishermen population is in process.
"29 boats for sea patrolling have been provided. Manpower
recruitment for the boats is under progress. 12 coastal police
stations in the first phase have been established," he said
adding that the Marine police academy in Alibag is also being
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The 3 Kinds Of Rogue Wall Street Analysts
Financial analysts are typically non-confrontational. But then there are those who sit on a spectrum ranging from brazen to irresponsible to criminal.
On Wall Street, financial analysts are the exact opposite of traders. Where traders are aggressive and cocksure, financial analysts are generally docile and meek.
Analysts, unlike traders, are often paralyzed by a fear of retribution from the companies they cover if their stock research or commentary is too harsh. If they are too hard on a company, then maybe they won't get access to executives, events, or information to help build financial models and provide accurate investment advice for their clients. Or worse, maybe the investment banking part of their firm — which is to say the part that brings in the money — won't get any mandates.
"There's some implicit pressure to not screw up the investment banking side at these firms by being too negative," said Tom Brakke, a former financial analyst turned investment management consultant. "You've got a bunch of clients that don't want to put a sell rating on anything because they own thousands of shares of it. There are a whole bunch of pressures that make sure analysts skew positive. You don't want to be cut out of the information flow."
Still, there are some analysts who aren't afraid to speak their minds about the companies they cover. These "rogue" analysts come in three types: the brazen, the irresponsible, and the criminal. Below is a snapshot of each.
The Brazen
Back in 1999, banking sector analyst Mike Mayo made a bold call that won him more than a few enemies in the industry: he recommended selling all bank stocks. The call to sell any stock, let alone an entire sector's worth, is rare among financial analysts — perhaps too rare given the vast universe of companies that have consistently underperformed quarter after quarter. In general, analysts seem to apply sell ratings sparingly, even in cases where it is merited.
Though Mayo's call turned out to be accurate, he sparked the ire of many industry higher-ups, including those at his own firm, Credit Suisse First Boston, which actually fired him as a result.
"I try to do the job the way it's supposed to be done. It's the obligation of analysts when you're looking after people's money to ask the harder questions," Mayo said.
This perspective has prompted many companies to put Mayo in the proverbial penalty box over the years. He'd make a bold call or write an extremely critical note about a bank and then, a week later, that bank wouldn't return his calls, or worse, cease doing business with his firm altogether.
"I recognize that other people have called me brazen and brash and bold, but I don't see it that way," Mayo said.
Mayo has keet up the pressure on the companies he covers despite their best efforts to get him to tone it down. Now with CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets, an investment banking and asset management firm, Mayo recently made news for buying shares of bulge bracket bank stocks in order to attend annual shareholders meetings for J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup, among others. His sharp tongue got under the skin of JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, who, at an investor event in February, dismissed Mayo by saying, "That's why I'm richer than you."
Over at BTIG, analyst Rich Greenfield has also earned himself a reputation for asking the tough questions that media and technology companies are less than thrilled to answer. Some of his analysis goes so far as to declare a giant like Facebook a loser and deeming broadcast television "curling for the poor."
The Irresponsible
For the analyst prone to hyperbole, the danger is that they try to skew the math to support their overblown assertions. And in an industry where the accuracy of financial models provides the rationale for making buy or sell calls, inaccurate calculations are quickly uncovered and subject to a flurry of criticism.
Take Travis McCourt as an example. In January of last year, technology analyst McCourt, then of Morgan Keegan, was called out by some of his peers for widely overestimating how much the launch of Amazon's Kindle Fire took out of Apple's iPhone sales.
The assertions undercut the credibility of McCourt's research. In fact, one industry blog called it "crazy talk." McCourt later changed his estimates.
McCourt, son of ex-Dodgers owners Frank and Jamie McCourt, has since decamped for Goldman Sachs and has stayed relatively quiet.
Valuations and price targets can also land an analyst in hot water. Last year, analyst Michael King of Rodman & Renshaw, gave Amylin Pharmaceuticals an underperform rating and a $22 price target, calling the company's assets "mediocre." Then Bristol-Myers announced it would buy the company at $31 per share, losing King's followers a lot of money.
Later, in a rare move for an analyst, King acknowledged that his call on Amylin was a bad one, telling the Wall Street Journal he was "admitting defeat and moving on."
The Criminal
Some analysts cross from brazen into a territory whose legality is murky at best. Take Jack Grubman, a former tech analyst at Soloman Smith Barney and once the highest paid in his field on Wall Street. The SEC found that Grubman concealed information in the tech bubble of the early 2000s and misled investors. He was subsequently barred from the securities industry for life and required to pay a $15 million fine.
Then there's the case of John Kinnucan, a tech analyst out of Portland, Ore., who received a 51-month prison sentence for securities fraud in January after admitting he sold inside information he gleaned from public companies to hedge funds and other money managers as if it was based on research.
Though authorities pleaded for his cooperation throughout their investigation, Kinnucan refused. Instead, authorities said he made about 25 calls to prosecutors, some with violent threats.
Others who have traveled the road from analyst to insider trading suspect have most recently included Sandeep Goyal, a former Dell employee who kept in close contact with colleagues and passed on tips about the stock to hedge funds and other investors, and Jon Horvath of Sigma Capital, a SAC Capital boutique, who took the stock tips on Dell and Nvidia Corporation.
For Some, Redemption Is Possible
Rogue analysts can sometime go "right," as evidenced by Mayo. This year Citigroup invited Mayo, now at CLSA, to meet with CEO Mike Corbat ahead of its annual shareholder meeting, a rare invitation for a financial analyst.
"The bank managers say, 'We have many people looking over our shoulder,' and I'm like, let me meet those people," Mayo said of his decision to attend the meetings. "My only regret is not having attended annual meetings before this year. This is a research field day; there aren't a lot of other chances to talk to directors. If I'm the pioneer in brokerage analysts going to annual meeting and asking questions, I'll happily accept that."
Heck, even Grubman has been let out of the penalty box — he was on CNBC last week talking about how the SEC targeted the high profile analysts of his day. In other words, the analysts that were making waves on Wall Street.
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In an interview with Rolling Stone, Conan O'Brien says he plans to bring the Masturbating Bear with him to TBS, despite the possibility of an NBC lawsuit over intellectual-property rights.
"If there's something we did for a long time that we've established as ours, we'll figure out a way to do it," the New York Post quotes O'Brien as saying in the magazine's Nov. 11 issue. "I won't be denied my Masturbating Bear! […] What I really wanna do is be sued over the bear and then appear in court with the Masturbating Bear. 'Your Honor, this bear can't help himself!' "
It seems unlikely that O'Brien, or the Masturbating Bear, will be pulled into court. Earlier this week, NBC Universal TV Entertainment Chairman Jeff Gaspin said the network "wishes Conan well," and is ready to move past The Tonight Show debacle. Gaspin pointed out that NBC already granted O'Brien permission to use Triumph the Insult Comic Dog during his 30-city "Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour."
Granted, there is precedent for NBC digging in its heels over recurring characters and segment: When David Letterman left the network in 1993, he had to change the title of the "Viewer Mail" feature to "CBS Mailbag," and the late comedian Calvert DeForest was forced stop using the name of his character Larry "Bud" Melman.
Conan premieres Nov. 8 on TBS. The new issue of Rolling Stone goes on sale Friday. Until then you can read excerpts, and watch a video from the photo shoot, at the magazine's website.
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Zeus Project
Most people are familiar with Pres. Reagan's SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative) or Star War's program. There are rumors that this is only a cover for an underlying project, allegedly called the Zeus Project, and that its real purpose is to build advanced weapons that can be used in case of an extraterrestrial attack. See also: Aries, Excalibur, Joshua, HAARP, and STAAR Projects.
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The Williams-Steiger Act of 1970 is known as the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. It is commonly referred to as, OSHA. The purpose of the act was to improve the work area for employees and assist employers to provide a safe working environment. Since the enactment of this law, workplace fatalities have decreased more than 60% and illness rates have declined by 40%. Regardless of this wonderful statistic, some facts reflect the agency as a hindrance to worker safety (U.S. Department of Labor, 2004).
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It was practically hot on the weekend. I got pretty sweaty on my Saturday walk. But it's nice and mild again. The winter sun's back and there's a stiff breeze.
#59 - Monday
Edgecliff Road was nowhere near a cliff, certainly not on the edge of one. It was hard against the foot of Patonga Ridge (Mt Ettalong). One of life's little mysteries.
Sylvannia Road was quite woody. It ended at the foot of the ridge and the last house had a bamboo grove on either side of its driveway. Most of it was the bog standard bamboo you see wherever there's bamboo but behind it on one side there were maybe a dozen trunks of golden bamboo soaring up to maybe 40 feet high.
I could hardly hear the soft whisper of the bamboo groves over the sound of the gums on the ridge. They roared like a distant waterfall. As I walked along the street I could hear other trees in the foreground. A few European trees and, near the creek, some paperbarks and tea trees. Plenty of banksias dotted about too.
My all-time favourite recipe for wind-in-the-trees noises is a background of gums and pines overlaid with a palm or two, a small cluster of tea trees and a couple of dozen nicely spaced banksias. And the wind needs to come in gusts to cover the range of noises the trees can make. HMV oughta stock a CD of that.
Wandered down to the beach. You can get to the caravan park end of Umina Beach from Berrima Crescent. There's a wee carpark there and a loo. Doubt if it's a beat though. Too close to someone's house.
I perched on a rock at the end of the beach and listened to the sound of the surf in front of me and the gums behind me on the ridge. The sun was warm and the wind had a pleasant bite to it. There was a huge boulder perched on the rocks. No idea whether it rolled down the hill or washed up in a storm. Wedged under the front edge of it was a tree trunk. It was beautiful. Bleached white as milk by the sea and the sun and sitting against a background of brown and cream and purple rocks.
It was a good day for a brisk walk along the beach and I could see a dozen people doing just that. A few were taking their dogs for a walk and there was one Dear Old Thing stumping along with a fixed stare and a determined expression. He was missing all the scenery but no doubt he'll notice it another day.
I could've happily sat there for an hour or two mesmerised by the people change from black dots at the far end of the beach to fully formed humans as they got close. But I had to be home by lunch so I set off again.
A block back from the beach I couldn't tell how far I was from the water. Couldn't hear the waves over the wind. Not that they're loud anyways. Due to the beach being protected by the heads. Or something. I'm no oceanographer.
Off in the side streets it was quieter still. Bugger all traffic. Just the wind and the dogs barking and the scrape of a rake. Some guy was raking leaves up into a pile. The wind was really starting to gust by this time and, sadist that I am, I was hoping there'd be another big gust just as he turned away from the pile. But no such luck.
When I was a wee thing we used to go every Autumn to a place we called the Autumn Park. It's part of King's Park in Perth. It's down on Mounts' Bay Drive near the old brewery building. It's full of big old London Plane trees and in Autumn they drop all their leaves and the leaves make a carpet of crunchiness on the grass. God, that was good to run through and roll in. The joy of of the crunch was indescribable. I still pick up as many leaves as I can in Autumn and have a bit of a handheld crunch session. Very soothing. Maybe they should have leaf-crunching sessions at these pricey spas people go to.
Anyways. Walkies. Albany Square sounded very grand but when I rounded the corner into it, it was just the stub end of the road, an unsealed dead end. Pleasant enough. A bit of bush along the creek and the bend in the road cut it off visually from the surrounding houses and gave it the air of a tiny village. A dog sat grinning at me from behind a fence. A biggish dog, short-haired and biscuit brown. There's so many crossbreeds now I don't know what I'm looking at half the time.
Did a couple more streets after that and I was finished for the day. Went back to Mt Ettalong Road to wait for the bus home. The wind was starting that eerie thrumming along the powerlines. Which I realise now is where they got that sound they used in Twister. Wouldn't mind a CD of that noise as well.
#60 - Wednesday
Plenty of wind again today. Bit of a bummer for the firefighters. They've got a fire to fight in an awkward spot up on the ridge. Saw it as I was coming home and I can smell it very faintly coming in the window. They'll probably have to get the choppers in to water-bomb it.
I was up near the Patonga end of the ridge this morning. It was quiet there. Bugger-all traffic and what dogs there were were sunning themselves and couldn't be stuffed barking at me.
The ridge was close on two sides of me. The wind in the gums was beautiful. A rushing sound like a creek close by. The creeks themselves were not rushing. We're s'posed to get rain in October, according to some bloke on the bus, so maybe they'll rush then. Right now they're still and muddy and overgrown with lantana.
The main part of today's walk was in streets no more than ten years old. They were in one of those estates where you have to buy a house from the developer or not at all. The houses were all brick jobs and most of them had Federation repro details. There were a few designs with Federation era (circa 1890 to circa 1915) rooflines as well.
Not many houses in Australia's suburbs are named. There's always a few called 'Weona' or 'Ruo Emoh' of course. I've been keeping an eye out for unusual ones and so far I've seen a house called 'Jerry Sue', one called 'CherMar', a large brick-and-tile called 'Boar Shack' or Boar something and today there was one 'Weona', a 'Itldousal', a 'St Clements' and a 'Lanark Brae'. Lanark's a town in the Scottish county of Lanarkshire, which is the county Glasgow's in. I always thought a brae was a small river but a quick google suggests it's a mountain. You learn something new every day.
Today's walk was much quicker than it looked on the map. It was also the 10th last walk and the finish of that part of the Peninsula. I've got another nine walks scattered here and there over the Peninsula and then I'm finished.
Next walk
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Walks #59 & 60 - Music To My Ears
Labels: Woy Woy, Woy Woy Peninsula
2 comments:
- Kathy said...
"Wandered down to the beach. You can get to the caravan park end of Umina Beach from Berrima Crescent. There's a wee carpark there and a loo. Doubt if it's a beat though. Too close to someone's house."
The above passage copied from your site ....but you are incorrect........
NO ACCESS FROM BERRIMA CRESCENT. It is actually private property and our private car park.All that lawn is the front yard of this lovely holiday rental. Enjoy your walks but not through the yard.
- 10:09 am
- Spike said...
Had no idea the carpark was private property. There's public access between the loo and the road.
- 1:38 pm
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Sun Facts (Part 2 OF 2)
Lesson 15 of 16
Objective: SWBAT use scientific facts to make comparisons using scientific notation.
Big Idea: Sometimes we need to make quick estimates with large numbers. Rough estimation can be made easy using Scientific Notation.
As students are entering the classroom, I hand each an ENTRANCE TICKET. There are three questions on the ticket asking students to use scientific notation to find equivalent expressions. These should be done independently and without a calculator.
Resources (1)
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After students complete the Entrance Ticket, I write the following problem on the board:
The estimated world population today is 7, 130, 700, 730 people. The estimated US population today is 317, 240, 905. How much larger is the world population than the US Population?
I encourages students to use Scientific Notation so that they can make the comparison more easily. I ask students to:
- Write down the numbers in standard notation
- Write each number in scientific notation but using only whole numbers before the decimal
I remind students that we are making estimations.
Students should write:
7, 130, 700, 730 or 7 x 109
317, 240, 905 or 3 x 108
Now I ask students:
- About how many times larger is 7 than 3, more or less...?
- About how many times larger is 109 than 108?
Then, I write 2 x 10 or 20 times on the board and I ask the students to interpret what this means.
As we start this section of class, I hand each student a copy of the Application Sun Facts 2 sheet. I pair students up and ask them to answer the questions at the bottom of the worksheet. I want them to make rough estimates using scientific notation.
Two things should be considered before allowing students to begin:
- A common mistake when comparing large numbers is that students will simply look at the first number and decide which number is larger. Tell students that it is the power of 10 that determines the larger number.
Example: 3 x 106 for example is larger than 5 x 105. Students may say the second value is larger because 5 is larger than 3
- When given numbers in standard notation for example, 3,135,678,300 and 568,419 students will need to estimate the first number as 31 x 108. Although not in scientific notation, we will use it for our comparison. The second number is 5 x 105.
Example: 31 is 6 times larger than 5 and 108 is 1000 times larger than 105. Therefore the first value is approximately 6000 times larger.
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To bring the class to a close, I call on five volunteer students to write their work on the board. Once they are done, I allow students to ask questions about the answers on the board. When possible, I allow students to answer each other's questions. I intervene only to make a necessary clarification.


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14/43.- Florence, view of Ponte Vecchio
The 'Ponte Vechio' (old bridge) is, of course, the oldest bridge in town. The first 'Ponte Vecchio' was a wooden bridge. But the river destroyed it in 1333. It was reconstructed in 1345.
On the bridge you can find the same shops that have always been here --well, the shops are the same, but first they sold fruits and vegetables to locals, and now they sell silver and gold jewelry to tourists.
We will now cross the river on this bridge ...
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7 Essential Korean Slangs You Should Know - Part 1
Everything cannot be fully taught in the classroom. That's why Eggbun Education has put together a list of 7 Korean slangs. You're not sure how to use them? Don't worry about it. We've also prepared example sentences to help you figure it out. Let's check them out below!
1. 깜놀 (ggam nol) : surprised, shocked
깜짝 + 놀라다
Basically, 깜짝 is the expression of being shocked and 놀라다 means 'to be surprised.' 깜놀 is used when you see something shocking/surprising or face unexpected situations.
ex) 아이폰 가격 보고 깜놀했어.
I was shocked to see the price of iPhone.
2. 빵 터지다 (bbang teojida) : to burst out laughing
빵 + 터지다
빵 refers to the exploding sound of a balloon/bomb and 터지다 means 'to burst out / explode.' 빵 터지다 indicates that explosive laughter happens. You can use it when you have a sudden big laugh.
ex) 그 TV show 보고 빵 터졌어.
The TV show made me burst out laughing out loud.
3. 흑역사 (heuk yeoksa) : black past, black history
흑 + 역사
흑역사 is comprised of the Chinese character 흑(黑) which indicates black/dark and 역사 meaning history in Korean. 흑역사 is literally 'black history,' so it is used to describe past incidents people want to forget and don't want to talk about anymore.
ex) 어느 누구에게도 내 흑역사 때 사진을 보여주고 싶지 않아.
(literal meaning) I don't want to show my photo to anyone when I was taken in the black past.
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The Association of Colleges is the representative
body for further education and sixth form colleges in England
and Wales established by the colleges themselves to provide a
voice for further education at a national level. Some 98 per cent
of the 420 colleges in England and Wales are members, as well
as over 50 specialist colleges.
AoC has analysed with much interest the emerging
outcomes of the inspections that have taken place since April
2001 and reported its views to the Committee before Christmas.
AoC has held meetings and conducted interviews with the majority
of colleges that have been inspected, mounted three conferences
and prepared several information packs to brief the sector on
the new regime.
In this submission, we comment specifically
on those sections of the Annual Report of Her Majesty's Chief
Inspector of Schools, Standards and Quality in Education, which
have a direct bearing on the work of colleges.
1. AoC objects most strongly to the use
in the Annual Report of the Chief Inspector of the inspection
evidence of the first five colleges to be inspected by OFSTED
under the Common Inspection Framework. Despite the report's own
assertion that this sample is both tiny and unrepresentative,
it draws inferences that are not only invalid but potentially
damaging to the reputation of the further education sector.
2. In the 18 colleges inspected in the autumn
term following the first five inspections, only two colleges were
found to have unsatisfactory leadership and management. Of these
18 colleges, leadership and management was judged to be satisfactory
or better in 89 per cent. This compares with 95 per cent in secondary
schools and only 12 per cent in the work-based training sector.
Although eighteen colleges are still a small sample of the 420
further education colleges in England, we believe that they give
a much more accurate picture of the quality of leadership and
management in colleges. One of the key findings from the last
year of the Further Education Funding Council (FEFC) inspections
was that only 5 per cent of institutions were judged to have unsatisfactory
management in 2000-01 compared with 11 per cent in 1999-2000.
3. In the subsequent inspections of 18 colleges,
an average of 8.75 per cent of teaching and learning for 16-18
year-olds was judged to be unsatisfactory. Whilst this certainly
gives no grounds for complacency, this figure is far removed from
the one in five unsatisfactory lessons, or 20 per cent, observed
in the first five inspections and quoted in the report.
4. Other statistically meaningless conclusions
are reached through basing the findings on an unrepresentative
sample. For example, none of the bullet-pointed weaknesses described
as most frequently observed in lessons was actually observed in
more than two colleges of the five. This analysis is clearly invalid.
5. The Department for Education and Skills,
as a result of AoC's lobbying efforts, has recognised that disaggregated
data have distorted the reporting of the results of further education
colleges for this year. The inclusion of single AS/A level results
in single vocational awards taken by learners as additional and
broadening elements of their course, has had a significant negative
effect on both vocational and A Level columns of the League Tables
this year. The disaggregated scores are depressing college performance
by 3-4 points. In addition, BTEC National results are not included
in the point score. It is a matter of great concern to the sector
that their considerable achievement in delivering Curriculum 2000
should be distorted in such a way that it implies that they are
not performing as well as in the past and more generally that
League Tables are being used as a measure of the quality of provision,
given their DfES-recognised inadequacies.
6. Most further education colleges feel
that it is an important part of their mission to recruit those
students at 16 who have not performed well at school and who might
otherwise be in danger of dropping out of education or training.
Some, in fact, are actually excluded from schools and taken on
by colleges. These students come to colleges with low point scores,
although in many cases they leave with a qualification. Average
points scores at exit, such as are shown in the report, give no
indication of these low point scores on entry to colleges and,
in not comparing like with like, fail to recognise or applaud
the value that colleges add to these students and the contribution
that colleges make to the widening participation agenda. Raw point
scores or a comparison of the retention rates in schools and colleges
simply fail to recognise the sometimes difficult work that colleges
undertake in addressing the failings of the school system and
in helping such young people to continue in learning and to achieve.
7. Although it is intended that in time
school sixth forms will be inspected using the same framework
and criteria as colleges in order to facilitate comparisons, at
this stage this is not occurring. The management of a school sixth
form and a large college, for example, is not comparable. School
sixth forms are not subjected to anything like the same degree
of rigour during inspection as is a college and so to attempt
to compare the outcomes of very different processes would seem
to be pointless.
8. However, in the one area where at present
it is possible to make valid comparisons between school sixth
forms and colleges is in terms of their relative funding and value
for money, there are no comparisons made. School sixth forms receive
£1,000 more per pupil than colleges for a three-A Level package.
However, the report is uncritical of the poor achievement, value
for money and breadth of curriculum offer of small school sixth
forms, instead suggesting mitigating circumstances which excuse
this poor performance. It is noticeable that this mitigation is
not extended to criticisms of the shortcomings within further
education provision.
9. The report confirms the findings of area-wide
inspections that school pupils are not always fully informed about
alternatives to school sixth forms. The Association has been concerned
about this for some time and in a survey conducted in 1999 found
that over nine out of 10 colleges were encountering massive information
barriers in schools which effectively removed pupil choice. (See
attached document, Report on School/College Competition for
Year 11 Pupils).
10. The report is critical of schools and
colleges for not making greater use of value-added data. At present
the only nationally recognised systems measure the progress made
between GCSE and A Level/AVCE and the majority of colleges uses
one of these systems. These work by comparing the GCSE point score
with an A Level/AVCE score which indicates how well the student
has done at level 3 compared with what could be expected taking
into account performance at level 2. Many colleges use this data
to motivate students through monitoring their progress against
minimum target grades. However, the progress made by many students
in colleges is much more difficult to quantify statistically because
of the wide range of courses on offer and the widely divergent
starting points of the students. For example, students may have
no qualifications on entry and may leave with high level qualification
or they may leave with low level onesan HND or a basic
IT certificate, for exampledepending on their skills and
goals. Or they may come in with a level 2 qualification in plumbing
and go out with a level 2 qualification in plastering. These are
just two examples of cases where it is not so easy to quantify
the college's contribution to learning in a way that easily lends
itself to comparisons between institutions. AoC supports the further
development of ways of measuring value added and would like to
see it as a priority for the Department. In this way, we believe
that the real achievements of colleges will be recognised. (For
further information on the use of value-added measurement in colleges,
see the attached document, Developing Value-Added Measures.)[1]
11. The report also suggests that both schools
and colleges need to make greater use of quality assurance processes.
Colleges, however, have rigorous and effective self assessment
processes, based on extensive quality assurance procedures, which
have led to demonstrable improvements in retention and achievement
and which accord largely with the findings of the inspectorates.
The FEFC found in 2000-01 that, "Institutions have become
significantly better at judging the quality of their programme
area provision. Self assessment of cross-college provision is
also more accurate." They found that on average there was
a mere 0.17 of an inspection grade difference between programme
area grades as assessed by colleges themselves and the inspectorate.
12. The report repeats the findings from
area-wide inspections that there is a lack of strategic direction
and co-ordination in 16-19 education across many areas. However,
it is a misapprehension to suggest that this does not occur to
any great extent in practice. Colleges are keen to ensure the
coherence of the post-16 offer across an area and can show many
examples of their contribution through collaborative working with
neighbouring schools and other providers. A wide variety of collaborative
provision has been developed to meet local needs and to respond
to the needs of young people and adults. Colleges are happy in
the vast majority of cases to enable local institutions to make
use of their resources. This might include staff, equipment, accommodation,
staff development opportunities, work experience opportunities
and many others. In a survey conducted by AoC, over a hundred
colleges gave concrete examples of the many ways in which they
were working to ensure a coherent 16-19 phase. (See the attached
document, Collaboration between colleges and schoolsa
survey by the Association of Colleges). In many others, work
has been going on for some time to provide the same collaborative
focus to the 14-19 phase. In the light of the Government's Green
Paper proposals, this experience will provide an excellent start
to developments.
13. This report of the Chief Inspector is
based on inaccuracies and analysis of a very small number of colleges.
AoC believes that some of the conclusions are therefore misleading
about the sector as a whole. AoC is very concerned that OFSTED
should have found fit to publish on this basis with no reference
to subsequent judgements that were of a very different nature.
Association of Colleges
March 2002