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The Liberation Acoustic series started about 10 years ago with a number of celebrated Australian artists– Diesel, Stephen Cummings, Joe Camilleri to name just a few - who relished the opportunity to revisit songs from across their expansive catalogues in a new un-complicated way.
Ian Moss and Mark Seymour for example just used guitars as did the late and great Billy Thorpe but others used the full band set up such as Baby Animals and The Church.
Liberation recorded and released over 30 albums in total, and with very few exceptions they have been critically and commercially successful. The series has been in hiatus for a short time as there is a finite limit to those Artists with a significant body of work to re-visit.
Enter Alex Lloyd.
It was Alex Lloyd's solo debut Black the Sun which won a great deal of critical acclaim especially with Triple J listeners who voted it their album of the year. Lloyd also won an ARIA award for "Best New Artist" in 1999 and "Best Male Artist" in 2000.
Lloyd's second album Watching Angels Mend went double platinum in Australia after its release in 2001. The second single, "Amazing", proved to be a breakthrough for him, becoming his first top 40 single in Australia, being the top song on the Triple J Hottest 100 for 2001. It went on to become a number one hit in New Zealand and the most played track on Australian radio during 2002. Two further top 40 singles in Australia followed in 2002; "Green" and "Everybody's Laughing". Lloyd went on to win his second ARIA award for "Best Male Artist" and was nominated in several other categories.
Lloyd's third album Distant Light was released in 2003. It featured Jim Moginie and Martin Rotsey of Midnight Oil on several tracks. It was produced by Stuart Miller, who had also produced Watching Angels Mend and mixed by Tony Hoffer who has worked with Air, Beck and The Temper Trap. Distant Light was also a success on the ARIA charts. Three singles charted from the album; "Coming Home" in August 2003, "1000 Miles" in November 2003, and "Beautiful" in April 2004. The album has been certified platinum in Australia.
In 2006, Alex Lloyd released his greatest hits compilation, titled Amazing: The Best of Alex Lloyd, and his fifth album Good in the Face of a Stranger in November 2008 independently.
In 2011, Alex Lloyd began touring with Steve and Alan Pigram from The Pigram Brothers. The trio had worked on the soundtrack for the Australian film Mad Bastards, and the reviews of the music were largely positive. The trio became known as the Mad Bastards Trio and the music garnered three nominations for the 2011 APRA Awards including Best Original Song Composed for the Screen ("Won't Look Back" by Alex Lloyd), Best Soundtrack Album and Feature Film Score of the Year. The soundtrack from the film was also nominated for Best Original Film Soundtrack at the 25th ARIA Awards.
After returning to Australia at the end of 2012, Lloyd announced the recording and release of Urban Wilderness and began touring the album early the following year after a five year hiatus.
Now 2016 will see the release of Acoustica – a brilliant re-interpretation of his most celebrated songs including "Coming Home", "Amazing", "Black the Sun" and complimented by a stunning version of Leonard Cohens' "Hallelujah".
The album will be released in May, but "Coming Home" is being serviced to radio to coincide with a number of east coast shows by Icehouse where Alex will open the night with an exclusive preview of some of these exciting new interpretations.
ICEHOUSE with special guest ALEX LLOYD
Fri Feb 05th - Civic Theatre, Newcastle
Sat Feb 06th - Civic Theatre, Newcastle
Fri Feb 12th - Enmore Theatre, Sydney
Sat Feb 13th - Enmore Theatre, Sydney
Sat Feb 20th - Palais Theatre, Melbourne
Thu Mar 03rd - Canberra Theatre, ACT
1 Amazing
2 Easy Exit Station
3 Better the Less You Know
4 Green
5 Coming Home
6 Good Thing
7 Hallelujah
8 Beautiful
9 Brand New Day
10 Black the Sun
11 Never Meant To Fail
12 Everybody's Laughing
All tour date and ticketing information available at www.icehouse-ivadavies.com
ACOUSTICA album out 5 May 2016 through Liberation Music
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Edwards Signaling Supplier/Distributor In Houston Texas
Edwards has been the leading company supplying signaling devices since 1872, when Edwards and Company was founded by Robert Edwards & David Rousseau.
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1872- Edwards and Company was founded by Robert Edwards & David Rousseau to explore the new phenomenon of "Electricity" and to manufacture, sell and install battery-operated gas-fixture igniters. Among the company's first customers, a New York City church where sextons previously had climbed a 100-foot ladder to light gas fixtures located high above the pews.
1873 Rousseau withdrew from the partnership and his place was taken by Adam Lungen. They invented and developed and electric doorbell and a burglar alarm.
1880- Edwards Company left the basement of the Lungen family's jewelry store, moved into a three-story plant, and began manufacturing wooden conduits and housings for burglar alarms.
1881- Robert Edwards obtained his first patent for an electric bell. Other patents quickly followed: a drop-type annunciator (1882); an electric gas burner lighter for push-button operation (1883); and an electric door opener (1884).
1884- Edwards displayed its wares at the first electrical show in the United States. Held in Philadelphia, it was called the "Electrical Exhibit, National Conference of Electricians."
1886- Along with burglar alarms and fixture igniters, the Edwards catalog listed for the first time electrically wound clocks, program systems, and coils.
1896- Edwards stopped installing electrical devices and limited its activities to the design and manufacture of signaling, communications and protection equipment.
1900- Bell with horizontally actuated plunger devised. The basic design is used for today's Edwards
1901- First national distributor of "electrical house goods" appointed by Edwards Company.
1903- New York Stock Exchange bell installed to start the beginning and
1912- Edwards carriage call, an all-weather annunciator for department store marquees, introduced.
1915- Bronze Medal of Honor for electrical products awarded to Edwards at the Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco, CA.
1917- Watertight bells and submarine detection devices built for the Navy, special telegraph apparatus developed for the Signal Corps.
1927- Holland Tunnel opened with Edwards emergency signaling installed in twin 2-mile tubes. Electrical devices for the White House ordered from Edwards.
1929- Montreal Curb Exchange ordered "Silent Paging" annunciators. Edwards & Company of Canada was founded.
1935- Lungen buzzers 11,300 feet below the earth's surface vibrated survey instrument at the bottom of the world's deepest oil well. Edwards watchman's tour, sprinkler, and fire alarm system installed at Rockefeller Center in New York City.
1936- New break-glass fire stations introduced to replace hammer and chain types.
1938- Edwards annunciators and signaling systems specified by Boeing Aircraft Co. for double-deck flying clipper ships.
1941- World's largest car ferry, the City of Midland, left its Michigan waterways equipped with Edwards watertight signals. Budd Co. equipped its newest "Silver Meteor" trains with Edwards annunciators.
1945- Edwards awarded its fifth Army-Navy E.
1948- Edwards-made fire alarms installed aboard SS President Cleveland and SS President Wilson, new round-the-world cruise ships. James H. McGraw Award, Manufacturers Medal of the Year, presented to R. S. Edwards.
1950- New Edwards plant in Canada opened at Owen Sound, Ontario.
1951- Tear-drop fire alarm station introduced: called by Associated Press "a model of fool-proof simplicity."
1956- Manufacturing facilities for distributor products transferred to new Pittsfield, Maine plant.
1961- Audio-visual nurse call with patient privacy feature shown at American Hospital Association Exposition, Atlantic City, NJ.
1962- Edwards Company becomes an operating unit of General Signal Corporation.
1964- Edwards fire alarm system specified for world's largest structure, the 52-story Vertical Assembly Building at Cape Kennedy.
1965- Edwards systems installed in Visual Arts Museum designed by LeCorbusier for
1966- Police and fire control centers for the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, largest municipal public system in Canada, designed and installed by Edwards.
1967- Edwards supplied 77 fire alarm systems to Expo '67, Montreal.
1971- JFK Center for the Performing Arts equipped with Edwards fire alarm system.
1973- Edwards acquires Electrons, Inc., maker of the Cat. 280 series heat detector.
1976- Edwards introduces a new ionization smoke detector.
1979- Edwards introduces the new Greenline Series Fire Alarm Bells.
1981- Edwards incorporates state-of-the-art micro-processor technology into a new generation of "programmable" signals with the launch of the
1982- Edwards begins a planned expansion of hazardous location audible and visual signals that will result in the most up-to-date and complete line in the industry.
1984- The first Edwards piezo-electric signals are introduced, marking the introduction of the latest technology in light duty signaling.
1985- Edwards begins a planned expansion of industrial strobes and beacon products that will result in the highest quality and most complete line in the industry today.
1986- A new, current technology photoelectric smoke detector is introduced by Edwards.
1994- Edwards acquires the signaling product line from Benjamin Division of Thomas Industries. These new products, previously manufactured in Sparta, TN are consolidated into the Pittsfield, Maine plant.
1994- Edwards introduces highly advanced, multi-element sensor technology into the "Commercial" fire alarm market place. State-of-the-art manufacturing processes are established at the Pittsfield plant to support
1998 - Edwards introduces a new line
2005 - Edwards acquired by General Electric. Edwards was combined with the Kalatel, Sentrol and EST businesses to become part of GE Security. The company was well positioned to become an international leader in video, fire and access control.
2010 - GE Security acquired by United Technologies Corporation. Edwards Signaling becomes part of the Detection & Alarm business under UTC Fire & Security.
Today. . . With headquarters in Farmington, CT, manufacturing in Pittsfield, ME, distribution in Portland, TN, and Sales and Service locations around the world, it seems a long way back to the basement of Lungen's jewelry store. Yet, many of the different products that Edwards makes today, are direct descendants of the gas fixture igniters, electric bells and program systems that went into the design and construction of structures over one hundred years ago.

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Welly Recipe: Beetroot Brownies
Thanks to diabetes.co.uk you can have your cake and eat it, as it has a healthy twist!
Serves: 12
350g beetroot, ready cooked, vacuum packed in its own juice (not in vinegar)
75g butter, plus extra for the tin
150g bar plain chocolate (70% cocoa)
2 tsp. vanilla extract
175g Stevia or your preferred sweetener
3 eggs
50g plain flour
50g almond flour
20g cocoa powder
Preheat the oven to 180°c or Gas Mark 4.
Chop the beetroot roughly and place in a big bowl.
Lightly butter and line a small roasting tin with baking parchment.
Chop up the plain chocolate and cube the butter.
Place the cooked beetroot in a sieve to remove excess liquid.
Then whizz the beetroot in a blender with the butter, chocolate and vanilla extract until it is a silken consistency.
Place the Stevia and eggs into a big bowl and beat with an electric whisk until for 3 minutes.
Put the beetroot mixture in a bowl and fold in the whisked eggs with a metal spoon. Then
fold in the plain flour, the almond flour and cocoa powder.
Pour the batter into the prepared roasting tin and bake for 25 minutes.
Cut into squares once the brownies have cooled totally.
Nutritional Value (per serving):
Calories 124
Total fat 26g
Saturated Fat 4.2g
Carbohydrates 8g
Fibre 4g
Protein 14g


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Anyhoo, last Friday after attending my PUBLISH class, Meli dragged me with her to Quiapo for a quick fortune telling sesh. At first I was reluctant to go 'coz I really wanted to go home already and I knew that the place would be really crowded as it was the first Friday of the year and it was Quiapo day too but Meli was very persistent so I obliged. Who knew it'd be fun to get sandwiched by dozens of people and brave the intense Manila heat while looking for the manghuhula's stall? Haha! Meli's "hula" was pretty accurate while mine was...hmm, suspicious and far-fetched? Haha! The manghuhula's prediction included (much to my dismay) that I'd get married early (I was told of that already by another manghuhula so...FOR REALZ??? HAHA), I will be successful in my career, I will make it big abroad and stuff like that. I kinda expected her to say that but it was still very fun.
Oh and before I end this post, look at my new vintage finds (spot the oxymoron! Haha!)! I unearthed these inside my mom's old cabinet before the start of this term. There are more inside but I need the assistance of my ate if I'm going keep myself from shrieking every time I pull a piece out of the hanger 'coz a few cockroaches get pulled out of 'em too. Haha! I'm sooo giddy that I got my hands on these great finds! :)
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Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
"Chaos Theory"
The episode starts six months ago with May and Andrew in Maui on the beach, just a day before returning home "beautiful view." While chilling in the sun, May asked Andrew what he thought about her not going back to S.H.I.E.L.D at least not right away. Andrew asked her if she was serious and explained to him that she doesn't want to be the one that causes their relationship not to work "I love seeing a more sensitive side of May." Andrew told her that this time around it would be different because they're older and wiser now, and he doesn't plan on losing her a second time, and they toast to new beginnings "amen." A few days after May and Andrew returns, Coulson calling Andrew to ask him when May is coming back, and he told him that he was not sure when she was coming back, and he should not wait for her to call "May is happy with her new life." As Andrew looks through a box of materials sent over to him from Afterlife, he opens a book, and a dust of Terrigen comes out turning him solid. Andrew later reveals to May, who confronted him, so he explained to her that he was happy to be alive but immediately felt the change "why didn't he seek help." Present day, Daisy and Coulson argue over the ATCU's containment methods while Andrew listens in on their conversation and agree with Coulson that all inhuman are different and will handle their powers differently "I agree." Coulson plans to meet with the President of the United States about the future of powered people in the world, and he will be going in the guise of an ATCU consultant "Mr. Pres." Andrew suggests bringing along a moderate inhuman success story as an example, and they suggested Joey, and Andrew agrees to reassess him before the meeting "bad idea." Andrew runs into Simmons in the hallway, and she told him that she regrets telling Fitz some of the details of her experience and he told her that she did the right thing because secrets will eat you up from the inside "that the truth." Simmons brought Fitz her phone and told him the story of how she kept it on her the whole time she was on the other planet, but it's broken now, and Fitz agrees to try to fix it "no surprise there." While Bobbi and May were returning from their hunt for Ward, she noticed that May looked dazed and asked her if she was worried about Andrew and assure her that everyone at the base thought he was fine "was he." Bobbi continues to tell her that as for Hydra they will get them and told her that she hopes she sticks around because Hydra is not the only thing they're facing these things and mentions that they've been trying to track Lash "he's right under the noses." When they return to base, she started to investigate to find a mutual connection between Lash and Andrew, after her findings she searched the base for Andrew and ran into Daisy, who told her that she was evaluating Joey on an offsite training facility "that's not good." At the training facility Joey shows Andrew how he's learned to control his powers by melting and shaping a filing cabinet into a ball and Andrew has a flash of killing Joey as Lash before snapping back out of it to continue his session "that was so crazy." May went to the facility to confront Andrew and asked ho have Joey escorted out of the facility, and immediately told him that Strucker. And the he was alive and told her what he turn into at the store and that she knows Strucker wasn't lying so she asked him to tell her what happened to him, and beg him not to lie and he got frustrated with her questioning him and shoots her with an I.C.E.R "holy cow." Later May wakes up in an old, abandoned building chained to a tank and told her that he needed time away from S.H.I.E.L.D. to explain her "he had the chain her up for that." Andrew explained that his instincts took over he lose control and told her how he became the Lash "you shot her dude." He went to tell her that when it happened he felt compelled and had to be near other Inhumans, so he ended things with May to protect her and that he needs her help now "I can't believe she just bought that." Andrew tries to get through to May by bringing up the incident in Bahrain, telling her that she should know firsthand exactly how dangerous Inhumans are and told her that he doesn't want to do what he's doing, but he has to "control." He reminisces about their first apartment and tells her he's still the same man she fell in love with, and asks her not to give up on him and the shared a kiss that was interrupted by Coulson who now knows that he's Lash "surprise." Daisy and Mack ready a containment unit for Andrew while Rosalind orders her men to support Coulson and move on his say so, Andrew tries to convince Coulson that he's on his side, that he's helping sort the good from the bad in this outbreak of Inhumans "worse excuse ever." Lincoln heard this and confronted him asking him who gave him the right to be judge, jury, and executioner and blows the lights as he enters the room "Showtime." Andrew told Lincoln he has every right while Coulson tries to talk him down by telling him ATCU is close to a cure, but that did not help and Andrew transforms into Lash and told Coulson he is the cure "say what now." Lincoln begins fighting Lash pins Lincoln down and is about to kill him when Mack shoots Lash. Lash chases Mack and knocks him down. Coulson grabbed Lash, and Lash turns the table, but the ATCU fires at him. Lash bowls through the ATCU, grabs Rosalind by the neck, and drops her over the rail into the courtyard, and Daisy uses her powers to allow Rosalind's to land safely. Lincoln says he's going to bait Lash towards the containment module, Lash catches up the Lincoln and May throws herself between them after finding the dead bodies in the hall, and tries to talk him down and was successfully able to do so "good job." May shoots him three times in the chest, knocking him into the containment unit and sealed the door. Coulson asks how she knew she wasn't going to kill him, and she told him that she didn't. Rosalind offers to put Andrew in stasis until they can find a cure and May asks Daisy advice and she told her that Andrew is her friend, and she would do anything to save him and May agrees "I feel so sad for May." Daisy and May walk away, and Rosalind offers to buy Coulson a drink and he accepted. Fitz works on Simmons' phone and later found her in her room still awake, waiting for the sunrise and told her he thinks he may have found something to help them open the portal and that's he heard her recordings and saw her video "he missed the part that he cried." He asks about the things she said if she was just dehydrated or scared or confused and she told him she was as clearheaded as she had ever been when she said those things "about time." She asks what he thinks they should do about it, and he said he doesn't know, and that they should just watch the sunrise "he's such a gentleman." May thinks about her vacation with Andrew while on a plane. She remembers the beach, saying she didn't think she deserved this kind of happiness and Andrew assured her that they both do "poor May." Ward is in a room with Gideon Malick and asked him why he's there to which he responded that he hopes Strucker doesn't wake up. Malick says he gave Ward what he asked for, but he's not sure that Ward is asking for the right things. He says he should think on a grander scale. Ward says he's going to cut off the head of S.H.I.E.L.D., which is Coulson because without Coulson S.H.I.E.L.D won't grow back "I thought he would know better than that." Malick gets a call from Rosalind "yes her" who apologizes for the delay at NORAD and promises to bring him in soon and he told her to hurry and hangs up as Coulson enters the room and they discuss getting breakfast "what happened to no personal relationship." This episode was spectacular I would rate it 9.2 out of 10.
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While past Japan Nights have included a miscellany of different skits and activities, this Sunday's edition will be focused on a theatre performance, which will incorporate song, dance, acting and martial arts into a single storyline.
The Binghamton University Japanese Association (BUJA) has been around for 22 years, and Japan Night is one of the club's oldest traditions. Every year, the event has a different theme. Past themes have included "yuku haru," which means "graduation" in Japanese, and "bushido," the code of samurai warriors. This year's theme is "geki," which means "theatre."
"In Japan, there is a long history of theatre performance such as noh and kabuki, and the word for "theatre" just encompasses the whole realm of performance on stage," said Shanita Li, the club's publicity chair and a senior majoring in anthropology.
"The word 'geki' also encompasses the idea of elegance," said Elsie Tan, vice president of BUJA and a junior majoring in philosophy, politics and law.
Tan said the theme of elegance will be present in the decorations for the event. She said the entrance to the Mandela Room of Old University Union will be decorated like a theater, and the inside will have the feel of an underwater palace.
"We've tried to go up and beyond with our room decoration," she said. "We have a reputation of being one of the most artistic Asian groups on campus, and we want people to really recognize the decorations this year."
The group will be presenting a performance based on a traditional Japanese folktale, the story of Urashima Taro. The story is about a fisherman who rescues a sea princess disguised as a turtle. For his kindness, he is rewarded with a trip to the sea king's underwater palace, where he stays for three days among the royal court. When he returns to the surface, he learns that 300 years have passed on land in the three days that he was in the palace.
"It's a very wise tale," Li said. "It's a sad story, but it's also an enjoyable story and there's a lot of lessons that can resonate with people."
Because the show is based off of an oral folktale passed on through generations, there was no official script to follow, so the script for this particular performance was written by BUJA members.
The cast of the show is made up of BUJA's executive board and general body members, as well as students from other associations, such as the Asian Student Union, the Philippine-American League and Chanbara.
"One of the main challenges when writing the script was trying to incorporate all the different groups into the storyline, and I think it worked out nicely," Li said.
Li said that BUJA's executive board members have tried to get more of the club involved by taking on minor roles in the performance and pushing general body members into the spotlight.
"We didn't really worry about whether our members had acting experience, because as long as they're interested, they'll put the work in," Li said. "When we get together for acting practice it's just a fun, bonding experience."
Tan said she hopes to expose audiences to Japanese culture.
"Many people have misconceptions about Japan, and they usually don't know about the cultural and traditional aspect of it unless they studied abroad or have taken a Japanese culture class," Tan said.
The event will take place on Sunday at 6 p.m. in the Mandela Room. Admission for the event is $7, which includes food catered by Kampai Japanese Steakhouse in Vestal.


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The Arizona Balalaika Orchestra began in 1980 in Tucson, AZ as a small ensemble within the University of Arizona Russian Department. The group is a spirited, non-profit community folk orchestra, playing native Slavic instruments and wearing colorful costumes. It has toured throughout Arizona and Mexico.
Please join us for this exciting concert hosted by our Friends of Music. $15 suggested donation - students always free.


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text: Liveability in Valletta: The Next Challenge for Climathon 2018 Friday, 19 October 2018, 16:24 Last update: about 11 months ago Photo: Stef Mizzi A random survey conducted recently amongst Valletta's residents on what they feel are their most pressing concerns as city residents outlined several issues. Traffic and the pollution caused by it, together with a general lack of cleanliness across the city, came out as the top concerns. These were closely followed by the seemingly lack of enforcement of outside catering establishments. Noise pollution, the lack of distinction between the needs of residents and that of business as well as parking also ranked high on the concern list. ADVERTISEMENT As many of Valletta's residents put it, "business' needs seem to come first for the authorities and residents are slowly being pushed into feeling there's no more space for them. Gentrification is in fact an issue which was mentioned by a good number of residents, even by those who are relatively new comers into Valletta. Gentrification, sustainability and the implementation of innovative and interactive socio-cultural hubs will in fact be amongst the main topics to be tackled during this year's CLIMATHON, a global movement aimed at solving city climate challenges. The annual Climathon event organised in Malta, by Paragon Europe (EIT Climate KIC Hub Malta) as part of the Climate KIC initiative with the theme 'Bridging Liveability - Enhancing Valletta's Community Space' will this year consist of a non-stop hackathon of sharing ideas and thinking of solutions across a number of different topics such as gentrification and climate gentrification, greening of open spaces, increasing sustainability, implementation of innovative and interactive socio-cultural hubs and sustainable and affordable social housing. The public is being invited to participate in this hackathon to discuss, share ideas and propose solutions to mitigate Valletta's socio-environmental challenges. Participants will be taking part in teams and every team will pitch its idea to a panel of mentors and experts. "Unless you live in Valletta, you cannot really appreciate the unique problems that residents have to face in a small contained city like Valletta, which happens to also be the administrative city of Malta. Residents in fact need to share the locality with government ministries, administrative offices, shops, private offices, tourist attractions and sites, restaurants and other entertainment venues," said Robert Busuttil and Gonca Demir from Paragon Europe which represent Climathon in Malta. "The concentration of all this inside Valletta is like no other in Malta therefore we are inviting the public especially Valletta's residents to participate in this event by lending their first-hand experience and propose tangible solutions," they added. CLIMATHON will take place on Friday 26th October between 8.00am and 6.00pm at the Valletta Local Council premises. All those who would like to participate may register by visiting the event's website https://climathon.climate-kic.org/


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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- A male was found dead on the side of the road in the East Mountains.
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Weekly Market Commentary - Buyers & Sellers
At the heart of it, all markets come down to buyers and sellers. U.S. stocks are being purchased by foreigners and corporations, while pensions and insiders remain net sellers. Demand from individuals and hedge funds has been mixed. Risks to stocks would be a slowdown in corporate buybacks, and a continuation of the slowing pace of net buying by foreigners. On the other hand, fuel for the stock market could come from a re-allocation back toward stocks by pensions and individual investors.
Buyers & Sellers
We devote this commentary each week to assessing the many reasons markets may rise or fall. But at the heart of it, all markets come down to just one thing: buyers and sellers. Taking a look at who is buying and who is selling can tell us something about the durability of the market's performance and what may lie ahead.
Currently, there are six notable trends in buying and selling in the stock market. U.S. stocks are being purchased by corporations and foreigners. Demand from individuals and hedge funds has been mixed. Pensions and insiders remain net sellers.
Data released by the Treasury Department last week showed that the pace of net purchases of U.S. stocks by foreigners so far in 2013 has slowed sharply from the strong pace seen in late 2012 [Figure 2], led mainly by a waning of demand from European investors.
Net purchases quadrupled in 2012 over 2011's pace owing to two factors:
1. The net selling that began in July 2011 and continued through year end after the debt ceiling debacle and downgrade in July and August; and
2. The surge in buying of U.S. equities by Europeans that began in September 2012, as the European market momentum stalled after the run-up ahead of the widely anticipated announcement of its bond-buying program by the European Central Bank.
The weakest pace of net purchases of U.S. stocks by foreigners at the start to any year since 2004 sets 2013 on a disappointing pace. However, just as buying rebounded in 2012, we may see stronger demand from foreign buyers as confidence improves that U.S. fiscal challenges will not return the United States to recession as it has in Europe.
Hedge Funds
The U.S. Treasury tracks net purchases of U.S. stocks from investors in the Caribbean, which primarily represents demand by hedge funds. The net buying by hedge funds is negligible in 2013, as it was in 2012, with net buying in some months offset by net selling in others. Over the past three years, the monthly average has been a net sale of less than $1 billion of U.S. stocks, ranging from a net purchase of $5.2 billion to a net sale of $10.2 billion.
Companies themselves have been the biggest buyers of stocks. After reducing purchases during the financial crisis in 2008 and 2009 as companies were focused on hoarding their capital, corporations have returned to near-record levels of net share repurchases. New buyback announcements have surged this year [Figure 3]. Corporations have been aggressively buying back shares, adding up to hundreds of billions in purchases each quarter. Interestingly, the actual number of companies repurchasing shares has fallen as stock prices hit all-time highs, but the total amount spent continues to rise as the buying is concentrated among fewer, larger companies.
Corporations have become net buyers of shares as rising cash flow and wide profit margins compel them to shrink their share count to boost earnings per share as revenue growth slows.
In contrast to the buying they are directing their companies to undertake, insiders, or top executives of companies, have been net sellers of shares. While the pace of insider selling often slows during the "blackout" periods around the earnings season, recent data show that the number of shares of S&P 500 companies' insiders have sold relative to those that they have bought has soared. The main reason is that while selling has averaged a below average $2 billion per month this year, buying has been way below average and close to zero.
Should this net selling be seen as an important signal by those "in the know" of impending doom for corporate America? History offers a very different interpretation. Corporate insiders were buying in 2007 at the peak, and they were selling in 2009 as stocks were bottoming. Back in August of 2007, around the peak of the stock market, insiders at financial companies were doing the most buying in 12 years. At the time, this trend was interpreted by some as a buy signal for financials just before the companies in this sector saw their stocks fall more than 80%. Given this track record, we do not interpret the insider selling as a signal that they are acting on any inside information that would benefit an individual investor. Instead, we see it as another indicator of relative demand for stocks.
Pension plans, both defined benefit and defined contribution, have been net sellers of stocks. The latest data from the Federal Reserve (Fed) show that
through the end of 2012, pensions were selling stocks every year since the Great Recession began in 2008. Data for the first quarter of 2013 will be available in a few weeks, but it is unlikely that pensions have sharply turned around after years of relentless selling quarter after quarter. In the fourth quarter of 2012, although stocks were flat, the value of stocks in corporate retirement plans dropped $40 billion from the previous quarter. Pensions have been selling stocks to fund payouts and greater allocations to bonds [Figure 4]. Stocks now make up only about 53% of pension assets, down from a peak of about 70% before the financial crisis.
A recent survey by Pensions and Investments confirmed that the current asset allocation of major U.S. pension plans now has the lowest percentage of stocks held within investment portfolios over the past 30 years, and 14 percentage points below the average. This may mean that an increased allocation to equities may be coming. A re-allocation of pension fund assets could be a long-term trend that would affect the investment landscape for many years.
The power and influence of hedge funds is often discussed and used to explain movements in the markets. However, individual investors as a group wield far more buying power and influence over the marketplace. When individual investors make up their minds, they can be a powerful and durable force in the markets.
Individual investors have been sellers in recent years. It is notable that in 2012, investors in these funds sold more steadily and in a greater amount than they did during the financial crisis in 2008 and 2009. However, individual investors have been net buyers so far this year, measured by the net flows to mutual funds that invest in U.S. stocks. While we have seen
buying take place in some of the first six months of recent years, the second half of the year has invariably seen outflows every month. We will have to see if the stronger pace of buying — much of which took place in January after a deal was reached on the fiscal cliff — and the potential renewed interest in stocks in 2013 can be sustained into the second half for the first time in six years [Figure 5].
It is possible that given the experience of the past decade, individual investors may be more cautious in their investing and allocate less to stocks than in the past. However, individual investors may also be saving more.
Even if stock investments receive a smaller slice of the pie, the investing pie may be larger due to increased savings. Fortunately, individual investors do not need to wait for the return of better job growth or a rise in their incomes to invest more. In fact, investors have stashed trillions in cash into bank and money market accounts, according to Investment Company Institute (ICI) and Federal Reserve data.
Projecting the Trends
We expect foreigners and companies to continue to be net buyers while insiders remain sellers, and hedge funds will average to flat net buying in the coming quarters. Risks to stocks would be a slowdown in corporate buybacks and a continuation of the slowing pace of net buying by foreigners.
On the other hand, fuel for the stock market could come from a re-allocation back toward stocks by pensions and individual investors. The potential for money to flow into the stock market and lift stocks is significant. However, many investors must first become disillusioned with bonds. Since bonds have historically offered returns over the past 30 years that were competitive with stocks and provided much lower volatility, investors may continue to allocate their portfolios toward bonds as theyseek to provide for a secure retirement. It may take a period of rising interest rates from near historic lows to demonstrate the potential for losses and volatility that bond investors throughout the 1970s experienced to reverse the money flows back to stocks.
Evidence of the power of these trends in buying and selling can be seen in the multi-year performance of the bond market (Barclays Aggregate Bond Index) where buying by all parties — pensions, individuals, foreigners, and the Fed — have pushed bond prices higher, and yields to record lows.
The opinions voiced in this material are for general information only and are not intended to provide specific advice or recommendations for any individual. To determine which investment(s) may be appropriate for you, consult your financial advisor prior to investing. All performance reference is historical and is no guarantee of future results. All indices are unmanaged and cannot be invested into directly.
The economic forecasts set forth in the presentation may not develop as predicted and there can be no guarantee that strategies promoted will be successful.
International and emerging markets investing involves special risks, such as currency fluctuation and political instability, and may not be suitable for all investors.
Stock and Mutual Fund investing involves risks, including loss of principal.
Bonds are subject to market and interest rate risk if sold prior to maturity. Bond values will decline as interest rates rise and bonds are subject to availability and change in price.
Earnings per share (EPS) is the portion of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock. EPS serves as an indicator of a company's profitability. Earnings per share is generally considered to be the single most important variable in determining a share's price. It is also a major component used to calculate the price-to-earnings valuation ratio.
The Investment Company Institute (ICI) is the national association of U.S. investment companies, including mutual funds, closed-end funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and unit investment trusts (UITs). Members of ICI manage total assets of $11.18 trillion and serve nearly 90 million shareholders.
All indices are unmanaged and cannot be invested into directly.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index is a capitalization-weighted index of 500 stocks designed to measure performance of the broad domestic economy through changes in the aggregate market value of 500 stocks representing all major industries.
The Barclays Aggregate Bond Index represents securities that are SEC-registered, taxable, and dollar denominated. The index covers the U.S. investment-grade fixed rate bond market, with index components for government and corporate securities, mortgage pass-through securities, and asset-backed securities.


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In this week's Event Alerts for Responsible Investors, we included 21 companies whose ESG and accounting risk profiles have been affected by recent events.
AccountingOrica Limited (ASX:ORI)
Chemtura Corporation (NYSE:CHMT)
HollyFrontierCorp (NYSE:HFC) Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR)News Corp (NASD:NWSA)
Annies Inc (NYSE:BNNY)
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT)
McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD)
Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX)
HSBC Holdings Plc (LON:HSBA)
Honda Motor Co Ltd (NYSE:HMC) Fidelity National Financial Inc (NYSE:FNF)National CineMedia, Inc. (NASD:NCMI)
Hewlett-Packard Company(NYSE:HPQ)
ThyssenKrupp AG (ETR:TKA)Tecumseh Products Company (NASD:TECUA)
Barclays PLC (LON:BARC)
Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE:FDO)
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:AMD) Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) BNP Paribas SA (EPA:BNP)
Event Highlights and Trends
AccountingMercury contamination
Air pollution
Oil spillsBribery/corruption claims
Food safety concerns
Misleading advertising strategy
Vehicle safety concerns
Illegal rebatingClawback policies
Auditing committee concerns
Mismanagement of funds
Questionable severanceRestructurings
Share repurchase
Mergers and acquisitions
Accounting misconduct
Related GMI Ratings Publications
AccountingBiweekly View: Petrobras Grapples With Oil Spill Prevention Key Metrics Series: Bribery or Corruption Events It is Time for Real Bank Clawbacks
The Lottery Solution to Audit QualityKey Metrics Series: Mergers, Divestitures, and Restructuring
Why sell and buy back stock at the same time?
The full event summary is available for download on the GMI Ratings website.
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Shot: 04/22/2009
Model: Candle Boxxx
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Let's all welcome Candle Boxxx to F.N. This little hottie comes to us directly from Atlanta Georgia. I personally hold a soft spot in my heart for southern woman as my first wife was from South Carolina, she was as perverted as she was beautiful. So now I hold all southern woman to these standards. Let me tell you Candle did not disappoint me or disgrace the south. Now the first thing you need to know about Candle is that she squirts and squirts and then she squirts some more…
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Cast: Alan, Alexandre, Bia Stephanye, Carolaini, Felis, Marlinka, Molinya, Yuri
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Video language: English
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Black Trannies Bangin' White Fannies
Release Year: 2005
Studio: Rob King
Cast: Alan, Alexandre, Bia Stephanye, Carolaini, Felis, Marlinka, Molinya, Yuri
Genres: Interracial, Tranny, Brazilian
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When a slave disobeys me I bind her in rope and pour hot candle wax over her naked flesh. I especially like to bind my slaves hot tits and give them a good whipping. When a slave disobeys me I bind her in rope and pour hot candle wax over her naked flesh. As the sizzling hot wax makes contact with her cool flesh, it sears her. She jumps and then cringes in pain. And my dick swells in response. Then, while her tits are ultra-sensitive from being burned by the hot wax, I take out my whip and let fly.
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Description: The long awaited return of Candle Boxxx. This hot little blond may look like the innocent girl next door with her smokin hot ass, perfect tits and pretty face, but don't be fooled. Candle is ultra dirty and down for just about anything. This is Candle's third appearance here on Fetish Nation and we explore Candle's love of all thing's anal. Her love of restraint and "yes" we see just how much we can make Candle squirt. I was prepared this time and brought lot's of extra towels for this one, a bucket and yellow rubber gloves.
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Release Year: 2005
Studio: Rob King
Cast: Alan, Alexandre, Bia Stephanye, Carolaini, Felis, Marlinka, Molinya, Yuri
Genres: SheMale, Interracial, Tranny, Brazilian
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Candle Boxx. I just love the way "Boxx" rolls off the tongue. It makes the LezDom in me sopping wet, my pussy lips get slippery wet just saying Candle's last name as I think of all the ways I want to Dominantly fuck the slutty sub. I adore her!
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Southern Belle (2014)
Starring: Candle Boxxx
Niches: BDSM
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Review for serial ADVR-0307 Hot and burning action here in this film. Another one of those hardcore masochists that just can't get enough pain inflicted on her. Do as you want, tie her up, pour hot burning candle wax all over her body or hang her up in the air but it will not be enough for her. What would you do to her?
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Vee and Kyra are having problems in their So Vee sets up a session of "marriage counseling" with Dr. D'Arcy. Kyra is quite indignant at the of being brought to a "shrink". Until she discovers that the wicked doctor's method of treatment includes tit spanking, flogging, hot candle waxing, and then having the candle wax spanked off her beautiful backside. The process of learning how to surrender control is a painful one for Kyra, who then gives the pretty Vee a taste of this severe medicine. Finally, the doctor solicits the help of Vee and Kyra in breaking an especially tough patient, the enchanting, incredible bodied Ange...
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Candle - Squirm baby Squirm
Cast: Candle
Genres: Bondage, Fetish, Nylon
Video language: English
This is the honest truth: When Candle came by this week, the intention was to shoot some cool bondage that wasn't quite as hard as I have with her in the past. This wasn't her idea, I just wanted to do something a little less edgy. But those plans went out the window with the first set and continued all day. We ended up shooting stuff that was super tight and hard... This set started off innocently enough, Candle remarked to me that she hadn't ever really worn a singleglove that was tight enough... Well, I had just the one for her. The addition of the crazy tight straps just made it all that much better. Squrim baby Squirm!
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Duration: 9:23
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Audio: 62kbps
File size: 259.9 MB
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TiedCumming 25
Cast: Christina Carter,Kobe Lee,Candle Boxxx
Genres: Bondage Torture BDSM Humiliation
Before the start of this shoot day,Christina carter pulls me aside and says,'I have a date tonight,can you go easy on my clit'.we shoot 2 hours of tickle and orgasm denial video and both women are more than ready to cum. I frogtie Kobe between Christina's legs and let Christina in on a plan I arranged with Kobe, that since Christina didn't want forced orgasms, she would get none.Kobe gets the Hitachi for multiple orgasms while she licks Christina's pussy, stopping just before Christina cums. Be careful what you ask from me before we start to play. Candle's soaked panties are cut off and stuffed in her mouth. Her pussy is slapped and she almost cums yet again. It's been over 90 minutes of teasing and she needs it bad. I start using a feather on her clit but it's not working. But I know what will and I ask pet Rachael to hand me the Hitachi magic wand. After I make candle squirt twice I tie the Hitachi to her, gag her tighter and make herscream.
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Duration: 1:53:03
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Sex Slaves In Bondage – Part 4
Release Year: 2013
Studio: Maxinex
Cast: Maxine X, Yumi U
Genres: Asian, BDSM, Candle Wax, Forced Orgasms, Girlie-Go-Round, Hot Wax
In this update, I add hot candle wax to the mix. My sexy Asian slut is helpless as she is chained to my "Girlie-Go-Round". I drip molten candle wax on hit pert nipples, tender breast and exposed belly. She writhes in pain and ecstasy as I reward her with the Magic Wand and some ... "Os"!
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Duration: 12:41
Video: 720x480, AVC (H.264), 2930kbps
Audio: 184kbps
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Candle - Just Tight
Cast: Candle
Genres: Bondage, Fetish, Pantyhose
Video language: English
When you're tied in a tight ball where all you can move are your toes and feet you tend to get stuck. Jim tickling you doesn't seem to help you become any less stuck in your bondage position. Candle can do nothing as he torments her nylon covered soles. The only protection she has is her latex outfit though judging by this clip there really isn't much protection as he tickles her ribs.
Format: Windows Media
Duration: 12:49
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Audio: 62kbps
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Christina Carter and Candle - Triple Down on O-girl
Cast: Christina Carter and Candle
Genres: Bondage, Fetish, , Toys, Nylon
Video language: English
If you ever wondered what it would be like to have Candle menace Christina Carter in her O-girl persona, well you don't have to wonder anymore. This rocking set was shot the last time these two were at my studio together. And yes, the unmistakable sounds of Christina Carter's struggling orgasms did probably entertain my neighbors. I'm sure they miss me there... ;)
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Duration: 13:29
Video: 1280x720, Windows Media Video 9
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File size: 383.6 MB
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Studio: Kabneched
Genre: BDSM
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Just For Fins
When Lily Sanderson decided to remain Crown Princess Waterlily of the mer kingdom of Thalassinia, she knew she couldn't just coast along in the current. But since she's spent the last couple of years on land, Lily's not sure she has the fins to lead a kingdom. Even her maddeningly pretentious cousin Dosinia seems to know more about ruling than she does.
But Lily has to dive in deep to keep her promise to Tellin, her mer bond in name only, who tells her his kingdom is suffering in the changing ocean climate. Lily knows this is a seven seas–sized problem. They'll need to create some serious waves to make the mer community aware and get it to join together to make things right. Lily has to lead the way, even if that means facing one of the iciest queens in the mer kingdoms.
Just when Lily thinks her double life on land and sea can't get any more complicated, an ancient mer law might separate Lily and her human boyfriend, Quince, after all. It feels as if the pair is up against a solid tsunami wave!
In this third installment in the series that began with Forgive My Fins and Fins Are Forever, Lily will have to find a way to balance safety and justice for the mer people and for the humans she loves.
Courtesy of Amazon
It had been so long since I last read a book in the series that I was skeptical at first. However, as soon as I began, I immediately was captivated by Quince and Lily's story. I loved how Doe, Lily's spiteful cousin, begins to interact with her relative in a more humane way, even going so far as to show a bit of cousinly love. I was interested to see how the relationship with her would progress, and I was fully satisfied. I was more than satisfied with Lily and Quince's relationship. I hate when books end, and I'm like "Gosh darnit, I really hate when the bad boy gets killed and the feisty heroine gets left with the less muscly, "vulnerable", and obviously lesser male in the cliche love triangle...Ahem, Ahem, Forever, Ahem." In this case, I thought all the romantic conflicts were resolved, and any doubts I had about brooding bad boy Quince-who I totally picture like a Shia Labeouf and James Franco baby- were put to rest. At first I was kind of miffed that Quince wasn't in the story in the beginning all that much, but Lily's quests to other mer kingdoms kept me interested. I wish there would have been a little more action between Quince and Lily, but the moments they shared were passionate and almost made up for it. Plus, Quince's devotion was tested to new levels, and with a little help from Lily and the gang on occasion, they learn they can make it through anything. Just For Fins puts a modern twist on a collage of a million classic fairy tales. I loved it! I give Just For Fins 9 out of 10 stars, and it's a definite must-read!


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Abu Dhabi healthcare firm Al Noor Hospitals priced its London initial public offering at £5.75 per share on Friday, valuing the company at £672m ($1.04bn).
That was in the lower half of its original price range of £5.25-7.25 per share. Earlier this week the company narrowed the range to £5.75-6.25 per share, a person familiar with the matter said.
Al Noor, the largest private healthcare provider in the oil-rich emirate, said it had raised £97m from the sale of new shares in the offering to finance future growth.
The remaining £124m raised from the sale of 32.9 percent of the company will go to its selling shareholders, affiliates of Ithmar Capital and founders Sheikh Mohammed bin Butti Al Hamed and CEO Kassem Alom.
Healthcare businesses in the Gulf region are expected to boom in coming years as wealth rises in tandem with an increase in so-called lifestyle diseases.
Five of the six Gulf nations are in the global top 10 for prevalence of diabetes, according to the International Diabetes Federation.
Al Noor is the second UAE healthcare company to launch an IPO and list on the LSE. In 2012, NMC Healthcare Plc raised £117m through a London share sale.
Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs were joint sponsors and global coordinators on the offering, with HSBC acting as joint bookrunner.For all the latest market news from the UAE and Gulf countries, follow us on Twitter and Linkedin, like us on Facebook and subscribe to our YouTube page, which is updated daily.
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"I don't have enough time to work out."
"My coach doesn't like me so I don't play that much."
"My teacher is too hard, so I can't get a good grade."
"I would love to play on the #1 team but there are too many politics."
These phrases have become all too familiar for me over the last ten years. I have heard every one of them from our athletes, multiple times.
It wasn't until recently when I was reading, "Success Principles" by Jack Canfield that I decided to finally get around to doing a blog about it.
He literally has an entire chapter devoted to this crucial success principle. In one of his blog posts from 2012 he goes on to say:
If you want to be successful, you have to take 100% responsibility for everything that you experience in your life. This includes the level of your achievements, the results you produce, the quality of your relationships, the state of your health and physical fitness, your income, your debts, your feelings—everything! This is not easy.
In fact, most of us have been conditioned to blame something outside of ourselves for the parts of our life we don't like. We blame our parents, our bosses, our friends, our co-workers, our clients, our spouse, the weather, the economy, our astrological chart, our lack of money—anyone or anything we can pin the blame on. We never want to look at where the real problem is—ourselves.
If you want to create the life of your dreams, then you are going to have to take 100% responsibility for your life as well. That means giving up all your excuses, all your victim stories, all the reason why you can't and why you haven't up until now, and all your blaming of outside circumstances. You have to give them all up forever.
This is such a liberating concept for our youth athletes who truly think about what this means.
YOU are in charge of your life, not someone else!!
YOU are in charge of whether or not you get a lot of playing time.
YOU are in charge of your grades.
YOU are in charge of setting up your schedule to make getting stronger, jumping higher, running faster, and increasing your athletic performance a priority.
My whole career in this industry has basically been dedicated to steering kids away from the decisions I made and the injuries I incurred as a teenager and into my early twenties.
Looking back on my life I can definitely say that understanding this one simple yet life-changing concept would have changed the trajectory of my life for the better and I would have achieved many more things than I set to do and at a much earlier age.


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JPMorgan Ducks More 'London Whale' Liability
(CN) – JPMorgan Chase's board adequately investigated its executives' actions and alleged misstatements in the London Whale debacle, the Second Circuit ruled.
Bruno Iskil, the former head of Chase's Synthetic Credit Portfolio, earned the "London Whale" nickname when he was blamed for $6.3 billion in losses three years ago, stemming from bad bets on credit default swaps he made for the bank.
The bank paid $920 million to U.S. and U.K. regulators in 2013 for "unsafe and unsound practices" that led to the scandal.
Shareholders, led by Ernesto Espinoza, brought a federal derivative action in Manhattan, seeking to hold JPMorgan's board liable for failing to oversee its traders.
Espinoza challenged the bank's decision not to take any further action against the alleged wrongdoers, contending that the board's investigation into shareholder demands was unreasonably narrow.
In particular, CEO James Dimon was quoted in April 2012 as saying that the media's focus on the losses was a "complete tempest in a teapot." Espinoza said this misstatement deceived investors about the scope of JPMorgan's risk exposure, inflated shares, and exposed JPMorgan to litigation and regulatory liability.
Though U.S. District Judge George Daniels dismissed the complaint, the Second Circuit concluded over the summer that it first needed the Delaware Supreme Court to weigh in before it could review Espinoza's appeal.
The Delaware Supreme Court responded that review of a wrongful-refusal suit begins with the premise that the decision to initiate a lawsuit is an internal corporate matter within the board's discretion.
Under Delaware law, shareholders must show that the board's decision not to take action was so grossly negligence that it "constitutes reckless indifference."
Quoting its own precedent, the Second Circuit said "few, if any, plaintiffs surmount this obstacle."
Espinoza faired no better Thursday, when the appeals court threw out the case.
"JPMorgan's investigation into the entire London Whale incident was exhaustive," Judge Robert Katzmann wrote for the three-judge panel in New York.
In the scandal's wake, the company implemented numerous reform measures, including "many of the changes demanded by Espinoza, including clawbacks, reductions in compensation, and reformed internal guidelines and controls," the court found.
JPMorgan's board was not required to respond to Espinoza's demand letter with a point-by-point response to the issues he raised, the panel added.
"JPMorgan's response, together with the Task Force report, directly contradicts Espinoza's contention that the board was recklessly indifferent to the claims he raised or unreasonable in refusing his demand," Katzmann wrote.


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- 1.You are Creative
All people are creative, however, most of us go through life blind to the world around us the difference between a normal person and a creative person is the creative person sees the world around him which most of us ignore as we race toward goals, objectives, or chasing after material things. The creative person sees something and they experience it, whether through touch, sight, or feeling.
- 2.Creative Thinking is hard work
Creative thinking requires a more disciplined way of thought. The ideas seemed to come out of the air, but it requires an organized process to turn that idea into something tangible. Great painters and musical artists are admired for the seemingly effortless manner in which they pursue their art. Most people never see the thousands of hours of painstaking practice, learning, and more importantly making mistakes to gain the skill. It is often from their mistakes that they learn the most.
- 3.You must go through the motions of being creative
Creative people are always being asked how they became creative. The answer is quite simple they do it. If you want to become a writer then you have to write. You can go to all the classes, read all the books on writing, study the great masters. But, if you don't take action, nothing will happen. If you want to be a painter or musician, big of a paintbrush or a musical instrument and start the process of becoming that what you admire.
- 4.Your Brain is not a computer
For the last 2,000 years western civilization and thought hinged on A or not A. This created a two-value logic system used today and which allows computers to emulate thought. However, in the real world there are an infinite number of permutations and variables at work simultaneously. Your brain instinctively analyzes, categorizes, and makes leaps of intuition when both the left side and the right side of the brain are working in harmony. This multi valued logic system is alluded to in the science of "General Semantics NLP. To call a human brain a computer is to denigrate the true marvel that it is.
- 5.There is no one right Answer
Because of the dual thinking process, we've inherited from 2000 years ago; many people look for either the right answer or the wrong answer. Instead, you should be looking at a range of answers that can solve your problem. Because the universe is not stagnant, a solution to a problem that works today often fails to solve the same problem at a future time. Which means problems change continually and the solving of them is a continuous process.
- 6.Never stop with your first good idea
Because of this, you should never stop with the first answer that seems to solve the problem. Many creative thinkers use the "Rule of 100." They answer the question or find 100 solutions to the same problem and choose the best five or six that do the best job in solving it. It has been discovered that by doing this your brain will come up with about 70 mediocre two good solutions to a given question or problem. However, the final 30 solutions often show what creates part that could not only solve the problem but also open up entire new fields of endeavor.
- 7.Expect the experts to be negative
Unfortunately, human beings build empires both in reality and in various abstract areas as well. Any new idea will be attacked for any number of reasons. In fact, people who come up with new ideas or solutions to problems that affect the world are often killed to maintain the status quo, to protect reputations, or defend a closely held belief. Nikola Tesla was hounded into his grave by the so-called "Robber Barons" that while making fortunes off his discoveries feared the effects of his future developments and ideas would have on their profit margins. So an organized campaign was mounted against him that not only ridiculed him but also actually almost erased him from history.
- 8.Trust your instincts
So in to survive as a creative person today, you must develop a thick skin and trust your gut instincts. You have to believe in yourself totally. Because often those around you either intentionally or inadvertently through thinking about your welfare will attempt to dissuade you from following the path you have chosen. If you fail, they will say," I told you so." If you succeed, they will be the first in line to attempt to ride on the coattails of your success. So not only do you have to fight against the naysayers of the world, but often your friends and family as well.
- 9.There is no such thing as failure
Creative thinkers often find solutions to problems they weren't looking for answers to. History is filled with these so-called failures, the Yellow Sticky, the Slinky, and Plexiglas being just a few.
Following the creative process yields results, whether these are the results you intended or otherwise. To call it failures is a misnomer. It is simply results, which have occurred due to circumstances, natural phenomena, or the X-Factor. There are no failures in the world just intended and unintended results.
- 10. You do not see things as they are, You see them as you interpret them through your experiences
Creative people as well as normal people see the world through filters, the difference being a creative person knows there are filters based and past experience, cultural upbringing, and education which all went together to show the world not as it is but as we interpret it to be. To be creative is to be able to look at things through different ideas, points of view, and be able to be open to seeing things in different ways.
- 11. Always approach the problem on its own terms
One way to change your perspective of a problem is to change your mindset and put yourself into the shoes of other people. Each problem is unique with its own set of parameter and factors influencing it and you as well. One of the more famous ways of to approach a problem on its own terms is by asking the question, "What would _________ do in a situation like this?" You could fill in the blank with any number of the famous people living, people you know, or historical characters of your choice. Often cited personalities are Gandhi, Patton, or even James T. Kirk. This forces your mind out of the normal patterns that you normally think in. You'll be surprised at some of the insights you'll discover by practicing this simple exercise.
- 12. Learn to think unconventionally
Think like you normally do and you will get the same answers that you've always received before.
Which is why changing point of view as in the previous suggestion forces you to change your thinking process into new channels.
However, there are other ways to change how you think and some of them are quite unconventional. Music, different scents, walking into place you've never been before have all been shown to spark ideas and open a doorway to the creative spark within us all.
Meditation, which slows the mind, and bungee jumping that forces the mind to accelerate have both been proven to jumpstart creativity.
Image streaming in exercise created by Win Wenger, Photo Reading, Speed Writing have all been shown to activate parts of the brain we don't normally use. Simply looking at "Magic Eye" pictures have profound effects on people have you done and alter their perceptions.
The process of Time Distortion documented first by Milton Erickson and later popularized by Richard Bandler of NLP is another modality to aid us in thinking outside the box.
- 13. Finally creativity is paradoxical
To create new knowledge one must have knowledge, but then you must forget knowledge and act on instinct. The great martial arts master Morihei Ueshiba could demonstrate the same technique a 1000 different ways. He said this was because he was in touch with the Void.
This is often translated as the unconscious mind. He was able to move outside our normal realm of perception and perform at a level that has never been duplicated since.
It is often said, to become a master you must go through many stages:
Not knowing that you don't know
Knowing that you don't know
Learning to know
Then forgetting what you know
Do without knowing
Then to become a teacher you must start at the beginning again to guide the student through the stages and by doing so, you relearned how you became a master in the first place.
Source: The Mind Unleashed
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The Evolution of Wisdom Teeth
With such a grand sounding name you'd think that wisdom teeth served a grand purpose in the scheme of things related to your oral health. And, once upon a time, it's believed they certainly did. These days, however, for many people, they are nothing more than a big pain, literally.
What are Wisdom Teeth Anyway?
Although you may not have ever actually seen yours very clearly, everyone has two sets of wisdom teeth, one at the top, one at the bottom, at the very back of your mouth, behind the molars. These teeth often appear last, sometimes when a person is in their teens, occasionally not until some time later.
Why Do Wisdom Teeth Exist?
Wisdom teeth were once something of a puzzle to dentists and other medical professionals. It's now generally agreed however that they are evolutionary throwbacks that no longer serve the purpose they were designed for.
You see, back when prehistoric man - and woman - roamed the Earth their primary diet was, obviously, very different to ours. Lacking a cave-based Woolworths to food shop in they ate a lot of pretty tough, chewy stuff, including sticks and reed plants. This usually led to teeth falling out and wearing down, so wisdom teeth could move in as replacements.
As we all know eat much softer foods, and (should) practice much better oral hygiene wisdom teeth no longer have a purpose. The human mouth is designed to accommodate 28 teeth, so if the wisdom teeth come in, that goes up to 32 and then there's a problem, often a rather painful one.
Wisdom Tooth Eruption Problems
As there is no room for them to exist, it is not very common for a wisdom tooth to erupt nice and straight and then slide in without a problem. Instead, they usually impact, or partially impact, in the gum. There are four common types of wisdom tooth eruption (or lack of) and they break down as follows:
- Angular - The wisdom tooth impacts into the gum, behind the molar, at an angle.
- Vertical - The wisdom tooth is still straight, but it simply sits in the gum.
- Partial Eruption - The tooth partially erupts from the gum and can be seen with the naked eye if you look hard enough.
- Horizontal - The tooth 'falls over' and impacts sideways against the adjoining molar.
Wisdom Tooth Problems and What to Do About Them
In any of the scenarios mentioned above the potential for painful problems exists at all times, but sadly it's often at the most inconvenient times that they really become a nuisance. Signs that you probably need to see a dentist about a wisdom tooth can include all the following:
- Pain, often centered at the back of the mouth
- Swelling in the gum
- Bad taste in the mouth
- Redness
As an impacted wisdom tooth can cause all kinds of problems, including nasty infections, the usual course of action when one does begin to cause problems is to remove it asap. If the tooth has erupted it is an easier procedure than if it has become impacted but either way, in the hands of good dentist wisdom tooth removal is not anywhere near as bad as some might have you believe, and living with a wisdom tooth gone bad can be much, much worse.
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Did you know that these days it's often better to take a proactive, rather than a reactive approach to wisdom tooth problems? Discussing wisdom tooth extraction as a preventative measure, and then getting on with having it done now, can save you, and the rest of your teeth, a lot of pain and hassle later.


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So the lawn. I almost killed it.
So the lawn. I almost killed it.
Our yard is tiny. And I have a lawn mowing strategy: I don't do rows if I can help it; rows are boring. I push the lawn mower around the perimeter until I get to the center. Steer left one time, steer right the next. It can get a little dizzying toward the end, but it's fun.
Anyway, yeah, my first venture mowing our new little yard, I almost killed it. That was this summer in our first couple of weeks as homeowners. I greatly appreciate that Leigh has assumed primary responsibility for our general domestic wellness, but I get the lawn, and I approached that first mow with gusto.
Well, what happened was it had gotten overgrown in between home owners, and I was excited to mow it, because we had bought a cordless electric lawn mower at my instigation – no more of those horrid smelly, noisy gasoline mowers for me (I hadn't had a mower or a lawn since 2001). So I charged the battery and set the mowing level at I believe it was 2 out of 7, and cranked the lawn. I mowed the heck out of that baby, and boy, didn't it look swell. And crisp. And short.
At around the same time, though, two occurrences took place. One was that I efficiently directed multiple car and pickup truck travels over the lawn to get to the back of the house to reach the bulkhead so we could easily unload all the cellar-bound stuff. The other was that, well, remember how hot it got the second half of July, and how, all the predictions for rain notwithstanding, it didn't rain for about half a year? It seems that after I scalped it and after the sun blistered it endlessly for a couple of weeks, much of our lush lawn turned, oh, sort of a dirt-colored brown. Well, not sort of. It was dirt-colored brown. Did you know scorched short grass turns that color? Especially when cars and trucks drive over it repeatedly during the scorching? Large sections of lawn croaked. Flat, dirt-brown dead. Whoops.
Let's just say that our once lovely lush green lawn would not have qualified for presentation on the cover of Lawn Beautiful.
Hoping that Leigh was so busy making our new home beautiful inside that she wouldn't notice the dead yard outside, I quietly went to the hardware store and carefully selected a sprinkler. I then early one morning watered the heck out of the once lush lawn. I also consulted the internet, in search of lawn care for dummies. Now, I could claim honestly to not have been a yard caregiver in almost two decades, never mind a home dweller who actually got lawn care down very well, and so I had some small measure of excuse. But I won't; that just doesn't hold up. I mean, it's not rocket science, right?
Well, I found a great website that straightened me out on a lot of this lawn stuff. Grow the grass tall in the summer, that's the big one. How to water correctly. Crowd out the weeds. Blah blah. I highly recommend that other lawn-challenged numbskulls consult this site; there's a lot of fun stuff there: richsoil.com – "Organic Lawn Care For the Cheap and Lazy." It's by a fellow named Paul who wears a long beard and top hat. And whose sense of humor appeals to mine.
So I did what Paul said to do. And over the past month or so the lawn came back. Seriously. It's lush and green and you can't see too many weeds and it looks pretty much like it did two months ago. I think it will come all the way back. Somehow all those big dirt-brown flat dead spots turned green again, with actual thick, tall grass.
Turns out Leigh had noticed the lawn. But being a reasonable woman of sound stock, she didn't comment other than to say just once, quietly, more to the lawn than to me, "Oh well, it'll come back." She had faith. In the lawn or in me, I'm not sure.
But I do wake her up with coffee every morning. So that helps.
Scott C. Smith is GateHouse Media's managing editor and regional director of multimedia based in the Plymouth newsroom. Email email@example.com and follow him on Twitter @scsmithreporter.


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