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I feel like my business is a Tustin High reunion this year! I love it! I went to high school with Dan and now he is getting married to Jessica =)
They met in nursing school at San Diego State University and they are so cute together. I can't wait for their October wedding!


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If I button all buttons except the top button at the neck (the way I wear them most of the time), a line often forms from the top most buttoned button to the shoulder, much like you see here (I apologize for not having pictures of this effect on my shirts. I might add some tonight if necessary.):
Now, if I button all the buttons, including the very top button (for example, if I were going to wear a tie), this line more or less goes away.
Incidentally, if I button all buttons except the top button at the neck and also unbutton the collar buttons (I would never wear it this way), the line also goes away or at least subsides.
Is this to be expected in a shirt with a button down collar?


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Celebrating the release of their new album Big Suspicious, Local 518 soul-rockers Wild Adriatic invaded the Hollow Bar + Kitchen in Albany with a sold-out bash that kicked off the 2014 Nippertown music scene in high gear.
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Who says his client was in the market for a traditional wardrobe, or wishes to wear it with traditional accessories.
I'm not quite sure I understand your point.
Yes, I agree. The vast majority of his business will be the conventional.
I think I said this in an earlier post, or something along the same lines.
The tailor is just showing us what he is capable of and how flexible he is.
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Pominville took a hard hit from behind with 5:42 remaining in the opening frame when Niklas Hjalmarsson slammed him into the halfwall, causing his head to bounce off the glass. Pominville laid motionless on the ice for several minutes until the trainers were able to carry him off in a stretcher.
Head Coach Lindy Ruff said in addition to the concussion, Pominville also suffered a cut above his eye that required 7-8 stitches. While he did not move until the medical staff arrived, Pominville was able to give a thumbs-up as he was carted off the ice, acknowledging the crowd at HSBC Arena.
"He's doing okay," Ruff said. "He got sewn up, he's sitting up."
Hjalmarsson received a five-minute major for boarding and a game misconduct for his actions. While Ruff believes Hjalmarsson did not intend to injure Pominville, he also has faith the League will take a look at the play.
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Go Herd!...Ahmad Bradshaw will be a star for his next team, just as I knew during his NFL draft as team after team passed on him until the 7th Round...
Sure. It would be nice. If we had cap room
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That is the perfect example of the Giants organization planning ahead. They knew Bradshaw loses a lot of time to his hurt foot every season and drafted a really high RB in preparation - let them both be there for a year, to see if Wilson would develop so that Bradshaw could be let go. He did, and he was.
I thought he was 30. He's only 26.
Worth looking at IMO. This draft sucks at RB and he be the 2nd best RB to be had easy. If we can get him at a good price why not? When healthy he is not a bad back. He is still young and has some pretty good moves.
If Bradshaw is available in late June maybe the Jets will take a flyer on him but the Jets won't be outbidding another team for any players services. I think the Jets will be in "what's left needing a team to play on mode" for free agency.
I disagree on that. I don't see one guy that is really more then a BU. Some good role players maybe a few gambles but not much solid talent. Bradshaw is a lot better then anything your see out of this draft. A guy like Lacy would be a 4th rounder at best in just about any other draft IMO
yes to sign Cruz and Nicks and who's to say its not a mistake? They drafted a RB/Wilson in the 1st round last year. I think they were likely letting him go no matter what he did this year. Cruz is just a higher priority.
He started the year off with a bad foot and was supposed to get 20 carries a game max and then in a 2 week period they rode him giving him nearly 60 carries in a 7 day period. He was never the same after that. I say get em for cheap and let him be our 17-20 carry back and give Mcknight and Powell some reps in-between. Powell can give him a series or 2 off and McKnight should be able to be a 3rd down back this year in this new system since he'll get a lot of receiving opportunities.
They were planning ahead for financial reasons ... true indeed they were letting Bradshaw go no matter what happened. Agree there ... at 26 he has a lot left in the tank and just has to be managed properly.
Wilson however wasn't what they expected to be early. They had to overuse Bradshaw early cause Wilson was a liability and couldn't be trusted. They only did that cause they knew he wasn't in their future plans. Giants mismanaged Bradshaw because of their future planning. Any team that signs him to a 2 year deal or whatever will manage him better and get the most for him. We can't keep drafting these RB's that you can't trust getting 1st string reps. When we got LT everyone thought he had nothing in the tank. Who knew he'd be what he was here. If we rebuild this terrible offensive system, the O Line gets back to dominant, and we get some real weapons out on the field ... this guy is still a 4 and a half yard a carry guy. Thats just who he is he's averaged 4.6 for his career. Everyone here says he's in the downside of his career and like he's washed up. Shows how educated some Jet fans about this guy when last year was his 2nd best season as a pro. He's been in the league for 6 years but didn't have over 100 carries til 09 when he only had 163 carries. He has 2-3 solid years left in him. A 4 and a half yard a carry guy? I'd get him if he's not costly .. we need that.
Powell and McKnight operating behind an NFL QB in a workableoffensive game plan should be fine
AB is a stud when his wheel isn't acting up.
Injuries, fumbling problems, no thanks. It was inevitable the Giants would release him eventually.


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The legislative analysts office has a new number that is adding to Californias financial headache: $3 billion. Thats the total amount that tax revenue has lagged behind goals set by Gov. Jerry Browns administration in the current fiscal year.
The shortfall was detailed in a report released on Tuesday by the nonpartisan office, which provides budget advice to lawmakers.
Much of that gap comes from a disappointing April, the most important month for income taxes. Income taxes were $2.07 billion short of the $9.43-billion goal, and corporate taxes fell $143 million short of an expected $1.53 billion, according to the report.
When April's poor results are tacked on to earlier shortfalls, the state has fallen about $3 billion behind tax goals, the LAO said. The ratings agency Standard & Poor's already cautioned Tuesday that poor tax revenue was imperiling California's financial recovery.
It's unclear exactly how much this year's budget deficit will grow because of the tax shortfall. Brown's administration estimated the gap at $9.2 billion in January, but has since said it will grow.
"The number is going to be larger," said H.D. Palmer, a spokesman for Brown's Department of Finance. "Were going to have a plan to close that gap when we release the May revision," the updated budget proposal that is expected by May 14.
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No problem; just increase tax rates/sarc.
and even though voters passed a Constitutional amendment to stop paying lawmakers if the budget is not balanced, they will still get paid.
It will be "deemed" balanced I guess.
Now look what Apple computer has done.
As a life-long Californian, I am reveling in the financial trouble Bastard Brown is in, because he's the one who set the wheels in motion for this disaster when he was Boy Governor thirty years ago. As the campaign signs used to say "If It's Brown, Flush It!" I hope the SOB has a heart attack and dies in office. He's the most worthless POS to ever draw a breath. Now, ask me what I really think.
Bush's fault!
They are going to squeeze blood from the turnips, huh?
California is run by idiots.
The more they demand, the less they get and the more long term damage to California's businesses/tax base is done. Businesses and wealth people that leave the state leave for good to put down roots somewhere else that doesn't want to punish them for being productive and good citizens.
So, you think Brown is doing a sub-par job as governor?
They don't understand the people have to have an "income" in order to pay "income taxes."
"They are going to squeeze blood from the turnips, huh?"
Why, by TAXING THE RICH PEOPLE, STOOPID!!!
(Which means the Working Poor and Middle Class, of course)
Well, THAT was unforeseeable and unexpected.
No problem. Start drilling for oil.
Good news. The CA government must be deprived of income. What we need to see is some real pain. Then, they will be like a Heroin addict going through withdrawal. They must hit rock bottom before they can admit to a problem and begin to take the steps to cure their addiction. And Uncle Sam cannot be the enabler by feeding the addiction.
The Leftist billionaires and mega millionaires need to feel some pain and blowback from the restless underclasses and union parasite classes. What we need to see a fracture of the Leftist coalition; a war between the union parasites, the enviros, welfare parasites and the Leftist moguls. After they have destroyed each other, the entrepreneurs and investors can come in and carpet bag the state.
>> No problem; just increase tax rates...
Yeah, that, and cook up some pretext to shut down every U-Haul truck and trailer rental outlet in the state. :-)
I thought the tax from the Facebook IPO was going to save the day ... apparently Californicate is not going to get 5 or 6 billion on a 5 billion dollar IPO. Oh well, can probably just raise taxes on movie stars, public employees, unions and any business (that hasn't left) ... as these will be the only people with any money!
No, they will never give up. Next step they will be coming to your door demanding you pay them tax on your garage sale transactions, claim you owe them on internet transactions (they are already doing this) and pay up on those girl scout cookies you bought and paid no tax on. I could see them hauling a few people off to jail just to make a point.
Tax Hollywood.
Proving once again what happens when you tax the crap out of something. Duh, Jerry.
You're trying to be funny, right?
So the Detroitification of an entire state proceeds apace....
Brown averred the problem to be a complete paradox, "I don't understand it!!!??? We keep raising taxes and the revenue keeps going down! This time, we raise taxes to 100% of everyone's income. And when that doesn't work, we'll go to 150%"
The funny thing is, these retards can't provide a single historical example of socialist policies EVER creating prosperity. And yet they are more unshakable in their beliefs than a Jihadist suicide bomber, (and with more destructive power!)
Yes, starve the beast. Boycott CA products and make their shortfall larger.
Better check Steve Jobs's other pants. :)
"No problem; just increase tax rates/sarc."
Why the "/sarc"?
Because this is EXACTLY what they're going to do.
And afterwards, revenues will drop even further...
Just 6 months ago Brown said we had too much money.
He even signed us up for a brand new entitlement program called the dream act.
My cousin works for a software company in Irvine. The company has its heaquarters in Taiwan. They are pulling up stakes and moving back to Taiwan. My cousin is moving to their operations in Manila.
I remember when Moonbeams was governor the first time. The LA Slimes at that time was leading the charge to push his sorry ass out.
One would think that the largest state in the union would have more accurate economists and accountants on hand so that this shortfall could have easily been avoided by simply not spending as much in order to match the predicted tax revenues.
But no. The California economists and accountants, whoever they were, simply failed to come up with accurate predictions.
So the next time you hear an economist say that the economy is recovering (for the Nth time), try to keep in mind this experience of California.
California evidently has the choice of either to raise taxes, resulting in driving even more taxpaying, jobs-producing business away, or suffer a bad debt rating, resulting in even more curtailed services. And unless the direction is changed, the rest of the nation may follow California's lead.
--No matter how often the economists preach the mantra of recovery just around the corner (light at the end of the tunnel, whatever).
U can start with George Cloony
gov brown needs to live within his means.
California claimed that if you worked in California for any period of time they were entitled to tax a portion of retirement based on the number of weeks/months/years you lived and worked in California.
Luckily that went nowhere fast because any of the taxes collected would have been more than off set by the costs to establishing and maintain the collection process.
But still it has been seriously discussed a couple of times and I am scared that it isn't dead yet. Why? I was stationed in California from September 1970 to March 1972, TDY for six weeks in 1973, stationed in California from April 1979 through May 1983, plus multiple TDYs from 1985 until 1991. I think the total day count ended up being about 6 years out of 21 years.
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On Tuesday, Oct. 29, 95 zombies from Sunny Brae Middle School will be lurching their way up the aisles of Murphy's Market, in Sunny Brae before breaking into Michael Jackson's Thriller dance. After that performance, the zombies will hop on a school bus and head for the Arcata Plaza for a 12:30 repeat performance. This has become a tradition for students at SBMS who practice for weeks under the direction of teacher Ann Youmans, and it's not to be missed!


text: Home > World Iran says ready to resolve nuclear issues Reuters Posted at Apr 17 2012 07:02 AM | Updated as of Apr 17 2012 05:12 PM Share Save Facebook Twitter GPlus LinkedIn Pinterest DUBAI - Iran is ready to resolve all nuclear issues in the next round of talks with world powers if the West starts lifting sanctions, its foreign minister said on Monday. In an interview with the Iranian student news agency ISNA, Ali Akbar Salehi also hinted that Iran could make concessions on its higher-grade uranium enrichment, a key concern of Western powers which suspect Iran is covertly developing a nuclear weapons capability. Tehran denies the accusations. Both sides said they were content with progress made in Saturday's talks in Istanbul which did not go into detail but, unlike earlier rounds of negotiations, stayed on the subject of Iran's nuclear program. "If the West wants to take confidence-building measures it should start in the field of sanctions because this action can speed up the process of negotiations reaching results," Salehi was quoted as saying. "If there is goodwill, one can pass through this process very easily and we are ready to resolve all issues very quickly and simply and even in the Baghdad meeting," he added, referring to a second round of talks with world powers scheduled to take place in the Iraqi capital on May 23. It is unclear whether the Iranian foreign minister was suggesting the lifting of sanctions prior to Iran taking steps to reassure the West over its nuclear activities, but Washington has said that would not be acceptable. "Dialogue is not sufficient for any sanctions relief, one has to get to concrete actions that are significant," said a senior Obama administration official after the talks on Saturday. "One only begins to look at those issues when there are sufficient concrete steps taken that warrant any changes in our approach to sanctions," the official said. Denmark, holder of the European Union's rotating presidency, also said sanctions should not be eased until Tehran takes steps to comply with the demands of the major world powers. "I think it would be very dangerous to create a situation where we say to Iranians we might lift part of the sanctions," Danish Foreign Minister Villy Sovndal told reporters. "They are world champions in making very long negotiations lead nowhere." Missed opportunity Salehi asserted Iran's right to process uranium for peaceful purposes but that there might be room for a compromise on higher-level enrichment. "Enrichment is Iran's right but we can negotiate on how we obtain uranium with different enrichment levels," he said. "Making 20 percent (enriched nuclear) fuel is our right as long as it provides for our reactor needs and there is no question about that," he said, but added: "If they guarantee that they will provide us with the different levels of enriched fuel that we need, then that would be another issue." The comments indicate that Iran may be prepared to consider an updated proposal of a 2009 fuel swap deal that collapsed when the two sides failed to agree on the details of implementation. The 2009 deal would have seen Tehran export an agreed amount of its lower enriched uranium in return for fuel made from higher grade uranium which is required for the Tehran research reactor (TRR). Iran says it started enriching uranium to a purity of 20 percent to fuel the reactor but many countries see that as a dangerous step towards the 90 percent enrichment required for an atomic bomb. A Western diplomat said the Iranian delegation brought up the 2009 deal in Istanbul and described it as a "missed opportunity". "This talk of the TRR could be a positive sign," he said. "We are ready to put the TRR back on the table, but with adapted quantities because things have moved since that offer." The 2009 agreement envisaged Iran handing over 1,200 kg of low enriched uranium (LEU) in exchange for a sufficient quantity of higher-grade enriched fuel plates to feed the Tehran reactor. Western experts estimate Iran's present stockpile of refined uranium is enough for four atomic bombs if processed much further. While Salehi's comments strike a positive tone, the diplomat said perspective was needed: "There is no mystery, Baghdad will be complicated. It's not about opening talks for the sake of talks but moving towards Iran meetings its obligations." Many analysts and some diplomats say both sides must compromise for any chance of a long-term settlement: Iran would be allowed to continue limited low-level enrichment if it in return accepts much more intrusive U.N. nuclear inspections. Another Western diplomat said he believed the Iranians were trying to create momentum in a deal revolving around uranium enriched to 20 percent and Salehi's comments were more than just words. "It has been quite a long time since the issue has been raised in such terms. I don't know where it could lead ... but it could at least be a good starter for the next meeting," he said. But Israel, which sees Iran's nuclear plans as an existential threat, has demanded that the Islamic Republic halts all its enrichment, activity which can have both civilian and military purposes. 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(a) Pursuant to the provisions of chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, the board shall adopt rules and regulations relating to the following:
(1) The minimum qualifications for applicants for examination and license in each of the following specified classes of contractor:
(A) Electrical contractor;
(B) General building contractor;
(C) General engineering contractor;
(D) Heating, ventilating and cooling contractor;
(E) Multifamily contractor;
(F) Piping contractor;
(G) Plumbing contractor;
(H) Residential contractor; or
(I) Specialty contractor;
(2) The content of examinations for applicants in each class;
(3) Procedures for application, examination and license renewal, and the manner in which the examination will be conducted;
(4) The continued competency of licensees for purposes of renewal and reinstatement of licenses; and
(5) Procedures for disciplinary action before the board.
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(1) Hold at least one examination in each calendar quarter for each specific classification of contractor, designate the time and place of such examinations, and notify applicants thereof;
(2) Request, through the division, investigation of any alleged violation of this article or of the regulations;
(3) Forward results of examinations to the division within twenty days following the examination;
(4) Notify the commissioner and board members of meeting dates and agenda items at least five days prior to such meetings; and
(5) Take minutes and records of all meetings and proceedings.
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The Penguin Cafe Orchestra (PCO) was founded by British composer Simon Jeffes (born February 19, 1949; died December 10, 1997). Born in Sussex, England, and raised in Canada and around Europe, Jeffes began playing the guitar at the age of 13 while attending boarding school in England and then studied classical guitar, piano, and music theory at Chiswick Polytechnic, but dropped out before graduating. He worked with Gilbert Biberian's Omega Players for a time and accompanied producer Rupert Hine on Hine's solo albums Pick Up a Bone (1970) and Unfinished Picture (1971). While living in Japan in 1972, he developed an interest in ethnic music, particularly African styles, and decided to try to merge those styles with more traditional Western sounds. He launched the PCO as an outlet for his compositions with this eclectic hybrid approach. He always said that the "Penguin Cafe" concept was one that came to him in a dream while he was suffering from food poisoning in the south of France in the summer of 1972, after which he wrote a poem that began, "I am the proprietor of the Penguin Cafe, I will tell you things at random." He described the music of the group as "modern semi-acoustic chamber music." The PCO was organized as a fluctuating unit in which Jeffes and cellist Helen Liebmann were the only permanent members. At first, when it began playing in London, England, in 1973, it was called the Penguin Cafe Quartet. The members of the group, not yet performing publicly, were Jeffes (on electric guitar), Liebmann, violinist Gavyn Wright, and Steve Nye on electric piano. In 1974, they made their first recordings, "Penguin Cafe Single," "The Sound of Someone You Love Who's Going Away," and "It Doesn't Matter." In 1975, Nye, who knew producer Brian Eno, introduced Jeffes to him, and Eno invited the group to record for his Obscure Records, an imprint of Editions E.G.. They did, adding university lecturer Neil Rennie (ukulele) and Emily Young (vocals), a painter who gave the group a visual style with her cover painting for the album, Music from the Penguin Cafe (1976). The first concert by the ensemble was an opening slot for Kraftwerk at the Roundhouse in London in 1977, and the group expanded further to include Geoffrey Richardson (viola), Peter Veitch (accordion), Giles Leaman (woodwinds), Braco (drums), and Julio Segovia (cymbals). Now boasting far more than four members, the band was too big to be called a quartet, and it was christened the Penguin Cafe Orchestra. In 1979, Jeffes converted a garage in North Kensington into a recording studio and in 1980 began working on the PCO's second album, released as Penguin Cafe Orchestra in 1981. Afterwards, composer Marcus Beale joined the group on violin in time for the first European tour. A Japanese tour followed in early 1982. Popular acclaim in Japan led to another tour there and the recording of Mini Album, a live EP, mostly in Tokyo. As the PCO prepared its third full-length LP, Broadcasting from Home (1984), personnel came and went, the additions including Annie Whitehead (trombone), Dave Defries (trumpet), and drummers Fami, Trevor Morais, and Mike Giles. After the album was released, the group raised its profile by touring extensively and appearing on television, and the fourth album, Signs of Life actually reached the British charts in April 1987. (The album featured new members Danny Cummings on percussion and Bob Loveday on violin.) Continuing to tour, the PCO recorded a full-length live album at Festival Hall on July 9, 1987; it was released in 1988 under the title When in Rome .... New members included Ian Maidman (bass, percussion) and Paul Street (guitar). Jeffes next accepted an invitation from choreographer David Bintley of the Royal Ballet to adapt some of the PCO's music for a dance piece, resulting in the ballet Still Life at the Penguin Cafe, which was performed at Covent Garden and elsewhere in the U.K., as well as in Germany and Australia. The PCO also toured, primarily in Europe, during the late '80s and early '90s. For their next and final studio album of new material, Union Café (1993; released on Jeffes' own Zopf label), the group consisted of Jeffes, Liebmann, Maidman, Rennie, Richardson, Segovia, and Whitehead, although many guest musicians also contributed. Their 1994 tour was commemorated with another live album, Concert Program (1995), recorded July 23, 1994, at Wool Hall in Somerset, England. (New age label Windham Hill distributed the disc in the U.S.) The PCO continued into the mid-'90s, although Jeffes gradually became less active, moving to Somerset in 1996 and concentrating on solo piano. The band's formal dissolution was confirmed by his death from a brain tumor. While the PCO's music was featured in many television commercials and films, it formed the soundtrack for the 1998 movie Oskar und Leni, resulting in a soundtrack album released by Peregrina in 1999. Members of the group reunited ten years after Jeffes' death for concerts on December 11, 12, and 13, 2007, at the Union Chapel in Islington, North London. This commemorative edition of the PCO included Helen Liebmann (cello), Neil Rennie (ukulele), Geoffrey Richardson (viola/clarinet), Peter McGowan (violin), Steve Fletcher (piano), Barbara Bolte (oboe), Annie Whitehead (trombone), and Jennifer Maidman (bass/percussion), with guest appearances by Steve Nye and Jeffes' son Arthur Jeffes. Although the shows were well attended and well received, the group announced immediately afterward that it had no further plans for concerts. In October 2008, a note on the PCO's official website mysteriously said, "There are some very tentative plans afoot to start a new enterprise in the PCO saga... more later." ~ William Ruhlmann


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You know that machining centers have tool length compensation, cutter radius compensation and fixture offsets. Turning centers have geometry offsets, wear offsets and tool nose radius compensation. However, there may be times when you don't agree with the methods by which they must be used. If you would like to change the way compensation types behave, or actually invent your own, custom macro B can help.
You have total access to all offsets (you can both read and write) from within a program when the control is equipped with custom macro B, or almost any version of parametric programming. This allows you to do things you may have thought impossible. Previous CNC Tech Talk columns gave some specific examples of how you can invent or modify compensation types. (See February 1995, May 1995, February 1996 and April 1998.)
This access to offsets from within programs has fantastic implications. Truly, when you see setup people and/or operators struggling with some compensation related function, recognize that you can probably help them by modifying the way your current compensation values are entered and handled.
Turning center controls, for example, have a nice wear offset table. The operator enters the small deviation between how the tool should be cutting and how it is actually cutting into the wear offset. Many machining centers, on the other hand, do not have wear offsets. To enter a small deviation, the operator must modify a very large value (commonly the tool length or cutter radius compensation value), a procedure more prone to error. With custom macro B, you can actually add a kind of wear offset function. For any tool that machines critical Z surfaces, for example, you can use a special offset in the offset table (we'll choose number ninety-nine for our example) as the tool's wear offset. Consider this command that plunges into a 0.5-inch deep pocket.
System variable #2099 contains the value of offset number ninety-nine. If its value is currently zero, the pocket will be machined to a 0.5 inch depth. But say the operator measures the pocket depth and determines that it is 0.002 inch too shallow. Instead of modifying the (very large and cumbersome) tool length compensation offset for this tool, the operator will instead enter -0.002 inch in offset number ninety-nine (or whatever offset you designate for the machining cutter's wear offset).
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STOCKHOLM (AP) — Favorites David Ferrer and Milos Raonic got past first-time opponents to reach the Stockholm Open quarterfinals Thursday. Top-seeded Ferrer made the last eight in Stockholm at his third attempt when he overcame Jack Sock of the United States 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, while second-seeded Raonic was hard-pressed to finish off Joachim Johansson of Sweden, who came out of retirement at 31 and qualified for his first pro main draw in 2½ years. Raonic won 6-2, 7-6 (3). No. 5 Ernests Gulbis of Latvia and No. 7 Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria also won, but No. 4 Kevin Anderson of South Africa and three-time finalist Jarkko Nieminen of Finland lost their second-round matches. In the quarterfinals, Ferrer will face Fernando Verdasco in an all-Spanish match, Raonic will play French wild-card Benoit Paire, Jerzy Janowicz of Poland will face Gulbis, and Dimitrov will meet Kenny De Schepper of France. © The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. |


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They've got muck; we've got rakes. TPM Muckraker
Right Wing Blog: Fox News Didn't Narc On 'Terror Grandma,' We Did!
"Would you rather we wait till after the bomb goes off? Cause we can do that. Or would you, Mr. John Q Public, rather we just trust the authorities to tell us what we need to know?"
Authorities told TPM that the Fox News story on Kathie Smith -- a Muslim convert who thinks Sept. 11 was an inside job, calls the U.S. a "terrorist organization" and praises the American-born radical Muslim cleric Anwar al Awlaki, according to Fox's account of email exchanges with her -- was based on confirmation that a link to the video pointed out by the reporter, who was told it had been forwarded to the proper law enforcement agency.
But given Smith's gigantic footprint -- the Facebook postings, the YouTube videos, the MySpace account, and her outreach to local media -- she's not exactly being stealth if she's operative. And since she claims to have been subjected to careful screening and plenty of questions at airports and has been visited by the FBI, it's clear she's been on the feds' radar for a long time. A principal in the Indianapolis Terrorism Response Group told a local news station that authorities have known of Smith for three years.
But Jawa Report said their communications with authorities were nonetheless important.
"The more all members of this network feel exposed and watched, the better I feel," Howie continued. "Information like this is the reason I came to Jawa Report, its the reason I blog here. Its what our readers want."
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Mateo (Aaron I. Naar | 85 min.)
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At a nearly empty open mic night in Los Angeles, people sit on the floor listening to an unassuming, redheaded man with a guitar awkwardly introduce himself for far too long. For the last 13 years this man, known simply as Mateo, has been living and working as America's first white mariachi singer, playing guitar and singing in Spanish at Mexican restaurants and private events across the city. However peculiar his profession may sound, it is nowhere near as strange as his transformation from Matthew Stoneman, a New Hampshire born pop musician with an Elton John sound. In the mid-90s, with his personal music struggling to find an audience, Matthew took to a life of crime, and was eventually incarcerated for five years in a maximum-security state penitentiary for robbery. During his stint he struck up a friendship with a group of Mexican musicians in the prison recess yard who soon taught him hundreds of Spanish-language classics. He emerged as the mysterious, angelic-voiced Mateo.
For the last four years, director Aaron I. Naar has watched the enigmatic Mateo weave a strange path from the street corners of Los Angeles to the revered recording studios in Havana, Cuba. On the brink of completing an album of original songs in Havana, Mateo struggles to keep his demons in check, which seem all too plausible in derailing his goal. Shockingly candid onscreen, Mateo is revealed as complicated man living disparate lives – a simple, mostly solitary existence in Los Angeles and a self-indulgent, almost destructive one in Cuba. Mateo captures, with a piercing gaze, a portrait of a troubled artist living with a checkered past, fraught with poor management, Cuban women, and family turmoil as he moves towards a still unclear future.
Mateo will be on hand for a performance of bolero songs (romantic Latin tunes) prior to the film and will also conclude the evening by serenading audiences throughout Industry City.
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Aaron I. Naar is a filmmaker based in Los Angeles, CA. He is a Film Independent and IFP Documentary Lab alumnus and recipient of the Pacific Pioneer Fund. A graduate of Vassar College, Naar currently works at Editree Inc., directing documentary-style commercials for clients such as Google and Expedia.
Naar's first short documentary, LOS HOMBRES DEL LAGO, (THE MEN OF THE LAKE) premiered at HotDocs in 2008 and went on to screen in several hundred venues across South America as part of the international documentary series Planet.Move.
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Subject: | Re: Esther, Yvette, Gideon, Sequoia |
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Date: | October 4, 2012 at 10:56:32 AM |
Reply to: | Esther, Yvette, Gideon, Sequoia by Effie |
Kinda meh about Esther. Although, Essie would be a very cute nickname. I think Esther is the kind of name I don't love, but I appreciate when someone else uses.Yvette is pretty cool. As far as Y names go, I prefer Yolanda, but that's probably irrelevant. It's way more awesome than Yvonne.
Gideon is a not-so-secret love of mine. He'd had dark curly hair, glasses, and I'd call him Gidders. But my husband is not on board...
Sequoia is really neat, but I'd say it's middle-name or pet-name territory. I would find it odd on a person.
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Posted on 03/10/2012 9:41:00 AM PST by Aria
A singularly remarkable event has taken place in the United States of America. This event occurred in Arizona on March 1st and was an earth shattering revelation.
A long awaited press conference was given by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a five time elected Sheriff, which should have made national and international headlines. Arpaio's credentials include serving in the United States Army from 1950 to 1953, service as a federal narcotics agent serving in countries all over the world with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), and served as the head of the Arizona DEA. Without doubt, this is a serious Law Enforcement Officer, not one to be taken in by tin-foil-hat wearing loons.
Yet, in the five days since his revelations there has been little in the way of serious reporting on the findings he presented in his presser. With 6 short videos, the Sheriff and his team presented a devastating case, one the tame US press is apparently unable to report.
(Excerpt) Read more at english.pravda.ru ...
I can't seem to get the link to Pravda to work (with Safari or Explorer)...and, yes, I'm logged in.;-)
Are you saying this article is propaganda?
I've noticed this with the British press particularly. Now the Ruskies are doing it! More power to them as long as Putin doesn't shut them down.
I'm happy to learn that you are a freeper—and that you are on our side—or it looks awfully much like you are on our side............I've been fooled before, so I'm a bit gun shy these days.
More proof to my 2005 contention: "We beat the Soviet Union -- then we became them."
A good answer to the question "Why spend 1B for a job that pays 400k?"
Also answers the question about why so many have been so quiet about the fraud in the WH. And how easy for BO to go along with this since he hates us anyway - it's just that this isn't the sort of "spreading the wealth" that he talks about in public.
The whole thing makes my blood boil - damage almost beyond repair and almost half of our fellow citizens do not care.
You are the author???
You ARE the author. Pray, have I hit on you yet? ;^)
I don't blame you a bit. A couple of former freepers have libeled me on the net. It is a rather sad thing. Some people have no morals on the net or off.
All I can do is to tell the truth as I see it, and back it up with facts, and sources. I am certainly not always right. And I won't duck it when I am wrong. Best thing anyone can do is to admit it, apologize, and keep on moving forward.
LMAO Laz!!! I have been waiting for YEARS!!!!! lolololol
-— he hits everything else but me... ignoring me.../cry
I will follow you wherever you go—LOL!
That's exactly why. Some may not have noticed this, but over the last few years the "Pravda" has been a more accurate name than ever before (and certainly more accurate since the Iron Curtain fell). As for Russia - it suits THEIR concerns to publish this within Russia itself as it makes the US look so badly managed. Also, keep in mind that Obama is a Marxist - same with Putin. Putin already addressed the changes Obama was going to make right after he got elected and even Putin warned Obama not to make the same mistakes the Soviets did which ultimately caused the SU to "fail" (like ALL communist dictatorships, although Marxists continually believe that if you had the "right" leader the problems would disappear). If there is one thing that is for sure a part of the World Communist circles it's that when there is a power struggle they eat their own. It wouldn't surprise me at all for a different "faction" of Marxists to be even MORE upset with Obama than we are - simply because he's making us so angry and isn't being the patient kind of communist because he himself WANTS total control.
All, JMHO, but I'm still very pleased to see that SOMEONE is reporting the truth about this investigation. It's not like the old days where one would need to actually go to Russia and be fluent in Russian to even read the Pravda - in English, on the internet is a good thing.
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Thank you for your work on this - as always. I have no problem with this being published in the Pravda. Over the last few years they have printed more "Truths" than any other paper with few exceptions. Of course, I don't know how they spin their OWN news there - but, they are definitely living up to their name vs. being a propaganda organ under the USSR.
The most frightening thing is that AMERICANS are having to seek publication internationally because our own media obviously has a vested interest in covering this up. If you had told me 30 years ago that the Pravda would be reporting the truth on things here in America I probably would have died of laughter... funny how things can change like that.
Thanks for posting that link - I've made my family promise to watch when I found a good video... You've made it very easy for me to do now. :)
Interesting comment on the Pravda site - I wonder what this is about?
Good article, the Russian government could release the records they have that led to Obamas detainment when he was on a bi-partisan fact finding tour as a US senator. He was actually taken off a flight for reasons related to his true identity. His false documents were an issue then as now. Come on Putin!
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Vincent Vane · Top Commenter · University of Maryland University College
@ Alex Where can I find information on this incident in Russia you speak of? I want to do everything I can to make his life hell. Just like he's made mine and my fellow Americans.
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Jeanette McVicker · Top Commenter
google " New START and Obama's Mysterious Trip to Russia."
(I thought I'd mention it on the thread so that others are aware.) Thank you again, Dianna, for your EXCEPTIONAL piece! Whoo hoo!
And BUMP.
The answer is yes, Yes, BY GOD YES.
Yes, and the solution (Phase II) to stop it, is SHUT DOWN spending. For every dollar they extort with Arbeitsziehungslager-ANTI-care, stop spending elsewhere, until they have no revenue, or as little as possible.
(Which is why they exempted students until age 26, to prevent campus unrest, their constituency)
Yes, that is a very interesting comment, isn't it ?
I hate using google though.
If anyone googles the New START and Ovomit Myserious Trip to Russia" post it here please !
Your article is at the Top of Popular list, Pravda.
MSM = Mens Room Media
U.S. Senators Detained in Russia
Published August 28, 2005
Associated Press
A plane carrying two U.S. senators was detained for several hours Sunday while trying to leave Russia, before being permitted to leave the country for Ukraine, according to spokesmen for the lawmakers.
Sens. Richard Lugar (search), R-Ind., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Barack Obama (search), D-Ill., who had both been visiting storage sites for weapons of mass destruction, were held at an airport in the Ural Mountain city of Perm for several hours, but were allowed to leave after talks between U.S. and Russian officials.
"I am in Ukraine with Sen. Lugar," Lugar's spokesman, Andy Fisher, said in a message sent from a personal messaging device Sunday afternoon.
He said Russian officials refused to let the plane take off for three hours and insisted on boarding it. "They did not. The border patrol finally got orders to let us go," Fisher said.
"We were treated just fine," he said.
A spokesman for Obama also confirmed the plane's arrival in Ukraine.
The senators and their aides spent three days in Russia visiting sites where warheads are stored before destruction under the U.S.-funded Comprehensive Threat Reduction program (search).
The spokesmen did not have information on the nature of the dispute that resulted in the senators' being held. Telephone calls to the Russian border guard service and Foreign Ministry were not answered Sunday evening.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,167265,00.html#ixzz1okyGxuzB
Well done, Danae! True, honest journalism is genuinely patriotic.
So it really did happen....but why it happened wasn't reported - at least by FOX.
Well, I do have to go to the grocery store today... LOL
Done deal! :)
Of course not. The propagandists of the Soviet era left long ago. There should be some good journalists there now, but I don't know. I just know that the exodus of those trained in propaganda occurred a long time ago.
The question was about "why write for Pravda?". I suppose it is no longer controlled by state media but I could be wrong. But I suppose they have wide readership in that part of the world. So it can't be bad.
People over there understand better than most Americans how socialism/communism propaganda was drilled into them every day.
It is astonishing we have to go all the way to that formerly tired old Soviet propaganda organ, Pravda, to get the truth here in the United States.
Pravda has obviously supplanted that other tired old Liberal propaganda organ, the New York Times, as the new paper of record!
The state-run, lame-stream, liberal-left, progressive-communist media in the USA are still talking about Dan Quayle's spelling of POTATO!!
As Barry Goldwater used to say, had I been driving that '88 Olds when it went off the bridge in Chappaquiddick, you would still be hearing about it in the news media.
Does one really think that anyone in State-run media is going to cover anything on a Nation-wide basis, that Sherriff Joe or anyone else has to say about their boy? NO WAY!!!
Do you mean start a thread here on FR with the video link? I'll post it for you if that's what you mean?
She posted her *original reporting* on FR several times that day, and the Mods threw it into chat EVERY TIME. I am glad Pravda took her seriously when Jim Robinson would not.
I made a promise to myself I'd cut Jim a nice check if the clock stays correct into the next FReepathon, but I may break that promise because of that.
I am proud of you! I added your site to my favs.
Re: "If anyone googles the New START and Ovomit Myserious Trip to Russia ..."
I wouldn't count on GOOGLE finding much of anything detrimental to or critical of Emperor Hussein. Have fun trying though.
It's getting really hard to find anything on line or hard copy that hasn't been scrubbed and sterilized these days. If they can't scrub it they just ignore it and wait for it to go away... which unfortunately, it seems to do eventually.
Say; you don't suppose Rep. Walter Jone's > CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 107 - Impeachment Resolution is providing a distraction to the Dear Leader, do you?
> Expressing the sense of Congress that the use of offensive military force by a President without prior and clear authorization of an Act of Congress constitutes an impeachable high crime and misdemeanor under article II, section 4 of the Constitution.
The Amendment goes on to say:
> Whereas the cornerstone of the Republic is honoring Congress's exclusive power to declare war under article I, section 8, clause 11 of the Constitution: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that, except in response to an actual or imminent attack against the territory of the United States, the use of offensive military force by a President without prior and clear authorization of an Act of Congress violates Congress's exclusive power to declare war under article I, section 8, clause 11 of the Constitution and therefore constitutes an impeachable high crime and misdemeanor under article II, section 4 of the Constitution.
Naah; probably not, since he just took off on another family junket to some exotic playground.
None of this seems to worry him in the least... it's almost as though he isn't worried about there even being another election in November... or a Congress or Supreme Court around to get in his way by then either.
I find that the Canadian press is pretty good about informing us about stuff that We the Amerikan Sheeple aren't supposed to know about, and I check in with Israeli media from time to time as well.
Here in Amerika people who try to expose the ruling elite often die mysteriously.... while over in Russia it seems that more often than not they just get shot in the head at close range. How many Russian Journalists have been murdered in cold blood over the past 5 years or so?
Not so sure that the Old SU has gotten a whole lot better on "freedom of the press" - at least not in the Motherland.
I still have goosebumps!
It would never have happened if it were not for Free Republic!
I found it through BING; I don't like google either.
That comment is, I think, something I read off the Volokh Conspiracy some time ago. Obama and another senator got held in a Russian airport after inspecting some Missile sites. I couldn't get any more info on that. That trail dead ended. It was in some newspapers at the time. I seem to remember the NY Times did a piece on it. The senators got held for a few hours and then allowed to continue on their trip.
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LMAO You kill me Laz!
And I find it mind-boggling that some of Obama's minions in the PRESS, as well as assorted shifty CONGRESSCRITTERS, are not only willing to lose their JOBS over his skinny worthless fraudulent butt...but that they're also willing to possibly go to JAIL for their deceit/cover-up.
They know the truth and it will OUT.
I sure hope those sycophants-n-swill don't mind sporting last season's off-the-rack prison stipes as daily-wear.
Thank you Faith! That is why I am doing it. The pay is horrible. Actually I don't get paid... what the heck? LOL
Trust me, the Irony dial was pegged.
Notice how FR hides articles on the BC in "Bloggers & Personal." This was an article in a Newspaper not blog. Even Drudge (who has religiously avoided this issue) has links to it!
Well, it would be a side issue EXCEPT if you want to think that Russia knowing the truth about zero is the reason zero is mulling over giving Putin sone of our soon to be former secrets...and also maybe why Obama made that decision that pissed off Czechoslovakia regarding the missile shield we scrapped that Russia didn't want.
The potential for huge blackmail would be too much to resist. And meanwhile the big zero flies around at 180k/hr (plane only cost) enjoying his excellent adventure.
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In 1950 — when Harry Truman was in the White House, the U.S. was on the brink of the Korean War and Sen. Joseph McCarthy was conducting his witch-hunt of suspected Communists — Seymour Solomon and his younger brother Maynard started Vanguard Records. They launched the label with a $10,000 loan from their father and ran it from a tiny one-room office in Greenwich Village. Two years later, as the company was expanding, the Solomons snagged an additional $13,000 loan. This was the total capitalization for a company that within a few years would become one of America's preeminent independent labels.
Vanguard was founded soon after the introduction of the LP, which perfectly suited the classical repertoire the brothers initially focused on, as well as the fidelity they sought. The label's album jackets proudly bore the legend, "Vanguard Recordings for the Connoisseur," and as the LP market blossomed, so, too, did Vanguard's fortunes. Before long, the company was recording music of every kind, from the Jazz Showcase series produced by John Hammond Sr. to show music.
The fledgling label's defining moment took place in 1955 with the release of The Weavers at Carnegie Hall, a reunion album by the blacklisted group, which became a surprise hit, putting Vanguard on the folk music map while also heralding the end of the McCarthy era. Following that audacious and historic breakthrough, the Solomons proceeded to gather a roster comprising some of the most important voices of the burgeoning folk movement, from Paul Robeson, Cisco Houstin and Leron Bibb in the late '50s to Joan Baez, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Ian and Sylvia, Odetta, the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, Doc Watson and Richard and Mimi Farina in the first half of the '60s. During that same vital period, Vanguard moved into blues, signing and recording Mississippi John Hurt, Skip James, James Cotton, Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, Otis Spann, John Hammond Jr., Charlie Musselwhite and the Siegel-Schwall Band, while moving into rock behind the politically charged psychedlia of Country Joe and the Fish.
While the Solomon Brothers were leaving their musical imprint on the East Coast, bandleader, businessman and TV show host Lawrence Welk was making history of his own from his base in L.A. In 1955, five years after the launch of Vanguard, Welk founded Teleklew, the company that would later become the Welk Music Group, to oversee his investments and his weekly TV show, which would run for 27 years. It was not until 1979, with the acquisition of Ranwood Records, that WMG began releasing records. Larry Welk, Lawrence's son, was one of Ranwood's founders, and the purchase of the label put father and son in business together. It wasn't long before Larry Welk was running WMG, and it was he who initiated the acquisition of Vanguard, which was completed in 1986.
Nearly a quarter century after the acquisition, Vanguard is enjoying a vibrant second life as part of WMG, which has perpetuated the label's original emphasis on signing and patiently nurturing exceptional artists. The parent company — which added North Carolina-based roots label Sugar Hill Records in 1998 — is now headed by Kevin Welk, Larry's son and a 17-year company veteran, though he hasn't yet turned 40. A passionate music fan and a forward-thinking executive, Kevin has reinvigorated Vanguard with the modern-day equivalent of the label's original adventurous spirit. Under his leadership, Vanguard has assembled a diverse roster that encompasses legends like Levon Helm and Merle Haggard; modern-day trailblazers like the Indigo Girls and Chely Wright; cutting-edge singer/songwriters like Matt Nathanson and Mindy Smith; indie rockers like Greg Laswell and Blue Giant; and adventurous iconoclasts like Isobel Campbell, the Living Sisters and Jesca Hoop.
On April 17, in honor of Record Store Day, America's annual celebration of indie music retail, Vanguard reissued five seminal titles on vinyl, complete with the original artwork: the self-titled debut albums from Joan Baez and Doc Watson, Mississippi John Hurt's Today, Buddy Guy's A Man and the Blues and John Fahey's The Yellow Princess. At the other technological extreme is a digital collection that can be found at the iTunes Store. The 50 tracks selected span the label's six decades of musical innovation, from vintage gems like the Weavers' "Goodnight Irene," Odetta's "If I Had a Hammer" and Ian & Sylvia's "Four Strong Winds" to modern-day classics like Nathanson's "Come On Get Higher," Smith's "Come to Jesus" and Shawn Mullins' "Beautiful Wreck."
"You must have a balance," Kevin Welk says of Vanguard's eclectic stable of contemporary acts. "If we did all developing artists, it wouldn't work. If we did only established acts, we would have no future. What we're able to do here is to get artists we know are going to sell a certain amount and really try to maximize those projects, knowing that we can bring a focus that wasn't there with the major. So instead of working under the belief that everything's declining in today's music business, I look at it in exactly the opposite way."
A roster of this size and quality requires a full staff, and Vanguard's workforce is now north of 40. Of equal importance, Vanguard has a distribution deal with EMI Music, including an upstreaming trigger when a project calls for it, as in the case of Nathanson's Some Mad Hope, which has continued to grow since its 2007 release.
The ability to take a release deep into six-digit territory is one of the elements that separates this company from the vast majority of indie labels, even as today's Vanguard maintains the same underlying philosophy that made it great to begin with. "Here's our common denominator with Maynard and Seymour Solomon," Welk noted to interviewer John Morthland earlier this year. "They looked for opportunities and niches they felt they could focus on and be successful at, and so do we. Our basic principles remain intact today; those are artist development and controlling our own destiny."
Welk embraces the challenge of maintaining the Vanguard legacy. "I love rolling the heavy rock up the hill — everybody in this company does," he says now. "The common denominator with our heritage is that we're fiercely independent, and we know how to sell records without having radio hits. But these days, more than ever before, the artist-label relationship works best as a partnership. Now, it's more about, 'How do we win together?' Because if we win, the artist is going to win. The fact of the matter is we've been able to build a label that's staying with the times and is profitable. That's something very few labels today can claim, and it's what I'm most proud of."
Press Release:
2010 Summer Releases Plus a Fall Preview, word doc
Vanguard Records Experiences Unprecedented Chart Success PR, word doc
Vanguard Records Celebrates Record Store Day 2014, word doc
Vanguard Records Celebrates Record Store Day 2015, word doc
Vanguard Celebrates 60th Anniversary Bio, word doc
Kevin Welk Biography, word doc
What The Press Is Saying:
60 Years Strong, Vanguard Records Looks Forward With Optimism – SXSW Magazine (PDF)
Vanguard Records Celebrates 60 Years – Venus Zine Magazine (PDF)
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2013 SHARE TIPS: The Mail's city reporters reveal their top picks for the coming year
The Mail's city reporters reveal their market tips for the coming year.
On track to keep up with the FTSE
Ian Lyall: The return you would have made had you tracked the Daily Mail share portfolio makes the current skinflint bank savings rates look attractive – although we were still in positive territory (if only just).
However, we undershot our benchmark FTSE 100, which has recovered strongly since hitting its trough in May and has actually added around 4 per cent in the month leading up to Christmas, making for the classic Santa Rally.
The small-caps cost us dear, which is hardly surprising given the mass
exodus we saw earlier this year from these riskier plays.
The Mail's city reporters reveal their market tips for the coming year
Of course there are some worries over the UK's ability to maintain its triple-A status with the credit rating agencies.
according to the respected investment house Credit Suisse, we will
continue to show the economic resilience that has marked us out from
mainland Europe.
tip for last year TomCo, which plans to dig for oil in Utah, took a
battering with the rest of the juniors as risk averse investors bolted
earlier this year – though it fared slightly better than most in its
class as it fell just 25.5 per cent.
Despite this rather chastening experience, I am sticking with the
Afferro Mining is a little different in that it has around $90million of cash on its balance sheet, or the equivalent of 70 per cent of its current market capitalisation. It is also sitting on a world class iron ore mine in Cameroon, which has caught the eye of the industry's big wheels.
DS Smith can pack a punch
Alex Brummer: The prospects for 2013 are not looking that bright with the eurozone in
recession, Asia slowing and the US struggling with deficit and debt
problems. So, once again, it seems sensible to look for reliable,
defensive plays.
Diageo, my stock pick the past three years, continued to shine in 2012
rising by nearly 30 per cent in the year to date despite a recent setback in
For 2013 I have decided to switch horses.
My choice, the paper recycling and packaging group DS Smith, sits not far outside the FTSE 100 and looks deadly dull. And unlike Diageo, with its prestige branded liquors and beer portfolio, it can too easily be overlooked.
Under the guidance of its current chief executive Miles Roberts it has
put down an important marker in Europe through the purchase of SCA
Packaging. The core business of DS Smith is picking up paper waste from
Britain's supermarket groups and using modern technology and innovation
to create corrugated cardboard and other durable products.
Among its recent innovations is a tough printed cardboard material that can safely hold liquids such as mass-market wine boxes. The shares that dropped to 900p in June 2012 have been steadily climbing but are well below the 2011 peaks.
Hopes rise BP will gush again
Ruth Sunderland tip: If BP puts its two biggest uncertainties behind it, the company could have a good year
Ruth Sunderland: MY best tip for 2013 is not a share recommendation, but to pay down your mortgage. It's risk-free and will save a fortune in compounded interest. But for a flutter on the stock market, perhaps this will be the year that BP, currently at 425.05p, turns itself around after a run of misfortunes.
It will reach a settlement in the US, drawing a line under the Deepwater Horizon disaster, and is also resolving its issues in Russia.
If BP puts its two biggest uncertainties behind it, the company could have a good year. (I own a very small number of shares.)
Ocado, my tip for last year, had a roller coaster ride. I tipped it at 54.4p, and at the half-year stage it was looking inspired. The shares fell back from the heady heights to finish yesterday at 83.25p.
Stock still tasty at Sainsbury's
Hugo Duncan: Sainsbury shares were tipped here last year as looking to be good value at 302.9p, and so it proved.
The stock enjoyed a 14.5 per cent rise in 2012, and there are reasons to stick with the grocer in 2013.
industry faces tough conditions but Sainsbury is as well placed as
anyone to succeed, and under chief executive Justin King the tills
continue to ring.
It has a hugely valuable property portfolio and offers an attractive
dividend yield of nearly 5 per cent.
The Qataris still have a near 26 per cent holding in the company and speculation over what the sovereign wealth fund is planning shows no sign of dying down. If 2013 is the year Qatar finally wants to take control, Sainsbury shares could well prove once again to be a wise investment.
Hugo Duncan tip: The industry faces tough conditions but Sainsbury is as well placed as anyone to succeed, and under chief executive Justin King (pictured) the tills continue to ring
Seek out Providence
Geoff Foster:
Providence Resources boss Tony O'Reilly Junior and family have invested
millions of pounds in the Irish-based oil and gas exploration and
production company.
He is super-confident we will soon all see an Irish oil boom to match
the UK's jackpot exploitation of the North Sea.
shares, which touched 725p this year on prospects for its flagship
Barryroe field off the coast of Ireland, currently trade at 579p and
look dirt cheap.
Liberum Capital has a target price of £22.
Studies of the Barryroe field in the Irish Sea suggest it could contain
280million barrels of recoverable oil, which could make it a very
material oil field sitting in a benign development environment and
favourable fiscal regime.
Liberum believes Barryroe could be worth 1986p alone. Beyond this, the drilling programme in 2013 will test three material prospects, with exploration wells starting in the first quarter on the Dalkey Island and the massive Dunquin prospect and an appraisal well on Spanish Point some time in the third quarter.
United Drug can cure ills
Ben Griffiths: Ireland-based healthcare services firm United Drug has recently shifted its listing from Dublin to London.
With its near-£570million market capitalisation, the company was propelled straight into the FTSE 250 index in the last quarterly review.
United Drug has enjoyed a successful 2012 with growth dominated by an increased focus overseas. The shift – fuelled by a raft of recent acquisitions – means 70 per cent of earnings are now derived from outside Ireland.
The stock has also gained around a quarter after it was announced that United Drug was moving its listing.
The shares, which hit a 52-week high of 287.25p earlier this month, are trading well above February's low of 157.75p and are on a price/earnings ratio of 20 times, according to Reuters.
Analysts are hopeful that the trend for bigger pharmaceutical companies to outsource some non-core functions to cut costs will continue to benefit United Drug in 2013.
Among those analysts covering the stock, Jefferies rates it a buy along with Goodbody Stockbrokers, while Peel Hunt cut its rating from buy to hold in November. M&G is the biggest institutional investor with 14.7 per cent of stock.
Genel has strong energy
Rob Davies tip: Genel Energy, the oil explorer run by ex-BP chief Tony Hayward, could be in for a busy year
Rob Davies: Genel Energy, the oil explorer run by former BP chief Tony Hayward, could be in for a busy year.
The group has already established itself in Kurdistan, where its fields contain oil so good that the boys who work on the rigs out there reckon you can run a car on it – for a few metres at least.
After years of squabbling, the semi-autonomous Kurdish government and Baghdad also appear to have reached agreement over export duties.
That should leave the way clear for a long-awaited pipeline that will allow Genel to pump its oil into Turkey and beyond.
And this year Genel has also established a bulkhead in Africa, snapping up fields in Somaliland and Morocco, where it hopes to begin drilling in the fourth quarter of 2013.
Genel's organic growth prospects look good, but there could be a takeover story here too. The company, cash-rich and sitting on some great assets, has made itself very attractive to a supermajor looking to buy into one of its frontier properties.
IQE will chip in big returns
Peter Campbell: You won't have heard of IQE, but the chances are high that you use its products every day.
The group makes a key component of microchips called Gallium Arsenide, which allows chips that contain it to run faster and consume less power.
With demand for higher efficiency and faster connections growing, IQE is likely to see its products in strong demand. It also supplies the same material to solar panel manufacturers.
Shares are currently at 28.5p, and have risen more than 40 per cent in the last 12 months.
Analysts say it could easily put on another 60 per cent this year – with the potential for even bigger gains if Intel comes along with its chequebook.
RSM to have the last laugh
James Salmon: The crisis-hit audit firm RSM Tenon became a laughing stock after admitting a £12million black hole in its accounts in January.
This saw RSM slump to an £84million loss in the second half of last year, with shares falling by a third on the day the blunder was announced. Despite bouncing back they are still down 37 per cent over the year.
The firm lost more than £100million in the year to the end of June. But they do say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. RSM was saved from the brink after renegotiating its loans with Lloyds – a move which should tide it over until December 2014.
Former chief executive Andy Raynor and chairman Bob Morton were booted out, with new broom Chris Merry taking the helm. Unfortunately this meant shedding 400 jobs.
Some analysts now believe that the company is a fundamentally sound business and that the worst may be over.
In the jargon favoured by those in the investment game, RSM Tenon may be a 'recovery play' worth taking.
Make a date with Cupid
Rupert Steiner: Online dating has become accepted, and the highly acquisitive AIM-listed Cupid has all the bases covered with its Uniformdating site, flirt.com and benaughty.com.
Since floating at 60p two years ago, shares have grown to 192.5p on the back of the market doubling in size.
Cupid is now in 15 countries spread across Europe, North and South America and Asia Pacific. Chief executive Bill Dobbie is continuing to find new niche partners and Ivor Jones, an analyst at Numis, said the key attractions are it is subscription funded, rather than advertising reliant, and that there is an endlessly replenishing pool of potential customers.
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