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Monday, September 13, 2010
Monday lunch in a PlanetBox
I anticipated being slow-moving and groggy this morning so last night I did a little lunch prep to help make the lunch-packing go quicker today - I made cute little car-shaped cheddar cheese and washed the grapes.
And then this morning?
I forgot I had cute car shaped cheese and didn't even include it! Gah!! Curses, Monday!
What did manage to find its way into the PlanetBox:
- Zone Beige: cereal bar, granola bar, Wheat Thin & cream cheese "sandwiches"
- grapes
- carrots
- sunflower kernels in the "Little Dipper" container
- chocolate chips in the middle treat section
5 comments:
- Jen @ Life with Jen and Ronnie said... [Reply to comment]
Perhaps right before lunch is not the best time to view your lunch! Now I'm starving! Thanks for the post! I will just imagine the cute shaped cars!
- September 13, 2010 at 11:02 AM
- Kandi said... [Reply to comment]
agh! i can't wait to get our planetbox in the mail! it shipped on saturday.... hoping it will get here tomorrow! *crosses fingers*
- September 13, 2010 at 1:30 PM
- Jerinda said... [Reply to comment]
I just have to say that I love, love, LOVE your blog! I came across it while looking for lunch ideas for my PlanetBox and I'm so happy I did. I have already ordered twice from allthingsforsale.com and am loving dressing up my son's lunches. It's actually my favorite part of the day. I got my first order of Bento supplies today and cannot wait to use my little picks and forks tomorrow. Thanks for making such an awesome blog. :)
- September 13, 2010 at 6:26 PM
- Amy said... [Reply to comment]
Hey Melissa, I am thinking of buying this luncbox for my daughter in 5th grade. I like the fact it won't be "too cutesy" for her next year in middle school. Do you think that the spaces allow for enough food for a middle schooler to feel full? Not that she eats a ton, but I want to make sure that I can put a full size sandwich in there if I need to.
- September 14, 2010 at 9:54 AM
- Ani Meador said... [Reply to comment]
You have inspired me and I am intrigued..thank you! I mentioned you in my post...
- September 14, 2010 at 12:55 PM


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Kelson Brown had his dream came true last summer when he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2010 Major League Baseball First-Year Players Draft.
This year, the former Spartan has been working on taking his dream to the next level.
"Being drafted is the first step," said Brown, a 2006 La Cañada High graduate. "I want to be a professional baseball player, and I still have a lot to prove and a lot to get better at. I think I've been given a good situation at Pittsburgh."
Once he graduated from La Cañada, Brown played baseball for Linfield College, a NCAA Division III school in McMinnville, Ore., with New York Yankee-legend Scott Brosius as his coach. He helped Linfield attain a third-place finish in the NCAA Division III Championships and notch a school-record 37 wins. He also set individual school records in hits (89), doubles (27), runs batted in (72) and total bases (147) in his senior season.
After being selected as the 1,017 overall pick in the 34th round of the draft, Brown spent 2010 playing for the Short-Season A-Ball for the State College Spikes of Pennsylvania, one of the Pirates' minor-league affiliates.
Brown was named an honorable-mention selection for the Pirates' minor-league all-star team in December. He finished 2010 with a .293 batting average (66 for 225), .373 slugging percentage and .348 on-base average. He drove in 26 runs, scored 34 runs, bashed 12 doubles, three triples and struck out only 31 times in 62 games.
After an impressive debut season, Brown was promoted to the Pirates' Class A-advanced minor-league affiliate, the Bradenton Marauders this season
So far, the 23-year old's numbers have dipped. He's hitting .256 (33 for 128) in 45 games. He's posting a .305 one-base average and .302 slugging percentage after scoring 16 runs, driving in 11 and knocking two doubles in 45 games into the season.
Brown has been impressive of late, though. In the past 10 games, he's hitting .321 (nine for 28) — scoring six runs and driving in four with a .375 on-base average and a .321 slugging percentage.
The former All-Rio Hondo League player at La Cañada and All-American and conference player of the year at Linfield has bounced all over the diamond for the Marauders. He's listed as a third baseman on the team's website, spending the majority of his time (50 games) at the hot corner, but has also spent time at second, shortstop, first base, designated hitter and in the outfield the past two seasons.
Bradenton is currently 40-49, nine games behind the first-place St. Lucie Mets (48-39) in the Florida State League South Division. No matter how the season turns out, Brown has already etched himself into Marauders' history by initiating the first triple play in the organization's existence.
The play came on June 8, in a 4-3 loss to the Jupiter Hammerheads. Brown, who was playing second base, snagged a hard-line drive with the bases loaded, stepped on second to double off the runner and threw to first to catch a runner who strayed too far from the base for a triple play.

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Results from the largest global VIV registry, published in Circulation in November (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Degenerative Bioprosthetic Surgical Valves: Results from the Global Valve-in-Valve Registry), showed the VIV approach resulted in considerable hemodynamic (blood flow) improvements, including a decrease in valve gradients (blood flow resistance). Positive procedural outcomes were maintained at 1-year follow-up (with 89 percent survival at one year), which was comparable with other non-VIV TAVI studies.1
"While surgical valves provide effective therapy for many patients, the replacement valves eventually degenerate over time, so valve-in-valve has become a topic of great clinical interest due to the needs of these patients," said Ran Kornowski, M.D., chair of cardiology at Rabin Medical Center and Tel-Aviv University in Tel-Aviv, Israel, and previously at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., and senior author of the Global Valve-in-Valve Registry. "European approval of the CoreValve procedure is a very important advance in the treatment of severe aortic stenosis and enables an entirely new group of patients to benefit from this transcatheter valve."
The Global VIV registry evaluated the safety and efficacy of the VIV approach in 202 patients at 38 sites in Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East,1 with 124 patients receiving the CoreValve System. In the study, the CoreValve System demonstrated superior hemodynamic outcomes and high procedural success rates (96.8 percent).1
The valve-in-valve procedure, in which the CoreValve System is placed inside the degenerated surgical aortic valve through a low-profile, 18Fr delivery catheter, is approved for use with all four CoreValve sizes (23mm, 26mm, 29mm and 31mm), as well as three delivery approaches (transfemoral, subclavian and direct aortic access).
"We are pleased to now extend this safe and less-invasive, valve-in-valve procedure. This approach allows patients to avoid a second open-heart surgery to replace a failing surgical valve, which was originally performed to replace their own diseased valve." said John Liddicoat, M.D., senior vice president, Medtronic, and president of the Medtronic Structural Heart Business. "Furthermore, the impressive improvements in hemodynamic performance, due to CoreValve's supra-annular design, are showcased in the results of these valve-in-valve procedures."
Each year, approximately 200,000 people worldwide receive surgical aortic valves,2 which typically last 15 years or more. When the surgical valves degenerate due to the aging process, patients require another valve replacement. However, some patients are not eligible for a second open-heart surgery, and the transcatheter VIV procedure now may provide them with a new treatment option.
The Medtronic CoreValve System is available in the United States for investigational use only. In the Medtronic CoreValve U.S. Expanded Use Study, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved investigational VIV procedures in extreme-risk patients (part of the pivotal trial evaluating the CoreValve System in the U.S.).
In collaboration with leading clinicians, researchers and scientists, Medtronic offers the broadest range of innovative medical technology for the interventional and surgical treatment of cardiovascular disease and cardiac arrhythmias. The company strives to offer products and services that deliver clinical and economic value to healthcare consumers and providers worldwide.
About Medtronic
Medtronic, Inc. (www.medtronic.com), headquartered in Minneapolis, is the global leader in medical technology - alleviating pain, restoring health and extending life for millions of people around the world.
Any forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties such as those described in Medtronic's periodic reports on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results may differ materially from anticipated results.
[1] Dvir, D. et al. "Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Degenerative Bioprosthetic Surgical Valves: Results From the Global Valve-in-Valve Registry." Circulation. October 2012
[2] Brown JM et al; The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surger; V.137; No.1; 1/09; p82
[1] Dvir, D. et al. "Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Degenerative Bioprosthetic Surgical Valves: Results From the Global Valve-in-Valve Registry." Circulation. October 2012
[2] Brown JM et al; The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surger; V.137; No.1; 1/09; p82
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Santini's new Downtown range is due in stores this autumn, and we've been given a sneak peek at what to expect from the Italian company. The collection is aimed at city riders and combines technical performance with a look that's designed to suit the urban environment.
The 'Paris' jacket we tried certainly ticked the right boxes for town use – it wouldn't look too out of place if you wore it off the bike. The medium we tried was a normal UK medium size, unlike a lot of undersized European brands, and offered a comfortable, slim fit.
It's a double-layer stretch jacket, and its long back and high front give it an ergonomic design perfect for riding. Features include an internal elasticated windbreaker, a full-length zip with button closure at the neck, two zipped front pockets, a rear zip with covering and rear reflective detailing. RRP is yet to be confirmed – for more information, visit www.santinisms.it.
The Paris jacket from Santini's new Downtown collection wouldn't look out of place off the bike
MOA Sport
This week we also got a glimpse at another winter 2011/12 collection, this time from fellow Italian manufacturers MOA Sport and aimed at road riders rather than commuters. Made from the company's proprietary Kamaltex fabric – a thermo regulating membrane – the waterproof and windproof Sirma jacket certainly stacks up in the technical department, and its shiny, almost reflective, black finish gives it a distinctive look.
An inner fleece lining, restricted to the lower back, will keep the wind off in winter. Features include detachable arms for warmer conditions, vents on the upper back and rear reflective details. It has an anatomical design, which means a tight fit all round, and is a high fit on the front and back. RRP £199.
The Sirma jacket has some neat features but the shiny look won't appeal to all
The Kletno jersey is part of the same range as the Sirma and has a similar fit. It's made from a high performance stretch fabric called Mitiotech, with a fleece lining on the inside and a low back. The lack of reflective detailing and its colour mean we'd avoid using it as an outer layer in winter. RRP £125.
The Kletno jersey's stretchy fabric provides a comfortable fit
Complementing the MOA range are the Anapa gloves, made from a water and wind resistant material called mantoVent. Fleece lined throughout, they look like they should offer great protection throughout the winter, but are thin enough to be worn during spring and early summer. RRP £49. For more information about MOA Sport clothing, visit www.moasport.it.
The Anapa gloves are water and wind resistant, with a fleecy inner
The third Italian brand to grace this week's round-up are urban and road specialists Pistard. Started by two cycling enthusiasts in 2010, the company's goal is to produce high quality, Italian-made technical cycle wear which is comfortable and fashionable at the same time. At the moment you can only buy products from their website, www.pistard.cc, but they're on the hunt for distributors.
The Bike Pants are Pistard's attempt to create a pair of trousers that can be worn as comfortably in the office as they can on the bike. They're made by hand using a specially treated technical fabric that's claimed to offer excellent temperature control and not to absorb sweat or retain odours. A hidden button and tab on the inside of the right leg does away with the need for trouser clips. RRP £127.
Pistard's Bike Pants look and feel like normal office trousers
Pistard say their Windproof Cycling Jacket is suitable for use in varying weather conditions thanks to its heat-regulating membrane and breathability. Features include a full-length zip and two zipped front pockets. There are a couple of small reflective strips on the back, but no rear pocket. RRP £95.
Pistard's Windproof Cycling Jacket has a slightly shiny finish and some Rapha-esque pink drawcords at the waist
The Milano is a traditional looking jersey made of a merino wool/polyester mix. It has five pockets on the back, one of them waterproof to protect valuables. Complementary fleece-lined arm warmers are included with the jersey for chillier mornings. RRP £110.
The Milano jersey comes with matching red arm warmers
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Pistard's bibs have all the features you'd expect for comfortable riding
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A winner was selected from 59 designs submitted by 11 freelance designers.
MORIAH Marketing Group.com
I have owned a niche marketing company serving the Direct Sales industry for too many years to print! I have changed my marketing services and would like to update, clean up, and simplify my site. I consult to new company owners on the 'how-to' start and launch MLM and Party Plan businesses.
Being full service in the past, I would like to pare down my offerings to a smaller menu of services. I have a vast amount of experience, lots of former clients, white papers for a library and more. Although I am a 'seasoned' veteran of my industry; I am sharp, slick, smart and sassy. I want this site to ROCK. I launched another company last year, http://www.pumpupnation.com and this fits my spunky personality more than the Moriah one. If you peruse my Moriah site you will read all about me, boring stuff......I want to punch the copy and add some sparkle!
I write the copy....you make it shine!
My target audience is anyone looking to launch a Direct Sales Company. Think Mary Kay, Avon, Monavie, Xango, SendoutCards, Amway etc.
Most are women. So this needs to be very female friendly. However, some corporate types will probably be checking it out too. Ages vary....anywhere from 35 and up. It takes around a million dollars to start a company in this industry today so we are reaching folks who have the money to start one. My target audience will be those wanting full service mentoring, consulting and strategic planning...
These are the Page Links/ I also would like the FaceBook, Twitter and LinkedIn links included.
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I don't mind istock photo's if they are relevant. I do need to include my corporate photo, me speaking, my (2)Marketing Associates photo's and the logo's of former clients. I have all of these.
This site should have a place to sign up for a Marketing Tips newsletter and I definitely want to manage the changes myself.
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I want less copy and larger font. I would like to have pages that you don't have to scroll....it will keep the content shorter.
I also like clean, crisp and simple....more background, less words
No pink or purple, Tan and dark green, Red and gold.....burgandy....My logo is burgandy, dk green and tan..
I know you will think my logo is awful but I have too many collateral pieces with it so I can't dump it.
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By Alicia H. Munnell
As a person who has observed the Social Security program and its staff over the last 40 years, I was stunned by the recent New York Times op-ed "Social Security: It's Worse than You Think," by Gary King of Harvard and Samir S. Soneji of Dartmouth. King and Soneji argue that the Social Security actuaries significantly underestimate how long Americans will live and, thus, understate the costs to the program.
It is not uncommon for experts to disagree about the life expectancy estimates that underlie the actuaries' long-run cost projections; these debates have been going on for decades. But the allegations in the op-ed were that 1) the actuaries' methods were "antiquated, subjective, and needlessly complicated;" 2) they "omitted crucial health and demographic factors" (specifically declines in smoking and improvements in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease); and 3) the projections were "prone to…potential interference from political appointees." Those allegations go way beyond intellectual differences among experts. And the implications are larger than professional in-fighting, because they call into question the future of the program that serves as the backbone of the nation's retirement system.
First, it would be difficult for the methods to be "antiquated, subjective, and needlessly complicated" given the level of interaction between the Office of the Actuary and the country's most able demographers, economists, and health experts. Every four years, the independent Social Security Advisory Board (before 1994, the Quadrennial Advisory Council) has established technical panels that include experts from a variety of relevant fields. I served on one of these panels in 1990. After six months of review, the panel concluded that the work of Social Security's Office of the Actuary and Office of Research and Statistics was "professional and highly competent." I might be an easy touch, but the panel also included, among others, Larry Summers, former secretary of the Treasury and president of Harvard, who is well known for not suffering fools, and Peter Diamond, who was awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in economics. And every subsequent panel has come to a similar conclusion, even as they recommended changes in solvency measures, economic and demographic assumptions, and presentation.
Second, King and Soneji are simply incorrect about the Office of the Actuary ignoring the impact of progress on smoking and cardiovascular disease. Of course, they take these well-known factors into account. The Office of the Actuary looks at five well-defined groups of causes of death; these groups include cancer and respiratory disease, which are affected by smoking, and cardiovascular disease. The fact that these factors are already included explains why when King and Soneji overlay the projections with their assessment they double count the already embedded assumptions and do indeed produce "crazy" results.
Finally, the projections are protected from political interference. The Social Security projections are reviewed by a Board of Trustees, which consists of six political appointees: four from the executive branch and two public appointees from different political parties. Even if the political appointees were tempted to interfere, the public trustees would never let it happen. And my experience is that the political trustees have a strict policy of not interfering. As assistant secretary of the Treasury for economic policy in 1994, I was the Treasury's contact with the Office of the Actuary regarding their projections. I was dismayed to see the long-term deficit jump sharply on my watch. I really pushed to see whether the projected increase was called for. The actuaries were happy to answer any question and to show the data underlying their assessment. But it was clear that they were not cowed by questioning from a political appointee, and the secretary made it very clear that the Office of the Actuary had the last word on the numbers.
So it is perfectly possible that the Office of the Actuary's projections of life expectancy may be too low. Reasonable people can disagree on this point. But none of the op-ed allegations about methodology or political interference hold any water.


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CBS To Make A Brilliant Game Show Out Of 'Draw Something'
We've seen a number of truly ridiculous game shows that have come and went. But none seem as possibly hilarious to watch as the latest show that CBS has tucked into their pocket thanks to a successful bidding war.
You know the iPhone application called 'Draw Something'? Yes, that game. Well CBS is now turning that popular Pictionary-like app into a full on game show, reports Variety. They were in a fierce bidding war against several other networks but reign supreme. Sony and Embassy Row must be pretty happy right now.
So now that they have their hands on 'Draw Something,' a game that has been losing considerable momentum within the past few months, how will they execute it? Nothing has been specified as of yet so it'd be best to give them a couple words of advice.
If they want to make a fun show out of this, it could be something around the lines of drawing 'Double Dare.' You have groups of two paired up racing against the clock. One of the two players would be drawing their fastest within an allotted amount of time while the other quickly tries to figure out what's on the screen. There could be say as much as eight couples doing this during the first round and can be eliminated through failing to find out what's on their screen. Yes, it is around the same lines as Pictionary or 'Win, Lose or Draw' but 'Draw Something' has always been very similar to it.
What about the rest of you. Are you looking forward to seeing a 'Draw Something' show? Why or why not?


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The unfrozen caveman lawyer representing the organizers behind the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin faces down the Travis County Commissioners Court. Watch as they mock his transparent bullshit and lack of plans.
In order to get the U.S. Grand Prix built and running in time for the planned 2012 date the organizers behind it — a group of people who make Sammy Sosa look talkative — have to start building it in December. To start building they need to climb though a Legends of the Hidden Temple level of bureaucracy. Unfortunately someone didn't listen to Olmec because they're just now starting to talk to the County Comissioners and everyone else about the environmental, economic, and crazy traffic impact on the area.
They're pretty obviously hoping their connection with the state government and metric crap-ton of money will help them out. Here's hoping they're right, because the county government isn't buying it so far.


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Adam Rubin of ESPN NY reported on his Twitter page that the Mets officially signed John Lannan to a contract and added him to the 40-man roster.
Lannan is officially on the Opening Day roster as a reliever. During the Grapefruit league picthed in seven games and was 0-2, with a 4.91 ERA.
This will be the first time in his major league career, spanning 148 games, that he will pitch out of the bullpen.
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Maybe it's time for income investors to go on a hiring spree. Have you considered offering some unemployed CPA a chance to manage your finances year-round? Surely there's a former teacher out there who can tutor your kids or grandkids full time? Or is your garden big enough to merit a live-in mower and weed-puller?
I'm being sardonic, of course. But with the Federal Reserve this week explicitly tying interest rates to the unemployment rate for the first time, conservative investors (retirees included) are undoubtedly desperate to do whatever it takes to get the jobless rate down to the Fed's 6.5% target. Otherwise, the Fed will continue to keep interest rates near zero, crimping the yield on Treasurys and safer corporate bonds—and deriving a significant income from your bond portfolio will continue to be the investing equivalent of wringing blood from a turnip.
(The Fed also says it'll raise rates if inflation forecasts rise, but that development would hurt many bond owners in the short run. See more in the video below.)
In the meantime, investors face the same challenge they've been facing for four years and counting: Balancing the search for even kinda-sorta-decent yields against the greater risks that come with higher income. MarketWatch's Jonnelle Marte surveyed some investing pros for guidance about finding that sweet spot; she shares their advice here. And Encore will continue to look for more ideas on this topic from now until…well, possibly until 2015, since that's when the Fed thinks it'll hit its employment target.


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In this regard, I have taken the liberty of writing an open letter of appreciation to PTA, which I hope those amongst you who were equally troubled by the wild and libelous accusations against the regulator, will endorse...
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority
Dear Sir,
Let me place on record our deep and abiding appreciation of your much misunderstood initiative to purge our cell phones of words and phrases that rightfully should not ever be heard by unsuspecting ears, much less read by eyes that can burn holes inside innocent brains.
1. Your drive to return public discourse to civilized norms by removing the temptations of referring to gutter vocabulary like 'Athlete's Foot', 'Bewakoof', 'Breast', 'Cocktail', 'Creamy', 'Deposit', 'Dome', 'Evl', 'Femme', 'Four Twenty', 'Glazed Donut', 'Harder', 'Hole', 'Hostage', 'Idiot', 'Joint', 'K Mart', 'Kill', 'Looser', 'Lotion', 'Low Life', 'Mary Jane', 'Murder', 'Nimbu Sharbat', 'Oui', 'Phrase', 'Pussy Cat', 'Roach', 'Robber', 'Slant', 'Slime', 'Sniper', 'Spit', 'Stringer', 'Suicide', 'Tampon', 'Taxi', 'Trojan' and 'Trots' is very commendable. These words and phrases truly should remain where they belong, i.e. in the gutter.
2. But even more deserving of appreciation was your attempt to stand as a bulwark against the creeping Westernization of our culture by prohibiting references to NFL American 'football' players ('Rae Carruth', 'He Hate Me'; is Shahid Afridi not good enough for these degenerates?), American cable channels ('Showtime'; Hum TV zindabad!), American concepts of revenue generation ('Primetime'), West African nations ('Niger'; what have they ever done for us?), Anglo-American serial murderers ('Jack the Ripper', 'Dahmer'; the ignoring of our indigenous Javed Iqbals is shameful) and imported racist terms ('Nigga', 'Yellow Man', 'Polack'; when he have our own homegrown terms like 'choorrha', 'matarwa' and 'phheena', what is the need to look elsewhere?). In fact, you have also prophetically pointed out terms which we actually have no idea about ('Ingin', 'Giehn') but which we are sure are part of the same dirty conspiracy to subvert indigenous Pakistani culture.
3. As a special exception, we are also grateful that you have recognized the vulgarity introduced by 'Chunni'. Ms. Saigol, who presents herself as a doyenne of eastern culture, should immediately desist from using this diminutive form of her name, which in any case, does not befit the high prices she charges for her jewellery.
4. We are also extremely appreciative of your attempts to wipe out the scourge of cruelty against animals, who are, after all, God's beautiful creatures but cannot express themselves in the same ways that humans can. Thus we are happy that references to 'Flogging the Dolphin', 'Spanking the Monkey' and 'Axing the Weasel' have been made verboten. However, may we in all humility suggest that 'Choking the Snake', 'Corralling the Tadpoles', 'Draining the Monster', 'Flogging the Dog', Galloping the Antelope', 'Grappling the Gorilla', 'Hacking the Hog', 'Loping the Mule', 'Milking the Moose', 'Perling the Oyster', 'Petting the Lizard', 'Playing with the Spitting Llama', 'Pounding the Bald-headed Moose', 'Pumping the Python', 'Ramming the Ham', 'Roping the Pony', 'Shooting Flies', 'Slapping the Hamster', 'Snapping the Monkey', 'Stroking the One-Eyed Burping Gecko', 'Smacking the Bacon', 'Taunting the One-Eyed Weasel', 'Choking the Chicken' and 'Brushing the Beaver' are also worthy of your attention. Such inhumane treatment of poor, dumb animals should also be declared off-limits in your next iteration.
5. Your efforts to expand the horizons of sometimes parochial Pakistanis have been met with little understanding and typical obstinacy but we would like you to know that we are all for the inclusion of other Asian languages in your lists even if they may not be understood by the majority of Pakistanis. Terms such as 'Mayyaada', 'Deli Mali Guti', 'Kute Liche Ho Chublo', 'Meli Mali Guta', 'Monney Podey', 'Peasah Nah Mahr', 'Aayush', 'Lun Chung', 'Kamche', 'Chafu Gaan', 'Pim Pim' 'Havesh', 'Ranayadha', 'Gui Jo Tung', 'Pelay Ka Dala Ona Mandam', 'Lavander', 'Chinaal' and 'Mangachinamun' may not make much sense to most. But that's only until they, intrigued, make the effort to learn new languages. We understand your contribution to advancing the cause of education in this country.
6. We would also like to commend your team for attempting to ban perversions such as 'unfuckable' and 'No Sex'. As we all know, there is no such thing as the former and the latter is simply a conspiracy to deny the future might of Pakistani multitudes.
7. Few have understood or appreciated your single-handed, and may we add brilliant, ploy to change the worldwide image of Pakistan as a country constantly associated with terrorism, militancy, lack of governance and tinpot military dictatorships. But we, Chairman sahib, understand it well and give you a standing ovation for this. If any proof is needed for doubters, you should tell them to watch the following clip:
Tell them, sir, to point out another instance where the mention of Pakistan brought a smile on the lips of Americans. Tell them to point out when was the last time they heard something about Pakistan in the foreign media and did not hear the adjectives 'double-dealing', 'disastrous', 'corruption-ridden' or 'crumbling' also mentioned. Bravo, sir, bravo! It takes real brilliance for such ingeniousness and insight into media handling.
P.S.: You should however write to Rachel Maddow and correct her disinformation. People should know that it is not 'Monkey Crotch' that is banned but 'Crotch Monkey' and that there's a difference. She should also be told that 'Butt' by itself is not forbidden (we are not so naive!), only 22 variations of when it is combined with other words.
8. We could go on but finally, sir, we wish to give you plaudits for raising the morale of the civil servants who work under you. Months of bureaucratic work must have seemed like one big festive party to your staff which no doubt transformed a government job from a daily grind into something to look forward to every day. We have mental imagery of your staff spending raucous days surfing porn sites to gather the search 'tags' that contributed to your lists, long sessions of camaraderie wherein staff recollected and explained obscure swear-words from their own adolescence to include in the non-English compilations, mirth and giggling previously unheard of in dour government offices and possibly copious amounts of consumption as well. A happy government office is a sign of a happy country. This is an atmosphere that should be encouraged and continued and we are happy to note that PTA has pointed out that the process will not stop here and pledged to continue updating the lists. However, just as a note of caution, you should possibly do regular tests on the quality of dope being supplied to the PTA offices. You would not want any unforeseen medical emergencies to come in the way of the good and important work you are doing.
We hope the recent misinformed hullabaloo over your endeavours is resolved soon and that you can continue raising the stature of Pakistan.
With the best of regards,
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A Look Back on the Decoupling Debate
The US is too big to be "just another nation," but it is too weak to be one-half of a couple.
Back in March of 2008, I wrote a brief commentary on the then-active discussion of "coupling" and "decoupling" titled Global Decoupling Underway. In it, I wrote:
The current debate over whether or not emerging market economies are "coupled' or "uncoupled" to the US misses the point. It suggests that this is an "either/or" situation. Nonsense. This is a transition from one to the other. The economies of emerging markets haven't decoupled from the US economy, they're decoupling. It's a waste of our time to argue whether the transition is over (is a transition ever really over?), but it's worth our time to accept that it's underway.
It's been nearly three years now. The old debate fades. The word "couple" refers to two partners. Back in the days of the Cold War, most nations found themselves "coupled" with either the US or the Soviet Union, whether they liked it or not. Those days are over. Coupling is no longer an appropriate term. Markets are "globalized," "networked," "inter-connected," or whatever term you like, but being "coupled" is no longer relevant for much of the world. The US is still the biggest market. It is a wealthy market. It is a troubled market. It is a debt-ridden market. It is many things, but it is not what it once was and I see no good reason why that should change any time soon.
Having spent more than four decades working in more than 40 nations, I have quite a network of friends and associates in business in many locations globally. I have watched a progression that might be summed up as follows:
1. What's going in the US?
2. Man, they really have screwed up.
3. Is this going to be a disaster for our firm? (Are we "coupled" with the US?)
There were basically three results:
1. We've been hurt, but not that much.
2. We've been hurt a lot, but we've scrambled to find new market opportunities outside the US and have found them.
3. We've been hurt a lot and haven't found replacements (we are coupled).
The last group is nowhere near as large as some had predicted and as many of these firms had feared in 2008. Life moves on, business moves on, and coupling is not a term used these days.
None of this comes as a big surprise from my perspective. It's all just part of that "transition" I spoke of. What has surprised me is how rapid the transition has been. You can hear it in the casual conversation of non-US business executives. In 2007-08, the conversation often revolved around understanding the severity of the US housing bust. Then it centered on the presidential election. For a few months in 2009, it focused on the new US president and what he chose to do. Then it started to die out as a topic rather quickly. There was an occasional burst of interest in the Tea Party movement, but nothing dramatic.
Nowadays, the US economy and its politics rarely are the focus of conversation, if the topic is raised at all, unless there is a very specific reason to raise it. The US is like the eurozone and European Union. They've gotten themselves in trouble. They don't seem to have any clear direction. There isn't anything we can do about it, anyhow. When they make up their minds as to their futures, we will be interested. In the meantime, we're busy. No one wants to be "coupled" with someone else's disaster, even in general conversation.
The State of the Union message didn't help clarify matters at all. Most non-US businesspeople did not hear it or read it, they only heard a little about it in media summaries. The one thing that seems to have caught their attention is the "Sputnik moment." How odd that a US president considered to be "young" would reach back over half a century to offer inspiration. The great majority of the world's population wasn't even alive in 1957.
I was amused by the number of younger businesspeople who asked, what is Sputnik? Others, the middle-aged, often vaguely remembered that it was a Russian satellite, but what was this "Sputnik moment" about? I do my best to explain President Obama's reason for mentioning it, but that only gets me bored looks. If the Americans have had their "Sputnik moment," we will only know it by its results. It may be awhile before we see any, so life moves on and business moves on.
For now, and likely for some time to come, "coupling" is a non-issue. Of course, if the Americans (or Europeans) do something really stupid, it may arise again, but it will be an old issue resurrected, not a new one, and those outside the US and Europe (the folks with the money) will simply have to deal with it. But the concern today is nowhere near what the fear was three years ago.
In other words, the transition continues, although a bit faster than many had anticipated, including me. If it has to pick up steam in the future, it will. If not, it will keep rolling along as it is now. The US is too big to be "just another nation," but it is too weak to be one-half of a couple.
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Recently, Don Norman, from The Nielsen Norman Group, posted (Technology First, Needs Last) what seems to be a provocative assertion that in product design, technology comes first, then it's user needs. Put another way, of all the notable innovation to emerge the driver was technology (and not what UX design folk universally believe – user observation and ethnography). Norman cites examples of how new products evolve when technologist take existing products and serendipitously produce innovative products. The examples include: "The Airplane, The Automobile, The Telephone, The Radio, The Television, The Computer, The Personal Computer, The Internet, SMS Text Messaging, and The Cellphone"
While still relatively new to the field of interaction design and all its associated family of off-shoots, I've found myself at a cross road of understanding. I'm looking for some clear thinking of what truly exists (of possible). The most frusting thing about the aforementioned assertions is it's personally frustrating that I have no absolute stance. Let me continue and take a stab at it at this posts conclusion.
I'm currently reading Alan Coopers', The Inmates Are Running The Asylum, in which Cooper begins by arguing that in a world of products operated by computer chips, products are being designed that do exactly what their programmers instruct them to do with very little user empathy. From his writings I deduce Cooper implies that we need to do more ethnography so that products offer better support and function to its users. Where technology leads it seems difficult to achieve this.
In James Kalbach's post, Don Norman on Ethnography and Innovation, he counters Norman's Edison example deducing:
"It would also appear that Edison did a type of ethnographic observation in inventing the light bulb"
My view of product design and innovation is that before a new product is realised many hours of work goes into understanding what users need or what would help better fulfill a users tasks. Time is spent observing – through ethnography and other methods – users and how they interact with their surroundings. Also, a great deal of time is spent truly understanding exactly what the problems are. Answering the 'why do we need it?' questions. After reading Norman's piece I can see that there are alternative instances where innovation stems from evolution alone (using technology). As the world moves through the technology age, more and more instances of 'technology-first' will become evident.
My views are divided. I fully accept that new products (and services) are created by technologists first, especially nowaday's for example in web applications, thus supporting Norman's assertion. But, I also accept that there is a huge and essential role in understanding user needs that leads to innovative products development (and services).


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Duke also saw an inefficient heating system, an overworked laundry facility, faculty salaries that were not competitive, and a campus crisscrossed by clumsy boardwalks. He got right to work and over the next 30 years he would change the landscape of the physical campus dramatically as well as the landscape of academics. He would earn his nickname, "The Builder."When Samuel Page Duke became the second president of the State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg, he faced a school with few funds and a physical plant with great needs. More space was needed.
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Samuel Duke was a personable and athletic man, who took over the new school with an energetic blend of pragmatism and efficiency. His faculty found him "approachable, frank and absolutely honest," according to historian [Ray] Dingledine. His office was the "nerve center of the institution" and he participated in every facet of the school, from athletic competitions to student dances to the development of a nine-hole golf course on campus.
Like his predecessor, Samuel Duke was only 33 when he became president. In the first 10 years of his tenure, the campus would gain five new buildings: Alumnae, Sheldon, Keezell with an indoor pool, Johnston and Varner, the first home economics practice house. He would also see the development of the first varsity basketball and swim teams, the first degrees awarded men, the first orchestra, and the first student publication, The Breeze.
Mission reflected in name
President Duke believed the mission of the school should be reflected in its name. Twice he encouraged the legislature to adopt a name which would reflect a broader mission. In 1924, the State Normal School for Women became the State Teachers College at Harrisonburg.
Fourteen years later, in 1938, President Duke would promote James Madison as the school's [eponym] and Madison College as a name more accurately describing the school. …
In the decades that followed bringing coeducation and university status, the school's name would become a cohesive force.
Debating a new college name
Debating a new college name, many local residents preferred to keep "Harrisonburg" as part of the school's name. The more provincial "Harrison College" honoring both local educators and William Henry Harrison, the country's Virginia-born and ninth president, also won considerable support locally.
President Duke, however, argued persuasively that the nation's fourth president had been a champion of public schools and of higher education, in addition to being the "Father of the Constitution."
President Duke's choice prevailed and on June 12, 1938, the State Teachers College at Harrisonburg became Madison College. It was a choice the future would resoundingly affirm. In only a few decades, the horizons of the college, like Madison's young nation, would expand far beyond the Shenandoah Valley and Harrisonburg. By the turn of the next century, the scope would be global.
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Poisoned Pen Press, Dec 2003, 24.95, 330 pp. ISBN 1590580982 Every time the Earl and Countess throw a house party, somebody prominent gets murdered and the whole affair becomes a media event. Lord and Lady Burford have not sponsored a social event in their Carolean mansion Alderley in over six months, but when a distant relative asks, they agree to have the reading of a will read in their home and have the heirs stay overnight. When the will ...


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Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev broke his silence on the death and devastation he caused two years ago with words that were not a political tirade or a justification.
He apologized to his victims and their families at his formal sentencing Wednesday in federal court.
"I am sorry for the lives that I've taken, for the suffering that I've caused you, for the damage that I've done — irreparable damage," the 21-year-old former college student said, speaking haltingly in his Russian accent.
But some bombing survivors saw his apology as disingenuous and incomplete.
"After we heard it, we wished we hadn't," said Lynn Julian, who suffered a...


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Jia News, the latest Hindi TV news station to hit India's airwaves, is set to launch on 5 October.
Founded and funded by chairman Rohan Jagdale, the channel will be based in Noida, with 16 bureaus, reports Indiantelevision.com. Offices are being set up in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Maharasthra, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana. However, news from the south of India will be provided in partnership with ANI.
Jia will reportedly comprise 60% current affairs content, with an equal split on sports and entertainment content. Madhulika Jagdale, Rohan's wife, is channel director, with Joy Sebastian channel head and Ashish Mishra chief editor. In total, 150 staff will man the operation, with a chief executive yet to be appointed.
Jia News will initially only be available on cable TV networks, with a projected reach of up to 15 million viewers.


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What Are Indiana's Hottest Jobs?
Indiana residents may want to consider saving lives, unclogging toilets or becoming professional drug dealers (more commonly referred to as pharmacists) if they want to land a career with the most opportunity, according to the latest Hoosier Hot 50 Jobs list.
Last week, the Indiana Department of Workforce Development released its annual list of the most wanted and well-paying jobs the state currently has to offer - most of which are in the medical field requiring a two-year degree or higher.
Interestingly, this year's list took a dramatic turn, as 20 of the positions that made last year's "Hot 50" have been replaced with 20 new jobs. In fact, only three of this year's top 10 even made the cut last time around.
Topping this year's highest paid on the Hot 50 list were dentists, with an annual salary of nearly $163,500. Incidentally, dental assistants earned the least amount of money of anyone on the list – earning about $34,400.
Indiana's 10 Hottest Jobs
1. Physician and Surgeon
2. Registered Nurse
3. Physical Therapist
4. Dental Hygienist
5. Computer Software Engineer
6. Postsecondary Teacher
7. Plumber
8. Pharmacist
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U.S. agriculture is "facing some of the biggest changes we've ever seen in this country's history, both in terms of policy and markets," says Jay Vroom, president, CropLife America, Washington.
While there "is a tremendous amount of leadership in Congress looking out for agriculture," recent budget reconciliation and debt reduction actions "have taken a whack" out of funding for farm supports and other USDA programs, he said at the annual conference of the Southern Crop Production Association at Orlando, Fla.
In effect, he said, Congress has been rewriting the current farm bill "in fits and starts, on an almost-daily basis," as they look for ways to reduce the federal deficit.
"U.S. spending on agricultural programs has already declined substantially over the past few years…and World Trade Organization pressures to move away from traditional farm production subsidies toward more spending on conservation incentives, will also have a considerable impact on our industry and our farm customers.
"We've already seen a big shift since the early 1990s on more dollars going to conservation incentives, wetlands, etc., than on traditional farm programs, and that trend will go further as we see the impact of the 2007 farm bill and WTO negotiations."
Vroom, who serves as the U.S. crop protection industry's chief representative before congressional and regulatory bodies and international agriculture and industry organizations, says "a big challenge is to figure how our industry fits into this equation for conservation spending and the direction we need to take, from a policy standpoint, in Washington."
A lot of the USDA dollars already spent on conservation were mostly for one-time, big ticket projects, he said. "That's helpful to local farm economies, but it likely isn't sustainable from a continuing cash flow standpoint. I think our industry needs to be looking at how we fit in terms of having a sustainable revenue stream through a recognition in policy that there is a role for our technologies in these conservation incentives, and how we can take advantage of those opportunities."
One of the things CropLife has been doing is developing relationships with major conservation organizations, Vroom said.
"This year, our members have contributed more than $350,000 worth of pesticide technology for use by Ducks Unlimited and their conservation partners, primarily state/federal wildlife refuge managers, in restoring or establishing ducks habitat that's being threatened by invasive species. We've got some excellent publicity from this, and it's a great way to point out that pesticide technology can have an important role in helping to preserve habitat for wildlife.
"There's also a great story in terms of our role in energy conservation through reduced tillage and no-till operations, resulting in reductions in the amount of total energy required to produce crops, as well as contributing to the conservation of soil and water resources."
The number of agchem products going off patent in relation to new products coming on the market is having an impact on the sector, Vroom said, as companies in both arenas try to influence policy.
"But, we have a general interest in working together to develop the best public policy and allow the marketplace to work in resolving these sorting-out issues. When our farmer customers are given the best technologies available — whether traditional chemistry or new biotech products — they can make these decisions year-in and year-out in a manner that allows the marketplace to work."
CropLife's No. 1 short term issue, Vroom said, is sustaining the current voluntary container recycling program through the Agricultural Container Recycling Corporation.
"We've made participation in ACRC a condition of CropLife membership, and our industry has been very supportive of this. But we're at a point of crisis because of the growth of generic companies that aren't supportive of the ACRS container collection/stewardship program."
Vroom said CropLife has asked the EPA to consider making container recycling a regulatory requirement at the federal level.
"We don't feel it's fair for our members to bear the burden of paying for everyone's container collection," he said. Also, many state regulators are looking at making pesticide container recycling mandatory in their states.
"We think we'd be much better off having the EPA design a uniform national program…with ACRC as a satisfactory compliance mechanism, as opposed to a patchwork effort by states to force container recycling in a very haphazard manner."
Addressing the issue of spray drift, Vroom said CropLife's position is that it should be a separate issue from the Clean Water Act, as proposed by the EPA.
"We need to have a clear regulatory policy that implements the risk standards and move away from the 'one molecule drifting past the edge of a field and you're in court approach.' We feel we should get back to focusing on what we've actually been doing for decades: managing risk…so it represents less and less a significant economic liability or regulatory liability for our industry and our customers.
"Our members have already invested more than $35 million for research to find better ways to manage and contain drift, and we've been recognized by the EPA for the reductions we've already achieved through our investments in research and development."
Because of widespread lawsuits, many of them "frivolous," Vroom said, "our industry has perhaps the largest potential liability exposure of any in the nation."
CropLife is working with the EPA and members of congressional agriculture committees about revisions to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act "to restore some of the protection we've lost.
"We all have a common interest in policies that allow us to manage our liability in a manner that is predictable and maintain a viable business position," Vroom said.
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New England's Fagundez earns MLS Player of the Week honor
New York, NY – New England Revolution forward Diego Fagundez was named the Player of the Week on Monday for Week 14 of the 2013 regular season.
The 18-year-old homegrown player has come into his own recently, leading the New England attack with four goals in his last four games. Fagundez was the driving force for the Revs in Sunday's 5-0 destruction of the two-time defending champion Los Angeles Galaxy, scoring one goal and adding a pair of assists.
Fagundez got his first assist in the 33rd minute with a beautiful one touch give-and-go with Saer Sene just outside the penalty area, which Sene neatly finished to put the Revolution up 1-0.
His second assist came in the 71st minute, when Fagundez played a quick free kick to Lee Nguyen who ran into the penalty area and slotted the ball through Galaxy goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini's legs.
Fagundez added a goal in the 87th minute, finishing a nice give-and-go with Kelyn Rowe inside the penalty area.
The MLS Player of the Week award is selected each week by the North American Soccer Reporters. The group consists of members of online, print, television, and radio media.
2013 MLS Player of the Week winners:
Week 1: Mike Magee (Los Angeles Galaxy)
Week 2: Robert Earnshaw (Toronto FC)
Week 3: Bill Hamid (D.C. United)
Week 4: Juan Agudelo (Chivas USA)
Week 5: Will Johnson (Portland Timbers)
Week 6: Ryan Johnson (Portland Timbers)
Week 7: Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo)
Week 8: Jack McInerney (Philadelphia Union)
Week 9: Tim Cahill (Red Bull New York)
Week 10: Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)
Week 11: Will Bruin (Houston Dynamo)
Week 12: Eddie Johnson (Seattle Sounders)
Week 13: Marco Di Vaio (Montreal Impact)
Week 14: Diego Fagundez (New England Revolution)


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Consciousness is an epiphenomenon of the brain. It can't exist apart from the brain; the brain causes it. If you are referring to the conscience in the sense of guilt over doing supposedly bad things, that is instilled by our family and society, is it not? Feelings? They just are part of our natural responses to events in our life. No brain, no feelings.
I think our soul is that part of us we cannot touch. It exists. It's there, we all feel it. But we don't exactly know how to describe it. I always say the eyes are the window to the soul. It's true. You can tell a lot about a person by looking at their face.
It's there, we all feel it.
My guess is that what you are calling the soul is just a person's personality, or even more simply, their mind. If you want to get poetic about it, you could call it someone's "essence" or their "soul" if you want to—but not in a literal sense. The difference is that you seem to think that this soul literally exists as a thing distinct from the brain and the rest of the physical body. Most of us atheists do not. The mind is a product of the human brain. All scientific evidence points to this conclusion, even though exactly how it does that is still something of a mystery.
My question to you would be: what is the difference between the mind and the soul? Earlier you suggested that our conscience and our feelings are evidence of the soul, but all of that is just our mind, isn't it? The mind isn't just the thinking/contemplating/calculating part of us, it's our feelings and intuitions, too—both conscious and subconscious—and the sum total of these things make up our unique personality. The entire field of psychology is founded upon this simple truth. I'm not sure what else you think there is to a person that could be called a literal soul.
Do not fear death, when you are dead, you won't know it!
I'm building a giant concrete pyramid behind my house. Just can't find good mummification technicians here in the bible belt.
bwa hah ahahahaha windows to the soul. Yes, you can tell a lot about someone by looking at their face and into their eyes, but not because it's magical. Over the span of your life its just another form of language that you learn and record in your brain. You can also tell a lot about a person by they shoes..where they goin..where they been..I bet if I think hard enough I can remember my first pair of shoes...Momma said they was my magic shoooess...Momma said they would take me anywhere!
Uhm, we die - how old are you?
so you guys don't think we have any kind of espiritual side that passes one after we die? How do you explain ghosts or hauntings, or things like that?
I'm 25 Heather
I explain ghosts/hauntings as superstitious narratives believed by people well under 25.


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Woodcock, B.A. and Vogiatzakis, I.N. and Westbury, D.B. and Lawson, C.S. and Edwards, A.R. and Brook, A.J. and Harris, S.J. and Lock, K.A. and Maczey, N and Masters, G and Brown, V.K. and Mortimer, S.R.
The Role of Management and Landscape Context in the Restoration of Grassland Phytophagous Beetles.
Journal of Applied Ecology, 47 (2).
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We wrote a live blog of the U.S. stock market Tuesday. You can read a rundown of the stock market in Market Snapshot and for notable moving stocks here.
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- 4:31 pm
- Good day, worse after hours
- by Laura Mandaro
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We're heavy into the after-hours session. But first, here's how the indexes closed:
DJIA + 91 points to 15,928, its best day in two weeks, quitting a five-session loss streak.
S&P 500 +11 points to 1,792.
Nasdaq Composite +14 points to 4,098
Yahoo shares gained before the bell. But they're cratering after hours on worse-than-forecast display ad sales.
- 3:34 pm
- Netflix Inc jumps
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Netflix Inc is another high-flying stock today, up 6%. Earlier, the Wall Street Journal reported that the video streaming company plans to expand into Europe.
The stock has gained nearly 10% since the beginning of the year and is up nearly 150% in the past 12 months.
- 3:13 pm
- Main indexes
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Less than an hour before the closing bell, main indexes are firmly in green. The gains are certainly modest compared to big losses in the past few sessions.
S&P 500 /quotes/zigman/3870025/realtime SPX +0.6%
Dow /quotes/zigman/627449/realtime DJIA +0.5%
Nasdaq /quotes/zigman/12633936/realtime COMP +0.2%
- 3:02 pm
- What to expect from Yahoo! Inc
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Yahoo! Inc /quotes/zigman/59898/delayed /quotes/nls/yhoo YHOO shares rallied more than 3% ahead of quarterly results, due to be released after the closing bell. And some analysts say the honeymoon is over.
Yahoo shares have risen 140% since Marissa Mayer was appointed CEO in July of 2012.
- 2:37 pm
- T.Rowe Price rallies
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Shares in T. Rowe Price Group /quotes/zigman/84920/delayed /quotes/nls/trow TROW rallied 5.9% as investors welcomed better-than-expected quarterly results. The asset management company said profits rose 24%.
- 2:16 pm
- In other markets
- by Anora Mahmudova
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European stocks ended higher after three days of losses. U.K. stocks rose after strong GDP data.
Asian stock markets also stabilized after steep selling in the past few sessions.
Gold futures fall for the second straight session, as flight to perceived havens abates.
- 1:57 pm
- S&P 500 sectors
- by Anora Mahmudova
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A look at the S&P 500 sectors shows there is a bit more risk appetite in today's market. Financials and industrials are leading broad-based gains. Nine of ten main sectors are in positive territory. Tech stocks are the only ones trading lower, largely due to losses in Apple Inc.
- 1:45 pm
- Herbalife skids
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Herbalife shares slid – down 2.5% after reports that Canadian regulators launched a probe to investigate allegations that the company is operating a pyramid scheme.
The stock lost more than 20% of its market value since the start of the year.
- 1:32 pm
- Nasdaq breaks surface for air, holding at slight gain
- by Wallace Witkowski
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The Nasdaq Composite Index /quotes/zigman/12633936/realtime COMP managed to swing back to a slight gain after spending most of the session in the red. The index was up 0.1% at 4,088 in recent activity, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average /quotes/zigman/627449/realtime DJIA and the S&P 500 Index /quotes/zigman/3870025/realtime SPX both up around 0.6%.
- 1:19 pm
- Homebuilder earnings counteract data drag
- by Wallace Witkowski
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D.R. Horton Inc. earnings dug homebuilder stocks out of Monday's hole. D.R. Horton beating Wall Street earnings estimates and rosy outlook countered Monday's data that December new home sales had declined.
D.R Horton /quotes/zigman/224125/delayed /quotes/nls/dhi DHI shares were up 9.8%, for a weekly gain of 10%.
KB Home /quotes/zigman/274921/delayed /quotes/nls/kbh KBH shares rose 3.5% for a weekly gain of 0.7%
Toll Brothers Inc. /quotes/zigman/243733/delayed /quotes/nls/tol TOL shares advanced 3.3% for a weekly gain of 1.6%
Beazer Homes USA Inc. /quotes/zigman/12231718/delayed /quotes/nls/bzh BZH shares gained 4.3%, and are up 3.2% for the week.
Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. /quotes/zigman/229621/delayed /quotes/nls/hov HOV shares rose 3% for a weekly gain of 1.2%.
PulteGroup Inc. /quotes/zigman/129784/delayed /quotes/nls/phm PHM shares advanced 3.2% for a gain of 2.4% on the week.
Lennar Corp. /quotes/zigman/232035/delayed /quotes/nls/len LEN shares rose 4.3% for a 3.8% weekly gain.
NVR Inc. /quotes/zigman/132207/delayed /quotes/nls/nvr NVR was one of the few homebuilders this week whose gain on the week was larger than its daily gain after it posted strong earnings Monday. Shares of NVR rose 4% for the day and are up 9.4% for the week.
- 1:19 pm
- Stocks and the State of the Union
- by William Watts
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Energyproducers, railroads, mortgage-heavy banks and big manufacturers might be in line for some reaction to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night, says Jeffrey Kleintop, chief market strategist at LPL Financial.
But he notes that overall, the impact of the annual joint address to Congress isn't much of a market mover, as illustrated in the above chart. Here's how it might play out.
- 12:26 pm
- After the Bell: AT&T, Yahoo earnings on deck
- by Wallace Witkowski
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Earnings fun continues Tuesday with one Dow component and more tech results. Here's a quick look at how shares are trading today and year-to-date for companies with after-hours earnings reports:
AT&T Inc. /quotes/zigman/398198/delayed /quotes/nls/t T : up 0.4%, down 4.3% YTD
Yahoo Inc. /quotes/zigman/59898/delayed /quotes/nls/yhoo YHOO : up 1.3%, down 8.2% YTD
Amgen Inc. /quotes/zigman/19815/delayed /quotes/nls/amgn AMGN : up 1.4%, up 5.4% YTD
VMware Inc. /quotes/zigman/464645/delayed /quotes/nls/vmw VMW : up2.2%, up 6% YTD
Electronic Arts Inc. /quotes/zigman/71356/delayed /quotes/nls/ea EA : up 0.3%, up 7% YTD
Ace Ltd. /quotes/zigman/519506/delayed /quotes/nls/ace ACE : up 0.9%, down 9.3% YTD
- 12:14 pm
- Apple suppliers also feeling the pinch
- by Wallace Witkowski
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As goes Apple Inc. /quotes/zigman/68270/delayed /quotes/nls/aapl AAPL , so goes its suppliers. A blog by MarketWatch's @benpimentel notes that Apple suppliers are also feeling pressure from the tech giant's stock slide.
With Apple shares down nearly 8%:
Cirrus Logic Inc. /quotes/zigman/69936/delayed /quotes/nls/crus CRUS is down nearly 5%
Skyworks Solutions Inc. /quotes/zigman/88033/delayed /quotes/nls/swks SWKS is down nearly 3%
Qualcomm Inc. /quotes/zigman/77257/delayed /quotes/nls/qcom QCOM is down nearly 2%
Broadcom Corp. /quotes/zigman/66924/delayed /quotes/nls/brcm BRCM is down just over 1%.
- 11:58 am
- Nasdaq in red
- by Anora Mahmudova
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The Nasdaq Composite /quotes/zigman/12633936/realtime COMP turns negative. It is also trading in a narrow range.
- 11:33 am
- Main indexes
- by Anora Mahmudova
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A quick update on the main indexes: still in green, but earlier enthusiasm is on the wane.
S&P 500 /quotes/zigman/3870025/realtime SPX +0.4%
Dow /quotes/zigman/627449/realtime DJIA +0.4%
Nasdaq /quotes/zigman/12633936/realtime COMP – mostly flat
- 11:31 am
- Nasdaq 100
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Apple Inc is the heaviest-weighted stock on the Nasdaq 100 index and losses in the iPhone maker are dragging the index down. Nasdaq 100 includes the 100 largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
Currently, it is down 0.5%.
- 11:09 am
- Icahn buys more Apple stock
- by Anora Mahmudova
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It looks like Carl Icahn is using the dip in Apple to stock up on the stock:
Just bought $500 mln more $AAPL shares. My buying seems to be going neck-and-neck with Apple's buyback program, but hope they win that race.
— Carl Icahn (@Carl_C_Icahn) January 28, 2014
The news has not helped the stock. Yet. Shares still down more than 7%.
- 11:00 am
- Economic data
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Today's batch of economic data included durable goods orders, house prices and consumer confidence index. The headline numbers were mixes, but trends seem to hold strong.
Orders for big-item goods: overall orders plunged, but underlying details of the report are more encouraging, with business capital spending rising at the fastest rate in nearly two years.
Consumer confidence: Wall Street may be worried but consumers aren't, according to data released Tuesday
House prices: Although U.S. home prices ticked down in November, the first decline in a year, data released Tuesday signaled resiliency even as the housing market heads into the winter season
- 10:52 am
- "Expect more volatility"
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Rob Stein, CEO of Astor Investment Management expects more volatility and lower returns this quarter.
"It looks like markets reacted too much too fast in the past few days and now realizing that it was slightly overdone. This kind of bounce is expected when markets are oversold and calm returns."
Speaking about economic data, he believes the underlying trends are still strong.
"The headline numbers in the durable goods data was lower than expected, but it is a very volatile measure. The underlying trend is still robust and continues to grow. As to the consumer confidence, we tend to discount the index as it is just a survey of how people feel and has little meaning."
- 10:34 am
- Pfizer vs Apple
- by Laura Mandaro
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So there you have it. Blue-chip Pfizer is a bright spot while erstwhile growth stock Apple is all gloom.
- 10:30 am
- Apple rains on tech
- by Laura Mandaro
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Apple is the big disappointment. Shares are off 7%. It's the largest component on several indexes, particularly Nasdaq benchmarks, and that's causing the Nasdaq Composite to lag the other large-caps.
- 10:28 am
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- 10:28 am
- Consumer confidence sets a brighter tone
- by Laura Mandaro
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Good morning!
We're about an hour into the session and we're looking at a wave of green. Of 30 Dow stocks, 22 are higher, led by a 2%-plus rally in Pfizer.
Earnings from Pfizer, Ford and DuPont gave an early lift to sentiment, though durable goods and home-price data nearly sent stocks to another losing day. But indexes turned decidedly higher after consumer confidence.