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So what's left for the audience to hook into? Only pounding action, elegant style, steady-state suspense, marvelous acting and, despite that droll pooh-poohing every now and then, haunting explorations of youth, age and personal destiny. It's a lot to claim for a sci-fi thriller, but I was blown away by Rian Johnson's Looper.
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Their physical disparity notwithstanding, Gordon-Levitt and Willis both come across strongly, while Blunt effectively reveals Sara's tough and vulnerable sides.
The time swivels in Looper evoke some of Inception's fancy temporal tricks... But it's the glimpses of Children of Men-like societal dystopia that give the movie its real weight, and distinguish Johnson's third feature as a marked step forward.
When so much of what Hollywood churns out is almost instantly forgettable, it says a lot about a film when viewers want to take time to argue, ponder and puzzle over it.
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Smart, exciting sci-fi tale has violence, sex, and drugs.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that Looper is a sci-fi/time travel/action movie with adult material that's handled in an intelligent and sensitive enough way that older teens should be OK. The violence is mostly of the sci-fi/fantasy variety, with many guns and most characters getting shot at some point (some blood). Potential spoiler alert: A child is shot and killed off screen. The main character has suggested sex with two women; one is shown topless, and there's also kissing and groping. Language is strong but infrequent and includes uses of "f--k" and "s--t." Drugs are an issue; the main character is shown to be addicted to fictitious drugs, but his habit grows worse, and he's shown going through painful withdrawals. Characters learn to be less selfish, and there's a strong female lead.
Messages: The main character -- at two different ages -- begins the story by thinking entirely about himself. But by the end, he's learned to put others first. In a secondary theme, the movie asserts that a child will avoid growing up into an angry criminal if he can be raised by a loving parent.
Role models: Though the main character eventually does something heroic, he's actually fairly selfish throughout most of the film. Sara, however, is a strong female role model, trying to make up for past mistakes and devoting herself to motherhood.
Violence: Plenty of sci-fi/fantasy violence. Just about everyone has a gun, and most characters are shot at some point (in the face, head, heart); many die. Noticeable amounts of blood. In the most shocking sequence (potential spoiler alert!), the older Joe kills a child (off screen), hoping to prevent future disasters. He breaks down and cries afterward. There's a mild suggestion that two other children are in danger. A child throws frightening, supernatural temper tantrums that cause serious harm (in some cases, gorily so). A man's hand is smashed with a hammer. A man is punished via time travel, as parts of his body suddenly disappear (fingers, nose, legs, etc.).
Sex: The main character has suggested offscreen sex with a showgirl who seems to double as a call girl or prostitute. Viewers see them after the fact, and she's seen topless for a few moments. In a later scene, the main character has sex with the female lead. She seduces him and kisses him, and he reciprocates. The sex occurs off screen, and the movie cuts to them in bed afterward.
Language: Strong but not constant language includes several uses of "f--k," "a--hole," "ass," "s--t," "hell," "damn," and "p---y." Also, "goddamn," "Jesus Christ," and "oh my God" as exclamations.
Consumerism: Not applicable
Drinking, drugs and smoking: The main character habitually uses a fictitious eye-drop drug. He's shown waking up after a night of partying and needing more drugs. He goes through painful withdrawals in one scene. In a "flashback" to an alternate timeline, he becomes an addict and is shown graduating to harder drugs, something in a needle. One character smokes a cigarette after sex.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A Missouri man has been convicted of robbing three banks in northeastern Kansas and trying to hold up one of them a second time.
The U.S. Attorney's office says 55-year-old Charles Shaw, of Kansas City, Mo., was found guilty Friday following a jury trial in Topeka. He faces sentencing in February.
Shaw was convicted in the armed robbery of the Main Street Credit Union in Leavenworth on Nov. 24, 2010, and a holdup at Citizens National Bank, also in Leavenworth, on Feb. 14, 2011.
He was also found guilty of committing armed robbery at the Educational Credit Union in Topeka on Dec. 30, 2011, and of trying to rob the same institution six weeks later.
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He may be in his 90th year, but "Mad" Frankie Fraser is still causing mayhem.
It has emerged that the former gangland enforcer, who has spent 42 years in prison for 26 offenses, has been issued with an antisocial behavior order (ASBO) after an incident in his residential accommodation.
Fraser, who was jailed for 10 years in the so-called "torture trial" in 1967, is now frail and in poor health, but according to a new documentary, he is clearly not going gentle into any goodnight. He was given an ASBO after getting into an argument with a fellow resident and remains unrepentant about his life of crime.
Last seen in public in October last year at the funeral of his former boss, Charlie Richardson, Fraser is one of the few remaining members of a generation of "celebrity criminals." His life of crime started aged nine when he worked for the notorious Sabini gang, which ran protection rackets at the racecourses at a time when off-course betting was illegal.
"At the races, I'd be bucket boy," Fraser said in the documentary, Frankie Fraser's Last Stand, which is to be broadcast on the Crime and Investigation network on Sunday at 9pm.
A bucket boy would offer to clean the bookies' blackboards with a sponge, for which they were obliged to pay the Sabinis.
Both Fraser and his sister, Eva, were also active juvenile thieves.
"You name it, we nicked it," he said. "As I was growing up, I never had to buy a shirt — Eva made sure she nicked them for me."
A deserter during World War II — he pretended to be mad to avoid the call-up — Fraser was certified insane three times and spent time in Broadmoor, a high-security psychiatric unit where he was frequently punished for breaking prison rules or for fighting prison officers.
"I've done more bread and water [prison time] than any man alive," he said.
Of the war years, when he was heavily involved in theft from bombed-out stores, he said: "You wanted to win the war, but you wanted it to go on forever. It was a thief's paradise. Gor blimey. Whatever you nicked you could sell, they'd be queuing up to buy it off you."
After the war, he worked for underworld boss Billy Hill, for whom he carried out razor attacks.
"Hill paid by the stitch — if you put 50 stitches in a man's face, you could expect £50 [US$78]," said James Morton, Fraser's biographer.
News reports were checked to see how much was owing.
Fraser was jailed along with other members of the Richardson gang for violently punishing people who the Richardsons believed owed them money. His decision to join the Richardsons rather than their rivals, the Krays, has been described as "like China getting the atom bomb."
He emerged from jail in 1989 and has not been back since.
"Maybe he was bored with going to prison," Ronnie Richardson, Charlie's widow, told the TV program.
In 1991, while emerging from Turnmills nightclub in Clerkenwell, London, he was shot at by an unidentified gunman. One of his sons, David, said Fraser was unharmed and did not inform on his assailant.
"If you play by the sword, you've got to expect the sword as well," his son said.
Over the past decade or so he was on the cabaret circuit and ran gangland tours of London's East End, taking in such sights as the Blind Beggar pub, where Ronnie Kray shot dead George Cornell, one of the Richardson gang, in 1966.
A famous Monty Python sketch featuring the Piranha brothers, Doug and Dinsdale, has often been associated with Fraser and the Kray twins, and some aspects of the new documentary may add to this impression.
Fraser has complained in the past that "I had no help from my family — my mother and father were dead straight so I had to make my own way."
The new documentary returns to this theme, suggesting he had a hard time in prison because there were no criminals in his family.
"My father was the most honest man I've ever come across," Fraser said, who also refers to his Native American antecedents, saying his grandmother was "a Red Indian."
His sons said Fraser has no regrets: "He said: 'No, I wouldn't have done my life any other way.'"


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O Lord, I know the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man who walks to direct his own steps.—Jeremiah 10:23
The prophet here turns to a figure of speech, one which appears in the Scriptures so frequently that it is not easy to remember that it is but a figure. Man is seen as a traveler making his difficult way from a past he can but imperfectly recollect into a future about which he knows nothing. And he cannot stay, but must each morning strike his moving tent and journey on toward—and there is the heavy problem—toward what?
It is a simple axiom of the traveler that if he would arrive at the desired destination he must take the right road. How far a man may have traveled is not important; what matters is whether or not he is going the right way, whether the path he is following will bring him out at the right place at last. Sometimes there will be an end to the road, and maybe sooner than he knows; but when he has gone the last step of the way will he find himself in a tomorrow of light and peace, or will the day toward which he journeys be "a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness" The Set of the Sail, pp. 105-106
"I look around me, Lord, and everywhere I see aimless wanderers on a course toward eternal destruction. Help me to be more faithful, even today, to point them toward the right destination. Amen."
Reprinted from Tozer on Christian Leadership by A.W. Tozer, copyright © 2001 by Zur Ltd. Used by permission of WingSpread Publishers, a division of Zur Ltd.
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A SALVADOREAN nun who said she had no idea she was pregnant gave birth in Italy this week after she felt stomach cramps in her convent and was rushed to hospital.
The baby boy is presently, of course, an Atheist.Now, suppose the pope gets wind of this ... mightn't he figure this is THE way to boost the number of Catholics in the world.Not like the catholic church is short on horny priests, now is it?
The Church may not be short of 'horny' priests now but in many places there are juts not enough being trained for ministry. This really spans all the churches but a recent documentary about the training of Catholic priests in England showed there were very few compared with earlier times being trained. The need to recruit and train priests is actually quite urgent.
No, actually, I've come across all kinds of women who don't 'show'.Women of all kinds of body types. You think only overweight women could be pregnant without noticing but I've come across skinny women who could just keep wearing their regular clothes, even at 9 months pregnant. What we have here is a woman who was probably wearing loose fitting clothes, who was probably sticking to a fairly strict diet and who would most likely have been pretty much clueless about sexuality and reproduction ... entirely possible that she indeed hadn't the foggiest about what was going on.
... and she wouldn't have noticed when she was, er... inseminated?
Quote from: wheels5894 on January 20, 2014, 06:03:23 AM... and she wouldn't have noticed when she was, er... inseminated?Isn't that what's supposed to happen at the seminary?
Quote from: Mrjason on January 20, 2014, 06:14:25 AMQuote from: wheels5894 on January 20, 2014, 06:03:23 AM... and she wouldn't have noticed when she was, er... inseminated?Isn't that what's supposed to happen at the seminary?Are we back to randy priests here?
I read the OP as "Nam gives birth". I assumed he'd coughed up a lung.
Quote from: magicmiles on January 20, 2014, 05:57:34 PMI read the OP as "Nam gives birth". I assumed he'd coughed up a lung.Now that was funny.
or as is sadly likely, was raped.
Quote from: nogodsforme on January 20, 2014, 06:45:21 PM or as is sadly likely, was raped. What makes it more likely that she was raped than that she just met a bloke who charmed her habit off?
Not sure how much Latin American culture would have had to do with it, as she was at a convent in Italy. She may have lived there most of her life. We don't know. As you allude to, there is simply nothing in the article to indicate the circumstances surrounding her impregnation.
From Garrison Keiler on Prairie Home CompanionAn old priest invited the younger new priest to his house for dinner. When the young priest arrived, he was surprised to see that the old priest had a shapely, beautiful, sensuous house maid. During dinner, the young priest finally spoke up. "Father Jacob," he said, "I must ask you about your house maid. She is beautiful. Don't you find it difficult to resist temptation." The old priest looked at him coyly and said, "Of course not." A few days later, the house maid approached the old priest, and said, "Father, I'm concerned. I can't find the silver serving spoon. It's always right here in the drawer. I hate to say it, but it's been missing ever since you had dinner with the new priest." So the old priest, not wanting to seem accusatory, writes the new priest a letter. "Now I'm not saying that you took the silver serving spoon, and I'm not saying that you didn't take the silver serving spoon. But the fact remains that since you were here the silver serving spoon has been missing." A few days later the old priest received a letter from the new priest. "Now I'm not saying that you're sleeping with your house maid, and I'm not saying that you're not sleeping with your house maid, but the fact remains that if you were sleeping in your own bed, you would have found the serving spoon by now."
but it said the woman was 31. Could she really not know how babies were made?
^^^Remind me never to eat at Arby's.
I quite like the idea of nuns giving birth and the offspring being brought up as priests but I doubt the hierarchy are as impressed
Don't eat at KFC, either. I knew a girl who once worked there that inserted her "special sauce" directly, and then served it to a customer.-Nam


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Ex-Fla. Gov. Crist is writing book critical of GOP
NEW YORK (AP) — Charlie Crist, the former Florida governor who switched from the Republican Party to Democrat, is working on a book that strongly criticizes the GOP's conservative policies.
Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House, announced Wednesday it had acquired Crist's "The Party's Over: How the Extreme Right Hijacked the GOP and I became a Democrat." The book is scheduled to be published in early 2014.
According to Dutton, Crist will offer "very frank" opinions on Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush and other big-name Republicans.
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The original Marvel Phase One box set was delayed due to a lawsuit over the packaging it was to be shipped in. Now it looks like the set will be ready for release in it's new case on April 2 (via EW).
EW has also learned that the set will include some teases for the upcoming Marvel Phase Two. Marvel Studios producer Kevin Feige said it will include "footage, concept art, and a few new surprises" from Phase Two. Phase Two of Marvel's cinematic universe includes Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, and The Avengers 2. "Also, look for a nod to Iron Man 3 in the Tony Stark S.H.I.E.L.D. file in the box set," teased Feige.
The box set will also include deleted scenes not found on previous Blu-ray releases, like the alternate ending to Thor (which you can see over at EW). "We went back to the editor's assembly of each film and discovered some rare moments that dropped out of the films early on and had not been released on prior discs," said Feige.
The Phase One box set will include ten discs featuring six movies, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Captain America: The First Avenger, Thor, and Marvel's The Avengers. The set will now be enclosed in a new case but will still feature the 'working' Tesseract cube and S.H.I.E.L.D. files on most of the characters.


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The User-Initiated Document Delivery Task Force (Veronica Calderhead, Judy Gardner, Jim Nettleman, and Myoung Wilson, with assistance from Stephanie Tama, graduate assistant in public services and communications) was appointed by the Associate University Librarian for Public Services and Communications in October, 1999, to develop an online document delivery service that provides subsidized document delivery of articles not owned or licensed by Rutgers University Libraries (RUL), and that links indexing and abstract tools to RUL holdings.
The Task Force reviewed the literature, contacted other institutions that offer similar services, and interviewed various vendors via email (BioMedNet, ingenta, ISI, and UnCover). We quickly discovered discrepancies between our service criteria and what is available for immediate purchase in the market place. We also discovered that there are accelerating changes taking place in the document delivery market. For example, on January 14, 2000, after the first draft of this report was written, ingenta announced that it had merged with UnCover, providing ingenta's publishing customers with a distribution path to libraries and end users in the U.S. We believe that unmediated document delivery services are in transition. Our recommendation for subsidized unmediated ordering via an UnCover Customized Gateway is, therefore, an experiment and opportunity to gain experience with user initiated document requesting. Expanded services and improved user interfaces connecting widely distributed resources will result in new options for Rutgers to consider in the near future.
The Task Force examined lists of recently canceled serial titles and lists of most frequently ILL-requested serial titles. We do not, however, view unmediated document delivery as a replacement for canceled serials or ILL-requested articles. The document delivery service should be introduced as an expedited form of interlibrary loan. Graduate students, faculty, and staff will be given the opportunity to order articles needed immediately for their research and instruction from a set of UnCover journals not owned by Rutgers. RUL's collection of owned and licensed serial titles will continue to evolve, and our commitment to provide timely interlibrary loan for all titles not held by RUL is ongoing.
Our recommendation to exclude Rutgers undergraduates from the initial user-initiated document delivery service is based on limited funding and the assumption that with a $7.8 million materials budget, RUL owns or licenses a sufficient number of journals needed by undergraduates for basic research. This feature of the service depends upon the Collection Development Council achieving its goal to identify and refine the subscription list of core journals (print and electronic) at RUL.
Finally, the Task Force has reservations about targeting a document delivery service to graduate students, faculty, and staff that is tied to the UnCover database. UnCover is clearly not the index of choice of advanced researchers. Hence, the Task Force's recommendation to provide subsidized users at Rutgers, who discover citations from sources other than UnCover or Reveal, with a list of the titles available for document delivery on the libraries web page, with a link to our UnCover Gateway for ordering.
While there is uncertainty about the impact of the merger of ingenta and UnCover in the future, it is possible that ingenta will provide access to British publications not previously available from UnCover. At this time, the Task Force believes that UnCover is the most practical and viable document delivery supplier. We recommend RUL purchase an UnCover Customized Gateway and customize it to:
To block users from requesting full text articles from journals Rutgers owns in either print or electronic form, we will send UnCover a file of the current titles we hold. Serial titles that have Unicorn check-in records and serial titles with an 856 tag will be selected. In many cases a title will have both a check-in record and an 856 tag. Three basic data elements are required: Journal Title, ISSN, and URL. See UnCover's Gateway Installation Packet for details.
Users will be blocked from ordering articles from these titles. Ownership blocking by title is admittedly less than perfect. For example, users will not be permitted to request delivery of articles from missing issues or from back issues we don't own of a recently acquired serial title. And users will be permitted to request delivery of articles from the back runs we do own of recently canceled titles. UnCover also offers "scan blocking," based upon the open or closed status of summary holding statements. The Task Force recommends that scan blocking be reconsidered after Rutgers has implemented the USMARC serial holdings format.
When a serial title is blocked, a customized message (for example, "To check library holdings click here") will appear. The blocking message for our electronic serial titles with 856 tags will contain a link to the external journal source's URL. The blocking message for print titles could contain a link to IRIS's URL. Because URLs in the Unicorn webcat are dynamic, we can not link to specific journal title records in IRIS for a view of holdings.
User access to RUL's UnCover Customized Gateway will be by Internet Protocol numbers (IP's) in use at Rutgers. Users who are allowed access to RUL's proxy server are included. From RUL's UnCover Customized Gateway main page, users will be presented with two paths to the UnCover database. The first will be for Rutgers graduate students, faculty, and staff and will require validation for subsidized delivery. The second will be for all other RUL users, including Rutgers undergraduates, who can set up personal accounts and receive the discounted document delivery rate if they choose to place a personal order for copies of articles. In addition to our UnCover Customized Gateway, RUL should consider providing a link to Open Access UnCover for remote users who are not granted access to RUL's proxy server.
RUL will use patron validation to automatically set up core user profiles (system-created) for subsidized document delivery. We will select current Rutgers graduate students, faculty, and staff records from the Unicorn patron database and provide UnCover with a file of patron names and unique identification numbers (either SSN or library barcode). Updated files will be sent quarterly and expired users deleted. When eligible subsidized users set up individual user profiles they will still need to provide an address, e-mail address, voice phone number, and fax number. Our Deposit Account number and password for subsidized document delivery will be automatically suppressed.
RUL will send to UnCover a screen design, text, RUL's logo, and information links to user documentation. UnCover will use our wording and links to design the Customized Web Page "so as to preserve the 'look and feel' of the UnCover Web product."
Our Customized Gateway Web Page needs to include two links to the UnCover Gateway database. The first link will be for current Rutgers graduate students, faculty, and staff; and will require users to enter a User ID numbers to validate their eligibility for subsidized document delivery. Text for an invalid user screen and referral message will be sent to UnCover. An alternate link to the Gateway database will be for users who are not eligible to order subsidized articles. These users will not need to enter an ID number, but will receive the discounted document delivery rate if they wish to create individual profiles and make payment for articles using a credit card or individual deposit account.
A file of UnCover titles available for document delivery, currently 9,699 titles, can be provided by UnCover on a monthly basis. This file will be matched against the file of current RUL serial titles we send to UnCover for blocking, and Rutgers titles will be deleted. A web page will then be created (Entitled, for example, "Graduate Students, Faculty, and Staff -- Serial Titles Available for Subsidized Unmediated Document Delivery" - or - "Graduate Students, Faculty, Staff - Order Articles from these Serials"), listing the titles, giving information about the service, and providing a link to the UnCover Gateway for ordering. In addition, the Task Force recommends RUL investigate the feasibility of creating and maintaining brief IRIS records for the titles available for subsidized document delivery, with a link to the UnCover Gateway for ordering.
To track article ordering by user status and department, RUL will implement UnCover's Cost Center function. When placing an order, users will be prompted to select their status and department from a pull-down box. Up to seven pull-down boxes can be created, each containing up to twenty terms.
RUL will receive Monthly Gateway Usage Reports, Monthly Deposit/Billing Account Reports, and Monthly Cost Center Reports. Statistics will include breakdowns by user status; number of participants; number of orders; cost of orders; average cost per order; and journals ranked by expenditure, cost per article, total costs, and number of users.
Rutgers has a Reveal Site License and we will need to block subsidies for articles from serial titles we own when they are ordered by the Reveal reply e-mail order function. The Reveal SUMO (subsidized unmediated ordering) Filter will be set up to apply blocks on the basis of the serial file we supply to UnCover. Individuals may still order articles from our blocked titles, by using a personal credit card.
Rutgers users who already have an UnCover Reveal profile will need to create a new profile in order to take advantage of the subsidized document delivery service.
10 ports @ $2,500 per port (per year)
Includes features such as custom web screens, SUMO (subsidized unmediated ordering), and quarterly updates of RUL's serials file to the UnCover database.
|$ 25,000
|Automatic Profile Creation
|One time set up fee
|Patron Validation
One time setup fee
Quarterly maintenance (per year)
|Cost Center function
|One time setup fee
|Reveal SUMO Filter one time setup fee
|Reveal Custom Messaging one time setup fee
|Electronic file of titles available for Document Delivery, monthly updates (per year)
|Setup Fees
|$ 33,350
|Document Delivery
|$ 41,650
|$ 75,000
|Ports: 10 ports @ $2,500 per port (per year)
|$ 25,000
|Patron Validation, quarterly maintenance (per year)
|Electronic file of titles available for Document Delivery, monthly updates (per year)
|$ 27,000
Fill out the Gateway Installation Packet, including IP's, text for the customized Gateway screens, and messages. (Office of the AUL for Public Services & Communications)
Compile the file of serials with current check-in records and 856 tags. Set up a referring URL and test patron validation for subsidized document delivery. (Systems Department)
Send the complete Gateway Installation Packet, serial file, referring URL for patron validation to UnCover. (Office of the AUL for Public Services & Communications)
Create user documentation and an explanation of the service (LSU Libraries model, http://www.lib.lsu.edu/databases/descriptions/uncover.html)) for posting on the web. Compose publicity and news releases to make graduate students, faculty, and staff aware of the new service. (Office of the AUL for Public Services & Communications)
Notify Rutgers the Customized Gateway is available for testing, 45 days after receipt by UnCover of the Gateway Installation Packet. (UnCover Company).
Test the UnCover Customized Gateway and document delivery option. (Generalist Electronic Resources Team).
Post the Gateway and documentation to the Web, publicize the service . (Systems Department and Office of the AUL for Public Services & Communications)
Distribute UnCover Reports to the Collection Development and Public Services Councils. Evaluate service and Reports received to date, budget for next FY year. (Office of the AUL for Public Services & Communications)
Appoint an UnCover User-Initiated Document Delivery Evaluation Team to evaluate the UnCover service, review the market and services of other document delivery vendors. (Office of the AUL for Public Services & Communications)


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29 November 2010|
With clear sky on the horizon, race fans across Ontario poured into Toronto Motorsports Park for one final dose of adrenaline at the CSCS Season Finale presented by Bully Performance Clutch. CSCS is home to Canada's only pro sport compact drag series, Canada's largest time attack series, and Ontario's biggest drifting and Show & Shine series.
The Time Attack competition has been on fire in 2010 as almost every class has set new records every event. One of the crowd's favourites are the McGregor brothers, who tear up the track in their brand new BMW M coupes. Adam McGregor ran a 1.21.947 in the Super Street RWD class, earning 1st place and taking home the family bragging rights.
The hottest battle all season has been in the Super Street FWD class and this event was no exception. Nick Hui's Teknotik Civic set a staggering 1.22.264, edging soon-to-be 2010 CSCS National Champion, Terrence Davis, by 0.743 of a second. Jeff Pippy's Cosworth/Worx EvoX ran a 1.22.252, wining 1st place in the Super Street AWD class and making him the 2010 SSAWD CSCS National Champion.
The unlimited class had a few new faces as Mark Botelho's Defcon Integra took home 1st in the Unlimited FWD class with a 1.20.309, just 0.07 of a second ahead of soon-to-be 2010 UFWD CSCS National Champion, Brian Wong, in his NextMod/APH Civic. Sasha Anis was the current track record holder going into the finale in his SG Motorsports 350z. He proved that no one can touch him by breaking his own record with a 1.15.928, making him the 2010 URWD CSCS National Champion.
Jim Houghton's Integra dominated the Street FWD class with a 1.23.978. The Street AWD and Street RWD classes were won by Jason Lien's Stage 4 WRX and Jonathon Weir's Enmo S2000, respectively.
With a few new drivers on the roster and S1DC hoping to take home the 2010 CSCS Drift Championship, fans were in for a treat. The first round of eliminations saw some of the fan-favourites such as Chris St. John, Anthony NuVisions, and 2009 Champ Lucas Johnson, pack it up for the day. As the smoke cleared, Jon Fiddy's Skyline GTR edged Chris De La Cruz's BMW for 3rd place. The battle for first place saw two 240sx's line up as Cody Loughead beat Marcin Plaza, giving Cody the win and the 2010 CSCS Drifting National Championship.
PasMag cover car Gary Collins took home Best of Show 1st place in the Show & Shine competition, slightly ahead of 2010 CSCS Car of the Year Champion Sergio Sousa. For the third year in a row, Team of the Year went to Modified Society who once again showed unparalleled support for CSCS all season.
Drag racers were anxious to get the day started as the staging lanes filled up with familiar faces and a lot of new competitors, making it the biggest turnout of the year. At the top of the qualifying sheets was none other than Paul Bhawan in his all-purpose built cavalier with a time of 8.433 @ 130 mph. However, things would change in eliminations as Ryan Minton in his Honda Civic dominated the Pro Compact class for his first victory of the year. Mark Gentile took down the always strong Adam Drake in the Super Street Power Adder class while Orlando Tranch beat T.J. Ribeca in the JRP Street Warz finals. Marcell Brosseau beat Steve Edwards in a close final for Pure Street and David Knutson was victorious in the always competitive bracket class over Marcell Brosseau.
Team CSCS thanks all the competitors, sponsors and of course, the fans for making the 2010 season a success. Check out www.cscs.ca or follow CSCS at www.facebook.com/cscsracing for the 2011 schedule.
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Original 1954 Brown v. Board story
WASHINGTON (AP) — EDITOR'S NOTE: On May 17, 1954, a hushed crowd of spectators packed the Supreme Court, awaiting word on Brown v. Board of Education, a combination of five lawsuits brought by the NAACP's legal arm to challenge racial segregation in public schools. The high court decided unanimously that "separate but equal" education denied black children their constitutional right to equal protection under the law, effectively removing a cornerstone that propped up Jim Crow, or state-sanctioned segregation of the races.
AP reporter Herb Altschull chronicled the court's decision and what it meant for segregation, which in 1954 permeated many aspects of American life. Using the style and language of journalists of his era, including a reference to Asians as "Orientals," Altschull captured the uncertainty hanging over a society on the brink of seismic change. He noted that Dean Acheson, former secretary of state, and Herbert Brownell, the current attorney general, were in the courtroom. He reported the immediate, steely resistance of Gov. Herman Talmadge and Sen. Richard Russell of Georgia, where opposition to integration was strong. He described how Chief Justice Earl Warren departed from procedure and read the decision before distributing copies, and he quoted an optimistic Thurgood Marshall, the "Negro attorney from New York" who argued part of the case, as saying he believed Southerners would honor the Brown decision.
More importantly, Altschull explained that segregation wouldn't disappear overnight, and "a lengthy delay" in implementing Brown was likely — a statement that proved prescient.
FILE - This May 17, 1954 file photo shows, from left, George E.C. Hayes, Thurgood Marshall, and James M. Nabrit joining hands as they pose outside the Supreme Court in Washington. The three lawyers led the fight for abolition of segregation in public schools before the Supreme Court, which ruled today that segregation is unconstitutional. On May 17, 1954, a hushed crowd of spectators packed the Supreme Court, awaiting word on Brown v. Board of Education, a combination of five lawsuits brought by the NAACP's legal arm to challenge racial segregation in public schools. The high court decided unanimously that "separate but equal" education denied black children their constitutional right to equal protection under the law, effectively removing a cornerstone that propped up Jim Crow, or state-sanctioned segregation of the races. (AP Photo, File)
Additional action by the Supreme Court was required before integration finally took hold in U.S. classrooms, and vestiges of segregation linger to this day. Among the justices who heard those cases was Marshall, who was head of the NAACP's legal operation at the time of the Brown decision and went on to become the Supreme Court's first black justice in 1967.
Sixty years after its initial publication, The AP is making Altschull's compelling report available to its subscribers.
The Supreme Court ruled today that the states of the nation do not have the right to separate Negro and white pupils in different public schools.
By a unanimous 9-0 vote, the high court held that such segregation of the races is unconstitutional.
Chief Justice Warren read the historic decision to a packed but hushed gallery of spectators nearly two years after Negro residents of four states and the District of Columbia went before the court to challenge the principle of segregation.
The ruling does not end segregation at once. Further hearings were set for this fall to decide how and when to end the practice of segregation. Thus a lengthy delay is likely before the decision is carried out.
Dean Acheson, secretary of state under former President Harry Truman, was in the courtroom to hear the ruling. He called it "great and statesmanlike."
Atty. Gen. Brownell was also present. He declined comment immediately. Brownell and the Eisenhower administration, like Truman's, opposed segregation.
For years 17 southern and "border" states have imposed compulsory segregation on approximately two-thirds of the nation's Negroes. Officials of some states already are on record as saying they will close the schools rather than permit them to be operated with Negro and white pupils in the same classrooms.
In its decision, the high court struck down the long-standing "separate but equal" doctrine first laid down by the Supreme Court in 1896 when it maintained that segregation was all right if equal facilities were made available for Negroes and whites.
Here is the heart of today's decision as it deals with this hotly controverted doctrine:
"We come then to the question presented: Does segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race, even though the physical facilities and other 'tangible' factors may be equal, deprive the children of the minority group of equal education opportunities?"
"We believe that it does."
James C. Hagerty, presidential press secretary, told a news conference the White House would have no comment at this time. He noted that Warren's opinion said formulation of specific decrees must await later hearings.
Gov. Herman Talmadge, one of the most outspoken supporters of segregation, hit back from Atlanta that the court's decision had reduced the constitution to "a mere scrap of paper."
"It has blatantly ignored all law and precedent and usurped from the Congress and the people the power to amend the Constitution and from the Congress the authority to make the laws of the land," Talmadge said.
Thurgood Marshall, Negro attorney from New York who had argued the case against segregation last December, said he was highly pleased that the decision was unanimous and that the language used was unequivocal.
"Once the decision is made public to the South as well as to the North," Marshall said, "The people will get together for the first time and work this thing out."
He said he was not in any way fearful lest the final decree nibble away at the principles in the decision. Marshall said, too, he believes the people of the South will abide by the ruling. "The people of the South are just as law abiding as any other good citizens," he said.
Marshall is a special counsel for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, which has spearheaded the drive against segregation. He said NAACP people will meet this week to discuss "what we are going to do."
Today's decision was the first major ruling of the Supreme Court since Warren became chief justice last October, succeeding the late Fred Vinson.
The court confined its ruling to the question of the segregation of Negro public school pupils, but it obviously is applicable to the exclusion from public schools of any minority group-- Orientals, Mexicans, Puerto Ricans and so on.
Today's decision was the latest in a series of court rulings wiping out legal restrictions on Negroes.
In previous cases the Supreme Court had:
1. Ruled that colleges must admit Negroes to study professional courses not open to them in Negro colleges.
2. Ruled that Negroes may not be excluded from train and bus coaches operated in interstate travel.
3. Ruled that Negroes may not be barred from eating in restaurants in the District of Columbia.
The "separate but equal" doctrine was set forth in a 7-1 decision on May 18, 1896 in a case involving Homer Adolph Plessy, who was part Negro.
Plessy boarded a train for a ride from New Orleans to Covington, LA., and took a seat in a coach assigned to white passengers in violation of a Louisiana law which required segregation of whites and Negroes on trains.
The conductor asked Plessy to leave the white coach but he refused. A policeman arrested Plessy and took him to jail in New Orleans.
That set off a vigorous legal battle in which the Louisiana Supreme Court eventually upheld the state law. Plessy appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States and the decision went against him.
Justice Henry Billings Brown, who wrote that decision, said the Louisiana law was not in conflict with the U.S. Constitution since Plessy was not refused the right to ride in trains so long as he stayed in a coach restricted to Negroes.
Thus grew up the philosophy of "separate but equal" facilities. Warren, in today's decision, wrote that the Plessy case involved transportation, not public schools. Inasmuch as he called special attention to the distinction, it is apparent that the court is not now dismissing all forms of segregation.
Warren said that when the 14th Amendment was enacted, "education of Negroes was almost non-existent, and practically all of the race were illiterate. In fact, any education of Negroes was forbidden by law in some states."
"Today, in contrast, many Negroes have achieved outstanding success in the arts and sciences as well as in the business and professional world."
Warren noted that in the early 1870's when cases dealing with segregation first went to the Supreme Court, "compulsory education was virtually unknown" and that for this reason the question of school segregation was unimportant.
After the 1896 decision, Warren wrote, American courts began using it as a basis for decisions on all matters dealing with separation of Negroes and whites.
But it was not until the present cases were brought before the court, Warren said, that the "separate but equal" doctrine was challenged insofar as it might deal with public school education.
Warren noted that the lower courts, in finding against Negro appellants on the basis of the 1896 decision maintained that the Negro and white schools involved had, in fact, been equalized "with respect to buildings, curricula, qualifications and salaries of teachers and other 'tangible' factors."
But, the Chief Justice said, "our decision. cannot turn on merely a comparison of these tangible factors in the Negro and white schools involved in each of the cases. We must look instead to the effect of segregation itself on public education."
The Warren opinion recalled that in an earlier decision dealing with the question of whether Negroes should be admitted to graduate courses in segregated universities, the court had said this:
"To separate them (Negroes) from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone."
Reaction from Capitol Hill was swift and in some cases strongly critical.
Sen. Russell of Georgia, leader of Southern Democrats in the Senate, termed the decision "a flagrant abuse of judicial power." He said questions like that of segregation should be decided by the lawmakers, not the courts.
Other Southerners were plainly unhappy, but they did not go so far as Russell. Sen. Daniel (D-TEX) said the verdict was "disappointing" and that he couldn't see how the court could arrive at such a decision.
Sen. Ellender (D-LA) said, "I am of course very much disappointed by this. But I don't want to criticize the Supreme Court. It is bound to have a very great effect until we readjust ourselves to it."
He said there would be "violent repercussions" if enforcement were ordered too quickly.
Rep. Keating (R-NY), a strong backer of civil rights legislation, said "There is no doubt about the soundness of the court's decision."
Gov. William B. Umstead of North Carolina said in a statement put out by his office that he was "terribly disappointed."
J.M. Hinton, South Carolina conference president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), said:
"Christianity and democracy have been given a great place in America through the elimination of segregation in public school and communism has lost a talking point."
The appeals from the four states - Kansas, Delaware, Virginia and South Carolina - challenged the legality of segregation on the ground that it violated the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. The District of Columbia complaint alleged violation of the 5th Amendment.
The 14th Amendment, put through shortly after the end of the Civil War, was designed to reinforce the rights of the newly freed slaves. It said that no state may deprive any person of due process or equal rights under the law.
The 5th Amendment gives all persons involved in court cases dealing with federal matters the right to due process of law.
Actually, the court did not decide the question purely on the basis of these amendments.
Warren wrote that the court "cannot turn the clock back" to the enactment of the 14th Amendment in 1868 or the imposing of the "separate but equal" doctrine in 1896.
"We must consider public education," Warren wrote, "In the light of its full development and its present place in American life throughout the nation. "
"Only in this way can it be determined if segregation in public schools deprives these plaintiffs of the equal protection of the laws."
"Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments... It is the very foundation of good citizenship... In these days it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education."
"Such an opportunity where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms."
The court minced no words in applying the "equal rights" section of the 14th Amendment to the issue of school segregation. It said:
"We hold that the plaintiffs and others similarly situated for whom the action has been brought are, by reason of the segregation complained of, deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the 14th Amendment."
It disposed of the "due process" section in this way:
"This disposition makes unnecessary any discussion whether such segregation also violates the due process clause..."
That was for the cases of the four states. But in the District of Columbia case, the court applied the due process provisions of the 5th Amendment, saying:
"We hold that racial segregation in the public schools of the District of Columbia is a denial of the due process of law guaranteed by the 5th Amendment to the Constitution."
Warren's opinion noted that enforcement of the court ruling raised "problems of considerable complexity."
It was for this reason that the court ordered further arguments in the fall. Brownell and the attorneys general of all states where segregation is now permitted were invited to take part, so that appropriate decrees can be worked out.
Briefs must be filed by Oct. 1.
The decision was made public in a highly unusual manner. Normally, copies of Supreme Court rulings are given to reporters simultaneously with the start of their reading from the bench.
In this case, no copies were given out until after Warren had finished reading the opinion. Thus it was not until he was well into it was the full import of the court's decision known— that segregation had been ruled unconstitutional.
No reason was announced for this departure from the usual practice.
The court had weighed the issues for a long time. The first arguments on the cases were held in December, 1952. Rearguments were heard in December, 1953, after the Eisenhower Administration took over.
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Buzz on the Street: Q3 Comes to an End
A look back at the happenings on Wall Street this week, as seen by Minyanville's Buzz & Banter.
All day and every day, some of the stock market's best and brightest traders and money managers share their ideas, insights, and analysis in real-time on Minyanville's Buzz & Banter. Below are some excerpts from this week's Buzz. Click here for a 14 day free trial.
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Monday, September 24, 2012
Apple iPhone Sales Hit
Michael Comeau
News is hitting that Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) hit 5 million iPhone 5 sales over the opening weekend. This is below expectations. However, there was not enough supply to meet demand, which is actually inherently bullish. Mr. Market disagrees, however, as the stock is selling off in premarket trading.
S&P Morning View: Hurt Cycle Turn Coming?
Janice Dorn
ES (S&P futures) printed a gap-and-go day to the downside on Friday, declining 9.75 points at the 1451.50 close. Profit-taking began at the opening bell and continued through the close which made for a bearish Quadruple-witch Friday.
We direct your attention to a multi-timeframe look at the daily and weekly charts. We think that the contract is setting up for a decline after hitting the intersection of the upper Bollinger band and the upper trend line of the June-September buy channel. Since last Monday the contract has declined a tepid 22 points, but with the aforementioned buy channel now approaching a 12-year trend line on the monthly chart, in-concert with a weekly Hurst Cycle turn scheduled for mid-week, we continue to suggest caution on the long side as the third-quarter draws to a close ahead of the next earnings season.
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An Honest Mistake, Or An Unmitigated Disaster?
Ken Wolff & Shawn Wolff
Peregrine Pharma (NASDAQ:PPHM) is getting creamed. I saw it as low as .70 premarket so far, down from Friday's closing price of 5.39, after this announcement of discrepancies between some patient sample test results and patient treatment code assignments. A review has apparently determined that the source of these discrepancies appear to have been associated with the independent third-party contracted to execute treatment group assignments and oversee clinical trial material coding and distribution.
Does this mean there are shenanigans going on, or an honest mistake? The drug didn't fail. Other trials are going on. They say the discrepancy is specific to this trial and will have no impact on other ongoing bavituximab trials. So it could be an honest mistake. If its an honest mistake you can make 5x your money buying it down here. If the company is using the same 3rd party for their other testing however, and it calls into question the validity of any of their results, yikes.
Bavituximab isn't the only chicken in their pot though. The company also provides development and biomanufacturing services for outside customers. Surely the company isn't completely worthless. They must have a few lab rats they could sell. So if the stock manages to hold its head above .39, the low from April I'll look for a long on a counter-reactive bounce. If there's one rule I live by though, its play what you see, not what you think you should see. It won't bounce if no one buys it, and it could be a dangerous play with further news pending, so look before you leap.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Gate Sniffage
Todd Harrison
Following yesterday's bend-not-break session, Pavlov's Bulls are attempting to impose their will again as the Apple - Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) dichotomy continues. Commodities are firm, the dollar is flat and Europe is in wait-and-see mode ahead of the Spanish Inquisition on Thursday.
With the holiday on tap -- tomorrow is Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar -- it promises to be extremely thin (and by extension, more volatile) later today and throughout our weekly Hump. Please size your positions accordingly to allow for these external influences.
I expect quarter-end posturing to end tomorrow (T-3), which leaves the window open for gorillas to push their positions around in a less liquid environment. See it, even if you choose not to take part of it.
Watch Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) for the reaction to news that global growth is slowing. This we know; the question is how much it will matter given the structural crutch in place.
Does anyone else remember the stretch between 2004 and 2006 when the VIX traded between 10 and 20? Those were fun times; could this be one of the unspoken mandates of the War on Capitalism? See the chart below for some historical context.
And smile, Yo--it could be worse and for alotta folks, it already is!
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Industrials Can't Catch a Break
Michael Gayed
I noted in my latest Lead-Lag Report that Industrials (NYSEARCA:XLI) are once again at an important relative support level after severely underperforming the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) for the bulk of 2012. Weak guidance yesterday from Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) continues to put downward pressure on the sector as manufacturing activity expectations decline and as China frustrates investors by not taking on more aggressive stimulus measures the way Europe and the US has. Still, much of this may be priced in.
What encourages me is the continued improvement in emerging market in stocks, which should bode well for the sector more broadly on a pickup in industrial commodity demand and mining. Uncertainty over defense spending given the potential for automatic budget cuts in 2013 has also acted as a heavy weight on the sector. However, as money begins to rotate out of old leaders, and into new ones, the group may be ripe for a period of strength as uncertainty clears up. I suspect Technology (NYSEARCA:XLK) could lose steam as Industrials get more of a bid in the coming months as hedge fund money tries to catch-up to US averages.
Bonds Reverse at the 50% Retrace
Michael Sedacca
Notice this morning that the long bond contract (USZ2) reversed directly at the 50% retrace of the previous move. If this continues, it could set up a lower high and the potential for another cascade lower.
However, given that the last two POMO have shown dealers increasing their positions (or lack of inventory), I am skeptical that the next move is lower. I also continue to see price action and commentary for the Treasury market that suggests the market is unimpressed with QE3.
We'll have to see.
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Hot Tin Roof
Jeff Cooper
Caterpillar (CAT) may hold the key to what happens to the DJIA (INDEXDJX:.DJI).
CAT has confirmed a classic bear market pattern that play out in a broad array of stocks but it may take them time to get into a similar position.
Let's look at the weeklies.
Counting from the early 2010 low, CAT shows a persistent 14-month advance.
From there, a 5-wave decline into the big October 2011 low played out (note: the low coincides with the 200 week ma) followed by what looks like an A B C corrective rally. Note the nominal new high at the Wave II high in February 2012.
From there, CAT diverged from the SPX/DJIA and that divergence continues today.
This summer, CAT began another little contra trend move that backtested its overhead 50 week ma's where CAT rolled over again.
If my count is correct, CAT is perched at the onset of a bearish 3 of 3 which is potentially vicious .
A break of the 3 point rising trendline from 2010 will trigger a Weekly Rule of 4 sell signal which should see downside acceleration.
See CAT weekly here:
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Fil Zucchi
I've buzzed about DeeThree Exploration (TSE:DTX) many times as a favorite speculative E&P play. The stock is ripping today on comments by CEO Martin Cheyne to Bloomberg. Cheyne said that there's no timeline for an "exit" (i.e.sale of the company), but that "this is my third co., yes, and there will be a fourth." Also according to that Interview, a comparable prices per "flowing barrel" DTX would be valued 35-45% higher.
Always be careful about cheerleading by CEO's especially when it comes to M&A, but his story jives with my long standing read of the company.
Has the GDX Finished a Correction?
Michael Paulenoff
Both the S&P 500, and the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX), have been moving in tandem since July 24, when the latter established its double bottom low, with its May low, after which it took off into a powerful 37% advance into last Friday's high.
Let's notice that, although the SPX and the GDX climbed in tandem, the GDX rally extended one week beyond the peak in the SPX, which certainly is a display of relative strength compared with the GDX performance during the prior10 months.
Nonetheless, both ETFs have been under pressure for at least the past week, and both exhibit sharply-declining daily RSI, which suggests to me that a tempting re-entry into the long side of the GDX should be delayed, while we give the benefit of the doubt to another loop lower towards 50.00-49.40, based on the juxtaposition of the daily RSI.
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
The T Report: Budgets and Bailouts
Peter Tchir
Spain is Fixed! Again! Maybe...
Rajoy announces a new Spanish budget. Rajoy asks the ECB to enact OMT. The IMF agrees that the new budget is enough and ensures that OMT is enacted and that ESM can buy new issues while they are at it.
All is good, right? Not so fast.
A couple of weeks ago, I would have agreed that these steps would have been enough to continue the rally. This morning, while these alleged steps are helping prop up asset prices again, I doubt it will last.
Currently IG19 CDS already 2 bps tighter, and MAIN in Europe 4 bps tighter, Spanish 5 year bond yields at 12 bps better and S&P futures are up a healthy 8 points. What's not to like?
There are several things that I don't like, and think have changed over the past few weeks. There is mounting political pressure against bailouts. The pressure can be found in all the countries. In countries providing the money there is growing opposition to the bailouts. In countries getting the bailouts, there is growing opposition to the terms required. This is not good for continued success.
So with a backdrop of ever increasing opposition, the fact that bailout will come not just with conditions, but conditions that have to be met regularly to continue to receive aid, the OMT is unlikely to last for long.
The entire EU has provided absolutely no evidence that they can deal with the economies. The money that will be made available will be just enough to keep going, while the austerity has the risk of crippling the economy further. Banks won't be fixed to the point that they can lend again, they will be fixed just enough so that if all goes swimmingly well for awhile, they might not need more money in the future.
So any excitement by some agreement is likely to be very short lived, and may well already be priced in. Remember, we are getting ever closer to earnings season, and there is every indication that earnings won't be great and even more importantly, that the outlooks will be weak.
I remain very cautious about markets here and do not expect this Spanish Budget rally to last.
Apple and the Square of 9
Jeff Cooper
Yesterday, we noted that 180 degrees down from the 705 high in Apple projected to 654. See here attached
AAPL tested 654 this morning and bounced nicely.
Stocks play out in these decrements of 90 degrees and what W.D. Gann referred to as the Law of Vibration, which dominates price action.
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Games People Play
Todd Harrison
We've got ourselves a quarter-end bender as the NASDAQ (INDEXNASDAQ:.IXIC) rallies to levels last seen... two days ago I would keep half an eye peeled to NDX 2830, for that could be a "right shoulder" in waiting (in the context of a bearish head & shoulders formation).
Through the lens of "just trading," I suppose I should be thankful for the opportunity to punt my QQQ puts into this week's Art Carnage (lower). My open positions notwithstanding -- Facebook (bought at $20), QQQ out-of-the-money puts (entered at QQQ $68.30) and Google short (entry level $760-ish), I'm more balanced today than I've been the last few weeks.
There are a LOT of emotional agendas in play -- livelihoods at stake -- and while this will peak (in the short-term) into quarter-end, we've got a slew of earnings on tap, fragile socioeconomic landscapes overseas and and the mother of all performance anxieties -- year-end -- a few short months away. In short, there is gonna be a fair amount of volatility coming our way -- way more than a VXO 13 would seemingly indicate.
Survive and thrive, one step at a time; it's not the sexiest trading approach but it's how I'm rolling these days. Loose grips on the handlebars not only makes for a more enjoyable ride, you're less likely to get thrown for a loop if you hit a bump -- and we all hit bumps at times; it's the cost of doing business. I believe this rally will fade (lower) but I'm not making a stand right here, right now.
As always, I hope this finds you well.
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Friday, September 28, 2012
Global Economic Contraction
Peter Prudden
The news flow since QE3 has taken a rather bearish tone. Major bellwether corporations across key sectors have issued earnings warnings, coupled with economic reports that strongly suggest economic contraction. Overnight Brazil lowered their GDP forecast to 1.6% from 2.5%.
What we have is a clear rally based on liquidity and not underlying fundamentals. Nike (NYSE:NKE) cited weak numbers last night after the bell with respect to sales in China, which has been the catalyst for that company of late. I continue to see an argument from a technical price and the abundance of liquidity as reason for a further push towards the 2000 and 2007 market top. There is an equally strong argument for a news driven top to be had right here. Global stocks outside of the U.S. have gone nowhere since late 2009.
When will the good faith bubble of Ben be punctured? When it does, it is likely to have bearish implications. Less is more at the moment. The market always tips its hand.
Long Qualcomm Again
Michael Comeau
This morning, I look a long position in Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM).
The stock seems to be held down by fears that it will report disappointing fiscal fourth-quarter earnings (September quarter) due to disappointing Apple iPhone 5 sales, and the ongoing shortage of 28-nanometer chips.
I suspect this weakness won't last very long.
Let's remember that the iPhone 5 has been supply constrained since last week's launch. Apple couldn't produce enough units to meet demand. Sales aren't really being lost, they're just being pushed back into the December quarter.
Also, semiconductor shortages can actually be construed as bullish. It's not as if Qualcomm is mismanaging its supply chain -- demand is just too strong. Business is most certainly not bad.
During the PC boom times in the middle of the last decade, I recall significant rallies in stocks like NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) and AMD (NYSE:AMD) during supply shortages. Last quarter, Qualcomm disappointed because of the 28-nanometer shortage, but selling in the stock didn't last long.
As an added bonus, Texas Instruments (NYSE:TXN) said it was backing away from the smartphone/tablet CPU markets, effectively handing market share over to Qualcomm and other competitors. Texas Instruments' OMAP line is used in products like the Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble (NYSE:BKS) Nook tablets, as well as many smartphones.
Going forward, I suspect Qualcomm shares will be pushed up, at least into earnings (likely coming in early November). Remember, as it stands now, there aren't many super-hot gadgets on the horizon for the holiday season, so investors will likely want to bet on the closest thing we have to a sure winner: the iPhone 5. And they can't put all their money into Apple.
April in Play, Facebook Rocks!
Marc Eckelberry
EOQ day support was found so far at NQ (NDX futures) April high of 2791.25 (continuous contract, see chart). The bounce, not surprisingly, stalling at 2806 mentioned earlier. It could be a choppy session with many dynamics until we reach the closing hour.
The only tech stock I like in the upcoming downturn, Facebook, is doing quite well, pretty much neutralizing the bearish hogwash at the week's open.
See Tuesday's post:
Let's get one thing clear: Barron's had little to do with the 10% drop in Facebook. No reporter in the world can move billions, it's just utter nonsense. It does not matter that it is a poorly written article either. The reality is that the stock had a 30% run-up going into its addition to the Nasdaq Q-50 (at Friday's close) and end of September, a major reshuffling time for funds. In fact, any mainstream article that proclaims death of equities or death of Facebook is a FADE. Dumb money is following this article and as usual, they will get burned.
Looking at the chart (a more reasonable occupation), we corrected to 50% September (20.46), and some with HFT noise. The move was done today on a lower low from yesterday with a bullish divergence (RSI and volume). The trading range is set between 50% and 38.2% September (20.46/21.15). Once we are done with the week, I would not be surprised to see the stock right back at 23.
This is the one tech stock I am not afraid to hold on to for the long term and will keep adding on weakness. I suggest you do the same and ignore the media.
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This counter can be helpful in determining whether you have a memory problem, giving you a reasonably accurate view of whether your server has memory pressure. According to Microsoft, 300 seconds is the minimum target for page life expectancy. If the buffer pool flushes your pages in less than 300 seconds, you probably have a memory problem. Looking at this value is particularly handy when your page life expectancy is significantly higher or lower than 300 seconds. For example, a customer recently asked me, "Do we need more memory?" I monitored the page life expectancy value for the customer's system, and the value didn't fall below 3000 seconds. That's quantifiable proof that more memory wouldn't help performance. Other customers have an average page life expectancy between 10 and 50 seconds, and they wonder why their servers are slow.
I often see organizations that have plenty of memory add more memory without realizing that it likely won't improve performance much, if at all. If you have a low page life expectancy, simply adding more memory isn't the cure. Memory pressure is a result of such problems as inefficient query plans. For example, a customer that had a page life expectancy in the 50-second range also had SELECT queries performing more than 1.5 million logical reads on its servers. Do the math—that's almost 11.5GB of logical reads on a server that had 700MB of memory. The server might have needed more memory, but by using judicious indexing, we reduced the logical reads for the query in question to about 10.
Memory pressure doesn't mean you need to add more physical memory—it means you don't have enough memory for your workload. You could add enough memory to fix problems such as a single query performing 1.5 million logical reads. But a high page life expectancy value will assure you that adding more memory won't add performance value.


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General Comments: Futures were higher yesterday in response to comments by Fed chairman Bernacke that the U.S. economy was getting better and that the crisis was passing. Positive economic data once again helped the market. Wire reports that Texas could plant 25% less area to Cotton were very supportive as the state produces half the U.S. crop. Bears still point to increasing certified stocks levels for reasons to be bearish. Demand bulls noted positive economic data in general and ideas of reduced planted area in the U.S. this season as reasons to buy. The current low new crop prices are bringing into question what farmers in Texas and the Delta and Southeast will plant this year. Some are wondering if planted area might be lower this year here in the U.S. due to weak prices against competing crops. The area lost would go mostly to Corn and Soybeans. Texas areas should turn drier for the rest of the week after a lot of precipitation hit the growing areas over the last couple of days. Delta and Southeast areas will see some significant precipitation later in the week.
Overnight News: The Delta and Southeast will see dry conditions. Temperatures will average below normal. Texas will get dry weather. Temperatures will average below normal, but above normal on Sunday. The USDA spot price is now 75.84 ct/lb. ICE said that certified Cotton stocks are now 0.381 million bales, from 0.364 million yesterday. ICE said that 53 contracts were delivered yesterday and that total deliveries for the month are 1,309 contracts. USDA said that net Upland Cotton export sales were 152,900 bales this year and 80,800 bales next year. Net Pima sales were 24,700 bales this year and 0 bales next year.
Chart Trends: Trends in Cotton are mixed. Support is at 84.00, 83.80, and 83.40 May, with resistance of 85.25, 85.55, and 86.30 May.
General Comments: Futures closed lower on speculative selling as Florida weather looks to turn colder through this weekend, but not cold enough to freeze crop. Futures are still trading near the upper end of the Winter trading range. Temperatures are warm in the state, and conditions are dry again, and talk about the potential for more fruit drop and poor development of the crop for next year returned. Forecasts now call for colder weather to hit the state later this week. It is possible that some areas will see freezing temperatures, and crop development is reported to be far enough along that some damage or loss is possible. Our private forecast calls for potentially freezing temperatures n many Florida growing areas early next week. Harvest in Florida of mid and early oranges is almost over, and the Valencia harvest is underway. Bloom has been reported in groves in all production areas of the state. Weather in Brazil is reported to be good. Brazil is seeing near to above normal temperatures and scattered showers. Harvest is continuing.
Overnight News: Florida weather forecasts call for mostly dry conditions. Temperatures will average below normal.
Chart Trends: Trends in FCOJ are mixed. Support is at 124.00, 122.00, and 120.00 May, with resistance at 130.50, 132.00, and 134.00 May.
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SOURCE: Daxor Corp.
February 14, 2013 08:30 ET
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Feb 14, 2013) - Daxor Corporation (NYSE MKT: DXR)
The study from The Queen's Medical Center in Hawaii involved 54 patients who had their hemoglobin/hematocrits compared to results from blood samples at the central laboratory as well as the results of normalized hematocrits determined actual blood volume measurements using the Daxor BVA-100. The study was presented at the 42nd Critical Care Congress. The hemoglobin/hematocrit tests are the most common blood test performed in medicine and surgery. These tests measure the concentration of red cells as a percentage in a blood sample. A normal male hemoglobin is 15% and a normal hematocrit is 45%, or a ratio of 1:3. These tests are often used interchangeably.
A major problem with the test is that it only is accurate when used in a patient who has a normal blood volume. In a patient who has a decreased blood volume, for example, the test will under estimate the amount of blood loss. Such a patient may have a sudden collapse of the circulation because the degree of blood loss was unrecognized. In contrast, in a patient who has an expanded blood volume due to excessive salt water administration, the blood cells may be diluted and the degree of blood loss over estimated and the patient possibly treated with an unnecessary transfusion.
In this study patients were measured by Pulse CO-Oximetry manufactured by the Masimo Corporation which provides a non-invasive continuous measure of the hemoglobin concentration through a specialized probe applied to the skin. These results were then compared to the laboratory results obtained utilizing actual blood samples. These critically ill patients then had their blood volume measured, which provides a true measure of the amount of red blood cells and plasma that a patient has. The BVA also then determines what the patient's normalized hematocrit is. This is the hematocrit/hemoglobin that reflects the true red cell volume status of the patient. The comparison of the hematocrit/hemoglobin with the central laboratory's hematocrit/hemoglobin showed a relatively wide scatter. The FDA has considered this difference acceptable and this instrument is approved for this use. The results were then compared to the normalized hematocrit/hemoglobin or true hematocrit. The findings of the study showed there was a better correlation with the non-invasive hemoglobin measurements and the measurements obtained from actual direct blood volume measurement. There was a wider scatter of results when the non-invasive instrument (Masimo) was compared to results from the central laboratory.
The results of this study show that when combining the results of the Pulse CO-Oximetry instrument with the variation from the true normalized hematocrit, it is possible to have a variation of approximately ±4 hematocrit points. This can translate into a clinical error of estimating the patient's blood volume status of ±18%. Septic patients have reported death rates of 20 - 40%. These results, combined with other published studies, have demonstrated from other institutions (such as Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons) that physicians have a relatively low degree of accuracy in assessing a patient's blood volume status from indirect measures.
The ability to obtain continuous hemoglobin which can be converted into hematocrit measurements has the potential for monitoring major shifts in blood volume. However, such changes have not only limited value but can be highly misleading without an actual measurement of a patient's blood volume. In a previous publication involving blood volume study measurements from the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Fetnat Fouad-Tarazi published a study on over 500 patients which documented the extreme variability for any specific hematocrit level with respect to blood volume. For example a patient with a hemoglobin/hematocrit of 25% could be 20% volume expanded or they could be 20% volume depleted. Therefore it can be very misleading to utilize hemoglobin/hematocrit levels for evaluating blood volume changes without knowing the actual blood volume of a patient. Dr. Joseph Feldschuh, President of Daxor Corporation and a cardiologist, noted that the use of a continuous hemoglobin monitor combined with a direct blood volume measurement can greatly improve a physician's understanding of the blood volume derangements that are commonly seen in surgical patients.
Dr. Mihae Yu, one of the senior authors of this study, previously had an article published in Shock (A Prospective Randomized Trial Using Blood Volume Analysis in Addition to Pulmonary Artery Catheter, Compared with Pulmonary Artery Catheter Alone, to Guide Shock Resuscitation in Critically Ill Surgical Patients, Shock, Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 220-228, 2011), which showed the different survival rates in 100 patients (a death rate of 8% for the patients whose treatment was guided by blood volume measurement vs. 24% death rate in a control group whose treatment was guided by the usual clinical laboratory parameters without blood volume measurement).
A representative of Daxor will be in contact with Masimo to determine if there is an interest in collaborative studies to determine if there is a beneficial potential synergy between the two instruments for monitoring critically ill patients.
Daxor Corporation manufactures and markets the BVA-100, which is used in conjunction with Volumex, Daxor's single use diagnostic kit. For more information regarding Daxor Corporation's Blood Volume Analyzer BVA-100, visit Daxor's website at www.Daxor.com.
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