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Participating in MVC
What is the Michigan Value Collaborative (MVC)?
The Michigan Value Collaborative, or MVC, is a partnership between Michigan hospitals and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM)/Blue Care Network (BCN). MVC aims to improve healthcare quality across Michigan through rigorous performance feedback using claims data, empirical identification of best practices, and collaborative learning.
Who can participate in MVC?
MVC focuses on a wide range of conditions and procedures. Because of the broad focus of MVC, all acute care hospitals and POs in Michigan are invited to participate. As with other Collaborative Quality Initiatives (CQI) and Physician Group Incentive Program (PGIP) programs, the consortium is open to all clinically relevant providers.
Why should my hospital or PO participate in MVC?
Aside from helping Michigan provide the safest, most effective and most efficient healthcare in the nation, MVC will provide your hospital or PO with actionable data on both quality (pending) and cost, ultimately helping you prepare for the landscape of value-based reimbursement. The MVC Coordinating Center also helps provide tools for analyzing claims data, which allows hospitals and POs to brainstorm quality improvement initiatives and implementation. Through collaboration, MVC provides partner hospitals and POs with a platform for sharing best practices.
Is participation in MVC activities voluntary?
Attendance at MVC meetings and participation in its improvement activities are voluntary yet highly encouraged. Participation in MVC can be beneficial and incremental to optimizing costs and patient outcomes. Regardless of whether hospitals actively participate, performance will be assessed based on MVC data for all Michigan hospitals engaging in BCBSM's hospital-based incentive models.
What does participation in MVC entail from my hospital or PO?
Your organization is asked to send at least one or two leaders with hospital-wide responsibilities for managing cost and quality to each semi-annual MVC meeting, where we will review new performance data, empirical analysis of best practices, and collaborative strategies for improving quality and efficiency. These meetings also provide the opportunity to network with other Michigan hospital and PO leaders. Unlike other CQI programs, partner hospitals are not required to collect and submit data.
Which individual(s) should represent my organization?
We leave that to each hospital and PO, but the activities of MVC might be most relevant to Chief Medical Officers, Chief Quality Officers, P4P Administrators or others with similar responsibilities. Given the financial nature of the performance data, and the increasing focus by government and commercial payers on the overall effectiveness and efficiency of care on a population basis, MVC's work will also be of interest to CFOs and/or CEOs, and other CQI leaders.
Does participation in this project require Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval?
No. The MVC is a quality improvement initiative, not a research program. Moreover, all analyses and reports will be based on de-identified claims data.
MVC Data
What data is available to me on the registry?
The registry contains Commercial BCBSM PPO, Blue Care Network, Medicare Advantage PPO and HMO, as well as Medicare Fee-For-Service claims data for Michigan patients receiving care in the state. The claims data includes information about hospital-based care, professional services and post-acute care. Measures will be based on utilization and payments for different services, not actual hospital costs. MVC is currently working to include Medicaid data on the registry as well.
How recent is the data on the registry?
The MVC registry contains Commercial BCBSM PPO, Blue Care Network, Medicare Advantage PPO and HMO claims data with roughly a 3-4 month lag and Medicare Fee-For-Service claims data with a 9-12 month lag. The data registry is updated based on the most current claims data received. Please view the registry or contact the Coordinating Center for the current range of data.
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Hospitals will receive risk-adjusted and price-standardized measures of 30-day and 90-day episode payments around hospitalizations for common conditions and procedures. Episode costs are risk-adjusted to account for differences in case mix across hospitals. They are also "price standardized" so measures will reflect utilization rates rather than negotiated prices/rates. Clinical services unrelated to the index admission will be excluded.
How is an episode of care defined?
An episode of care is defined by four main payment components: a facility index payment, professional payment, post-acute care payment, and readmission payment. These components are further outlined in both the "Episode of Care Payment Components Model" and Technical Document in the MVC registry. To gain more information about accessing the registry, please click here.
How does MVC risk adjust data?
MVC performs risk-adjustment using observed/expected (O/E) ratios. The numerator in this ratio is the aggregate of all observed payments for a particular hospital. The denominator is the aggregate of all expected payments. This ratio is multiplied by the statewide expected mean payment to arrive at the "risk-adjusted payment" for that hospital.
How will the data be reported?
In addition to viewing overall episode costs against their peers, hospitals and POs are able to drill down through their data and understand their comparative utilization of specific services, trends over time, and root causes of variation. In many specialty areas supported by other CQI programs, hospitals will be able to view cost data on the data registry. In the future, MVC hopes to provide data that reflects clinical quality information alongside cost data.
Are high episode costs "good" or "bad?"
The overarching goal of MVC is to help Michigan hospitals achieve the best possible patient outcomes at the lowest reasonable cost. Taken alone, the financial and utilization measures provided by MVC cannot establish "optimal" practice for any given condition or procedure. By considering such data in the context of credible measures of clinical performance from other sources, including the CQI programs, the goal is to identify and share best practices for quality and cost.
Where can I find details about the BCBSM pay for performance program based on the MVC data?
The MVC Technical Document has detailed information on the MVC P4P program. The MVC Technical Document is available here, as well as a FAQ sheet specific to the P4P program.
How can I access my hospitals data?
For partner hospitals and POs, click here to login to the MVC registry. If you are affiliated with a partner hospital or PO and need access to the registry, click here for more information. For a list of partner hospitals, click here . For non-participating hospitals, contact firstname.lastname@example.com for more information on accessing the MVC registry.
Will the performance data be kept confidential?
A hospital is able to view its own performance data against statewide averages. POs are able to view data for hospitals for which they have been attributed. Hospital-specific performance data is not accessible by other hospitals, but data on utilization and cost derived from BCBSM-paid claims will be available to BCBSM.
Which facilities are included in the online data registry?
Hospitals that are current MVC partner hospitals and have elected to participate are reported on the registry. For a list of partner hospitals, click here.
What resources are available to use for learning how to use the registry?
The Coordinating Center holds virtual webinar sessions the first Tuesday of every month for learning how to use the registry. One-on-one sessions can also be scheduled with Deby Evans (email@example.com). For more registration information please visit our website by clicking here.
What are the expectations of hospitals and POs, with regard to using these data?
We hope that hospitals and POs will use these data to help MVC target improvement opportunities, identify and share best practices, and design, implement, and evaluate statewide interventions. At the local level, we encourage hospital leaders to use these data to understand and improve their comparative efficiency, both overall and across individual specialties. For conditions or procedures where hospitals have "room to move", we expect that hospital leaders will use both MVC cost data and clinical quality data from the other CQI programs as guides to their internal improvement activities.
How do we schedule meetings with MVC leadership to further discuss the data reports?
The MVC Coordinating Center is available to meet with you and others from your organisation to review your data and suggest areas where quality can be improved. Simply contact firstname.lastname@example.com, to schedule a meeting time.
Getting Involved
What additional resources, aside from the data registry, are available to MVC participants?
The MVC Coordinating Center provides analytic support, including annual hospital-specific performance reports, to all participating members. To further support quality improvement efforts, hospitals and POs may participate in site visits, workgroups, webinars, and collaborative-wide meetings facilitated by the MVC Coordinating Center. There is also an online forum discussing MVC updates, quality initiatives, analytics and payer performance programs (visit here).
Does MVC collaborate with other clinical quality initiatives?
MVC generated measures for BCBSM's hospital-based incentive models represent areas of focus for existing BCBSM clinical CQI programs. The intent is to allow hospitals to utilize both cost and quality data to assess optimal practice patterns. MVC has partnered with other clinical CQIs to share best practices and quality initiatives.
How can my hospital or PO find current information on MVC events, meetings, and quality initiatives?
In addition to contacting the MVC Coordinating Center, hospitals may stay up to date with MVC by visiting the online forum and subscribing at www.themvcblog.com.


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Take one look at the screwy results from three public polls in the presidential race in Nevada last week and one might wonder why anyone bothers conducting horse race surveys in the Silver State at all.
The three released last Monday showed three dramatically different results in the tight race between President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney in the battleground that is Nevada. The results in the neck and neck Senate race between Republican Dean Heller and Democrat Shelley Berkley weren't any better.
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Depending on which survey you look at, Obama and Romney are tied, or Obama has a 9-point lead. In the Senate race, either Berkley is screaming along with a 4-point lead or Heller has it wrapped up with a 5-point advantage.
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Polls are simply an estimate of where the electorate is at a single moment in time. Because polls are an estimate, there is natural error. Most public polls have about a 4-percentage-point margin of error. That means 95 percent of the time, any single poll will return a result that is within an 8-point range of the true picture.
This is particularly important to understand in a race as tight as the presidential and Senate races are in Nevada. So, when a poll comes back, as the retailers' did with Obama and Romney each at 46 percent, they could be as far away as Obama with 50 percent and Romney at 42 percent or vice versa.
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Putting the margin of error aside, a poll won't be worth much if the sample doesn't reflect who will actually be voting in the general election. Putting together a sample that reflects the electorate is just as much art as it is science.
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Creation, one has to believe, must be a plenty cool thing. The angels, I'm sure, took their seats with a level of anticipation we can only imagine, as they waited for the curtain to go up. God said, "Let there be light, and there was light." Oh His stars that must have been something. The radiance broke forth, and the heavenly chorus sang. Glory!
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Dr. de Arana Paper Presented at Conference
Dr. Juan Ramón de Arana presented a paper titled "Lo que me queda por vivir, de Elvira Lindo: hacia una dialéctica de los 'ásperos tiempos'" [What I Have Left to Live, by Elvira Lindo: Towards a Dialectics of the "Coarse Times"] at the XXXIII ALDEEU (Spanish Professionals in America) Conference, in St. Augustine, Fla., April 18, where he was also presented with a plaque in recognition of his contributions to ALDEEU.
New Life, New Spirit
Jalel Guesmi, a Fulbright FLTA from Tunisia, reflects on his linguistic and cultural experiences as a first-time visitor to the United States and Ursinus. Read More
Prof. Trout Edits Essay Collection
Professor of French Colette Trout with her colleague Frédérique Chevillot edited Rebelles et criminelles chez les écrivaines d'expression française, Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2013. Read More
Hardin is Fulbright awardee and chair of review program
Melissa Hardin, Assistant Dean for International Studies, is the recipient of a Fulbright award to travel to Japan. Additionally, she was invited to chair a study abroad program review. Read More
Spanish Prof. de Arana Publishes Article
Juan Ramón de Arana, Associate Professor of Spanish in the Modern Language Department, has published an article titled" La crítica ético-política en La conquista del aire, de Belén Gopegui" (El viaje a Ithaca. Ed. Juan Liébana. Middleboro: ALDEEU, 12:95-104).
International Film Festival Presents "Satin Rouge"
Ursinus College's International Film Festival concludes with Satin Rouge on Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m. in Olin Auditorium. Read More
International Film Festival Presents "Dolls"
Ursinus College's International Film Festival, which runs throughout the fall semester, continues with Dolls on Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m. in Olin Auditorium. Directed by Takeshi Kitano, the film (in Japanese with English subtitles) is inspired by traditional Japanese Bunraku puppet theater. Read More
International Film Festival Presents "Tomboy"
Ursinus College's International Film Festival, which runs throughout the fall semester, continues with Tomboy on Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m. in Olin Auditorium. Read More
French Faculty Presents Paper
Colette Trout, Professor of Modern Languages, presented a paper on "A quoi revent les jeunes filles? L'obsession sexuelle dans CLEVES de Marie Darrieussecq" (What Do Young Girls Dream About? Sexual Obsession in CLEVES by Marie Darrieussecq) at the sixty-six annual convention of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, October 11-13 , 2012 in Boulder, Co.


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Foods That Contain Zinc
Tahini, a paste made from seasame seeds, is an extremely good source of zinc. A great way to get tahini in your diet is to eat some hummus. Hummus is primarily made from mashed chickpeas, which are another good source of zinc.
Swiss Chard
Nutrient rich Swiss chard is a great way to get all sorts of vitamins- and zinc is one of them. It also contains vitamin K, vitamin A, vitamin C, magnesium, manganese, potassium, iron, vitamin E and fiber, as well as many other nutrients. Swiss chard is a true superfood.
Tasty peanuts are a great way to add a little more zinc to your diet. One 100 gram serving of dry roasted peanuts will give you 22% of the Recommended Daily Allowance of it. If you prefer to consume your peanuts through peanut butter, that's fine too.
Sweet and scrumptious strawberries are a great way to get a little bit of zinc through fruit. Strawberries also are chock full of nutrients like potassium, folate, vitamin B2, vitamin C and manganese.
Walnuts are yet another nut that provides a good amount of zinc. Of course, that's not the only nutrient that walnuts contain. They're also a good source of omega-3 essential fatty acids and antioxidants like ellagic acid.
Wheat Germ
Wheat germ is an incredible source of zinc. Toasted wheat germ provides 17mg of zinc per 100g serving, while untoasted wheat germ provides 12mg for the same servimg size. No matter what way you eat it, it's a great way to get more zinc.
Pumpkin Seeds
Many seeds are a good source of zinc, and pumpkin seeds are no exception. They offer plenty of benefits thanks to the iron and copper that they contain. Pumpkin seeds are also a good source of protein and vitamin K.
There's a reason that peaches have been the subject of song! Peaches are a good source of zinc, and of many other vitamins and minerals too. The nutrients in peaches include potassium, calcium, and iron.


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Me and Conor documented The Family Folk Explosion in Twain Harte last weekend. Here's the first of a round of soon-to-come videos. Onstage, Annie melted us all with her new, yet-to-be titled song. Earlier in the day we recorded an accoustic version in the Stark's Ranch teevee room.
I like the contrast between the two performances in this video, and the way the song holds us with equal power, whether belted from a stage with the Faimly Folk's exploding guitar riffs or sighed out in the post-freak sleepover pillow-n-blanketed mess of the Stark Ranch's guest entertainment room. Watch and enjoy.


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Remember Detroit. When the Motor City's auto executives were called before Congress to testify about their companies' sorry financial condition and their need for a federal bailout, two arrived by chartered jet. The CEO of Ford drove to the hearings...in a Ford Escape Hybrid.
The fliers were excoriated for their excess (though as part of an industry considered "too big to fail," they were rescued). Ford didn't ask for a dime. They were solvent throughout the worst downturn in decades.
Make Sure the Subtleties Are Obvious
Americans don't often respond to subtlety, but they understood the implications of that situation. If the CEO put his personal trust in the products he made and the company was succeeding, it was a brand that consumers could rely on.
On the flip side are the companies who, metaphorically, make shoes that aren't worn by their employees. For example, there's the firm I worked with that developed monitoring software for mainframe computers. Their application could detect emerging problems and automatically trigger actions to correct them. Yet when, after the third system interruption in a single day, I called the head of the data center, he – sheepishly – admitted that, despite making the top-ranked monitoring tool in the industry, they didn't use it themselves.
If they had, they might have realized two things – one that was immediately obvious (they'd be able to prevent downtime and lost employee productivity) and one that was an emerging conundrum (the inability to monitor and correct threats inside their PC networks). Within a decade, the company and its software were irrelevant.
Be Your (Current) Best
Service businesses aren't exempt. A client hired me to overhaul its self-promotion campaigns – ensuring that they reflected the company's core competence in designing and running very successful email marketing programs. Despite my advice, they kept running the old ones, feeling that something was better than nothing. It wasn't. It simply made them look out of step with the changes and improvements in the industry and, if prospects opted out of those dated messages, it jeopardized their ability to reach them with the new campaign.
All of this – the good and the bad – affects your brand. If you don't use your own "stuff," you don't see the world as your customers do, don't anticipate the problems they'll encounter, and don't gain the insights that drive product innovation. You don't have to drink the Kool-Aid (that didn't work out so well, after all), but you're going to have to walk the proverbial mile in your own shoes so you'll know whether they do what you say they do.
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Famous restaurant cookbooks are not rare, but good restaurant cookbooks are. The Bakery Restaurant Cookbook, published this month ($12.95, CBI Publishing Company, Boston), is an exceptional one, because the recipes have been written especially for the home cook and they have been tested by good cooks in their home kitchens.
One of the aims of the book is to provide recipes from Chef Louis Szathmary's restaurant in Chicago to people who have dined there and have asked for recipes of dishes they've enjoyed.
But you don't need years of practice to follow this author's approach to classical cooking. Nor do you need elaborate equipment and unusual ingredients. Both of these are oftenencountered stumbling blocks with recipes from restaurants.
The range of recipes in this book is comprehensive -- from hot and cold appetizers to the most elegant desserts. It is delightfully sophisticated but intensely practical.
This is Chef Louis's forth cookbook in the past |0 years and, as in his orders, he has added a special instruction or helpful hint, called Chef's Secret , at the end of each recipe. His other cookbooks are The Chef's Secret cookbook , the Chef's New Secret Cookbook, and American Gastronomy. He is also editor of a series of 27 American cookbooks in 15 volumes, Cookery Americana.
Educated as a journalist and psychologist in his native Hungary, Chef Louis has had a much-traveled life and has been a journalist, a soldier, and a lecturer as well as a food adventurer.
He belongs to all the top culinary associations and has won many culinary gold medals, awards, and honors. In addition to writing, broadcasting, and running his restaurant, he is also a consultant for large food companies.
In the new cookbook you will find Chef Louis's original recipes for:
* Pate Maison, made fresh at The Bakery, Louis's Chicago restaurant, every day.
* Roast Duckling served Hungarian style with a tart cherry sauce.
* Individual portions of Beef Wellington, the year-round favorite of more than half the restaurant's patrons.
* Chef Louis's own recipes for Herb Salad Dressing, SAuce Louis, and Hungarian Paprika "Ketchup."
Here is the first of a series of three excepts from the new cookbook, including the Chef's Secret: Clear Tomato Soup 2 pounds veal bones 1 coarsely chopped carrot 1 chopped parsley root or parsnip 1 cut-up celery rib 1/2 onion, unpeeled 5 to 6 black peppercorns 1 tablespoon salt 1 bay leaf 1 clove garlic 3 quarts water 3 tablespoon sugar 1 teaspoon butter 6-ounce can tomato paste 46-ounce can tomato juice 2 tablespoons dried dillweed 6 tablespoons cornstarch Fresh dillweed, if available Fresh lemon juice, sugar, and salt to taste Liquid from 2 ripe tomatoes, chopped and run through a blender Lemon slices for garnish
In large soup pot, place veal bones, carrot, parsley root or parsnip, celery, onion, peppercorns, salt, bay leaf, and garlic. add about 3 quarts of water. Cover and cook slowly at least 4 hours. The amount of stock should then be about 2 quarts. Strain stock into another pot and skim top if necessary.
Dissolve sugar in butter, heating until it starts to caramelize. Pour 1 quart of stock over butter-sugar mixture. Add tomato paste and tomato juice. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer.
Meanwhile, cool 2 cups of stock and bring another 2 cups to a boil. Sprinkle into boiling stock the tarragon and dillweed. Boil 2 minutes. Strain this stock, removing herbs into the simmering tomato soup.
Stir cornstarch into remaining cool stock and slowly pour mixture into simmering soup. this will make the soup syrupy-thick and clear.
Add chopped dill wee if you have fresh dill. Correct seasoning of soup with lemon juice, sugar, and salt. Pour liquid from ripe tomatoes into soup tureen and ladle hot soup over it. Serve immediately, garnished with lemon slice. Serves 12.
Chef's Secret: Adding sugar to the tomato juice and tomato paste brings out a fresh tomato flavor and reduces some of the acidity.
The addition of fresh lemon juice before serving adds a tang, and using cornstarch instead of flour as a thickening agent makes a translucent and syrupy soup that is very different from other tomato soups.
If you cannot buy realy ripe fresh tomatoes, keep the two tomatoes in a brown paper bag at room temperature overnight, then place them in a warm, if possible sunny, place for a few hours. Cut them crosswise and remove all seeds before blending. If they are not fully ripe, adding 1 extra tablespoon of sugar to them will improve their flavor.


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Almost 30 years ago compulsory super began to spread throughout the workforce. For all of this time retail, industry and corporate super funds have struggled to enthuse their members' about superannuation.
How can people be made to feel enthusiastic about their superannuation?
It seems to be well known that Australians are living longer. But what does this mean in our own lives when many of us benchmark our potential lifespan against our parents and other relatives especially if they didn't live to an old age?
If you think your lifespan might be shorter than the published averages because of your own ancestors' experience, then you need to think again. The Human Genome Project shows that our future lifespan is primarily based on who we ourselves actually are and not on what has been given to us by our ancestors.
Another problem with considering aging is that some people will think that getting old is something best avoided. They might expect that their later years will be a time of frailty, poor health and drudgery.
The reality for most of us looks like being very different.
To understand why we need a bit of background information. According to the last life expectancy tables published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, a 65 year old male has an average life expectancy of 19.2 years. According to the life tables during the mid 1970s, males who were 56 had an average life expectancy of 19.3 years.
From this we can see that over 30 years male average life expectancies have improved considerably. Over the same period female average life expectancies have been increasing but at a slightly slower rate.
As this point in time there seems no reason to expect that life expectancies won't continue to increase at their current rate into the future.
The bottom line is that we can expect to live longer than previous generations.
It's all very well living longer but what about quality of life? In June 2014 the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) published Australia's Health which contains some fascinating research about this issue.
The AIHW concluded that "not only are people living longer, but … older people, on average, gained more years of life without severe or profound limitation than with it."
What do they mean by "severe or profound limitation"? It means that you sometimes or always need assistance with self-care, mobility or communicating.
AIHW estimate that a woman aged 65 in 2012 could expect to have 75 per cent of her remaining life free of disability or, at worst, with some disability but nothing involving a severe or profound limitation. The AIHW research says that males aged 65 in 2012 can expect 80 per cent of their remaining years to be largely free of significant disabilities.
In related research published in November last year the AIHW showed that our active years later in life have been growing more quickly than the increases in average life expectancies. At present males can expect 2.1 years less in disability free years than females. In 1998 this gap was 4.1 years.
Overall it seems clear that we should be planning to be healthy once we stop work.
From this we can conclude that we're on the whole living longer and we can reasonably expect to be healthy for most of our life. In fact old age major health problems are typically for only a relatively short period of time for most people.
In our retirement years we'll have reasonable health and will therefore have the physical capacity to be active for most of this time. It goes without saying that an energetic life costs money so to provide for our late golden years we'll need money put aside.
One tax effective way to save for this time in our future is superannuation. To find out about your accrued superannuation entitlements to-date, ADF members should visit www.csc.gov.au and consider engaging the services of a licensed financial adviser through the ADF Financial Advice Referral Program at www.adfconsumer.gov.au.
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The No. 1 goal in investing is to make money ... and hopefully lots of it over a meaningful period of time. But before you can tap the profit spigot, you first have to make sure there aren't any leaks. As a wise person once said, it takes money to make money.
Preserving capital leads to more capital to preserve
We've all heard Warren Buffett's two rules of investing. First: Don't lose money. Second: Don't forget the first rule. The idea is simple, and the meaning profound. No better example of this loss-aversion exists than the appreciation in Berkshire Hathaway
Avoiding losses is the key to making profits in the stock market. And by loss, I mean a real loss of money -- not just a one-day or one-month double-digit percentage decline in share price. In the short term, stock prices will fluctuate. In the long term, a stock's price will ultimately follow the operating performance of the business. You should thus focus your efforts on creating long-term value by carefully choosing good, well-run, attractively priced companies.
All or nothing
The key is to find companies that meet all three of these criteria. If you get the first two right and the last part wrong, you're going to get burned. Google
As it now stands, Google is off nearly 40% from its high. But even at the current price of $468 or so, the stock is still not a screaming bargain. Sure, the price next year might be higher, but it might not. We're not here to speculate on prices, but rather to protect the downside and let the upside take care of itself. To do this, we look to the most valuable concept in all of investing: the margin of safety.
The three famous words
What is this margin of safety that is so often revered as the "three most important words" in investing? The concept is simple. Suppose you determine that a stock's intrinsic value is $50 a share, and the current market price is $45 a share. While the stock might appear to be trading for less than its intrinsic value, there's a very slim margin of safety. Why? For one, intrinsic value is a moving target derived from a set of assumptions about matters such as cash flow, growth rates, and discount rates. If those assumptions prove wrong, intrinsic value has changed.
As a rule of thumb, many investors look for a 50% margin of safety to account for the fluctuation in intrinsic value (that margin would require a $25-per-share price in the example above). This rule of thumb is not a rigid rule. The quality of the business, strength of the balance sheet, and future growth opportunity all affect the margin of safety. For example, businesses that provide growth at a reasonable rate might command a lower margin of safety, as continuing future growth will serve to increase intrinsic value.
You need it now more than ever
How often have you thought that a stock price was so low that it couldn't go any lower? In today's market, those thoughts have delivered a costly lesson to investors who failed to see the need for a large enough margin of safety. Take First Marblehead
The concept behind the margin of safety is to reduce the likelihood of damaging losses if certain valuation assumptions go wrong. With plenty going wrong today in most corners of the market, you need a wide margin of safety more than ever. If you choose to invest in financials, I would demand an even greater degree of margin of safety than ever before. As these companies continue to raise capital via equity sales, existing stockholders will face dilution and as a result, intrinsic value will head south.
In this market, preservation of capital is the name of the game. Believe it, Fools.
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Facts: Parents had equal parenting time with Child. Trial court found "joint custody did not work for the parties and they did not communicate, and thus that a material change of circumstances had occurred." Trial court designated Father as primary residential parent. Mother appealed.
The Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's decision. The Court found
both parents have love, affection, and emotional ties with the child, and both are able to provide for the child's needs. The child split his time equally between the parents' homes prior to the original trial, so continuity was not an issue. Both parents seemed to have stable family units, and the mental and physical health of the parents was not an issue.
The main difference appears to be the fact that Father encouraged Child's relationship with Mother while Mother did not do likewise.
It was shown that [Father] and his then wife encouraged a close and continuing relationship between the child and the mother, but the mother did not return the favor, and instead coached the child to say things like "daddy told a fib", and other coaches.
This goes to show that taking the high road and putting the children's best interest ahead of one's own tends to be rewarded in custody decisions.
Pennington v. Pennington (Tenn. Ct. App. May 4, 2010).
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Frank L. Smith, a member of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, has been selected to head the planning effort for the Orange County centennial in 1989.
Smith said the 18-member group, which includes county, city and corporate officials, has been meeting monthly to plan for the 100-year anniversary, which will culminate in a celebration on Aug. 1, 1989.
A yearlong celebration is planned, including sports and cultural events and coordination of all the county's regularly scheduled activities--such as the Strawberry Festival in Garden Grove and Toys on Parade in Santa Ana--to blend with the centennial theme.
Smith said a preliminary event will be held at the Bowers Museum next August to unveil some plans and the corporate backers of the celebration. He noted that corporate sponsorship proved very successful in the Olympics and that he hopes to put it to use again in 1989.


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CARE Centre for Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs) recently celebrated its tenth anniversary, and over those ten years has helped more than 1,000 nurses from 140 countries to achieve registration to practice in Ontario. Nurses are often called the backbone of the health care system, the largest employee group in the sector. In the Greater Toronto Area, fully 25 per cent of nurses received their nursing education in countries other than Canada, with IENs comprising 10 per cent of the workforce in other parts of Ontario. Half of the GTA's 5.5 million residents are new Canadians, with 60 per cent of immigrants to Canada settling in Ontario.
"While these numbers are already significant, with population forecasts, we can see why IENs in the nursing workforce are more important than ever," says Zubeida Ramji, CARE Centre's Executive Director. "Particularly in the long-term care sector, we are seeing culturally-centered facilities on the increase, and nurses who can speak different languages and bring experience from their countries of origin are of huge benefit. Working with CARE Centre, nurses learn occupational-specific communication skills, take courses on nursing in Ontario, and can quickly achieve their registration to practice. We've seen the need for our program spread throughout southern Ontario as cities other than Toronto actively recruit immigrants to settle in their communities."
CARE Centre develops a customized plan of action to each IEN who joins as a new member, and provides a range of programs including a Nursing Readiness Assessment, Exam Preparation, and Language and Communication for Nurses (LCN). LCN offers a specially designed curriculum, which is now available for health care organizations to deliver to their own employees. CARE Centre works with other major health care providers for its observational job shadowing program, where member IENs learn from expert nurses on the job. Ninety percent of CARE Centre graduates obtain employment within a year of passing their registration exams.
CARE Centre is a not-for-profit, registered charity funded by the Government of Ontario, which receives support for some skills training programs from the Government of Canada. Headquartered in Toronto, CARE Centre has a secondary office in Hamilton serving Kitchener-Waterloo and the Niagara and Halton regions. This past summer CARE Centre opened a satellite office to serve Peel Region, and also has offices in London and Windsor. In early 2012 the organization will make an announcement concerning further expansion in southern Ontario. With ten years of operation, CARE Centre is now seeing its earlier graduates move into more senior roles in nursing where they can mentor more IENs as they integrate on the job. To celebrate the achievements of its member IENs as they take their places in the Ontario workforce, CARE Centre launched The CARE Centre Joan Lesmond IEN of the Year Award, named after the late distinguished nursing leader.
The inaugural winner is Loy Asheri, a registered nurse originally from Tanzania who obtained her registration in Ontario in 2004. Asheri is currently employed at Sunnybrook health Sciences Centre in the cardiovascular intensive care unit, and recently joined CARE Centre as a part-time case manager, where she will guide new member IENs on their journey to establishing their nursing careers in Ontario.
CARE Centre Executive Director Zubeida Ramji says, "With Loy Asheri becoming part of our case management team, we have marked an important milestone for CARE Centre. Just as we were guided by leading organizations and individuals in the nursing, healthcare and settlement fields, now our graduates can give back to these communities by supporting a new generation of IENs. It's a promise fulfilled for Loy and our organization together."
Says Asheri, "As a single mom of four young children, coming to a foreign country was a big challenge: financially, psychologically, socially and emotionally. I also had to face all the frustrations and uncertainties which came with the licensing process. My story changed, however, when I joined CARE Centre. I was overwhelmed and honoured to be the first recipient of the award. It gives me great courage and energy to continue expanding on my career. It's also real evidence of what CARE Centre does: it's shown through me receiving this award."
CARE Centre holds regular information sessions for IENs to find out more about its services. The one-time membership fee is $125. Check the website to register. The CARE Centre Joan Lesmond IEN of the Year Award will be presented annually with the call for nominations in May and the award ceremony taking place in November. The 2012 nomination kit with detailed eligibility criteria and submission form will also be available on the CARE Centre website: www.care4nurses.org.


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CISSP Video Mentor – book review
CISSP has nothing to do with Cisco or Microsoft certifications, It is a totally separate world. Saying that, It covers topics that both worlds deal with as security is major for both vendors (and the entire industry).
I've received the CISSP Video mentor kit from Pearson for evaluation. It is a Shon Harris production and the woman is a legend. Great start.
The booklet that come with the video is great, a summary of all the main concepts and definitions. If you study for the exam its a great last-minute review and if you're like me – just picking to the world of security, it is exactly what you need. Not too heavy, not too light.
The videos are very good. I'm familiar with some of the concepts and some where new but at all time I felt that I learn something new and understand it. Shon and her co-instructors that took over at few labs and videos did a great job. Both the presentations and Labs are high level training materials.
One more look at the labs. I'm a PC and windows was my idea. I know nothing about Unix (or was it Linux) but even those Linux-based labs where clear. I won't be able to take a Linux box and run the same commands but I did understand the concepts. Obviously I found the windows-based labs more familiar but the concept is the main purpose when watching this type of video.
Overall I was very happy with this kit and highly recommend it if you study for the CISSP exam or if you just want to get a wider understanding on security concepts.
Check all my reviews here
March 3, 2010 at 5:21 pm
Rofi.. How do you get all the evaluation stuff from Pearson?


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This was my word of the week.
No, it isn't someone with a lisp saying 'kiss' (although I now have an image of some poor fourteen year old with a mouth full of braces singing "all I need is your extra time and your – owwww – kith). It is derived from the Old English cȳth, (circa 900 AD) which in turn originates from the word cȳththu, meaning 'kinship, knowledge'. It is the cousin, etymologically speaking, to the German word kundig, which means knowing, as well as Kenntnisse and die Kunde; but that gets a bit Komplex and will end up with me saying ich habe eine kopfweh.*
Kith: 1. acquaintances, friends, neighbours, or the like, persons living in the same general locality and forming a more or less cohesive group; and
2. kindred.
Kith and kindred. An old phrase, one not often heard. My kith and kin.
Of my family and home. Mine.
Family – kith, kin – doesn't have to be of our blood to be of our heart. To sing through the fabric of our skin, tightly interwoven into thoughts, fears, hopes; to understand a joke in a word, to know anger in the lift of an eyebrow, or the clenching of a fist; that, to me, is kith. That, to me, is kindred.
It is our kith who know when we are hurt, when we are falling apart at the seams. Our kindred who see immediately when we are so far down, there is no way we'll get up without a hand held down towards us — and they do it with no words spoken, no pity shown.
Just an outstretched hand, and a promise to be there if, or when, we fall, the next time.
Your kith is a mix, sometimes, of the near and the far – not just geologically, but in terms of those who know you inside out and sideways, and those who have only just started to scrape through the onion layers, just as you, in turn, are peeling back their many many complexities. Your kith may be made up exclusively of your own family; it may well be an urban family of friends. Perhaps it's the extended loved ones of a spouse, or even near strangers, whom you see as easier to talk to, because at certain points you can withdraw, slip away.
If you are very, very lucky, they will see this, and not let you go.
They will prove the old definition true. They will know you for your real self, and stay the journey, however hard it gets.
My kith are a mix of miraculous souls, who do see me in all my frailties; who look past my well-worn posit of rebel angel – the one who fell first, and hardest. They are on the side of heaven themselves, and know how to deal with the darkness within my weak little bones. They are a mismatched band, and striding at their head is one of the most patient men on the face of the planet, who truly must have just a smidgen of archangel dust on him somewhere to put up with my devil-spawned ways. They are willing to try again and again to get past the concrete barriers I slam up when things get hard.
And they do. They get hard. They are extraordinarily hard now.
But still, my kith and kin beat on against the tide of my stubborn shittiness and tears. My silence. My panic attacks, and my pain, all of which are trying to take over right now, and make me isolated beyond the reach of these brave, foolhardy warriors.
Yet still they persevere. With silliness, and hugs, and wisdom, and love. Sometimes with a severe talking-to.
And just today, by saying these words:
"You are kith and kin."
If I were ten feet underground I would have heard them through the soil, and smiled.
*This, in a very prosaic closing, means I have a headache. For anyone who really, really wanted to know.


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I will be traveling between CDG and Central Paris 3 times by RER+Metro in 12-hours period. So, what is the most economy way to pay for the trip? I thought about Ticket Mobilis, but looks like it's not valid for voyages to or from Airports CDG nor Paris-Orly. "Not valid" means by RER or any other transportation like bus?
Or my only option is to buy 3 separate tickets for 8,70 euros each?


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Mark your calendar for Saturday, August 26th, 11am-2pm, at the Kensington Community Center, 59 Arlington Ave, Kensington for the Kensington Animal Fair. At 12 noon Pastor Tony Clark, M.Div., D.V.M., will offer a blessing of the animals for pets and owners.
The day will include demonstrations by Hazel Weiss and her service dog, K-9 Police Dogs, dog training, Friends of the Library, Dog Scouts of America, and a raffle. We'll have homeless cats, dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs, and birds needing adoption or fostering. Contra Costa County Animal Care and Control will provide low cost inoculations, micro-chipping, and registration with amnesty. Their veterinarian will talk with you about the best health care for your pet. Our local Girl and Boy Scouts will be selling snacks and beverages.
Along with the raffle, you'll have an opportunity to donate money to the rescue orgs. Please send raffle items to the church, and checks made out to ACC or Arlington Community Church with Animal Fair on the memo line. All donations go to the rescue organizations - we will give you a donation letter for your tax deductions.
So bring your pets for a blessing, open your hearts to a homeless pet, and have a wonderful family day in the park.


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Block out the elements by closing the gaps around the door and floor with a sealing system. The tight seal will keep the inside of your garage clean despite the weather outside.
Hunter Valley Garage Doors knows that your garage is not just for cars, with a lot of Australians using their garage as a workshop, man cave, gym, home office and much more. We also know that it can be the hottest part of your home in summer and the coldest part in winter. We can provide a Thermadoor Insulation package to help Cut energy costs by reducing thermal exchange in your home keeping it cool in Summer and Cosy in winter.


text: The GT350 is a new kind of Mustang. Track ready from the factory, its V8 makes 526 hp and some of the best 8200 rpm noises you'll ever hear. On this episode of Ignition, Jason Cammisa explains what makes this flat plane crankshaft different from a regular V8 using a set of drums.


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Like Minds Advisory is a small collective of leadership learning experts who share an uncommon philosophy.
Between us, we've taught hundreds of Executive Education programs around the world. But while we believed in the content, we were always left with a nagging doubt – does it make a difference?
Theory is all well and good, but learning how to apply it everyday is a skill in itself. That's why we've developed approaches that focus on the application of leadership in key moments, instead of just teaching abstract concepts and principles. Yes, we can make a difference.
The culture of every organization is different, making the successful application of leadership theory dependent on a whole range of variables. We set out to bridge the gap between theory and reality, by focusing on application in context, and helping leaders understand how to make the most of the moments that matter.
What's in our name
Our name was chosen to reflect several key aspects of our philosophy. More than a descriptor of our offering, it serves as:
A warning
Leaders should be cautious about how "like minded" their people are. Organizations domesticate people, they build ways of thinking that are far too alike in their people, making innovation and change more of a challenge.
An Invitation
We work with like-minded people who share our views; people who are looking for a change, and are not satisfied with how things have traditionally been done in the leadership learning space.
A Promise
We like minds. We like engaging challenges and we like engaging with others. Putting our minds together, we can achieve a great performance.


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Total Folklore is the aural equivalent of licking wasp flavoured candyfloss and swigging it back with a broken glass blueberry slushy. Dan's basically playing it cutesy whilst also sticking a pen knife in your ear.
I summarised the way Friel's music made me feel back when he first put 'Valedictorian' out for your streaming pleasure last year. None of the intensity has dulled on this long-player. The resulting chaos is a cacophonous musical George's Marvellous Medicine of sounds pulled together to send you doolally.
Friel's vision is an album inspired by urban life, triggered by long walks through the Brooklyn and the world of the commute. Tracks are punctuated with sounds Friel recorded on walks through the city, brief moments representing the pauses in city journeys - moments inside a pachinko parlor or watching kids play basketball.
Friel clearly associates the city with chaos and noise - his effects pedals and noisemakers make that clear. Total Folklore is like a psychedelic-love-letter to a city, and it's shaped by abrasive punk and written like saccharin chip tune. Starting with 'Ulysses' Total Folklore slowly grinds it's gears and rises up, constantly unfurling additional scale when you always think it can't go on. At almost 13-minutes long, scale is one thing 'Ulysses' can't be accused of lacking.
That opening track makes up almost a third of the album's length, so the album's structure itself feels like an additional attempt at confrontation. Dan Friel rushes to get through the rest of the material - only two of the remaining 11 tracks extend beyond three-minutes. It feels a little bit like the boy who has unwrapped one Christmas present and just can't wait to tear them all open, too excited to slow down.
The ideas also loop back on themselves. 'Scavengers' is another take at the core melody of 'Valedictorian' but with more bass, for example. There are a series of rapid moments on this album - the grit and bubblegum of 'Thumper' and rising crescendo of 'Badlands' - but each feels like a the result of some heavily distorted Chinese-whisper of the last.
If there is one thing besides noise that Total Folklore communicates it is rapid and uncontrollable excitement, overstimulated and over-amplified. In today's world of cynicism and reservation that's a little bit refreshing. It might give you a nosebleed but one thing Total Folklore doesn't do is leave you without an impression.
Total Folklore is out on 18 February through Thrill Jockey, available to pre-order from Amazon.co.uk on CD and LP [affiliate links]. Stream and download the track 'Thumper' below:


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Cross-posted at Vertical
In the fall of 2005, Jars of Clay performed at Fellowship Bible Church North as part of their "Redemption Songs & Stories" tour. One of the songs they performed from the album Redemption Songs was "They'll Know We Are Christians By Our Love". Drawn from John 13:35 the song reminds us that our love for one another will testify to our love for Christ.
In today's text, Ephesians 4:1-6, we see Paul address similar themes. Let's dive right in and apply this teaching.
Not so fast! I've heard it said whenever you see therefore, you need to ask "what's it there for?". Here in Ephesians, Paul's therefore marks the transition from Paul's teaching on doctrine in chapters 1-3 to life application built on that doctrine in chapters 4-6. Paul's application becomes empty moralism without this gospel foundation.
The triune God of the universe has created a new people for himself, from every tribe and language and people and nation (Revelation 5:9). In doing so, God has reconciled the rebel to himself. God has also unified a divided humanity. We are called to live as ambassadors of an outpost of heaven here on earth. Christ has won the battle to reconcile mankind to God and mankind to one another.
So how exactly are to we live as His new people?
- with all humility and gentleness,
- with patience,
- bearing with one another in love,
- eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit
Why? Paul reminds us that we are united in Christ:
- one body and one Spirit,
- one hope,
- one Lord,
- one faith,
- one baptism,
- one God and Father of all
Will you join me and strive to live out our calling as Christians; to love the family of God in Jesus Christ; and, to keep the peace in the this family? In so doing this "They'll Know We Are Christians By Our Love".
If you'd like to dive into this passage a bit more, I might suggest that you check out these sermons from Ligon Duncan at FPC Jackson:
- Walking Worthy of Our Calling | listen to the mp3
- Walking Worthy of Our Calling (pt 2) | listen to the mp3
- One Body, Spirit, Hope, Lord, Faith, Baptism, God and Father | listen to the mp3
- One Body, Spirit, Hope, Lord, Faith, Baptism, God and Father (pt 2) | listen to the mp3
- One Body, Spirit, Hope, Lord, Faith, Baptism, God and Father (pt 3) | listen to the mp3
Get the Jars of Clay album Redemption Songs at iTunes | Amazon.com


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AICR HealthTalk
Karen Collins, MS, RD, CDN
American Institute for Cancer Research
Q: I know I need to get more physically active, but I don't enjoy exercise programs and quit after a month or so every time. What do you suggest?
A: You've hit the nail on the head: physical activity is a key step to lower risk of cancer and to help prevent and control heart disease and diabetes. But it doesn't have to be "exercise." Spend a few minutes and write down as many ways you can think of that you could possibly enjoy moving around. Then go through the list and choose options that could work with your schedule. For example, if you'd like to help others, what about signing up with your local animal shelter or humane society to help walk dogs? Or how about helping with a community garden or the landscaping at a local historical site? You might volunteer at a hospital helping patients in wheel chairs get to necessary tests, or help other causes you care about that need some physically active engagement. On the other hand, if some solitude is just the stress-reliever you need, you could work in your own garden, take walks in pretty areas, focusing on enjoying the scenery rather than the goal of "exercise," or experiment with non-aerobic, contemplative-types of activity such as yoga or tai chi. Is social interaction what you'd like? There are lots of options: you could get a few people who commit to walking certain days each week at a particular time or check your local Y or community center for recreational sport leagues aimed at beginners. What about dance classes? Check local dance studios and community centers for lessons in everything from Latin to line dancing, belly dancing, tap and ballet. Another possibility is to turn some of the time you currently spend driving or commuting to work or errands into "active commuting time" by walking or biking. Regular physical activity is important to health, so forget the "should do it" and try out different ways to do it until you find one (or more!) that you can make part of your regular lifestyle.
The American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) is the cancer charity that fosters research on the relationship of nutrition, physical activity and weight management to cancer risk, interprets the scientific literature and educates the public about the results. It has contributed more than $96 million for innovative research conducted at universities, hospitals and research centers across the country. AICR has published two landmark reports that interpret the accumulated research in the field, and is committed to a process of continuous review. AICR also provides a wide range of educational programs to help millions of Americans learn to make dietary changes for lower cancer risk. Its award-winning New American Plate program is presented in brochures, seminars and on its website, www.aicr.org. AICR is a member of the World Cancer Research Fund International..
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Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 6:08 pm
NEED an expert on cadapults, iam testing the angles and objects launched NEEDS SOMEBODY
elin105 wrote:Hi! This sounds like an interesting topic, that has potential to go far. What grade are you in at school?
What type of catapult are you planning on using? For example, if you use a slingshot catapult, it may be more difficult to control the constant variables, but it will be easier to construct.
Don't forget to take into consideration that the shape and density may affect results.
Good luck with your project!
peteryoung wrote:I suggest you do some background research on the web, using
"trebuchet" as the keyword. There are serious hobbyists who
do catapult launches for sport, but I doubt they'd be likely to
be patched into the Science Buddies network.
I don't know what size catapult you are contemplating but be
forewarned: these can contain a lot of pent-up power and
having a well-built and safely designed catapult is extremely
important. If you get to the test phase, this should be done
in a location where property damage or injury to bystanders
(or to yourself) cannot be allowed to happen.
If there's not enough time to build and test a catapult (Dec 20
Hi, I have to interview a person for my science project, is it possiable to interview you? I would really apprciate it. I built my catapult already and i just need some expert advice. It would be great if we could schedule it tommarrow around 6p.m Dec, 19 Iam pretty flexiable soo... lets cordinate.
Peter Young
induced_discharge wrote:Hi MCC,
I have had the experience of building a trebuchet, slingshot, and crossbow ballista before and let me tell you they are a lot of fun. From your post it is hard to tell what level you are doing this project on, however a good understanding of newton's first 2 laws and more specifically gravity will be key to comprehending the mathematical side of the project. (Perhaps a short introduction on air resistance to explain possible discrepancies wouldn't hurt as well) As for the "fun" side, building a model out of wood would (pardon the pun) probably make the most sense for its easy connections and general cheapness, abundance and versatility.
If you are advanced enough to be trying to calculate the energy you initially impart on the object, then I would suggest a trebuchet as there is no need to worry about elasticity. Otherwise you are just trying to make the projectile launch consistently in which case I would suggest a slingshot design which should have a nice consistent release.
Good luck on your project and keep on updating.


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Today's Above Avalon stories:
- Tesla 2Q16 Earnings
- 2Q16 Smartphone Market Deep Dive
- Thursday Q&A
We kick off today's update with a closer look at Tesla's earnings. I discuss the major takeaways from Tesla's earnings conference call, keeping Apple's Project Titan in mind. The email then turns to the latest IDC smartphone shipment data. We cover some of the major themes taking place in the smartphone market, including the increased chatter that iPhone hardware design seems to be falling behind the competition. We conclude with Thursday Q&A and the following question from an Above Avalon member:
Why do the bond markets and equity markets have completely different outlooks for Apple?
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Our ghetto gourmet dinner series continued with 'Indian' as the theme for our second dinner. Thrilled to introduce the guest blogger for this post-Thomas Richard Walsh, another witty Brit in our group (just had to add the middle name, haha). Recently moved to Seoul from Hong Kong, this lawyer, food lover, blogger, cyclist (he's trying to get me into fixie's), has joined our culinary super group! The story of our friendship arose from twitter and fellow food blogs, and somehow played a role with his new 'addiction' to Seoul. Hahaha. Welcome to Seoul Tom!!!
Must check out his food/travel blog written by both him and his girlfriend, Jen Meoller (who will be joining us in Seoul shortly!)
Tom and his fancy scarf and blue socks...just had to get this shot.
3 weeks ago, my first week in Seoul, I was invited to series of dinners called "Ghetto Gourmet – Dining in the Rough". Little did I realize that that such an offer came with a series of conditions:
First, I had to eat the food. That bit was easy.
Second, I had to write a review of the meal. I'm getting to that now.
Third, I had to commit to cooking at some time in the future in return. And that would then be reviewed.
If I was sensible, this would be a scathing review in which I set the bar barely higher than a cockroach walks to help set the stage for the fantastic meal I (or more accurately Jen) will eventually have to cook.
However, rather annoyingly this isn't possible and it is not because I am a nice person (I'm not); it is because the theme of the meal (Indian) was expertly cooked by two quasi-natives.
The chefs for the night were Andy, a British guy, whose national dish is obviously Indian and Sooyon, a Korean native, who did the diplomatic childhood thing and lived in [India/ Sri Lanka]. Combine the two and you have victory.
However, going back to the fundamentals for a moment, quite frankly I have sod all idea why they are "Ghetto Gourmet" dinners, as there is absolutely no mucking around going on. When we arrived at around 8:00pm Andy and Sooyon had already been cooking for something like 8 hours. They had that look of miserable intensity that comes from having focused on food for far too long, and the knowledge that they would be waiting on us hand and food for the coming four hours. Which they did.
Fortuitously for us, their misery was our joy. The curries were a Sri Lankan beef curry, chicken Balti curry, and a Palak (spinach) curry. Quite frankly I suspect that I won't be having such Indian food in Seoul again in the near future. Both were spot on benefited from the hours of slaving over the stove that Andy and Sooyon had been forced to do.
Then, in what was either an avant garde attempt to overthrow the bourgeoisie constraints of a normal meal or that the mains took far long than expected, the starters started coming out as side dishes. Home made samosas, parathas, mirchi bhajji (stuffed green chili fritters), pompadoms, naan breads and on and on. Coupled with some Korean style craft brewed pale ales and wheat beers from a local brewery, this was the perfect meal for a Brit newly arrived in Seoul (apart from Korean bbq of course).
All I can say is thanks to Andy and Sooyon for the invite and that this really should be renamed "Damn Fine Gourmet Dinners". However, come a couple of weeks I am about to slam dunk this whole series.
These stuffed peppers just out-did Hanchoo...ok, I just said that...wow.
Sue and Sarah being silly in the kitchen...