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That's all from us here at blog central - enjoy your evenings.
We hope to see you again tomorrow from 9.30am.
And another tweet on tomorrow's RBA meeting and calls that the board is likely to sit on the fence:
"Wait and see" approach by RBA doesnt make sense to me. They either move or lock up shop. Stevens up for re-election right before election
— Peter Esho (@PeterEsho) February 4, 2013
Tomorrow the local earnings season starts. Here's what you need to know about what happened today and what's expected tomorrow:
- ASX200 ends down 0.3%, at day's lows
- AUD slightly higher; buying $US1.0435, 96.7 yen, 76.6 euro cents
- The Nikkei is up 0.7%; Shanghai flat and Hang Seng up 0.4%
- Wall St futures are flat; FTSE futures up 0.1%
- Gold is 0.2% higher, WTI crude oil 0.2% lower
- US factory orders December: 2.4% rise expected
- Eurozone PPI December: -0.2% m/m and 2.1% y/y
- RBA board meeting - no change expected
- ABS house prices for December quarter
- ABS international trade in goods and services
- Challenger Diversified (HY) -- Expected: $22.2 million net profit/8.7c dividend
- Cochlear (HY) -- Exp: $80 million / $1.25
- Navitas (HY) -- Exp: $35.5 million / 9.4c
- Reckon (FY) -- Exp: $18.4 million / 4.8c
- Transurban (HY) -- Exp: $213 million / 15.5c
(HY is half year; FY is full year. Earnings estimates are courtesy of Goldman Sachs.)
Global giants including Apple and Google will be forced to reveal how much tax they pay the federal government, under a plan to name and shame firms seen to be dodging their responsibilities by using tax havens.
The proposed crackdown would also clear the way for the government to publish more detail on how much mining tax resources firms are paying. Until now, the government has refused to say exactly how much money the mining tax has raised, citing the need for taxpayer confidentiality.
A fundamental principle of tax law is that the affairs of all taxpayers, from individuals to corporate giants, are kept secret.
But with governments around the world seeking to protect their budgets against use of tax havens, especially by technology firms, large companies operating in Australia may no longer enjoy such privacy.
Sales of locally made family sedans are at their lowest in memory as buyers flock to imported SUVs and utes.
Preliminary sales figures for January obtained by Drive show Holden sold roughly 1600 Commodores for the month, believed to be its worst month on record. It was a record low for its traditional rival too, with Ford selling less than 800 examples of the Falcon.
Toyota's locally made sedans, the Camry and Aurion, also registered what is believed to be their worst monthly sales on record.
January is typically a bad month for the locally-built sedans because fleet buyers, who account for up to 70 per cent of their sales, don't buy cars in January.
But the results put further pressure on an industry that has been criticised for relying too heavily on government subsidies for its survival.
Most sectors posted losses, with financials down 0.5 per cent, gold falling 1.1 per cent and energy slipping 0.1 per cent. Materials ended flat while telcos inched up 0.2 per cent.
The sharemarket has closed at the day's lows. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 fell 13.6 points, or 0.3 per cent, at 4907.5, while the broader All Ords lost 12.8 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 4929.1.
The Australian dollar has shot up to fresh four-year peaks on the yen and held ground against its US counterpart, while bond prices fell to their lowest since May as major support levels finally gave way.
The Aussie is trading at 96.63 after earlier flying to 96.78 yen, its strongest levels since August 2008. It's also buying $US1.0425, from $US1.0404 early, and 76.5 euro cents, up from 76.22 earlier.
The Aussie is underpinned by stronger Asian bourses and rising commodity prices after solid manufacturing data from the United States, Europe and China late last week.
"While the AUD is strong and will continue to weigh on domestic demand indicators ... global factors suggest AUD should remain buoyant," summarises Greg Gibbs, a strategist at Royal Bank of Scotland in Singapore.
This explained why the Australian dollar has been resilient to a run of surprisingly weak data including a fall of 4.4 per cent in building approvals and a continued drop in job ads.
Gold has ticked up but is unable to breach the upside limit of a recent trading range as mostly upbeat US data takes some shine off the precious metal, which withers when economic recovery gains traction.
"Investors remain fairly optimistic in the US recovery, which makes gold less attractive, even though recent data is rather a mixed bag," says Chen Min, an analyst at Jinrui Futures in Shenzhen. "Unless we see surprisingly good news for gold, it will be trapped in a narrow range of roughly $US1660 and $US1680 an ounce."
Spot gold is up 0.3 per cent to $US1671.60 an ounce.
After a decent start today, the Australian sharemarket appeared to take the foot off the gas with some key sectors of the market unable to sustain the upward momentum, CMC Markets trader Tim Waterer says:
The bumper lead from Wall Street made for a day of green numbers across most of the Asian region, however the underperformance of the ASX200 today is perhaps due to what can be viewed as a pre-emptive move higher by the Australian bourse last Friday (where the index added 42 points).
A key indicator that will be released two days after the Reserve Bank's meeting, the unemployment rate, is forecast by economists to drift slightly upwards to 5.5 per cent from 5.4 per cent the month before.
"I think the private sector is still indicating by its activity in the labour market that there's still not moves to significant reduce the work force, otherwise we would see a lot more negatives on the monthly employment figures," Commonwealth Bank senior economist Michael Workman said.
"On balance, the case is [the RBA] can sit, wait and watch. And maybe they can progress this argument that in December the rate cut was provided on a reading of the economy both here and offshore that was a little bit more negative than it's actually turned out to be."
In Japan, Panasonic shares jumped 16.89 per cent to 692 yen in Tokyo morning trade, following the company's announcement after the close of Friday's session that it posted an operating profit of 121.95 billion yen ($1.27 billion) in the nine months to December, and a 61.4 billion yen net profit in the last three months of 2012.
That marked a huge reversal from a net loss of 197.6 billion yen a year earlier, with Panasonic citing aggressive cost-cutting as part of a massive corporate overhaul aimed at stemming record losses.
Rio Tinto's $3 billion expansion of a Pilbara mine has been approved by the West Australian government.
More than 1,500 construction jobs would be created, nearly tripling iron ore operations at the Nammuldi mine and building a new 130 megawatt power station at nearby Cape Lambert, from where the ore will be shipped.
There would be ongoing employment for more than 700 people, WA Premier Colin Barnett said in a statement.
The expansion would see iron ore mined below the water table and production increased from eight to 23 million tonnes a year.
Rio shares are up 1 per cent to $67.86.
Puma Energy has agreed to buy independent fuel distributor and retailer Ausfuel from private equity firm Archer Capital, in a deal reported to be worth up to $650 million.
In a statement, Puma Energy, which is a subsidiary of Dutch independent commodity trader Trafigura Beheer, said the deal would make it Australia's largest independent fuel retailer.
Terms were not disclosed. Morgan Stanley advised Archer, one of Australia's largest buyout firms.
The Australian Financial Review reports that the deal is worth between $625 million and $650 million.
The new head of Australia's solar thermal research effort says the cost of generating electricity can be halved by 2020, placing it on course to match the renewable energy contribution from solar photovoltaic technologies.
Manuel Blanco, an international specialist in solar energy, started today as director of the CSIRO-led Australian Solar Thermal Research Initiative (ASTRI). The initiative has $87 million in funding over eight years to advance so-called concentrating solar power technologies, which typically tap solar energy using mirrors or lenses to drive steam turbines.
Dr Blanco said a "technological leap" would be needed to cut generation costs from 25 cents a kilowatt-hour to 12 cents by 2020 but collaborative efforts between Australian and overseas scientists could achieve the goal. Costs had fallen by about 25 per cent over the past five years.
Have you noticed that international flights have become more crowded lately? Former Qantas chief economist Tony Webber has.
The airline metric that describes the extent of this crowding is the seat factor, defined as the percentage of seats on the plane that are occupied. For all international flights operated into and out of Australia, the seat factor has grown from just 66 per cent in 1991 to 77 per cent in 2012.
Here's a snapshot of how markets around the region are performing:
- Nikkei(Japan): +0.5%
- Shanghai: +0.6%
- Taiwan: +0.7%
- South Korea: flat
- Singapore: +0.6%
- New Zealand: flat
Buyout firm Quadrant Private Equity is actively considering an initial public offering of its Virtus Health in vitro fertilisation business, the largest IVF group in the Asia-Pacific region.
A share sale, which could be worth around $500 million according to press reports, is possible around mid-year, Quadrant director Marcus Darville says.
"Virtus is the largest player in its sector and it is a natural IPO candidate," Darville says. "There is a lot of investor interest in healthcare stocks, and the market background is becoming more positive again."
Whilst the market is up, interest rates are down. That's the simple explanation for why stocks might yet rise further, Steven Johnson says in Don't sell your stocks just yet:
The longer explanation is that the earnings yield of the market, which is the earnings before tax for the ASX 300 divided by the combined market capitalisation of the ASX 300 companies, hasn't fallen any more than the 10-year Australian Government bond yield.
Whilst a rising market has caused the earnings yield to fall from around 11% at its peak to just over 8% now, the yield on 10-year government bonds has fallen from 6% to 3.5% over a similar period.
The gap between the two is known as the equity risk premium—the extra return you receive for investing in stocks rather than bonds. And as the chart show, the equity risk premium is still at historical highs.
Despite the fact that stocks prices went up last year, with current interest rates you can expect to earn a return of about 5% over that of bonds.
Lawyers for the former head of surfwear company Billabong have until the end of the month to review the prosecution case against him.
Matthew Perrin, 40, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of defrauding the Commonwealth Bank of $13.5 million.
It's alleged Perrin forged his former wife Nicole Bricknell's signature on documents, enabling him to use the value of a jointly-owned house on the Gold Coast to obtain a loan of $13.5 million from the bank in 2008.
Perrin, once regularly listed as one of Australia's richest men, filed for bankruptcy in March 2009. He had debts of $28.2 million.
Despite the recent strong gains in the sharemarket, the rally still has a bit to go, writes Intelligent Investor's Steven Johnson:
The professionals are certainly a lot more optimistic. Of the fund managers surveyed by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, 80 per cent are taking on "more risk than usual".
Mums and dads are slowly dipping their toes back into the market, too. And since hitting its lowest absolute level since 2003 in the September 2012 quarter, margin lending is once again increasing.
With the ASX All Ordinaries Index up nearly 19 per cent in 2012, hopefully you had a good year.
The one big question that many investors are now grappling with is this: with the market rallying so hard, is it time to take some money off the table?
It's heavily against the odds but there are still some tipping a rate cut tomorrow:
Citi stands by its call for the RBA to cut rates on Tuesday, cites liattle traction from past cuts. #AUSBIZ
— enda curran (@endacurran) February 4, 2013
CBA economist Michael Workman said although today's building approval numbers were disappointing, the housing sector is still expecting a boost in 2013.
- The 4.4 per cent fall was composed by a 3.3 per cent fall in detached dwellings and a 5.4 per cent fall in the volatile multi‑unit dwellings segment. It does, however, keep the three month average at the 13k run rate required to achieve a 10 per cent rise in approvals over 2013.
- Underlying economic drivers of housing activity are generally quite supportive of a rise in dwelling approvals. We expect that lower mortgage rates, a stabilisation in house prices, improved housing affordability and pent‑up demand for dwellings will boost activity in the housing market over 2013. In our view, it looks likely that national residential approvals will be about 160k for 2013, up 10 per cent from 2012's estimated outcome of 145k.
- The major missing ingredient to the economic drivers is higher consumer confidence. While consumers say that it is a good time to buy or build a dwelling, they are, at this stage, hesitant to commit to higher debt levels. First Home Buyers grants' have been skewed towards new construction but, so far, they have not been as keenly sought as in previous cycles.
As we head into the second half of the trading day, he's a look at the best and worst performers of the top 50 companies on the ASX:
Among the sectors, it looks as though the miners are the ones holding the ASX in the black:
- Materials: +0.5%
- Telecommunications: +0.7%
- Financials: -0.2%
- Consumer discretionary: -0.1%
- Gold: -0.3%
A measure of online sales has pulled back from record highs in December as the seasonal rush of Christmas shopping peaked, though the pace of sales growth remained far above that for bricks and mortar stores.
National Australia Bank's index of online sales dipped 5.8 per cent in December to 227 points, unwinding part of November's 15 per cent spike. Annual growth in the index cooled a little to 22.8 per cent, from 26.5 per cent in November.
NAB said the move was largely seasonal, with November being the peak month for online sales which allows time for goods to be delivered ahead of Christmas.
Here's how the region's sharemarkets are doing today (Shanghai not open yet but expected to rise):
- Japan (Nikkei): +0.3%
- Hong Kong: +0.6%
- Taiwan: +0.55%
- Korea: +0.2%
- Singapore: +0.5%
- New Zealand: +0.15%
''Economic news was universally good,'' says Matthew Sherwood, head of investment markets research at Perpetual Investment, referring to Friday's US jobs data and a reading on China's services sector.
''Corporate leaders are becoming more confident about the growth outlook. Investors are starting to feel the same way, even though questions remain about the strength of corporate earnings growth.''
The dollar is trading at $US1.0423, about where it was before the weak building approvals data put some pressure on the currency.
The Aussie is also buying 96.5 yen, extending its remarkable rally against the Japanese currency, while against the euro it's headed in the oppositen direction, slipping to 76.45 euro cents.
Qantas will consider increasing flights to destinations such as Beijing and Delhi from 2016 using longer-range Dreamliner planes as part of an overhaul of its Asian network.
Ahead of the launch of its proposed alliance with Emirates, Qantas has provided more details of its plans for the region, including a re-timing of flights to ensure they better connect with other services.
As part of the rejig of its international network, Qantas will cease flying to Frankfurt six months earlier than planned. The airline's final flight to the German city will now be on April 15.
Qantas will also stop flying between Adelaide and Singapore on April 14, and between Perth and Hong Kong on March 31. It will reduce Perth-Singapore services from two to one a day.
The number of Qantas flights to Asian destinations will remain the same but the totoal number of seats will increase. Photo: Getty Images
The first drop in building approvals since last April means the Reserve Bank will be more likely to cut rates, JPMorgan economist Tom Kennedy says:
- (The drop) is quite worrying because detached dwellings really give you the underlying sense of what's happening in the housing market.
- When you look at the number of building approvals in level terms, they are significantly lower than they were in 2010 and 2009 and if you want to see those levels return I think the RBA is going to have to provide a bit more of an accommodative stance over the coming months.
- But an improving outlook for the global economy, including stronger growth in China, mean the RBA will keep the cash rate on hold at its February board meeting tomorrow.
Aquila Resources has put its $7.4 billion West Pilbara iron ore project on ice at least through June due to funding difficulties, sending its shares down nearly 10 per cent.
Aquila and its partners AMCI, a mining investment firm, and South Korean steel giant Posco, effectively froze the project last September, when iron ore prices hit a three-year low. They had failed to agree on a budget for the year to June 2013 and sent the dispute into arbitration.
Arbitration was due to begin on February 18, but Aquila said today it had bowed to its partners and would continue the suspension on the project for the rest of this financial year.
Shares in Aquila, 14 per cent owned by China's biggest listed steelmaker, Baoshan Iron & Steel Co, sank to a one-month low of $2.82 and last traded down 4.8 per cent at $2.97.
In other second-tier economic data out today, ANZ reported that monthly job advertisements fell by 0.9 per cent last month, posting an 11th straight month of declines.
Job ads had dropped a revised 2.8 per cent in December, after a 2.8 per cent decline in November.
ANZ's head of Australian economics and property research, Ivan Colhoun, says the January results meant job advertising was "broadly unchanged", given the seasonal swings during the December and January period.
"We will need to assess the February data to ascertain whether the previous decline in job advertising is beginning to moderate," Mr Colhoun says.
At the same time, building approvals data from the Bureau of Statistics, also released this morning, revealed that dwelling approvals dropped 4.4 per cent in December in seasonally adjusted terms, against economists' expectations of a 1 per cent rise. In November, approvals went up by 3.4 per cent.
Private sector housing approvals fell 3.3 per cent in December in seasonally adjusted terms, the Bureau of Statistics said, as the value of total buildings approved sank 1.9 per cent for the same month.
A bit more on the Visa-ACCC story mentioned earlier.
The ACCC has sued Visa in federal court, claiming the company prevented the expansion of so-called dynamic currency conversion services. A copy of the claim wasn't immediately available from the court.
Dynamic currency conversion services give customers the choice of completing a transaction in their home currency or in the local currency of the retail store or bank cash machine. A cardholder who chooses DCC receives a locked-in exchange rate that's disclosed at the time of the transaction, the ACCC said.
"The ACCC is concerned that Visa sought to stop the growth of competing dynamic currency conversion services," ACCC Chairman Rod Sims said in the statement. Visa earned less revenue when a cardholder selected DCC, the regulator said.
More to come.
The banks are generally pretty saggy in early trade:
- CBA is 0.28% lower to $64.87
- ANZ is 0.3% higher to $26.82
- NAB is 0.07% lower to $27.98
- Westpac is 0.25% lower to $28.23
What's in store for the week, courtesy of Michael Pascoe:
Looking at some of the blue chips now, we'll start with the big miners who are having a happy Monday:
- BHP is 0.38% higher to $38.06
- Rio is 1.18% higher to $67.99
- Fortescue is 1.46% higher to $4.86
- Newcrest is 0.8% higher at $23.81
Looking ahead to the data slated for release at 11.30am, the number of permits granted to build or renovate houses and apartments in Australia probably increased 1 per cent from November, when they rose 2.9 per cent, according to the median estimate of economists surveyed by Bloomberg News. We also get ANZ job ads at 11.30am.
Among other things, expectations of the building data could be helping to support the Aussie, says one analyst.
''Stronger economic growth and leaving rates on hold would be positive for the Aussie,'' said Hans Kunnen, the chief economist at St. George Bank in Sydney.
''The Reserve Bank will continue to wait and see the impact of earlier cuts. There just doesn't seem to be the same level of anxiety there was last year.''
A bit more on the question of data, inflation, and the possible future direction of interest rates:
Based on TD-MI monthly inflation gauge, it looks like March qtr CPI will be around 0.8% q/q. A little bit disconcerting
— Stephen Koukoulas (@TheKouk) February 3, 2013
A good question from reader 'Retd1':
10.15 - did everyone sell so they could watch the Superbowl??
The chances of a rate cut at tomorrow's RBA meeting are sinking, according to Credit Suisse data. Here are the market implied rates for a 25 basis point cut tomorrow:
- Today: 16% chance of a 25bp rate cut
- Friday: 22% chance of a 25bp rate cut
On the question of Aussie markets topping 5000, here's Arab Bank's David Scutt:
My call for the #xjo to hit 5k in Q1 looking good. Have little doubt the latest #newspoll is helping to underpin gains today #ausbiz #auspol
— David Scutt (@David_Scutt) February 3, 2013
Early gains have moderated. After rising 0.61 per cent in opening trade, the ASX200 has retreated to a gain of 0.2 per cent. The All Ords has followed a similar trajectory.
The first bit of data is out for today. Inflation remains at a slow enough pace for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to again cut the cash rate, but expectations are that it won't this month.
The TD Securities/Melbourne Institute Monthly Inflation Gauge rose by 0.3 per cent in January for a 2.5 per cent annual pace, which was in the middle of the RBA's two to three per cent target range. Underlying inflation, the RBA's preferred measure, which excludes volatile price changes, was at 2.2 per cent for the 12 months to January.
Qantas plans to broaden the number of destinations it flies to in Asia as part of its new alliance with Emirates.
The Australian carrier's outlined its new four-phase strategy for the Asian market. The new destinations being considered include Beijing, Seoul, Mumbai, Delhi and Tokyo-Handeda.
Qantas also plans to provide more frequent flights to Singapore and Hong Kong, as well as change the time of those flights and increase capacity on those routes. Qantas said the improvements to its Asian services would begin on March 31 and be rolled out in four phases.
Qantas shares are down 0.3 per cent in early trade to $US1.535.
S&P Capital IQ has released some interesting numbers ahead of the official launch of earnings season. In the February issue of their earnings report, they point out that 166 companies have reported earnings in FY12, with 37 per cent beating expectations. They also note:
- Companies still remaining to report with the largest expected earnings growth for FY 2012 include Aurora Oil & Gas +81.0%, Caltex Australia +74.9%, and QBE Insurance +44.4%.
- Companies still remaining to report with the most upward revisions for FY 2012 in the past month include, OZ Minerals 8 upward revisions, Alumina 8 upward revisions, and Iluka Resources 7 upward revisions.
- Companies with the greatest potential upside based on Capital IQ consensus target price include, Maverick Drilling & Exploration +187.7%, Gryphon Minerals +164.3%, and Saracen Mineral Holdings +97.49% (*data as of 1/30/13).
In technical terms we are in a cyclical bull market now that the market has breached the 20 per cent level, Matthew Kidman writes:
The bears, though, will say it is just another sharp rally in a secular bear market that has been in train since the market topped on November 1, 2007.
So should you buy the sharemarket now that it has motored 23 per cent higher in six months or have you missed the whole thing and is it better to wait for a pull-back?
The S&P/ASX 200 is now up more than 23 per cent cince the surge ignited back in June 2012. Photo: Louie Douvis
Here are the worst-performed companies on the ASX200 in early trade:
- Discovery Metals: -4.8%
- Sirtex Medical: -1.62%
- Navitas: -1.19%
- Acrux: -1.11%
- Invocare: -0.94%
- Crown: -0.85%
Here are the best-performed companies on the ASX200 in early trade:
- Mirabela Nickel: +4.44%
- Saracen Mining Holdings: +3.85%
- Gindalbie Metals: +3.51%
- AWE Ltd: +3.46%
- Independence Group: +3.17%
- Boart Longyear: +2.5%
Looking at the sectors on the ASX200 now:
- Energy: +0.92%
- Materials: +0.78%
- Telecoms: +0.72%
- Info tech: +0.55%
- Consumer disc.: 0.55%
- Financials: +0.34%
The Australian share market has opened more than half a per cent higher.
The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 27.3 points, or 0.55 per cent, at 4948.4, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 26.5 points, or 0.54 per cent, at 4968.4.
On the ASX 24, the March share price index futures contract was up 16 points at 4895, with 6752 contracts traded.
The ACCC is taking legal action against Visa in the Federal Court in NSW for misuse of market power.
BusinesDay's Lucy Battersby is about to read the legal documents and will file more details shortly.
Early take - shares off to a solid start. Up about 0.3 per cent in opening trade.
The Australian share market is expected to start the week in the black today after positive economic news from the US and China over the weekend, CommSec chief economist Craig James said.
Mr James said the Chinese services gauge, which was at 56.2, ''had reached expansion territory''. In the US, the ISM manufacturing gauge, consumer sentiment, construction, spending, employment were all higher and should be give a boost to the Australian market, he said, adding that oil, gold, base metals and iron ore prices were also all up.
The bright start to the week was also reflected in the rise of the Australian dollar this morning.
''The Australian dollar finished US trade around $1.0405 and [at about 8am today] it was $1.0425, so it's put on almost a quarter of a cent in our timezone this morning - that's a pretty strong rise,'' Mr James said.
But he added that investors were still expected to exercise some caution ahead of the start of the earnings season today and the Reserve Bank's board meeting tomorrow.
The market would be watchful of retail sales data to be released on Wednesday, labour force data to be published on Thursday and the Reserve Bank's monetary policy statement, which will be issued on Friday, he said.
Results from Telstra, News Corp, TabCorp and Transurban Group were expected to dominate the first week of earnings season, Mr James added.
On the RBA decision tomorrow, more commentators are starting to call the end of the rate cutting cycle. Here are a couple of well-known economists on that point:
RBA rate cutting cycle almost certainly over. In next few months, there may well be speculation unfolding over the timing of the first hike
— Stephen Koukoulas (@TheKouk) February 3, 2013
#RBA also likely to sound less dovish/more confident which is likely to encourage expectations that rates have bottomed
— Shane Oliver (@ShaneOliverAMP) February 3, 2013
The centrepiece of the week will be tomorrow's RBA decsion on interest rates. A Bloomberg survey expects the official cash rate to be kept on hold at 3 per cent, with only four of the 28 respondents forecasting a rate cut to 2.75 per cent. That's followed on Thursday with unemployment data for January.
Looking at the calendar, it's going to be a solid week on the newsfront. Here's a quick look at what we've got in store today and through to Friday:
- TD Securities inflation for January - 10.30am
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) building approvals for December - 11.30am
- ANZ job ads for January - 11.30am
- Dun and Bradstreet business expectations survey
This week:
- Tuesday: Cochlear, Transurban report results, RBA rates meeting, AiG performance of services index for January, ABS house price index
- Wednesday: Retail sales for December quarter, Primary Health Care results
- Thursday: AiG performance of construction index for January, NAB business confidence for December quarter, official jobs data for January. Australand, Tabcorp, Telstra and News Corp results
- Friday: RBA statement on monetary policy, Newcrest results
Australian bond futures have sold off following weakness in US Treasuries. Westpac senior market strategist Damien McColough said local bond futures prices opened lower on Monday after a selloff in US Treasuries on Friday.
Mr McColough said three-year futures prices had now fallen below their recent support level of 97.100, and were likely to continue to move lower.
''I think you will find the technical levels have now broken and the target from here would be 97.000,'' he said. Mr McColough said domestic events would drive the local market this week, including the Reserve Bank of Australia's monthly interest rate decision on Tuesday, the release of retail trade figures for December on Wednesday and the release of employment figures for January on Thursday.
At 8.30 AEDT, the March 10-year bond futures contract was trading at 96.495 (implying a yield of 3.505 per cent), down from 96.500 (3.500 per cent) on Friday afternoon.
The March three-year bond futures contract was at 97.100 (2.900 per cent), down from 97.130 (2.870 per cent).
For a comprehensive look at this morning's business news, check today's need2know. Here are some key numbers and links for the morning:
- The SPI futures index was 24 points higher to 4903
- The $A was higher as $US1.0422
- US shares closed at a 5-year high on good data
- Iron ore gained 70 US cents to $US153.20
- Australian finance calendar: February 4-8
- Wall Street week ahead: Will the optimism continue?
A bit of housekeeping to get the week rolling. From tomorrow, we'll be launching the blog each day at around 8.30am to catch all of the earnings reports as they happen. Like we always have, we'll publish individual stories as each company updates the market, but we will also have a rapid response to each of the announcements published the blog with links to the full coverage.
So tune in to Markets Live from 8.30am each morning to get the latest company results.
Good morning folks. Welcome to the Markets Live blog for another.
Contributors: Thomas Hunter, Jens Meyer, Max Mason
This blog is not intended as investment advice
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How many times can you get a bone marrow transplant? Can you get it more than once?
Carolyn Vachani RN, MSN, AOCN, OncoLink's Nurse Educator, responds:
This depends on the type of transplant. For an autologous transplant where the patient is transplanted with his or her own cells, multiple transplants are common. A series of transplants is commonly used in the treatment of multiple myeloma and some lymphomas. In many cases, a patient who had an autologous transplant can then receive an allogeneic transplant.
As for can then receive an allogeneic transplant, where the transplanted cells come from a donor, this is less likely. This procedure has much more toxicity, and oftentimes the body (in particular, the organs) cannot tolerate a second transplant. In studies that looked at giving a second allogeneic transplant, the relapse rates after the procedure were very high, in some studies as high as 100%.
More recently doctors have started using "non-myeloablative" allogeneic transplants. These are less toxic to the body and can be repeated with less potential danger. Even so, the relapse rates in these cases are unfortunately still very high.
One issue with multiple transplants that is often raised is: what will be different about the repeat transplant to make us think it will work this time, and enough so to make it worth the risk?
Jul 9, 2010 - Cancer patient satisfaction scores are higher when physicians disclose their cancer diagnoses in person, in a personal setting, and spend a substantial amount of time discussing the diagnosis and treatment options, according to research published online July 6 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.


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San Francisco design collective LIFT borrows the plant-life phenomenon phytoremediation, the process by which plants can decontaminate their surroundings, and regurgitates it in the form of the friendly Johnny Applesandal. Plant seeds are embedded in the soles, and normal usage allows the seeds to be released as the underside of the shoe wears thin, leaving a trail of greenery to counteract the debilitated urban environment.
Although the Johnny Applesandal may bear too close a resemblance to its eco-darling ancestor, the Birkenstock (hewn almost entirely from cork, a highly regenerative natural material), surely this concept can provide a launchpad for future footwear, as well as a socially-conscious justification for any shoe fetish.


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STORMPAY: Pays you when you click on some stupid shit on their website, when you get a minimum of $1, you can take out the cash, that is deposited in that exact moment at your stormpay account (is li paypal).
(you can use this money to buy at e-bay for example, or you can ask for a check).
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 We adore the vintage Parisian vibe of this darling style - the sultry mix of lace and stripes is utterly chic. Jewel neck. Sleeveless. Lace yoke with keyhole detail and eyelash trim. Shirred above and beneath solid waistband. Keyhole detail at back neck with button closure. Back zip. 25" from waist seam.


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Export Requirements for Colombia
CO-69 (Jan 30, 2015)
Asterisks (*) indicate the most recent revision to these requirements. To search, click on your browser's "Edit" menu, then click on "Find (on this page)". Enter "*" in the "Find What" field, then click "Find" or "Find Next" until all asterisks have been identified.
Eligible/Ineligible Products
- Eligible
- Pork and pork products.
- Protein-free tallow (0.15% maximum insoluble impurities), products derived from protein-free tallow and gelatin and collagen exclusively obtained from hides and skins.
- Poultry and poultry products, except as indicated in B. Ineligible.
- Beef and beef products. The vertebral column (including the transverse process of the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae, the wings of the sacrum, and the vertebrae of the tail) must be removed from animals 30 months of age and older. Also, the meat cannot be derived from animals imported from Canada for immediate slaughter. Eligible beef and beef products must be produced under an approved AMS Export Verification (EV) program for beef to Colombia. Veal is not subject to an approved EV program; however, an EV program is necessary if the facility also handles non-conforming product in which case the EV program is required to ensure control of the non-conforming product. Information about the EV program for Colombia and a list of EV approved establishments can be obtained from AMS' Web site.
Effective March 19, 2012, a Statement of Verification (SOV) is no longer required as part of the export certification process for Colombia. FSIS inspection personnel will continue to verify the eligibility of the establishment and product. The unique product identification system can be accessed by authorized FSIS inspection personnel from FSIS' Intranet site. Details of the Export Verification program can be accessed from the Export Verification (EV) Programs Additional Requirements page on the AMS' Web site.
If FSIS inspection personnel become aware of concerns that an AMS approved EV establishment is not properly executing its EV program, export certification should not be issued for the product in question and AMS should be notified at firstname.lastname@example.com. Inspection personnel should include their immediate supervisor on messages to AMS. The following information should be included in the message:- Establishment name, address, and establishment number
- Product type, product code, and quantity of product
- Date of production, lot number, and shift
- Date and nature of observation
- Name of country product is intended for export
- Export certificate number (if applicable)
- Any other information to verify claim
- Name of inspection official
Rendered beef fat is not subject to the EV Program.
- Ineligible
- Goat and sheep and by-products.
- Imported poultry and poultry products and meat derived from birds that have not been in the U.S. for at least 21 days.
- Poultry and poultry products derived from birds originating from or slaughtered within the States of Idaho, Oregon or Washington on or after December 19, 2014 are ineligible for export.*
- Poultry and poultry products derived from birds originating from or slaughtered within the State of California on or after January 1, 2015 are ineligible for export.*
Labeling Requirements
- In addition to U.S. labeling requirements, the following information must appear in Spanish on the consumer packaging. The information must be provided in Spanish and may be on the consumer packaging label or on an authorized sticker/label affixed to the product. These labels can be affixed to the product during or after the nationalization process in warehouses or storage facilities inspected, surveyed and controlled by sanitary authorities in Colombia. If not in Spanish on the consumer packaging, the English text of the label must be translated into Spanish on the exporter's letterhead and be presented at the time of importation into Colombia. Additional information about labeling requirements is available in the Foreign Agricultural Service's Global Agricultural Information Network Report.
- Name of the product
- List of ingredients (if a multi-ingredient product)
- Net weight (in metric units. May be in English only)
- Producer name and address (May be in English only)
- Origin country
- Lot number (May be in English only)
- Expiration date (day/month/year format). (May be in English only)
- Conditions of storage
- Date of packaging
Packaging Requirements
- Meat and poultry products must be packaged according to U.S. requirements.
- Shipping containers must be sealed; commercial seals are acceptable.
Documentation Requirements
All FSIS export certificates accompanying the product must be signed by an FSIS veterinarian. The veterinary degree (DVM or equivalent) must be indicated after the signature.
- Meat and meat products - Obtain FSIS Form 9060-5, Meat and Poultry Certificate of Wholesomeness.
- Poultry and poultry products- Obtain FSIS Form 9060-5, Meat and Poultry Export Certificate of Wholesomeness and the FSIS letterhead certificate.
Note: For Avian Influenza inactivation, the internal temperatures and cooking times are 60.0°C (140°F), 507 seconds; 65.0°C (149°F), 42 seconds; 70.0°C (158°F), 3.5 seconds; 73.9°C (165°F), 0.51 seconds.
For Newcastle virus inactivation, the internal temperatures and cooking times are 65.0°C (149°F), 39.8 seconds; 70.0°C (158°F), 3.6 seconds; 74.0°C (165.2°F), 0.5 seconds; 80.0°C (176°F), 0.03 seconds. - Rendered Beef Fat - Obtain FSIS Form 9060-5, Meat and Poultry Certificate of Wholesomeness and the FSIS Letterhead certificate.
- Pork Lard - Obtain FSIS Form 9060-5, Meat and Poultry Certificate of Wholesomeness and the FSIS Letterhead certificate.
- Dehydrated Pork Skin or Pork Rind Pellets - Obtain FSIS Form 9060-5, Meat and Poultry Certificate of Wholesomeness and the FSIS Letterhead Certificate.
- Pork Casings - Obtain FSIS Form 9060-7 (08/26/2011), Animal Casings Export Certificate for Countries Requiring Ante-mortem, Post-mortem, and Fit for Human Food Statements and the FSIS Letterhead Certificate.
- Pork and pork meat products - Obtain FSIS Form 9060-5, Meat and Poultry Export Certificate of Wholesomeness and the FSIS Letterhead Certificate.
Note: Regarding the underlying basis that enables FSIS to certify Statement 11: Information about the surveillance conducted in the United States for the animal diseases listed by the World Animal Health Organization is provided to Colombia on a recurring basis by USDA APHIS Veterinary Services. The information provided includes reports regarding swine health and trichinae surveillance, from the National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS).
Note to Exporter: For pork that has not been subjected to a freezing process or other processes described in item 12 of the letterhead certificate, these shipments must be accompanied by an industry affidavit on which the shipper/exporter certifies on company letterhead the following:
"The pork meat originates from PQAPlus qualified swine farms that apply measures to minimize the exposure to potential sources of Trichinella spiralis."
Note: Each FSIS Form 9060-5 and letterhead certificate that is issued should represent product that has the same status regarding Statement 13. Product in a shipment that has a different status regarding Statement 13 must be represented by a separate 9060-5 and letterhead certificate.
Failure to follow these instructions may cause shipments to be detained and refused entry.
Note: Regarding Statement 13, the FSIS certifying official will line through the statement if the pork has not been subjected to a freezing process or other processes (one of the processes described in item 12) that guarantee the destruction of the parasite (Trichinella spiralis). - Beef and beef products - In completing the FSIS Form 9060-6, Application for Export, the following statement must be included: "The product meets EV requirements for Colombia." Obtain FSIS Form 9060-5, Meat and Poultry Export Certificate of Wholesomeness and the FSIS letterhead certificate.
- Additional certification requirements:
- The following statement must be provided by the exporter or agent on company letterhead:
"The containers or transportation vehicles have been washed and disinfected."
Note to the Exporter: An import license may be required, depending on the product and the point of entry. The Colombian Authority may require that the import license be obtained prior to the FSIS certifying official signing the export certificate and associated documentation. Not obtaining the import license prior to the signature of the FSIS certifying official may result in a rejected shipment by Colombian authorities. Exporters are advised to check with their importing agent regarding this issue.
- The following statement must be provided by the exporter or agent on company letterhead:
Plants Eligible to Export
At this time, all Federally inspected establishments are eligible to export to Colombia. However, beef products must originate from AMS EV approved establishments. Colombia will only recognize those establishments that are listed in the on-line USDA FSIS Meat, Poultry and Egg Product Inspection Directory. In addition to being listed in the FSIS Meat, Poultry and Egg Product Inspection Directory, the establishment number on the product label must be registered with the National Institute for the Surveillance of Food and Medicines in Colombia. Additional information about product labeling and registration requirements can be obtained from the following Foreign Agricultural Service's Global Agricultural Information Network Report. More information about establishment registration can be obtained from the following Foreign Agricultural Service's Global Agricultural Information Network Report.


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Those who do not learn from the mistakes they have made in the past are doomed to repeat them, and this is particularly true in situations that involve the military. Keep reading to learn more about why we do not listen to our own history to avoid making the same mistakes, time after time.
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The World of Social Media 2011
We've picked out The World of Social Media 2011 video infographic by Videoinfographs we stumbled across via Visual.ly. Amidst a very challenging year, one thing is for sure and that's we love our social media - and then some.
Visual.ly, the infographic directory updated its submission process allowing users to more easily add and show off the beautiful infographics they've slaved over. Instead of waiting for an editorial team to review and publish them, they're now instantly live and it looks like video that was previously available may be making more of an appearence these days. What impact this has upon the services of the most popular infographic directory remains to be seen, but in the meantime enjoy Videoinfographs social media review of 2011 (so far) that takes a look at favourites such as Facebook, Flickr, Foursquare, Google+, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube.
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Although I am a fan of both, nothing comes close to Texas Beef Ribs!
Although I am a fan of both, nothing comes close to Texas Beef Ribs!
Texas Beef Brisket comes pretty damn close.
Pork......beef ribs are good but I love me some pork ribs!
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Dude, even I know it's all about the pork.
I wish I could make an animated GIF-like loop of audio where I sing you guys the bass line to the Pork song.
My 4 year old daughter knows it, I hear her singing it sometimes.
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I do love a good pulled pork sammy. Memphis-style BBQ is my favorite, but all of it is good
Plenty of good spots to get ribs in STL. I just had a slab with a double order of broccoli for lunch. Eat your veggies kids.
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So who wants to educate the Australian?
Got a recipe for some BBQ ribs? I had some baby back ribs when I was in the US (because of Fat Bastard from Austin Powers) and yeah, they were pretty good! Possibly too much sugar in the sauce for me, but they were darn tasty!
About to put my weekly meat order in, maybe I'll get me some ribs!
I guess you didn't go to outback steakhouse while you were here? LOL
I think this place makes some nice Cue and I'm pretty sure they'll ship bottles of sauce. http://www.hogsfly.com/
haha no... I went to a LongHorn Steakhouse, it was near the hotel I was staying at. Thanks for the tip!
Got a couple of pounds of freerange pork spare rib on the way, let's hope the missus doesn't like them...!
Ok... Here is the deal....
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Ends with This...
I don't dig on no swine. No religion or nothing like that. My uncle owns a hog farm in Kansas, they are just filthy animals. I can't eat anything that willfully, and joyfully, rolls around in it's own crap.
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Hey cjmwrx - interesting stance on pork... out of interest do you insist on freerange beef?
Start with this
4 1/2 hours later end up with this
And all the meat just falls off like this
Gotta be the pork. I tried beef ribs in Texas, but there's nothing like fall-off-the-bone pork ribs.
justmund...low and slow...that's the key. Well, that and a good rub.
Too many and never enough...
Ok now I'm really hankering for some ribs! How's this recipe?
No, but I do insist on grass fed beef. Corporate slaughter yards are disgusting. Unless they are using designs by Temple Grandin, I avoid their meat like the plague. THANK GOD, I have a Schnuck's close. They are VERY specific about the meat the sell, and are one of the only butchers/meat markets endorsed by PETA. Not, that I give a flying f&*k about that, but it does let me know what kind of Yard my beef is coming from.
Ah I see the US doesn't use the term "free range" for beef, but instead "grass fed" is our equivalent. I think it's very important that we choose where our meat comes from, especially after watching "Food Inc" the other night. Man, some of that stuff is crazy! Like you said, disgusting. 97% of US meat comes from feedlots:
I like how they say "conventionally raised" because it's totally conventional you take a plain roaming animal and stick it in a pen with a 1000 others and feed it food it's not supposed to be eating.
Good thing we're all becoming aware of this, and are being empowered to do something about it. Even Wal-Mart push organic produce! (sorry for the derail, I feel pretty strongly about this stuff!)
I like a good chunk of cow, but I only consider it ribs if it came from a pig.


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The Magic Mouse from Apple is an innovative wireless mouse with a seamless Multi-Touch surface. Boasting wireless Bluetooth technology, the device represents a revolutionary step in mouse design. A true Multi-Touch device, the mouse doesn't need a scroll ball, clunky click wheel, cord, or visible buttons.
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deadphish wrote:Can you type that out for us? I don't know if I feel like pressing play and using my ears right now.
Kerber:...Do you wanna ask players certain things...
Twist: I don't ask 'em. I just know better. I already know the answer. You take an interview from 1950 and you ask the same question "Hey, you guys lost. It was a 5-2 game, uh... Goaltending was weak. What are you guys thinking going into tomorrow's game." Well, you know, it was a tough one. We had a couple bad breaks and, uh, we just gotta keep our heads up and look forward to tomorrow and forget about today and.... It's the same interview.
Kerber: ...What insight do you go for...?
Twist: I'm looking for... and Bobby Plager always said it well, and he's a coach I reallly and truly enjoy.... It's not about how the goal was scored... What happened 2 minutes prior? What happened that allowed then to get that position to allow that to happen. So when I'm looking from a broadcaster's point of view, I'm asking questions not about the play, but what got to that play. And that can go from a guy not performing last game, a guy whose been playing pansy instead of hard on his stick, a guy that hasn't been placinv the hits when he could, a forward being a perimeter player when he should be in the corner, a guy forechecking on the offensive side when he should be pushing the puck down the defensive side, you know just positioning. And that's the thing broadcasters should be asking - especially guys that played - because the simple questions aren't going to get it done.
theohall wrote:Most of the interview before that is fluff.
comeoriginal wrote:Epic Tony Twist video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38EhaJ3iJGU
ilhockeyguy wrote:comeoriginal wrote:Epic Tony Twist video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38EhaJ3iJGU
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Vol. 04: Circuit Bending
Modify a Casio keyboard (or other electronic audio stuff) and start playing some of the strangest sounds you've ever heard.
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+ BEARRADAIREACHD by Adrian Dimond - XDUGEF
From: "ZAGIPNOTIZIROVAVSHEMUSYA," 2005. Instruments: Various bentstruments edited and effected in Adobe Audition.
+ Cremasterer VS. Numerator Part II by Adrian Dimond - XDUGEF
From: "TBD," 2005. Instruments: Cremasterer (Bent DODFX70), Numerator (bent Speak & Learn).
+ Field Without Fur by Sabastian Boaz
From: "Warm Feeling," 2001. Instruments: Casio SK-1, Creatoy red train, Bontempi keyboard.
+ Greater Then, Less Then by Sabastian Boaz
From: "Sabby Inside You," 2002. Instruments: Talking wristwatch, Creatoy yellow train, Speak & Spell.
+ Later Alligator by Sabastian Boaz
From: "Warm Feeling," 2001. Instruments: Ecio 377 audio generator, toy megaphone/vocoder.
+ Marie by Sabastian Boaz
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+ MEGA-BIGHT by Adrian Dimond - XDUGEF
From: "ASDFHAKSFHAFSOSAUF," 2005. Instruments: Numerator (bent Speak & Learn), Xplayer (bent CD player), Talking Whiz Kid Plus Digitech Delay, Ken Stone ring modulator.
+ Trans-Message by Sabastian Boaz
From: "Head Drone," 2005. Instruments: Casio VL-1, Yamaha PSS-110.
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Circuit-Bending: Build an Incantor
Build an Incantor, a classic circuit-bending project that turns an old Speak & Read toy into a looping, stuttering, sound effects synthesizer.
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Add a port and two plug-in-able external controllers to the circuit-bent SK-5 keyboard project in Make 04.
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Bent Monkey Cage, a California AUDIO Odditorium of NOISE Bent Monkey Cage and OX (ZERO X) CIRCUIT Fracturing CIRCUIT BENDING LIVE Noise Performances on the West Coast USA. [email@example.com] Syncopated Industrial NOISEGated and Mixed Chaotic Parasitical AUDIO Induction. Live NOISE Performances the Circuit Fracturing CAGE SYNOPSIS, briefed. BMCs cage fracturing approach to circuit bending, is totally different than all that is on the Internet, in that their AUDIO idea generator is 3rd generation trained. bMc implicitly knows the constraints of the sutured electronic audio device, be it keyboards, electronic musical instruments, synthesizers, and/or audio childrens musical and talking toys. Given the right level of noise (corrupted electron flow)- something BMC adds to the hidden layer of a neural circuit network - the network generates anomalied possibilities without wasting time on clearly unworkable solutions. These possibilities are random at first injection, but constant with the use of loop persuasion and sampled or freeform antics..... These patterns or loops, are known as a tempo trajectory spin, (a path, progression, or line of development resembling a physical trajectory that resembles a circle or LOOP) and it can be specified by the user, performer, or simply left up to the device to set, from a selection of pre-programmed manufactured modes. For our test, we let the device set its own trajectory (evil as it can be). Then we use observed matrixed connect grabs with electrical components (conductors, semiconductors, and/or pretender conduction) to corrupt the flow of emphatic audio anomalations. Thus we use the term BENT MONKEY CAGE Controlled Audio Circuit Anomalations or CACA-to create SIN, Syncopated Industrial Noise for the planets weary and musical deprived state. Also look us up on eBay under bentmonkeycage, offering a Circuit Bending guide for pennies.
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Rubber Monkey's Monthly Circuit Bending Workshop
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One of my first mods, comments and suggestions are appreciated.Posted by evil_zman on February 15, 2006 at 02:16:45 Pacific Time
WE DON't Destroy Vintage Stuff
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1 lacking in education or the knowledge gained from bMc's DEVOID of LOGIC 101.2 CD Journal <the teacher was committed to educating the children of those poor, ignorant circuit whackers and hackers>
Synonyms benighted, dark, illiterate, nonliterate, simple, uneducated, uninstructed, unlearned, unlettered, unread, unschooled, untaught, untutored
Related words lowbrow, uncultivated, uncultured; callow, green, inexperienced, innocent, naive ( or naïve); unsophisticated; raw, untrained; brainless, dumb, idiotic, imbecilic, moronic, stupid, witless; foolish, senseless, silly, learned by the INTERNET GODS, such as the GORILLA.
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I first heard about circuit bending wrt destroying classics like speak and spell.
I think there should be capital punishment for people who destroy these valuable antiques, and I will now never subscribe to make.Posted by random_ on December 04, 2005 at 05:48:54 Pacific Time
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Screw you then!......>Go put all your collector crap in plastic instead and be sure to wear your fugg'in rubber gloves if you get "the itch" to examine your "treasures" yo. I make music from cicuit-bent instruments and it has completely changed the way I compose, record, and play!....I loveeeee my "toys" more now then I ever did before plus now they are used more often and in wonderful, amazing ways!....So yeah.....>Screw'yahhh!Posted by Fuzzymode on January 04, 2006 at 21:37:48 Pacific Time
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We will soon have an old vintage toy shooting gallery. BENDERS will fire under no-ones command--LOCK and LOAD-destroy all the shelfed vintage toys from the past....bMc has circuitbent the circuitbending allotment of toysPosted by BentMONKEYcage on January 21, 2007 at 22:43:54 Pacific Time
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 We will soon have an old vintage toy shooting gallery. BENDERS will fire under no-ones command--LOCK and LOAD-destroy all the shelfed vintage toys from the past...........Posted by BentMONKEYcage on January 21, 2007 at 22:41:02 Pacific Time
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a simple Bending ORB Module will be offered soon (AS REQUESTED BY MANY students of bMc) to help with bending matrixed connects. It will be a workshop bench ORB module that contains all of the semi-conductors and conductors to meet the needs of a PRO Circuit Bender and/or CIRCUIT Fracturer (BENCH Friendly by bMc)-eBay will be hosting the Module. It contains all connections and info on DIY use. (Toggle switches, 7 different valued Potentiometers, 3 different photo cells, 8 switches, 18 body contacts, 3 magnetic and gas filled reed switches, assorted caps, 2 transistors, assorted LED's, 10 different values of resistors, and much more. Cost will be affordable of around $89.00---instructions included. It also includes a Multi function digital Multi Meter. FROM lEE DANIEL AT bMc OF ca. USAPosted by bentmonkeycage on November 12, 2005 at 05:05:42 Pacific Time
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Where are the instructions to build an external control panel for a bent SK that are supposed to be here? Or am I lost?Posted by autumnsweater on November 01, 2005 at 23:19:42 Pacific Time
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Yes, you're right -- we owe you some additional content here. Look for it here early next week -- we've gotten a little behind on posting content but should be caught up by then. Sorry for the inconvenience!
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We just posted the instructions for the external controller and an incantor project. See the "Extras" section above.
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Please, let me know if any keyboard can be bended? I have Rhythmic 2, this one is good for that? Thank you and lets make some joyful noise. BudeaglePosted by budeagle on September 06, 2007 at 22:11:10 Pacific Time
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The NATO AWACS is the Alliance's largest collaborative programme and is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. In keeping with the Secretary General's "Smart Defence" initiative, the programme is an example of what NATO member countries, in this case 18 nations, can achieve by pooling resources and working together in a truly multinational environment.
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