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quote:sorry guys, I read this guy was a bama lock before the bama cruiting thread got whacked. might as well move along.
quote:Robert Nkemdiche Flirting w LSU
quote:Nah. He doesn't fit a 3-4 system....he is easily a DE in a 4-3
quote:The gumps were all saying he was theirs
quote:Well gladly take u Robert but sorry to say we don't have room or interest in your friends
quote:He seems pretty selfish and honestly I think he will be a team killer wherever he goes. He is extremely talented but he said he wants to go to a school for 3 years then go to nfl. I have no problem with that but he never mentions trying to make a team better or any of the team oriented things you would want to hear from a player.
quote:Chances he ends up in purple&gold
quote:He just learned Clemson is not an SEC school even though it's located in the south

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Nov 17, 2011
Smoking PheasantIs there a better time than fall? Not in the world of a sportsman! The fish are running up the rivers, the big game seasons are in full swing and of course the upland game and waterfowl hunts are at their prime. I didn't hunt much as a kid and consider myself an adult rookie when it comes to any kind of shooting. When a friend suggested that I give pheasant hunting a try I couldn't argue. C
Nov 16, 2011
Turkey Smoking 101: The Brine MethodThanksgiving is right around the corner, have you decided how you're going to prepare your turkey? Here at Camp Chef we're big fans of smoked turkey.
Nov 14, 2011
Pinenuts = I Need Help!WHAT I THOUGHT:
I would skip into the forest with my bucket, gather some pine cones, bake them, and have myself some delicious pine nuts! After all my cute little grandma told me it was going to be easy!
Nov 9, 2011
Build Your Own Fire Pit with the Camp Chef Gas Fire RingThis was sent to us by a customer of ours. We were thrilled to see our Gas Fire Ring used in landscaping. We've always thought our fire pits make perfect additions to any backyard but we never thought to incorporate it in such a way. Check out the video to see what we're talking about, you'll get new ideas for your own backyard in no time.
Nov 8, 2011
Going for a WalkGoing for a Walk
Anyway that is what I told the family. Saturday was one of those days a Utah Pheasant Hunter dreams of…. snow and a light breeze on opening day. Snow consolidates the birds, helps you read sign, helps the dogs noses, and keeps the not so serious bird hunter home.
Nov 7, 2011
Chocolate Caramel DessertChocolate + Caramel = Whats not to love!!
As my quest for more dutch oven desert continued I was taught how to make chocolate caramel dessert.
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Birds do it, bees do it, even Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones do it. In fact, it seemed like just about every A-list star was doing it on the big screen this year, thanks to sex scenes featuring the likes of Jennifer Aniston, Michelle Williams, Daniel Craig, Marion Cotillard, Zac Efron, and Robert Pattinson. (Not all at once, mind you, although that would make for one heck of a must-see movie.)
But while many of Hollywood's biggest names shed their inhibitions — and, yes, oftentimes their clothes — this year for the sake of their art on film, it was rarely gratuitous or horrifying. (Okay, the sex scene in Cosmopolis was a little bit horrifying.) In honor of their bold and beautiful moves, we've ranked the very best sex scenes in movies in 2012. Hey, it's a tough job, but somebody's gotta — you know — do it. As to be expected, some of these photos are NSFW.
Wanderlust: Jennifer Aniston living at a free-love commune with Paul Rudd? The premise of this comedy sells itself. Unfortunately, it didn't sell too many tickets at the box office as it earned a disappointing $21 million. Still, that doesn't mean Aniston's sex scenes didn't get tongues wagging, particularly when she wound up in bed with Malin Akerman, Lauren Ambrose, and Kerri Kenney. Not to mention the hot on-screen chemistry of Aniston with her future fiance Justin Thoreaux.
Take This Waltz: Sure the coffee shop scene — in which Daniel (Luke Kirby) tells the married Margot (Michelle Williams) exactly what he'd do to her in bed in graphic, agonizing detail — is inarguably the most erotic part of Sarah Polley's indie drama, but the sex montage in which Daniel and Margot finally do get it on (sometimes, as we see, with a variety of different partners and positions) is still one of the best love scenes (plural) we saw all year.
Skyfall: The streamy (quite literally) scene between Daniel Craig and Bérénice Marlohe marks off a veritable checklist of sexy location scenarios: In the shower? Check. On a boat? Check. With Daniel Craig and/or Bérénice Marlohe ? CHECK, PLEASE.
The Sessions: The premise of the movie may sound clinical — a man with an iron lung (an Oscar-worthy John Hawkes) hires a professional sex surrogate (played by Helen Hunt) to help him lose his virginity — but the result is an emotional and yes, erotic, journey. After their many sessions of touching and talking, when they two finally consumate their relationship, it's worth the wait, in every sense of the word.
Rust and Bone: Like the violence in Jacques Audiard's haunting drama, the sex is just as unflinching and rooted in realism. After suffering a devastating injury that leaves her a double amputee, Stéphanie (Marion Cotillard) is faced with learning to adapt to an entirely new life, including her sex life. Her first time, post-accident is with the handsome, troubled drifter Ali (Matthias Schoenaerts). Like The Sessions, Rust and Bone doesn't shy away from or sugarcoat the sex lives of the disabled, making for two of the most honest, refreshing, and sexy sex scenes all year.
Hope Springs: One could argue for the tender love scene between the once-struggling, romance-challenged older married couple Kay and Arnold (Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones) is one of the best sex scenes from 2012. But let's be honest: it's when the esteemed three-time Oscar winner/greatest actress of all-time pulls an Alanis Morissette and goes down on TLJ in a theater. That's one way to get out of a sex rut.
Cosmopolis: Sorry, Twihards, but this one takes the cake for sex scenes with R-Pattz in 2012. The dreamboat hunk receives a prostate exam in a scene that doesn't actually involve sex (though there are some in this infinitely bizarre David Cronenberg flick, including an alluded-to one with the timelessly sexy Juliette Binoche) but it sure was memorable, wasn't it?
The Lucky One: Speaking of heartthrobs all grown up into bona fide grown-up sex symbols, Zac Efron in the soapy Nicholas Sparks drama ups the shower sex ante and takes the action outside with Taylor Schilling. Sure, it's too glossy and too well-orchestrated to be taken seriously and it doesn't have the same effect as the famous The Notebook scene, but as far as PG-13 love scenes went this year, this one actually got hearts racing. Plus, it was a way to enjoy Efron without having to endure any Paperboy ickiness.
For A Good Time Call: Hey, phone sex counts.
Honorable Mention:Titanic 3D: Yes, yes, we know the sex scene in Titanic technically constitutes as one of the best movie sex scenes in 1997, but you don't truly experience the sweaty, window-slamming sex between Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio's Rose and Jack until you've experienced it in 3D.
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Superbly crafted in chrome-finished brass, this elegant writing instrument is distinguished by its key-shaped clip with twin-fish bow. An adaptation of a 19th-century furniture key, the original secured one of the more than 1600 furniture pieces that first appointed the Smithsonian Institution Building, affectionately called "the Castle." Emblazoned on the top with the Smithsonian logo, this sleek Smithsonian Castle Key Ballpoint Pen comes ready to write with a medium black German-made Schmidt ballpoint refill which deploys with a click for smooth and reliable writing. Handsomely gift boxed. 5.28"l. x 0.32"dia., 0.6 oz.
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Red Velvet Throw Pillow
overall good pillow for price. fast delivery!!!
The color was just as pictured, material is nice but if you have a pet just be warned that you will see lint and hair easily stuck on it and inside material is kind of hard but good for $10.
November 12, 2012
Not Velvet, Not 18"!!!
These pillows are not soft velvet. They are not soft and shiny like velvet and they don't have an abundance of loft. The only reason I bought them is because they have a zipper that you can take the insert out and wash them easily. Also, the pillows are not 18" even when you flatten them. They are just about 16" if that! This item is completely misrepresented and I am very dissappointed in them.
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Concert-quality sound system in this public entertainment facility has "Urban Cowboys" kicking up their heels
DALLAS, TX USA - April 2004 -- Hot Country & Western sounds and a whole lot more are thrilling audiences once again at Gilley's, the new multi-purpose public entertainment facility located in the heart of downtown Dallas, Texas. Continuing the legend started at the original Gilley's in Pasadena, Texas, the new Gilley's is a choice venue for the best in live entertainment. Hosting live music performances of all popular genres, the Dallas Jazz Legends Festival, and other business and sporting events, the facility is intended to be a key tool in the city's effort to stimulate further development of downtown Dallas. The new facility is equipped with a state of the art, concert-quality sound and intelligent lighting system designed to accommodate the diverse nature of the events hosted throughout the year.
The design of the audio system was accomplished via collaboration between Chris Jordan of Electro-Acoustics & Video (EAVI) and Brad Ricks of Harman Professional Systems (HPS). Rusty VanMeter served as project manager for EAVI, and Brad Morrow of Dobbs-Stanford Corporation, the Harman Professional representative firm for Texas, provided assistance on the project and training to the Gilley's staff.
Main system rack with Crown CTs and Macro-Tech amplifiers and BSS Audio Soundweb units
The old building originally served as a dairy, and much of the rustic structural elements remain exposed, providing an ambience reminiscent of the Texas roadhouses common to this region. The main stage system is composed of a Left/Right system of four VT4888 elements and a center-fill cluster of two VT4888 elements. The VerTec system is powered with 12 CTs 3000 amplifiers. Subwoofers include six AE Series ASB6128V high-output dual 18-inch subwoofers, powered by three Macro-Tech MA-5002VZ amplifiers. The rest of the house system is powered with six CTs 1200 amplifiers driving AM4212 two-way speakers for fills and Control 29AV 8 inch, 2-way speakers for back-of-house. An amplifier room was located approximately 75 feet from stage right, where the main amplifiers were mounted in stationary racks. "We really were impressed at how little power the CTs amps draw" noted Ricks. "They proved to be very efficient in this install."
A full monitor system includes 12 JBL SR4702X wedges, each powered by a CTs 1200 amplifier. One CL4 amplifier powers a subwoofer for drum fill. Two Soundcraft MH3 48-channel consoles were chosen for Front of House and monitors. Lexicon and dbx processing is used throughout. Stage monitor amplifiers were mounted in portable racks located on stage right, allowing the monitor engineer to easily view amplifier levels and indicators.
One CTs 4200 four-channel amplifier operating in 70V mode powers multiple speakers for the entryway and outdoor zones. "The Crown VCA-controlled amplifier for the backstage areas made controlling levels quite easy," noted Jordan. The CTs 4200 was matched with the optional VCA-MC4 module, which provides remote level control for each amplifier channel via the matching 4VCAP wall controller.
Jordan added: "Crown amplifiers are universally accepted by national touring acts. Reliability is an important issue to both the club owner and us at EAVI. We do not like interrupting our weekend to swap out an amplifier. Crown amplifiers have proven to be very reliable throughout our 20 year history of installing sound systems." Ricks noted: "The Gilley's system provides concert-quality sound, with good coverage and gain before feedback - even with the relatively low ceiling and long throw characteristics needed in the room, and the CTs amps are doing a great job driving this system"
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Collection: Ana Mendieta
A pioneering feminist artist, Ana Mendieta was interested in goddess iconography and uses of the female form as a power symbol. She referenced diverse aspects of ritual practices derived from ancient cultures of the Americas, Africa, and Europe. Her experience of exile moving from Cuba to the United States without her parents at the age of twelve had a strong impact on her personal and artistic development, with her bi-cultural identity continually informing her practice.¶¶Silueta Works is an important series that Mendieta produced during several trips to Oaxaca, Mexico. She found inspiration in the art and culture of this country s pre-Hispanic past, with its distinct views on life and death. She produced what she referred to as earth-body sculptures, involving archetypal female silhouettes, placed in natural landscapes or at ancient sites. Using earth, water, fire, and flowers, she created ephemeral works that speak to spiritual concerns, growth, fertility, presence, and absence.¶¶


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Lang AE. Other movement disorders. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 417.
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Hang this rack within your child's reach to encourage hanging up coats and bags. Arranged alongside our other Hayden pieces, it becomes part of an eclectic mixed shelving design.
- 24" wide x 2.75" deep x 3.5" high
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
New Pattern + New Quilt: Square Knots
56 comments:
- trish said...
Yay Yay Yay Amy!!! Your quilt is adorable!! Congratulations on your newest pattern in Fons and Porter!! I am so happy for you! :o)
- January 16, 2013 at 7:06 AM
- Tiffany said...
O my gosh - this may be the cutest little boy blanket I've ever seen!! Fantastic pattern and fabric choices!
- January 16, 2013 at 7:35 AM
- gilly said...
Oh-so-lovely! Congratulations too :-)
xx - January 16, 2013 at 7:41 AM
- chris said...
Love this design! So glad your lovely work is getting great press. :)
- January 16, 2013 at 7:56 AM
- Maxine said...
Oh my..love love it Amy...I was not going to start any new projects until July, so I could get wip projects done, but going to do this one....Thanks Amy and off to buy the Fons and Porter book...
- January 16, 2013 at 8:02 AM
- Maegan @chezcasa said...
This quilt is fantastic! The colors, the prints, and the pattern especially! Lovely work.
- January 16, 2013 at 8:14 AM
- Amy at Ameroonie Designs said...
Love the quilt. The fabric is so much fun!
- January 16, 2013 at 8:16 AM
- Melissa Corry said...
So adorable Amy!! Congrats!!
- January 16, 2013 at 8:31 AM
- Bev said...
Congratulations! It must be amazing to see a quilt in a magazine! WTG! The quilt is adorable too!
Cheery wave!
Bev - January 16, 2013 at 8:56 AM
- Lisa Henry said...
Congratulations, what a cute quilt! Love all of your designs.
Lisa with Crafts Americana Group
Connecting Threads~Artist's Club~Knit Picks - January 16, 2013 at 9:02 AM
- Becky said...
Such a lovely spring quilt! Colors are very nice. Looks like a fun pattern to use too.
- January 16, 2013 at 9:18 AM
- Sandy D said...
CONGRATULATIONS> How excited you must be.The back fabric is great. I will be picking up this Magazine as soon as it is in my local store.
- January 16, 2013 at 9:30 AM
- Ellyn said...
your quilt totally caught my eye when I bought the magazine last week! I love it.
- January 16, 2013 at 9:35 AM
- Natalia from Piece N Quilt said...
very very cute Amy!!! :)
- January 16, 2013 at 10:10 AM
- sunnieday4u said...
Congrats on the publication! I love the quilt it is so cute.
- January 16, 2013 at 10:23 AM
- Ardyth said...
Gorgeous! I'm a cardmaker who follows a few quilting blogs (love the patterns) and for a second I thought this was a card, and by the time I thought - what a cool card - it looks like a quilt, the penny dropped and I figured it out! These are wonderful patterns and colours and I think you've used them perfectly!
- January 16, 2013 at 10:26 AM
- Gnomemade said...
Super cute! Love the fabric - makes me think of summer too. Congratulations!
- January 16, 2013 at 10:33 AM
- Cindy said...
Congratulations, Amy!! With your beautiful work- I would think you'd be in ALL the magazines ALL the time! Love your work!! Beautiful quilt- from the fabrics to the pattern- LOVE it!!
- January 16, 2013 at 10:42 AM
- LB3K said...
absolutely darling pattern! love, love it!
- January 16, 2013 at 11:09 AM
- Claire said...
Congratulations Amy, it is a beautiful quilt. I had a little giggle whe. You said you wanted summer as it's summer here and it has caused all sorts of strife with fires. I'm not sure if or how much Australian news is broadcast to you but it is a bad season for fires here. So as you wish for warmer weather, we pray for cooler - just to stop the fires.
- January 16, 2013 at 1:31 PM
- Katy Cameron said...
Congrats on the publication!
- January 16, 2013 at 1:56 PM
- MaureenM said...
Congratulations!!! Fons and Porter no less...I believe that is the big time!
It's beautiful. I know it's not the same but the blue solids remind me of the Scottish flag :) - January 16, 2013 at 2:07 PM
- Dawn said...
Its darling, I just love it. Makes we want to get sewing:)
- January 16, 2013 at 2:19 PM
- Gina said...
Perfect pattern, perfect fabric. Awesome quilt!!
- January 16, 2013 at 3:15 PM
- JenniDMills said...
It's been said before aboce. But who can get enough of praise? CONGRATULATIONS. It's so exciting to be published for the first time, isn't it? Here's to a long list of such achievements.
- January 16, 2013 at 3:17 PM
- Nicole said...
congrats! its lovely and makes me really want a boy for whom to sew!
- January 16, 2013 at 4:00 PM
- A.J. Dub. (Amy) said...
What a cute quilt! The fabric line works perfectly. I think I am going to have to track down that magazine.
- January 16, 2013 at 4:21 PM
- Di~ said...
Amy, did you know that this quilt has already been on Pinterest!? I'd seen your name by it and wondered if you'd seen it.
It is an awesome quilt! (my brother told me that epic is replacing awesome, sooo it is an EPIC quilt!:)) - January 16, 2013 at 5:03 PM
- Alicia said...
Very Cool!
- January 16, 2013 at 5:43 PM
- Cathy said...
I love this quilt~ So clean and fresh looking~ Summery too~
- January 16, 2013 at 5:43 PM
- Cindy said...
So happy for you Amy. Great quilt and I look forward to buying the magazine!
- January 16, 2013 at 6:22 PM
- mjb said...
Congratulations:) Very much deserved!!! The quilt is awesome :)
- January 16, 2013 at 6:42 PM
- Sarah Craig said...
Oh, I love it, Amy! Such a great pattern - I see one of these in my future!!
- January 16, 2013 at 7:50 PM
- Heidi @ Honeybear Lane said...
Wow--this is so cute! Congrats on your magazine feature! I just finished making my second son's quilt for his room but now that I see this fabric collection (especially the cheater fabric) makes me want to start all over and make them new quilts! Especially because I'm doing like a nautical theme. What do you do with all your quilts? Do you have like a zillion or do you give them away?
- January 16, 2013 at 9:06 PM
- Live a Colorful Life said...
I got this issue--just because your quilt was in it. SO cute!
- January 16, 2013 at 9:18 PM
- Lee said...
Such an adorable quilt, Amy! I can't believe this is your first pattern in a magazine?? Well, congrats! Super happy to share an issue with you! : )
- January 16, 2013 at 10:00 PM
- Sarina said...
Congratulations! Your quilt is so darling. Love the fabric and design. They go perfectly together.
- January 16, 2013 at 10:23 PM
- Sew Nomadic said...
Your new quilt and pattern look great! Congratulations!!!! First of many :)
- January 16, 2013 at 10:45 PM
- Deborah said...
love it!
- January 17, 2013 at 3:14 AM
- Michele said...
Really sweet and congrats on the publication.
- January 17, 2013 at 6:42 AM
- Thimbleanna said...
Congratulations Amy -- I Love it!!!
- January 17, 2013 at 6:50 AM
- homeamazing said...
I LOVE this fabric... cutest baby boy quilt ever!
- January 17, 2013 at 6:51 AM
- Calli Makes Do said...
What a great pattern Amy! I absolutely love the fabric and the pattern shows it off perfectly. Congratulations on the feature! No one deserves it more.
- January 17, 2013 at 8:03 AM
- Taryn said...
This such a cute quilt pattern! I love the contrast of the light solids and the bright prints. Congratulations on being published!!!
- January 17, 2013 at 8:29 AM
- MaterialGirlQuilts said...
Amy, this quilt is so cute and just perfect in those fabrics! Congrats!
Amanda - January 17, 2013 at 9:28 AM
- Amber said...
That's so cute Amy! Love the colors! Congratulations for having it published in the magazine too. That's so exciting! It was fun to see you yesterday!
Amber - January 17, 2013 at 9:29 AM
- bloomingpoppies said...
Congratulations! It's such a lovely quilt, and I LOVE the fabric line!
- January 17, 2013 at 11:11 AM
- Esch House Quilts said...
Congratulations on having your quilt in the magazine! I love the name - it is perfect for the design and nautical style of the fabric :)
- January 17, 2013 at 5:49 PM
- KatieQ said...
Congratulations! Great way to start off the new year. It's a lovely quilt. I'm sure lots of successful projects and publications will follow.
- January 18, 2013 at 10:15 AM
- Lorna McMahon said...
Congratulations, Amy! Sew happy for you!
- January 22, 2013 at 4:07 AM
- Bárbara Gutiérrez said...
precioso trabajo!!!
- January 22, 2013 at 6:25 AM
- diane said...
this is so cute Amy and congrats on the publication
- January 22, 2013 at 7:43 PM
- Claire Jain said...
Yay! Congrats on Square Knots :-)
- January 25, 2013 at 10:07 PM
- Tina said...
Just wanted to let you know that I made this quilt with different fabrics for my baby boy that's due next week. It was my first quilt and I LOVE it so much. Thank you for the inspiration and for all you do!!
- June 17, 2013 at 1:52 PM
- amy smart said...
That is so great Tina! I'm so glad you enjoyed making the quilt and that you are happy with the result. Good luck with your sweet new baby!
- June 17, 2013 at 2:26 PM
- lourixe said...
I wonder how you manage to be so creative and efficient! I am new to quilting, and every time I search the web for ideas for beautiful and easy patterns, I always end up choosing yours! I am amazed it is the first time you got one published, but congratulations! Hopefully there will be many more. Thank You for sharing your ideas.
- August 11, 2013 at 12:10 PM


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Tom and Jane Peterson Celebrate 60 Years The family of Jane and Tom Peterson congratulates them on their 60 years of marriage. Both were born in Scottdale, Pennsylvania and graduated from Grove City College. They were married on December 22, 1954. Tom obtained a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University while Jane taught 7th grade English. Tom's career took them to Bedford, Ohio with Leland Airborne and then Dayton, Ohio with NCR, Pitney Bowes and Sinclair University. Tom and Jane retired to Auburn, New York in 1999. They were drawn to the Finger Lakes area because of Tom's frequent business trips to Skaneateles during his career with NCR and Pitney Bowes. They have raised 2 daughters, Judy Edwards of Pickens, SC and Beth Shedd of Wellesley, MA. They are the proud and loving grandparents of 4 grandchildren, Anna Edwards, graduate of Northern Greenville University, Alex Edwards at The Citadel Military College, South Carolina, Katie Shedd at Miami University, Ohio and Emily Shedd at Wellesley High School, Massachusetts. Over their 60 year marriage they have enjoyed many common interests and honed many skills. They have raised 7 dogs, renovated 5 homes, built exquisite colonial furniture, sewn wardrobes of children's and ladies' clothing, led camping expeditions into the Michigan and Tennessee wildernesses, led Girl and Boy Scouts, Masons, Engineers, and PTO's. Jane is an active member in Auburn's Fortnightly Club, and Tom has been a consultant with SCORE business mentoring. They have built a beautiful history together, and we congratulate them on a life being very well lived.
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Arnold and Elizabeth Shaw Celebrate 70 Years Arnold and Elizabeth (Fox) Shaw will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary on December 19, 2014. They were married in Central Square at the home of the Rev. Roger Williams, Pastor of the West Monroe United Methodist Church, December 19, 1944. Their family includes four sons, Douglas (Jackie) of Buffalo; Randall (Christine) of West Monroe; Gary of Central Square and Roger (Diane) of Clay. They have been blessed with 12 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. One grandson is deceased. Arnold is a World War II Veteran, serving in Germany with the 78th Infantry Division. He was awarded three major battlestars, a Bronze Star and the Combat Infantry Badge. His battalion was also awarded the PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION. He enjoys hunting, fishing, Yankee baseball and playing cards. He was employed by General Electric Company for 43 years, retiring in 1986. Elizabeth also worked at General Electric Company, but spent most of her time as a homemaker and caring for their elderly parents. She served as Town Clerk for the Town of West Monroe retiring in 1988. Arnold and Elizabeth are both Masonic and Eastern Star members as well as members of the West Monroe Fire Dept. and the West Monroe United Methodist Church. The Shaws enjoyed many winters in Zephyrhills, Florida and are currently enjoying their many friends and family at their home in the Town of West Monroe.
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bacon Celebrate 70 Years Bob and Molly are celebrating their 70th anniversary, today, December 7th. Married in Saint David's Church in 1944, they honeymooned in San Francisco while Bob was on leave from the U.S. Navy. Bob is retired from Meloon Foundry and Molly is retired from Wausau Insurance Company. Together they have three children, Karen, Ken, and Roberta, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Thank you Mom and Dad for showing us that with love and committment all things are possible. We love you!
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Robert and Dora (Spencer) McCallops celebrate 60th anniversary. The couple were surprised with a celebration dinner at Santangelos Restaurant in Liverpool on December 6th. Sharing in the celebration were the couple's children: Susan Spindler and her husband Gregg, Cindy Lusk and her husband Bill and John McCallops and his wife Evelyn. Five of the couples 10 grandchildren, their great grandson and Roberts brother John McCallops and his wife Judy also were able to attend. The couple met while Bob was in the 82nd airborne division stationed at Fort Brag, North Carolina. The McCallops were married on December 11, 1954 in South Carolina and relocated to Syracuse, NY less than a year later where they have remained since and raised their family. Mom and Dad - Gramma and Grampa Thanks for being who you are and helping to make each of us who we are today. We love you!
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John and Amy Pfeifer Celebrate 25th Anniversary John and Amy Pfeifer of Liverpool, NY will celebrate their twenty-fifth wedding anniversay on December 2nd. They met at Liverpool High School, and were married December 2nd, 1989. They are the parents of Hannah and Madeline (Maisie) Pfeifer. Amy is an active volunteer leader with the Girl Scouts, and John assists as needed. John is the son of George and Barbara Pfeifer of Liverpool, and is an attorney for Traveler's Insurance Company. Amy is the daughter of Glenn and Carol Hockenberry, also of Liverpool. She is a dental hygienist for Dr. Robert Clark of Summit Dental Group.
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James and Suzanne Moran Celebrate 50 Years James and Suzanne (Keller) Moran celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary November 21, 2014, with a family dinner at Grimaldi's Luna Park in East Syracuse. Sharing in the celebration were the couple's children: Maria and her husband Chris, Matt, and James, Jr. and his wife Kelly. The couple's grandchildren Mariana, Peter and Leah also attended. The Morans were married November 21, 1964, at St. Catherines's Church in Vernon, NY. Jim retired earlier this year after spending 50 years as the "Voice of Vernon Downs." Sue continues her work keeping Jim, their bulldog, Winston, and their home in Vernon in order. In addtion to spending time with their children and grandchildren, Jim enjoys a little golf while Sue gardens. Mom and Dad, Meema and Beepa, we love you!
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Chester "Marty" and Dorothy (Hall) Grzejka celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary. They were married on November 28, 1964 at Holy Family Church in Fairmount. The Rev. William Cuddy officiated. The couple met on a blind date set up by a mutual friend when Marty was on leave from the U.S. Air Force. After they married, the newlyweds moved to Orlando so Marty could finish his enlistment in the service. They moved back to Syracuse and began to build their life and their family which includes two daughters; Tracy Streiff of Baldwinsville and Kelly (Victor) Vaccaro of Fayetteville. They have six grandchildren; Samantha, Andrew, Mark, Sarah, Matthew and Jacob. Marty worked at Carrier Corporation and Dorothy at Deluxe Check Printers before they retired to pursue personal interests. Now they keep active with bowling, metal detecting, and gardening, in addition to spending time with friends. Mom and Dad, we are thankful for your constant love and support over the years and we wish you many more wonderful years of happiness, love and blessings to come.
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Francis and Avis (Beal) Fasuyi are celebrating their 30th Anniversary. They were married at Greater New Testament Baptist Church in Syracuse, NY with Major Worthy of the Salvation Army Citadel officiating on November 24, 1984..Francis is the Chief Engineer at WROC television station in Rochester, NY .Avis worked in management at the former Chase Operating Center in Syracuse. Currently she is the chief executive officer of their home and family business. They like to travel and visit their large extended families in various parts of the United States, Canada and Nigeria, worship and do charitable work in the community.They are the proud parents of Christopher, Emmanuel and Christine Fasuyi.Their children are planning a family dinner at an area restaurant and a surprise getaway at later date.. Thank you Mom and Dad for everything you have taught us and do for us and being positive role models as a caring, loving and giving couple.
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50th Anniversary Tom and Dorie (Day) Armstrong of Baldwinsville will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on November 28th. They were married at the Presbyterian Church in Bainbridge, NY in 1964. Dorie graduated from SUNY Potsdam in 1963 and taught in the elementary schools of Baldwinsville until her retirement in 1996. After serving 4 years in the US Air Force, Tom graduated from Syracuse University in 1966 and taught mathematics at C.W. Baker High School in Baldwinsville until retirement in 1995. The couple enjoys traveling and following SU sports. Dorie is an avid card maker and likes swimming, biking, and walking. Tom enjoys carpentry and model rail-roading. They recently spent several days on Cape Cod revisiting many of the places that they enjoyed when they honeymooned there 50 years ago.
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Here's our evening wrap of today's session.
As we wrap up the blog, time to look at what's happening overnight and tomorrow:
International events:
- Eurozone trade data for October; separately Italy releases its trade balance for October
In Australia tomorrow:
- Reserve Bank releases the minutes of its December board meeting. Investors will be looking out for indications of further rate cuts next year.
- ABS International merchandise imports for November.
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"There is a bit of money coming out of the high-yielding stocks like banks and coming into resources," says Jamie Elgar, dealer at Burrell & Co.
He says there is likely to be little clear direction until the ''fiscal cliff'' talks aimed at avoiding steep tax hikes and spending cuts in the US economy are resolved.
Japanese shares have also been pushed higher by the Liberal Democratic Party's victory in the elections, with the Nikkei 225 index up 1.3 per cent in late trade, rising to its highest in eight months, as the yen fell.
The Nikkei has gained about 15 per cent since November 14 when elections were announced. The LDP has called for more monetary easing and a doubling of the nation's inflation goal, which is putting pressure on the yen.
''The market hasn't priced in this kind of a landslide win,'' says Hideyuki Ishiguro, senior strategist at Okasan Securities in Tokyo. ''There's more certainty that LDP will make progress in deflation-fighting agenda. This could be a turning point for Japanese stocks.''
The LDP yesterday captured 294 seats in the 480-member lower house of parliament, while Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's Democratic Party of Japan lost three-fourths of its lawmakers, according to public broadcaster NHK's vote count.
The Australian dollar has risen to its strongest in 19 months versus the yen after Japan's main opposition party reclaimed power in elections yesterday on pledges of increased fiscal and monetary stimulus.
The dollar is up 0.5 per cent at 88.67 yen, after earlier touching 89.13, its highest since May 2 last year.
The Aussie slipped 0.3 per cent against the US dollar to $US1.0540 before the Reserve Bank of Australia releases minutes tomorrow from this month's meeting when interest rates were reduced.
''We had a very large lift in the dollar-yen and yen crosses after the election result,'' says CBA currecny strategist Joseph Capurso. ''The RBA minutes are likely to put a little bit of downward pressure on the Aussie because they're likely to indicate the RBA is still open to further easing.''
Mixed performance among the sectors: while materials gained 0.2 per cent and industrials rose 0.4 per cent, financials fell 0.5 per cent and energy stocks lost 0.4 per cent.
The sharemarket has closed where it's been hovering most of the session: slightly lower. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index lost 9.7 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 4573.4, while the broader All Ords slipped 7.1 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 4588.
Australian banks are expected to remain stable and highly profitable in 2013, despite facing a slowing economy and weak demand for loans.
In a preview of the banking sector for the year ahead, rating's agency Fitch said revenue growth will be held back by low demand for credit and competition for deposits.
The slowing economy is also expected to cause higher arrears among businesses outside the resources sector, which will cause an increase in bad debt charges for the banks. But Fitch's director of financial institutions Tim Roche said that rise is expected to be modest.
''Subdued credit growth and a moderate economic slowdown are likely to present some challenges for Australian banks in 2013,'' Roche said. ''However, improvements to funding, liquidity and capital, and continued solid profitability should help them to navigate through these headwinds.''
The biggest threat to the banking sector, and the wider economy, is a substantial slowdown in China, but that is not likely, Fitch said.
Change of pace: here's an interesting piece on what small business owners can expect in the new year.
Guy Debelle, the RBA's assistant governor financial markets, says he expects regulations to preserve banks' funding structures in place today, rather than return to where they were in 2007.
At the Sydney banking conference, Dr Debelle said while maturity transformation - which could be described as borrowing short and lending long - was more costly today, it was fairly small in terms of liquidity, and that it was a "small cost worth paying for the increased resilience of the system in the future".
"That's the point. It was arguably under-priced before 2007, and whether it's moved to the correct pricing now, yes, that's debatable, but the ... benefits of a more resilient financial situation in the future is certainly worth paying for."
He added that he did not expect it to have an impact on balance sheet growth in Australia.
"I don't see them having a material effect on balance sheet growth now particularly because there isn't actually much balance sheet growth around, but nor do I think it has a material effect on the future," Dr Debelle said.
"Most of the issue is really one in terms of price. The liquidity regulations aren't fully priced in to all the products at the moment. That's going to change sometime over the next couple of years. When exactly remains to be seen. But that again is true here and elsewhere around the world."
Not everyone's convinced the RBA will do much more cutting, at least not to the level foreseen by ANZ:
With #AUD largely static & non-tradable inflation high, if the #RBA continue to focus on #CPI, there's little chance of 2% cash in 2013
— David Scutt (@David_Scutt) December 17, 2012
And here's some more positive news on Australia: Professor Engle, who spoke about a measure he has developed to calculate systemic risk at the Sydney banking conference, said the world looked ''pretty rosy'' from Australia's point of view.
''Our measures for the Australian banks suggest that they are all pretty well capitalised and could withstand another financial crisis. The liquidity provisions that were used in the latest financial crisis apparently were pretty effective. There was an article in the paper today about how the banks were paying them back and that's the sign of success,'' he said during a question-and-answer session after his presentation.
''I think when we talk about financial problems ... it isn't just your own market that's the problem, it's that other markets' failures can be a big problem. I think that Australia can play an important role in understanding and help stabilise this growth of risk in Asia.''
While ANZ and Macquarie are particularly gloomy in their predictions for next year, expecting the RBA's cash rate to drop to 2 per cent by the end of 2013, HSBC is at the opposite end of the spectre:
The bank maintains a positive outlook for the Australian economy, forecasting official rates to rise by 25 basis points to 3.25 per cent by the end of 2013.
HSBC chief economist Paul Bloxham says he expects the Australian economy to continue to rebalance, with the housing sector, along with retail sales to help fill some of the void left by the mining sector.
''You're going to see housing construction pick up [and] you're going to see house prices rise next year. That will motivate some more retail sales as households look to fill those newly constructed houses with durable goods,'' Bloxham says.
Deputy federal Treasury Secretary Jim Murphy outlined at a Sydney banking conference what he thought Australia learnt from the global financial crisis.
He said the crisis showed that open and well-functioning markets were central to growth, but that closer oversight of financial markets was also important.
''I think it's very important that word assurance. I think we talk about systemic risk, but systemic risk to me is in fact the lack of confidence in the market and communities themselves need assurance,'' he said.
Even more dramatic is the reaction in Japan: Fukushima operator Tepco's shares have soared almost 33 per cent, leading a rally in energy firms after the conservative election win likely to mean any short-term plans to ditch atomic power will be shelved.
Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) rocketed 32.89 per cent to 202 yen, Chubu Electric Power jumped 7.56 per cent to 1,166 yen and Kansai Electric was up 13.68 per cent at 889 yen.
The huge surge on the Tokyo Stock Exchange came after voters on Sunday dumped Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and his Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ). The ruling DPJ had vowed earlier this year to ditch nuclear power by 2040, bowing to public pressure as thousands gathered to protest outside Noda's official residence.
The business friendly Liberal Democratic Party leader Shinzo Abe derided the zero-nuclear goal as unrealistic and ''irresponsible'' - and hinted at keeping atomic power.
Global uranium demand is set to rebound as Japan's nuclear reactors are gradually switched back on by the new Liberal Democratic Party government, re-elected over the weekend, BusinessDay's Paddy Manning writes:
- Shares in uranium miners Paladin Energy and Rio Tinto's Energy Resources Australia have surged - by 7 per cent and 5 per cent respectively - and the spot price of uranium neared $US44 per pound of uranium oxide.
UBS resources analyst Glyn Lawcock welcomed the news saying it had been a ''torrid'' 18 months for uranium markets since the closure of the Fukushima Daichi reactor following last year's Japanese earthquake and tsunami.
Japan shut down its entire fleet of 54 reactors in the wake of the partial meltdown, causing widespread power shortages and a rise in energy prices as coal, oil and gas made up the shortfall. Nuclear power is relatively cheap to run, once built.
Spot uranium prices fell from their pre-Fukushima level of about $US65/lb to a low of $US40.80 in November and have recovered somewhat since. Nymex uranium futures closed at $US45.50 last Friday, the last price quoted by Bloomberg.
Arab Bank trader David Scutt notes that the Shanghai Composite has extended its remarkable December rally by another 0.3 per cent, taking the total gains in the past two weeks to over 11 per cent.
However, it's worth adding that the index is still down 1.8 per cent since the beginning of the year, easily underperforming most of its regional peers. Just about all Asian markets are well in positive territory for 2012 (the Nikkei is up 17%, the Hang Seng has added 22.2% and even the ASX200 is up nearly 13%).
Here's a chart showing the Shangai Composite this year:
The big four banks have managed to slightly improve their customer satisfaction rankings last month, although ratings are expected come under pressure again following a decision by most to hold back some of the December cash rate cut.
Latest figures from Roy Morgan Research show the bank sector as a whole was again winning over customers after the closely watched satisfaction rankings took a negative turn earlier this year on the back of mortgage rate pricing.
The figures for November don't take into account the latest round of rate cuts where each of the majors held back some of the Reserve Banks 0.25 percentage point cut. Even so they show first-placed NAB and and second-ranked Commonwealth Bank - which for years lagged in customer satisfaction - have finally turned the tables on their rivals.
NAB remains on top with a rating of 80.5 per cent, but gains were hard to come by with the bank up just 0.1 percentage points in November. CBA added a further 0.4 per centage points to come in at 79.5 per cent.
Westpac was ranked third at 77.1 per cent (up 0.3 percentage points) while ANZ had the biggest lift for the month with 0.6 per centage points, but still lags rivals at 75.7 per cent.
After being top-ranked in customer satisfaction for more than seven years, ANZ became the laggard among the big four banks in May. The drop-off coincided with ANZ deciding to go it alone in terms of setting interest rates.
ANZ chief economist Warren Hogan tweeted it earlier and here's the confirmation: the bank is now predicting the cash rate will be cut to 2 per cent by the end of 2013 and suggests it may be a good idea for the government to step back from its budget surplus plans.
In a monthly report, ANZ made the interest rate prediction based on weakness in the Australian economic and only a modest pickup in production in the rest of the world.
''Due to the further sharp weakening in mining business conditions in recent months, the tepid improvement in the non-mining sector, the deterioration in job advertising trends and the strong Australian dollar, we now expect a further one percentage point cut in the cash rate over the course of 2013,'' the bank's economists said in the report.
Following a cut from 3.25 per cent earlier this month, the cash rate is now at 3 per cent, as low as it has been on a sustained basis since early 1960. A move to 2 per cent would put it below a level seen in any available records.
ANZ's cash rate forecast for 2013 is the lowest among the big banks. NAB and Westpac both expect just one more cut, while CBA tips the Reserve will hold rates steady at 3 per cent.
Trade Me, the New Zealand online auctions and classified advertising company soon to be sold by Fairfax Media, might enter the Australian market, its chairman says.
David Kirk led the purchase of Trade Me almost seven years ago as boss of Fairfax and now serves as non-executive chairman of Trade Me.
He told BusinessDay that while Trade Me would continue to focus on the New Zealand market, ''there are broad plans for growth over the next three to five years'' and ''this might include Australia''.
Kirk today welcomed the news that Fairfax would sell its majority stake in Trade Me, saying it it increased the company's ''free float markedly''.
Petrol prices eased albeit modestly over the past week but more importantly that is not where the good news ends, says CommSec economist Savanth Sebastian:
- In fact motorists are likely to enjoy even cheaper fuel over the coming fortnight. Not only are regional gasoline prices remaining subdued, but a firmer Aussie dollar is also pushing down local petrol prices.
- CommSec expects prices to fall by around 2-3 cents over the coming fortnight.
- The trick for motorists will be to time their purchases. Not only are price trends far from uniform across capital cities, but the discounting cycle continues to change.
- Prices are likely to reach their low point in the cycle toward the middle of this week before ratcheting higher closer to the weekend. In other words filling up the vehicle in the next couple of days should result in more substantial savings.
Retailers expect shoppers to spend almost $12 billion within Australia this week in the run-up to Christmas, nearly twice as much as last week.
Customers are expected to part with nearly $520 each on average in the week before Christmas, according to projections from the Australian National Retailers Association (ANRA) and GE Capital Christmas Retail Index.
This week NSW shoppers are tipped to be the biggest spenders with an estimated total of over $2.5 billion, followed by Victorians on $1.97 billion, Queenslanders on $1.9 billion and West Australians on $1.1 billion.
Last week's total spend within Australia was estimated at around $6.5 billion.
At the half-way point of today's session, stocks are bumping along at just below break even. The All Ords is 0.1 per cent lower and the ASX200 is 0.2 per cent lower. Sector by sector on the ASX200:
- Industrials: +0.41%
- Materials: +0.21%
- Utilities: +0.64%
- Health: +0.64%
- Financials: -0.47%
Elizabeth Knight says Billabong shareholders have been left in no-mans' land - "devoid of information that would enable them to make a choice on whether to follow the market rumours that an offer of $1.10 for their stock is real or not." She writes:
It beggars belief that the company did not respond to media speculation that one of its own directors, Paul Naude, had discussed an offer of $1.10 per share with the board.
Billabong last month informed the market that Naude was interested in patching together a syndicate of financiers to make an offer.
If the rumours are accurate, it could well be that it is a highly conditional approach that needs due diligence. Or it could be a price that the board is not willing to contemplate - let alone engage with.
A note from BusinessDay's Glenda Kwek who is at the Australasian Finance and Banking Conference where RBA assistant governor Guy Debelle will speak.
Another of the speakers, Nobel laureate Professor Robert Engle of New York University, ended his speech at the Australasian finance and banking conference in Sydney with a video of Contagionex, a spoof cartoon on sovereign debt woes during the financial crisis.
The video finished with the tagline: "Just because it's your fault doesn't mean others can't suffer for you". Everyone in the Shangri-la ballroom laughed.
In their own words, here is why ANZ is forecasting 100 basis points of rate cuts next year. In a note today, ANZ Research says:
Due to the further sharp weakening in mining business conditions in recent months, the tepid improvement in the non-mining sector, the deterioration in job advertising trends and the strong AUD, we now expect a further 1 percentage point cut in the cash rate over the course of 2013.
This will help limit the prospective rise in the unemployment rate that job advertising is signalling. If realised, such rate moves will provide significant further support to the non-mining sectors, including the housing market.
The key issue for markets and policy makers is whether the weakest sectors of the economy will strengthen sufficiently to offset the anticipated slowing in mining investment. The RBA's two rate cuts in recent months suggest the central bank wants some further insurance on this front.
Shares in Billabong have been placed in a trading halt ahead of an announcement. They'll stay in a trading halt until the announced or the start of trade on Wednesday, whichever is earlier.
Billabong shares last traded at 98 cents.
Here's ANZ's Warren Hogan again with some context on ANZ's rates forecast for 2013. It begs the question, where does ANZ see the weakness coming from? A slower-than-expected mining sector?
Money Mkt puts 25bp rate cut at 62% in February and is priced for a total of 40bp of rate cuts next year. ANZ expects 100bp of cuts in '13
— Warren Hogan(@anz_warrenhogan) December 17, 2012
ANZ has adjusted its outlook for interest rates next year, and it is expecting the RBA to cut rates another 100 basis points over the year:
ANZ Economics has changed our RBA forecast to 100bp of rate cuts in 2013. We now expect the RBA to cut by 25bp in each quarter of next year.
— Warren Hogan(@anz_warrenhogan) December 17, 2012
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Fiscal cliff progress. Details on the Republican offer of a tax hike on the rich are starting to filter through.
Retuers reports that a source familiar with the Obama-Boehner talks has confirmed that Boehner (the Republican speaker of the House of Representatives) proposed extending low tax rates for everyone who has less than $US1 million in net annual income, meaning tax rates would rise on all above that line.
Under current law, the 35 per cent top tax rate is scheduled to expire on Jan. 1, and would automatically go to 39.6 per cent. Boehner's proposal would allow that rate to rise as scheduled at a threshold of $US1 million - putting it back to where it was during the Clinton administration.
The White House has not accepted the proposal and the source could not confirm any additional talks were held on Sunday between Obama and Boehner.
Shares in surfwear retailer Billabong have soared on reports a former director has made a formal offer for the struggling company. Billabong shares were up seven cents, or 7.5 per cent, at $1.005 at 11.20am AEDT.
The Australian Financial Review has reported that Paul Naude has offered $1.10 per share for the company. Mr Naude is Billabong's president in the Americas and was member of the company's board until he entered takeover negotiations in November.
Japanese investors have applauded the election of a new government, with the Nikkei 225 Stock Average rising to its highest in eight months, after Japan's Liberal Democratic Party reclaimed power in a landslide victory, increasing optimism for the nation's economy.
The Nikkei 225 rose 1.5 per cent to 9,882.93, its highest since April 3.
Following the Japanese election on the weekend, the Aussie dollar has bolted higher against the yen. The Aussie was recently buying 88.67 yen, up from a low early on Friday of 87.8. In opening trade early today, it leapt from 88.2 yen to 89.09, but has since retreated.
That's partly a result of the economic policies of the new premier, Shinzo Abe, who has called for "unlimited" monetary easing and big spending on public works to rescue the economy. Such policies, a centrepiece of the LDP's platform for decades, have been criticised by many as wasteful pork-barrel politics.
Many economists say that prescription for "Abenomics" could create temporary growth and enable the government to go ahead with a planned initial sales tax rise in 2014 to help curb a public debt now twice the size of gross domestic product.
But it looks unlikely to cure deeper ills or bring sustainable growth to Japan's ageing society, and risks triggering a market backlash if investors decide Japan has lost control of its finances.
Looking at the performance of blue chip stocks, the banks are lower, the big miners are higher and the retailers are down.
- CBA is 0.22% lower to $61.44
- ANZ is 0.97% lower to $24.41
- NAB is 0.1% lower to $24.57
- Westpac is 0.65% lower to $25.82
- BHP is 0.75% higher to $36.64
- Rio is 0.86% higher to $63.54
- Fortescue is 2.55% higher to $4.42
IG Markets analyst Cameron Peacock said the Australian market had opened slightly lower despite negotiations between the US Democrats and Republicans to avoid a series of tax hikes and spending cuts coming into affect on January 1, otherwise known as the ''fiscal cliff'', appearing to take a positive step on the weekend.
''Over the weekend there has been a bit of progress in 'fiscal cliff' negotiations,'' he said.
''For the first time the Republicans have acknowledged that tax rates may have to go up for some of the wealthiest Americans.''
Are we on the brink of receiving some major news on the US fiscal cliff? If so, it'll be interesting to watch its effect on the ASX:
Republicans may have come to party on tax hikes for wealthy Americans, getting rid of major Fiscal Cliff roadblock. Dow Futures +88pts 0.7%
— Juliette Saly (@julesaly) December 16, 2012
Sector by sector, it's a bit of a mixed bag on the ASX but overall it's weighted but weighted toward the negative:
- Materials: +0.18%
- Energy: +0.18%
- Health: -0.9%
- Telecoms: -0.58%
- Info tech: -0.57%
- Financials: -0.48%
- Consumer staples: -0.17%
With stocks easing, here are the major sliders in early trade:
- Integra Mining: -7.34%
- Silver Lake Resources: -6.63%
- St Barbara: -3.87%
- Aquila: -2.26%
- Billabong: -2.14%
There are good vibes surrounding the media sector today after Fairfax, publisher of this website, announced the sales of Trade Me and its plan to pay down debt with the proceeds. Three of the top ten performers on the ASX200 are media companies:
- Fairfax: +3.33%
- Ten: +2.64%
Ric Spooner of CMC Markets expects any downside today to be limited by a range of factors:
The recent sharp rally in China's stock market, Friday's lift in iron ore prices, and the prospect of more economic stimulus in Japan following the weekend's elections will all be supportive for investor thinking on the resource sector today.
The US fiscal cliff will continue to be a constraining factor on share valuations at around current levels. Global markets have rallied in anticipation of a reasonable outcome to these negotiations.
This leaves short term market risk to the downside, if the extent of fiscal drag turns out to be a bigger negative for the US economy in 2013 than most investors currently expect.
Local stocks are flat in early trade. The All Ordinaries index is 2.7 points lower, or 0.1 per cent, to 4592.4, while the benchmark S&P/ASX200 is 4 points lower, or 0.1 per cent, to 4579.1.
A quick note on the dollar before we turn our minds back to the ASX.
Rochford Capital FX consultant Richard Breen said the yen would continue to weaken against the Australian dollar following the right-wing Liberal Democratic Party's win in the Japanese elections, which are expected to herald further quantitative easing.
Former prime minister Shinzo Abe is set to return to power, and bring with him ''Abenomics'', which includes his desire to continue with quantitative easing until Japan hits inflation targets of about 3 per cent, he said.
''Japan really hasn't had inflation for the last decade, so how he is going to actually go about that is going to be an interesting one.
''But nonetheless it looks like the government is going to pressure the Bank of Japan to be more aggressive on monetary policy easing in the form of quantitative easing because they don't have any more room to lower interest rates.''
Mr Breen said all eyes would also be in the Bank of Japan meeting on Thursday, and whether further quantitative easing would be announced.
He added that the Australian dollar, which came off against the US dollar this morning, was ''looking a bit stretched at these levels'' and it could fall back to $1.0440 level over the Christmas and New Year periods as some traders take profits.
Fairfax shares are sharply high in early trade - up 2.5 cents or almost 5 per cent.
Fortescue shares are also higher - up 2.6 per cent in early trade on news of the asset sales.
While we're on the subject of iron ore, the bulk commodity posted its ninth consecutive day of gains on Friday, adding $US2.90 to $IS129.30. As recently as December 3, it was trading below $US116.
In other corporate news this morning, Fortescue Metals Group is poised to sell off part of its most valuable asset, as the company continues efforts to lower debt and free up enough cash to restart the expansion projects that were halted in September.
The iron ore exporter announced this morning that it had received strong interest from investors keen to buy a minority stake in Fortescue's railway and ports, which are held by Fortescue as a separate subsidiary.
Export infrastructure is crucial to companies seeking to build iron ore companies in the Pilbara, and the recent downturn in iron ore has left numerous junior players holding stranded iron ore assets hundreds of kilometres from the coast.
Investors will be watching shares in Fairfax closely today after the newspaper publisher announced it was selling its remaining stake in online auction business Trade Me.
Fairfax, the publisher of this site, engaged investment bank UBS to sell the 51 per cent stake in Trade Me to institutional investors at about $3.05 a share.
The deal will yield $616 million for Fairfax - owner of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age - which paid $NZ700 million for the entire business in 2006.
Fairfax Media's chief executive and managing director, Greg Hywood, said in a statement to the ASX this morning that the proceeds from the sale would "provide us with a very strong balance sheet and the financial flexibility to invest and complete the company's structural transformation".
CommSec market analyst Juliana Roadley said the Australian share market was expected to start down by about 10 points today.
''We're a little bit more positive after the close in the US on Friday because of the iron ore price but unfortunately the commentary out of China has taken out a lot of gloss away over the weekend,'' she said.
Ms Roadley said China's announcement of its economic plans for 2013 at the annual central economic work conference in Beijing over the weekend was not as positive as many had expected, and it would lead to some retraction in the Asian markets today that could hit the Australian stock market.
But she said observers were hopeful People's Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan, who is set to speak at speak at a conference in Sanya in southern China, would update the market today.
''I think everyone is hoping that he will because there is a bit of gap in their commentary,'' she said.
Ms Roadley added that focus today would again be on the media sector, after Fairfax Media confirmed the sale of its Trade Me stake.
On Friday, China's Shanghai composite added 4.32 per cent to 2150.63 after HSBC said China's manufacturing activity hit a 14-month high this month, another sign the world's No.2 economy is picking up steam.
The bank's preliminary purchasing managers' index (PMI) hit 50.9, up from a final 50.5 in November when the figure returned to growth after 12 consecutive months of contraction.
A reading above 50 indicates expansion while one below signals contraction. The December reading is the highest since October last year.
There's a lot of international news around this morning with the horrifying masscare of 20 schoolkids in Connecticut leading most news bulletins. On the business front, the return to power of a conservative government in Japan is getting a lot of interest among economists and investors.
New premier Shinzo Abe, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, has called for "unlimited" monetary easing and big spending on public works to rescue the economy from its fourth recession since 2000. Such policies, a centrepiece of the LDP's platform for decades, have been criticised by many as wasteful pork-barrel politics.
Kyodo news agency said the new government could draft an extra budget for 2012/13 worth up to 10 trillion yen ($US120 billion) and issue debt to pay for it.
Many economists say that prescription for "Abenomics" could create temporary growth and allow the government to go ahead with a planned initial sales tax rise in 2014 to help curb a public debt now more than twice the size of Japan's economy.
But it looks unlikely to cure deeper ills or bring lasting growth, and risks triggering a market backlash if investors decide Japan has lost control of its finances.
"Japan can't spend on public works forever and the Bank of Japan's monetary easing won't keep the yen weak for too long," said Koichi Haji, chief economist at NLI Research Institute. "The key is whether Abe can implement long-term structural reforms and growth strategies."
For a comprehensive look at this morning's business news, check today's need2know. Here are this morning's key markets numbers:
- SPI futures are 10 points lower at 4571
- The $A is higher at $US1.0548
- Apple leads US falls as fiscal cliff looms
- Europe stocks flat as invetors sidelined
- China iron ore added $US2.90 to $US129.30
- Australian finance news: December 17-21
Stocks are pointed to a weak start but not everyone thinks that's realistic. Chris Weston of IG Markets says he is ''not paying a huge amount of attention to the ten-point fall in the SPI on Friday as this would provide a poor indication of where the ASX 200 will open''. In a note this morning, he writes:
US futures re-open at 10:00 (AEDT) and they should get a descent boost, lead largely on a perception of a much stronger Nikkei, which opens an hour later.''
Iron ore gained a further 2.2% to $129.4 per tonne and names like FMG should do well on the open, with Fortescue targeting the June highs of $4.58.
As with our ASX 200 calls, most other commodities are relatively flat from the 16:00 (AEDT) equity cash close, but will be impacted by weekend developments. So, as things stand, it is clear names like BHP and RIO have good momentum and should find support today.
It is also worth highlighting that liquidity dries up from today, so we may see some slightly more erratic moves. Last year during this time the ASX 200 averaged just over A$4 billion in seven days, which isn't terrible, so if we see value around that figure, it would be positive.
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