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Trichotillomania is hair loss from repeated urges to pull or twist the hair until it breaks off. Patients are unable to stop this behavior, even as their hair becomes thinner.
Trichotillosis; Compulsive hair pulling
Trichotillomania is a type of impulsive control disorder. Its causes are not clearly understood.
It may affect as much as 4% of the population. Women are four times more likely to be affected than men.
Symptoms usually begin before age 17. The hair may come out in round patches or across the scalp. The effect is an uneven appearance. The person may pluck other hairy areas, such as the eyebrows, eyelashes, or body hair.
These symptoms are usually seen in children:
Most people with this disorder also have problems with:
Your health care provider will examine your skin, hair, and scalp. A piece of tissue may be removed (biopsy) to find other causes, such as a scalp infection, and to explain the hair loss.
Experts don't agree on the use of medication for treatment. However, naltrexone and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have been shown effective in reducing some symptoms. Behavioral therapy and habit reversal may also be effective.
Trichotillomania that begins in younger children (less than 6 years old) may go away without treatment. For most people, the hair pulling ends within 12 months.
For others, trichotillomania is a lifelong disorder. However, treatment often improves the hair pulling and the feelings of depression, anxiety, or poor self image.
People can have complications when they eat the pulled-out hair (trichophagia). This can cause a blockage in the intestines or lead to poor nutrition.
Early detection is the best form of prevention because it leads to early treatment. Decreasing stress can help, because stress may increase compulsive behavior.
Morelli JG. Disorders of the hair. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 654.
Gould CM, Sanders KM. Impulse-control disorders. In: Stern TA, Rosenbaum JF, Fava M, Biederman J, Rauch SL, eds. Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry. 1st ed. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby Elsevier; 2008:chap 23.
Kratochvil CJ, Bloch MH. Trichotillomania across the life span. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2009;48:879-883.
Timothy Rogge, MD, Medical Director, Family Medical Psychiatry Center, Kirkland, WA. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Isla Ogilvie, PhD, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.
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The Australian dollar lost altitude on its US counterpart today as a failure to rally on upbeat Chinese data led speculators to cut back on long positions.
The dollar eased back to $US1.0513, from an early $US1.0552.
"It looks exhausted, having failed at $US1.0600 for a week now," said David Scutt, a trader at Arab Bank Australia.
"If it can't rally on strong Chinese data, it means it's due for a pull back," he said, seeing it testing $US1.0500 or $US1.0470, both major retracement levels.
The dollar got only a brief lift from the latest HSBC survey of China's factory sector which showed growth accelerated to a two-year high in January.
Fortescue Metals does not expect to pay the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) this financial year while iron ore prices recover from hefty falls in 2012.
The federal government's 30 per cent tax on the super profits of coal and iron ore miners was forecast to raise $2 billion in 2012-13.
However the federal government is resisting pressure to reveal how much it is receiving from the tax.The profits generated by large mining companies are heavily linked to commodity prices.
While iron ore prices have recovered from their lows of about $US90 a tonne last September, Fortescue on Thursday said the average price for the 2013 financial year to date was just above $US100 a tonne.
And for the blue chip stock watchers:
- Rio: -0.2%
- Westpac: +1.3%
- Fortescue: -0.6%
- Woolworths: +0.1%
- Wesfarmers: +0.4%
- Telstra: +1.1%
For those who are curious, here are the best and worst performers on the ASX200 today:
Among the sectors, financials finished strongly, up 0.7 per cent, telecommunications rose 1.1 per cent, consumer discretionary gained 0.8 per cent and materials were flat.
The market has finished at fresh 20-month highs, closing above 4800 for the first time since May 2011. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 added 22.4 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 4810.2, while the broader All Ords jumped 21.7 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 4833.8.
It's been a bit of a roller coaster ride today for Chinese stocks, after North Korea said it was proceeding with plans for more rocket launches and a nuclear test.
Mainland China investors had chased gains in the banking sector after the HSBC flash purchasing managers index (PMI) for January, the earliest preview of China's economic health in 2013, came in at its highest in two years.
The CSI300 of the top Shanghai and Shenzhen A-share listings was down 0.3 per cent at midday, while the Shanghai Composite Index, below, slipped 0.1 per cent.
Both had gained around 2 per cent in early trade, and had looked set to break above a trading range they had been bounded in for the last two weeks.
There has been no news from the board of the NSW casino regulator today on whether James Packer's Crown will be allowed to lift its stake in rival casino operator, Echo Entertainment, but it did not stop speculation that a takeover is making more sense than ever.
Research from Deutsche Bank reported that Crown shares have outperformed Echo's by 56 per cent over the last six months, making a scrip and debt-based takeover much more palatable for Crown.
Deutsche Bank's Mark Wilson said the financial metrics are more compelling with the dilution of Crown's earnings per share now seven per cent compared to 14 per cent under previous calculations and ''the dilution of James Packer's shareholding would now be within acceptable tolerance levels''.
Deutsche based its calculations on a Crown bid split equally between debt and equity funding and at a 20 per cent premium to the current Echo share price which is trading around the $3.50 mark.
This would dilute Mr Packer's 50 per cent-plus stake in Crown to 39.4 per cent.
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Despite a slow start to the day due to Apple's disappointing result overnight our markets have done a u-turn in afternoon trade and are now showing signs of life following the Chinese flash PMI read which posted its fifth consecutive rise, says CMC Markets trader Ben Taylor:
- Traders are now looking for the next catalyst to drive the markets higher. Many are pointing to continuous central banks support around the world, a rebounding China, improving risk in Europe and general low inflation as drivers.
- Domestically, investors see any fall in Australian growth to be met with rate cuts which should be supportive for yield plays like the banks. This year's election is also a catalyst for fiscal loosening which is believed to be favourable for our equity market.
- The Australian banks imposed capital requirements along with conservative management style have helped to lower the banks inherent risk profile. Whilst the banks continue to offer compelling yields we will continue to see support for bank shares despite being now regarded as expensive.
The latest monthly detailed employment figures make for interesting reading, said CBA economist Savanth Sebastian.
"Many Aussies would believe that they are working far too many hours over the working week. However this perception could not be further from the truth. Over the year to December employees worked an average of 32 hours a week – the lowest reading in records going back over 30 years.
"The fall in hours worked is largely two fold, with businesses opting to reduce employee hours rather than cut staff and at the same time Aussies are focusing on a more balanced lifestyle."
Australian residential land sales slumped in the third quarter, signalling a "rocky road" for a recovery in home building, the Housing Industry Association said.
Land sales across the country dropped by 18 per cent in the three months to September 30, after climbing for the prior three quarters, according to the HIA-RP Data Residential Land Report.
The data "highlights the uncertainty around whether the new home building sector can mount a recovery that is both sustainable and of the magnitude Australia's population and economy require," said Harley Dale, chief economist at the industry group.
Noni B shares fell 12.6 per cent after the retail fashion group announced it it expects to report an after-tax profit in the range $1.7 – $1.9 million for the first half of FY2013, compared with $2.4 million for the first half of FY2012 which included an extra weeks trading.
Sales were in line with the previous year, despite one less week's trading, the company said.
Noni B's audited results for the first half of FY2013 will be announced on 13 February 2013.
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has taken a look at the cost of war in Afghanistan for the United States over the past decade, and it doesn't make for pretty numbers.
Stiglitz, together with Harvard Kennedy School's Linda Bilmes, write in an article for The Financial Times that the cost of war goes beyond direct expenses, such as those incurred by maintaining troops in the South Asian nation, but to what happens after the Americans pull out (mostly).
The writers point to the post-conflict costs of disability and healthcare benefits for recent war veterans:
''Now, with much higher survival rates, more generous benefits, and new, expensive treatments, the eventual costs of caring for veterans of the Afghanistan war will exceed $US1 trillion. To put these numbers into perspective, the debate surrounding the fiscal cliff has centred on expenditure cuts over 10 years of $US1 trillion to $US2 trillion.
''... The legacy of poor decision-making from the expensive wars in Afghanistan and Iraq will live on in a continued drain on [the US] economy - long after the last troop returns to American soil.''
Significant numbers indeed. Read the full story here.
After years of negotiations, Energy Resources of Australia Ltd and the Mirarr people have signed agreements for the Ranger uranium mine.
The deals come after 14 years of talks between ERA and Mirarr, the Northern Land Council and the federal government.
They cover existing operations at Ranger and historic issues that have been outstanding for years but not future plans for the open-cut mine, located in the Northern Territory's Kakadu National Park.
Under the new deals, Mirarr people will get a greater share of income from the mine and a trust will be set up to deliver social programs in the region.
Linc Energy is distancing itself from reports in today's media claiming it may be sitting on a $20 trillion worth of oil in South Australia's Arckaringa Basin.
On Wednesday, Linc told the ASX that two independent consultants estimated there was an ''unrisked prospective resource'' of up to 223 billion barrels of oil equivalent in three shale formations within its 100 per cent-held Arckaringa exploration permits.
Media outlets appear to have multiplied the resource estimate by the prevailing oil price - above $US95 a barrel - to arrive at the $20 trillion figure.
But Linc chief executive Peter Bond told BusinessDay: ''That's not our valution. I don't know who did that but someone's got a calculator out and come up with that number... but we wouldn't put a valuation on it at this stage. It's too hard.
Linc shares are up 27.8 per cent to $2.76.
While the major banks' stranglehold on mortgages remains relatively solid, it appears customers are happy to see if there is a better offer out there.
The Commonwealth Bank, together with its subsidiary BankWest, has increased its dominance on the first home loans market, accounting for 29.6 per cent of the market in December, the Australian Finance Group says.
AFG, which claims that it has 10 per cent of the total home loan market, said in a statement that CommBank's strong December performance lifted the major lenders' share of the first home loans market to 77.5 per cent in 2012.
Macquarie was the biggest non-major lender last year, doubling its share from 1.8 per cent to 3.6 per cent of all loans processed, AFG said today.
Below is the proportion of mortages held by the major banks over 2012.
Australia's residential property market may be experiencing ''the largest bubble on record'', academic Philip Soos writes in an article published on the Prosper website, A plague on Aussie housing:
It helps to have a sound fix on what an asset bubble is when exploring this matter. A good starting point is the work of the late US post-Keynesian economist Hyman Minsky. His contrarian work revolved around developing a realistic model of how financial markets interacted with asset prices.
This theory was called the 'financial instability hypothesis', arguing that financial markets continually misallocate substantial amounts of credit into asset markets, creating Ponzi (pyramid) schemes.
The evidence suggests that the residential property market is currently experiencing a bubble, with prices detached from fundamental valuations.
This appears to be the largest bubble on record, orders of magnitude larger than all preceding bubbles. When it does burst, heavily indebted property owners (recent home-buyers, negative gearers) will experience financial trouble, including the economy at large.
No doubt a lot of you out there have been following the coverage of ICAC and the Obeid family, for BusinessDay's Michael Pascoe, the whole saga has raised some serious questions about tax.
"How nice to see that public-spirited Obeid family campaigning so hard to end the rort that is the family trust system. Well done, Eddie, Moses and the rest of them.
Of course, the Obeids might not quite see it that way, but the creeping exposure of their use of trusts to disguise, channel, fiddle and generally muck around with the spirit of the Tax Act, revealing the power of the rich and well-accounted to avoid paying their fair share, is the best advertisement yet for radical reform of the putrid trust system.
Moses' ability to be officially broke while living the millionaire life, courtesy of the family trust structure, thus avoiding a $16 million debt to the City of Sydney, and this week's ICAC evidence outlining trust "loans" to avoid income tax are why the Obeids are the new pin-up boys of tax avoidance.
Whether that avoidance strays into the realm of illegal evasion is something for the Australian Tax Office to investigate. One can only hope there's an ATO officer keeping notes at the ICAC hearing."
Simon Mordant and Ron Malek, the joint heads of the boutique corporate advisory firm Greenhill Australia, have been both been named vice chairman of the New York-based parent company Greenhill & Co.
The Australian business was previously known as Caliburn Partnership before it was sold to Greenhill nearly three years ago.
In a joint statement Mr Mordant and Mr Malek said the management changes, position the advisory firm for ''continued global growth''.''In this new role, we will each focus entirely on advising clients, not only domestically, but in cross-border transactions and selectively in other markets, as Greenhill continues to develop the firm's business globally,'' the statement said.
While the two will retain the title of managing director, local Greenhill bankers Roger Feletto and Jamie Garis, have each been named co-head of Greenhill Australia.
Commenting on today's Flash PMI, Hongbin Qu, Chief Economist, HSBC China said:
"At 51.9, January's HSBC China manufacturing PMI rose for the fifth consecutive month to the highest level in two-years, heralding a good start to the New Year."
"Thanks to the continuous gains in new business, manufacturers accelerated production by additional hiring and more purchases. Despite the still tepid external demand, the domestic-driven restocking process is likely to add steam to China's ongoing recovery in the coming months."
In marketing land, executives are out spruiking their promotions ahead of the Australia Day weekend. Coopers, which became the largest Australian-owned brewer, has joined in.
The family-owned brewer said it is retaining "Celebration Ale", which was introduced last year to celebrate the company's 150th anniversary.
Coopers' national marketing director Cam Pearce said the beer has sold well - more than 100,00 cases since it was launched last May. Coopers generated a strong result during the 2011/12 financial year, with a 17.5 per cent growth in full-year profit.
Earlier this month, American fast-food giant McDonald's said it was renaming their Australian outlet Macca's for a short period of time to celebrate Australia Day.
Linc Energy now up 25 per cent for the day. That's on top of 9 per cent yesterday.
Australian stocks are turning a tepid start into a strong showing, no doubt helped along by the good China factories result. Both the All Ords and the ASX200 are now 0.4 per cent higher - the question is, how far will they go?
A bit more on China. In a promising sign for trade flows the survey's measure of exports also firmed to 50.1. China is a major export market from Australia and New Zealand and a pick up there would be supportive of earnings and commodity prices in general.
That was enough to steady the Aussie at $1.0520, after an early dip as investors booked profits following another failure to clear stiff resistance around $1.0580.
Here at Markets Live, we're not averse to using physics to assess a company's share price. Indeed, reader 'Dan' has used the technique to weigh up Apple's prospects following today's earnings news. He writes:
If Gravity is the warped space around a mass then perhaps Apple has become too massive and it's collapsing on its own gravity; with no fresh product line to halt the impending collapse it will drag many around its market event horizon.
The China PMI result is the earliest preview of China's economic health in 2013, and it's the latest indication that the world's second-largest economy is steadily recovering from a near two-year cool-down. And there might be more good news to come.
"Despite the still tepid external demand, the domestic-driven restocking process is likely to add steam to China's ongoing recovery in the coming months," Qu Hongbin, chief China economist at HSBC, said on Thursday.
After an initial bounce on back of its record production results, Fortescue shares have drifted lower and are currently 0.4 per cent lower.
Fortescue revealed that it received and average price of $US111 per tonne for its goods during the three months to December. That price is for dry tonnes, whereas Fortescue's ore is considered to be "wet" because it contains moisture.
The dollar rose marginally on the HSBC flash PMI for China to $US1.0531.
HSBC's flash manufacturing PMI for China has come in better than expected: it's hit 51.9 in January, up from 51.5 a month ago, and higher than expectations of 51.7.
A reading above 50 signals expansion.
Iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group said it lifted shipments by 32 per cent in the December quarter, nearly all bound for Chinese steel mills.
Shipments climbed to 19.6 million tonnes in the three months to December 31 from 14.8 million in the corresponding period a year ago, the company said.
The number was in line with analysts' expectations that Fortescue would ship around 19 million tonnes during the quarter.
Fortescue shares are up 0.3 per cent to $4.675.
The Australian dollar has slipped as disappointing results from tech bellwether Apple dented risk sentiment ahead of a key reading on Chinese manufacturing.
The dollar has pulled back to $US1.0520, from $US1.0552 earlier in the day.
All eyes are in are HSBC's flash PMI, due out imminently. Any improvement from December's 51.5 would help underpin the dollar as China is a key export market for Australia.
The ASX trading relatively flat at the moment, up 3.1 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 4790.9, while the broader All Ords has nudged up 3.2 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 4815.3.
Here's the best and worst performers on the ASX200 so far today:
More from the US earnings season, Netflix stocks have surged 27 per cent in after-hours trade after the internet video service reported solid quarterly results which topped Wall Street estimates.
The company said revenues jumped to $US945 million ($900.13 million) in the fourth quarter as it added some two million new subscribers in the period. Profit for the quarter rose to $US7.9 million from $US7.7 million in the third quarter.
Paul Ausick at 24/7 Wall Street said on Wednesday the report ''blows the doors off'' analyst estimates.
Ausick said Netflix surprised analysts by forecasting results of break-even or a profit in the current quarter, instead of a loss, and revenues topping $US1 billion.
Investors are also cautious ahead of the HSBC China PMI data, which is due at 12.45pm.
Confirmation of a recovery in manufacturing growth in China is likely to improve risk appetite and support wide-ranging markets, from commodities to currencies linked to commodities.
"By most measures, the Chinese economy is on a positive path, and there is no reason to believe that the momentum being seen recently is ready to reverse. Watch for a continuation of improvement for this value today with a result above last month's result of 51.5," says Neal Gilbert, market strategist at GFT Forex, in a note to clients.
Apple shares fell 10 per cent to $US463 after-hours, wiping out a blistering $US50 billion of its market value from its $US514 close, after investors gave the tech giant's sluggish earnings the thumbs down.
Apple said it shipped a record 47.8 million iPhones in the December quarter, up 29 per cent from the year-ago period but below the 50 million shipments that analysts on average had expected.
"It's going to call into question Apple's dominance in the space. It's still one of the strong players, the others being Samsung and Google. It's still a two-horse race, but Android continues to grow rapidly," said Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu.
"If you step back a bit, it's clear they shipped a lot of phones. But the problem is the high expectations that investors have. Apple's conservative guidance highlights the concerns over production cuts coming out of Asia recently."
Apple shares are down nearly 30 per cent from a record high in September, in part on worries that its days of hyper growth are over and its mobile devices are no longer as popular.
Intense competition from Samsung's cheaper phones - powered by Google's Android software - and signs that the premium smartphone market may be close to saturation in developed markets have also caused a lot of investor anxiety.
The rise (and fall?) of Apple - stock price development since the mid-1990s.
Tiger Airways' losses in Australia have widened to $S13 million ($10 million) in the third quarter due to stiffer competition in the domestic market and rising costs.
In an ominous sign for this country's four largest airlines, Tiger Australia posted an operating loss of $S13 million in the three months to December, compared with a loss of $S8.6 million previously.
It brings to an end Tiger's ability to narrow losses over prior quarters as it gradually returned to full operation following its forced grounding due to safety concerns in 2011.
Tiger said the larger losses in Australia was largely due to a 12 per cent drop in yields – or returns from fares – due to ''stiff competition in the domestic market and rising costs of operations''.
It's a good question. A bit like, where were all the buy recommendations on CBA when it was $48 last year?
Interesting to see many brokerages rushing to put out #bullish calls for the #xjo. Where were they in mid-Nov, 10% below today's level?
— David Scutt (@David_Scutt) January 24, 2013
A quirky one from the offshore - US sugar supply 'bursting at the seams'.
Bloomberg reports that record US sugar output is creating the biggest domestic glut in a decade, reducing costs for confectionary makers and making it more likely the government will need to stockpile supply to support farmers.
''There's a massive quantity of sugar being produced,'' said Craig Ruffolo, a vice president at McKeanny Flavell, a California-based sugar broker whose clients have included Kraft Foods Group, General Mills and Bunge. ''Our supply situation is bursting at the seams.''
While Americans are eating the most sugar since the 1970s, that's still not enough to absorb increasing supply. Sugar-beet harvests expanded almost twice as fast as demand in the past four years, and the cane crop is the biggest since 2004.
South Korea's economy expanded less than forecast in the fourth quarter as gains in the won, Asia's best performing currency of the past six months, threaten to restrain exports in 2013.
Gross domestic product grew 1.5 per cent from a year earlier, unchanged from the expansion in the third quarter, the Bank of Korea said today. That compares with the median 1.8 percent estimate of 12 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News. From a quarter ago, Asia's fourth-largest economy grew 0.4 per cent.
And things are likely to get tougher as neighbour Japan drives down the yen to makes its nation's products relatively cheaper.
''Japan is trying to boost its economy by weakening the currency for exporters at the expense of its consumers and other countries,'' said Lee Sung Kwon, an economist at Shinhan Investment Corp. in Seoul.
''South Korea will be hit the hardest among others as it is in direct competition with Japan over many products -- from cars to electronics.''
Some crystal-ball gazing. Anyone care to disagree - wildly optimistic or under the mark?
UBS upgrade their 2013 price target on the ASX 200 to 5000 (from 4800). They stay o/w the mining sector, energy, while U/W banks, REITS
— Chris Weston (@ChrisWeston_IG) January 23, 2013
Apple's disappointing earnings results are weighing on investor sentiment, pulling US stock futures down.
The company's shares fell as much as 11 per cent in after-hours trade after Apple reported no profit growth and the slowest increase in sales in 14 quarters.
Futures on the Standard & Poor's 500 Index are down 0.5 per cent, while Nasdaq futures have plunged 1.7 per cent.
''Apple genuinely disappointed people,'' says Todd Morgan, senior managing director at Los Angeles-based Bel Air Investment Advisors.
''The market's had a terrific run here, so we were looking for some kind of correction and this might be the catalyst.''
Amid the naysaying about Commonwealth Bank's high share price, and whether it is sustainable now that it is a member of the $100 billion club, one broker is willing to publicly call the shares higher.
Bell Potter analyst TS Lim has called the shares a 'buy' slapping a $68.50 price target on them:
While the market continues to regard CBA as expensive, we believe the bank's trading premium is justified given its consistent outperformance in the face of market volatility. ROE has led the sector since the GFC despite heavier imposed capital requirements, and together with a conservative management style, help sustain the bank's lower inherent risk profile.
The bank's yield story also remains intact with expectations of a sustainable 70 per cent interim dividend payout ratio and an overall target payout ratio in the 70-80 per cent range.
Finally, we believe CBA retains earnings upside (at least 2 per cent) from potentially streamlining its BankWest and Institutional Banking businesses relative to its peers. The price target is increased to $68.50 per share (previously $56.20) as a result of 3 per cent upgrade to earnings and both lower discount rate and Tier 1 requirement for DCF purposes given an improving operating risk profile.
As a result, the analsyst has slapped a 'buy' on the shares up from a previous 'hold' recommendation.
This analyst reckons the cash earnings per share will hit 236c a share, ahead of the consensus estimate of 225c, paving the way for the interim dividend of 163c well ahead of the 156c consensus estimate.
While we're on the subject of the miners, the price of iron ore jumped overnight and seems to have stablised after a couple of weeks of losses. It added 1.23%, or $US1.80, to $US147.70 a metric tonne.
Was bound to happen sooner or later:
The Aussie mkt is losing ground for the first time in 7 session. All Ords down 0.07% or 3.5pts to 4808.6. Miners biggest drag. #ausbiz ^SD
— CommSec (@CommSec) January 23, 2013
There's an even split between gainers and sliders among the sub indices on the ASX200 in early trade - five up, five down:
- Telecoms: +0.36%
- Consumer staples: +0.18%
- Energy: +0.18%
- Consumer disc.: +0.13%
- Financials: +0.06%
- Info tech: -0.83%
- Materials: -0.71%
- Industrials: -0.17%
- Utilities: -0.16%
- Health: -0.05%
In early trade, the All Ordinaries index is 4.7 points lower, or 0.1 per cent, to 4807.4, while the benchmark S&P/ASX200 is 5.6 points lower, or 0.1 per cent, to 4782.2.
Newcrest shares have fallen sharply in early trade after maintaining its full-year production forecasts after December quarter gold and copper production rose from the preceding three months.
Its shares have lost 3.1 per cent, or 72 cents, to $22.83.
Early take - shares down early. About 0.1 per cent in early trade.
In local news, Newcrest has maintained its full-year production forecasts after December quarter gold and copper production rose from the preceding three months.
Newcrest produced 492,906 ounces of gold in the three months to December 31, up from 460,425 ounces in the three months to September 30. The company produced 19,926 tonnes of copper in the December quarter, up from 18,598 tonnes in the September quarter.
"The company's gold and copper production is expected to progressively increase over the remainder of the financial year," Newcrest said.
It maintained its full-year forecast for gold and copper production, but said gold would be at the lower end of the range of 2.3 million to 2.5 million ounces.
Apple's stocks slide in after-hours trade could weigh on the local mood. The world's biggest company has reported quarterly profit at a new high as iPhone and iPad sales soared - but the rise was not high enough for Wall Street, where the shares fell 4 per cent in after-hours trade.
Apple said it made a profit of $US13.07 billion on revenue of $US54.5 billion in the fiscal quarter that ended on December 29. The California-based company sold 47.8 million iPhones and 22.9 million iPads, setting new quarterly records.
But the quarterly revenue slightly missed Wall Street expectations with those record sales coming in below target.
Apple shares fell despite iPad sales hitting new highs.
Australian shares are set for a modest early gain after solid earnings results by IBM and Google helped to lift Wall Street, but European markets closed mixed on British plans for a referendum on its future in the EU.
On the ASX24, the SPI futures contract was 9 points higher to 4762. The Aussie dollar was buying $US1.0547, down from an overnight high of $US1.0568, but roughly in line with yesterday's close of $1.054. It was also buying 93.4 yen, 79.23 euro cents and 66.57 pence.
What you need to know
- SPI futures are 9 points higher at 4762
- The $A is higher at $US1.0547
- In New York, the S&P500 was 0.15% higher at 1494.81
- In Europe, the FTSE100 rose 0.3% to 56197.64
- China iron ore added $US1.80 to $US147.70 a metric tonne
- Gold fell 0.1 per cent, at $US1,691.90 an ounce
- WTI crude oil fell 27 cents to $US96.41 a barrel
- Reuters/Jefferies CRB index added 0.1% to 301.5
This blog is not intended as investment advice
Contributors: Thomas Hunter, Jens Meyer, Max Mason
BusinessDay with agencies


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It's coming again, this time over the nighttime hours, what fun!!!!!!!!!!!!
Same piece of energy that killed a man in Yosemite via falling tree.........same one that flooded the Northwest .............
Pretty messed up stuff................The weather folks seem to love it ( infuriates me to know end ) nothing like pumping the ratings in search of a few more dollars...............sick if you ask me.
Could be worse I suppose, but how so.....................wake me when this pattern finally dies.
Jaydeessss.................Great point about the Gulf stream.......belt system......dead on in regard to the saline ..........yet once it happens ( and it will ) the belt stops and after a few months/years the ice age sets in as the transfer of warm gulf waters stop making their way toward the North reaches of the Atlantic............all hell breaks loose and does so rather quickly by geological standards......
Who knows which is worse the ice age itself, or the transition period. The period that looks as if were teetering on as I hunt and peck.
Oh well............nothing like warning sirens at 2 am.........the word relentless comes to mind but just doesn't do this stuff much justice.
Flat out weird.


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And finally, believe it or not, I've actually done some sewing. It's been a while but perhaps by the end of this week I'll actually have something finished to share. It would have been today, except last week I took a massive trip off my front porch and broke the fall with my right hand/wrist on the cement three-steps down. Turns out your right hand comes in pretty handy. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it's just a bad bruise and that it will continue to get better. If only someone had got that fall on video, I could have put it on YouTube and made a fortune. It had to have been an entertaining moment for the neighbors.
Monday, July 15, 2013
Vintage Finds
And finally, believe it or not, I've actually done some sewing. It's been a while but perhaps by the end of this week I'll actually have something finished to share. It would have been today, except last week I took a massive trip off my front porch and broke the fall with my right hand/wrist on the cement three-steps down. Turns out your right hand comes in pretty handy. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it's just a bad bruise and that it will continue to get better. If only someone had got that fall on video, I could have put it on YouTube and made a fortune. It had to have been an entertaining moment for the neighbors.
39 comments:
- Kate said...
Owwwwwww. What'd you want to go do that for? :P
What's melamine? Is it that plastic stuff that feels like china? So it's like china except pretty much child-proof? - July 15, 2013 at 10:21 PM
- jenni said...
Vintage plates are kinda of like fabric, and hanging them on your wall is like making a quilt. I am drawn to them too, just like fabric!
- July 15, 2013 at 11:34 PM
- T.C. Nilgün Komar said...
- July 16, 2013 at 3:00 AM
- Anorina (Samelias Mum) said...
Beautiful crochet blanket and I love the pastel melamine cups. They'd make fun pincushions :)
- July 16, 2013 at 3:14 AM
- Tammy said...
Love the melamine tea cups. My grandmotehr had cups like that when I was little. I wish I had been older when she passed so I could have gotten some of her possessions. I sure do miss her and going to her house....Their was allways lots of goodies and plenty of fabric and quilts .
- July 16, 2013 at 4:52 AM
- Debbie Seton said...
Love the melamine cups. Pincushions would be a cool idea and also, I'm a bit of a Tilda fan and love these little teacup fairies that would be fun to make: http://pinterest.com/pin/189573465537282709/ (the picture links to a review site of the book the pattern is in).
- July 16, 2013 at 5:28 AM
- MaureenM said...
So sorry about your fall :( but thank you for sharing the vintage finds! I have a love for vintage glassware and dishes. I may need more cabinet space at some point...:)
- July 16, 2013 at 5:32 AM
- ~Damita's Pretty Wrap~ said...
What beautiful finds!! Love them all! :) Happy Tuesday! xo Holly
- July 16, 2013 at 6:13 AM
- Thimbleanna said...
OUCH! I hope you recover from your fall -- and in a hurry too! Love that fun new granny!
- July 16, 2013 at 6:21 AM
- Ann Bassett said...
So sorry to hear about your fall. Hope your hand heals up without any problems. Love the granny square afghan. What beautiful colors all meshed together.
- July 16, 2013 at 6:53 AM
- Lynette said...
Oh Amy so sorry to hear about your fall, hope you heal quickly. I took a tumble a few weeks back in a parking lot, uneven pavement and I was looking down in my purse, next thing I know I'm trying in vain to gain back my balance but go down hard on my forearms, elbows, then some rolling over, ugh! Just scraps and bruises, no broken bones (thank you calcium supplements), one bystander and he came to my aid, but felt more damage to ego than body at that time!!!
The plate collection will make a colorful and interesting wall display!! - July 16, 2013 at 7:15 AM
- Melissa Corry said...
Sorry to hear that you fell. No fun, here is hoping that it heals fast :)
- July 16, 2013 at 7:27 AM
- Montse said...
I like a lot your blog!!! You have really nice ideas and works. Thank you to share it. Since now i'm following you. A lot of kisses from Barcelona. Montse of lesmiliunaidees.blogspot.com
- July 16, 2013 at 7:31 AM
- Anna said...
cute cute finds!!! I hope you heal up lady!!!
- July 16, 2013 at 7:37 AM
- CathyK said...
You found some wonderful items there! I love the idea of pin cushions for those cups. Super cute! I hope your hand and wrist heal quickly!!
- July 16, 2013 at 9:15 AM
- Nedra said...
oh no! Lets hope it's not broken, and that your hand/ wrist heals quickly. Summer is winding down here in Arizona, and kids go back to school next Monday (even with triple digit temps). Best of luck with all you are trying to do.
- July 16, 2013 at 9:16 AM
- Kathy said...
I thought pin cushions before I even read your words!
- July 16, 2013 at 9:20 AM
- life in red shoes said...
Oh I can't wait to see your plate wall! I also hang plates, my husband questions my sanity, but oh well!
You found some real gems. I went to the Salt Lake Flea Market for the 1st time this weekend and was pleasantly surprised at what I found. I saw some of your fun cups, even some in espresso size :)
P.S. Have you finished that wonderful grandmothers flower garden quilt top you scored awhile back? That is a treasure! - July 16, 2013 at 9:43 AM
- tabbiegirl said...
Love your vintage finds! I just did a post with the same title showing my recent vintage finds!
- July 16, 2013 at 9:48 AM
- The Rabbit Factory said...
Don't you just love some of the designs they used on plates! They would be great quilt patterns! Lucky you!
- July 16, 2013 at 9:58 AM
- crazydazy said...
I love your vintage plates, Ive had to restrict my visits to charity shops due to lack of cupboard space.
- July 16, 2013 at 10:12 AM
- Nanette Merrill said...
Hmm, all things I love
- July 16, 2013 at 11:27 AM
- l carolyn Ghearing said...
I agree, the melamine cup colors are fabulous! Childhood memories...hopefully the wrist continues to get better!
- July 16, 2013 at 12:13 PM
- Cate said...
I LOVE the top plate, it's the exact pattern of the one my granddad used to serve me my sandwiches on when i was little girl! hope we get to see pics of the finish wall! Cate x
- July 16, 2013 at 2:25 PM
- Melissa at My Fabric Relish said...
I can't wait to see your plate wall. If I had a free wall in my kitchen I would love to do that! I love the color of the cups as well...so retro and inspiring. Sorry about your fall and hope your wrist mends quickly.
- July 16, 2013 at 3:36 PM
- Acorn to Oak said...
fun finds! I love those teacups. The shape and colors are great! Great colors in the throw too. And, buttons are always good finds. I've been collecting plates too. And, like you, I'm slow about hanging them. Just can't seem to find the perfect place and configuration...yet.
- July 16, 2013 at 3:50 PM
- crazy quilter said...
So sorry about your fall. I too hope nothing is broken, but if it is it will heal! I know since I broke my arm several times growing up , I stayed in a cast so long I learned how to write with my left hand... HA HA! Anyway your finds are wonderful , I especially love the granny square afgan, the colors are tremendous and think of the time someone put into making these. They are a treasure! Hope your Right arm and wrist are better very soon!
- July 16, 2013 at 4:19 PM
- Karen said...
Yikes! I'm sure that was (and still is) painful! I hope you heal quickly, and I appreciate the time and effort you made to create today's post. I love seeing your great finds!
- July 16, 2013 at 4:42 PM
- dolores said...
Dingbat girl....stop doing that! Consider yourself hugged!
- July 16, 2013 at 6:15 PM
- Linda R said...
Ouch! Hope you mend soon. I remember my Grandmother had Melamine dishes and all of us kids thought they were ssooooooooo cool. We loved going to Gramma's house -- but eating on those melamine dishes made it way better! :-)
- July 16, 2013 at 9:35 PM
- Karrie Smith said...
My grandparents have the green (mintish) melamine coffee cups. I will always have wonderful memories of my grandpa drinking coffee every morning in the summers growing up ;) They are in the same shape as your blue cup. Hope you feel better soon.
- July 16, 2013 at 11:12 PM
- pandchintz said...
Ooh Amy! Do hope your wrist/hand is ok. I broke my elbow a few years ago in a fall, so I can share your pain and embarrassment with the neighbours!! Love the melamine cups - perfect for pincushions!!
- July 17, 2013 at 3:51 AM
- Betty B said...
So sorry about your hand, hope it heals quickly. That third plate down - the dark gold with the brown motif - we bought that entire set from the Humpty Dumpty Grocery Store when we bought our first house (about 1971). It had so many extra pieces (butter dish, coffee pitcher, etc) that you don't see these days. Have fun with your collection.
- July 18, 2013 at 3:49 AM
- Becky said...
Lots of fun vintage finds! Plate wall decor is a great idea! I have a blank wall I should do something like that with, but I'm not sure which plates I would choose. We at least have a DI close by, so will keep a lookout. Hope your hand heals quickly!
- July 18, 2013 at 10:47 AM
- Sarah said...
Ouch!! I hope your wrist is not broken and is healing quickly. That video could have won a prize on funniest home videos.
- July 19, 2013 at 4:39 AM
- Ali said...
That top plate - the brown one - my Mum has a whole set of those!
- July 19, 2013 at 7:16 AM
- bettijo @ PagingSupermom.com said...
Oh I LOVE those melamine tea cups!
- July 19, 2013 at 12:07 PM
- Bingham family blog said...
I love that when I read his post I saw my inlaws plates, dark brown-honey colored ones. They are now mine. What a fun idea. Then buttons wow- when my grandma passed away I inherited her buttons and have many on cards. love them
- July 20, 2013 at 4:13 PM
- Katy Cameron said...
Fab shopping haul, but boo for the hand-meets concrete moment! I have been that person, but on the plus side, I can now use the mouse with my left hand ;o) Hope it's feeling better!
- July 23, 2013 at 2:34 PM


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Changing traits are in your jeans
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Timing is everything. If you hit a homer with the bases loaded, it might win the baseball game. When your blast flies out of the park on the wrong side of the foul pole, you're not likely to become a hero.
This also happens in the world of fashion, where last year's raggedy bum might prove to be tomorrow's fashion plate.
Our world has rarely seen a bigger change in style than with a single garment called blue jeans. Years ago, we wore blue jeans because they were rugged and cheap. Fashion had nothing to do with their popularity.
That perception has changed radically during recent decades. Youngsters have worn jeans everywhere, even as dress-up garb.
But first, they ripped holes in the knees and bleached their jeans to look like they had suffered hard wear. The legs often were ripped off and frayed to create shorts. Then girls wore them with spike-heeled shoes on formal occasions.
The younger generation thought these high-priced, tie-dyed trousers were highly fashionable. They looked especially chic when paired with a cap worn backwards, with the bill pointing in the wrong direction. Most young folks thought this looked best when paired with a T-shirt that carried an off-color message.
While daughter led this style revolution, Mom wasn't far behind. Mothers quit wearing dresses and began appearing in public in blue jeans, too. It got so bad a high-fashion dress shop in Smith Center closed for lack of patronage. The ladies, perhaps, didn't look as alluring in jeans as they had in dresses, but they felt more comfortable. This became so pervasive you don't see a woman wearing a skirt for months at a time. Men hardly turn their heads any more and they don't hold open many doors.
But men have suffered most from the blue-jean craze. Once upon a time, the average fellow wore sports shirts or white shirts with dress trousers made of expensive materials that would hold a crease. They even donned sports coats and neckties on numerous occasions. Now they lounge around in torn, worn blue jeans even when they haven't been working. This is a sensational look when paired with a dirty T-shirt or sweatshirt.
This revolution reached its peak, to my dismay, when I attended the Methodist Church's Kansas West conference in Salina a few years back.
Most of the men wore white shirts and suits, and most women dug out a dress of some sort that was saved especially for church occasions.
What caught my eye was a young couple who had been hired to play and sing most of the music for this really special occasion. They were quite attractive and were excellent musicians -- just what the conference needed. Unfortunately, both of them wore T-shirts, blue jeans and sports shoes, which detracted from their presentations.
No doubt these observations will rub some readers the wrong way. Sorry. These comments are not presented as criticisms but rather are given as part of mankind's historical record.
Maybe I'm only sore because I never have been on the right side of fashion. You see, when I attended high, I seldom shaved or cut my hair and I wore dirty blue jeans all the time. I was a bum. But, a half century later, I would have been the most fashionable boy in school.
Darrel Miller lives near Downs in rural Osborne County and is a retired weekly newspaper editor.