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Latest news of interest to engineers. Sourced from GlobalSpec's Engineering News
Materials scientist and Christmas Lecturer Mark Miodownik demonstrates some of the weird properties of ferrofluid. This liquid is literally 'dripping with magnetism', containing a suspension of ferromagnetic nanoparticles that make the liquid responsive to external magnetic fields, generating unusual patterns, shapes and motion.
Read the whole article and watch the video
It is amazing to me how even the most basic of explanations can sound profound and sophisticated, with adroit use of the right British accent.
In real life it can be used for tunable vibration dampeners/ride control, mechanical power transmission/clutches, vacuum chamber seals, rotary motion seals, and much more.
Amazing stuff!


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The "Bubble Cliffs" were a tourist site that was located in Nezmi, on the planet Qiaxx. They were composed of a series of interconnected caves that formed as bubbles. The bubbles were each between five and thirty meters across, and served as shelters for Nezmi's early indigenous sentient population. These ancient dwellings were later restored according to archaeological evidence for historical purposes; the cliffs could be visited via daily airspeeder tours.
Shortly after the Battle of Endor, the caves served as the secret headquarters of the Black Nebula criminal organization.
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Just to let you guys know, we're going on a small hiatus. Don't worry, it's not going to be for six months again. See you soon.
Yeah finally did at least one pic of one of my many iron man ocs of mine. This is Félix and well i am happy with on how his colors and looks came out and it took me a hour to get that drawing of him done too and yes he wears armor like that of Iron Man too he and the team he is part of all wear iron man based armor and helmets after all but there is one set back thier armor and helmet are actually fused and are a part of them and it is counted as a form of thier's also all of them are half breeds too mixed with human dna and two other animal dna in them. They can use also use a normal form and two forms of whatever animal or reptile or speices dna that is mixed in them too. I will write more about the team later on but here is facts and stuff about Félix :
Facts about Félix:
- His animal DNA is a cross of a kangaroo and a bobcat along with of course his human dna (since he started out a human at first like the rest of the team he is a part of).
- He can use four forms his armor form (shown in the pic above), Kangaroo form, Normal Anthro form and finally Bobcat form.
- One whole side of his face is scarred all over so he tends to stay alot in his armor form to hide his badly scarred side of his face because others often comment about it or tease him about his scarred up face.
- He can land one very powerful kick since he got the kicking power of a kangaroo and can really give someone a nasty kick if they push their luck too far with him. He also can see very well in dark thanks to the bobcat dna in him and he can move swiftly and silently like a bobcat can too.
- He is single at the moment ( He does not believe that anyone will fall in love with him though but who knows on what can happen? maybe he will change his mind about that).
- He can jump very high too and climb up trees very easy.
- He is a joker and tends to love to joke around alot and play harmless jokes on his friends.
- You can see in the pic of him that he got kangaroo like ears with bobcat tuffs on the end of them and a kangaroo tail.
- He got the markings of a bobcat on his body and the feet like that of a kangaroo and bobcat like eyes.
- He got a good sense of humor though he sometimes can annoy others without meaning to.
- He loves listening to music at times or racing others for the fun of it.
- He very loyal to his friends and will aid them whenever they need his help.
- He does not know much about his family bloodline only that he was abandoned by his real father and mother when he was still very little he does not talk about that much though.
- He works as the builder and machine fixer of the team.
Holy shit.
Name: Skirn
Species: Mutant /Jackel/ Hedgehog
Alignmant: Evil, Mad
Power: Super brain, Wind user.
Age: 30
BIO: Skirn is a poor Freak who was Betrayed by an old friend of his a long time ago. left to rot when the castle walls came crumbling down. when he was visted by a dark creature, and rescued. he was visited… By Mischef. he Offered Skirn to reclaim his life. but their was a catch. in order from him to retain his life after it was taken when the wall crushed him. he had to take in the power of the Void. sadly taking in this power caused him to lose his mind, and mutate, Skirn is a hedgehog who is believed to be a Jackel, but as mad as he is. he is also a mad genius. with an IQ of over 600 he's literally the smartest mobian on Mobius. but sadly being mad handicaps him from reveal all that knowledge at once. Mischef has Brain watched Skirn into believing that Xak was the cause of everything that happened. after the castle walls fell and Skirn left to die. he blames Xak for the retched day. it was his fualt that beast came and killed everyone, it was his fault he died. it. was. all. his. fault.
" *Snarl* My revenge shale be most painful… *Growl-snarl* MARK MY WORDS!!"
Appearnace: SCP 9964-a is a tall girl around 6' 11" with short auburn hair and as far as anyone can see, a red eye, the other stitched shut tightly, she wears a black long sleeve shirt which goes up to below her fingers which somewhat resembles a straight jacket, tight threads keep her arms locked in position, though the threads are ripped and she drags around her chains from her containment chamber
events inside SCP foundation: even though her eye is sewn shut, it opens at times to reveal the sign for chaos (lucifer's star) and thus lets her rid herself of the jacket, after removing the jacket she went even crazier than she already was and killed many of the people who worked in the foundation, after injecting her with a reverse adrenaline shot, the foundation was able to resew her eye and chain her up. when the power went out the things that held her chains to the wall became unfastened and she was able to pry the door open,
"Reverse adrenaline shot"
OCD Crew member E answers:
Starting a character as a self insert isn't necessarily a bad thing. While people do frown on it, you can bring a good character out from it. I've read books, played games, and watched movies where characters were admittedly started from self-inserts, and loved them to pieces. It's an old technique and, while it has a not entirely underserved reputation, can lead elsewhere. A technique does not encompass if a character is good or bad. Asking questions, analyzing the character, those are the things to do. Continue development, don't become obsessed with reaching some set of traits that supposedly make for a good character. The character might begin morphing into something else as you continue to work with them and become such that you can no longer claim self-insertion, consider what's different about this character from yourself rather than focusing entirely on what's the same. What you started with will likely not be exactly what you ended up with.
Ultimately, does the character serve their purpose? Do they and their purpose enhance or detract from their setting/story/what have you?
And, if it turns out the character isn't working out, if you're not satisfied with them, then that's fine too. Getting it right all the time doesn't happen, and you learn something each time. You grow. Just make sure that you're considering more than just this one thing about your character. There's other, far more pressing things to think about instead.
Here's his Bio:
Name: Tape Salazar Bluebucket
Age: unspecified (immortal)
Gender: Male
Species: Human/Demon
Orientation: Straight
Eyes: White
Hair: Black
Height: 5"11'
Weight: ~ 147 pounds
Physical charactereristics: Horns coming from the side of his head, Long black scarf around neck and waist, Long grey robe (tethered just cuz), Shackles around wrists and ankles, scar over his heart (from before he became immortal), pentagram over belly (sealing the contract with Lucifer), and sharp teeth.
Mental peculiarities: Partially insane (he works for Lucifer, who wouldn't be)
Fighting as if he were a mortal
Ice cream
Flightless Birds
Maintaining the balance of evil
Ability to conjure up demons from the depths of hell
Ability to protrude bladed wings from any part of his body (usually back or arms)
Ability to die and be resurrected within a matter of seconds
Ability to heal his wounds with his demon blood
Any type of blessed or holy item
He cannot step foot on holy ground (church, graveyard, etc)
Lucifer may take control of him at any time
Can be summoned via Pentagram summoning circle (even by mortals)
Three days grace - Animal I have become
Three days grace - Pain
Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare
This is my new Homestuck OC! New and improved! And I shall be making this one from now on!
Keeah was more of a practice than an actual character :/
Some info on Sahara:
Full Name: Sahara Eclasi
7 Solar Sweeps Old
Zodiac Sign: Esclada
Blood Color: Black
Favorite Color: Purple
Favorite Food: Pocky
Favorite Drink: Faygo
Favorite Game: Minecraft
*Loves to be energetic and fun
*Understanding and bubbly personality
*Can get along with almost anyone
*Infected with insanity
*Dark side
*Power of flight and shock waves
*Loves to make line/pixel art
types like dis cuz she likes 2 type w/ textin language 4nd since le4p ye4rs 4re every 4 ye4rs, she puts the "a's" 4s "4's" (Types like this because she like to type with texting language and since leap years are every 4 years, she puts the "a's" as "4's")
Weapon: Splice (Weapon I made up and I will post a pic of it soon)
Pesterchum (Trollslum) Username: jubilantEscalata
Dark side/Insanity Theme Song: Down With The Sickness by Disturbed
Sad/Wise-ish Theme Song: Down by Miranda Lambert
Dancing Theme Song: Little Bad Girl by David Guetta (Ft. Taio Cruz and Ludacris)
Fighting Theme: Never Say Never by Justin Bieber (Ft. Jaden Smith) OR Headstrong by Trapt
Sahara X Eridan
Sahara X Gamzee
Sahara X Sollux
Sahara X Karkat
Sahara X Dave
Sahara X Dirk
Sahara X Jake
Sahara X Equius
(Yes, many many ships. And some, yes, not chronologically correct or acceptable. Do I care? Fuck nope.)
Morail: Eridan
Matesprit: ???
Kismesis: Karkat
Auspistice: Equius
She is a very unknown troll and because of that, everyone bullied her at first. They eventually took her in and stopped bullying her, though. However, due to the bullying, she always feels like everyone still hates her; even if most don't.
Her zodiac sign is the leap year day. She was completely seperate and she was only just brought into the group. Her zodiac sign is "the serpeant". (or snake or whatever…however I don't think it really matters..)
Ok, now, I LOVE this troll WAY more than the other two I created ^~^ I hope you guys like it too! If you have a Homestuck OC and you want to make collabs or stories or be in one of her quadrants, GO RIGHT AHEAD! Just consult with me first


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- Dear Marcia, Thanks anyway. I ve been looking for years without finding the answer. I thought, though, that if Lemuel McGowan Jr. really did die of YellowMar 19 2:18 PMView SourceDear Marcia,
Thanks anyway. I've been looking for years without
finding the answer. I thought, though, that if Lemuel
McGowan Jr. really did die of Yellow Fever, he must
have been somewhere in the islands where Yellow Fever
is common. I think of Stephen Crane who was a
journalist before he turned to fiction. He travelled
extensively reporting on civil conflicts abroad.
So often, I think, our ancestors lives are mirrors
of their times, the nation's history being integrated
into their own narratives and determining for better
or worse the course of their lives.
I do miss Chicago, especially at this time of year
with the hint of spring in the air and the breezes not
quite so cold. I really loved walking along Lake Shore
Drive, taking the El, and walking to the Field Museum.
At Christmas, I was fascinated by all the yellow
lights in the branches of trees along the downtown
streets. Secretly, I've always called Chicago the
Diamond City because of these lights. I simply could
not believe there was anything outside fairy tales so
beautiful as Chicago at night under these lights. Even
the wind to me was exciting--as in North Carolina, it
whistled and whispered and danced as if alive. What an
incredibly magical place! I loved every minute I spent
there. I've never seen any place so beautiful.
I do appreciate spring here in Virginia when I
look back on stretches of subzero days in Chicago,
though nobody really seemed to mind the cold. They
simply got used to it.
Still, the first peeking of the buds from beneath
the grass is always a welcome sight, not to mention
the arrival of birds with their singing that after the
months of silence seems to fill the air. These
foretell the many warm days ahead.
I hope that this spring will be especially
pleasant after winter's cold.
Later, Carol
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> Dear Carol,
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> for you here in Chicago. It looks like you did a
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> However, if I find something I will post it. OK?
> We are having two more nights of below freezing
> temperatures and then a week of above freezing
> temps. I am so looking forward to that ....
> Sincerely, Marcia
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The twenty-fourth Annual Juneteenth Celebration will be held on Saturday, June 15, 2013 at Penn Park. The Celebration will kick off at 10:00 a.m. with the Annual Parade, which starts in the Fountain of Life Family Worship Center's parking lot located at 633 West Badger Road and going down Badger Rd. to Park St and ending at Penn Park. This year's theme is: "Juneteenth 2013…Remember, Embrace and Shape Our Future." Juneteenth is a wonderful opportunity to experience the rich history of African Americans through various forms–entertainment, lectures, visual presentation, food and other activities. Juneteenth provides the opportunity for your group or agency to reach a significant portion of Madison's African American community. Our many partnerships have increased the Celebration's ability to draw a wider audience from across Dane County.
Look on our "forms" page for a sponshorship form, a parade form and vendor information. All are there for your convenience to download.
Contact our Chair, Ronnicia Johnson-Walker at 608.616.5770 for more information about how you can be a part of planning this year's Celebration.
Be sure to look at our "photos" page for a glimpse at the festivities from prior years.
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10pm - 2am PT
First Hour: Author William Engdahl, who has written on issues of energy, politics and economics for more than 30 years, will discuss how a tiny group of global elite are gaining control over the world's oil, agriculture and currencies.
2nd Hour: Former police officer specializing in accident investigation, James Sanders, offers analysis of the Flight 370 mystery.
2nd Half: Theoretical nuclear physicist and member of The University of Oregon Institute for Theoretical Physics, Amit Goswami, will detail his recent work which uses quantum physics to explain how highly successful people can tap into higher levels of consciousness to achieve their goals. Author and paranormal expert Lionel Fanthorpe also joins the show.


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At this time, there is no set timetable set for Punk's return to television, with most estimates being late summer when Punk will be returning. Also, there has been very little communication between Punk and the company since the angle where he walked out and internally; there has been no discussion about his return storyline.
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Defense Secretary Panetta Releases Historic Pride Video Message
June 15, 2012 by Dan Rafter, Associate Director of Communications
U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta released a historic video message to members of the military commemorating Pride this morning. This is the first Pride season in which service members can openly participate. "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was repealed in December 2010, and repeal was implemented last September.
Check out the video message:
Open service has strengthened the state of our military. In addition to support from Secretary Panetta, the nation's top military leaders also back open service. The day after repeal was implemented last September, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen said: "…with implementation of the new law fully in place, we are a stronger joint force, a more tolerant joint force, a force of more character and more honor, more in keeping with our own values." Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said at the time: "Thanks to this change, I believe we move closer to achieving the goal at the foundation of the values that America is all about: equality, equal opportunity and dignity for all Americans."
It's important to remember that while Pride month provides a powerful opportunity to reflect on the change we've seen in the military in just the last eight months, there is more work to be done to ensure full equality in the military for all members of the LGBT community. We must do more to address the obstacles that prevent transgender Americans from serving their country. And DOMA still denies hundreds of critical benefits to same-sex military families.
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New University of Louisville football coach Charlie Strong intends to make Florida cornerbacks coach Vance Bedford his defensive coordinator, according to published reports. Apparently Bedford...
Who else is going to the fan event? I plan on getting there right when the doors open. Any CCers should meet up. I'll be wearing a name tag with my CC name, for anyone who cares.
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Avast reporting virus when browsing to SO question
I don't really know what to think about this, but I was browsing the latest php SO questions and there was this question ("NOn-programmer wondering if this is malicious code in Wordpress post-template") that attracted my attention. When I clicked to open it my antivirus (Avast! free edition) went nuts and reset my connection, indeed hindering me from opening the page (It yielded after some ten attempts or so).
I went back, opened other questions and no problem whatsoever. So it really lies there...
Ok, the SO question is about some strange code that might have been a virus...Well, if this triggers MY antivirus, doesn't this qualify as an XSS attack?? how is this even possibile? is just my antivirus that got crazy by reading the page and it's just a false positive? You can see below a screenshot of the page (sorry, no hand drawn circles). It's in italian, it says something like
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Elizabeth Ashton Ayurvedic Nail Spa, Long Beach, Calif., uses ingredients from the grocery store to create this specialty pedicure.
Elizabeth Ashton uses:Apple cider vinegar, sliced lemons, sliced ginger, chickpea flour, sesame oil, plain yogurt, and powdered milk; Keyano Aromatics Mango Mineral Bath and Mango Butter Cream; any brand of body wash and powdered sanitizer soak; base coat, polish, top coat.1. Soak the client's feet in warm water with a small amount of body wash (any brand) and 3 Tbs. apple cider vinegar for five minutes. Dry feet.
2. Complete a client consultation, making sure to examine the feet and ask about relevant medical conditions.
3. Prep nails.
4. Add powdered sanitizer soak (any brand), Keyano Aromatics Mango Mineral Bath, sliced lemons, and sliced ginger to the foot bath. Soak the client's feet again.
5. Mix together 2 Tbs. chickpea flour with warmed sesame oil. (Optional) Add plain yogurt to make the scrub less messy. Exfoliate the feet and legs with the homemade scrub. Rinse.
6. Rub a sliced lemon on the legs and feet to brighten and exfoliate.
7. Rub a slice of ginger on the nails and feet to whiten.
8. Mix together 2 Tbs. of powdered milk with warm water. Apply the homemade mask to feet and legs. Apply warmed sesame oil to the bottoms of feet. Cover feet with warm towels. After five minutes, remove the mask with the towels.
9. Use a foot file to lessen calluses.
10. Massage feet and legs with Keyano Aromatics Mango Butter Cream.
11. Dry feet. Remove oils from the nail plate. Buff nails to a shine or apply base coat, two coats of polish, and top coat.
Price: $55
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The most prevalent model brought out by BMW NA to the US Press Launch is the Sport Line model (in both 328i and 335i forms), which makes sense considering that half the event consists of a track day at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Here are photos of an Alpine White, Glacier Silver, and Melbourne Red sport line models. For a comparison of the different F30 lines, see our F30 Lines Guide.
BMW NA has brought out F30 models in all the lines (Sport, Modern, and Luxury) at the US press launch event. Here is the F30 modern line in Imperial Blue Metallic and Blue Water Metallic (Activehybrid). For a comparison of the different F30 lines, see our F30 Lines Guide.
Also on hand was the F30 M Sport which enters production in July, for September deliveries. We've compiled all the available F30 M Sport data so far at our F30 M Sport Guide.
As you've seen from our recent coverage, we were just in Monterey, California for the US press launch of the 2012 3 Series sedan (F30). We were given an opportunity to test all F30 lines (sport, luxury, modern), in both 328i and 335i, on the track at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, as well as the breathtaking roads of the Monterey area, including Big Sur. We've already shared with you some photos and videos, but we promise more materials, as well as a review.
This video was shot in Big Sur to represent the F30 US press launch.
From the US press launch and the first drives of the F30 335i (with N55 engine), here's a video we've made showing how the F30 335i engine and exhaust sounds, as well as the shift action and throws on the 6 speed manual transmission.
Now that the US F30 3 series online configurator has come online, perhaps you could use a visual guide to the possible combinations with each of the different F30 lines (sport, modern, luxury).
Here is a combinations graphical chart to the three different F30 lines (for the US market), as well as our full guide.
Can't get enough of F30 3 series info and material after configuring your F30 online today?
Have a crack at the F30 owner's manual then. Just in time to provide some great weekend reading material.
Download the complete F30 Owners Manual inside.
As we promised by the end of this week, the US F30 Build-Your-Own online configurator is finally online!!
Now you can fully build out (and preview) your custom F30 328i and F335i. Also be sure to reference our pricing and ordering guides for additional guidance.
Enjoy and be sure to share your builds with us!
Seen here, at the Brussels auto show is the first sight of the F30 3 series M Sport looking great with the optional Style 403M 19″ wheels and the blue M sport brakes that we've been mentioning. As we just posted about, it hasn't yet been decided whether the blue M Sport brakes will be a part of the M Sport Package or optional.
Also being displayed with this F30 M Sport model are some BMW Performance and M Performance – an M Performance alcantara dashboard cover with carbon fiber fabric trim, a performance flat bottom alcantara steering wheel with red center marker, and performance racing pedals. Some F30 exterior BMW M Performance and Performance parts were spotted for the first time just yesterday. See inside … CONTINUED
Now that the F30 3 series has been officially introduced to the world at the 2012 Detroit NAIAS, expect a lot more public sightings. Spotted just this morning in Toronto were three F30 3 series – a black 335i Sport Line model on the back of a trailer and a Melbourne Red and Havana Metallic F30 at the BMW Canada HQ in Richmond Hill.
Note by Admin (Jason):
Remember, because these are preproduction cars, we still see the development license plate base attached to these F30s. As we've confirmed via BMW, the production cars will not have any license plate base attached/molded from the factory.


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Obama Budget Proposes Only Modest Increases for Research Spending
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That the band has sold over 200 million records worldwide since releasing their first album in 1967 may have something to do with that.
Still, the depth of the band's deep catalog--which ranges from enormously popular albums like The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973), The Wall (1979) and Wish You Were Here(1975), lesser-heard gems like the soundtracks to More (1969) and La Vallée (Obscured By Clouds) (1972), to their classic 1967 debut The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn--means that very few Floyd albums sound alike, and all are worthwhile investments.
And if one cares to invest in a newly remastered version of Dark Side Of The Moon, they now can buy it as a CD, as a digital download, as a vinyl LP, in a 2-disc "Experience" version, in a 6-disc "Immersion" version, or as one of the 14 Floyd albums contained in a newly issued box set collection. Soon to come will be similarly blown-out versions of Wish You Were Here (on Nov. 7) and The Wall (Feb. 27, 2012).Y! Music had the opportunity to speak with Pink Floyd's drummer and founding member Nick Mason in the offices of Capitol Records recently--and what he had to say was charming, informative, and certain to be of interest to any fan of the band and its uniquely colorful history. See if you don't agree.
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Keyboard maker scores win for patent infringement
A federal jury in Richmond has returned a $19.3 million intellectual property verdict for the manufacturer of a computer keyboard support system.
The verdict was based on a counterclaim by CompX International Inc. and its subsidiary, Waterloo Furniture Components Limited, to the contention of a competitor, Humanscale Corp., that CompX and Waterloo had infringed on patents.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. ŌĆō He spoke with a smile, just as he had done after eight previous Jaguars games this season.
This time, Gus Bradley maybe enjoyed the smile a bit more.
Because this time, it was a winning one.
Still, when Bradley talked in the wake of his first career NFL head coaching victory Sunday, he didnŌĆÖt speak about that milestone, and didnŌĆÖt even really talk much about the ŌĆ£victoryŌĆØ part of a 29-27 victory over the Tennessee Titans at LP Field in Nashville.
He talked about how the victory happened, and thatŌĆÖs what Bradley liked.
ŌĆ£It was a great feeling in the locker room,ŌĆØ Bradley said after the Jaguars held off a late Tennessee rally to win for the first time in nine regular-season games this season.
ŌĆ£I talked to the guys that coming out of the bye week that this was going to be a great opportunity to show improvement, and thatŌĆÖs what weŌĆÖre after. We talked about how whether itŌĆÖs at home or on the road, we wanted to challenge ourselves to see improvement in certain areas and trust results will come.
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The Jaguars led 13-0 and 20-7, then still led 22-13 after Tennessee guard Chance Warmack was called for holding in the end zone. That gave the Jaguars a nine-point lead with 7:44 remaining.
The Titans trimmed that lead to 22-20 with a 4-yard run by backup quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, then after Jaguars cornerback
Safety Johnathan Cyprien recovered an onside kick one play after WalkerŌĆÖs touchdown to secure not only BradleyŌĆÖs first victory as a head coach, but David CaldwellŌĆÖs first victory as Jaguars general manager.
Bradley, Caldwell and Jaguars Owner Shad Khan were presented game balls after the victory.
ŌĆ£It does give me an opportunity to show great appreciation to our owner and our GM,ŌĆØ Bradley said. ŌĆ£Obviously, itŌĆÖs a great feeling.ŌĆØ
The JaguarsŌĆÖ defense forced four turnovers, including three in the first half while taking a 13-7 first-half lead. The Jaguars held the Titans to one first-quarter first down, and though Tennessee eventually outgained the Jaguars 362-214, Tennessee never led.
The JaguarsŌĆÖ defense, after allowing touchdowns on the first two possessions of the last three games before last weekŌĆÖs bye week, did not allow a touchdown Sunday until the final drive of the first half.
ŌĆ£We pared things down,ŌĆØ Bradley said. ŌĆ£We might have tried to do a little too much (defensively in recent weeks). You saw a defense that played faster (Sunday) and looked more confident. With that, we had some opportunities to get the ball. You live and learn. WeŌĆÖll build off this. WeŌĆÖre starting to figure them out even more.ŌĆØ
Blackmon made a huge play Sunday, a game-changing play.
But as Blackmon saw it, if his 21-yard fumble return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter clinched the JaguarsŌĆÖ first victory of the season, a couple of plays moments earlier may have been just as big.
With 8:02 remaining in the fourth quarter, rookie linebacker LaRoy Reynolds downed a punt by Jaguars punter
Those two points eventually proved the difference.
Titans coaches challenged ReynoldsŌĆÖ play, questioning if his foot had slid into the end zone. The officialsŌĆÖ original ruling was upheld and the Titans took possession at the 1-yard line instead of the 20.
ŌĆ£I never doubted it,ŌĆØ Reynolds said with a laugh. ŌĆ£It was close, but I picked my feet up. It went in our favor and definitely helped us.ŌĆØ
Said Blackmon, ŌĆ£One of the biggest plays was the safety. That was probably the biggest play of the game.ŌĆØ
Middle linebacker Paul Posluszny left the game in the fourth quarter with a head injury and did not return.
Wide receiver
Guard Will Rackley missed the game with a concussion, having been made inactive shortly before the game. Guard
1. Running back
2. Bradley: ŌĆ£We stayed true. We didnŌĆÖt say after the bye week, ŌĆśLetŌĆÖs change everything and approach it this way.ŌĆÖ We did not do that. We stayed the course.ŌĆØ
3. Jaguars guard Uche Nwaneri: ŌĆ£We played against a good team that has some good wins under their belt and we were able to beat them, so everybodyŌĆÖs going to enjoy this team win. WeŌĆÖll watch the film tomorrow and get ready for the next game.ŌĆØ
4. Defensive tackle SenŌĆÖDerrick Marks: ŌĆ£This was big just to show our improvement. WeŌĆÖre a 0-8 team and GusŌĆÖ attitude has always been the same. He hasnŌĆÖt changed. His message is still the same, that weŌĆÖre building a culture of getting better and continuing to compete. ItŌĆÖs big to get this win because we did compete, we did get better and we did play at a high level. ItŌĆÖs great. It plays into everything he teaches us and itŌĆÖs something we can build off of.ŌĆØ
The Jaguars will host the Arizona Cardinals at EverBank Field Sunday at 1 p.m.


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@backdraft7 - How do you think the wordpress attacks are affecting you? Do you believe your host is blocking legitimate visitors?
I have notice an uptick of spam traffic this last month. The other day I notice several ips attacking my website like it was using joomla with a certain joomla plugin installed. I estimate about a third of my total traffic (When I quote traffic in other posts from my site I never included this type of traffic) is from spammers and hackers.


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Happy TGIF!
After putzing around yesterday, tweeking, rearranging, adding blogs, etc. to {stampin' gal val} creating paper sunshine, I realized that this new venture is not only fun, but time consuming! I'm sure it will streamline for me, but let me tell you, my kids sure wanted on the computer yesterday; our wireless is down right now, so we are currently a one computer home, much to their dismay!
Anywho, I'd like to thank Beth Silaika, banner and watermark maker genius who created my banner! If you would like to add a fabulous personal touch to your blog, or have a watermark made please contact Beth at Freckled FunDesigns.
Also, future uploads will have more design information included, I was just a tad overwhelmed yesterday. :) I'd like to add that the card below I was inspired by pinefeather and her use of stamping on colored cardstock (usually kraft) with a white layer showing behind the layer. Thanks pine, you are such an inspiration to me!
Finally, I decided in the wee hours last night that Friday around here would be Flower Friday, after all, most of you who know me know that I LOVE floral stamps and papers, so tune in later today for the first installation of Flower Friday!


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Euphoria Pale Ale, Ska Brewing Company, Durango
Style: American pale ale
ABV: 6.1 percent
Serving Type: 12-ounce can
Malty? Hoppy? Malty, for a pale ale.
Reviewed: February 2013
Seasonal brews are just that—beers created with a particular set of environmental conditions in mind. Typically, that means light, refreshing, sometimes fruity beers during the summer, and, in the winter, dark heavy brews, such as stouts and porters. Au contraire, says Ska Brewing Company [2], whose seasonal, cold-weather release is a no-nonsense American pale ale. And why not? Sure, Euphoria is no Milk Stout [3], but the Ska brewers packed this ale with enough malt to warm your core on a brisk day. Although the malt gives Euphoria a light sweetness, as far as pale ales go, this brew is on the hoppier end of the spectrum. All of which adds up to a beer that might just be perfect for capping a bluebird day on the slopes.
Would we buy it again? Yes, when we're looking to take a break from the rich stouts and porters that populate the shelves of liquor stores during the winter.
Follow assistant editor Chris Outcalt on Twitter at @chrisoutcalt [4].
[1] http://www.5280.com/tag/authors/chris-outcalt
[2] http://www.skabrewing.com
[3] http://www.5280.com/blogs/2012/10/26/beer-review-left-hand-brewings-milk-stout-nitro
[4] https://twitter.com/chrisoutcalt


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Well... it's official. I'm finally a senior member! Insane considering I've been a member of this board for a long time now.
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Has anyone ordered maternity clothes from oldnavy? I can't seem to find anything that fits and that is my style at any of the stores around here. I'm a workout/yoga pants and t-shirts kinda girl, and all the maternity clothes I find are cute, but not for around the house, cleaning, and cooking dinner. I like oldnavy's clothes, but I'm nervous about ordering them from online!
I just found out that my BIL/SIL bought an extra Wii system, who knows why, and we are going to buy it from them this weekend. SO MUCH for getting DH's help with setting up the nursery or anything ELSE around the house for the next month or so. Oh well, at least it'll be fun to have the game system around.
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Reliance Buy Back – An Exercise in Futility
Ref: 12A-01 Of 23/Jan/2012 by KALIDAS
PART – 1 (Part 2 will be posted on Friday, 27 Jan 2012)
Water and Money
Water & Money share many attributes. They follow same pattern all the time.
When water is in short supply, the people tend to save it, hoard it or even treat it as most precious commodity – more than even Gold. Almost every member of the family is under tremendous anxiety lest the local water authority in a bid to ration its supply stopped it within a few hours or minutes. Good morning wishes are forgotten and the shouts or rebukes greet the children or young members of the family.
When the same water is in umpteen supply, same people bother least about it. They let it flow carelessly and allow the water leakage to linger on for days without calling the plumber to fix it up.
Money is also following same ritual. When it is in short supply or income is less, the people get tense and run around like wild animals. When same money is in ample supply, the owners go around like spendthrift and waste it without any discretion. It is true for individuals, corporations and also governments.
Too scarce money (like water) is a problem and too much money poses even greater problem. Like water, the money begins to leak from every outlet it finds and the owner loses all sense of proportion, rationality and logic in managing it. It is easy to manage less money (or water) but it is extremely difficult to manage too much money (or water).
RBI's aberrations:
When India's Forex reserve touched $300 billions, RBI expressed helplessness in managing it and wanted to engage expert or professionals to manage them as if RBI considered itself as non professional, non expert or incompetent in the field of monetary management. China could manage $3 trillions or $3000 billions, but RBI could not manage even $300 millions. This is why Chinese Yuan appreciated from 8.28/$ to 6.30/$ in less than 18 months (by +24%) whereas Indian Rupee under the guidance of RBI depreciated from Rs 44 to almost Rs 54, (by – 25%).
Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries Ltd has also realized that too much money is a big problem for him after 40 years of RIL existence. Rs 70,000 crores is too much for him to handle, and when he saw the fortunes of RIL flagging for a short while, he could not control the urge to lose focus, forgot the teachings of his father and Harward Business School, and embarked upon a journey to waste the money in every small opportunity he saw. The money, like water, started leaking from the RIL Storage tank without anyone noticing it.
Learning from the past…
For almost 40 years, his father (Dhirubhai Ambani) and both sons, Mukesh and Anil Ambani, have been creating and printing shares in the backyard by declaring free bonus shares from time to time with a view to enhancing the value of shareholders. They never paid liberal cash dividend. Their philosophy was "we give you the paper; go, get out and sell in the market". That is, we will not pay anything from our treasury but get yourself paid by the open treasury in the form of stock market.
Since they were controlling shareholders, they issued extra (bonus)shares to themselves to the extent of their shareholding – over 40% . When the crores of shares could be issued to themselves "free of cost" what made Mukesh Ambani to open the company's treasury, take out over Rs 10,000 crores, and buy back the shares from the market paying as much as Rs 870 per share? It was a total loss – in as much as he issued (Sold) the shares to shareholders at "Zero" price, and buying them back at "Rs 870 per share"
There are 327.3 crore shares outstanding, and spending about Rs 10,400 crores amount to Rs 30+ per share outstanding? He would be buying back about 12 crore shares from the market, about 3.6% of total shares outstanding. Why did not he declare special cash dividend of Rs 30 per share instead?
Leakage of Money:
This is what is called the "leakage of money". It followed three minor leakages in the form of his investment foray in telecom (broadband), hotel and entertainment industry. When the leakages are not arrested at the first sight, they get bigger and bigger, and this is what happened here. When the first "three minor leakages" that cost over Rs 2400 crores did not stop, the leakage got bigger and bigger, and now would cost Rs 10,400 crores! A trickle if left unchecked becomes a torrent of flood later on.
I do not count his investment into shale gas ventures in USA because it is related to his core business – energy. How other three investments such as Hotel, Entertainment and Broadband Telecom fit into his core business? Indian markets are at very low. There are umpteen bargains not only in his core industry but also other ancillary businesses indirectly related to them. He could have invested there at lower end of the spectrum and potentially made 300% to 500% in next 5 years. We are detailing those opportunities later to justify our opinion.
RIL and other equally large global majors compared…
- Have you ever heard major energy companies such as Exxon, British Petroleum, Royal Dutch Shell, Chevron, Total (of France) with billions of dollars in their kitty, investing into non core industries like telecom, hotel or entertainment?
- Have you ever heard IBM, Apple Computer, Hewlett Packard, Google or Dell Computer trying to invest into non – core business such as hotels, entertainment or telecom?
- Have you ever heard major auto makers such as General Motors, Ford, Toyota, Honda, BMW or Mercedes making investment into non core business diverse from auto trade?
- Were they all stupid and only Mukesh Ambani was a clever guy?
I have great respect and admiration for Mukesh Ambani. He made correct decision most of the times in the past because he listened to himself or his mentor-father Dhirubhai Ambani. However of late, he has begun to falter by listening to the market forces, so called financial experts and not himself.
Those guys never made even Rs 100 crores either for themselves or for others, whereas you, Mr. Mukesh Ambani, made over Rs 70,000 crores in last few years; so who should you listen to – the mediocre and unsuccessful them or a smart and successful person in yourself?
RIL Buy back is a "subjective investment"…
Let us now see how much his subjective investment into RIL itself will give return compared to same amount he could otherwise invest "objectively" in other companies, some in his own core industries (Oil exploration and production, gas exploration, production and transportation), undervalued companies in his own sector, be they PSU or otherwise, alternative energy related companies in wind and solar power sector, highly troubled core industries, aviation and infrastructure, electrical energy sector such as Power or backwardly integrated coal industry and related financial industry.
It is not the investment itself but the modality of investment that would prove the success of his proposed actions. Each model will differ for each destination company, the industry, security regulations (SEBI rules) and investment products (Stock, Bonds -direct debt or convertible debt securities- and direct project investment)
We have identified various companies of alternative investment (to his own company – RIL) based on following criteria and principles.
- Total portfolio = Rs 10,000 cr. minimum or Rs 30,000 cr. Maximum
- Individual Investment amount: Minimum Rs 1000 cr Maximum Rs 4000 cr
- Currency of Investment : Indian Rupees or US$ in exceptional cases.
- Form of Investment : Shares (Equity), Secured Collateralized Debt ( straight bonds or convertible bonds in rupees or FCCB)
- Style of Investment : 30% to 40 % from open market (purchase of shares, bonds, CB or FCCB) and 70% (or 60%) by taking stakes in the target company ( so that the target company gets the cash to alleviate its liquidity troubles or for project development)
INVESTMENT TARGET Industry and individual companies)
Energy sector
- Your own core industry – Oil and Gas exploration, production and distribution.
- Highly undervalued own core industry candidates in public sector (PSU) and private sector.
- "Alternative Energy Industry" – candidates or AEI – such as Wind and Solar Power, which is the future for next several decades.
- Atomic power
- Ancillary industries related to his own core industry or company.
- large CAPEX oriented electrical energy sector such as power.
Non Energy sector
7. Troubled Infrastructure companies, which are more than half way through in project implementation.
8. Aviation industry, a major consumer of his own industry's products (ATF = Air Turbine Fuel)
9. Infrastructure Companies which are already half way through in project implementation. This will include power industry also.
Finance sector
10. Involved in financing any of the above industries
DIVESTMENT (Rs 8,400 cr.) from following industries or companies
11. Hotel sector – non priority and non related. Amount released : Rs 1000 cr. estimated (est.)
12. TV Media and Entertainment sector : non priority and unrelated Amount released : Rs 2400 cr. (est.)
13. Broadband and Telecom sector – non priority and unrelated. Amount released: Rs 2000 cr. (not sure of amount committed) (est.)
14. Retail sector – non oil/gas based which is non priority and unrelated such as Reliance retail – such as selling vegetables and food grain. Amount released: Rs 2000 cr. ( not sure of amount committed) (est.)
15. Real Estate: Non priority and unrelated – except land for future projects. Amount released : Rs 1000 cr. (est.)
Getting out of non priority or non related sectors (to his own industry) and getting into own but diverse industries, is the advice this Kalidas gives to maximize the earning potential of the large cash holding. No more wandering eyes 360 degree around, but look only 45 degrees from either side of his core industry and company. Just stay focused on your core business with unwavering attention.
Following above strategy would divest him of non core industries, realize Rs 8000 cr. and invest additional Rs 10,000 cr. reserved for share buy back, making him available Rs 18,400 cr. at least. He will still have Rs 60,000 cr. in balance after above employment (Rs 10,000 cr) and redeployment. (Rs 8,400 cr.)
End of Part – 1 (Part 2 will be appended here on Friday, 27 Jan, 2012)
Anil Selarka (Kalidas)
USA, 23 January, 2012
Scams, Scandals & Stock Markets – the ultimate buy opportunities.
2011-11 of 2011-06-03 (3rd June, 2011) PDF Download
In financial markets, the people are never afraid of heights, but always worried of lows. Almost all hyper activities are taking place at the height of the market, which is determined by fast and hectic rising of the almost all equities.
In Goonda Raj, the bad news pervade from one gang to another easily. The gang leader knows in matter of days how the other gangster made so much of money in so little time. They adopt same methods to succeed, and they often do.
Greed and Fear are inseparable parts of any market. Money makes everyone corrupt. Almost everyone wants to become a millionaire or billionaire in matter of days. When the bureaucrats and Ministers see the businessmen making money so easily, they come in like "mafias" and start seeking their cuts, fees, haftas (installments) or whatever christen names you may want to assign to such activities.
When the market has risen from one peak to another in rapid succession, a time comes when it begins to either crash or climb down slowly, surely and steadily. There is no more upside, so the best thing that can happen at the peak is to come down due to its sheer gravity.
So it applies to corruption as well. Scam and Scandals begin to emerge when the market is jumping from one peak to another. The ignominious methods adopted by one minister becomes example to pursue by another minister. When one is caught, the entire range of gang operators come within the net.
Media like vultures pounce on such stories and sell their newspaper or magazines at maximum rate by publishing juicy stories. They call it "investigative journalism".
No one wants to become Lord Rama, a higher rated moral God with "ek patni vrat" (believer in only one wife). However, everyone wants to become Lord Krishna who was darling of many girlfriends or dasis or sakhis (Companions). Similarly, in financial market everyone wants to become Warren Buffett, but they do not adopt his strategy. They worship Madoff, Stanford, Harshad Mehta, Ketan Parekh etc etc. to become instant billionaire like instant coffee.
Of late lot of money has flowed into South India. Initially, lot of Keralites went to Gulf and became richer. They sent lot of money home in their home state, so the prosperity flowed there. However, they were low level workers who earned by hard physical work. They could not engage themselves into corruption. South Indians in north of Kerala were good mathematicians for a long time. They got hold of Software or computer technology. This was instant hit. So Software exports generated billions of dollars or thousands of crores in South India. Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai became the focal point of interest.
Such flow of enormous money attracted crooks and scoundrels in the industry and scams and scandals started erupting like volcano in government circle. While License Raj has ended long time ago, the government officials and ministers started reformed "Spectrum Raj" to capitalize on telecom revolution.
In state of Maharashtra, a new Raj called "TDR" started which means Transfer of Development Rights in real estate business. Here the official or minister allows higher FSI (Floor Space Index) against the rule by permitting the developer to transfer his right in one development to another development obviously for a hidden fee. Like Mafias, the ministers and officials at the top started charging fees to the developers and builders. In short, paper derivatives like operations started in "Spectrum Raj" and "TDR Raj". Everything was up for sale, including IPL.
The scams and Scandals follow same pattern of stock market. When they come out with increasing frequency, they denote the first sign of "cleansing up" . The scams and scandals have no where to go up now, but only down. It is a self healing process.
A few years or decades back, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Madhya pradesh were considered the most corrupt places in India. Our famous Lalu Prasad Yadav and his bibi Rabdi Devi became the household name. Their fodder fraud of Rs 700 crores look minuscule by today's standard. In fact, Lalu compensated the country by turning Indian Railways into highly profitable public enterprise earning thousands of crores in revenue and made it a shining example. Phoolan Devi was forgotten and replaced by Maa Rabdi Devi his wife. They are no longer counted because after many scandals in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, a correction set in and now they are nearly out.
The slack was taken over by the South India where the prosperity flowed due to rise in software exports that brought in thousands of crores of money.
A honey bee goes where the flower blossoms. The honey bees in this case were corrupt politicians and their bureaucrat secretaries. Flower pots or money were in South India. Hyderabad, Bangalore, and Chennai were the places where the crooks and criminals arrived and mushroomed. Andhra Pradesh fired the first salvo when Rajus and Reddys took over the reins.
Satyam Computer's Chairman B Ramalinga Raju became the first billion dollar fraudster of India. If Guinne Book of Records recognizes the corruption as outstanding achievment, Raju of Satyam will enter the roster of "Fame of Records". Once tamed Andhra Pradeshi became famed "fraudsters". 3R – that is – Rajus, Reddys and Rajas started as roosters. GTB or Global Trust Bank where thousands of crores of frauds took place also originated from Andhra Pradesh and RBI's Reddy took the reins indirectly behind the curtains.
When the storm or tornado arrives, it changes the directions by turning a few degrees all of a sudden. The corruption started traveling from Andhra Pradesh to Karnataka (Bangalore) and to Chennai where Maharani Jay Lalita ruled over the state with thousands of saris and sandals in her closet.
Now that we know the natural process of creation of scams and scandals and their self destructions, let us see whether they help us in making good investment decisions. The dilemma facing the innocent nationalistic investor is whether he should sell and get out of the market or use the correction as outstanding buying opportunities?
Our experience opts for latter – that is – outstanding buying opportunities to buy the tainted yet high growth and potential stocks. The stocks are some of the simplest, finest and efficient financial instruments. They are extremely volatile because very few understand them. The stocks make money when they are bought at lowest and sold at the highest. However, in order to buy high end growth stocks, we need the help from fraudsters, scam artists and scandals at the top. They cause the stock prices to crash to the lowest to afford the intelligent and smart investors extra ordinary opportunities. Otherwise, how could one buy the stock at the cheapest?
Look at the Satyam which was taken over by Mahindra group to rebrand it as "Mahindra Satyam". In spite of accounting fraud, the company was in one of the best health by all counts. Debt free large balance sheet, huge cash chest of Rs 1600 crores, high end growth, acceptability by high end customers such as Pharma industry leaders, well trained and qualified software engineers, erstwhile good reputation in its real field, sufficient margin and rising too, and competent management.
Almost all the bad things that were to happen to Satyam had happened and the company has written off all past losses of settlement of all law suits. It starts with the clean slate now, and the stock which we recommended strongly at near 60s has risen to Rs 89 today, a gain of 50% in just under 8 months. We have set the target of Rs 160 in less than 10 months or gain of about Rs 100 or 170% .
Political events, as different from financial event, provide the high quality opportunities. A stock makes money for the investors if the underlying company makes profits consistently which is a financial event or cause. The stock price therefore goes up. However, a non financial event such as scams or scandals involving promoters or their blood relations provide the outstanding opportunities to the real gem investors.
Such scams or scandals give them "god send opportunities". They understand the risk and reward and go for it when the scandal dies down or getting reported on inside pages of financial newspapers instead of on front page.
A case to the point is SUN TV and SPICEJET which is controlled by Kalanidhi Maran. His brother Dayanidhi Maran, a former Telecom minister, is being investigated for his role in showing favors in 2G telecom licensing, a spectrum matter. The stock of SUN TV lost 27% in one day, and Spicejet by 17% which is holding most prospect amongst the listed airline. These companies were in different industries and have no vested interest in telco licenses. Their prices crashed due to poor sentiments generated by the main promoter's family blood relationship.
A question arises – when to buy such scrips? The answer differs from exchange to exchange. In India, Bombay Stock Exchange sets the circuit limit which varies from 5% to 20%. Some stocks do not have any circuit rule attached. When the stock falls to lower circuit, it means that buyers refrained from buying. It is possible that the stock may go to lower circuit again on next day. It is also possible that the stock may have hangover from the scandal for a few months. However, we follow the following strategy not to miss the lower prices.
- See the intensity of the bad news and see whether the stock trades near the lowest circuit all through the day on heavy volume.
- Start buying from third day if the intensity of news is very high
- If the company or its promoters were not involved in seemingly bad news, ignore the news and start buying on 1-2-3 basis as under:
- Buy small to test the water. Say you bought 1000 shares at CMP or Current Market Price
- If the publicity of news is very bad, buy on alternate days. That is, after buying 1000 on first day, leave second day and buy more on third day. Say you bought 2000 shares now.
- Leave again for one more day and on fifth day from the news, buy small portion, that is, you buy 1000 more if the price is lower than previous purchases.
- Then stop. Now allow the stock prices to recover. If you have enough stock, ignore the urge to add more.
- If the stock recovers strongly, start selling from last purchase. Say your last purchase was 1000 shares, so begin to sell it.
- Sell more (say 2000 shares you bought under Stage 2 above) if the stock continues to surge. Here again sell on alternate days or if the stock trades at upper circuit or up by 15%
- Allow one more day to pass, and then sell the last lot under Stage 1 (1000 shares)
- Do not worry by selling if the stock goes higher. You made your money. If the stock goes higher, you already have old stock which was averaged down. Sell only later as per your convictions.
Allied Digital Services Ltd was hammered down due to Income Tax Raids alleging tax evasion. Good part of interpretation was that the company was making good money which was the reason to save taxes. However, the news here is bad because the company's management is directly involved. Not so in SUN TV and Spicejet.
Buying and Selling stocks is a imperfect science. It is at the most an Art. Use your common sense, and listen to only yourself. Do not be guided by media news analysis except to know the bare facts. Trust the company's news release as provided to NSE or BSE under Corporate announcements. Do not act on impulse and sit in quiet corner to think over whatever happened and what could be the reasonable truth. This is the best way to deal with the stock price crash of any substantive stock.
Kalidas (Anil Selarka)
June 3, 2011


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Which would I be better off buying for a first digital body? KEH has a D100, condition ex+ for $569. New price on the D70S varies, but can be found for $629 or so. I shoot mainly portraits and sports, so quick AF is a priority. Thoughts?
my opinion is to always buy the new one....
in my opinion the D70 is a better camera than the D100..hands down.....even if both cameras were new in box with warranty. BUT I have definitely had to use Nikon service before and you don't even want to have to consider the cost of repairing a used camera out of warranty. They do great work but WOW are they expensive if its not a warranty repair.
both cameras handle the same in terms of AF performance...neither is blisteringly fast compared to a D2X.... but both should serve well for your purpose. I feel the D70 has far superior fast ISO performance and I always hated the D100's slower flash synch. I do a lot of fill flash and love the D70's 1/500th.
don't be fooled by the 100 in the name.... the D70 is a newer tech camera and is in no way an inferior camera to the D100.
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2013 HIGHLIGHTS: On practice squad for Games 13-16.
First-year player joined the Bengals practice squad following Game 12 ... Part of Bengals practice squad for Games 9-11 of 2012 season before being signed to Arizona Cardinals roster for Games 12-16, playing in two games.
2013 HIGHLIGHTS: On practice squad for Games 13-16.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Signed by Arizona as a college free agent on 5-11-12 ... Waived by Cardinals on 8-31-12 ... Signed to N.Y. Giants practice squad on 9-8-12 ... Waived by Giants on 9-17-12 ... Signed to Cincinnati practice squad on 11-6-12 ... Signed to Cardinals roster on 11-27-12 ... Waived by Cardinals on 8-19-13 ... Acquired on waivers by N.Y. Jets on 8-20-13 ... Waived by Jets on 8-23-13 ... Signed to Bengals practice squad on 12-3-13.
PREVIOUS SEASONS: 2012—After signing with Cardinals as college free agent, spent time on Giants and Bengals practice squads before signing to Arizona roster Nov. 27 ... Made NFL debut Dec. 9 at Seattle, replacing injured Rich Ohrnberger ... Played in fourth quarter Dec. 30 at San Francisco, seeing action at center.
COLLEGE: Two-year starter who helped Northern Illinois to consecutive 11-win seasons in 2010 and 2011 ... Named first-team All-MAC as a junior and a senior ... Earned second-team All-America honors from CBSSports.com as a senior, as NIU offense broke 12 single-season school records.
PERSONAL: Hometown is Elkhorn, Wis. ... Attended Elkhorn Area High School, where he earned all-county honors as a senior ... Also lettered in basketball in high school ... Marketing major at Northern Illinois.
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