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Undaunted Courage
by Stephen Ambrose
A chronicle of the two-and-a-half year journey of Lewis and Clark covers their incredible hardships, first encounters with Native Americans, the contributions of Sacajawea, and Lewis' post-journey depression.
Approximate number of books in kit: 11
A Walk in the Woods
by Bill Bryson
Bryson shares his breath-taking adventures and the fascinating history of the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail, in this wry account of his arduous trek past the Trail's natural pleasures, human eccentrics, and offbeat comforts.
Approximate number of books in kit: 8
In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
A masterful account of the senseless 1959 murders of four members of a farm family in Holcomb, Kansas, and the search for the killers, Richard Eugene Hickock and Perry Edward Smith.
Approximate number of books in kit: 10
The Rape of Nanking
by Iris Chang
Relates a chilling, true account of the 1937 massacre of 250,000 Chinese civilians by the invading Japanese military details a carnage for which the Japanese government has never admitted responsibility.
Approximate number of books in kit: 6
My Life in France
by Julia Child
A memoir begun just months before Child's death describes the legendary food expert's years in Paris, Marseille, and Provence and her journey from a young woman from Pasadena who cannot cook or speak any French to the publication of her legendary Mastering cookbooks and her winning the hearts of America as "The French Chef."
Approximate number of books in kit: 7
The Shadow Effect
by Deepak Chopra
Three popular spiritual teachers examine the dark side of human nature--the emotions and traits that people fear and instinctively hide--and discusses how to embrace the power of the dark side as part of a journey to wholeness.
Approximate number of books in kit: 10
Guns, Germs and Steel
by Jared Diamond
In this historical, archaeological, and linguistic investigation, Jared Diamond seeks the root answers to why European societies (and their American offspring) became the dominant powers on Earth in terms of wealth and power. He traces the proximate causes--the development of deadlier weapons technologies, immunity to germs, superior metal working, and writing systems--to the ultimate cause of the way food production varied in human societies and then looks at geographic variations and impediments that affected food production and the spread of technological innovation in all regions of the world.
Approximate number of books in kit: 12
The Year of Magical Thinking
by Joan Didion
An autobiographical portrait of marriage and motherhood by the acclaimed author details the critical illness of her daughter, Quintana Roo, followed by the fatal coronary of her husband, John Gregory Dunne, and her daughter's second bout with a life-threatening ailment, and her struggle to come to terms with life and death, illness, sanity, personal upheaval, and grief.
Approximate number of books in kit: 12
Nickel and Dimed
by Barbara Ehrenreich
Nickel and Dimed is a modern classic that deftly portrays the plight of America's working-class poor. Author Barbara Ehrenreich decides to see if she can scratch out a comfortable living in blue-collar America. What she discovers is a culture of desperation, where workers often take multiple low-paying jobs just to keep a roof overhead.
Approximate number of books in kit: 12
The Spirit Catches You And You Fall Down
by Anne Fadiman
A tragic tale of cultural differences chronicles the fight over the proper care of an epilectic Hmong child between a California medical center and her tradition-minded Laotian refugee family.
Approximate number of books in kit: 10
Washington's Crossing
by David Hackett Fischer
A leading American historian provides a colorful and dramatic account of a pivotal moment in American history--the Christmas night crossing of the Delaware River to mount a sneak attack on British and Hessian troops at Trenton, New Jersey--an event that marked a turning point in America's battle for independence.
Approximate number of books in kit: 7
Eat, Pray, Love
by Elizabeth Gilbert
Traces the author's decision to travel the world for a year after suffering a midlife crisis and divorce, a journey that took her to three places in her quest to explore her own nature and learn the art of spiritual balance.
Approximate number of books in kit: 12
The Tipping Point
by Malcolm Gladwell
By exposing the importance of the "tipping point" in human affairs--that moment when a trend, idea, or social behavior crosses the threshold into acceptability--the author sheds important light on the forces that drive group dynamics and mass culture.
Approximate number of books in kit: 12
by Malcolm Gladwell
Utilizing case studies as diverse as speed dating, pop music, and the shooting of Amadou Diallo, Gladwell reveals that what we think of as decisions made in the blink of an eye are much more complicated than assumed. Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology, he shows how the difference between good decision-making and bad has nothing to do with how much information we can process quickly, but on the few particular details on which we focus.
Approximate number of books in kit: 7
A Civil Action
by Jonathan Harr
A young Boston trial lawyer is drawn into a case involving two industrial chemical plants and a cluster of childhood leukemia victims that is to encompass nine difficult years and bring him to near bankruptcy.
Approximate number of books in kit: 11
Farewell to Manzanar
by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
The American-born author describes her family's experience and impressions when they were forced to relocate in a camp for the Japanese in Owens Valley, California, during World War II.
Approximate number of books in kit: 12
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress
by Rhoda Janzen
A poet describes how, after her husband left her for a relationship with a man and she subsequently was seriously injured in a car crash, she returned home to her close-knit Mennonite family and came to terms with her failed marriage and her choices in life.
Approximate number of books in kit: 9
Little Heathens
by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
An evocative memoir of growing up in the heart of the Midwest during the Great Depression describes life on an Iowa farm during a time of endless work, resourcefulness, family and kinship, and no tolerance for idleness or waste.
Approximate number of books in kit: 10
Mountains Beyond Mountains
by Tracy Kidder
A portrait of infectious disease expert Dr. Paul Farmer follows the efforts of this unconventional Harvard genius to understand the world's great health, economic, and social problems and to bring healing to humankind.
Approximate number of books in kit: 10
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
by Barbara Kingsolver
When Kingsolver and her family move from suburban Arizona to rural Appalachia, they take on a new challenge: to spend a year on a locally produced diet, paying close attention to the provenance of all they consume. "Our highest shopping goal was to get our food from so close to home, we'd know the person who grew it. Often that turned out to be ourselves as we learned to produce what we needed, starting with dirt, seeds, and enough knowledge to muddle through. Or starting with baby animals, and enough sense to refrain from naming them."
Approximate number of books in kit: 12
Small Wonder
by Barbara Kingsolver
Twenty-two optimistic essays cover such topics as nature, family, literature, and the joys of everyday life while examining the challenges of war, poverty, and violence.
Approximate number of books in kit: 9
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
by Maxine Hong Kingston
A man fleeing from the repressive social conformity required by China's communist government journeys into the remote mountain regions of southwest China in search of meaning in his life and the elusive Soul Mountain.
Approximate number of books in kit: 9
How to Be Compassionate
by Dalai Lama
Through practical exercises and personal anecdotes, the revered spiritual leader shows how individuals' compassion can lead to global changes.
Approximate number of books in kit: 10
Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
by Anne Lamott
Combining elements of spiritual study and memoir, the author describes her odyssey of faith, drawing on her own sometimes troubled past to explore the many ways in which faith sustains and guides one's daily life
Approximate number of books in kit: 6
Devil in the White City
by Erik Larson
A compelling account of the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 brings together the divergent stories of two very different men who played a key role in shaping the history of the event--visionary architect Daniel H. Burnham, who coordinated its construction, and Dr. Henry H. Holmes, an insatiable and charming serial killer who lured women to their deaths.
Approximate number of books in kit: 12
by Erik Larson
A portrait of the Edwardian era recounts two parallel stories--the case of Dr. Hawley Crippen, who murdered his wife and fled to America, and Guglielmo Marconi, the inventor of wireless communication--as the new technology is used to capture a killer.
Approximate number of books in kit: 7
Under the Tuscan Sun
by Frances Mayes
Popular poet and author Frances Mayes transports you to the spectacular Tuscan countryside with her memoirs. She explores the fascinating people, landscape, and history of Italy--and seasons them with hearty recipes.
Approximate number of books in kit: 12
The Crucible
by Arthur Miller
A veiled reflection of the anticommunist witch-hunts of the 1950s, this play portrays seventeenth-century Salem, Massachusetts as a rigid theocracy eager to ferret out real or imagined deviations from the norm, and indicts everyone in Salem--and by extension American society--for the crimes of intolerance and blind hatred.
Approximate number of books in kit: 10
The Tender Bar
by J.R. Moehringer
In a memoir of growing up with a single mother, the author describes how he received valuable life lessons and friendship from an assortment of characters at the neighborhood bar, who provided him with a kind of fatherhood by committee.
Approximate number of books in kit: 8
Stones Into Schools
by Greg Mortenson
A follow-up to the acclaimed book Three Cups of Tea continues Mortenson's story of his humanitarian efforts to bring education into disadvantaged Middle East regions, describing such events as the 2005 earthquake and a tense eight-day abduction by the Taliban.
Approximate number of books in kit: 9
The Emperor of All Maladies
by Siddhartha Mukherjee
A historical assessment of cancer addresses both the courageous battles against the complex disease and the misperceptions and hubris that have compromised modern understandings, covering such topics as ancient-world surgeries and the developments of present-day treatments.
Approximate number of books in kit: 10
Reading Lolita in Tehran
by Azar Nafisi
Lolita in Tehran? Yes, and plenty of other Western classics, read and discussed by a group of women who met secretly with Nafisi, an instructor at the University of Tehran until she was expelled in 1997 for shunning the veil and left the country.
Approximate number of books in kit: 12
Leap of Faith
by Queen Noor
Leap of Faith is the story of a young American woman who became wife and partner to an Arab monarch. Queen Noor of Jordan provides a compelling portrait of her late husband King Hussein and his lifelong effort to bring peace to his war torn region and an insider's view of the growing gulf between the United States and the Arab nations. But most of all it is a love story--the intimate account of a woman who lost her heart to a king, and to his people.
Approximate number of books in kit: 6
Dreams From My Father
by Barack Obama
In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father--a figure he knows more as a myth than as a man--has been killed in a car accident. This sudden death inspires an emotional odyssey, first to a small town in Kansas, from which he retraces the migration of his mother's family to Hawaii, and then to Kenya, where he meets the African side of his family, confronts the bitter truth of his father's life, and at last reconciles his divided inheritance.
Approximate number of books in kit: 10
The Orchid Thief
by Susan Orlean
A staff writer for The New Yorker describes the life and times of John Laroche, a plant smuggler and orchid thief, and the eccentric world of Florida's obsessed collectors of rare plants.
Approximate number of books in kit: 12
by Nathaniel Philbrick
A history of the Pilgrim settlement of New England challenges popular misconceptions, discussing such topics as the diseases of European origin suffered by the Wampanoag tribe, the fragile working relationship between the Pilgrims and their Native American neighbors, and the devastating impact of the King Philip's War. By the author of Sea of Glory.
Approximate number of books in kit: 8
The Measure of a Man
by Sidney Poitier
The acclaimed actor reveals the depth, passion, and intellectual fervor that have driven his life and career, citing the elements of his childhood that gave him his sense of worth, family, and ethics and how these qualities are essential to spiritual development.
Approximate number of books in kit: 7
Botany of Desire
by Michael Pollan
Focusing on the human relationship with plants, the author of Second Nature uses botany to explore four basic human desires--sweetness, beauty, intoxication, and control--through portraits of four plants that embody them: the apple, tulip, marijuana, and potato.
Approximate number of books in kit: 11
Julie and Julia
by Julie Powell
The author recounts how she escaped the doldrums of an unpromising career by mastering every recipe in Julia Child's 1961 classic, "Mastering the Art of French Cooking," a year-long endeavor that transformed her life.
Approximate number of books in kit: 12
Tender at the Bone
by Ruth Reichl
Ruth Reichl's deliciously crafted non-fiction memoir, Tender at the Bone, is the story of a life determined, enhanced, and defined in equal measure by a passion for food, unforgettable people, and the love of tales well told.
Approximate number of books in kit: 12
by Oliver Sacks
In this book, Oliver Sacks explores the power music wields over us; a power that sometimes we control and at other times don't. He explores, in his inimitable fashion, how it can provide access to otherwise unreachable emotional states, how it can revivify neurological avenues that have been frozen, evoke memories of earlier, lost events or states or bring those with neurological disorders back to a time when the world was much richer.
Approximate number of books in kit: 8
Fast Food Nation
by Eric Schlosser
With reportage, reason, and wit, the author recounts the history of fast food in America. He argues that fast food has homogenized society, hastened the "malling" of our land, widened the chasm between rich and poor, fueled an obesity epidemic, and more.
Approximate number of books in kit: 12
The Bookseller of Kabul
by Asne Seierstad
Capturing the harsh realities of life in modern-day Afghanistan and plight of Afghan women, the Norwegian journalist provides a portrait of a committed Muslim man, a bookseller, and his family living in post-Taliban Kabul, Afghanistan.
Approximate number of books in kit: 12
Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love
by Dava Sobel
Galileo Galilei's telescopes allowed him to discover a new reality in the heavens. But for publicly declaring his astounding argument--that the earth revolves around the sun--he was accused of heresy and put under house arrest by the Holy Office of the Inquisition. Living a far different life, Galileo's daughter Virginia, a cloistered nun, proved to be her father's greatest source of strength through the difficult years of his trial and persecution.
Approximate number of books in kit: 11
by Dava Sobel
Longitude is the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest, and of John Harrison's forty-year obsession with his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer. Full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd, it is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation, and clockmaking.
Approximate number of books in kit: 7
A New Earth
by Eckhart Tolle
Contends that humanity has an unprecedented opportunity to shift from its dangerous, ego-based state of consciousness to a saner, more loving existence, and offers practical advice on how to promote kindness and freedom.
Approximate number of books in kit: 12
The Odyssey
by Homer/ translated by Robert Fagles
The award-winning translator of Iliad and Oresteia introduces a new translation of Homer's age-old tale of the wanderings of Odysseus during his ten-year voyage back home to Ithaca after the Trojan War as he overcomes both divine and natural forces.
Approximate number of books in kit: 7
The Professor and the Madman
by Simon Winchester
The compilation of the Oxford English Dictionary, begun in 1857, was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor James Murray, discovered that one man, Dr. W C. Minor, had submitted more than ten thousand. When the committee insisted on honoring him, a shocking truth came to light: Dr. Minor, an American Civil War veteran, was also an inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane.
Approximate number of books in kit: 12
The Girls From Ames
by Jeffrey Zaslow
The story of eleven girls from Ames, Iowa, the ten women they became, and the mysterious death of their eleventh member demonstrates how female friendships can shape every aspect of women's lives.
Approximate number of books in kit: 8


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The sky is turning dark, and a 49-year-old parts salesman named Steve is one step from transforming into this city's pre-eminent psychotic clown.
He has already pulled on his signature orange clown suit and laced up new yellow Nikes that will soon pound the pavement as he sprints after terrified teenagers.
He has already spiked his thinning hair into a thinning mohawk and hair-sprayed the shaggy sides until they stick straight out, a hairdo best described as "Martha, hide the children."
Standing alone in a walk-in closet deep in the bowels of Omaha's Mystery Manor, he has primed an airbrush — the kind you might use to repaint a Chevy — and sprayed his face white, red and yellow before adding the signature black squiggles to his forehead.
The Mystery Manor, where Steve Sell has spent nearly every October night for the past 18 years, boasts several top-notch makeup artists who take normal-looking Omahans and turn them into soulless ghouls and ax murderers and brain-snacking zombies. These ghouls, killers and zombies scare the bejesus out of the gigantic crowds of humanity shrieking their way through this haunted house each Halloween season.
Steve thinks the makeup artists are great. Steve loves them — loves everyone here — like family.
But he doesn't trust them. Not for this.
"Almost there," he says quietly after he finishes his face paint.
You know this deranged face. This face has graced promo posters and magazine ads. It has leered down at you from billboards.
Last year, a man and a woman bought a dozen of the $20 T-shirts that feature this face — the rest of Mystery Manor's T-shirts sell for $15 — and gave them to their wedding party. They walked down the aisle, into holy matrimony, wearing this face on their chests.
Steve swabs glue onto his nose and sticks on the fire-engine red clown nose shipped all the way from Pennsylvania.
Just one step left. One step until Steve ceases to be a mild-mannered parts salesman. One step until he becomes something else, something that makes high school girls cry and turns grown men into quivering puddles of goo. Something that scares the bejesus out of Omaha.
He fishes the latex shark teeth out of his duffel bag. He heats them up using a hand dryer. He pops them into his mouth.
"HELLO!" he screams into the mirror. He cackles crazily. "I'm hoooo-oooome!"
Bobo the Clown is alive.
Bobo lurches toward the back door, heading off to scare the people lined up in front of Mystery Manor just as he's done nearly every October night since the Clinton administration. On the way out, he passes his daughter, who has been coming with him to this haunted house since she was in grade school.
She watches as Bobo opens the door and limps into the chilly night to fulfill his duty — his unpaid calling — as the face of this popular haunted house.
She has seen this transformation hundreds of times.
"Daddy's got his teeth in," she says knowingly.
The Legend of Bobo began one night in 1995, when Steve stopped by Mystery Manor to see his wife (now ex-wife), who worked in the haunted house's back room.
That night the Manor happened to be short one character. Wayne Sealy, Mystery Manor's owner, could have been short one murderous butcherer in "The Slaughterhouse" or one murderous mummy in the "Egyptian Room." But he wasn't. Wayne was short one murderous clown.
So he tossed a pair of latex shark teeth Steve's way. "Will you fill in?" he asked. Steve shrugged. Why not?
That first night, the newest clown didn't just scare people. He made them want to run out of the clown room screaming for their mommies. Which at least one man did.
Steve came back a second night, a third, a fourth. His clown didn't even have a name, but it quickly earned a reputation as the single freakiest thing in Mystery Manor.
Even now, Steve doesn't really know why. He has no clown experience, no actor's training, no previous knack for being scary.
All he knows is this: He could find the line between frightening and truly terrifying, and he could cross it over and over, cackling all the way.
One night, Steve jumped out of the shadows and terrified a man who shouted, "Who the (bleep) are you?"
"I'm Bobo the (bleeping) Clown!" Steve growled back.
It stuck.
The second year, The Legend of Bobo got so famous, so frightening, that people actually started refusing to enter the clown room.
Wayne moved Bobo out front, making him a "line monster" — one of the few actors meant to entertain the hundreds of people waiting to get into Mystery Manor.
Now Bobo didn't get a couple of fleeting seconds with each of the Manor's paying customers. Now he had 20 minutes. On busy Saturdays, when the line snaked through north Downtown and all the way to 19th Street, he had two hours.
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On this Wednesday night, Bobo walks through Mystery Manor's dark side yard and around to the front of the haunted house. He limps into the glow of a street light, and for the first time, the dozens of people waiting to get in see him.
"Bobo!" they scream. "Bobo!"
Bobo hears them. He picks out a scared-looking high schooler. He sprints directly at her.
"AAAAHHHH!" she yells. She runs down the sidewalk. Bobo chases her. She looks back. Bobo is gaining on her. Bobo is fast.
Just before he catches her, Bobo pulls up. He returns to his signature limp, which is a fake limp. He wanders back toward the line. He begins to growl at small children.
You wouldn't know it, but Steve's legs are killing him this year. He's pushing 50. He's nursing an old hamstring injury.
But Bobo's knees are fine. He breaks into another sprint, this time toward a Honda Pilot that is just parking. He stares through the back windows at a pair of teenagers whose eyes are as big as saucers. He begins to shake the Honda Pilot. He throws back his head and screams into the dark sky.
Steve has 18 years' worth of line monster moves tucked away in his memory. He has learned to approach people from their blind spots, hide behind unsuspecting accomplices, get within inches of his targets so they don't see him until a deranged clown pops up directly in front of their faces.
But Bobo doesn't need the help. Bobo can sense the teenager trying to hide behind his friends. He can sense the grown man who secretly wishes to turn invisible.
Bobo beelines right for the poor sap, gets right in his face and bares his fangs. His goal: Scare the grown man so badly that his wife gives him grief about it until death does them part.
"It sounds weird, but it's an instinct," he says. "It's like I can smell fear."
Steve also has 18 years' worth of memories. He remembers the time that he fell off his pole-dancing stage — yes, he has a pole dancing stage — dislocated his shoulder, showed up in the emergency room in full costume and terrified the nurses.
He remembers the time that clowns came to protest him, for giving clowns a bad name, and the time a church group came to protest him for reasons Steve still doesn't fully understand.
"I made sure to sneak up on them and scare them," he says.
He remembers the face of a young boy who came to the Manor a dozen times every Halloween season, a boy he always managed to scare. He became a teenager and disappeared.
This year he showed up again. He had joined the Air Force. He had become a father.
He was bringing his young son to meet Bobo the Clown, so Bobo could terrify both father and son.
But Bobo himself doesn't have any time for these memories. Bobo is a one-man fright machine, and there's no rest for the wicked.
Which is why he spies two teenage boys walking down the sidewalk — they haven't even reached the Mystery Manor line yet! — and he sprints off after them. Their eyes go saucer-wide. Their legs churn in the opposite direction. They are screaming. Screaming and laughing at the same time.
By the way: Steve doesn't get paid for any of this. He shows up here after his day job, changes into his costume and works for free from dusk until 10 p.m. most nights between late September and Halloween. Almost all the Mystery Manor actors are volunteers, because the haunted house gives most of its proceeds to charity. Steve actually does make tips when he pole-dances. He made $380 last year. He gives every last cent to cystic fibrosis research.
Steve promised himself that he would retire in 2007. Then again in 2008. 2009, 2010, 2011 ... . Every year, he swears he's hanging up his clown nose and his pointed teeth.
But Bobo won't quit. Tonight Bobo spies a bus filled with teenagers from the Boys and Girls Club. The bus door is open, so Bobo does what he always does. He jumps in.
They yell at him. He yells back. They try to push him out. He makes jokes about riding home with them. They scream. They shriek. They take his photo with their phones. They shriek some more. Finally, Bobo exits the bus and it pulls away.
Omaha's pre-eminent psycho clown is alone, a block away from Mystery Manor. Sweat drips down his psycho clown face. He looks toward the haunted house where he's spent the past 18 Octobers, and in the distance he spots more Omahans just waiting to be afraid.
His lips curl into a smile.
"This clown is going to kill me," Steve Sell whispers. And he takes off in a dead sprint toward his victims.


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I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 Plus (Android 3.2, resolution 1024x600) and when I try to buy this application Google Play shows "This app is incompatible with your Samsung GT-P6210".
Is it because of the resolution? Will it ever be supported?
This topic has come up a couple times here on the forums. I think the actual screen size might be the limiting factor.
You might want to add your vote here http://forums.adobe.com/ideas/1065 and comments if you have any
I can't really say whether it would be supported ever unfortunately, if it were me I'd look at over options for the time being.


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County Cork's draw is its contrasting landscapes, containing Ireland's thriving second city as well as a rugged Atlantic coastline.
Hotels in County CorkAlthough close to the city thrills of bustling Dublin, Meath has an enchantingly relaxed pace all of its own.
Hotels in County MeathA small riverside city with a big gushing heart, this historic Irish hub is beloved for its pubs, its U2 and Dracula connections (author Bram Stoker was born here), and its general joie de vivre.
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Please, if there is any survivors currently in Australia (preferably Victoria) contact me. At the moment I have absolutely no food or water, I'm baring hiding in a tiny, little piece of shelter. If anyone is out there, I will be willing to help/work for food. I don't have many supplies but I am pretty handy with melee weapons and first aid. I am all by myself and I don't know how much longer i will survive alone. Not only is there strength in numbers but having other people around as company…
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i havent been on for a while. there have been too many close encounters with zombies and i still havent found a safe place to hide. im currently being chased by a zombie which is why there is all the bad grammar
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I have decided to leave my brother locked up in the basement (Hopefully scientists will eventually find a cure) and journey onto my parents' beach house where I am sure there will be enough supplies to keep me going. The trip is usually 2 hours by car but with the added wreckage, zombies and the fact that I've never driven a car before it will probably take about a day. Wish me luck.
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I now have a big problem.
Since my brother got bitten he has been showing signs of zombism and I have had to lock him away in our basement. I now have a few different options options:
Here is a funny and educational video about defending yourself against a zombie:
(I do not own rights to this video as I did not make it)
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My wings are like a shield of steel.
I have looked at the Flight Archives and found this article from the event, it is amazing that they even got away
As the aircraft taxied away a number of the troops who had been unable to get on board opened fire. It was iiit by small arms fire and the trailing edge was damaged by a grenade."
and it seems like the other aircraft was right, it was a body on the wheel:
"When the aircraft arrived at Saigon the body of a soldier was removed from a wheel well".
No wonder it had a gingerly landing
AirSpace - more than just hot air


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Ray Richmond contributes to Deadline's TV coverage.
OWN co-presidents Sheri Salata and Erik Logan continued to put a positive spin on the embattled network's forecast, appearing this afternoon at TCA to echo comments a few … Read More »
Ray Richmond contributes to Deadline's TV coverage.
OWN co-presidents Sheri Salata and Erik Logan continued to put a positive spin on the embattled network's forecast, appearing this afternoon at TCA to echo comments a few … Read More »
Chance Patterson, previously VP International Communications at Discovery Communications, has been hired as SVP Corporate Affairs and Communications at Harpo Studios. He will manage Harpo's external and internal communications functions, including corporate communications and media relations, and report to … Read More »
Ray Richmond is contributing to Deadline's TCA coverage.
TCA: OWN Announces Premiere Dates For 'Rosie' & 'OWN Your Life'
Oprah Winfrey blew through the TCA press tour today to address critics at a morning session promoting OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, having been freshly installed as CEO of the network owned by Discovery Communications. She'd acknowledged earlier this summer that she hadn't been dedicating all of her energies to OWN and aimed to change that going forward, in part to address its growing pains in the form of falling ratings. "In my new role, I am focusing on the unity of Harpo and OWN, aligning them together," she told the gathered critics. To that end, she introduced OWN's new co-presidents Sheri Salata and Erik Logan, former heads at Harpo Studios who joined the new network in June. It's no secret that OWN has struggled to find its footing and an identity, with a lineup of cheesy reality shows and little programming flow. Key to that new push is the hiring of Rosie O'Donnell, whom Winfrey also introduced today.
O'Donnell charmed the room with her wisecracking, no-nonsense style, discussing how her coming to OWN went down when she'd been courted by much larger and deeper-pocketed networks. "I called my agent and told him to call the Oprah people, because I wanted to go to OWN," she said. "And you know how agents only care about what you want to do, not finances? My agent was thrilled that I wanted to go to basic cable and not one of the major networks. … Oprah came in with a bunch of people from her staff and asked, 'Why do you want to do this?' And I'm like, 'Because it's you.' With Oprah, it's a huge stamp of approval, almost like being knighted in a way." Read More »
Los Angeles, CA – OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today that Oprah Winfrey will expand her role as chairman of the network and become the permanent chief executive officer and chief creative officer, effective this Fall. OWN also announced that Erik Logan and Sheri Salata, currently presidents of Harpo Studios, will now become presidents of OWN, effective immediately. Logan and Salata will work closely with Discovery Communications chief operating officer Peter Liguori in his role as interim CEO to ensure a smooth transition and maximum creative output over the coming months.
Additionally, all future television production at Harpo Studios will be directed exclusively to OWN, strengthening the alignment and programming mission of both companies. Going forward, Logan and Salata will maintain their leadership and oversight responsibilities for OWN produced content at Harpo Productions Inc including ROSIE debuting in October, OPRAH PRESENTS MASTER CLASS, IN THE BEDROOM WITH DR. LAURA BERMAN, and OPRAH'S NEXT CHAPTER coming in January 2012. Lisa Erspamer will also continue at OWN in the role of executive vice president of production and development.


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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Mid Morning
Well the numbers are in and the reader is correct. According to PortfolioScience.com iShares EAFE (EFA) has a 0.84 correlation to the S&P 500 while DBU has 0.56 correlation. I would note that DBU, although dividend weighted hasn't actually paid much of a dividend which is frustrating.
Regardless of the dividend DBU (which I own for a few clients) has done well, has outperformed both EFA and SPY and does have a low correlation.
The biggest risk, IMO anyway, would be if interest rates which are generally low start to go up. A rule of thumb is that rates moving up are bad for utilities as fixed income (talking further out on the curve) competes for some of the money that goes into utilities.
I think higher rates further out on the curve would be a positive for equities as that might signal a return to normal but it sets up utilities to, at a minimum, lag a little.
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- Jeff Howard said...
I have found that utilities are a great diversification tool. It doesn't matter whether you use XLU or DBU or JXI. There's something about the "localized" nature of utilities and their return streams that makes them less correlated to the S&P 500 than almost all other sectors on an ongoing basis.
While utils only make up about 3.6% of the S&P 500, I personally overweight them (up to maybe 5-7%) in both my personal accounts and in client accounts. The sector correlation to the market is generally in the .5 to .7 range (as opposed to the .8 to .9 of most other sectors.) Of course, there are drawbacks to being overweight utilities (as Roger has mentioned in this post and others) but I have found that they serve me well for dampening volatility.
Incidently, this article Unique Diversification Benefits of Utilities is an excellent expose' on the topic. It's written by Geoff Considine who has done great work with his Quantext Portfolio Planning tool. (I am a user and have no affiliation with Geoff) - 10:25 AM
- Banker said...
I think we have seen the last of rate cuts and the next move will be higher. Inflation is a big problem worldwide. The Fed will not let this get out of hand.
Banker - 5:42 PM
- Anonymous said...
Jeff Howard, thanks for the link to Geoff C.'s paper on utilities. I've read his website, but it was good to be reminded that utilities are in deed an alternate( no correlated to SPY) investment class. Sometimes you lose sight of the forest from the trees. I own DUK and will look for an entry point on Excelon over the hike in rates.
Roger, thanks for maintaining an interesting and diversified blog. I am curious, why do you listen to CNBC? Doesn't sound like you get much content from what you hear.
Sam - 6:23 PM
- Roger Nusbaum said...
re CNBC, well maybe they'll have me back on, bah hahahahahaha
they will report news faster than I will naturally find it on my own. also, as an example, I have never owned GM but when the GM news was the biggest thing it was important to know what's going on but also not waste time reading about a stock i am unlikely to ever own.
lastly they have plenty of very smart guests come one. sometimes they ask the right questions and sometimes they don't. when they do ask they right question it becomes a learning opportunity. - 6:47 PM
- Anonymous said...
Regarding the sparse dividends in DBU...how new a product is it? Given that it seems that most foreign firms pay annually, or, at best, semi-annually, maybe there haven't been enough divvies paid yet to make a difference? Just a thought.
jan - 7:50 PM
- Roger Nusbaum said...
Jan, i have touched on this many times and it was lazy not to do so here.
If you own 100 shares of a stock on ex-date you will get 100 shares worth of dividend on the pay date.
If, in between ex date and pay date you buy another 500 shares you still only get the dividend for 100 shares.
So these funds have to pay 100 shares worth of dividend over 600 shares held.
at the start of 2007 DBU was $27 million in assets. at year end it was $92 million. as long as the fund keeps growing this should persist. - 7:58 PM
- Andrew said...
Historically Utilities have been used as a source of generating extra income in a portfolio. They usually have low or negative beta's and trade very much like a preferred stock/bond. Yet over the last several years many utilities have traded like energy companies through the age of Enron mostly because of the deregulation. XLU has provided the masses with a safe heaven to park cash very much due to the low interest rate environment. Things seem to be signaling a change as US interest rates are at or close to a bottom and will probably reverse course in the future. Many utilities are sporting lofty price multiples and should pull back in the event of a slowing economy. The XLU chart alone is signaling a very bearish tone. It might be fine to have some exposure for the yield but I would rather be underweight the sector going forward. Having said that I have always been fond of DUK and EXC (even though they gobbled up one of my favorites Peco Energy) but right now I am more attracted to the holdings of PIO in a similar but related field.


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BOSTON (Dec. 3, 2013) – The Florida Launch, Major League Lacrosse's newest team, and the 2013 MLL Champion Chesapeake Bayhawks have executed a blockbuster trade that sees three-time MLL Champion Casey Powell go to Florida in exchange for All-Star midfielder Joe Walters.
"I am absolutely thrilled to add Casey Powell to the Florida Launch roster," said Launch Head Coach Stan Ross. "He is one of the all-time greats in the MLL. Casey is not only second in all time points in MLL history, but he will bring a great deal of experience and leadership to our team. Casey is going to play a huge role in building the Florida Launch team and organization."
The Bayhawks also receive the 21st overall selection in the 2014 Collegiate Draft, while the Launch get the 10th selection in the Collegiate Draft and the eighth pick in the 2014 Supplemental Draft.
Powell is one of the few players remaining from the league's inaugural season in 2001 and played in the league's 2000 Summer Showcase, which started it all. The veteran has won three titles in the MLL, one each with the Lizards, Rattlers and Bayhawks. The 37-year-old scored four goals in just three games last season, but turned it on in the playoffs, recording five points during Championship Weekend. Powell ranks top-10 all-time in goals, assists and points, trailing only Ryan Boyle in points with 405 to Boyle's 422.
Walters is coming off a career year, with 48 points and a league-high 26 assists. After a 21-point performance in his rookie year, Walters has averaged 44 points in his last six seasons. His 283 points in 80 games give him 3.54 points per game for his career. The first overall selection in the 2006 Collegiate Draft out of the University of Maryland, Walters will be reunited with his former coach Dave Cottle. He will search for his third title, as he won back-to-back in 2008 and 2009 with the Rochester Rattlers and Toronto Nationals, respectively. In 2008, Walters was named MVP of Championship Weekend.
The teams will reconvene via teleconference next Wednesday, Dec. 11 as they will look to expand their rosters in the 2014 Supplemental Draft and again on Friday, January 10, at the US Lacrosse Convention for the 2014 MLL Collegiate Draft.
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Elizabeth Kapa and Steven Wisniewski of Alexandria, La., announce their engagement. Kapa is the daughter of Robin Kapa of Silver Creek and Andy Kapa of Irving. Wisniewski is the son of Kathy and Greg Wisniewski of Silver Creek.
The bride-to-be is a 2004 graduate of Silver Creek High School, and is currently attending Central Louisiana Technical College. She will graduate in December with a degree in practical nursing.
The prospective groom is a 2000 graduate of Silver Creek High School and The Ocean Corporation in Houston, Texas. He is employed by Cal Dive International as a commercial diver.
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Here is a very easy Crochet Coaster to make and it would make a great decoration to any summer party. They are very absorbent using the Lion Cotton yarn. I have been crocheting for over 14 years and this took me 30 minutes to make one Apple Coaster so this pattern can be longer or shorter depending on you level of experience of crocheting. You can go to Lion Brand for help with crochet stitches. http://cache.lionbrand.com/cgi-bin/faq-search.cgi?store=/stores/eyarn&dictionaryOfAbbreviations=1
Step 1: What you will need:
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Stitch marker,
Crochet Hook G/6-4.25mm,
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Company Description
Annaly Capital Management, Inc., owns, manages, and finances real estate related investments, including mortgage pass-through certificates, agency callable debentures, collateralized mortgage obligations and other securities.
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Friday, Mar 72:51 PM
- Mortgage REIT fans will be interested in this transcript of a roundtable yesterday led by JPMorgan analyst Matt Jozoff, and including executives from Apollo Residential (AMTG -1.9%), Annaly (NLY -2.4%), MFA Financial, Invesco (IVR -2.5%), and Two Harbors (TWO -1.6%). At a minimum, it makes clear - for those who would lump the sector together - the significant differences in investment approaches and assets held.
- As tipped off during his company's earnings call a few days back, David Finkelstein - head of agency MBS trading at Annaly - sounds the most bullish: "Technicals over the near-term are relatively supportive of MBS, and we also believe that even beyond the Fed's departure from being a - or from adding to their portfolio, we think that the landscape will still be favorable to MBS due to relatively low volatility the fact that we will not have a significant portion of the MBS market actively hedging their portfolio, which should reduce volatility day to day."
- MFA CEO William Gorin doesn't want any part of long-dated agency MBS: "We came into the year owning zero 30-year agency paper ... which we are happy with. When you are competing with a non economic, non profit maximizing competitor in the space [the Fed] ... we've decided not to be in that space."
- Related ETFs: REM, MORT, MORL
Friday, Mar 72:51 PM| 2 Comments -
Friday, Mar 712:46 PM
- The mortgage REITs are maybe the poorest performing sector amid a big move higher in interest rates, and formerly bullish Deutsche Bank ringing the register on New York Mortgage Trust, CYS Investments, and American Capital Mortgage after nice runs for all have pulled them close to (or above in NYMT's case) book value.
- There's also an earnings miss this morning from one of the last of the players to report Q4, Western Asset Mortgage.
- Annaly (NLY -2.1%), American Capital Agency (AGNC -2.3%), Armour (ARR -1.4%), Two Harbors (TWO -1.8%), Invesco (IVR -2.7%), Capstead (CMO -1.2%), MFA Financial (MFA -2%), Apollo Residential (AMTG -1.7%)
Friday, Mar 712:46 PM| 21 Comments -
Wednesday, Feb 2610:17 PM
- An interesting exchange took place between BofA analyst Ken Bruce and Annaly (NLY) chief Wellington Denahan on today's earnings call (transcript) in which Bruce politely wonders if management - having sold low last year - isn't setting itself up to buy high this year. "I guess I am a little shocked," says Bruce. "It just feels like the market is being seduced back into thinking everything is maybe not as strong as we thought it was just a couple of months back."
- To review: Annaly showed particular caution late in 2013, taking down leverage (5:1 at year's end vs. 6.5:1 a year earlier) and boosting hedges, and now - with bond prices having marched higher in the year's opening weeks - management is talking about being aggressive again, but not planning on increasing hedges as assets are added.
- "[That] we're going to the load the boat - that's absolutely not what I'm trying to get across," responds Denahan. "Opportunistic" is the key word, she says, expecting to take advantage of the volatility associated with the Fed exit from the MBS market. "I wouldn't consider it an about-face, I would just let people know that we will be opportunistic with the buying power that we have."
- Bruce: "I appreciate your comments, your candor."
- Denahan: "I appreciate your candor as well."
- Earlier coverage of Annaly earnings
Wednesday, Feb 2610:17 PM| 3 Comments -
Wednesday, Feb 2612:58 PM
- Reiterating Market Perform ratings, FBR and JMP Securities say Annaly (NLY +2%) can thank significantly lower prepayment speeds (CPR dropped to 7% from 13%). Premium amortization dropped to just $30.7M from $201.9M in Q3, says JMP's Steve Delaney, but he estimates as much as $50M of that (about a nickel per share) was a one-time "catchup" adjustment which would lower core EPS to just $0.28 - still above Street estimates.
- FBR also notes the one-off nature of the benefit, but says other mREITs reported similar numbers and were rewarded, so why not Annaly.
- Overall impressed with the Q, Nomura notes the book value decline of 4.5% was smaller than American Capital at 5.3% and CYS Investments at 8.5% (this was influenced by Annaly's conservative stance, meaning it may be lagging in the big book value bounce-back thus far this year).
- Credit Suisse boosts its 2014 core EPS estimate to $1.25 from $1.07 and 2015 to $1.25 from $1.12. "Given our new earnings estimates we expect that Annaly's dividend should be stable in the coming quarters."
- Previous coverage of Annaly results
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Wednesday, Feb 2610:20 AM
- In sharp contrast to the views at American Capital (AGNC +0.5%), Annaly (NLY +3.2%) CEO Wellington Denehan-Norris - speaking on the earnings call - says it makes more sense to lever up and directly buy mortgage-related assets than repurchasing shares or buying the stock of other mREITs.
- Why rely on the management of other companies, says Norris, reminding of the 1998-99 period - another time when mREITs traded well below book value. After the collapse in Russia, it was found one "darling" in the mortgage REIT industry (no longer in business today) owned the debt of that country.
- Satisfied with hedges currently in place, Annaly doesn't plan to add any more as it buys more MBS. After taking down leverage to 5:1 over the past year, the company is looking to bring it back towards 7:1.
- On the growing commercial side of the business, Annaly is in talks with an originator of commercial mortgages for direct access to its assets.
- Noting the recent sluggish economic stats, particularly as they relate to housing, management doesn't feel like the Fed will soon be in any position to tighten policy.
- Presentation slides
- Previous earnings coverage
- Related ETFs: REM, MORT, MORL
Wednesday, Feb 2610:20 AM| 11 Comments -
Tuesday, Feb 254:40 PM
- Core earnings of $0.35 per share compares to $0.28 for Q3, $0.32 a year ago, and the most recent dividend of $0.30. End of year book value per share of $12.13 is down from $12.70 in Q3 and $15.85 a year ago. Today's close of $10.87 is a 10.4% discount to Dec. 31 book (which is almost certainly higher today than it was on Dec. 31).
- Interest rate spread of 1.43% is up a whopping 36 basis points from Q3 and 49 bps from a year ago. Better yield on investments was driven by lower prepayment speeds: CPR of 7% vs. 13% in Q3, 20% a year ago. Funding costs of 2.33% rose 31 bps from Q3, rose 80 bps from a year ago.
- Company continues to diversify away from fixed 30-year agency MBS paper, with commercial assets now accounting for 14% of stockholder equity. Agency MBS portfolio of $73.4B vs. $83B in Q3, $127B a year ago.
- Leverage of 5.0:1 compares to 5.4:1 in Q3, 6.5:1 a year ago.
- CC tomorrow at 10 ET
- Press release, Q4 results
Tuesday, Feb 254:40 PM| 16 Comments -
Tuesday, Feb 254:27 PM
- Annaly Capital Mgmt (NLY): Q4 EPS of $0.35 beats by $0.09.
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Friday, Feb 1410:00 AM
- After slipping nearly 3% overnight in wake of the news of the departures of its COO and co-CIO from the firm's external manager, Annaly (NLY -0.9%) is off modestly in early action.
- A bull on the stock, Tsachy Mishal says the departures are understandable given Annaly's weak performance, and one could make the argument it's news to buy on as these poor-performing execs are gone.
- David Schawel: "This news shouldn't be a surprise - their portfolio has sadly been a disaster since Farrell passed away."
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Thursday, Feb 134:34 PM
- Annaly Capital (NLY) COO James Fortescue has given 30-day notice of his intent to leave the firm's external manager. In addition co-CIO Kris Konrad has resigned from his position with the manager.
- SEC Form 8-K
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Tuesday, Feb 411:51 AM
- Addressing an analyst cadre somewhat uncomfortable with American Capital's (AGNC +1.6%) new policy of purchasing the common stock of its agency mREIT competitors (Wells' Joel Houck: Do you know their hedging strategies? What happens when one blows up?), CIO Gary Kain says the discounts to asset value are so great as to mitigate much of the risk.
- Kain does acknowledge some risks though, and reminds that the purchase program is but a small slice of AGNC's overall portfolio ($400M of others' stock bought so far vs. nearly $600M of AGNC buybacks just in Q4).
- For now, there won't be any disclosure of which names American Capital is buying - a position also not sitting well with those on the call. Should the positions get large enough though, regulatory filings might be required.
- Kain also reminds that AGNC isn't just boosting risk with these purchases - instead it's selling MBS at 100 cents on the dollar to buy them back (via other mREITs) at somewhere in the area of 80 cents on the dollar.
- Most of the mREIT sector (REM +0.7%) is ahead again today - Armour (ARR +0.9%), CYS (CYS +2.8%), Hatteras (HTS +1.6%), American Capital Mortgage (MTGE +0.6%), PennyMac (PMT +1.2%) - but Annaly (NLY -0.6%) lags, perhaps as investors feel it was far more conservatively positioned going into 2014 than AGNC was.
- Earnings call is still ongoing
- Previous coverage
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Monday, Feb 310:42 AM
- The poor ISM number and resultant drop in interest rates provides more manna to the rebounding mREITs (REM), with Annaly (NLY +1.7%), Western Asset (WMC +1.9%), CYS (CYS +0.9%), Capstead (CMO +1%), and Ellington (EFC +0.8%), (EARN +0.2%) among those leading the sector this morning.
- Capstead was the first of the mREITs to report Q4 results, but American Capital (AGNC +0.9%), (MTGE -0.1%) reports on Wednesday, and investors will want to see if Gary Kain and team - so worried about higher rates - hedged away any gains to be made from their fast decline thus far this year.
- Related ETFs: MORT, MORL
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Friday, Jan 3110:26 AM
- Working today - and for the whole month of January - as the broader market sells off are the REITs. The sector - both the equity REITs and mREITs - had been punished in 2013 as rates moved higher starting last May, but another four basis point decline this morning brings the 10-year Treasury yield down to 2.66% after starting the year at about 3%.
- At least for the mREITs, nearly all put in what may turn out to be major bottoms late in 2013 amid jitters over year-end tax-loss selling and the commencement of the taper - sell the rumor, buy the news ... indeed.
- Mortgage REITs: Annaly (NLY +1.1%) +7.4% YTD, American Capital (AGNC +1.3%) +9.1%, Invesco (IVR +0.5%) +6.7%, Anworth (ANH +0.6%) +10.9%, Apollo Residential (AMTG +0.7%) +9.1%, AG Mortgage Investment (MITT +0.6%) +5.6%.
- ETFs: REM, MORT, MORL
- Equity players: Realty Income (O +0.5%) +9.6% YTD, National Retail (NNN +0.7%) +9.8%, AvalonBay (AVB +0.8%) +4.1%, Public Storage (PSA +0.6%) +4.9%, Boston Properties (BXP +0.2%) +7.8%, Liberty Trust (LRY +1%) +7.9%.
- Related ETFs: IYR, VNQ, REM, DRN, REZ, URE, SRS, RWR, ICF, SCHH, DRV, ROOF, KBWY, RTL, REK, FRI, FTY, PSR, FNIO, WREI
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Thursday, Jan 3010:20 AM
- You're seeing a lot of demand in the assets we hold, says Capstead Mortgage (CMO +1.5%) management on the conference call after reporting a blowout Q4. In a steepening yield curve environment - the short-end anchored while long rates move higher - Capstead is benefitting from tightening spreads in the 5/1 ARMs it mostly holds.
- Mr. Market seems to have fleshed this out, and Capstead was already trading for right around book value (reported at $12.47 as of Dec. 31) vs. the double-digit discounts for long-end players like Annaly (NLY +0.2%), American Capital (AGNC -0.3%), Armour (ARR), and CYS Investments (CYS -0.5%).
- Another in the adjustable-rate arena is Hatteras Financial (HTS +1.5%).
- Related ETFs: REM, MORT, MORL
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Wednesday, Jan 293:15 PM
- For the most part, the mREIT sector (REM -0.2%) is getting little boost from another big swoosh down in interest rates - the 10-year Treasury yield off 7 basis points to 2.69%. Confused about how to play the dislocations caused by massive QE purchases of MBS, mREIT managements are likely similarly confused about how to play the taper (another $10B reduction today).
- Peeking into the green in afternoon action are Annaly (NLY +0.9%), Chimera (CIM +0.8%), and American Capital Agency (AGNC +0.2%), but Armour (ARR -0.7%), Invesco (IVR -1.2%), American Capital Mortgage (MTGE -1.2%), Hatteras (HTS -1.7%), and Western Asset (WMC -2.6%) are nicely lower.
- Capstead Mortgage is set to be the first of the mREIT to report Q4 results after the bell today.
- ETFs: MORT, MORL
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A Novel Drosophila Model of Nerve Injury Reveals an Essential Role of Nmnat in Maintaining Axonal Integrity
A Novel Drosophila Model of Nerve Injury Reveals an Essential Role of Nmnat in Maintaining Axonal IntegrityWldS Prevents Axon Degeneration through Increased Mitochondrial Flux and Enhanced Mitochondrial Ca2+ Buffering
Current Biology, Volume 22, Issue 7,
Pages 590-595,
Publication Date 15 March 2012
Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.01.065
Yanshan Fang
Lorena Soares
Xiuyin Teng
Melissa Geary
Nancy M. Bonini
Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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► Downregulation of dNmnat induces spontaneous axon degeneration in vivo ► Axotomy triggers rapid mitochondrial depletion and progressive axon degeneration ► Upregulation of dNmnat suppresses injury-induced mitochondrial and axonal loss ► Eliminating mitochondria from axons abolishes axonal protection of Nmnat
Axons damaged by acute injury, toxic insults, or during neurodegenerative diseases undergo Wallerian or Wallerian-like degeneration, which is an active and orderly cellular process, but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood [1,2,3]. Drosophila has been proven to be a successful system for modeling human neurodegenerative diseases [4,5]. In this study, we established a novel in vivo model of axon injury using the adult fly wing. The wing nerve highlighted by fluorescent protein markers can be directly visualized in living animals and be precisely severed by a simple wing cut, making it highly suitable for large-scale screening. Using this model, we confirmed an axonal protective function of WldS and nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase (Nmnat) [3]. We further revealed that knockdown of endogenous Nmnat triggered spontaneous, dying-back axon degeneration in vivo. Intriguingly, axonal mitochondria were rapidly depleted upon axotomy or downregulation of Nmnat. The injury-induced mitochondrial loss was dramatically suppressed by upregulation of Nmnat, which also protected severed axons from degeneration. However, when mitochondria were genetically eliminated from axons, upregulation of Nmnat was no longer effective to suppress axon degeneration. Together, these findings demonstrate an essential role of endogenous Nmnat in maintaining axonal integrity that may rely on and function by stabilizing mitochondria.


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With the onset of colder weather, large numbers of manatees in Lee County are congregating in warm-water refuges to protect themselves from falling water temperatures. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) cautions boaters to maintain a sharp lookout, slow to idle speed and use extreme caution when manatees are sighted.
Concentrations of these gentle giants are moving up the main channel of the Caloosahatchee River, headed toward the Orange River and local canals. Other areas such as Mullock Creek and Ten Mile Creek also are places manatees are likely to gather. High concentrations of these animals may also be found at the entrances to these waterways.
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Rep. Graves tries again to increase small business contracting goals
The chairman of the Small Business Committee plans to introduce two bills today. One will increase the governmentwide small business prime contracting goal to 25 percent from 23 percent. The other focuses on contract bundling and data transparency.
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Bill to give SBA complete oversight of veteran small business program
House Small Business and Veterans Affairs committee members plan to introduce a bill Thursday to make the service-disabled veteran-owned small business program less cumbersome, confusing and more transparent.
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Bills aim to fix construction contracting potholes for small businesses
House Small Business Committee members introduce two bills to ban reverse auctions in many cases and mandate a two-step process to evaluate design and build procurements.
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Agencies fall short of small business contracting goals for 7th straight year
While agencies missed their overall small business goal in 2012, they did meet the governmentwide goals for small disadvantaged businesses and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-Mo.) said the results are "unacceptable."
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USPS employees to see less overtime, more buyouts under 5-day delivery plan
Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said the service can no longer afford to delivery first class mail six-days a week. He said cutting back by one day a week would save about $2 billion a year. USPS still would have a $14 billion deficit and needs help from Congress to address other fiscal challenges.
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House Small Biz Committee taking on contracting reform
The Federal Drive with Tom Temin. spoke with Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.), chairman of the House Small Business Committee.
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Bill seeks small biz protection in 'unfair' contract bundling
A bill introduced in the House today aims to give small businesses more opportunities in contract bundling.
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Lawmakers on the House Small Business Committee introduced three bipartisan bills Wednesday aimed at contracting reform.
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The chairman of the House Committee on Small Business is introducing two bills today aimed at increasing small business contracts in government, including bumping agencies' small contracting goal from 23 percent to 25 percent.
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House votes to block contractor disclosure
Three members of the House and four members of the Senate introduce companion pieces of legislation to head off the White House's draft executive order requiring contractors to disclose political contributions.
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