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Saturday, December 21, 2013
Alooooha, Honolulu. No Ka Oi In The Open Water
After swimming around the world and observing swimmers and reporting on events on five continents, there are many scenic locations and wonderfully hospitable communities of open water swimmers, but there were many reasons for listing Honolulu (on the island of Oahu) first.
Here is our list of the top 25 reasons:
1. Open water swimming has been a tradition on Oahu for centuries.
2. Great swimmers have come from Oahu from Duke Kahanamoku to Keo Nakama, from Kathy Shipman to Nadine Day.
3. Dozens of open water swimming competitions from 1 km to 7 km are held throughout the year.
4. Waikiki Beach is one of the most picturesque, crowded, open water swimming-friendly beaches in the world.
5. Honolulu City & County Lifeguards are extraordinarily knowledgeable, well-trained and constantly on alert year-round.**
6. Surfers - willing to help swimmers in need - dot the coastline.
7. Great marathon swims including solo Oceans Seven crossings across the Molokai Channel and competitive relay competitions like the Ka'iwi Channel Swim are held.
8. Gorgeous marine scenery never hesitates to fascinate.
9. Wonderfully comfortable water temperatures are always inviting.
10. Tropical scenery, resort hotels and volcanos serve as landmarks.
11. Original home of the Ironman Triathlon and the Waikiki Roughwater Swim.
12. Wonderful aloha spirit of the local swimming community and the hundreds of thousands of residents of Honolulu.
13. Plenty of hotels and accommodations for visitors.
14. Warm showers and changing rooms available at every beach park.
15. Challenging conditions can be found from the North Shore in winter to wind-whipped days on the island's South Shore.
16. Marine life is abundant and can always be seen dotting in and out of coral reefs.
17. Ample parking at most beach parks.
18. Numerous restaurants and local eating establishments are available within minutes of getting out of the water.
19. Sandy beaches with warm sand friendly to your feet.
20. An active, healthy, hospitable open water swimming community including the long-established Waikiki Swim Club.
21. An active, energetic, friendly triathlon and multi-sport community where watermen and waterwomen abound.
22. Arguably the most used ocean swimming venue in the world: the Ala Moana Beach Park.
23. Local post-swim delicacies like pupus and plate lunches.
24. Rainbows, sunrises and sunsets that never cease to amaze.
25. Experienced coaches, race directors, escort pilots, lifeguards, paddlers and kayakers can be easily found.
Great Cities In America for Open Water Swimming:
1. Honolulu, Hawaii
2. San Francisco, California
3. La Jolla (San Diego), California (shown above)
4. Boston, Massachusetts
5. New York/Brooklyn, New York
6. Atlantic City/Ocean City, New Jersey
7. Miami, Florida
8. Washington D.C.
9. Indianapolis/Noblesville, Indiana
10. Chicago, Illinois
11. Austin, Texas
12. Miami, Florida
13. Laguna Beach (Orange County), California
** The Honolulu lifeguards and local volunteers proven their abilities to respond to emergencies when 600 swimmers competing in the 2003 Waikiki Roughwater Swim got in trouble and 361 swimmers were rescued and all were safe. The situation and background are explained below by Ralph Goto, the Ocean Safety Administrator of the Ocean Safety and Lifeguard Services Division of the City & County of Honolulu in Hawaii.
Copyright © 2013 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Thank you very much for your interest in the world of open water swimming.
The Staff of the World Open Water Swimming Association
2014 Global Open Water Swimming Conference
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California.
The Global Open Water Swimming Conference is a conference on the sport of open water swimming, marathon swimming and swimming during triathlons and multi-sport endurance events.
The conference which has been attended by enthusiasts and luminaries from 6 continents, is devoted to providing information about the latest trends, race tactics, training techniques, equipment, psychological preparation, race organization and safety practices used in the sports of open water swimming, marathon swimming and triathlons.
The conference's mission is to provide opportunities to listen and meet many of the world's most foremost experts in open water swimming, and to meet and discuss the sport among swimmers, coaches, administrators, event organizers, sponsors, vendors, officials, escort pilots, and volunteers from kayakers to safety personnel.
Dozens of presentations at the 2014 Conference at the Mount Stuart House cover numerous aspects of the vast and growing world of open water swimming where attendees can learn and share the latest trends, race tactics, training modalities, swimming techniques, equipment, race organization, logistics, operations, and safety practices for open water swimming as a solo swimmer, competitive athlete, fitness swimmer, masters swimmer, triathlete, multi-sport athlete, administrator, race promoter, sponsor or referee.
The conference was first held in Long Beach, California as part of the 2010 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships. It has since been held on the Queen Mary in California, at Columbia University and the United Nations in New York City, and in Cork, Ireland. This year in September, it comes to another iconic location, the Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute in Scotland.
"The Global Open Water Swimming Conference was started due to the desire and need for athletes, coaches, referees, administrators, race directors, promoters and sponsors from around the world to share, collect and learn information about the growing sports of open water swimming, marathon swimming and triathlons," said founder Steven Munatones. "Other swimming conferences usually offering nothing on open water swimming or perhaps a speech or two, but we thought open water swimming deserves its own global conference. It is great that the community shares its information via the online social network, but there is nothing like meeting other open water swimming enthusiasts face-to-face and talking about the sport from morning to night."
Speakers at the conference include English Channel swimmers, ice swimmers, record holders, renowned coaches, world champions, professional marathon swimmers, renowned race directors, officials and administrators from the Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania.
"Because the audience is passionate and educated about the sport and its finest practitioners, the Global Open Water Swimming Conference is also the location of the induction ceremonies for the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and the annual WOWSA Awards that recognize the World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year, the World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year, the World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year, and the World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year. Special Lifetime Achievement Awards are also occasionally presented to individuals who have made significant contributions to the sport over their career."
The 2014 Global Open Water Swimming Conference Programme
Wednesday, September 17th
Leave Glasgow to commence 2-day tour of Scotland [closest international airport is Glasgow]
Thursday, September 18th
Stay Mainland, North of Scotland
Friday, September 19th
14:00 - Swim Loch Lomond
17:00 - Head to Isle of Bute
19:30 - Scottish Banquet
21:30 - Dinner Dance
Saturday, September 20th
09:00 - Registration & Coffee
10:00 - Speeches
12:20 - Lunch and WOWSA Awards
13:40 – Speeches
15:40 - Round Table
19:00 - International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Dinner & Induction Ceremony
Sunday, September 21st
09:00 - Registration & Coffee
10:00 - Speeches
14:30 - Swim in St Ninian's Bay on the Isle of Bute
The luminaries of the open water swimming world who will be honored in Scotland will include:
* Sandra Bucha (U.S.A.), International Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Open Water Swimmer and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honour Swimmer
* Jon Erikson (U.S.A.), International Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Open Water Swimmer
* Claudio Plit (Argentina), International Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Open Water Swimmer
* Judith van Berkel-de Njis (Netherlands), International Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Open Water Swimmer
* David Yudovin (U.S.A.), International Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Open Water Swimmer
* Mercedes Gleitze (Great Britain), International Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Open Water Swimmer
* George Young (Canada), International Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Open Water Swimmer
* Dale Petranech (U.S.A.), International Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Open Water Contributor
* Melissa Cunningham (Australia), 2013 Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award winner
* Vojislav Mijić (Serbia), International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honour Swimmer
* James Anderson (U.S.A.), International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honour Administrator
* Dr. Jane Katz (U.S.A.), International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honour Administrator
* Indonesian Swimming Federation, , International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honour Organisation
* Elizabeth Fry (U.S.A.), International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honour Swimmer
* Pádraig Mallon (Ireland), the 2013 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year
* Olga Kozydub (Russia), the 2013 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year
* Bering Strait Swim (international team), the 2013 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year
* International Ice Swimming Association (Ram Barkai, founder, South Africa), the 2013 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year
For additional articles on the 2014 Global Open Water Swimming Conference, visit:
* Olga Kozydub To Be Honored In Scotland
* Pádraig Mallon To Be Honored In Mount Stuart Castle
* Mount Stuart House, Splendid Setting For Swimming
* Colleen Blair To Kick-off Global Open Water Swimming Conference
* The Man Who Swims Better Than He Walks
* Joining In The Sea Goddess At The Hall Of Fame
* Mercedes Gleitze To Be Honored In Scotland
* The Incredible Career Of Merceded Gleitze
* Jon Erikson To Be Honoured In Florida
* The Incredible Career Of Mercedes Gleitze
* St Ninian's Bay To Host International Swim Conference
Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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The Other Shore follows world record holder and legendary swimmer Diana Nyad as she comes out of a thirty-year retirement to re-attempt an elusive dream: swimming 103 miles non-stop from Cuba to Florida without the use of a shark cage. Her past and present collide in her obsession with a feat that nobody has ever accomplished. At the edge of The Devil's Triangle, tropical storms, sharks, venomous jellyfish, and one of the strongest ocean currents in the world, all prove to be life-threatening realities. Timothy Wheeler's documentary brings Diana Nyad's extraordinary adventure to life as Diana sets out to prove that will and determination are all you need to make the unimaginable possible.
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Goals from Alvas Powell, Maximiliano Urruti and Rodney Wallace fire the Portland Timbers to a comfortable 3-0 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps in their MLS clash.
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Result: Portland Timbers secure comfortable victory over Vancouver WhitecapsGoals from Alvas Powell, Maximiliano Urruti and Rodney Wallace fire the Portland Timbers to a comfortable 3-0 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps in their MLS clash.
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Result: Landon Donovan, Marcelo Sarvas strikes hand Galaxy winGoals from Landon Donovan and Marcelo Sarvas fire the Los Angeles Galaxy to a crucial 2-0 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps in their MLS clash.
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Result: Chivas USA held by Vancouver WhitecapsDavid Ousted produces an inspired goalkeeping performance as Vancouver hold Chivas USA to a goalless draw in Los Angeles.
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Result: Vancouver Whitecaps, Montreal Impact settle for goalless drawChances are missed by both sides late on as the Vancouver Whitecaps and the Montreal Impact play out a goalless draw at BC Place.
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Result: Seattle Sounders stay top after Vancouver Whitecaps drawSeattle Sounders earn a point against Vancouver Whitecaps, thanks to a late Gonzalo Pineda penalty.
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Kenny Miller leaves Vancouver WhitecapsFormer Scotland striker Kenny Miller leaves Vancouver Whitecaps by mutual consent.
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Result: Pedro Morales brace inspires Vancouver Whitecaps winVancouver Whitecaps move up the Western Conference standings after a 3-2 win over San Jose Earthquakes.
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Result: Late Sebastian Fernandez strike hands Vancouver Whitecaps pointThe Vancouver Whitecaps stage a late comeback to earn a point in their MLS clash with Real Salt Lake.
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Hockey's complicated payroll plan
When the NHL asked for cost certainty, it got this system
When is a US$6-million contract not worth $6 million?
That was just the case for star Chicago Blackhawks centre Jonathan Toews last season.
Under the terms of the NHL's old collective bargaining agreement, the league withheld 8.5 per cent of Toews' salary and and the salaries of hundreds of his union brethren.
The provision, called escrow, is one of the most misunderstood items in the CBA.
Simply put, it is the mechanism put into the 2005 agreement that ensures the players are paid exactly their portion (57 per cent in the deal just expired) of the NHL's hockey-related revenue.
An escrow deduction of 8.5 per cent was withheld from all players but actual calculations of league revenues/player salaries came out slightly favouring the league, and players will be getting between 8 and 8.5 per cent back, all to ensure they received their 57 per cent of revenues.
That "final accounting" payout to Toews and other NHLers for 2011-12 will come some time next month.
To some, the system is a punishment. Others view it as a Ponzi scheme used to prop up the Phoenix Coyotes or a mechanism for the league to pad its own pockets or a variety of other conspiracy theories.
Givebacks, involving more than 10 per cent in each of 2008-09 and 2009-10 mostly due to the global financial slump, were real and made according to the CBA.
"The primary part of this deal is that we won't pay more than a certain percentage and we won't pay less than a certain percentage," said NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly. "The escrow is kind of a true-up formula, a way for us to be protected if we overpay and if we underpay... we top up the players salaries."
But players, generally, don't care for it, just like anyone who receives a paycheque doesn't really care for all the regular deductions.
"Players see their contract value as what it is and they (don't think) they should have to accept anything less," said Glenn Healy, the CBC analyst and former NHL goalie who once worked for the NHLPA. "Escrow is a necessary, unfortunately, system for the NHL because they have cost certainty. They know a certain percentage will be paid to the players, not a penny more, not a penny less."
Many problems and misperceptions of escrow come from not understanding how it worked, said Ron Hainsey, the Winnipeg Jets defenceman who's a key member of the NHLPA's bargaining committee.
"Everyone wants to get paid their full pay; but this system can only work with some way to make sure (the players) only get 57 per cent.
"Players see the deduction and want to know, 'Why don't I have it?' But once it's explained, I think most players understand it."
Though the overall concept isn't that difficult, there are a host of items that affect escrow and some of them are not exact science.
Injuries also have an impact on escrow.
A large number of injuries will send total NHL salaries higher and possibly higher than the 57 per cent of revenues. In that case, it costs every player.
"When Sidney Crosby is out for a long time, you have to have a player to replace him and that costs money and that affects escrow," Healy explained. "How do you predict that? You can't."
As for the nuts and bolts, the actual escrow holdback percentage is set by the NHL and the NHLPA at the start of every season and adjusted quarterly.
"We do our best projections on what revenues are going to be and what year-end player costs are going to be and we arrive at an escrow rate," Daly said.
The fluctuations and guesswork involved cry out for a better way.
"Brighter minds might be able to figure out a way to eliminate it," Healy said. "Maybe they could go off last year's number."
It would be a certain, audited number and any growth in revenues could be settled up later during the next season.
"It could work," Daly said. "Absolutely. But it doesn't necessarily preclude the need for escrow, depending on what you do with the range. But it would be much more certain.
"If you could hold it flat and calculate the range off a flat number, the PA's argument seven or eight years ago when we negotiated it was that your revenues are going to grow year over year and the players should be compensated in the year you're generating those revenues on a basis that is reflective of those revenues.
"Setting the cap at the mid-point, that's another possibility, then you don't need escrow. But it goes back to the players wanting the clubs to have the ability to spend and have a little more flexibility."
Of course, the NHLPA wants teams to have the flexibility to spend. That benefits the players.
The future of escrow is less cut and dried.
The NHL has already proposed changes to escrow, Daly said, trying to recognize some of the concerns the players have had.
"We made proposals this summer that were intended to minimize the impact of escrow over time," Daly said. "One of the responses we got across the table, because we understood escrow was a problem for the players, was that 'We've never told you escrow was a problem and you'd be best inclined not to address problems we don't raise with you.' "
What could well aggravate the players, he said, was that the NHL's current proposal to shrink the players' share of revenues will not come by simply reducing value of contracts by using escrow.
Which could mean big deductions, likely double-digit percentages to start, if the league gets its way.
And now you can see why the fight is on.
How does
it work?
WITH each player's paycheque, a deduction is made and held aside in an interest-bearing escrow account. The deduction is based on projections of aggregate payroll amounts across the NHL, as well as revenues. At the end of each season, the actual calculations of payrolls and revenues are done to determine the exact dollar amount the players should have received. That's compared to what they actually received, and then their escrow payments are returned with either a top-up from the league because too little was paid in salaries or a deduction because overall player costs turned out to be greater than the proper share.
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition September 26, 2012 C3
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Fiscal Competition In Developing Countries: A Survey Of The Theoretical And Empirical Literature
AbstractFiscal competition between governments to attract investment can take the form of business tax rebates, productivity-enhancing public infrastructure, tax holidays, accelerated depreciation allowances or loss carry-forward for income tax purposes. This paper surveys the recent theoretical and empirical economic literature and deals with three issues. First, it examines if the theoretical literature on fiscal competition and bidding races contribute to a better understanding of these phenomena in developing countries. Second, it examines whether FDI inflows in developing countries are sensitive to fiscal incentives and if there is empirical evidence of strategic behavior by developing country governments in order to attract FDI. Finally, it reviews the literature's conclusions about fiscal competition among local governments in developing countries.
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CVD Equipment: Backlog Will Drive Revenue Growth [View article]Apr 4 12:25 AM | 1 Like |Link to Comment
Chaz, just seeing your message now. Sorry for the delayed response. Having dropped off my radar for a bit, I will give it review and get back to you.
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Pervasive Beats Its Numbers and Raises Guidance [View article]
Pervasive's Database revenue, which is their cash cow, had its strongest quarter since last Q3. This is good news considering previously they were not signing new clients, they were just not losing their old ones.
Their Integration product, which is in its 2nd quarter of the PSQL v.11 release, had slightly lower revenue reported than last quarter but that revenue can be found in their deferred revenue. Integration subscriptions make up roughly half of the deferred revenues. Bookings have increased to their highest level and are up 4.5% from last Q3. Twelve month trailing bookings from integration products have increased 11%. Although Japan makes up 10% of total revenue, the latest events that have unfolded there have not stunted revenue. PSQL v.11J will be released to the Japan market in June. Prior to any new release, revenues the quarter before will be weak. Therefore Japan's upgrade cycle in Q4 should make their 10% of revenue increase. If the domestic v.11 upgrade sales are any indication of Japan's market than 70% of PSQL users will want the v.11J version.
Pervasive's DataRush is still too new to be monetized. Now on their 5.0 release, there has not been much bite. Sales are stronger with year to year revenues up 29% but they still have not seen huge demand from an ever ready market. They have dedicated 13% of their sales team to concentrate on getting the word out. On April 27th they will be sponsoring Metamorphosis: The Cloud Integration Summit. Management is confident that with more exposure, data intensive firms will see the benefits of DataRush.
There is also a slightly less noticed product line that should start to see more revenue growth within the next few quarters. Business Xchange which pervasive acquired from Channelinx about 18 months ago has not received much attention because it has been undergoing tremendous development. Now that Pervasive has built Xchange into a stable platform, they are bullish on 2012 growth for this product.
Overall, things look good for Pervasive.Apr 21 01:55 PM | 1 Like |Link to Comment
CVD Equipment: Backlog Will Drive Revenue Growth [View article]
Nonetheless, it doesn't change my overall thesis that the trajectory has changed for the better with CVV. Until now, backlogs have been in a double digit decline for five consecutive quarters. To me this is an indication that backlogs are on track to see an increase next quarter, which will be the company's first in seven quarters.Apr 4 07:41 AM | 0 Likes |Link to Comment
Kenn, Q4 will be out within a few days. Considering the trajectory I've seen thus far, I need more data before I can consider changing my valuation.
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Using my model and evaluation I firmly believe that my original thesis still holds true. CVV is trading fair at $7.92. In my opinion there's not much premium here. My exact value is $8.53, but no one can be that exact.
I understand the potential for demand is great and the capital structures are in place to handle large orders. However I see no signs that they are coming anytime soon. The company says they were letting backlogs decline to a manageable level. Whether it was voluntary or not, I would like to see an improvement in demand before I can start forecasting future revenue increases to warrant a higher stock price.Nov 25 09:17 PM | 0 Likes |Link to Comment
Thanks for the comment InvestorWisdom. I'm sorry you don't agree with my current assessment of CVV. I must not be the only one concerned about its immediate future considering its stock has dropped 16% since Tuesday's earnings results.
I could not agree with you more about graphene's kick ass potential to change the entire industry. My excitement about the opportunities can be found laced throughout my last article, http://seekingalpha.co... .
On the other hand, excitement doesn't produce revenue. This "undiscovered growth play" hasn't shown any new growth. So until I see a substantial increase in backlogs, revenue, or deferred revenue, I'm not convinced the money is pouring into graphene R&D yet.
Keep an eye out for those large IBM orders because you're right, they could change the trajectory.May 17 05:10 PM | 0 Likes |Link to Comment
Thanks for your numbers 4ron, I'm glad we can agree on the thesis.
I don't think we are looking at revenue stream from orders the same way. What are you considering "actual order numbers?"
I would love clarification!
My understanding of how CVV books orders is as follows.
1.)Fully completed purchase orders will show up as revenue.
2.)Partially completed orders can be found in deferred revenue.
3.)POs accepted not in 1 or 2 can be found in backlogs. (no rev yet)
That being said, I would label "new revenue" this quarter as bookings. To calculate bookings I would take the current deferred rev and subtracted out last quarter's deferred rev. Then I would add in current revenue. To me this gives a better picture of how much revenue was generated this quarter and not just spill over from previous deferred revenue.May 17 04:44 PM | 0 Likes |Link to Comment
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Thomas, I have posted a follow-up article that further explains the revenue stream from BIRT's Xenos acquisition. seekingalpha.com/artic...
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Great comment Thomas. Actuate does not provide specific breakouts of Xenos contribution. The company feels that it is not necessary because Actuate and Xenos are now one unit. To me this is a little sketchy, but not surprising if they are trying to muffle a high premium paid for Xenos. That being said, the Xenos Axess and X2BIRT products are part of the BIRT business model and that model has proven revenue growth. The contribution from Xenos may only be a small piece of the puzzle, but it is a piece that allows the puzzle to be packaged complete.
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I can't explain
This was filmed over the weekend. They are commemorating 50 years since they first played small pubs in London, in 1964.
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Will Ferrell and Chad Smith Drum-Off
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Meet the new boss: Interview with The Who's Roger Daltrey
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A fascinating time in history for music
May 16, 2014- The period from 1963 to 1966 or so is a fascinating one for music. People who went on to become the biggest legends of all-time were all hanging out with one another and cross pollinating .
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Road trip: Hill Country BBQ on 26th Street by Broadway
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In this program Michael O'Neil begins the program speaking with Michael Duricy from University of Dayton International Marian Research Institute who is an expert on Mary in Film. He then talks with Anthony Ryan, director of sales and marketing for Ignatius Press. To wrap up the program Michael speaks with Zaid Jazrawi who is the producer of film The Triumph.
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The Effects of Federal Funds Target Rate Changes on S&P100 Stock Returns, Volatilities, and Correlations
We study the impact of FOMC announcements of Federal funds target rate decisions on individual stock prices at the intraday level. We find that the returns, volatilities and correlations of the S&P100 index constituents only respond to the surprise component in the announcement, as measured by the change in the Federal funds futures rate. For example, an unexpected 25 basis points increase of the target rate leads on average to a 113 basis points negative market return within five minutes after the announcement. It also increases market volatility during the 60-minute window around the announcement with 147 basis points. Positive surprises, meaning bad news for stocks, provoke a stronger reaction than negative surprises. Market participants also respond differently to good and bad news. In case of bad news for stocks the fact that there is a surprise matters most, whereas in case of good news the magnitude of the surprise is more important. Across sectors, Financials and IT show the strongest response to target rate surprises.
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It has been revealed in a recent report that a stem cell scientist from South Korea has been able to clone an endangered coyote species. This is according to a project funded by the provincial government. The name of the scientist is Han-Woo-suk and he has successfully cloned an endangered species, with the help of his research and development.
He has cloned as many as 8 coyotes and has now donated them to a wildlife protection centre situated in Pyeongtaek in the south of Seoul. He did so by transferring the somatic nuclei from a donor coyote into the eggs of a dog. He has been applauded for his great contribution in the field of wildlife preservation in these times, where there are so many endangered and extinct species in the world.
He is the same man responsible for the successful cloning in humans. He is a man of great knowledge and scientific expertise and has immensely contributed towards the growth and development of science.
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Amazon buys video game streaming company Twitch
In its second-largest acquisition, Amazon buys the company for $970 million.
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In its second-largest acquisition, Amazon buys the company for $970 million.
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SmileyCookie.com, the online cookie delivery service of Eat'n Park, a neighborhood restaurant with locations and bakeries in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, was searching for a way to sweeten its online sales.
The retailer, which sells customizable hand-iced sugar cookies with its signature smiley face design, wanted to extend the service customers received in its restaurants to its online store. SmileyCookie.com began to send targeted e-mails to welcome new customers and to remind customers who had abandoned carts that there were products they had left in their baskets. The e-mails resulted in a 15% increase in revenue for the online cookie shop.
The campaign, managed by e-mail vendor Listrak, first offers new visitors to SmileyCookie.com 10% off if they sign up for e-mails. The offer is displayed to new visitors in a pop-up window. Those who subscribe are sent a coupon code via e-mail, which is valid for two weeks. If the consumer doesn't place an order within six days, she receives a second e-mail reminding her about the offer.
The retailer says the discount offer increased the retailer's e-mail list by 54%, and the two welcome e-mails triggered by the pop-up produce conversion rates of 28.4% and 25.8%, respectively.
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SmileyCookie.com also began sending consumers who abandon their shopping carts e-mails asking them to come back and complete their purchases. The retailer sends an automated three-message series when a shopper abandons the online cart. The first message is sent three hours after the abandonment with the subject line, "Was there a problem checking out?" and includes images of items left in the cart, prices, and two prominent buttons that link back to the cart.
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- High gas prices may be putting the brakes on Americans' summer travel plans, but The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is providing some relief by offering free gas cards and a chance to win an all-expense paid vacation.
Light The Night Walk participants doing online fundraising can earn $50 worth of free gas for every $500 they raise during July and August. For every $250 raised, $15 gas cards will be earned. The cards will be available while supplies last. As a bonus, the top online Light The Night fundraiser in July and August will win a special grand prize: a vacation for four at one of the luxurious Marriott Vacation Club International's Orlando Resort properties, including air transportation, courtesy of American Airlines.
"Light The Night Walk, LLS's annual evening fundraising walk, is the nation's opportunity to pay tribute and commemorate lives touched by blood cancer," said Nancy L. Klein, LLS's Chief Marketing and Revenue Officer. "The goal of finding cures and helping patients is a great motivator, in and of itself. But with gas prices so high this summer, LLS saw this 'Save at the Pump' promotion as a great added incentive to do something good and get something good!"
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E*Trade is looking for a new chief executive.
The online brokerage firm said Thursday that CEO Steven Freiberg has left the company as it works on strengthening its financial position. Last month, E*Trade reported a 24% drop in second-quarter earnings to $35.9 million, or 14 cents per share.
The company did not say why Freiberg left the company but E*Trade has been struggling for years with losses on mortgage-related assets and the continued exodus of small investors from the stock market.
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Possession, The (Blu-ray / DVD)
Starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kyra Sedgwick, Natasha Calis, Madison Davenport, Matisyahu, Grant Show
Directed by Ole Bornedal
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"The Following is Based on a True Story"
"This is What Happened to One Family Over the Course of 29 Days"
Okay, you know what? Filmmakers, listen up! You are no longer to use the phrase "Based on a True Story" or its many variations to market or open your films! The frisson one might get from the possibility that the story they're about to watch is real has long since been nullified by the phrase's mis- and overuse. It no longer has any impact, save for pissing off your potential fans by insulting their intelligence. And even if (IF) your flick hews closely to events that have actually transpired, don't even bother using it then. The bunch has been spoiled by far too many bad apples.
Case in point: The Possession. The two notices at the top of this review make a pre-opening appearance in this new offering from producer Sam Raimi's Ghost House Pictures (Sam Raimi producing low budget horror flicks – remember when that sounded like a great idea?). And, of course, they're both complete bullshit. The film is "based on a true story", in that there is such a thing as a dibbuk box, the nefarious object that jumpstarts the film's plot. But the "This is What Happened to One Family…" nonsense is entirely erroneous. That's two strikes against the film, before the first frame of footage has rolled.
Loosely, loosely based on the Los Angeles Times article "A Jinx in a Box?" (frickin' great title, that), The Possession concerns Clyde (Morgan), a newly-divorced father sharing custody of his two daughters with his ex-wife Stephanie (Sedgwick). His daughters, the rebellious Hannah (Davenport) and sweet youngster Em (Calis), do their best with the uneasy situation, what with the sometimes tense relationship their parents now share. Things worsen when Em's health deteriorates and her behavior becomes erratic and sometimes quite dangerous. Though it's initially believed that she is acting out due to her parents' separation, her insistence on keeping close to her newly acquired antique box (and speaking with the imaginary friend linked to it) signals the beginning of a number of strange occurrences which convinces Clyde that something supernatural is afoot.
After a quick trip to Professor Exposition, Clyde discovers that his daughter has unwittingly unleashed an evil spirit from her antique, which is actually a Dybbuk Box. In order to save his daughter's life (and her soul), Clyde must enlist a Hasidic rabbi to perform the ending of The Exorcist on Em, hopefully before time runs out and the audience falls asleep.
Though the photography at times is quite beautiful, the central idea is intriguing, and the characters are well-developed and interesting enough, the movie falters when it comes to its tedium, reliance on clichés, and not being able to play fair by its own rules. Examples! If the demonic spirit is unable to exert its evil influence until Em opens its sealed container, then what is responsible for the hellacious polter-beating the box's poor previous owner takes at the film's opening? If the spirit can reach out and attack those it deems to be a threat, why does it leave our story's hero untouched until the finale (save for knocking a book out of his hand – the horror!). And if the spirit is only interested in possessing the innocent, then why does it bother inhabiting…who it inhabits at the film's climax? Add to this long, dull stretches that neither engross with their drama nor frighten with their "horror", along with setpieces you've seen done far better in other films, and you have a well-made but ultimately pointless thriller-that-doesn't-thrill.
Director Bornedal, who made the great Danish thriller NIghtwatch and its surprisingly good Ewan McGregor-led remake, manages to shoot a good-looking picture but fails to generate any tension or genuine scares, except perhaps for a brief moment involving…teeth. Ugh. While I'd mark this movie a failure, I wouldn't mind seeing another film from him, so long as the script he's given is stronger and less dependent on convention.
The actors cannot be faulted, as everyone in front of the camera does a fine job. Morgan, as is usual, makes for a likeable lead and strong presence, whose performance anchors the movie throughout (except, perhaps, for a brief unfortunate bit involving a few tears in front of several rabbis). Sedgwick has the thankless task of making her "responsible, uncool" mom character sympathetic, and does so admirably. Davenport and Calis do well as the film's sisters (especially the latter, who has to toggle back and forth between sweet and scary as the possessed Em), and singer Matisyahu makes for a compelling enough exorcist, until the script calls for him to scream the spirit's name over and over during the movie's epileptic fit inducing finale (to be fair – I'm not certain any actor could have pulled this off very well).
Lionsgate casts this flick onto disc with a sharp transfer, strong audio, and a light if not bare-bones bonus features package. The image is quite sharp, with mostly great detail throughout (things occasionally look a little soft in a few of the darker sequences). Colors are strong, giving a good representation of the film's muted palette. The audio is damn good, taking full advantage of the film's "Boo! Gotcha!" sound design.
The special features are few, sadly. We get two audio commentaries: one with director Bornedal, which may put you to sleep - not because the content is necessarily boring, but because the man's calm, measured speaking tones simply…lull one; the other with the film's writers, Juliet Snowden and Stiles White, which is a bit more lively and sheds insight on the project's genesis and their intentions with their script. "The Real History of the Dibbuk Box" is a fantastic, thirteen-minute featurette that essentially covers the same ground as the L.A. Times article, and will likely send more shivers down your spine in its short running time than the feature managed in ninety minutes. If only the film could've more closely followed this intriguing, true-life tale, rather than forcing the facts to conform within Hollywood's own evil box, then The Possession might have become a special, low-key chiller – rather than the Exorcist-lite hokum we were eventually presented with. Ah, well, so it goes. Rounding out the bonus features is the theatrical trailer. Which is nice and trailery enough, I suppose.
Pass this one up, gang. Though it isn't as torturous as the similarly themed The Unborn (aka The Ungood), and while it's a handsomely mounted and well-acted film, The Possession is ultimately not worth your money or time. Do yourselves a solid, and skip this in favor of checking out Bornedal's previous work, or perhaps any of the number of films that this flick borrows from. But whatever you do, leave this damned box closed.
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