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Just Mobile AluDisc
It should come as a surprise to no one that Just Mobile is back at it again, with yet another handsome metal Mac accessory made to fill a need you might not even know you had. This time, it's AluDisc ($70). If you guessed it's a disc of aluminum, you're right on. It's a stand, giving your iMac or Apple display the ability to rotate 360 degrees. Updated with new photos and hands-on impressions!
The aluminum circle is 11 inches in diameter, and just over three-quarters of an inch tall. Inside, there's a ball-bearing system that allows it to easily spin all the way around. Just Mobile says this is great for reshaping your workspace, or even just accessing your ports without having to reach around blindly. We could see it being particularly useful in a business setting, where one might want to rotate an iMac to show what's on the screen.
Updated: Originally announced at the end of May, AluDisc is now actually shipping, and we've had an opportunity to try it out. The pedestal is quite big, with enough space to accommodate a 27" iMac or Thunderbolt Display leg with a little bit of room to spare on each side. Unlike the swirled silver top, the plastic bottom is completely covered in rubber, with a small gap to let the disc swivel in complete silence through 360 degrees of freedom. Our review sample looked great and worked perfectly, with the footprint as its only arguable issue; while it's right-sized for Macs, it's too big to fit properly atop Just Mobile's Drawer, which we continue to love. If all you're looking for is less than an inch of elevation and some rotation, consider it. We're hoping to see a combo of the two ideas in a future sequel.
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Ratings based on 684 Verified Reviews
They paid and stayed. We double-checked.
4.2 Room cleanliness
4.1 Service & staff
3.7 Room comfort
4.0 Hotel condition
They paid and stayed.
We double-checked.
We double-checked.
for Everyoneby A verified travelerfrom Seattle, WA
Close to the ActionPosted Dec 18, 2014
Short walk from Hong Kong Station in Central. But be forewarned it is a maze of tiny streets. So get a good map and/or online map on your phone before you try to walk it on your own. Staff is very helpful. We needed a rollaway bed and it was very very comfortable.
for Everyoneby A verified traveler
ifc몰과 인접해서 좋았고 저녁에 걸어서 쇼핑이나 식사를 즐길수있는곳.Posted Dec 16, 2014
Pros: 직원들 써비스 굿.
Cons: 글쎄,금액대비 호텔규모.
처음에 느낌은 왜이리 작아 였다. 호텔 규모도 작고(한국에 있는 모텔규모). 방 사이즈도 굉장히 작음.
by A verified travelerfrom toronto
Not worth the price.Posted Dec 7, 2014
After staying at several hotels in TST area, I decided to try a hotel in Central. This hotel looked quite upscale from its photos however they are a bit deceiving. Rooms are small, tv is tiny, and the gym doesn't really deserve to be called a gym. Rooms were clean.
for Everyoneby A verified traveler
Posted Dec 4, 2014
Nice hotel near train station, really liked the breakfast, had a very pleasant experience
for Everyoneby A verified travelerfrom Perth, Australia
Christmas shopping in Hong KongPosted Nov 30, 2014
Pros: Location perfect for MRT stations, IFC shopping mall and great restaurants. Loved the friendly staff, décor, breakfasts and Breeze Lounge.
Cons: nothing
Location: great location in Soho, close to shopping centres, restaurants, MRT station
A 3 night stay with my daughter was wonderful. Our taxi driver told us about how to get around Hong Kong with the Octopus Card and we were able to walk easily to the MRT from the Hotel. Shopping centres were close, brilliant restaurants in the neighbourhood and an easy walk to the Victoria Peak tram terminus. We loved staying in this boutique hotel in Soho.
for Business Travelersby A verified travelerfrom 東京都
香港の都心部にある洗練されたホテルPosted Nov 21, 2014
Pros: 香港の中心部にあること。スタッフが親切であること。
Cons: 朝食のレパートリーが少ない。もう少し、いろいろ選択の余地があるといい。
Location: ロケーションは問題ない。仕事で行ったので、観光名所には行っていないので、よく分からないが、IFCには近い。
香港の中心(セントラル)の中にあって、便利である。 ホテルのスタッフも、聞けばいろいろと教えていただき、非常に助かった。 宿泊料は高い方だが、それだけ払う価値はあると思う。
for Everyoneby A verified travelerfrom New York
Extremely well locatedPosted Nov 17, 2014
Pros: Location
Cons: Overall hotel age/looks.
Location: Everything is withing walking distance, ideal place to stay.
But a little old and really tiny rooms. Definitively would not qualify as nice. Just pleasant.
by A verified travelerfrom London
Compact Hotel close to CentralPosted Nov 12, 2014
Location: The hotel is close to Hong Kong station so should be very convenient, but there are many stairs to the Hotel so not convenient on foot with luggage
The Hotel rooms are small and so is the breakfast area even for Hong Kong Island standards, but it was very clean. Although it was rated as 4 stars but I would place it on the edge between 3 and 4 stars, mainly because of the size, and difficulty finfing it on foot.
for Everyoneby A verified travelerfrom London
Good centrally located hotel on Hong Kong IslandPosted Nov 5, 2014
This hotel is in a good location close to some lovely Soho restaurants and easy walking distance to the lively bars of Lan Kwai. Also walking distance to the peak tram and close to the mid level escalators. We only stayed here for one night but found the level of helpfulness of the staff varied greatly. Clean and compact room with a comfy bed.
for Everyoneby A verified travelerfrom Brisbane
Great position on Hong Kong IslandPosted Nov 1, 2014
Pros: Staff, free coffee on the 4th floor, complimentary mobile phone with free unlimited calls and internet.
Cons: They need to confirm that guests know exactly which Hotel they have booked. Very frustrating after a long flight and a 45 minute traipse up hill.
Location: Easy walk to great restaurants, good clean local area, Position is great for getting around.
Just be aware if you stay at this Hotel that it is the second of two Hotels with the same name in the area, and is the one that nobody knows about if you ask directions. We unfortunately dragged three suitcases to the wrong Hotel which is all uphill and upstairs also. The Lan Kwai Fong @ Kau U Fong is quite an easy 20 min walk from Hong Kong station where you arrive from the airport Express, if only you are in the know. Once we had arrived though, we found the staff to be helpful and the Hotel to be lovely. Perhaps the best asset is the outdoor patio floor on the 4th floor. Comfortable furniture with free tea, coffee and bottled water around the clock. Our party used it every day as a wind down with a glass of wine from the very reasonably priced wine shop across the street, and coffee every morning before taking to the streets. Position for Star Ferries and Ferry to Macau is excellent and walking in the area was fabulous, clean and safe. I would recommend this Hotel as a great place to stay.

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The first half was tough on Barron's stock selections. We got it right on Facebook fb 1.9011915919132414% Facebook Inc. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq USD76.11 1.42 1.9011915919132414% /Date(1418853602018-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 28762019 AFTER HOURS USD76.22 0.109999999999999 0.14452765733806333% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 441885 P/E Ratio 70.47222222222223 Market Cap 208224351680.319 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 1767400 More quote details and news » and were correctly bearish on some other highflying stocks that eventually disappointed, including J.C. Penney jcp 4.905063291139241% J.C. Penney Co. Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD6.63 0.31 4.905063291139241% /Date(1418853696981-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 11156729 AFTER HOURS USD6.66 0.0300000000000002 0.45248868778280543% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 100048 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 1926664627.52662 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 103812 More quote details and news » and MGIC Investment. mtg 3.5428571428571427% MGIC Investment Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD9.06 0.31 3.5428571428571427% /Date(1418853916446-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 5069761 AFTER HOURS USD9.06 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 18908 P/E Ratio 20.591894074052796 Market Cap 2962399978.6377 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 1164070 More quote details and news » But we didn't have a lot of success with our bullish picks.
The 48 companies we profiled positively fell 5.7%, on average, through June, while their relevant benchmarks rose 0.3%, based on price changes measured from the Friday before publication. In contrast, our bearish calls continue to beat the market. The 14 companies about which we wrote negatively dropped 1.2%, on average, versus a 1.2% gain in their benchmarks.
Amid the hype about Facebook in much of the media prior to its May initial public offering, Barron's was skeptical. We panned the social-media giant's stock-market prospects around the time it was filing its IPO ("At Long Last, Facebook," Feb. 6), and then again in the week before it went public ("Mad About Facebook," May 14). Our take: The shares, trading for nearly 100 times trailing earnings, looked very expensive, given the company's key challenges, especially generating meaningful revenue from its growing base of mobile users. At the end of June, Facebook shares dropped to $31 from their initial offering price of $38, and that's about where they now stand. Facebook still is no bargain at 60 times estimated 2012 profits when established growth companies like Apple and Google trade at a fraction of that multiple.
Barron's isn't an investment newsletter, but part of our mission is trying to find undervalued and overvalued stocks around the world. With readers turning to us for investment ideas, it's important to periodically tally the score. We began doing these report cards in 2003, and we now look at our performance twice a year, regardless of whether the results make us look good or bad. We examine our prior year's stock selections in January and take an initial look at current-year picks in July, when we also assess the selections from the year before.
Click here for a list of our 2012 bullish picks, and see the nearby chart of our 2012 bearish calls. Up-to-date performance of both our 2011 and 2012 buys and sells–as well as information on earlier-year picks and pans—is available, free of charge, at Barrons.com.
A mix of stock and sector selection hurt our results in the first half. It was a shining period for many defensive groups, including telecoms, electric utilities, and drugs, and we did few bullish stories on those industries. Energy and commodity stocks got crunched in the second quarter, and we wrote positively on several of them, including Cliffs Natural Resources, clf -5.735294117647059% Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD6.41 -0.39 -5.735294117647059% /Date(1418853814376-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 19413682 AFTER HOURS USD6.45 0.04 0.62402496099844% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 227143 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 1041726079.02432 Dividend Yield 9.360374414976599% Rev. per Employee 670622 More quote details and news » Total, tot 4.917037636584379% Total S.A. ADS U.S.: NYSE USD51.85 2.43 4.917037636584379% /Date(1418853822743-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2839718 AFTER HOURS USD52.45 0.600000000000001 1.1571841851494695% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 30061 P/E Ratio 9.741845783856906 Market Cap 120286945329.628 Dividend Yield 5.871529411764706% Rev. per Employee 2268940 More quote details and news » Devon Energy, dvn 8.077634011090574% Devon Energy Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD58.47 4.37 8.077634011090574% /Date(1418853667893-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 7304151 AFTER HOURS USD58.79 0.32 0.547289208140927% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 59878 P/E Ratio 10.748161764705882 Market Cap 22132309705.9631 Dividend Yield 1.641867624422781% Rev. per Employee 2787290 More quote details and news » and Consol Energy. cnx 3.591570198872069% Consol Energy Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD34.9 1.21 3.591570198872069% /Date(1418853699855-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2867305 AFTER HOURS USD34.91 0.00999999999999801 0.02865329512893983% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 22617 P/E Ratio 9.66759002770083 Market Cap 7754763637.14296 Dividend Yield 0.7163323782234957% Rev. per Employee 727238 More quote details and news »
The biggest winners from our bullish selections this year were a varied lot, headed by Verisk Analytics. vrsk 1.5612553767723434% Verisk Analytics Inc. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq USD63.75 0.98 1.5612553767723434% /Date(1418853600128-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1050972 AFTER HOURS USD63.78 0.0300000000000011 0.047058823529411764% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 11233 P/E Ratio 27.243589743589745 Market Cap 10352028360.5591 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 239406 More quote details and news » BB&T, bbt 2.23433242506812% BB&T Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD37.52 0.82 2.23433242506812% /Date(1418853751819-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4677192 AFTER HOURS USD37.38 -0.140000000000001 -0.373134328358209% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 107235 P/E Ratio 13.545126353790614 Market Cap 26434936181.868 Dividend Yield 2.55863539445629% Rev. per Employee 291988 More quote details and news » Corrections Corp. of America, cxw 1.6048699501936912% Corrections Corp. of America U.S.: NYSE USD36.72 0.58 1.6048699501936912% /Date(1418854130074-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 560230 AFTER HOURS USD36.72 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 5171 P/E Ratio 19.956521739130434 Market Cap 4209442493.91113 Dividend Yield 5.555555555555555% Rev. per Employee 107435 More quote details and news » and Phillips 66. psx 1.9689737470167064% Phillips 66 U.S.: NYSE USD68.36 1.32 1.9689737470167064% /Date(1418853750177-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4419026 AFTER HOURS USD68.1 -0.260000000000005 -0.38033937975424226% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 111101 P/E Ratio 8.877922077922078 Market Cap 37107512059.4907 Dividend Yield 2.925687536571094% Rev. per Employee 11700300 More quote details and news » Our worst picks on the long side: Tiffany, tif 2.3175881370912306% Tiffany & Co. U.S.: NYSE USD104.19 2.36 2.3175881370912306% /Date(1418853725311-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1339197 AFTER HOURS USD102.212 -1.97799999999999 -1.8984547461368653% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 7282 P/E Ratio 73.37323943661971 Market Cap 13172118454.6277 Dividend Yield 1.4588732124004222% Rev. per Employee 402164 More quote details and news » TiVo, Cliffs, and AVI BioPharma.
The story was similar for our 2011 picks. Our 30 bearish choices dropped 6.6% on average through June 29, against a 2.5% rise in the indexes. But our 97 bullish picks were off 0.6%, while their benchmarks were up 5.2%.
WE SCORED WITH POSITIVE 2011 CALLS on TJX, tjx 0.5229160258382036% TJX Cos. U.S.: NYSE USD65.36 0.34 0.5229160258382036% /Date(1418853674311-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3850022 AFTER HOURS USD65.36 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 54635 P/E Ratio 21.22077922077922 Market Cap 44792277274.8107 Dividend Yield 1.0709914320685434% Rev. per Employee 149650 More quote details and news » Mistras Group, mg 1.7241379310344827% Mistras Group Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD17.11 0.29 1.7241379310344827% /Date(1418853725378-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 272150 AFTER HOURS USD17.11 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 287 P/E Ratio 25.924242424242426 Market Cap 481337941.019592 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 123431 More quote details and news » PriceSmart, psmt 3.7363133536516537% PriceSmart Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD91.9 3.31 3.7363133536516537% /Date(1418853600255-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 150931 AFTER HOURS USD91.911 0.0109999999999957 0.011969532100108813% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3505 P/E Ratio 29.93485342019544 Market Cap 2676303708.26111 Dividend Yield 0.7616974972796517% Rev. per Employee 371761 More quote details and news » and Coinstar, while we got clobbered with Kindred Healthcare, knd 1.7758046614872365% Kindred Healthcare Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD18.34 0.32 1.7758046614872365% /Date(1418853811995-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 869160 AFTER HOURS USD18.34 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4814 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 1254444283.27057 Dividend Yield 2.6172300981461287% Rev. per Employee 125347 More quote details and news » Promotora de Informaciones, and MF Global. We also had some prescient bearish calls in 2011, including those on a handful of once-hot IPOs, such as Zipcar, Groupon, grpn 5.270863836017569% Groupon Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD7.19 0.36 5.270863836017569% /Date(1418853600179-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 20748399 AFTER HOURS USD7.19 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 69282 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 4585367891.42691 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 902651 More quote details and news » and Apollo Global Management. apo 0.9174311926605505% Apollo Global Management LLC Cl A U.S.: NYSE USD22 0.2 0.9174311926605505% /Date(1418853644434-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1713317 AFTER HOURS USD22 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 912240 P/E Ratio 14.285714285714286 Market Cap 3554359235.7862 Dividend Yield 13.272727272727273% Rev. per Employee 4075210 More quote details and news » Two other companies that were the subject of negative stories—mortgage insurer PMI Group and First Solar fslr 3.545232273838631% First Solar Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD42.35 1.45 3.545232273838631% /Date(1418853600206-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2299556 AFTER HOURS USD42.36 0.00999999999999801 0.023612750885478158% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 93474 P/E Ratio 15.62730627306273 Market Cap 4098629992.99774 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 649950 More quote details and news » —each fell more than 90%.
A note on our methodology: We compare the performance of the stocks against what we consider to be an appropriate benchmark, based on each company's market value. We use the S&P 500 for large-cap and foreign stocks, the S&P MidCap 400 for midsize companies, and the Russell 2000 for small-caps. Every stock is weighted equally in our score card, and the returns don't include dividends.
The tables show the 2012 picks and pans ranked from best to worst, compared with their benchmark indexes. We include feature articles that touch on one or two companies but exclude broader industry articles. We also omit stocks profiled in our columns, such as the Trader and Streetwise. Our columnists do a reckoning at the end of each year and often provide intermittent updates.
We feel that stock picks need time to pan out; a year to 18 months seems reasonable. We sometimes stop the clock when we do follow-up stories if stocks hit target prices, leading us to declare victory, or bomb out, prompting us to concede defeat. In these situations, we stop tracking the stocks, and measure their performance until the date the follow-up is published.
Here's an update on some of our first-half winners:
Verisk Analytics, a leading provider of risk-assessment services to the property-and-casualty insurance industry, continues to report strong profits. The stock, now around 50, isn't cheap, trading for 25 times estimated 2012 profits, and Berkshire Hathaway, a longstanding holder, has pared its stake.
BB&T, the North Carolina bank, has benefited from strength among many regional banks, as profits have rebounded this year. Corrections Corp., the prison operator, has gotten a boost lately from speculation that it may convert into a real-estate investment trust that would pass most of its profits along to shareholders.
Phillips 66 has risen since early May–shortly after its spinoff from ConocoPhillips–as investors became more confident that ample refining margins would hold and as Wall Street recognized the value of its nonrefining businesses like chemicals.
What We See In the Mirror
We're better than the average bear, but our bullish calls need some work.
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OUR BIGGEST LOSER, AVI BioPharma has fallen almost 60% after reporting preliminary results in April from a clinical trial for its lead drug that disappointed Wall Street. That drug is for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a fatal genetic disease affecting boys that now has no effective treatment. AVI's product is designed to stimulate production of a key muscle protein, dystrophin, absent in DMD victims. The trial showed meaningfully higher levels of dystrophin in a group of boys. But they did no better in a walking test than those given a placebo.
AVI believes that longer exposure to the drug should produce a clinical benefit, and more trial results will be released later this year.
Perhaps looking to change its luck, AVI last week changed its name to Sarepta Therapeutics srpt 7.142857142857143% Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD13.5 0.9 7.142857142857143% /Date(1418853600251-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1102757 AFTER HOURS USD13.5016 0.00159999999999982 0.011851851851851851% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 13658 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 520506033.061982 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 84630.1 More quote details and news » and executed a one-for-six reverse stock split, lifting its share price to $4 from about 66 cents. That move will allow the company to remain listed on the Nasdaq Global Markets, which requires a minimum share price of $1.
Cliffs, the leading North American producer of iron ore, has been stung by concern about the steel market, given the global economic slowdown and a slower-than-expected ramp-up of production at its Canadian mines. The shares, however, could be bottoming. They're trading around 45, or just six times projected 2012 profits and carry a 5.5% dividend yield.
Tiffany hasn't glittered since our March article, hurt by disappointing first-quarter results that showed weakening margins, a sales slowdown in Asia, and worse-than-expected profits. The global weakness in spending on luxury goods—highlighted by last week's news of slackening sales at Burberry—is chilling the entire sector. Tiffany, at 51, is way below its peak last summer of 84 and trades for 14 times projected 2012 profits. That valuation usually has marked a trough for Tiffany, writes JPMorgan analyst Brian Tunick in a note. (For more on the stock, see Follow-Up.)
On the bearish side, we've been wrong on Altria, mo 1.236570038516116% Altria Group Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD49.94 0.61 1.236570038516116% /Date(1418853651819-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 7888460 AFTER HOURS USD49.94 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 60315 P/E Ratio 22.908256880733944 Market Cap 97499267273.8098 Dividend Yield 4.1649979975971165% Rev. per Employee 1970670 More quote details and news » as shares of the Marlboro maker are up 16% since January. Altria has been helped by strength in defensive, high-dividend stocks this year. But now, around 35, it no longer trades at a meaningful discount to most major consumer companies, and it faces declining cigarette volume and affordability problems, given the high cost per pack in many parts of the country.
As for us, we're aiming for a stronger second half. Remember, the winners of the most recent Super Bowl and World Series didn't look so hot at midseason, either.
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U.S. officials say a mix of fighter planes and remotely piloted aircraft have attacked Islamic State militants near the Iraqi city of Irbil.
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U.S. officials say a mix of fighter planes and remotely piloted aircraft have attacked Islamic State militants near the Iraqi city of Irbil.
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency in the St. Louis suburb where a black man was shot by a white police officer.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry vowed Saturday to fight the indictment against him, calling it an "outrageous" abuse of power.
The police chief in the St. Louis suburb where an officer fatally shot an unarmed teenager identified the officer on Friday as Darren Wilson…
A cat named Gizmo has only minor injuries after a nine-story fall at a Manhattan apartment building.
Ford is recalling 83,250 vehicles because a faulty part could cause them to lose power or roll away if they're parked.
Police response to protests in a St. Louis suburb that turned violent is raising questions about the apparent militarization of local police…
Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Chief Jeff Hadley says what happened in Ferguson, Mo. could happen anywhere.
Embattled "Meet the Press" moderator David Gregory is leaving NBC News.
The Missouri Highway Patrol took over in a St. Louis suburb after four days of clashes between officers in riot gear and furious crowds.
Tony Stewart says he will not race Sunday in a NASCAR Sprint Cup event at Michigan.
The wife of Robin Williams says he was in the stages of Parkinson's disease and was sober at the time of his apparent suicide.
President Barack Obama says the U.S. has broken Islamic militants' siege on Iraq's Sinjar Mountain, but that airstrikes will continue.
A teenager lived undetected for two days at a 24-hour Wal-Mart in Texas after running away from his aunt's home, police said Wednesday.
The St. Louis suburb has been rocked by racial unrest since a white police officer shot an unarmed black teenager to death on Saturday.
Merck & Co. Inc. has won federal approval for a new type of sleeping pill designed to help people with insomnia stay asleep.


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Indeed, almost 80 percent of those filing have received refunds totaling $222,910,404 million, up from $218.1 million a year ago. The average refund to date is $503, up from $488 a year ago.
The bulk of the returns processed to date were filed electronically; 519,834 this year, up from 477,950 a year ago. That amounts to 92.7 percent of returns processed so far.
The Commonwealth has already paid out $2.366 million in Senior Circuit Breaker Tax Credits to 3,154 senior citizen filers, with the average credit $750. As of this time a year ago, 2,901 senior taxpayers had received $2.065 million in credits with the average credit $712.
The number of taxpayers taking the Earned Income Tax Credit has increased to 123,938 from 108,335 a year ago, while the amount of credit returned to those taxpayers is $45.5 million, up from $36.47 million a year ago.
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Hand-written letters have morphed over the past two decades from the physical realm of ink on paper to digital text displayed on a digital screen, making emails the most common digital format for letters. Old shoeboxes were used as storage spaces for hand-written letters and photographs, bound together with ribbons or rubber bands. The shoebox would then be tucked away somewhere in the house, only to see the light of day years later after a vigorous bout of house cleaning, on a special occasion or after one's death. Since email archives are not the physical artifact of a shoebox of letters and photographs, it is much more difficult to bequeath them to an heir after death. Our proposal is the development of an application named Shoebox that will connect family and friends through the bequeathing of Gmail archives, Picasa photos and YouTube videos.
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I know how you feel. Although the 1 year anniversary wasn't as upsetting as I thought, but it still made me stop and think of all that I DID have. I look at my son and I thank God that he gave me another chance to be a mommy. I am glad that you are doing better. Please keep in touch and let us know how Audrey is doing.
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Your post gave me such a wonderful feeling in my heart. I had a miscarraige with my first pregnancy one year ago today. I am now 31 weeks pregnant with a little boy, and both excited and nervous all at the same time. When I lost the baby I remember one of my Aunts telling me that she had a miscarraige prior to when her daughter was born, and she felt much the same as you that it taught her about loss and survival, and that if it hadn't happened she might not have had her daughter. I'm not sure I understood what she meant until I read your post today. Thank you for teaching me something about hope and love, and how grief can help heal and teach us to be better human beings and better parents. I wish you the best for a lifetime of happy and wonderful moments with your family.


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How do leaders become leaders? By attracting or creating followers. (As Steve Balzac likes to say, "A leader without followers is just a guy taking a walk.") How can you reliably build a following? According to Chuck Pattishall, you do it by being a follower — by following a set of values, and modeling followership to others.
It's a unique view, made doubly so by its proponent — Chuck is a former military paratrooper, SWAT team sniper, mountain rescue instructor, commander of an Underwater Recovery Team, international SCUBA instructor, deputy sheriff, and certified Underwater Homicide Investigator.
Chuck has also owned insurance agencies and worked in the Fortune 500, and holds an MBA.
He illustrates "followership" with the famous story of the Centurion who spoke to Jesus (Luke 7:1-10). The Centurion describes himself as both a person who commands others — "I say to one 'go' and he goeth, and to another I say 'come' and he cometh" — and also describes himself as "one under authority." Chuck sees leaders as those who follow something larger than themselves — values.
And Chuck is echoing the message of my friend Gabe Fasolino, who suggests creating an Org Chart where the top of the organization is not a person such as a CEO, but rather the Mission and Values of the firm.
So what makes a leader powerful and attractive, is that the leader is a champion of something bigger than himself.
By contrast, Chuck once had a doctor tell him, "You could afford to lose a few pounds." And this particular doctor was over 300 pounds, and was a smoker as well. The contrast between the message and the messenger was so great, that Chuck wasn't able to take the advice seriously.
What's so comic is, if the advice is good, it shouldn't matter who tells me — yet it does matter. When the person giving the advice, isn't living the advice, I can't easily get past that disconnect.
The positive aspect of this is that the more I live my own values, the more other people will want to adopt my values. That means my effectiveness is under my control — I can become more effective just by living the values I want others to adopt.
So, how do I get in touch with my values? What's my first step?
Chuck suggests asking a key question: "What are five positive characteristics you see in me?" You collect this information from five people in each of four groups:
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You'll find that there are two groups of answers — one cluster of characteristics that seem very familiar to you, and another cluster that will utterly surprise you.
Chuck did this and was told he was "a good writer" — something he'd never have believed. "We're our own worst critics," says Chuck.
Only by opening himself to this input was Chuck able to accept the possibility that maybe he really was a good writer — and he was able to use that element of feedback to build his self-image and "give himself permission" to see himself as a good writer.
That's crucial because we cannot consistently behave in a way that violates our self image. This Vales Structure Exercise has the potential to unlock your self image and allow you to see yourself in a new, larger way.
For Chuck, seeing himself as a good writer unlocked his ability to write a book — and he's just finished his first book.
A second growth experience for Chuck came from this same Values Structure Exercise — his ability to admit that he is courageous.
To any observer — say, someone who watched "Search and Rescue" on the History Channel and saw Chuck risk his life to rescue a fallen climber — or someone who served with him in the military — Chuck's courage is self-evident. Yet when he listed his own self-observed character traits, he skipped over "courage." One of his associates challenged him about it, and forced him to admit that he had never given himself permission to see himself as having courage.
That triggered some deep self assessment. As Jim Rohn said, "I'll be a better me, for you, and you be a better you, for me." Once he overcame his block and could admit he was courageous, Chuck suddenly found himself able to teach others to be courageous. Overcoming that mental block was a huge step toward self improvement, and it made him a better leader.
Your values don't have to be Chuck's values. As Martin Luther King Jr. put it, "If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted." Any positive values can be used to lead others, provided we're willing to follow those values faithfully.
To lead, you must follow.
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