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Rating Change #7
Whirlpool Corporation (WHR) has been downgraded by TheStreet Ratings from buy to hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its attractive valuation levels and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including disappointing return on equity, weak operating cash flow and poor profit margins.
Highlights from the ratings report include:
- The current debt-to-equity ratio, 0.57, is low and is below the industry average, implying that there has been successful management of debt levels. Even though the company has a strong debt-to-equity ratio, the quick ratio of 0.42 is very weak and demonstrates a lack of ability to pay short-term obligations.
- Despite the weak revenue results, WHR has significantly outperformed against the industry average of 41.1%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly dropped by 1.2%. Weakness in the company's revenue seems to have hurt the bottom line, decreasing earnings per share.
- Net operating cash flow has significantly decreased to -$423.00 million or 88.83% when compared to the same quarter last year. In conjunction, when comparing current results to the industry average, WHIRLPOOL CORP has marginally lower results.
- Current return on equity is lower than its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a clear sign of weakness within the company. In comparison to the other companies in the Household Durables industry and the overall market, WHIRLPOOL CORP's return on equity is significantly below that of the industry average and is below that of the S&P 500.
Whirlpool Corporation engages in the manufacture and marketing of home appliances worldwide. Its principal products include laundry appliances, refrigerators and freezers, cooking appliances, dishwashers, mixers, and other portable household appliances. The company has a P/E ratio of 13.8, equal to the average consumer durables industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Whirlpool has a market cap of $5.3 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector and consumer durables industry. Shares are up 45.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday.You can view the full Whirlpool Ratings Report or get investment ideas from our investment research center.
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Happy Veteran's Day!
I have been working on making pages on the Fold3.com Honor Wall for the Veterans in my family.
Today I would like to share the one I have started for my Grandfather. He served in the Army during WWII and was killed during the Battle of Peleliu in 1944.
To get to his page please click on this link: Gilbert Ernest Roberts
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I have a picture of GZ Knopp taken in Arizona Spet 1910. He was a friend of my grandfather and suspect that this picture was taken around Ray Arizona.
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Mohammad Riaz, a senior scientist at the Pakistan Meteorological Department, says the magnitude 6.0 quake was felt in the northwestern city of Peshawar and several nearby areas on Saturday.
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BOZEMAN — Anticipation turned to dejection in a hurry Saturday at Bobcat Stadium.
A game that looked like a sure Montana State victory — and a major step forward in the pursuit of a Big Sky Conference championship — slipped away in an all-too-familiar way as No. 6-ranked Eastern Washington stole a 27-24 win over the second-ranked Bobcats.
Individual records meant little to Bobcats quarterback DeNarius McGhee on this day.
McGhee established the school standard by throwing his 61st career touchdown pass. But the junior star was also at the center of the firestorm when he served up an interception to a seldom-used safety who returned the ball for what proved to be the winning touchdown.
It was the Bobcats' second conference loss at home in the last three seasons, and it stung to their core.
"It's tough. How can you explain it?" McGhee said after a long pause. "You play this game to win, and that's what we're used to. I never even thought about coming out of this game with a loss. So I was pretty shocked.
"We really have to move forward and get better."
After a scoreless first quarter the Bobcats built a 10-point lead on a 2-yard touchdown pass from McGhee to tight end Lee Perkins and a 30-yard field goal by Rory Perez. With the way its defense was playing, MSU was in a favorable position.
McGhee's touchdown pass tied Kelly Bradley's career record, and he'd later break it in the fourth quarter with another 2-yard toss to wideout Jon Ellis.
Tray Robinson revived a lagging running game in the third quarter when he capped a drive with a 1-yard touchdown run to give the Cats a 17-13 lead — and the momentum going into the final 15 minutes.
But they couldn't hold it. And turnovers coupled with special teams mistakes did them in.
Early in the fourth quarter, Perez had a punt blocked by EWU's Dylan Zylstra that teammate Evan Day recovered in the end zone for a touchdown. That gave the Eagles a 20-17 lead with 12:17 on the clock.
Then, on MSU's ensuing drive, redshirt freshman safety Jordan Tonani jumped in front of a McGhee pass and took it back 21 yards for another score to put EWU up by 10 points. Just like that.
Despite McGhee's late touchdown throw to Ellis — and despite dominating the stat sheet — the Cats couldn't come all the way back.
"The defensive performance by our team, I thought, was magnificent," said sixth-year Bobcats coach Rob Ash. "Gosh. I just heard; 211 yards was the total for Eastern.
"It's just heartbreaking to think you lose a game when the defense played that well."
MSU's defense, ever mindful of dual-threat quarterback Vernon Adams, limited the Eagles to 140 passing yards and just 71 yards on the ground. Adams completed only 40 percent of his throws (12 of 30) with a pair of interceptions.
The Bobcats' defensive line was in the lineup together for the first time since Week 2. Ends Caleb Schreibeis and Brad Daly, and tackles Zach Minter and Craig Ashworth made life tough on Adams, who had trouble escaping the pocket and couldn't connect with his receivers down the field.
EWU's lone touchdown came on a dump pass in the flat from Adams to running back Quincy Forte, who sped 33 yards to the end zone in the second quarter.
Usually dominant on offense, the Eagles survived with opportunism on defense and special teams. It can be said that the Eagles didn't win the game as much as MSU lost it.
Afterward, Schreibeis, a team captain, made an emotional statement about where the Bobcats go from here. Schreibeis made it clear: The turnovers, mistakes and general carelessness in crucial situations cannot continue.
"It's a great opportunity for this team to look at the small things and see how it can change the outcome of a game," said the Billings West product. "It's not necessarily offense or defense. It's special teams. It's the small, little, technical things that sometimes can be easily overlooked, but they're huge because they can make the difference between a good team and a bad team.
"I have faith in this team and I know this team can come back from it. This team is going to learn from this and we're going to be stronger. This is terrible. It's not something we like to do. But this might be that thing that forces us to look at the film and get things fixed that have been plaguing us for a few weeks here.
"If we get those things fixed we're going to be a good team. And that's going to be fun. Those are going to be fun games to play when we're rolling."
NOTES: The Bobcats benefited from the return of senior LB Jody Owens, who suffered a bruised quadriceps the week prior. Owens made six tackles. … MSU LB Na'a Moeakiola and CB Darius Jones each intercepted Adams in the first half. … Tonani was inserted in EWU's lineup for injured S Jeff Minnerly. … Eastern LB Ronnie Hamlin led all players with 15 tackles. … EWU sacked McGhee seven times.


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Chuck Baldwin: Revolution?Submitted by GBAmerica on Fri, 01/11/2013 - 10:16
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I have been writing this column for over a dozen years, and I can safely say the column I wrote last week, "My Line In The Sand Is Drawn Here," produced more response than any column I have ever written--maybe more than any two or three columns combined. And what is even more noteworthy: unlike most columns, the responses to this column were at least 90% favorable.
In last week's column I said, "Throughout the United States, there are tens of millions of fully-armed citizens who are more than capable of defending themselves and their communities against any enemy--whether that enemy is an internal or external one. In fact, many millions of these citizens have been trained in the US armed forces. Firearms--especially semi-automatic rifles--in the hands of millions of American citizens is truly the only thing that stands between freedom and tyranny for the people of the United States. That Barack Obama and Dianne Feinstein want to disarm the American people should be considered an act of war against our liberties! In other words, ladies and gentlemen, this is a line in the sand that none of us can afford to ignore."
I also wrote, "Make no mistake about it: to take away an American's right to a semi-automatic rifle is to FULLY DISARM HIM. There is no Second Amendment; there is no right to keep and bear arms; there is no citizen militia; there is no liberty without the semi-automatic rifle!"
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and protect Chuck Baldwin
Chuck Baldwin is an admirable figure
and I believe he means what he says.
Those not familiar with Baldwin may enjoy this video of him in 2008.
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Protect your assets and profit from the greatest wealth transfer in history.
He got my vote in 08
Chuck's excellent 2 minutes at the Revolution March - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXflyWV92o8
What a speech!
Chuck is the man!
Obedience to God is resistance to tyrants.
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Chuck Baldwin has proven himself time and time again a true friend of Liberty. Give him some R3VOLUTION love, folks, this is the man RON PAUL endorsed in 2008.
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Ron Paul did not endorse him.
Ron Paul invited all the third party candidates and told people to check them out and vote for one of them.
Just keeping the facts straight. Sorry to step on your toes there.
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Ummm, yes he did.
Ummm, yes he did.
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You were right: early in the game, Ron said vote for any of the above. Then Bob Barr, having taken offense at being included with the others, held his own event after the meeting. Later, Ron Paul, encouraged by his supporters, stated his support for Charles Baldwin.
September 22,2008
"I've thought about the unsolicited advice from the Libertarian Party Candidate, (Bob Barr), and he has convinced me to reject my neutral stance in the November Election. I'm supporting Chuck Baldwin, the Constitution Party Candidate."
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RP did endorse
RP did endorse Baldwin...
Chuck Baldwin certainly thinks
RP endorsed him! I read one of Baldwins posts that said that he is forever humbled that Ron Paul thought well enough of him to endorse him for president. Why would Baldwin say such a thing unless it was true, because Baldwin is not stuck on himself.
Actually Vince, I recall RP did endorse CB
It was wonderful that RP gave Baldwin, McKenny, Nader (and Barr who did not show) the opportunity to get some air time.. but he made it clear, he was voting for CB.. and that's more than an endorsement.
CB returned to the GOP BTW.


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[The Doctor/Reader] TimesicknessEver since you could remember, you had suffered from what you had nicknamed "timesickness."You loved the Doctor and travelling with him, yes, but that didn't help. Putting up with the sickness for a while was worth the adventures you had, though.Thinking about it now, the first time you ever traveled with the Doctor, also the first time you had felt the timesickness, was probably the worst...You set a foot into the cool grass, the fresh air hitting your face. You smiled as you took it all in. The moment was short lived. A sudden wave of nausea hit you like a sack of bricks.Feeling dizzy, you sit down against the TARDIS, taking deep breaths. You look up at the purple-hued clouds of the foreign planet. Looking near the sun only made it worse, so you closed your eyes. You heard the doors open again and felt the Doctors feet step onto the grass beside you. You glance up at him, but he doesn't notice you. He's too busy smiling, taking in the surroundings."Isn't it beautiful?" he ask
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Wholock x Reader - Part 10"The army?" John gulped. Sherlock and the Doctor stood there with uncertain looks on their faces. You continued to beam at them, hoping they would catch on."The army..." The Doctor said, still looking puzzled."It's the army, I'm sure of it," you said, getting out your phone again and turning it around do that the others could see. "First guy," you continued, "I know you might say that cleaning has nothing to do the army, but of course it does! Being involved with the army doesn't mean that one has to work in the field. I searched it up and I discovered that the company he cleans for in town, is actually in association with the British Army.""That's a very loose connection, Are you sure it helps our situation in any way?" The Doctor asked, scratching the back of his ear."Ah, but you see, Doctor," you said, "The second man. He used to be in the army. Worked for a very short time in the field before returning back home, hence why he was unemployed. He even posted about it online." You
[Tenth Doctor/Reader] What Have I Done? [5]"Is this going to become a regular thing?" I ask, still drowsy from fainting."Well, if you don't like it, I suppose not," he replies, wrapping my arm back around his shoulder so that he can help support me."Never said that," I mumble. I can see him smirk out of the corner of my eye. We say nothing after that, wandering for a while."Where are we going?" I ask, it hurting to speak."Well, now we're definitely getting a hotel. It's getting dark anyways. Louvre's probably closing, if not closed already. If we're gonna spend time looking at art, we're not doing it in a manner of quickness," the Doctor says, shifting his weight.Opening the door to our room, the Doctor picks me up bridal style and saunters into the room, closing the door behind us."Didn't know you were so strong," I choke, my voice hoarse."You underestimate me, dear ______," he replies, raising one eyebrow.I rest my head against his chest, closing my eyes. I felt so weak. It had been getting worse the farther we walked
Russia X Reader ~In Winter's Embrace~Once upon a time, in the land where memories lie and are buried with the snow that blankets the world in her cold embrace, there lived a young man in a small town that survived in its small, small world, where the paths set for one were as set as the cobblestones that paved their roads and what one did when they were born was what they would they would do until they died.In that town, the young man, whose name was Ivan, was one of those rare, simple yet kind boys that sold apples on the street, extending an arm out with a round red fruit in his palm to any who pass by him, and although work was drudging and it sometimes literally bore no fruit, he grew used to it, as his father had done it and his father before him, and although he starved for a life where he could dream of better, brighter things, he knew that such things would not come, except with a price to pay, and so he settled for the life he knew he would live.But fate is a funny and fickle woman, and it was so on that day wh
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Recently I was trying to connect to an older Cisco firewall. I was denied access due to improved Java security, because I had updated my Java browser plugin to the newest version. Oracle had found some serious security issues in earlier editions of their plugin and like most people I upgraded to be safe in the Internet. In my case with the Cisco firewall I need to downgrade, at least for a while, to be able to contact my firewall. My problem was that Oracle, the company developing Java, does only have the newest version available on their public website. I know that I can signup at Oracle and get access to older version, but that is a slow process just to download a plugin. Instead someone told me about the www.oldapps.com website. At this website you can find old versions of all kind of apps that you properly have downloaded over the last 10 years or more. e.g. Java, Winamp, Total Commander, Google Earth, WinRAR and many more.
* You can find software for both Windows, Linux and Mac on oldapps.com
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Can anyone tell me the Pros and Cons on this Fermenter, Myself I would like to go S.S. but the pricing seems fair, also requires the stand, which docent make sense why they are not sold together, hope to hear your thoughts.http://www.ebay.com/itm/15-Gallon-Co...item3cd2079252
Heads up, my Anti Virus stopped me from visiting the link above...
The link is fine it's an eBay auction
That said I use a blichman conical and it's great a big plus of the ss is its easy to clean after I keg it's just a hose down and quick scrub down cleaned and ready to go in under 10 min. The above one is plastic and if you scrub it down it would get scratched and then grow mold. If I were you I would get the blichman with tri-clamp fittings for $850 or at a min the blichman with standard fittings for $640
Plastic - way cheaper then the blichman. It probably would work, I'm sure not made as well and you would have to be a little more careful with it.
Blichman - I do not own a blichman conical, but own other products of theirs and I'm sure there's is much sturdier and thought out. I know it has 2 valves on it and I believe the top comes off to make it easier to clean.
If you have the money buy the blichman. If you don't and def want a conical I think this would work, just not as user friendly.
Think Im in Love, found a S.S 10.6 gal, need a 12.5 gal, but it looks lie heck of a deal!http://www.ebay.com/itm/new-10-6-gal...item4ac758dd0e
there are several threads on the DIY forum about the plastic conicals. Many brewers use them without problem. Check them out but they are definitely DIY and once you start to include fittings, the price does go up considerably. Good luck.
I have one if the 15 gal plastic conicals, and although they seem cheap at the get go, I've invested a lot of $ on mine.
I have two complaints. I am unable to get it to seal, which is not the big of a deal, but it would be nice to be able to pressure ferment lik you can with the brewhemoth.
And two, is that there are lots if nooks and crannys to make sure you get clean after you rack. I clean mine with a spray ball but there are areas on the top that you just have to manually clean.
Personally I will be upgrading to a brewhemoth or two once the funds avail themselves.
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Stout Tanks answered my question and I am up grading to 15 gal Kettles, I think Ill go with 14.5 gal
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Our 12.5 gallon fermenter is $449.
Our 14.5 fermenter comes with a racking arm and 3 tri-clamp port in the lid and is $589. You can order the 14.5 gallon fermenter on our website.
Unfortunately, the 12.5 gallon is not currently on our site, we would have to email you an invoice to purchase this fermenter. To do this, you would need to go to our site, or Contact Us? option and send us a message that you would like to purchase our 12.5 gallon fermenter.
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I have the Stout 7 gallon conical fermentor. Done 3 batches in it and I am very pleased. I am now waiting on their 14.5 gallon and I'm pretty excited for it. For the money in my opinion, way better than Blichman.
The stout tanks look pretty nice, if I was to go conical route that is probably what I would buy.
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The UDHR Poster Series and Teachers' Guide
A teachers' pack designed to introduce high school students to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Available document formats
This resource is a guide for teachers who wish to integrate human rights education into the curriculum. Appropriate for teachers in most subject areas, it contains thirteen lesson plans which link human rights education to students' education in more traditional subjects, including Maths, English Literature, Geography and the Arts. The pack also includes an introductory lesson on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and twelve accompanying posters which illustrate articles from the Declaration.
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Why The Apple, Comcast Deal Has High Hurdles to Face
Updated from 11:04 a.m. to include thoughts from Barclays analyst in the tenth paragraph.
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Any time someone writes the words Apple (AAPL), television, content and service, the media, tech zealots, and investors go nuts. With the latest offering about a potential deal with Comcast (CMCSA) coming down the pipe (pun intended), a bit of caution is warranted here.
Last night, The Wall Street Journal reported Apple is talking to Comcast about a streaming service that would use Apple TV as the set-top box, with the streaming service getting preferential treatment on Comcast's pipes, so as to avoid disruption. This all sounds well and good, except the deal isn't anywhere close to being done, according to the Journal, and there's likely to be major hurdles getting to the finish line.
Apple, which has started to tout its Apple TV set-top box more publicly in recent months, has made no bones about wanting to change the television experience. CEO Timothy D. Cook has said in the past TV is "an area of intense interest," noting that the experience is like watching television 20 or 30 years ago. At Apple's recent shareholder meeting, Cook noted Apple sold more than $1 billion worth of Apple TV boxes last year, telling investors it was getting more difficult to call it a hobby, which it has been referred to as in the past.
Shares of Apple were higher in Monday trading, up 1.1% to $538.78, while Comcast shares were up 0.03% to $50.01.
The deal between Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple and Philadelphia-based Comcast would have Apple's users live stream TV programming, making use of the cloud for storing programs. Apple wants to own the last mile, where Internet traffic really gets congested, but Comcast has traditionally been a company that wants to own the entire experience.
The point about using the cloud or kind of digital video recording (DVR) service is important. NPD President Mark Kirstein notes DVR viewing has risen 22% year-over-year, thus placing importance on not only ease of user for the system, but on aesthetics as well, something Apple prides itself on.
Comcast, which has been losing video subscribers (it gained 43,000 video subscribers in the fourth quarter, its first gain in more than 6 years) as more people move to Internet-only packages, would benefit from Apple's user interface and simplicity. However, it would likely require Comcast to make significant investments in its network at a time when the company is focusing its efforts on closing the merger with Time Warner Cable
(TWC), which may see significant regulatory hurdles due to the number of U.S. homes (approximately 30 million) that would be under the Comcast/Time Warner umbrella.
Apple had previously been in talks with Time Warner Cable about something similar, prior to the pending $45 billion merger with Comcast.
WATCH: Apple Talks Streaming TV Service with Comcast Using Set-Top Box
Comcast has been busy touting the benefits of its own set-top box, Xfinity 1, which has a much-improved user interface, and can be controlled by mobile devices, similar to how Apple TV can be controlled via the iPhone or the iPad. Apple wants to own the interface, as well as have users use their Apple logins, in addition to asking for a cut of customers' subscription fees. Barclays Capital's analyst Kannan Venkateshwar notes that by Apple not owning the rights to linear television, the prospects for a deal are slim. However, a potential deal could be more about improving Comcast's app services, given it already has deals for the various content rights. "Consequently, in our opinion, any deal between Apple and an MVPD like Comcast is likely to be in a form where the MVPD's app appears on Apple TV along with other non linear offerings like Netflix," the analyst wrote in the note. "Such an arrangement would imply that any subscriber to such a service will have to be a Comcast subscriber who happens to have Apple hardware rather than an Apple customer who becomes a Comcast subscriber." Not only are those hurdles high enough to overcome, but Apple would have to acquire the rights from media companies for the service. Apple has been busy working on adding content to its Apple TV set-top box, including HBO Go, WatchESPN, WWE Network and others.
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outlets. In addition, a lack of transportation infrastructure commonly leads to limited food access in small towns and rural areas.
• Nutrition education programs for low-income participants that include training in food purchasing and preparation skills appear to have some effectiveness in changing behavioral outcomes. This finding lends credence to the theory that skills are a limiting factor in the ability of some SNAP participants to maximize the purchasing power of the current SNAP allotments. However, existing evidence on the influence of nutrition knowledge and skills on the ability of SNAP participants to purchase and prepare nutritious foods consistent with the assumptions of the TFP is insufficient to support a conclusion about the relevance of these factors to an evidence-based definition of the adequacy of SNAP allotments.
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Building safe ways for children to bike and walk to school is more than just a way of encouraging kids to go outside and get active. According to a new study, it's also an investment that reaps millions of dollars in societal gains. In other words, smart walking and biking infrastructures for kids make good economic sense.
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AIG Acquires Woodbury Financial Services From The Hartford
American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) today announced that its life and retirement business, AIG Life and Retirement, acquired Woodbury Financial Services, Inc. from The Hartford. The companies signed a definitive agreement for the acquisition on July 31, 2012.
Woodbury Financial Services is now part of AIG Life and Retirement's Advisor Group, one of the nation's largest networks of independent broker-dealers. Woodbury Financial brings approximately 1,400 advisors and $25 billion in assets under management to the Advisor Group's network, which includes FSC Securities Corporation, Royal Alliance Associates and SagePoint Financial. With the addition of Woodbury Financial, Advisor Group consists of over 6,000 independent financial advisors, more than 800 home office employees and over $125 billion in assets under management.
"Advisor Group, already a leader among independent broker-dealer organizations, is strengthened by the addition of Woodbury Financial, with its complementary business model," said Jay Wintrob, President and Chief Executive Officer of AIG Life and Retirement. "Woodbury Financial is an important acquisition for us and affirms our long-term commitment to the independent broker-dealer space and to the independent financial advisor community."
"Our advisors are very excited to be part of Advisor Group," said Patrick McEvoy, President and Chief Executive Officer of Woodbury Financial. "From the hands-on service to industry-leading technology to unique opportunities for growth, I'm confident our advisors will benefit greatly from our affiliation."Larry Roth, President and Chief Executive Officer of Advisor Group, highlighted growth across the network, stating, "We are delighted to add Woodbury Financial to our organization and are confident that we will grow the firm by highlighting Woodbury's unique value proposition to high quality advisors. Each of our broker-dealers has recruited a number of advisors this year and we remain eager to bring more talent to Advisor Group." Located in Oakdale, MN, Woodbury Financial Services has more than 200 home office employees and nearly 1,400 independent representatives throughout the United States. The roots of Woodbury Financial date back to 1910, with Montana Life.
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Wireless connection problem
A friend of mine is traveling through Italy using an ASUS Linux-based laptop for internet access. He says that he is able to connect to the internet using ethernet 100% of the time, however is much less successful (about 10%) using wireless. Ethernet connections are not available at most hotels and B&Bs; wireless is the preferred choice.
Any ideas?
With wireless connections,
With wireless connections, especially on the road, you're often subjected to many different wireless networks. They're not all created equal. You never know when you'll have a really "good" one, or one that's managed properly. Some may even have different rules and policies. Your friend is probably better off finding some place where he can bet on a "standard" wireless. Do they have the equivalent of Starbucks there? Typically these places roll out their wireless networks and they're all the same across the nation (globe?). They bank on the idea that hundreds of sites will ensure the customer gets the same experience.
Otherwise your friend may be better off with some sort of data plan from an international cell provider or something. Perhaps a data plan he can connect via bluetooth, and make sure it's available in Italy. That way he can expect the same thing wherever he goes.
Typically cell signals will work better, unless he's traversing the Italian countryside, cellular signals in rural areas may be sparse.
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Financial Overview for the Third Quarter 2013 Compared to the Third Quarter 2012
Third quarter 2013 net sales were $201.0 million, up 4% compared to $193.1 million last year, and included a 1% negative impact from changes in currency exchange rates. Net sales growth was largely driven by shipments of multimedia learning platforms, including LeapPad Ultra, LeapPad2 Power, LeapPad 2 holiday bundles and LeapReader, which launched in the summer of 2013. In the U.S. segment, net sales were $146.8 million, up 1% compared to $145.7 million last year. In the International segment, net sales were $54.2 million, up 14% compared to $47.4 million last year, and included a 3% negative impact from changes in currency exchange rates.
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Hurricane Sandy: After Landfall.
I found #48 particularly striking – surreal, even.
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Hurricane Sandy: After Landfall.
I found #48 particularly striking – surreal, even.
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Elizabeth Williamson of the Wall Street Journal has coined what might well be the definitive metaphor of the 2012 US presidential election campaign. Or at any rate, the most memorable:
In this neck-and-neck, ideologically fraught presidential election season, politically active singles won't cross party lines. The result is a dating desert populated by reds and blues who refuse to make purple.
I'm pretty sure I've read a story like this about whether people of differing political inclinations can get (it) on away from the polling station and the political fundraiser at some point during every presidential campaign I've followed – when was the last time a campaign was other than fraught/divisive/momentous?1 – but I don't think the prospect of couples declining to … ahem … make purple has come up before.
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Courtesy of Maureen Dowd: President Obama seeks post-debate tips from a master…
The lights from the presidential motorcade illuminate a New Hampshire farmhouse at night in the sprawling New England landscape. JED BARTLET steps out onto his porch as the motorcade slows to a stop.
BARTLET They told you to make sure you didn't seem condescending, right? They told you, "First, do no harm," and in your case that means don't appear condescending, and you bought it. 'Cause for the American right, condescension is the worst crime you can commit.
OBAMA What's your suggestion?
BARTLET Appear condescending. Now it comes naturally to me -
OBAMA I know.
BARTLET It's a gift, but I'm likable and you're likable enough. Thirty straight months of job growth – blown off. G.M. showing record profits – unmentioned. "Governor, would you still let Detroit go bankrupt as you urged us to do four years ago?" – unasked. […]
BARTLET [… That] was quite a display of hard-nosed, fiscal conservatism when he slashed one one-hundredth of 1 percent from the federal budget by canceling "Sesame Street" and "Downton Abbey." I think we're halfway home. Mr. President, your prep for the next debate need not consist of anything more than learning to pronounce three words: "Governor, you're lying." Let's replay some of Wednesday night's more jaw-dropping visits to the Land Where Facts Go to Die. "I don't have a $5 trillion tax cut. I don't have a tax cut of a scale you're talking about."
OBAMA The Tax Policy Center analysis of your proposal for a 20 percent across-the-board tax cut in all federal income tax rates, eliminating the Alternative Minimum Tax, the estate tax and other reductions, says it would be a $5 trillion tax cut.
BARTLET In other words …
OBAMA You're lying, Governor. […]
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Paul Ryan laughed. He stood naked on top of the vice president's desk in the Senate chamber, scanning the crowd of sniveling politicians below him.
He flexed his muscles, the result of hours spent in the House gymnasium. Look at these pathetic specimens, he thought. Not one of them could do a one-armed pushup if his life depended on it. Not one was worthy of so much as co-sponsoring one of Ryan's bills. Every single one of them had been elected by appealing to the average citizen in his (or her — Ryan snorted at the thought) district. It occurred to him, and not for the first time, that of all the men and women in this room, only he, Paul Ryan, had been selected for his current office by the president himself. […]
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New York's Roosevelt Island is home to a large-scale Swedish-built pneumatic garbage disposal system. The company that maintains the Roosevelt Island system is also responsible for running a similar system at Disney World:
[Repairman Frederik Olsson], a tall blond man in work boots and loose overalls, coughed politely. "Magic Kingdom can be problematic," he said. "I visit it often. It usually breaks because so many sticky things run through it. This one usually breaks down because New Yorkers throw too many big things away."
"The machine doesn't break down that much," Marli said. "But, you know, you get a rainy weekend and people clean out their closets. They throw away the weirdest stuff. Stereos, old computers, steel pipes." The unwieldy objects sometimes clog the works. One time, a piece of rebar backed up the machine for several hours. Another time, it was a skillet. Envac workers have also recovered geometry textbooks, tape players, window frames, lumber, and old clothes. On a third-floor window ledge, there is an array of houseplants in industrial buckets, rescued from the trash.
Let's face it, if your apartment building contained a central garbage disposal chute that emptied periodically by sucking the waste away at 60mph, would you be particularly choosy about what you were dropping down the chute? Or would you be calling 'Bombs away!' as you tried to time the drop to coincide with the trapdoor opening?
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Teachers Dancing Behind Students. Every bit as dorky-yet-adorable as it sounds.
So there I was, having just watched the second trailer for Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom and feeling quietly optimistic that it might be a pretty decent show.1 I've always liked Jeff Daniels, the supporting cast looks fine – not to mention that Jane Fonda looks to be having fun playing her ex-husband – and at least this subject matter might provide a better backdrop for Sorkin's concerns than Studio 60… ever could.
Then I happened upon a comment thread at Ta-Nehisi Coates' weblog devoted to discussing the show's prospects, in which a commenter by the name of jkrusequirk linked to an excerpt from a film about TV journalism that I haven't thought about2 in quite a while but which set the standard Sorkin should aspire to.
I'm referring, of course, to Broadcast News. How the hell did I forget Broadcast News? More to the point, what are the chances Sorkin can reach those sort of heights? Now I'm apprehensive all over again…
[Trailer for The Newsroom via Pop Loser]
Some of the parallels drawn in Game of Votes1 are just so good.
That's not a perfect fit – on the basis of what he showed us in season 1,2 I don't think Joffrey sees himself as much of a historian or intellectual – but the elements of the comparison that work really work.
I didn't expect to encounter the phrase "the cult of vice surrounding urban post offices" when I started reading the web today.
Angela Serratore's Post Secrets recounts the reaction of New Yorkers to the spread of a modern postal service:
Communication of and by women has always struck fear into the hearts of men (see: novels; epistolary), but until the middle of the eighteenth century it was largely manageable – husbands and fathers, even servants, monitored a lady's letters, and the wild fluctuations in cost of mail kept all but the wealthiest of girls and women from taking pen to paper on a regular basis. That changed with the standardization of postal prices in 1845. […] Suddenly, wide swaths of women had access to two dangerous things – the mail and the post office. Anthony Trollope's 1852 invention of the pillar-box had given British girls a chance to subvert the authority of their scandalized parents by mailing letters in secret, but their New York counterparts who visited the post office could both send and receive mail almost entirely unmonitored by those who might want to regulate their epistolary lives. […]
[Via The Awl]
It's a pity that Aaron Sorkin's new HBO show The Newsroom will presumably be corralled behind the paywall of Sky Atlantic over here in the UK until we finally get a DVD release some time long after the first season ends.12 The trailer for the first episode looks very decent.
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With our obsession for newness, those of us who work in the tech industry often fail to understand the historical roots of our technologies. Case in point: telegraph operators more than 150 years ago were sending short messages called "graphs" that were surprisingly similar in form and content to Twitter tweets.
One remarkable example was recently discovered in the Museum of Telegraphy in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It is the transcript of a telegraph operator's comments during Abraham Lincoln's famed Gettysburg Address in 1863. The transcript was shared with me by a friend on the museum staff, and I'm pleased to reproduce it here:
Still waiting for the Pres. to commence his speech. #gettysburg
Good heavens, I should have foresworn that fifth corn dodger for lunch. #gas #dontask #gettysburg
Starting now. Pres. waves to crowd. #gettysburg
Four score and… WTF is a score? 25? #pleasespeakenglish #gettysburg
Okay, it's twenty. So "87 years ago the country was founded." Why not just say that? Duh. #gettysburg
It turns out that former chairman of the US Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan was laughing all the way to the (run on the) banks:
[Following the release of the minutes of the meetings of the Federal Open Market Committee's meetings for 2001-2006…]
It makes for quite a fun read if you get past all the boring economic analysis parts. In fact, if the stenographer was accurate, the Committee broke into laughter 45 times in just the January meeting! That's at least 45 jokes (some didn't get laughs – if only we knew the quality of each laughter!). I would have guessed that would be a lot relative to other meetings, right? I mean how funny would it be if the top of the housing market was also when the FOMC was telling the most jokes in their meetings?
Well, being a data nerd with nothing better to do on a Thursday night, I looked into it. To be precise, I went back for just the last six years (2001-06) and searched for how many times the stenographer's notation for laughter appeared in the released transcripts of each FOMC meeting.
Suffice it to say the data is funny…
Sadly, the minutes of meetings of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee are written in a rather dry, formal style, so there doesn't seem to be much scope for a similar analysis of economic policymakers' behaviour over here.
[Via The Morning News]
When Paul Rosenblatt answers the phone, he says "Bananas!", or, All you ever wanted to know about the science of making bananas ripen at the right time in the right place, on an industrial scale. Fascinating stuff.
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How would they vote? is fanfic with a somewhat unusual focus. Take, for example, The Breakfast Club's "Princess", Claire Standish:
Soon after joining the Breakfast Club, Claire realised there was more to life than pearl earrings and skiing trips to Colorado. Where was the reward in having life delivered to you on a silver platter?
Enter John Bender. While Bender had started off as simply a grab for attention from her quibbling parents, it soon became apparent that he was much more than that. Reforming John Bender would become Claire's personal Fix-Her-Upper, the challenge that would bring fulfilment to her otherwise vacuous life. And she loved him for it.
Despite initial misgivings about Bender, Claire's conservative parents came round to the young man, admiring his 'organic entrepreneurial spirit' and it wasn't long before the couple was happily married. Claire studied PR and encouraged John to enrol in a community college course in business studies. When he wavered with his software design idea, she pushed him forward.
She was also successful in her own right. Upon graduating, she entered into a big-name PR firm and managed several big accounts during the early '90s, including for Sega, Pepsi Max, and Janet Jackson. She voted Clinton in '92, purely out of respect for his rapport with the common man, but swung right in 2000, under the influence of her husband's anti-tax, small government crusade.
By 2008, Claire's talent for PR had started to get noticed by the right people in Washington. When she received a call to help out a struggling Hilary Clinton in the race against Obama to secure the Democratic nomination, Claire couldn't refuse. That fall she came up with her best idea yet – the infamous 'red phone' ad.
Despite Clinton's failed run at the presidency, Claire stayed in Washington and it wasn't long before she had made the seamless transition from Clinton to the other side of politics, recruited by the Koch brothers to work on strategies for undermining the Obama administration in the lead-up to 2012.
The focus of the site seems to be on characters from US and Australian TV, which leaves something of a gap in the market. What would Detective Inspector Jack Regan have made of members of the Met being bussed up to the Yorkshire coalfields to put striking miners in their place? Would Tom Good, having presumably ended the 1970s as a classic wooly Liberal, have ended up in the Green Party, or been seduced by New Labour? Would Alan B'Stard still be a Tory?1
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Sometimes a picture truly is worth a thousand words.
File under Things it had never occurred to me existed: 1 a training yard where technicians learn how to climb utility poles.
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"In theory" is one of the scariest phrases in the world of computing. Take this story about vulnerabilities in the computer systems used to run some federal prisons in the USA:
While the computers that are used for the system control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems that control prison doors and other systems in theory should not be connected to the Internet, the researchers found that there was an Internet connection associated with every prison system they surveyed. In some cases, prison staff used the same computers to browse the Internet; in others, the companies that had installed the software had put connections in place to do remote maintenance on the systems.
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"Five different cases over the years for Wallander"
I chose this because it seemed to be among the most highly rated of the author's books. I am not sure whether these stories were written throughout Mankell's career and are being collected here, or whether they were written specifically for this volume - my guess, given how the style improves and the sophistication increases, is the former. The book presents 5 stories of varying lengths, closing with the novella-sized title piece. It shows Detective Kurt Wallender at various stages of his life and sketches the development (and collapse) of his marriage to Mona, although this is never the focus of the narrative. This appears to be part of Mankell's technique - he shows us the ordinary, and often difficult, relationship issues in his detective's life, and goes back and forth between them and the extra-ordinary criminal cases he is confronted with.
The first story is not one of his best, and it seems to show both Mankell and Wallender early in their development, as the 20-something sleuth, a recent addition to the police force, begins going his own way by pursuing an unauthorized investigation into the mysterious murder of an uncommunicative neighbor. The second story is more of a vignette than a detective story, and brings in the issue of immigration to Sweden. "The Man on the Beach" takes a look at the unexpected disappearance of an ordinary man as he goes to pay a mysterious visit to someone. This seems to be a recurring circumstance in Mankell's fiction - a seemingly normal, colorless individual is shown to be unexpectedly involved in something criminal or in some way twisted. This occurs in "The Death 'of a Photographer", a more involved piece in which a comfortable, married town photographer is found murdered one evening while engaging in his favorite hobby - making weirdly distorted prints of famous people and others. Like the previous story, this also has a "pull the string" structure - as Wallander begins to investigate the victim's life he begins to discover unusual things which lead to an eventual solution.
The title piece is the most complicated and interesting. An unmarked, unreported small plane crashes in the Swedish countryside. Shortly afterwards, a couple of spinster sisters are found murdered in their sewing shop. While Wallander begins looking into these two seemingly unrelated cases, he must struggle with his increasingly erratic and impulsive artist father. The old man spontaneously goes to visit Egypt and ends up in custody there after trying to climb up one of the pyramids.
Mankell appears to be very popular. I would not call myself a fan, but I do enjoy his stories and respect his work. The writing can be plodding at times, and it is hard to get a good grip on Kurt Wallander's character (which is often the case with fictional detectives). He is practical, undemonstrative, persistent, low key, and relies on his gut feelings. In his personal life he usually seems to be reacting to someone with more emotions and more personality than he has (i.e. his father, his wife, his daughter). This was a good collection of tales, and I am sure his many fans will like it. I listened to an audio version of the book, which was read by an actor who indulged in some odd voice modulations, thus making things stranger than another presenter would have made them, and who sounded a bit like Willem Dafoe.
"Bold and Original"
This is a bold and original creation by Castro that contains some really exciting elements. I'll try not to give away too much, but it focuses on a murder investigation at a space station in the distant future. There is an almost all-powerful artificial intelligence that runs the place, along with an experimental species living in trees, a couple of creatures that have joined their minds and become 2 living, separate halves of the same being, a corps of public servants staffed by burnt-out cynics... On the negative side, the main character is very unpleasant and also tells the story, so the reader gets to spend a lot of time with her.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
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1. How long did John have to stay in a small room as punishment?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) An entire day.
2. How did Jack respond to the opinions of those under his command?
(a) He only listened to the officers under his command.
(b) He thought that other ideas were ridiculous.
(c) He refused to listen to them.
(d) He was interested in hearing them and truly listened.
3. What happened when the enemy came near John?
(a) He continued forward to release his bombs.
(b) He panicked and froze.
(c) He shot them down.
(d) He evaded them and flew away.
4. What was the result of having a famous father for John?
(a) He was treated better than other prisoners.
(b) He was released.
(c) He was able to eat with the enemy.
(d) He was treated more harsly than other prisoners.
5. What happened after John's actions during the Christmas Eve service in 1968?
(a) He was put into solitary confinement.
(b) A fellow soldier reminded him of how much God loved him.
(c) His family wrote to him.
(d) He was beaten.
6. What health issue did John first struggle with when he roomed with Bud?
(a) Dyssentary.
(b) Croup.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Cholera.
7. What protocol did the American Prisoners of War follow?
(a) The Code of Honor.
(b) The Navy Code.
(c) The American Creed.
(d) The Code of Conduct.
8. What did the guard draw in the dirt at Christmas?
(a) His name.
(b) A cross.
(c) A manger.
(d) A swastika.
9. What were John's parents informed regarding his situation?
(a) They were told he was completely fine.
(b) They were told that he was gravely injured and would probably die.
(c) They were told that he was gravely injured, yet would survive.
(d) They were told he was dead.
10. What did John do during the Christmas Eve service in 1968?
(a) He started an uprising.
(b) He finally broke down and cried.
(c) He decided that trusting God was useless.
(d) He prayed for his family.
11. What did Jack keep on file that only those closest to him knew about?
(a) Vietnamese maneuvers.
(b) Anti-American propaganda.
(c) Battle strategies.
(d) Anything relating to his son and the other war prisoners.
12. What did the soldiers do their first night in Camp Unity?
(a) They planned an escape.
(b) They stayed awake all night.
(c) They slept in peace.
(d) They sang songs and put on a play.
13. What was John supposed to do in Hanoi on his mission?
(a) Bomb the harbor.
(b) Bomb the thermal power plant.
(c) Scan the area for map-making.
(d) Fly over the area sniping people.
14. How many children did Carol and John have?
(a) 2.
(b) They couldn't have any.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.
15. How did John feel about the soldiers who tried to escape and participated in forms of resistance?
(a) He wished he had their bravery.
(b) He was angry at them because everyone was punished for their thoughtless actions.
(c) He thought they were stupid.
(d) They were like lanterns leading the way with their honor, courage, and faith.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the summer of 1969 like for John and the other prisoners?
2. How did John feel about signing a statement of confession?
3. What did John think as he ejected from the plane over Hanoi?
4. Where did the prisoners leave messages for each other?
5. In late August, months after offering John an early release, what did the Vietnamese do?
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Google is upping its ante in the education segment with a $40 million investment in Renaissance Learning, a Wisconsin company that produces the popular STAR assessment system and Accelerated Reader and Accelerated Math curriculum programs. The investment was made by Google Capital, the company's newish "late-stage" investment division that has also become a shareholder in online survey company SurveyMonkey and online peer-to-peer lending company Lending Club. Google also makes early stage investments through Google Ventures.
Renaissance said Google Capital would hold a minority stake in the company, which is owned by Permira, a European private equity firm. A representative from Google Capital will join Renaissance's board of directors.
CEO Jack Lynch said what differentiates his company's offerings from competitors' products is their "teacher-centric" focus. "We see ourselves as a company that leverages technology to provide teachers [with] insight they in turn use to unlock a student's learning potential. A number of companies use the same technology we do — adaptive sequencing algorithms. They use it to personalize instruction independent of a teacher." Renaissance tools provide data that helps the teacher pinpoint gaps in a student's understanding of a subject, Lynch explained, and then the teacher uses his or her expertise and knowledge of the student to determine which instructional content is most appropriate.
Renaissance has a solid footprint in American schools. The company's data center hosts the data for more than 38,000 schools. That includes learning records for 10.7 million American students. On average its Accelerated Reader quizzes are given 1.9 million times each school day. And during the last school year, 45 million STAR assessments were completed by students.
Lynch said the investment is "really not necessary for the business, but it does open a lot of doors for the two companies to collaborate in the education space.... Google now has an interest in our success. As a result of that we'll be able to operate in the education space in a mutually reinforcing way." Lynch added that the investment would not be used "for working capital or drawing down debt."
Although Lynch didn't elaborate on how the two companies would "collaborate," he emphasized that student data would not be part of the conversation. "I would just say unambiguously, Google will not have their hands on any of the data that is owned by school districts and students and parents in those school districts. We have very strict data privacy policies — stricter than anything you've read about in the industry [with a] highly protected data center [and] encrypted technologies, and none of that data is going anywhere."
Concerns about the use of student data for non-educational purposes has become a hot-button issue for some parent groups, which have expressed concern that their students' information will be sold to vendors.
Last August Renaissance acquired a free K-12 iPad app, Subtext, which complements the larger company's Accelerated Reader program. Subtext allows a teacher to embed videos, questions, highlights or other digital matter into the digital pages of a book.
Lynch suggested that other acquisitions may be in the company's future. "If there's a fit in our product line where we feel there is an opportunity to create additional value for our customers, that's the kind of acquisition we're looking for," he said. "I think you'll see acquisitions down the road. Nothing imminent. But that's a part of how we're going to operate going forward."
The investment in Renaissance is far from the first foray made by Google into education. Currently, an estimated 30 million students, faculty, and staff use Google Apps for Education. The company also claimed that 5,000 schools are using Chromebooks in the classroom (though it has not reported just how many Chromebooks are in use in each of those schools). Earlier this month Google introduced Google Play for Education, a content store for teachers.
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