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Late to this but Hugh Hendry is his usual high value self in this Economist interview. Always step outside the prevailing view…Enjoy.
Hugh Hendry: God is dead, China will follow
Posted by Houses and Holes in Featured Article, Markets at 8:07am on November 26, 2012 | 24 comments24 Responses to " "Hugh Hendry: God is dead, China will follow"
SMc says:
I saw this a few weeks back on ZH.. I listened again to it and its still jsut as entertaining
there are only 2 people I listen to on a regular basis and Hugh is one of them. Kyle Bass being the other.
some great insight, the whole bogeyman theory that China will dump treasuries sparking the downfall of the US can finally be put to bed
TNA says:
Check him out against a big-haired professor, Jeffery Sachs, on Newsnight (on youtube).
"If you're wrong, you keep your job. If I'm wrong, I go bankrupt. Who are you going to bet with?".
The Eclectica fund is brilliant too.
Sean G says:
It's not the international factors that concern me – it's the domestic problems looming that really are a cause of concern. Imagine how bad it would be for Australia if the whole of China suddenly collapsed into civil war (not to mention the hundreds of refugees that will probably evacuate.
One of the factors the Politburo mentioned with their recent change of guard is the capacity for the rural poor and working class to rise up and decapitate the ruling elites because they haven't really benefited from the last 30 years of industrialisation – a lot of China has been lifted out of poverty but its overwhelmingly the urban population on the eastern seaboard while the rest of the country continues to have little or no social services, healthcare or pensions.
China also has a history of violent revolutions on a regular basis (unlike Australia or the UK). The party showed just how far they were prepared to go in 1989 to hang on to power but the people are better educated and connected now so it's hard to imagine how a scenario like 1989 would play out if it was repeated?
Sean G says:
Oops, meant to say 'hundreds of thousands' of refugees. ALSO, I heard that most Chinese students in Australia at the time (in 1989) got automatic visas because Bob Hawke decided not to force them to go home – can anyone confirm that?
Codger says:
Yep, my mother was one of those students.
That's why I'm Labor 4 LIFE!
Gunnamatta says:
Great stuff! (on your Mum I mean, the ALP I can take or leave)
TSpencer says:
also a good one from this conference
Willy2 says:
Hendry overlooks one thing: China WILL sell it's Treasuries when China considers it to be in its own interest to sell the Treasuries. Whether that would lwad to a rising Yuan/USD or not.
More over, China is (close to) running a Current Account Deficit and that simply forces China to sell Treasuries.
Willy2 says:
Hugh Hendry second flawed notion:
He thinks that Britain and the US in 1931 provides a roadmap for the US and China in the coming years. That's bunk. the british financial/monetary/economic development from say 1900 up to 1929 is a different one from the american financial/monetary/economic development in the same timeframe. And therefore using this example for the US and China equals to comparing apples to oranges.
Houses and Holes says:
Charles Kindelberger disagrees and so do I. The point is more one of political economy.
Willy2 says:
Political economy ? That begs for an explanation.
The reasons why I disagree:
1. Britain had to repay its wardebts to the US after WW I. And that was a large drag on the british economy.
2. In 1926 Britain pegged pound sterling to gold again. But it was done at a too high a rate, effectively revalueing pound sterling upwards. It forced britain to raise interest rates, in order to defend the exchange rate. This crashed the economy and led to deflation. (general strike of 1926).But in the US during the 1920s interest rates went down.
3. WWI. Britain suffered heavily under WWI whereas the US benefited massivley. They gave loans to european countries in order to pay for US made war supplies.As a result of that the credit creation in Britain was (much) smaller than in the US and therefore the british deflation in the early 1930s was much smaller as well.
3d1k says:
Willy2 – this might interest you – Rise of the Ferro Dollar. There was a good article in FT Aphaville (see weekend links) seeing merit in James White's view.
Mav says:
A trivia question inspired by this new bankster economics mantra:
Q: What would James White's parent company (Commonwealth Bank) be if its capital base was wiped out by bad debt?
An InsolventA "post-capital" company


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When I was in the 8th grade, our language arts teacher in what was then called junior high school had us memorize our first real poem, "In Flanders Fields."
Adolescence is a complicated enough time for those passing through it, and generally coincides with a student's first serious introduction to the concept of poetry beyond the Dr. Seuss books of childhood. Unfortunately, it can also become associated with unpleasant aspects of school life, including occasionally bad teachers, and teens develop a skewed perception of the literary form and even an aversion to poetry itself.
A savvy teacher will associate the popular lyrics of the day with the introduction of poetry to middle school students, and not just rely on the time-worn opportunities to memorize a piece like "In Flanders Fields," which for all its power and sincerity is far removed from the realities of today's teen.
Middle school students should be exposed to poetry in a way that energizes and excites them and helps them see the association to song lyric as a way to communicate something in distilled form. They should learn the joy of the sound of words and not just stumble over the complication of words.
Here are some of my favorite poems appropriate for introducing middle schoolers to the form, grouped in categories that have relevance in contemporary life.
"I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too?" Emily Dickinson's famous lines reach out to the outsider in all of us and assures it's okay to be different, to not be part of the in crowd. Yeats takes a student through a lyric daydream in a boring classroom to a "brightening glance. How can we know the dancer from the dance?"
I'm Nobody - Emily Dickinson
Provide, Provide - Robert Frost
The Silken Tent - Robert Frost
Among School Children - William Butler Yeats
Fragility of life:
Most students will understand by adolescence that life can be taken in an instant. They will know about 9/11 and Columbine. Maybe they've lost a friend or a family member. Stevie Smith's famous "Not Waving But Drowning" is an excellent piece to have students at that level memorize. Millay's bittersweet sonnet has been set to music, a good find if the teacher can locate it.
Out, Out - Robert Frost
Not Waving But Drowning - Stevie Smith
Ozymandias - Percy Bysse Shelley
If I Should Learn - Edna St. Vincent Millay
Fragility of the planet:
Teens are also keenly aware of current issues like global warming and the concept of world community in saving the planet. Hopkins last stanza of "Inversnaid" should go past the wonderful sound of the words to something very real for them: "What would the world be, once bereft/Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left,/O let them be left, wildness and wet;/Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet."
Fire and Ice - Robert Frost
Inversnaid - Gerard Manley Hopkins
For Whom the Bell Tolls - John Donne
Still Life:
In poetry as in art, sometimes a piece is just a snapshot of life, an illustration of an image, whether it's longing for home in England in April, the stirrings of bedtime, the contents of a refrigerator, or a spider web.
This Is Just to Say - William Carlos Williams
Home Thoughts, from Abroad - Robert Browning
This Englishwoman Is So Refined - Stevie Smith
maggie and milly and molly and may - e.e. cummings
Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock - Wallace Stevens
(The Silken Tent - Robert Frost)
Students should be taught not to be afraid of poetry, but to use it like just another tool at their disposal, like their digital camera, their smart phone, their laptop. Snyder's "How Poetry Comes to Me" captures perfectly the tentative introduction "over the boulders at night. . .frightened outside the range of my campfire," and Parra's poem brings it all home: "In poetry everything is permitted. With only this condition of course, You have to improve the blank page."
How to Eat a Poem - Eve Merriam
How Poetry Comes to Me - Gary Snyder
Young Poets - Nicanor Parra
(This Englishwoman is So Refined - Stevie Smith)
I think Emily's will be a great introduction for him... printing now...
My first thoughts about poetry and junior high came from my mother whose English teacher at that time would simply read poetry to them one day a week. My mother loved those classes and from what she said, so did everyone else. Miss Grenier. Nice memories flooding in. Thanks.
I'm sure you're a great teacher.
ANY poetry that can inspire or excite a child to words is a good thing.
I remember discussing Ozymandias with my eighth grade ESL students (really an EFL class.)
I always get choked up at the end with this one. My students think it's the funniest thing, not the poem, but the teacher getting all teary-eyed!!!
Nope. You've got some pretty sharp 6th-8th graders if they understand that.
I was lucky enough to have a junior high teacher who KNEW how to teach Shakespeare. I will thank her until the end of my days.
Excellent piece and recommendations. Thank you!
If they get that learning poetry is good in and of itself, I die a happy woman. I will admit here to thinking that most curriculum pitched towards middle schoolers tends to be, imho, "dumbed down". It's work, but the students really get excited when they "get" a difficult word or poem.
"Home Thoughts, from Abroad"
"Fire and Ice"
"Not Waving, But Drowning"
"Among Schoolchildren"
"I'm Nobody"
"How to Eat a Poem"
"Young Poets"
- others if I get time. Thank you again!
Oh woe is me, oh woe is me
I used to have a hamster tree.
But it got eaten by a newt
And now I have no cuddly fruit.
Oh woe is me, oh woe is me
I used to have a hamster tree.
(Note to self: don't let kids read this just before a long road trip).
My personal favorite is Anyone lived in a pretty how town. "Down they forgot as up they grew..."
And, of course, the kids aren't old enough to handle Donne's "The Flea." But it's an inspired and brilliant poem.
Ann, what kind of teacher makes 4th graders write poetry and then tells them it's wrong? Poetic form, rhyme, meter, structure, should never be coming at that age. High school, advanced middle school, maybe, unless they want it sooner. I would say, again, it comes with the ardent listening to and study of music to help with structure. Kids do eventually need to understand structure and poetic devices in the study of poetry. . .but not at that age.
Catherine, patricia, Terry, Cranky, thank you, too, for your kind comments. I hope those of you who found unfamiliar poems, or poems you'd forgotten, will (re)discover them.
In college, the poem that hit me in the gut was The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner by Randall Jarell. His imagery was morbidly effective. (Obviously not a middle school assignment.) I was prejudiced here because one of my functions in the Navy Air Corp was as a waist gunner.
You have two comments regarding a fourth-grade experience with poetry -- one positive and one negative. I think that, if done right, elementary school would be a fertile field for teaching poetry.
I get the impression that there will be a lot of poetry reading this evening -- thanks to you.
Until I found that one poem that connected to my soul I hated poetry. Once that first connection was made I wanted more. I felt bitter for not ever having one teacher who really tried to help me understand, or who never reached beyond the syllabus to guide us by feeling alone.
I love the ideas you've expressed here. What an amazing thing it would be to see teachers using such a guide, reaching teenagers by finding the words that will connect with them.
I'll slip you a note when I publish my experience. I think you may be one of the few who will understand the connection that I was speaking of. At least I hope you will. No- you will. I feel positive of it. As they say... it takes one to know one.


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In the former case, she has full rights to maintenance and housing throughout the duration of her waiting period (`iddah). Upon completion of the waiting period, she will cease to have those rights, since she will at that point have become legally a stranger to her former husband.
It is sincerely hoped, however, that the husband and wife will come to an amicable settlement before that time and resume their marital life together.
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In cases where it is equally in the child's interest to remain in the custody of her mother or her father, scholars of law disagree as to who should be awarded primary custody, the father or the mother.
And Allah knows best.
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A total volunteer effort, the Edinboro Triathlon again thanks its sponsors, support staff, the Edinboro Volunteer Fire Department and the community of Edinboro for their long-standing support. All 2014 proceeds benefit the Edinboro Volunteer Fire Department, Edinboro University Student Scholarship Programs and the YMCA.
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Space Weather Monitoring on the Antarctic Plateau
What Are They Doing?
While there are many new studies beginning in Antarctica, Michelle and the research team will be supporting a project that has been collecting important data for 18 years. The Polar Experiment Network for Geospace Upper atmosphere Investigations project (or PENGUIn for short) is gathering information in Antarctica to further understand the sun and space influences on the Earth's upper atmosphere. This network is supported by the National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs and is a collaborative effort to better understand the high latitude atmospheres of Earth and its response to conditions in space.
To do this, scientists created Automatic Geophysical Observatories (AGOs) that are active at five locations in Antarctica. These remote observatories house nearly identical instrumentation that measure atmospheric weather conditions at the poles. This includes the Earth's magnetic forces, aurora activity, and the influence of phenomena in space weather. All of the AGO sites are on the Antarctic Plateau but record different conditions geographically. For instance, AGO site III records temperatures of 110°F below zero!
The research team will visit one of the AGO sites by traveling from South Pole Station in a highly maneuverable and versatile Twin Otter plane. The flight will last three to four hours, after which the team will set up camp, cook stoves, and start in on their tasks. First things first! They will need to be in good physical condition because much of the observatory will be covered by snow and will need some digging out. Some equipment may be totally covered so the team is bringing ground-penetrating radar to help find it. During their stay, the team will make sure all of the different instrumentation is working properly and collecting reliable data. How is it that this data can be collected at such a remote location, you ask? The observatories are going green; running on solar panels and wind power! The team will make sure these energy sources are functioning properly as well.
The focus of the team's expedition is traveling to the remote AGO site and providing support for the system. Supporting these observatories is crucial to the study of interactions between the magnetic fields of the sun and of the earth. Learning more can help us understand the potential disturbances in these fields that can disrupt radio communications or our power systems, and even take out satellites that orbit close to earth. The team is hoping that, with Michelle's help, they can communicate the importance of understanding the links between our high latitude conditions here on Earth and weather conditions found in space.
Where Are They?
The team will be working from the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica—the southernmost continually inhabited place on the planet. The South Pole station is one of three year-around U.S. stations operated by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
The South Pole Station sits at the Earth's axis on a shifting continental ice sheet several miles thick. This unique research site has extremely dry and cold air and is perfectly suited for conducting projects ranging from cosmic observations to seismic and atmospheric studies. At an elevation of 2,835 meters (9,300 feet), South Pole has an average monthly temperature in the austral summer of -28°C (-18°F); in the austral winter, the average monthly temperature is -60°C (-76°F).
The South Pole is reached by plane from McMurdo Station on the coast of Antarctica from October through February. From February to October, the station has about 50 people that over-winter at the station and the planes no longer fly to the station due to the cold temperatures.
PolarTREC teacher, Michelle Brown, and the research team will not be staying here for too long, their goal is to visit a remote space weather observatory. The closest observatory is 300 miles from South Pole Station, while others are nearly 800 miles away!
Learn more about the South Pole Station here http://www.southpolestation.com/. Be sure to check out the weather reports and view the webcam.
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Measuring the Earth's Tilt
Project Information
Meet the Team
As a child, Michelle Brown never imagined that she would ever be working with scientists. She was a science naysayer until her junior year at Northeastern University, where she was well into a Bachelor's in English Literature. However, Ms. Brown fell in love with science on a geology field trip to the volcanoes and glaciers of Iceland, and has been learning about science ever since. Ms. Brown received her Master's in Science Education from the University of Texas at Austin in 2006, while at the same time discovering a passion for sedimentology. She remained in Austin, and teaches 6th and 7th grade science at O. Henry Middle School.
Andrew Gerrard is a Professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and Deputy Director of the Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research. He received his BS in physics from the State University of New York at Geneseo in 1996 and his MS and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University in 1998 and 2002, respectively. His current research interests include remote sensing of the middle and upper atmosphere, atmospheric and magnetospheric dynamics, and synoptic observations of coupled systems.
Bob Melville did his undergraduate training at the University of Delaware and went on to finish a Ph.D. in Engineering at Cornell. He worked at Bell Labs and then taught electrical engineering at Columbia University before joining the United States Antarctic Program in 2004. He is currently employed by the New Jersey Institute of Technology as a staff engineer to support geophysical research in Antarctica. Bob was a member of the 2005-2006 winter-over crew at the South Pole. He is also an extra-class amateur radio operator WB3EFT.
Andy Stillinger is currently employed as a staff engineer for NJIT in support of geophysical research in Antarctica. Andy has done two tours with the USAP working on the Automatic Geophysical Observatories and will return to the Ice for 2011-2012 season.
Professor Weatherwax is an internationally recognized authority on the interaction of planetary and terrestrial radio emissions, both natural and man-made, with space environment. At present, and together with his research team of students and engineers, he directs optical, radio, and magnetic experiments in Antarctica, Canada, and Greenland. The Weatherwax Glacier in Antarctica is named in his honor to recognize his research efforts on that continent.


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Therminex-XS is a fat burner produced by Kleissinger Labs. The product claims to be able to produce up to 12 pounds of weight loss in 8 weeks. This is just a little more than one pound per week, and not quite two pounds per week, which you should be able to do with the proper diet and regular exercise. Read this review to find out more about the product to determine if this is the one you will use to help you reach your weight loss goals.
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Celtics Coach Literally Brainwashing Team Into Hating the Miami Heat
Uh, yeah, brainwashing your underlinings into blindly hating the opponents is always a sound organizational tactic.
"My honest thought as a coach right now ... I have my eye squarely on Miami. I come up to my players during the year -- they're in the facility now -- I bring up Miami every single day to them," Rivers told the media today. "I want them to hate them. I want them to beat them. That's got to be our focus."
Hate? Is that really the way to win a championship?
If Rivers would have done his research, you know, he might just realize that all the hate in the world can't stop the Miami Heat. No, literally, all the hate in the world was bottled up and unleashed against them in the past two years, and somehow LeBron and company still managed to win a championship.
This team is immune to your hatred, and we question whether over-focusing on your "hate" for an opponent, as opposed to, you know, more sportsmanship minded goals, is really the best way to actually beat them.
As noted philosopher Yoda once explained, hate steams from anger, and anger stems from fear, and all of this eventually leads to a path to the dark side and great suffering.
So, clearly the Celtics already fear the Heat. Perhaps Rivers should be preaching a gospel of not being afraid of the Heat instead of encouraging his team to straight up hate them. Trust Yoda.
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Tuition hikes ignited the protests but costs for living accomodation, books, clothing and food combine to increase the overall burden.
The protests grew, morphed into a much wider display of opposition and led to the former Premier Jean Charest calling an election.
Turns out he misread the depth of voter disatisfaction as he lost the election and his own seat in Sherbrooke as well.
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I've never sympathized with a dog more in my entire life. That face. This one
That's the face of a defeated dog/man. Dog is basically saying, give me a fucking second bro, my abs are burning and I need to catch my breath because I'm fat as shit. Can't tell you how many times I've had that same face. The worst. Crunches are for hot chicks and gay people. Not for dogs and bro's.


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quote:I was still working on my bachelors at 24
quote:22/23 Once you are out of college, there's no need for all that. Now, tailgate is a different story. If you have college aged friends (19-21) who tailgate, that's one thing. But a random night out? No.
quote:When you are no longer in college.
quote:A couple of questions for you Mr. Sowell. Do you live in BR and are you smashing any of your little brothers girl friends?
quote:it's never too old to hang with college chicks, brah.
quote:No, but do other things besides hang out at college bars, frat parties, etc.
quote:EWE would hang out with sorostitutes.
quote:If I wanted a cougar I would frick my wife, college chicks are where it's at
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"The MySpace Recharge prepaid Visa card is unique in that it allows under-18s and people who don't own a credit card the freedom and security to spend their own money on items such as concert tickets and clothes, at millions of online and retail stores worldwide," says Nick Love, MySpace Business Development Director Australia.
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2013 Center Doctorates
Brian Blase defended his dissertation, Three Papers Toward a Better Understanding of State Medicaid Programs and Program Efficiency. Drs. Thomas Stratmann and Alex Tabarrok served on his committee.
Mark Bonica defended his dissertation, Adam Smith on Liberty and Reputation: Is Reputation Property? Are Defamation Laws Coercive? Drs. Donald Boudreaux and Garett Jones served on his committee.
David Hedengren defended his dissertation, Three Microeconomic Applications Using Administrative Records. Drs. Thomas Stratmann, Bryan Caplan, Alex Tabarrok, and John Nye served on his committee.
Jayme Lemke defended her dissertation, The Political Economy of Gender Disparity in Law. Dr. Tyler Cowen served on her committee.
Rong Rong defended her dissertation, Endogenous Network Formation: Experiments and Methods. Dr. Tyler Cowen served on her committee.
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I sat on my bed with my cell phone in hand. I was speaking with my three friends Akousa, Lana and Giselle on three-way. "So you're going all the way to Cali, Chan?" Giselle asked. "Yeah, I'm like, packing right now." I responded. "Noooo, Don't leave us." Akousa cried through the phone. "Y'all it's only a summer, I know I'm not going to the same schools as y'all but it'll be fine, it's not like I'm movin' out there or nothin'." I say rolling my eyes. I love these three and all but they worry so much. "Besides Gigizzle, I'll be back in time to help you survive that hell h*** of a School. I'm applying for IB the following semester so expect me right next to you 'kay?" I say laughing. "Yeah, Whatever." She sighs. "At least we don't have to hang out with pimply guys" And we all laugh. "Hey, when I finish packing, y'all wanna head down to the air port with me?" I ask the three girls. "Can you come pick me up?" Akousa asked and I agreed before asking my mom, knowing that with my leaving the last few moments with my friends should last. "I'll pick all y'all up in say…. 20 minutes? 'Kay?" I ask the three and they agree. "Guuuuuhhhh, I hate how much I'm gonna miss y'all. I mean it's not like I'm gonna be all 'ohai lets go to the mall tomorrow' like last year. But y'all, I'll be sure to call and stuff." Considering it's my first trip to California, I had no idea what to pack, So I pretty much packed what I would wear here in the blazing summers here in North Carolina. Though I've been know to wear long sleeve Thermals and Skinnes while the temperature is 90 degrees with 110 humidity, and feel comfortable. I packed a few tanks and skirts, (My latest obsession) along with my regular attire of thermals, ¾ sleeves, T-Shirts, jeans, Bermudas and shorts. I pack my favorite pair of classic Chucks that are torn and tattered and are practically falling apart. I also pack tons of extras that I probably will regret later on.
I knew I was going to have fun, when I got an invitation to go to "Camp Cherrytree". The offer sounded too good to be true to be honest. But being able to fly from Dingy North Carolina all the way to Sunny California is absolutely fantastic. Also getting to see the rec'ers and seeing the artists that worked with Cherrytree and Interscope Records. I really wish I could have gone last year… but with me just turning 14, I finally qualified. And with that I slammed my suitcase shut pulled my shoes on and hopped in the car, ready to be there at
any moment.
We arrive at the airport the designated two hours earlier. My friends and I were sitting at a table by the Starbucks in the airport. I had a Venti Java Chip Frappachino Since I knew I as going to be there for a while. "Dudes!" I say to them. "What are y'all gonna do besides sit at home and in Giselle's case, clean the house? Oh and go to the mall and all that J***?" I ask. "All that J***, stupid." Giselle says laughing at me. I roll my eyes at her. "None of y'all venturing to your country of origin?" I ask. They shake their heads. Stupid America and its stupid recession. "Awww you guys, that's so unfair!" I say to them. "It ain't fair!" Akousa says to me. "Girl, you better brings me back something I don't care what it is but I want something."
"How 'bout I bring you back a stick or something." I laugh.
"Oh hush." She replies rolling her eyes. "Oh, by the way… The French*." All four of us looked at each other then burst into laugher at our inside joke. "Sorry, I don't watch football.**" Giselle says and we all begin to laugh again. Nothing's funnier than a wannabe "gangsta"'s stupidity in the classroom.
The time finally came to where I had to board the plane and leave my girls behind. I boarded the plane and waited for the flight attendant to say it was okay to us music players. Being that I just came from school, I fell asleep as soon as the plane soared smoothly and that's when I knew these next few months were going to be the best.
*The French refers to my friends and I looking at someone's paper, The question asked "Who won the American Revolution- The Americans
or The British." The person answered "The French" hence, the
**Sorry I don't watch Football refers to the same kid, when the teacher asked "[classified kid's name], What do you know about the
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It baffles me sometimes how realtors and homeowners decide on an asking price.
This gorgeous Charles S. Kaiser designed Arts & Crafts style home has just come on the market for $1,995,000. But it is patently obvious it will go for more than that – possibly much more. This house is included on architectural heritage tours for goodness sake! Do people just relish the excitement of a bidding war, I wonder?
The particularly appealing aspects of this 5-bed/3-bath, 3,044 sq ft home are its myriad original features. The windows, wood-paneling and in-built seats and cabinetry are almost to be expected. But there is also a lovely little library (below), a reading room, a large semi-covered back deck with views of mature Redwoods and steps down to the garden, and a wonderful sun room on the first floor – positioned between two bedrooms – which literally drew admiring gasps from open-day visitors the day I saw the house.
It might cost $655/sq ft but you sure can see what you're spending your bucks on.
The entrance with its pretty, private garden and trellised front porch (above) is delightful. The kitchen is spacious and includes both an eating area and a "sitting around on sofas" area. There's a semi-converted basement too.
The downsides: the back garden, although a good size and very secluded, is crying out for a landscaper's touch (it has huge potential); the shingles, particularly on the back of the house, looked old; and the house is tucked very snugly in between its neighbors.
The street is one of Berkeley's most desirable, in the Claremont Court enclave. The house two doors up also recently went up for sale, but you would have to add another $900,000 at least to snag that one.
I will report back one day on how much this gem goes for. I don't want to be proved wrong.


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Healthcare Services Group, Inc. Announces Asset Purchase Agreement With Platinum Health Services, LLC
BENSALEM, Pa., July 15, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Healthcare Services Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:HCSG) announced today that on July 11, 2013, it entered into an asset purchase agreement with Platinum Health Services, LLC ("Platinum") to acquire substantially all of its operating assets. Platinum is a privately-held provider of professional housekeeping, laundry and maintenance services to long-term and post-acute care facilities. The purchase price consists of a cash payment of approximately $3,800,000, assumed debt of approximately $1,200,000 and the issuance of approximately 1,000,000 shares of our common stock. Additionally, upon the achievement of certain financial and retention targets, Platinum will be eligible for contingent consideration paid by the future issuance of our common stock. We expect the transaction to add more than $60,000,000 in annualized revenues and be accretive to future earnings per share.
The Company intends to release its financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 on Tuesday, July 16 th. The Company will also host a conference call on Wednesday, July 17 th at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss its results. The call may be accessed via phone at 800-893-5360. The call will be simultaneously webcast under the "Events & Presentations" section of the investor relations page on our website, www.hcsg.com . A replay of the webcast will also be available on our website through approximately 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, July 17 th.
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This release and any schedules incorporated by reference into it may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), as amended, which are not historical facts but rather are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about our business and industry, our beliefs and assumptions. Words such as "believes," "anticipates," "plans," "expects," " will," "goal," and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. The inclusion of forward-looking statements should not be regarded as a representation by us that any of our plans will be achieved. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Such forward-looking information is also subject to various risks and uncertainties. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks arising from our providing services exclusively to the health care industry, primarily providers of long-term care; credit and collection risks associated with this industry; from having several significant clients who each individually contributed at least 3% to 6% of our total consolidated revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2013; risks associated with our acquisition of Platinum Health Services, LLC; our claims experience related to workers' compensation and general liability insurance; the effects of changes in, or interpretations of laws and regulations governing the industry, our workforce and services provided, including state and local regulations pertaining to the taxability of our services; and the risk factors described in our Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31, 2012 in Part I thereof under ''Government Regulation of Clients," ''Competition'' and ''Service Agreements/Collections," and under Item IA "Risk Factors". Many of our clients' revenues are highly contingent on Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement funding rates, which Congress and related agencies have affected through the enactment of a number of major laws and regulations during the past decade, including the March 2010 enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. On July 29, 2011, the United States Center for Medicare Services issued final rulings which, among other things, reduced Medicare payments to nursing centers by 11.1% and changed the reimbursement for the provision of group rehabilitation therapy services to Medicare beneficiaries. In January 2013, the U.S. Congress enacted the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, which delayed automatic spending cuts of $1.2 trillion, including reduced Medicare payments to plans and providers up to 2%. 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Degree: Ph.D., University of Toronto, 2004
Research: The Role of Stem Cells in Cancer
Many cancers initiate from specific cancer stem/initiating cells (CSCs). While the field of CSCs is under considerable investigation, Dr. Madlambayan's research utilizes a more global approach to define the integrated roles of different stem and progenitor cell populations in cancer initiation, progression and relapse. Dr. Madlambayan's work has shown that bone marrow-derived stem cells including blood stem cells play a role in the growth of some cancers (lung and pancreatic) but not others (melanoma). He has also found that endothelial progenitor cells play an important role in the progression of blood related cancers. Dr. Madlambayan is also involved in discovering why regenerative microenvironments (i.e. limbs and tails) resist cancer growth using a salamander/axolotl animal model (Ambystoma Mexicanum). The overall goal of his research is to apply these findings towards developing clinically relevant drugs and drug delivery strategies to treat these diseases.
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Pezeshkian, B., Donnelly, C., Tamburo, K., Geddes, T., Madlambayan, G.J. (2013) Leukemia mediated endothelial cell activation modulates leukemia cell susceptibility to chemotherapy through a positive feedback loop mechanism." PLoS One 8: e60823, Epub Apr 1, 2013.
Madlambayan, G.J., Bartee, E., Kim, M., Rahman, M.M., Meacham, A., Scott, E.W., McFadden, G., Cogle, C.R. (2012) Acute myeloid leukemia targeting by myxoma virus in vivo depends on cell binding but not permissiveness to infection in vitro. Leukemia Research 36: 619-624.
Madlambayan, G.J., Meacham, A., Hosaka, K., Mir, S., Jorgensen, M., Scott, E.W., Siemann, D.W., Cogle, C.R. (2010) Leukemia regression by vascular disruption and anti-angiogenic therapy. Blood 116:1539-1547.
Madlambayan, G.J., Butler, J., Hosaka, K., Jorgensen, M., Fu, D., Guthrie, S.M., Shenoy, A.K., Brank, A., Russel, K.J., Otero, J., Siemann, D.W., Scott, E.W., Cogle, C.R. (2009) Bone marrow stem and progenitor cell contribution to neovasculogenesis is dependent on model system with SDF-1 as a permissive trigger. Blood 114: 4310-4319.
Madlambayan, G.J., Kim, M. (co-first authors), Rahman, M.M., Smallwood, S.E., Meachem, A., Hosaka, K., Scott E.W., Cogle, C.R., McFaden, G. (2009) Myxoma virus targets primary human leukemic stem and progenitor cells while sparing normal hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells. Leukemia 23: 2313-2317.
Madlambayan, G.J., Rogers, I., Purpura, K.P., Ito, C., Yu, M., Kirouac, D.C., Casper, R.F., Zandstra, P.W. (2006) Clinically relevant expansion of hematopoietic stem cells with conserved function in a single-use, closed-system bioprocess. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 12: 1020-1030.
Madlambayan G.J., Rogers, I., Kirouac, D.C., Yamanaka, N., Mazurier, F., Doedens, M., Casper, R.F., Dick, J.E., Zandstra, P.W. (2005) Dynamic changes in cellular and microenvironmental composition can be controlled to elicit in vitro human hematopoietic stem cell expansion. Experimental Hematology 33: 1229-1239.


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This was the best money ever spent for a computer game. I work on puzzles every day. I am unable to do jigsaw puzzles on the table anymore due to glare. This is very entertaining and satisfying.
Keep up the good work. This is by far the best jig-saw puzzle on the market!
Brainsbreaker has been my time waster (and I mean that in a good way) of choice for many years.
It's a great program for young and old alike and propose to demonstrate it to the Over 60s computer class that I run in the village here.
I have wasted an enormous amount of time playing with brainsbreaker since I got it and have already added about 20 of my own favorite pictures to break into puzzles. This is a real treat and Yours is the first, yes the first, program I've ever gotten online and been totally pleased with...thanks for the fun.
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Thank you we both are really enjoing your product and appreciate the fair price you charged for such a good assortment of puzzles.
Long time owner of the program- never gets old -play it all the time.
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I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoy your puzzles! They are the best game on the internet I think and I tell everyone i know about them.
Thank you so much for making this habit forming game to be so user friendly, I bought it for my husband (who is an avid puzzle player) several years ago and he uses it as much now as when he first started using it!!! It never gets old. Thanks so much
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These puzzles make life and computer a joy to live.lol.
Angela - MD USA
It is an addiction with me and I spend at least a couple of hours a day doing the puzzles, I love the program , thank you.
I have never had as much pleasure from any computer software as I have from Brainsbreaker. I now find I take photos thinking this will make a superb puzzle rather than this is a nice view! Thank you again.
Sheelagh - UK
I adore it, it`s like having painted a brand new picture every time I accomplish one. There is no other cyber game that does that to yourself, in my opinion.
I want to thank you for such much fun! I can honestly say I hated puzzles until I came across your game! Thank you.
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The puzzles are such a great way to balance my brain from spreadsheets and doc's! Thank you :-)
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Working puzzles relax me and sometimes when I cannot sleep I come in and find a couple of pictures and make myself puzzles. Then I go to bed and sleep really sound.
Ive spent many happy hours playing BrainsBreaker! Good work!!! Thanks!
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I would like to thank you for the many hours of pleasure your game has given me. Not only me but untold number of friends I have recommended to.
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Let me say that it is one of the cleverest and most entertaining programmes - Well worth the money and as demonstrated by your response, comes with excellent customer support. Thank you once again.
John - UK
I can use your product now, and I really enjoy the new version, too. Thank you for creating such a wonderful game.
Cynthia - Taiwan
Je suis très satisfait de votre jeu ainsi que de votre service après vente puisque, pour je ne sais plus quel motif, javais perdu le jeu et vous me lavez remplacé.Etant satisfait je recommande votre jeu à mes relations.
Maurice - France
Todos aqui em casa estão adorando sua criação. Para minha mãe serve como terapia, minha irmã adotou como diversão, e eu uso como terapia de descanço. Foi muito gratificante ter feito contato com você.
Nadia - Brazil
Thanks for all the wonderful hours of entertainment you provide me. I do the same puzzle 7 different ways and never get tired of them...................it's fabulous! Keep up the good work.
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Your program has been such a huge stress relief for me over the years. I just can't imagine life without my Brainsbreaker puzzles!
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Vuestro programa es algo muy especial. Quiero darle las gracias por los grandes momentos de felicidad que gracias a usted paso diariamente formando mis rompecabezas. Me pongo retos con rompecabezas difíciles y hasta de 1,500 piezas y paso horas de grata distracción.
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I would like to take this opportunity to express my admiration to the manner in which your programme performs, it is truly a remarkable piece of work.
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I so enjoyr your program and is one of the programs that I have kept and bought for my sister. She plays it daily and know that her life would not be the same without it.
I am still Smoke Free (26 months now). Thanks to this wonderful program. It has always been the one thing I could depend on to keep my mind and hands busy while kickin the habit.
Just a short note to express my appreciation for your splendid puzzle programme. I enjoyed it very much and feel sure I will continue to do so for a long while.
Rossana T. - Italy
Lo único que te puedo decir es que tu programa es grandioso y que no hay otro que se le parezca siquiera. A pesar de estar bloqueado me ha dado mucho tiempo de esparcimiento. Imagínate ahora que puedo hacer los rompecabezas del número de piezas que yo quiera.
Alejandro B - Mexico
I am fully registered now and wanted to tell you what a huge success your program is with my family and friends! I love the idea of you allowing us (the user) to create our own puzzles. I made an Easter Bunny for my 2 yr. old grandson with minimal pieces and he is learning quickly how to maneuver the puzzle pieces. Not only is your program fun and entertaining ... but, it is also an awesome learning tool for our little ones!
Susan H. - VA USA
BrainsBreaker was probably about the best thing I ever purchased on line. I also bought the kaleidoscope type application and love it, too. It keeps my grandkids occupied for hours - me, too!
I just wanted to write and express to you my complete pleasure with this unique game. I and my family play it for hours.
Regina H. - OH USA
O seu 'BrainsBreaker' tornou se para mim um verdadeiro 'vicio'. Se precisar de recomendação, conte comigo. Caso queira, pode publicar isto, onde quiser. De seu cliente e amigo.
Tomas O. - Brazil
I just want to tell you that you have another family of satisfied customers. I bought your puzzles for myself, but am delighted at the pleasure they also give the entire family.
Mary - Israel
Aw damn (pardon me, but I am once again pleased) - This software just gets better and better!... To discover a software that is user friendly, has interesting puzzles and on the computer...what more could I ask for...a 32' screen :) Thanks again, many times over.
Angela W - PA USA
Just a quick note to express to you how much I am enjoying my Puzzle program..I, who have NEVER liked jigsaw puzzles, am addicted !!!! ..I have a couple of other programs also but yours by far is the best....
Judy U. - OR USA
Can't tell you how many hours and stress relief this has given me... Still the best puzzle program I have ver seen.
Judith - OR USA
Je n'ai qu'a me féliciter d'être votre client depuis longtemps donc entièrement satisfait et fait connaître votre jeu à toutes mes fréquentations
I have had your program for awhile now and I still just LOVE it!!! I would never jigsaw any other way again. I love looking for new pictures and all I have to do is hit print screen and the program asks me if I would like to make a puzzle of it!
Wayne L. - CT USA
I have had this program since 1997. It is the best puzzle program out there. I have recommended it to many and have recently purchased it for a relative. I am sure they will get as much enjoyment out of it as I.
Mary Ann N. - Ohio USA
Great way to do jigsaw puzzles without having the cat knock the pieces under the sofa.
Paula M. - IN USA
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The secrets of embedded links -- the yellow brick road to persuasion.
Embedded links are the yellow brick road to persuasion. When deliberately designed, they allow visitors to persuade themselves in the manner most appealing to them. Encourage each persona to follow her own path. Visitors will take the actions you most desire.
Different visitors search your site in different ways. Some know exactly what they're looking for. Others know only approximately what they want. Still others may simply be curious about what you offer. Design for all of them.
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People aren't aware of something until it matters to them. The day I drove my Volvo off the lot, everyone suddenly seemed to have one. Visitors come to your Web site looking for relevant information. What they perceive as relevant pops out at them. What isn't relevant won't. Design and write copy so the right persona will be persuaded, via self-motivation, to click the most relevant link.
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Persuasion begins when visitors realize they arrived at the right place. Each page of a Web site should contain a link that proves to prospects this is the right place.
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Link as early as possible. Certain personality types need only the big picture; an earlier link may provide all the relevance they need. Another type appreciates a great deal of detail. They read everything thoroughly before deciding where to click next. They need links closer to the end of the page. If a link leads a visitor to the information he wants, he'll be delighted to follow it.
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As visitors dig deeper into your site and find more relevant links, momentum builds. It pulls visitors along and imbues them with the confidence they need to buy. This is "persuasive momentum."
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Will visitors come back to the page they came from? Not necessarily. That's the point. Get visitors to dig deeper into your site until they're so excited by your offer that the momentum is unstoppable. Visitors shouldn't need to go back. If they want to remind themselves of something they've read, fine. But overall, persuasive momentum is a forward process. Pogo-sticking often kills that momentum.
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In 1930, Abby Nichols is an 8-year-old girl growing up in Maine, but as the Depression deepens and her mother dies, the responsibility of taking care of her family falls to her, and she has to put her dreams of going to college and becoming a writer on hold.
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