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è stata molto carina e gentile. L'appartamento è stato lasciato in perfette condizioni. Non potevo desiderare di meglio. Raccomando vivamente a tutti gli hosts. Grazie Daniele
It was an absolute pleasure hosting Rafaella. She is, without a doubt, the perfect guest - polite, charming, friendly and funny. What more can you ask for from anyone? I think even my apartment adored her. She would be exceedingly welcome here again and I cannot recommend her enough to other hosts. Thanks Rafaella.
It was a pleasure hosting you Raffaella and we're very pleased that you loved our apartment!
Look forward to welcoming you back in the future!
Best wishes, Andy
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Raffaella was a very pleasant guest to welcome and I would definitly recommend her. She also left the place very tidy.
thank you :)
Raffella is this kind of a person , everyone would like to host. We had a perfect communication and all ran smoothly with her. She is kind, easy going and she left my apartment in a very good condition. I have no hesitation to recommend her to the community. Raffella my house is open for you anytime :-)


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Support to agriculture and food security in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
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Support to agriculture and food security coordination activities in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
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Hwanghae, North and South Pyongan and Pyongyang provinces, Kangwon and South Hamgyong.
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I just checked and still nothing One week left until their deadline though (and my moveout day!).
I just checked and still nothing One week left until their deadline though (and my moveout day!).
found a picture of Aurora with a dimple It gives me hope! I'm getting very excited! Has anyone here worked on the cruiseline? I'd be interested in what its like? I want it so bad I just love kids and I remember going to DL when I was little and meeting Jasmine and Aladdin it was like magic!!!! Because they were there right there in front of me and Jasmine asked my name and Aladdin patted my head and called me a "princess." I'll never forget that. ! I so want to be a part of that in some little kids life!There's a part of every little girl that desperately wants to be a princess whether they grow out of it or not depends on a lot of things but heaven knows I never grew but out of it! I have terrible handwriting so I'll have to master an autograph before I go but it would just be magical! But even if I didn't get it I would just LOVE to audition! I just wish may 12th would be here!
So just double checking - most of the time for the College Program, they cast fuzzies, right? Not so much FC? I would love to do the CP as a face character, but I don't want to audition and get cast as a fuzzy...
Hey guys! I'm new here and really interested in becoming a face character when I'm old enough. Although I have a few years to go (I'm only in eighth grade), and I have to relocate (I'm most likely going to college in California, though) I'd like to know the requirements for the princesses. Specifically Rapunzel and Cinderella. The height requirements, face shape and other requirements. I wanna know now because I don't want to grow up thinking I could be either one of them, and then not even have a shot. I'm 5'3", and still growing so would I even get considered for Alice or Tink (depending how exactly tall I turn out). Because I know they only go up to 5'2" so if I stayed 5'3" or even 5'4" and looked little would they choose me? Sorry for the questions but my heart is so set on being a princess. When I lived in California, and went to Disney like every month those princesses made such and impact on my life - I want to do that for other kids! So, this is important to me, and yea I'm planning WAY ahead, but I always do that!
They usually go only about a half inch in each direction. So, since Alice and Wendy stop at 5'2", if you look exactly like one of them they might let you go up to 5'2"1/2" but no more than that. Rapunzel starts at 5'4" so you're almost there! I'm not sure what Cinderella starts/ends at, but generally speaking the princesses range from 5'3"-5'7". As for face shapes, I would suggest that you do some online searches for the certain characters and you'll probably start to notice what it is they are usually looking for in a character. Good luck!
For the Walt Disney World if you are cast as a face character you are also automatically cast as a fur character as well.
Harpist let me know if you hear! I'm still waiting!!!
For certain you must be lost to find the places that can't be found. Elseways, everyone would know where it was.
is Kim possible a face character or fur?
She was face, but no longer comes out
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Lindsay- What hckim said! Just smile and show your beautiful personality!! And let us know how it goes!!
I just got my email from Disney this morning (finally!) and I didn't make character Oh well. It was a fun audition and hopefully I'll get into another department so I can continue to audition and work on getting it later!


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To inform and encourage investment in our entire life sciences community, we allow our members to post their life science events. WBBA members are invited to submit upcoming events for free by emailing the details to firstname.lastname@example.com
The Health Innovators Collaborative welcomes Stanford Professor Arnold Milstein for a special seminar on: "Providing Better Care with Less"
Event Sponsor: University of Washington College of Bioengineering
Date of Event: Monday, March 30th | 5:00 PM
Location: Orin Smith Auditorium, UW Medicine South Lake Union
Brief Description: Dr. Milstein will present the results of a national study - modeled on American Idol - designed to discern the features of less costly health care that is also of high quality. In addition, he will describe the work of his Stanford lab to translate these features into nationally scalable innovations that improve value to patients and their health plan sponsors.
Effectively targeting the Kv1.3 channel: a new approach to address multiple autoimmune diseases
Event Sponsor: Kineta
Date of Event: April 2, 2015 | 9:30 AM
Location: Online Webinar
Brief Description: You are invited to an online scientific introduction and discussion of the Kv1.3 channel as a novel, high potential drug target for autoimmune diseases, April 2, 10 am Pacific. Dr. Christine Beeton, Ph.D. immunologist at Baylor College of Medicine will explain how blocking the Kv1.3 channel and selectively targeting effector memory T cells can address multiple autoimmune diseases without wholesale immune suppression. Dr. Anne Stevens, MD. Ph.D. rheumatologist at Seattle Children's Hospital will discuss why Kv 1.3 is attractive from a clinical perspective, and its applications in different autoimmune diseases. Dr. Shawn Iadanoto PhD, Chief Scientific Officer at Kineta will conclude with a review of Kineta's ongoing clinical trial for psoriasis using ShK-186, a blocker of Kv 1.3, as well as outlining the rationale for the role of ShK-186 in Lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, and other autoimmune diseases.
Designing Medicine's Holy Grail: How Small Molecules May Help Repair the Brain and Stop Cancer in Its Tracks
Event Sponsor: Washington State University- The Innovators
Date of Event: April 9, 2015 | 4:00-6:00 PM
Location: Bell Harbor International Conference Center | 2211 Alaskan Way, Pier 66 | Seattle
Brief Description: Naturally occurring biochemicals called growth factor proteins largely dictate who we are as people. They orchestrate embryological development, guide our maturation from infant to adulthood, regulate immune function, direct the ever-changing alterations to our brains that underlie personality and learning, and enable us to repair damage to our bodies or minds. "Effectively and selectively controlling growth factor function is one of the holy grails of medicine," says Joe Harding, Washington State University professor of physiology and neuroscience. In Harding's Innovators talk, he will focus on hepatocyte growth factor and its potential to halt and possibly reverse the impact of neurodegenerative diseases. Harding and his colleagues see potential for this technology to reach far beyond the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.
For more information about The Innovators Series, contact: Nancy Shrope, Office of Research | Office of Grant and Research Development | 509-335-3822
Goodtimes Wine Auction
Event Sponsor: The Goodtimes Project
Date of Event: Saturday, April 11, 2015 | 5:30 PM
Location: Bell Harbor International Conference Center
Brief Description: Since the first event in 2002, the Goodtimes Wine Auction has contributed more than $1.5 million to help fund Camp Goodtimes, a no-cost overnight camp that hosts 225 childhood cancer patients, survivors and their siblings each summer on Vashon Island. The Goodtimes Wine Auction features wine tastings, silent and live auctions, hors d'oeurves, a 3-course dinner with wine, and dancing. Tickets are now on sale at http://www.thegoodtimesproject.org/WineAuction/event-details
BDO KNOWLEDGE Webinar Series program, the "Quarterly Technical Update – Q1 2015" webinar
Event Sponsor: BDO
Date of Event: April 14, 15, or 16 | 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET
Location: Webinar
Presented as part of the BDO KNOWLEDGE Webinar Series program, the "Quarterly Technical Update – Q1 2015" webinar continues our tradition of lending a helping hand to financial management, board directors and audit committees to stay on top of today's hot topics and developments. The presentation will be delivered by members of the BDO National Accounting and Auditing Department in order to provide a lively discussion and respond to questions posed by participants. Specifically, the program will discuss developments during the first quarter of 2015 with respect to various topics in accounting and financial reporting. - See more at: https://www.bdo.com/events/quarterly-technical-update-q1-2015-14#sthash.sthQdHXO.dpuf
Please Help Us Put the Wings on the Dreams of SU's Student Entrepreneurs!
You are cordially invited to attend the 2015 Harriet Stephenson Business Plan Competition, where you can share your valuable input and expertise with student entrepreneurs who have BIG ideas and dreams for their lives and the world. Come network with regional business leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, and Seattle U's faculty.
How Can You Help? We need coaches and judges between now and April 15th - even one hour of your time as a screening round judge can make a huge impact!
There are several sponsor opportunities to support a team, a prize, or other SU student entrepreneurs. We recognize BPC volunteers and sponsors throughout the year in a variety of ways and deeply appreciate their generosity! The BPC event is a great way to build your network, have fun, and inspire student entrepreneurs. For more info, contact firstname.lastname@example.com or www.seattleubpc.com.
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Trade Showcase & Elevator Pitch Round, Wednesday, April 15, 11-2pm, Campion Ballroom, SU campus
The 20 SU semi-finalist teams will present their trade show booths and pitches to the audience members and judges, which will help determine which four teams will go to the Finals. Students, alums, families, friends, and the general public of all ages are welcome, at no charge. RSVP: https://2015bpcsemifinals.eventbrite.com
Finals Pitch Competition & Awards Reception, Wednesday, May 13, 4-7:30pm, Campion Ballroom, SU campus
The top teams will present their final pitches to an elite judging team, followed by a celebration reception and ceremony. Students, alums, families, friends, and SU supporters are invited, at no charge. RSVP : http://2015bpcfinals.eventbrite.com
Regulatory monsters like to eat new biotech companies
Event Sponsor: Seattle Health Innovation Meetup and the University of Washington
Date of Event: Thursday, April 16, 5:30-7:30 pm
Location: CoMotion Incubator, UW Fluke Hall, Suite 300 4000 Mason Road Seattle WA
Brief Description: Health startups increasingly combine digital health, wearable/implantable biotech devices, and pharmaceutical-relevant data. Having a regulatory strategy is no longer just a "nice-to-have" for people working to transform healthcare. Join University of Washington CoMotion (formerly known as the Center for Commercialization, or C4C) and UW Professional & Continuing Education on April 16 for a panel discussion about what entrepreneurs wish they had known about the regulatory monsters hiding in their closets when starting their new companies. Panelists will include executives from 3 companies that recently spun out of UW's CoMotion Incubator: Deurion, Stasys Medical, and M3 Biotechnology. It will also include regulatory experts who will provide insight and context. To reserve your seat please RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/Seattle-Health-Innovation-Forum/events/221261397/
Medical Devices 10x Conference
Event Sponsor: Medical Devices Group, LinkedIn | et al
Date of Event: May 4-6, 2015
Location: Hilton San Diego Mission Valley | 901 Camino Del Rio South
Brief Description: Now in its 3rd year, 10x covers timely subjects affecting the entire medical device industry – not just your piece of it – and, in an intimate setting, introduces you to people with the complementary skills you need to grow your business. For many, the conference is about new ideas. For others, it's about new business.
StartUp Weekend Bothell - HEALTH Edition
Event Sponsor: University of Washington, Bothell
Date of Event: May 15-17, 2015
Location: UW Bothell | 18115 Campus Way Northeast | Bothell, WA 98011
Brief Description: Ever wondered what it takes to be a healthcare or medical tech entrepreneur? Want to impact healthcare services, wearables, med devices, CROs or life sciences? Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. It is the largest community of passionate entrepreneurs with over 1800 past events in 120 countries around the world. Bothell Startup Weekend is the first Startup Weekend completely focused on health and related verticals in the state of Washington. All Startup Weekend events follow the same basic model: anyone is welcome to pitch their startup idea and receive feedback from their peers. Teams organically form around the top ideas (as determined by popular vote) and then it's a 54 hour frenzy of business model creation, coding, designing, and market validation.
Beginning with Friday night pitches and continuing through brainstorming, business plan development, and basic prototype creation, Startup Weekends culminate in Sunday night demos and presentations in front of local entrepreneurial leaders for an opportunity for critical feedback. You do not need to be a designer, coder or even a seasoned healthcare professional to join; the only requirement is curiosity and effort. If you want to put yourself in the shoes of an entrepreneur, register now for the best weekend of your life! Ideas for the weekend will impact the following verticals:
• Healthcare IT (ex. electronic medical records, telemedicine portals, electronic scheduling, etc.)
• Wearables (biometrics, etc.)
• Medical Devices
• CROs
• Healthcare data/ B.I. innovations
• Pharma/Life Sciences
• Payer/Insurers
• Biomedical sciences
In addition to a great weekend full of entrepreneurial activity, participants will receive:
• A participant t-shirt and lots of fun SWAG!
• Food and drink to fuel your entire weekend
• Prizes for the winners of the final pitch
American Council for Medicinally Active Plants Conference
Event Sponsor: American Council for Medicinally Active Plants, Inc. (ACMAP) | WSU, Spokane
Date of Event: June 9-12, 2015
Location: Washington State University, Spokane Campus
Brief Description: Now in it's 6th year!
Father of the Year Awards Ceremony: Congratultions to Former WBBA President- Jack Faris, PhD
Event Sponsor: American Diabetes Association
Date of Event: June 19, 2015
Location: Fairmont Olympic Hotel | Seattle
Brief Description: The purpose of this award is to recognize men who have made family a priority while balancing demanding careers and community involvement. Every year, the council in each city conducts a nomination process to identify honorees who meet the criteria to be nominated as Father of the Year. By honoring men who are seen as leaders in the community, we are generating attention to the event that furthers the Father's Day Council's goal of heightening awareness of the importance of fatherhood. We hope you will join us in supporting the amazing gentlemen who will be honored at this year's event!
The 13th International Nanomedicine & Drug Delivery Symposium
Event Sponsor: University of Washington (Chaired by professors Patrick Stayton and Suzie Pun)
Date of Event: September 16 -18, 2015
Location: University of Washington, Seattle
Brief Description: NanoDDS is the key annual event for researchers developing next-generation delivery vehicles — targeted, responsive, biodegradable nanomaterials to make diagnostics more sensitive and drugs more effective. Since 2003 nanoDDS has been held annually in different locations across North America. Over years it has attracted more than 2,000 participants from 30 different countries and became one of the most authoritative forums in its field. Each year the meeting comes to a different University campus, thereby promoting knowledge and becoming a major world-class scientific event for its students and scholars.
4th International Conference on Immunotherapy in Pediatric Oncology (CIPO2015)
Event Sponsor: University of Washington (Chaired by professors Patrick Stayton and Suzie Pun)
Date of Event: September 25-26, 2015
Location: The Westin - Seattle, WA
Brief Description: Join us for the 4th International Conference on Immunotherapy in Pediatric Oncology entitled, "Examining the Emerging Therapeutic Potential of Immunotherapy in Pediatric Oncology." Hosted by Seattle Children's Research Institute, the conference will bring together international scientists and healthcare leaders to discuss the latest immunotherapy research in the field of pediatric oncology. This is a CME conference. Early registration fee: $350 | Learn more at http://www.seattlechildrens.org/cipo2015/ or contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
17th Annual NIH SBIR/STTR Conference
Event Sponsor: NIH
Date of Event: October 27-29, 2015
Location: Seattle, WA | Bell Harbor International Conference Center
Brief Description: We are pleased to announce our 17th Annual NIH SBIR/STTR Conference will be held on Tuesday, October 27 – Thursday, October 29, 2015, in Seattle, Washington. Hosted by the Washington State Department of Commerce (WSDC), this event will be the largest annual gathering of HHS SBIR/STTR federal experts in the country, including representatives from NIH, CDC, FDA and others.
Washington State has a vibrant life science ecosystem making it an ideal location for our conference. The event will take place at Seattle's Destination Waterfront Venue, the Bell Harbor International Conference Center. Small businesses at any stage of the commercialization process are welcome to attend – whether you are an SBIR/STTR newcomer or have already reached commercial milestones and seeking outside investors, strategic partners or follow-on funding. We also welcome undergraduate and graduate students, women-owned small businesses, and small disadvantaged businesses (https://sbir.nih.gov/about/women-owned). There will be sessions and workshops specifically designed to help you prepare and submit an application to HHS.
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CSULB students meet Ellen Prager, marine biologist
Stephanie Thai, Contributing Writer
February 22, 2015
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The Aquarium of the Pacific invited California State University, Long Beach students to attend an exclusive meet-and-greet with marine biologist and author, Ellen Prager on Tuesday night. Promoted... Read more »
Kevin Hines speaks at CSULB about depression and suicide
Stephanie Thai, Contributing Writer
February 22, 2015
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Each year, approximately 38,000 people commit suicide due to a lack of resources or knowledge of telltale signs, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. On Wednesday night, Project OCEAN, California State... Read more »
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February 22, 2015
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February 17, 2015
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A curly, brown-haired six-year-old smiled to herself as she ran her fingers through the warm park sand. The bright-eyed, joyful girl turned to pour the sand into her bucket, but it wasn't there. A grown woman held her bucket, chewing on the handle. She ran to her mother, scared and sobbing. Her... Read more »
A breath of hope for SeaWorld
Jonathan Murrietta, contributing writer
December 31, 2014
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SeaWorld San Diego is ringing in the new year with a new addition to its family—a female baby killer whale born Dec. 2 at the theme park. Kalia, a 10-year-old killer whale residing at SeaWorld San Diego gave birth to the healthy calf. The baby weighed around 350 pounds at birth. SeaWorld has confirmed... Read more »
Resurrecting Vintage Hollywood at the Racetrack
Jonathan Murrietta, Contributing Writer
November 12, 2014
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The Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in San Diego, Calif. opened its gates in the fall for the first time in its history last Friday. The racetrack that used to exclusively operate in the summer hosted its inaugural Bing Crosby Season to fill a void left by the closing of another historic Southern California... Read more »
XTend Barre: The fusion workout for a torturous journey to your beach-ready bod
Danielle Carson and Brooke Becher , Staff Writers
October 12, 2014
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In light of the new Seal Beach studio opening, Xtend Barre invited three of the women from the 49er to try out a class. The studio is brand new and smells like the cleanest of swimming pools; we were welcomed by a cluster of extremely fit, excited people. These... Read more »
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September 24, 2014
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Karnataka outplayed a young Mumbai team by 112 runs to enter the final of the Ranji Trophy.
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On the same day Treasury Secretary Geithner said "It is the policy of the US and it will remain the policy of the US to remain committed to a strong dollar" and that it will "remain the principal reserve currency," the $ index is back below 80 and a close here would be the lowest in a month and its a further 11% drop from falling to a record low. The S&P 500 is also at a one month high, implied inflation expectations in TIPS are at a two week high, the 10 yr bond yield is at a 3 week high and the CRB index is at a one week high. This reflation trade has reignited over the past week on the 2nd half growth hopes around the world, better than expected earnings releases and combined with ZIRP and QE policy and deteriorating government finances. What this highlights is any recovery we experience will come with higher inflation and higher interest rates. Throw higher taxes on top at all levels and the US economy will be hard pressed to reach its growth potential of 3%+ (1% population + 2% or more productivity). Pick your poison.
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Last night Bill O'Reilly, in a segment about 'connected firms' profiting from cap & trade, stated
Goldman made $2B in 2008 but PAID NO FEDERAL INCOME TAXES!
Long-time readers know that we regularly inveigh against US policy that allows corporations to run two sets of books – one for investors and one for taxes. So when the usual suspects appear to whine that US corporations need tax relief, remember that many US corporations pay little or no income taxes while they report great earnings…How much federal income tax will Goldman pay this year? Where's Congress?
A few weeks ago we warned that just like the previous two years, BLS seasonal adjustments prevented early spring commodity inflation (rallies) from appearing in PPI in CPI; but in June the seasonal adjustment process would inject the inflation that occurred early. This occurred yesterday with PPI.
Though PPI at 1.8% was double expectations, in reality inflation was not that strong in June. The BLS understated energy and food inflation in the spring and will overstate inflation in June & July.
Press releases noted that energy inflation (+6.6%, gasoline +18.5%) was the reason for the jump in PPI.
Once again we have better than expected retail sales (+0.65% m/m) due to inflation. 'Core retail sales were 0.26%… Ex-food services, retail sales declined 10.3% y/y…Why won't the government report 'core retail sales' (ex-food & energy) like it does for PPI and CPI?
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June Industrial Production fell .4% and is the 17th month of decline in the last 18. It was .2% better than expected but May was revised down .1% so overall it was about in line. Capacity Utilization fell to 68% from 68.2% in May but was a touch more than the consensus of 67.9%. It's…Read More
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The July NY Fed survey was -.6, above expectations of -5 and up from -9.4 in June. New Orders jumped to +5.9 from -8.2, the first positive reading since Sept '08 but Backlogs fell 2 points to -12.50. Employment was up a modest one point at -20.8 but it's the least negative reading since it…Read More
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The good thing about earnings season is that it allows us to focus our attention again to company fundamentals and less so on what the government will do to 'fix things.' Regardless of whether it was just inventory restocking or signs of a real recovery, Intel's results being well received has a better feeling to…Read More
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Good Evening: Yesterday's stock market rally continued today when neither the earnings reports nor the economic releases contained any bombshells. CSX, JNJ, and GS all reported positive earnings, though only Goldman really surprised to the upside. Of course, since GS had its rally yesterday after the Whitney upgrade, the company's shares barely managed to hold…Read More
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> Jim has run Bianco Research out of Chicago since November 1990. He has been producing fixed income commentaries with a circulation of hundreds of portfolio managers and traders. Jim's commentaries have a special emphasis on: money flow characteristics of primary dealers, mutual funds, hedge funds, futures traders, banks, and institutional investors. Prior to founding…Read More
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May Business Inventories fell 1%, .2% more than expected and April was revised down by .2%. It's the 9th straight month of declines. With sales down .1%, the inventory to sales ratio fell to 1.42 from 1.43 and its at the lowest level since Oct '08 when it was at 1.36. The record low was…Read More
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There is a reason I call this column Outside the Box. I try to get material that forces us to think outside our normal comfort zones and challenges our common assumptions. I have made the comment more than once that is it unusual for two major bubbles to burst and for the conversation to be all about rising inflation and not a serious problem with deflation.
As Niels Jensen pointed out last week, the most important question that an investor can ask is whether we are in for deflation or inflation. And this week we read a well reasoned piece on deflation. This is one of the more important essays I have sent out. You need to set aside some time to absorb this one.
Van Hoisington and Dr. Lacy Hunt give us a few thoughts on why they think it is deflation that will ultimately be the problem and not inflation we are dealing with today. This week's letter requires you to think, but it will be worth the effort.
And let me quote a few sentences in the middle of this letter about taxes which you need to think about.
"Thus Barro and Perotti are saying that each $1 increase in government spending reduces private spending by about $1, with no net benefit to GDP. All that is left is a higher level of government debt creating slower economic growth."
"The most extensive research on tax multipliers is found in a paper written at the University of California Berkeley entitled The Macroeconomic Effects of Tax Changes: Estimates Based on a new Measure of Fiscal Shocks, by Christina D. and David H. Romer (March 2007). (Christina Romer now chairs the president's Council of Economic Advisors). This study found that the tax multiplier is 3, meaning that each dollar rise in taxes will reduce private spending by $3."
Now, if you put all of the various inputs together, Hoisington and Hunt show that theory suggests we will soon be dealing with deflation. It's counter-intuitive to what we hear today, which is why the Bank for International Settlements used the stagflation word in a recent report. The transition that is coming will not be comfortable….
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Quarterly Review and Outlook
Second Quarter 2009
One of the more common beliefs about the operation of the U.S. economy is that a massive increase in the Fed's balance sheet will automatically lead to a quick and substantial rise in inflation. An inflationary surge of this type must work either through the banking system or through non-bank institutions that act like banks which are often called "shadow banks". The process toward inflation in both cases is a necessary increasing cycle of borrowing and lending. As of today, that private market mechanism has been acting as a brake on the normal functioning of the monetary engine.
For example, total commercial bank loans have declined over the past 1, 3, 6, and 9 month intervals. Also, recent readings on bank credit plus commercial paper have registered record rates of decline (Chart 1). The FDIC has closed a record 52 banks thus far this year, and numerous other banks are on life support. The "shadow banks" are in even worse shape. Over 300 mortgage entities have failed, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are in federal receivership. Foreclosures and delinquencies on mortgages are continuing to rise, indicating that the banks and their non-bank competitors face additional pressures to re- trench, not expand. Thus far in this unusual business cycle, excessive debt and falling asset prices have conspired to render the best efforts of the Fed impotent. The 100% plus expansion in the Fed's balance sheet (monetary base) has done nothing to rekindle borrowing and lending or revive even the smallest spark of inflation. What is clear is that as long as private market factors in the monetary/credit 1creation process are shrinking, as they are now, the risk for the economy is deflation, not inflation.
The link between Fed actions and the economy is far more indirect and complex than the simple conclusion that Federal asset growth equals inflation. The price level and, in fact, real GDP are determined by the intersection of the aggregate demand (AD) and aggregate supply (AS) curves. Or, in economic parlance, for an increase in the Fed's balance sheet to boost the price level, the following conditions must be met:
- The money multiplier must be flat or rising;
- The velocity of money must be flat or rising; and
- The AS or supply curve must be upward sloping.
The economy and price changes are moving downward because none of these conditions are currently being met; nor, in our judgment, are they likely to be met in the foreseeable future.
Aggregate demand (AD) is planned expenditures for GDP. As defined by the equation of exchange, GDP equals M2 multiplied by the velocity of money (V). M2 equals the monetary base (MB) multiplied by the money multiplier (m). Professors Brunner and Meltzer proved that m is determined by the currency, time, and Treasury deposit ratios, as well as the excess reserve ratio. The money multiplier moves inversely with the currency, Treasury deposit ratios, and excess reserve ratios and positively with the time deposit ratio. For example, if those ratios rise on balance, then m will decline. By algebraic substitution AD(GDP) = MB*V*m. In our present case, the massive increase in the Fed's balance sheet has created a sharp surge in excess reserves, and thus m has fallen.
Obviously the preceding paragraph is as clear as mud. It is included to provide mathematical proof of the complex connection between monetary actions and real world results. The practical and straightforward fact is that GDP has declined in the face of a surge in M2 growth. The labor market equivalent of GDP (aggregate hours worked) has declined at a record rate over the last 18 months, the entire span of the recession (Chart 2). That is, the monetary surge was totally offset by other factors; thus, the recession deepened and inflation was nonexistent.
The conventional wisdom is that the massive increase in excess reserves might eventually be used to make loans and reverse the economic contraction now underway, or that the velocity of money might increase. First, there is a very good explanation for the surge in excess reserves. The Fed now pays interest on its deposits, so banks have been incentivized to shift transaction deposits from riskier alternatives to the safety and liquidity offered by the Fed. Historically transaction deposits at the banks have fluctuated around 3% to 7% of a bank's balance sheet. In the second quarter, excess reserves averaged $800 billion which is 4.4% of the $18 trillion of bank debt (including off balance sheet). If this is the amount needed for transaction purposes, then this "high powered" money is not available for making loans and investments.
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There will be no bath tub shaped recovery in Singapore and indeed it could be a V as they revealed that Q2 GDP rose 20.4% q/o/q and that is well above the consensus gain of 13.4%. They raised their '09 GDP forecast range to -4% to -6% from -6% to -9%. Australia June business confidence…Read More
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Halfway between bacteria and tree
How the protein transport machinery in the chloroplasts of higher plants developed Moss Physcomitrella patens is an evolutionary intermediate stage
Together with colleagues from Sweden, RUB researchers have studied how the protein transport system of bacteria developed over time to form the system in the chloroplasts of higher plants. They explored the so-called signal recognition particles (SRP) and their receptors. Bioinformatic and biochemical analyses revealed that the moss Physcomitrella patens has evolutionarily old and new components of the SRP system, and thus represents an intermediate stage in the development from the bacterial transport system to the chloroplast system in higher plants. The international team led by Prof. Dr. Danja Schünemann and Dr. Chantal Träger from the Working Group Molecular Biology of Plant Organelles at the Ruhr-Universität reported in the journal The Plant Cell.
The SRP system guides new proteins to their place of work
In the cell fluid, a special transport machinery conveys proteins from their origin to their place of work, for example in the cell membrane. The decisive factor is the so-called SRP system. It binds itself to the protein to be transported, travels with it to the cell membrane and interacts there with the SRP receptor (FtsY). If the SRP system binds to the receptor, cleavage of the energy storage molecule GTP triggers further processes which ultimately anchor the protein in the membrane.
From cyanobacterium to chloroplast
In the cell fluid of bacteria, animals and plants, the SRP system consists of two components: the protein SRP54 and the ribonucleic acid SRP RNA. Several years ago, researchers found that the chloroplasts of higher plants, i.e. the photosynthetically active cell components, possess their own SRP system. It is very different from the system of the cell fluid because it has no SRP RNA. However, alongside SRP54 it also contains the protein SRP43, which occurs exclusively in chloroplasts. Scientists assume that chloroplasts originated from cyanobacteria, which initially lived in symbiosis with plant progenitor cells and were ultimately integrated into the plant cells. The scientists have now explored how the RNA-free SRP system of the chloroplasts originated from the RNA-containing SRP system of the bacteria.
Plant kingdom bioinformatically examined
With the aid of bioinformatics, the Bochum biologists and Dr. Magnus Rosenblad of Gothenburg University first examined which representatives in the plant kingdom have which components of the SRP system in their chloroplasts. "We were surprised that many organisms from unicellular green algae to mosses and ferns possess the gene for the SRP RNA in their chloroplasts", says Danja Schünemann. "The only exceptions are the higher plants, which have lost this gene". For them, the SRP system consists solely of the proteins SRP54 and SRP43. Interestingly though, SRP43 also occurs in the chloroplasts of lower plants, which are still equipped with SRP RNA.
SRP RNA in moss has partially lost its function
In collaboration with several groups of the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 642 at the RUB, Dr. Chantal Träger investigated the biochemistry of the moss Physcomitrella patens, which is among the lower plants. Physcomitrella has all the conceivable components of the SRP system in its chloroplasts: both the evolutionarily old components SRP54 and SRP RNA, as well as the more recent evolutionary protein SRP43. However, the SRP RNA of the moss chloroplasts forms a longer loop than the bacterial SRP RNA. This altered structure apparently prevents it from regulating the cleavage of GTP. Physcomitrella patens thus contains the evolutionarily old SRP RNA, which has largely lost certain functions. The SRP system of the chloroplasts of Physcomitrella patens therefore represents the transition between bacteria and higher plants. An X-ray structure analysis also revealed that the SRP receptor (FtsY) of the moss already has properties of the protein of higher plants.
C. Träger, M.A. Rosenblad, D. Ziehe, C. Garcia-Petit, L. Schrader, K. Kock, C.V. Richter, B. Klinkert , F. Narberhaus, C. Herrmann, E. Hofmann, H. Aronsson, D. Schünemann (2012): Evolution from the prokaryotic to the higher plant chloroplast Signal Recognition Particle: the Signal Recognition Particle RNA is conserved in plastids of a wide range of photosynthetic organisms, The Plant Cell, DOI: 10.1105/tpc.112.102996
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"Watching your boundaries can be a full-time task - especially if you like going out of your house now and then - but, once you have the basics down, it can be fun. I'm getting to the point of starting to get some pleasure from it - this is me defending myself, this is me doing right by myself, this is me treating myself like the friend that I am. It's good." -- author
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"Narrator better than I feared."
Dresden never disappoints.
I like so many of the characters, but Harry is my favorite because he's smart, funny, & more than a little bit of a smart ass. ;)
Sorry, I'm a James Marsters fan. While John Glover did better than I expected (I figured anyone that wasn't James Marsters would outright suck as Harry), I would have much preferred the powers that be had waited until Marsters had been available to narrate.
All the Dresden books are ones I'd like to listen to straight through. A couple of them I've been able to & did.
I love Dresden. I got into it after seeing the few TV episodes that were made on Netflix. Many of the books I wish I had been able to see on the screen. While some have been stronger than others, I haven't been disappointed by any of them.
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Out of the first four Sookie Stackhouse books I personally think this one is the weakest as far as plot goes. The way it reads though it seems like this book was used more as a vehicle to setup certain ideas & situations that might be expanded upon in the following books. I guess I will find out when I get there. Still, it was good like the rest of the series has been so far. It definitely has not detered me from continuing on with the many thrilling & supernatural escapades of the residents of Bon Temps, LA. I can't wait to see what book 5 has in store. :)
"Required reading but not too bad"
I was required to "read" this book for a college level children's literature class. Usually when I'm assigned required reading I expect to be bored to tears because the books professors tend to pick are not often the types of books I prefer. However, this book wasn't bad. Along with "Alas Babylon" (required for another class) this was one of the better books I've been assigned. I was glad to see LaVar Burton as the narrator. I love his voice. It brought back so many memories of watching Reading Rainbow as a kid. His voice always sounds so relaxing and gentle. I feel like I'm curled up in front of a cozy fire no matter where I am when I hear him read. LaVar also has excellent diction and he utilizes pauses very well. He might not do voices like other narrators, but for this book it was just fine with me.
The story was also good. I wasn't able to relate to it completely or clearly judge it's realness because I'm not old enough to have experienced these events & others like it, I live in the North, and I'm white. That being said, I feel like it did give me a decent glimpse into what this family felt and experienced in both Flint, Michigan & Birmingham, Alabama at that time in history. It was interesting to see how children might have dealt with experiencing major civil rights events, how they worked out those emotions & logic in their own mind, and how they related it to what was happening in their own lives at the time.
All in all I think it's a good story & worth the listen, for kids & even an adult like me. :)
If you want a good laugh this is the book. It summarizes how just about every parent has felt at one point or another. Samuel L. Jackson is the ONLY person who could have done this book justice. If you're at all familiar with his work you can guess why. Think "Pulp Fiction" meets bedtime story. However, this is obviously NOT a book for your kids to hear... unless you live in a home where the F word is used freely and happily by all. When your kids are driving you nuts & you just want them to lay down, fall asleep & give you some peace for a while just pop in your headphones, poor a glass of wine, & enjoy. :)
"WHY??? This narrator needs work."
Ok. The book is great, as are all the others in the series that I've heard so far. However, I was not pleased with the new narrator. If you're going to narrorate a book that's part of the series & you are not the first person to read that series you SERIOUSLY need to listen to the other books in the series for continuity's sake. I was maybe 30 minutes into it when I had heard enough of her saying PISS-ker-ee and LEE line. It's pa-SCARE-ee & LAY line, lady. Do your research, every other actor does. Jenks sounds way too girly, even for a pixy, on top of it. However, I do think she did a good job portraying Rachel's "snarkiness", as one listener called it. I just don't get why you'd change narrators in the middle of a series. Especially when the first one was pretty good. Al can't even make me nervous anymore the way she does him. Anyway, like I said, the book is wonderful & if this is your first time hearing this series I don't think you would be terribly disappointed. It's just one of those peeves you get from getting used to someone reading the parts the same way for 5 books then almost being forced to change your whole mental image of these characters because of the way the new narrator does it. You know what I mean? I had the same problem going from CJ Critt to Lorelei King in the Stephanie Plum books, & I actually LOVE both of those narrators. This one though, not so much.
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Aid, Growth and Democracy
Article first published online: 7 FEB 2003
1999 Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Economics & Politics
Volume 11, Issue 3, pages 275–297, November 1999
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Svensson, J. (1999), Aid, Growth and Democracy. Economics & Politics, 11: 275–297. doi: 10.1111/1468-0343.00062
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- Article first published online: 7 FEB 2003
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To the extent that aid is justified by the benefits to the recipient, rather than to the donor, it might be reasonably judged on two criteria: growth and poverty-alleviation. We study the first of these criteria. We find that the long-run growth impact of aid is conditional on the degree of political and civil liberties in the recipient country. Aid has a positive impact on growth in countries with an institutionalized check on governmental power; that is, in more democratic countries. The data suggest, however, that if this is not the case, aid will be used to satisfy the government's own non-productive goals. We also find that aid on average is not channeled to more democratic countries, even though there are large cross-country differences between major donors.


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Pregnancy and HIV-1 incidence in 178 married couples with discordant HIV-1 serostatus: additional experience at an HIV-1 counselling centre in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Article first published online: 25 DEC 2001
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2000.00582.x
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Tropical Medicine & International Health
Volume 5, Issue 7, pages 482–487, July 2000
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Ryder, R. W., Kamenga, C., Jingu, M., Mbuyi, N., Mbu, L. and Behets, F. (2000), Pregnancy and HIV-1 incidence in 178 married couples with discordant HIV-1 serostatus: additional experience at an HIV-1 counselling centre in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 5: 482–487. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2000.00582.x
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Summary To determine the effect of an HIV-1 counselling programme on rates of HIV-1 infection and pregnancy in a large group of married couples in Kinshasa, DRC with discordant HIV-1 infection status, we conducted a baseline cross-sectional HIV-1 seroprevalence study in two large Kinshasa businesses. We identified 178 married couples (mean duration of marriage = 12.3 years) with discordant HIV-1 serostatus (92 M+F-/86 M-F+). Seroincidence and pregnancy rates were observed during 310 person-years of follow-up (PYFU). The 92 M+F- couples had an HIV-1 incidence of 3.7/100 PYFU and a pregnancy rate of 8.6/100. The 86 M-F+ couples had a pregnancy rate of 6.8/100 PYFU and an HIV-1 incidence of 6.8/100 PYFU. Couples seeking to have children but minimize their HIV-1 transmission risk frequently had unprotected sex only during the woman's perceived monthly fertility period. This strategy resulted in the birth of 24 live-born children and only one (4%; 95% CL = 0.0–21.6%) new HIV infection in couples having a child. Only 1 of 6 women who developed HIV-1 infection (16.7%; 95 C.L. = 0–40.4%) became pregnant. While seronegative men had more extramarital sex once their wives' positive HIV-1 infection status became known, most of these episodes involved safe sex. Divorce was rare. This study provides additional information concerning issues of safe sex in married couples with discordant HIV-1 infection status, the dynamics of HIV transmission within couples and the effect of serostatus notification on the marriage and on intramarital and extramarital sexual behaviour in Kinshasa, Congo.


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By Chris Willmott Friday 25 January 2013 Updated: 01/02 10:25
SICK child porn pervert Nicholas Beaumont-Dark has dodged jail after admitting making and distributing indecent images of children as young as six months old.
The 50-year-old married father of three of Vicarage Hill, Tanworth in Arden has been given a 12-month jail term, suspended for two years after admitting downloading 393 indecent images of children and distributing 388 images through a file-sharing network for fellow online perverts.
He was ordered to register as a sex offender for ten years, was made the subject of a sexual offences prevention order for seven years, ordered to attend a community sex offenders group work programme and hit with £1,200 costs.
Passing sentence on Beaumont-Dark, Judge Richard Griffith-Jones said: "You pleaded guilty at the first opportunity and you have had entrenched personal problems.
"None of that, however, diminishes your culpability in allowing yourself to join an internet club of perverts.
"Because they are infants, they have no one to protect them, they are completely vulnerable. You and others got sexual gratification from seeing it, which is frankly impossible for many of us to get our heads around at all."
The court heard Beaumont-Dark, son of former Selly Oak MP Anthony Beaumont-Dark, downloaded images including horrific abuse of babies and young children between January 2011 and January 2012.
There were images of a six-month and 18-month-old baby girl being abused while other children in the images were aged up to 13.
Beaumont-Dark downloaded 50 still images and 30 movies at level one, six still images and 57 movies at level two, four images and 14 movies at level three, and 40 images and 192 movies at the more serious level four.
His home was raided in January 2012 when police seized his computer.
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