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Dear Prudie,
I have stuttered moderately for 30 years, and many speech therapists tried to help me solve the problem. I talk reasonably well and work happily as a college professor. I am now seeing a new speech pathologist and following a new approach: I stutter, I always have, and I likely always will. Instead of worrying about it constantly, carefully mapping out whatever I say in advance, and concentrating so hard on my "techniques" that I can barely remember what I'm saying, I'm just going to let myself stutter. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this change in mindset has already improved my speech markedly. I would appreciate advice, though, for those moments when I am stuck in a bad stutter and just can't get out what I want to say. I would like some quick comment, preferably funny and disarming, that doesn't apologize and won't make my face redden. I've tried saying, "I stutter, just give me a sec and I'll get there." But do you have anything better to recommend?
Dear Larry,
I like the approach of your speech pathologist—it sounds like a form of mindfulness therapy, in which instead of trying to fight the distressing and repetitive thoughts all of us sometime have to deal with, you accept that they happen, don't focus on them, and let them pass. Since a new semester is beginning, I think you should deal with this on this first day. When you're standing in front of the students and introducing yourself, after you describe what the class will consist of and something about your background, add that you want them that know that sometimes you stutter. With a smile, you can say when this happens they should just bear with you for a moment because the words will soon come out. I spoke with Jane Fraser, president of the Stuttering Foundation (which has many resources for those who stutter), and she said this upfront approach can defuse the discomfort of both the stutterer and listener in all sorts of settings. Remember that many of the young people sitting before you are struggling with their own difficulties, so you will be teaching an important lesson not on your syllabus about accepting the imperfections in all of us.
Dear Prudence,
My husband and I have four nephews by his brother, and they live in another state. Two of them have graduated from high school, and when they did, we sent a nice-sized check. The oldest nephew never acknowledged the gift in any way. Neither did the second. When my brother-in-law, sister-in-law, and their sons came to visit us a while ago, I made a comment to the second son about his being able to use the gift to buy things on the trip. He was completely confused and said he never got anything from us. I knew the check had been cashed and I was concerned about it being pilfered. His mother finally admitted that she intercepted the graduation check, cashed it, and kept the money. She didn't even show him the card! Their third son will be graduating this year, and I have no idea what to do about his gift. We can't attend the graduation and I'm leery of sending another check. My parents-in-law live in the same town as my brother-in-law and his family, but sending it to their house will cause us some problems with my sister-in-law. What should I do?
—Baffled Aunt
Dear Aunt,
Thank you for solving the problem of why almost no relatives get thank you notes for the gifts they send the kids. It turns out larcenous moms are intercepting them. Now all we have to do is lock up the miscreant mothers and the epistolary gratitude will start pouring forth across the nation. But in case your case is unique, you have to make sure the check gets to the boy. So just before you mail it, your husband should contact his brother and tell him that a gift for his third son is coming. Say you want to make sure it actually gets into the hands of the graduate and you'd appreciate hearing that it arrived and went into your nephew's bank account. Who knows, this may even result in your getting a heartfelt note of thanks.
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My Brother Philip And My Father (1988) by Annie Leibovtz.
American photographer Annie Leibovitz's retrospective exhibition makes its South-East Asian debut in Singapore.
Her work is mostly seen in the glossy pages of Vogue and Vanity Fair, but visitors to Singapore's ArtScience Museum can now see celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz's photographs on a grander scale.
An exhibition titled Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer's Life 1990-2005 is currently on at the museum. The retrospective, which is being shown in Asia for the first time, features close to 200 of her iconic images.
Among the famed pictures going on display is that of a nude, pregnant Demi Moore, which drew controversy when it made the cover of Vanity Fair magazine in 1991.
Other revealing celebrity portraits in the show include those of a young Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Nicole Kidman.
"I don't have a favourite photograph. It's the body of work that's important, and I think I understood this early on," writes Leibovitz, 64, via e-mail. "When I go to galleries or museums, I like to see retrospectives, a lifetime of an artist's work. That's when it becomes really interesting."
Besides looking back at Leibovitz's work, the exhibition is also a photographic memoir of a decade and a half of her life.
There are photographs of her with friends and family; and with her long-time partner Susan Sontag, the well-known American writer and intellectual who died of cancer in 2004.
The pictures also document the birth and childhood of her three daughters, as well as the siege of Sarajevo in the 1990s. And her camera's eye preserves the landscapes of Monument Valley in the American West as well as the Jordanian desert's Wadi Rum.
"I've been taking reportage-type pictures my whole life," says the photographer.
"The photographs of my family and my friends come out of a tradition established by Robert Frank and Henri Cartier-Bresson, who were important models to me when I was a student. They're a sort of relaxed reportage. I don't think of them as snapshots, although the boundary between snapshots and personal reportage is pretty thin."
Honor Harger, executive director of the ArtScience Museum, says: "The striking power of Annie's photographs lies in the fact that they capture the essence of the subject in a unique and visceral fashion."
Her subjects are diverse and disparate, from celebrities to war-torn countries. Harger notes: "When it comes to her personal life and work, Leibovitz doesn't separate the two. As Leibovitz states in her publication, Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer's Life 1990-2005, 'I don't have two lives. This is one life, and the personal pictures and the assignment work are all part of it.'
"There is no hierarchy – every photograph, from family portraits, photographs of celebrities, landscapes and war photographs, holds equal importance. Walking through the exhibition, visitors will feel like they are on an archaeological dig into Annie's life."
First displayed in 2006 at the Brooklyn Museum of Art in the United States, the exhibition has since travelled around the United States and Europe. Singapore is the second of two stops in Asia for the exhibition, after Seoul.
Leibovitz made a name for herself in the 1970s and early 1980s as the chief photographer for music magazine Rolling Stone, before going on to work for Vanity Fair and Vogue magazines.
She shot to fame when her photograph of a naked John Lennon, curled around and kissing his wife Yoko Ono, became the last photograph taken of the Beatles frontman, just five hours before he was assassinated in 1980.
On how her time at Rolling Stone led to her working process of often having elaborate set-ups for portraits (such as an ongoing project to shoot celebrities as various Disney characters), she writes: "I didn't have the luxury of spending a lot of time with a subject. The photo sessions became more like appointments that I had to have an idea for." – The Straits Times, Singapore/Asia News Network
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If I was Vince I would've told Lesnar if he was gonna sign a one year, 5 million dollar contract with me, that he would be working the entire year for me full time. If Brock didn't like it, then he can say goodbye to that 5 million bucks. There's no way i'm paying someone that much and only using him for 30 apperances. I know Triple H didn't negociate this contract, i'm sure it was Vince or John Lauranitis who did it because the whole deal just reeks of someone who is out of touch and has no clue what they're doing anymore.
I doubt even Triple H, HBK or Taker ever made that much for any contract they signed. Once you factor in merch sales, i'm sure they came close to clearing that in a year sometimes. But as the base salary? I doubt it. The only guys who've probably ever made that much in a year for the WWE are Hogan, Austin, Rock and Cena.
The way he left in 2004 he has no right to make any demands.
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Another morning melt up after a less than impressive session in China which saw the SHCOMP drop again reversing the furious gains in the past few days driven by hopes of more PBOC easing (despite China's repeated warning not to expect much). A flurry of market topping activity overnight once again, with Candy Crush maker King Digital pricing at $22.50 or the projected midpoint of its price range, and with FaceBook using more of its epically overvalued stock as currency to purchase yet another company, this time virtual reality firm Oculus VR for $2 billion. Perhaps an appropriate purchase considering the entire economy is pushed higher on pro-forma, "virtual" output, and the Fed's capital markets are something straight out of the matrix. Despite today's pre-open ramp, which will be the 4th in a row, one wonders if biotechs will finally break the downward tractor beam they have been latched on to as the bubble has shown signs of cracking, or will the mad momo crowd come back with a vengeance - this too will be answered shortly.
In Europe, shares rose and also traded close to intraday highs, with the autos and insurance sectors outperforming and telcos, real estate underperforming. The German and Spanish markets are the best-performing larger bourses, Swedish the worst. The euro is weaker against the dollar. Japanese 10yr bond yields rise; Greek yields increase.
Taking a brief look at overnight markets, EURUSD is holding at around the 1.382 level, but the lower USD vs EMFX theme over the last day or so has moderated. The IDR (-0.1%), CNH (-0.15%) and CNY (-0.15%) are all trading a bit weaker against the USD overnight. Asian equities are in positive territory again following the lead of the S&P 500 which closed at +0.44% yesterday. Chinese banks (+2.2%) are leading the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index (+1.8%) higher after a fairly solid set of results from Agricultural Bank of China which are partly allaying fears of an impending banking crisis in China. ABC reported profit growth of 14.6% YoY and at the same time management provided some reassuring comments on net interest margins and asset quality. Against expectations, non-performing loans fell by 0.2% QoQ and the NPL ratio fell to 1.22% as at Dec 2013 (vs 1.24% previous quarter). Management indicated that it expects NPLs to remain stable in 2014. The rest of China's big four banks will be reporting earnings this week. The positive commentary from ABC stood in contrast to reports from another Chinese bank, small rural lender Jiangsu Sheyang Rural Commercial Bank, which yesterday suffered a deposit run at one of its branches after talk that it was insolvent (South China Morning Post). The bank has denied those rumours. Outside of China, the Nikkei (+0.3%) is trading somewhat cautiously ahead of a planned sales tax hike which will be instituted from next week onwards. The AUD is trading a multimonth highs against the USD (0.919) after the RBA's Stevens said that there are encouraging signs of a transition from mining-led growth to domestic consumption.
On today's calendar, there are a few economic releases on the radar plus an EU-US Summit in Brussels which may result in more noise around the Ukraine-Russia situation. A press statement is due at 11:30am London time. The Fed releases part two of its annual bank capital stress tests in the form of its Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review. The main data releases is US durable goods, but ahead of that there is consumer confidence in Germany and Italy and employment data in France.
Bulletin News Summary from RanSquawk and Bloomberg
- Bunds remained better bid this morning, supported by month-end related flow and also growing expectation of ECB enacting QE following commentary by ECB's Weidmann yesterday. This sentiment has also buoyed equity markets, with Eurostoxx50 trading up 1.05%
- GBP outperformed EUR this morning after BoE's Weale said that wages are starting to grow and that rates won't stay at 0.5% indefinitely
- Treasuries steady as week's auctions continue with $13b 2Y FRN and $35b 5Ys. 5Y yields 1.755% in WI trading; stopout at that level would be highest since May 2011.
- 2Y auction yday was awarded at 0.469%, highest 2Y stop in almost three years; stop was 0.8bp lower than WI yield at 1pm according to Stone & McCarthy, biggest stop through by a 2Y since Feb. 2011
- St Louis Fed's James Bullard said policy makers haven't committed to a specific month to end bond purchases even as it would take a significant shift in the outlook to alter the path of tapering
- Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glenn Stevens said there are encouraging early signs of a handover from mining-led demand growth to domestic consumption and the nation's economy may strengthen later this year
- Americans will get more time to enroll in Obamacare insurance plans if they started the process but were unable to complete it before the March 31 deadline
- North Korea fired two ballistic missiles capable of reaching both Japan and South Korea as President Barack Obama hosted the first meeting between the leaders of the U.S.'s biggest Asian allies
- Obama and Hillary Clinton's vision for a globalized foreign policy and "reset" relations with Russia have been disrupted by Putin's annexation of the Crimea and a Russian troop buildup along the Ukrainian border
- Sovereign yields mostly lower. Nikkei +0.4%, Shanghai -0.2%. European equity markets, U.S. stock-index futures higher. WTI crude and gold higher; copper declines
US Economic Calendar
- 7:00am: MBA Mortgage Applications, March 21 (prior -1.2%)
- 8:30am: Durable Goods Orders, Feb., est. 0.8% (prior -1%); Durables Ex-Transportation, Feb., est. 0.3% (prior 1.1%); Capital Goods Orders Non-defense Ex-Air, Feb., est. 0.5% (prior 1.7%, revised 1.5%)
- Capital Goods Shipments Non-defense Ex-Air, Feb., est. 0.8% (prior -0.8%, revised -1%)
- 9:45am: Markit U.S. Composite PMI (prior 54.1); Markit U.S. Services PMI, est. 54.0 (prior 53.3) Central Banks
- 4:00pm: Fed releases capital analysis and review results
- 8:20pm: Fed's Bullard speaks in Hong Kong Supply
- 11:30am: U.S. to sell $13b 2Y FRN
- 1:00pm: U.S. to sell $35b 5Y notes
- 11:00am POMO: Fed to purchase $2.25b-$2.75b in 2021-2024 sector
Asian Headlines
Chinese equities trades lower by 0.4% in the final hour of trade, with investors remaining unnerved after the Chinese central bank and Sheyang state governor reassured depositors that their funds were safe after yesterday's reports on a localised Chinese bank run. Also of note, according to a Chinese government source, recent talk of Chinese government stimulus is hype and that there is no planned easing in the near future. Elsewhere, JGBs settled lower, with JGB swaps broadly higher amid a lack of buying power ahead of the fiscal year-end failed to offset good size selling of JGBs by investors and dealers in secondary market following BoJ's purchase of JPY 400bln in the 5 and 10y zones.
EU & UK Headlines
Little in terms of fresh EU related commentary, but Euribor curve flattened and EONIA ECB dates curve inverted as market participants speculated of ECB enacting on QE following comments by ECB's Weidmann yesterday. Analysts' take this morning:
- Barclays have suggested that comments by the usually hawkish central banker indicate that the ECB probably has consensus to take decisive steps including QE if it sees a need from increasing deflationary risks, however, these risks are not seen as high enough currently.
- Goldman Sachs see a chance of an ECB rate cut at the April meeting (not a new scenario), but this will require a rise in fwd yields, inflation rate needs to ease further in March and EUR/USD to appreciate close to 1.4000 level.
- RBS are of the opinion that QE by the ECB remains a measure of last resort.
Barclays preliminary pan-Euro agg month-end extensions: (+0.07y) (12m avg. +0.08y)
Barclays preliminary Sterling month-end extensions:(-0.02y) (12m avg. +0.06y)
US Headlines
Even though USTs traded steady this morning, 2/5s US swaps steepened this morning on prospect of a decent 5y note sale by the US Treasury later today. The front-end was particularly active on touted liquidation flows following somewhat lacklustre 2y sale yesterday where yield stopping through the WI by 0.8bps, and dealers left with just 37.5% of the issue.
Fed's Plosser (voter, hawk) spoke overnight and said the economy has recovered enough for tighter policy, adding that a 6 month period for a rate hike after the end of QE is not automatic. Plosser added that reducing IOER to zero wouldn't make much difference.
Barclays preliminary US Tsys month-end extensions:(+0.07y) (12m avg. +0.08y)
Stocks in Europe are seen broadly higher, with all ten sectors trading in the green now. However the FTSE-100 index has underperformed its peers throughout the session, weighed on by Lloyds (-4%) after the government announce a stake sale. In terms of US related commentary, Facebook has announced that it is to buy the virtual-reality headset Co. Oculus for USD 2bln.
USD/JPY has traded sideways throughout the European session as price gravitates around 102.30 with USD 4bln option expires at 102.00, 102.15, 102.30, 102.40 which rolls off at the NYC cut at 1400GMT. AUD/USD was supported overnight in Asia following comments from RBA governor Stevens who reiterated expectations of a period of stability for interest rates and refrained from talking down the AUD, the upside price action continued this morning in Europe, with the pair advancing to its highest level since late November. Elsewhere, GBP has outperformed EUR, benefiting from comments made by BoE's Weale.
There was little in terms of commodity related commentary, but the Houston Shipping channel is gradually re-opening after a four day closure which caused a backlog of more than 100 vessels. (RTRS)
Yesterday's API data is as follows:
- US API Crude Oil Inventories (Mar 21) W/W 6280k vs. Prev. 5920k
- Cushing Crude Inventories (Mar 21) W/W -1030k vs. Prev. -1040k
- Gasoline Inventories (Mar 21) W/W -2840k vs. Prev. -1410k
- Distillate Inventories (Mar 21) W/W 267k vs. Prev. -674k
In base and precious metal news, Russia and Turkey have raised their holdings in gold in February, according to the IMF. Russia raised their gold holdings by 233,000 oz, Turkey by 299,000 oz while Mexico cut theirs by 3,000 oz. Also of note, Australia has cut their 2013/14 iron ore exports forecast as they see prices fall. Forecasting iron ore price for 2015 at USD 103/tonne. (RTRS)
Wrapping up, here is the overnight summary by DB's Jim Reid
As we've been discussing over the last couple of days, we've become a bit more worried of late about what might happen to markets in the second half of the year due to a more hawkish Fed than we expected and an ECB that seemed stuck after what looked like a promising pre-emptive rate cut in November last year. However we only tweaked our still bullish spread forecasts slightly as we felt there was still time for central banks to become more dovish again. Well yesterday some members of the ECB broke their silence to perhaps signal a softening of their stance. Ironically of all the ECB speakers yesterday, it was Draghi (the last speaker) who appeared the least dovish. He argued that current monetary policy will start to become more effective as the economy recovers. He did say that the ECB stands "ready to take additional monetary policy measures" but only if any downside risks to this scenario appear" adding that "right now we think that the risks of having deflation are limited".
This came after the Bundesbank's Weidmann had indicated that he wouldn't rule out QE in Europe. Specifically he said the ECB could consider QE, but that it has to be considered with respect to the costs and side-effects. He signalled that he sees no immediate need for fresh intervention but also kept the door open on negative interest rates in order to counter a strong Euro. In addition to Draghi and Weidmann, ECB governing council members Liikanen, Makuch and Visco all warned on the dangers of deflation and suggested that the ECB is prepared to act decisively through non-standard measures or further rate cuts.
Due to all the commentary yesterday, the Euro saw a wild ride as a result - trading down 0.64% to 1.3750 at the lows before bouncing back strongly to close at 1.382. So although the rhetoric did talk down the Euro for a while it will likely need actual action to make a difference. However at least yesterday saw ground for hope for those looking for a better deflation firebreaker from the ECB.
While we watch the policymakers at the ECB and Fed, we should also highlight the importance of policymakers in China and their potential reaction to recent disappointing economic data and leading indicators. Following the weaker than expected HSBC flash manufacturing PMI on Monday, a number of commentators have been calling for policymakers to loosen policy either through fiscal or monetary means. The prospect of stimulus has provided a bit of a boost to domestic equities since late last week (Shanghai Comp +3.7% since Friday). However from a fiscal standpoint, Finance Minister Lou Jiwei said last week that the government will not resort to fiscal policies to boost growth and will instead focus on the quality of growth. This has been partly countered by recent suggestions from the State Council that they could accelerate programs in a bid to shore up growth in the immediate term. On the monetary side, our Chinese rates strategist Linan Liu asks the question whether we could see a RRR cut in China in Q2. Linan concludes that the chances of an RRR cut in Q2 are rising given potential capital outflows from China in the coming months and a breakdown in the transmission between falling money market rates to lower financing costs for the real economy. For the time being, it appears that the balancing act between carrying out reforms and loosening policy is still being played out in China, with important consequences for near term growth.
Taking a brief look at overnight markets, EURUSD is holding at around the 1.382 level, but the lower USD vs EMFX theme over the last day or so has moderated. The IDR (-0.1%), CNH (-0.15%) and CNY (-0.15%) are all trading a bit weaker against the USD overnight. Asian equities are in positive territory again following the lead of the S&P 500 which closed at +0.44% yesterday. Chinese banks (+2.2%) are leading the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index (+1.8%) higher after a fairly solid set of results from Agricultural Bank of China which are partly allaying fears of an impending banking crisis in China. ABC reported profit growth of 14.6% YoY and at the same time management provided some reassuring comments on net interest margins and asset quality. Against expectations, non-performing loans fell by 0.2% QoQ and the NPL ratio fell to 1.22% as at Dec 2013 (vs 1.24% previous quarter). Management indicated that it expects NPLs to remain stable in 2014. The rest of China's big four banks will be reporting earnings this week. The positive commentary from ABC stood in contrast to reports from another Chinese bank, small rural lender Jiangsu Sheyang Rural Commercial Bank, which yesterday suffered a deposit run at one of its branches after talk that it was insolvent (South China Morning Post). The bank has denied those rumours. Outside of China, the Nikkei (+0.3%) is trading somewhat cautiously ahead of a planned sales tax hike which will be instituted from next week onwards. The AUD is trading a multimonth highs against the USD (0.919) after the RBA's Stevens said that there are encouraging signs of a transition from mining-led growth to domestic consumption.
Looking more broadly at EM in general, the stability of the EM complex over the last week or so has probably surprised many. With the more-hawkish-thanexpected March FOMC now almost a week behind us, a number of EM assets are in fact trading at stronger levels than they were going into last Wednesday's meeting. Indeed if we compare Tuesday 18th to Tuesday 25th closes, EM credit (CDX EM index -15bp) and EM equities (MSCI EM +0.6%) have performed resiliently. The story is fairly consistent in individual assets across EMEA, Asia and LATAM with the Ibovespa (+4.4%), HSCEI (+3.7%), Turkish lira (+0.1%), Mexican peso (+0.3%) and Russia 5yr CDS (-10bp) all trading firmer during the past week. Even a rating downgrade from S&P failed to dampen the price action in Brazilian CDS and the BRL yesterday, with both closing tighter/firmer as investors unwound short positions throughout the day. The jury appears split here – some think we are seeing a delayed reaction to the Fed, while others believe that EM's lower valuation or lighter positioning has made the asset class better able to withstand the commentary from the Fed.
Speaking of the Fed, the Philly Fed's Charles Plosser (a FOMC voter and a hawk) was the latest Fed official to confirm Yellen's heavily-debated "six months" statement. Plosser argued yesterday that Yellen did not make a mistake when she said that there may be around six months between the end of QE and first rate hikes. Plosser also said that the six months time frame was already expected in markets, but conceded that it was data dependent. Though he is a noted hawk, it was interesting to see that Plosser thinks the rates will rise to 4% in 2016. This was at odds with the Atlanta Fed's Dennis Lockhart, who said yesterday that the Fed will likely begin raising rates in the second half of 2015, and that the six months timeframe was really a minimum.
On today's calendar, there are a few economic releases on the radar plus an EU-US Summit in Brussels which may result in more noise around the Ukraine-Russia situation. A press statement is due at 11:30am London time. The Fed releases part two of its annual bank capital stress tests in the form of its Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review. The main data releases is US durable goods, but ahead of that there is consumer confidence in Germany and Italy and employment data in France.
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Blah blah bl;ah blah blah..
Equities will plummet today!
And keep going down for a loooong time
Raoul Duke: We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers... Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls. Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get locked into a serious drug collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can.
Art imitating life; life imitating art. Wouldn't want to spend my time with one of those puppies strapped to my face; you'd be 'googleyfried.' Don't need no blow...
I can't tell if you're serious, but I agree. I don't think it ends well today.
Candy Crush, this has to be the most delusional IPO I've seen this year, it will not end well.
And when a big miss on Italain retail sales crossed the wires the EU markets spiked up. What a complete farce. All macro data missed except the leg over survey, and all you hear on the fake news is how the leg over survey boosts stocks!!!!
Bullshit feeding on bullshit
This is simply ludicrous ....
Green Machine Green Machine Green Machine
And going plaid !
Look out for the sudden stop!
We're saved. All is right with the world, cause equities are up.
The AUD$ has had one hell of a run, especially considering the slow down in China has kinda neutered demand for raw materials. Must be supported by hose'sustainable' housing prices.
The mortgage applications print was - 3.5%. I guess it was the weather, or a volcano, or alien invasion?
The threat of a Russian invasion will do.
Having a blindfold on, having VR goggles, watching Dancing with the Stars, and watching sports on TV all have the same effect; you can't see what is going on around you. People are so consumed by trival BS.
I hope he's watching porn, otherwise no reason for the shit-eating grin on his face
Probably watching "Wolf of Wall St."
As fiat looses to inflation there is no reason why markets can't add many more zeros to current valuations. Zimbabwe rose 12,000 % in 2006-2007. Chart falling fiat/market valuation and you see where all markets are going.
Stocks went very high in Weirmar too
Like I keep saying; as crazy as it is the market is a policy tool, and as long as it remains that way every dip is to be bought and profits are to be taken. When this finally ends it will be in a flash and there will be no escaping it.
I just wonder..
Where are those FB guys heading with all this acquisitions?
I mean:
They acquired Whatsapp (lots and lots of REAL users with theyr REAL phone number and all their private messages(which is like one of the biggest chat programs that people uses)
They acquired that drone maker (so they now have eyes up there)
Now they bought a virtual reality googles company....
You know what this will end up looking like for me?
Let's check this guy records and life..
Again...there's nothing "virtual" about this meltup.
these folks are "sticking America out in public" to get their pathetic and now worthless (formerly copper) penny. (That's right New York City...you're gonna a need 10 ten trillion in the Rockefeller Wishing Well this time.)
they've got their bankers jumping out windows, their corporate boards being "chaosed." really a truly pathetic show of an otherwise doomed peoples.
here's the only reason these phucks ever came to America in the first place:
and in the end...well, they've got video feed.


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Consumers Energy Marks Milestone As Natural Gas Crews Head East; Utility Increases Its Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts
JACKSON, Mich., Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time in its 125-year history, Consumers Energy is sending natural gas crews to assist with storm restoration work outside of Michigan, with about 25 employees leaving Tuesday to join more than 300 other utility employees and contractors already providing assistance in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. While electric line crews and other employees historically have provided mutual assistance in parts of the United States after hurricanes and other strong storms, the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy in the Northeast has Consumers Energy dispatching natural gas teams for the first time, said Michele Kirkland, the utility's vice president of energy operations.Consumers Energy gas crews and support staff from across the state will leave from Dundee, Mich. late Tuesday morning for West Hempstead, N.Y., approximately 30 miles east of New York City. They will be gone for up to two weeks. Work will primarily consist of replacing damaged gas regulators and re-lighting individual gas services in coordination with local utility National Grid. "The destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy has wreaked havoc not only on the electric grid but also the natural gas distribution systems, especially in New York and New Jersey. This is especially critical when most customers heat their homes and businesses with natural gas and cold temperatures continue," Kirkland said. "National Grid reports its gas restoration work is now focused in the New York City and Long Island areas, which is where we're headed. This is a first for our company, and I'm proud to have our gas crews join our electric crews to help the millions of people affected by this historic storm." Last Thursday, Consumers Energy sent about 35 electric line workers and support staff to Cleveland to assist utility First Energy. An additional 15 utility employees were sent to Cleveland Saturday. With that work now completed, the 50 employees were en route Monday to Oceanport, N.J. to assist First Energy with restoration efforts. Oct. 28, before Hurricane Sandy made landfall, Consumers Energy sent 14 engineering support personnel to assist First Energy's Potomac Edison Company in Hagerstown, Md. Since arriving, the group has performed electric equipment damage assessments in Maryland, West Virginia and currently is in New Jersey. In addition, the utility has released 250 contract workers specializing in electric distribution line repair and tree and debris removal to assist First Energy and National Grid utilities. Thirty Consumers Energy employees sent last Wednesday to assist Detroit Edison in southeast Michigan completed their restoration work Saturday morning and have returned to their regular work headquarters. "I appreciate the willingness of our crews to spend an extended time away from their homes and families to help the Hurricane Sandy victims," Kirkland said. "These East Coast residents have now been without electric and natural gas service for a week; the work being performed by Consumers Energy and our contractors is vital to helping these victims get their lives back in order."
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Some people, it seems, were not really made to enjoy life at sea. We've all met them: moaning at the waiters, ranting at the staff on the purser's desk, giving the cabin stewards hell.
But what happens when these unhappy characters unleash their venom on fellow passengers? Well, some of them end up as figures of fun – and horror – on the Cruise Critic forums. Here's a motley selection from a particularly splendid thread started by member nhcruiser and gathering pace: Ultimate Cruise Snobs.
Some cruisers-from-hell start young. Member Paradiseisaprincessaway recalls sitting in the hot tub on deck with a friend and a young child. "We were just chatting between ourselves and the kid piped up and said to us 'You two will be old ladies before you even get close to the status that I have and I'm only 11. I'm Elite on Princess. You will never get that.'"
Member Chrysalis tells the story of a cringe-worthy encounter in the lift. "It was formal night and we decided that we would not dress up and that we could eat in the Caribe Café [the ship's casual buffet]. On the way back from eating our elevator stopped and two formally dressed up couples got on.
"They did not say a word until they reached their deck. Before exiting the elevator, the one lady turned around and very sarcastically said, 'Well, I guess you were not invited to have cocktails with the Captain tonight like we were!'" (Let's not forget that everybody is invited to the Captain's cocktails on formal night.)
Some cruisers are practically delusional about cabin categories. Member Swedish_weave writes: "At lunch, a lady at the next table started a very pleasant conversation with us until she asked what suite we were in. When I told her we were booked in an inside cabin, she let out a very audible 'HMMMPH' and turned away and didn't speak to us again."
While Love.II.Cruise met a 'gentleman' on an Oceania ship who was appalled that there weren't different restaurants and lounges for different classes of passengers. "He didn't want to associate with people staying in inside, window or balcony categories. He claimed he was very well travelled after letting everyone know how rich he was. Then at the bar he said he had never had a Margarita on the rocks with a salted rim, so he ordered one and we had to teach him how to drink it."
Others have obviously been watching too many period dramas in which the servants have a separate entrance. JEM4205 says, "How about the 'lady' who loudly complained that the ship's crew were using the same gangway as the Elite passengers?"
And others just think they're the only passenger on board. Member Skf remembers a 'lady' in a wheelchair. "The elevator arrived full and she DEMANDED that people get off to make room for Her Royal Highness."
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Ambassadors protest Israel policy
Itamar Eichner
1. To the ambassadors.
Area E-1 , as well as the rest of Palestine, had been allocated to the national homeland of the Jewish people, according to the decisions of the League of Nations. That the answer to be delivered to the international community.
2. Surely the ambassadors should answer only to the Foreign
Minister and not to a jumped-up advisor, whoever he or she may be. Amidror needs to understand that he's part of the problem and not part of the solution.
Bruno ,
3. Buy them a copy of Don Quichote
Explaining the disaster that is Israeli foreign policy must be like tilting against windmills - so get them a copy of Don Quichote - you cannot explain the impossible - maybe try explaining that the area goes by the biblical name of E1
Taxpayer ,
Hod Hasharon
4. Mr. Prosor
B"H - One of the highest ranking or not one of the highest ranking Israeli diplomat, Prosor should be dimissionary after the diplomatic disasters on his watch, We want Jewish looking, Jewish thinking diplomats in the foreign service.
Ariel Ben Yochanan ,
Kfar Tapuah, Efraim
5. To Amidror
As a tenured Israeli civil servant (of almost 20 years), it continually amazes me how political appointees like Amidror just don't get it. What is the "it" that they don't get? "We don't argue that our job is to represent the state, but those who do have to understand the logic behind its decisions." BINGO! What is it about this that Amidror and other political appointees don't understand? The Foreign Ministry's advice "to postpone any counter-measures to the Palestinian bid so as not to focus international attention on Israel" (and to keep it focused on the Palestinians, I might add) was spot-on, as the Brits say. And if Amidror wants to drag the British civil service into it, the Brits have the most professional civil service in the world because up to the level of Director-General (which they call "Permanent Secretary"), their civil servants are career professionals not political appointees who serve at the whim of some politician!! Would Amidror & his politician bosses prefer that the Israeli civil service be staffed by gluteous maximus-kissing yes-men (and women) who will always tell the Emperor what a splendid new suit of clothes he's wearing?
Civil Servant ,
6. Ambassadors
The Ambassadors should realize that no matter what the Israeli government does, short off disbanding the State of Israel, the UN is never happy. There is never a good timing to announce anything. This is what should be standard answer: in 1948 5 Arab countries invaded the newly independent Israel, UN was silent, in 1967, Egypt blockaded the Strait of Tiran to Israeli shipping and their President , Nasser threatened to push the Jews to the sea. UN was silent. Thousands of rockets were fired from Gaza on civilian population i Sderot and surrounding, UN was silent. The Iranian President, Ahmadinejad openly called for Israel to be wiped out from the map of the world. UN was silent. UN GA voted to upgrade PA's status to an observer site, while recognizing PLO, whose charter to this day calls for destruction of the State of Israel, the same as Hamas.Therefore, ladies and gentlemen, we have a government that has to take local issues and matters to its own hand, since UN and most of the world could careless whenever hostile actions are taking place against my country. So, please get used to it!
Anshel ,
7. Purges and Inquisitions anyone?
Am sure Lieberman, Bennett and Danon are preparing their lists for 2013. Who knows? By the end even Bibi might be on it.
8. President Peres and Ambassadors
Israel must decide whether she was created by God or the UN. None but Israelis believe the former but if true Israel need not be accountable to anyone. If Israel admits the complicity of Man, then she must obey International Law This is the difficult choice before Israel. and none but Israelis can resolve it !
V.R.Sonti ,
9. Who needs Embassies or Ambassadors?
Just close 90% of Embassies and the country will still be doing well. Just leave open the Embassy in countries where we need jews to make Alliah. Close the posts in Washington, London, New York, where the most hostile and anti-Iisrael diplomats are working against the State.
Keren Il-BR ,
10. self made ghetto
sure, let's close all doors, lock them well, throw away the key, and sit in our little self made ghetto, until they smoke us out...hip hip hurray, let's make the whole world our enemy, rebel against all international agreements and laws... and than complain that the world is against us...some people are just ignorant...to use a mild word...it is just plain sad sad sad...
Judith ,
Tel Aviv-Yafo
11. # 7
Just like the ditty in the "Mikado", "Ive got a little list", but without the music sophistication and humor.
Music man ,
Tiberias, Israel.
12. Amidror
Seems not to understand at all the meaning and true value of freedom of speech. Such men are dangerous.
Harry ,
Beit Shean, Israel
13. Hopefully, these diplomats
will find soon a new job, as plate washers, in a Tel Aviv restaurant. Vote for B. Netanyahu !
Istvan ,
16. ;) ,...
It looks like the ambassadors took lots of shit abroad and they don't like it - After this kind of reception and taking care of business more to come and one step closer to be declared a pariah state;) ,...
split ,
17. # 5
Great talk back. Reminded me of the expression "casting pearls before swine"
Moshe ,
Tiberias, Israel
18. Immature government cannot take questions
in good spirit. Then they get childishly upset and fire those who are really gifted to help build the country in constructive way. There is NO DOUBT that Mr Prosor has stood up for Israel before UN MANY times bravely refuting any false accusation put forward by other parties. i see no contradiction when he question the government policy when it is difficult, and he is genuinely concerned that this issue is affecting Israel. As for those who claim that there is no need for ambassadors, they have no understanding or connection to reality.
19. Judith, try not to be hysterical !
20. You wish No 16 ! Don't hold your breath.
21. Only G-d rules Israel.
the UN came waaaay after Israel was a nation.
bad Assed Jew ,
United States
22. hmm, let's see follow G-d or the UN?
Jews follow G-d.
bad Assed Jew ,
United States
23. # 4
Jewish looking Jewish thinking as a prerequisite to being an Israeli diplomat?. Why ,we could end up with a racist nutter like you.Fortunately we have, by and large ,well educated and clever folks as our representatives.Maybe you will be proud to know that we have at least one Israeli Arab representing us.
Shimon ,
Beer Sheva, Israel
24. #4 ariel
Beit Hatfutsot had a famous exhibit/slide show, of faces of Jews from all over the world. The purpose was to show that a Jewish "look" is a stereotype, and Jews all over the world look different, one from the other. So now you want diplomats that "look Jewish"? Which "look"?
solomon ,
25. #8 v - Israel was created by Jews
Israel is accountable to International Law, but not the "international law" that people invent (without quoting the where, why), nor the "international law" that is taken out of context and misapplied. All laws have a context, as do laws in the Torah.
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Help with lighting a 150
I am upgrading my tank... I have a 29 going to a 150.. yeah big jump.. the aquarium has 8 x 55 W power compacts.. I want a "all in one" light for it.. will this light be sufficient to support whatever I plan on putting in there..?? I hope to eventually have LR, FISH, CORALs soft and hard..
7.56w per gallon not sure of lumens but Im sure with the 3 250W MH its good.. am I right??
Let me check with my husband before I say for sure, but I'm thinking that provided you have rockwork built high enough and strategiacally choose & place your corals when adding them, yes... I'm pretty sure that's enough.
I'll stop back in later tonight after I've had a chance to pick his brain for you.
Remember though, your lighting requirements are still going to vary somewhat depending on what animals are in the tank. Different corals need different levels of lighting, and a 150 isn't going to be deep enough to provide low enough lighting for certain things with that fixture. One option is to provide shade using rock structure, another is to vary the lighting in the tank, using a weaker light in front of or behind a stronger one.
Hello, this is Dawn's husband.
The light you have chosen is perfectly fine for what you want to do. It will give you the light necessary to keep just about any coral you want to. One thing to think about and remember is that most lighting manufacturers will have a warranty clause that will state that the warranty is void if the light fixture is used over open water. To keep with warranty the fixture would have to be used over an aquarium with a glass cover. Unfortunately the glass cover will block out and refract a lot of light. You will have to decide if you want to maintain the warranty or void it so that you can get the maximum amount of light you can. I personally would use it over open water and not worry about the warranty.
When using metal halide it will most likely be necessary to use a water chiller. For a 150 gallon tank you will want to use a 1/2 horse power chiller. Some people will tell you that a 1/4 hp chiller will work, but it is borderline and not worth the risk of it not being enough.
When stacking your rock with that much light over the tank, don't stack the rock too close to the surface. You need to allow room for corals to grow. In addition most corals are going to have a rock that they are attached to, or their skelleton will give them height. Most corals will bleach out if they get too close to the halides.
You should also create shaded areas when stacking your live rock so that you have areas to put non-photosynthetic corals that do not care for all the light.
Once again, it is a good choice. Might I suggest using 14000 Kelvin bulbs as opposed to standard 10000 Kelvin bulbs. Stony corals take on a lot of color and so do zoanthids and mushroom anemones.
Hope this helped.
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connecting the fretboard questions
hey so i'm a pretty good guitar player but i'm trying to get to the next level. i learned a bunch of songs when i started playing then i just sort of started jamming and making up my own stuff using the notes in the songs that i learned. 90% of the time i'm just running through something based around a D scale or maybe a C scale and play with the capo a lot
so to get to the point, i've been listening to a lot of john mayer lately and i really like his style and the way he connects the fretboard if you know what i mean. how can i break out of my box and connect notes like he does
The Guitar Fretboard Workbook.
Learn scales, chords, and arpeggios all over the fretboard. Practice scales from the lowest scale note to the highest on your guitar.
Really just making a point of using the whole fretboard is how you get the job done. Even and especially when it's difficult and uncomfortable. Find a little island of familiarity above the 12th fret and expand your comfort zone outward until it connects with what you already know.
Knowing where all the notes are on the fretboard will help immensely. I'd start there.
I use this site alot when trying to write. You can pick any key and I will show u a fretboard map up to the 12th fret and it also shows all the notes and chords of any key you choose.
+1. Good advice. How did you do it? TS could benefit from your experience.
OK. Improvising fluidly all over the fretboard consists of a number of skills that you learn independently and gradually learn to put together. Very roughly they are:
Knowing the fretboard;
Being able to play stock scale patterns;
Being able to play stock triad and seventh-chords;
Being able to play stock arpeggio patterns of triads and seventh-chords;
Knowing the construction of the major and minor scales;
Knowing the construction triads and seventh chords;
Being able to play a given scale without using a stock scale pattern;
Being able to play triads and seventh chords without using stock patterns;
Being able to play arpeggios of triads and seventh chords without using stock patterns;
Being able to play 'with feeling' or 'expression';
Being able to construct a melody;
Being able to construct a solo;
The technical / musical distinction is a bit of an artificial one, but in general 'technical' skills relate to those elements of music that you could learn and still not be able to write anything of interest. You could, for example, program a computer to do all that stuff. 'Musical' skills, OTOH have to do with that nebulous quality of 'musical feel'. The only way I can think to explain that is by analogy. Imagine Patrick Stewart reading a piece of Shakespeare. Now imagine a bored teenager who's just learning about Shakespeare doing the same thing. The former is someone who has a feel for the words, the latter is someone who doesn't. When you have musical skills you can take 4 notes and make them sound like a symphony. When you have no musical feel you can play the most technically amazing solo and bore the arse off your listeners for literally hours on end.
If you're running through stuff based around a D or C scale and using a capo my first piece of advice is: Stop doing that and do something else because you're wearing yourself into a rut.
How you choose to do that depends largely on you, but my advice would be:
Set yourself some practice time each day. Somewhere between 1/2 an hour to an hour should be fine.
Divide your time up into segments (because you're going to learn several different skills all at once and then start to put them together later on).
In one segment learn how the major scale is constructed - this really shouldn't take long (a week at most to get the basic idea);
In another segment start learning the fretboard* - this is going to take some time to do, and - I'll be honest with you - it's quite boring to do. But if you work on it consistently it will pay dividends later on. So don't skimp on it.
In another segment start learning additional stock scale patterns.
In another segment just keep playing through stuff, improvising like you do ordinarily.
Whatever book HotspurJr recommended above will probably be fine for stock scale patterns, arpeggios and triad/seventh-chords.
* Go to google. Type in 'guitar fretboard'. Switch to images. Pick one that has all the names of the notes on it. Print it off. Pick 3 notes (e.g. C, D, G). For 5 minutes a day practice finding those 3 notes - refer to your printed sheet. Continue to do this for a week. After a week switch to another 3 notes. Continue to do that until you've got round all the notes there are. Continue round the loop until you no longer need the chart in order to find notes on the fretboard. After that, switch to finding the notes in a triad, then 7th chords, 9th chords, 11th chords, 13 chords. When you've done all that come back and ask for further advice. If you're doing it properly I reckon it'll take you the best part of 2-3 years.
I'm not there yet i.e. it still takes a few to many seconds to get all of them, but basically whenever I pick up my guitar to practice I play E F G everywhere I can and I say the note out loud as I play it.
I then do it for B C D and then I just do A.
The sharps\flats sort of fill in themselves then.
thanks guys! been working on this
I would listen to the chords and think in them rather than scales. You want to emphasize chord tones. Think in consonance and dissonance. Also try to play the melodies you hear in your head (it might be a bit difficult at first but if you just keep doing it, you get better at it).
Try seeing the fretboard using small one octave patterns, rather than big 2 octave shapes, then move them around to all the other roots across the neck!
Learn all 12 scales and sing the note names while you practice.
Practice scales from the lowest note in the scale to the highest on the fretboard. If you practicing C, then, start the scale on the open low E and go up to the high D on the 22nd fret (E is the lowest C major note on the guitar, and D is the highest).
Learn how to build chords and build them up and down the neck.
Also, DO NOT just look up scale and chord patterns. Once you know the interval pattern for the major scale, sit down and write out the notes for every scale. THis will help immensely when it comes to memorizing them.
The best way is to just copy John Mayer's solos and try to see how he put everything together.
He mostly plays in pentatonic so it should be relatively easy, especially if you have a blues background.
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Ryan hinted at this last night in his recap, but I think it bears repeating. Given Sasha Pavlovic's recent play, he may have snuck himself into the playoff rotation. There are a lot of caveats here–most notably the health of Mickael Pietrus and Pavlovic's consistent production– but even if things shake out well with Pietrus, Pavlovic may still get minutes come playoff time.
There are a few reasons for this. First, Pavlovic can play defense. If you can play defense, you can play for Doc Rivers. It's one of the reasons Sasha was signed before other minimum players like Michael Redd or Tracy McGrady. Pavlovic uses his length well and can laterally enough to stay in front of most swingmen. He gets his fair share of blocking calls when trying to keep up with the speedier slashers, which is why a lot of times you'll see him like this:
But even if he gets checked out of the way, that type of physicality will deter even the most ardent drivers. Along with his lateral anticipation skills, he also has shown to be a fairly good transition defender. Here's a video of him blocking Sebastian Telfair, a play he made while playing for the Hornets:
While it's not the same as last night's block on Thaddeus Young (video will be up later today), the same chase down characteristic is consistent.
Secondly, it appears as thought Rivers trusts Pavlovic. The fact that Rivers has sent Pavlovic in early for the last seven games speaks volumes. It's easy to point out that the injury to Pietrus and the necessity to rest Pierce as the season comes to a close has painted Rivers into a Pavlovic playing corner. But that would ignore Rivers past penchant for playing his starters well over 35+ minutes, ignoring all sense of preservation (the alliteration is over, I promise). Rivers has sent him, and Sasha has not disappointed on either end of the floor, thus contributing to his increased playing time.
Pavlovic has also shown some signs of life on the offensive end, the most encouraging output occurring last night where Sasha knocked down a couple of open threes. When the playoffs ramp up, defenses will become more aggressive in their double teams and you can be sure teams will be leaving Pavlovic open. If you're on a team faced with guarding a lineup that consists of Kevin Garnett, Brandon Bass, Ray Allen, Avery Bradley, and Sasha Pavlovic, who do you leave open to double team Garnett? It's Pavlovic every time, unless he's knocking down those open threes.
Finally, Pavlovic plays with energy. He crashes the glass, he doesn't give up on plays, and he chases his man everywhere on the court. For a team that can sometimes lack the ability to sustain the type of energy needed to eek out wins in the playoffs, Pavlovic is a welcome sign.
Okay, so that's a lot of praise for a end of the rotation guy at best. That said, there's a reason Pavlovic is on the team rather than the other veteran minimum guys I mentioned earlier. He has the ability to do little things in the time he's alotted to come out with a net positive. Enough so that both Doc Rivers and Paul Pierce mentioned Sasha by name when talking about the bench play. Sure, he could easily revert back to the dude who lacked the confidence and skill to crack the Celtics' rotation and never see the court again. I just wouldn't be surprised if Pavlovic averages five to ten minutes a game during the playoffs provided that he keeps playing well down the stretch.


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Uganda's President Denies Anti-LGBT Persecution
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni reportedly told a visiting delegation from the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights that there was no marginalization or killing of LGBT people in Uganda. Both the government-owned New Vision and the independent Daily Monitor reported on Museveni's remarks yesterday According to New Vision:
President Yoweri Museveni has said the issue of homosexuality and lesbianism has been totally distorted leading to wrong public debate.
"In our society, there were a few homosexuals. There was no persecution, no killings and no marginalization of these people but they were regarded as deviants. Sex among Africans including heterosexuals is confidential," Museveni said.
"If am to kiss my wife in public, I would lose an election in Uganda. Western people exhibit sexual acts in public which we don't do here," he said, adding that, Africans do even punish heterosexuals who publically expose their sexual acts.
The president said what is new is the way Europeans and other Western people handle the issue of sexuality in general, including public flaunting which is a problem and luring young people into acts of homosexuality for money.
He said attempts to promote homosexuality as an alternative way of life has led to engagements in running battles with the church.
"You have a lot of room in your house, why don't you go there. Sex is a bilateral issue, not a multilateral one," he said.
Among the delegation was Kerry Kennedy, daughter of the late Sen. Robert Kennedy. In 2011, the Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights honored Sexual Minorities Uganda executive director Frank Mugisha with the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award. According to Daily Monitor:
Ms Kennedy, who was accompanied by several lawyers, actors and religious leaders, expressed concern over the pending Anti-Homosexuality bill, reports of harassment of the Gay and Lesbian Community in Uganda and over the exposure of the identities of sexual minority groups. She also said the pending bill on homosexuality works against the international law treaties that Uganda has signed. Ms Kennedy cautioned against the misconceptions that equate paedophiles with homosexuals.
New Vision reported that Kennedy also told Museveni that "it is a violation of people's rights to put pictures of sexual minority groups in the [news] papers." Museveni reportedly promised to investigate:
Reacting to various issues raised by the team, Museveni said he would investigate claims of violence against homosexuals, adding that for a viable solution, activists must respect the confidentiality of sex in our traditions and culture. He reiterated that in Uganda, "there is no discrimination, no killings, no marginalization, no luring of young people using money into homosexual acts".
Museveni did not directly address the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which still incudes the death penalty for what it defines as "aggravated homosexuality." Some observers believe that in these statements he was distancing himself from the proposed legislation. I don't see it that way at all. Besides, the Anti-Homosexuality Bill has been an exceptionally useful tool for Museveni's government as it pursues other political agendas.
The bill still remains on Parliament's agenda, under the heading of "Business to follow," where it has occupied various spots since November. Parliament is currently on break until April as it wrangles over the highly controversial Marriage and Divorce Bill, which is wrapped up in highly emotional arguments over women in society and, in addition, pits government policy against entrenched and longstanding tribal practices. In fact, it was a walk out by women MP's in a dispute over the Marriage and Divorce Bill in the closing days of the Eighth Parliament in 2011 which prevented the Anti-Homosexuality Bill from coming to a vote. With the Marriage and Divorce Bill back on the agenda, it appears that the AHB is again playing its normal role, having been placed on stand-by in case a unifying vote is needed to heal fractures in Parliament, or if a popular vote is needed to salve outraged sectors of the general public.