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Thanks to the fall release and somewhat unexpected buzz surrounding the Beane biopic, the longtime Oakland GM spent 2011 getting profiled by major media outlets and reclaiming the title "revolutionary baseball genius" he first acquired in the wake of Frank Thomas, Josh Willingham, and Rajai Davis, but his experiments with Nomar Garciaparra, Jason Giambi, Kevin Kouzmanoff, Ryan Sweeney, and Orlando Cabrera yielded less impressive results.
In the wake of the renewed Moneyball hoopla, Beane spent another offseason betting against the grain.
As the Hot Stove opened, the A's projected rotation was as promising as it had been since the heady days of the "Big Three" – Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder, and Barry Zito – whose millenial dominance, it has often been observed, underscores Beane's Moneyball success to an extent which goes largely unacknowledged by either Lewis or Sorkin. It seemed a foregone conclusion that the 2012 A's would be fronted by similar blue chip talents – Gio Gonzalez, Trevor Cahill, and Brett Anderson – all of whom proved themselves capable of being premier big-league starters before they reached their mid-twenties. The projected Oakland staff also featured Brandon McCarthy, Andrew Bailey, Dallas Braden, Josh Outman, Joey Devine, and Guillermo Moscoso, all promising pitchers, none older than 28, and all under team control beyond this season.
Despite the fact that several of them missed substantial time, that group of nine pitchers produced 19 wins in 2011 (based on rWAR) and cost, all together, approximately $7.5 Million. That is, the A's got 19 wins for roughly the same price as Carl Pavano (2.0 rWAR). Oakland finished 2011 among the AL leaders in ERA, ERA+, FIP, K/9, and HR/9. They could've returned more or less the exact same staff in 2012 and all members of it would've beem projected to maintain or even improve upon their 2011 performances. If we take for granted the conventional wisdom that acquiring and developing young, high-upside pitching is the single most important factor for small-market success, than Beane and the Athletics seemed primed for a long-awaited Renaissance. Sure, there were only four players in their projected starting lineup with more than one season of big-league experience (none of them world-beaters), but Beane had also stockpiled a nice collection of hitting prospects who were itching for their shot in the show. If just one or two managed to be league-average or better at their positions, the 2012 Athletics would almost certainly post their best record since 2006. With a little luck and a couple cagey acquisitions, Oakland might be primed to be a surprise contender. As teams like the Giants, Rays, and Rangers have proven in recent years, young, deep pitching staffs make anything possible.
So…naturally, Beane blew it up. Over the course of six weeks he traded Gonzalez, Cahill, Bailey, Outman, and Moscoso. That is, he traded his top two starters, his closer, a back-of-the-rotation workhorse, and a valuable southpaw swingman. Probably all that protected Anderson and Braden was the fact that they were coming off season-ending surgeries. By mid-January, what had been one of the most imposing staffs in the American League became a prime auditioning ground for rookies and retreads like Bartolo Colon.
Stranger still was the fact that, as he was unloading his inexpensive power pitchers, Beane was loading up on older, more expensive hitters. In December, this was the collection of players Oakland seemed likely to audition as outfielders, designated hitters, and first basemen:
Brandon Allen – 1B/LF – 26 – Pre-Arbitration
Daric Barton – 1B/DH – 26 – $1.1M (Free Agent: 2015)
Cris Carter – 1B/LF – 25 – Pre-Arbitration
Kila Ka'aihue – 1B/DH – 27 – Pre-Arbitration
Jermaine Mitchell – CF – 27 – Pre-Arbitration
Brandon Moss – LF/RF – 28 – Pre-Arbitration
Jason Pridie – CF – 28 – Pre-Arbirtration
Ryan Sweeney – OF – 27 – $1.8M (Free Agent: 2014)
Here's what I see in this group: considerable upside, zero risk. Two players, Allen and Ka'aihue, were B+ prospects blocked by superior talents in their previous organizations. Beane was, to his tremendous credit, able to acquire them for next to nothing. They may be a little old for rookies. They may end up being "Quad-A" talents. But they also may end up being OBP machines. In 253 games at AAA, Allen hit .286/.401/.555. Kila posted a .281/.412/.497 line in 353 games at AAA. They, like Carter (.890 OPS @ AAA) and Mitchell (.960 OPS in 2011 between AA and AAA), have clearly learned pretty much everything there is to know about minor league competition. If they fail to produce in Oakland, Beane has lost nothing more significant than a couple seasons of Brad Ziegler. And, assuming six of these eight players made the Opening Day roster, the maximum cost would be less than $5 Million.
So…naturally, Beane went out and acquired six more players who played the same positions:
Collin Cowgill – OF – 25 – Pre-Arbitration – .984 OPS @ AAA
Coco Crisp – CF – 32 – 2 yrs./$10.5 Mil. – .693 OPS in '11
Jonny Gomes – OF/DH – 31 – $1 Mil. – .714 OPS in '11
Manny Ramirez – DH – 39 – $500K
Josh Reddick – OF – 25 – Pre-Arbitration – .748 OPS @ AAA
Seth Smith – RF – 29 – $2.4 Mil. (FA'15) – .830 OPS in '11
No one of the above additions is ridiculous unto itself, but as a whole, they leave the Athletics with a team which is older, more expensive, and, most importantly, loaded with more that a dozen players fighting for the same seven or eight roster spots, meaning that either some young players will have their development stunted by returning to AAA or the Athletics will have to eat one or more seven-figure contracts, something small-market teams are notoriously reluctant to do.
My question is, "Can we find some method to this madness?" If, for argument's sake, we take for granted that Beane is a baseball savant, what is the market trend he's getting out in front of?
Perhaps the simplest explanation is that Beane decided, no matter how good his ascendent pitchers became, his timing was poor. The Rangers and Angels were building monoliths. Anaheim has their own version of the Big Three with Jered Weaver, Dan Haren, and C. J. Wilson, while Texas was hoarding young, high-upside arms. And both, obviously, had much deeper lineups. It's worth noting that Beane didn't make his first deal (Cahill) until after the Pujols and Wilson signings had been announced, and he dealt Gonzalez hot on the heals of the Rangers winning the Yu Darvish sweepstakes. Beane may have determined that the AL West was destined to be a two-team division for at least the next couple years, by which point his best players would be approaching free agency. If he could delay his roster from peaking, he might actually hit the sweet spot where the expensive Angels started showing their age and the Rangers had to make a flurry of tough free agent decisions.
Beane may have elected to keep Anderson, not only because his injury made him untradable, but because he was younger than Gonzalez (and the same age as Cahill) and was signed to an extremely team-friendly contract that could keep him in Oakland through 2015. He and McCarthy would, ideally, be joined down the road by some combination of Jarrod Parker (Baseball America's #33 prospect in 2011, acquired in the Cahill deal), Brad Peacock (2.39 ERA, 0.98 WHIP in 147 minor-league innings in '11, acquired in the Gonzalez deal), and A. J. Griffin (a polished USD grad who rose through four levels in 2011 alone). By the time this group was ready to hit arbitration, Albert Pujols and Adrian Beltre would each be over 35, basically everybody on Rangers World Series roster would demand a new contract, and the Angels would still owe Weaver and Wilson a couple of $20 Million paychecks.
Of course, developing pitching is notoriously hazardous, and, even if you're extremely good at it, you're unlikely to hit a trifecta like Anderson, Cahill, and Gonzalez more than once every 10-12 years…as Beane well knows. With the inconsistency of pitching development in mind, however, it is possible to ask, particularly in the wake of two consecutive so-called "Years of the Pitcher," whether we are actually on the verge of a bursting pitching bubble. Could GMs like Beane be trading their young hurlers at the peak of a bull market? Despite the fact that baseball history clearly shows few starters can maintain elite production for more than a handful of seasons, pitchers like Ubaldo Jimenez, Zack Greinke, and Matt Garza have commanded large prospect packages after only one or two good years. Beane is not the only saber-minded GM unloading twenty-something "rising stars." Josh Byrnes rushed to deal Mat Latos upon becoming the Padres GM, netting a pretty impressive haul in return for a pitcher who regressed in his second year in the league and has numbers somewhat inflated by a favorable home environment. Jack Zduriencik was not to reluctant to part with his own 23-year-old All-Star directly following his breakout campaign (I believe in Michael Pineda, but can't dispute that he fits the trend). A year ago, Alex Anthopoulos made a somewhat similar deal, trading Shaun Marcum for a single unproven hitting prospect, Brett Lawrie. In all likelihood, from among the half-dozen or so young pitchers traded this past year, there is going to be at least a couple busts. In fact, a sober look at the history of twenty-something pitchers suggests that those who achieve perennial Ace status will be in the minority. If we return to the Moneyball-era analogy, we can recognize that of the Big Three, only Hudson had peak seasons beyond the age of 25. Beane has assured that, once again, he won't be left holding the bag:
There is another, more insidious, rationale for the Athletics strange offseason. It is not outside the realm of possibility that Beane was, quite explicitly, instructed to punt. His boss wants to move to San Jose. MLB wants the A's to move to San Jose. If the A's start winning again, if they seem poised for another string of strong seasons, if Oakland is not dead last in attendance for the third time in four years, it could further complicate the already prolonged and litigious process of abandoning the Coliseum. Beane may have simply been compelled to make his team worse, at least in the short term.
Which brings us to Oakland's last big move of the Hot Stove season: extending Billy Beane. Beane still had three years left on his contract, had not posted a winning record in the last five seasons, and had made only one playoff appearance since Moneyball was published. Yet, in February, in the wake of four risky trades, A's ownership decided it was necessary to add five additional years to his deal, essentially assuring that he will be the Athletics GM for the rest of the decade.
So, in return for blowing up a roster that had the potential to affirm Beane's Moneyball reputation, he at least got the guarantee that when the A's do finally open a better ballpark in a more affluent part of town, he'll be on hand to manage the associated spending extravaganza. That is, after all, one of the unanswered questions of Moneyball. What would Billy Beane do if he had even half as much money as the Yankees, the Red Sox, or the Angels?
Stay tuned. In the meantime, I hope you like Cliff Pennington bobbleheads and Kurt Suzuki collectible programs.


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A high-school principal (Christine Lahti) finds love with a Mexican-American farmer (Ruben Blades) working as custodian in her school.
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So from my understanding a team can buyout 2 contracts from the old CBA. In order to do that they have to pay 2/3 of the remainging contract with no cap hit?
What if a team bought out, say Chara, and his 7 million. So they would have to pay him 4.2 per year for the remainder of his contract right? What if they then turned around and signed him to a new contract for 2.8 million per yer? That gets the player the same 7 million but only costs the team 2.8 on the cap? Is that possible? Or is there a no re-signing rule in the buy-out clause?
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It's been a rough week for former New York Jets cornerback Cliff Harris.
Harris was arrested on Monday in New Jersey for allegedly possessing marijuana and the Jets didn't take the arrest lightly, as they cut him the next day. Harris then flew home to Oregon where he was arrested again on Friday, this time on a domestic harassment charge, according to KGW-TV in Portland, Ore.
According to eyewitness reports, Harris got in an argument with his girlfriend outside of a Buffalo Wild Wings. Here's the story from KGW.com:
Harris was arrested at 10:05 p.m. after he was seen and heard arguing with his girlfriend in the restaurant, said Lt. Henry Reimann with the Hillsboro Police Department.
Harris and his girlfriend went out to the parking lot where Harris was reportedly seen pushing her around, Reimann said.
Harris was also arrested in August 2011 while attending Oregon. In that incident, when an officer asked Harris if there was any marijuana in the car, Harris famously said, "We smoked it all."
Harris originally signed with the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in April 2012. Harris lasted four months with the Eagles before being cut in late August. The former Oregon Duck then signed a reserve-future contract with the Jets in January, but never played in a regular-season game with either team.
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I've searched here and there and couldn't find many records of trips north of the Mason-Dixon starting in late February or early March. I'm wondering if anyone has attempted it, and has any advice (or words of warning) for me.
I was laid off in November and would like to take the opportunity while I'm on "paid vacation" to set out south from Grand Rapids, MI through Kalamazoo, Chicago and down old Rte. 66 to Missouri to ride the Katy Trail from east to west.
I'm a former bike mechanic and accustomed to riding in all weather, but have not done any extended trips this early in the year. I am realizing I'll be carrying more weight and my gear will take up more space, but I am thinking its doable.
I have a few thrift store wool sweaters, tons of wool socks of varying thicknesses, waterproof shoes, wind/water resistant lightweight winter jacket, etc.
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Speak out against hunger: World Food Day 2012
Posted By One Hungry Mama On October 16, 2012 @ 2:11 pm In food for thought,green your eats | No Comments
Y'all: I don't even know where to start. I was lucky enough to kick off World Food Day—today!—with the absolutely brilliant Robyn O'Brien [1] (@unhealthytruth [1]) and Gary Hirshberg [2], cofounder, former CEO and Chairman of Stonyfield Organic. These two are among the most dynamic food activists in the world. I'm looking forward to sharing their work with you in detail soon but, in the meantime, in honor of World Food Day [3], I want to tell you THE big takeaway from listening to and speaking with Robyn and Gary today:
Each and every one of us can make a difference.
Robyn was a food industry analyst who'd grown up in a conservative family in Texas. She wasn't into the whole "hippie food thing." In fact, she fed her four children blue yogurt and Eggo waffles. Until her youngest got sick. Gary, on the other hand, was into the "hippie food thing." He was a pioneer, even, who grew a profitable organic food business that proves time and time again that you can do good and make money. Against the odds, both have become leaders. But, once upon a time, they were just like you and me. They know, first hand, that caring, passion and dedication are all it takes.
Gary and Robyn have come to make food activism their business, their livelihood so their impact is huge. It's not yours and so your impact will be smaller, but it will be. Because—as Gary and Robyn reminded us as business leaders—at the end of the day, numbers define the bottom line. The more people who speak up, the bigger the impact. Period.
So today, mark World Food Day [3] by making your voice heard. Speak out to end hunger. I've listed three ways that you can below. Each takes a minute. Literally
Today, speak up for food. Tomorrow, we'll get back to cooking.
* Sign the ONE.org Food Day petition [4]
* Tweet a message to the Secretary Clinton at the State Department. Go to ONE.org [5] to do it quick, even if you don't have a Twitter account! (No excuses!)
* Like "World Food Day [6]" on Facebook
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Freese gets $3.15M under 1-year deal with Cards
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ST. LOUIS — Former World Series MVP David Freese will earn $3.15 million under his one-year contract with the St. Louis Cardinals, nearly six times the $518,000 he made last year.
A St. Louis County native, Freese hit .283 with 20 home runs and 79 RBI last season and earned his first All-Star appearance. He was eligible for arbitration for the first time.
Freese, MVP of the 2011 World Series win against Texas, had asked for $3.75 million and had been offered $2.4 million when players and teams exchanged arbitration figures last month.
Friday's agreement made Freese the final player to settle among the three Cardinals who filed for arbitration.
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Ford Recalls 450,000 Midsize Cars for Possible Fuel Leak
Ford is recalling nearly 452,000 Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan midsize cars because the gas tanks potentially can leak fuel.
Ford is recalling nearly 452,000 Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan midsize cars because the gas tanks potentially can leak fuel.
Ford is recalling 129,000 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX SUVs from the 2009 and 2010 model years in parts of the U.S. and Canada to fix potential fuel leaks.
Ford recalls some older Windstar minivans because a prior rear-axle repair might not work as well as some 2015 F-150 pickups to fix cruise control systems.
Ford recalls 432,000 Focus, C-Max and Escape cars because of a software problem that could keep their engines running after drivers try to shut them down.
Ford is recalling more than 200,000 Transit Connect vans and Escape sport-utility vehicles because of instrument panel and seatbelt issues.
Ford is recalling nearly 423,000 cars and SUVs in North America because the power-assisted steering can fail while they're being driven.
Under pressure from U.S. safety regulators, Ford Motor Co. is expanding a recall of small and midsize cars to fix door latches that may not stay closed.
Ford is recalling about 390,000 cars because the doors may not latch properly and could open while the cars are in motion.
Nissan recalls nearly 768,000 SUVs to fix faulty hood latches and electrical shorts, while Ford recalls 221,000 cars to fix door latches and seat belts.
Ford says it's expanding a recall for faulty driver's side air bag inflators to the entire U.S. as demanded by the government.
Ford is recalling more than 202,000 vehicles in North America to fix gas leaks, air bag sensors, stalling and other issues.
Ford is recalling about 205,000 SUVs in cold-weather states and parts of Canada to fix gas tanks that can rust, leak and cause a fire.
Chrysler recalls 651,000 SUVs because vanity mirror lights may start a fire, while the government says it is probing steering problems in Ford cars.
Ford says it is recalling 100,610 vehicles in North America in six separate actions, including 92,000 cars with problematic front axles.
Ford is recalling 1.4 million SUVs and cars in North America to fix steering, rust and floor mat problems.
Federal safety regulators are investigating complaints that accelerators can stick in Ford Tauruses from model years 2005 and 2006. The investigation, opened Wednesday, covers an estimated 360,000 of the sedans. The probe could lead to a recall, but so far none has been ordered by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a federal safety agency.
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Teresa Shops For Dad at the 99 Cents Only Store
Do you love your DAD, but don't have a lot of money to spend on him for Father's Day? Don't worry, The List's Teresa Strasser hit up the 99 Cents Only Store to find the BEST... well at least funny, Father's Day gifts for under $1!
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This is great! Not only am I not learning anything new, I'm forgetting stuff I used to know!
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A realization has been creeping up on me over the past few weeks and months. Like many GA pilots and instructors, it's something I have been denying for a while. Recent events have forced me to face reality: A fair number of pilots out there not only lack proficiency, they are a risk to themselves and others.
Here are just a few, choice excerpts from what I've heard or witnessed in my daily teaching experience over the last month or so.
Cirrus: Oakland Ground, Cirrus 123, ready to taxi.
Tower: Cirrus 123, Oakland Tower, confirm you are holding short of runway 9 left?
Cirrus: Ah, Cirrus 123, sorry 'bout that. We're at runway 9 left, ready for takeoff.
Tower: Cirrus 123, hold short 9 left for landing traffic. (That traffic was me and my student in a Duchess on final)
Cirrus: Okay, ah, and we're IFR ... (Cirrus starts to creep forward toward the runway)
Tower: Cirrus 123, hold short runway 9 left and read back hold short instructions
Cirrus: (a different voice) Hold short 9 left, Cirrus 123
Bonanza: Bonanza 123 ready to go, request a right turn out
Tower: Bonanza 123, say your position on the field.
Bonanza: 7 Right, position and hold.
Tower: Negative! Bonanza, hold short of all runways and say your position on the field!
Bonanza: Sorry, we're holding short of 7 right.
Tower Bonanza 123, continue holding short 7 right, landing traffic.
Tower: Socata 123, runway 19 right, cleared for takeoff, simulated KANAN TWO departure approved, Cessna traffic on left base is for the parallel runway.
Socata 123: Cleared for takeoff 19 right, simulated KANAN TWO departure approved, traffic in sight, Socata 123.
( I was in the Socata and the pilot I was flying with hesitated taking the runway because it looked like the Cessna was lining up to land on the wrong runway. After a brief pause ...)
Tower: Socata 123, thank you for holding short, the Cessna landed on the wrong runway ... Cessna 345, is there an instructor on board? ...
And there's more, much more, but I won't bore you with it.
Now I'm not singling out the pilots of a particular brand of aircraft, I'm singling out a particular type of pilot behavior. I'm not sure why this behavior has become so prevalent, but I have some theories. This might sound harsh, but here goes.
I understand that many GA pilots cannot afford to fly more than a few times per month and this can lead to a lack of recency of experience - you get rusty. And if you're smart, you know it and arrive at the airport prepared. By that I mean you don't get in a plane after not flying for 4 or 5 weeks and proceed to fly a long trip to Vegas in marginal weather. A good pilot allows some time to fly around the pattern and get back in the groove, perhaps taking an instructor along who is current and can help accelerate the process. And you avoid flying in marginal weather.
Well-run FBOs and flying clubs recognize the potential liability associated with pilots who aren't current and they put safeguards in place to reduce the liability. These might include a requirement that any pilot who has not flown in the last 60 days must fly with an instructor. Other safeguards include a Birthday Ride - an annual flight with an instructor. At the very least, a good FBO or club will require pilots to provide proof of completion of a flight review and that they have a current medical. Pilots who aren't in compliance are grounded from flying aircraft. For these safeguards to work, someone at the FBO or flying club has to be paying attention.
Aircraft owners have much less oversight, except for the training requirements placed on them by their insurance company. I've heard many an aircraft owner, especially owners of high-performance aircraft, bemoan these requirements. Most complain about the cost and inconvenience, which I can understand. However, insurance company-mandated training is an investment in the pilot's own safety as well as the safety of their passengers. If you don't like spending money (often in large quantities), then I recommend avoiding aircraft ownership.
For their part, instructors should not be pencil-whipping flight reviews - giving an easy pass to pilots they have flown with, or like, or who pay them well or buy them lunch. Instructors need to require proficiency from the pilots they train or sign-off for a flight review. Good pilots should accept, even welcome the challenge of a thorough flight review or instrument proficiency check. If you don't like having your skills and performance evaluated and critiqued, I recommend avoiding getting involved in aviation. If you don't like the difficult job of evaluating and critiquing other pilots' performance and skills, I recommend avoiding becoming a flight instructor.
To help encourage pilots to maintain proficiency, the FAA created the Wings Program. The idea is pretty simple: Attend an FAA-approved seminar or complete an approved on-line training course, then get three hours of instruction - one hour of landing practice, one hour of maneuvers, and one hour of instrument flight. When you complete the winsg phase, the instructor gives you an endorsement, you send the endorsed card to the FAA, and they send you a Wings lapel pin.
The problem with the Wings Program is that a pilot may do up to 20 phases of Wings and if you do one phase every two years, that's 40 years of flying without ever being required to review the AIM or 14 CFR part 91. I doubt this is what the FAA intended and in fact it's a practice that might actually be creating a dangerous environment for GA pilots.
Flying, even for fun, is a potentially hazardous activity. GA pilots out there need to take personal responsibility for maintaining proficiency and that means getting regular instruction and evaluation, especially if you aren't able to fly very often. Flight instructors need to take their role seriously and that often means facing the difficult and uncomfortable task of confronting pilots who lack the requisite skills to pass a flight review or a phase of the Wings program, or make sound pre-flight decisions.
And if you are one of those conscientious pilot who spends a few hours each week reading, thinking, and practicing to be safe and proficient, you have my utmost respect.


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Mark Romanek Exits Disney's 'Cinderella'
Disney and director Mark Romanek are parting ways on Cinderella, the revisionist fairy tale movie with Cate Blanchett attached as a star, reports Deadline.
Romanek and the studio have differing views on how to tell the story, with Romanek's view reportedly too dark for a fairy tale ending.
With a script by Chris Weitz and Aline Brosh McKenna, Disney began testing young actresses for the title role late last year, including Saoirse Ronan. Simon Kinberg is producing.
Romanek, who helmed Never Let Me Go and One Hour Photo, has dropped from films before. The director, renowned for his commercials and video work, also exited The Wolfman because he had a darker vision than the studio was looking for.
"The Walt Disney Studios and Mark Romanek have parted ways on Disney's Cinderella project," read a statement from the studio. "We are committed to moving the project forward and have begun the search for a new director. The team here at Disney respects Mark as both a director and a friend, and we hope to find something to work on together in the future."


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The first production batch of Raspberry Pi boards will be finished on 20th February. Yay!
It's been a long wait, but an understandable one. Anyone who has been involved with getting a product to market knows the pitfalls that delay, and delay, and delay again. With the Pi, the team have done an amazing job; we're getting all the functionality that was promised at an astounding price.
The other good news is that Broadcom have released a datasheet describing the peripherals available to the ARM chip used in the Pi. This will make to easier for us to use things like the timer; it also explains memory mapping and other topics which will be of interest to anyone who wants to work close to the metal of the Pi.
In particular, it looks as if the datasheet would be invaluable to anyone porting Forth to the Pi. I'm hoping that Frank Sergeant will port his Riscy Pigness Forth implementation to the Pi at some point; it would be both useful and instructive, and the intended school-age audience would get great value from it.
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My brother, age 26, was killed in a semi/car crash in Tennessee in February 1969. Later that year this song came out and, well, it had an effect on me as you might imagine. Also, the car driver was a well known doctor in the area and was drunk at the time. In 1969, nothing came of it.
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In 2014, the program donated 2,516 packs, but the need continues to grow. Even in the Fort Collins economy, support has never been more crucial. Current figures from Poudre School District indicate over 26,000 students are eligible for the free or reduced lunch program. That's nearly 34 percent of all the students in grades kindergarten through 12.
A $25 donation provides a brand-new backpack filled with an average of 13 grade-appropriate school supplies.
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The Israel Air Force attacked targets in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday afternoon, hours after an Israeli soldier was killed and three others were wounded in a Palestinian-rigged bomb attack near the border.
Palestinian witnesses also said by late Tuesday afternoon that Israeli tanks could be seen rolling into the Gaza Strip.
The incident near the border was the first deadly attack carried out by Palestinian militants since a cease-fire went into effect in the coastal strip 10 days ago.
The soldier, who served as an NCO in the army, was killed when a roadside bomb exploded near an Israel Defense Forces patrol along the Gaza border, near the Kissufim crossing.
The wounded Israelis were identified as an officer, who sustained serious wounds, and an additional NCO and soldier, who were lightly hurt. The wounded were taken for treatment to the Soroka hospital in Be'er Sheva. The soldiers' families have been informed of the incident.
A Palestinian was reportedly killed in ensuing clashes between IDF soldiers and Gaza militants in the area. Heavy gunfire was audible along the border in central Gaza and Israeli helicopters hovered in the air, firing bursts from their machine guns, Palestinian witnesses said.
Gaza medical workers identified the Palestinian killed as a farmer.
Later Tuesday, the Israel Air Force targeted a motorcycle in the southern Gaza Strip, critically wounding two people, Hamas and Palestinian medical officials said. One of those wounded was a Hamas militant, said group spirces.
Hamas: Israel to blame for renewed violence
A political source in Jerusalem said that Israel must respond strongly and fiercely.
Although there was no claim of responsibility for Tuesday's attack on the IDF soldiers, Mushir al-Masri, a Hamas leader, said Israel was to blame for continuing to fire into Gaza. Al-Masri said his group had not agreed to a full cease-fire but only to a lull in fighting.
"The Zionists are responsible for any aggression," he said.
Israel has warned that it would respond harshly to any violations of the cease-fire, which ended the Israel Defense Forces' 22-day offensive against Hamas in Gaza.
Israel's stated goals in the campaign were the halting of cross-border rocket fire, the destruction of Hamas' infrastructure and the restoring of its deterrence. After the operation, Israel declared that it had achieved its objectives.
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MD senators press feds on oyster farming permits
Maryland's two US senators have written a top Obama administration official expressing their frustration over federal delays in approving new oyster farming ventures in the state's portion of the Chesapeake Bay.
Sens. Barbara A. Mikulski and Ben Cardin, both Democrats, wrote Jane Lubchenco, undersecretary of commerce who directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, complaining that her agency is endangering the state's fledgling aquaculture industry by taking so long to review permits needed by the new oyster farms.
As I reported last week, only a handfull of the new oyster-growing enterprises that have applied in the past year to lease areas in the bay and its rivers have received final approval. State officials say some are held up by objections from waterfront property owners or from watermen, but many are awaiting approval of permits from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The Corps consults with NOAA, and the federal oceans and fisheries agency has raised questions about the impacts of oyster farming operations on endangered sturgeon and sea turtles. NOAA and Corps officials both told me they were on verge of working everything out and should be issuing more permits soon.
"NOAA's role in this process is necessary, and one that we fully support," the senators wrote in a letter last wek to Lubchenco. But they added that the amount of time NOAA officials have taken is "unreasonable."
"This work began well over a year ago, with promises that issues were being worked out time and again," they wrote. "Time is up." Saying the permit delays are putting new jobs in jeopardy and stalling economic opportunities in coastal communities, they called on NOAA to wrap up its review "immediately" and give the Corps its final feedback "without further delays."
(Jay Robinson, director of the Watermen's Trust, with a pile of oyster shells he plans to use to raise oysters in Fishing Bay south of Cambridge. Batimore Sun photo by Jed Kirschbaum)


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Entice your diners with desserts that sell—without adding intricate builds that require serious kitchen labor. Does that sound too good to be true? It is—until you discover Philadelphia Cheesecake Batter. The chefs at Kraft Foodservice rely on this ready-to-bake and ready-to-pour product for quick, sumptuous seasonal desserts. "We add that fan-favorite cheesecake flavor to a variety of desserts," says Aliza Katz, corporate executive chef for Kraft Foodservice. "From no-bake parfaits with fall and winter flavors to easy-to-assemble mini desserts." Endlessly customizable with that authentic Philly flavor, Philadelphia Cheesecake Batter offers a great solution for your busy kitchen.
Parfaits are easy to assemble and perform well as dessert, snack or brunch items. These recipes elevate the eating experience with a rich and satisfying cheesecake flavor. They also deliver on flavors perfect for both fall and winter. "Seasonality, from our perspective, is less of a trend and more of a necessity at this point," says Benjamin Stanley, co-founder of Chicago-based Food Genius, Inc.
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Other seasonal idea: switch out apple for poached pear
Other idea: Replace the turtle ingredients with any classic candy shop mix-ins
According to Datassential MenuTrends, 33% more dessert menus feature a miniature dessert option than just four years ago. "We called this out in our trends article—minis answer the call for 'feel-good food,'" says Chef Katz.
Holiday twist: give it a gingerbread kick with allspice, nutmeg, cinnamon and a garnish of crushed gingersnap
Alternate profile: turn them into cheesecake truffles by leaving the sticks off
Alternate idea: instead of a cone as a carrier, sandwich between waffles
Cheesecake lands in the top three of dessert menu mentions across all segments.¹ Here, our chefs make the prep work easy by using Philadelphia Cheesecake Batter—and then they turn the idea of a cheesecake on its head with memorable results.
Other cake profile: substitute red velvet cake mix or devil's food cake mix
Other profile: make them mini by using mini soufflé cups and add them as a component to a dessert
Other idea: hide a pineapple coulis under the batter
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Dizzy Wright - New Generation
From the Book of Rick James: "A mighty turnt rapper once proclaimed that it was Turn Up Season and it was so. That rapper's name is Dizzy Wright." If you don't trust our sources, you can use New Generation, a standout selection from the Funk Volume emcee's newly-released State of Mind EP, as a secondary reference. Fitting that we chose to highlight the 6ix-produced track today, as half of the country woke up to snow in April; clearly Turn Up Season doesn't follow the calendar or the weather report. It's all about your mindset. And after a second listen, it sounds like the Vegas native created the record to hype himself up just as much as his fans. We're not mad at that, at all.
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How appropriate that on the last page of this spare, beautifully written first novel, one character asks another, "Tell us a story--about longing." For longing defines the life of Isabel, who grew up on Cook Inlet in Alaska and, after a trip to towering Seattle, began collecting postcards from other cities, among them Paris, Budapest, and Barcelona. As an adult, Isabel finds a postcard depicting Amsterdam at a junk store she frequents--she loves old things; her job is restoring damaged books at a library--and she is astonished to find that the postcard was actually sent. The message on the back of the card inspires her to construct a story about sender and recipient. Isabel needs to work a little harder to construct her own story, though; once an ungainly child, she's still tentative about relationships and gingerly approaches Spoke, a colleague at the library who served in Iraq. A series of events, one involving a note about Amsterdam left in a book she's repairing, wheels her gracefully in a different direction. VERDICT Not for those who like big, splashy reads, this book is just the thing for more meditative readers who savor language and quiet reflection.--Barbara Hoffert, Library Journal[Page 118]. (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Smith's debut unspools in delicate links of linear thought, told (mostly) in deceptively simple sentences embedded in the consciousness of Isabel, born in the Pacific Northwest and raised in Alaska with her older sister. Isabel dreams of Amsterdam and, "though she has never been, and probably will never go," she believes everything is perfect there. The story ostensibly covers a single day, but Isabel's recorded memories reach back to childhood, with incidents in between like a camping trip, an interaction with an astrologer, and a consequential encounter with an immense glacier. Isabel's love of books leads her to get a job at the library, where she falls for co-worker "Spoke," an Iraq war veteran whose sudden re-enlistment casts a long shadow, turning Isabel introspective at the festive party she'd planned to attend with him: "Spoke is already halfway across the country, where people are making breakfast, letting dogs out onto dewy lawns, boarding busses and trains for downtowns, lining up in coffee shops," she thinks, while "n Amsterdam, it is already a lovely afternoon, the leaves turning, fall about to break." This slim book's lovely design respects and enhances Smith's voice, with ample white space on every page and a general eschewing of commas and quotation marks. Lyrical and luminous. (Jan.)[Page ]. Copyright 2011 PWxyz LLC


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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- Casey Mitchell had 13 points and 14
rebounds to lead No. 21 West Virginia to a 56-46 win over South
Florida on Sunday.
John Flowers and Kevin Jones added 13 points apiece for West
Virginia (13-5, 4-2 Big East). The Mountaineers bounced back from a
75-71 loss to Marshall on Wednesday after entering the Top 25 for
the first time this season.
Augustus Gilchrist had his third straight double-double with 20
points and 10 rebounds for South Florida (7-14, 1-7). The Bulls
lost for the 11th time in 13 games and remain winless in nine road
West Virginia gave up its fewest first-half points this season
and the Mountaineers led by as many as 16 points after halftime.
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David Bixler: Call It a Good Deal
1 CD / Zoho Music / 2006-07-11Tracks: Aiding and Abetting; Unraveled; Game Face; Gemenlie; Scratch and Sniff the Jive; He Cries Every Day; Good Deal?
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IA Courses
Undergraduate Courses
CIT 251 Computer Security Overview
A broad overview of Information Assurance in two parts: lecture/discussion related to information security basics, and a laboratory component in which students learn technology-related security. Course materials include topics such as types of attacks, hacker techniques, legal and privacy issues, security policy, information security best practices, and more. Students also learn security technologies related to three areas: operating systems, networks, and web and e-commerce. The course includes significant laboratory time, during which students experiment with various practical computer security tools.
CIT 352 Network and Internet Security
A practical approach to network security applications and standards that provides an in-depth understanding of current network security principles, features, protocols, and implementations. The course includes a detailed discussion on designing and maintaining a computer network from a security point of view. The emphasis is on applications that are widely used on the Internet and for corporate networks, and on standards, especially Internet standards that have been widely deployed.
CIT 354 Computer Forensics
Learn essential skills necessary to launch and complete a successful computer investigation. This course introduces the necessary steps in conducting a high-tech investigation, from acquiring digital evidence to reporting its findings. Students will learn about how to set up a forensics lab, how to acquire the proper and necessary tools, and how to conduct the investigation and subsequent digital analysis. The required textbook features free downloads of the latest forensic software, so students can become familiar with the tools of the trade.
CIT 361 Practical Guide to Computer File Systems Forensics
With much of our personal information now being recorded digitally, the field of computer forensics has grown exponentially. This course will provide students with a strong foundation in the principles of computer forensics. Learn how the field has evolved over time and why digital investigations have become more pervasive. Develop the keen understanding of file systems, including operating systems and registries, that is vital to understanding the evidence that a suspect leaves behind. The ultimate objective is to use digital evidence to prove control, ownership and intent to successfully prosecute a case. Gain practical experience with professional digital imaging tools, like Helix, X-Ways and FTK, as well as forensic imaging techniques for both Windows Personal Computers and Apple Macintosh machines.
CIT 363 Computer Forensics, Cyberlaw and Evidence Admissibility
Every computer forensics examiner must understand the interactions of people with hardware and software. Additionally, knowledge of the law is imperative to the successful conviction of a criminal. This course will detail the legal aspects of computer forensics investigations and evidence admissibility. Students will gain an understanding of the legal documentation required for gaining access to a suspect's information, such as letters of preservations and warrants. Also included will be evidence custody and chain of custody forms. Finally, students will experience the intricacies of investigative report writing. A series of case studies will be incorporated into the course to explore reasons why some computer forensics investigations have been highly successful, and the pitfalls that caused others to fail.
CIT 365 Mobile Device Forensics
Computer forensics investigators no longer simply rely on traditional computers as sources of evidence. Incriminating evidence can be found on cell phones, smartphones, PDAs, cameras and even game systems. This course will introduce students to mobile forensic file systems. Students will learn methods of evidence extraction from the mobile devices and how these devices should be handled and analyzed. Lab sessions will allow students with hands-on analysis of phones, flash memory and SIM cards. Students will also learn about recovering deleted SMS text messages, call logs, etc. An introduction to CDMA and GSM networks will also be provided. This practical experience will be supplemented with exposure to the use of digital images and video investigations. Students will learn how to find photo metadata, identify whether images have been edited, reconstruct damaged image files and subsequently use these files as admissible evidence.
CS 331/CS 631S Security in Computing
Security in Computing investigates the perpetration of damages and theft using computers, and strategies for protection. The focus is on software that harms or steals from others, and schemes and mechanisms that are used for defense. Topics include viruses, cryptography, network security, protection in operating systems, database security, and intellectual property issues.
CS 397Q Securing and Managing Networks and Information Systems
Explore the technical and business concepts necessary to support and defend the network infrastructure and the business information systems within an organization. Students who complete this course will be able to develop an understanding of security threats and vulnerabilities on different platforms, and will learn to respond to and recover from security incidents. The course will emphasize collaborative learning through discussions with instructors and peers, self-learning through readings and research, and experiential learning through lab assignments. The course curriculum is mapped to the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC) model (http://www.nationalccdc.org). Students will be encouraged to participate in such competitions.
Graduate Courses
IT 603 Overview of Information Security
A broad introduction to information security, including aspects of computer networking, the OSI network reference model, TCP/IP, and web architecture. Students will also receive an overview of operating system (both Windows and Linux) security, network security, web security, social engineering, and legal and ethical issues.
IT 612 Web Server Setup, Configuration and Security Issues
This course provides a thorough introduction to the architecture of a web server. Students will learn how to set up a web server, configure it and understand the security issues. Conduct hands-on work either in the department labs or on your own personal web server. Topics include functions of a web server; planning a server; configuring for CGI; and servlets, log files, and server maintenance. Security issues will be discussed with a focus on encryption, Secure Socket Layer (SSL), firewalls, and secure online transactions.
IT 628 The Linux Environment and Security
Linux is the fastest growing operating system today. This course starts with an overview of the structure of the Unix/Linux operating system and Unix/Linux commands. Topics include installation of Linux, working with file systems, Linux shells, file permissions, simple administration, and basic security issues. Introduction to an open source programming such as Perl or PHP. Students will be writing several practical applications using this programming language.
IT 660 Network Security
This course covers the most important issues and topics within computer and network security. Topics include encryption techniques, (DES, AES, Contemporary Symmetric Ciphers, Public Key Cryptography and RSA), message authentication and hash functions, digital signatures and authentication protocols, IP security (IPsec), SNMP vulnerabilities, e-mail security, secure socket layer (SSL) and transport layer security, web security, intruders, malicious software, and firewalls.
IT 662 Web and Internet Security
IT 664 Computer and Internet Forensics
A general overview of the theory and application of information warfare and forensic computing. The background information on information warfare highlights the inherent problems in today's computing environment and emphasizes the necessity of forensics to complement computer security. The course focuses on information warfare arsenal and tactics, defensive strategies, and causalities; network surveillance tools for information warfare; fundamentals of computer forensics; computer forensics services and technologies; search and seizure; data recovery and identification; digital evidence collection, duplication, and preservation; computer image verification and authentication; reconstruction of past events; legal issues; and advanced topics in forensics.
IT 666 Information Security Management
This course discusses information security from organizational and managerial perspectives. For an organization, information security is a continuous management process. Security technology alone cannot facilitate this process without security professionals being aware of the tradeoffs and various policy issues embedded in this process. This course will provide students with a background in managing information security in organizations. Topics include risk identification and assessment, security policy and planning, personnel and security, privacy, security auditing, and legal issues.
IT 668 Building Secure Software I
This course is intended to provide students with an introduction to expert perspectives and techniques that will help them to ensure the security of essential software. Students will learn how to consider threats and vulnerabilities early in the development cycle so that they can learn how to build security into their software systems. Discover how to determine an acceptable level of risk, how to develop security test, and how to plug security holes before software is even shipped.
IT 669 Building Secure Software II
This course is a continuation of . Some of the topics that have been introduced in will be revisited. In addition, students will learn how to padlock their applications throughout the entire development process - from designing secure applications to writing robust code that can withstand repeated attacks and testing applications for security flaws. Learn the process and techniques of writing secure code, effective authentication and authorization techniques, the most common web application vulnerabilities (and how to avoid them!), secure user management systems, and data validation strategies. Students will have access to information about threat modeling, designing a security process, international issues, file-system issues, adding privacy to applications, and performing security code reviews. They will also learn about buffer overruns, and Microsoft .NET security. Students will be provided with easy-to-reference, practical checklists for secure software development.
IT 770 Mobile Forensics Investigation
The field of mobile forensics has expanded over the past few years as a growing volume of our lives are captured on smartphones and other mobile devices. This course provides an overview of cellular networks and the various devices that operate on these networks. Moreover, an in-depth analysis of the file systems and operating systems, including the iOS and Android platforms will be explained. Students will have the opportunity to use professional mobile forensic tools to examine mobile phones, SIM cards, media cards, and synced data on paired computers in a forensic manner. The course will introduce students to professional investigative techniques, legal procedures, and reporting standards necessary to build a successful case. Other topics in the course will include investigations involving tablet computers, digital cameras, multimedia players and Global Positioning System (GPS) electronics.
IS 641 Information Security and Controls
This course provides an in-depth overview of the security and privacy issues associated with information systems, security management goals, prevention, recovery, avoidance, security policy, data integrity, operational controls, risk management, and risk avoidance. Students will learn about identification and authorization techniques, passwords, authorization matrix, access controls, encryption, key systems, Data Encryption Standards (DES), key management, public keys, statistical databases, and computer crime.
IS 642 Information Security Planning and Policy: NIST Standards
The United States government requires all federal systems to have a customized security plan. In addition, the National Training Standard for Information Systems Security (INFOSEC) Professionals requires programs that meet this standard to produce students capable of developing a security plan. This course provides an introduction to security planning as recommended by NIST guidelines on developing security plans. The student is required to conduct a case study where a security plan is developed for a fictitious or real small size organization. The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of the security requirements on existing computing environment and describe the controls in place or planned for meeting those requirements. The security plan presents all managerial, operational, and technical controls an organization will need in the next three years. The purpose, scope, and content of a security plan are covered in the first week of lecture. Several outlines for a security plan are shown from the following sources: OMB Circular A-130 (2), NIST Special Publication 800-18 (1), and Director of Central Intelligence (DCID) 6/3.
IS 647 Legal Issues in Information Systems
This course will introduce the student to the legal environment of business with primary focus on legal issues affecting information systems. Among the topics to be covered are an introduction to the American legal system; jurisdiction; constitutional law; the law of crimes, such as pertaining to destruction of data and unlawful appropriation; computer torts, including defamation and invasion of privacy; securities, antitrust and taxation issues; and intellectual property issues relating to computer and Internet technology.
IS 648 Cyber and Professional Ethics
The pervasiveness of computers, technology, and the web have made it imperative that we be aware of and understand the ethical and legal implications of these forces on our personal and professional lives. Through readings, discussions and case studies, this course examines the ethical and legal issues involved in computing by investigating topics like free speech, privacy, intellectual property on the Internet, cyber-crimes, employer/employee issues, and professional codes of ethics.
CS 653 Cryptography and Computer Security
This course covers the most important issues and topics in cryptography and computer security. Topics include: Mathematics of Cryptography, Traditional Symmetric-Key Ciphers, Modern Symmetric-Key Ciphers, DES, AES, Asymmetric-Key Cryptography. RSA, Rabin, ElGamal and Elliptic Curve Cryptosystems, Message Integrity and Message Authentication, Cryptographic Hash Functions, Digital Signature, Entity Authentication and Key Management.
CS 654 Security in Computer Networking
This course focuses on the most important issues and topics in network security. In network security, a good balance between theory and practice is sought. The course covers attacks and threats in computer networks, including network mapping, port scanning, sniffing. DoS, DDoS, reflection attacks, attacks in DNS and leveraging P2P deployments for attacks, operational security, including firewalls and intrusion-detection systems. It also takes a layered approach to network security, covering topics such as Security at the Application Layer, PGP and S/MIME, security at the Transport layer, SSL and TLS, Security at the Network Layer, and IPSec. Students will use software tools to participate in an important simulated lab component that includes packet sniffing, network mapping, firewalls, SSL and IPsec.
Other Courses
CIT 396B Advanced Information Technology for Accounting Applications
ACC 060B CPA Review - Auditing and Attestation
ACC 375 Accounting Information Systems
ACC 470 Accounting Research Project


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Positively 4th: The why, who and how of a vibrant street-retail district
Georgia Straight editor Charlie Smith explains why cheaper rents, fewer malls and cluster theory have added heat to one of Kitsilano's hottest spots – especially if you're in the snow business.
Article here.
Agustin permalinkNovember 8, 2012 5:11 pm
Earlier this year a local shop owner lamented that he thought West Fourth was going to become like Robson in a few years. I hope he was wrong! According to this article, there's still a long ways to go before rents on Fourth reach Robson levels.
I did notice that those snowboard shops started getting into the bicycle business a lot more this summer, too.
guest permalinkNovember 9, 2012 3:28 pm
The retail space in the Mantra (?) condo at 4th and Pine (?) was leased to No Frills. Presumably, they couldn't find a tenant that was "higher end". There are apparently, a lot of "for lease" signs on the main part of the 4th Ave. strip up the hill.


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The Ugly Truth About Where The 2nd Half Earnings Growth Miracle Is Supposed To Come From
The S&P 500 continues to make higher and higher, more record-er highs predicated, as FactSet notes, on the faith in soaring expectations for much higher earnings growth for the index in the second half of 2014. Combining the reported earnings for Q1 and the estimated earnings for Q2, the first half (1H) blended earnings growth rate for the S&P 500 is 3.7%. However, combining the estimated earnings for Q3 and Q4, the second half (2H) estimated earnings growth rate jumps to 9.9%. Given this expected improvement in the overall earnings growth rate, which sectors and companies are projected to see the largest turnaround in earnings growth in 2H 2014 relative to 1H 2014? (Spoiler Alert: the answer should make you nervous).
Overall, nine of the ten sectors are projected to see higher earnings growth in 2H 2014 compared to 1H 2014. While the Telecom Services sector is expected to report the highest earnings growth of all ten sectors at 30.8%, it is not predicted to report the sharpest rebound compared to 1H 2014. This growth rate of 30.8% only reflects a slight improvement over blended earnings growth of 26.7% for 1H 2014.
The sector expecting the largest overall turnaround in earnings growth in 2H 2014 compared to 1H 2014 is the Financials sector. This sector is projected to see earnings growth of 15.5% in the 2H of 2014, compared to a decline in earnings of 2.7% in 1H 2014.
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This miracle hockey-stick save for financials - upon which the entuire S&P 500 index is now so dependent upon - has one small (very large) problem. Financials will not make this up via lending (or NIM hopes from a dfream of steepening curves - which have been shown to be a fallacy in the last few years); it will have to come from trading revenues... and that means one thing...
Volatility has to rise...
So in order for financials earnings to explode as is priced-in to the S&P 500, the market itself must experience notably more volatility... Be careful what you wish for.
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Simple.... as ZH has already pointed out, companies simply just borrow more money and buy more shares back... get 30% "growth" per share, easy as printing toilet paper, er dollars
No miracle is necessary - just a promise of one.
This is a confidence game in the literal sense... and Joe Average WANTS to be the sucker.
print up some MOAR earnings
"[I]n order for financials earnings to explode as is priced-in to the S&P 500, the market itself must experience notably more volatility."
Oh, no – it's much better than that.
Why couldn't all the banks simply sell short option straddles on the low-vol market? They could sell both up- and down-side insurance on every ticker symbol until they make their bonus numbers.
After all, it worked for Nick Leeson and Barings Bank in Singapore...until it didn't.
"The sector expecting the largest overall turnaround in earnings growth in 2H 2014 compared to 1H 2014 is the Financials sector."
So, should I sell my Prospector Pete's Silver Mining Corp shares and buy a triple-VIX ETF? Because I need fast, cheap, and easy!
Is that the vix in your pocket or you just happy to see me
VxxViagra for two!
When did earnings start to matter?
I think we need to start a Zero Hedge 501C3 and start taking up donations for the great underwear crisis:
Homeland Security Seeks Thousands Of Pairs Of Underwear For Detained Immigrants
Do it for the children.
WalMart has had that contract for over 15 years now
Don't worry. I'm sure the Oral of Omaha has got the asses of the masses covered w/his "Fruit of the Loom".
Earnings don't have to matter when you can increase the S&P multiplier by forcing people to chase yield.
Whats the next IPO...I am in..that is where the money is..
This is always easy to find:
1. Go to the Google Play or Apple App store.
2. Go to "Free Apps"
3. Look at the Top Downloads and evaluate if its reasonable that the creating party would ever make money.
4. If the answer is no, there's your IPO!
Italy is about to bite the dust...
and they also got bit.
Suarez thinks he's McGruff or something....
Italy is about to bite the dust...
Please define "about." Been waiting for them or Japan to bite the dust for some time now.
Japan will likely be at around 5:30 EST...
So who will be the last one standing on July 13th? The US? Hardly! LOL
The USD has a pretty good chance of winning the FIAT, not FIFA, World Cup....
How could you not take Brazil?
The lack of ACA and global warming fears. Sorry, it's now called climate disruption. If Obama and his NGO's were living in a 3rd world country. They would already be standing in a firing line.
Question, how many lies does it before the global community turns its back on a lying negro fool?
May 2014, hottest May on record...
March to May 2014, 2nd hottest on record (2010 was the hottest)....
Every decade since the 1950s has been warmer than the previous
9 of the 10 warmest years have occured since 2002 despite a weak solar cycle and prevailing La Nina conditions...
"Global warming" have been used to reflect the long term effect of pollution (which is easily verifiable).
Considering how interconnected and complex this system is, the trends can vary widely from region to region so that's why they changed the name to "climate change" because "global warming" is quite confusing for the simpletons.
In layman terms:
The fucking retarded humans pollute and exploit our planet because of money, power and laziness without thinking about the consequences.
"Hey Rocky. Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat." - Janet Yellen
Better a flying squirrel than a raccoon!
"Release the Loan Loss Reserves!"
don't laugh. when you are forced to buy carbon credits from the squid you won't think it's so funny.
Iphone 6 sales will fix it all.
Will stock buybacks help? The financial sector loans the funds to the coporations to do the buybacks...problem solved.
This is getting too easy.
/sarc off
They desperately need the retail investor to pile back into that market. That's what all this is about...the huge fake 'bull run', the fake numbers showing we're in recovery, the daily "New Highs" announcements...
Of course, that retail investor has no money, so home prices must be driven up to where there is again equity to tap, the 'wealth effect'. But they aren't exactly lining up for home equity loans. In fact, they are taking money out of the market to pay bills.
So, lets throw some obstacles in their paths, make it a little harder to pull their money out. Let's keep saying that the losses of 2008 have been recovered, and then some, so they see the wisdom of staying invested even when things go down, and remind folks that those who sold are the ones who suffered loss.
And let's resurrect an old favorite from the 80's...a 2014 version of Robin Leach's Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous...we'll call it Secret Lives of the Super Rich. This will help keep investors eyes on the ball.
They are trying SO hard to recreate the environment of years ago. I suppose they are trying to get us all back into the mindset we had then. But it's sad, really. Like a middle-aged mother who keeps her adult child's room the way it was when they were 5, because she desperately wishes she could go back to those days. But Junior isn't coming back home to live...he has his own house and family, and to be honest, he's been wondering if Mom might be getting a little dotty in her old age, and has been making plans to put her in a home.
Folks like me won't be any help. I buy 70s vintage audio/stereo equipment (the only era in audio that matters) and scour thrift stores for quality made goods others think are useless. Buying the shit being offered today is worthless. I say let retail die an agonizing death. Buy used shit and fix it up.
Me too. I shun retail, I can't even STAND to be in a typical store. That crap gives me the heebies.
Now, put me in a large rummage sale, and you will see some serious shopping...and you have to know how to do a 1$ bag sale. So many make the mistake of grabbing and shoving into the bag, but the strategy is to take your time and roll the garments, then 'stack' them inside the bag as you go along. You will fit 5 times as much into that bag, and the "grabber and shover" will be hung up with rearranging as you walk on by to check out.
And I can't remember a single time I ever went into a WalMart and found anything worth considerably MORE than what I paid. But I nearly ALWAYS do at yard and rummage sales. In fact, I usually get at least one or two things that sell on Ebay for MORE than my total spent that day. Making everything I get free, sometimes PAYING me for that stuff.
No one will do that at the Mall of America.
Thought military for sure - only thing that remotely would have made sense...
The Fed has a new 3D printer to produce those trillion dollar coins ...
All those illegals on the border should boost our GDP. I'm long Hanes underwear.
2H Financials Growth
Federal Crisis, National Crisis, Fiscal Spending Related to Border Problems, Illegal Immigrant Civil requirements, Iraq War III
-Check DHS for Federal Funding
-Check FEMA Emergency Food, Medical, Quarantine, Shelters, Clothing
-Check Border Patrol & ICE & TSA
-Check Educational Funding for Federal Agency Gun Training, Tactical Training, Specialized Communication & Computer Equipment Training
-Check AMMO Consumption, Weapons & Comms & Tactical Computers, Military Grade Ballistic Protection, Armored Assault Vehicles, Radio & Satellite Equipment, Satellite subscription time
-Check Construction of Fusion Centers, Sub Fusion Centers, Listening Posts, Radio Towers
-Check Contracts for Service & Support of food, facilities & Walmart or AAFES for underground Shelters
-IRAQ III, War & Logistics Support, Oil Truck Convoy Specialist, Oil Field & Refinery Security Contractors, Port Security Contractors, Iraqi Water & Power Security Contractors, Iraqi Quick Reaction Security Forces, Iraqi Transportation Contractors (Air, Bus, Limo, Auto, Shuttle), Defense Language Contractors, UN Language Interpreter services Contractor,
-Petroleum is a bankable Commodity, Financial Investment in Futures Markets, Shipping Industry, Insurance Swaps, Insurance of Shipload & Ships, Drilling Services, Oil & Gas Exploration
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Miriam O'Callaghan returns for the summer season with Saturday Night with Miriam on RTÉ One; The Tour de France 2014 spins into action on TG4; and two very hot quarter finals in the Fifa World Cup 2014, RTÉ Two - here are our highlights for tonight!
Saturday Night with Miriam, RTÉ One, 9.40pm
Miriam returns for the summer season with a new set and new producers. Tonight marks the start of the tenth season of her chat show for an eight week run of entertainment, showbiz, sports, current affairs, music and human interest stories. We kick-off with Hollywood star and proud Dubliner, Colm Meaney, and comedian and impressionist Mario Rosenstock, while teacher and model Sarah Jane Dunne talks about becoming the first traveller to reach the finals of Miss Ireland. Also: Ryan Sheridan performs the song Brendan O'Carroll personally commissioned for Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie.
Watch RTÉ Ten's interview with Miriam.
Fifa World Cup 2014, RTÉ Two, 8.30pm
Endgame approaches in what has been a dazzling tournament and today sees the remaining two Quarter Finals taking place. World power Argentina take the battle to an impressive Belgium, who have one of the best squads of the tournament (kick-off 5.00). Later, the much-fancied Dutch take on the smallest country left in the finals, Costa Rica - who have been the real revelation of the finals (kick-off at 9.00pm).
Costa Rica take on The Netherlands tonight at 9.00pm on RTÉ Two
Tour de France Beo 2014, TG4, 11.05am
TG4 brings you coverage of the most famous cycling race in the world. All three weeks of the Tour will be broadcast live on TG4 with an average of three hours of live coverage each day as well as a 30 minute highlights package every night that will include previews, cyclist profiles, results, interviews and reports. Commentary will be provided by Páidí Ó Lionáird and Pádraic Ó Cuinn. The Tour will also be broadcast live on www.tg4.tv and the website will also offer updates, statistics and other Tour data.
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In addition to this form, you must confirm your reservation by making a $100 per school confirmation deposit. Please visit this page to pay the deposit online. Deadline for deposit is December 11. Online registration of players, managers and coaches along with t-shirts sizes is due January 15, 2016.