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The Independent Investor: Washington, the Country's Worst Enemy
The nation has breathed a sigh of relief now that Congress has finally done what they were elected to do. The government is back in business and the debt ceiling has been raised. The damage to the country, however, will be long lasting.
Let us remember as well that the 11th hour deal between our dysfunctional officials is only a temporary solution. Congress voted to keep government open only until Jan. 15 and the debt ceiling will need to be extended once again on Feb. 7 of 2014. In the meantime, few have any faith that the bi-partisan budget talks headed by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray, D-Wash., will bear fruit in the two months before the next deadline occurs.
The most recent estimates indicate that the government shutdown cost the economy $25 billion. But that's just the dollar and cents pricetag. The continued uncertainty of U.S. fiscal policy and the fear that the next time there truly will be a debt default could cost us $700 billion over the long term, according to estimates by Macroeconomic Advisers.
From California to Cape Cod, small-business owners have been hurt by the government shutdown. Over the Columbus Day holiday, for example, tourism was hurt by the closure of all the nation's federal parklands. Hundreds of thousands of mortgage applicants were held up as well since buyers could not get the information they needed from the IRS in order to close their purchases.
Retailers are in a quandary. Given the uncertainty, there is little confidence that the Christmas season will be a good one. Pessimism among small businesses, when asked about future economic activity, increased 10 percent in September and nothing about this latest debt deal inspires optimism. Yet, orders have to be filled now or it will be too late. Chances are retailers will trim their orders just to be on the safe side, reducing economic activity even further.
Consumer sentiment has been hurt badly by this circus we call Washington. In a recent trip to Provincetown, I noticed that whether at dinner, on a whale watch or just shopping around town, consumers were actively talking (and worrying) about this latest Beltway Brawl in D.C. Merchants told me shoppers were spending less and were visibly distracted.
Most recent estimates indicate that the pullback in domestic spending could impact the economy in the fourth quarter. Most economists were expecting GDP to grow in the fourth quarter by 2.2 percent, however, that forecast has been reduced to 1.6 percent. Clearly, the overall damage to the economy would have been far greater if we had defaulted on our debt.
In hindsight, the shutdown and debt ceiling debate was completely unnecessary. By now even staunch Republicans are admitting that the blame for this last bit of political insanity lies squarely with their party. Unless voters recognize this and act accordingly in the 2014 elections, we can expect that sometime soon we are all going to hit a brick wall.
The tea party element within the GOP is bound and determined to create such a crisis in this country.
Democrats should also be held accountable for their own unwillingness to compromise in years past. It is clear to me that ever since 2010, both parties have done their absolute best to hamstring this economy and keep millions of Americans out of work. Instead of coming up with bipartisan economic programs to grow the economy, our leaders have focused wrongly, in my opinion, on cutting spending, reducing debt and raising taxes all in the name of their misguided attempt to reduce the deficit.
How any of those measures would achieve economic growth or more employment is beyond me.
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The Independent Investor: Cashless Society, Think Again
While the government shuts down and the markets swoon over the debt ceiling drama and the future of the U.S. financial system, the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank issued a new version of the $100 bill this week. Demand for the new bill is quite brisk, thank you.
To some, this may come as a surprise. After all, we all know that the world is moving inexorably toward cashless transactions. The most recent report by McKinsey & Co. found that for households with income of more than $60,000 a year, cash accounted for only 2 percent of total payments, while credit cards (both credit and debit) represented 60 percent of all retail transactions. Only 7 percent of all transactions in the U.S. are done with cash and most of those are with small amounts of money.
Between credit cards, PayPal, mobile payments and other technologically digitalized methods the death of paper currency has been predicted for years. The problem is that this particular patient never dies and is, in fact, stronger than ever. This summer the amount of U.S. currency in circulation hit an all-time high of $1.19 trillion, according to the Fed. That equates to roughly $3,800 in cash per person, if one assumes all of it is held in America, but it is not.
Admittedly, international demand for American currency started to decline about the time the Euro was introduced back in 2002. It was a period of political stability, economic growth and financial stabilization but all that changed in 2008. The global financial crisis triggered renewed demand for our banknotes and still continues today. In times of crisis, the American currency still offers foreigners the safest haven for their savings. And many Americans evidently feel the same way.
Our $100 bill, featuring the likeness of Benjamin Franklin, is the most widely sought after note of all. We have been printing more of these "Benjamin's" than any other denominations over the past 20 years The most recent Fed statistics show that as of Dec. 31, 2012, there were 10.3 billion $1 bills in circulation, 8.6 billion $100 bills, and 7.4 billion $20 bills, followed by $5, $10s, $50s and $2s. A little more than 75 percent of the worth of all U.S. currency worldwide is in $100 bills.
The use of smaller denominations has plateaued, reflecting the use of alternative methods of payment for day-to-day transactions. In contrast, the demand for $100 bills is growing. It appears that in times of fear both domestic and foreign holders are eager to keep a stack of $100 bills under the mattress or in safety deposit boxes as opposed to in bank or brokerage accounts. And let's not forget the black markets, criminal syndicates, drug cartels and tax evaders, all of whom use cash extensively and for them, the bigger the bill the better.
The new $100 bill is long overdue. It was supposed to reach your local bank two years ago but there was a problem with the new security measures imbedded within the bill. The new note has several features that will make it easier to authenticate, yet more difficult for counterfeiters to copy. (The paper is made right here in the Berkshires, too.)
Although less than 0.01 percent of all U.S. currency in circulation is counterfeit, it still totals as much as $95 million and most of it is in $100 bills. Most countries use special Swiss presses (sold only to governments) to print their money. So it is difficult for common ordinary crooks to forge our currency. However, rogue countries, such as North Korea, can acquire these presses and have been known to print U.S. bills, especially the $100 bill, which law enforcement called "Super-notes."
Some countries , most notably Belgium, France, Canada, the U.K., Sweden, Australia and the Netherlands, have neared the point of effective cashlessness. That makes the banks happy since they spend billions per year processing, storing and guarding that paper. Governments also like it. The annual cost, for example, of minting U.S. currency is $219,240,000.
But I suspect that cash will continue to be useful for any number of people in a great many places. And that's not necessarily a bad thing. Psychological studies indicate that when we use physical notes and coins, we spend more sensibly. While cash may not be "king" anymore, I think the feel of a little cash in the pocket makes one's day a little bit brighter, don' you think?
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The Independent Investor: Week One of Obamacare
In the face of a government shutdown, computer glitches and a mountain of confusion, Obamacare made its inaugural debut this week, so far, so good.
The federal government's new health insurance website went live on Tuesday and promptly crashed as did the state of Maryland's site for enrolling Americans under the Affordable Care Act. The glitches also included a computer jam on the District of Columbia's site as well as a delay in the plan for small-business owner's enrollment. Experts say to expect even more foul ups.
So why do I say this is all good? The reason the Federal site crashed was because of the overwhelming interest in the exchanges. Within three hours of its opening, the national healthcare.gov site had one million visitors. Overall, 4.7 million visitors accessed the site on the first day. That is five times the number of users that have ever visited Medicare.gov. On that first day over 190,000 people called the federal hotline on information about Obamacare. In California, Colorado, Connecticut, D.C., Florida, New York and several other states the response has been gratifying and completely unexpected as well.
For all its complexity, with most of its details still misunderstood by the majority of Americans, and the active resistance by some states and political parties, the demand to enroll has been overwhelming.
It is too early to predict whether Obamacare will really succeed, but it seems to me that the idea of electronic insurance exchanges is an idea whose time has come.
In today's world, the internet is used as much for comparison shopping as it is for other kinds of information. Whether you are looking for an airline flight, hotel room or the best price on a television, you turn to the internet for help. For the first time in our history, we can now comparisons shop for health care.
Let's face it, applying and purchasing individual health care is a complex, confusing business, whether in the private sector or through this new government program. Health-care providers, in order to capture your business on these new exchanges, are going to be forced to be specific about what they offer and why it is better than the next guy's plan and do so in language we can understand. That to me could be the real key to the success of this endeavor.
Evidently, investors and health-care providers think so as well. Health-care stock prices are up and I have detected a subtle shift toward accepting Obamacare in the financial world over the last several months. That leaves only the Republican Party left to dissent. The tea party and its multibillion dollar backers have conducted a campaign of misinformation and deceit about the plan since its inception. They have been so adamantly opposed to Obamacare that they have been willing to shut down the Federal government in protest. That will prove to be a mistake, in my opinion.
Historically, Americans have resisted attempts by government to effect social change whether we are talking about Social Security, welfare, food stamps, Medicaid or Medicare. As late as 2006, for example, the introduction of Medicare Part D, the drug prescription benefit, was highly unpopular. However, with the passage of time people not only accept the change but come to approve it and even depend on it.
Although the Affordable Care Act is far from perfect and in need of many revisions, it is a start in a process that I believe one day all Americans, including most Republicans, will come to accept. The trick is to stick with the idea and improve it. So far, so good.
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@theMarket: The Same Old Song
The stock market has been down all week. Investors have been so busy biting their nails over the debt ceiling and the budget debates that they have had no time to buy this dip. The question is should they?
The S&P 500 has fallen about 33 points since last week, or roughly 1.8 percent. I blame our elected clowns. As the clock runs out and a Tuesday shutdown of the government grows ever closer, weak-kneed investors are bailing. Yet a government shutdown is small potatoes compared to the risk of not raising the debt ceiling.
In yesterday's column "Play It Again (Uncle) Sam," I explained that government shutdowns have occurred 17 times since the seventies. The longest was a three-week stretch during the Clinton years and none of them had done any lasting harm to the economy, the government or to the stock market. The debt ceiling debate may be a horse of a different color.
There could be some real harm done to all of the above if Congress were to allow the debt ceiling to expire in the middle of October. Although the U.S. Treasury might be able to still pay its bills for another week or so, default would certainly be a direct result of this congressional insanity.
It is ludicrous to believe that this tea party-inspired game of chicken has actually gotten this far. A default would cost this country at least as much as the entire 2013 federal deficit in higher interest rates and lost economic activity. How, therefore, does the Republican Party achieve its goal of reducing our debt and balancing our nation's budget by doubling the size of both overnight?
It is informative to look back just two years ago to the summer of 2011 to see how the GOP's first stab at blackmail proved out. At that time the debt ceiling debacle was narrowly averted by both parties agreeing to the Budget Control Act. But a few days later the Standard and Poor's Credit Rating Agency downgraded our national debt because of our dysfunctional political process and its legislators. The Dow dropped 635 points in one day (5.6 percent) while during the summer fiasco, the S&P 500 Index lost 16.5 percent.
The Budget Control Act ushered in the sequestration mechanism of automatic spending cuts when neither party could agree on tax and spending measures to reduce the deficit. Those spending cuts were enacted at the beginning of this year. As a result, employment gains have slowed and the growth rate of the economy reduced in 2013. Go Republicans!
However, notice something interesting about the market's reaction today to these same set of circumstances. The stock market has declined less than 2 percent versus the 16.5 percent sell–off in 2011. Interest rates, rather than spiking on the threat of a default, have actually declined from close to 3 percent on the 10-year Treasury note to 2.61 percent today.
The message here is to focus on price, not hyperbole. The media would have you believe that the world is coming to an end once again. The tea party, desperately trying to gain support before their primary elections, are playing us all. Investors aren't buying it. Too often in the past, we have sold out in fear of what these politicians would do only to discover that they are all paper tigers. Don't fall for it this time. Buy the dip.
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The Independent Investor: Play It Again (Uncle) Sam
In just four days, the continuing resolution financing the federal government expires. Two weeks later the nation's debt ceiling will also need to be raised. If any of this sounds familiar, it should because these political dramas have become almost a yearly occurrence.
Technically, we have already reached the debt ceiling back on May 19. Since then the U.S. Treasury has utilized what they call "extraordinary measures" to remain roughly $25 million below the debt limit of $16,699,421,000,000. I guess the government might find a way to keep paying its debt beyond Oct. 15, but only for another week or so.
As for a government shutdown, the political theater this year has reached new heights. With mere days left before the deadline, Democrats and Republicans have embarrassed themselves by voting on budget bills that both sides know will never see the light of day. So how bad could it get if these two issues are not laid to rest?
Those on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, unemployment insurance and food stamps should rest easy. Nothing will happen to those "mandatory spending" programs. Services that required the protection of property and/or human life (air traffic control, prisons, border security, and veteran's hospitals are examples) would also be spared.
Discretionary spending, however, would be savaged. Things like visa applications, national parks, airport security lines and anything else that involved the services of the hundreds of thousands of furloughed government employees would suffer.
But before you panic, consider a few facts. Since a new budgeting process was established by congress back in 1976, the U.S. government has shut down 17 times. Both Presidents Carter and Reagan each weathered six shutdowns during their administrations with the longest lasting 2.5 weeks. The longest shutdown in our history was during the Clinton administration. That one lasted three weeks.
At their worse, these shutdowns caused some mild inconvenience but had no lasting effect on the economy, the financial markets or Americans in general. Within a month of their resolution even those most affected found life was back to normal.
A failure to raise the debt ceiling, on the other hand, could prove to be quite dangerous. It would mean that America's bills would go unpaid. The nation's debt holders and private service providers would suffer the most. Congress has increased the debt ceiling at least 90 times in the last century and 14 times from 2001-2013 in order to avoid this consequence.
It was only in 2011 that the Republican Party determined that the debt ceiling was fair game in partisan politics. Those threatening a debt showdown are also hoping that the stock market will panic and interest rates across the board will rise sharply (as they have done in the past) as when this issue last surfaced two years ago. They are treading on dangerous territory, in my opinion.
There has been only one time in history that the U.S. has defaulted on any of its debt since the 18th century. Investors in U.S. Treasury bills set to mature on April 26, 1979, received notice that the U.S. Treasury would not make its payments on maturing securities to individual investors. The reasons were many: a congressional stand-off over increasing the debt limit, an enormous number of small holders of these Treasury bills and a breakdown in the word-processing equipment used to prepare checks.
That temporary default only affected a tiny portion of investors holding a miniscule amount of our debt. The immediate impact was to raise the interest rate on Treasury bills by 60 basis points equal to sixth-tenths of one percent. It was a one-time permanent increase in the cost of borrowing to this nation. It increased interest payments by $12 billion. Imagine the impact of a default on the entire $16 trillion of our debt.
Our "leaders" have no idea what their petty squabbling could do to this country's future deficits, debt obligations and debt ceiling. Although I believe that both sides are simply using the debt ceiling as a bargaining chip, the ramifications of even a small default would be mind-boggling. The cost to us would easily equal the whole of our present deficit and make the price tag of Obamacare look like chump change in comparison. I only wonder how our politicians failed to see that two years ago and again today.
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Medics close in on non-surgical cataract cure
KERRY O'BRIEN: The removal of cataracts is the most common surgery in the world today, yet the cause of this major form of blindness remains something of a mystery.
About 20 million people worldwide suffer from cataract blindness, including more than 300,000 Australians.
A simple but expensive surgical procedure is the only cure, but an Australian research team has made an important discovery which could eventually lead to a non-surgical cure.
Sean Murphy compiled this report.
SEAN MURPHY: These genetically enhanced laboratory mice could hold the key to an eventual cure for cataract blindness.
DR FRANK LOVICU: We can actually see the onset and progression of the cataract forming and help us to understand exactly what mechanisms are involved in the process.
SEAN MURPHY: The mice have been bred to over-produce a molecule known as TGF beta, a substance found in human cataracts and a likely signpost to what causes them.
DR JOHN MCAVOY: So that is a significant breakthrough, because up to now, nothing has been known about the molecular basis of human cataract.
SEAN MURPHY: Dr John McAvoy heads the Lens Research Group at the University of Sydney.
How close are you to discovering a cure for cataract?
DR JOHN MCAVOY: We've made the first step.
We've identified a molecule that induces lens cells to undergo typical cataractus change.
What we're working on now is finding ways of regulating that molecule in the eye so that we can slow or prevent cataract.
SEAN MURPHY: Cataracts occur when the lens fibres of the eye harden and become cloudy, usually after damage, disease or just old age.
SURGEON: This is a routine cataract operation.
We do it under local anaesthesia in virtually 100 per cent of patients these days.
SEAN MURPHY: Surgery offers quick results, and in up to 50 per cent of cases cataracts grow back.
The Lens Research Group has discovered the TGF beta molecule in these so-called 'after cataracts'.
It secured international patents for blockers, which it aims to use in eye drops to complement modern cataract operations.
DR FRANK BILSON: The next step would be if we inhibit this factor, will it prevent cataract?
And I don't think we're far away from that at all.
I think it's very possible that we'll find a way to inhibit this molecule and then we'll see the effects of that upon the generation of cataract.
SEAN MURPHY: Save Sight Foundation director Dr Frank Bilson is excited about the potential massive savings to health budgets.
DR FRANK BILSON: If we could delay the onset of cataract by 10 years, we'd halve the amount of surgery having to be done and therefore our resources to deal with cataract surgically would be enhanced.
SEAN MURPHY: Although the lens group's work has had a major impact on basic cataract research worldwide, it's finding the road from important discovery to commercialisation a difficult one.
DOCTOR JOHN MACVOY: At the moment we're poised to move forward very quickly.
We have some good leads in what good inhibitors might be used, but we really need a good input of funds to drive this part of the research.
SEAN MURPHY: The Lens Research Group receives some funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council, the NHMRC.
But most of its support comes from the US Government's National Eye Institute.
DR JOHN MCAVOY: We've actually been better funded by the National Eye Institute than by Commonwealth granting bodies here in Australia.
We've had 21 years continuous - since I've been here in Sydney - 21 years continuous National Eye Institute support, whereas with NHMRC, we've had a few breaks.
SEAN MURPHY: Those breaks cost the team two key members and almost forced a co-director into early retirement.
According to Dr Matthew Gillespie, from the Australian Society for Medical Research, it's a familiar story.
DR MATTHEW GILLESPIE: Within the next year, if there is no increase in the NHMRC budget, undoubtedly, we'll see a drop in performance of Australian science.
SEAN MURPHY: Last year, the Commonwealth Government set up a committee of eminent scientists to investigate research funding in Australia.
They found that despite producing 10 times more scientific papers per capita than other developed nations, Australia's scientists are grossly underfunded.
They recommended doubling the national research budget over the next five years.
DR MATTHEW GILLESPIE: Currently, we're falling behind in international benchmarks such as the USA and also the United Kingdom.
The NHMRC has maintained a steady State funding level of approximately 165 million dollars per annum, which, when you look at it, is less than eight dollars per Australian.
When do you that comparative for the US, they are currently funding at 54 US dollars per American.
SEAN MURPHY: Health Minister Michael Wooldridge will receive a report and public comment on the research funding review next month.
Its recommendations include tax relief and other measures to promote greater private sector investment, aiming to create up to 15,000 new research jobs.
That may come too late for the Lens Research Group though, which now needs the support of a drug company, but is being forced to look offshore.
DR JOHN MCAVOY: That's something that's likely to be supported by a big multinational drug company.
It's unlikely - at least, we haven't had any success so far - at getting any Australian companies interested.
We've tried, but so far, no success.
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PHOENIX -- Dodgers manager Joe Torre isn't concerned that Manny Ramirez might show up late for spring training -- just as long as he shows up.
Negotiations with Ramirez were continuing as the Dodgers opened camp Saturday, with pitchers and catchers working out at their new spring training facility in Arizona. Position players such as Ramirez aren't due to report until Wednesday.
Torre said he spoke on the phone with Ramirez during the offseason, that Ramirez has been working out, and that if he were to arrive late to spring training, it wouldn't be a problem.
"As far as conditioning and stuff, I don't think that's a big issue. Just going on what I did for a number of years, I think I had 10 games in spring training and I was ready to start the season," Torre said. "And I wasn't in near as good a shape as Manny is, trust me. So I don't think that part of it is an issue.
"And I don't think he's going to be a distraction because people are talking about him. Because spring training, yeah, it's important to win games, but I'm not really concerned with the distraction stuff in spring training."
What the Dodgers may miss if Ramirez doesn't show up until late in spring training -- or signs with another team -- is his influence in the clubhouse.
He joined the Dodgers for the final two months of last season and sparked them to their first National League championship series in two decades.
"He'd come early, sit at one or two guys' lockers and talk to the young kids and then he'd grab his bat and go down to the batting cage," Torre said. "He has a great work ethic. I think what he really injected into these guys was that the fact that he had some fun playing.
"I thought this club needed that because these young kids are very intense and I think sometimes had trouble digesting what we were trying to do. But I think once Casey Blake came over and sort of became a role model, and Manny came on board, it really changed the personality of the club."
Before the Dodgers acquired Ramirez at the July 31 trade deadline, they were 54-55. Afterward, they went 30-23. Over that span, he hit .396 with 17 homers, 53 RBIs, 36 runs scored, 74 hits and 35 walks. In eight postseason games, he batted .520, with four homers, 10 RBIs, nine runs scored and 11 walks.
He rejected both offers the Dodgers have made so far, the first a two-year deal for $45 million, then a one-year contract for $25 million.
"I'd like to believe he's going to be back here," Torre said. "The only thing I feel good about is that he had a good time here last year and the couple times I talked to him in the offseason, he certainly was interested in coming back.
"But when you're negotiating a contract, there are other teams involved, you don't know how many other teams are involved, anything can happen. It seems like he wants to be back and I know we want him back. If that has a lot to do with it, I hope to see him soon."


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In the first snap of a full- team, goal-line drill Saturday, Broncos coaches sent rookie wide receiver Demaryius Thomas out with the first- team offense.
Thomas, the Broncos' first draft pick in April's draft, lined up to the far right. At the snap, he cut quickly to his left into the end zone, becoming a big — and open — target for quarterback Kyle Orton.
Touchdown. The players in the white jerseys swarmed Thomas after the score against the starting defense.
"It's going good. It's just little things I'm learning from veterans," Thomas said. "It's little stuff I was doing wrong that I tried to come out and correct today. I think I'm doing OK."
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Thomas has participated in only five practices this offseason after recovering from February foot surgery, but he is impressing coaches with his steady improvement, enough so that he has earned playing time alongside the starters: Jabar Gaffney and Eddie Royal.
"He's dropped a couple of balls, but look, everyone has seen this guy make tremendous catches and then there are some that he's dropped, but I think that comes with playing and knocking off some of the rust," coach Josh McDaniels said. "I think he'll only get better, every day, and today was better than yesterday."
Thomas spent several minutes after Friday's practice talking to former Broncos receiver Rod Smith, and Thomas said he used some of Smith's tips in Saturday's practice.
"It was basically about getting off the line and press and using my body and using my shoulders. That's something I never did before," Thomas said.
Ayers out of action.
Projected starting outside linebacker Robert Ayers was again shut out of team drills, while Jarvis Moss and undrafted rookie Kevin Alexander took reps with the starting defense. Ayers also did not play with the second unit.
McDaniels said it was a "coaches' decision" to keep Ayers on the sideline, and would not elaborate about why Ayers is not participating.
Ayers was the last player off the field, after speaking with linebackers coach Roman Phifer, but he declined to talk to reporters.
Orton the clear leader.
After the second practice of the mandatory minicamp in 2009, McDaniels ended the quarterback competition by declaring Kyle Orton the starting quarterback.
After Saturday's practice, McDaniels said Orton is the starter heading into training camp, yet the situation remains competitive among Orton, Brady Quinn and Tim Tebow.
"That's how it is on every team," McDaniels said. "If someone beats out the starter, he becomes the starter."
The Broncos ended Saturday's practice — which started and ended in a chilly rain — with a two- minute drill. Orton threw a touchdown pass to Matthew Willis, who made a nice catch in the back of the end zone, on the final play of the two-hour session.


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I'm pretty pleased with my attempts to decrease my post-op use of the pain meds
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I'm collecting information on the muscle I tore. I'll keep the links here.
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Brenner is one of the best turnaround firms around. They have worked with GS many times in the past. I can not go into details (sorry), but they have been and continue to be doing EXACTLY what is needed to return significant value to investors as Omontys is returned to the market...working very closely with Takeda while keeping AFFY, the NON-operating company, working toward lights out on everything but the residual value of their rights to the only asset that matters...Their ownership interest in OMONTYS.
As far as I have seen their work has been masterful and exactly what was needed to be done for shareholders (especially the large institutions) and Takeda. On the day of the Omontys return announcement Takeda will be fully positioned to finalize financial arrangements and move Omontys right back into the supply chain ASAP.
Josh, I'm no maxdad, but I'll toss in my two cents. Brenner is working for us ( the owners: think BIG institutions who have a stake in this still, and have mega-fuduciary responsibilities to their clients also, and high powered legal counsel, too).
Brenner has nothing to restructure here. They are solely here to "make a deal."
Will the common survive?
How could it not?
Brenner was only brought in because they can do this quickly, efficiently, and, when it is all said and done, at a cost that is very well worth it to stockholders.
Don't worry that Brenner has any say-so on the stock being negated out of the blue..
They can't, and wouldn't.. There is no need to.
They are equipped (with their contacts, experience, know-how) to get things done quickly.
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I love the character design of Street Fighter 2 Movie of "Shukou Murase" and within the Disk Lader is this design on both inside covers, unfortunately, in the form of negative image and I was able to recreate it after reporting the positive image, I could not scan the cover of the Laser Disk is because it was too big, and because I preferred to draw ... so I redesigned by me and then again on paper I used acrylic paints, black only, then I used Paintshop only to adjust contrast after you have scanned ... I'd like to see it in color but I like the same even so ....
Accurately done! Black and White or Color its still great, StreetFighters "Fantastic Four" They can beat
ANYBODY! Well...Marvel's Galactus might be stretching it a bit. Great artwork!
ANYBODY! Well...Marvel's Galactus might be stretching it a bit. Great artwork!
Thank you so much, I love it when you say "Fantastic Four", I think are really strong .... eh yes Galactus, I'm sorry not to have had Ken and Cammy in Marvel vs. Capcom 3 ..
yes I love the desing of this anime
I also think it's the only nice Anime Movie of Street Fighter
so cool
I should get an artbook of this movie, but where?
thank you, if you are interested in the book is called "THE COMPLETE WORKS OF STREET FIGHTER 2 MOVIE"
Lovely, lovely work!!! I LOVE the art style for this movie. ^_^
You'd think Cammy would have had a bigger role in the movie. But by now I've completely given up hope. Now I only hope Capcom NEVER makes any more SF animes.
Potevo ancora apprezzare il OVA Super Street Fighter 4 Juri dove Cammy ha un buon ruolo nella storia ..
In the end, they just put her there for Juri to easily beat her and throw her out of a plane.
I stand by my previous statement. I hope capcom NEVER makes another SF anime.
I stand by my previous statement. I hope capcom NEVER makes another SF anime.
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What is going on with the popular section of DA the Front Page?
They use to have decent stuff and everyday I found a few things I liked. Then recently it looks like it has been drawn by 12 year olds. I hardly see the usual "popular artists" (those same artists that make the front page every other day). It's just irritating because I see photos taken of Bratz dolls, demotivationals, horrible cosplay photos, stupid emo ass poems, artwork by 12 year olds apparently, and of course, the crass vajayjay shots turned black and white to make look "artistic".
Can DA not monitor this and at least make sure this crap stays off the front page? I expect to actually see quality artwork, amazing traditional art, stunning photography, and beautiful digital works. Whatever is going needs to be fixed ASAP.
And it gets more annoying for decent artists who get about 3 favs per deviation and less than 30 views and these facebook snapshots are pulling in crazy amounts of favs/views.
I'm just really confused as to why I am seeing this on the front page everyday I check it. I think I'm going to stop looking, because I know there are amazing artists on this site, I watch them!!
Is everyone else seeing what I'm seeing or am I having a glitch like everyday? lol (I even checked to make sure I wasn't on "newest" thats how bad this artwork on the front page is currently).
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Hm, that's not happening for me...
I've noticed it looks like a bunch of crap up there. I keep checking to see if Im in newest section instead of the popular
It's so annoying! And makes it harder to use dA as a decent time waster :/
It's so annoying! And makes it harder to use dA as a decent time waster :/
I know, it's just been so terrible!! And yeah, I like to look through stuff on the popular page (to waste time too) but also find new artists who stuff I haven't seen. But apparently that is not happening any time soon. They seriously need to fix it.
It's been like that for days now, super annoying! I think it's fixed now though, I just tried it again and it looked much better
Unfortunately, it's true. Sometimes I go there to see what's going on Da and I'm like wth? Especially when it comes to random photos, I mean, this isn't god damn facebook D:<
This has been going on for awhile it seems and I don't understand why DA hasn't fixed it or at least addressed the issue! I use to like the popular page but now I won't go anywhere near it.
Yeps, this is a plague... but to be honest I really don't know how could they fix such a thing. Art is ambiguous, so whoever posts those photos and stuff can always that those things are art to them . I think the best we can do it's search for stuff that we like, look at the daily deviations and ignore the popular page
I'm not like super good with computers and all the coding stuff but there has to be something that is making it glitch, and they need to find out what it is. Stuff that isn't getting as many favs should not be making it to the popular page and I checked and some of them don't really have many pv or favs. So I believe they can fix it, they just need to do whatever they were doing months ago when good art was on the front page.
But it seems like they are not in a rush to fix it or can't because this has been going on for a long time. But yeah I am staying far away from the front page.
But it seems like they are not in a rush to fix it or can't because this has been going on for a long time. But yeah I am staying far away from the front page.
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I flew out of Memphis and Minneapolis and DC airports and each bottle had 8 ozs each. They just swabbed each bottle through a machine but they did not opened any containers. It was harmless. TSA made the process very easy for me.
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Listening to Ravel at the Arabica Lounge.
Of all the websites I've recently encountered, the one that makes me feel the most empathy toward my parents belongs to the Arabica Lounge. I do not understand it. The navigation features don't make sense to me, the tiny font forces me to put my glasses on, and though I'm certain the logo must mean something, I have no idea what. Approaching the page for the fifth time or so this past week, I realized: This must have been what my mom felt like when first confronting Facebook. Whether by chasm of concept or simply by degree of cool, I am unmistakably separated by dialect from Arabica's website. (Also, by microscopic font.)
Listening to Ravel at the Arabica Lounge.
Consequent to this introduction, I did not know what to expect upon visiting the Arabica Lounge this weekend. But since it kept coming up in conversations, I thought perhaps I should go see what the buzz was about. So at 8:30 on Saturday night, after searching futilely for parking near the intersection of East Denny and East Olive Way (and eventually walking farther than I wanted to), I stepped away from one of Seattle's first spring evenings through an unassuming door and into a crowded room. I found myself suddenly standing in the midst of statuesquely still people, all intently listening. To the right of the door, I discovered five or six different friends I'd not planned to see. To the left of the door, also unplanned, a live and subtle piano performance of Maurice Ravel's Ma mère l'oye (or "Mother Goose") suite. The room stretched on ahead, artistically lit and curiously decorated, past the bar and kitchen, toward people sitting on couches or curled up on the floor in quiet conversation. Walking in from the hum of Capitol Hill's usual weekend pace, it was all very surreal.
Behind the bar, working as quietly as possible to simultaneously conduct closing duties and not distract from Ravel, the barista kindly made a Stumptown Americano for me, taking my order in a whisper and wincing a little as he switched on the coffee grinder. (Funny that performers typically care less about noise levels at informal performances than their surroundings do . . . I felt awkward, and the barista felt awkward, but on the other side of the piano and throughout the majority of the room, the coffee-making went unnoticed.) Under such confined circumstances, it is nearly impossible to judge the coffee in general with any kind of accuracy. But I think it is safe to say that coffee isn't really what anyone goes to Arabica to get.
Owner/designer Jojo Corväiá, better known for his work in art than his work in food or coffee, seems to have designed a space with a wholly different intent than that behind most of the restaurants and coffee shops in Seattle. This is not really a coffee shop, nor even a coffee shop/art gallery. It is more like a work of art itself. One of the baristas tells me that the room was designed "to feel like you're in a movie, all the time," but I feel more like I'm on the stage of a ballet. Of course, that could be due to Ravel in the background: a piano suite that eventually became a ballet, as Ravel subjected it to his habit of rewriting, reorchestrating, and reimagining his own original works. Or it could be due to the expanses of white walls interspersed with heavily poignant decor--a tree reminiscent of trees, a clock far too small and colorful for its wall, an abstract pillar that could easily serve a dozen purposes as a prop in a play.
Whatever the case, coffee and food at the Arabica Lounge are more a means to an end than a focal point. Or to put it another way, it seems that the Arabica's primary purpose is found in giving the Lounge a reason to exist. People seem drawn here in order to participate in the art and music of being present . . . and it so happens that they might eat and drink while being art or having conversations.
Should you be in the mood to feel curated with your coffee this week, the Arabica Lounge is open, according to its website, from "7:00 am-9ish pm," Monday-Friday. On the weekends, its hours are "9:00 - late, you know..."


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NEW YORK, March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Jack Callahan, Executive Vice President and CFO of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), will present at the Piper Jaffray Technology, Media & Telecommunications Conference on March 13 in New York City. Mr. Callahan is scheduled to speak from 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The 'fireside chat' will be webcast (audio only) and may include forward-looking information. Webcast Instructions: Live and ReplayThe webcast (audio only) will be available live and in replay through the Corporation's Investor Relations Website http://investor.mcgraw-hill.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=96562&p=irol-EventDetails&EventId=4925340 (Please copy and paste URL into web browser.) An audio replay will be available approximately two hours after the end of the presentation and will remain accessible through June 3, 2013. Any additional information presented during the presentation will be made available on the Investor Presentations page.About The McGraw-Hill Companies:The McGraw-Hill Companies, a financial intelligence and education company, signed an agreement to sell its McGraw-Hill Education business to investment funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management, LLC in November 2012. Following the sale closing, expected by the end of March 2013, the Company will be renamed McGraw Hill Financial (subject to shareholder approval) and will be a powerhouse in benchmarks, content and analytics for the global capital and commodity markets. The Company's leading brands will include: Standard & Poor's, S&P Capital IQ, S&P Dow Jones Indices, Platts, CRISIL Ltd., J.D. Power and Associates, McGraw-Hill Construction and Aviation Week. The Company will have approximately 17,000 employees in more than 30 countries. Additional information is available at www.mcgraw-hill.com. Investor Relations: http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/investor_relations Get news direct from McGraw-Hill via RSS: http://investor.mcgraw-hill.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=96562&p=newsRSS Release issued: March 6, 2013 Contacts for The McGraw-Hill Companies: Investor Relations: Chip MerrittVice President, Investor Relations(212) 512-4321 (office) firstname.lastname@example.com For questions regarding call access: Celeste M. HughesSenior Manager, Communications and Shareholder Relations(212) 512-2192 (office) firstname.lastname@example.com News Media: Jason FeuchtwangerDirector, Corporate Media Relations(212) 512-3151 (office) firstname.lastname@example.com SOURCE The McGraw-Hill Companies
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It Don't Gitmo Better Than This. Inside the Dark Heart of Guantánamo Bay By Molly Crabapple.
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The Guantánamo Memoirs of Mohamedou Ould Slahi For nearly 11 years, Mohamedou Ould Slahi has been a prisoner in Guantánamo. In 2005, he began to write his memoirs of his time in captivity. His handwritten 466-page manuscript is a harrowing account of his detention, interrogation, and abuse. Although his abuse has been corroborated by U.S. government officials, declassified documents, and independent investigators, Slahi tells his story with the detail and perspective that could only be known by himself and the people who have kept him captive. It is impossible for us to meet with him or independently verify his account. Until now, it has been impossible for him to tell his story. [ht homunculus]
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The Obama administration has repeatedly threatened to conceal future information of terrorist threats from the British government, unless the British government disobeys the High Court ruling requiring them to release information about the US government's acknowledged torture program. This may be a breach of the Convention Against Torture. Glenn Greenwald has new evidence. Previously.
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Alcatraz's American history began as the first US fort on the West coast, where it served as "an icon of US military power". Before it held these guys, it held these guys. This guy thinks The Rock would be a good place for these guys.
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Judge backs Guantanamo challenge A US judge has ruled that special military tribunals being used to try hundreds of detainees at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba are illegal.
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Get the Family Together for the Holidays—Even When You're Apart
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Love what you do. Seek out the best people in your field and find out what they did to succeed. Never stop learning. That's some of the sage advice acting and voice coach MJ Vandivier shares with her fellow entrepreneurs in the interview below, part of our "Working Smarter, with Skype" series. MJ's work requires … Read more
How To Prepare For Your Holiday Skype Calls
It feels like just the other day that I was writing tips for those year-end Christmas Skype calls. It's hard to think that that was almost a year ago now. It's been a great year with lots of exciting developments for Skype. However, some things don't change, like the pleasure of sharing your holidays with … Read more
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How the Xbox One is Going to Change the Way You Use Skype
Earlier this year we released a new way of using video in Skype. Video messaging was such a change to the way you're used to using Skype that I was inspired to post some tips on what you might use it for. Recently, with the Xbox One, we've made a huge leap forward with the … Read more
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Augmented Reality In Gaming And Entertainment
NEW YORK, April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Augmented Reality in Gaming and Entertainment http://www.reportlinker.com/p01154772/Augmented-Reality-in-Gaming-and-Entertainment.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Toy_and_GameOverview: Augmented Reality (AR) represents a live, direct or indirect, view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented by computer-generated sensory input, that enrich the user's perception of the real world. AR has great potential of many industry verticals including: • Education• Healthcare• Public Safety• Manufacturing• Energy Management• Gaming and Entertainment This research analyzes emerging AR applications in gaming and the general entertainment industry as a whole. The first section of this report evaluates the development of the AR applications as a whole. The second section focuses on the use of AR in the entertainment industry. It includes case studies and analysis on the use of AR applications gaming and the entertainment products and services vertical as a whole. The third section of the report provides analysis of the market for the AR applications in gaming with forecasting from 2013 through 2016. Target Audience: • Mobile application developers• Wireless infrastructure suppliers• OTT application and service providers• Wireless carriers and other service providers• Augmented Reality (AR) application developers• Online, mobile, casual, and console game companies Report Benefits: • Identify the drivers for AR as a whole• Identify key growth opportunities in mobile augmented reality• Understand the potential for AR in advertising and entertainment• Recognize the advertising and marketing potential of AR applications• Understand business models that will predominate as AR gains traction Table of Contents: 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 4 2.0 INTRODUCTION 5 2.1 AUGMENTED REALITY EVOLUTION 62.2 AR APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT 62.3 AR IN INDUSTRY VERTICALS 72.3.1 GAMING 122.3.2 AR APPLICATIONS IN THE ENTERTAINMENT ARENA 122.3.3 AUGMENTED REALITY CHALLENGES 13
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How do I get the secret snail maze game?
How do you do it? :)
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If you own an original model SMS without a built in game...
Turn on your SMS and wait for the instruction screen to appear. With
controller 1, press up and hold buttons 1 and 2.
First, hold down the sequence given above. While holding, turn the machine on and wait.
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TMola answered:
Turn it on without a cartridge and press up + both buttons
Turn it on without a cartridge and press up + both buttons
It has to be an old model with no built-in games, however.
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The 8th Annual Hazus User Conference is December 911, 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia.
This years theme is Hazus and the Emergency Management Life Cycle: From Practice to Policy.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Georgia Hazus User Group sponsored event brings Hazus users together and provides an information sharing platform for success stories, best practices, lessons learned, recent research, and workshops and discussions on Hazus topics of interest.
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Alaska State Troopers say three people were injured in a two-vehicle Sterling Highway crash Monday afternoon, one of them severely.
AST spokesperson Beth Ipsen says the collision, at Mile 155 of the Sterling just after 4 p.m., involved a male driver in a 1998 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck and two people in a 2005 Ford Taurus sedan. The Tacoma's driver apparently wasn't wearing his seat belt.
"It appears that the driver of the Tacoma was ejected, and suffered what could be life-threatening injuries," Ipsen said. "Since he was ejected, they believe he was not (strapped in)."
All three people people in the crash were taken to South Peninsula Hospital in Homer, with a medevac flight to Anchorage being considered for the Tacoma's driver.
"Right now, we're not clear what happened," Ipsen said. "All we know is that the Tacoma was southbound and the Taurus was northbound."
The Sterling was completely closed for about 20 minutes immediately after the crash, with traffic intermittently moving as troopers continued to investigate the scene.
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I am setting up some projects in Trell with multiple lists organized in a way that we are focusing on one or two lists at a time. I there a way to filter so that the ones we are working on are the only ones visible? Thanks
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My baby is constipated what do I do?
My 2 month old is constipated, he does poop about once a day and it is soft but its not soft and mushy and all over the place like it should be its more solid than anything like ours just leaving streaks, I have heard a lot of different things to do but I want to know which one is the best to do, I am going to be taking him to the doctor next week because his regular doctor is out of town on vaction currently but I want to know if there is anything I can do in the mean time.
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My son is 16 weeks and has had very strange bowel movement patterns since about 6 weeks. He usually only goes every 5 days!! I was freaked out until our Dr. said that some babies only go that often, and to only worry when he showed signs of discomfort. He did mention to start apple juice on day 7. Today, he had gone 7 days since his last BM and started to strain to pee, which we found out was a result of constipation. He screamed with pain!! Our Dr. has reccomended we now give him 1 table spoon of Miralax 2-4 times a day to get him to go once a day. He did go today, but I still had to pull it out. :( Poor baby...posted 06/27/2011 by Munchkin Oz
I have a 2 month old who is mainly breastfed but gets the occasional formula bottle. He hadn't pooped in almost 2 days and seemed to be uncomfortable, we just tried the rectal thermometer technique and it worked like a charm.... he was smiling when he was all done! Thanks to all who recommended this idea.posted 11/22/2010 by landellet
My baby alex is 1moand 10days old she poops usually once a day but she hasn't pooped today and she has been farting instead of pooping does anyone think she is constipated? She's really not fussy just moves her arms and legs a lot like she is trying to but nothing is coming out. What do I give a baby at her age?posted 04/20/2011 by brandysue1979
I would be careful with the soap idea. It will work, just like a supository since it is all about stimulation but there are chemicals in the soap then can burn the baby due to their sensitive skin even if it is a few min. I personally use 2 oz of diluted juice and when that does not work a glyceryn supository cut in half lenghtwise. This always does the trick. They have reccomended Karo Syrup (1 tsp per oz) but since he needed a lot I stopped using since there is a lot of calories in it.posted 10/08/2009 by Erika&Drew
Is there any babies out there who refuse to take prune juice? I have been trying for week, one ouce of each. My baby just didn't seem to like the taste at all. I read all the comments and wish my boy could take it like other babies.posted 01/24/2011 by Karn79
My son is 4 weeks.he was constipated for a day.I tried the thermometer and vaseline,within a few minutes he pooped.The poop was so much that i just to get a bath.posted 12/21/2010 by Bana Jojo
thanks too you all real good info me and my wife was worried cause our lil man would not boop we tried everything...Then we gave him some prune juice and within 15 min he let it go!!! THIS IS A GOOD SITEposted 11/20/2010 by prodigalson77
Try ground flax seed and put it in rice cereal or oatmeal. Maybe 1 tsp once a day to start and see how that goes.posted 09/21/2010 by andreaplon
My 10 week old is/was very constipated so my doctor advised giving her an ounce of apple juice a day mixed with an ounce of water. She wouldn't drink that alone or mixed with formula but does drink an ounce of prune juice mixed in her formula every day and this has helped with her constipation.posted 01/16/2009 by a BabyCenter Member
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