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New ideas about Pluto, Charon, and all the little moons have been flowing back from the New Horizons spacecraft fast and furious. If you're curious but haven't kept up, here's everything we've learned so far.
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Hydra is the outermost of Pluto's known moons, and until now, we'd only ever seen it as a faint pixel of light. Today, planet Earth gets its first real glimpse of this tiny, enigmatic satellite.
It's been a crazy week learning about Pluto as the New Horizons spacecraft makes the first-ever close encounter with the dwarf planet. Join us as we live-blog the very first science results as the mission team reports back after closest approach.
On the 23rd and 24th of January, 1930, a young astronomer working in Flagstaff, Arizona, scanned a small patch of the night sky. He was taking pictures of star positions, looking for anomalies that would signal movement somewhere at the edge of the solar system. He took the pictures then set them aside, not realizing…
Analysis of Hubble data shows that two — and possibly all four — of the Pluto-Charon system's smallest moons are wobbling in a wildly unpredictable fashion. What's more, one moon, Kerberos, appears to exhibit a dark charcoal-like surface that's radically distinct from other Plutonian moons.
The Agents of SHIELD are back with a vengeance! The team ruthlessly demolishes its opposition while the Inhumans continue to evolve - especially the eyeless man and the Girl in the Flower Dress!
Eighty-five years ago today, Clyde Tombaugh found a small dot of light shifting position while hunting for the trans-Neptune planet predicted by Percival Lowell. Now, the New Horizons probe en route to Pluto has photographed its tiny moons, Nix and Hydra.
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One of Iron Man's oldest enemies tries to whip SHIELD at their own game and a background player finally reveals himself into the story. A lot happened in this episode, so let's take it apart and examine the comic book connections!
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D's primary foe, Hydra, may have gotten a lot scarier on this week's episode, but we've got one pretty good reason to doubt whether their secret schemes will pan out. And, no, it's not just because good always triumphs over evil in the end.
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IPOS: The Boom in Emerging Equity Markets
Schineller, Lisa M., Americas Quarterly
Initial public offerings (IPO) worldwide raised a record level of capital in 2007-driven in large part by emerging markets that increasingly list companies on their own exchanges. China remains the undisputed leader, with Indian and Russian stock markets-thanks to "mega" IPOs-returning impressive results. As a whole, equity market capitalization in Latin America is much smaller than in European and Asian emerging markets.
Brazil is Latin America's unchallenged leader in terms of market dynamism. The BOVESPA, or Brazilian stock exchange, launched 64 IPOs in 2007, including opening its very own capital. Brazilian IPOs generated $29 billion (or 55.5 billion reais), putting Brazil behind only China and the United States in terms of capital raised globally. In 2007, the BOVESPA's market capitalization grew by more than 90 percent (in U.S. dollar terms)-the sixth largest increase in capitalization worldwide. In comparison, there were over 200 Chinese IPOs last year, and growth in China's domestic market capitalization (in U.S. dollar terms) fluctuated between 200 percent and 300 percent.
That said, Latin America's stock market performance has been bolstered by improved macroeconomic management, along with (previously) ample global liquidity, buoyant commodity prices, and appreciating currencies. Real GDP growth (weighted average) in the region averaged 5.4 percent annually from 2004 to 2007. During this same period, the stock markets in Peru, Colombia and Mexico posted the three highest cumulative terms. Last year, the BOVESPA was up 44 percent, the ninth best performing stock market worldwide, followed by the Lima Stock Exchange (up 36 percent) and the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange (up 18 percent).
Despite local stock market gains, IPO activity has only boomed in Brazil. Chile and Mexico possess the region's most mature equity markets, but from 2004 to 2007 they saw a total of around 25 IPOs. The Colombian and Peruvian equity markets appear to have solid growth potential, as judged by stock market performance and favorable economic growth outlooks. IPO activity, however, was in the low single digits during the last four years.
New issuance in the region, including both IPOs and secondary offerings, is dominated by Brazil. This reflects both demand and supply factors, namely the size and flexibility of assets under management in the local financial market and the breadth and depth of the Brazilian economy.
The BOVESPA accounts for about two-thirds of the region's market capitalization, 80 percent of daily turnover and three-quarters of total shares offered. …


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Andy C on his way back to Anfield ?
Its financial insanity to drop 25 mill on the lad without giving him a real chance to prove his worth to the club and if he did eventually go show he was a talent worth a whole lot more than some derisory 10 mill ofer from the club who sold him to us for 35 mill...seems to me u guys are just forming another In Rafa We Trust Brigade just subsitute Rogers for Rafa there...whatever Rogers says goes he dont like the lad I dont like the lad and he has to go sort of thing..but when u think about it he has a lot of attributes we could have really used in a whole number of games this season that migh have brought about a different result to that we got.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
Oh I think we've done far wose than spending £35m on Carroll Colin. But as I said somewhere else on here I consider Carroll as an expensive £15m player and a drop in the wage bill. The £35m has long gone.
You're right though the madness has to stop. We've spent more than almost everyone over the last few years and it's got us diddly squat due to some really poor decision making at the negotiation table. That I hope and pray will stop.
As far as Rodgers and IRWT, well I was never a huge fan of Rafa. I was firmly in the "he's a clueless lunatic" camp. Rodgers I like but for the record it's because of what he's trying to build more than anything else. To me it makes sense to build as we are when all around us have gone mad. If Rodgers leaves I just pray that we find someone that will continue the work on the same lines. We've wasted 20+ years faffing around and that also has to stop and changing directions just leads to more of the same.


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Motivations of Parental Involvement in Children's Learning: Voices from Urban African American Families of Preschoolers
Huang, Grace Hui-Chen, Mason, Kimberly L., Multicultural Education
Importance of Parental Involvement
A growing body of research supports the view that parents' attitudes, behaviors, and activities related to children's education influences students' learning and educational success. Specifically, many studies have indicated strong positive correlations between parental involvement in their child's learning and academic achievement, better behaviors, accountability, social skills, and attendance (Billman, Geddes, & Hedges, 2005; Epstein, 2001; Henderson & Mapp, 2002; Hill & Craft, 2003; Jeynes, 2005; Overstreet, Devine, Bevins & Efreom, 2005).
Additionally, Jeynes (2005) found that the positive correlation was stable across racial groups and gender. At the preschool level, several studies show long-term benefits of parental involvement, such as children being retained in grades less frequently and demonstrating greater reading improvement (Castro, Bryant, Peisner-Feinberg, & Skinner, 2004; Miedel & Reynolds, 1999). Furthermore, parents also gained from their involvement. Their understanding and interaction with their children were improved as they became involved in the children's education (Castro et al.). Therefore, parental involvement creates a win-win situation for parents and their children.
While parental involvement appears to be beneficial to parents and children, other research indicates that African American parents are often uninvolved in urban school settings (Abrams & Gibbs, 2002; Smith, Krohn, Chu, & Best, 2005). Abrams and Gibbs (2002) found that African American parents are more alienated from public school institutions than are White American parents. Although "moments of inclusion" occur when African American parents are encouraged to participate in school activities such as parent/teacher conferences and athletic events, interaction with African American parents often does not occur outside of these traditional invitations. Gardner and Miranda (2001) have contended that this gap between schools and parents prevents the two parties from understanding the requirements and expectations of the two environments, home and school, where the students must function.
Some research has stated that urban, African American parents' low involvement in their children's education has contributed to their children's lower academic achievement (DeCastro-Ambrosetti & Cho, 2005; Roth & McCaul, 1993). African American children in urban schools tend to have lower reading achievement and often do not learn to read at levels comparable to their suburban, middle-class peers (Bartoli, 1996; Compton-Lilly, 2000). Additionally, society and the media often blame urban lower income African American families for their children's academic difficulties. A deficit perspective is taken that portrays these families as low achieving, lacking literacy, uninvolved, uninterested, and not valuing and encouraging their children's educational success (Compton-Lilly; Purcell- Gates, 1996).
In contrast, other studies challenge the negative images portrayed about African American, urban families' levels of parental involvement (Compton-Lilly, 2000; Nieto, 1996; Purcell-Gates, 1996). Some researchers (Abrams & Gibbs, 2002; Troutman, 2001) have found that African American parents value the educational success of their children. Several studies indicated that even parents who have little knowledge of school programs show interest in their child's schooling and learning how to help them at home (Nistler & Maiers, 1999; Smith, Krohn, Chu, & Best, 2005).
Furthermore, Nieto and Compton- Lilly identified many ways in which urban parents support their children in their schooling. They find that urban parents value children's education, care about their children's success in learning to read, actively seek ways to support their children, help their children to maneuver the challenges that lie ahead, and set high expectations for their children. …


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HOQUIAM, Wash. (AP) — The recent closure of the Grays Harbor Paper mill in Hoquiam is having an impact on the city.
Mayor Jack Durney told the city council Monday night that the city will not fill two vacant positions in the police department.
KBKW reports the city also will not replace some equipment as soon as planned.
Durney says with the mill closing the city will not receive about $200,000 in revenue it expected this year.
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Beyond Dreams popular show Sadda Haq on Channel V is in a celebration mood as they have successfully completed the journey of 100 episodes. The show has a very interesting concept which revolves around the story of a girl Sanyukta who is struggling to achieve her dreams of becoming an Engineer. Thus this show in a very less span of time has gained immense popularity and today they have complete a century.
We contacted the actors of this show to know their celebration plan. Let's seen what they have shared.
Harshita Gaur seen as Sanyukta Aggarwal
"Actually there is a little confusion, we are celebrating it today but we are completing 100 episodes tomorrow. But still I am very happy and glad that I got a chance to be a part of such an amazing show. At the start when I was searching for some good script with a good role, I was offered Sadda Haq and its story was so incredible that I didn't gave a second thought and accepted it. All the crew and cast is amazing and we have so much fun on the set, whenever I come on set I feel like I am going to my college again. I get to learn something or the other every day from my director, from my creative team etc. They treat me like their kid and it's really fun. So I am glad and lucky to be a part of this show. The response which our show is getting is really overwhelming and when I read the story I was quite sure that it will go long way and will be loved by the audience. Our show is a youth oriented show, as I have always said in my interviews that it's very difficult to hold youth audience but our show has an exceptional story which has managed to hold the youth audience. Today we are doing a cake cutting ceremony to celebrate and will sure make some other plan also to celebrate."
Param Singh seen as Randhir Singh Shekhawat
"I am feeling glad that we have completed 100 episodes and we are number 1 show from past four months on Channel V. I never expected that we will be loved so much by the audience but now believe that the USP of our show is the script and that actors. When I was offered Randhir's role, I was confident that I will be able to give good performance but never expected that people specially girls will love me so much for my role. It's a great feeling though our show will complete 100 episodes today, but still we are doing a cake cutting ceremony today to celebrate. We all have become very good friends Prince, Ankit, Jignesh, Krip and all other actors of Sadda Haq. We all go out to chill after shoot and as I have already told you that, I and Harshita are like buddies because she is not a girl for me (laughs). I am really happy and hope that our show will go long way and people continue loving us."
Krip Suri seen as Prof Vardhaan Suryavanshi
"Ya it's really fantastic feeling that we have completed 100 episodes and I am very glad. I was offered this show when I was in not in that state where I couldn't do anything as my arm was fractured I was getting many offers but still I couldn't grab them. But when I got this role of Vardhan Sir I quickly grabbed it because I didn't wanted to miss out a good opportunity with such an interesting role and thought that my injury shouldn't affect my career and people today really like my character so much which was really unexpected. It's really fantastic that our show is the top show of Channel V which is really a big thing for us. It has been leading from past 3 or 4 months. I believe that we are getting such an overwhelming response is all because we have a good production house and my funda is that if the production house is co-operative and good then the show is hit. So I am really blessed and it's all by god's grace who gave me strength to move on with my injury and made me to accept this wonderful show. It's really fun on the sets while shooting as we all the actors enjoy ourselves with each other's company. We chat, we chill together, surf the web, eat and many more stuff. Lastly I would like to end by saying my most famous dialogue in Sadda Haq intrusting very intrusting'."
Ankit Gupta seen as Parth Kashyap
"I am really overjoyed because it is my first show on Television aur mere pehle hi show ko itna overwhelming response mila hai. I actually gave an audition for the character of Randhir but they thought that look is too sweet for this character and will fit better in Parth's character. So now from around two months I am playing the character of Parth and as unexpected I am getting good response. It's really nice feeling that I am a part of a show which is on the top from 4 months on Channel V. We are so attached to the show and have so much fun on the set that whenever we have an off we feel that aaj bhi shoot hota toh kitna maza aata. Today we are celebrating our success with a cake cutting and maybe we will do other celebration tomorrow. So I am really glad that I am doing such a great and is acting in a number 1 show."
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Multiple-award-winning author Rick Riordan brings back smart-mouthed Texas P.I. Tres Navarre for his most dangerous case yet. If you think the academic world is deadly dull, you're half right....
When a controversial English professor is found shot to death, Tres Navarre — P.I. and Ph.D. — is the only local academic crazy enough to accept the emergency opening at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Police assure him they already have a suspect, so while they wrap up the open-and-shut case, all Tres has to do is teach three classes, grade on a curve ... and walk in a dead man's shoes.
It should be an easy assignment — but one thing Tres doesn't do is easy. When the evidence in the case starts looking a little too perfect, when the killing doesn't stop, Tres takes on some extracurricular research into the heart of an assassin — and lands in a high-stakes game of gangster honor on the darkest streets of San Antonio's West Side....
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Deion Sanders, for one of the few times in his life, was naive when he decided to open a charter school in Oak Cliff that would blend fine academics and athletics.
He figured folks would be thrilled to have a Hall of Fame athlete giving something tangible back to the community. He thought folks would be happy that his school -- Prime Prep Academy -- would focus on science, technology, engineering and math, providing Dallas Independent School District students one more educational alternative.
Not quite.
Some folks haven't viewed the charter school as a win-win for kids, which Sanders has envisioned since he first conceived the idea of opening a charter school.
The reality is there was no way DISD coaches, especially football and basketball coaches, were going to let Prime Prep wind up with the finest athletes from their campuses without some backlash.
Self-preservation is the most basic and instinctive of human qualities. Local high school coaches certainly aren't immune to it.
If the best athletes in DISD -- we're talking about the ones who haven't already headed south for Cedar Hill, DeSoto, Duncanville and Lancaster -- leave, then it will be even harder than it is for them to win right now with small staffs and pedestrian facilities.
Coaches who don't win eventually get fired.
So it's easy to see why some coaches could view Prime Prep as a threat. To them, it's about survival.
"We love to win. I'm not going to lie," Sanders said. "More than that, we love to teach. I'm about exposing kids to things they've never seen or dreamed about. I became a professional athlete because the things I saw as a child made me want to work hard to be the best.
"We're not out here trying to create athletes. We're creating dreamers and CEOs. Sports is the hook."
Enrollment at Prime Prep continues through May 4. School begins Aug. 14 with the first football practice scheduled for Aug. 1.
There are few things worse than rumor and innuendo, when it comes to high school sports.
Right now, as you would expect, Prime Prep has a heavy freshman enrollment because there are no eligibility issues for freshman.
Sophomores, juniors and seniors can certainly enroll at Prime Prep, but it's more complicated because they already have graduation plans that are mapped out.
No student can transfer strictly for athletic purposes. Students from outside the DISD attendance zone can't play varsity sports for a year.
Just so you know, the application for Prime Prep does not include a box for students to note whether they're going to play athletics.
Prime Prep has been working closely with the University Interscholastic League to make sure it's on one accord with all of the UIL's guidelines and policies. We all know the first time Prime Prep wins a football game, the UIL is going to be deluged with phone calls saying Prime Prep is cheating in some way, shape or form.
The reality is that any fuss about Prime Prep or any other charter school isn't really that much different than all the chatter associated with Jesuit when it joined the UIL in 2003.
Then coaches in suburbs such as Richardson, Plano and Carrollton thought Jesuit would recruit their best athletes or have some type of advantage because it was a college prep school.
Of course, that hasn't happened.
Jesuit has solid football and basketball programs, but it's hardly been dominant in those sports.
"We don't consider Prime Prep any different than Jesuit or any other school that wants admittance to the UIL," UIL Athletic Director Mark Cousins said. "We help make sure everyone is aware of our rules and follows them.
"And if people have questions, we answer them. If people voice concerns, then we look into them. We've been doing the same things since we started admitting charter schools."
At Prime Prep, each student will receive a laptop computer that contains software for all of his or her classes. That's right, no textbooks.
We live in the age of technology and the teachers at Prime Prep will teach their students digitally.
"The UIL is not just about football and basketball," Prime Prep director D.L. Wallace said. "We don't want kids to choose between athletics and academics. They can have both."
Sanders is determined to see that they do. And he could not care less what his critics say about it.
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Tim Lincecum allowed three runs over 6 2-3 innings to get the win in the San Francisco Giants' 6-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night.
San Francisco won as -145 road favorites, while the teams played OVER the 8-run total listed by oddsmakers.
Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell each hit a two-run jack for the Giants, as Jose Guillen was 2-for-4 with a run batted in for San Francisco.
Chris Young had a two-run blast for Arizona, while Barry Enright took the loss for the Diamondbacks after getting roughed up for six runs over six innings.


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The surname Rubino was first found in Italy. Rubino have been noted in every area of Italy, though some spellings are more common in some areas than others. In general, those that end in "o" are from the south, whereas those that end in "i" are from the north. The Rubin and Rubinato versions are both originally from Venetia. There are several possible origins for the name. It could have originated from the first name Rubino, which was a shortened form of Cherubino, meaning "cherub," a kind of angel. It could also come from the Latin word "rubeus" meaning red, in which case it could refer to someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion, or it could refer to someone who cut rubies.
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Sorry to not have been there. Sounds like a very interesting meetup. Would like to add a search in the same line as Karim. We're currently looking for 2 developers to expand our team. We're a ambitious and funded startup with an ambitious mission. Are you looking for a challenge, would you like to be part of an enterpreneurial team in Amsterdam?
Where're looking for a lead developer http://bit.ly/KCKSSw and allround webdeveloper http://bit.ly/KCKQdb. Come over for a coffee to meet us!
0 · July 6, 2012
It was great to meet some of you yesterday. Good energy and great talks! I have suggested a meetup for people looking for new opportunities in startups and for startups looking for great people, please rsvp. And like I told quite some people, we have an opening for a Lead Developer with our funded startup. Can you help us out? Check out the opening at http://www.upteam.com/Job/funded-startup-seeking-lead-developer-for-concept-design-and-build-1-0 thanks! Karim
0 · July 6, 2012
Good to share great ideas with others and get valuable feedback!
0 · July 6, 2012
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0 · July 6, 2012
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India-Pakistan Tests Prodding Israel to Lift the Veil on Its Nuclear Abilities
Scott Peterson, writer of The Christian Science Monitor, The Christian Science Monitor
Despite heated headlines in the Mideast triggered by the recent nuclear tests in India and Pakistan, in Israel those tests are prompting a cold, hard look at this country's nuclear policy of "deliberate ambiguity."
Though Israel has long stated that it will not be the first to introduce nuclear weapons into the Middle East, Pakistan accuses it of providing critical components to India to enable Indian tests.
Pakistan is itself believed to have received so much help from China for its nuclear program that one joke here asks why Pakistan's tests came several days after India's, in May. The punchline? "Because the instructions were in Chinese."
Israel was the first nation in the Middle East to pursue atomic capability, beginning work in the 1950s. Former Prime Minister Shimon Peres, who led that effort, last week went further than any other Israeli official in acknowledging a weapons program.
"We built a nuclear option, not in order to have a Hiroshima, but to have an Oslo," he said in Amman, Jordan, referring to the peace accords signed with the Palestinians in Oslo in 1993. Last month he reportedly said that Israel "wanted a veiled nuclear option in order to prevent war."
Revelations in the 1980s led experts to believe that Israel already had a sophisticated arsenal of at least 200 nuclear warheads. True or not, the widespread belief that Israel has such weapons forms the basis for its deterrence strategy.
Israel has not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) - a point of contention among some Arab states, who feel obliged to counter by holding chemical weapons. Though international inspectors have not visited the reactor at Dimona, Israel has signed the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
The tests in India and Pakistan may eventually result in a recasting of Israel's policy. They come at a time when Israel's defense establishment is immersed in the first top-to-bottom strategic re-think in Israel's history.
"This is not an 'Islamic Bomb' that is a threat to Israel," says Gerald Steinberg, an arms control and security expert at the BESA Center at Bar-Ilan University in Tel Aviv. "But the fear is that this is going to cause the dam to burst, so that the 8th, 9th, and 10th nuclear members will join rapidly."
Since China's globally noted nuclear test in 1964, the official nuclear club has been fixed at five - the United States, Russia, France, Britain, and China. North Korea and Iraq were both "stopped before the goal line," Mr. Steinberg says, "but there will not be another 30 years of down time.
"If the NPT disintegrates because of these new tests," he says, "it will force Israel to change its 'deliberate ambiguity' and deterrent posture."
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Those strategies have been effective until now. Though three major Arab-Israeli conflicts were fought in 1967, 1973, and 1982 since Israel's nuclear efforts were known, unconventional (chemical, biological, and nuclear) weapons never played a part.
Israel set back Iraq's nuclear ambitions in 1981, when its long- range jet fighters destroyed the reactor at Osirak.
But the battle lines were more easily drawn then, and preventing nuclear proliferation was simpler. "The days of the {doctrine} by which Israel would not allow another nuclear power in the region, are just about finished," Steinberg says. "Osirak is no longer an option, because there are no more single targets anymore."
From Israel's point of view, the number of targets are many. Iran is openly working on nuclear-powered reactors - safeguarded by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna. But many in the US and Israel say the Islamic Republic is secretly trying to make a nuclear device.
In Iraq, the IAEA is likely to report at the end of the month that Baghdad's once-advanced nuclear-weapons program has been dismantled. …


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"It's dangerous to be short still, but we might be building toward a moment where the market becomes quite vulnerable," warns Bill Fleckenstein who is finishing up the documentation on a new short fund he is about to start marketing. With the slowing growth of the Fed balance sheet, over 70% of the S&P's gains since 2011 from hope-driven multiple-expansion alone, bond and equity market sentiment at extremes, and (as Goldman warned) valuations anything cheap; it is hardly a surprise that, as Reuters reports, after years of hiding under their desks, short sellers are re-emerging - slowly. Whether outright short or long/short funds, the market-share of this corner of the business bottomed at approximately 25% in 2013, but in the last weeks, several S&P 500 companies have seen large increases in shares borrowed for short bets; and the "tide might be turning."
Sentiment extremes in stocks...
and bonds...
Fed balance sheet growth slowing and dislocated from the equity exuberance...
Multiple-expansion the only hope left...
And Goldman dashing those hopes...
S&P 500 valuation is lofty by almost any measure, both for the aggregate market (15.9x) as well as the median stock (16.8x). We believe S&P 500 trades close to fair value and the forward path will depend on profit growth rather than P/E expansion. However, many clients argue that the P/E multiple will continue to rise in 2014 with 17x or 18x often cited, with some investors arguing for 20x. We explore valuation using various approaches. We conclude that further P/E expansion will be difficult to achieve. Of course, it is possible. It is just not probable based on history.
The current valuation of the S&P 500 is lofty by almost any measure, both for the aggregate market as well as the median stock: (1) The P/E ratio; (2) the current P/E expansion cycle; (3) EV/Sales; (4) EV/EBITDA; (5) Free Cash Flow yield; (6) Price/Book as well as the ROE and P/B relationship; and compared with the levels of (6) inflation; (7)
nominal 10-year Treasury yields; and (8) real interest rates. Furthermore, the cyclically-adjusted P/E ratio suggests the S&P 500 is currently 30% overvalued in terms of (9) Operating EPS and (10) about 45% overvalued using As Reported earnings
Is it any surprise that the Short-sellers are setting-up shop once again as greed dominates fear... (via Reuters)
After years of hiding under their desks, short sellers are re-emerging - slowly.
Buying the most heavily shorted stocks was a much better bet than the S&P 500
Jim Chanos, president and founder of Kynikos Associates and one of the most prominent short sellers, said the market is primed for people like him and as a result he has gone out to raise capital.
"Now I think is not a bad time to be raising capital for what we do. When we got a rough going in the mid-90s, that was exactly the time to raise capital," Chanos said, adding it was better to do this when critics viewed him as "like the village idiot and not an evil genius."
Already, there are signs 2014 may be different.
"We're about done with the document and I'll be marketing it officially very shortly, like within a week," he said.
That's not to say he is brimming with confidence - not yet.
"It's dangerous to be short still, but we might be building toward a moment - whether it's two weeks from now or 10 months from now I don't know, where the market becomes quite vulnerable," said Fleckenstein.
"There's growing interest on (shorting) a number of stocks, concentrated in areas that did well last year," said Brian Jacobsen, chief portfolio strategist at Wells Fargo Funds Management in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin.
"Biotech is in full bubble mode, meaning companies that have no prospects of a drug continue to grind higher," said John Hempton, chief investment officer and founder of Bronte Capital, a Sydney, Australia-based asset management firm that often takes short positions.
Short sellers say they believe bulls may be getting too confident. The S&P 500's forward price-to-earnings ratio is at its highest since mid-2007.
"Short selling over the last two years has been a hedge against profits," said Douglas Kass of hedge fund Seabreeze Partners Management Inc. But he said recent disappointments from companies as varied as Ford, Intel, and Elizabeth Arden are signs that the "tide might be turning."
For shorts, it appears to be the opposite of "blood in the streets" time...
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All this technical analysis, when there is no market to begin with.
Are not the Fed, price controls, and all the other forms of government intervention or market manipulations represented by the prices involved in the analysis?
Do you know what the Fed is going to do and what all the other forms of government intervention are or are going to be? Please do tell...
I do not. Data analysis does not claim clairvoyance. It is quite a sharp tool to enable one to see the top and see the bottom but as traders, speculators, or short term investors we don't need the be smart enough to time the top or the bottom. We just need to be smart enough to sink our teeth into the journey between the two.
With regards to a market, I mean that there is indeed a market. What I think you mean to say is that there is no free market and that you are juxtoposing a free market against a controlled market. I'd rather look at it as one entire market regardless of the level of controls or freedoms of which all the transactions, processes, and mechanations are represented in the price. (Viewed another way, you could say that the entire market is free but one very powerful group of participants (governments) have cornered the market on interest rates.)
Expect to see many more market gurus piling on the bearish band-wagon soon now that the first taper has begun, the worsening unemployment, housing market, channel stuffing, wars, bitter cold weather, and especially because Obozo has lost all his political power from Obamacare, Syria....
There's nothing moar the Fed can do now that won't doom the US dollar and they know it. And if the US dollar fails, war will break out all over the world cause we can't fund it! China, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Russia, all know it too. The Federal Government will basically cease to exist leaving the States as our only governments... again.
When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
This market is going higher. It's been going higher for 2+ years thanks to the FED and with the FED still committed, it will go higher still.
I think technical analysis as a tool became useless bcak in the 80's when the futures market got tied to the equities market.
This is bullish.
Oh, they have found more buyers to BTFATH.... and now they will be forced buyers
The markets are as fake as a three dollar bill with Yellen's picture on it. Never short fake, manipulated markets unless you are especially suicidal.
Besides, the NSA is monitoring all your trades. Why do you hate America so much that you have to short?
What I logged on to say after reading this.
" warns Bill Fleckenstein who is finishing up the documentation on a new short fund he is about to start marketing. "
Key words right there. Bill has something to sell. Like I said before. With the banks turning negative and telling us...it's time to BTFD. There will be no currency allowed to be made shorting this "market".
The last time metals prices collapsed the Government stepped in a big way. This time there is no "Uncle Put"....more like "Uncle Punt." The dollar is still weak against the euro and the Pound...but interest rates while incredibly low by historical standards are quite high relative to Europe and Great Britain. Those things look set to reverse to me. I think Mercedes Benz summed it up nicely when they said "cheap luxury." That was just a couple of days ago.
"with the slowing growth of the Fed balance sheet..."
Best of luck betting on that trend, Bill.
Fleck was early and correct on both the NASDAQ and housing bubbles. The only question for 2014 is how early he might be again. Other than that he is a spot on contrarion ready for a hat trick.
Jesus, if the NSA can solve all the technical problems on spying on everybody in this world all the time, how difficult is it to manipulate a few markets with fast computers and infinite money?
If you really think that you can short and make money in fake, manipulated markets that are essential to America's power and control of this world, your IQ may be approaching your dick size. In meters. And so will your bank account.
Never use your dick as a yardstick.
It hurts folding it multiple times.
Looks like you speak from personal experience. Your middle name is not Don Juan or Rasputin?
This will push the market up even more when new shorts get squeezed. It will collapse eventually, but it's futile trying to top-tick it.
If I was ever to try and guess a top in the SPX, I'd guess 1929. :o)
I've always been in the let the banks
suck up more of their own losses and
incentivize investing in credit by
not just giving those banks a private
free credit line.
The following to infinity is an
economy benchmarked to no time value
on money to infinity, until they
change over.
The Fed's hoping trickle down
will suffice, that people will
build an economy despite its being
centric to TBTF.
I personally wouldn't want to be
the lender for any length of time
even after rates should tick up
We're locked out of the cheap
borrowing game because of the
wide net interest margin.
Otherwise the logically larger
demand for cheap credit would
self-correct the system just as
those who SOLD the banks' bubble
could've/should've ended the crisis
long ago.
Those who put down 5/10% should have/
should've had non-recourse, and the
banks should have skin in the game.
Mod's/Loss Sharing have been essentially
holding borrowers' feet to the fire,
those who SOLD the bubble facing
a deer in the headlights policy of
hand it over.
Those who did sell and who haven't bought
into the new artificial bubble, and I'm
in the camp that thinks even that much
is illusory, are simply spending less,
where safe money's concerned, and
waiting out the folly.
The more fundamental crime against
those who legitimately SOLD the bubble
created by the banks was the theft of
their "put up or shut up'ability."
The bankers may have attended
Wharton, but they preferred class
in Atlantic City.
This is perhaps fastest understood
simply by watching "A Big Hand For
The Little Lady."
The whole thing's about self-dealing
a self-made bubble to sell and an
adversity to buy, and it's essentially
thoroughly petty in its conception.
Anyone so positioned and allow to do so
can sell credit to produce widgets to
one's own competitors in a field
dominated by oneself, only to
flood the widget market, and then
call the loans.
Disclosure/information above board's
the main thing, and again,
those who put down 5/10% should have/
should've had non-recourse, and the
banks should have skin in the game.
between 2 weeks and 10 months....
and a "could be".....
Just another short smashing, Mrs. Y's first test.
short-sellers ready to get smashed?
markets will go up.
When I see margined longs enter like nuts THAT is when I would expect a slam down to happen.
What is a "short"? Can someone refresh my memory...I've forgotten during all of the Bernank's QE.
That's when the Government steps in and determines it will create economic value here.
Hey Yellen!!!!!
Get those printers working faster you fuckng cunt!!!!!
sufferin' succatash!
Everything in existence, up to and including the end of humanity itself, is simply another cog in a healthy wall of worry.
The question, "Is this information bullish or bearish" has become obsolete.
Stawks, have become, self-aware.
I haven't even read this article. I give it a +1 for the alliteration in the title.


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After this morning's trading, the Nasdaq has declined 1%, the S&P 500 is down 0.1% and the Dow has risen 0.2%. The Nasdaq Composite Index represents all the stocks that trade on the Nasdaq stock market.
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After a precipitous drop of 15.5%, National (Nasdaq:FIZZ) is now trading at a share price of $14.97. So far today, 150,191 shares have changed hands,.
Slipping 9.7%, Select (Nasdaq:SCSS) is currently trading at $24.99 per share. The company's volume for the morning is two million shares. This is three times the average daily volume.
After an increase of 6.4%, Western Digital (Nasdaq:WDC) has reached a current price of $35.74. With 4.2 million shares changing hands so far today, the company's volume is 1.2 times its current three-month average.
Energy (Nasdaq:EXXI) has risen 5.6% and is currently trading at $33.10 per share. So far today, the company's volume is 1.9 million shares.
Increasing 3.9%, Medidata Solutions (Nasdaq:MDSO) is trading at $39.13 per share. The company's volume is currently 174,897 shares for the day, while it was 738,098 shares yesterday.
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I sometimes hear people say, "Life's too short to do x" or "Life's too short not to do y." The logic behind it often seems unclear. For example, a friend once objected to some disparaging comments someone was making about copulation with rotund women by saying, "Hey! Life's too short not to fuck fat chicks."
I pondered this and thought, "Hmm, suppose life lasted 500 years. And suppose, at the end of it, I had not fucked any fat chicks. How would that be any different than if I had lived only 70 years and not fucked any fat chicks? Either way, I would be thinking to myself, Gee, I lived all that time and didn't fuck any fat chicks and now it's too late." If anything, the feeling of regret would be worse after 500 years, because I would be thinking that I should have squeezed that into my schedule somewhere in all that time. If I only lived 70 years, I might be able to chalk it up to being busy with other stuff, due to wanting to accomplish so much over such a short lifespan.
What seems more relevant is how much time one has left in one's life. If you only have five minutes left to live, then you might do stuff that you would refrain from doing if you had longer to live, because of the consequences. E.g., you might normally not have sex with a fat chick because of what your friends might think, but if you only have five minutes left to live, why not? But it's immaterial whether that five minutes is at the end of a 70-year life or a 500-year life.
What I think they're actually trying to say is "You only live once." I.e., you need to accomplish everything you want to accomplish in this life, because you won't get another. Which is another way of saying, not "You don't have much time total in your life," but rather "You don't have much time remaining", which boils down to what I was just saying. It's immaterial whether you originally had one life or five lives, if you're now on your last life. The end result is the same, which is that you are now in a situation in which whatever you want to accomplish, you better get done in this life.
On the other hand, as Philosoraptor pointed out, "If you only live once, why risk ruining it with a rash decision?" Or as Eminem's conscience once said, "Now before you walk in the door of this liquor store and try to get money out the drawer You better think of the consequence" and "think about the baby before you get all crazy". Then again, depending on the situation, sometimes the chance of reward is worth the risks.
Now, there might be one circumstance in which it would make sense to say that one's total lifespan is too short not to fuck fat chicks, and that would be if one had a certain quota of chicks one wanted to fuck in one's life, and it could not be met in the limited amount of time available unless one were to broaden one's horizons to include fat chicks in those one would be willing to copulate with. Perhaps that is indeed what my friend was talking about. On the other hand, if one were to say, "I want to fuck x chicks per week," rather than "I want to fuck y chicks over my lifespan" it would again be immaterial whether the lifespan were 70 or 500 years, as far as the appropriate degree of pickiness about those chicks were concerned. The same applies if one were to simply say, "I want to fuck the maximum number of chicks possible"; in that case, too, one would greatly relax one's standards, irrespective of the length of one's total lifespan or how much time one had left to live.


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Fable Heroes Review: Not the Hero We Need or Deserve
Co-op brawler's clever ideas are overshadowed by dull, sluggish action.
With Fable 3 wrapping up the RPG trilogy with a nice little bow, its creators now seem intent on exploring the wider Xbox 360 base by tapping into two other very distinct styles of play: Gesture-based shooting in Fable: The Journey, and bite-sized, beat-'em-up thrills with Fable Heroes. The Journey may well prove divisive among fans simply for its reliance on Kinect, but Fable Heroes sets its sights on wide appeal via accessible co-op action, a tiny $10 price point, and a bevy of franchise references that are light enough to not alienate newcomers.
As such, the Xbox Live Arcade release seems poised to introduce the world of Albion to a much larger audience; but for all its surface charm and smart ideas, Fable Heroes falls flat in action. Its slow-paced, repetitive combat fails to engage or consistently entertain. All the colorful callbacks in the world can't make up for what proves to be a frequently dull and unnecessarily repetitive experience.
It's a shame, because Fable Heroes does toss some interesting new elements into what's otherwise a familiar four-player (online or off) bash-fest. The characters -- all adorably based on the hero puppets from previous Fable games -- aren't merely carbon-copied versions of the sword-bearing lead, but rather distinct options: A hammer-swinging heroine or fireball-flinging ranged attacker, for example. Even the power-ups you'll snag stand out, as you can grow into a massive version of yourself, spawn an automated doppelganger to assist the party, or slow down all enemies and items while you attack at full speed. Seeing coins languidly spin through the air is particularly amusing.
Each brief stage concludes with a fork in the road, and diverging paths lead you towards either a boss fight or mini-game; the latter offering such options as kicking explosive chickens at now-former teammates or mashing buttons to be the first to guide your mine cart down the tracks. And when the stage ends, all the coins you've collected can be spent on the ability board, where you'll roll a die and proceed around the spaces to upgrade attacks, enhance earning power in battle, and more. It's an inventive and inspired approach that aims to enrich the typical beat-'em-up aesthetic, and the bright and cheery stages and characters seem to strike an alluring balance between Castle Crashers and LittleBigPlanet. So what's the issue?
Most of what's found between the start and finish lines in each of the seven brief core stages is sadly a total drag, and the one-note combat loses its sheen quickly thanks to a persistent feeling of sluggishness. You can gradually improve your attack and movement speed via the ability board, but for some time, it feels like the game is moving at half-speed. By the time you're fully upgraded, you'll likely have played through both the light and slightly different (and marginally more difficult) dark versions of each stage. Even then, the more powerful flourish moves take too long to bother with in the heat of battle, while an area attack offers the biggest assault option in exchange for one of your five hearts; a clever concept, were the life bar very meaningful here. Upon "death," you'll simply become a playable ghost, still able to attack and move albeit without the ability to collect coins. Dropping a heart is hardly a sacrifice worth anguishing over when the stakes are so low.
The game loses momentum elsewhere, as well. Prior to picking divergent paths in each stage, you'll reach some super-sized item that must be smashed to bits before continuing. Cue a minute or so of brainless, aggravating button-mashing. Similarly, the bosses take ages to topple despite requiring very little skill to disrupt and destroy; each mundane encounter fails to capture the enthusiasm seen in other parts of the game's design. Much as the cel-shaded effect impresses in screens, the visuals appear muddled in action, and it's incredibly easy to lose yourself in battle in dimly lit areas or when the camera (frequently) offers a long, drawn-out view.
Fable Heroes began as a side project for Lionhead, and much as the game bears the kind of cheeky humor and style we've come to expect from the studio, it feels like the type of project that needed more attention throughout. Much as the game tries to shake up a genre known for its repetitive action, there's no great pull -- no strategy or real variety to the combat, nor even a basic storyline to guide you along. All its best ideas are simply icing atop a dawdling and underdeveloped core. Fable Heroes is a quick affair designed for repeated play-throughs with pals, but even pulling in a trio of buddies barely livens up the drab action -- one of the most damning things you can say about a multiplayer-centric brawler.
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just get to work on making Fable 4Posted: May 08, 2012 12:00AM PST by SPARTAN0040
with out Molyneaux....just get to making Fable 4 and make it a game of the year contender
I didn't even know this game existed.Posted: Apr 30, 2012 12:00AM PST by SamuraiTerry
Good job on your marketing Microsoft.
Darn...wanted it to be good...Posted: Apr 30, 2012 12:00AM PST by lokey013
....might have to check out the demo and see if it's still worth me gold dubloons =P
Its badPosted: May 07, 2012 12:00AM PST by RankJunkie
Its bad when I saw the score and thought to myself, wow this review scored it high compared to the other reviews.
I have tracked 10 reviews for this game average score is 57.44%. Here: http://www.rankjunkie.com/games/xbox360/fable-heroes
the Smash Bros model was never any good...Posted: Apr 30, 2012 12:00AM PST by Sablicious
So why rehash it?
The only lure of these games is the fan service; and even that's only for the kiddies. What possible appeal could this style of game based on far more obscure characters have?
Then again, the 'FPS model' is garabe, yet is rehashed ad nauseum. So...
Smash bros?Posted: Apr 30, 2012 12:00AM PST by phantomzxro
I really don't get the point your trying to make. smash bro model has worked pretty well for nintendo which is why sony is taking a stab at it but i don't see the comparsion here. This game is more of a brawler beat em up.
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Over the past month I sold almost my entire position in Con Edison (ED) realizing a substantial profit. I used the proceeds to purchase units of ONEOK Partners (OKS). This move resulted in an immediate increase of 10% to the dividend income of the 1.20% or so of my portfolio that was invested in Con Edison (ED).
I had not added any funds to Con Edison since 2010. The low interest rate environment has pushed many investors to chase high yielding utilities stocks to valuation levels that no longer make sense. Currently, this New York based utility yields 4.10%, and trades at a P/E ratio of 17 times earnings. My average cost on the stock was $44.61, bringing my effective yield on cost to be 5.40%. Unfortunately, Consolidated Edison has been unable to grow earnings much over the past decade, as EPS increased from $3.13 in 2002 to $3.57 in 2011. The annual dividend has been increased at an annual rate of 2 cents/share since 1996, and is projected to reach $2.44/share in 2013. As a regulated utility, Con Edison's profits are limited by the amount it can charge its customers, which in turn is determined by regulators. Lately, regulators haven't been particularly generous about utility price hikes, which does not bode well for revenue and profit growth in the long run. To summarize, I do not see much upside in ConEdison in the current environment, and I do not think that total returns over the next decade are going to be much larger than the amount of current dividend yield. That being said, I believe the company is a decent hold, particularly for investors who have purchased the stock below $50/share, as I believe that the dividend will be paid and increased at a super slow rate in the foreseeable future. In a dividend portfolio, having some exposure to the utilities sector could provide refuge to investors if the economy declines again.
The question on my mind was what I should invest the proceeds from Con Edison in. I decided to add to my position in ONEOK Partners (OKS), which has a slightly higher yield, but offers a much faster distribution growth. The partnership is undergoing rapid expansion in the Mid Continent and Gulf Coast, bringing income generating assets online, and generating strong organic growth by satisfying demand for Natural Gas Liquids. The partnership is eyeing a 15% - 20% growth in distributions in 2013 and 2014. The partnership paid $609.45 million in distributions in 2011, while its distributable cash flow amounted to $946 million, which was more than sufficient distribution coverage.
ONEOK Partners, L.P. (NYSE: OKS) is one of the largest publicly traded master limited partnerships, and is a leader in the gathering, processing, storage and transportation of natural gas in the U.S. and owns one of the nation's premier natural gas liquids (NGL) systems, connecting NGL supply in the Mid-Continent and Rocky Mountain regions with key market centers. Its general partner is a wholly owned subsidiary of ONEOK, Inc. (NYSE: OKE), a diversified energy company, which owns 43.4 percent of the overall partnership interest. The General Partner has an incentive to keep growing ONEOK Partners (OKS), in order to generate higher distributions themselves.
Investors in Oneok Partners are called limited partners, and shares are called units. Master Limited Partnerships are pass through entities, and as a result are not taxed by the IRS. Their income and gains/losses flow through on the individual partners tax returns proportionately. Partners receive a K-1 form each year, which is slightly more complicated than a 1099 –Div form. However, Oneok Partners did a very good job of sending me a detailed tax package support, which spelled out exactly what tax forms I needed, as well as exactly where I should input the various amounts included in my K-1 form. Best of all, I had to pay no tax on the amount of distributions I received in 2011. Most partnership distributions decrease one's basis, and once this happens, partners would have to pay ordinary income taxes on most of the income that is distributed to them. However, certain types of income that the partnership distributes, such as capital gains on property sold, is taxable as capital gains. ONEOK also did a very good job in spelling out the amount of income/loss I had as a partner in each state it does business in.
Back in 2011, I sold my position in ONEOK Inc (OKE) at $72.35/share, and used it to acquire units in ONEOK Partners (OKS) at an average price of $41.71/unit. My average cost on ONEOK Inc (OKE) was $54.15/share. With this move, I was able to double the amount of distributions, attributable to this portion of my portfolio. One year later, I am more than satisfied with the total returns and distribution growth of ONEOK Partners (OKS). By replacing ConEdison with ONEOK Partners, I will further manage to increase amount of distributions, while further consolidating my position in the partnership.
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- Kevin MMay 30, 2012 at 6:54 AM
Saying a K-1 is "slightly more complicated" than a 1099-DIV is like saying my house is "slightly smaller" than the Empire State Building.ReplyDelete
I don't mean to scare anyone off, but MLPs are complicated. You get into things like passive activities (can't deduct the losses unless you have gains), at-risk limitations, etc. And make sure to keep good records of basis when you go to sell them (most people don't). Digging through years of old K-1s to reconstruct it is no fun. (I'm a CPA and have done it a few times.)
Hi DGI,ReplyDelete
Do you ever consider investing in BDCs? -They usually come with very high dividends. - Thanks, Joe
- AnonymousMay 30, 2012 at 10:18 PM
I strongly disagree that MLP's are complicated. K-1's are also not a big deal. Not deducting losses unless you have gains is standard accounting practice. And finally any decent brokerage house keeps, by federal regulation, a record of your purchases.ReplyDelete
The biggest issue with MLP's is that the distributions are return of capital mostly and that decreases your cost basis. The tax is deferred. The only way to 'win' is to die and leave the MLP's to your heirs who will get to use a 'step-up' basis for cost. And then there is no tax due.
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