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OUTLOOK: An explosive defensive line who saw action in one game as a true freshman ... returns in 2014 looking to crack the rotation at defensive end ... a talented pass rusher who can also hold the point of attach in the running game.FRESHMAN (2013): Played in the Tennessee game and recorded two tackles with one solo stop.HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: One of the elite defensive line prospects in the 2013 signing class ... a member of the first team 2012 All-USA Football Team, chosen by USA Today ... participated in the 2013 Under Armour All-America Game ... ESPN rated him the No. 4 defensive tackle in the nation and ranked him 26th in the ESPN 150 ... second in the state by ESPN and 14th in the Southeast region ... Tom Lemming of MaxPreps listed him the nation's No. 21 overall player, a five-star prospect and the No. 3 defensive tackle ... No. 7 strongside defensive end by Rivals.com and ranked 61st in the Rivals100 ... the No. 3 player in the state of Alabama by Rivals.com ... listed as the No. 8 defensive tackle by Scout.com and No. 48 in the Scout 300 ... Sporting News No. 55 player in the nation ... 247Sports.com ranked him 112th in the Top247, No. 10 defensive tackle and the No. 7 player in the state ... No. 46 nationally and the No. 4 defensive tackle in the 247Composite ... first team medium school All-American as a defensive lineman by MaxPreps and a second team selection on the overall All-American team ... 5A All-State selection by the Alabama Sports Writers Association ... recorded 76 tackles with 18 tackles for loss as a senior at Muscle Shoals High School, where he was coached by Scott Basden ... made 83 tackles with 17 sacks as a junior in 2011 while also breaking up two passes, forcing five fumbles and recovering two fumbles - one for a touchdown ... registered 81 stops with six sacks in 2010 ... finished his high school career with over 200 tackles, 68 tackles for loss and 32 sacks ... picked Alabama over Auburn, Georgia, Miami, Southern California, Tennessee and Arkansas.


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Kristen Bell is back for a web series and fans of "Veronica Mars" could not be more excited about what is coming. On Wednesday, Contact Music shared about this new web series and how it is going to excite the fans of the show. This will be a spin-off from the original show.
When the movie came out, everyone was really excited about it. Now they are going to be doing a web series which will be called "Play it Again, Dick." It should be a great web series, but there is not a lot of information out about it so far. It should be one that is a huge hit with fans of the original "Veronica Mars" though. Viewers loved the recent movie and are ready for more from this series.
The people on the web series will be playing an alter ego of themselves. It will feature Jason Dohring, Enrico Colantoni, Percy Daggs Iii and Francis Capra. This is exciting for fans to hear. Kristen Bell also appeared of course which is great. The main person that is back again is Ryan Hansen, who will play a version of himself. This web series will be eight episodes long.
The Wrap shared a bit more about the upcoming web series. There is still a chance that a sequel to the movie could come out, but it is not confirmed for sure. Robert Buckley and Rose McIver have both been added to the show and will be on this new web series. They will be a great addition to the cast.
If you are excited to see the new show "Play it Again, Dick," it will be out on CW Seed. This is the online platform for this channel. It will start airing on September 15 so you don't have to wait long. It will be about one month before you can get your "Veronica Mars" fix.
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EUGENE, Ore. – Oregon track and field's Laura Roesler and Lauren Crockett were named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team, Thursday.
Roesler, a senior from Fargo, N.D., is the most decorated student-athlete in Oregon history having earned 15 All-American honors and four NCAA Championships throughout her career. Roesler is the 2014 NCAA Indoor Champion in the 800 as well as a three-time Pac-12 Champion in the event. This year, she currently holds the fastest time in the NCAA.
Roesler has a 3.54 GPA while majoring in psychology and was named the 2014 Pac-12 Scholar Athlete, May 17.
Lauren Crockett is a junior high jumper from Ogden, Utah who holds a 3.54 GPA while pursuing a degree in advertising. Crockett set a PR earlier this season by clearing a height of 6-0.5 at the Oregon Preview which ranks seventh in the nation this season. She was also a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention as a sophomore.


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Michael Damian Weir (born April 26, 1962 in San Diego, California) is an American actor, singer and producer, known mainly for his role as singer Danny Romalotti on the soap opera The Young and the Restless, which he played from 1980 to 1998. Damian made his feature film debut as an actor in the Garry Marshall-directed comedy Young Doctors in Love. Later followed a recurring role for two seasons on NBC's The Facts of Life as a rock singer named Flyman, who romanced Nancy McKeon's character, Jo. After leaving "The Young and the Restless," Damian landed the starring role in the Broadway production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. The production became the highest grossing revival in Los Angeles history, before hitting Broadway, where it continued to break box office records as well as earning Damian a Grammy nomination. In addition to his Broadway career, Damian has released five albums and has had eight top 40 hits, including his number-one cover of the David Essex song "Rock On" from the soundtrack to Dream a Little Dream, which earned him his first gold record. He also won a BMI Song-writing Award for his hit single, "Was
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Buzz on the Street: When Federal Reserve Doves Cry
A look back at the happenings on Wall Street this week, as seen by Minyanville's Buzz & Banter.
Clear and Present Markets
Tom Clancy
1. Pay attention to news about the remilitarization of Japan. At a time when the US is under pressure to cut its largest budget line item, one way to do this without negatively impacting the profitability of these companies is to sell more technology to our allies, and Japan is a massive economy with little military power. This is a theme we have been watching all year, as a new Chinese Administration came to power and the dispute over the Senkaku/Daioyu Islands. As Japan builds out its military capabilities, it will be done as a "defense Force" emphasizing missile defense and emergency response over first strike capabilities. Raytheon (NYSE:RTN) should be a primary beneficiary of this strategy. I would be cautious though of Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) though, as its F-35 Joint Strike Fighter appears to be a plane that does not suit the modern threat environment, and is facing order cancelations from allies.
2. Chinese trade data showed 3.1% decline in exports in June. This is part of the government's strategy to reorient the economy more toward more sustainable domestic consumption and away from exports. This entails consumer spending to increase from 34% of Chinese GDP, and move closer to the 70% of GDP seen in developed nations. It should also be noted that the new administration is cracking down on the illegal transfer of funds off-shore, which a report by Global Financial Integrity estimates was ~$3 trillion over the last decade. The report noted that 90% of this money was transferred through fraudulent invoices, which would have skewed historical trade data. No one believes the Chinese data anyway, but building credibility in the economic data will be important as the new administration attempts a difficult restructuring.
3. With Bank earnings coming this week, I think analysts may be overestimating the ability of the banks to take advantage of higher interest rates. The banks will have to write down the value of fixed income securities in the Available For Sale (AFS) category, which is probably a one quarter event in the short term, but most have not been writing a bunch of new loans at the higher rates (according to the Fed H.8 data). The categories that are growing are C&I and CRE, which have been highly competitive areas. I do expect improvement in credit performance, though which should result in solid operating performance in the Q. So, Net Interest Margin (NIM) pressures are easing, but I expect banks to realize this benefit on a lagged basis if at all.
4. The most important story of 2014 will be the implementation of ACA, which restructures 20% of the US economy. This is a massive undertaking and there will be problems with implementation, but the systems are to be rolled out by October, so expect more focus on this as we get closer. There are questions about whether it will get implemented, but I think it will. My early take on the path is that early adopters will be the sickest, and temporarily increase utilization rates and increase the cost profile, before they fall again in subsequent years. This sets up managed care to profit in the out years. Major pharma benefits in the short term, with generic and OTC drugs becoming more important as we shift more of the cost burden to the patients over time. Corporations should be the biggest beneficiaries of ACA implementation, as it reduces their costs. They will either dump workers on the exchanges and take the tax hit, or self-insure to get around the tax penalty. Self-insurance will drive the system toward more of a preventative model, than a fee-for-service model
Micron Offers Bulls an Entry Point
Duncan Parker
Those holding Micron Technology (NYSE:MU) shares in their portfolio are likely doing a double take as shares declined nearly 7% in trading yesterday afternoon, closing nearly 10% off of recent highs. News that Micron CFO Ronald C. Foster had locked in gains on the combined stock and option equivalent of nearly half a million shares since June 3 likely contributed to the weakness.
The Plan:
The 50 Day Moving Average currently sits around the $12 handle which is also where the stock broke out from a long basing pattern. Between $11 - $12, plenty of support resides that should hold if in fact MU is to trade higher again in short order. I'm comfortable entering long at $12 with a stop just below $11, and will likely dollar-cost-average down should I be given the opportunity to do so. From here, I'll look to hold shares long until next resistance is reached above the $17 handle, which is more than 40% higher from current levels. I'll look to remove my cost basis and roughly half of gains here, with a final target north of $21/share. As for time frame, year-end seems appropriate for both targets to be reached.
Good luck out there!
FOMC Minutes Swan Dive
Michael Sedacca
Not much to offer here that hasn't already been said by officials, in Bernanke's press conference, or that we've covered here. A few brief comments:
-They seem more worried about volatility and whether or not institutions can adjust to rising interest rates (given what we know about their balance sheet composition). Additionally, members saw the extended period of low interest rates may encourage investors to take excessive credit or interest rate risk, but the recent rise in rates may have reduced that incentive.
-The cost/effect analysis of asset purchases by the FOMC's staff was seen to not have an adverse effect on financial market stability.
-Increased worries over the downside risks to inflation, which are viewed as transitory due to a one-time reduction in Medicare costs.
-Financial stability has increased over the inter-meeting period, but broad based financial stress averages remain below average.
The one scary thing is that they've now clearly spelled out that they don't know what to do in the most transparent fashion possible. The response to further volatility was to expand on the number of economic variables, the wrong thing to do; more transparency is the last thing we need. When I remarked this to Todd, he agreed that it would be very scary when the market woke up to the fact that the Fed doesn't know what to do anymore.
I did find it funny reading about the FOMC's judgment regarding which inflation measure to use going forward, whether or not they should focus on core prices, without food & energy, or so on. It reminded me of a Buzz I read of my Dad's from a long time ago, about whether or not the core prices or core prices plus food & energy costs (the headline CPI number) was the best measure of inflation. Hopefully it's worth a laugh:
"I don't know about you, but I ate breakfast before heading to the gas station this morning. Then I had some coffee and turned on my lights and computer systems. And I intend on driving home today, having lunch AND dinner before turning on my lights as it gets dark. Then I will likely turn on the TV and watch the NLCS. All before doing it again tomorrow."
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Bernanke's Mea Culpa
Michael Gayed
Stocks at the open have "surged" as Bernanke released more doves than Prince at a concert (as a Twitter follower of mine likes to say). Emerging markets (NYSEARCA:EEM) are ripping, bonds are recovering, and all is well because more stimulus will be in place. Intellectually, this is illogical. Bernanke effectively said that deflationary pressures remain high, which warrants more money printing. The stock market seems to like the fact that the Fed has admitted it has not done enough, or rather that it continues to fight an uphill battle towards reaching their inflation goals. So while stimulus may continue to be in place, optimism about the economy seems very much disconnected from the stock market's current levels, at least here in the US. Our ATAC models used for managing our mutual fund and separate accounts have not participated in the rip higher over the past two weeks in stocks which came seemingly out of nowhere, but a rotation by end of week is always possible. Emerging markets remains a key area to watch for a major mean reversion trade, which may be coming shortly.
Apple Acts Well Despite Negative News
MIchael Paulenoff
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has climbed to a new recovery high today, and is attempting to squeeze through a week-long resistance plateau at 424-425.
If successful, this should trigger upside continuation towards a test of the May-July resistance line, now at 443.
At this juncture, only a break below 420 will compromise the still-developing bullish pattern.
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The China Syndrome
Jeff Saut
We've heard a lot recently about China and how its slowing economy is going to pull the rest of the world back into a recession (see chart). I don't believe it! First, China's authorities are cracking down on illegal invoicing, which makes the trade figures look weaker than they actually are. Second, there are rumors swirling the PBOC is going to take some stimulative actions in an attempt to strengthen China's economy.
Moreover, as I stated on TV this week, I don't believe most of the economic numbers coming out of China. Indeed, "I have seen the truth and I don't believe it!" To be specific, China's survey procedures do not keep up with the surging services sector and the household survey doesn't capture the upper-scale household figures. Further, according to the astute GaveKal organization, "Aggregate consumption statistics are inconsistent with the retail sales figures and company reports." So NO, I don't think we are into "The China Syndrome."
As I concluded in yesterday's Morning Tack, "Of course today, it's all about the release of last month's FOMC minutes, where pundits will parse the Fed's every word in a monthly ritual that is becoming absurd." And yesterday, it was indeed all about the FOMC minutes as the stock market stumbled into the mid-afternoon FOMC release, and then attempted to stage a rally. The rally was based on the fact that nothing new, or interesting, was in the June 18-19 FOMC meeting minutes.
As our economist writes, "Fed officials are divided on the need to taper the pace of asset purchases. The majority does not seem intent on reducing the pace right away, and some want to see greater improvement in jobs and in the economic growth outlook."
However, I have learned over the years that the first "move" by the stock market following any Fed release tends to be a false move, and that was the case yesterday, as the S&P 500's (SPX/1652.62) rally attempt failed. The result left the SPX hugging the "flat line" into the close. As stated, Wednesday/Thursday of this week do not have much of a positive energy reading, but Friday does. To be sure, Wednesday's rally attempt struggled below the June 18 reaction high (~1654, as forecast) with modest selling occurring. To wit, Downside Volume was only 55% of total NYSE Up/Down Volume. This morning, however, it looks like Friday has arrived early with the pre-opening SPX futures up some 15 points on the Fed's "cooled" taper-talk, Japan's comments about the economy finally improving, no Greek tragedy anytime soon, etc. Accordingly, I'm still looking for a "blue heat" upside double-top blow off next week.
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Friday, July 12, 2013
Putting the Heavy Equity Inflows Into Perspective
Joe Digiammo
You know, it's funny, on Wednesday, I said to "Zeke" (friend/mentor/PM) -- "Even though volume's relatively light on this move, today has a the feel of some NEW money being put to work... I'm seeing some ETF monetizations, namely in the Russell 2000 (NYSEARCA:IWM), which typically can mean parking inflows." Well last night, as Mischler's Rob Livio sent around, Lipper dropped a "hot lava" bomb (which by now many of you have seen):
US stock funds gain approx $11.8B inflows in week ended Wed; largest gain since January.
Let's put this into perspective. We know that in late June, there was $70b + outflows from FI, $14+ b alone at PIMCO. We know that by all accounts, despite bull/bear sentiment indicators, the average American and Global Institution has been relatively underinvested in US equities.
1. Remember the Gallup poll in May, which asked Americans the following question: "Do you, personally, or jointly with a spouse, have any money invested in the stock market right now – either and individual stock, a stock mutual fund, or in a self-directed 401(k) or IRA?" The results showed 52% responded yes, 47% responded no, and 1% had no opinion. To put that result into context, it's the lowest reading since the poll was first conducted in September 1998. Moreover, at the last market peak, in 2007, 65% of respondents answered yes to having stock exposure
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2. Mischler's "Smartest Man in Global Capital Markets" has told us that Global banks have taken equity exposure this year, from all-time historic lows near 40%, to currently 50+%, on the way to historic norms of 60+%.
So, everyone has been talking of the great myth of the "great rotation" from stocks to bonds, like one would talk about Charlie Brown's "Great Pumpkin." I'm not a rocket scientist, but, it seems to me that the retail investor, to this point, had not been pushing the "top."
Lastly, I would add, Dow Theorists like Acampora will now be looking for the Dow Transports (INDEXDJX:DJT) to confirm the new closing high (3rd this year) on the Dow Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) . The previous high close in the TRAN was 6549 on 5/17. The Secular Bull fans could soon again be dancing in the streets.
Rolling the Dice With Boeing
Michael Comeau
Boeing (NYSE:BA) is getting wrecked on news of a fire on a 787 Dreamliner (which has some history of technical problems with batteries) at Heathrow Airport.
Details are hard to come by. Nevertheless, I just threw caution to the wind and picked up some $106 calls expiring today for a nickel a piece. In the event this fire was not caused by a problem with the batteries, the stock should snap back hard.
There's 100% downside risk on this trade, and this may be a real long shot considering the time frame (less than 3.5 hours), but the risk-reward is insane in the event the fire was not caused by a fault with the plane.
So maybe there's only a 1/10 chance this trade pays off, but the payoff could be upwards of 25/1 if we get news that the fire was not caused by the plane itself.
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Fort Wayne, Ind.—Representatives from Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) and Parkview Health will announce the winners of the Find the Triangle Contest during Children's Fest on Friday, July 18. The announcement will happen at 11 a.m. in the Parkview Health tent.
IPFW Vice Chancellor for Advancement Wendy Kobler and Parkview Health Chief Experience Officer Sue Ehinger will conduct the presentation.
The Find the Triangle contest was a hands-on exploration of IPFW's Sculpture with Purpose™ bike rack sculpture project, the flagship project of the university's 50th Celebration. The contest ran from Saturday, May 17, through Sunday, July 6.
To enter, participants submitted photos of themselves visiting the Sculpture with Purpose installations in downtown Fort Wayne, on the IPFW campus, and elsewhere in the city and pointing at the hidden triangle on each sculpture.
Fifty winners were selected randomly from a pool of almost 1,200 entries. Winners were notified via email prior to the announcement event. Each winner will receive a prize package sponsored by Parkview Health including $100 cash and a surprise bonus gift which will be revealed during the announcement. Winners need not be present to claim their prize.
A complete list of winners will be posted on the Sculpture with Purpose website after the announcement.
Children's Fest is part of the annual Three Rivers Festival. Children's Fest takes place each year on the IPFW campus.