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Eurozone: A silver lining on the growth horizon?
Global Economic Outlook Q2 2013
For the Eurozone, 2013 will be a year of transition. Although the GDP fall in the Eurozone's crisis countries has slowed down, short-term growth will likely be anemic rather than explosive.
For a moment in the first quarter, it looked as if the euro crisis would raise its head again. Italy's elections were considered the biggest risk for the stability of the Eurozone in early 2013. Indeed, their inconclusive results, along with the looming risk of paralysis in government formation and reform implementation, seemed to reinforce investors' biggest fears.
Nevertheless, markets got over it remarkably well. After a short jump in interest-rate spreads, they eased at a level well below last year's peak. Also, the uncertainties and the policy confusion about the rescue package for Cyprus have not unsettled the financial markets in a substantial way. At the same time, other crisis countries could restore their access to the capital markets. Ireland managed to issue a substantially oversubscribed 10-year bond in March, the first after its bailout in 2010.
The financial markets' indifference to potential crisis triggers and Ireland's return to the capital markets support a point made in the last Global Economic Outlook: The immediate danger of the Eurozone's breaking up has been fading to the background. True, there are scenarios in which the crisis could erupt again. However, this tail risk has shrunk substantially. Investors trust the European Central Bank to prevent a breakup. The root factors of economic uncertainty have changed relative to the growth prospects of the Eurozone.
Looking at the growth prospects of the Eurozone, 2013 will be a year of transition. The good news is that the GDP fall in the Eurozone's crisis countries has slowed down. The worst is likely behind us. The bad news is that short-term growth will likely be anemic rather than explosive.
Return to feeble growth in 2013
Real GDP in the Eurozone in 2012 fell by 0.6 percent, and the Eurozone experienced a very weak fourth quarter with the recession deepening. In all, 2012 was a nasty year for the Eurozone economy. According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the actual GDP was 3.7 percent below the potential GDP.1 Several factors have contributed to the dismal growth performance. The two most important were that the restrictive fiscal policy in the Eurozone reduced domestic demand, while the uncertainty about the future of the euro strained private investment as well as private consumption.
Both factors will continue to influence the Eurozone's growth in 2013. However, their negative impact will get weaker. Fiscal policy will be less restrictive than the year before, and, assuming no escalation of the debt crisis, uncertainty will decline and business and consumer confidence will recover.2
Exports in combination with the expansive monetary policy are the relatively bright spots for the Eurozone. Assuming accelerating growth in the emerging markets and a slightly higher growth in the United States, Eurozone exports will increase, helped by improved competitiveness. The shaky domestic economic situation will continue to constrain domestic demand and, by implication, imports, so that exports and the external balance should be the main growth driver for the Eurozone.
In this scenario, the Eurozone should stabilize in the first half of 2013 and return to weak growth in the second half. Growth will be weak as the Eurozone continues to need to strengthen household, firm, bank, and sovereign balance sheets.
Early indicators indicate trend reversal
The main early indicators and the stock markets anticipate this trend reversal. The Euro Stoxx 50 has gained around 30 percent since June 2012. While the main confidence in the Eurozone indicators went down the most part of 2012, in autumn the trend stopped and reversed. Confidence in almost all major sectors has been increasing, especially in industry and services, even if the upward trend is slow and bumpy (figure 1). Although overall economic sentiment is still in negative territory—the combined Economic Sentiment Indicator stands at 90, while a positive outlook starts at 100—this suggests that the Eurozone economy has bottomed out in the first quarter.3
This trend reversal is even more pronounced in the early indicators for the German economy. After a weak fourth quarter, with GDP decreasing by 0.6 percent, fears of a coming recession emerged but are likely exaggerated. The two most important confidence indicators, the Ifo Business Climate Index and the ZEW Index, rose substantially. In February, the Ifo index increased the most since mid-2010, rising, as did the ZEW index, the fourth time in a row. In March, both indices largely stagnated. However, given the strong increases before, this indicates stabilization of a basically upward trend. Correspondingly, the German stock index DAX broke the 8,000-point mark in early April, the first time since 2008.
Phoenix vs. Japan
While these signs are encouraging, they are no guarantee that this trend reversal indicates an accelerating and substantially higher growth trajectory beyond 2013. Recent economic history suggests two scenarios for growth performance after a financial crisis. One is the relatively rapid recovery of the real economy in the emerging Asian countries after the financial crisis in the late 1990s. The other is Japan's lost decade following the burst of its housing bubble and the resulting banking problems in the early 1990s.
Both analogies are not perfect, and starting points differ substantially, but they illuminate the range of broad paths conceivable for the Eurozone. In a "phoenix from the ashes" scenario, the current crisis countries in Southern Europe would emerge much leaner and more competitive from the current crisis and could export their way out of the crisis, similar to Germany a few years ago. A stronger tradables sector, combined with reforms in the service sectors, would boost productivity and growth. A Japanese scenario with no or low growth would likely emerge with continuing uncertainty and absent reforms.
The Eurozone's investment gap
The biggest danger for the Eurozone to fall into a low-growth trap comes from a dramatic investment gap. Longer-term growth and employment prospects depend on investments. Looking at the main components of the Eurozone's GDP shows that investments have been the hardest-hit component during the crisis. As displayed in figure 2, the growth rates of government expenditure and household expenditure declined substantially but continued to grow since the onset of the crisis, compared to the preceding boom years.
The most dramatic drop, however, took place in investment activity. While investments grew by 30 percent (in nominal terms) between 2003 and 2007, they fell by 12 percent between 2008 and 2012. Investments in 2012 were €220 billion below the 2007 value. At the same time, corporate cash holdings rose massively, indicating a grossly heightened risk aversion on the part of companies.4
Jumpstarting private investment activity is therefore one, if not the key, way to avert a Japanese-style scenario. Corporates seem to need some convincing to invest more. Stable expectations regarding the economic environment, low uncertainty, and possibly effective investment incentives would definitely help.
The worst part of the current downturn in the Eurozone seems to be ending, and it is likely that a shaky recovery will set in. Exports are the main driver for this recovery, while demand and investments do not lend support to economic growth. The Eurozone continues to struggle with many growth-inhibiting aftereffects of the financial crisis and the euro crisis, and with a deeply divided economic performance. Seen from this perspective, even a shaky recovery would be good news and something to build upon.
EndnotesView all endnotes
- OECD, "Interim Economic Outlook," Economic Outlook Annex Tables, March 28, 2013, http://www.oecd.org/eco/outlook/economicoutlookannextables.htm, accessed April 15, 2013.
- European Economic Advisory Group, The EEAG Report on the European Economy, CESifo Group, 2013.
- European Commission, European Economic Forecast—Winter 2013.
- "Iron enters the soul," Economist, October 6, 2012.


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Within their limitations (for instance, the fact that the cab was rigidly mounted, not tilting) the F82 and F83, the successors to the L42 and L43 from 1956/57, were successful trucks. They served distribution transport customers well in Scandinavia and some other countries like the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland.
Reinforcing the cab structure
But the fact was, that the L42/L43 and F82/F83 were aging in the late 1960s. In contrast to most of the other trucks included in the radical new 'System 8' generation, they had not been modernized since the 1950s (apart from the introduction of diesel engines with modest output in place of the fuel-thirsty V8 petrol engine).
In contrast to all other (heavier) trucks in the Volvo truck programme, these models had not been tested according to the tough Swedish safety cab test. In order to make sure that the safety level of these light to medium-duty trucks was increased, the cab structure (which had always been made out of steel) was reinforced.
Further extensive updating
At the same time the exterior was redesigned slightly to make the overall appearance more modern, such as by adding a black grille instead of the previous traditional front with horizontal bars which did not go well with the rest of the modern range of Volvo trucks of the era.
Moving the engine forwards was, however, the most important change; it improved the weight distribution and, together with the forward move of the gearbox, improved driver ergonomics in respect of gear changes (previously the driver had to lean backwards to the right when changing gears).
The new F82 and F83 with the "S"
With the updating of these light to medium-class vehicles, they became more acceptable for the customers of the 1970s, even if it was obvious that there was a quite urgent need for a modern medium-duty Volvo truck with better ergonomic and safety properties, as well as a tilt cab. It was for this reason that the cooperation within the 'Club of Four' was begun almost exactly at the same time as the introduction of the F82S/F83S. This cooperation would result in a completely new range of medium-duty trucks about three years later.
The F82S/F83S were the last light to medium-duty trucks built in Sweden. The next generation of medium-duty trucks would be built in a completely new facility in Oostakker, Belgium.

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GALT, Calif. (AP) — Seven men are recovering from wounds suffered in what police believe may be a gang-related shooting in the Sacramento area.
The shooting in Galt occurred Saturday night, as the victims were leaving a family gathering.
Police say a group of men in a passing vehicle opened fire.
The victims were found with gunshot wounds in the front yard of a home and taken to hospitals. Their wounds were considered non-life-threatening. One victim has been released.
Police believe at least four men inside the vehicle were involved in the shooting. No suspects have been identified, and a description of the vehicle has not been released.
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My first Rainbow Cake and etc.Friday, October 19, 2012
19/6/2014: I have update the original recipe by doubling it. You don't have to double it coz below recipe is enough to make a 7" rainbow cake. This is the easiest cake ever!
5- 7"x7" baking pan (don't worry if yo only have two pans, you can bake the first two layer, then continue doing so until the batter finish)
Divide batter into 5 cups, or 7 (I've done it before), and put your desired food colouring in each bowl.
I love this recipe for frosting. It never failed me. It's creamy, not too sweet and a bit salty :D
250g salted butter -I used SCS
225g unsalted butter- "
1/4 fine sugar
2 blocks of Philadelphia Cream Cheese
1/4 confectioners sugar
1 tsp of milk
Beat butter and sugar until it doubles its size and creamy.
Cut the cheese into small cubes and add them one by one the butter mixture while beating them in medium speed.
Add the confectioners sugar and milk. Mix well. Taste. Add more confectioners sugar if you like it sweeter. :)
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aku mmg nak cuba recipe ni, tapi bab colour tu yg aku malas nak pi beli tu, haishhh!ReplyDelete
i'm a sucker for vanilla cake, so kena try this one :pReplyDelete
nak pinjam aku punya..punya susah nak abis.. :PReplyDelete
Aku ada recipe yg call for natural coloring..i.e. beet, carrot, bunga telang..x mampu nak try..kalau ko nak aku forward.. he he
senang this recipe..no need to thaw..just amik butter kluar fridge and trus masuk mixer hihi..n telur pun tak pakai byk utk whole cake.. I really2 love this recipe dr segala sudut huhuReplyDelete
Oh yummmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!! :-DReplyDelete
Kak LG datang lagii.. :PReplyDelete
So beautiful... tapi hati tak cukup tabah nak buat kek ni...hahaReplyDelete
Wow!!!! Terlalu perfect! ... Love ur space ...Kemas... .. Happy to follow u!ReplyDelete
Glad if u do the same!
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Hihi..the time will comes.. :DReplyDelete
Nyum nyum.. ur name same like my sister lah .. ;)ReplyDelete
Thank you.. done..i'm your new follower :DReplyDelete
This looks really stunning!ReplyDelete
What a stunning cake! I just got here from Tastespotting and now I know I'm going to spend the rest of my morning browsing through your archives. :)ReplyDelete
hah! bunga telang, mcmana rupa bunga telang aku pun taktau.. hahaha.. nanti aku dah settle down kat Malaysia, aku akan kumpul la colour2 ni, ko pakai brand apa eh colouring paste ni semua?ReplyDelete
your photography and styling skills are amazing! just popped by via foodgawker and even tho im apprehensive about using so many colourings for rainbow cake, love your version cos it's so pretty! :DReplyDelete
dah lama teringin nak try buat kek ni.. tp asyik tertangguh je.. Tengok resipi ni senanglah pulak... emm bila nak buat ni.. btw all gambar kat atas tu cantik sgt.. and kalau u tak mention pinggan hijau tu sumbing.. i tak perasan pun.. hihiReplyDelete
awesomeness! been thinking of making one for raya for my girls...ahh...need to find time!! heheReplyDelete
Mim, sorry lambat reply..aku bizi packing barang..ko packing barang lom? aku pakai campur2..ada wilton, ada redman.paling byk tu jenama local rose brand tu.. hihi .mana yg ada cap halal or list of ingredient dia halal aku beli.. coloring paste ni byk yg x halal.. aku kekadang ragu2 nak beli brand famous amos sbb takut tak halal..ReplyDelete
Oh my gawd.. I hope it didn't give you eyesores :P I have a love/hate relationship with my archives.. it's kindda embarrassing, the write-ups and the oh so ugly pixs but it also reminds me of my humble beginning. Thank you for stopping by ;)ReplyDelete
Yerp, had to agree with you..the colorings scared me much. My first intention was to make a pastel colored rainbow cake, so I could only use one or two drops of artificial coloring. Unfortunately, it didn;t happened as I expected. The color was so dull, instead of pastel looking. I suggest you use coloring paste so you don't have to use much to make the rainbows pop.ReplyDelete
Hihi.. I kena mention jugak sbb nanti ada yg berkata2 hihi.. Try la buat..mmg senang.. as I mentioned earlier, you dont have to thaw the butter.. so prep time sekejap je.. :DReplyDelete
Hi Iva,ReplyDelete
I buat ni pun makan 2 hari.. I suggest you buat time weekend..and indulge it for the whole weekdays hihi cake ni besar sgt2. :D
saya windu awak!ReplyDelete
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Hi there! been ages since I visited blogworld! Your rainbow cake looked smashing as usual! Last 2 weeks I did one too, but the malas way, only 3 layer and used makcik Betty cake mix. Hehehe, boleh la nak makan..ReplyDelete
Happy 2013!
Love the colours!ReplyDelete
I'm confused at to how you colored each layer differently. I see no instructions for doing this in the cake recipe above.ReplyDelete
Salam. The resepi above can make how many layers? Re-double means we make satu lagi bancuhan resepi di atas? (I mean 2 bancuhan la ye?)ReplyDelete
It look tasty. Is there a flavour for each coulour of the rainbow cake or not?ReplyDelete
Looks almost too pretty to eat...I said almost :)ReplyDelete
I have updated the recipe. Sorry for taking such a long time to do this. :)ReplyDelete
I have updated the recipe. You no longer have to double the recipe. It's the easiest rainbow cake ever. :)ReplyDelete
You can always add flavor to each layer. I would skip the vanilla extract if I do this.ReplyDelete
Thank you :)ReplyDelete
this is so cute!ReplyDelete
I tried to make this cake for my daughters birthday party. Despite the recipe stating it was enough for all 5 layers (even 7) without doubling, the layers were way too thin. Like pancakes. I had to throw it all out and start from scratch with a new recipe.ReplyDelete
I was able to get 3 layers out of one recipe. I did this twice for a 6 layer cake and it came out nicely. I used 1.5 cups of batter in my 10" round pans. You have to make sure to only use 1.25 cups sugar or else it's too much and super gooey.ReplyDelete


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Vernet spent twenty years in Italy between 1734 and 1753. As heir to the great landscape artists of the previous generation, he followed their example as well as that of exponents of the school of nature.
He made numerous sketching trips, painting from life on the coast and in the hills around Rome. His contemporaries marvelled at the realism with which he depicted nature's bounty and his analysis of the variety of effects of the climate and the passing of the hours on a landscape.
Not content with "competing with nature", he peopled his landscapes with graceful, picturesque figures to give a sense of scale, "a talent which Claude lacked", wrote Diderot, his greatest admirer.
Vernet provided a international clientele, especially in Great Britain – his wife was British – with mementos of the most popular sites such as the famous fountains which he reproduced almost forty times.


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Jan Rogers brings her "X-pressions" graphite, pastel and colored pencil works to the Gifford Medical Center art gallery March 27-May 29.
Rogers of Williamstown uses various sizes of compressed paper stumps to apply graphite, pastel, and colored pencil to Bristol board, mat board, and pastel and vellum papers. Values, tones, and textures are constructed by drawing and blending to create depth and shading, resulting in a combination of lights and darks making the works almost "photo-realistic."
"Most of my work is done in the fine line drawing method using a soft touch, subtle elimination of lines, and acute attention to detail," says Rogers. "These skills can turn a drawing into a painting."
"Graphite is my choice of medium because of the detail that can be achieved," Rogers adds, noting that she uses pastel and colored pencil with some of her graphite works to enhance a single area.
Rogers has been drawing and painting most of her life. She attended workshops at the Ashton Art Institute in Connecticut on fine line drawing, and works out of a home studio on commissions and inspirations for upcoming shows.
Her paintings have been exhibited in galleries and shows in Connecticut, Arizona, California, and now Vermont, where she is a member of the Paletteers art group. She has won awards for her unique method and also designs one-of-a-kind notecards that are sold in Gifford's Garden Gate Gift Shop.
Her show at Gifford is free and open to the public. Works can be purchased in the Gift Shop.
The Gifford Gallery is located just inside the hospital's main entrance at 44 S. Main St. (Route 12) in Randolph. The Gift Shop is on the south end of the hospital near the entrance to the nursing home and Birthing Center.
To learn more about this show or displaying your work in the gallery, call Volunteer Coordinator Julie Fischer at (802) 728-2324.


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Shareholders and Social Welfare, 36 SEATTLE U. L. REV. 489 (2013) (with Michael Wachter)
A World Without Treasuries?, in IS U.S. GOVERNMENT DEBT DIFFERENT? 13 (Franklin Allen et al. eds., 2012).
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How Does Corporate Mobility Affect Lawmaking: A Comparative Analysis, 52 AM. J. COMP. L. 347 (2009) (with Joseph McCahery and Erik Vermeulen).
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Hedge Funds and Governance Targets, 95 GEO. L.J. 1375 (2007).
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Saturday, 03/01/1997
Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Soundcheck: Attack on the Bass
Set 1: Cities > Oh Kee PaThe Oh Kee Pa Ceremony, DwDDown with Disease, Weigh, Beauty of My Dreams, Wolfman'sWolfman's Brother -> JJLCJesus Just Left Chicago, Reba[1], Hello My Baby, Possum[2]
Set 2: Carini, Dinner and a Movie > Mike'sMike's Song -> Lawn Boy > WeekapaugWeekapaug Groove[3], MangoThe Mango Song > Billy Breathes, ThemeTheme From the Bottom
Encore: Taste, Sweet Adeline
[1] No whistling.
[2] All Fall Down signal and heavy metal-style intro.
[3] Unfinished.
· Dave's Energy Guide tease in Wolfman's Brother
· The End (The Doors), Careful with That Axe, Eugene, and Peace Frog tease & quotes in Mike's Song
· The End (The Doors) quote in Lawn Boy
· The End (The Doors) and Can't You Hear Me Knocking quotes in Weekapaug Groove
Noteworthy Jams: Wolfman's Brother (highly recommended), Jesus Just Left Chicago (highly recommended), Possum, Mike's Song, Weekapaug Groove
Average Song Gap: 21.6
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: The week-long trend of breaking out songs continued with the show-opening Cities, which was the first since July 5, 1994 (222 shows). Wolfman's included a Dave's Energy Guide tease. Reba did not have the whistling ending. Possum included an All Fall Down signal and a heavy metal-style intro. The jam out of Mike's featured teases and vocal quotes of The End (The Doors), Peace Frog, and Careful with That Axe, Eugene; The End (The Doors) was subsequently quoted in Lawn Boy and Weekapaug. Weekapaug was unfinished and ended in a Can't You Hear Me Knocking jam. Portions of this show were made available via the Slip, Stitch and Pass release.
Song Distribution:
3 Billy Breathes
3 Lawn Boy
2 Hoist
1 Stash
1 Rift
1 A Picture of Nectar
1 Junta
1 The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday
Songs by Debut Year:
This show was part of the "1997 Winter European Tour."
cities is a fantastic opener. obviously, i was very happy that this became a quasi part of the rotation. of course, this version is not as exploratory as the one at ventura, the great went, or deer creek, but what a good break out. nice tight version too. the oh kee pah ceremony is solid,and the dwd in the first is somewhat jammy. it does not go all the way out there, but it does the job. weigh is well-played, and beauty gives these fine german folks a taste of good 'ol american blue grass. then there is this wolfman's brother. this song had never been a vehicle for exploration, but this version breaks the mold. it only clocks in at 13 or so minutes, but they make every second count. this is such tight, funky jamming. this one, after probably 100+ 12-13 min wolfman's have been played, really stands the test of time. it still stands out as a marquee version. especially, when you factor in the nice bluesy segue into a stellar jjlc. page sounds great on vocals here, and trey rips off some nice bluesy solos. they don't slow down here. they fly right into a killer reba. this one was not so frequent in '97, as opposed to the previous 3 years, but this one really soars. hello my baby appears poised to close the set, but then they pull out a best of year candidate possum. this one is over the top crazy. trey wails on some very cool heavy metal jamming in the intro here. this one rocks from start to finish....check it out.
carini and dinner and movie are a nice, funny opening pairing, and they get the crowd poised for a mind blowing mike's groove. this one, like the jams in the first set, is very nice and focused. they ride the mike's song's climaxes oh so well before letting a sense of humor slip in. i love the careful with that ax/the end jam. it goes through a playful arabic section with trey and fish having some enjoyable back and forth. of course there is fish letting trey off the hook with the "mother...." "I want to borrow the car..." hilarious! they eventually land in a solid lawn boy before rising into a mind bending weekapaugh. trey and gordon were sharp, as usual on this song, but check out page's playing on this beauty. he bounces and pings off of trey throughout a send up take of weekapaugh. the mango song provides a nice breather, and they play a lovely and gentle take of billy breathes after that. they bring it up a notch with a very cool theme from the bottom. i wish they would close more sets with this song; i feel it leaves the crowd in a very unusual place....way better than cheesier alternatives like character zero. taste and adeline work well in the encore slot. taste is particularly nimble.
this show is a definite classic. slip stitch will get you by, but you may want to get the rest of the show too. this show has excellent flow, great playing, and a very "phan" friendly setlist.
set 1:
cities (for the break out factor), wolf>jjlc, reba, possum (maybe the best song left off the album)
set 2:
carini, mike's>lawn>weekapaugh, theme from the bottom
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After reading this post I am now more than ever mistified as to why Penn State is called Linebacker U. I always said that Miami is more deserving than PSU, and this post backs up that claim. I mean Purdue is listed above them so I am at a loss to where they got that knickname. If it was when Joe Pa started coaching there and it just stuck I guess I can understand that, but I honestly have no idea.
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The Simplicity of the Oracle Stack
By Sarah E Taylor-Oracle on Dec 05, 2012
For many retailers, technology is something they know they need to optimise business operations, but do they really understand it and how can they select the solutions they need from the many vendors on the market?
Retail is a data heavy industry, with the average retailer managing thousands of SKUs and hundreds of categories through multiple channels. Add to this the exponential growth in data driven by social media and mobile activities, and the process can seem overwhelming. Handling data of this magnitude and analyzing it effectively to gain actionable insight is a huge task, and needs several IT components to work together harmoniously to make the best use of the data available and make smarter decisions.
With this in mind, Oracle has produced a video to make it easier for businesses to understand its global data IT solutions and how they integrate seamlessly with Oracle's other solutions to enable organisations to operate as effectively as possible. The video uses an orchestra as an analogy for IT solutions and clever illustration to demonstrate the value of the Oracle brand.
To find out more about how Oracle's products and services can help retailers to deliver better results, visit the Oracle Retail website.


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Darting here and there ...
Û Intriguing quarterback tale of the tape for Seahawks-49ers: Starters Colin Kaepernick and Russell Wilson are making roughly $1.7 million combined in salary this year. Backups Alex Smith and Matt Flynn? A joint $13.5 million manning the clipboards. Pro sports at its finest.
Û Then there's the other intriguing quarterback tale of the tape: Kaepernick 6-foot-5, Wilson 5-foot-11. Hey, if it really is a game of inches, big advantage Niners.
Û Sweet little Kaepernick rap video by that 5-year-old Sacramento girl -- the tats were a nice touch -- but clearly they didn't tell her the truth about David Akers "kickin' 'em through."
Û Memo to Jim Harbaugh: Even cowboys get hurt. Quite often, actually. Justin Smith is essential to the 49ers in the playoffs, pardnah, not now. Hogtie him to the bench, if necessary.
Û Even though we know very little about Ricky Jean Francois, Smith's possible replacement, it should come as no surprise at all that his nickname is "Frenchy." Now we may get to see if he can deliver some French licks.
Û Giants fans will be watching the 49ers-Seahawks game pensively, if only to catch a glimpse of Tim Lincecum and find out if he really did cut his hair short.
Û They may not exchange Christmas cards, but Harbaugh and Pete Carroll have common seasonal ground: In back-to-back years, each dumped receiver Braylon Edwards in December.
Û Pretty amazing that against a team that hadn't lost a home game in December in 10 years, the 49ers essentially beat the Patriots twice in Foxboro on the same night. It made the victory doubly impressive.
Û No West Coast bias required: Even with New England's second-half comeback, the 49ers still outscored the AFC East 147-50 this year while going 4-0. Wow.
Û It's both high praise and stinging indictment that Sebastian Janikowski stands as the Raider of the Decade. Unless you want to go with the punter, which is an even greater indictment.
Û A guy who wants to be called Hiro must be destined for at least one walk-off pie, wouldn't you think?
Û Hiroyuki Nakajima admitted he saw Brad Pitt in "Moneyball," which may explain the Billy Beane "extremely sexy and cool" comment. He probably thought the guy sitting next to him on the dais Tuesday was David Forst.
Û In case you missed it, Giants exec Bobby Evans said on KNBR this week that the Giants were never in on Ichiro Suzuki with a contract offer. That rumor never translated, quite honestly.
Û Hall of Fame ballot submitted, and for the first time in 20 years of voting, a maximum 10 names check-marked: Morris, Smith, Raines, Trammell, McGwire (all holdovers) along with Bonds, Clemens, Biggio, Piazza, Bagwell. And no hand-wringing whatsoever.
Û And yes, if we could vote for Pete Rose, we would. It's about his playing career, not whatever he did while managing.
Û For those who remember Sonny Parker during his six years with the Warriors (we do, fondly), it's a shame Stanford lost out to Duke for his son Jabari if he can run, jump and defend like the old man did.
Û It's sounding as though Steve Nash won't be making his return to the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday against the Warriors. A break for Golden State, maybe, but it robs the game of its "event" feel.
Û Ah well, at least Dwight Howard will be suited up. Last time he played at Oracle, he shot an NBA-record 39 free throws. Grease those foul lines.
Û If he stays as long as he says he wants to after signing a new extension, David Shaw will be the longest-tenured and very likely the winningest coach in Stanford history before 2020. Pop Warner coached the most games at the school -- 96 -- with a win percentage of 71-17-8 (.781). Shaw is 22-4 over two seasons (.846).
Û Shaw already has more wins as Stanford coach than Walt Harris and Buddy Teevens combined to win in five seasons (16). In other words ... keeper.
Û Nice rebound by San Jose State after losing Mike MacIntyre to Colorado. Ron Caragher has a good-looking track record, appears to have MacIntyre-like energy and he's a native. Trifecta that should pay off.
Û Finally, another doomsday averted. Now that the Mayans have miscalculated, guess that means the Dodgers are really going to have to pay all those guys.
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PHOENIX -- There was a definite Oakland Alumni Association feel to the Arizona Diamondbacks' 4-3 victory over the Giants at Chase Field Saturday night.
Trevor Cahill pitched shutout ball for six innings before San Francisco overcame a 3-0 deficit to tie the game off him in the seventh. Turned over to the bullpens, Brad Ziegler pitched a perfect ninth for Arizona and set the stage for Eric Chavez, who delivered a one-out, first-pitch, walk-off single to end it.
"I think there's a pretty good relationship between Billy Beane and (Arizona G.M.) Kevin Towers," said Ziegler, who's had a very nice year for the Diamondbacks at 8-1 with seven saves and a 2.45 ERA.
Chavez, who wasn't sure if he'd ever play again when he left Oakland after the 2010 season, has had a pretty solid year, too, albeit in limited action. He's hitting .286 with nine homers and 41 RBIs in just 67 games and 206 at-bats.
Chavez's walk-off liner to left-center easily scored Willie Bloomquist from second against the Giants' fifth pitcher, Sandy Rosario (3-2), who had intentionally walked Arizona slugger Paul Goldschmidt to face Chavez.
"It was a fastball away," Chavez said. "I'd never faced that guy before, so I didn't know what he had. I was just looking for a strike."
He didn't miss it. The single was Chavez's first walk-off hit since June 4, 2007 while with the A's, when he beat the Red Sox and made a winner of current Giants pitcher Santiago Casilla -- then named Jairo Garcia.
Chavez, 35, didn't remember that one. He said he doesn't dwell a whole lot about his A's days, even though his brother Casey still works for the Oakland club and they talk on a regular basis.
"I'm completely removed from that," he said. "They're a fun ballclub, but to me they're just another team."
Chavez has had a bit of a career renaissance in Arizona, where he lives, but he isn't sure what the future holds since he is a free agent at year's end.
"It was good for me to leave Oakland and start over, and what better place than New York?" said Chavez, who spent two seasons with the Yankees before joining the Diamondbacks this year.
The Giants trailed 3-0 after four innings and Arizona's lead held up through six, but Gregor Blanco finally broke through against Cahill, slamming just his second home run of the year to right to lead off the seventh. It was Blanco's first homer since June 14, covering 212 at-bats.
After Cahill struck out pinch-hitter Roger Kieschnick, the Giants pushed across the tying runs. Angel Pagan singled, stole second, advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on Marco Scutaro's triple to left-center.
Eury De La Rosa replaced Cahill and struck out Brandon Belt, but Buster Posey delivered a game-tying single to right against Josh Collmenter, Arizona's third pitcher.
Giants starter Ryan Vogelsong opened with three scoreless innings, extending a personal shutout-inning streak to 15 over three games. But the Diamondbacks abruptly ended that in the fourth with a three-run outburst to take the early lead.
Vogelsong wasn't as nearly as sharp as in his previous start but lasted six innings, allowing nine hits while striking out only one.
"Just that one inning, I got a little loose mechanically, and that had an effect how sharp the pitches were," Vogelsong said. "The rest of the game wasn't too bad. But definitely that fourth inning, I got a little out of whack mechanically and didn't have the same sharpness to the pitches."
Manager Bruce Bochy said he hasn't decided how the rotation will shake out once Cain is back. Either the five current starters will get an extra day's rest, someone will get bumped or the Giants will go to a six-man rotation, although Bochy said that's the least likely possibility.
Arizona (Patrick Corbin (13-4) at Giants (Yusmeiro Petit 1-0),
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- Jun 15:
- World Cup: U.S. coach Klinsmann hopes for long stay
- World Cup: U.S. star Michael Bradley embraces leading role
- World Cup: Argentina struggles to get past Bosnia
- World Cup: Honduras might be without injured Victor Bernardez of Earthquakes
- World Cup: France overwhelms Honduras
- World Cup: Switzerland stuns Ecuador with goal in stoppage time
- Jun 14:
- World Cup: Ivory Coast rallies past Japan
- World Cup: U.S. team of 1994 planted seeds for 2014
- World Cup: Italy edges England
- World Cup: Costa Rica upsets Uruguay
- World Cup: Colombia shuts out Greece
- Jun 13:
- World Cup: Netherlands hammers Spain 5-1
- World Cup: Quakes' Bernardez puts Honduras violence in spotlight
- World Cup: Mexico edges Cameroon 1-0 in Cup opener
- World Cup: Mexico defeats Cameroon 1-0 on Oribe Peralta's goal
San Jose native Steven Beitashour wasn't about to let international politics squash his World Cup dream.
Instead of donning the colors of his country this month in Brazil, Beitashour is wearing the white and red of Iran.
Now the player finds himself enmeshed in the long-running conflict between the Great Satan, as Iran sometimes calls America, and the Axis of Evil, in which the United States places the Islamic republic. Yet all the one-time San Jose Earthquakes' defender seeks is the experience of a lifetime.
"I'm not there to cause any problems," said Beitashour, 27, before departing to Brazil. "I'm not there for any flash. I'm there for the love of the game."
The son of Iranian immigrants hopes to realize a lifelong soccer dream Monday when he and Team Melli, as Iran is known, open the tournament against Nigeria.
While such moves are common in globalized soccer -- the United States boasts seven foreigners on its World Cup roster -- Beitashour's switch to Iran has ignited a social media backlash. (One reader comment posted on the New York Times' website: "America gave him all the opportunities that Iran did not and never could. ... If he's confused, let him leave this country and go to Iran and he'll see how much choice he has there.")
The decision to play for his parents' country led to much debate, but "Steve will be the first person to tell you, it doesn't matter what people say, it matters what you feel," said Ali Kompanian, who has read many of the negative comments about his childhood friend.
Beitashour, Iran's projected starting right fullback, hopes he can help foster understanding between countries that have been at odds since United States embassy personnel were taken hostage in Tehran after the 1979 Islamic revolution.
If he had his choice, Beitashour would represent the United States this summer. He accepted Iran's invitation in October only when it became clear U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann had no interest.
It probably was his only chance to appear in the world's biggest sporting event as Beitashour will be 31 for the 2018 tournament in Russia.
"Steven wanted to be in the World Cup," his father Edward Beitashour said. "How could he refuse? If this was his option, he had to take it."
FIFA, the sport's governing organization, allows players to switch teams if they have at least one parent or grandparent who was born in the other country, or if the player has been a resident of the new country for at least two years.
Beitashour (pronounced BAIT-uh-sure) has never represented the United States in an international game on any level, meaning his eligibility to play for Iran without special permission from FIFA never was an issue.
"As a player you're always looking for whoever opens the door for you and be thankful for that," said U.S. midfielder Joe Corona, who suffered the wrath of the Mexican and Salvadoran communities of his parents when he chose his birth country.
Upgrading team
Beitashour is part of coach Carlos Queiroz's attempt to upgrade the Iranian team. Most of the players come from the mediocre domestic league, a situation Queiroz has bemoaned. The former Portugal and Real Madrid coach also recruited Dutch-Iranian Reza Ghoochannejhad from English side Charlton Athletic and midfielder Ashkan Dejagah of Fulham in the Premier League. He had Beitashour on his radar for three years.
Teammates and fans have welcomed Beitashour warmly though he hadn't visited Iran in 22 years.
"Every time I go over there I feel more and more comfortable," said the American, who understands Farsi better than he speaks it.
Iran's players might not be world renowned, but they are revered at home no matter where they grew up. When Team Melli qualified for the World Cup finals for the first time since 2006, millions of Iranians poured into the streets of Tehran to celebrate.
"That's all they have over there," Beitashour's childhood friend Mahan Bozorginia said. "They love the players."
But Beitashour also experienced first hand the cultural differences between his home and Iran. When he made his debut in October in a qualifying game for the 2015 Asian Cup, his mother Pari Beitashour couldn't watch even though she was in Tehran visiting family. Women are prohibited from attending games at the national stadium.
A recent New York Times story reported that operators of Tehran movie theaters have been told by police that they are prohibited from showing World Cup games to mixed audiences of men and women.
Beitashour's father is Christian Assyrian, his mother Muslim. In San Jose, the couple and their four children celebrated traditional Persian holidays, such as the first day of spring. They also celebrated Christmas.
"We're as American as anyone else," said brother Anthony Beitashour, a Santa Monica realtor. "We don't consider ourselves outsiders."
Backyard ball
Beitashour discovered soccer through his father, who enrolled his two boys in an Almaden club after they started kicking the ball around in the backyard.
Ed Beitashour, 71, played at San Francisco State in the 1960s while earning an engineering degree. He later became one of Apple's first electrical engineers.
Beitashour's passion for soccer grew as a child. He worked as a ball boy for the San Jose Clash, the team now called the Earthquakes. The boy wouldn't eat hamburgers or drink sodas in order to take care of his body.
"How many kids do you find with such self discipline?" asked his father.
Beitashour, 5-feet-10, 170 pounds, graduated from Leland High in 2005 as one of the best athletes in school history. School officials retired his number in the fall, the only athlete other than Pat Tillman to have been so honored.
But without playing on U.S. youth national teams, Beitashour got few college scholarship offers. He walked on at San Diego State, earning a scholarship after one year. He also caught the attention of the Earthquakes, who drafted him 30th overall in 2010. Beitashour became one of Major League Soccer's premier right fullbacks who could charge down the flank to join the offense as well as retreat to defend.
The Earthquakes traded him to the Vancouver Whitecaps in the offseason because of salary limitations.
As the World Cup approached, Beitashour remained as locked-in for soccer as ever. Friends have texted to remind him to enjoy the once-in-a-lifetime experience. It probably will be over quickly for the underdog Iranians.
Beitashour isn't about to relax, though. He's come a long way for his World Cup moment and will surely relish his time on the pitch in Brazil regardless of the jersey he's wearing.
"He loves soccer for the sake of soccer," his father said.
Contact Elliott Almond at 408-920-5865. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/elliottalmond.


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The TXRX Labs Artist Support Grant provides 6 months of access to the unique facilities and training for which TXRX Labs is already well known to Artists allowing them to further develop their practice and technique.Click here to learn more
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Established in 2008, TXRX Labs is a non-profit hackerspace for the greater Houston area. Housed in the East End District, we offer courses in and access to our rapid prototyping lab, woodshop, machineshop, electronics lab, and a wide variety of other tools. Our goal is to educate the public about technology and show how seemingly complex techniques can be used by anyone. If you like what we do, please donate.
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Master of Global Law
The information on this page applies to future students. Current students should refer to their faculty handbooks for course information.
Global law encompasses not just international law but an approach to law that is transnational in scope, taking in the domestic laws of different countries and integrating an understanding of domestic regimes within the broader context of international laws, instruments and institutions.
Sydney Law School's Master of Global Law provides a uniquely flexible pathway to a global legal or business career. The first program of its kind in Australia, it offers you a transnational understanding of law through required studies in international law, comparative and foreign law, and domestic (Australian) law
Course outline
Unit of Study information on faculty page
Study plan
The Master of Global Law (MGlobL)
candidates complete 48 credit points (cp), equivalent to eight units of study. Most of the units on offer carry a value of 6cp each. Candidates can select units of study from a wide range of relevant electives, but must choose at least one unit of study from each of the three groupings: Comparative and Foreign Law; Domestic (Australian) Law; and International Law. Candidates may also enrol in up to 12cp of study from units offered in the Master of Jurisprudence (MJur).
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Under normal progression, a student shall undertake and successfully complete all units of study to the value of 24 credit points per semester as prescribed for the course. Students are required to attend all lectures, tutorials and other activities prescribed for their units of study.
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Graduate opportunities
The Master of Global Law (MGlobL) is designed lawyers or non-lawyers who wish to upgrade their qualification(s) for the purposes of career advancement or professional and academic interest.
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As part of Professional Plus+, Sydney Law School offers Professional Development seminars, courses and units of study in a range of subjects and modes, including intensive programs, seminar series and individual evening presentations. Seminars, courses and postgraduate units of study are available to anyone with an interest in the area of study.
Continuing Legal Education is a requirement of the Law Society of New South Wales. Practising solicitors are required to obtain 10 units of MCLE annually in order to maintain registration as a legal practitioner. Continuing Professional Development is also a requirement of the New South Wales Bar Association. Barristers are required to accrue 10 points each practising certificate year. Seminars, courses and units of study offered under Sydney Law School's LPD Program meet the necessary requirements of both the Law Society of New South Wales and the New South Wales Bar Association in relation to their individual members.
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Sydney Law School is a major international centre for legal research. The faculty has internationally renowned academic staff members whose expertise range across a wide variety of fields. The faculty also has the largest postgraduate research program in Australia with more than 100 research students, many from interstate or overseas, currently enrolled in doctoral or masters programs. Sydney Law School offers four higher degrees by research: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Doctor of Juridical Studies (SJD), Master of Laws by research (LLM) and Master of Criminology by research (MCrim).
Other study options
Participants in our Professional Plus+ program are able to audit postgraduate units of study, attending lectures and receiving copies of lecture notes. SUE students do not undertake assignments or examinations. Courses are offered by one of two methods, either attendance one night per week for 13 weeks, or by intensive mode. Courses offered as intensive units are normally conducted over four or five days. Courses are worth 24 MCLE/CPD points unless advertised otherwise. Individual units of study within the program may be undertaken by suitably qualified candidates who do not wish to commit to the study of an award course. Non-award candidates are students of the University; on satisfactory completion of unit of study requirements, candidates receive an academic transcript showing the details of the unit or units of study undertaken, with results and grades. Subject to approval, completed non-award study may be credited to an award course. You may undertake units in postgraduate programs in other faculties at the University of Sydney or at other universities subject to approval by the Associate Dean (Postgraduate Coursework) on a cross-institutional basis. A formal application, detailing the academic content, attendance and assessment requirements of the unit(s) proposed to be completed should be made to the Law School first before applying to the other faculty or institution. If you are from another institution, you can also apply to study units at Sydney Law School upon approval from your home institution and the Law School.
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Available places will be offered to qualified applicants based on merit, according to the following admissions criteria.
Admission to the degree requires:
(a) a bachelor's degree with a minimum credit average from the University of Sydney in commerce, economics, law or other appropriate discipline as determined by the Faculty, or an equivalent qualification; or
(b) a bachelor's degree from the University of Sydney, or an equivalent qualification; and the applicant provides evidence of professional experience or of a period of service (normally of several years in duration) which in the opinion of the Dean adequately prepares the applicant to undertake the course of study.
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Overseas applicants may apply (i) directly to the University, or (ii) through a University overseas representative (education agent).
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This 2016, tuition fee for international postgraduate students represents the fees that are payable by you in the calendar year you commence your course, commencing in 2016, for a standard annual full time load of 48 credit points (1.0 EFTSL). If your study load is more or less than the 1.0 EFTSL your fee will differ.
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September 2016 Calendar of Events at Anne Kolb Nature Center/West Lake Park/Hollywood North Beach Park
Gallery Exhibits - Every month the nature center's exhibit hall features a nature-related art exhibit featuring the work of an area artist or artists' group. Admission is free. Open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Aquarium: Behind the Scenes - Saturdays & Sundays, 2-2:30 p.m. Get a closer look at the 3,500-gallon saltwater aquarium in the nature center's exhibit hall to learn more about the aquarium's inhabitants and observe them feeding. For all ages. $2/person.
Friends of the Anne Kolb Nature Center - First Thursday of the month, 7-9 p.m. The nature center's very active volunteer group has its monthly meetings in the exhibit hall. Note: No meetings in July and August.
EcoAction Days - Third Saturday of the month, October-May, 9 a.m.-noon. For ages 13 and up. Volunteers clean up trash, plant native plants, and/or remove non-native invasive plants. Students can earn community service hours for graduation and college scholarships, and others can help improve and preserve the environment. Participants should dress appropriately with long sleeves, long pants, and closed-toe shoes that can get dirty. Participants should also bring gloves, a hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, and drinking water. Extra tools such as shovels, rakes, and hand pruners are welcome. Volunteers must fill out an application before participating.
Volunteers Needed! Learn about photography, painting, recycling, plants, and nature as you volunteer to help at our special events. Hike our trails and pick up litter, plant native trees, and/or remove exotic plants. Feeling crafty? Design and create signs, decorations, and games for our upcoming programs. Need community service hours to graduate? We'll customize a program tailored to your interests and schedule. Contact the Friends of the Anne Kolb Nature Center at firstname.lastname@example.com or call Joanne at 954-357-5161.


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The following have been named finalists in the annual Chamber Beautification Awards initiative:
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Sanbridge Properties, LLC
Riverview Health
AgCountry Farm Credit Services
Bremer Bank
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St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Fire Hall
Trinity Lutheran Church
Crookston Public Library
Polk County DAC
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Ceason's Bait & Tackle
Shear Sisters
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Children of all ages experienced history as they participated in the Kid's Archaeology Day at Campus Martius Museum on Second Street on Saturday.
"We want to impress upon kids there is more to archaeology than arrowheads," said Glenna Hoff, education and program director at Campus Martius.
This was the second year for the event and Hoff said she and the Friends of the Museums hoped for about 200 attendees.
"We had about 200 attend the event last year and we would like to see as many people this year," she said Saturday. "We are hoping the rain brings people in."
Elizabeth Deem, of Parkersburg, brought her grandson Kennedy Jeter, 9, to the museum as a way to get him out of the house and doing something.
"He's never been to this museum and I was here all of the time growing up," Deem said. "Here there are other kids and he can find treasure.
"I think this is great," she added.
During Saturday's event, children learned how to make arrowheads and spear points from a flintknapper as well as how to tell the difference between an artifact and weathered rock with the help of the Marietta College Geology Department.
The kids also were able to "dig" for artifacts and how to learn from those items. They also talked about the artifacts found and what is considered an artifact and how the items were used.
"One thing that strikes me and I want to pass on to today's kids is that our garbage today is tomorrow's artifact," Hoff said. "I wonder what many of the items we will leave behind will be thought of in the future and I want kids to find that wonder."
Campus Martius historian Bill Reynolds talked to attendees about a recent archaeological dig and the items considered artifacts and why.
"A lot of the time people look at a piece of seashell or pottery and don't realize that they are holding an artifact, something that was used and had a purpose," he said.
Museum volunteer Bruce Abbott worked with the archaeological dig set up and helped the children find items in the sand.
"This gives the kids the opportunity to do a bit of the work and feel what it can be like to be an archaeologist," Abbott said.
While the museum holds a number of special events each year, the archaeology day program is special because the majority of the activities were hands-on.
"By having them be a part of the event, we are showing them how important history is," Hoff said. "Really, with this event we want kids to learn how important history is through a better understanding and appreciation for what they left behind."


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Sixth Myths About the Stock Market: Birinyi
The notoriously bullish Birinyi Associates wants to set the record straight: The recent stock-market slide isn't a reason to panic.
A plethora of investors and strategists have cautioned that the market's recent pullback could portend an even bigger correction, perhaps even the start of a new bear market. Concerns about the looming fiscal cliff top the list of worries for investors.
But, as Jeffrey Rubin at Birinyi points out in a note to clients, there have been plenty of 5%-to-10% pullbacks throughout the years that have come and gone without much harm being done. Since the March 2009 bottom, the S&P 500 has had 17 falls of at least 5%, according to Rubin.
The market has recovered from each one of them.
"While our view is unchanged and we remain positive, we do recognize how each correction feels like the start of a new bear market," Rubin says. "With the decline some new and some not new ideas are being bounced around in support of the negative case. We thought we would take this opportunity to review the accuracy of some of the arguments for the negative thesis."
Without further ado, Rubin presents six myths about the stock market:
Myth #1: Tax increases are a negative for stocks: There has been much debate over what type of impact going over the fiscal cliff could have on the market and the overall economy. The Congressional Budget Office has warned the cliff could trigger a recession and push the unemployment rate back above 9%. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has also warned a worst-case scenario could lead to a recession.
Rubin cautions that there has never been such a large combination of spending cuts and tax increases on the table all at once. But there have been instances when capital gains have risen even more than what is currently projected. Such instances occurred in 1976 and 1986. In both scenarios, "the record for stocks is mixed, having rallied once and declined once," Rubin says.
Myth #2: The market is expensive: Valuation metrics are dicey; It's easy to contrive the data one way or the other for someone to talk their book. For Rubin, he uses what he calls the "conventional approach of market multiples," which is a price-to-earnings ratio on a trailing 12-month basis. Under that metric, the S&P 500 has a P/E multiple of 14.8. "This compares to an 85-year average of 16 times," Rubin says.
Myth #3: Corporate profits will disappoint: "This mantra has been a hallmark of the bears for the past three years, yet each quarter earnings have exceeded forecasts," Rubin says. "This past quarter was no different as analysts were looking for a 2% contraction in earnings but when all was said and done earnings grew at a +4.7% pace."
Granted, at some point this trend will reverse. Profit growth has been slowing for some time. But for now, Rubin doesn't appear overly concerned. "Earnings estimates for the fourth quarter and next year have been declining, but given analysts track record of forecasting earnings we are skeptical that this time will be any different," Rubin says.
Myth #4: The individual is selling: It's hard to argue with weekly fund-flow data showing investors have been consistently yanking cash out of stock mutual funds for years.
But Rubin says the billions of dollars that have come out of stock funds have poured into equity ETFs. "Since March 2009 there has been a cumulative net outflow from equity mutual funds of $242 billion but an inflow of $270 billion to equity ETFs," he says.
He also notes Vanguard index funds have had a net inflow of $88 billion this year. "We wonder if investors are not necessarily saying that they disliked stocks as much as they are suggesting they disliked actively managed mutual funds," Rubin says.
Myth #5: Technology is a canary in the coal mine: Tech stocks have been leading the market lower since mid-September. The Nasdaq Composite earlier this month tumbled more than 10% from a recent high. Apple shares tumbled by as much 25% in less than two months before recently trimming some of those losses.
Even though tech has a heavy weighting in the S&P 500, Rubin suggests declines in that sector don't always translate into declines for the broad market.
"Since 1982, technology stocks have had 39 10% or greater declines, while the S&P 500 has only experienced a 10% correction in eight of those 39 times," Rubin says.
Myth #6: Corporation are poised to spend cash reserves: Rubin isn't buying the notion that excessively high cash positions on corporate balance sheets will be spent if and/or when the fiscal cliff is solved.
Balance sheet cash (ex financials) of S&P 500 companies stands at $787 billion, just shy of the record $819 billion at the end of 2011," Rubin says. "But as shown nearly every quarter since 1990 corporations have held record levels of cash. Why now will this be spent after 20+ years of record readings?"
Still, it would be interesting to see how this data would look if it included financial companies.
So, MarketBeaters, what do you make of Birinyi's six stock-market myths? Do you agree? Disagree? What are some other myths we left out? Drop your thoughts in the comments section below!
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His name graces Bay Area schools, streets and plazas and his birthday is a state holiday, but how many Californians know what labor leader Cesar Chavez actually did?
A new movie aims to convey a glimpse of the man behind the iconic face of schoolyard murals. Chavez family members and advocates hope the Hollywood attention rejuvenates his unfinished causes. Others who worked closely with Chavez say the film does not probe deeply enough into the complexity of his leadership and the farmworker movement. Cesar Chavez, who died in 1993, might have just shrugged.
"He didn't like fanfare. I'm sure he would not have been happy," said San Jose lawyer Fernando Chavez, the civil rights leader's eldest son. "But I think it's important to have a movie. It's great for Latino kids to have a role model. Not an actress, not an athlete, just a simple person who did incredible things."
Humanizing the leader of the United Farm Workers labor movement was a goal of Mexican actor and producer Diego Luna, whose filmmaking debut -- called simply "Cesar Chavez" -- is the first feature movie about the union organizer's life. It stars Miguel Peña as Chavez and appears in theaters beginning Friday.
A superstar since his 2001 breakout in "Y Tu Mamá También," Luna and his production team won the family's blessings early on, most importantly from Cesar Chavez's widow. Luna said consulting with 86-year-old Helen Chavez, played in the movie by America Ferrera, allowed him to relay some "intimate moments of Cesar" never before shared.
Luna said he was struck by the many layers of the Mexican-American labor activist's personality, but struggled to find a way to express the nuances within the confines of a 95-minute story about a historic grape boycott. One surprise came when family members let Luna sift through Chavez's old record collection.
"He had Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Johnny Parker," Luna said. "I was expecting rancheras and banda music. So much of the stereotype, he wasn't."
Tying the plot together is the labor leader's strained relationship with his oldest child, Fernando, then a teenager bullied because of his father's polarizing campaign to unionize grape pickers.
The depiction of that father-son relationship is "fairly accurate," said Fernando Chavez, now 64, speaking as he strolled through the East San Jose neighborhood known as Sal Si Puedes where the family lived in the 1950s. The family moved from city to city, eventually settling in the southern Central Valley region where the movement was born and the film begins.
Fernando Chavez said classmates at Delano High School really did stuff grapes into his locker that fell out when he opened the door, as the film shows. And the growing anti-union violence -- including a truck driver who mistook him for his dad and tried to run him down on a country road -- forced him to leave Delano and move in with an aunt in San Jose.
"It was Helen who pointed out the breaking of Fernando and Cesar's relationship, the main core of my film," Luna said in an interview before a screening of his movie at UC Berkeley. "At the end, a film is not a history lesson to lecture people ... but you can definitely connect with characters."
That familial focus disappointed some who worked closely with Chavez and wished for a more sophisticated portrayal of how the movement coalesced and why it mattered.
Jerry Cohen attended the Berkeley screening and appreciated the enthusiasm of students for the movie, but he was surprised when his character was used as an archetype for 1960s counterculture idealism. Cohen worked as the union's top attorney from 1967 until his falling out with the organization in 1981.
"When I showed up in a hippie van, I just burst out laughing. I wasn't a hippie," said Cohen, played in the movie by "Hunger Games" actor Wes Bentley.
That was a small quibble for Cohen, whose larger complaint is the movie's simplification of a dramatic organizing effort.
"I think as an introduction to a generation who does not know who Cesar is, it's a good thing," Cohen said of the movie. "I just wish Cesar had come across as more of the complex, amazing political organizer he was."
Far more critical of Chavez and his leadership style is "The Crusades of Cesar Chavez," a new biography out this month by journalist Miriam Pawel. Pawel saw the movie and was also unimpressed.
"He's been so oversimplified in the last 20 years since his death, and portrayed in such hagiographic terms," Pawel said. "There's nothing wrong per se with an inspiring movie about a Mexican-American who took on the forces of evil and won, but it perpetuates that very two-dimensional portrait of someone who was much more complex."
By letting the family tell their story, the movie continues a "tremendous protectiveness" over Chavez's legacy and fails to express his "strategic brilliance, or the depth of the movement, what the boycott was, what the contracts got ... or what victory meant," Pawel said.
Chavez, she said, "deserves a place in history as a much more complicated and significant historical figure. People do not know who he is or who he was. And that's in California, where all these things are named after him."
Luna recently screened the film at the White House and to an audience of Central Valley farmworkers, preparing the film for what could be a broader political impact amid ongoing battles for immigration reform and workers' rights. Fernando Chavez does not expect a blockbuster but hopes the movie will introduce young people to his father's work in years to come.
The film, like Chavez's victorious 1960s boycott of California grape growers, seeks an audience from those otherwise indifferent to the lives of farm laborers.
Fernando Chavez said his father "knew if you could go to the American public and tell them the story of these workers who are being marginalized in their health, their lives, in what they were being deprived of, he knew that the American public would not tolerate it. He was right."


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"If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music."
– Jimi Hendrix
I try to avoid hyperbole, but I truly believe music is one of the most powerful forces on the planet. It touches people on a deep, emotional level transcending differences in language, culture, political views and socio-economic status.
Even with his scientifically-focused mind, Albert Einstein understood and appreciated the value music brings to our lives when he observed, "If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. … I get most joy in life out of music."


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This Mondo Nuvinci review was written by Val Kleitz, originally posted to phred.org, and is blogged here with permission. Below are related links and videos.
Since before the turn of the twentieth century, the development of gearing systems for bicycles has inspired a vast amount of technical invention and innovation. The overwhelming variety of drive train styles has been the subject of many articles and several books, and new developments continue to appear. One goal that has obsessed inventors almost from the beginning has been the creation of a continuously variable drive system. There have been many attempts to build such a system, which would allow the rider to change the gear ratio throughout the range without being limited to specific gear increments. Until now, all the imaginative approaches to this mechanical conundrum have been either completely unworkable, or inappropriate for use on bicycles.
Gizmodo | Trek Madone: The Bike That Owned the Tour De France
Great Tour for Discovery Channel, taking 1st overall, 3rd overall, the team competition, the white jersey, and two stage wins.
But it was an even better Tour for US frame manufacturers, who swept the jerseys and two of three podium places.
Discovery Channel was responsible for much of that success on Trek's Madone and Equinox TTX frames, with Contador in yellow and white, Leipheimer in 3rd with a win in Stage 19's time trial, and Yaroslav Popovych in 8th on the overall classification.
One of the most liberating things about Bettie is the big tires; Big Apples from Schwalbe to be exact. They're like that cruiser bike you had as a kid, where you just roll over everything: through a field, over a curb, on gravel, potholes … whatever. They also have a magic carpet ride about them and Schwalbe calls big-apple equipped bikes, Balloon Bikes. Not sure how that marketing program is working, but we're seeing bikes with big tires on The Ride, Batavus Diva, and even Dahons.
Big tires are cool, bigger is better, but what I'm don't know about is the 650B wheels (which measure 27.5" in diameter, half-way between 26" and 29" wheels) discussed this week in Bicycle Newswire.
Question is whether or not the world needs another wheel size?
I saw valet bike parking in Beijing at nearly everyplace cars would park. I've heard about the very particular bike parking in Japan and now from Streetfilms, we've got parking at Giants Stadium …


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Texas Hall (3,600) • Arlington, Texas
CORPUS CHRISTI – The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi women's basketball team is looking to get their first conference road win of the season Wednesday at UT Arlington. The Islanders snapped a string of 18 conference losses dating back to last season with their first Southland Conference win of the season against Southeastern Louisiana University on Saturday.
The Islanders sit at 5-11 and 1-2 in the SLC and are looking to win their first conference road game since the Islanders won in Arlington on March 6, 2010. This season the Islanders stumbled in their conference home opener Jan. 11 against UTA, falling 58-38 and lost to McNeese State on the road, 66-51 to open conference play before edging the Lady Lions.
• The Islanders snapped a string of 18 Southland Conference losses Saturday night with their first conference win of the season against Southeastern Louisiana. The last time the Islanders won a home conference game was on March 3, 2010 against Lamar.
• Zoe Vega-Vega registered a career-high 15 points and a career-high 15 rebounds in career-best 34 minutes in her third start of the season Saturday against Southeastern Louisiana.
• Marquesha Anderson-Sparks tallied her sixth double-digit scoring game with a career-high 16 points, including a career-best five from behind the arc against Southeastern Louisiana.
• The Islanders shot 74.1 percent (20-27) from the free through line against Southeastern Louisiana.
• Head Coach Robert Robinson is within one game of reaching the 70-win mark. Robinson currently sits at 69 wins in his six years as head coach at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi.
• Coach Robinson has used five different starting lineups this season.
• The Islanders will face UT Arlington and Sam Houston State this week.
The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi women's basketball team were propelled by three players in double-figure scoring in their first conference win of the season Saturday against Southeastern La.
UTA heads into Wednesday's game with a 2-12 overall record, 0-3 in conference play and sits at 2-5 at home. The Mavericks have dropped four straight, including their last three conference games.
On the season, UTA averages 53.7 points, shoots .362 from the floor (278-of-769), .224 percent (30-of-134) from three-point range and .706 (166-of-235) from the line.
Wednesday's game will mark the 16th meeting between the two schools with the Mavericks claiming the 5-10 advantage. Over the last two seasons, the Mavericks and Islanders are 2-2.
This season the Islanders have depth on their roster, something they have lacked in the past. This season, the Islanders bench has outscored their opponents' bench 329-312. Junior Alisa Roberts leads the bench with 6.4 points per game and freshman Trish Amboree is second with 6.1 points per game.
The Islanders are leading the conference with 29.1 defensive rebounds a game and are fourth in offensive rebounds with 15.8
The Islanders have been a force on the defensive end, tallying 465 rebounds to their opponent's 454. Jammer and Myles have combined for a total of 135 defensive rebounds.
The Islanders sit in fifth-place in the conference with 3.6 blocks per game. Myeisha Myles, Jessica Jammer and Damequia Montgomery are three of the top shot blockers in the league. Myles and Jammer lead the way in ninth place with 1.0 a game, and Montgomery sits in 12th (0.8).
This season the Islanders seem to perform better when at least three players have scored double-digit points rather than two. The Islanders are 4-3 when at least three players have scored and 0-5 when at least two have posted double-digit scoring efforts.
Myles leads the Islanders with eight double figure scoring games, Jammer has seven and Anderson-Sparks has tallied six. Jammer, Myles and Vega-Vega also have two double-doubles apiece this season.
The Islanders finished 2-4 in the month of December and 2-5 in November this season. Since its first season of basketball in 1999-2000 the Islanders are 50-42 in the month of January.
Head coach Robert Robinson is within one game of reaching the 70-win mark. Robinson currently sits at 69 wins in his six years as head coach at the Island University.
Joining Myeisha Myles as the lone seniors on the team is Zoe Vega-Vega. She is in her second season after transferring from Daytona State College.
In the Islanders first conference victory of the season, Vega-Vega notched her second double-double of the season with a career-high 15 points and a career-best 15 rebounds in a career-high 34 minutes. The senior is averaging 4.4 points per game and 4.5 rebounds per game in 16.1 minutes per game.
Sophomore Marquesha Anderson-Sparks began the season giving the Islanders a spark off the bench, but Anderson-Sparks has worked her way into the Islanders starting lineup in the Islanders last four games and is averaging 7.3 points per game.
Verne'qua "Nene" Taylor leads the team at the point guard position and has no problem sharing the ball. The junior is leading the conference with an average of 4.4 assists a game with a total of 70 assists in 16 games in a team-high 29.8 minutes per game.
She is averaging 5.9 points per game, 4.1 rebounds and is second on the team in steals with 20. Taylor along with Myles are the only two Islanders to have started all 16 games.
The Islanders were picked to finish last in the Southland West Division after finishing last in the conference last season.
The Islanders will return home to the Coastal Bend on Saturday, Jan. 21 to host Sam Houston State. Tip-off is slated for 7 p.m.


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February 7, 2006
Talk radio is heating up. There's WGAC's AM 580 Austin Rhodes, a 14-year veteran in talk radio in the Augusta market. And there's a new kid on the block, Ryan B. of WAAW-Rejoice 94.7. The two have very different views when it comes to issues in the community.
It's no secret that the two radio hosts have bickered over the airwaves. So what's the problem? News 12 sat down with both sides in a special assignment.
News Talk 580 radio host Austin Rhodes has worked in media for 23 years, 14 years of that spent in radio.
"Nobody else has been able to do it with any success except for me, knock on wood," Rhodes said.
Newcomer Ryan B. is providing competition. Some people even call him the black Austin Rhodes.
"I think he had dominated the airwaves for so long," Ryan said.
"He should be flattered, he's got 14 years and a whole lot more money to make before he can be considered the black Austin Rhodes," Rhodes said.
Rejoice 94.7's Ryan B. has been on the air for six months. It has been six months of using the airwaves to feud with Austin Rhodes.
"Do you think that Austin is afraid of a little competition?" News 12 asked.
"Absolutely and he has a right to be afraid of a little competition when you have Larry Adamson host of the Water Cooler Moment and Ryan B. providing truth acts. We're not curving it, we're not twisting it," Ryan B. said.
"I give him credit for that he's making noise, unfortunately it's like a cow bell, it's loud and empty and it doesn't mean anything," Rhodes said.
Ryan B. says the bad blood started while he was covering former Senator Charles Walker's trial. Walker was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for conspiracy and fraud.
"I have a fair report and didn't twist it like other media outlets did," Ryan B. said.
"My coverage of the Senator Walker trial was no different than my coverage of the Robin Williams trial nor are my feelings any different, they're convicted felons," Rhodes said.
"His view is more of a republican out there view and my view is for fairness and equal justice for all," Ryan B. said.
"I'm somebody that disagrees with but the only effective weapon he has against me cause the truth isn't going to help them," Rhodes said.
Both say their goal is to talk about community issues.
"I thought the African American community needed to know what Freddy Handy said how they conspired to fire Teresa Smith and change the city government," Ryan B. said.
"This show has always been a reflection of what is being discussed in the community," Rhodes said.
But at times community issues take a back seat while Austin and Ryan throw jabs at one another over the airwaves.
"I think it's more for his ratings, he needs to boost his ratings," Ryan B. said.
"He needs to sit down and shut up and listen, not necessarily to me but he needs to go to those Augusta city commission meetings and neighborhoods and learn the long standing political traditions before he starts commenting on them," Rhodes said.
"He doesn't understand the people of color and what we've experienced over the years or time so he can't relate or speak for us," Ryan B. said.
Two sides of talk radio heating up, you decide.
"If you want foolishness, lies and division listen to Austin Rhodes. If you want truth, fairness and equality for all folks listen to Rejoice 94.7," Ryan B. said.
"I give them all the credit in the world for trying, but if they want to play with the big boys they better not be afraid of them and they are so far," Rhodes said.
"Are you willing to confront him or talk about the issues or differences with him?" News 12 asked.
"I am a Christian and I don't believe he is quite where I need him to be to sit in front of me and have a discussion," Ryan B. said.
"He wouldn't get anywhere near me for a legitimate debate or discussion because number one he knows that his depth of knowledge compared to mine is zip," Rhodes said.
So will the two come together and what will happen if they do? That's part two of this special assignment, coming on February 13.


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