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Definición de headland en inglés:
1A narrow piece of land that projects from a coastline into the sea.
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- The Fal estuary is long and wide, and Falmouth grew along its western side in a straggling way, curving round into docks at the southern end where a headland projects to narrow the mouth.
- Scarborough Castle and Whitby Abbey - on the headlands of Yorkshire's coastline, these offer challenging walks with the reward of fantastic views.
- They create a spectacular panorama of carved coastlines and headlands as well as a rich ecosystem that supports an unusual abundance of wildlife.
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If you do hear from Frank at some point down the road in email, he will eventually respond by saying he is an honest person, provides top customer service, but then will proceed to shift the blame on you as the reason the process is not started. However, this is just to make you feel things are ok and that don't ask for the $500 to be refunded.
I am in pursuit with the FBI as this person needs to be wiped out from ripping people off. Do not trust this individual. Do not believe him when he tells you "This works and it's real!" because it is not. You will have $500 stolen right out from under you - and your identity stolen as well.
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- Interests: Currently learning Korean; the language and culture. I enjoy reading fantasy novels and listening to a wide variety of music. Writing is also a huge part of my life.
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Finally, a trend has hit the runway that eco-enthusiasts can embrace. The Americana look is popular for summer and fall. That's right—designers are trying to create clothes that look like they were made by your grandmother (for prices upwards of $1000).
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American designers retreat to the style of the old West for their new lines. Photo Courtesy Marcio Madeira.
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LYNDONVILLE A St. Johnsbury woman accused of hitting a police chief with her car during a torch run for Special Olympics Vermont has denied the charges.
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Forum upgrade: Yeah, we're finally making the jump from vBulletin 3.8.5 to 4.1.9. Lots of new features and extra stuff, including...
- Content Management System - this will replace the old TMOA homepage to provide links to show downloads and the radio streams, news and links to forum posts, RSS feeds to new uploads at TMU, and other things. It will have a relevance that the TMOA homepage never quite achieved...
- Blogging - I know a lot of people blog on other platforms and will continue to do so - but for those who want to create a production blog for their films or other projects here, it will be available.
- Forum Features - There's a lot of social media integration (you can integrate with Facebook, Twitter, etc.), including apps for your smartphone.
Other changes to look forward to in the coming months:
TMU University: Once the forum upgrade is done and everything is running smoothly, the next big project is TMU University.
TMU-U is something we've been talking about for at least a year, year and a half. Think of it as online machinima classes. We'll be running distance-learning software, and featuring workshop-based classes on both general filmmaking subjects (writing, editing, sound, etc.) and engine specific subjects (iClone, MovieStorm, the Movies, Second Life, etc.).
We hope to be able to recruit some people who really know their stuff in their respective areas and let them guide people in the workshop, with both instructor and peer critiques, to sharpen their skills. There will be lots more about this in the next month or so as we get our minds around how we want to approach it and start getting some instructors lined up.
TMOA: Yes, some new stuff for the radio station as well...
- New shows - I'd like to add at least three and maybe 4 new shows to the lineup - I think Monk can handle a couple more shows on Saturday (though that's ultimately his call) and we've got an opening on Sunday before Ken & Cathy with Industry 101 on indefinite and perhaps terminal hiatus - and I can also do a show before Wolf & Dulci on Monday nights. Don't pitch your show ideas now - I'm concentrating on the other stuff at the moment, so you have at least a month or so to refine your pitch. I will tell you that we're going to be picky about the shows we pick up - as any of the hosts will tell you, it seems like an easy gig, but it takes some commitment to show up every week and keep it interesting (I don't worry about my show being interesting because, hey, it's MY show). To start your thought process, lemme say that we do not want a clone of any show we're running - if it's like Ken & Cathy with different people, the answer is no....
- Radio Plays - I don't say radio dramas because they can be comedies.... This is something else we've been talking about for a while, since they're storytelling in an audio medium, so they're like a machinima film without the visuals - still need good writing, good acting, and good sound design to make something worth listening to. If enough people want to try their hand at it, we may do a weekly show, with 2-3 different stories (one-offs or a serial) in each show. If there's not much interest, some of us will still do them, but as one-offs.
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Recently, I was reading Mind Performance Hacks and stumbled across Hack Number 43, which explains how to determine the day of the week for any given date. The method is attributed to Lewis Carroll], the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Simply calculate four values, one after the other, for the year, month, and day, and a fourth value as an adjustment factor. Then add the values, divide by 7, and the remainder amazingly gives you the day of the week as a number between zero (Sunday) and six (Saturday).
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(New Orleans) – Longtime Board member and Dillard alumna Joyce Roché, '71, turned over the reigns of the Dillard University Board of Trustees to fellow alumnus Michael Jones,'82, effective May 9, 2014. Roché, who has served on the board for nearly 30 years and as chairperson since 2005, led the university through one of its most challenging decades in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Under her leadership, Dillard restored its campus facilities, including the construction of two new buildings - the Professional Schools and Sciences Building and a Student Union, Recreation, Health and Wellness Center.
"It has been an honor and a privilege to serve my alma mater and to lead its reconstruction efforts," Roché said. "Even in the darkest hour, I never gave up hope that Dillard would be back stronger than ever, "she added. "We are forging forward and I am confident that the newly appointed chair will continue moving the University to higher levels," Roché said.
Joyce Roché has been a trailblazer in the corporate world for 25 years, as Avon's first African-American female vice president; Chief Operating Officer of Carson Products Company, now part of L'Oreal; the former Chief Executive Officer of the national nonprofit Girls Incorporated; and a board member of five Fortune 500 companies.
Roché is the author of The Empress Has No Clothes: Conquering Self-Doubt to Embrace Success (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2013). In it she shares her life-long struggle with the impostor syndrome which can stifle one's achievements and continued success. Learn more at www.empresshasnoclothes.com.
Dillard alumnus Michael D. Jones,'82, is a partner in the law firm of Kirkland and Ellis, LLP, in Washington, D.C. and has been a member of Dillard's Board of Trustees since 2006. He has a national trial practice that has ranged from New York to Hawaii. Jones serves as co-chair of the Board of Directors for the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (LCCRUL) and is a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers. He has been recognized by the Legal Times as a "Champion of Justice" and Georgetown University with the outstanding alumni award.
Jones graduated cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in 1985 where he also received the Thurgood Marshall Award. He received his B.A. from Dillard University, in New Orleans, LA, graduating summa cum laude. He is an adjunct professor of Trial Advocacy at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
In addition, the University has recently appointed five new members to its Board of Trustees: Kim M. Boyle, partner with Phelps Dunbar, LLP; CNN Legal Analyst Sunny Hostin; Charles Rice, president and CEO - Entergy New Orleans, Inc.; Carol A. Solomon, CEO – Peoples Health; and Matthew M. Wisdom, director and CEO - Turbo Squid, Inc.
"I am very excited and humbled to be appointed as Chair of Dillard's Board," Jones said. "I welcome the opportunity to serve in this new capacity and I welcome these stellar individuals who are joining the board of trustees," he added. "With their appointment and the new administration, it is a very exciting time at Dillard."
Kim M. Boyle, partner with Phelps Dunbar, LLP; practice areas include labor and employment, civil rights, constitutional law, commercial, tort, and general litigation. Boyle earned a juris doctorate from the University of Virginia School of Law and a bachelor's degree in teaching from Princeton University.
Sunny Hostin, CNN legal analyst, is an attorney and multi-platform journalist. As legal analyst for CNN's "American Morning," she is known for her detailed analysis of high-profile trials and legal issues. Hostin earned an undergraduate degree in Communications from Binghamton University and her juris doctorate from Notre Dame Law School.
Charles Rice is president and CEO - Entergy New Orleans, Inc., a $750 million a year electric and gas utility. Rice holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Howard University, a juris doctorate from Loyola University's School of Law and a master's degree in business administration from Tulane University.
Carol A. Solomon, CEO – Peoples Health Network, has held leadership positions at other Louisiana-based healthcare organizations, serving as CEO for MedFirst Health Plans, and directing the development of a pilot managed care project at LSU Medical Center.
Matthew M. Wisdom, CEO, Director, and Chief Technology Officer of Turbo Squid, Inc.. He is also a founding partner and senior producer of 3Dvisual effects for Chimera Digital Imaging. Wisdom is a graduate of Brown University.
Other members of the Dillard University Board of Trustees include: Frank Mason, owner of FranGlo, Linden, NJ, who serves as vice chair of the board; Ronnie V. Burns, Sr., president and CEO-BMG Enterprises, New Orleans, LA, secretary; M. Cleland Powell, III, executive vice president, Iberiabank, New Orleans, LA, treasurer; Dr. Victoria H. Barbosa, dermatologist, Chicago, IL; The Honorable Ruth Carter, Detroit, MI; Bishop Cynthia Fierro Harvey, United Methodist Church, Baton Rouge, LA; Pamela Francois, Dillard University National Alumni Association, Gonzales, LA; Dathel C. Georges, New Orleans, LA; Orim Graves, CFA, executive director, National Association of Securities Professionals, Philadelphia, PA; Pres Kabacoff, president, Historic Restoration, Inc., New Orleans, LA; Dr. James E. Lyons, (retired) interim president (Dillard), Conyers, GA; and Walter M. Kimbrough, president-Dillard University.
Dillard's track team takes first place in the Gulf Coast Atlantic Conference "Meet of the Champs", Saturday, April 12! Congratulations to the 2014 Conference Champions!
(New Orleans) The Dillard Bleu Devils track and field team scored 178 points en route to a 2014 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Track and Field Championship at Tad Gormley Stadium. The win marked the second GCAC Track and Field Championship in the last four years for the men's team.
Junior runner Jevonte Ezzard kicked things off with a first place finish in the Men's 3000 Meter Steeplechase with a time of 11:02.78, a personal best, as Dillard proceeded to have runners finish third, fourth and fifth respectively in the same event. The men's 4x100 meter relay team also earned a first place finish, posting a time of 42.06. Seniors Matt Jones, Wendell Collins, and juniors Tobyus Simmons and Kermit Buggagerounded out Dillard's relay team.
"I'm blessed," said Simmons, who earned his first collegiate ring. "It's more of a relief than anything."
Jones also finished first place overall in the Men's 400 Meter Dash with a time of 49.32 while Simmons finished second in the men's 100 Meter Dash, posting a time of 10.66, virtually tying the first place finisher (Stanley Johnson-Voorhees) who also produced a time of 10.66.
Edward Waters College finished second overall with 153 points while GCAC newcomer Voorhees College finished in third with 106 points. In the previous two seasons, the Bleu Devils ended up on the short end of the stick with two second place finishes as Edward Waters earned back to back championships.
For Dillard, senior Sean Wilson finished first in the Men's 110 Meter Hurdles with a time of 16.41 while junior Rudy Garza placed second with a time of 17.32. Senior Emory Nash finished first place overall in the Men's 800 Meter Run, posting a time of 2:01.00.
The Bleu Devils will now participate in Friday's track meet at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond as they prepare for NAIA Nationals in Gulf Shores, AL, which begin on May 22.
Dillard University has appointed Warren A. Jones, MD, FAAFP to the position of Endowed Chair in Health Disparities Research. The Endowed Chair position is established as a central part of the University's Health Disparities Research Endowment supported by the National Institutes of Health/ National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD).
As endowed chair, Jones will develop, implement and oversee the university's health disparities research program supporting the institutional resources and research capacity building. The ultimate goal is to make the program and the university a premier institution for training and educating researchers to better understand and eliminate health disparities.
Jones has over thirty years experience in health care. Notably, he founded and established the Mississippi Institute for Improvement of Geographic Minority Health and Health Disparities (MIGMH) at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMC). Over the course of his tenure there, Jones secured approximately $38 million dollars for MIGMH and its constituent programs.
"Serving as the Endowed Chair of Health Disparities Research affords me the opportunity to serve my Alma Mater, Fair Dillard, as she continues her long history of leading the way to healthier lives in New Orleans, the state of Louisiana and the entire United States," Jones said. "Together, we will make tremendous strides in eliminating Health Disparities."
Jones' other professional experience includes directing the State of Mississippi's Medicaid Program. As program director, he was responsible for providing health care for over 768,000 Mississippians. He also developed and implemented the Mississippi Medicaid Medical Home program that allowed for annual physical examinations and health assessments.
Over the course of his career, Jones has been recognized for his pioneering efforts in the field of health as well as a distinguished educator. He was recognized as Outstanding Minority Educator in the State of Mississippi and was elected the first and only African American President of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
He was also the first African American appointed as an associate vice chancellor at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Jones is Chair Emeritus of Family Medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMC), Chair Emeritus of the National Medical Association's Family Medicine Section and Immediate Distinguished Professor of Health Policy at UMC. He is the recipient of many awards and honors including an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Tougaloo College.
A native of New Orleans, Dr. Jones is a 1967 graduate of Joseph S. Clark High School, a 1971 graduate of Dillard and a 1978 graduate of the Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. He is married to the former Gennie Lacy of Pickens, MS and is the father of six children: Aaron, Keith, Winston, Deanna, Cassandra and Madison.
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(New Orleans) The Dillard University cheerleaders took time out during their finals week to give back to people who are less fortunate in the community. Nick Harris, Director of Office of Community Relations at Dillard, worked in conjunction with the cheerleaders as well as several local pastors in Gentilly and the Lower 9th Ward. The cheerleaders donated their time and money to provide healthy meals to some families, and also helped the elderly decorate for Christmas.
"I was just so excited about the young people through the cheerleader's civic engagement and their understanding the need to help others out who are less fortunate by providing healthy meals for their family," said Harris.
"It really meant a lot to me to see how much they enjoyed giving back to the community, and I think all of our students should be involved in this level of giving. I hope we can continue this tradition during the holidays, especially Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter," said Harris. The various families were referred to by ministers from the community.
"It felt good to visit the lady whose husband died," said Miss Sophomore Ashley Green. "I plan to go back and visit her next semester," she stated.
The lady she is referring to is Ms. Clara James, who lives in the Gentilly community. James lost her husband earlier this year.
"As I contemplate about this time of the season, the things that Mr. Harris and Dillard have done for our community have been amazing," said Rev. Lionel Davis, Pastor of Pentecost Baptist Church in the Pilotland neighborhood of New Orleans.
"I don't know where we would be without Dillard's personal hand. One thing I can truly say about the work that Dillard has done is that it means the future of our communities will continue to thrive as we all give back to the community."
(New Orleans) – Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough, president of Dillard University will be interviewed on the Melissa Harris-Perry Show this Sunday, Dec. 8 during the 11 a.m. to Noon. Kimbrough will be discussing Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hip Hop, sex, and women.
Appointed as Dillard's president in July, 2012, Kimbrough fosters a forward-thinking, student-focused campus culture and Kimbrough is one of the most dynamic figures in higher education today. Frequently called upon to provide his thoughts on the value of HBCUs, Greek fraternities, and current trends in education, Kimbrough recently gave an insightful statement during the U.S. Department of Education's forum on college affordability and a proposed new rating system for higher education at Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge.
During the forum, he pointed out that the rising cost of operations for security, technology, insurance and health care all impact the cost of education. Kimbrough also noted that the Parent Plus Loan fiasco has had a significant financial impact on students' ability to continue in college. He compared the cost of incarceration with the cost of education stating that Louisiana is the "incarceration capital of the United States which itself is the incarceration capital of the world." "We spend over $31,000 per inmate annually," Kimbrough said. "If that were applied to Pell grants that would give every Louisiana Pell Grant recipient almost three times as much as they receive now."
Kimbrough is currently participating in a special Twitter series #NPRBlacksinTech hosted by NPR's Tell Me More show to engage the digital public in conversations with black innovators, scientists and tech thinkers. He participated in a roundtable on the show hosted by Michel Martin prior to launching the Twitter series which runs Dec. 2-20, 2013. He now has nearly 8,000 twitter followers as the Hip-Hop Prez. To tweet Kimbrough go to @HipHopPrez; for the Melissa Harris-Perry show go to @MHPshow.
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Premier Timeshare Solutions4400 NorthCorp Pkwy PBG, Florida United States of America
Premier Timeshare Solutions Took money for sale of timeshare (already had contract on it). No sale, no refund, disconnected phone. Complete scam. PBG, Florida
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Same story as most timeshare sales companies. They have a buyer for your timeshare, should settle in a few months. You call and they say that the buyer needs to come up with 5-10% more for down payment (same as TS Luxury Group). You can never reach them again, no refund as stated and they are history. They tried to get me for both timeshares but decided to let them sell one first. Thought I was being cautious but I was a desperate fool. Don't let them fool you.
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SUBMITTED: Friday, June 12, 2015POSTED: Friday, June 12, 2015
It is always best to hire someone skilled to do so, unfortunately in most cases these companies dedicated to cancel timeshares usually cheat for the second time to their customers since they are vulnerable and desperate. If you are thinking of hiring them you just have to make sure you do not have to make any payment upfront ... I found these articles that speak precisely about this, you should read them, that might help you to resolve many doubts:
I hope you can solve your problem, good luck!
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Timeshare cancellation is the real solution to get out of a timeshare. When properly cancelling a timeshare, there is no further strings attached to the resort. It is important (however), to know the rules of timeshare cancellation. There are lots of companies that just want to make an easy buck and will even guarantee to recover all monies paid... if you pay them an upfront fee.
This is an extension to the original scam. Never pay upfront to sell, rent, donate or cancel a timeshare contract. Do your homework and investigate the company you will choose to assist you with the cancellation of your timeshare contract as there are many who will tell you (what you would like to hear in order to empathize with you and get your business.) whatever necessary to get more money out of you
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The Independent Investor: Christmas in the New Age
Back in the day, going home for Christmas was what you did. Family members and friends would make their yearly pilgrimage to the old homestead. Car, plane or train, it made little difference how long it took, because everyone wanted to be home for the holidays. But times are changing.
Ever since the invention of Skype, Facetime and an array of other Internet services, face-to-face get-togethers are not as important they once were. In these lean economic times, the cost of air and train fare (and until recently fuel) made these trips both time consuming and expensive. In addition, taking off the required work time is not so easy today. Most managers are fairly stingy giving vacation time around the holidays. As a result, holiday hops are out and facetime is in.
And it is not just Christmas. I know in my own life, my wife and I chat with our kids and grandkids quite often via Skype. This Friday, I will skype with my sister in Pennsylvania while I am visiting with my children and grandchildren in Manhattan. Sure, there is nothing like hugging your children and being with your family in person, but the internet has provided a pretty good backup alternative to keeping in touch.
Christmas music is another area where the internet has come in handy. Whether it is Pandora, Groove shark, Sirius or any other service, you can now get in the holiday mood without spending a lot of money on CDs; (it used to be cassette tapes or vinyl records, if you are my age).
Today I can build playlists, tune in stations on my iPad or construct queues of holiday songs from Bing Crosby to Justin Bieber at the tap of a key. Christmas, according to Christian theology, commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ. It has been celebrated continuously as a religious holiday since the third century A.D. Although the Internet has yet to penetrate Christmas church attendance in any meaningful way, but it will, given enough time and incentive.
However, today in the United States, only 51 percent of Americans consider Christmas a religious holiday and eight out of 10 non-Christians celebrate Christmas as well. The younger you are, the less likely you will be to celebrate the religious aspects of the event. For most of us, Christmas has become a cultural holiday.
Some things remain the same. Santa Claus is alive and well. Of families with children who believe in Santa Claus, 69 percent will pretend that Santa will be visiting their household on Christmas Eve. Even among those of us who do not believe in the red-suited gift giver, we still tend to pay homage to his image, if not his presence. As for me, I will certainly be reading the " 'Twas the Night before Christmas" to my grandchildren on that momentous evening.
Christmas trees are also still a cornerstone of Yuletide tradition. Eight out of every 10 Americans will put up a Christmas tree this year, which is about the same ratio as a generation ago. Of course, artificial trees now account for about half the Christmas trees in America. Every year, the eco-friendly argument resurfaces with some who argue that one or the other is bad for the environment. Recent data seems to indicate that they are equally as bad.
Honestly, I am kind of relieved that I don't need to go tramping through a forest, knee-deep in snow, and chop down a tree to haul back to my cabin. I also like the fact that I don't worry today about using lit candles or those 1950-era bubble lights (which were almost as bad) in decorating the tree. Life is much safer today, from my perspective.
About 86 percent of us will be exchanging gifts, another tradition that has survived the passing of time. Although there is some evidence that the kind of presents are changing.
More Americans, especially Millennials, are opting to give a gift of "experience" rather than the standard material possessions like cashmere sweaters, diamond bracelets or power tools.
Ski trips, dinner at one's favorite restaurant, or for those who can afford it, an island getaway, are becoming popular gift-giving alternatives.
All-in-all, I would say that the digital age has provided as many positives as negatives in how Americans celebrate Christmas today. Through the years we have seen the tradition of Christmas continue to evolve and that's what makes it so magically enduring. The Internet has certainly provided us wonderful cost-effective avenues for communication. It is up to us to use it in a way that enhances our own holiday experience.
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The Independent Investor: How Rising Interest Rates Will Change Your Life
It's official: Wednesday afternoon the Federal Reserve bank hiked the short-term interest rate, called the Fed Funds rate, for the first time in 9 1/2 years. It is the beginning of a new financial era for all of us and it behooves you to understand its implications.
Let me first assuage any concerns you may have that this single 0.25 percentage point increase will impact your life anytime soon. Instead, simply view this event as the beginning of a progression to gradually higher interest rates that will ultimately impact everything from car loans to retirement savings accounts.
The mechanism by which the Fed raises rates is complicated. Just know that overtime there is a domino effect to raising rates. As the Fed hikes on the short-end of the yield curve, interest rates on bonds of all sorts will gradually readjust with longer dated securities (like a 30-year bond) rising more than shorter duration securities (say, a 10-year note). But this takes time and exactly how much time depends on the growth of the economy, the expectations for inflation and a hold whole of other variables such as interest rates overseas.
While some economists hope that the Fed's decision is a "one and done" event, most financial experts are already expecting at least three more rate hikes in 2016. If so, you should start to feel the impact of rising rates by the latter part of next year. For example, only an hour after the Fed raised rates, several money center banks hiked their prime rate to 3.5 percent from 3.25 percent.
As such, you should begin to monitor the inflation rate, credit card loan rates, mortgage rates (especially on existing adjustable rate mortgages), CDs and money market rates. All of the above have been so low for so long that they are no longer on most investors' radar screen.
The facts are that as time goes by, borrowing money is going to cost you more. One of the ways you have benefited from low rates is in car loans. The auto industry has had a tremendous windfall in sales over the past few years. Light vehicle sales have almost doubled since the lows of the financial crisis. This was largely due to the automaker's ability to offer you financing on their products at record low rates.
For those in retirement, rising rates can be a mixed bag. For almost a decade, retirees have had to contend with lower levels of income because historically low rates of interest mean low rates of return on bond investments. Over the next few years that will change. New buyers of bonds will receive higher returns on their money as rates rise.
However, for those who have insisted on holding a large percentage of their retirement savings in bonds, expect to see lower rates of return as rates rise. And by the way, this also applies to investors who are retiring soon and have money in target-date retirement funds in their 401(k) and 403(b) tax-deferred savings plans.
There are some who worry that even this small increase in the Fed Funds rate will have a dampening effect on consumer sentiment. Clearly, for those of us who have experienced periods of rising rates in the past, our knee-jerk reaction is higher rates equates to slowing economic growth, which leads to less spending. Again, I need to caution you that a moderate rise in interest rates can and has happened in conjunction with a growing economy and accelerated consumer spending. It is all dependent on how well the Fed engineers this process.
For the past several years, I have placed my faith in the Fed, first to rescue us from the financial crisis, then to engineer a recovery despite no help from those in Washington. I trusted them to engineer a plan to normalize interest rates and so far I have not been disappointed. I will continue to back the Fed in this latest move and you should as well.
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@theMarket: Where Oil Goes, So Goes the Market
Stocks had a tough week. All averages are now negative for the year once again and will continue to go lower until oil finds a bottom or the market disconnects from energy prices. The problem with that scenario is that no one knows if and when that will occur.
The price of crude is down 14 percent since December 1 and 35 percent since May. Controversy rages over whether the precipitous decline in oil over the last year from $114 a barrel to $36 a barrel is a supply or demand imbalance. New technology in the form of hydraulic fracking has unearthed a huge new supply of natural gas and oil worldwide. So much so that consuming these new sources of energy will require decades. At the same time, slow economic growth worldwide, especially in emerging market economies, has dampened demand for energy.
Whether the cause of the decline is one or both, the results are the same. Since May, the world has been experiencing a 2 million barrel/day gap of oversupply. What is interesting is that gap remains the same to this day. It hasn't worsened, although the oil price has declined double-digit in the last eleven days. Why the discrepancy between the fundamental facts and the price level?
Blame it on Wall Street. Financial manipulation in the futures markets seems to be responsible for the 36 percent decline in prices we have experienced since May. Traders have been shorting energy futures contracts hand over fist at the Commodity Markets Future Exchange and that practice accelerated after last Friday's disappointing OPEC meeting.
One can debate the logic of selling stocks simply because oil has declined. Bears will argue that as the oil prices go lower, the chances go up that energy companies will not only suffer earnings declines and cut dividends, but "many" may actually go bankrupt. That could also impact the corporate bond market. No question that could happen.
We have already experienced disappointing earnings from the group and just recently some energy master limited partnerships have cut their dividends. More are expected. But one must ask how much does the energy sector represent within the stock market? If we look at the benchmark index, the S&P 500, the energy weighting is currently 8 percent and yet its troubles have taken the whole market down in excess of 3 percent just this week.
This is clearly a case of the tail wagging the dog.
Yet, no matter how irrational the market's behavior, what you don't want to do is get in the path of a speeding train. I'm not advocating selling right here, but I also don't want to be buying anything until I see how this energy free-fall plays out. I can't tell whether the clearing price for oil is around this level or at $30 a barrel or even lower. Until that becomes clearer, remain on the sidelines.
In the coming week, we also have the final Federal Open Market Committee meeting of the year. The bond market is giving an interest rate hike at the meeting an 87 percent probability.
Although I believe the market has already discounted that event, the coming rate hike is not helping matters. Still, I think all these worries are short-term in nature.
Sometimes, for a variety of reasons, the market ignores the fundamentals and instead focuses on the animal spirits that sometimes run rampant in the markets. This is one of those times.
At some point in time, when an oil-Armageddon does not materialize, the market may simply focus on something else. If I were a betting man, I would say that we rally after next week's FOMC meeting into the New Year. At these levels, however, all we will gain back is a single digit gain for the year. I'll take it.
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The Independent Investor: Did the Digital Grinch Steal Christmas?
Ever notice that however hard you try, the Christmas season is simply not what it once was? The routines and traditions you remember so fondly from your youth have somehow faded away. The digital age has transformed the holidays, and for some of us, the experience has been a mixed blessing.
When I was a kid, we left cookies and milk for Santa (no never mind that we lacked a fireplace for him to come down). Building on that tradition, I engineered faint footprints of ash the night before Christmas for my own child (Santa's, I swore solemnly the next morning) leading from the fireplace to the Christmas tree. Fast forward to today, kids can now call the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and track Santa's Christmas Eve run if they want, so much for those visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads.
Technology has changed a lot more than Santa's travel itinerary. Take letters and greeting cards for example. Even though I still receive holiday cards in the mail, the volume has dropped precipitously. Personally, I dreaded signing stacks of cards while trying to create unique and heart-felt messages for people I barely knew. As for licking the back of envelopes and stamps, my lips still sometime purse simply at the thought of those days.
Today, in this era of Facebook and Instagram, there is no need to spend money on a card or stamp when a status update or sending a holiday-like photo over the Internet can be done rapidly and with little effort. You can wait until the last minute or send a barrage of messages as the "day" approaches if you so desire. Seven days of Hanukkah was just made for the Internet, in my opinion.
One of the largest changes in how we spend the holidays is shopping. I for one decry how Christmas, Hanukkah and New Years are now all about "the sale." The holidays have become so commercialized that the entire experience of sharing with family and friends is at best a side show while the main focus is on the loot received. Sure, back in the day, one would pick up something (singular) for a loved one, usually a few days before Christmas that required thought and effort. Over the years that has transformed into fighting crowds, buying whatever and waiting in checkout lines while searching for those perfect gifts.
Shopping online has changed all that, thank goodness. Now I can surf the web, buy the gift and even have it delivered to one's door gift-wrapped with a personal note. For fumble-fingered me, who can't wrap a present to save my life, this is a Godsend. Yet, I will admit that my loved ones appreciate it when I wrap their presents. They say it makes it real for them to get my lumpy packages trussed up like sandbags, so I still do it.
Digital shopping also allows me to shop worldwide, obtain better prices, greater variety and comparisons of products. It also helps those whose kids still believe in the Big Guy. I remember accidentally finding a stash of toys for me and my siblings in an upstairs closet one year. I was crushed until my Mother convinced me that Santa had simply dropped them off early for her to wrap. Obviously, I am still traumatized by the event. Today shopping online means those gifts arrive in cardboard and can be safely put away until Christmas, Hanukkah or both.
Although real Christmas trees have been replaced in many families with ready-made artificial ones, technology has vastly improved that sickly silver tinsel we used to use (and still vacuum up in the carpets six months later). Inflatable and animatronic Christmas characters, which move and groove, all sorts of digital tree ornaments, along with apps that can turn your outside and inside decorations on and off make those once-a-year Holiday House Designers look positively artistic.
Next week we will continue this topic, but in the meantime, I would love to hear your own experiences in how the digital revolution has made over your holiday season. Just email your thoughts at my address below.
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The Independent Investor: Climate Change Is a $44T Problem
The world's largest ever gathering of politicians arrives in Paris this week to wrestle with the growing problem of rising seas and extreme weather. The good news is that man-made global warming may at last be taken seriously by most nations — except our own.
The two-week conference is being held under extremely tight security in the French capital, just days after the ISIS attack that killed 130 people. The group of 150 heads of state and representatives of 195 governments will attempt to slow, if not stop, the environmental destruction caused by greenhouse gases emissions worldwide.
Citibank, one of the largest financial organizations on the planet, predicts that the world economies could lose at least $44 trillion in economic activity between now and 2060 if global warming is not addressed. They are predicting that at 1.5 degrees of warming, global GDP will fall by $20 trillion. At 2.5 degrees, the economic damage will be $44 trillion. Many scientists believe global warming will surpass those numbers and hit 4.5 degrees of warming.
If so, the bank believes the economic downside could be as much as $72 trillion. And this prediction, coming as it does from one of the nation's most stalwart bastions of free markets and capitalism, is sobering even to the most conservative elements of our nation.
Of course, you wouldn't know that if you followed the GOP primary debates. Only Chris Christie, Governor of New Jersey, (among the front runners) even acknowledges that global warming is an issue. Grudgingly, he admitted to the possibility of a problem but had no solution other than to invest "in all types of energy." Although George Pataki and Lindsey Graham have admitted that climate change is real and caused by humans, they are not really considered front-runners and have provided even less in the way of solutions.
The rest of the Republican field has taken the opposite tact by attacking the Democrats, specifically President Obama's efforts to address climate change. Part of their problem and that of the United States overall, is that we, along with China, as the world's largest economies, contribute the most to the world's growing global warming problem.
Politicians in America realize that any deal we make with the rest of the world to clean up the mess will largely fall on our shoulders. Most Americans realize that and are willing to shoulder the responsibility. However, most Republicans (a large but distinct minority), have chosen to take a short term but expedient route by denying that global-warming even exists. By their reasoning, there is no need to spend any money on a problem that does not exist.
The Chinese, the second largest polluter, has been playing follow the leader. If the U.S. won't get off their butt and own up to their part in the world's pollution, why should they? Of course, when the smog and pollution is so bad in Beijing and other cities that gas masks are in order (simply to breathe), denial of these environmental problems becomes both ludicrous and somewhat embarrassing.
It may explain why the Chinese have taken an early and quite public approach to combating the problem during this two-week event. Nations will be working on proposing a worldwide legally binding agreement to lower greenhouse gas emissions. To date, most nations have promised a great deal to promote climate control, but failed to do anything substantive once they returned home.
In the case of our own country, I don't expect much. Regardless of whatever the Obama administration might agree to do at the conference, the agreement would still need to be ratified by Congress. In an election year, that would be a non-starter. Shame on us.
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thus cleaning up excess liquidity and take out the day traders and short timers. Couple of months from now, I expect the stock trading around $8+ and expect this to settle around $9 in 4 to 6 months from now. Enjoy the monthly income while waiting.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
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Their buying those shares over the next month or so .That is why the price will stay low, Their allowed to purchase about 154k a day, Newswire release is on canada side under JE.TO@ yahoo financials. I gonna buy more, cheers
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I was stopped out of a substantial holding at 7.42 after buying at $8.60 while waiting to see if there was any recovery. There was but not until it had dropped to 7.24. I don't mind because I should have read the annual report more carefully before buying. Few things made me nervous. I have worked for US companies in Europe and now live there. Starting a business here like JE is a long, painful and usually expensive lesson for failure especially so when many US companies are downsizing in Europe because of the difficult and awkward business climate. Anyone can sign an agreement with Shell if it is a good deal for Shell so didn't sound like anything especially exciting.The ethanol operation sounds like a headache. Reducing the dividend by .03/month saves them $4,500,000 per month. That would allow them to buy around 600,000 shares per month or 7 million shares (4.5% of float) for a year which would only leave $45 million for buying back the $90 million debentures and certainly nothing for the other debentures. So the buy back sounds sort of shady to me. They talk a lot about their smart thermostat business. I see that amazon sells them at 34% off list at $250. so they can hardly be the hottest thing on the market. If JE sells these to 10% of their customers every year and makes $20/unit they will add a whopping $8 million to their bottom line so not exactly a home run. There are more bad comments about the company on the internet than I am comfortable with so I can sleep better without the shares than with them. I am a 25,000 hour pilot so not exactly a fearful type but JE raises more questions than I prefer. Hope you do well with them.


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