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What do people really think of sales? To find out, I turned to an effective, and often underused, methodology: I asked them. As part of a survey, I posed the following question to respondents: When you think of "sales" or "selling," what's the first word that comes to mind?
The most common answer was money, and the ten most frequent responses included words like "pitch," "marketing," and "persuasion."
But when I combed through the list and removed the nouns, most of which were value-neutral synonyms for "selling," an interesting picture emerged.
What you see on the right is a word cloud. It's a graphic representation of the twenty-five adjectives and interjections people offered most frequently when prompted to think of "sales" or "selling," with the size of each word reflecting how many respondents used it. For instance, "pushy" was the most frequent adjective or interjection (and the fourth-most-mentioned word overall), thus its impressive size.
"Smarmy," "essential," and "important" are tinier because they were mentioned less often.
Adjectives and interjections can reveal people's attitudes, since they often contain an emotional component that nouns lack. And the emotions elicited by "sales" or "selling" carry an unmistakeable flavour. Of the twenty-five most offered words, only five have a positive valence ("necessary," "challenging," "fun," "essential," and "important"). The remainder are all negative. These negative words assemble into two camps. A few reflect people's discomfort with selling ("tough," "difficult," "hard," "painful"), but most reflect their distaste. Words like "pushy" and "aggressive" figure prominently, along with a batch of adjectives that suggest deception: "slimy," "smarmy," "sleazy," "dishonest," "manipulative," and "fake."
This word cloud, a linguistic MRI of our brains contemplating sales, captures a common view. Selling makes many of us uncomfortable and even a bit disgusted ("ick," "yuck," "ugh"), in part because we believe that its practice revolves around duplicity, dissembling, and double-dealing.
To probe people's impressions further, I asked a related question, one better suited to visual thinkers: When you think of "sales" or "selling," what's the first picture that comes to mind? (Respondents had to describe their picture in five or fewer words.) To my surprise, the responses - in overwhelming numbers - took a distinct form. They involved a man in a suit selling a car, generally a used one. Take a look at the resulting word cloud (next page) for the twenty-five most popular answers: The top five responses, by a wide margin, were: "car salesman," "suit," "used-car salesman," "man in a suit," and our old friend, "pushy." (The top ten also included both "car" and "used car" on their own.) The image that formed in respondents' minds was uniformly male. The word "man" even made the top twenty five. Very few people used the gender-neutral term "salesperson" and nobody answered "saleswoman." Many respondents emphasised the sociable aspects of sales - with "outgoing," "extrovert," and "talker" all making the top twenty five. Others settled on more metaphorical or literary images, including "shark" and "Willy Loman." And some people still couldn't resist offering adjectives: "slick," "sleazy," and "annoying."
It turns out that these two word clouds, taken together, can help us puncture one of the most pervasive myths about selling in all its forms. The beliefs embedded in that first image - that sales is distasteful because it's deceitful - aren't so much inherently wrong as they are woefully outdated. And the way to understand that is by pulling back the layers of that second image.
In 1967, George Akerlof, a first-year economics professor at the University of California, Berkeley, wrote a thirteen-page paper that used economic theory and a handful of equations to examine a corner of the commercial world where few economists had dared to tread: the used-car market. The first two academic journals where young Akerlof submitted his paper rejected it because they "did not publish papers on topics of such triviality." The third journal also turned down Akerlof's study, but on different grounds. Its reviewers didn't say his analysis was trivial; they said it was mistaken.
Finally, two years after he'd completed the paper, the Quarterly Journal of Economics accepted it and in 1970 published "The Market for 'Lemons': Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism."
Akerlof's article went on to become one of the most cited economics papers of the last fifty years. In 2001, it earned him a Nobel Prize.
In the paper, Akerlof identified a weakness in traditional economic reasoning. Most analyses in economics began by assuming that the parties to any transaction were fully informed actors making rational decisions in their own self-interest. The burgeoning field of behavioral economics has since called into question the second part of that assumption - that we're all making rational decisions in our own self-interest. Akerlof took aim at the first part - that we're fully informed. And he enlisted the used-car market for what he called "a finger exercise to illustrate and develop" his ideas.
Cars for sale - he said, oversimplifying in the name of clarifying - fall into two categories: good and bad. Bad cars, what Americans call "lemons," are obviously less desirable and therefore ought to be cheaper. Trouble is, with used cars, only the seller knows whether the vehicle is a lemon or a peach. The two parties confront "an asymmetry in available information." One side is fully informed; the other is at least partially in the dark.
Asymmetrical information creates all sorts of headaches. If the seller knows much more about the product than the buyer, the buyer understandably gets suspicious. What's the seller concealing?
Am I being hoodwinked? If the car is so great, why is he getting rid of it? As a result, the buyer might be willing to pay only very little - or perhaps forgo purchasing the car altogether. But Akerlof theorised that the problems could ripple further. Suppose I've got a used car that I know is a peach, and I decide to sell it. Buyers still treat me the same way they treat any seller - as a presumptive lemon peddler. What's this guy Pink keeping secret? Is he bamboozling us? If the car is so peachy, why is he unloading it?
One consequence is that as the seller, I settle for a price lower than the auto is worth. The other is that I give up and don't even bother trying to sell my car. "Dishonest dealings tend to drive honest dealings out of the market," Akerlof wrote. "The presence of people who wish to pawn bad wares as good wares tends to drive out the legitimate business." And it's not just autos, he said. The same reasoning applies to insurance, credit, or one's own labour. When honest sellers opt out, the only ones who remain are the shysters and the charlatans - pushy guys in suits using sleazy tactics to stick you with a heap of junk. Ick.
Of course, individuals and institutions have devised ways to make Akerlof's commercial landscape less forbidding. Sellers offer warranties on their goods. Brand names provide some assurance of quality. Legislatures pass "lemon laws" to protect consumers. But most important, prospective purchasers are on notice. When sellers know more than buyers, buyers must beware. It's no accident that people in the Americas, Europe, and Asia today often know only two words of Latin. In a world of information asymmetry, the guiding principle is caveat emptor - buyer beware.
Akerlof's provocative thought piece recast how economists and others reckoned with individual transactions and entire markets.
So with this example as a model, let's try another intellectual finger exercise. Imagine a world not of information asymmetry, but of something closer to information parity, where buyers and sellers have roughly equal access to relevant information. What would happen then? Actually, stop imagining that world. You're living in it.
Go back to used cars. In the United States today, a prospective purchaser of, say, a used Nissan Maxima can arm herself with all manner of relevant information before even approaching a seller.
She can go online and find most of the places offering that particular car within a certain radius of her home, thereby giving her a wider set of choices. She can tap her social network or visit websites to discover each dealer's reputation and whether previous customers have been satisfied. For individual sellers, she can spend fifteen minutes on a search engine checking the person's bona fides.
She can visit online forums to see what current Maxima owners think of the car. She can check Kelley Blue Book, Edmunds, or AutoTrader.com to find out the price used Maximas are going for.
And once she sees a car she likes, she can take the auto's Vehicle Identification Number and, with a quick online search, find out whether it's been in accidents or had major repairs. She's not fully protected from unethical sellers, of course. But if she encounters any dirty dealing, or ends up dissatisfied, she can do more than simply gripe to a neighbour. She can tell a few hundred Facebook friends, all her Twitter followers, and the readers of her blog - some of whom may pass her story on to their own networks, undermining the seller's ability to deceive again. Now extend the realities of the market for used cars to the market for just about anything else.
Buyers today aren't "fully informed" in the idealised way that many economic models assume. But neither are they the hapless victims of asymmetrical information they once were. That's why that first word cloud isn't wrong. It's just out of date. The belief that sales is slimy, slick, and sleazy has less to do with the nature of the activity itself than with the long-reigning but fast-fading conditions in which selling has often taken place.
The balance has shifted. If you're a buyer and you've got just as much information as the seller, along with the means to talk back, you're no longer the only one who needs to be on notice. In a world of information parity, the new guiding principle is caveat venditor - seller beware.
The decline of information asymmetry hasn't ended all forms of lying, cheating, and other sleazebaggery. One glimpse of the latest financial shenanigans from Wall Street, the City, or Hong Kong confirms that unhappy fact. When the product is complicated - credit default swaps, anyone? - and the potential for lucre enormous, some people will strive to maintain information imbalances and others will opt for outright deception. That won't change. As long as flawed and fallible human beings walk the planet, caveat emptor remains useful guidance. I heed this principle. So should you. But the fact that some people will take the low road doesn't mean that lots of people will. When the seller no longer holds an information advantage and the buyer has the means and the opportunity to talk back, the low road is a perilous path.
The idea of caveat venditor extends well beyond car sales to refashion most encounters that involve moving others. Take travel. In the old days - that is, fifteen years ago - travel agents maintained an information monopoly that allowed the unscrupulous ones to overcharge and mistreat their customers. Not anymore. Today, a mom with a laptop has about the same access to airfares, hotel rates, and reviews as a professional.
Or consider selling yourself for a job. You can no longer control all the information about yourself, some of which you selectively include in your sales document, the resume. Today, a company might still look at that resume, but, as CNN notes, the company will also "browse your LinkedIn and Facebook profiles, read the gory details in your blog and hit Google to find out more about you - good and bad - in one sitting."
The new rules of caveat venditor also govern the booming educational and medical sector. Today, it's possible for a motivated secondary school student with internet access to know more about the causes of the Pelopponesian War or how to make a digital film than his teacher. Physicians, once viewed as imperial dispensers of specialised knowledge, now might see patients who've researched their ailment and arrive with a clutch of studies and a course of action. Today's educators and health care professionals can no longer depend on the quasi-reverence that information asymmetry often afforded them. When the balance tilts in the opposite direction, what they do and how they do it must change.
*This is an edited extract from To Sell is Human: The Surprising Truth About Persuading, Convincing and Influencing Others by Daniel H. Pink (Text Publishing, $40).


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As many of us here at Global Exchange witness and support the nonviolent direct action protests in the US and around the world, from Occupy Wall Street to the Tar Sands Movement taking on the Keystone XL pipeline, the living philosophical teachings of Gandhi are remembered. These teachings are shared and taught by his grandson Dr. Arun Gandhi during the Gandhian Legacy Reality Tour and you are invited to join our annual Gandhian Legacy tour which is lead by Arun himself.
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Syria: Several Options, all of them Lousy
Original post made by Tom Cushing, Danville, on May 14, 2013
So when unrest in a media-saturated place like the Middle East (as opposed to, say, the isolated Congo) erupts into a full-fledged Syrian civil war, it's on the news nightly. As the terrible toll climbs past the current 70,000 dead (as opposed to the BBC estimate of over 2-million souls in the ongoing Congolese war), pressure mounts on government to intervene. And, more than just the $650 million in assistance that has already flowed from the US to civilian relief efforts for refugees of the conflict – the goal is to make the war stop.
The only question is 'How?' It's a dilemma where politics collides with our better angels. There may be no practical way for the US to intervene, without yet another all-in commitment that is unlikely to be considered 'worth it' in retrospect.
Recent history bears out the point: humanitarian intervention is never presented in a cost/benefit case; it's presumed to be free. The public is never confronted with stark choices: would 'peace' in Syria be worth 10 American lives, 500? Your son-or-daughter? A $Billion, $100 Billion?
President Clinton reluctantly entered the conflict in the former Yugoslavia, after the horrors of the Srbenica massacre. While the US-led NATO effort was quickly successful, he got little political credit for it. When he attempted an intervention in Somalia, however, he absorbed enough damage from the 'Blackhawk-down' incident that the US stood-by in the later genocide of 800,000 people in Rwanda.
President George W. Bush announced an "ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world" and sought to spread democracy, but his Administration's two massive invasions demonstrated how difficult that goal can be, even for the world's primary Super-Power.
The incumbent has been notably cautious, as ending two exhausting and expensive (every way) wars has preoccupied his foreign policy. Mr. Obama was reticent to take any kind of lead role in the Arab Spring, and showed no enthusiasm for efforts to rid the world of Moammar Gaddhafi in Libya. When finally prodded to air strikes by the imminent slaughter of civilians there, the clamor against that move was loud and immediate – at least until the gambit unequivocally succeeded.
The humanitarian urge cuts a broad swath through the land, but not a deep one. Especially not now, with matters elsewhere as yet unresolved satisfactorily. As a final note of caution, there's the principle that if you do Nothing today, you can still do something tomorrow – but if you do Something today, it can't be undone -- and it leads you down an unpredictable path.
So, despite all that, if Mr. Obama were to heed the call to arms, what are the options?
Most decisively, the US with allies could invade and destroy Assad's chemical weapons, and his air force, including some 200 (est.) Scud missiles. Those weapons and facilities are geographically dispersed, however, and hidden, often in civilian areas. They would be hard to find quickly, and all bets about their use against allied forces would be off. It's also likely that our troops would have to fight both government and rebel soldiers, many of whom are as hostile to the Great Satan as they are to their ruler. The most effective fighting force among the estimated 70,000 rebels is the 5,000-strong Al Qaeda affiliate Al Nusra. Thus, it's hard to find much of a quorum for this option, even among the most vocal interventionistas (looking at you Senator McCain, every Sunday morning).
If we want to avoid a full-on 'boots' approach, howsabout a no-fly zone? Syria, however, employs a relatively sophisticated Russian-built anti-aircraft system, also dispersed. Although cruise missiles could handle a part of the job of neutralizing it, it seems unlikely that any such set of strikes could be surgical or cost-free in terms of American and civilian lives.
Another smaller step would be arming the rebels with American weapons. But who are those guys? They are a diverse and fractious bunch of at least thirty passionate militias, with neither common traditions nor any central organizing principle beyond their hatred of Assad. Even the tiny Christian community is said to have organized a militia for self-preservation. It is not at all clear that, in the aftermath of a hoped-for civil war victory, these disparate groups wouldn't set upon each other with equal ferocity. We have seen in Iraq how much harder it is to win the peace than the war – the grievances of Syria's numerous other ethnic groups against Assad's Alawite minority, and each other, are a monstrous barrier to any postwar unification. I don't think the US is prepared to, or should, preside over such a situation.
Further (if necessary), it would also be impossible to control or even trace those armaments. What's to be done the first time a stray American product downs an Israeli passenger jet – or one from Delta Airlines?
Diplomacy, then, appears to be the best among lousy options – and it, too, is a very long shot. There is an initiative aborning for the US and Russia to lead peace talks, but, for starters, the US demand for a pre-condition involving Assad's departure is as deeply opposed by the Russians. And that's before we even get down to the regional state rivalries and the divisions within the country itself. Those groups have shown little enthusiasm for the process.
In the largest picture, there is no over-arching, principled doctrine among the world's powers about how to approach such problems, and the Obama Administration has not enunciated or led any multilateral initiative to establish such guidance. Civilian aid has been flowing, but little has been done militarily because it's so hard to make a case for any specific option. Where we go from here is anybody's guess, except that the awful agony of the Syrian people will proceed apace.
What's your view of what ought to be done?
(This note drew heavily from several sources, notably Dexter Filkins' loooong article in the New Yorker.)
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a resident of Danville
on May 15, 2013 at 11:15 am
Tom forgot the other option on Syria: Distraction.
Tom's missive this week reminds me of that movie "Wag the Dog" with Dustin Hoffman, about how the government tries to focus people's attention on military conflict so they don't pay attention to scandals at home.
Syria's been in the news for over a year. Why write about it now?
I wonder what Tom's column would've been about this week had the IRS retaliated against liberal groups?
I wonder if Tom will ever write about the Justice Department illegally wiretapping AP reporters for months?
Republican hysterics over Benghazi are childish. But why did the White House make up that story that Benghazi was caused by an anti-Muslim YouTube video?
Tom's not the only one trying to change the national conversation.
a resident of Alamo
on May 15, 2013 at 12:00 pm
S-P: you know what, I alMost wrote a peremptory comment for you yesterday along the lines above, although I only anticipated that you'd say "if he really cares about the First Amendment..."
And I do -- like you, I am appalled at the seizure of the AP documents by the DOJ, and I will write about it this week, when a few more actual facts are actually known. I have much lower expectations for the IRS generally, but that's wrong, too. It smacks of the Enemies List of prior Administrations.
These things are wrong on the merits, and they lend largely undeserved credibility to the tin-foil hatters. Some wearers might even go so far as to suggest a conspiracy of distraction!
There. How's that?
BTW, the reason I wrote about Syria this week is that I got interested in it, and I thought others might be interested in what I had learned. This blog tries to be topical, but we're not 'first responders' on these items. Hell, my phone records haven't even been seized -- at least as far as I know they haven't.
So, be patient my friend. This topic is another thing on which I anticipate we'll agree.
a resident of San Ramon
on May 17, 2013 at 3:50 pm
Right on "spec etc"----nary a word on the IRS questioning religious groups on who their members are and who they pray to-----supreme silence on how Obama's half bro raped his 12th wife--age 17--and got a quickie 30 day IRS "charity" approval!!!!
a resident of Alamo
on May 18, 2013 at 6:52 am
Hi Frank: I'm afraid you'll have to handle those two yourself. There are a few dark corners of the 'web where I don't often go.


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Thanks ,valentine ( it may have been a comment to that effect that I read...can't remember )...But Thomas will turn 21 in April of 2012 , doesn't that age them out for the 2012-2013 competitive yr ? If so, everybody's rules are pushing them.
Thanks ,valentine ( it may have been a comment to that effect that I read...can't remember )...But Thomas will turn 21 in April of 2012 , doesn't that age them out for the 2012-2013 competitive yr ? If so, everybody's rules are pushing them.
CONSTITUTION and GENERAL REGULATIONS 2010
as accepted by the 53rd Ordinary Congress June 2010
Rule 108
2. Age limits for Single & Pair Skating / Ice Dance
c) in International Junior Competitions and ISU Junior Championships a Junior is a Skater who has met the following requirements before July 1st preceding these Events:
i) has reached at least the age of thirteen (13);
ii) has not reached the age of nineteen (19) for Ladies and Men in singles competition; and
iii) has not reached the age of nineteen (19) for Ladies and the age of twenty-one (21) for Men in Pair Skating and Ice Dance competition.
2.3 RESTRICTIONS TO ENTRY (Rule 5403)
(a) COMPETING IN THE SAME EVENT DISCIPLINE: No one shall compete in the same discipline (Singles, Pairs, Dance) in the same event (Juvenile, Pre-Novice, Novice) at Junior Nationals more than three times.
(b) WINNER OF AN EVENT DISCIPLINE: The winner or the winning pair or dance couple of an event discipline shall not be eligible for the same event discipline again.
I just read the restrictions that (Blink) has posted, and its really making me wonder why Skate Canada isn't sending Garret Gosselin (4th at nationals, beautiful skater, has all triples, and has a triple triple combo) and Shaquille Davis (2nd at nationals, great technical ability,has a triple axel,and a triple triple combo). Based on the restrictions their both age eligible for jgp's this year so shouldn't these two guys be on the list without any question with Nam Nyugen, Liam Firus, and Peter O'brien?
"MANDATORY EVENTS: The following events are mandatory for all Skate Canada Sectionals: Mens Singles, Womens Singles, Mixed Pair, Mixed Dance in each of the five
classes - Senior, Junior, Novice, Pre-Novice, Juvenile\)
... Competitors who register for Senior events at Skate Canada Sectionals and who have been assigned a Senior Grand Prix or Junior Grand Prix Final event shall be granted an automatic entry into the Senior Canadian Figure Skating Championships event of the same event discipline in the same competitive season.
...BYED SKATERS: Those who have been granted byes through Sectional qualifying events (see (b) above and Byes Policy in Policies and Procedures) may enter their Skate Canada Challenge event or Canadian Figure Skating Championships event (or qualifying round at Canadians) as applicable without further qualification."
I can't believe this..... re: O/W..
Knowing what we now know..1. they must compete as seniors , if they are to compete at all at Nationals.
2. They are ageing out as Jrs. After Jr World's, they will be inelligible for the next round of JR. competition
3. normally , the Skate Canada cutoff for funding is 5th place at seniors ( I believe)
.. I think it's pretty mean to suggest that they shouldn't try... That they should sit out, lose national ranking ( not due to injury or any other unforeseen event , but, apparently, out of some weird sense of humility or to make sure other teams have a chance) and lose a chance to gain funding and possibly assignments for the next season. We are talking about competitions , are we not ?
I wouldn't suggest they're a shoo-in for that 5th spot, but the middle group in our senior field is pretty unsettled at the moment , and O/W have been on a sharp upward development curve as a couple . Why on earth shouldn't they try ?
I'm sure they've been aware of their situation all along and in light of all these requirements, I'd be surprised if they haven't been practicing Rhumba as well as Cha-cha through the off season.
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Orford/Williams probably have already choreographed their senior freedance knowing that they will be competing senior for nationals. Of course, their main focus right now would be the junior programs for the JGP season, after which they will concentrate on the senior stuff.
The new season provides fresh opportunities for all teams. Again, I point to Arnold/Trojek who moved up the ranks significantly and received international assignments based on their level of improvement and results in the new season, not the previous year's finish. Tons of teams age out of Junior into Senior. Most enjoy staying Junior as long as they can before moving up to Senior. I think Doleman was a 5th year Junior last year. Williams is a 6th year Junior this season. When they get to Senior, it's about having a good start to the season, building on strong international results as Juniors, and showing growth and improvement throughout the season. With CoP, it isn't/shouldn't be about ranking, but the skating on the ice on the day of competition.
I worry about them being able to place top 5 at Senior. My current count of the top 5: Virtue/Moir, Weaver/Poje, Paul/Islam, Harvey/Gagnon, Ralph/Hill (the last 2 in any order); other teams looking for top 5 would include Arnold/Trojek, Arrotta/Nickel, perhaps Gilles/Poirier (she comes with a ton of high level experience, and this is likely to be a very good team), and whoever else might still surprise us. It's early in the season yet, and teams will get good competitive mileage on their programs. I expect teams 4 through 8 at least to be in top shape by Nationals. Again, I count 16 teams for Nationals this year. At least the top 10 will be pretty solid by Nationals, I suspect.
NorthernDancers..sorry if I misunderstood you , but you didn't mention before now ( in the matter of O/W, specifically ) that your complaint was with the system ,so it seemed that you were arguing against decisions perceived to be O/W's own. You may not intend to be unkind ( and I never thought it was your intention , just the natural consequences of your reasoning ).
The thing is , the system is what it is ...and I doubt if the skaters would think it kind or better for them to be unable to try to make their mark ASAP.If the system was changed , I don't think the skaters would feel it was particularly beneficial to be more or less left in limbo for a year between Jr and Sr.
( And just as an aside , do I think SC has always made wise decisions,? No , no , a thousand times no. )
I wouldn't like predict the outcome at Canadians this year, except for V/M, W/P and P/I.. with the usual caveats about health , etc. We're just at the beginning of the season. But from what I've seen of R/H and H/G's programs , if they don't improve vastly ( which they could do ) they look possibly beatable to me..by whoever...
So I'll be interested to see what the other contenders have to offer. I'm very curious about O/W because I thought I could see a marked improvement over last year in the way they skated their SD at BCSS , and I've heard some glowing reports of their FD at Minto.( we'll see on friday ) That doesn't mean I'm hyping them for 4th at nationals at this stage of the game..it just means that I wouldn't rule out that they could be in the thick of things.


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I built a Warre this year after reading his book, and boldly sat there into the fall and even into Dec, and then I added insulating layers outside, and finally at some point got out my World books and read about the climate of Italy and France. After concluding that their winters are much milder, I ended up wrapping mine with 4" of blue foam. I also drilled a hole in the attic and ended up cutting a hole in the burlap. Why you ask?
Lots of condensation on my plexi windows and since the burlap was so heavily propolised, it seems it cannot breathe. I used the same layer all summer, maybe I should have put in a new layer late in fall...but without breathing, the moisture was a big problem...2 days later, it seemed mostly gone.
I'd also built a Lang out of 2x material and I did add some insulation to that also, but, not as much, and felt that colony with it's Russian queen was so strong it wasn't needed...
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This Morning: New Model N Soars, BlackBerry Cheered, Still More AAPL Cuts
Here are some things going on this morning in your world of tech:
Shares of Model N (MODN) just started trading this morning. The shares priced at $15.50 and are currently up $5.84, or 38%, at $21.34. The Redwood City, California-based company sells software to help life sciences companies such as Amgen and Boston Scientific "manage their revenue," as the company puts it. The software can be deployed on-premise or via cloud computing facilities.
Shares of BlackBerry (BBRY) are up 80 cents, or 5.4%, at $15.84, after Morgan Stanley's Ehud Gelblum raised his rating on the shares to Overweight from Underweight, and hiked his price target to $22 from $10, based both on an expectation that there is room for "niche" players in the smartphone market, and based on a belief that Samsung Electronics (005930KS), among others, is still on the hunt for other operating system software assets. Gelblum now models 36.4 million smartphones for the fiscal year starting this month, up from 31 million before, at a higher $285 average price, and sees total revenue of $13.9 billion and a profit of 23 cents, better than his old view of $11.6 billion and a $1.37 loss.
Shares of Apple (AAPL) are down $3.47, or 0.8%, at $451.02, after Mike Walkley with Canaccord Genuity cut his price target to $600 from $650, after cutting his iPhone estimates for the June quarter, predicting share loss to Android. Walkley expects growth to resume in the latter half of the year on the strength of an "iPhone 5S" refresh.
Boutique research firm BlueFin Research also cut its estimates for Apple, writing that the company must have a "low-cost iPhone product to more accurately serve the replacement/upgrade segment versus the new user opportunity" in order to continue "AAPL's ascension in the smartphone market going forward."
Shares of Adobe (ADBE) are up $1.54, or almost 4%, at $42.29, after the company last night reported better-than-expected fiscal Q1 results, missed consensus with its Q2 outlook, but projected the full year's profit slightly ahead. Adobe's CTO, Kevin Lynch, has resigned to go to Apple, the company disclosed.
Analysts are taking this in quite different directions, with Stifel Nicolaus Blair Abernethy cutting his rating on the shares to Hold from Buy, and stripping away his $37 price target, while RBC Capital's Robert Breza reiterated an Outperform rating and raised his price target to $52 from $47.
Breza writes that the "strong" results from last night suggest to him "the transition to a subscription model appears to have accelerated, which increases our confidence in the model/transition going forward." Abernethy, on the other hand, writes that the shares, having crossed his price target, "are currently trading at 29x our FY13 earnings estimate (vs. comps at 19x) and 20x our FY14 earnings estimate (vs. comps at 15x), which we view as fully valued."


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Monday, November 28, 2011
"Amazing Race 20" Spoilers: "Big Brother" Couple Brendon and Rachel are a Team
23 comments:
- Susan said...
God, no! Oh, well, their fighting will quickly end their race.
- November 30, 2011 at 10:38 PM
God no! Why does CBS keep thrusting these assholes on us? They are no Jeff and Jordan. We don't want to watch these immature idiots melt down again on a reality show.
- December 1, 2011 at 10:17 AM
I am not sure I can stomach Rachel for too long....hopefully they are gone quickly so I can enjoy the show. Rachel is the worst reality tv person they could have chosen. I would rather see Russell from Survivor!!!
- December 4, 2011 at 11:05 PM
I can't stand Rachael. The thought of her The Amazing Race makes me sick because I love that show.
- December 4, 2011 at 11:38 PM
You've got to be kidding. It just ruined the show for me. Oh well they won't be long getting eliminated.
- December 5, 2011 at 8:21 AM
No, they make me sick. Why not add new people instead of the same old people over and over for every show.
- December 5, 2011 at 12:38 PM
- December 6, 2011 at 8:33 AM
- December 6, 2011 at 8:34 AM
With all of the people who try out for reality shows - why do they keep putting the same people on every show? I have to admit there are some I enjoy watching again and again (Boston Rob, Jeff and Jordan) but in the case of Brendon and Rachel; enough is enough!
- December 6, 2011 at 12:43 PM
Please no, he is pathetic and she is aifull
- December 8, 2011 at 1:15 AM
I'm looking forward to seeing them run the race and I hope they do great. They are great competitors and will give it their all. Everyone who knows them or gets to know them when they're not in the BB house says they are different in real life, a nice couple and actually really good together. Who knows how we would be inside the BB house? It's an intense unreal situation especially if you're targeted over and over.
- December 8, 2011 at 3:21 AM
- Josh Caporale said...
Ughhhh! When will Brendon and Rachel finally disappear from our eyes!
I almost thought that Big Brother was setting the show up in order to further the couple and allow Rachel to win the program (or at least keep her on). Surrounding them with clueless competitors, injecting twists at given times, and other forms of bias are just obvious flaws.
I could only imagine what will happen on "The Amazing Race." Let's hope they get knocked out really early.
- December 8, 2011 at 5:23 PM
oh dear lord,not Rachel. If we have to listen to her snivel and whine the whole season, might as well not watch it at all. "why do people hate me?" watch any old episode!!!
- December 9, 2011 at 9:27 PM
I wish they would have teamed up Jeff & Brendan or Rachel & Jordan instead of Brendan & Rachel. I really liked the two friendships that developed when the two couples were separated.
- December 10, 2011 at 6:55 PM
NO! NO! NO! I'm sick of them. Five someone else a chance at it.
- December 11, 2011 at 9:47 PM
I love it! They make for some tense TV and I actually was hoping this would happen! I will be looking forward to February. I think they made a good decision having them on! Honestly I hope they win it all. hahahahahahah to all the Rachel and Brendan haters, get a life.
- December 13, 2011 at 6:43 PM
CBS? Read one of Wikipedia's policies.
Don't feed the diva.
That's right. Get that bloody Diva and Boredom OFF. OUR TVs. They already were responsible for the worst two seasons of Big Brother ever (Big brother 13 especially) but we don't need them ruining the race, too.
- December 14, 2011 at 5:22 PM
"Floaters garb your life vests"
- January 2, 2012 at 11:45 PM
I saw three white SUV s that looked almost identicle 5 feet apart from each other heading on the only road heading to valley of fire Nevada at about 10:00 am when I was leaving
- January 12, 2012 at 7:50 PM
Media whores! I dislike them and think they both are mental! Yuck!
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What do you folks carry along? I usually try to carry these items:
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I've thought about finding out if the AAA or other places has a pre-paid coupon for towing, so the wife won't get stranded if I'm out of town. Any other bright ideas?


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It's been forever since I've been on beesource, so I hope everyone's doing well. I bought api life var in the Spring for Spring treatment, but didn't need it. I'd love to be able to use it for a fall treatment for varroa. I know you need 14 days of 60 degree weather, and it's looking like I'm gonna get that. What are your thoughts? I'd love to hear any and all of them!
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AMES, Iowa — High tunnel production of fruits and vegetables is the topic of November workshops sponsored by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. Commercial growers, gardeners interested in commercial production and traditional farmers wanting to diversify can learn more about high tunnel production at the workshop offered at two locations.
The workshop will be held at the ISU Extension – Hardin County Office in Iowa Falls on Nov. 17, and the ISU Extension – Linn County Office in Marion on Nov. 19. Both events will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with registration beginning at 8:30 a.m.
Producing high value crops in high tunnels is one way growers can increase their production in a limited space, according to workshop co-coordinator Linda Naeve, ISU Extension and Outreach's value added agriculture program.
"Like all farmers, fruit and vegetable growers attempt to get the greatest yields of high quality crops from their land," said Naeve. "This requires careful planning and using the right tools and strategies."
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Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart (Gigamesh Remix)
Blimey, this song really just won't ever go out of style, now will it? And yes, that's meant in an endearingly rad terminological way. Currently, and what with our buddy boy Gigamesh on the remix rub, there's even more reason to bring Deee-Lite's Groove Is In The Heart, back to the forefront of all your cochlear pleasures. It's so intense! *
This sweet fix from the Minneapolite Miamian comes complete with wicked warped vocals and a funkier-than-art-thou bass'n'beat which is 100% Beaston approved. We cheated and played it live on Belly of the Beast a few weeks back, but that was the preview version that was floating around. Today, we are being officially leigt.
* PS, that intense comment from above? That's akin and regarding his impending EP which is gonna drop, oh... some time I guess. But you should for sure listen to the song of that name in the streamer below. And yes, the "It's So Intense" is definitely in relation to THIS.
So perfect.
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mp3: Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart (Gigamesh Remix)


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Maria Glenski and Susan Kathryn Blass were named to the first semester dean's list at St. Mary's University in Winona.
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The following area students were named to the fall semester dean's list at St. Cloud State University.
Nisswa: Bradley Waidelich, School of Public Affairs, economics.
Pequot Lakes: Callie Bursch, College of Science and Engineering, ecology and field biology; Megan Holderness, School of Health and Human Services, community psychology; April Hulke, School of Education, elementary/K-6 education.
Curry College
Kylie Beltz of Pine River was named to the fall dean's list at Curry College in Milton, Mass.


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I think a DT is more important than a LB for our team. The most efficient way to improve our pass rush and our run defense is by upgrading the DT position.
I blame alot of it on Fewell's Lovie Smith's Tampa 2 defense.....the difference is that Lovie has Lance Briggs and Urlacher, and we don't.
So, the front office shold either get the linebackers to play the Tampa 2 effectively, or else the coaching staff should design a scheme that is tailored to Reese's mediocre linebackers. Maybe they should huddle up on that in the offseason.
Last edited by joemorrisforprez; 02-10-2013 at 03:50 PM.
"I like linebackers. I collect 'em. You can't have too many good ones." - Bill Parcells
"Name the starting linebackers from 2007." - Jerry Reese
We've shown we can win without good linebackers, but that list is truly depressing to say the least.
What ever happened to Dillard? Had such high hopes for the young man... Nebraska right?
With that said, if Te'o or Ogletree are available at 19, who here really believes Reese pulls the trigger? I sure don't.
2007: Antonio Pierce and Kawika Mitchell both were very productive.Torbor was good, and Kiwi also played well until he got injured.
2011: Chase Blackburn was signed in time to take stabilize the LB position. JWill started to come on. Boley had a career year.
I've been beating this drum for years.....a playmaking LB would turn this defense into a potentially dominating unit. But right now, there isn't a single LB on the team that any opposing offensive coordinator needs to worry about. Which is why they are free to double and triple up guys like JPP.
Last edited by joemorrisforprez; 02-10-2013 at 04:03 PM.
"I like linebackers. I collect 'em. You can't have too many good ones." - Bill Parcells
"Name the starting linebackers from 2007." - Jerry Reese
I definitely think Ogletree is a possibility for the Giants. Reese has shown and spoken up before on how much they value big and freakish talent. Solder, JPP etc...were guys with just raw ability that were high on the Giants board because of their make-up. Ogletree at the LB position is similar. He's going to be one of the most watched guys at the combine this year because of his freakish ability and speed. All things the Giants could look to add especially considering the way the league is shifting with big TE's and mobile QB's.
"You killed my family, and I don't like that kind of thing."
Low praise indeed! lol
No one remembers who came in second.
We have fast LB'S we just don't blitz them.


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Forward Max Pacioretty will be out three to four weeks after undergoing an emergency appendectomy in Montreal Saturday evening, the Canadiens announced in a terse press release.
Pacioretty wasn't at the team's practice on Saturday morning due to flu-like symptoms. After practice, coach Michel Therrien said Pacioretty had a bit of a fever and would be re-evaluated on Sunday.
The team announced at 8:21 p.m. that he had undergone an appendectomy.
Pacioretty led the Canadiens in points last season and was second to linemate Erik Cole in goals with 33.
Pacioretty sent out this tweet shortly after noon on Sunday:
"Thanks for the support fans, just a small bump in the road , but can't wait to get back to playing soon.. "


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Emerging Markets A.M. RoundUp: LatAm's Biggest Bankrupcy; 58.com IPO; Emerging Markets Fall
The MSCI Emerging Markets Index lost 0.7% to 1,035.71 as of 11:46 a.m. in London, paring this month's gain to 4.9%. Economists at Citigroup and Barclays said yesterday's Fed policy statement left open the possibility of reduced bond purchases as soon as December.
The news today is centered on Wednesday's bankruptcy filing by OGX Petroleo e Gas Participacoes (OGXPY), the oil firm controlled by Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista.
In a front page story, The Wall Street Journal details how Batista presided over "one of the most breathtaking rise and fall stories in the history of business." OGX is Latin America's biggest ever bankruptcy and caps the demise of Batista's $30 billion empire. It has also entangled some big Wall Street firms.
OGX shares fell 26% Wednesday, ending at 0.17 reais ($0.08), down 96% over the past 12 months. They are expected to be suspended from trading on the São Paulo stock exchange, Bovespa, until a restructuring is completed. The decline of OGX sent shares tumbling across the rest of Batista's empire, wiping out most of his wealth.
Also suffering today is OSX Brasil (OSXB3.Brazil). The ship building company is part of Batista's troubled industrial conglomerate and also had OGX as its main client and is still due some major payments for oil platforms that it built and leased to its sister company. Shares fell 6.45% Thursday to0.58 reais.
The Bovespa Stock Index rose 0.35% in early trading Thursday
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China's money-market rates fell and interest-rate swaps retreated from the highest level since June as the central bank added cash to the financial system for the second time this week.
58.com (WUBA) is set to list on the NYSE on Thursday, the first in a string of Chinese Internet companies looking to debut on U.S. markets in coming months. The WSJ reports that this IPO will offer the best indicator yet of whether U.S. investors have found a taste for Chinese stocks again after a two-year case of indigestion.
U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz said Wednesday during a trip to Beijing that China is willing to discuss a coordination agreement on the use of strategic petroleum reserves.
Chinese personal computer maker Lenovo Group (LNVGY) is hiring the American actor Ashton Kutcher to help design its tablets, its latest ploy to market its brand to U.S. consumers.
India's commodities futures market regulator has sought an audit of the Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd. after a related spot bourse failed in August.
Russian stocks fell the most in a week with the Micex Index losing 0.7% to 1,505.65 as of 2:26 p.m. in Moscow.
The Korean Stock Exchange Kospi Index fell 1.4% to end at 2,030.09.
South Korean officials on Thursday largely shrugged off the U.S. Treasury Department's latest admonition about intervening in currency markets, saying they will continue to stabilize the Korean won whenever necessary.
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By Scooter Hobbs / American Press
It didn't take long. LSU, the forgotten traditional power for most of the offseason, needed only one game and one victory to get back into the top 10 of The Associated Press Top 25 poll this week.
LSU coach Les Miles was nonplussed, but still excited about his team after a 37-27 victory over TCU to open the season.
It lifted the Tigers from No. 12 to No. 9 in the media poll, although they remained No. 11 in the coaches' poll.
"I haven't seen the ranking," Miles said. "I didn't know what the ranking would be. I think that our guys understand that it's just taking care of business.
"We play the style of schedule that, if we handle it one game at a time and kind of just focus on improving, we can put ourselves where we want to be."
LSU will be in Tiger Stadium for its home opener Saturday night with the schedule, on paper, taking a downturn with UAB as the visitors.
LSU will be in look a little different for the home opener.
Two projected starters who missed the TCU game — tight end Richard Dickson and outside linebacker Tahj Jones of Sulphur — look to be ready to rejoin the team.
"Both appear ready to play this game, we looking forward to their return." said Miles, who hadn't mentioned last week that either wouldn't play.
He later added that Jones, in particular, should help a linebacker unit that was about the only unit that didn't get rave reviews Saturday.
"I liked our linebackers," Miles said. "I think it will be better with Tahj back."
Miles was still sketchy on the status of running back Jeremy Hill, who dressed out against TCU but did not play as part of the discipline for his earlier suspension from the team.
At first Miles said of Hill that "As figures in or not really is kind of how the week unfolds. We look forward to playing him as soon as he's ready."
Later, when asked if that meant Hill wasn't in "footballs shape" yet, Miles clarified.
"I guess I should say when 'We're ready' (Hill will play). I think he's coming. I think his time is in front of us."
On other topics:
• The Tigers played eight true freshmen Saturday — DeSean Smith of Barbe, LB Kendall Beckwith, DT Christian LaCouture, QB Anthony Jennings, OT Josh Boutte and special teamers Tre'Davious White, Duke Riley and Melvin Jones of Washington-Marion.
"We're not done exposing our freshmen yet," Miles said, adding he expects to see DB Rickey Jefferson, LB Lewis Neal and DE Tashawn Bower and DB Jeryl Brazil in the coming weeks.
He also said he wished that Jennings had played more than the one snap he got against TCU — a quarterback sneak for a short first down.
• Dickson's return from injury could cut into the playing time of Smith, who got considerable playing time and was targeted with passes twice.
"I think (Smith) will play," Miles said. "But I think as Travis gets back in the groove, I think some of those snaps will be (Dickson's)."
• Starting defensive tackle Anthony Johnson injured his shoulder late in the TCU game, left briefly but returned. "He's fine," Miles said.
• La'el Collins, who keyed a strong offensive performance up front, was named this week's SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week.
"We grade effort and those things," Miles said. "Nothing specific. I can tell you that La'el Collins had a very physical day. He was extremely good."
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Participants from the first Task Force on the Americas delegation to Panama will report on their findings regarding the impact of hydroelectric projects on indigenous communities.
The delegation visited and took testimony from members of the Ngabe Bugle community near the Barro Blanco hydroelectric dam. As early as May or June of this year the reservoir created by the dam will flood fertile agricultural land and destroy the river's fish and shrimp.
In the video "Nagare (NO! NO! NO!) Barro Blanco" Ngabe Bugle people express their fears and frustration with the government and dam project.
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#1 Wed 14 Feb 07 1:30am
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an inquiry on food regulation
Dear Reader
Did you know the,
"Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission"
Is having an inquiry on food regulation?
I have written a submission, from a consumer's point of view.
I think many "quality" outlets have to compete against
Places that sell unhealthy food
Places that use factory product
As a customer it can be very difficult to select quality!
Please if you have feelings or an interest in food or health, make a submission yourself
Submission to:
VCEC Inquiry into Food Regulation in Victoria
From Hugh
As a consumer I am very unhappy with our current food laws and regulations.
I think my views reflect many consumers view that food laws fail the consumer!
Food laws should protect public health as a key objective!
Food laws should empower the consumer to choose the best quality foods.
Food laws need to protect the consumer from misinformation
And laws need to be consistent across all governments and industries!
Outcomes and objectives need to be clear and respect consumers' health and rights.
Terms of Reference
I expect public health should be a clear objective for this inquiry.
I have seen the "Obesity Prevention Policy Coalition" seem to write this in their submission.
I hope the commissioners seriously reflect on the need for their report to include health outcomes as a key objective.
My Reflections and Ideas
Food policy and well-being policy seems not to exist (the current system has failed the community. This is clear if you look at the growth of food related illness)
This is like watching the road toll growing but will damage far more people!
I really want to see some policy that gives consumers real choice and power
to get fresh healthy food, and clear effective warnings on things like SALT SUGAR FATS.
Consumers have the right to know and expect clear warning about damaging foods.
And industries should respect and work with governments for healthier quality fresh foods.
We in Australia led the world on seat belts, A.I.D.S policy and many years ago, Anti Smoking. Why can we not lead the world on food?
I hope some of you have been to Texas and seen how fat and unhealthy the population there is. We will get there without an urgent change in our policy and strategy.
We have had huge changes to food technologies over the last 20 years yet very little has been done to protect the consumers' right to select fresh healthy food.
Produce can be stored for months before sale, losing most flavors, yet consumers do not have the right to know that this has happened.
It is not a fair market as the consumer is totally uniformed about so many factors that would empower their choices and protect their health.
The other factor is that many meals made at restaurants or take away outlets are in effect processed food, just heated and severed as fresh, and may contain many chemicals and additives.
Thirty years ago restaurants make food at their own kitchens, now many merely heat pre-prepared foods: this radically changes what people consume.
Is a frozen partly cooked roll that gets a final cook in an oven Fresh?
In this situation should the consumer have the same rights to know all ingredients as one might expect?
The fact is consumers have very little rights to know anything, and this is totally unfair!
Here are some examples
Meat is defined as any flesh from an animal! What should the consumer have the right to know? How many animals in any product?
Feedlot cattle that have higher omega 4 fats are not clearly identified
See ABC Catalyst eat fat get thin!
The age of food not told to the consumer! Try asking at a supermarket how old an apple is! Surly we should be able to know how old FRESH food is!
If the product has been stored for a long time in cool rooms
(This can kill many of the great fresh food flavors)
The date of harvest not told (this is a key to selecting quality) and simple to do! Please respond to this suggestion!!!!!! HARVEST DATE!
Well what about use by date? It tells the consumer very little! We need shelf life!
The date of processing and baking is not told. Is 5-day-old bread still fresh?
Many baked goods are frozen goods given final bake and sold as fresh.
No information about types of processing (what do they do to make a corn flake?)
Does the number system work for the consumer, and why are we not told the quantities of listed additives?
How much 621? Oh I do not get told!
No clear warnings about high fat, high sugar, high salt or high trans fats!
Please go to website for salt matters
Also look at what they say about labels.
No definition of FRESH.
Why do many food definitions do not reflect consumer expectations?
Health inspectors inspect hygiene not health! Why can they not do an audit of food sold at an outlet, as high fat and sugar is the major health problem now!
More so than the Hygiene problems they currently inspect for.
It is the type of food being sold that is harming people and this requires a change in policy.
Some shops seem to be able to sell exclusivity unhealthy food
This is unfair and leaves the rest of the community having to pick up the tab later.
I also believe Food Standards Australia's current objectives fail to protect the consumer.
The annual report should clearly show things such as salt consumption and disease & death caused as a result of poor diet.
A clear objective of food standards must be to improve diet and to measure the result in their performance criteria.
Governments should make sure the public have clear data regarding which products and companies most add to food related disease
I also note much of the food promoted in the media (often by sports personalities) is often misleading and just untrue
Please look at the case of roll ups
http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.ph … mId/762460
Why did the TV stations not run a clear retraction stating that the add was misleading?
I would have expected this.
The fact that no one bothers to question a swimming star about their personal endorsement of a product disappoints me.
Food promotion needs to be truthful and contain warnings about high fat sugar and salt.
People should know that sports people do not have a normal diet and make bad diet role models.
A suggestion to commissioners
I have thought through some personal research and experiences for the commissioners
I hope someone from VCEC bothers to experience my thinking!
Get a fresh home grown tomato from a friend's garden and a standard supermarket one.
Eat them both. (I grow my own and can bring some in)
Go into a supermarket and ask how old some of the produce is (apple, kiwi fruit, tomatoes) and about their storage (do this as a consumer)
Then go back in a official capacity and ask again.
Go to a chain coffee shop and ask for information about cake (the ingredients, where it is made and when it was made.)
Go to a local pub and ask about the Parma. You will find it is frozen chips and crumbed meat, which are from a factory, and are the key ingredients which are provided frozen to the pub.
Get a professor of nutrition to go to supermarkets and take-away food stores. Have a real analysis of how much sugar salt and fat there is in many foods.
Get you own school photos of your class say at the age of 15, then go to a school in an area identified by diabetes Australia. Think about what we looked like as kids and see what you see.
You could try eating what people are eating in these areas: I am sure Diabetes Australia would assist by providing information about what people are eating.
(I suspect you might not want to do this)
The current food regulation system is failing to protect the health of the community. (I think this claim is supported by evidence and feel sure you can find an expert to support my opinion.)
Advertising often misleads the consumer and little effective action is ever taken.
The consumer often has no rights to know what is in food or how old it is.
Current policy is not being measured against health outcomes.
We need major reform of our food system and need to radically take action to protect consumers' health.
I would also recommend the consumer should have more rights to know about what they buy and eat.
Information technology and print systems are now so much more responsive and in the future we may have microdots which can carry real time information.
Information on food packaging can now be changed quickly!
Please require that harvest dates and other quality information is available
Please recommend an explanation of what food requires labeling to any food not substantially made in a shop or restaurant.
Please recommend a well being commission be set up to oversee food and health policy and fitness policy as ministers appear to not listen to consumers or scientists.
Please recommend that all agencies have key health objectives as part of their performance priorities.
Please ensure that all food high in fat, sugar or salt is subject to a clear warning label system.
Please find any taxes or health levies placed on products that affect the causes of disease are fair (Alcohol taxes value, not alcohol content - why?)
I trust I receive a genuine response to all of these ideas.
#2 Wed 14 Feb 07 1:31am
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Re: st: nlcom code for marginal effect on interaction of continuos variables after clogit
"Arne Risa Hole" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Re: st: nlcom code for marginal effect on interaction of continuos variables after clogit
Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:21:17 +0100
You cannot calculate marginal effects following a fixed effects logit,
with or without interactions, since the fixed effects are not
estimated. See for instance the following thread:
Note that my -nlcom- code did not relate to the fixed effects logit
but to McFadden's choice model which is equivalent computationally but
very different conceptually.
On 24/07/2008, Erasmo Giambona <email@example.com> wrote:
> Dear Statalisters,
> I have a panel dataset with a (0,1) dependent variable (d), where d=1
> means that the firm has merged with another firm. The model looks as
> follows:
> dit = axit + byit + c(xit*yit) + fzit + gwit + ei, where xit, yit,
> zit, wit are continuous independent variables for firm i at time t,
> and (xit*yit) is the interaction of these two continous variables. I
> am estimating the model with clogit. I am interested in gaining some
> insights on the marginal effects of the interaction terms. In
> particular, I would like to see what is the percentage point increase
> in the probability of a merger as x increase by 1 standard deviation
> (or 1 percentage point), y is set at its 75th percentile and the
> remaining two regressors (e.g., z and w) are set at their sample mean.
> I understand that this is not an easy task. I found a thread (e.g.,
> "clogit marginal effects?") in Statalist where Arne Risa Hole provides
> an nlcom that could be used after clogit, but it does not fit what I
> need.
> Can anyone provide any help on the nlcom code needed to obtain the
> result that I am looking for?
> Thanks,
> Erasmo
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