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An Investment Opinion by Alex Schay
WorldCom Bids to be a Truly Global Business
Intrepid WORLDCOM (Nasdaq: WCOM) makes a $30 billion bid for MCI COMMUNICATIONS CORP. (Nasdaq: MCIC) in what could be the largest merger in history. Audacious WorldCom attempts to snatch MCI from the clutches of BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS (NYSE: BTY) after BT recently lowered its bid for MCI by 30%. Brash, aggressively self-assertive WorldCom continues its frenetic acquisition pace announcing a bid to acquire competitive local access provider BROOKS FIBER PROPERTIES (Nasdaq: BFPT). Are these just WorldCom CEO Bernard J Ebber's fantasy media headlines? No, it is this morning's news. WorldCom shocked the telecommunications world today with precisely these announcements, highlighting the power of stock appreciation and its currency value in doing deals. WorldCom, five years and forty acquisitions ago was just a long-distance reseller, now it is positioning itself to be THE world communications powerhouse, truly living up to its name by exploiting the potential of the 1996 Telecommunications Act.
Boosting shares of other competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) and increasing valuations across the board this morning is WorldCom's announcement of its purchase of fiber optic network builder Brooks Fiber Properties. Most of the time a deal is the best gauge of valuation because it shows what an acquirer is actually willing to pay for a company, although in this case it may be distorted by the all equity transaction. Brooks common stock will be exchanged for 1.65 shares of WorldCom common stock (in a pooling transaction) that values the deal at just over $2.6 billion this morning, before debt. The merger will expand the number of U.S. all fiber optic local networks and switching facilities operated by WorldCom from 52 to 86 (34 of the 44 Brooks' markets are in cities that WorldCom did not have local facility presence). The superior gross margins (around 60%) of operating local facilities rather than co-locating make the deal compelling.
The real shocker this morning is WorldCom's proposed merger with MCI Communications, essentially kicking the Brits off U.S. soil if a three-way compromise is not worked out. WorldCom is proposing an exchange offer (in a purchase transaction) to acquire all of the outstanding shares of MCI for $41.50 of WorldCom common stock per MCI share. Following consummation of the exchange offer, WorldCom will effect a second-step merger with all remaining MCI stockholders (read: the 20% stake held by British Telecomm) receiving the same per share consideration. WorldCom's offer represents a 15% premium to MCI as of this morning's price. This transaction, valued at approximately $30 billion, is a premium of $9 billion to the market's current valuation of the proposed acquisition of MCI by British Telecomm.
WorldCom wants to capitalize on the brand awareness that #2 carrier MCI wields and claims that the synergies available to it and MCI (with both operating on U.S. soil) make it a better "fit," allowing WorldCom to offer a premium to BT's offer. WorldCom also claims that the deal would be accretive to earnings by at least 20% in the first year and that 8-9% pre-tax operating costs could be saved. So, why would WorldCom engage in the transaction now, coming on the heels of a coup with AOL? The answer -- share price. WorldCom has seen the highest share price appreciation in the telecommunications space over the last five years and has the second highest returns on equity of all listed companies over the same period. Doing the deals now when the stock is around a 52-week high and trading at roughly 6x sales and 82x times trailing earnings is just smart business.
In the wake of WorldCom's bid for MCI, investors have launched a wholesale re-valuation of facilities-based interexchange carriers and competitive local exchange carriers. PRIMUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS GROUP (Nasdaq: PRTL) rose $1 7/8 to $11 7/8, IXC COMMUNICATIONS (Nasdaq: IIXC) gained $2 7/8 to $34 5/8, ICG COMMUNICATIONS (Nasdaq: ICGX) popped up $3 1/16 to $27 9/16, and INTERMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS (Nasdaq: ICIX), which recently acquired fiber-rich Digex, rose $7 5/16 to $54 1/4.
Other companies gaining ground on the WorldCom news include GST TELECOMMUNICATIONS (AMEX: GST) up $1 1/16 to $14 3/4, WINSTAR COMMUNICATIONS (Nasdaq: WCII) rose $1 5/16 to $20 1/2, TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS GROUP (Nasdaq: TCGI) was boosted $6 3/8 to $51 1/4. C TEC CORP. (Nasdaq: CTEX), which just completed a restructuring to isolate the value of its competitive local phone operations, gained $1 13/16 to $15 11/16.
Not only is WorldCom out shopping for MCI, but it also announced a deal to acquire competitive local exchange carrier and diversified telecommunications company BROOKS FIBER PROPERTIES (Nasdaq: BFPT) for 1.85 shares of WorldCom stock for each Brooks Fiber share. Brooks gained $8 1/2 to $55 3/16.
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS (Nasdaq: BTY) gained $5 1/4 to $71 7/8 and British telecom company CABLE & WIRELESS (NYSE: CWP) rose $1 9/16 to $27 7/16 on the WorldCom bid for MCI.
AMATI COMMUNICATIONS (Nasdaq: AMTX) rose $11/16 to $19 3/8 after agreeing to merge with WESTELL COMMUNICATIONS (Nasdaq: WSTL), exchanging each Amati share for 0.9 shares of Westell. Both companies design, assemble, and market digital subscriber line (xDSL) telecommunications equipment. Other xDSL companies also moved on the news, with AWARE INC. (Nasdaq: AWRE) gaining $1 3/8 to $14 and ORCKIT COMMUNICATIONS (Nasdaq: ORCTF) rising $7/8 to $19.
Wireless telecommunications equipment provider POWERWAVE TECHNOLOGIES (Nasdaq: PWAV) gained $2 7/8 to $41 5/8 on announcing a $12.8 million order from LG Information & Communications and Samsung Electronics.
ALL AMERICAN COMMUNICATIONS (Nasdaq: AACIB) picked up $2 to $24 3/4 after the television and music production company agreed to be acquired by U.K.-based Pearson plc for $25.50 per share in cash.
Wireless communications company ASSOCIATED GROUP (Nasdaq: AGRPA) added $4 to $74 1/2 after announcing that Japan's NTT will invest $100 million in Associated Group's Teligent unit. This unit offers wireless competitive local exchange telecom services.
GULF SOUTH MEDICAL SUPPLY (Nasdaq: GSMS) advanced $2 1/4 to $29 on announcing an agreement to acquire Tri-Medical Supply, a $23 million medical supplies distribution subsidiary of VENCOR INC. (NYSE: VC).
WHG RESORTS & CASINOS (NYSE: WHG) gained $2 3/8 to $22 7/8 after the Puerto Rican resort operator agreed to be acquired by real estate investment trust PATRIOT AMERICAN HOSPITALITY (NYSE: PAH). WHG shareholders will receive 0.784 shares of Patriot for each WHG share -- subject to adjustments.
Bookseller BARNES & NOBLE (NYSE: BKS) rose $2 3/16 to $30 7/16 after the London Times reported that B&N is launching a multi-million pound foray into the U.K. market. Merrill Lynch also dubbed the company its "Focus One" stock of the week.
MYRIAD GENETICS (Nasdaq: MYGN) climbed $1 9/16 higher to $27 1/2 and U.S. BIOSCIENCE (AMEX: UBS) rose $1 1/4 to $12 5/8 after UBS Securities started coverage of both companies with "buy" ratings.
BOSTON LIFE SCIENCES (Nasdaq: BLSI) collapsed $3 7/8 to $3 5/16 after reporting unsuccessful results in the Phase III trial of its rheumatoid arthritis treatment.
Telecommunications and computer timing device manufacturer DATUM INC. (Nasdaq: DATM) crashed $13 5/8 to $32 1/4 this morning before being halted for pending news.
TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR (Nasdaq: TQNT) lost $7 7/8 to $28 1/4 after the mixed signal and analog semiconductor company said it will miss Q3 EPS estimates of $0.29. Customer product delays and other factors will also affect results for the coming two quarters. At least 25% of the analysts covering the company had already issued downgrades by noon today.
Hardware and software simulation systems company IKOS SYSTEMS (Nasdaq: IKOS) slid $2 9/16 to $10 on announcing a shortfall in expected fourth quarter revenues and EPS. Earnings will come in at the $0.05 per share level -- before charges -- more than 75% below the mean First Call estimate.
ALPINE LACE BRANDS (Nasdaq: LACE) lost $1 3/8 to $8 5/8 after the maker of reduced fat cheeses announced an agreement to be acquired by dairy products company Land O'Lakes for $9 1/8 per share.
Material handling equipment and electronics manufacturer REPTRON ELECTRONICS (Nasdaq: REPT) was taken down $2 5/16 to $16 after the company pre-announced Q3 EPS of $0.23 to $0.25, below the mean estimate of $0.40.
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES (NYSE: AMD) fell $3 15/16 to $28 5/8 after once again pre-announcing downward revisions to its expected earnings for the third quarter. The company said lower yields on its K-6 chips have hurt revenues and that its operating loss per share for the quarter will be "substantially larger" than the expected $0.03 loss per share.
3-M spin-off IMATION CORP. (NYSE: IMN) fell $2 1/8 to $24 7/16 after announcing that it expects to miss the mean third quarter EPS estimate of $0.29 with per-share earnings of $0.11. The maker of storage products and other products for the imaging and information industries said competitive pressures and a strong U.S. dollar are to blame.
IVAX CORP. (AMEX: IVX) tumbled $1 3/16 to $10 3/4 after the generic drug company said it expects a loss from continuing operations to be larger than the $53 million loss from continuing operations the company reported last quarter. That means the expected quarterly loss will be about four times the average loss per share estimated by the five analysts covering the company.
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in the year 2000, i converted an attached garage into a family room. i installed 4 outlets, did not pull a permit,i am the home owner, live in barnstable ma. i am selling the house now and buyers want the room permitted! electrical inspector states that it must now pass 2011 code. is this correct or a punishment?:(
The Code cycle that is enforced is based on when the permit was obtained.
If you had done it right the first time, you would have been subjected to the 1999 edition of the Code.
I call it poetic justice ... :laughing:
The major differences are AFCI and tamper proof receptacles. So you will need to change the breaker and install all new receptacles provided you were code compliant in all the other areas.
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Andersen's Fairy Tales HTML version
And the Tree beheld all the beauty of the flowers, and the freshness in the garden; he
beheld himself, and wished he had remained in his dark corner in the loft; he thought of his
first youth in the wood, of the merry Christmas-eve, and of the little Mice who had listened
with so much pleasure to the story of Humpy-Dumpy.
"'Tis over--'tis past!" said the poor Tree. "Had I but rejoiced when I had reason to do so!
But now 'tis past, 'tis past!"
And the gardener's boy chopped the Tree into small pieces; there was a whole heap lying
there. The wood flamed up splendidly under the large brewing copper, and it sighed so
deeply! Each sigh was like a shot.
The boys played about in the court, and the youngest wore the gold star on his breast which
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Budding Taipa cowboys Klay and Bradley Lanigan are rising stars of the rodeo world after being selected into the New Zealand secondary schools rodeo team.
The brothers - along with Whangarei's Dallas Olsen - are part of a team of seven, who will travel to Queensland to compete in three transtasman rodeos against the Australian high schools team.
Klay has been chosen to ride bulls and saddle bronc for the team and younger brother Bradley will be riding steers, while cowgirls like Olsen will compete in barrel racing.
A Year 11 student at Taipa Area School, 15-year-old Klay was selected last September to ride steers in the same competition and he won with a 71-point ride for the New Zealand team at Cappella Rodeo in Queensland.
He said it is an awesome feeling to put on the New Zealand shirt with the silver fern and take to the Aussies with a traditional haka to begin the team challenge.
Rodeo is a tough but rewarding sport. In the 2012 season, Klay finished the season in the top four in the country in All Round Rookie Championship and he might have finished higher but for a broken wrist after a spill off a bull that cut short his season.
The highlight of his year was a win in the $1000 Bull Ride at the Wild Out West Rodeo with a second place in the calf roping bringing a good day at the pay window.
Bradley competed in steer riding and calf roping. After a solid season he finished third in the country for steer riding, when he was only 12-years-old, and when there were no steers at the rodeos he would ride a bull in the second division.
Rodeo is not an easy sport and requires discipline, hard work and long hours of training as well as looking after their horses and training stock. The boys have had great support from their parents, Matt and Reo, as well as their school. They trap possums and train pig dogs in their spare time, as well as working on the farm, to fund their sport.


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Popular property highlights
Located in Memorial within a short walk of Town and Country Village, Four Points by Sheraton Houston - CITYCENTRE is within 2 miles (3 km) of Memorial City Mall. This 171-room, 3-star hotel has conveniences like an outdoor pool, a 24-hour fitness center, and free in-room WiFi. Lakeside Country Club is also 2.1 mi (3.4 km) away.
Start each morning with buffet breakfast, available for a fee from 7 AM to 9:30 AM. Order from room service to satisfy your hunger without leaving your room, or make new friends over drinks at the bar/lounge.
All of Four Points by Sheraton Houston - CITYCENTRE's 171 rooms are air-conditioned and have an array of amenities, including coffee makers, free newspapers, and free bottled water. Guests can expect free WiFi and wired Internet, along with satellite TV. Beds sport premium bedding. Phones, ironing boards, and desks are also available.
At Four Points by Sheraton Houston - CITYCENTRE, guests enjoy an outdoor pool, a 24-hour fitness center, and free WiFi in public areas. You can take advantage of free parking, along with a free area shuttle. The front desk has multilingual staff standing by 24 hours a day to assist with dry cleaning/laundry and securing valuables. Additional amenities include conference space, a 24-hour business center, and coffee/tea in a common area.
Property features
- Free WiFi in rooms and public areas
- Free parking
- Bar/lounge
- Outdoor pool
Four Points by Sheraton Houston - CITYCENTRE
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Four Points by Sheraton Houston West is centrally located with tons of dining and entertainment options, right at your fingertips. Just a mile from the CITYCENTRE - where you'll find shopping, dining, movies and live entertainment.
If you're visiting for business, the hotel is down the street from the Energy Corridor where all of the national and local energy companies are located. You'll be a mile from ExxonMobil Corp., and five miles or less from a handful of others. Not to mention, we're easily accessible to plenty of other corporate offices like Accenture, Cardinal Health Care Inc., and Jacobs Engineering.
Located in a business and a shopping district, this Houston hotel offers easy access to numerous corporate offices, as well as popular destinations such as Memorial City Mall and the Houston Galleria. Complimentary local shuttle service is available during limited hours. On-site parking is also complimentary.
The hotel features a year-round heated outdoor pool, 24-hour fitness center, and 24-hour business center. Meeting space entails 4 large conference rooms that average approximately 2,800 square feet (260 square meters) each. Event catering adds to the convenience of on-site activities, and complimentary Internet access is available in public areas and guestrooms.
The bar, open daily, showcases local brews. Room service is available for breakfast and dinner. There are many restaurants, bars, and cafés nearby.
Four Points by Sheraton Houston West is smoke-free.
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Free area shuttle
- 24-hour business center
- Conference space size (feet) - 2800
- Conference space size (meters) - 252
- Free WiFi
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- 24-hour front desk
- ATM/banking
- Number of floors - 14
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Conference space
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Fireplace in lobby
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Multilingual staff
- Total number of rooms - 171
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- Smoke-free property
- Outdoor pool
- Free use of nearby fitness center
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Area shuttle (complimentary)
- Microwave (on request)
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
Four Points by Sheraton Houston - CITYCENTRE offers 171 air-conditioned accommodations with complimentary newspapers and complimentary bottled water. Beds feature premium bedding. Televisions come with premium satellite channels and pay movies.
This Houston hotel provides complimentary wired and wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Additionally, rooms include coffee/tea makers and irons/ironing boards. Housekeeping is offered daily and microwaves can be requested.
- Microwave (on request)
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Air conditioning
- Satellite TV service
- Free bottled water
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free newspaper
- Desk
- Daily housekeeping
- Iron/ironing board
- Pay movies
- Premium bedding
- Premium TV channels
- Phone
- Room service (limited hours)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
Where to Eat
Hotel Restaurant - Contemporary atmosphere, serving American cuisine.
Hotel Lobby Bar - Casual setting.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool, a health club, and a fitness facility.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets allowed
- Up to 30 lb
- Restrictions apply
- For more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: USD 15 per person (approximately)
Hotel Name
- Four Points Houston West
- Four Points Sheraton Hotel Houston West
- Four Points Sheraton Houston West
- Sheraton Four Points Houston West
- Four Points Sheraton Houston CITYCENTRE Hotel
- Four Points Sheraton CITYCENTRE Hotel
- Four Points Sheraton Houston CITYCENTRE
- Four Points Sheraton CITYCENTRE
We should mention
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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One of the coolest Christmas albums ever – a tripped-out classic from Chicago's legendary Rotary Connection! The album's every bit as wonderful as any of the group's non-Holiday sets for Cadet Records – and maybe even has more to offer, given that the euphoria of the season is thrown into the usual spacey mix! Charles Stepney lays down some totally angelic production – and the record bubbles with heavenly instrumental passages – floating along like clouds, then suddenly exploding into sharp musical moments that provide the perfect backdrop for Minnie Riperton's excellent voice. Most of the tracks are originals, penned as spacey seasonal numbers that bring a whole new sense of spirituality to the end of December – a young, optimistic take on the holiday – which makes for a really unique sort of record! Titles include "Christmas Child", "Opening Round", "Silent Night", "Christmas Love", "Shopping Bag Menagerie", "Peace At Last", "Silent Night Chant", "Sidewalk Santa", and "Last Call For Peace". (Green label pressing. Cover has a stained corner and a cut corner.) © 1996-2017, Dusty Groove, Inc.
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Southwest Airlines is another step closer to becoming one with AirTran – with the expected issuance of a single operating certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration this week. Ultimately, the merged carrier will be known as Southwest, but full integration is still years away.
Southwest – 'Most Desired' Brand in U.S.
Southwest announced its acquisition of AirTran in September 2010. Southwest has long been a favorite of budget-conscious travelers and is one of only two U.S. carriers to offer free bags (JetBlue is the other).
Passengers Won't See Many Changes – Yet
Although Southwest called the FAA certificate "a monumental step," this will have little if any immediate impact on passengers although as The Dallas Morning News points out, it's a signal to Southwest that their employees can start repainting AirTran planes with Southwest's signature livery.
Continental.com Disappears – Hello, United.com
However, Southwest has a long list of other chores to complete like integrating workforces and eventually, combing websites though AirTran.com and Southwest.com will remain separate entities for some time to come. As one Southwest executive notes, "the transition to a single ticketing system is a large and complex process that will take several years to complete."
Southwest – What's LUV got to do with it?
Southwest Opens New Routes, Makes Gate Changes
One change Southwest customers have already seen is the opening of new routes and destinations, including several new daily non-stops from Atlanta, long an AirTran stronghold – as well as headquarters for Delta.
Another thing travelers will start noticing starting this year, is the transitioning of AirTran gates to Southwest. Watch for these changes beginning at Seattle's Sea-Tac Airport in August.


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We are located in The New London Area in the Sunapee Region of New Hampshire. The village of North Sutton is one of four villages within the Town of Sutton. This area is easy to reach via the expressway system. We can provide detailed driving directions when you call for reservations.
Boston is just 1 1/2 hours via I-93 north to I-89 north, Exit 10.
Montreal is about 4 hours away via I-89 south, Exit 10 (in NH, not VT).
New York City is about 5 1/2 hours via: I-287 north across the Tappen Zee Bridge; to I-684 east to I-84 east into CT; at Hartford CT take I-91 north toWhite River Junction VT; take I-89 south to Exit 10.
We are at Exit 10 off I-89. Turn left if coming from the south; turn right coming from the north. Proceed about 100 yards. Turn right onto North road (Just follow the signs for Route 114 or Wadleigh State Park) for about 1 mile. Turn right onto Route 114 for 1/4 mile. We are just behind the white church on the right. There we are. We are at the intersection of Route 114 and Keyser Street, across from the lake.
We are midway between Concord, NH, our state capitol and Hanover, NH, where Dartmouth College is located. New London, home of Colby-Sawyer College, is four miles from the inn.
You can avoid the hassle of Logan Airport in Boston by using the Manchester, NH Airport, only 50 minutes away from us via interstates I-93 and I-89. It is serviced by several major airlines including United, Continental, US Airways, and SouthWest Air.
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GAINESVILLE---To combat the rise in food-borne illnesses, University ofFlorida scientists are the first in the nation to begin testing highlyaccurate electronic noses that sniff out fishy seafood before it gets tothe consumer.
"The electronic nose gives us nearly 100 percent accuracy and could bejust what we need to help seafood inspectors handle their growingworkload," said Murat Balaban, a food processing engineer with UF'sInstitute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. It could be a major stepforward in ensuring seafood quality if the federal government and theseafood industry accepts it.
"More than 70 percent of our seafood is now imported, but the number ofexperienced inspectors has not increased. We need some help," he said.
The electronic devices have a big advantage over conventional testingmethods in detecting pathogens that could cause disease, Balaban'scolleague Maurice Marshall said. "In just a few minutes, we can tell whatis good product and what is bad," said Marshall, a professor of seafoodchemistry. "You don't have to do bacteria counts, which can take days."
The noses, now widely used in Europe, are computerized tabletop units with sensors that detect odor molecules. They are also being used to findbacteria in wounds, inspect toxic waste sites and check the quality of wineand coffee.
Balaban and graduate student Diego Luzuriaga programmed or "trained" anose to mimic judgments that inspectors make. In 43 tests on good and badshrimp last month, the electronic nose was in perfect agreement with Foodand Drug Administration inspectors who visited the UF campus.
We call the odor of some spoiled shrimp wet dog, but my wet dog may smell different than someone else's wet dog, and that is where this device can help us most," he said.
"Once an electronic nose has learned enough seafood odors, it can be more objective than human inspectors," Balaban said. "And we don't have to worryabout it catching a cold or retiring.
Walter Staruskiewicz, research chemist with FDA's seafood inspectionprogram, said his agency has only three seafood inspectors with more than20 years experience at the "top national level", and they are all nearingretirement.
"We never have close to enough inspectors, and that's why I'm glad UF is doing this work," he said.
However, more testing is needed before electronic noses can replacefederal seafood inspectors, Staruskiewicz said. "When I make a findingagainst a company, I have to be ready to go to trial."
Balaban said federal inspectors should find it easy to defend electronicnoses as the databases of various seafood odors become standardized. "Onceyou've trained a nose, it's objective and highly reliable.
Although federal inspections may not use the electronic noses right away,Balaban said seafood companies could use them to decide which catches toreject and when to process seafood instead of selling it fresh.
British manufacturers Neotronics Scientific Inc. and Aromascan Inc. areassisting in the UF research on the electronic noses, which now cost about$40,000. Balaban expects the devices will become the standard forinspecting seafood when prices drop.
Research at UF's Aquatic Food Products Laboratory includes tests on otherdevices to help seafood companies and grocery chains maintain quality. Theyinclude computerized units the size of a matchbox that record temperaturechanges during shipping and packets that change color when seafood gets toohot.
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The different schools of thought around the Synoptic Gospels, which rely on analysis of the source, are increasingly being called upon to defend their arguments in relation to ancient media practices. This has developed as new insights into ancient media and memory practices have become known. Thus, new criticisms of established hypotheses have required an appraisal of whether the traditional source-documentary approach of understanding the relationship between the synoptic gospels is still valid at all. But the new school of thought which relies on insights from scholarship in ancient media and memory practices has been hampered, to date, by the patchy reception of research on ancient media in synoptic scholarship. Alan Kirk here rectifies this issue as he mounts a defense, grounded in the practices of memory and manuscript transmission, of the Two Document Hypothesis. He shows how ancient media/memory approaches give new leverage on classic research problems in scholarship of the Gospels. The result of his efforts opens up new vistas to the reception of the Jesus tradition, its early scribal transmission and casts new light on long-conflicted questions in Christian origins.
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Kali earned her wings 10/21/14 answered on 9/27/12. Helpful? / 0
also just to add to what they said...when you are making sure the first ingredient is meat...any kind of by product meat and or meat meal isn't a good thing either...and foods with corn and wheat are said to be unhealthy for dogs as well.
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Yes by-products are bad, but if it says chicken meal or lamb meal that is not bad. It is that meat source dehydrated down almost like a jerky. meat meal is not as good because it does not define the meat source.
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None of those are good. One of the best foods that you can feed is Fromm. Fromm is a great food to feed, learn more about Fromm at frommfamily.com
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A coalition of parents, teachers' unions and civil rights groups filed suit on May 20 challenging Colorado's new law permitting low-income students at "unsatisfactory" public schools to attend parochial or private schools at taxpayer expense.
Colorado is the first state to enact such a program since the Supreme Court gave school vouchers the green light last summer. The lawsuit, filed in Denver County district court, invokes the Colorado constitution, which forbids public money from supporting schools "controlled by any church or sectarian denomination whatever."
Groups fighting the law include People for the American Way, Colorado branches of the NAACP, the American Jewish Congress, the American Federation of Teachers, the National Education Association, the ACLU and Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
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The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ban on prayers before evening meals at the Virginia Military Institute.
"In establishing its supper prayer, VMI has done precisely what the First Amendment forbids," ruled a unanimous 3-judge panel on April 28. "Put simply, VMI's supper prayer exacts an unconstitutional toll on the consciences of religious objectors," wrote Robert B. King.
Attorney General Jerry W. Kilgore vowed to appeal the ruling to the entire appeals court, saying prayers are "part of the fabric of our country."
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Hundreds of villagers in Taarbaek, Denmark, demanded the reinstatement of Thorkild Grosboel, 55, after he was suspended in June by the state Lutheran Protestant Church for not believing in a god. Grosboel recently told a newspaper that "there is no heavenly God, there is no eternal life, there is no resurrection."
Although about 85% of the population belongs to the state church, only 5% regularly attends church services.
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Six California firefighters filed a lawsuit this spring seeking to end the chaplain's corps of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention, saying the evangelical minister who runs the corps improperly injects Christian religious faith into a government organization.
The two-year-old corps replaced a longstanding peer-counseling program. Of the first 52 people to join the chaplain's corps, all but two are Christians wearing crosses on their uniforms.
The litigants, who refer to themselves as "the Satanic Six," include a Baptist, an Episcopalian, a Christian Scientist, a Jew and a rationalist agnostic. They allege that wearing religious insignia while on duty is only a short step from proselytizing fellow firefighters. They want the corps disbanded and are asking that no religious language be used at ceremonies.
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Pres. Bush's many nominees to the federal courts include such controversial choices as:
James Leon Holmes, an Arkansas lawyer who wrote in 1997 that a wife is to "subordinate herself to her husband" and likened abortion rights activists to Nazis.
William Pryor, 11th Circuit nominee, whose record as Alabama attorney general is antiabortion, anti-state/church separation, antigay, and pro-"states' rights." He is best known for rallying on behalf of Judge Roy Moore to promote government prayer and the Ten Commandments. In 1997, he said: "God has chosen, through his son Jesus Christ, this time and this place for all Christians to save our country and save our courts."
Dennis Cook, 6th Circuit Court, who has a record of not upholding enforcement of fair employment laws, and is a member of the Federalist Society. Confirmed May 5.
Carolyn Kuhl, 9th Circuit nominee, who argued in favor of overturning Roe v. Wade and granting tax-exempt status to Bob Jones University, and dismissed a claim by a woman whose doctor invited a drug company representative to witness her breast exam without her consent.
Charles Pickering, 5th Circuit nominee, who voted for a constitutional amendment to outlaw abortion and against state-funded family planning as a Mississippi senator, and was critical of the Voting Rights Act.
John Roberts, D.C. nominee, who argued in favor of a gag rule barring doctors working in buildings receiving federal funding from mentioning the option of abortion, and supported Operation Rescue. Approved by Judiciary Committee in May.
Claude A. Allen, 4th circuit nominee, 42, described as a campaign pitchman for U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms, and who once accused a Helms opponent of having links "with the queers."
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State Senator Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin) represents parts of four counties: Milwaukee, Waukesha, Racine, and Walworth. Her Senate District 28 includes New Berlin, Franklin, Greendale, Hales Corners, Muskego, Waterford, Big Bend, the town of Vernon and parts of Greenfield, East Troy, and Mukwonago. Senator Lazich has been in the Legislature for more than a decade. She considers herself a tireless crusader for lower taxes, reduced spending and smaller government.
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The Joint Finance Committee worked late into the night yesterday. Petulant protesters tried to disrupt the committee's work by shouting down speakers. The Finance Committee continued working through the interruptions. People causing the disruptions were removed from the room and cited by police.
The Finance Committee expanded school choice throughout
In other action, the Finance Committee adjusted Governor Walker's recycling portion of the budget and continued funding the recycling program at current levels. The Committee also increased funding to municipalities by about 25 percent over the Governor's budget.
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HYDE PARK, Monday—A reader in Washington, D.C., has sent me the following excerpt from The Economist, published in England, December 7, 1850. The title of the article is "A Woman's Place".
"It will be news to most Englishmen that there has for some years existed in America a convention or association for the assertion, extension and enforcement of the rights of womanhood, as those rights are understood by the members of that association...The American ladies claim for their sex equal eligibility to all professions and occupations, to medicine, the law, the church, and even to official business.
"Have they ever considered the incongruities which would result were they to share with men all these various departments?...Have these ladies ever asked themselves whether female nerves and female strength would be adequate to endure the severe application which the law, medicine, and the public service require for their votaries? Do they not know the intense labour demanded from the students of any of the learned professions—labour which often breaks down the constitution of the strongest men?
"How could they endure the horrors of the dissecting room, the intricacies of the statute book, the wearing toil of the official bureau? And what would become of their brothers, their parents, their children, while they were studying or practicing these absorbing and exhausting professions? Where would be the gentle amenities of home—the cheerfulness of the fireside circle—the well-regulated household—the orderly and happy family? Would the men have to perform their duties? No!
"Women have their sphere—a sacred—and indispensible—a noble one—a sphere in which they are unrivalled and cannot be replaced. It is not by leaving their own lines of eminence and elbowing men out of theirs, that they can hope either to amend their position or elevate their nature.
"They are first-rate mothers, wives, daughters, formers of their children's minds, soothers and counteractors of their husband's asperities, comforters for the wretched, Samaritans for the wounded and sick. And would they forfeit and exchange all this, to become incompetent surgeons—third-rate physicians—shallow lawyers—wordy, inconsiderate, and excitable Senators—hasty, impulsive, and discredited ministers of state?
"Those who would thus 'leave their sphere and rush into the skies' can have no adequate consciousness where their true strength and excellence reside."
How amusing this is to read so many years later when women have proved that they have the physical and nervous strength not only to study but to practice law and medicine and to take part in public service. Perhaps the home, with its gentle amenities, has suffered a little. But I have a feeling that there is a greater partnership between men and women than there was in those days a hundred years ago!


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Home › Forums › Gear Forums › Gear (General) › Using a Titanium Woodstove? Quick Questions
Mar 16, 2013 at 4:41 pm #1300552
So, in my effort to walk the LNT line, I decided that using twigs and birchbark would have less of an impact on the environment than fuel canisters. I bought a Vargo Hexagon Titanium Wood Stove, shown here:
My questions:
-How's Titanium behave when heated? Does it get super-hot, super-quick because of it's conductivity, and how long does it take to cool?
-How much wood are we talking for boiling a 700ml pot of water?
-How much heat are we generating on the sides of my Ti pot? I ask because I got Plumber's Tape (resistant to 260ºC) to wrap the handles of my Ti pot with, and I don't want to melt the tape.
-Anything else I need to know?
Thanks guys!Mar 16, 2013 at 6:56 pm #1966496
Nick GatelBPL Member
@ngatelLocale: Southern California
Just practice with the stove to figure it out.
I HATE cooking with wood, the soot on the pot is unbearable. I have never owned a wood stove, but a long time ago cooked everything over a campfire; at the time I had never heard about such a thing as a backpacking stove.
Wood burning is not really LNT. If you dislike canister stoves there are other alternatives beside wood.Mar 16, 2013 at 7:58 pm #1966513
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-How much wood are we talking for boiling a 700ml pot of water?
3 ounces of finger size split twigs stacked verticle and top lit.
You'll love heating with wood. As time goes on I'll give you some links to my video channel for some interesting vid's on wood burning.Mar 16, 2013 at 8:44 pm #1966529
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@zia-grill-guyLocale: Boulder
Max, just spend a Friday night testing it out on your patio. Then you'll have a certain clue as to how twig stoves work. You bought one, haven't used it yet, and you're asking us how to do it? C'mon…Mar 16, 2013 at 9:06 pm #1966535
Hey, just wondering! It's in the mail :) I couldn't contain my curiosity.
Thanks Dan. I expected I'd like it. The few who use wood seem to love it.
Anyone got the scoop on the plumber's tape? I believe it's PTFE, but the melt temp is the same as Silicone.Mar 16, 2013 at 9:41 pm #1966553
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I always use wood to cook and I don't plan on changing that. I have only used an alcohol or canister stove a few times. But I haven't owned a wood stove until recently. I always cook over an open fire, doing it any other way just feels unnatural for me.
Typically when we set up camp, we set up a tarp shelter with one side open. We will build a fire in front of the shelter and lay down a bunch of wood and get a big long log fire going. We typically camp in places off trail with an abundance of dead wood, so there isn't an ecological or LNT issue. By building the fire, I can get by with much less camp clothing (saving a ton of weight). It's just super comfortable.
But then I have an unlimited fuel source. I just stick my pot right into the fire. I can carry things like raw pasta or bannock that require a long time to cook and I don't have to worry about using up fuel. There is also a lot of food that you can only cook over an open fire.
I have also built a lot of small stop and go fires just to cook lunch. I will use very small sticks and when I am done, I will dig a shallow depression to push the coals into it and cover it up with dirt. I will always add a little water and stir before. I have done this in some very dry weather and never felt like a tiny cook fire was too risky.
I recommend trying both open fire cooking and wood stove cooking. See which one you like. Keep in mind that fire building takes skill and fire building in wet weather in something that takes years to truly master. But it's a very fun skill to learn and practice.
Here are some good videos to watch for your research:
The split wood fire is a fundamental skill that you need to learn for wet weather fire making: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sawri36ga1Y
Building fire in the rain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c90jBC31lrU
Just a video of cooking on a fire: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8PHHH1PBrgMar 16, 2013 at 9:46 pm #1966557
We have different styles. I don't know where you live, but in the densly populated northeast, half the things you described are either illegal or perpendicular to LNT.
I won't dig holes for a fire, let it burn to coals, make a huge fire big enough to warm a group, or build a fire off-trail. All of those are bad news, and some of them have a legitimate chance of starting a forest fire if not managed.
I'm plenty good at making fires- we set one up every time our campus does a trip, but all in campground fire pits.
I got the Vargo because I knew the wood use was somewhere between one and three handfuls of twigs, with easily scattered ashes and no holes or rock circles. So, I've gotta stay thinking small.
If you know what you're doing, do your thing, man! But it won't fly next to the AT where I live :)
Thanks for the videos though. I'll practice that for emergencies.Mar 16, 2013 at 10:13 pm #1966580
Justin BakerBPL Member
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Yeah, I understand. In many of the places I have been to, the forest is just overflowing with dead wood. It's so bad that it impedes travel, crowds the forest floor and prevents new growth, and sometimes clogs up what could have been a nice area to camp. There is really no reason not to utilize it. They do controlled burns just to reduce the fuel load. It just keeps building up until one summer it all goes up in an inferno that will burn hundreds of thousands of acres or even more than a million acres sometimes.
These are forest with very high grow rates. They are very much disturbance based and dependent- the complete opposite of the delicate high elevation mountains of the North East.
Sorry, that's kinda off topic. Just describing my experiences cooking with wood and why I prefer it.
I don't dig "holes" to dispose of ashes/coals. That's really bad and there is the risk of burning roots. When I am building a very small cook fire, I just scoot over some dirt and make a very shallow depression so I can cover up the ashes/coals. That way if someone walks by, they won't see it. You can just scatter the ashes instead, it's up to you.
The videos were meant to help you out in using your wood stove. Being in the North East, I'm sure you have to deal with a lot of wet and humid weather. You will need to either split some kindling to get dry wood with a fixed blade knife or stuff enough firestarter in there to burn your way through. You will need to decide if getting a fire going is worth the effort in wet weather.Mar 16, 2013 at 10:34 pm #1966592
I ate cold food for a year, basically. I'm not opposed to doing wraps and clif bars when it rains. Still, starting a fire in wet weather; a noble and worthy skill.
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EL PASO, Texas - A Mesilla woman was arrested Wednesday after allegedly using pepper spray on a 1-year-old baby boy and the child's grandmother at a home in the 2300 block of Calle Del Norte.
Dona Ana County Sheriff's officials say 32-year-old Sophia Lawson was at the home, which is her boyfriend's mother's house.
Several of her boyfriend's family members also were at the home when an argument occurred between Lawson and her boyfriend's niece that then became combative.
The niece told Doña Ana County Sheriff's investigators that that they both were drinking alcohol earlier in the evening.
Following the physical altercation, Lawson reportedly went to her room to get a can of pepper spray, which she tried to use on the niece but missed, according to sheriff's officials.
Sheriff's officials say the niece's mother was standing in a doorway holding a one-year-old baby boy and reportedly told Lawson, "No - I have the baby."
Witnesses told investigators Lawson used the pepper spray anyway, injuring the grandmother and the baby.
Lawson then allegedly grabbed a broken broom handle and threatened two other children at the house, ages 11 and 12.
Investigators arrested Lawson, charging her with three counts of felony child abuse.
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On this date in 1737, Edward Gibbon was born in England. The historian's most famous work is The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, which appeared originally in six volumes from 1776 through 1788. Oxford-educated, Gibbon represented Lymington in Parliament for many years. Gibbon was a highly skeptical and unreligious Deist, who was particularly critical of the history of the Roman Catholic Church. The "melancholy duty" of the historian, he wrote in his treatise, is to discover "the inevitable mixture of error and corruption" of religion. Chapter XV of Decline and Fall contains Gibbon's famous explication of early Christianity. He observed, "it was not in this world that the primitive Christians were desirous of making themselves either agreeable or useful."
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st: RE: How to calculate P values and I2 from estore after metareg?
"Steichen, Thomas J." <email@example.com>
st: RE: How to calculate P values and I2 from estore after metareg?
Tue, 20 Mar 2007 09:24:15 -0400
Geoff. Livesey writes (in part):
I am wanting output the results of metareg to an excel file.
I can calculate certain P values as follows:
gen slope = _b[X]
gen slope_se =_se[X]
gen slope_t = slope/slope_se
gen slope_p = 2* ttail(df_r,abs(slope_t))
gen const =_b[_cons]
gen const_se =_se[_cons]
gen const_t = const/const_se
gen const_p = 2*ttail(df_r,abs(const_t))
gen Q_p = chi2tail(df_r,e(Q))
However, it is not clear to me how to calculate:
I2 - I can get this approximately via an inelegant route,
however I should like to know more and how to obtain this
information directly from that stored in e. How is this calculated? The
precise value given in the metareg immediately prior to the above
ereturn information is 0.695
P_Tau2 - Likewise, how is P for Tau2 derived from
information in the e store?
The precise value given in the metareg immediately prior to the above
ereturn information is 0.1836
Q_p - The value of P for Q I calculate is given by the formula above,
that is it works with this example but is the procedure correct? The
precise value given by metareg immediately prior to the above ereturn
information is 0.020.
The code in metareg shows:
For I2:
scalar i2 = max( ( e(Q) - e(df_Q) ) / e(Q), 0)
For P_Tau2:
scalar pval = chi2tail(1, e(chi2_c))*0.5
if e(chi2_c) <=0 {
scalar `pval'= 1
Which can be written in one line as:
scalar pval = cond(e(chi2_c) <= 0, 1, chi2tail(1, e(chi2_c))*0.5)
For Q_p:
scalar pval = chi2tail(e(df_Q), e(Q))
Which indicates that you are using the wrong return value for df.
All the needed values are in the ereturn results.
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Earnings: The Ugly Hour Is Just Beginning
By Amey Stone
Earnings season has barely started, and already it's clear that fourth-quarter 2000 results for Corporate America are downright dismal. Every day now, a major company either posts disappointing numbers or warns that it won't be able to meet Wall Street's expectations. On Jan. 9, Nokia (NOK ) said it sold fewer cell-phone handsets than expected in 2000. On Jan. 10, Yahoo! (YHOO ) reined in 2001 forecasts because of weak advertising spending. And on Jan. 11, Gateway (GTW ) announced layoffs and disappointing fourth-quarter earnings.
The bad news isn't confined to technology companies. International Paper (IP ), online broker Ameritrade (AMTD ), and aerospace giant Martin Marietta (MLM ) have all told Wall Street recently they wouldn't be able to meet forecasts.
Only about 10% of companies have reported actual results so far, but 2000's last quarter is already a record-setter in terms of the most companies warning about earnings ahead of time -- "pre-announcing" they call it. As of Jan. 11, 624 companies had issued warnings, up from 331 at the same time last year, an increase of 89%, says Chuck Hill, director of research at earnings tracker First Call. The prior high was 554 warnings for the fourth quarter of 1998.
All this isn't to say that investors should start selling out their portfolios. But you may want to wait until all the fourth-quarter reports are available before deciding whether to start buying again. It may seem like all the bad news from Corporate America must be out, but analysts believe there's a lot more to come. "It is still early in the game," says S&P sector strategist Sam Stovall.
Not surprisingly, the scaleback is most dramatic in technology. At the start of the fourth quarter, analysts were expecting tech companies to post 29% earnings growth. Now they're looking for only 3% growth. For the Standard & Poor's 500, growth was expected at 16% at the beginning of the quarter, but now analysts expect only 4% growth. Even though analysts' estimates have come down dramatically, some companies are still asking analysts to reduce their expectations, as Hewlett-Packard did on Jan. 11. "We're in free fall here," says First Call's Hill.
Explanations abound as to why so many companies are coming out with earnings warnings. One is mainly cosmetic: A new Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) regulation, known as "Reg FD" (for "fair disclosure"), requires companies to release to the public at large any news that could affect their stock prices -- and not give it just to a few select analysts. Prior to the rule change, if a company found its numbers were looking a little wobbly, it probably would have just called up a few Wall Street analysts and told them to reduce their estimates. Analysts then would have warned their firm's customers in waves rather than all at once, which generally helped cushion the blow of weak numbers.
The SEC didn't like the selective disclosure, and it's no longer allowed. "Now, you are sort of forced to use that blunt instrument of a press release," says Richard Moroney, editor of newsletter Dow Theory Forecasts and a portfolio manager for Horizon Investments.
But analysts say Reg FD doesn't explain away the flood of bad news. As President Clinton's campaign team was fond of saying in 1992, "It's the economy, stupid." The fact is that business fundamentals have deteriorated much faster than anyone anticipated when earnings estimates were calculated last fall. That warp-speed slowdown is showing up in earnings numbers now. In their announcements, companies have pointed to rising energy prices, higher interest rates, and a strong U.S. dollar as factors. Hill believes a slowdown in PC sales may have gotten the ball rolling -- both fundamentally and psychologically.
The result has been a broad slowdown in demand across many industries. Companies that were busy bringing on more supply to meet expected increases in demand got caught with excess capacity and had to cut prices. "It only takes a little excess capacity for pricing to deteriorate," says Moroney, especially in a relatively low-inflation environment. This is true of technology sectors, most notably semiconductors, but it's also true of Old Economy industries like forest products and chemicals. "People think that companies and analysts can really fine-tune this stuff and accurately predict 15% growth," says Moroney. But when conditions change, "They can't," he says.
Investors have known for some time now that the economic boom was faltering. Stock market selling began to pick up steam in 2000 when the government's economic growth measures were revised down for the third quarter. Gross domestic product (GDP) growth fell from 5.6% in the second quarter to 2.2% in the third quarter. Lower stock prices in turn may have exacerbated the curtailing of consumer spending, leading to the weakest holiday shopping season since 1990. Preliminary numbers for fourth-quarter GDP growth are due from the Commerce Dept. in late January. Most analysts expect positive numbers, but some are more pessimistic.
"I wouldn't be surprised to see when the numbers are revised later that we actually slipped into recession in October and November," says Guy Scott, chief investment officer at EGM Capital, a hedge fund in San Francisco. "Most investors have never been in a recessionary environment. For a lot of people, this is new territory."
Scott may be onto something. Although the stock market plummeted last fall, it has taken a while for companies and stock analysts to readjust their thinking to a inhospitable environment for stocks. Both investors and business executives probably have continued to hope for the best until the books were closed on 2000. "People want to take baby steps on the way down," says Scott. "It really would be best if we went right to the worst case."
Indeed, despite the sharp sell-offs in the broad market, Wall Street still may be too optimistic about what will happen in 2001, analysts say. Thanks to the Fed's surprise half-point rate cut on Jan. 3, investors are hoping the economy will quickly turn up in the second half of the year. "They heard the tone from the Fed that it will be aggressive if it needs to," says Stovall. In the futures markets, investors have already priced in another half-point rate cut from the central bank in late January, when Fed policymakers gather in Washington for the first meeting of 2001, he says. Investors have even begun to sell defensive plays in utilities, health care, energy, and consumer staples, and begun buying technology stocks again, points out Stovall.
But hold off a minute before you phone your broker. Hill warns that the rate cut won't even begin to have an impact on the economy until the fourth quarter of this year. Sure, for many sectors, consensus estimates are that corporate results will bottom in the first and second quarters, and then turn up in the third. But even then, the rate cut may not be as effective at reversing things expected, depending on how serious the slowdown becomes.
Consumer and investor psychology is tantamount. That's why it's crucial for investors to listen closely to companies' projections when they release fourth-quarter 2000 reports. "It may be wishful thinking that the worst is out of the way," Hill says. Scott, who began his investing career in 1965, wants to see a more pessimistic outlook before he'll be confident that the worst of the selling is over. "We have to stare into the abyss, and we're not staring into it yet," he says.
To be sure, many investors and companies are still hoping that Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan can work his magic one more time and avert a crash landing for the economy. But even his most ardent admirers admit this landing will be bumpier than what has come before. That doesn't mean investors need to rush for the exits. But strapping on your seat belt is probably the best way to make it through this earnings season.
Stone is an associate editor of Business Week Online and covers the markets in our daily Street Wise column.
Questions or comments? Join in the discussion at our Ask Amey Stone interactive forum
Edited by Beth Belton


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Secondary school teachers are increasingly concerned that the children they teach will fail to secure a job on leaving school, according to research by The Prince's Trust and the Times Educational Supplement.
Seven out of ten secondary school teachers said they were increasingly worried their pupils will end up on benefits, and more than one in three felt their teaching efforts were in vain because of the rising levels of unemployment.
"The recession is already damaging the hopes of more than a million young people who are struggling to find a job, said Ginny Lunn, director of policy and strategy at The Prince's Trust. "Now young people in schools are next in line. We cannot allow them to become the next victims of this recession."
She said that with the right support school children did not have to become a "lost generation".
"Government, charities and employers must work with teachers now to support vulnerable young people giving them the skills they need to find a job in the future," Lunn said.
"Almost half regularly witness pupils coming into school suffering from malnutrition or showing signs that they haven't eaten enough. One in four of these see this more frequently since the recession, with some teachers admitting that they often buy food for struggling pupils from their own wages," said Lunn.
The research was based on interviews with 515 teachers.
Mentoring support is often the best intervention for working with disadvantaged young people in schools. But many teachers felt they didn't have enough support to help children, and those that do, find it requires significant amounts of additional work on top of their usual school work.
More than two-fifths of teachers who spend time supporting disadvantaged young people "always" or "often" felt stressed when it came to supporting young people in their schools — and more than one in four teachers said they felt this way more often since the recession.
The Prince's Trust runs programmes with teachers to help young people who are struggling at school, preventing exclusions, improving grades and giving them the skills they need to find a job in the future.


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Painting Summer in New England
On view April 22, 2006 to September 4, 2006
Located in the: Special Exhibition Galleries
New England is renowned for the summer delights and leisure activities afforded by its mountains, villages, and seacoast. Since the 19th century, painters have gathered in New England to capture these activities and landscapes on canvas. In Painting Summer in New England, guest curator Trevor Fairbrother assembles an astonishing array of paintings, ranging from the 1850s to the present, including works by Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, Childe Hassam, Andrew Wyeth, Stuart Davis, George Bellows, Marguerite Zorach, Edward Hopper, Lois Dodd, and Alex Katz. While some works reflect the leisure activities of the summer, others touch on the counterpoints of city living, rural existence, and the impact on natural settings and resources. Painting Summer in New England, organized by the Peabody Essex Museum, opens April 22, 2006 and runs through Sept. 4, 2006. Media partners for Painting Summer in New England are The Boston Globe and Mix 98-5. For hotel packages, suggested itineraries and events associated with this exhibition, visit escapesnorth.com.
On August 31st, for one night only, the museum will extend its hours until 9:30 p.m. for Summer After Six, a special event marking the end of the record-breaking exhibition Painting Summer in New England. Visitors will receive discounted admission to the museum, including entry to Painting Summer. Enjoy live entertainment, cash bar, and access to all of the museum galleries, the Shop and Cafe! Admission includes the entire museum except for Yin Yu Tang, the Chinese House. Don't miss this opportunity to see Painting Summer in New England for the first time or the last time before it closes on September 4th!


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|Property type
We invite you to enjoy our beautifully decorated one bedroom vacation getaway located in the peaceful, easy-going Green Cove resort community.
On the shores of Lake Erie, you'll enjoy a quiet and comfortable 'home away from home'.
There are endless activities and attractions just a short drive away:
* Smack-dap in the hotspot of America's 'walleye fishing capital' - also amazing perch fishing
* 15-20 minutes from Port Clinton's beautiful beaches and parks, lakeside dining, and awesome antique shopping
* 30-35 minutes from Cedar Point Amusement Park, the Roller Coaster Capital of the World!
* Walk the secluded shore of Lake Erie just five minutes away by car
* 5-10 minutes from many protected wetlands, wildlife preserves and world famous birding areas, including Magee Marsh and the Biggest Week in American Birding
* 15 minutes from Camp Perry's Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP), NRA-sponsored National Rifle Matches, and The National Matches, considered America's 'World Series of the Shooting Sports'
* 30-35 minutes from Marblehead Lighthouse State Park, the oldest lighthouse in continuous operation on the US side of the Great Lakes
* The Lake Erie Islands, including Kelly's Island and Put-in-Bay
You'll find everything you need to relax and enjoy yourself in our thoughtfully appointed retreat where you'll be treated as a guest, not a 'renter'. You won't find better service or accommodations in the Green Cove complex.
We're all about making your life easier, so you'll arrive to a kitchen already stocked with staples, paper products, coffee, tea, bottled water, condiments and all the dishes, silverware, pots and pans you need to prepare meals. Pack light because we provide ample supplies of clean towels and linens, games, DVDs, and a generous assortment of toiletries.
And because there's no substitute for a good night's sleep, we have done our best to ensure you get great rest during your stay, using soft sheets, memory foam toppers, and a variety of pillows.
Keywords: condo, green cove, one bedroom, cottage, cabin, vacation rental, Camp Perry, Cedar Point, bird watching, Maggee Marsh, Oak Harbor, Port Clinton, walleye fishing, perch fishing, Lake Erie, Lake Erie islands, Put-In-Bay, Kelleys Island, biggest week in American birding, Marblehead lighthouse, northwest ohio vacation rentals
I am a lifetime entrepreneur who loves properties, with a passion for customer service and making an impact on peoples lives. I enjoy being able to create great times for people visiting our area - my desire is for every guest to leave feeling like their experience was even better than expected.
I am transitioning into management of the condo under the watchful eye of the previous owners Jim & Julie. My intention is for you "our guest" to still have the experiences you have had in the past.
Sara purchased this condo in 2013
My condo management theory is customer service which allows me to be available for guests. I believe a vacation getaway should be just that, a vacation. I trust you'll find that I am totally dedicated to making your vacation as relaxed and enjoyable as possible. My 'home away from home' is always clean, tastefully decorated, and designed for YOUR comfort and convenience.
This is my unique value proposition.
I will cater to those who want to be treated like treasured guests, not just 'renters'. Whether you are a group of fisher-people, or a small family, you'll find I am relentlessly dedicated to creating a positive experience for you. This is reflected in everything I do for my guests, from thoughtful items in the kitchen, to special welcoming gifts, to comfortable linens and beds, to my user-friendly communication. Unlike many vacation rentals where you are 'processed and forgotten', I strive to provide personal service and ongoing support to ensure things go smoothly.
This location is convenient to many local attractions, such as Cedar Point, Put-in-Bay, Catawba Island, Lake Erie beaches and the Ottawa Wildlife Preserve. Only minutes away from Port Clinton with its casual summertime ambiance and many specialty shops.
Oak Harbor also has the best walleye fishing in the country.
We really liked this condo. It was quiet and we really liked sitting out on the enclosed porch. We stayed here because it is ideally located for bird watching at Magee Marsh and many other local birding hotspots.
Not a person of many words every thing was fine
We had a great time at the Oak Harbor condo. The place was stocked with anything and everything we could possibly need and communication with Julie was perfect. We had zero problems during our stay and will definatly return. Thanks!
We stayed in Julie's condo for a week and was very happy to find everything we needed. She was the perfect host putting up with all my changes and her response was so quick it made me feel very secure. I had two grandsons with me and they found a drawer of yard games that they enjoyed very much on the wonderful lawn right behind the condo. The pier made it so easy to just jump in the boat and take a ride or go fishing. Julie had thought of everything even snacks provided so the boys had something to take on the boat. The condo was very comfortable for sleeping and had fans in every room. My youngest grandson found the pool very inviting and went swimming several times. Around port Clinton there is something to do for everyone if it is too windy or rainy to boat, we will be back to the condo for fishing perch hopefully in the fall. Thanks again Julie.
My brothers, nephew and I spent a week at the condo for a week of fishing in Lake Erie. The owners, Jim and Julie were the perfect hosts. The condo was exactly what we had in mind with all the amenities including games, snacks and condiments that you could ask for. The condo was exceptionally clean with all the dishes, pans, bed linen, towels and you would need.
With the Wild Wings Marina and restaurant withing walking distance, made everything very convenient for our trip.
I would recommend it to anyone planning a trip to Oak Harbor whether for fishing, vacation or bird watching.
When we decide to get together again for a trip to Lake Erie, we will certainly call Jim and Julie for availability.
This is our third time at this property, and once again we were not disappointed! Everything about the unit is as described in the owner's listing. Clean, well maintained, nicely furnished, fantastic fish cleaning facilities, and precious use of a boat dock. The customer service that we received in the past was always great. But during this trip, the owners went above and beyond our expectations. Due to a motor issue on our boat, we decided to cut the trip short by two days. To our amazement, we were refunded these days, along with our damage deposit. I have never seen or heard of better customer service and thoughtfulness as this. Thank you Jim and Julie for this kind and generous gesture. Ken and Linda.
You'll be staying in the 'WALLEYE FISHING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD', so fishing is plentiful. We are happy to provide references to some local captains available for fishing charters. Our resort is located about half way between Toledo and Sandusky, which puts us within minutes of many wonderful attractions and activities. Camp Perry firing range, world-famous roller coasters at Cedar Point amusement park, and the Toledo zoo are enjoyed by many of our guests and about 30 minutes away. You're also just minutes from the Ottawa County WILDLIFE PRESERVE (Magee Marsh) and The Biggest Week in American Birding hosted by Black Swamp Bird Observatory. Only 20 minutes from PORT CLINTON where you can catch a boat ride to PUT-IN-BAY, Kelly's Island and several other diverse, scenic and EXCITING ISLANDS of Lake Erie. Historic Marblehead lighthouse is amazing. Port Clinton and Marblehead feature many interesting little shops, great restaurants, beaches, and outdoor bars/cafes. Great fishing everywhere, with Walleye and perch being very popular. We've provided a wide assortment of brochures and discount coupons to make learning the 'lay of the land' easier for you. We are also available by phone should you have any questions or need suggestions on things to do.
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|Weekend Night
My Standard Rate
1 night minimum stay
|Cleaning Fee
|Refundable Damage Deposit
|Pet Fee
** 5-6 day rentals will never cost more than weekly rates. THIS RULE IS NOT REFLECTED IN THE COMPUTER GENERATED RATE ESTIMATES. Please email us directly for adjusted quotes.
** You can purchase a $59 non-refundable Damage Protection Insurance instead of the $150 refundable security deposit instead if you prefer.
** Our fully stocked condo fees include taxes, DirecTV, wireless internet and a free boat dock.