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What is the right diet for people with diabetes? What is the best way for diabetics to control their blood sugars?
Over the years there have been a number of different strategies for diabetic diets. For a long time diabetics were taught to use exchange lists, but a lot of people found it complicated and hard to use. More recently the training has focused on counting carbohydrates at each meal or snack. For diabetics who take insulin (Type 1 diabetics), carefully regulating when and what they eat is key and counting carbs in this way works well for them.
Most diabetics, however, have Type 2 diabetes and don't take insulin. For these folks I have long felt that simply following a healthy diet is the best choice. A study published recently says that a Mediterranean style diet is the best diet for helping control Type 2 diabetes. [More research here!]
Researchers in Naples, Italy randomized 215 Type 2 diabetics to either a low fat diet similar to the one now recommended by the American Diabetic Association, or a Mediterranean style diet providing about 50% of calories from carbohydrates and 30% from fat. These were patients who had just been diagnosed with diabetes.
The study looked at the number of diabetics who needed to be put on blood sugar medication after following the assigned diet for a certain amount of time. The results are pretty amazing. You would think that those who followed the American Diabetic Association diet would be able to manage their diabetes using only the diet, but this was not the case. 56% of those who followed the Mediterranean style diet did not have to go on medication to manage their blood sugars, while 70% of those following the low fat American Diabetic Association style diet ended up taking medications to control their blood sugars. Further, those on the Mediterranean style diet also lost more weight and had a greater improvement in their cholesterol and blood pressure scores.
We now have proof that the Mediterranean style diet is the best diet to control blood sugars for those with Type 2 diabetes. All of the Dr. Gourmet recipes and meal plans, such as those created using The Dr. Gourmet Diet Plan, are based on Mediterranean Diet principles and are perfect for those with Type 2 diabetes. Learn more about the Mediterranean Diet or get started creating a custom, diabetic diet plan by using The Dr. Gourmet Diet Plan.
Whole Grains, Bran Fiber and Diabetes
Over the last several years I've written plenty of articles about the positive effects of eating more fiber and whole grains. Eating more fiber can help adolescents reduce their risk of developing diabetes, while eating more fiber can help overweight adults lose more fat in their abdomen – which in and of itself is a risk factor for diabetes.
A Little More Fiber Can Help You Reduce Your Risk of Diabetes
More and more children and adolescents are considered overweight or even obese, leading to a related rise in the cases of insulin resistance, pre-diabetes, and type 2 diabetes among children.
BMI, WHR, and your risk of diabetes:
I've written previously about Body Mass Index and Waist to Hip ratio and their usefulness in assessing your overall health. There's been some controversy in medical circles, however, about whether Body Mass Index (BMI), Waist to Hip Ratio (WHR) or simple Waist Circumference (WC) is a better predictor of type 2 diabetes.
Carbohydrates and Diabetes
Some studies have linked high glycemic index (GI: how quickly a carbohydrate is absorbed) and high glycemic load (GL: the glycemic effect of carbs in the diet) with an increased risk of Type 2 diabetes. In Western diets, these foods include bread, potatoes, and sweet foods like desserts or sweetened soft drinks - a large portion of the typical Western diet.
Get Your Magnesium: Avoiding Type
2 Diabetes
We know that obesity is the single strongest risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes. That said, it also appears that eating certain foods helps to reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. These foods, which include whole grains, beans, nuts, and fruits and vegetables, are all high in magnesium. Magnesium is involved in the metabolism of glucose and it is thought that it then plays a role in the body's use of insulin - and therefore type 2 diabetes.
A Look at Vinegar and Diabetes
There may be something to vinegar and diabetes after all: two studies from Arizona State University's Department of Nutrition, led by Carol S. Johnston, PhD., suggest that taking apple cider vinegar orally may help improve insulin sensitivity and glucose levels.
To help prevent diabetes, take... wine?
One of the interesting things about scientific research is that sometimes you start out to discover one thing and end up finding something else. Recently a group of scientists from the University of Minnesota set out to investigate whether a diet rich in flavonoids (an antioxidant found in fruits, vegetables, and beverages like tea or wine) might help reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes.
More Good News for Coffee Drinkers
About a month ago I shared with you an article regarding the long-term effects of caffeine intake among women. That study indicated that not only does caffeinated coffee not cause hypertension, drinking more caffeinated coffee (rather than only a cup or two a day) may actually help prevent hypertension. Now I have even more good news for those who drink caffeinated coffee.
More Reason to Get More Whole Grains
Researchers at Johns Hopkins recently published a study which focused on the relationship between eating whole grains, refined grains, or cereal fiber and risk factors for heart disease, high cholesterol, and diabetes.
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Dear Dr. Gourmet, My husband is 5'10" and 150 lbs. and was diagnosed with pre diabetes. We have been trying to find out how many carbs a day he should be eating or how many carbs per meal.
He does not need to lose weight and trying to maintain his current weight without eating a lot of carbs is difficult. He is very active in his job and cannot afford to lose any weight.
It seems everything that I read is for people to lose weight to help control their condition. Please can you give me a guideline of how to control the pre diabetes without losing any weight.
You are correct that most of our patients who have "pre-diabetes" are overweight. Those that are trim pose a little bit more of a challenge because often those who are overweight can work at losing weight and will have marked improvements in their blood sugar. The same principles apply, however, for your husband who is in the normal weight range. Read the full answer.
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Girls Short Curly Hairstyle Makeover
Her favorite band is coming to town this Saturday night and this sixteen-year-old girl wants a new look to go along with her concert tickets. A short, curly hairstyle will guarantee that she looks as good as she feels.
Short haircuts are ideal for creating amazing, curly hairstyles. Short haircuts provide body and volume to curls and produce a soft, romantic shape to your hair with loads of volume and texture.
Short haircuts, as this young model knows, are easy to manage and can be styled quickly. The young model started out with a short layered hairstyle that is a cross between a bob and shag that contains a soft sweeping side fringe.
The Shag Haircut is typically short and layered, with more layers at the crown of the head than below. Bangs are optional and can be pushed off the face with the use of the right styling products.
You have so many styling options available with a short shag hairstyle. You can tuck your hair behind your ears when your feeling casual, clip sections back with various hair accessories or dress it up with glamorous curls as our model has chosen to.
Every short hairstyle is just a base, and should be modified to suit your individual tastes, hair type and facial features.
As this model has learned, you do not need to have been blessed with natural curls to wear a great, short curly hairstyle. Nor do you have to use chemical perms to create your curly hairdo.
There are a variety of ways to shape your short locks into luscious curls for your next big event.
One of the first options most young ladies try when opting to create curls, is the hot roller or curling iron set.
This is one of the easiest ways to create curls all through your tresses. All you need to do is shampoo your hair and blow dry using a round brush. Use hot rollers or a curling iron of your size choice to create curls as desired.
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For more vintage style curls, you can opt to set your locks with wet pin curls.
Simply wash your locks and towel dry until just damp.
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Remove curlers and comb gently with your fingers.
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Girls Short Curly Hairstyle Makeover ~ Wet Bunning
If you have a short haircut somewhat like this young model's, another option for creating curls in your hair is through a styling process known as wet bunning. If your hair has enough length to pull into even a small bun, you can create this look.
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July 27, 2012 at 20:52:22 Jul 27, 2012 @ 20:52
I'm crying looking at this. They've changed everything since Janoski's first released it's just embarrassing. I know for a fact you can 100% recreate Red Earth's, Tiff's, Cappucino's, Team Red's, and probably a bunch of others I can't be bothered to try right now. And you can get damn near close to every other colorway they've released. R.I.P.
Only ones i've tried that you can't remake are the takashis(gold/black)


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Globe readers have shared thousands of photos with us. This gallery is a collection of our favourite submissions from the past week. If you'd like to share your photos with our readers, join our Flickr pool or use our custom upload tool. To learn more, click on the "Reader Photos" tab above and view any gallery for the links.
Marcel Caissie (spey2008 on Flickr) took this photo in his backyard in Moncton.
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Michel (Mike) Soucy (michelsoucy on Flickr) took this photo in Kingston, Ont.
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Ronnie Yip (ronnieyip on Flickr) took this photo outside the Eaton Centre in Toronto.
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David Overall (also David Overall on Flickr) took this photo in Nahanni, Northwest Territories. See more of his photos at http://northofsummer.blogspot.com
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Richard Gottardo (also his name on Flickr) took a break from shooting weddings to snap some shots of his dog, Peanut. More work can be viewed at www.richardgottardo.com
(Richard Gottardo)
Jennifer Tse (jentse on Flickr) took this photo. She writes: I've found that the gift of a higher vantage point is all in the perspective. Not only are you able to see more in a quantitative sense, covering more distance with your eyes, but you are also able to see more of what you already see -- in other words, how height can alienate, redefine, and add something more to the familiar. Something like a portable toilet on a construction site seems obvious, right? Of course workers need to answer nature's call while working atop an unfinished building. But at first glance, this scene was jarring to me. What is that doing there? A precariously placed potty, indeed.
(Jennifer Tse)
Ronnie Yip (ronnieyip on Flickr) took this photo near Toronto's city hall.
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Michael Kalus uploaded this photo to our Flickr pool. You can see more of his photos at michaelkalus.smugmug.com
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Thom Evered (thomevered on Flickr) took this photo, "Rusty Bug," just north of Guelph, Ont.
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Luke Tyszkiewicz (stillsinflux on Flickr) uploaded this photo of the Toronto skyline to our pool. See more of his photos at lucasimages.ca
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Well folks, the campaign has fully begun, launched by female drama; one woman publicly attacking another. However, it didn't turn out quite the way Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen apparently hoped. Some say she got her talking orders directly from the White House when she attacked Ann Romney Wednesday night on CNN. But my guess is she didn't need directions, she seemed comfortable in her strident remarks.
In case you've been on an island, Rosen proclaimed that Ann Romney "hasn't worked a day in her life," thus, Rosen claimed, Ann had no business telling Mitt Romney anything about the economy (see Ann's bio at citizensforromney.org). Ann, who has traveled with her husband this past year on the campaign trail, reports women everywhere say their number one concern is the economy.
For some reason that riled Rosen and though she eventually apologized to Ann -- well, sort of -- she continued to insist that Mitt should not listen to his wife.
Oh, dear. Can we bear the next six months?
Rosen may have done all women a favor with that gut punch. It's an opportunity to determine if we pile on or stay in the professional, political mode of assessing both candidates' qualifications, while leaving the families out of it. When the Rosen-types show up, on either side, women have the choice to insist on legitimate debate. Taking it to the higher road is where our strengths are, anyway.
We stay-at-home moms and we working-moms all have experience in demanding fair play. It's what moms do. It's who we are. Further, something to think about when a woman attacks another woman:
Some of the most powerful parts of a woman's world are her girlfriends, her mother and daughters, and her ability to nurture and contribute to a strong community. Women notably pull together in crisis, we stabilize and comfort.
Thus, women who understand and use their power to promote peace will eventually build a world- family we all yearn for. When we ignore our power and go with a primal response, when we allow ourselves to be controlled by the political edge, we produce poison. You'd think that by the century 2000, women would have mastered their amazing strengths.
Why would we choose to fail? There are more ways to prevail than through attack. Women have always known how.
Mothers negotiate good behavior every day in their homes, yet in the public arena, some choose to act like a bully.
It's a child's game, in this case, to second guess another woman's life, her choices and her wisdom. And how does one determine what a person knows, whether there's money in the bank or she's living on food stamps?
There is no need to denigrate Ann in order to elevate Michelle or Barack. Nothing, not one bit of good will come from such tactics. I'm absolutely certain about this: Every woman, no matter which economic level she lives on, loves her family and suffers sorrows. When she cries herself to sleep at night, it doesn't matter what the thread count is in her sheets. In so many ways, we are all the same.
Women can take the lead by refusing to pile on. Those who demand fair play will pull winners into their circle.
In that circle will be the strength we need to create healthy families, communities and especially heal a troubled nation.
But, right now, there are two candidates who need to focus on truth. Women's rational input in that process can make all the difference.


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Fri Dec 28, 2012, 03:23 PM
niyad (57,766 posts)
indian girl commits suicide over alleged gang-rape
17-year-old girl commits suicide after alleging she was gang raped
New Delhi (CNN) -- Indian police have arrested three suspects named in a suicide note left by a teenager who claimed she had been gang raped, as anger in the country grows over the rising number of violent crimes committed against women.
The 17-year-old girl died Wednesday after ingesting poison, according to Paramjit Singh Gill, the inspector-general of police in the Patiala district of Punjab in the country's north.
In her suicide note, the girl blamed her alleged rapists for causing her death. Three of the suspects, including a female accomplice, have since been arrested, Gill said.
The unnamed girl claimed she was gang raped during the Hindu festival of Diwali on November 13. However, a formal case wasn't registered by police until 14 days later.
Two police officers involved in the case have been fired and another has been suspended for their handling of the rape complaint. Gill said an investigation was underway into allegations made by the girl's family that the officers pressured her to withdraw her complaint.
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Response to niyad (Original post)
Fri Dec 28, 2012, 03:28 PM
lpbk2713 (31,885 posts)
1. Limbaugh would call something like this a frat prank.
When will the powers that be take this seriously? A precious life was forfeited because of their boys will be boys attitude. Right now I'm probably more angry at the authorites than I am at the perps.
Response to lpbk2713 (Reply #1)
Fri Dec 28, 2012, 03:31 PM
niyad (57,766 posts)
2. the authorities who ignored her for weeks, and then insisted that she drop the charges, or marry
one of her attackers. are these bastards living in another time zone (like the 13the century)?
Response to niyad (Reply #2)
Fri Dec 28, 2012, 10:25 PM
malz (89 posts)
12. The 13th century
BC. Just like Akin and Mourdock!
Response to malz (Reply #12)
Sat Dec 29, 2012, 01:29 AM
niyad (57,766 posts)
15. welcome to DU
between them, and that idiot priest in italy, and all the woman-hating rhetoric we are hearing from all sides, it is beyond horrible.
Response to yellerpup (Reply #3)
Fri Dec 28, 2012, 08:41 PM
niyad (57,766 posts)
7. This is ANOTHER story, ANOTHER young woman (this one was SEVENTEEN)
Response to niyad (Reply #7)
Fri Dec 28, 2012, 10:00 PM
yellerpup (11,648 posts)
11. I'm sorry.
Is there a way I can remove it? I realize that I posted this in the wrong thread.
On edit: Never mind. I deleted both posts.
Response to yellerpup (Reply #11)
Sat Dec 29, 2012, 01:28 AM
niyad (57,766 posts)
14. not a problem. it is awful to think there were two such horrible crimes so close together.
Response to niyad (Reply #14)
Sat Dec 29, 2012, 08:46 AM
yellerpup (11,648 posts)
16. Both rapes were life destroying crimes.
If I lived in India I would be out protesting, too. I can't understand how these men can live with themselves. Hyenas are more civilized.
Response to yellerpup (Reply #4)
Fri Dec 28, 2012, 08:54 PM
niyad (57,766 posts)
8. NO, this is ANOTHER victim--SEVENTEEN years old, please read the article so that you can see.
Response to niyad (Original post)
Fri Dec 28, 2012, 07:32 PM
seabeyond (110,159 posts)
5. i want to know, how so many men, find gang rape porn so fuckin entertaining.... nt
Response to seabeyond (Reply #5)
Fri Dec 28, 2012, 08:57 PM
niyad (57,766 posts)
10. something about loving the idea of that kind of power and control, for one.
Response to niyad (Reply #10)
Sat Dec 29, 2012, 12:16 PM
seabeyond (110,159 posts)
17. i watched a gang rape on FB a month ago, the mens face fuzzed out. i was told
that it was simulated rape for entertainment. mere porn. though, there was nothing in the 8 minutes that would indicate it was anything but rape, to the point of her curling up to fetal position at the end.
from here on, i cannot help but consider how these gang rapes will be filmed and put out for our men to get off on.
i am so fuckin beyond disgust....
Response to seabeyond (Reply #17)
Sat Dec 29, 2012, 12:30 PM
niyad (57,766 posts)
18. I just read in a new thread today that there is a social network site that has entire categories
of rape and violence. the fcc has a hissy fit over a wardrobe malfunction, yet this woman-hating crap is allowed to continue without any fuss.
this is the link to that thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022091142
our society is, at this point, beyond sickening.
how were you able to bear to watch that piece of filth?
Response to niyad (Reply #18)
Sat Dec 29, 2012, 01:12 PM
seabeyond (110,159 posts)
19. why i am sickened about the shift on du to equate sexism as being equal to both genders.
we have seen it promoted aggressively to the point, where i think we are totally throwing women under the bus to condone and allow this mentality. lessening the effect on women. and i think that is the purpose of promoting this. i have about walked from du.
how did i watch? it was so fuckin hard. i was physically effected to shakes and need to throw up and a headache. for hours after. and here it is a month later, and has colored my view on so much... i watched looking for ANY signs that it was a "game" for fuckin men to just jack off to and not a reality for a very young girl. i saw nothing. and everything to indicate it was a real moment.
i am so fuckin tired of being told how HARMLESS all this is. i am so fuckin tired of being lectured a PRUDE as women are abused for mens entertainment. i am so fuckin tired of watching our society progress to the point of where we are today. and pretending it is no different than yesterday.
that 8 minutes will never leave me. as i am told it is merely entertainment.
i have watched so many things. because if i do not, i am told i do not know what i am talking about. i have watched about the boys being kidnapped into prostitution rings, as duers lecture me that it is all pretty woman tied up in a bow.
these people watch nothing. do not educate themselves. then argue how it is all wonderful and no different than working at mcdonalds. ignorant.
because if i did not watch the whole, i would be appeased with some man telling me it is merely simulated rape and all in good fun.
Response to niyad (Original post)
Fri Dec 28, 2012, 07:43 PM
smirkymonkey (23,964 posts)
6. This is beyond sickening. I'm sorry, but the rapists shoud be given the death penalty.
This crime is so heinous, these men have no right to live.
Response to smirkymonkey (Reply #6)
Fri Dec 28, 2012, 08:55 PM
niyad (57,766 posts)
9. they will not only live, will probably go unpunished.
Response to smirkymonkey (Reply #6)
Fri Dec 28, 2012, 10:51 PM
Odin2005 (53,521 posts)
13. They should be brutally tortured, THEN executed!


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One of the Bollywood greatest actor, Salman Khan has taken the decision of making his return on the small screen , as he has been offered the opportunity of staring in an adventure reality show. The show is a adaptation of a very popular American show called 'Wipeout'. This is not the first time that the popular actor, Salman Khan has been on the small screen. Previous to this, he has been the host of a few game shows which aired on the channel Star Plus.
Source close to the show have stated that the filming for it will begin in Argentina in a short period of time. It seems that the contestants for the adaptation of 'Wipeout' will be selected from TV shows as Big Boss, Fear Factory, and so on. The mass media has managed to find out the name of a few participants in the show. They are Gaurav Chopra, Narayani Shastri, Claudia, and Vindoo Dara Singh. Everybody is now waiting to see the famous Salman Khan in this new reality show.


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With the help of a DSLR, everyone's a Spielberg these days. Now Canon's added a new tool to the arsenal of budding movie-makers, announcing a firmware update to its EOS 1D C camera that'll add a 25fps 4K capture mode.
So if you've already splashed the £10,000 body-only price for a Canon EOS 1D C then you can look forward to 25fps 4K video when the update drops in April. If you're shooting for the USA's NTSC broadcast standard, you'll have to hold out for a 30fps mode – which has yet to be announced. Still, there's plenty of time to wait, since it's not as if anyone's actually broadcasting in 4K. Yet.
Mind you, by the time 4K Ultra HD broadcasts roll around in 2014, we'll all be getting excited about the next wave of camera tech.
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I'm currently up past my bedtime and will update further.
Movies = Eastwood, Bond, Kung Fu, Wes Anderson, Joss Whedon, The Cohen Brothers, Brad Bird, Hayao Miyazaki, Akira Kurosawa
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Music = Tool, The Beastie Boys(R.I.P. MCA), The Grateful Dead, Atmosphere, Del The Funky Homosapien, Björk, Portishead, Les Claypool, The Roots, Jurassic 5, Willie Nelson, Hank Sr., Hank the Third, Johnny Cash, Yonder Mountain String Band, Asleep at the Wheel, Béla Fleck, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Pantera, Meshuggah, Slayer, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Squirrel Nut Zipper, The Reverend Horton Heat.....
Games = Final Fantasy, Mass Effect, Zelda, The Elder Scrolls, Uncharted, not too picky as long as it's fun.
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Love building and collecting Star Wars and Lord of the Rings Legos.
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To commemorate Greenburgh's actual date of incorporation – March 7, 1788 – residents are invited to Town Hall to participate in a special celebration that will kick-off a series of events honoring the town's 225th birthday.
A reception is scheduled for March 7 at 6:30 p.m. and will be followed by a special program an hour later. The festivities are part of a regular Town Board meeting, which was moved from Wednesday to Thursday to coincide with the anniversary.
Town officials are also planning separate events and activities that will take place around the week of July 13, culminating with the annual Greenburgh Day on July 20 at Anthony F. Veteran Park.
Greenburgh is inviting local school districts to involve their students in commemorating the town's birthday by planning an event before the end of the school year. Local civic associations are also encouraged to host celebrations during the spring and summer.
A few months ago, a small group of people came together for the purpose of brainstorming ways to recognize this historic date. The 225th anniversary planning committee was formed, featuring Greenburgh Supervisor Paul Feiner, Councilwoman Diana Juettner, and Town Clerk Judith Beville serving as co-chairs. 25 years ago, former Town Councilwoman Lois Bronz and Town Clerk Susan Tolchin coordinated Greenburgh's bicentennial celebration.
The town is asking residents to share their ideas for supplemental events/activities by sending an email to Beville (firstname.lastname@example.com), or Juettner (email@example.com). Please let them know if you have any old photos of Greenburgh, preferably pictures of former elected officials, community leaders and town events.


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Smart investors will need a strategy as the interim reporting season gets into swing. Like investment analysts, they will need to be prepared for bad as well as good reports.
The stockmarket has indicated it will be quite picky about corporate results and investors can't automatically assume the investment atmosphere will be benign. If, as seems likely, interest rates edge higher, the market will be applying tougher criteria on companies generally.
One of the largest and more successful equity investors,
For many smart investors who direct their own investment decisions, the interim reports will be a chance to look again at their portfolio. Think of it as assessing the cards you are holding in your investment hand, says Elio D'Amato, the chief executive officer of Lincoln Indicators.
He believes this profit season will be a case of fairly predictable trends, already apparent from advance indications from companies: local operations are good; overseas (except for Asia) are bad; we're on track with our guidance – and we can't wait for 2011.
For most share investors, the profit season shouldn't necessarily be the cause of any major rejig in the asset allocation of portfolios.
Any decision to change longer-term weightings of shares versus other less risky assets should not be based on short-term readings from a half year's corporate trading.
Rather, smart investors should be using the reporting season to finetune their portfolio; discarding or reducing any disappointing stocks and looking for a chance to buy good stocks which have temporarily disappointed the market.
The so-called surprises in the interim reports will throw up opportunities – as always, D'Amato says. As an example, he cites the market's lukewarm response to Woolworths' interim sale figures, which he describes as a good result from a good company which the market didn't like. This means smart investors need to have done their homework on the stocks they hold and any stocks on their watch list. This entails checking on the latest corporate announcements or accessing research by brokers. It doesn't necessarily mean deep research, but D'Amato notes that the average investor can look at a company's industry and major competitors to get a feel of the business climate.
It's usually the more active investors (or professionals and speculators) who try to anticipate reports; many private investors are longer-term holders and prefer to wait and see what's in a report before reacting. This might mean giving up the 2 or 3 per cent of any gain, but it also means investors can take advantage of any short-term dip in a stock they intend to hold.
Long-term smart investors also have different aims from those of traders. Traders might react against a fall in earnings per share, which is not unlikely after many companies increased their issued shares (and watered down earnings). But longer-term holders might be prepared to tolerate a dip provided it looked transitory and the company maintained its dividend payout.
It can be tricky to look at the sharemarket reaction after a report, D'Amato says, because often the first reaction will tend to overreaction. He advises investors to read directors' comments for their view on current trading and the outlook, as well as the subsequent market reaction to the report.
Private investors often have a different view on corporate reports compared with screen jockeys; the speculators are about guessing the next market move; long-term investors are interested mainly in dividend flows.
There's a hoary adage that still applies, especially in an era of dividend imputation: investors are interested in two things in a company report – what's the dividend and when is it payable.
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While most people might toss cardboard into the recycling bin, or even discard it as trash, students from Auburn University's Department of Industrial and Graphic Design turn trash into treasure.
Designing Green, the department's annual sustainable design competition sponsored by the student chapter of the Industrial Designers Society of America, took place Feb. 28-March 1 at Wallace Hall. In this year's competition, 21 student teams collaborated in the creation of chairs made from cardboard.
The project was inspired by San Francisco-based designer Dan Goldstein's Re-Ply chair, made of recycled cardboard and steel. The contest's design prompts included making shipping the chair more cost-effective, as well as a better overall use of the recycled material and the option to upholster the chair.
Goldstein's Re-Ply Chair is a reclining chair made from layers of cardboard with a recycled steel frame. Not only is the chair made entirely from recyclable materials, the chair itself is entirely recyclable.
Jerrod Windham, assistant professor of industrial design and coordinator of the Designing Green event, said the competition, now in its 11th year, began as a "Sitting Green" competition. Windham said the event has come full-circle and has returned to its roots of designing chairs made of sustainable material.
Goldstein, a designer and adjunct professor in San Francisco-area area universities, financed the Re-Ply Chair on Kickstarter.com, a crowd-sourcing website. The project received enough sponsorships from potential consumers to fund production.
Windham said it is encouraging to see cardboard chairs in the marketplace. The popularity of sustainable goods has grown in recent years and will only continue.
One of Goldstein's original goals in designing the chair was to prove that "sustainable goods do not have to be ugly." Goldstein said recycling can turn post-consumer products into attractive and functional household items.
The students, after an intense 24-hour period, were judged in five categories. Winners were selected for the best base design, overall aesthetics, upholstery, best model and the overall sustainability award.
Third-year student Lee Cooper, along with teammates Sarah Caudle, Joshua Hanson, Piao Hailong and Andrew Rentz, won the overall sustainability award. Their design incorporated bamboo, a fast-growing material known to be sustainable, and focused on the design prompt to make shipping the chair easier.
Cooper said the competition is one of the ways students learn about being competitive in a marketplace increasingly focused on "designing green." Not only is Auburn University dedicated to sustainability, but many companies also are making an effort to be better for the environment.
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The New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority is a public benefit corporation established by the New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority Act of 1984 (New York State Public Authorities Law, Section 1045-a et seq.). The Authority provides funding through the issuance of bonds, commercial paper and other obligations to finance the capital projects required to ensure the continued supply and purity of the City's high quality drinking water and for safe wastewater and stormwater collection, treatment and disposal.
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The Authority, together with the New York City Water Board and the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, manage the City's water and wastewater system. The Department of Environmental Protection operates and maintains the system with a work force of over 5,700. The Water Board, which was created by the New York State legislature at the time of the creation of the Authority, has the primary responsibility to levy and collect water and wastewater rates and charges.
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An example of that just seen in Australia is the creation of false bank web pages with an invitation to customers to re-register their security numbers.
The Nigerian letter fraud, first seen in the 1980s, by a process of flooding the market still dupes people to this day. Despite obviously doubtful features of the proposal made to the victims, Nigerian letter fraud cases rose from 2600 in 2001 to 16,000 last year, an increase of more than 600 per cent. The 74 individuals who fell victim to it in 2002 lost a total of $US1.6 million.
The centre reported a rise in the number of complaints received, from 16,838 for seven months of 2000 to 49,957 in 2001 and 75,063 last year, though it qualified this by saying the figures might represent greater awareness of the reporting centre rather then increased victimisation.
The internet fraud complaint centre found that men tended to lose more than women, partly because of the type of purchases men made over the internet, and partly because the type of fraud to which people fell victim differed by gender.
There was also a suggestion that younger people, being more computer literate, were more easily duped.
While there is not a strong relationship between age and loss, the proportion of individuals losing at least $5000 is higher for those 60 years and older than it is for any other age category, the report said.
The primary mechanisms for fraud were email and web pages.
Of the complainants to the centre, 66reported they had had email contact with the perpetrator and 18.7 per cent had contact through a web page.
When it came to a breakdown of perpetrators, by location, more than half lived in five American states.
Because of the Nigerian letter fraud, Nigeria ranks second on the list of fraudsters by country. It is followed by Canada, South Africa, Romania and Spain.
Murielle Paviet-Fanolliet, a consultant to the Australian Computer Society and editor of its NSW branch newsletter, said that the huge advantages of the internet in facilitating commerce inevitably had a downside in that people found ways of abusing the system.
But technology companies were quick to respond with products and services aimed at counteracting that threat, Ms Paviet-Fanolliet said.
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House ethics panel hones in on pair of lawmakers
WASHINGTON — The House ethics committee announced on Tuesday it had begun formal investigations into Rep. Rob Andrews, D-N.J., and Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska.
The panel, which operates largely in secret, said it had voted last month to appoint "investigative subcommittees" to determine whether the lawmakers broke House rules.
Both men have denied wrongdoing in the long-running cases.
The allegations against Andrews center on whether he converted campaign funds to personal expenses, including airfare, hotel bills and other expenses for him, his wife and two daughters to attend a 2011 wedding in Scotland. He later refunded more than $30,000 connected to that trip, according to investigative documents.
Investigators also have looked into Andrews' use of campaign funds to help pay for a party at his home that celebrated the 20th anniversary of his congressional service and his daughter's high school graduation.
The Office of Congressional Ethics, an independent watchdog arm of the House, referred Andrews' case to the ethics panel in 2011. The allegations first surfaced in The Star-Ledger in New Jersey.
In Young's case, the ethics panel said it is examining whether he improperly received gifts, used official and campaign resources for personal use or made false statements to federal officials.


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State of the public finances
36. The 2009 Budget revealed a sharp increase in
public spending, and a severe reduction in tax revenues as a result
of the recession.[101]
Government borrowing is now forecast to be higher than at any
time since World War II, and the national debt is set to remain
high for at least a generation. The forecasts for the public finances
were also subject to an even greater degree of uncertainty than
previously, as the Chancellor acknowledged: "Inevitably in
forecasting, which is difficult even when times are pretty settled,
the uncertainty around in this country and other countries makes
matters more complicated".[102]
Table 1 below sets out the key fiscal projections from Budget
Table 1: Summary of fiscal projections.
Source: HM Treasury, Budget 2009, p 20, Table
37. At the time of the 2008 Budget, the Treasury
forecast that the current budget would move into surplus in 2010-11.
In our Report arising from that document, we noted that this forecast
was subject to "considerable downside risks".[103]
Our scepticism was vindicated by the 2008 Pre-Budget Report (PBR),
which projected a significant further deterioration in the public
finances, with the current budget in deficit throughout the forecast
period, peaking at 5.3% of GDP in 2009-10, and then falling to
1.1% by 2013-14. The cyclically-adjusted current deficit was forecast
to fall from 4.4% of GDP in 2009-10, to 1.0% in 2013-14, when
the economy was "projected to return to trend, driven by
a recovery of tax receipts and lower spending growth".[104]
38. The 2009 Budget announced a further marked deterioration
in the borrowing forecasts. Projections for the current budget
deficit in each and every year until the end of the forecast period
(2013-14) had increased by at least £50 billion from those
made at the time of PBR 2008.[105]
Net borrowing, which also includes net investment, is set to peak
in this financial year at £175 billion, an alarmingly high
12.4% of GDP. Chart 1 places the size of public sector borrowing
in some historical context and shows that since 1946 at least,
borrowing has not been so high as it is projected to be this year.
Chart 1: Public sector net borrowing.
Source: HSBC,
"UK Budget 2009: Living on borrowed money", 23 April
39. The Chancellor explained that borrowing had increased
because, on the income side, revenue from the financial services
sector was "way down" not least because of lower revenues
arising from corporation taxes and taxation of financial sector
bonuses, and stamp duty revenues were lower too "because
of the general slowdown in the economy". Secondly, borrowing
had risen because of the fiscal stimulus, which included deliberate
policy choices such as the temporary VAT reduction, the increase
in personal allowances, and various other measures set out in
the Pre-Budget Report and the Budget. Thirdly, borrowing had risen
because of the "automatic stabilisers", via which the
cost of welfare payments rises with unemployment.[106]
40. Roger Bootle, writing in the Daily Telegraph,
pencilled in a more pessimistic prediction of peak borrowing of
£230 billion, or 16% of GDP next year, compared with the
Chancellor's forecast of £173 billion.[107]
In oral evidence, he explained that the reason why he took a different
view from the Government on the future of the public finances
was primarily because he took a more pessimistic view of the economy
in general"If I believed the Chancellor's economic
forecast, I suspect my fiscal forecast would be largely the same".[108]
Mr Ramsden, defending the Budget's forecasts, pointed out that
they were less optimistic than the average of new independent
forecasts had been prior to the Budget's publication, and advised
us that this was because some of the Treasury's underlying assumptions
"do build in some caution". He accepted that other forecasters
predicted higher borrowing, but nevertheless considered the Budget's
projection to be a realistic forecast.[109]
41. According to the Budget, in 2009-10 public sector
net borrowing will be 12.4% of GDP, of which 9.8% of GDP (or 79%
of borrowing) is accounted for by structural, rather than cyclical
factors.[110] A structural
deficit represents borrowing that is not going to disappear when
the economy returns to growth. Mr Ramsden explained that the large
structural deficit in 2009/2010 resulted from the way in which
the Treasury's method for making cyclical adjustments recognised
the 5% permanent loss of productive capacity in the economy caused
by the recession. If the recession's impact on the supply side
of the economy turned out to be less than 5%, then the percentage
of the deficit that was structural would be correspondingly lower.[111]
42. The Budget announced that public sector net debt
(PSND) would increase rapidly through the forecast period. PSND
excluding liabilities and unrealised losses from financial sector
interventions, rises over the period to 2013-14, in particular
in 2009-10 and 2010-11, reflecting the surge in additional borrowing
in these years. By 2013-14 PSND on this measure reaches 76.2%
of GDP. The inclusion of potential impacts arising from financial
sector interventions on PSND makes for even worse readingby
2013-14, PSND on this basis stabilises at around 79% of GDP.[112]
43. Until Pre-Budget Report 2008, public sector net
debt had been limited by the Sustainable Investment Rule, which
stated that PSND should be maintained below 40% of GDP in each
and every year of the economic cycle.[113]
The Treasury chose to depart from this Rule in PBR 2008, until
such a time as the global shocks had worked their way through
the economy in full.[114]
The parlous state of the public finances can be ascertained when
it is recognised that, if the Sustainable Investment Rule were
still in force in 2013-14, the projected PSND would have been
double that permitted by the rule. Indeed, a return to the 40%
level is by no means imminent. The IFS has calculated that, based
on Budget 2009 assumptions, this would not occur until February
2032. Chart 2 below portrays this trajectory for the national
Chart 2: Public sector net debt.
Source: IFS, Public finances: two parliaments
of pain, 23 April 2009
44. The Chancellor's forecasts for public borrowing
and national debt make sobering reading. By any measure, those
forecasts, along with those of many other OECD countries, are
extremely high: they have exceeded the fiscal rules from which
the Government departed in PBR 2008 by a wide margin and these
figures represent the worst fiscal outlook since the Second World
War. We are very concerned about the state of the public finances.
What is now of critical importance is that the public, and crucially
the markets, believe that the Chancellor is working to an adequate,
and credible, plan to restore the public finances to good health.
The credibility of any attempt to restore the public finances
will depend on an acceptance that the structural deficit must
be addressed as well as the consequences of the current extraordinary
circumstances. We discuss this plan in the next section of this
Recovering the public finances
45. The Chancellor told us there were two elements
to his approach to fiscal policy. On the one hand, he was "trying
to support the economy now" but, on the other, he was scheduling
in "quite a substantial tightening as we come into recovery",
because it was important "to send a clear signal that whilst
you support the economy now, like all countries, like all businesses,
you have got to live within your means in the medium and longer
term and we have got to have sustainable public finances".[115]
In Mr Chote's opinion, the credibility of the public finances
depended crucially "on the quality of the plan the Government
has in place to repair the underlying problem" and whether
people believed that the Government, or a future government, was
going to pursue the sort of fiscal tightening over the next Parliament,
that was necessary.[116]
46. The Chancellor argued that the reason why borrowing
and debt were "much, much higher" than previously was
because of "the extraordinary circumstances" of the
last couple of years. But he added that he was in no doubt that
it was absolutely necessary, "to have a pretty clear view
that this level of borrowing and the levels of debt need to come
back down". In line with that recognition, the 2009 Budget
set a path for halving the deficit over the next five year period.[117]
It also reaffirmed the Government's commitment to ensuring sound
public finances and protecting fiscal sustainability:
In order to ensure such sound public finances, the
Budget set out tax and spending measures to be implemented at
a time when the economy is forecast to be recovering and able
to support fiscal consolidation. These plans "will deliver
an average adjustment of over 0.8% a year in the cyclically-adjusted
current budget between 2010-11 and 2013-14".[119]
Mr Chote explained that this plan gave somewhat limited information
about where that tightening would fall:
Mr Chote observed that "there is an awful lot
of detail that needs to be filled in", not least where any
cuts would fall within current spending and within capital spending
across departments.[121]
47. Professor David Heald argued that the "key
feature of Budget 2009 is the collapse of tax revenue projections"
between November 2008 and April 2009.[122]
A decline in revenues is, of course, to be expected in a recession,
as firms make lower profits and incomes fall. This recession has
seen particularly sharp declines in revenues from the financial
sector, both through corporation and income tax receipts. Financial
company corporation tax had accounted for around 25% of overall
corporation tax, and the sector provides significant amounts of
income tax and national insurance contributions on salaries and
bonuses. The housing sector provides revenue directly through
stamp duty, inheritance tax and capital gains tax and indirectly
through the VAT collected on housing-related consumption. Receipts
from these sectors dropped sharply in 2008-09 and are expected
to fall further in 2009-10. The Budget suggested that receipts
were then expected to recover but not to the levels experienced
in 2007-08.[123] Chart
3 below shows the Budget's projections for housing and financial
sector receipts.
Chart 3: Housing and financial sector receipts.
Source: HM Treasury, Budget 2009, p 229
48. Mr Weale was sceptical of the Budget's projections
for the recovery of the financial sector, believing that they
were "grossly optimistic".[124]
He pointed out that the Treasury was expecting housing and financial
sector receipts as a proportion of GDP to rebound to 1999 levels
by 2013[125] and doubted
whether this was likely.[126]
But if revenues from financial services and housing do not bounce
back fully, Mr Whiting contended, it was difficult to see which
sectors would provide any substitute revenue growth:
Karen Ward, HSBC's UK Economist, has observed that,
even if growth were to return to the levels projected by the Budget,
that growth could well see "a very different mix" of
sectoral contributions.[128]
In his Budget, the Chancellor expressed his vision of growth rebalanced
towards investment by businesses in low-carbon, advanced manufacturing
and communications.[129]
But, Ms Ward observed, this was likely to generate "significantly
less revenue" than growth driven by financial services, because
whilst the financial sector only accounts for 3% of jobs, it accounted
for 9% of total household income.[130]
49. One of the important determinants of the restoration
of health to the public finances is the extent to which tax revenues
are able to rebound from their current low levels. It should be
recognised that even before the current crisis the UK was running
a structural deficit, although the scale of that deficit has been
disputed and has been justified by the Chancellor on the grounds
that this was a necessary investment. In our view, any restoration
is not merely contingent on the economy meeting the challenging
growth projections set in this year's Budget. What is also of
importance is the composition of that growth. We note the inevitable
shift away from the UK economy's dependence on financial services,
and the Chancellor specified several industrial sectors which
had promising futures. But it would be wrong to assume that these,
or other sectors, will necessarily be as profitable as financial
services. We recommend, therefore, that future Pre-Budget Reports
and Budget documents provide a sectoral analysis of tax revenues,
so that the basis of Treasury forecasts in a changing economy
can be scrutinised. The Treasury already has the means to provide
this information, as evidenced by its commentary on the financial
and housing sectors, so to do this should not be particularly
Delaying the difficult decisions?
50. The Budget's proposes a consolidation in the
cyclically-adjusted current budget so that balance is achieved
in 2017-18. In the years to 2013-14, this consolidation path derives
from policy decisions and the projected recovery in the economy,
but from 2014-15 onwards, the consolidations needed in each year
of 0.8% of GDP, are merely "illustrative projections".[131]
For this period, no information is provided in the Budget as to
what a consolidation of 0.8% of GDP per year would mean in policy
terms. Chart 4 below depicts the consolidation in the public finances:
green bars represent consolidation from announced policies; white
bars represent illustrative projections, and so do not represent
any specific policy choices.
Chart 4: Balancing the cyclically-adjusted current
Source: HM Treasury, Budget 2009, p 35, Chart
51. Mr Chote said that it was "understandable"
that there was "a degree of vagueness at this stage"
regarding whether an incoming government in 2014 ought to be relying
more or less on tax increases rather than spending cuts, and doubted
whether a fully detailed plan would be any more credible than
specifying "the broad orders of magnitude" as set out
in the Budget document.[132]
Mr Weale agreed that it would be wrong for the Chancellor to say
now what the balance between taxation and spending was going to
be in five years' time, not least because there could be two general
elections between now and then, but he thought that "some
sense of how things might turn out and how the gap could be remedied
purely as a guide would be quite helpful".[133]
Mr Bootle said that in "normal circumstances" macroeconomists
were not particularly concerned about how future Governments would
plug any gaps in the public finances, and that, largely, this
decision could be left to the politicians. However, he argued
that these were not normal times, and thought that a consolidation
in the public finances based on tax rises would have a worse macroeconomic
impact than one based on spending cuts:
Mr Weale disagreed, suggesting that the economy could
bear a tax burden of, say, 38-39% of GDP," without the economy
falling apart", should that be needed.[135]
52. In the medium term, the options for returning
the public finances to balance present uncomfortable choices for
the Government and consequences for the public, the broad alternatives
being substantial tax increases, unprecedented cuts in public
services, or a combination of the two. We recommend that in the
Pre-Budget Report 2009, the Government sets out a range of options
for closing the projected fiscal gap.
The fiscal framework
53. The Code for Fiscal Stability defined two rules
against which the Government's stewardship of the public finances
could be assessed.[136]
In October 2008, the Chancellor announced that the Government
would temporarily depart from these two fiscal rules.[137]
In their stead, the Government introduced a Temporary Operating
54. Roger Bootle and Martin Weale both labelled the
Temporary Operating Rule as a "tautology" rather than
a rule. Mr Weale explained what he meant as follows:
55. Budget 2009 stated that the temporary operating
rule was designed "to underpin a sustained fiscal consolidation
once the economy is recovering",[140]
and contended that "on the assumption that the Government
delivers a further consolidation of 0.8% of GDP a year in the
cyclically-adjusted current budget beyond 2013-14", the fiscal
projections were consistent with the Rule.[141]
56. We do not see how the Temporary Operating
Rule acts as any kind of constraint at all on the current fiscal
decisions made by the Chancellor, and we struggle to imagine any
course of action he might have taken in this year's Budget that
would have been inconsistent with it. For this Rule to have any
bite whatsoever, the identification of the point in time at which
"the global shocks have worked their way through the economy
in full", cannot be left to the judgement of the Treasury
alone, but should be subject to parliamentary scrutiny. It is
clear to us that the only real financial discipline that is currently
imposed on the Chancellor is the opinion of the gilt market on
the sustainability of the public finances.
57. Following our inquiry into PBR 2008, we concluded
58. The Government rejected our recommendation, stating
that "in advance of the public finances reaching cyclically-adjusted
current balance, the Government will set out how it will apply
the fiscal framework in future to continue to deliver its objectives".[143]
In oral evidence, the Chancellor said his "main focus at
the moment
was to work towards reducing the amount of borrowing
and reducing the amount of debt".[144]
59. Mr Chote argued strongly that there should be
a rethink of the fiscal framework, stating that such a framework
was inadequate if it only saved enough for "normal times".
Over the next 30-40 years, in his view, it was quite likely that
there would be another recession, and so fiscal policies should
be designed "with the aim of saving up for the next disaster
instead of on the assumption that there will not be any more disasters".[145]
Although the Government had only 'temporarily departed from',
rather than abandoned, the fiscal rules, Mr Bootle did not wish
to see a return to the same fiscal framework. He contended that
the 40% ceiling set by the Sustainable Investment Rule had "come
out of the blue without very much rationale" and had turned
out to have been "extraordinarily high" when confronted
with the events of the last two years:[146]
Mr Bootle expressed the hope that there would be
an effective national debate about the fiscal rules because they
"had done an enormous amount of harm in this country":
"they were misconceived, misapplied and they provided a smokescreen
for a very destabilising policy".[148]
60. We believe that the Chancellor should now
engage in what we regard as a crucial debate about the future
of the UK fiscal framework. The majority of our expert witnesses
found fault with the Golden Rule and Sustainable Investment Rule,
so an eventual return to an unreformed framework would seem misguided.
We sense that there is little consensus on what the best framework
might be, which is all the more reason to commence a thorough
analysis of all the options, drawing on international best practice,
practical experience and academic theory. We are not suggesting
that a new framework should be implemented now, but that the Treasury
should open up a debate. To this end, we renew our recommendation
made in our Report on PBR 2008 for a full public consultation.
Gilt demand
61. The burgeoning budget deficit, combined with
the cost of financial sector interventions, has fed through to
a substantial increase in the Central Government Net Cash Requirement
to £220.8 billion, and a net financing requirement of £237.8
billion in 2009-10, the vast majority of which£220
billionis to be raised by gross gilt issuance.[149]
The Treasury forecasts that its rate of interest will stay roughly
the same (albeit on a much larger stock of debt).[150]
62. Richard Lambert, director-general of the CBI,
said that "the key question for this Budget was whether it
set out a credible and rigorous path for restoring the public
finances to health. The CBI's preliminary judgment must be that
it does not." He regarded as optimistic the Chancellor's
economic forecasts of a rapid end to the recession and growth
well above trend from 2011-2014. In his view, "with annual
government bond issue expected to exceed £200bn in the coming
years and debt doubling by 2013, the government is running too
much of a risk with the willingness of investors to finance UK
debt".[151] The
risk would be that a reduction in demand for gilts would increase
the financing costs of the UK Government at a time when the stock
of debt was exceptionally high.
63. However, Mr Ramsden, for the Treasury, was bullish
about the market, telling us of his confidence that appetite for
gilts, which had been "very strong" throughout 2008-09,
would be sustained in 2009-2010 because "at the macro level
we think we have set out a transparent and realistic set of forecasts
and a credible consolidation plan into the medium term".[152]
Martin Weale added support to this prediction, telling us that
the best forecast of future interest rates was what the long-term
bond market was indicating, and that was saying rates were likely
to stay in the 4-5% range for the foreseeable future.[153]
64. The sustained demand for Government debt investments
might be considered surprising by some, as there could be an expectation
of upward pressure on yields stemming from the supply shock of
increased debt issuance over the fiscal forecast period, and the
potential that the market might lose faith in the credibility
of the Government's stewardship of the public finances. On the
other hand, in recessions there tends to be a flight to quality.
Because Government debt is considered lower-risk than other assets
such as corporate debt, investors seek the safety, and relative
liquidity, of gilts rather than corporate bonds. In addition to
other factors, the UK Government is, of course, in competition
with other governments in its issuance of Government Stock. However,
there is relatively buoyant demand for UK gilts from UK banks
for regulatory reasons, and the Bank of England is also now buying
gilts as part of its quantitative easing programme. The Chancellor
added that investors liked the fact that UK sovereign debt was
"comparatively longer dated than a lot of the stock that
is available in the European markets".[154]
65. Mr Bootle viewed the Treasury's assumption about
costs of financing as by no means unreasonable or outrageous:
66. David Miles, of Morgan Stanley, argued in the
IFS Green Budget in January 2009 that "there was no reason
yet to be alarmed about borrowing costs rising significantly,
but clearly there is huge uncertainty either way".[155]
Mr Chote observed that this was "a classic example"
of a case where it was just as important for the Government to
say how it would respond if things turned out differently from
the central forecast, as whether the central forecast itself was
credible.[156] The
Chancellor admitted that there was uncertainty"we
are in uncertain times but so far there appears to be a healthy
demand for our gilts"[157]but
when we asked him, given this uncertainty, what he would do if
the gilt markets started to lose faith in the Government's ability
to manage the public finances, he said it was "quite pointless"
to speculate on "something that I do not anticipate being
the case".[158]
67. One of the harbingers of such an eventuality
would be if there were to be a sequence of uncovered gilt auctions
by the Debt Management Office (DMO). One such uncovered auction
did occur on 25 March 2009.[159]
Mr Bootle was unconcerned by the failure of this single gilt auction,
because it was "perfectly possible to have a situation in
which a gilt auction fails for whatever reason and yet the demand
for gilts is still very strong over a prolonged period".
He would be more concerned if there were to be a series of uncovered
gilt auctions as demand for gilts dried up. In this scenario,
bond yields would "shoot up very considerably", which
would result in the Government's cost of financing increasing
significantly. He did not say that this eventuality was likelyindeed,
he believed that the Treasury's projection that the cost of borrowing
would remain low was "reasonable" on recent formbut
it was "plausible", and if it happened, then we would
be "in serious trouble".[160]
Nor had Mr Weale detected any great concern from the gilt market
about the public finances, at least not from expectations of long-term
interest rates on Government debt, which remained low. He cautioned
that "obviously the market can be wrong, but at the moment
the market does not appear to be frightened".[161]
68. We note the reaction of the debt markets to
the Treasury's ambitious borrowing plans. We believe there are
strong reasons why the costs of financing the Government debt
could well remain low. But if the gilt market were to lose its
appetite for Government debt, which is by no means impossible,
the cost of financing that debt could climb to perilous levels.
Financial markets can be very volatile, and, as we have recently
learnt in the financial crisis, can be quite poor at pricing risks
initially, with any subsequent pricing corrections being sudden
and unexpected. Under these circumstances, we consider that it
would be prudent for the Treasury to work up contingency plans
for a weakening of demand for Government debt.
Q 242 Back
Treasury Committee, Ninth Report of Session 2007-08, The 2008
Budget, HC 430, para 31 Back
HM Treasury, Pre-Budget Report 2008, Cm 7484, November
2008, p 190 Back
Budget 2009, p 225, table C3 Back
Q 243 Back
"If the Budget was a numbers game, the Chancellor definitely
lost", Daily Telegraph, 23 April 2009 Back
Q 36 Back
Q 137 Back
Budget 2009, p 222, table C2 Back
Q 112 Back
Budget 2009, para 2.82 Back
HM Treasury, Pre-Budget Report 2006, Cm 6984, December
2006, p 31, para 2.58 Back
HM Treasury, Pre-Budget Report 2008, Cm 7484, November
2008, p 15 Back
Q 243 Back
Qq 19, 46 Back
Q 258 Back
Budget 2009, p 30 Back
Ibid. Back
Q 34 Back
Ibid. Back
Ev 55 Back
Budget 2009, p 229 and Q 138 Back
Q 38 Back
Budget 2009, April 2009,p 229 Back
Q 52 [Weale] Back
Q 52 [Whiting] Back
HSBC Global Research, UK Budget 2009: Living on borrowed money,
23 April 2009 Back
Budget 2009, April 2009, p 80 Back
HSBC Global Research, UK Budget 2009: Living on borrowed money,
23 April 2009 Back
Budget 2009, p 35, Q 128 Back
Q 41 [Chote] Back
Q 41 [Weale] Back
Q 41 [Bootle] Back
Q 41 [Weale] Back
The golden rule: over the economic cycle, the Government would
borrow only to invest and not to fund current spending; and the
sustainable investment rule: public sector net debt as a proportion
of GDP would be held over the economic cycle at a stable and prudent
level. Other things being equal, net debt would be maintained
below 40 per cent of GDP over the economic cycle. Back
Speech by the Chancellor at the Cass Business School, London,
29 October 2008 [Mais lecture]. Back
HM Treasury, Government's Fiscal Framework, November 2008,
p 5 Back
Q 47 and Ev 56 Back
Budget 2009, p 31 Back
Budget 2009, p 19 Back
Treasury Committee, Second Report of Session 2008-09, Pre-Budget
Report 2008, HC 27, para 57 Back
Treasury Committee, Third Special Report of Session 2008-09,
Pre-Budget Report 2008: Government Response to the Committee's
Second Report of Session 2008-09, HC 431 Back
Q 315 Back
Q 44 Back
Qq 45, 73 Back
Q 73 Back
Q 45 Back
Budget 2009, p 245 Back
See Q 48 Back
"Concerns voiced over public finance risks", Financial
Times, 23 April 2009 Back
Q 147 Back
Q 50 Back
Q 313 Back
Referred to in Q 49. Back
Q 49 Back
Q 313 Back
Q 311 Back
HM Treasury, Debt and reserves management report 2009-10,
April 2009, p 12 Back
Q 40 [Bootle] Back
Q 40 [Weale] Back


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AROUND 100 children took a stroll through the grounds of Sherfield School along with parents, teachers and a couple of guide dogs, to raise money for charity.
The school is currently supporting the charity Guide Dogs, and encouraged the younger pupils, aged up to five, to obtain sponsorship for taking part in the walk.
Karen Chard, head of primary at Sherfield School, said they were delighted to be supporting the charity.
She said: "It really is a great charity. The children can see the impact that the dogs have on people's lives and they all love it when we have a guide dog actually come into the school."
Trainee guide dog, German shepherd Enzo, who has visited the school before, was at the event with volunteer puppy walker Ellen Young, as was working guide dog Guss with his owner Brian Martin.
Katie Smith, community fundraiser for Guide Dogs, also attended to pass on thanks to the school for their continued support.
She said: "We are really happy that the school is supporting us and seeing all the children get involved is just so lovely."
The fundraising event consisted of three walks around the grounds of the school, with the youngest children being taken around the shortest route.
Children, staff and parents at Sherfield School, in Sherfield-on-Loddon, have so far raised £300 through their fundraising efforts, which recently included a stall at the Sherfield fete.
The money raised to date is enough to sponsor three puppies throughout a year with regular updates on their progress.
Mrs Chard said: "We will continue to support the charity throughout the year."


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How to Help a Friend
At times you may wonder how to help a friend who is in distress. In most instances simply communicating your concern and then listening to your friend in a non-judgmental and supportive way is the best help you can provide.
At times, however, a friend's problems are more serious and this approach may not be enough. If any of the following apply, encourage your friend get professional help:
- Your friend is always in distress of some kind
- Your friend rarely seems to feel better for more than a little while
- Your friend is isolating him/herself from family or close friends
- Your friend stops taking care of him/herself
- Your friend is using an excessive amount of alcohol or other drugs
- Your friend seems to be ruining close relationships with others
- Your friend severely restricts calories, exercises excessively or binges/purges
- Your friend feels desperate or hopeless that things will change
- Your friend talks about wanting to hurt him/herself or hurt someone else
- You are feeling overwhelmed by your friend's problems
In these cases it may be helpful to:
- Approach your friend about your concern. This could be as simple as saying that you've noticed that s/he is in a lot of distress and asking what you can do to help. Usually it is best to avoid judgmental or provocative statements (e.g., You've been out of control lately; what's wrong with you?) and instead focus on the facts (e.g.., I've noticed that you aren't coming to class much and that you seem really down all of the time).
- Ask if your friend has ever considered talking to a professional counselor or to a trusted advisor or family member. You can give your friend information about the Student Counseling Service and, if you are comfortable doing so, offer to accompany your friend to an initial consultation there.
- Consider talking with a member of the Student Risk Evaluation Committee. If your friend's problems seem severe and interfere with school or clinical performance or you have concerns that s/he may be at risk of hurting herself or someone else in the future, reach out for help! This committee can meet with the student, help determine a course of action, and coordinate with other campus offices to assist the student. You can reach Dr. Simmons, the Director of Student Health and Chair of this committee, at 464-4260.
In spite of your best efforts, sometimes friends just won't be receptive to your concerns or suggestions. In those cases it can be helpful to remind your friend that you are there if needed and then to respect your friend's wish not to get help. A major exception to this, however, is when a friend has talked about wanting to hurt or kill him/herself or someone else. In these cases it is imperative that you get your friend help.
Helping a Suicidal Friend
People who are thinking about hurting themselves may communicate this in some way to close friends or family. They may talk directly about their plans or talk indirectly about feeling that life is unbearable and that there is no solution to their difficulties. You should take such statements seriously and not assume that the person is only temporarily upset or that the situation will resolve itself.
If you suspect that a friend is suicidal:
- Ask directly about suicide. Be as calm as possible. Ask, "Are you thinking about hurting yourself?" Ask if your friend has a specific suicide plan. Remember that some suicidal people do not have an immediate plan but still need help.
- Do not try to handle the situation alone. If you believe that your friend is going to harm him/herself, do not leave them alone. Contact someone who can help you and your friend in this situation. Options include:
- Public Safety at 464-4000 (24 hours a day)
- CONTACT 24-hour crisis hotline at 315 251-0600
- You also can call 911 or take your friend to the nearest emergency room.
- It also may be helpful to contact your Resident Assistant or close friends/family members who can help.
- The Student Counseling Center at 464-3120 (during regular business hours)
- Remember, you don't have to be a detective. It is not up to you to figure out whether your friend is serious about suicide. Always take signs of suicidally seriously and get help.
- Be non-judgmental. This is not the time to argue about morals, challenge the validity of the person's experience or try to make them feel guilty about their feelings. Encourage your friend to consider other options and to make a specific plan for how to get help.
- Do not be sworn to secrecy. Your friend may open up to you but then ask you not to tell anyone else. This isn't fair to you and it isn't safe for your friend. It is better to risk your friend's anger than to take chances. Don't promise to keep secrets, but do promise to help the person in whatever way you can.
- Communicate that you care. Reassure your friend that even though life feels overwhelming, there are ways to work through these feelings. Let your friend know that you have hope for his/her future and that you will be there to help.
- Take good care of yourself, too. Helping a friend in distress can be frightening, exhausting, and frustrating. Get support from someone close to you or from a professional counselor.
If you are uncomfortable talking directly with your friend or feel uncertain about what you should do, talk with someone you trust. You also can contact Student Counseling at 464-3120, to discuss your concerns. Please know, however, that if you provide the name of the student you wish to discuss, Student Counseling staff may intervene directly with that student.


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Rob Holland Ultimate Air Shows Brings Ultimate Fun To Sheppard Air Show 2011
It won't be long now and we'll all be traipsing over to Sheppard Air Force Base for their 2011 Open House and Air Show with the kids in tow and binoculars in hand. One of the feature performers this year is Rob Holland Ultimate Air Shows.
Here's a look at Rob in action.
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I had the chance to chat with Rob recently, you can hear that conversation in the 4:00 o'clock hour this afternoon right here on Lonestar 102.3.
Click here for Rob's facebook page.
Click here for my earlier posts on the Sheppard Air Show.
Click here for the official Sheppard Air Show website.
Keep your eyes on the skies!
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