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BALTIMORE (Stockpickr) -- With record cash in their coffers and investors eager to make up for a lost year in 2011, dividend stocks are paying out even more cash this month.
Even though the broad market is testing its post-recession highs this week, investors are still focused on income, and for good reason. It's earnings season, after all, a time that holds special significance for income investors: It's the period each quarter when companies announce their profits to Wall Street, as well as the dividends that those profits are paying for.
This year, the first quarter of earnings is looking especially attractive.
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That's because even though stocks are testing those highs from last April, corporate profits are around 9% higher than they were at that time last year. Dividend growth has outpaced even that in the last 12 months -- payouts to shareholders are up around 16% in the last year. The result is a bargain opportunity in U.S. stocks right now.
And dividend payers look like some of the best bargains out there. That's because, historically, their payouts account for the lion's share of investors' returns. That's why we're taking a closer look at seven dividend stocks raising their payouts in February.
Over the last 36 years, dividend stocks have outperformed the rest of the S&P 500 by 2.5% annually, and they outperformed nonpayers by nearly 8% every year, all while paying out cash to their shareholders, according to data compiled by Ned Davis Research. The numbers are even more compelling when looking at companies that consistently increase their payouts.
That's why we pay close attention to the firms that are shoveling more corporate cash to shareholders each week. With that, here's a look at seven of the stocks that hiked payouts in the last week.
The past year has shown some stellar performance for retailer TJX (TJX), the firm behind chains such as T.J. Maxx, Marshall's and HomeGoods. Shares of the firm have rallied more than 43% in the last 12 months, spurred on by fundamental success in its brick-and-mortar stores.
On Wednesday, management announced a 21% increase in its quarterly dividend, bringing it to 11.5 cents per share. That's the 16th straight year of dividend hikes for TJX shareholders.
TJX is a league leader in off-price retail. The firm's stores stock major brand name clothing, accessories and housewares at prices that are fairly dramatic discounts to their retail costs, a model that's proven popular in the shadow of a major global recession.
TJX has reasonable pricing power with consumers -- if retail prices rise, so too can the discounted price tags on TJX's shelves. At the same time, full-price retailers need TJX because the firm is willing to buy massive swaths of excess inventory.
Full-price retailers can bypass the middle-man by opting to sell last season's fashions at their own outlet stores, but for most it's not a feasible model. Retail is extremely capital intense, and TJX provides a top-line boost to its suppliers with zero risk. Those factors should keep quality inventory flowing to TJX's stores for the foreseeable future.
To be clear, the firm's 1.06% yield hardly makes it a core income holding. That said, for exposure to discount retail, the firm is hard to beat.
TJX, one of Goldman Sachs' Consumer Stock Best Buys for 2012, shows up on a list of 19 "Dividend Opportunity"Stocks.
Abbott Labs
Diversified pharmaceutical firm Abbott Labs (ABT), another of 2012's "Dividend Opportunity" stocks, is another name that hiked its payouts last week, ratcheting its dividend by 6.25% to 51 cents per share. That's a 3.62% yield at current levels.
While Abbott generates the majority of its sales though pharmaceuticals, the firm's exposure to medical devices and nutritional products makes the firm much more diversified than most of its peers. In a time where patent drop-offs are scaring investors away from big pharma more than ever before, Abbott's exposure to side businesses should look especially attractive.
That won't be the case for long, though -- Abbott is planning on splitting its pharmaceutical arm off from its health-care business. The move should squeeze some added returns out of the business at the risk of much more concentrated sector risk.
That said, the risks are a moot point for shareholders who own Abbott now; they will get shares of both companies.
On the other hand, current shareholders will also get to benefit from the value that's unlocked from the deal. In a market where valuations are under pressure, a sum-of-the-parts valuation is often less attractive than breaking businesses up. The move will boost margins at the pharmaceutical arm and make it more directly comparable with big pharma peers.
Ample balance sheet liquidity should keep dividends rolling for ABT shareholders.
In the fourth quarter, Fortress Investment Group initiated a new position in Abbott, which is also one of Ken Fisher's top holdings.
Cable operator Comcast (CMCSA) tips the scales as the largest firm in the cable industry. As a utility, geographic footprint means everything -- that's why a network that spans 53 million households is such a powerful asset.
The joint venture deal to purchase half of NBC Universal is another; it gives Comcast a massive content vault and significant broadcast assets, two things that cable companies are stumbling over themselves to access as rival firms start offering streaming content services.
The cable business is changing dramatically right now. Today, Comcast's network can provide consumers with everything from traditional television service to phone and high-speed Internet, allowing the firm to make both a convenience and value argument for houses to switch to its triple-play offering.
On the other hand, Comcast isn't alone in its abilities – the firm now faces increased competition from the likes of Verizon's (VZ) and AT&T (T), companies that boast long-reaching networks of their own.
From a sales standpoint, Verizon's cutting-edge FiOS network poses the biggest challenge for Comcast in the long-term. But shorter-term, the insanely high cost of implementing that network evens the playing field a bit.
Last week, Comcast announced a 44.4% increase to its dividend payout, making it a quarterly 16 cents per share. That gives Comcast a 2.18% yield and makes the firm one of the biggest dividend hikes of the week on a percentage basis.
Comcast, one of Maverick Capital's top holdings, shows up on a list of 10 Stocks of Top-Performing Funds in 2012.
Allstate (ALL) is having a good year in 2012 -- the firm has seen its shares rally more than 15% so far year-to-date, outpacing the by a factor of nearly two. A lot of that success is coming from the growth of the firm's car insurance business, a line that's helped to maintain profits as Allstate reduces its exposure to home insurance.
Risk is a four-letter word for Allstate right now. With low interest rates and significant underwriting competition, the firm has little wiggle room if it misprices the risks that it's insuring. Catastrophic losses from the homeowners insurance segment have been a thorn in Allstate's side for a while now -- by winding down its exposure to that segment in favor of the more predictable auto insurance business, investors should be able to see the firm's margins expand in the mid-term.
Since the financial crisis, Allstate has done a good job of shoring up its capital base and filling any gaps in its balance sheet. Today, with strong cash flow generation from premiums, the firm should be able to keep churning out its dividend for the foreseeable future.
On Tuesday, Allstate raised its dividend by 4.76% to 22 cents per share. That gives the firm a 2.79% yield right now.
Allstate shows up on a recent list of 10 Stocks JPMorgan Says May Rise Up to 58%.
Analog Devices
Chipmaker Analog Devices (ADI) is the leader in the market for chips that translate between analog and digital signals, an implementation that's found in everything from cell phones to cars. In total, ADI serves more than 60,000 customers worldwide, a broad customer base that exempts the firm from worrying about the fortunes or decisions of a single major customer.
Analog chips are a niche business that's often an afterthought for OEMs who are developing the products that they're used in. For that reason, firms like ADI are much less likely to face risks of internal development among their customers. It just makes more sense for OEMs to buy temperature sensors or accelerometers from ADI than it does to try to develop those chips in-house. A wide portfolio of proprietary analog chip designs should help to defend ADI's share of the market.
Financially, Analog Devices is in stellar shape, with a deep net cash position and substantial cash flow generation abilities. That's part of the reason why the firm was able to increase its dividend payout by 20% on Wednesday. The move puts ADI's yield at a very attractive 3.05% right now.
Income investors looking for tech sector exposure should put this stock near the top of their lists.
Analog Devices shows up on lists of 16 Stocks Picked by Prize-Winning Fund Managers and 13 Tech Stocks to Buy in 2012.
Public Service Enterprise Group
With a name like Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), you know that you're about to look at a boring business. But as a dividend investor, that's actually a good thing.
PEG is an energy company that owns a regulated utility as well as a merchant power generation arm and an energy investment business. For investors in search of stable high yields, it's hard to go wrong with a power utility.
Like other regulated utilities, PEG boasts legal monopoly status in its New Jersey operating region. Even though wholesale merchant energy sales in other parts of the Northeast add an uncertainty factor to a large part of the firm's operations, investors benefit from a healthy balance between consistent income generation and commodity price-driven growth potential.
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On the utility side, PEG's footprint in New Jersey is particularly attractive given the state's high demand for power.
From a financial standpoint, it's important to remember that the power business is extremely capital-intense. To counter that, the firm has paid down debt in recent years and, as of last quarter, built up a more meaningful cash balance at the top of its balance sheet. That should help give Wall Street some assurance over PEG's dividend, which saw a 3.65% increase on Tuesday. The move brings the firm's yield to a hefty 4.7%.
Investors looking for power utility exposure should consider PEG a good core income holding.
Paint and coating manufacturer Sherwin-Williams (SHW) is in rally mode right now, breaking through the $100 mark in yesterday's session to close just shy of $101. That's not the only way investors are seeing returns from this stock right now -- last week, SHW announced a 6.85% increase to its quarterly dividend. The move puts the firm's total yield at 1.55% right now.
Sherwin-Williams has a unique model for a paint company. Yes, the firm owns an attractive portfolio of brands that range from its namesake label to Dutch Boy, Krylon, and Thompson's Water Seal. But what's really interesting are the nearly 3,400 company-owned paint stores that span North America. Owning stores isn't a cheap proposition, but it does increase customer stickiness, a crucial factor for success in the age of the big-box hardware store.
While the recession (and its impact on construction-centric stocks) did have an outsized impact on Sherwin-Williams, the firm has rebounded hard in recent years, closing 2011 with sales that were well in excess of pre-recession highs. With a rock solid balance sheet and palpable growth right now, this stock paints an attractive picture for investors -- even if it doesn't qualify as a core income holding.
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-- Written by Jonas Elmerraji in Baltimore.
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Jonas Elmerraji, based out of Baltimore, is the editor and portfolio manager of the Rhino Stock Report, a free investment advisory that returned 15% in 2008. He is a contributor to numerous financial outlets, including Forbes and Investopedia, and has been featured in Investor's Business Daily, in Consumer's Digest and on MSNBC.com.


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Harry S Truman is best remembered as the President who witnessed the swift arrival of the Cold War in the tumultuous years after World War Two. Little however has been written to show that he was also the populist President who set the political economic course for the United States to win it merely 40 years later.In this timely biography, E Ray Canterbery captures the spirit of the man, who first and foremost, was a politician who crafted political progams such as the Fair Deal program, full-employment program, New Deal program, reconversion, stabilization, and agriculture progams through the lens of progressiveness. He focuses on Truman's populist economics by charting Truman's early years, the makings of his populist character, his beginnings in Washington, Communism and the Truman Doctrine, the campaign of 1948, the Marshall Plan, the firing of General MacArthur, and the Korean War. While the economic aspects of his term were fundamentally that of war and peace, Canterbery analyses in great depth Truman's economic policies and instruments, such as the Employment Act of 1946 and the President's Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) - results of Truman's presidency that other authors of books on Truman have largely ignored.Harry S Truman: The Economics of a Populist President shows how Truman should be remembered: As a progressive politician whose populist policies rank him among the "near great" Presidents in the tradition of William Jennings Bryan, Theodore Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson.
Audience: Tertiary; University or College
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 212
Published: 24th February 2014
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Country of Publication: SG
Dimensions (cm): 24.13 x 15.88 x 2.54
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Most Rev. John M. D'Arcy, 80, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, died Sunday, February 3, 2013 after a recurring bout with cancer.
A 28-year servant of the diocese, 24 as Bishop, he led not only the diocesan parishes, but counseled leaders of the five diocesan colleges, including the University of Saint Francis. He worked with University of Saint Francis President Sister M. Elise Kriss, OSF, throughout her nearly 20-year presidency, and with other leaders of the university on matters of Catholic doctrine and education.
President Kriss spoke of the benefit of his counsel and contributions to her in her leadership role, and to the university as a whole.
"Bishop D'Arcy leaves a strong legacy of Catholic leadership, with a profound effect on the University of Saint Francis and the diocese," she said. "He was most supportive of the university, and understood our ecumenical opportunities because of the nature of our student body. Even in his retirement, he served on our Mission Integration Committee. I met with him numerous times on behalf of the university. He was also engaged with all of the diocesan colleges in the implementation of 'Ex corde Ecclesiae,' Pope John Paul II's vision of the role and purpose of a Catholic university. He was so supportive of me and the work of the University of Saint Francis here in Fort Wayne. His contributions will be sorely missed."
Dr. Earl Kumfer, professor and chair of the Department of Philosophy and Theology, also worked with Bishop D'Arcy over the years, and reflected upon his impact upon his department and students.
"Bishop D'Arcy always expressed a personal and pastoral interest in the spiritual life of USF faculty and students," Dr. Kumfer said. "His usual practice was to celebrate liturgy with us in opening the school year and celebrating graduation. His frequent interaction with me and my colleagues, individually and as a department, was always a dialogue. He seemed to miss academic life, and was keenly interested in our research projects. His quick story and Irish lilt put students at ease. In no time, the conversation turned to spiritual matters."
University Chief Academic Officer, Dr. Andrew Prall, spoke of Bishop D'Arcy's impact and the university's loss. "The University of Saint Francis community mourns the passing of Bishop John D'Arcy," Dr. Prall said. "Bishop D'Arcy was a tremendous friend to the university, who deepened the university's Catholic and Franciscan identity through his stalwart guidance and support."
John D'Arcy was born in Brighton, Mass., to Irish immigrants. Entering St. John's Seminary in 1949, he was ordained to the priesthood in 1957. He earned his doctorate in spiritual theology at the Angelicum in Rome, serving the church in the Boston area and becoming Episcopal vicar for the Lowell region in 1981. He was named Bishop of the South Bend-Fort Wayne Diocese in 1985 and installed in May 1986.
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Perspectives Showcase
ASUC Perspectives
Friday, March 2, 2012 at 7:00 PM (PST)
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Perspectives Showcase 2012!
What: The Perspectives Showcase
Date: Friday March 2, 2012
Time: Doors open at 6:30 pm. Show will begin at 7pm
Where: Zellerbach Hall
101 Zellerbach Hall #4800, Berkeley, CA 94720
On March 2, 2012 in Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley campus performing groups of diverse background, ethnicities, and performance styles will perform together in the hope theta unity on one stage will help create a more inclusive and accepting Cal community. 2,000 students, faculty, and staff will gather to experience the talent and diversity that make up the lifeblood of the UC Berkeley campus.
Collaborative Peformances by:
- Azaad and Fei Tian
- Barestage and Human Journal
- Cal Jazz Choir and TDPS
- For Christs's Sake and Kol HaDov
- Bhangra and Ego
- Jericho and Unscripted
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ASUC Perspectives
'Perspectives' is the largest event on campus that unites student groups from all walks of life! While South Asian A'Cappella singers, Mexican and Iranian dances, Chinese Drummers, slam poets, and various other student performers of diverse backgrounds and performing styles light up the stage, the emphasis on collaboration brings awareness to the global and community passions that Berkeley students are renowned for. The performances invite the audience to join together to explore, appreciate, and respect the wonders of other cultures.


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Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) today applauded the proposed rule for labeling mechanically tenderized beef products. DeLauro is a former Chairwoman of the subcommittee responsible for funding the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). She is a longtime advocate for food safety standards that protect and inform American consumers, and has made the safety and transparency of mechanically tenderized beef a top priority.
"Today's proposed rule is a good start to getting consumers the information they need to keep themselves and their families healthy and I commend USDA for moving forward on this. With summer grilling season upon us, this proposed rule comes at a great time to raise awareness among consumers of how important it is to cook their meat appropriately. Without proper labeling, people cannot know if a product has been mechanically tenderized and what that means for the cooking process. I strongly urge USDA to publish and implement the final rule in a timely manner so consumers are not left in the dark for another summer."
Source: http://delauro.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1302:delauro-applauds-usda-for-issuing-mechanically-tenderized-beef-proposed-rule&catid=2:2012-press-releases&Itemid=21


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The poetry contest ends January 31st, 2008!
Yes, our first contest is here! And, if you haven't figured out yet, it's a
poetry contest or writing competition. Everyone may submit up to two poems
each. We want to make this fun and enjoyable. This year's theme is *gasp*
family. Interpret that however you'd like. There is no minimum or maximum
for the amount of words/lines. Let's keep these age appropriate of course.
As with all contests we will be awarding prizes. The poem must be written by yourself.
Tell your friends and family to enter! You never know who could win!


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Man who stole Peter Frampton's luggage sentenced
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Peter Frampton is seeing justice after his luggage was stolen from a Denver airport last summer.
The Denver Post says John Papelbon received a 60-day jail sentence Friday after he pled guilty to theft charges. However, the judge suspended his sentence so Papelbon can work to earn the $8,084 he's been ordered to pay in restitution. He'll also be on probation for the next two years.
Papelbon admitted that he took a total of seven items from baggage carousels at the Denver International Airport at various times in 2013, including luggage that belonged to Frampton. The rocker lost his bags to Papelbon when he arrived in Denver for a concert last July.
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I like to gather the hair up around the area near my ears and tie it up on top of my head with a small hair tie (I pull it really tight) because it lifts the skin in that area, elevating the outside corner of my eyes/eyebrows (they're a bit "sad" looking). I think it looks fantastic. Would I be laughed out of a surgeon's office if I showed them what I do and asked them to lift that same area with surgery? Would it even look the same? This is an awfully embarrassing thing to admit.
I Tie my Hair Up to Give Myself a Psedo Face Lift. Would an Actual Lift Give the Same Look?
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Face/brow lift
It would be a good idea to show the surgeon what look you like. The lift may not be able to give that look and it would probably take more than a facelift which gives little change in the area around the eyes. You may need to consider a brow lift +/- eyelid lift. Your surgeon will be able to help you with this once he sees what look you like. And you are right, a rejuvenation of that area almost always looks fantastic. Just be sure the doctor you are seeing does a lot of that type of surgery.
You should be evaluated for a facelift...
You really should not be embarresed to discuss these issues with a plastic surgeon. Just to let you know, old-school stage actresses do nearly the same thing, but even use skin colored tape and rubber bands to get the lifted effect. Because you have been experimenting with different vectors of skin pull, you can have an intelligent discussion with a facelift surgeon, and together you can decide what version of the operation is correct for you (facelift vs brow lift, scar location, etc.)
Best wishes,
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Facelift, Brow Lift, and Eyelid Surgery
Without seeing a picture or having the benefit of an exam, the description you give will likely involve more than just a facelift. Perhaps some form of brow lift with or without eyelid surgery may be appropriate. Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA
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Pulling hair up tight is not representative of full face/neck lift results
Be very careful of pulling your hair too tight, this could cause traction alopecia and permanent baldness. A comprehensive face/neck lift involves not only tightening the skin, but also the facial muscles as well as removing submental fat. Pulling your hair tight will only mimic a very minimal skin pull and is not representative of a full face/neck lift.
Learn more: http://seattlefacial.com/photogallery/facelift_photos26.html
Pulling Hair Tightly for Facelift Effect Can Cause Hair Loss
Many women have come to my offices in New York with exactly the same strategy. Unfortunately, this practice of gathering your hair so tightly to lift the face slightly results in hair loss particularly in the hairline (referred to as "traction alopecia). My associate is Dr. Gary Hitzig, the creator of ACell and PRP (whom I coined "Hair Rescue" with) to treat male and female pattern hair loss, and we see this problem a lot with individuals who do this to that effect. As far as your concern about embarrassment, I doubt any surgeon who's been in practice for a few years would not have come across a situation like yours. For some of my patients who want to change their eye to a more almond shape with upturned corners, I perform Almond Eyelid Surgery. Some patients, depending on their whole face, may need a brow lift and botox injections or a face lift surgery to raise or lift that facial area. Meet with qualified and experienced surgeons and learn more about your options for facial surgery.
Learn more: http://prasadcosmeticsurgery.com/prasad-face-eyes/facelifts/
Face and eye lift
If you can mimic the results that you would like, don't be afraid to discuss this with your surgeon. If he "laughs you out of the office" or makes you feel uncomfortable, it doesn't mean you are asking a ridiculous question, but rather that your surgeon isn't the right fit for you. Keep looking.
Chances are, after a consultation with a board-certified surgeon, you should be able to get a good idea whether or not what you see yourself in the mirror will be what the results of your surgery give you.
Hope this helps,
Dr. Hall
I Tie my Hair Up to Give Myself a Psedo Face Lift. Would an Actual Lift Give the Same Look?
Usually when we speak to patients and they are saying they are pulling at their face to give it a lift that's a good indication they are ready for facial plastic surgery. A full face lift does lift and tighten the skin and muscles as you are describing by pulling your hair up in pony tail. Make a consultation with a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon to go over options for you.
Will a facelift provide an effect similar to pulling the hair back?
When you tie your hair back, you are affecting the skin in areas that a facelift alone may not address. There is a lot of tension being placed on your forehead/brow area, and you may benefit from a brow lift. Typically, a brow lift can make the following improvements:
1) Improve a sad or tired appearance
2) Reduce the appearance of sagging skin in the forehead
A surgeon with a good aesthetic eye will not usually require a demonstration of how you would like your eyes to appear. They will be able to make suggestions to determine what procedure(s) will best enhance your own natural look and make the greatest improvement to your appearance. I would recommend a consultation with a board certified surgeon that has a great deal of experience performing procedures the the eyes and brow. Thanks and I hope this helps!
Learn more: http://www.carolinafacialplasticsurgery.com/forehead-and-brow-lift/
Facelift and can it emulate the results that are achieved with pulling hair back
I see this often in my office. The one thing that it helps is the skin redraping. Face lifts should pull on the skin because the skin stretches and your results go away. I would show your doctor this to demonstrate what you would like to achieve. He should totally listen and tell you what he thinks if this is achievable or not. A browlift laterally could also help you.
Tying your hair up like you mention will simulate a brow lift as you have noticed. An actual facelift is intended to lift the neck, cheeks, and jowls. Your question is not a silly question at all. Anything that helps you communicate better with your plastic surgeon is of value in obtaining the result you want.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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Monday, August 19, 2002 - 6:00 p.m.
Municipal Building - Assembly Chambers
I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
A. August 5, 2002 Regular HRC Meeting
III. Public Testimony - Juneau Tourism Planning Committee
Packet Materials:
A. JTP Organizational Chart - Egret Communications (April)
B. Organizational Chart - Juneau Chamber of Commerce ( June 3)
C. Organizational Chart - CBJ Staff ( June 28)
D. Dave Russell Fax of June 28, 2002
E. Pages from the Final Draft Tourism Plan regarding the JTP
F. Technical Addenda 3 from the Final Draft Tourism Plan
Note: CBJ received numerous comments from the public on the concept, duties, and make up of the JTP. They are available on-line athttp://www.juneau.org/clerk/ASC/HRC/2002/2002-07-01/2002-07-01_HRC_Index.htm
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Siefert and Epting Present to ASME
Nick Siefert and Billy Epting presented at the combined ASME Fuel Cell Science, Engineering & Technology and Energy Sustainability conferences. The meeting was held in Washington, D.C., on 7-10 August 2011.
Nick presented two times. The first was his work concerning two-phase flow and voltage instabilities in PEM fuel cell channel flow. The other focused instead on the exergy and economics of various configurations of carbon capture power plants with solid oxide fuel cells.
Billy's presentation tied together electrochemical measurements with recent 3D X-ray reconstructions of a PEM fuel cell electrode's morphology. The link was made using an advanced simulation that uses the results of the 3D image to predict proton transport losses, which can then be compared to the actual measurements of the same.
Over 120,000 professionals and students worldwide belong to the 130-year-old American Society of Mechanical Engineers. This year, the organization made the decision to co-locate the 5th annual Energy Sustainability conference with the 9th annual Fuel Cell Science, Engineering & Technology conference, fostering communication between fuel cell engineers and the more general sustainability & engineering community.
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One of the most impressive performances came from Brooklyn's My Best Fiend. The group's blend of ethereal rock 'n' roll was as grandiose as it was melodic. Post My Best Fiend, the show went into dance mode starting off with the infectious sounds of Bikini. His performance was nothing mind blowing since it was just one dude with his computer on the stage, but that music pumping out of the speakers contained ecstatic party jammers bathed in dreamy fuzzed-out beats that got the dance party started.
After some sound issues were solved, the Hundred In The Hands took the stage. The band's ever-catchy post-punk, avant-pop got the crowd dancing in a frenzy to favorite tracks "Commotion" and "Pigeons." The band also played some new songs that were well received. Eleanore Everdell's sultry, sweet vocals were a seductive listen that perfectly mixed with Jason Friedman's electro-punk beats.


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Deconstructing Adam Lambert
The endless analysis of this season's "American Idol" just won't taper. A mere three days after the Season 8 finale, the country is still rapt with curiosity as to why the innocuous Kris Allen won the title over offbeat Adam Lambert. Much of the press (including this guilty writer) has focused their attention on cultural differences between the two contestants. There was Allen, the bland banana who leads church worship and Lambert, the phenomenal voice with vampiric style. In both cases, their offscreen personas took precedent over their preening performances.
In today's NY Times, Jon Caramanica takes the discussion a step further and deftly analyzes each singer's gift (or lack thereof) in a conclusive statement on this season's 'Idol.' In addition to calling Allen's singing "harmless" and "indefensible," as well as describing the season finale as "the most anemic final competition in the show's history," Caramanica brilliantly realizes that the power of Lambert's voice has drowned out criticism of his artistry. What Lambert lacks isn't singing talent, he writes, it's emotional depth. And although Allen may have been the ideological conservative on the show, Lambert's talent, Caramanica says, is also conservative: He may be a fantastic singer but he is limited as a musician.
From NY Times:
Mr. Jackson once suggested that Mr. Lambert could make a record like one by the operatic emo band My Chemical Romance, but that presumes an emotional depth that he never displayed. Performative fireworks aside, Mr. Lambert does not seem to be a deep thinker, and his best appearances this season were also his most straightforward, his exceptional voice notwithstanding. (There's no way, and little reason, to cover up an instrument so fascinating and dexterous.)
Instead the theatrically trained Mr. Lambert was often saddled by muddled, conflicting signifiers. His reference points came in flurries: David Bowie and Freddie Mercury and Led Zeppelin, glam and goth and Broadway. His hairstyle changed by the week. His rock moves were vivid, but rarely completely convincing, the results-night performance with Kiss a notable exception. He only truly hit his stride toward the end of the season, leaving bizarre versions of "Ring of Fire" and "Play That Funky Music" and more in his wake. Those songs got him noticed, but they were too odd to sustain him.
That he shined on softer material — "Mad World," "Feeling Good," "One" — demonstrates a little-acknowledged truth about Mr. Lambert. Histrionics aside, he's just an old-fashioned song-and-dance man, without the dancing. A lifetime in and around musical theater will do that to you. "Idol" wanted him to be something more, and he may well have wanted that for himself. So if he was hiding something, it wasn't his sexual preference, it was his conservatism. If only he had let America see the real him.
Read more about Adam Lambert at Hollywood Jew:
Adam Lambert: The Jewish American Idol
Adam Lambert: The Jewish Mother Interview
Adam Lambert: Too Edgy for 'Idol'?


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Wade Lynch playing Queen Elizabeth II during last year's QEH Telethon at Eastlink studios in Stratford. Lynch will reprise his role for Charles and Camilla's visit to P.E.I. on Victoria Day Monday in Charlottetown.
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When the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall arrive at Province House Monday evening for celebrations marking Victoria Day and the 150th anniversary of the Charlottetown Conference the "royal we" will become three.
The royal couple will be joined on this most auspicious occasion by none other than Queen Elizabeth II.
Sort of.
Veteran actor Wade Lynch, former associate artistic director of the Charlottetown Festival, is returning to Charlottetown for this occasion to reprise the royal role that has endeared him to audiences for years.
Lynch will be part of the multicultural, theatrical, musical entertainment line-up that will entertain Islanders and their very special guests.
Singer-songwriters Catherine MacLellan and Tim Chaisson, Paper Lions, The Meds and comedian Patrick Ledwell will also be featured during those celebrations.
Speaking from his home in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Lynch said he was completely shocked when he was asked to appear as the queen.
"Even though the humour is gentle when I appear as the queen some people believe you are not supposed to mock the royals," Lynch said.
He said there is a protocol to be followed for Monday night's appearance and he will be following that protocol.
"When I'm in character I will address them gently, but commonly, as if I was their mother."
Lynch was required to submit his script for approval and has done so.
"It has not been returned to me with any requested changes."
He said there were some people involved with preparations for the royal visit who initially wondered if it was going to be okay but everything seems to be a go now.
"I understand Prince Charles has a great sense of humour."
Lynch said he's very much looking forward to doing this.
"I'm actually a monarchist. I have a great regard for the monarchy, so this is thrilling for me. I just wish I had access to her wardrobe. I don't, but Nancy Hooper is doing a fine job creating some things ready for me."
Premier Robert Ghiz is inviting all Islanders to come out for Monday's celebrations.
"All eyes will be on Prince Edward Island as their royal highnesses arrive in Charlottetown," said Ghiz. "It's a wonderful opportunity for Islanders to come together, enjoy an evening of Island talent and welcome our special guests during this celebratory year."
Entertainment begins at 6:30 p.m. on the grounds at Province House.
There will be face painting, balloon twisting and other family activities.
The public can enjoy hot dogs and ice cream and even meet the Fathers of Confederation.
At approximately 8:30 p.m., their royal highnesses will arrive to take in some great Island entertainment.
As the night draws to a close, Islanders will enjoy fireworks over the Charlottetown Harbour with the Royal Couple at 9 p.m.


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Newton County native Levie Maddox is the latest to throw his hat into a crowded race to fill the seat of District 5 Commissioner Tim Fleming, who is not running for re-election.
Maddox, 40, said he wants to bring fresh perspective and energy to the seat and believes his experience in customer service and manufacturing operations will help the county plan for the future, including continuing efforts to attract industry.
Maddox is running as a Republican.
"With my knowledge, experience and vision, I can assist the board in making informed and sound decisions to ensure that Newton County is competitive and attractive for economic growth and development, which enables the citizens to provide for the safety and stability of their families, for today and many generations to come," Maddox said in a press release. "I want to actively participate in securing the future of this county. I have a vested interest in this community. I plan to watch my unborn grandchildren grow up in the same county that I grew up in."
Maddox said he planned to develop views on specific issues as he talked with people on the campaign trail, but in general, he said he wants to promote job growth and economic development and help small businesses, while remaining fiscally conservative.
He said he wants to provide a new voice and work with the board and public using a positive approach.
"I'm a new player with a fresh, energetic perspective to pursue community needs. I don't have a grudge (against anyone) nor close friends (who are officials). I have no preconceived notions about how need to run business, Maddox said Friday. "All I have is a back bench perspective that tells me some subjects need to have a much more thorough study and review.
"My key theme is that I'm bringing a very energized and positive approach. We have a bunch of problems that I want to figure out (solutions to)."
Professional experience
Maddox works for LB Recycling, a metal recycling company on Washington Street. On a day-to-day basis, Maddox said he is responsible for working with customers, including sales and marketing, and exploring other potential avenues of revenue. He said LB Recycling works with businesses and local governments within a 60-mile radius.
Prior to working with LB Recycling, Maddox spent more than 11 years with the Bondo Corporation, which made all-purpose putty, and 3M, a leading consumer products company which purchased Bondo in 2007.
He said he was promoted numerous times in those companies, reaching the position of plant manager, where he oversaw manufacturing, the budget, purchasing, sourcing and some maintenance.
He also worked for four years for the former Bibb Company, which later was acquired by Dan River Corporation and is now Specialty Yarn Converting in Porterdale. He served as manufacturing supervisor, overseeing two departments and 20-plus employees.
Maddox was born and has lived his whole life in Newton County, graduating from Newton County High School in 1990. He earned a bachelor of science in criminal justice from Georgia College, now known as Georgia College and State University.
Civic/nonprofit involvement
Maddox and his wife, Tara, and four children, Taylor, 15, Levie and Lexi, 13-year-old twins, and Ripken, 9, attend Eastridge Community Church and are active in county recreation programs.
"I always knew at some point that I wanted to be heavily involved in the community, and now is that time," said Maddox, who noted he hadn't participated with many official organizations in past years.
Maddox said he had the opportunity to take a lucrative job in Charlotte, but decided to move back home instead.
"I took the opportunity to be with my kids every day and get away from travel. Especially at the ages they were, it was time to come home," he said. "I figure this is where I'm going to be for the next 40 years, and there are some bright things that will happen for county, and I want to be a part of that."
Maddox can be reached by email at firstname.lastname@example.com or on his cell phone at (770) 595-3179. He said he is developing website and Facebook sites, which are not yet active.
When asked why people should vote for him, Maddox said, "I think I have a lot of depth and qualifications, and the roots and ties locally. The ability to do the core job and beyond is there."


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SOUTH EASTON, MA- The Merrimack men's tennis team led all teams with eight Northeast-10 All-Conference selections and first-year head coach was tabbed the Northeast-10 Coach of the Year. The Warriors garnered five Northeast-10 All-Conference singles players and three doubles pairs.
Merrimack rolled through the regular season with 11 league victories to claim their first-ever outright Northeast-10 Regular Season crown and earn the top seed in the Northeast-10 Tournament.
The Warriors will square off against Stonehill, the No. 4 seed, April 19 in the semifinals of the Northeast-10 Championship. Merrimack posted an 8-1 victory over the Skyhawks when the two teams met in the regular season.
The Warriors posted a 15-7 overall record with an 11-0 mark in conference matches this season.
Petar Golijanin (Novi Sad, Serbia) paced Merrimack with two first team nods. The junior was a first team selection at the No. 3 singles slot and the No. 3 doubles spot with Chris Toegemann (Narragansett, RI).
The Warriors' No. 2 doubles duo of Vince Bellino (Amesbury, MA) and Chris Barnhart (Longmeadow, MA) hauled in first team accolades.
Max Eppley (Malaga, Spain), Bellino, Sean Pahler (Rumson, NJ) and Toegemann all earned spots on the second team singles squad. Eppley and Pahler, Merrimack's top tandem, also collected second team honors. Bellino was also named to the All-Rookie team in his first season of collegiate tennis.
Golijanin was the Warriors' only singles player with an undefeated record in singles action against Northeast-10 opponents this season. The junior won all 11 matches in league play and owned an 8-0 mark at the No. 3 position.
Eppley sported a 9-2 record in singles action against conference foes and went 7-1 at the second spot. Bellino capped off the regular season with a 9-1 mark in league play including a 6-1 record at the No. 4 slot.
Pahler boasted a 10-1 record in Northeast-10 matches while going 6-1 at the No. 5 spot. Toegemann notched eight wins in 10 league matches this year, including six of seven at the No. 6 position.
In doubles action, two of Merrimack's tandems owned unblemished marks in league action. Bellino and Barnhart claimed 10 wins in conference play while prevailing in all nine matches played at the No. 2 spot. Golijanin and Toegemann captured eight victories in doubles play against Northeast-10 pairs. The duo went 7-0 at the third position.
Eppley and Pahler secured nine doubles wins against conference opponents, playing all 11 matches at the top slot.
The Warriors reached the semifinals of the Northeast-10 Conference Tournament last season before falling to Bentley 5-4.
Merrimack advanced to its fourth-straight and fourth-ever NCAA Tournament in the spring of 2011. The Warriors suffered a first-round loss to Philadelphia last year.


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That's all from us here at Markets Live for Monday. We'll see you tomorrow.
Blue chips were mixed today:
- Rio: -0.2%
- Westpac: +0.7%
- Fortescue: -0.9%
- Woolworths: +0.2%
- Wesfarmers: -0.1%
- Telstra: flat
These were the best and worst performers on the ASX200 today:
And here's a breakdown of the sectors:
- Consumer discretionary: +0.4%
- Financials: +0.5%
- Gold: +4.9%
- Property trusts: +0.6%
- Energy: -0.5%
- Materials: +0.3%
The market has closed higher, with the S&P/ASX200 adding 12 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 5135. The broader All Ords finish up 11.9 points, or 0.2 per cent, at 5127.1.Back to top
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Macquarie Group's credit rating, despite an expectation there will be a ''modest'' deterioration in the environment facing the investment bank over the next year.
The ratings agency pointed out that Macquarie's earnings were more volatile than other commercial banks, but this was offset by the fact its funding and liquidity was conservatively managed.
It said Macquarie's $19.8 billion in liquid assets more than covered all the wholesale debt it would have to roll over in the next year.
Although Fitch said Macquarie would probably suffer from more bad and doubtful debts over the next year, it said this was no worse than other international investment banks.
''Some asset quality pressure is likely in the next 12-18 months, reflecting a modest deterioration in the Australian operating environment,'' it said.
''Nevertheless, asset quality continues to compare favourably with international peers. Provisioning levels appear adequate.''
Here's a look at how reporting companies have done so far today:
- Caltex: -0.5%
- Boart Longyear: -9.9%
Indian banks' profitability, already at the lowest since 2009, is poised to decline further after measures to stem the rupee's record slump drove up borrowing costs and exacerbated rising bad loans and slowing loan growth.
Return on equity, which measures profit generated with shareholders' funds, may fall below 10 per cent in the year to March for banks from last year's 12.8 per cent, said Vibha Batra, co-head of financial-sector ratings in New Delhi at a unit of Moody's Investors Service. Stressed assets are approaching levels last seen in 2002, she said on August. 21.
India's banking index, which tracks lenders including State Bank of India, has lost 19 per cent since July 15 following liquidity tightening measures from the central bank, which caused interbank rates to surge to a 17-month high last week. Those steps may drive up the risk of defaults in an economy that expanded last year at the weakest pace in a decade.
"With the rise in interest rates, the cash crunch and forex volatility, the evolving operating environment for banks in India is worrying," Batra said. "With the operating environment becoming tougher, stressed assets in the banking system are rising."
Interbank funding costs jumped after the Reserve Bank of India raised two interest rates and capped cash injections into the banking system to stem the rupee's 19 per cent slide against the dollar since the end of April.
Unprecedented outflows from Indian gold funds are set to reverse as money managers predict the rupee's slump to an all-time low and resurgent inflation will spur demand for bullion as a store of value.
Kotak Mahindra Asset Management and Reliance Capital Asset Management expect investors to boost holdings after withdrawing a record 3.1 billion rupees ($53.2 million) in June and July. Bullion prices in the world's biggest gold-consuming nation have surged 24.3 per cent since June 30, according to data compiled by Bloomberg, while indexes measuring Indian bonds fell 6.4 per cent and stocks dropped 3.5 per cent.
"Gold is a natural hedge on your portfolio," Lakshmi Iyer, a Mumbai-based fund manager at Kotak Mahindra Asset said. "It's the last man standing."
Bullion has rallied at almost twice the pace of global prices this quarter as the rupee plunged, threatening to fuel inflation in a nation that imports 80 per cent of its oil. Optimism is rising in India at a time when gold traders elsewhere are more bearish on the metal as they prepare for the Federal Reserve to end stimulus that weakened the dollar.
"Gold helps portfolio diversification, especially in an environment of rupee depreciation," said Hiren Chandaria, a Mumbai- based fund manager at Reliance Capital Asset.
"We are likely to see a good rebound in demand before Diwali," he said, referring to the Hindu festival that falls in November this year.
The owner of the Primus and Dodo telco businesses has increased its full year profit by 33 per cent and expects further growth in the year ahead.
M2 Telecommunications made a net profit of $43.8 million in the 2012/13 financial year, up from $33 million in the previous year, due to new revenue from its purchase of Dodo and Eftel in May 2013, and Primus in 2012.
The company has forecast a net profit of between $60 million and $70 million in the 2013/14 year, as its consumer business continues to grow.
M2 also provides services to businesses and small telco companies.
It will pay a final dividend of 10 cents per share, up from nine cents in the previous year.
M2 shares are down 4.4 per cent to $6.75.Back to top
Wang Yongchun, vice president of China's biggest oil company, the China National Petroleum Corporation, has been put under formal investigation for "severe breaches of discipline", the government said on today.
China's Ministry of Supervision made the announcement in a notice posted on its official website . It did not specify the alleged breaches.
Niether Wang nor a company spokesman could be immediately reached for comment.
CNPC is the parent of PetroChina , China's largest oil and gas producer.
Wang also serves as the head of China's largest oilfield at Daqing in the northeast.
Wang had been regarded as a potential candidate to replace CNPC's former chairman, Jiang Jiemin, who was appointed as chairman of the State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) earlier this year. The job went to Zhou Jiping in April.
The price of unleaded fuel has fallen by a hefty 4.5 cents to $1.492 per litre in the last week, but regional drivers aren't getting as much of a drop as their metropolitan counterparts.
Metro prices fell 6.3 cents to $1.466 per litre, while regional prices lost 1.1 cents to $1.543.
CommSec economist Craig James says motorists need to pay attention to the discounting cycle as the swings in prices over the week can make a huge difference to drivers' fuel bill.
- Across capital cities on the Eastern seaboard pump prices hit the low point in the discounting cycle, over the past few days, resulting in average petrol prices in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne falling between 8-9 cents a litre. In fact with the shopper-dockets petrol was available at below the wholesale (cost) price.
- Looking forward, it is likely that fuel prices may lift modestly from here. In fact since peaking just over a month ago the Singapore unleaded fuel price has fallen by over $11.70 a barrel or 7.4 cents a litre in Australian dollar terms, while domestic pump prices have dropped by almost 8 cents a litre.
- The uncertainty and tension in the Middle East could be a key risk to higher global oil prices over the next few months. The main unknown is how the tension in the Middle East, particularly Syria is likely to play out. An escalation in conflict could push up global oil prices and feed through to higher domestic petrol prices in the next couple of months. In the last few days a delay in Libyan oil exports has supported a modest rise in global oil prices. CommSec expects pump prices to rise by around 1-2 cents a litre over the next fortnight.
With the pointy end of earnings season wrapped up, BusinessDay's Michael Pascoe has done a round up of how companies are faring this year.
Spot iron ore prices are expected to bounce back to near five-month highs above $US140 a tonne this week, supported by likely brisk steel demand in top consumer China.
Shanghai steel futures hit a 1-1/2-week high today as signs of a stabilising Chinese economy strengthened hopes for steel consumption, which seasonally peaks in September and October along with construction activity.
Benchmark 62-per cent grade iron ore rose 0.7 per cent to $US138.60 a tonne on Friday and has risen in seven of the past eight weeks as Chinese mills rebuild stockpiles.
"Demand from the mills is still quite healthy and iron ore prices could go back up above $US140," says a Shanghai-based trader. "We are looking to buy because our stocks are very close to zero. In the short term, it seems difficult for prices to drop so it's good to have some stocks and sell them quickl
China's economy is showing clearer signs of stabilisation and positive change, helped by some external improvement, and is on track for the 2013 growth target of 7.5 per cent, the state statistics bureau says.
The comments by National Bureau of Statistics spokesman Sheng Laiyun were at a briefing organised by the foreign ministry that may have been aimed at allaying concern in global markets about China's slowdown.
A private factory survey reinforced signs of stabilising in the economy in the third quarter after the government took supportive measures, including scrapping taxes for small firms and accelerating investment in urban infrastructure and railways.
China's annual economic growth slowed to 7.5 per cent in the second quarter, down from 7.7 per cent in the three months ending March 31 - the ninth such deceleration in the past 10 quarters.Back to top
The earnings season is in its final stretches, and the outcome isn't nearly as bad as corporate Australia would have you believe, Michael Pascoe writes:
Contrary to much of the commentary about corporate results, most local companies have reported fatter profits than they managed a year ago and increased their dividends while only a relatively small minority – 12 per cent – have had to cut their dividends.
And if you could ignore the resources sector for a moment, the story is considerably brighter.
A reporting season that has so few corporates needing to trim dividend payouts is hardly a sign of miserable times. It's partly the nature of news then that those feeling pain, those with CEOs having a big whinge, receive disproportionate coverage while those getting on with improving their businesses' bottom line are less noticed.
Electricity network investor Spark Infrastructure's half year profit has fallen but it expects to pay its shareholders higher distributions in the coming two years.
The company, which owns interests in three electricity providers in South Australia and Victoria, made an underlying profit of $76 million in the six months to June 30.
That was down 21 per cent from the same period in 2012, due largely to changes from the previous year in the recognition of tax expenses.
Spark said it was reducing its debt, which will allow it to increase its distributions to shareholders by between 3 and 5 per cent in 2014 and 2015.
The company will pay an interim distribution of 5.5 cents per stapled security for 2013.
Producers including Newcrest may look to seize on a rally in gold prices to raise capital, says UBS analyst Jo Battershill. ''If there's an opportunity to raise money in the market, now's probably the time.
''I don't know how long the strength in the gold market is likely to last, it seems to be a week-by-week proposition depending on what comments are made by the Fed.''
Newcrest Mining, the worst performer this year among the top 50 publicly traded companies, is rallying the most in two weeks in Sydney trading to lead gains by gold producers after the metal touched its highest level since June. Here's how some of the gold miners are performing:
- Newcrest: +7%
- Resolute Mining: +7.4%
- Perseus Mining: +6.4%
- Kingsgate Consolidated: +8.3%
- Beadell Resources: +4.9%
- Alacer Gold: +4%
Skilled Kiwis on the hunt for a new job are in luck, according to fresh figures showing the employment market is booming.
Government statistics put New Zealand job vacancies up by 13.2 per cent in the past year compared with the previous 12 months. This includes a 9.4 per cent boost in the number of skilled positions advertised.
Hospitality and tourism had the strongest skilled jobs growth, up 26.6 per cent across the period to the end of July, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's latest Jobs Online report states.
Auckland led the growth boom, with a 12 per cent jump, followed closely by the South Island excluding Canterbury, with 11.5 per cent.
Canterbury increased 9.2 per cent.
West Texas Intermediate crude rose for a third day as speculation the Federal Reserve will maintain economic stimulus boosted the demand outlook in the world's biggest oil user. Brent's premium to WTI narrowed.
Futures advanced as much as 0.9 per cent in New York. Purchases of newly built US homes fell the most in more than three years last month, Commerce Department data showed August 23. Brent's premium shrank a third day as Libya resumed exports from the port of Brega. Tropical Storm Fernand formed in the Bay of Campeche where Petroleos Mexicanos, Mexico's state-owned oil company, has most of its output.
''One of the drivers is the weaker than anticipated new home sales, which does impact on the outlook of timing for Fed tapering,'' said Ric Spooner, a chief market analyst at CMC Markets in Sydney. ''West Texas remains in a well-defined technical range, and the resistance for that is at about $US108'' a barrel, he said.
WTI for October delivery climbed as much as 95 cents to $US107.37 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange and was at $US106.83. The contract climbed 1.3 per cent to $US106.42 on August 23, the biggest gain since August 9.
Brent for October settlement advanced 17 cents to $US111.21 a barrel on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange. The European benchmark crude was at a premium of $US4.36 to WTI, down from $US4.62 on August 23.Back to top
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Dear Customer and/ or Valued Shareholder,
In recent weeks, it has come to our attention that product #Z-238526c47, better known as "Real Teen" and produced by Uber Toys (a division of SuperMega Corp), has attracted quite a bit of criticism from parents and reviewers around the United States. While this product has been a major success overseas, sales plummeted when parents realized just how realistically this children's toy emulates parenting a teenager. The doll smokes cigarettes, experiments with drugs, and has a 30% chance of becoming pregnant if left in a bin or a chest with other toys. These features were designed in the hopes of bringing added realism to the doll. Some other dolls from our competitors, such as Baby Alive made by Hasbro, eat food and defecate in play diapers, and seeing the success of such toys, we here at SuperMega Corp thought that we could take things to the next level, unaware that some parents would take offense to cleaning up synthetic vomit after the "Real Teen" doll enjoys a night of underage drinking and unprotected intercourse at a frat party.
The "Real Teen" fiasco (and all of the lawsuits related therein) has proven itself to be yet another challenge in this, the darkest chapter of our company's long and storied history. We're sure you're well aware of the alleged "culpability" of our financial division, Epic Bank & Financial Solutions, in regards to the current recession, to which I will say the same thing I've repeated on television so many times: you can't blame the banks for the recession. Consumers are always quick to blame financial institutions every time their life savings are eradicated in a housing market gamble. Isn't life a gamble? Aren't you throwing the dice every time you leave your house in the morning? And please note that SuperMega Corp did use our share of the Federal bailout money to send nineteen of our top executives on a two-week training exercise, to a casino in Monaco, which has nothing to do with the use of the "throwing the dice" comment made previously. This exercise was widely invaluable to us. Workshops such as "The Roulette Wheel of Housing Markets," "Ferrari Finance," and "How Disposing of a Dead Prostitute at 4am is similar to High-Interest Lending," taught our executives a great deal about better serving you, our valued clients. In fact, the workshops were so frequent and stressful that I found myself forced with ordering $19,750 massages for each of our executives, four times each day! This is what we here at SuperMega Corp are willing to endure for the sake of our beloved customers.
There have, of course, been countless other calamities faced by our company's numerous divisions in the past two years. We've been criticized for accidentally spilling 20,000 gallons of shampoo into the ocean just off the coast of southern California, an accident we quickly reacted to by adding 10,000 gallons of conditioner, and 750 gallons of mousse, all in what I'll go so far as to claim was a valiant effort to make sure the ocean had sufficient color and bounce. Then of course there was the story in the news about one of our lobbyists sleeping with an influential politician, allegedly resulting in the government's ruling that "Hip Baby Cigarettes" were not targeted toward youths, which was completely unrelated to the sex scandal aforementioned. Cartoon bunnies do not always need to be used to market a product toward a youth demographic, as the Congressional hearing's verdict shows. And we'd be remiss not to mention our recall of 245,000 of the cars manufactured by out automotive division, Grody International, for experiencing what can best be described as a mild, nearly insignificant risk of minor gas tank explosion. There were only 19,000 reported incidents of these tanks exploding that resulted in death worldwide. Worldwide! I'd say we reacted to that slight problem quickly and effectively, and with the immateriality of the related risk, you might even say we over-reacted!
In a few moments, I'll be announcing some very significant changes our company will be undergoing in an effort to show you, our valued customers and shareholders, that we here at SuperMega Corp genuinely care. But first, allow me to take this opportunity to remind you of all the reasons why you've been using our various services for nearly a century now. Our products are manufactured under the strict regulations of the governments of third-world countries globally, assembled with the utmost care by trained professionals in perspiration-reduced facilities, using materials that cannot be used in the United States so that we can keep our prices down, for you! Our customer service staff, which can be reached after navigating briefly through our two-hour automated system (which, I might add, can assess what words you're saying into your telephone with an astounding 30% accuracy rate... beat that, Sony!), are able to assist you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and they're in India, so if you need to call on a holiday, they've got you covered! And the fact that these customer service agents can barely speak English grants you the much-needed opportunity to search the Internet and tinker with your defective product long enough to figure things out and solve the problem yourself. We here at SuperMega Corp believe that being given such an opportunity to gain an intimate understanding of how your complex household appliances work only strengthens the quality of our products. Our company is also caring enough to extend lines of credit to our customers, so you can shop now and pay later! And if you can't afford the payments, we'll sell your debt to a collection agency, who will tack on a small 600% interest fee and harass you endlessly until you either succumb, or end up in court, where a Judge with little or no respect for you (unlike SuperMega Corp) will order local law enforcement to garnish your wages. This way, you don't need to spend time trying to find bills, or getting the run-around each time you ask the debt collection agency for an address where you can send a payment to. In the end, SuperMega Corp makes paying your bills a lot easier!
We here at SuperMega Corporation understand you. We hear your complaints, and we know that many of you feel that our company has been rapidly declining in quality over the past several decades, all while our profits seem to be skyrocketing upwards. That's why I will, as promised, announce several major changes that our company will be undertaking over the next seven quarters, all done in an effort to show you that we care. First and foremost, we'll be launching a website featuring social networking features, where customers and shareholders like yourself can vent about your frustrations regarding our commercial and industrial practices. We'll instruct our lower management personnel to check this website once every other month, in an effort to make sure that your voices are heard. We'll also be launching a Facebook page to make you feel more connected, and we'll be releasing an iPod app that lets you get technical support (and savings!) wherever you are. So if your car ends up breaking down or catching on fire, you can read a handy FAQ that explains what you can do to get help, extinguish yourself, or otherwise resolve the situation. We'll also be increasing the size of all the warning labels on the products that our internal team of analysts deem to be hazardous by as many as three millimeters. Another step we're taking is to develop focus testing, with a panel consisting of professionals from the meat, horse and dog racing, and oil industry to ensure that adequate steps are being taken to eliminate any animal cruelty practices undergone in our various research and industrial facilities. And our global staff will be happy to learn that we'll soon begin offering all of our products at a 0.01% discount, and that our minimum wage employees will be granted an opportunity to open a savings account through Epic Bank & Financial Solutions (a division of SuperMega Corp), with a whopping 0.004% interest rate and a very small service charge of only 23.8%! And since our multi-billion dollar global corporation can't afford to offer our minimum wage employees health, dental, or visual insurance, we are going to donate a staggering $9,000 to a free clinic in Detroit over the course of the next ninety months, to prove that we care. This charitable act is in no way related to any last ditch efforts to bring our tax exemptions down by a marginal percentage to reach 0% owed, either, we swear! We swear because we care! I will also be personally taking a 15% decrease in my salary, down to a mere $8.9 million in annual pay, while also decreasing my annual bonuses from $45 million to $44.9 million. The smallest of my three yachts will have all of its gold-plated cutlery replaced with silver-plated cutlery, too! We all need to make sacrifices moving forward, not just our customers, our shareholders, and our minimum-wage employees.
And now for the biggest announcement of them all. SuperMega Corporation has suffered countless blows to our reputation in the past several decades, particularly from the 1980's onward, and with all of the recent developments in the past few months and years, our staff of public relations and marketing experts have assured us that this next step will improve customer satisfaction while bringing a smile to the faces of our honored shareholders. Effective as of June 1st 2011, SuperMega Corporation will be known globally as... wait for it! MegaSuper Corporation! That's right, we're changing our century-old name, just for you! Global industry leaders like AIG, Radioshack, Philip Morris (Altria), Valuejet (Airtran), Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Nissan Motors have all proven the effectiveness of a name change, and after nearly 50,000 collective man-hours of research, brainstorming, and general debate, we here at SuperMega Corporation have decided to follow in their wise footsteps in an effort to satisfy our customers, services clientele, and shareholders. We're confident that you're as excited about this awe-inspiring change as we are! This $2.3 billion name was difficult to develop, requiring dedicated work from some of the smartest minds at SuperMega Corp, but we're very confident in the final outcome of their challenging task. And since we're using some bailout money to pay for this name change process, you can feel like you're involved at the ground level!
Thank you for taking the time to read this very important letter from SuperMega Corp. Or should I say, MegaSuper Corp! Looking ahead, we're quite confident that the countless changes our company will undergo over the next two to three years will make our customers feel happy, our service clientele feel secure, and our shareholders feel as though they've made a wise investment. We look forward to seeing you on your next visit to any of the thousands of stores and/ or offices belonging to our 291 different divisions. And remember, SuperMega Corp cares!
Phil T. Dujbeg
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Fast usually means a few things in the kayak world :
-- plumb bow
-- skinny (i.e not 30 inches wide)
-- a long waterline (usually 14 ft or more)
-- light weight
-- costs some cash when bought new
-- skilled paddler using good technique
Decent 14 ft kayak, 24 inch wide ,reasonably quick :
Maybe you can find one used in your area,
-people are always swapping boats.
Basic shape you're looking for is this, but shorter :
Similar threads exist, its a common question,
and most of the time, money is the key element
The longer the boat, the faster it can go before becoming "trapped" between two waves of its own making, one at the bow and another at the stern. Essentially this is because the longer the wavelength, the faster the waves travel (and the boat travels with them). This is called hull speed, and it's not an ultimate speed limit but for practical purposes it acts that way. Very slender boats can be more easily forced to go faster than this, but most boats won't go faster than hull speed without Herculean effort on the paddler's part. You can calculate hull speed pretty closely (in miles per hour) for most boats as the square root of the waterline length x 1.54 (the formula you'll find most places gives the speed in knots, but most people find mph easier to deal with). Note that waterline length is generally less than the total length.
If you are more interested in ease of paddling at "practical" cruising speeds, other factors come into play, and other types of advice will be helpful, but if you are willing to paddle hard and make the boat go as fast as possible, get the longest one you can.
Since you probably want ease of paddling too, look for sharper entries (how "pointed" are the bow and stern - more pointed is better, but plastic boats won't usually have a "knife edge" splitting the water), narrower width, and a rounder bottom (as seen in cross section). All of these (especially narrower width and rounder bottom) decrease stability, but no rec boat will be too unstable for comfort. Any hull that has multiple "keels" or various kinds of grooves and ridges onthe bottom will require more effort to paddle, because these shapes increase wetted surface area for a given amount of displacement. The least wetted surface area (and thus the least resistance to being pushed through the water) will be provided by a hull who's bottom is semi-circular in cross section, but only a pro can keep such a boat upright. The faster boats among your likely choices will only "trend" toward having a rounder bottom instead of a flat bottom.
If you can stretch that budget just a bit
Pyranha Speeder
Maybe a few used ones around.....
These are some Craigslist posts of used kayaks in that "touring" range -- I keep a lookout in several areas of the country for boats for friends and family who are interested in buying one. All are under $1000 -- even some of the pricier ones come with stuff you would need to buy like a paddle and PFD so they are a good deal. No idea where you are but these are just some examples of the kind of kayaks you can find that would be faster than the average rec boat:
First, the math because that's the easy part. Ignoring the fact that waterline length will be slightly less than boat length, hull speed of a 14-foot boat is 5.76 mile/hour, and that of a 16-foot boat is 6.16 mile/hour (note that it's actually pretty silly to report these speeds to the nearest 0.01 mile/hour, but this is just a math exercise anyway).
When paddled at hull speed the whole time:
The time for the 14-foot boat to finish the race =
13 miles x 1 hour/5.76 miles = 2.26 hours, or about 2 hours and 15 minutes.
the time for the 16-foot boat to finish the race =
13 miles x 1 hour/6.16 miles = 2.11 hours, or about 2 hours and 6 minutes.
Based on that alone, the 16-footer should give you a better time. However, it will take more effort to keep the longer boat at top speed, and no two boats are identical in all respects other than length so any comparison like this is affected by more than what's in this over-simplified way of looking at things. It's also unlikely you'll be strong enough to push either boat at its top speed for the full duration of the race. Still, if both boats were paddled at the identical speed (at least for "fast" speeds), the shorter boat would be closer to its maximum and that would almost certainly require more effort, so a strong paddler should be able to finish the race in substantially less time with the longer boat (on the other hand, the shorter boat will be a bit easier to paddle at slow or moderate speeds, all else being equal). The difference in time between the two boats cannot be predicted with anything close to the degree of accuracy that seems to be implied by the math. Throw in various other factors and it's even possible you'd be faster in the shorter boat, especially if it's a substantially better design than the longer boat, but on average I'd bet on the longer one giving you a quicker time.
The graph is not a line, it's nowhere near being linear in nature
Power vs speed kayak graph rockets skyward almost exponentially
due to the frictional forces on hull shapes
The paddling horsepower needed almost doubles going from
5.5 mph to 7 mph due to frictional drag.
Athletes need an ouput of 0.1 – 0.2 horsepower
to achieve 5 - 7 miles per hour
World class marathon kayak racers can achieve 8 mph and more
at near 0.3hp output.
Actually two, now that you've told us where you are.
If you can deal with the funky paint job, here's a racing kayak for sale in Toronto PLUS paddle for$490. Light and designed specifically for speed. Would take some getting used to but if you learned to paddle it you would smoke most people in regular kayaks. Not likely to be many customers for it -- offer them $350 and see if they'll deal on it:
Also an old Olympic style whitewater boat that should be pretty fast with the right paddling skill for $300 (I used to have one like it). They tend not to track very well so you would have to get the skills right. And fit could be a problem if you are a big guy.
I once paddled my sea kayak with a racing canoeist who borrowed his son's rec boat and used his single-blade canoe paddle. Even though he was pushing a huge bow wave, I had to work to keep pace with him.
Getting your stroke down is the first step.
After that, decide what conditions you want to paddle in, and shop used. There is a whole world of used sea kayak deals out there, approaching the cost of a new rec boat. If it's speed and conditions you want, you'll be much happier in the long run.
The Perception Sport Conduit 13 is about the fastest recreational/hybrid boat for around $500 and is rudder capable. It is nearly identical to the $900 Perception Carolina and a cousin to the WS Tsunami. Other than a slightly less comfortable seat (that can be completely removed) and the absence of deck rigging, I believe it is the best value for beginner to intermediate kayakers.
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No. 8 UCLA Faces Michigan on CBS in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Dec. 21, 2007
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DATE: Dec. 22, 2007
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SERIES: UCLA leads 10-3
Sophomore guard Mustafa Abdul-Hamid went down in practice on Dec. 6 with a stress reaction in his right foot. He hasn't played or practiced since the injury and will not play this week.
All-American point guard Darren Collison saw his first action of the year against George Washington (Nov. 28) and made his first start of the season against Texas (Dec. 2) after spraining his left knee (MCL) in the exhibition game against Azusa Pacific (Nov. 2).
Junior guard Michael Roll worked out on Nov. 27 with contact for the first time since rupturing his plantar fascia in his left foot during practice on Nov. 3. He played five minutes against Texas (Dec. 2), 11 vs. Davidson (Dec. 8), 19 vs. Idaho State (Dec. 15) and 21 vs. Western Illinois (Dec. 18).
Sophomore forward James Keefe practiced for the first time with contact this year on Dec. 4 after having surgery on Aug. 10 to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder. He will probably use his redshirt season this year.
UCLA sports a national ranking of No. 8 in both the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll and Associated Press poll.
This is the 14th meeting between UCLA and Michigan with the Bruins leading the series 10-3. The Bruins are 1-1 at Michigan, winning 68-61 in 2005 and losing 66-70 in 2003. Last year, UCLA cruised to a 92-55 victory in Los Angeles, led by Josh Shipp's 18 points. Arron Afflalo added 17 points with Darren Collison chipping in 15 points and Luc Richard Mbah a Moute adding 13. Courtney Sims and Lester Abram led Michigan with 13 and 11 points, respectively.
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How did you come up with you business name? I have thought of a couple and then googled them. They are already in use. Is that ok since I'm on the opposite side of the map? I'm on the west coast and the ones I found were on the east coast.
I'd think some more. You never know what your outreach might led you to. I came up with my name first by thinking of the message I wanted to communicate to women. I had decided to start a blog with birth info etc... and then that evolved into my business name. Luckily, it wasn't already in use. Think of the message you want to convey, and a way to express your personal flare.
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Pretty much every name I wanted was taken, so I chose the name I wanted the most and felt OK with it because I am literally on the opposite side of the map as the other woman using it. Generally with business names, as long as you are far enough away that you won't harm the other persons business, it is ok. I chose Hello, Baby!
I wrote down words that describe birth, women, babies, and postpartum. I just started playing around with them and came up with my name. I chose Birth Roots which I googled and there was somthing else named this but it wasn't a doula business and it was very far from me. So I went with it.
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choosing a name was tough, but like naming children when you find the right one you just know, and you can't let it go. if you feel that attached and the other business is far enough away i say go with it, but remember the world is getting smaller and smaller every day. make sure that if your potential clients are looking for you they won't be confused when searching on the web. i chose nature & nurture: it describes everything i feel about life and human behavior and the colon leaves room for me to add and change what services i provide. for now doula care, family support, and photography.
the only thing i would suggest is look into stuff that would matter to me, such as .com availability or if there's any trademark/copyright associated with the name... because it would suck to get everything on the go with one name only to find out that the other doula with the same name can legally stop you from using it... i know this issue has come up on AllDoulas before and there have been cease and desist letters sent by one doula to another...
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Women's Basketball at Coastal Carolina
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The Game
Liberty (17-8, 11-1 Big South) will open its last road trip of the regular season with its final visit to Coastal Carolina's (9-16, 3-10 Big South) Kimbel Arena, Saturday at 2 p.m. The Chanticleers will open a new basketball arena for the 2011-12 season. Liberty will seek its ninth straight win overall, its 15th straight triumph inside Kimbel Arena and its 35th straight victory over Coastal Carolina. A triumph by the Lady Flames paired with a Radford loss at Charleston Southern on Saturday would clinch the No. 1 seed for the Big South Women's Basketball Championship.
Magic Number
Liberty is getting close to clinching the No. 1 seed for the Big South Women's Basketball Championship for the 12th time in the last 14 seasons. Only Gardner-Webb and Radford can still catch the Lady Flames.
Liberty's magic number (Liberty wins + Gardner-Webb losses) is one in order to eliminate Gardner-Webb from contention.
Meanwhile, the Lady Flames' magic number (Liberty wins + Radford losses) is two in order to eliminate the Highlanders.
So, Liberty could wrap up the No. 1 seed Saturday if the Lady Flames win at Coastal Carolina and Radford loses at Charleston Southern.