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Analysts immediately speculated that the sackings were a precursor to a sale of the US REI business, a line the company declined to comment on.
It is widely expected that the debt arm will be sold, and also, perhaps, part of the equity division - which has been the hardest hit due to the weak US economy, low interest rates and poor investment environment for property assets.
Investors were cautious about the news - released before trading started yesterday - marking down the shares 20c to a near record low of $9.06.
Initial reaction drove the price doiwn to $9.01, near the all-time low of $8.97 reported on December 16.
Further price falls could follow next week after US investors hear the news today.
UBS Warburg has given the stock a price target of $10.60, saying an "investment merit rating is not compelling".
While Mr Pratt is not expected to receive a payout in the order of the $15 million given to Ms Pressler for her one-year stint, he will receive a substantial remuneration through his staff superannuation policy.
Although he technically joined Lend Lease only in 1999 when his company, Boston Financial, was merged into Lend Lease's US investment business, he will receive superannuation for the 30 years he ran Boston Financial as if he were a long-standing Lend Lease staffer.
Lend Lease bought Boston Financial for $US138 million.
Analysts have suggested the fiftysomething Mr Pratt, whose appointment to the top REI job in 2001 was widely applauded, could receive more than $2 million as his golden handshake.
It is the third reshuffle at the helm of the US REI business in less than three years, sending a shiver up the spines of US fund managers and potential clients.
Analysts said US investors, and more importantly US pension fund managers, already reeling from last week's write-down, could stay away from the group until all its problems with the business had been sorted.
Lend Lease's chief executive of two months, Mr Greg Clarke, said the management changes announced were necessary to get the US REI business back on track, and were the result of an ongoing strategic review of the REI businesses.
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Owens Valley, shown in this space shuttle view, is a large extensional fault-bounded trough on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. This 3000-meter-deep valley is the westernmost part of the Basin and Range structural province, which covers large parts of Nevada and Utah. The Basin and Range formed when the crust in the western United States was stretched in an east-west direction, producing a series of north-south-trending extensional faults. This faulting produced a classic horst and graben topography consisting of a series of alternating valleys and mountain ranges.
The snow-capped Sierra Nevada Mountains at bottom consist of numerous overlapping granitic batholiths. They represent the deeply eroded core of a continental volcanic arc that was active in the late Mesozoic era, and probably resembled the Indonesian or Andean continental volcanic arcs of today. Most of the surface volcanic materials have since been eroded away. Glaciation in recent times has produced a variety of glacial valleys and landforms throughout the Sierras. A major eruption about 730,000 years ago formed the Long Valley caldera, the 17 × 32-kilometer-wide circular depression at center left centered near the dark hook-shaped lake. Volcanic activity in this area began around 3.2 million years ago, with the most recent eruption occurring in the past 500 years.
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A partial list of colleges, universities and conservatories in which AmSAT members teach the Alexander Technique:
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American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco, CA
American Musical and Dramatic Academy Los Angeles
Appalachian State University: Hayes School of Music and Department of Theatre and Dance
Arizona State University
Aspen Music Festival
Bard Vocal Arts Program
Barnard College
Berkeley Repertory School of Theater
Boston University: College of Fine Arts
Brooklyn College
Brown University
Carnegie Mellon University: Schools of Drama, Music
Capilano University (Vancouver, BC): Theatre Department
Catholic University, Washington, DC
Chapman University Music Conservatory
Coe College
Concordia Academy
Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico
Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati
Converse College, Spartanburg, SC
Cornish College for the Arts
DanceArts Greenville, Greenville, SC
DePaul University
Eastman School of Music
Eureka College
Fine Arts Center, Greenville, SC
George Mason University, Virginia
Hoff-Barthelson Music School
International Ballet Academy, Greer, SC
The JazzSchool Institute, Berkeley, CA
The Juilliard School
Long Island University
Loyola Marymount University
Mannes School of Music
Marylhurst University
McNally Smith College of Music
Michigan State University: College of Music
The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater, New York
New England Conservatory
New School of Drama
New York University: Tisch School of the Arts
New York University: Steinhardt School of Education
Northwestern University
Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts
Pig Iron School for Advanced Performance Training
Point Park University: Conservatory of Performing Arts
Rhode Island College
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Shakespeare Theater, Washington, DC
South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts & Humanities, Greenville, SC
State University of New York at Potsdam: Dept. of Theater and Dance
Stella Adler Academy of Acting and Theatre
Stetson University
Stonehill College, Easton, MA: Dept. of Computer Science
Studio Theater, Washington, DC
Syracuse University: College of Music
Temple University
Towson University
Trinity Repertory Company
University of California Los Angeles
University of California San Diego
University of Colorado at Boulder
University of Denver: Lamont School of Music
University of San Diego/Old Globe Theater
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Michigan: School of Music, Theatre and Dance
University of Minnesota: School of Music
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University of North Texas: College of Music
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[/quote]...Confucius didn't exist either,lies rule the world...someone as famous as a Confucius would have been preserved somewhere...no remains,no proof, only written stories...look at the name Confucius> con-fusion [/quote] LMAO, ROFL...You are right. I can not prove he lived. I have to rely on history. It is still funny as hell what you said. Thanks for the late night laughter! [/quote]...I'm not kidding ,just because a story says something doesn't make it true without physical proof,are you a sheep whom believes everything that is told is true over and over even if there's no proof of it?...you believe Santa Claus was true when you were told over and over until you were told different...text is not prove the people ever lived...the lies are bigger than you think...there's these other stories of little girls eating bear food and falling asleep in their bed and wolves dressed like their grandmother and little pigs can build houses so wolves cant blow them down ....these are all text stories too so why aren't they true too? i guess bears could talk at one time in the past and pigs could build houses but something happened in their evolution that caused them to lose their construction abilities...as i said ,no bodies,no real histories...you dont think you can be lied too? [/quote] Your response is a bit extreme. Mixing obvious children tales with a philosophical guru is out of place. There are many ancient cultures including the American Indians who passed down history by word of mouth. The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Furthermore, this thread is about the Mayan's prophecy, if you are so passionate about disproving Confucius existed then start a thread on this. Frankly, I am really not interested. ;) [/quote]...where are all those millions of dead Mayans,Incas,Aztecs,and Olmec's at? and have you tried shooting a pointed rock tipped stick into the leather hides of large animals lately without a modern compound bow that would supply enough force at any distances? those animals the Indians shot with pointed rocks must have been walking within a spits throw... [/quote] Do you even know anything about the Mayan prophecy? Your comments are superfluous to the true nature of this thread. Again start a new thread on these topics. I am sure there are some qualified GLP researchers who will jump all over this...I am not one of them. ;) [/quote]...do you know anyone whom speaks ancient Mayan to translate the so called prophecy? there aint no prophecies of any religion or culture,there all symbolism's and metaphors of sciences...you can waste your time talking about them gonna happen or you can know what they really are and how they relate to your individual life of your flesh and your spirit within the flesh right now... [/quote] I actually do know lots of people that speak Mayan, all kinds of dialects in Mexico and Guatemala. My ex wife speaks several dialects, Mayan is her first language. My father in law and a few men I know understand Archaic Yucatec Maya. I know a bit about Mayan history, tradition, linguistics and the calendar. I can tell you that the calendar ended the grand cycle at noon on April 12 1988. There were no doom prophecies. Nothing will happen in 2012, nobody ever said it would until some white researchers named Thompson (stole and sold countless treasures from towns and ruins in Yucatan) and Moreley, (a spy working for banana companies posing as an archeologist) said so. The date they came up with is wrong, the supposed prophecies are inventions or gross misinterpretations by people that have no remote understanding of the Mayan language, imagery or culture. It makes me sad to read this stuff. I wouldn't mind if they just made shit up and sold it to the gullible, but I wish they would leave the Mayans and other indigenous peoples out of their delusional pursuits. [/quote] I agree with you regarding the falsification of the prophecies; however, if you read the translations of Chilam Balam you find prophecy of a spiritual awakening. The Mayans are not the only culture who captured the 2012 end-cycle year. The ancient Egyptians captured it in the pyramid timeline. Any true student of Mayan (and really Olmec prophecy who are their African parent civilization) will tell you 2012 is about spiritual transformation, earth changes, social changes and the return of the gods. Chilam Balam corroborated these with his prophecy.We are seeing ALL of these now with the exception of two. I will be watching... [/quote] Which Chilam Balaam? There are many, and they do not all come from the same people. I don't need to read translations. I have friends and family that can verbally translate into Spanish from originals that are kept in many towns to this day. None of what you claim is true, according to the real written history of this noble people. You really have no idea. As usual, the words of a non native are given more weight than the words of indigenous people. [/quote] I am referring to "Chilam Balam of Chumayel" which I studied. And I speak Spanish fluently but this clearly does not qualify me as an expert on the Maya. Nice try with that one ;). Second, I am not claiming anything. I am merely presenting facts from research I have encountered over many decades. These are not my theories but reoccurring themes across ancient cultures BESIDES the Mayans. The parent civilization of the Maya is the Olmecs and you need to research them ALL to gain a foothold to ponder ALL their ancient themes. Ironically, you state the indigenous people words should have more weight but they were scattered about AND did not possess the ancient codices stolen from them. Furthermore their education level has been decimated and most remnants of been reduced to farming cultures. This is basic detective work and if you have put time into your case it will be weak. [/quote]
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I recently read the Examiner.com article titled, "Mayan Doomsday Clock reveals U.S. Presidential Election Results" and I found it an entertaining read.
I was quite amused Waring believes the black Mayan glyph is President Obama. I understand he made the association because of skin tone and an eagle on his head. He believes President Obama is a god or will receive god-like powers.
I saw the first debate and I can assure you President Obama is not a God! If he is a God he is certainly not impressive when it comes to Gods.
In my opinion, critical historical and cultural evidence was left out of the analysis and the association of the "black" Maya with the Eagle on his head.
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In real life, they say that you always look like your pet. If you're a runner, you might have a greyhound or if you're wealthy and proper, you might have a poodle. I'm wondering if the same holds true in FFXI where you can choose your own Pankration pet from virtually any beast in the game.
Does a PLD choose something with high defense like a Robber Crab?
Does a THF choose something sleek and sneaky?
Does a magic user choose a melee or a magic casting pet?
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Just heard from a fairly reliable source that Pitt will be playing Duke at the Garden in 2011-12. This isn't part of the Coaches vs. Cancer, but just a one-game neutral court game, like the Dec. 20, 2007 classic, a 65-64 Pitt victory. Will update as I learn more.
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It is very late and I am very tired so that may be the reason I am not sure as to whether I you were attempting to be funny or were just being offensive.
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What makes this German Catholic church story interesting is that the state is actively involved in church affairs - collecting and distributing the money that funds the church's operating budgets, while here in the U.S. bishops demand that the state stay out of church affairs - unless of course dioceses get money from the state. Apparently, the German religion-based tax systems is fine for the Catholic bishops of Germany. Nonetheless, Dr. Zapp seems to be on the winning side of this debate - time will tell.
A canon lawyer's attempts to end compulsory church tax in Germany have thrown the German Church on the defensive and triggered a national debate about the justification of the tax.
In a landmark decision, the Freiburg administrative court last month ruled in favour of Hartmut Zapp, who said that he was no longer prepared to pay church tax but wished to remain a member of the Catholic Church.
Under the tax an additional eight to nine per cent of personal income tax is deducted at source by the state from registered Catholics, Lutherans and Old Catholics and passed to their respective Churches. Dr Zapp, who taught canon law at Freiburg University until 2004, argued that German Catholics who officially leave the Church because they do not want to pay the tax are still members of the communion of the faithful through baptism and may therefore continue to receive the sacraments.
Under the current system Catholics wishing to opt out of paying the tax have to sign a form at their local municipal authority which states they wish to "leave the public body of the Church", which results in their excommunication.
In July 2007 Dr Zapp signed the form stating that he wished to leave the "public body of the Church" but insisted on declaring in writing that he wished to remain in "the Church as the communion of the faithful".
The Freiburg Archdiocese appealed against his written declaration, arguing that it was not valid. Following the ruling last month in Dr Zapp's favour, the vicar general of the Freiburg Arch-diocese, Fr Fridolin Keck, has said the archdiocese will again appeal.
The German bishops responded by reproducing on their website existing articles and statements defending the Church's position. They argued that it was impossible to differentiate between the Church as a public body and the Church as the communion of the faithful; and that "signing out" of the tax system meant excommunication.
The case is complicated by the fact that Dr Zapp argues his case differently from the Süddeutsche Zeitung. Rather than questioning the validity of the tax, Mr Zapp wants the Vatican to reform the church tax system so that it is not a condition for membership of the Church. A 2006 document from the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts said a request from Catholics wanting to leave the Church had to be accepted by the responsible authority (that is, the Church) and that the state authority was not competent to grant such a request.
German Catholics are divided over the tax. It provided the German Church with a net income in 2008 of 5.6 billion euros (£4.79bn), and has made the German Church one of the wealthiest in the world. Many practising Catholics favour leaving the system intact because it pays the salaries of thousands of church employees and contributes to the work of aid agencies such as Caritas. A leading Jesuit theology professor, Hans Waldenfels, told The Tablet that abolishing church tax would lead to further secularisation.
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The slowdown of Australia's mining sector is proving to be a major boost for Labor's $37.4 billion national broadband network, with a flood of trained workers available to fill critical staff shortages.
Dan Birmingham, the project director of NBN's lead contractor, Silcar, said the sudden and unexpected decline of mining projects was easing the pressure just as the roll-out ramped up. His comments came after speaking at the NBN Realised Forum in Sydney last week.
The contractor, a joint venture between Siemens and Thiess Services, has contracts with NBN Co worth up to $1.1 billion to connect fibre optic cables to homes and businesses in Queensland, NSW and the ACT.
"We've found especially that people were finding the fly-in fly-out life pretty hard and now they've discovered large-scale infrastructure projects going on in their local regions," Mr Birmingham said. "So we've seen some instances where strong managers have come on board because they want to get out of that mode. In the past six months we've seen worker shortages come back a bit and that's a combination of the resources industry dropping back because of prices and . . . some of the big project's operations have scaled back . . . and we're also very aggressive in the market about resourcing up."
The influx of workers comes at a good time for NBN Co, which is under political pressure to ramp up its connection rate by the next election in late 2013.
Earlier this year, top industry sources told The Australian Financial Review that staff shortages and design delays were cutting margins to critical levels. NBN Co cancelled its initial construction tender process amid claims it "wasn't going to get a fair price".
Mr Birmingham said the shift of workers away from the mining sector also reduced the need to import general civil workers from overseas using 457 visas, but added that specialised staff with unique skills may need to be brought in for short stints.
"We might see that happen to cover some of the peaks and troughs in things such as [fibre] splicers . . . for three to six-month periods, but not for the longer term," he said.
While some subcontractors complained recently about a lack of work and very low margins to industry journal CommsDay, Mr Birmingham said he could not understand where their complaints were coming from.
"From my knowledge of where we're at and how we're engaging with our subcontractors . . . I couldn't see that they would be able to substantiate their position," he said.
Ovum research director David Kennedy said the change to labour force conditions was a big financial win for NBN Co.
"Wage costs are a really big proportion of the construction costs and construction costs are the largest proportion of the NBN rollout," he said. "Anything that keeps a cap on wages will help the NBN meet its cost targets. This is such a big project that like the mining boom, it creates its own pressure in the labour market . . . so anything that relieves that pressure in any other part of the economy is going to help the NBN manage that."
Mr Kennedy added that while construction firms would initially benefit from lower wage costs, future contracts would probably pass any savings onto NBN Co.
But NBN Co chief executive
"It certainly won't make it any harder if there's a slowdown in other parts of the economy, then labour should become more readily available," he said. "Possibly [it puts us in a better negotiating position] but it's not really something we focused on."
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'Dating Naked' Contestant Sues The Show For... Showing Her Naked
"Dating Naked" is the newest naked reality show to hit the small screen ("Naked And Afraid" is my personal favorite), but the VH1 show is in hot water now that a cast member is suing!
Contestant Jessie Nizewitz is suing Viacom after her episode aired and didn't properly blur her lady parts, and she's asking for $10 million dollars in the lawsuit!
Nizewitz told the New York Post that she "felt lied to, manipulated and used. I was horrified...I immediately started getting text messages. Everyone saw it."
She added, "One of the messages read, 'So your money shot is on cable TV... My grandma saw it. I saw her this week and she didn't have much to say to me. She's probably mad. My parents are just annoyed."
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– https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/rikers-closing-room-reform-mass-incarceration-jason-wingard
The RAW incubator model provides a multi-layered level of support that advances, challenges and excites RAW women. It addresses the key barriers to living a legal life and successful re-integration into society, which we've identified as:
Association with previous contacts.
Return to familiar, negative environments.
Limited, if any, access to support/skill building/direction/trusted dependable partnerships.
Disconnection, stigmatisation and rejection by mainstream society.
Given the extent of these barriers, it's little wonder the women being released into our communities struggle to integrate, quickly lose belief in themselves and return to their previous lifestyles and patterns of illegal behaviours.
Unless a woman is completely removed from her disruptive environment there is very little likelihood of sustained change occurring. All of her focus is on navigating and surviving the chaos that reigns in her life on a daily basis.
To achieve the change required to become a contributing member of mainstream society, i.e. capable of caring for her family while generating a legal and adequate income, she must be granted three things:
Incarceration to Incubation – RAW's next move became obvious; to provide a place and space for this journey to continue on the outside. In March 2015 we opened our first Incubation House in the Waikato – far removed from any background noise from their old environments that had the potential to disrupt progress. Today we have two incubators operating with 4 women in each. All of the women are in study or employment, and are making excellent life choices on a daily basis.
Integrating these young women back into mainstream society will require an ongoing stream of acceptance and support from the community.
Our goal is to grow the number of incubator houses in operation up to 15 by the end of next year and have over 50 women in study and/or employment.
The reality is we need help to make that happen.
Each incubation house takes $20,000 to run per annum.
Each woman on the programme requires $5,000 per annum funding to cover basic living expenses.
Each house relies on the community's support to furnish.
If you are in a position to
Advocate for us, connect us
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Donate time and/or money
Gallagher Charitable Trust as RAW's first Cornerstone Partner.
It is a great privilege to welcome the Gallagher Charitable Trust as RAW's first Cornerstone Partner. The financial support of Gallagher's for three years is key to RAW achieving real change in its women's lives. With this support RAW will be able to continue developing new initiatives to provide opportunities for employment and family reconnection to break the intergenerational cycle of crime.


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You don't need an excuse to tell a great story.
You simply need a great story.
And every community foundation has a great story to tell. Whether your foundation is large or tiny, or is located in a big city or a small town, it likely has a powerful story of how it is improving its community and enriching lives.
But if you are still looking for an excuse, here's one: this year marks the 100th anniversary of community foundations.
And here's another: if you tell your story on video, you have an opportunity to win up to $15,000 from the Council on Foundations for your organization through our #CF100 video contest.
To help you prepare for the contest, we've gotten some help from our colleagues at the Poynter Institute, who have produced this excellent webinar on how to produce effective videos on a budget.
And to provide you with some inspiration, I've also reached out to some of our community foundations members, who have gladly shared examples of videos they have produced for their communities.
When the Community Foundation of Greater Flint, in Michigan, wanted to inspire residents in its community to consider how much impact they could have in their community if they contributed even a small portion of their wealth, it created this video.
Mary Jo Herbig, the foundation's director of communications, says the video has been a hit.
"The transfer of wealth number for Genesee County, Michigan … which we broke down to a 25-year horizon … is $20 billion," she says. "Sharing that and knowing what a difference just 5% can make … well, we hope will create a call to action."
The Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines, in Iowa, was able to produce a series of videos for its annual luncheon by working with students at nearby Drake University, who produced the spots as part of their senior project.
"It was a great opportunity for the students to gain real world experience and valuable community connections," says Sara Bonney, the foundation's director of marketing and communications. "It provided the opportunity for us to highlight our work at no cost and we have been able to use the videos in a variety of ways even after the luncheon."
Here are some other examples of videos created by community foundation members.
The Arizona Community Foundation, for instance, developed this video for its 35th anniversary.
And finally, the Community Foundations of Canada produced this awesome, 30-second spot on the power of community foundations:
What are some of your favorite examples of effective video storytelling? You don't have to provide examples strictly from community foundations, but I hope you'll share some examples by posting a comment below.


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M2M module maker Sierra Wireless says it has become a sponsor of crowdsourcing platform MedStartr and will henceforth be the preferred provider of wireless communications technology for MedStartr companies.
MedStartr says it will gain direct access to a full range of connectivity solutions from Sierra Wireless (Richmond, Canada), helping MedStartr companies to accelerate product development.
Those solutions include embedded modules that provide cellular connectivity, development tools and software libraries to simplify the development process and the AirVantage M2M Cloud, which allows data gathered by devices in the field to be integrated with other back-end systems.
"Many of our projects have developed great ideas that can benefit from a wireless communications link, and having access to a partner like Sierra Wireless will help them integrate and deploy quickly, speeding time to market and improving their chance of success," said Alex Fair, the founder and chief executive of MedStartr.
Since launching last year, MedStartr claims to have helped its first clients raise more than $6 million and start about 50 partnerships.
Sierra Wireless says healthcare represents a growing market for wireless connectivity and that technology can help to lower costs for healthcare providers and improve the quality of care for patients.
"We are pleased to work with MedStartr to help the next generation of healthcare innovators develop and integrate wireless connectivity into their solutions," said Olivier Pauzet, the vice president of market strategy for embedded solutions at Sierra Wireless.
According to InMedica, worldwide device and service revenues from telehealth will rise by 55% this year.
The market-research company says that healthcare providers will increasingly adopt telehealth systems as they seek to reduce in-patient costs.


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Update: Influenza Activity -- United States and Worldwide, 1997-98 Season, and Composition of the 1998-99 Influenza Vaccine
In collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), the WHO international network of collaborating laboratories, and state and local health departments, CDC conducts surveillance to monitor influenza activity and to detect antigenic changes in the circulating strains of influenza viruses. This report summarizes surveillance for influenza in the United States and worldwide during the 1997-98 influenza season and describes the composition of the 1998-99 influenza vaccine. United States
Influenza activity began to increase in early December 1997 and peaked during late January through early February 1998. The predominant virus was influenza A(H3N2); few influenza type B and influenza A(H1N1) isolates were reported. Each week during the weeks ending January 24 through February 21, 1998, greater than 40 state and territorial epidemiologists reported widespread or regional activity * with peak activity occurring during the week ending February 7 (Figure_1).
From September 28, 1997, through March 28, 1998, WHO collaborating laboratories in the United States tested 73,940 specimens for respiratory viruses, and 11,439 (15.5%) were positive for influenza (Figure_2). Of these, 11,407 (99.7%) were influenza type A, and 32 (0.3%) were type B. Among 2799 subtyped influenza type A isolates, 2793 (99.8%) were type A(H3N2), and six (0.2%) were type A(H1N1).
Beginning the week ending January 3, the proportion of deaths attributed to pneumonia and influenza (P&I) reported by 122 U.S. cities exceeded the epidemic threshold ** for 10 consecutive weeks. During the week ending March 21, the proportion of deaths attributed to P&I decreased below the threshold, but increased slightly above the threshold for the week ending March 28 (Figure_3).
Two related groups of influenza A(H3N2) viruses circulated in the United States this influenza season: A/Wuhan/359/95-like viruses, similar to the strain included in the 1997-98 influenza vaccine, and A/Sydney/5/97-like viruses, a drifted variant of A/Wuhan/359/95. Results from laboratory-confirmed influenza A outbreaks associated with A/Sydney/5/97-like viruses suggest that vaccine containing A/Wuhan/359/95-like virus provided only limited protection (1). Of the 272 influenza A(H3N2) isolates antigenically characterized by CDC, 52 (19%) were similar to A/Wuhan/359/95, and 220 (81%) were similar to A/Sydney/5/97. Among influenza A(H3N2) viruses, the proportion that were A/Sydney/5/97-like increased from 20% (three of 15) in October, to 46% (11 of 24) in November, to 86% (97 of 113) in December, and to 91% (101 of 111) in January. Of the nine characterized influenza A(H3N2) viruses collected in February, eight (78%) were A/Sydney/5/97-like.
Eight influenza type B isolates characterized by CDC were similar to the vaccine strain B/Harbin/7/94 and B/Beijing/184/93, and six of seven influenza A(H1N1) isolates were similar to the vaccine strain A/Johannesburg/82/96 and A/Bayern/7/96. One A(H1N1) isolate was characterized as A/Beijing/262/95-like, which is antigenically different from the vaccine strain. Worldwide
In the northern hemisphere, during October 1997-March 1998, influenza A(H3N2) predominated in Austria, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Morocco, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Influenza A(H3N2) also was isolated in Czech Republic, Egypt, Hong Kong, Iceland, Korea, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, and Taiwan. Influenza A(H3N2) activity increased in Iran, Israel, and Japan in early January and in Canada and Europe from late January through February. In the southern hemisphere, during October- December, influenza A(H3N2) viruses were isolated from outbreaks in Argentina, Chile, and Fiji and from sporadic cases in Australia, French Polynesia, and South Africa (2-4).
Influenza A(H1N1) isolates were reported less often than influenza A(H3N2) isolates. Outbreaks of influenza A(H1N1) were reported from Belarus, Russian Federation, and United Kingdom. Sporadic cases of influenza A(H1N1) were reported in Argentina, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, People's Republic of China, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, and Taiwan. Russian Federation and United Kingdom reported increases in influenza A(H1N1) isolates in February, and Germany and Italy reported increases in March (2-4).
Outbreaks of influenza B were reported in Japan and People's Republic of China; sporadic cases were reported in Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Russian Federation, Senegal, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and Zambia.
In May 1997, the first case of influenza A(H5N1) in a human occurred in Hong Kong (5). Seventeen additional cases occurred in Hong Kong in November and December. Despite enhanced surveillance, no new cases have been detected since the end of December. Composition of the 1998-99 Vaccine
The Food and Drug Administration's Vaccines and Related Biologic Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) recommended that the 1998-99 trivalent vaccine for the United States contain A/Sydney/5/97-like(H3N2), A/Beijing/262/95-like(H1N1), and B/Beijing/184/93-like viruses. This recommendation was based on antigenic analyses of recently isolated influenza viruses.
Influenza A(H3N2) isolates were either A/Wuhan/359/95-like or A/Sydney/5/97-like viruses. The proportion of influenza A(H3N2) viruses that were A/Sydney/5/97-like increased from October through March and became predominant in many countries. Vaccine containing an A/Wuhan/359/95-like virus induced a lower antibody response against A/Sydney/5/97 than against A/Wuhan/359/95. Therefore, VRBPAC recommended including A/Sydney/5/97 in the 1998-99 vaccine.
A/Bayern/7/95-like viruses, similar to the 1997-98 influenza A(H1N1) vaccine strain, have been the predominant influenza A(H1N1) viruses isolated during the previous year. However, A/Beijing/262/95-like viruses, which have been detected in Asia during the previous 3 years, were identified recently in France, Senegal, South Africa, and the United States. Persons who were vaccinated in an experimental vaccine trial with A/Beijing/262/95 developed equivalent antibody levels against A/Bayern/7/95 and A/Beijing/262/95. However, persons vaccinated with A/Bayern/7/95 had lower antibody levels against A/Beijing/262/95 than A/Bayern/7/95. Because A/Beijing/262/95-like viruses were detected on four continents and because the antibody response to this antigen was more heterogeneous than to A/Bayern/7/95, VRBPAC recommended including A/Beijing/262/95 in the 1998-99 vaccine.
Influenza type B isolates from all continents (except Asia) were similar to B/Beijing/184/93 and the 1997-98 vaccine strain B/Harbin/7/94. Viruses antigenically related to the B/Victoria/2/87 reference strain were isolated in Japan and People's Republic of China. Since vaccine containing the B/Harbin/7/94 strain induced antibody to recently isolated B/Beijing/184/93-like strains, VRBPAC recommended retaining B/Harbin/7/94 in the 1998-99 vaccine.
Reported by: Participating state and territorial epidemiologists and state public health laboratory directors. A Hay, PhD, National Institute for Medical Research, London; G Schild, DSc, J Wood, PhD, National Institute for Biologic Standards and Control, Hertfordshire, England. I Gust, MD, A Hampson, Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, Parkville, Australia. K Nerome, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan. L Canas, Armstrong Laboratory, Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Y Guo, Institute of Virology, National Center for Preventive Medicine, Beijing, People's Republic of China. World Health Organization National Influenza Centers, Div of Emerging and Other Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Control, Geneva, Switzerland. Div of Virology, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration. Influenza Br, Div of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases; and an EIS Officer, CDC.
Editorial Note
Editorial Note: During the 1997-98 influenza season, influenza A(H3N2) viruses predominated worldwide. This is the second consecutive year in which influenza A(H3N2) viruses have predominated in the United States and the third consecutive year in which the proportion of deaths caused by P&I reported by 122 U.S. cities was elevated for several consecutive weeks. Influenza A(H1N1) and influenza B were isolated only sporadically during the 1997-98 influenza season in most countries, including the United States. However, outbreaks of influenza B were reported in Japan and People's Republic of China. Identification of the A/Sydney/5/97-like(H3N2) and A/Beijing/262/95-like (H1N1) strains and, in Hong Kong, identification of the 18 cases of influenza A(H5N1) illustrate the need for continued international virologic surveillance for influenza and the timely subtyping of influenza A isolates.
The production of a vaccine against influenza A(H5N1) for general use was not recommended. However, efforts continue at several laboratories worldwide to develop a vaccine candidate should the need arise, and plans are being developed to test an experimental influenza A(H5N1) vaccine for safety and immunogenicity.
Strains to be included in the influenza vaccine usually are selected during the preceding January through February because of scheduling requirements for production, quality control, packaging, distribution, and vaccine administration before onset of the next influenza season. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for the use of vaccine and antiviral agents for prevention and control of influenza will be published in an MMWR Recommendations and Reports on May 1, 1998 (6).
* Levels of activity are 1) no activity; 2) sporadic -- sporadically occurring influenza-like illness (ILI) or culture-confirmed influenza, with no outbreaks detected; 3) regional -- outbreaks of ILI or culture-confirmed influenza in counties with a combined population of less than 50% of the state's total population; and 4) widespread -- outbreaks of ILI or culture-confirmed influenza in counties with a combined population of greater than or equal to 50% of the state's total population.
** The epidemic threshold is 1.645 standard deviations above the seasonal baseline. The expected seasonal baseline is projected using a robust regression procedure in which a periodic regression model is applied to observed percentages of deaths from P&I since 1983.
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Osborne (Bristol, Va.) and Ricksecker (Laurel, Del.) teamed up to win the women's relay race by 51 seconds over the runner-up pairing from host Virginia Tech, in 45:11. Ricksecker's two 3K splits clocked 11:25 and 11:08, adding up to 22:33 and making her the fastest women's runner of the day. Meanwhile, Osborne followed closely behind at 11:21 and 11:16 on her pair of legs, tying for the relay's second-fastest total time, 22:37.
For Osborne, it was her first career Big South Runner of the Week recognition. Meanwhile, Ricksecker has now been named Big South Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week two years in a row, following successful season-opening performances at Virginia Tech. The senior won the weekly award last year on Sept. 12, after placing second at the Virginia Tech Invitational.
On the men's side, Chelanga (Nairobi, Kenya) made a successful Liberty debut, teaming up with Mark Hopely (R-Fr., Carney's Point, N.J.) to win the men's relay race by a 15-second margin. Chelanga recorded the day's two fastest 4K splits, 11:29 and 11:31, adding up to 23:00 for his 8K of work. He took the baton for his second leg in third place, but was able to chase down the top two runners and cross the finish line first, with an overall time of 48:57.
Chelanga and Hopely's victory helped the Liberty men's squad win the four-team meet with a total of 12 points. The Flames outdistanced runner-up VCU by 10 markers.
Liberty will take this weekend off competition. The Flames and Lady Flames will return to action on Sept. 20, with the first of two home meets this season, the Liberty Big South Preview. The men's 8K race will begin at 9:15 a.m., followed by the women's 5K race at 10 a.m. Both races will be contested at the Campus East intramural fields.


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20 April 2012
The Bridgeport Sound Tigers fell in the opening game of their playoff series with the Connecticut Whale, 3-0, last night in Bridgeport.
It wasn't until the third period that either team scored. Kelsey Tessier scored 1:03 into the period and put the Whale ahead 1-0. The Whale scored their second goal of the game at 9:38, when Jordan Owens put one past the Sound Tigers' Kevin Poulin.
Ryan Bourque scored the third and final goal of the game at the 13:18 mark of the third period.
Poulin made 33 saves for Bridgeport in the loss, while Connecticut starter Cam Talbot made 42 saves to shut out the Sound Tigers.
Bridgeport will look to rebound on Saturday in game 2.
Below are more recaps of the Sound Tigers game 1 loss:
Whale Take Advantage – Defeat Sound Tigers In Game 1 - Eye on Isles
Talbot, Connecticut Whale deny Sound Tigers in Calder Cup playoff opener - Connecticut Post
Game 1: Check - Soundin' Off
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Stand Down For Homeless Veterans THIS WEEKEND
The Veterans Village of San Diego (VVSD) organized the nation's first Stand Down in 1988. Since then, the program has been widely replicated nationwide. Today, more than 200 Stand Downs take place across the country every year. "The program has become recognized as the most valuable outreach tool to help homeless veterans in the nation today," according to the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans.
Stand Down's philosophy is a hand up, not a hand out. The hand up is made possible each year by the dedication of thousands of volunteers and numerous sponsors.
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Joe Jackson Wants The Kids, Duh!
Joe Jackson really doesn't want to hand over Michael Jackson's kids to Debbie Rowe.
On ABC's Good Morning America, he declared that he wishes that Michael's three children remain with him and wife Katherine, saying "There's no one else to do what we can do for them."
"We should keep them all together and make them happy," he went on. "And feed them like they're supposed to be fed. And let them get rest … and grow up to be strong Jacksons."
Of course, he has big plans for his grandkids. "I keep watching Paris. She wants to do something."
What about the other kids? He revealed that Michael Prince II (Blanket) "can really dance." He went on, "that's what they're saying. He can really dance."
For now, Katherine remains the children's temporary legal guardian until a hearing on July 13.
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It isn't often we're treated to a man's perspective on the pressure to be thin and fit in Hollywood, but Chris Pratt has recently opened up about both, as well as his nearly 2-year-old son Jack.
"They would send someone over to my house to measure me every week," the 35-year-old Guardians of the Galaxy actor recently explained of how movie studios would hound him to shape up by sending people to check in on him regularly.
"It was like I was on The Biggest Loser but there was no camera crew. They would send me prop guns… I would take a picture with it, pose with the gun so they could see how it looked in my hand. Meanwhile, what they're secretly doing is, 'How fat is Chris, still?' And that's what the photo was. They're like, 'Oh, we also need you to try on these gloves. Make sure it's a full body shot with the glove on.' Oh, yeah, thanks."
The man who gained a large amount of weight for his role in Delivery Man went on to share, "I'm sure I can't relate to what females go through in Hollywood, but I do know what it feels like to eat emotionally. To be sad and make yourself happy with food, and then be almost immediately sad again, and then ashamed. Then, you to try to hide those feelings with more food. I know what that's like. It's a vicious cycle, and it's a very real thing. So, I know what it's like to have body image issues.
"I also know that, if you just work hard and you enlist the help of good coaches, and you are coach-able and willing to work hard, you can actually change that. I offer a course. It's $4,500. Anyone who has these issues, just get a hold of my people, and we'll set it up. I'll walk you through it. I don't really offer a course."
Opening up to People about his and wife Anna Faris' son being born nine weeks early, Chris Pratt explained, "We were scared for a long time. We prayed a lot."
"It restored my faith in God, not that it needed to be restored, but it really redefined it," the actor added. "The baby was so beautiful to us, and I look back at the photos of him and it must have been jarring for other people to come in and see him, but to us he was so beautiful and perfect."
The timing of Jack's birth and Chris' weight gain for a role seem to coincide, but I can't help but wonder if the stress of having a child in the NICU was the cause of the emotional eating he mentioned. Becoming parents was overwhelming to both my husband and I with there being so much newness and responsibility all at once, and our child was perfectly healthy. I can't imagine having health fears added on top.
All the same, I find it refreshing to hear a male star open up about the pressure he's been under. Famous females talk all the time about diets, exercise, and losing the baby weight, but it would be great to hear more from dads too.
Has your partner's weight fluctuated along with your pregnancies or remained steady?
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Arizona prospect strong for seven in Aces' win over River Cats
By Andrew Pentis / Special to MLB.com | July 29, 2012 4:13 PM ET
"I threw four straight balls -- actually five -- and then I picked him off," Skaggs said of Mitchell. "I don't know if that has ever happened: a pitcher getting an out before throwing a strike. But it got me in a groove."
The D-backs' third-ranked prospect proceeded to strike out 10 batters over seven strong innings in the Triple-A Reno's 3-2 walk-off win over Sacramento.
Skaggs pitched 4 2/3 hitless frames before River Cats first baseman Daric Barton singled into right field. The 21-year-old left-hander allowed one run on six total hits: Barton doubled in the seventh and scored on Wes Timmons' two-out single into left.
"I made a stupid pitch. He still hit it. Credit to [Timmons]," said Skaggs, who also walked three batters but threw 67 of his 99 pitches for strikes. He added he had near-complete command of his fastball, changeup and curveball.
"The curveball was the main [strikeout] pitch," said Skaggs, who neared his career high of 12, accrued April 20 with Double-A Mobile. "That's the best it's been all year."
Through six Pacific Coast League starts, the Woodland Hills, Calif. native is 3-1 with a 2.08 ERA. Does he feel like he's pitching up to his massive potential?
"I feel I like I am right there," he said. "I am on the cusp."
So what does Skaggs have left to improve upon in the Minors? At Triple-A, left-handed batters are hitting .306 (15-for-49) against him, while righties are, more predictably, batting .238 (19-for-80).
Barton, who has spent parts of six seasons in the Majors, is the latest example. The lefty swinger smacked an 0-2 hanging curveball that broke up Skaggs' early no-hit bid in the fifth.
"I feel like, against lefties, my curveball gets a little loopy," Skaggs said. "That may be something for me to work on."
Right-handed reliever Bryan Shaw gave up Grant Green's game-tying RBI triple in the eighth.
The Aces retook the lead opposite lefty Pedro Figueroa in the ninth: Recent acquisition Tyler Bortnick smacked a leadoff single and scored two batters latter on Adam Eaton's double toward center field.
Skaggs deemed the outcome "phenomenal."
"They're a first-place team. We're a first-place team. This was an important win," he said.
Eaton, the D-backs' No. 15 prospect, went 1-for-5. He has or shares the Pacific Coast League lead in batting (.373), doubles (35), hits (141), runs (103) and stolen bases (32).
River Cats starter Bruce Billings also didn't receive a decision. Billings was charged with two runs on five hits over six innings. He struck out five.
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HOLIDAY — The asphalt roads and grassy trails kept Argishti Gazari in shape and out of trouble. They'll take the Anclote senior to Saturday's Class 2A state track meet in Jacksonville and to the running program at USF.
And in three years and hundreds of miles, they transformed him from a quiet immigrant into a confident American.
"For me it actually changed my life," Gazari said.
The 19-year-old Armenia native had experienced change before he came to Florida in 2009. When he was 13, his mother came to America to teach arts and crafts, so Gazari went to Russia to live with his aunt.
The transition from a former Soviet republic to nearby Russia was fairly simple. Russian was his second language in Armenia, so there was no language barrier. The cultures and religions were close enough.
But when he moved to Tampa Bay to live with his mother at age 16, the differences were stark. If Armenia was 10 cultural years behind Russia, the United States was another 10 years ahead.
"I had to relearn everything," Gazari said.
Including the language. Although he studied English in Russia, it's one thing to memorize the parts of speech and grammar in class. It's another to listen to teachers speak your third language, translate their words in your head and scribble them on a page.
With no family here besides his mother, Gazari felt isolated. He was quiet and shy in the hallways. When a teacher suggested he try sports to help acclimate to his new school as a sophomore, Gazari chose running. He didn't run or play sports in Russia, and he huffed and puffed his way through initial workouts at Anclote.
The more he ran, the more time he spent with his teammates. The more he listened, the more he began to understand the language.
"It was very difficult to understand what he was saying," Sharks coach Alan Parmenter said. "You'd just nod and smile. Let's go run again."
And Gazari kept running. He grew more confident in himself and his words. He opened up with friends and at school.
By his junior year, Gazari was a cross country captain and the school's first state qualifier.
"He could express himself through running," Parmenter said.
Then Gazari began to express himself elsewhere, too. He redesigned the school's website and added a blog for the principal. He received conference accolades for his academics and 4.19 GPA.
When his mom, Karine Aber, wanted him to get a job to learn how to work in America, he started stocking shelves at Sweetbay 30 hours a week, even if it meant working until 11:30 p.m. on days with a 6 a.m. wakeup call.
In November, Anclote named him its outstanding senior, and the aspiring software engineer signed to run at USF this month.
"My dream has come true," his mother said in a phone interview from an art show in New York.
After a seventh-place finish at state in the 3,200 meters last spring, Gazari plowed through 70 miles a week in the summer. He fought through a nagging foot injury that relegated him to a 19th-place finish in cross country last fall.
He'll be one of the favorites in the distance events in Jacksonville. His region-winning time in the 3200 (9:40.37) was six seconds faster than anyone else in Class 2A, and he's seeded second in the mile (4:22.21).
Gazari is still adapting to the United States. His accent remains thick, and occasionally a phrase like "nagging injury" eludes him. But his coach has noticed a personality shift. Gazari has turned from a quiet runner into a confident fighter.
"(Running) builds a mentality, you never want to give up," Gazari said. "Keep going. Work harder."
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State track
When: Class A, Friday; Class 2A, Saturday
Where: University of North Florida, Jacksonville
Admission: $9 per meet
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pimco Total Return, the world's largest bond fund, suffered record large outflows in June, in a second straight month of withdrawals amid carnage in the bond market that have reduced the fund's assets by 8.5 percent, data from Morningstar showed on Tuesday.
In June, investors pulled $9.6 billion from the fund, which is managed by Bill Gross and is the flagship fund of Pacific Investment Management Co. It was the fund's largest single month of outflows since Morningstar records began in 1993, the investment research firm said. In May, investors pulled $1.3 billion from the fund in May, which marked the first outflows since December 2011.
The fund's assets now stand at roughly $268 billion, down from a peak of $292.9 billion in April, Morningstar said. The fund's assets are at their lowest since June 2012, when they stood at $263.4 billion, Morningstar said.
Bond mutual funds and exchange-traded funds lost a record $79.8 billion in June, according to TrimTabs Investment Research. David Santschi, chief executive of TrimTabs, said the total included $70.8 billion from bond mutual funds, nearly double the previous record outflow of $41.8 billion in October 2008. Bond ETFs lost $9.0 billion in June, he said.
The Pimco Total Return ETF had outflows of $511.5 million in June, the greatest outflows since its inception in February 2012 and following its first-ever monthly outflows in May, of $107.8 million. The fund now has $4.4 billion in assets, according to Morningstar. The actively managed exchange-traded fund is designed to mimic the strategy of the flagship fund.
Pimco, a unit of European financial services company Allianz SE, had $2.04 trillion in assets as of the end of March, according to the firm's website.
Pimco was not the only bond fund to see withdrawals last month.
The DoubleLine Total Return Bond Fund, the flagship fund of DoubleLine Capital LP run by Jeffrey Gundlach, had outflows of $1.2 billion last month, the first month it saw outflows since its inception in April 2010, according to Morningstar. The fund, which now has $38.7 billion in assets, had inflows of $293.6 million in May.
Bonds began suffering a broad selloff after the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, on May 22 said that the U.S. central bank could reduce its bond-buying later this year if the economy looked strong enough.
The Fed's monthly purchases of $85 billion in Treasuries and agency mortgage securities, part of the central bank's efforts to spur the economy, have been a source of huge support for both the bond and equity markets.
The bond selling continued through much of June after Bernanke repeated his stance at the close of the Fed's latest policy meeting on June 19 and added that the Fed could end its stimulus altogether by mid-2014.
Some bond managers, including Gross, have been trying to settle investors' nerves, saying the flight from bonds, which pushed the yield on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note up 36 basis points to 2.49 percent in June, is overdone. Yields on bonds move inversely to their prices.
Pimco Total Return had 37 percent of its portfolio invested in U.S. Treasury securities at the end of May, its largest position, according to Pimco's website.
The future of Pimco Total Return depends on whether the fund's bet on Treasuries rebounds, said Todd Rosenbluth, director of mutual fund research at S&P Capital IQ.
"The fund is making a bet that has not worked in the last two months, and whether or not it can hold on to assets is going to be tied to whether or not that bet works," Rosenbluth said.
DoubleLine's Total Return had 4.8 percent of its assets in Treasuries as of the end of May, according to the firm's website. Gundlach, DoubleLine's chief executive and chief investment officer, said on June 4 that he sees 10-year Treasury prices rising. He said the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note, which was at 2.47 percent in intraday trading Tuesday, is likely to end the year at 1.7 percent.
Performance-wise, Pimco Total Return was down 2.64 percent in June, marking its worst monthly performance since September 2008. For the year so far, it is down 3.02 percent, ahead of just 19 percent of its peers, according to Morningstar. The Pimco Total Return ETF is down about 2 percent this year, besting 73 percent of its peers.
DoubleLine Total Return was down 1.74 percent in June, marking its weakest monthly return since it was set up. For the year, the fund is down just 0.34 percent, better than 96 percent of peers.
Los Angeles-based DoubleLine has roughly $57 billion in assets.
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This article is a follow up to one that I wrote previously about why I feel that Exelon (NYSE:EXC) is a poor investment at this time. Between a poor macro outlook, cash flow issues, and the sluggish absorption of their merger, I believe that the company's dividend yield and share price will fall in the near term, and that investors should either wait to initiate a position or better yet, turn their attention elsewhere. Exelon currently pays a first-rate annual dividend yield of about 7%.
Below I will describe preferable alternatives to investing in EXC, two of which are its competitors that are likely to perform well in 2013 and should be considered my favored utilities at this time. While either of these companies are fine investments in their own right, neither of them have as large a dividend yield as EXC. The other option will be constructing a high-yielding, low-beta alternative using several investments. The object is to find a similar sized yield and more secure dividend with less risk.
Utility Picks: Southern Company and NextEra Energy
Like Exelon, Atlanta based Southern Company (NYSE:SO) is a large, diversified utility company. But unlike its peer, there are no shortage of positives to write about.
There is room for price appreciation despite Southern's current premium valuation. Its YoY quarterly earnings grew by 6.60%, it has considerably higher-than-industry gross margins and operating margins, and its forward P/E comes in at only 15.78.
Additionally, the most recent insider activity was a buy by director Wood E. Jenner III this past November. Although this transaction only involved a thousand shares (@ $42.30), it comes on the heels of a lot of insider selling of much larger chunks of stock. Notably, most of the selling occurred while the stock price was in a range of between $46-$49, which is considerably above its current share price.
Southern Company has a very strong financial position with $1.26B cash on hand, a current ratio of 1.02 and an S&P credit rating of A. Combined with steady earnings, there is no reason to worry about their finances or the security of their 4.5% annual dividend yield.
NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) is the other energy provider I would look into to initiate a position or replace EXC holdings with. The company is based in Juno, Florida, and has an emphasis on renewable energy, especially from wind and solar projects.
NEE has significantly cheaper P/E and P/B ratios than SO, but also has a smaller yield at 3.4%.
The main attraction here is that NextEra produces about 93% of its power from renewables, nuclear or natural gas. Thus it is well ahead of the curve as the industry trends towards investing in cleaner energy production. NextEra is also in an enviable position as far as clean energy subsidies and emission taxes go.
One final positive to consider is that NEE has a low payout ratio relative to its peers of only 46%. While the yield is not going to jump to over 5% overnight, this certainly increases the probability that the yield will continue to rise and hopefully attract more investors.
Beyond Utilities
Now that we have identified more fundamentally sound companies than EXC, we can use them as a basis for creating a small investment portfolio that will have a yield similar to EXC's 7%. The next step is to identify some very high yielders, let's say 10% or greater, that also have a low beta, say under 0.4.
If you were to run a stock screen on this criteria you would find that the majority of companies listed are REITs and rightly so. REITs are required to pay out 90% of their earnings to shareholders in exchange for preferential tax treatment. As a result they typically pay very high dividends, which, while often variable since they can be based on earnings, are very secure. Annaly Capital Management (NYSE:NLY) has a dividend yield of over 12% and a beta of 0.06 while American Capital Agency (NASDAQ:AGNC) yields 15.7% with only a 0.17 beta. In my mind, the only reason REITs exist are to increase the dividend rate of the portfolio that holds them.
For those that want further security through diversification, or perhaps do not feel like they are knowledgeable or experienced enough with REITs to make a good selection, there are the Market Vectors Mortgage REIT ETF (NYSEARCA:MORT) and the iShares FTSE NARIET Mortgage Plus Capped ETF (NYSEARCA:REM) to choose from.
So now, let's see what a combination of our chosen utilities with a high yielding REIT ETF might look like...
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... Which compares to a P/E of 16.82, yield of 7%, and beta of .49 for Exelon. Obviously, one could tinker with the selected securities and percentage weight to each to come up with a yield that they like while still have a strong fundamental position at the heart of their investments.
My hope is that by following up on my specific claim that Exelon was not worth holding, even for its yield, I have also demonstrated that there are ways of adding dividend income to a portfolio without adding excessive risk or taking stakes in troubled companies. An investor should never be in the position of overlooking troubling fundamentals because of an enticing dividend. I selected Southern Company and NextEra Energy because I see them as the most promising utility companies at this time. While these are fine investments in their own right, more income oriented investors should consider beefing up their yield returns by taking a limited stake in high yielding REITs or a REIT ETF. As ever, I encourage each individual investor to perform their own due diligence and determine their own investment goals.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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One thing that's good and bad about me is my honesty, I'm open and I'll say how I feel and what I think if you ask but not I'm not hard to read. You'll know if I like you because I'll say it or I'll give you a hug if you're okay with that.
I enjoy the arts, I like writing although lately I just blog. I like fan fiction, I like films, I like TV shows, I see the importance of media and its effects on culture.
If you're in anyway creative we'll probably get along. I love a person with imagination and a harmless sense of humour.
I love theatre, I love writing, and I love dance. I love the freedom of art and expression and just having fun.
I'm not athletic. I can't tell you anything about a single sport but if you tell me about it or you're passionate about it then I can support it and get into it. Enthusiasm is infectious.
I am an animal person that includes snakes, lizards, and spiders and all the others that aren't so fluffy. There's no standard for cute animals.
I walk long distances so walking to places isn't a big deal for me. I'm pretty open to trying anything and eating anything. New experiences are wonderful, it makes life interesting.
Otherwise, I'm a bit of nerd and I'm easygoing. Feel free to send me a message and we can talk about anything you like.
If you're interested in my personality type I'm ENFP or possible INFP. I'm kind of funny that way.
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Georgia on his mind
: Pedram wonders whether the velvet revolution in Georgia provides an example for Iran. He fears religions would get in the way.
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So an ayatollah, an imam, and a rabbi walk into a bar cafe…
So an ayatollah, an imam, and a rabbi walk into a
bar cafe…
: Here's a good story promoting the talents of Arab-American comics — better yet, it comes from Steven I. Weiss in Jewsweek: "If you want to turn an average Arab-American into a comedian, give one a plane ticket and then wait to see what happens."
Michael Jackson blogs
Michael Jackson blogs
: … well, not quite. But like everyone else today, he comes to the web to tell his story.
For the dead
For the dead
: Ays tells us that obituaries for those Saddam executed were prohibited. Now that he is gone, the dead get their day.
Feeling left behind?
Feeling left behind?
: Rafat Ali is posting to PaidContent.org from a small town in India, where he gets broad Internet access thanks to his 3G phone (giving him faster access than I get off my Sprint Treo). If he were here, he'd be sniffing out the nearest Starbucks. Good for India. Bad for us.
Stop the presses: NY Times editor reads blogs
Stop the presses: NY Times editor reads blogs
: NY Times Executive Editor Bill Keller tells Howard Kurtz that, yes, he reads weblogs:
One striking thing about Keller's style is that he doesn't dismiss criticism of the paper out of hand. "I look at the blogs. . . . Sometimes I read something on a blog that makes me feel we screwed up. A lot of times I read things that strike me as ill-tempered and ill-informed."
Perhaps the best example of Keller's open-mindedness toward outside critics is his choice for the Times's first public editor. He picked former Life managing editor Daniel Okrent, whom he had never met, rather than a Times veteran.
"Maybe we were a little too closed off to how the world sees us. . . . The more I interviewed people, the more I realized it would be more interesting to listen to someone who hadn't grown up in our culture," Keller says. Over time, he admits, "I may want to eat those words, or the staff may want to shove them down my throat."
We'll see that excerpt all over weblogs today. But there shouldn't be anything surprising about this. A good reporter or editor should want to know what's happening out there and should want to find new sources of information and read criticism.
The big news would be if he did not read blogs.
Now what would be more impressive is if you saw Keller et al leaving a comment or two on weblogs to enter into a dialogue. Because — repeat after me — news is a conversation.
Tough times
Tough times
: Blogger Gary Farber is living Murphy's Law right now. Go here to give him a helping hand. [Note: The direct link is hosed so go to the top and scroll down.]
The new and true essence of media
The new and true essence of media
: I ended my psychotic blatherings at the Online News confab with a kicker Hugh McLeod left in the comments here because he said something smarter and more forward-thinking than I could:
Perhaps online newspapers should stop seeing themselves as "things", rather a point on the map where wonderful people cluster together to do wonderful things. A Joi-Ito-like [Joi being a central weblogger] brain trust, held cohesive by good editor. Some of the cluster will be paid (the journalists), others won't (the audience). But everybody is welcome to contribute, and is kinda working together with the same goal: to create the most vibrant intellectual collective that they can.
I agree enthusiastically. When I read that quote, I changed "collective" to "community" — felt better. But it was damned well said.
Hugh keeps refining his view and he just left this comment below:
Media is not "entertainment" or "information". Media is an interface. Interface implies action. I leave Buzzmachine more switched on than when I entered. So for me, there's an actual kinetic quality about visiting here. The same should be true (but mostly isn't) for ABC, CBS, The NYT, Nickelodeon, MTV etc etc. I want the benefit of interacting with any given media brand I use to be more flamingly obvious, less vague and elitist.
Well-said again. I'll blush at the too-kind reference to this humble site. And I'll change the word "interface" to "relationship" because it, too, feels better. But hear the theme:
This medium is about relationships and the audience wants (desperately) to relate to media (or at least news media) as more than just an audience. They want a conversation. They want influence. They want power. No, we want all those things.
That is the real guiding principle for the future of media: relationships.


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Ruth Horn Andrews:
An Inventory of Her Papers, 1878-1979 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
Biographical Sketch
Teacher and author Ruth Horn Andrews was born in 1893 in Jasper, Tennessee. Her father, Dr. Paul Whitfield Horn, was the first president of Texas Technological College. She received B.A. and M.A. degrees from Texas Technological College where she taught English (1933-1943). In 1943, she married Joseph Andrews and moved to New York City where she taught at New York University. She published The First Thirty Years: a History of Texas Technological College, 1925-1955 in 1956. Ruth Andrews died in 1986 in New York.
Scope and Contents
The collection contains material generated by Ruth Horn Andrews, her father Paul W. Horn, and Ruth's husband Joseph Frank Andrews. The contents include personal correspondence, legal material, manuscripts, speeches, printed material, and scrapbooks. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence and research notes Ruth Andrews used in writing The First Thirty Years: a History of Texas Technological College, 1925-1955 (1956).
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Related Material
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Ruth Horn Andrews Papers, 1878-1979 and undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
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Peggy Lohmann: Animal cruelty needs to be punished
Published: Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 9:29 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 9:29 a.m.
The September 27 article "Puppy Found Buried Alive Recovering Nicely…." ), about a 2-week-old puppy buried alive, was only one of thousands of episodes, nationwide, of animal cruelty. We can only hope that the person who committed this horrific crime is caught, and caught quickly.
According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) and many other animal advocacy groups, there is a strong connection between animal abuse and violence directed at humans. The ASPCA states that a study of 11 U.S. cities revealed that a history of pet abuse is one of the four most significant indicators of individuals who become domestic batterers. And the cycle continues, generation to generation. The ASPCA also states that children exposed to domestic violence are more likely to be cruel to animals.
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) adds that Robert K. Ressler, someone who developed profiles of serial kills for the FBI, also sees the connection with the statement, "Murderers ... very often start out by killing and torturing animals as kids."
Anyone who can put a tiny puppy, upside-down, into an 8-inch hole, then cover it with dirt to squeeze the air from its lungs and bring on a slow, painful death, is an immediate and certain danger to the public.
Once this individual is found, instead of the typical slap on the wrist, here's hoping that a significant fine and jail term are levied, thus sending a message that cruelty and abuse of animals will not be tolerated by a civil society.
Peggy Lohmann
Braintree, MA
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