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Calgary's downtown business core faces indefinite power outages and untold damage on Monday after devastating flooding made a ghost town out of the city's gleaming array of office towers.
The disruption rippled through one of Canada's most vibrant economies and raised questions about the longer-term impact.
Although city officials had originally predicted it could take weeks or months for downtown to be powered and open for business, late Sunday Mayor Naheed Nenshi said the buildings occupied by 90 per cent to 95 per cent of the city's downtown workers could be functioning again by Tuesday. Still, he advised that companies keep non-essential employees home for at least Monday and Tuesday.
Some of the biggest oil and gas companies in the country are preparing to forge ahead using backup systems, satellite offices and telecommuting. But with the massive Calgary Stampede tourist event in danger of being a washout, thousands of people displaced from their homes and a repair bill potentially in the billions of dollars, there is widespread uncertainty over just how hard the region's and province's economy will be hit – and for how long.
"This is orders of magnitude larger" than the 2005 flood in the area that caused roughly $500-million in damage, said Todd Hirsch, who works in Calgary and is chief economist at Edmonton-based financial institution ATB Financial. He suggested the damage could be in the neighbourhood of "10 times" the 2005 total – an amount that would be equivalent to about 1.7 per cent of Alberta's annual gross domestic product.
Boardwalk REIT, which owns and operates numerous residential rental properties in Calgary, reported that its Elbow Towers building near the flooded Elbow River had suffered "extensive flooding," but said the damage should be covered by its insurance.
H&R Real Estate Investment Trust said its 58-storey Bow building, the city's biggest office tower and the one nearest the most heavily flooded area, was not damaged – nor were H&R's other two major properties, the Telus Tower and TransCanada Tower. However, the city's power supply to the Bow remains out, leaving the building with only emergency power.
Cenovus Energy Inc. and Encana Corp., the two major tenants who each have roughly 2,000 staff at the Bow, said they have backup systems in place for their computer servers, allowing employees to access work e-mails and electronic files from home.
"Our ability to work under difficult circumstances will be put to the test this coming week," Cenovus chief executive officer Brian Ferguson said in an internal e-mail to employees on Sunday. "I understand we may not be able to access our offices in downtown Calgary until at least mid-week. Work will be focused on business-critical things only."
At Suncor Energy Inc., there is backup power for critical functions, but since downtown is an evacuation zone, employees are being encouraged to work from home on Monday, said Suncor spokeswoman Sneh Seetal. Suncor also has a couple of sites outside the downtown core, and those locations will be available for certain staff, she said.
"I really don't think this will affect the oil and gas industry's decision-making, revenue-generation or spending capabilities. Companies here have sophisticated backup IT systems and disaster management plans," said Peter Tertzakian, chief economist at ARC Financial Corp., a Calgary investment firm specializing in the oil and gas industry. "Only a small fraction of the industry's productive oil and gas capacity is in the flood fairway, so output shouldn't be affected much, if at all."
Flood-related disruptions, however temporary, could distort economic indicators over the summer, as the impact of the disaster and the subsequent recovery work their way through the economy.
"There are big interruptions for the movement of goods due to the closure of the TransCanada highway and some rail lines," said Mr. Tertzakian, who characterized this as a "short-term negative" for the economy.
Bank of Montreal economist Robert Kavcic told The Canadian Press that as much as one-third of Alberta's economy could feel the bite from the flooding in the immediate term, with the short-term impact running in the hundreds of millions of dollars. However, he said, "when the water recedes and people go back out to the stores, you're going to get some replacement spending there, too."
"Tourism is really going to be hit," Mr. Hirsch said. The Stampede, a world-famous 10-day festival that attracts about $345-million annually in tourist dollars to the province, is scheduled to begin just 11 days from now. But the severe flooding on the Stampede grounds and inside the Saddledome, the major arena on the grounds that is used for a series of concerts, suggests that at the very least, the event will have to be greatly scaled down.
He added that the Alberta government could also feel the pinch on its already strained provincial budget. The province has $200-million set aside for emergency assistance, but "It's not nearly enough," he said.
On the other hand, businesses that provide cleanup and reconstruction services are going to be running around the clock.
Past natural disasters have shown that such events typically delay some economic activity – such as shopping, travel, and job hunting and hiring – while the aftermath typically fuel spikes in construction and replacement purchases, which can temporarily accelerate the local economy, actually providing a boost to GDP growth.
"There's going to be an awful lot of economic activity – but none of it is positive," Mr. Hirsch said. "You have to look beyond the GDP numbers. Alberta certainly won't be better off for this."
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Koch Tallies First Mazda MX-5 Cup Win in Round One at Sebring
Rookie Kenton Koch, of Glendora, Calif., started his bid for the 2014 SCCA Pro Racing Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by BFGoodrich Tires Championship on the right foot, winning Round One at Sebring International Raceway as part of the 62nd Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh from Florida. John Dean, of Sebring, Fla., finished second, followed by Sebastian Landy, of Great Falls, Va., in third.
Driving the No. 12 ALARA Racing/Mazda Motorsports Development MX-5, Koch was scored as the leader only once during the race that average 77.919 mph around the 17-turn, 3.74-mile permanent airport course. However, it happened to be the most important lap, the last one.
Koch spent the entire 16-lap race in the lead group of cars, but spent most of his time in second trying to force then-leader Dean into a mistake. All the while, Koch was holding off challenges from Landy in third.
Koch had to wait until the last turn of the last lap to make his move for the lead. On the approach to Turn 17, Koch was able to take the inside line. Driving through the dirty, unused part of the inside of the turn, Koch was able to hang on and win the drag race to the line.
The marks the second year that a last-lap, last-corner pass was the decisive move of a Mazda MX-5 Cup race at Sebring. Last year, Elliott Skeer took a win over Christian Szymczak year in much the same fashion.
âI didnât think I had anything for Dean Copeland and John Dean when they were up front,â Koch said. âIf the opportunity arose I would have taken advantage, but then Copeland dropped out allowing me to get back up to Dean.
âWithout a drafting partner I was able to get to Deanâs rear bumper, but he was getting out of the corners really well. I was having some problems getting the power down coming out of Turn 16. I was working to improve that the whole race. When it came down to crunch time, I was able to get a good run off 16 headed into Turn 17 on the last lap.
âI was surprised how emotional it was to win that race. I could feel the tears in my eyes after crossing the line. Itâs a long season, but this is a great way to start the year.â
Throughout the race, Dean did everything he could have done to bring home the win. Starting from the pole in his No. 16 Projections Research/PPG MX-5, Dean led the first two laps. Dean Copeland then took a turn at the front on lap three, until Dean reclaimed the lead one lap later. Two laps later, Copeland was back in the lead for two laps before his clutch gave out. Dean reclaimed the point and held it until lap 16.
âIt was really close at the line,â Dean said. âI would have liked to have been the one to win the race, but we had a really good run. The car worked pretty well. I may have missed on a setting, but it worked well.
âI couldnât break away from the field, and after two laps I stopped even trying to drive away from the pack. I just tried to keep the tires under me and ran a bit defensively so I could lead the most laps. Itâs important to do that for championship points, but itâs just tough leading the last lap until the last corner and not getting the win.
âTurn 17 is so tough to defend, because if you do too much you run the risk of dropping back to third. [Koch] got a good run out of Turn 16 and was just able to squeeze by. I was hoping to try and hold the position around the outside, but both cars were just dancing through the corner. It got a bit risky, so I breathed the throttle to keep the car in second.â
Landy recorded his best career finish in the series, completing the podium in third. Landy drove his brand new 2014 Excitations.com/Atlanta Motorsports Group MX-5 hard, constantly threatening to get around the leaders if a mistake was made. Landy also successfully defended his position after battling with Ara Malkhassian for the final podium position.
âMy progression from last year to this year has taken a lot of hard work, both from me and the standpoint of the car,â Landy said. âThe Atlanta Motorsports Group crew has done a wonderful job working on, and prepping, the car. You couldnât ask for a better car at this racetrack.
âIt takes a special finesse to get the most out of these cars, which is different from a lot of other cars. Third is a great way to start the year.â
In the No. 11 ALARA Racing MX-5, Malkhassian made sure it wasnât just a young manâs game at the front. He showed the mistake-free, quick pace commensurate with his experience in the series. He made sure young Landy earned his third-place finish.
Rookie Lucas Catania also made a good showing in his maiden race, finishing fifth in this Mazda MX-5 Cup field. Driving his No. 17 Atlanta Motorsports Group/N.Y. Spine & Wellness/SOS MX-5, Catania was the second Atlanta Motorsports Group-supported car in the top five.
In the Skip Barber MAZDASPEED Pro Challenge class, Drake Kemper, of Toluca Lake, Calif., notched his second career win in the class. Driving the No. 99 Royal Rugby SBMX-5, Kemper kept his nose clean, taking advantage of then-leader Robby Foley getting tangled up with another car.
âI didnât qualify as well as I would have liked,â Kemper said. âThe car just didnât feel great. In the race, I had an awesome start and got into second by the end of lap two. Robby [Foley] and I battled until the double yellow came out, which hurt me and helped him.
âWe kept running together after the restart until he [Foley], was taken out by some other cars. Entering Turn 7, he was hit by a couple cars that got on the brakes too late to make the corner.â
Bryan Hixon, of San Antonio, Texas, drove the No. 63 Blackmore Partners/xBorder Foods & Wine SBMX-5 to a second-place finish, followed by Johan Schwartz, of Charlotte, N.C., in the No. 98 Promatex/Pipefish/Instrumart SBMX-5.
Round Two of the SCCA Pro Racing Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by BFGoodrich Tires is set to start at 7:45 a.m. (EDT), on Friday.
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Results from Friday's 16-lap, 59.2-mile SCCA Pro Racing Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by BFGoodrich Tires Round One race, part of 62nd Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh from Florida at Sebring International Raceway, with finishing position, class, starting position in parentheses, driver, hometown, car, purse, laps and reason out (if any).
1. MX, (2), Kenton Koch(R), Glendora, Calif., MX-5, $3750, 16.
2. MX, (1), John Dean II, Sebring, Fla., MX-5, $2750, 16, -.053.
3. MX, (4), Sebastian Landy, Great Falls, Va., MX-5, $2250, 16, -.221.
4. MX, (8), Ara Malkhassian, Houston, Texas, MX-5, $2000, 16, -.756.
5. MX, (13), Lucas Catania(R), Cazenovia, N.Y., MX-5, $1750, 16, -2.404.
6. MX, (9), Joey Bickers(R), Moorpark, Calif., MX-5, $1650, 16, -2.994.
7. MX, (7), Timothy Reger(R), Houston, Texas, MX-5, $1550, 16, -3.152.
8. MX, (12), Dillon Machavern(R), Charlotte, Vt., MX-5, $1450, 16, -11.102.
9. MX, (10), Daniel Bender, Glencoe, Ill., MX-5, $1350, 16, -11.248.
10. MX, (14), Patrick Gallagher, Thornville, Ohio, MX-5, $1250, 16, -11.255.
11. MX, (11), Devin Jones(R), Mooresville, N.C., MX-5, 16, -11.767.
12. MX, (16), Timothy Paul(R), Mahopac, N.Y., MX-5, 16, -15.491.
13. MX, (6), Andrew Charbonneau, Delray Beach, Fla., MX-5, 16, -17.937.
14. MX, (3), Nathanial Sparks, Spanish Fort, Ala., MX-5, 16, -21.410.
15. MX, (22), Brent Mosing, Lafayette, La., MX-5, 16, -23.768.
16. MX, (21), Beth Chryst, Herndon, Va., MX-5, 16, -24.267.
17. MX, (24), Spencer Patterson(R), Pittsburgh, Pa., MX-5, 16, -33.135.
18. MX, (23), Joseph Catania(R), Cazenovia, N.Y., MX-5, 16, -34.850.
19. MX, (25), Charles Paquin, Ottawa, Ontario, MX-5, 16, -35.434.
20. MX, (20), Christian Tetzlaff, Athens, Ga., MX-5, 16, -41.056.
21. MX, (15), Tim Probert, Houston, Texas, MX-5, 14, Mech.
22. MX, (17), Ethan Low(R), Clearwater, Fla., MX-5, 14, -2 laps.
23. MX, (18), Chris Haldeman(R), Princeton, Texas, MX-5, 11, Mech.
24. MX, (26), Jason Cherry(R), Gambrills, Md., MX-5, 8, Crash.
25. MX, (5), Dean Copeland, Bowie, Md., MX-5, 7, Mech.
26. MX, (19), Mike Cooper, Syossett, N.Y., MX-5, 0, -16 laps.
1. SBMX, (30), Drake Kemper, Toluca Lake, Calif., SB MX-5, 16, -24.062.
2. SBMX, (27), Bryan Hixon, San Antonio, Texas, SB MX-5, 16, -24.991.
3. SBMX, (28), Johan Schwartz, Charlotte, N.C., SB MX-5, 16, -25.005.
4. SBMX, (29), Robby Foley, Randolph, N.J., SB MX-5, 16, -33.695.
5. SBMX, (33), Sarah Montgomery, Lafayette, La., SB MX-5, 16, -34.024.
6. SBMX, (32), Zach Lee, San Antonio, Texas, SB MX-5, 16, -34.201.
7. SBMX, (31), Ben Albano, Greenwich, Conn., SB MX-5, 16, -34.604.
8. SBMX, (36), Chris Beaufait, Freeland, Wash., SB MX-5, 16, -41.425.
9. SBMX, (34), Felix Borodaty, Short Hills, N.J., SB MX-5, 16, -42.015.
10. SBMX, (35), Pat Daly, New York, N.Y., SB MX-5, 15, -1 lap.
Time of race: 45 minutes, 35.133 seconds.
Average speed: 77.919 mph
Margin of victory: 0.053 Seconds
Lap leaders: Laps 1-2, #16 John Dean II; laps 3-3, #7 Dean Copeland; laps 4-4, #16 John Dean II; laps 5-6, #7 Dean Copeland; laps 7-15, #16 John Dean II; laps 16-16, #12 Kenton Koch(R)
Fastest race lap: #29 Joey Bickers(R), 2:30.025 (88.785 mph)
Fastest qualifier: #16 John Dean_II, 2:30.612 (88.439 mph)
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There is more to happiness than simply being told we're happy
In the dystopian 1921 novel We, Russian novelist Yevgeny Zamyatin paints a picture of a society where everyone must be happy. In that perfect world, people practise self-hypnosis by telling themselves: 'I am so happy ... so happy.'
And if some don't want to be happy, it's the government's duty to force happiness upon them.
Today, this situation can be likened to that of mainland authorities never relenting in telling citizens how blissful their lives are.
A survey released last week, conducted by China Central Television and the National Bureau of Statistics, named 20 cities as the 'happiest in China'.
Topping the list was Lhasa , Tibet . What wasn't mentioned is that a series of riots, protests and demonstrations occurred in the region just a few years ago.
The survey also said that of the nation's 1.3 billion people, only about 13 per cent are unhappy or extremely unhappy, eerily close to the 'perfect' world that Zamyatin imagined.
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'Why don't I feel happy in a happy city? Maybe I'm comfortably numb,' one comment on Sohu.com said about the survey.
The survey findings are in stark contrast to the results of a poll conducted by Gallup, an international consulting firm based in Washington. Caixin reported on Monday that the Gallup poll indicated that only 18 per cent of mainlanders felt happy.
Local governments also love to share their happy stories through party mouthpieces.
The Beijing Evening News reported last Tuesday that a new 'happy family' competition had been launched in the capital, and families could enter by sharing their cheerful pictures and love stories. The top prize is a free trip to Europe.
The Ningxia Daily in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region said people there felt much safer nowadays and were therefore happier. 'I could leave my bicycle unlocked on the street for days and no one would steal it,' the paper quoted a local resident as saying.
Both the Xinjiang Daily and the Bandao Morning Post in Dalian ran a story last week boasting that their local officials were working hard to please their people. 'Making all citizens happy is important in a harmonious society,' the Dalian paper said in an editorial.
That conclusion is correct, but a 'happy China' is more like a painful national joke. Check mainland media headlines daily and you might become depressed rather than cheerful.
Last Monday, China Daily reported that a former deputy district head in Shanghai had accepted bribes of more than 15 million yuan (HK$18.4 million) over the past eight years. On Tuesday, the China Securities Journal revealed that a publicly listed pharmaceutical company in Shanghai had been using toxic drug capsules.
And on Wednesday, the Yangcheng Evening News said some factories in Guangdong were using bleach to make candied fruit look more appealing. A local factory owner, speaking to an undercover reporter, said he would never eat the snacks he makes.
The next day, media reported that the manufacturing process of a well-known brand of instant dumplings in Zhengzhou , Henan , didn't meet safety standards, according to local industrial and commerce officials.
The people affected by these scandals are obviously not happy, as they have been stripped of their sense of security and dignity.
Migrant workers are also unhappy. Research conducted by Renmin University of China and released last week showed that nearly 70 per cent of migrant workers believed they were living at the bottom of society.
'I don't know where the happiness is,' a migrant told the 21st Century Business Herald, 'but I know there is some distance between me and happiness.'
China's modernisation has transformed millions of lives in countless ways. Thirty years ago, having basic supplies was all that mattered, and people were happy if they could live modestly. But Chinese today have different dreams, such as being part of a society with equal opportunities and social justice. Instead of telling people what happiness is, the government needs to face these new challenges before many lose hope of ever achieving real happiness.
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Girl Talk: Taking A Pregnancy Test At 36
The first time I bought a pregnancy test I was 17. I'd gotten my period but was so new at the whole sex thing, not to mention paranoid, that I wanted to be sure. We hadn't used condoms, but instead a small, see-through film that hardly seemed like it was going to do its job. I used it anyway because I was 17, and he was hot, not to mention 31, so I figured he knew what he was talking about. I wasn't pregnant, but taking that test set the tone for every other pregnancy test I've taken, including one last weekend.
The biggest difference for me between taking a pregnancy test at 17 and 36 wasn't so much the technology as the fact that I'm in a vastly different place than I was then. I know more about sex, relationships and myself, and while at 17, I was pretty sure I would get an abortion if a test were positive, now I'm almost certain I wouldn't. I was scared, but not as scared as I'd been at 17. Another difference is that at the moment, I don't have health insurance—bad, I know, and after this scare I'm joining the Freelancer's Union and getting health insurance ASAP.
I'm less paranoid, but since my period has always been extremely regular, when I got it early while traveling, then was spotting for two weeks, then seemed to get it again, I was concerned. I'd also had a headache off and on, though mostly on, for two weeks and, while I don't weigh myself, could tell I'd gained weight. Granted, I was attending the Minnesota State Fair and eating things like deep fried Reese's peanut butter cups and deep fried breaded pepperoni and cheese on a stick, but still; when the inkling that I might need to take a pregnancy test takes hold, it's strong.
I went to CVS and was grateful that at least there weren't too many options; I have enough trouble selecting a brand of shampoo or aspirin without spiraling into buyer's remorse and wondering if I couldn't have found a "better" brand. I opted for e.p.t., since its display would write it out in words I couldn't misinterpret: "pregnant" or "not pregnant." The store brand offered the same option, but while I'm sure it's much like off-brand foods and the exact same product is inside, I couldn't take the chance that maybe the name brand was superior. I was so distracted by my worries that I didn't even use the peel off coupon attached to the box.
I was staying at my boyfriend's at the time, but decided not to tell him about the test before I took it; whatever the results, I could tell him afterward. The directions sounded straightforward; pee on a stick for five seconds. I did, but then kept peeing for two more seconds, since I was peeing anyway. What could it hurt? Well, I don't know if that was the culprit, but I set the test on top of the bathroom sink, a flat surface, and waited the requisite three minutes. And kept waiting. The image on the screen was a book with an arrow, their way of telling me the test was being "read." After five, then six, then seven minutes, I dug out the instructions, which I hadn't bothered to look at beforehand. They told me that if the test is stuck on the book, it means something has gone wrong and to try again. Thankfully, I'd bought a two-pack.
I decided to take a break, but was even more frazzled than before, my headache pounding and worry rising to the surface. I went downstairs and lay down on the couch with my boyfriend, and couldn't keep all of it inside anymore. I told him the whole saga, and cried, and he just held me in his arms. A few minutes later, I tried again, and before I even opened the second test's package, I felt better knowing that he was there for me no matter what. This one did only take three minutes to tell me I wasn't pregnant. If I hadn't cried before, I'd have cried tears of relief.
As a testament to just how paranoid I am, when my therapist told me the best time to take a pregnancy test is in the morning, I got another e.p.t. test, this one with plus and minus symbols. The night before I took it, I had a dream that I was in some weird bathroom, not in a home but in a store, taking the test, and it was positive. Thanks, subconscious. I took another one and it confirmed that I'm still not pregnant.
I learned several important lessons from having to deal with this pregnancy scare. One is that I need to start using birth control ASAP. I've been rather cavalier about it with this relationship, resorting to a method I know isn't a long-term, or even short-term, solution: pulling out. I hadn't realized that in the back of my mind, it adds a hint of worry every month, and also isn't ideal for enjoying sex. Two, I need health insurance. Yes, it's a chunk of money that will be challenging to my full-time freelance writer budget, but it will be worth it for the peace of mind even if I don't get what I think of as "sick sick."
Third goes back to the contrast of taking a test now versus then. A few years ago I was at Costco's pharmacy section picking up a prescription with a friend and found their row of pregnancy tests. Some had photos of babies on the boxes, and I was at first extremely confused. Why would you market your product like that? Then I realized that for lots of women taking pregnancy tests, they're doing so because they want it to be positive. Since I'd only ever taken a test with the opposite wish, that had truly never occurred to me. I assumed women trying to get pregnant got tested at their doctors' office. Someday in the not too distant future, I hope that I will be in that category, taking a pregnancy test without fear coursing through me, but hope. I couldn't have imagined that at 17.


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Is Re-Releasing Collections Lazy Or Awesome?
So it would seem that the biggest trend in retailing since the designer collaboration is the re-release. In the past few weeks we've heard of three major brands doing replays of past collections. Target is coming out with a "greatest hits" range from previous Go International lines while Marni and Marc by Marc Jacobs have also announced that they'll be re-creating "vintage" styles. This can sort of be seen as a type of eBay—except the prices aren't any lower. They're maybe even higher. Brand devotees are likely excited to get a chance to purchase what they couldn't get at the time or can't find now … but we have to wonder: Is this new marketing tactic a friendly way to pay respect to label loyalists? Or is it an excuse to be lazy and possibly sell off old stock? Tell us your impressions in the comments below.


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U.S. Consumer Prices Rose 0.3% in August, Core Rate Flat
The cost of living in the U.S. climbed in August for a second month as energy and food prices increased, while other goods and services showed little change.
The consumer-price index rose 0.3 percent for a second month, figures from the Labor Department showed today in Washington. Excluding volatile food and fuel costs, the so- called core rate was unchanged, compared with a projected gain of 0.1 percent, the median forecast in a Bloomberg News survey.
While demand is strong enough to avert an extended and broad-based decline in prices, companies such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Kroger Co. are offering discounted merchandise to attract shoppers. A limited risk of inflation is one reason economists project the Federal Reserve will hold interest rates close to zero until late next year.
"These numbers won't be a surprise to Fed policy makers," said Yelena Shulyatyeva, a U.S. economist at BNP Paribas in New York, who accurately forecast the figures. "They need to worry about unemployment and boosting growth and not worry about inflation."
The forecast gain in consumer prices was based on the median of 77 economists in the Bloomberg survey. Estimates ranged from gains of 0.1 percent to 0.4 percent.
Stock-index futures held earlier gains and Treasury securities rose after the figures. Futures on the Standard & Poor's 500 Index expiring in December rose 0.3 percent to 1,126.3 at 8:44 a.m. in New York. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.71 percent from 2.76 percent late yesterday.
In the 12 months ended in August, prices rose 1.1 percent following a 1.2 percent year-over-year gain the prior month.
The core rate rose 0.9 percent from August 2009. The year- over-year core has increased 0.9 percent each month since April, matching the smallest gain since 1966.
Energy costs increased 2.3 percent from a month earlier, and food costs rose 0.2 percent.
Owners-equivalent rent, one of the categories designed to track rental prices, was unchanged after rising 0.1 percent in July and June. Apparel prices and air fares both declined 0.1 percent in August. The cost of medical care increased 0.2 percent.
The economy is slowing without lapsing into another recession while inflation remains subdued, according to the Beige Book survey by 12 regional Fed banks, which reflected information on or before Aug. 30.
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"Upward price pressures remained quite limited for most categories of final goods and services, despite higher prices for selected commodities such as grains and some industrial materials," policy makers said in the report, released Sept. 8.
The lack of price pressures gives central bankers scope to leave the benchmark interest rate in a range of zero to 0.25 percent, where it's been since December 2008. A Bloomberg survey taken Sept. 1 to Sept. 9 showed economists pushed back the timing of the first rate hike to the fourth quarter of 2011, from the prior three months.
President Barack Obama's approval ratings have slipped as economic growth slowed this year and employment stagnated. Fifty-six percent of voters said they disapproved of his handling of the economy, according to a poll by Quinnipiac University taken Aug. 31 to Sept. 7.
Kroger, the largest U.S. grocery-store chain, reported second-quarter profit that exceeded analysts' estimates. Sales by stores open for at least five quarters jumped 2.7 percent as the Cincinnati-based chain used promotions to compete with Wal- Mart, the world's biggest retailer.
"The competitive environment remains challenging," David Dillon, Kroger's chief executive officer, said on a conference call Sept. 14. "During the quarter, we saw significant and aggressive promotional pricing at several competitors."
The CPI is the broadest of three monthly price gauges from the Labor Department, because it includes goods and services. Almost 60 percent of the CPI covers prices consumers pay for services ranging from medical visits to airline fares and movie tickets.
A Labor Department report yesterday showed the producer- price index increased 0.4 percent, the most in five months and twice the gain in July. The cost of goods imported into the U.S., reported earlier this week, rose 0.6 percent from the prior month.
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PRESIDENT Barack Obama has entered the last days of the US election campaign with the slightest of edges.
As Mr Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney made a dash across key states to Tuesday's finish line, it appeared that after billions of dollars and countless miles the polls that turned around so dramatically for Mr Romney after the first presidential debate, and that slowed early last week, have stalled.
The key states that have become known as Mr Obama's ''midwestern firewall'' are holding, and few people aside from Mr Romney's supporters can confidently find a way through it for Mr Romney to win the 270 electoral college votes he needs to reach the White House.
The Real Clear Politics poll average at the weekend found the Romney campaign lagging in Ohio, Wisconsin and Nevada, states that would not necessarily guarantee Romney victory if he carried them,
but would put Mr Obama over the line if he won there.
And though some find Mr Romney ahead in Florida and Virginia, his margin is much narrower.
''There is just so much consistency in the polls now,'' said Robert Alexander, professor of political science at Ohio Northern University.
Asked if Mr Romney could still win he said, ''It's possible. Anything is possible.''
According to the Real Clear Politics average of national polls, Mr Obama was ahead on Saturday by 0.1 of a percentage point, having trailed by 0.8 as recently as October 29.
Romney campaign sources concede superstorm Sandy halted Mr Romney's momentum by shifting attention on the President, CBS News reported.
Karl Rove, whose two independent organisations vowed to spend $US300 million supporting Republicans in the campaign, confidently predicted a Romney victory in his Wall Street Journal column on Thursday. In an interview with the Washington Post on Saturday he too was arguing the storm had been a disadvantage for Mr Romney.
''If you hadn't had the storm, there would have been more of a chance for the [Mitt] Romney campaign to talk about the deficit, the debt, the economy. There was a stutter in the campaign. When you have attention drawn away to somewhere else, to something else, it is not to his [Romney's] advantage,'' he said.
Far from giving up, Mr Romney has increased the tempo of his campaigning, with events in seven states scheduled between Saturday afternoon and Tuesday.
At rallies on Saturday both Mr Obama and Mr Romney acknowledged the rigours of the campaign. ''You know I'm working hard because my voice is getting a little raspy,'' Mr Obama told a rally in Milwaukee.
''We're almost home. One final push - we're going to be there,'' Mr Romney said. ''Many long days, short nights. We're that close right now. The door to a brighter future is there. It's open for us, it's waiting for us.''
On Friday night Mr Romney and his family attended a rally in Ohio with his running mate Paul Ryan and his family, as well as key supporters including former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani and Senator John McCain, before they fanned out across key battlegrounds.


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Lcab placement help
Hey guys, I'm gettn ready to install my new m3 flcabs with offset. I know your supposed to align the marks on the lollipop and tge bushing. But I got the meistersatz brand and the only marking on the bushing is two "+" side by across from the hole with "05" and "06" under each cross. Then there are three sets of three dots around the cross with the 05 under it.
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The offset goes towards the transmission parallel to the ground (thats how the control arms off my m3 in the garage are)
Are you upgrading any other suspension geometry? You may have a hard time aligning it if you aren't changing the upper strut mounts.
It would depend on what year m3 he has. If its a 95 then it would be the same as what he had. I can't see what year it is on my phone. :lmao:
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Its a 92 325i....
Oh my bad I read that wrong I thought he said he was going to install the offset lcabs on his m3 not m3 lcabs :lmao:
Apparently I can't comprehend what I'm reading on my phone either.
Thanx guys, got them installed. All I had were basic hand tools and a vice so it was a major pita! I had to pretty much destroy the old old ones but the drivers side was down to just one if the rubber connectors lol.
Next up is new sway bar links, they are just barely hanging on. Then my suspension refresh will be done! At 180k miles everything rubber wasn't looking so good.
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Australian, US and other foreign firms paid a secret commission to Saddam Hussein's government to secure contracts under the UN oil-for-food program, Iraqi and occupation officials said.
Iraq demanded a 10 per cent payment from suppliers who paid the kickbacks into Arab bank accounts set up by Saddam's administration.
"All oil-for-food contracts from 1998 included 10 per cent in 'after-sales services', including some with US companies," an official from the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA).
The oil-for-food program was designed to shelter Iraqis from the worst hardships wrought by UN sanctions by providing food, medicines and other goods paid for by oil sales.
The quantities involved were huge, especially food for 27 million Iraqis.
Australia was exporting up to two million tonnes of wheat a year to Iraq before Saddam was toppled.
After the war, the US-led occupation authority reviewed and amended 3,500 unexecuted contracts worth $US8 billion ($A11.68 billion) to remove the surcharge, said the CPA official.
Copies of contracts and UN documents obtained by Reuters show that the Australian Wheat Board agreed after the war to amend a December 14, 2002 contract for up to 525,000 tonnes of wheat. The documents showed the original contract price was 10 per cent higher than the amended price.
Australia's Wheat Board has denied paying any commissions and pledged to cooperate with a UN investigation into possible corruption.
Bankers, officials and suppliers interviewed by Reuters said the system worked as follows: Iraq would add 10 per cent to the agreed price of goods, so a contract to buy $US100 million ($A146.0 million) worth of cars, for example, would be drawn up for $US110 million ($A160.6 million).
The contracts were submitted to a UN committee, and if approved, the United Nations would authorise payment of the money from a UN-controlled account holding Iraqi oil revenues.
Iraq usually required payment of the 10 per cent upon signing the contract and the supplier would deposit the commission in an Arab bank, often in Jordan or Lebanon. The supplier retrieved the money when the United Nations paid the contract value.
The bulk of goods were supplied by Australian, Vietnamese, Thai, Russian, Jordanian and Syrian firms, said an official familiar with the contracts. Saudi firms were also involved, as were US companies although they were minor players, he said.
Under US pressure, the United Nations is conducting an investigation into possible corruption in the program.
The amendment to the Australian wheat contract read: "The United Nations is implementing a price correction at the request of the Coalition Provisional Authority".
The amendment, signed on September 25, 2003 between the Australian Wheat Board and the UN World Food program lists the unit price at 254.88 euros ($A444.55) a tonne compared with the original 280.37 euro s($A489.00).
The total price in the amendment was $US133,812,000 euro ($A195.36 million at present exchange rates) for delivery of up to 525,000 tonnes into Umm Qasr port compared to 147,194,250 euro ($A256.73 million) in the original contract.
The Coalition Provisional Authority contracted the World Food program to manage oil-for-food purchasing after the war.
Iraq's central bank chief economist Mudher Kasim told Reuters the 10 per cent was paid in the few years up to the war on almost every deal conducted under the oil-for-food program, including medicine and wheat.
"The central bank was involved in settling the 10 per cent after sales service," said Kasim, who has continued to work for the central bank since Saddam's fall.
The US General Accounting Office has said Saddam and his cronies raised $US4.4 billion ($A6.42 billion) in illegal revenues by imposing oil surcharges and commissions on suppliers of goods to Iraq under the oil-for-food program.
Billions of dollars worth of goods flowed through the program, established in 1996 and administered by the United Nations in New York through the French bank Paribas.
The scheme was terminated in November, eight months after the US-led invasion, although billions of dollars were left in the balance.


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After being hit on the noggin by a meteorite particle, genial mineralogist Paul Carlson (Chase Cordell) morphs into a testy, million-year-old reptile every time the moon rises. As Carlson struggles to suppress the ancient evil before it can strike again, his rash of slayings attracts the attention of his former teacher "Johnny Longbow" Salinas (Gregorio Sala). Can the twosome stop the horrific transformations before the next moonrise?


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A private garden and park that offers a nice location where you can bring your family in or take in an event.
Located in the Moanalua area of Honolulu, and sandwiched between a school and the freeway, Moanalua Gardens is a sprawling 24 acre privately-owned park, but it is open to the public most days from 9 AM to about an hour before sunset.
Once home to Prince Lot who would later be crowned King Kamehameha V, the land was willed by Princess Pauahi Bishop to Samuel Damon in 1884. The park is now run by the Damon family estate and is a great retreat from the nearby massive condominium neighborhood.
Found on the property are beautiful sculpted natural benches;
The former house of Prince Lot/ King Kamehameha V originally built in 1850's:
A Koi pond:
A taro patch ( In Hawaiian "Kalo")
The park is also famous for housing the Hitachi Tree, the corporate symbol for the Hitachi Corporation of Japan. A monkey pod tree with a distinctive umbrella shape. The company owns the license on the tree til 2016, and much of the park's funding comes from the deal from what I have heard.
Once a year, the park hosts the Prince Lot Hula festival. This event brings Hula Halaus (schools) to compete and show off their talents. I have never gone as the park becomes extremely crowded. I have also known it to host tree climbing contests and a few other festivals.
The park is a great place to let your children run and play or take some pictures. The trees are large and shady. I have taken a blanket and book to waste away a Saturday afternoon. Many local camera clubs come to take pictures at the koi ponds or the stream that runs through the park.
Photos taken with a Diana Pinhole Multi-operator and an Olympus XA with Lomography Redscale.
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Happy Easter weekend, darlings! Do you have plans to celebrate the holiday? The Honey has a four-day weekend, but we've been so busy this month, I'm perfectly happy to play it low-key this year, hunkered down inside for a cozy weekend. It'll be just the two of us celebrating tomorrow morning with a lazy Sunday brunch, and perhaps a jaunt with the pup in the afternoon between Spring rain showers. Wishing you all a lovely weekend!
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- 1/4 cup light cream cheese or créme fraîche
- freshly-ground black pepper
- optional: lemon wedges, fresh dill for garnish
- Toast the bread. Spread the cream cheese onto the toast slices and layer with the salmon. Season lightly with pepper and a squeeze of lemon juice. Serve immediately.


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The Cottonwood Fire Department holds the distinction of having all 12 of its shift firefighters certified paramedics, except that one is still in school.
He will graduate from the program in March. That means that there are four paramedics on the fire engine whenever it goes out — 24/7.
"We are proud to say our existing engine is staffed with all paramedics. I don't know of any other department or district in the state that has that," Chief Mike Casson said. "We feel blessed."
The reason for the high number of paramedics is two-fold. One is that the firefighters want to get the training and certification. The other is the trend for fire departments to perform emergency medical services in their communities more than fighting fires.
"Our services are shifting. With education in the schools and the community, smoke alarms, sprinklers, fire extinguishers and cell phone fires have decreased, but EMS has increased a great deal," EMS coordinator Tim Wills said. He also is a shift captain with the department.
In 2008, about 74 percent to 75 percent of the department's 2,478 calls were for EMS. Some were to assist other Verde Valley departments, but the majority were for Cottonwood.
The number of calls is increasing as well. According to Wills, the Cottonwood department is the busiest in the Verde Valley.
"The community has gotten much larger and is continuing to grow. So far we've been able to keep up with the demand, but we'd really like to put on a second engine, at least at our busiest time," Wills said.
A second engine would be 12 more firefighters. With the number of paramedics on staff, even with a second engine it would mean there would be two paramedics on each engine, each shift.
"It's also an advantage if there are multiple injuries, like when the five cheerleaders were hurt in the Sept. 6, 2007 collision on South Main Street," Casson said.
He is amazed at the caliber of people in the department and their enthusiasm not only for their job, but to keep improving their knowledge and skills.
"We've always encouraged our people to get further education — paramedic or otherwise. It amazes me. The commitment to paramedic is huge. It's about 1,300 hours, including clinicals," Casson said.
The department recognizes that EMS delivery is what firefighters do these days, but they also have the commitment to fight fires when they do happen, Casson said as the tones went out for a house fire in Verde Village Unit 3. The call was for the Verde Valley Fire District, but Wills and his crew got ready to go, if they were called to assist.
Casson was at a state fire training committee meeting in Phoenix recently and said a lot of department chiefs said they were having trouble staffing paramedics.
"This community can be proud. It takes one and a half years to develop a paramedic; we already have them on staff now," he said.
All paramedics are nationally and state certified. For the Cottonwood department, Dr. Todd Lane at Verde Valley Medical Center is their medical director. He helps develop protocols for when the paramedics work in the field or for any questions.
"Our focus is for pre-hospital events and management. We are a bridge to the hospital. Most times, though, we have to work under emergency conditions, and not always under the best of conditions," Wills said.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Wednesday defended a visit by his ministers to a controversial war shrine after protests by China and South Korea, which regard it as a symbol of wartime aggression, a report said.
Beijing and Seoul protested over weekend visits to the Yasukuni shrine by Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso and two other cabinet ministers.
On Tuesday, another 168 Japanese lawmakers visited the shrine in central Tokyo, which honours 2.5 million war dead, including 14 leading war criminals.
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Christians whose spouses stray must forgive -- ultimately -- but that doesn't mean they must stay married, say Utah clergy and counselors who help those in troubled relationships.
This summer's high-profile cases of two political figures -- Nevada Sen. John Ensign and South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, both avowed Christians -- point to the special difficulties infidelity poses for couples who believe marriage to be a sacred covenant.
Ensign's wife, Darlene Ensign, has said she loves her husband and that their marriage has been stronger since his affair with a campaign staffer, which ended about a year ago. Sanford's wife, Jenny Sanford, said she would forgive her husband's infidelity with a woman from Argentina, but that it would be up to him to save their 20-year marriage and regain the trust of his family.
"Forgiveness is always part of what the Christian ought to do," says Mike Gray, senior pastor at Southeast Baptist Church in Cottonwood Heights. "You will develop a spirit of bitterness if you don't forgive."
"Part of being Christian," adds Scott Dodge, a deacon at the Roman Catholic Church's Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, "means forgiving even egregious things that happen to us."
Fast-forwarding to forgiveness » And yet forgiveness -- a goal held by most Christian couples seeking counseling -- can be difficult to understand and achieve, says Julie A. Hanks, a licensed clinical social worker, founder and clinical director of Wasatch Family Therapy in Cottonwood Heights.
Not only does infidelity seem a special affront to couples who pray together or who consider extramarital affairs sinful, but also the mandate to forgive often complicates healing.
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In her practice counseling couples, many of them Mormons, Hanks sees plenty who want to "fast-forward through the pain."
"[They say] if I were closer to Jesus, a more Christlike person, I would be able to forgive right now," Hanks says. "They want to skip from A to C, and B is really the meat of it."
The "B," she adds, is experiencing the full, painful emotions.
Sometimes, the unfaithful spouse, relieved to have the infidelity in the open, does not allow the betrayed party time to grieve.
"The person who has been unfaithful is anxious to be forgiven," Hanks says, "and may even judge the partner for being unforgiving."
She says that while individuals have different understandings of what it means to forgive, her favorite definition is this: ceasing to feel resentment.
"Forgiveness is not a gift to the partner," Hanks says. "Ultimately, it's a gift to yourself to be free of that pain."
Is divorce divinely sanctioned? » David O. Williams, a licensed psychotherapist in Orem, says many of his clients, particularly Latter-day Saints and other Christians who put a premium on self-sacrifice, have trouble deciding when enough is enough.
"Forgiveness," he says, "does not mean I'm going to put up with whatever the other person dishes out."
Williams refers LDS clients to church teachings, scriptures and general conference speeches from Mormon leaders. Central to those messages, he says, is the flip side of self-sacrifice: "God doesn't want doormats."
"I teach them that God wants you to be happy. You have a responsibility to yourself as well as your spouse."
Although their faith may demand they forgive, Christians are not required to stay in marriages damaged by infidelity or other breaches of trust, clergy agree. That's up to each individual. But the consequences differ among faith traditions.
Gray, at Southeast Baptist, says that while he counsels couples that marriages can be healed after infidelity, he never would stand in the way of a spouse for divorcing a philanderer.
He points to Matthew 19:9 to show Jesus allows divorce in such cases. To a betrayed spouse, he would say, "You have every biblical right from the mouth of Jesus Christ to put an end to this marriage without any guilt on your part."
Celestial standard » LDS teaching on divorce is articulated by Elder Dallin H. Oaks, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, in the April 2007 general conference.
Oaks writes that "the Lord does not currently enforce the consequences of the celestial standard" and permits divorced persons to remarry "without the stain of immorality."
Nonetheless, he writes, LDS spouses should do all within their power to preserve their marriages. When that doesn't work, those who are divorced "know the pain and need the healing power and hope that come from the Atonement."
"Whatever the outcome and no matter how difficult your experiences," Oaks writes, "you have the promise that you will not be denied the blessings of eternal family relationships if you love the Lord, keep his commandments and just do the best you can."
While the Catholic Church holds to the scriptural injunction that humans cannot sever marriages made by God (Mark 10:9), it does acknowledge that some couples are better off apart.
That doesn't mean that a Christian is free, in the church's eyes, to remarry. A Catholic who divorces and wants to remarry -- and remain able to take part in sacraments -- must secure a determination from religious leaders that the original marriage was invalid.
Among the factors is the degree to which the partners understood and agreed to the commitment of lifelong faithfulness, says Dodge, the cathedral deacon.
One instance of infidelity likely would not be enough to demonstrate an invalid marriage. But a pattern of infidelity may show the philanderer never fully understood or accepted the commitment, he says, and the marriage could be declared invalid.
Repeated infidelity, Dodge says, "calls the sacramental nature of the marriage into question. Any valid marriage is valid for all time."
"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh." Genesis 2:24 (New International Version)
"Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate." Mark 10:9 (NIV)
"I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery." Matthew 19:9 (NIV)


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I need help! I'm so addicted to games, my life is a disaster, I'm struggling with this and another addiction and I can't possible imagine life without them. Since I was a kid I've gamed, and now I'm 37 with a shell of a life because all I've done is game! I feel like I'm emotionally 18 in this 37 year old body - no relationship - fat - isolated - hardly any connection to the world. I spend time with my family as little as possible so I can game more. Even when I'm working all I do is listen to gaming news.
I feel so empty and sad, this isn't who I wanted to be! Please help me! How can I live without this, I have no idea how to even live or function in the world! I'm in the process of deleting all my games, I'm addicted to all video games, and already my mind is telling me not to do it that I can't live without it.
|Mon Jun 13, 2016 4:27 am
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Welcome and hugs. You are in a world of pain right now. From what I can tell, you have a million "shoulds" in your head, and a gallon of shame for each one. Your addictions are your medicine to survive a life of so much pain, but they don't work anymore.
I could relate so much to your post, especially the past about feeling like a kid in an adult's body. I felt like that too when I quit, especially when all my demons that my gaming kept sedated started really coming out. Meetings were my lifeline in those days. This community saved my life.
You are in the right place. You can do this. You can heal. I'm available on email 000dusty000 at gmail dot com.
|Mon Jun 13, 2016 5:59 am
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It's hard to really face the disaster that life has become right now. But look, you've actually just done that. If you really want to stop wasting your life away, living like an empty vegetable (that's how I felt when I woke up from my gaming and looked at the empty mess my life and body had become), then this is definitely where you can get help.
It's not easy, but your life is absolutely worth fighting for. Whether we quit at 20 or 30 or 40 or 50, the years ahead are the ones that matter. Not the ones we've already wasted.
You're in a really tough place right now, and when we're in a tough place, everything narrows down to this tunnel vision where all we can see is doom and despair. The ONLY comfort is what is familiar right? Gaming. I felt exactly that way when I was terrified about quitting and yet hating what my life had become with gaming.
Imagine you're a baby again, and are wanting to take your first steps. It's scary, but you know what? There's a lot of joy around the corner once you start walking.
Here's what happened to me: I quit. For one day. I did that the next day, and the next, and the next. The years I spent gaming are in the past. What's here right now is this one day that I can choose to actually live. For me, every new day is another chance. It isn't easy, and that's where leaning on CGAA helped me so much.
I hope you find help here too.
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Welcome back, Alan, glad you're speaking up. I was stuck in my compulsive gaming for years, despite honestly trying to get it under control many times. It didn't change for me until I reached out for help. Once I connected to people in this fellowship, I was encouraged to come to meetings and try the suggestions I heard. Those are the best things to do. Please come to meetings and please try out some of the suggestions you hear. Some of those are on this webpage. You're worth it. You're not alone. A new life is possible.
|Mon Jun 13, 2016 3:34 pm
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thanks for the replies, today is day 1 and I almost went back to the games already but I'm moving forward. Getting rid of a bunch of stuff, going back to work in the office starting tomorrow (have been work at home) and committed to getting rid of my PC which there is no way I can have around or I'll be gaming again in no time. Will start hitting meetings too.
I feel scared and don't know how to live but I'm hoping I can learn - will need a lot of help from you folks though.
|Mon Jun 13, 2016 8:08 pm
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Hey, Alan. to the fellowship.
There is no way any of us can do it alone. I didn't have any life outside of the small amount of work I did four years ago when I came to the fellowship. I was lost and gaming away all my time. What helped was coming to meetings (a lot of meetings), connecting with other people in the fellowship in various ways (talking on the phone rather than just saying hi at a meeting), getting a sponsor and trying to practice the program (although it wasn't clear to me that this would be possible for me at first).
Now I have gone back to graduate school to start a new career, I have put some of the wreckage of the past behind me, I have new friends, and have renewed my interest in cooking, gardening and piano, and I'm generally functioning. It's not a perfect life, but it's a life, which is more than I can say for what I had when I found this fellowship.
Glad you are here. See you at the meeting.
You have to go the way the way your blood beats:
If you don't live the only life you have,
You won't live some other life,
You just won't live any life at all.
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|Tue Jun 14, 2016 12:16 am
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Made it another day, two days which seems like nothing I'm sure but it's big for me - and I've gotten rid of literally everything related to gaming in my life. I think that's why it feels like a bigger deal. I'm surprised to feel a little better already. Not great, pretty crappy really, but better than two days ago. I like the mumble meetings even if I can't share much due to working (I can listen with headphones thankfully on my job)
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Two days is huge!! It was much much harder for me to go from zero days to two days than it was to go from one year to two years. Congrats on a great start. It's been good to see you at the meetings. It's fine to share by text if you're not in a place to share by talking. Keep coming back. and put those phone numbers to good use... I know it's hard as hell to dial those numbers the first time, but it gets easier.
|Wed Jun 15, 2016 12:43 pm
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I blew it guys.... I had a week and then I downloaded a stupid little addictive phone game and have been back at it again. I can't believe it.
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Addiction is cunning, baffling, powerful. In the medical definition of addiction, you'll find "relapse" mentioned. That's the crux of it... without help, without consistent treatment of the condition, without going to great lengths to get completely honest with ourselves, we will sooner or later give in to one of the powerful urges to game.
Relapse is useful if we learn from it. Through my relapses, I learned a bunch of things. That I can't have any reservations. That I needed healthy ways to deal with stress and pain. That I needed friendships with other people in recovery. That it's best to 'fess up to other people in the fellowship when the urges and rationalizations to game are hitting me hard. That not starting that first game today must be my highest priority, because all of the most important things in my life are dependent on me being sane and in control of myself.
I suggest looking hard at the lessons of this relapse. If you'd share about them here, that'd be great.
Today is another day. Just one day at a time, doing our best to not start that first game.
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The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) is a large market cap stock with a market cap of 10281.38. It is in the Credit Services industry and sector Financial, with a current P/E of 12.66, a forward P/E of 12.1 and EPS of 1.66. At a stock price of 21.04 (0.33%) it has a dividend yield of 3.05%.
EPS growth for the last five years have been 3.60%, more recently this last year it has grown by 2.10%. The next year growth is going to be about 5.03% and more long-term 7.64% after five years. EPS growth quarter over quarter is 14.50%. Sales growth for the past five years have been 1.10% and sales growth quarter over quarter is -0.60%.
For performance, The Western Union Company the past week has seen a gain of -0.14%. For the last month performance for The Western Union Company is 4.64%. While the last quarter is 10.26% and half year, 21.45%. Finally for the year, performance is 6.45%.
The 52-week high for The Western Union Company, is at -1.77%, and for the 52-week low it comes to a value of 33.57%. The 20-day simple moving average is 6.84% and 12.31% for the 200-day simple moving average.
Volatility for the week is at 0.89%, and for the month it is 1.40%. The Western Union Company, has a target price of 19.57.
In terms of debt, long term debt/equity is 2.46, and for total debt/equity The Western Union Company has 2.46. The gross margin is 40.80%, while operating margin is 20.30%, the profit margin is 15.30%. The current ratio is *TBA and the quick ratio is *TBA.
Insider ownership is at 0.30%, with instituitional ownership at *TBA. The Western Union Company has a payout ratio of 37.80%. With the total shares outstanding coming to 490.29. The shares float is 486.82, with the float short at 12.53%, with short ratio coming to 19.19.
In terms of returns, the return on assets see The Western Union Company, get 8.80%, with its returns on investment at 21.80%. Return on equity is 63.00%. So will the investors see the target price of 19.57, reached soon?
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