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I have a client who prepares PLC accounts in MS Word. I need to file the CT600 (Long) and wondered what the best way to tag the accounts would be. I've heard that HMRC produce a template for company accounts that is already tagged, but will this work for large company accounts?
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" The HMRC accounts template, like the online CT600 (Short) return form, is aimed at small companies and organisations with straightforward affairs - that is those with fewer than 12 directors at any one period of time."
See the following to see if HMRC do not permit use of their software (lots and lots of holes full of exceptions in HMRC's botched together software product):-
If you find that HMRC don't allow use of their online product, then presumably your client being a PLC can afford something at relatively low cost like FTax combined with VT accounts (but obviously first check that these products can cope with a PLC like the one in question).
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One of baseball's great cliches is that you can't have enough pitching. One of the reasons for this is that the pitchers you start out with rarely, as a group, carry the load the entire length of the season. In 2005, the five most-active starters on each team averaged about 136 games initiated. The majority of teams had to come up with at least 20 starts from somebody other than these five pitchers.
Once spring training opens you are going to hear and read a lot about pitchers trying to win the number five slot in the rotation. It's really much ado about nothing since, as we'll see below, the fifth most-active pitcher on major league teams in 2005 averaged just 18.6 starts. That's not fifth starters, that's fifth most-active. After a certain point in the season, a pitcher's placement in the rotation becomes lost in the soup. It doesn't begin to matter again until the playoffs start.
What follows is a breakdown of the activities of the men ranked one-through-six in the number of games started for each team.
At this point, 35 appears to be about the most number of games we can expect from a starter. Given a strict, five-man rotation, the number one man is going to get 33 chances to start. Factor in the practice of going with four men in the early going to take advantage of the increased number of off-days in April and two extra starts is about the most we can expect a number one or two man can get.
I think most of us are under the impression that pitchers used to start more games than they do now. To some extent, that is true, but mostly in comparison to the madness of the early '70s. League leaders in other periods are only about 10 percent higher than those of today. For instance, nobody started more than 38 games from the years 1924 to 1937. From 1947 to 1961, only two pitchers broke 40 (Robin Roberts with 41 in 1953 and Bob Friend with 42 three years later.) Of course, some of this has to do with the 154-game schedule. Where pitchers got in their extra work compared to those of today was on the back end of a game, not the front. While they may have started about the same number of games, they were expected to last longer in them. It wasn't until the '60s that the league leaders regularly reached 40. This was a trend that actually lasted less than 20 years.
Here is the downward progression of the pitchers who've led the majors in games started, non-knuckleball division.
Last non-knuckleballer to start:
Charlie Hough is the last man to start 40 games, something he did in 1987. Phil Niekro began 44 in 1979 and Wilbur Wood had 48 in 1973 and 49 in 1972. They were all knuckleballers, of course. Wood's amazing workload proved to be too much even for a knucklemeister as he was done by the age of 36, a very early retirement for one of his ilk. That Lolich number in 1972 is pretty mind-blowing in that you have to pull in the Federal League--a loop with a dubious big league credential--to find a higher figure anywhere within 60 years. (According to research in The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers, Davenport was a big ol' boy who threw very hard.)
On the lower end, this is the first time in the millennium that no team had its leader come in below 30 starts. Even the Reds managed to find somebody to start 30 games for them, something they did not have the previous two years. These are the clubs who haven't had a 30-game starter since 2001 and their won-loss records:
2004: Cincinnati (76-86)
It's pretty much the kiss of death to go this route but if you don't want it to be, be sure to have Barry Bonds on hand with a 112.6 VORP like the Giants did in 2003.
Second-most active:
Getting two pitchers to 35 starts like the Brewers did in 2005 is pretty rare. (If they can repeat the feat and a revived Ben Sheets shows up for duty, the Brewers might be on to something for '06.) The Diamondbacks had two at 35 in 2004 as did the A's in 2001. The Braves had three in 2000 and in 1996. They had four in 1993 and two in 1992 and three in 1991. The Orioles had two in 1992 as did the A's in 1991. That's just 10 times in the last 15 years mostly by pretty good teams. The exception is the '04 Snakes. Imagine how insanely bad they would have been without Randy Johnson and Brandon Webb starting 70 games, though.
Colorado's drop from first to second is nothing like that of Montreal in 2004 (19 games started) or Kansas City in 2003 (18). Ironically, that was the Royals' best year of the last decade.
Third most-active:
I would have to think that not many teams in history won as many games as the Yankees did piecing together a rotation week in and week out the way they had to. Dropping off to 17 starts from your third most-active starter is a pretty big burden to overcome. Consider that Texas was next-lowest with 20 and then came Colorado with 22. Compare their records with the Yankees for an indication of what New York achieved with such adversity. (Don't compare their lineups, though, because that would take the fun out of it.) Of course, the Yankees brought it upon themselves by relying on the old and the dubious coming out of the gate. In the end, they got only got 111 starts from their five most-active starters, second-worst in the majors.
Fourth most-active:
This list will not surprise you.
Most starts by five most-active starters:
160: St. Louis
It's also not really surprising that the Rangers have turned over their entire starting rotation--though the Chris Young trade was a bit of a surprise. The Rangers got the fewest starts out of their five most-active starters (105) and are to be commended for attacking a very obvious problem.
Four of the top six teams made the playoffs and one of them, Cleveland, should have. Bad pitchers are not long for rotations unless a team can either afford to carry one bad apple, has no other choices or simply doesn't know any better. (For instance, Jose Lima got 32 starts for Kansas City last year.) It would be pretty shocking to see a very bad team trotting out the same five guys for 150-plus starts--just as it was shocking to see the Yankees succeeding in spite of being ranked at the bottom of the heap.
Fifth most-active:
Can the Cardinals pull this off again? 30 or more starts from five pitchers? With Morris gone off to San Francisco, his likely replacements are Anthony Reyes and Sidney Ponson. Reyes is 24 and has yet to have a big workload in the minors or college. This is both good and bad. It's good because it means his arm hasn't been fried, died and laid to the side. It's bad--at least as far as the chances of them having five men start 30 games again--because he might not be ready to take on that kind of load. A revived Ponson can certainly handle the work, quality not withstanding. Of course, the other four have to return to full capacity as well.
Drese had the distinction of being a problematic member of one of baseball's most problematic rotations, getting cut and then picked up to shore up the most problematic back end of another team's rotation. Given his negative VORP with Washington, he didn't really succeed.
Sixth most-active:
Arizona ranked 15th in games started by their five most-active. They jumped into a tie for fifth in games started by the six most-active. The upside of this is that they only had to assign six games to spotters, call-ups, journeymen, road apples and lie-abouts.
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Neil and Joan Koebernick, founded the company together in December of 1974, starting as service station dealers for Union Oil Company of California. The company was first named Dakota Union 76. The name Dakota came from the state where our father was born in, North Dakota.
They always believed in helping the community that supported them and invested back into the community on a regular basis. They hired high school students, supported high school programs to help enrich the students' lives, donated to local charities, and supported several sports programs over the years.
In 1991 they made the move to eliminate gasoline from the business and focus on automotive repair. At that point in time they took on the name of Dakota K Auto Repair and Tire Center. With more focus put on automotive repair, they became leaders in the industry.
Many successes were achieved over the years by always running the business with the highest of standards. In 1996, Dakota K was named a semi-finalist for the Illinois Family Business of the Year. In 1997 and 1998, they won awards from the Chicago land Better Business Bureau and the National Better Business Bureau for Ethics. In subsequent years they won other industry and ethics awards.
In January of 2010, my brother and I purchased the business from our parents and we continue to serve the community by supporting the local high schools, sports organizations, park district programs, local charity groups, and being members of Rotary and Chamber of Commerce. We learned from our parents that by admitting our mistakes, learning from them, and correcting them is of the utmost importance in building and maintaining the trust of our community, suppliers, employees, and most of all our customers. By always maintaining the highest business standards, we hope to see the business continue for many years to come.
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We encourage our customers to specifically explain their vehicle's problems. Like a doctor, we need to hear all the symptoms in order to make an accurate diagnosis. By working together we can help you avoid multiple trips to the repair shop and having to leave your car longer than absolutely necessary.
Occasionally, your vehicle may have a computer-related, intermittent problem. With all the "specifics" it may be possible to find the problem without the vehicle "acting up". If not, we'll ask you to work with us to get it solved and we may ask you to leave your vehicle for more than a day.


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- "Your favourite horticulture monthly."
- —Slogan on the cover.[src]
Hadrian's Wall was a British Muggle monthly horticulture magazine. Mr and Mrs Granger were, apparently, subscribers, as they had at least an issue of this magazine in their sitting room in 1997. It cost £1.75.[1]
That very issue advertised the following content on its cover:[1]
- "With this special summer issue win a stunning garden trug from Rosemary'sGarden.com"
- "Free seed with every new subscription!"
- "Devon Heaven: "My Elysian Fields" - Top Holticulturist Rosemary Ames lets us into her Eden"
- "Foul Play: How to protect your feathered friends from the foxes"
- "Floral Harmony: Healing with nature"
- "Casting Nasturtiums: Discover the perfect climbing partner for your vegetable patch!"
Behind the scenes
- Hadrian's Wall was a defensive fortification in Roman Britain, begun in AD 122, during the rule of emperor Hadrian. The magazine may have also been named after Hadrian Whittle, a British garden designer who has worked with Filmscapes,[2] a company which did landscaping work for the first five Harry Potter films.
- The picture of a basket of squashes and tomatoes featured in the lower left corner of the magazine's cover was also used on a prop seed packet created for the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) (First appearance)
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Top 10 improvements for a future Kindle
Amazon has announced the Kindle DX and it won't even start shipping for a month or two (or three), so now seems like the perfect time to start requesting additional features for the next Kindle, or maybe this will give a legitimate competitor such as Sony some ideas for a device that could slow down the Kindle juggernaught.
1. Folders!!! (and/or tags)
Once a Kindle user has acquired a couple hundred books he will quickly learn the Kindle does an awful job of managing those books. The Kindle only allows sorting by a small number of fields -- Author, Title, and Most Recent -- and navigating to a book you would like to read is done by paging through these sorted lists. Users have been begging for a better system. For example, a folder system, or a system that allows users to add their own tags to a book. Providing both options would be the best of both worlds because folders are quick and easy to manage, but tags are more versatile. Another option is a "Read List" which is analogous to a "Play List" on an iPod. Unfortunately, Amazon has steadfastly refused to add any of these features.
2. ePub support
The ePub standard is far and away superior to Amazon's mobi file format. It is based on the same XML and CSS standards that drive the Internet. This allows far more control over layouts and better designed books than are currently possible on the Kindle. For example, many printed books currently use dropcaps or have text flow around an image (like the illustrations in Alice in Wonderland) but these tasks are not possible on the Kindle because of limitations in the AZW (or mobi) file format used by Amazon. Furthermore, the ePub standard is not only superior, but it is also an open standard that isn't tied in to any manufacturer.
3. Allow access to DRMed content from alternate sources
One reason Amazon may not be supporting the ePub file format is that it could potentially open the Kindle up to eBook content that is purchased from sources other than Amazon. This is currently a difficult process because Amazon has gone out of their way to make doing so nearly impossible. Even loading DRMed content from public libraries is nearly impossible. There are tools to get around this problem, but Amazon has issued Take Down Notices to websites that provide or discuss these tools. The latest Kindle supports PDFs, but it does not support PDFs with DRM (Adobe Content Server 4). This is just further evidence that Amazon is trying to lockout the Kindle from other content providers.
4. Do away with DRM
Even better than allowing access to DRMed content from alternate sources is to do away with DRM altogether. The content placed on an eReader can be very expensive and far beyond the cost of the eReader itself. Consumers are afraid that if they invest in content, and a new eReader with advanced features is introduced, then they will be excluded from the new device because all of their content is locked into their current device. This is probably the #1 thing Amazon's competitors could do to acquire marketshare from Amazon. However, this problem is driven more by publishers than by eReader manufacturers, and convincing publishers to sell their content without DRM may prove difficult as they are afraid of piracy. Nevertheless, publishers don't want to be tied into a single distributor either, especially one that is making in roads into the Publishing business. So, it is in the publisher's best interest to move away from DRM as well.
5. Make it available outside the U.S.
Another one of the biggest complaints about the Kindle is that it is not available outside of the United States. There are two reasons for this situation. This first reason is related to hardware. Amazon use the cellular phone system to transfer files to the Kindle and to allow shopping on the Amazon website through the Kindle. The rest of the world does not use the U.S. cellular phone system, so different hardware and phone carrier agreements would need to be worked out in the various countries in which an eReader was sold. However, the primary reason the Kindle is only available in the U.S. is that the rights to sell ebooks in various countries needs to be negotiated on an individual basis. Just because Amazon has the rights to sell ebooks of Meyer's Twilight series in the U.S. doesn't mean it can sell them in Australia. Negotiating these agreements is a large tasks, but it is also an opportunity for a competitor to take advantage of Amazon's slow pace in moving into these markets.
6. Add an ombudsman (or listen to your customers)
Many large newspapers have a position known as the ombudsman. This person serves as a trusted intermediary between the paper and the public. Amazon has very good customer service, but surprisingly they have done a remarkably poor job of listening to their customers or responding to customer complaints and suggestions. For example, "Why doesn't Amazon provide folder or tag support for the Kindle?" Nobody knows. We can guess, but nobody has any idea if Amazon is working on the issue, plans to address the issue, or if they think their customers are wrong and believe it's not an issue. Amazon needs a much better mechanism for communicating with its customers, and Amazon's competitors should be capitalizing on this failure.
7. Add an SD Card
The Kindle 2 and the Kindle DX both lack support for SD Cards. The Kindle DX comes with 4 Gig and 3.3 Gig is available to the user. This may sound like a huge amount of storage, especially when you consider that ebook files are usually very small, but 3.3 Gig really isn't that large. The Kindle DX also supports PDF files, and some of these PDF files can be composed entirely of images. A PDF copy of the original Principia by Sir Isaac Newton may take up more than 300 Meg all on its own. A dozen files like this an your new Kindle is completely full. Furthermore, the Kindle also supports audio books and MP3 music files. Anyone with a phone that plays music can tell you how quickly 3.3 Gig of space is gone. The Kindle provides the opportunity to hold an entire library in your hands -- every classic ever written, all the major religious books, all the major philosophy books, the entire Encyclopedia Britannica, shelves of books on your favorite interests, shelves of books on interests that might become a favorite, shelves of books that hold no interest. Why place limits on yourself or your eReader?
8. Add a Software API/SDK
The Kindle has the potential to be far more than just a device for reading books. Apple has a wonderful Apple store where customers can purchase all kinds of different apps for their phone. They can buy different skins, or games, or utilities, or even use it to read books. The thing that has made this possible is that Apple has allowed independent developers to write applications for the iPhone by providing them with a software API or SDK. Amazon could provide something similar for the Kindle, and independent developers could quickly provide features such as folders, tags, and read/playlist. They could add a two column mode (or multi-column mode) for displaying documents. Calendars, Contact Lists, Games, and a whole host of new apps would quickly be developed. The next time Jeff Bezos visits his doctor he may see him with a Kindle in hand reviewing his medical chart, and then using it to schedule a follow up visit. Applications not even contemplated yet could make the Kindle the next must have piece of technology.
9. Open up the hardware
Don't just open up the software -- open up the hardware as well. Allow users to add devices such a USB keyboard, thumb drive, WiFi, printer, or scanner. The battery should also be accessible and replaceable by the user. NOTE: There are cell phones on the market with SD Cards and replaceable batteries, and they are just as thin as the Kindle 2 and Kindle DX, so excuses that the Kindle is too thin to support access to the battery or inclusion of an SD Card are flimsy at best.
10. Color Screen with superfast refresh rates
There isn't any technological barriers to accomplishing the prior 9 items, but this 10th item does require advancements in the current state of technology. However, imagine a device the size of the Kindle DX with the improvements described in the prior 9 items and that also includes a color display, touch screen, superfast refresh rates, and that is connected to the internet. Essentially, this is a super portable eInk 'netbook'. You can read books, magazines, and documents; you can browse the web; you can listen to music; you can play games; or whatever... all with the benefits of a small form factor, wicked long battery life, and easy on the eyes display.
11. More robust PDF support
The Kindle DX finally adds PDF support and Amazon has licensed the Adobe Reader Mobile 9 SDK. Unfortunately, they have not implemented all the capabilities of this technology. Adobe Content Server 4, which allows PDFs with DRM is not implemented. The ePub standard within the Adobe Reader Mobile technology is not implemented. The reflowable PDF standard is not implemented, and even more basic functionality may not be implemented. This includes the ability to annotate PDFs and to search the text of PDFs (maybe with text based PDFs this is possible -- we'll have to wait and see). The support of PDFs also means that is possible to have a large number of PDFs on a device. For example, a physician's office with PDFs of all of his patients charts. This would then require a means to manage this large number of documents -- such as a PDF filing cabinet.
12. Improve the Kindle Store
The Kindle Store can also be improved and tied into the Kindle better. For example, users should be able to use their Kindle to request a book that is not yet available in a Kindle version. Furthermore, the user should have the option to be notified by Amazon as soon as the book does become available. Amazon could also provide a top 100 requested books list to make it easy for other individuals to request these books as well (in other words put pressure on the publishers). Another improvement would be to sell books in bundles. The Kindle allows you to carry a library in your hand, but at $9.99 a piece this library would be very expensive. Amazon could bundle all the works of an author and sell them for a single price. For example, let's say there are 100 Agatha Christie novels. At $5 a piece (what they are selling for now) would be $500, but if Amazon offered the entire collection for $100 they would have happier customers and very likely generate more revenue (as people who would have bought her top 3 or 4 books will now buy them all). Another example, would be to sell a collection of sci-fi books, or mystery books, or whatever. The customer gets 50 books for $2 a piece (i.e. $100) in this collection and let's say 20% of the books are from well known authors and the rest are not so well known. This would help the customer build his library and also help Amazon and the publishers promote lesser known or up and coming new authors.
Now head on over to the corresponding poll (How should Amazon improve the next Kindle?) and vote for the top 3 features you want to see implemented.
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You have a good point there slow_hand. I suppose I could have used a better analogy. Maybe I should have said Press Secretary, like we have for the U.S. Presidency where an individual answers questions by the Press on a daily basis. Or maybe you have an even better idea to convey the point that a company should listen to its customers.
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excellent suggestions, daithi. i hope there are some ebook manufacturers out there who are listening. any device featuring all these improvements would be a killer for sure.
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Excellent suggestions. Sony, are you listening?
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Indeed, 3.3 gigs is not large enough. When I first got my PRS-700, I thought why not just get a 4GB SD card because that would be more than enough. Well, some weeks later, I find out that as I'm organising my library, the entire 4GB card is not enough space. I like to carry my entire library with me on the PRS-700 so I bought a 16GB SD card, the highest capacity the PRS-700 can handle, an right now have 11GB left. I'm still organising my library so have probably another 2GB work of material.
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One other important need is for foreign language dictionaries. Books in French, German, and Spanish are readily available on sites like MobileRead or feedbooks. I'd love to be able to read say Balzac in the original with the help of a French-English dictionary. The current Kindle software already provides a capability to switch dictionaries, but Amazon doesn't yet have any such dictionaries for sale.
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i'd love to see dictionary support (with multiple dictionaries possible) as a standard feature on all devices.
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- Why a Whispernet esquivalent should be mandatory? People can always use Amazon's website to buy & download ebooks, just like we already do with the pBooks.
- If I can import a book from any amazon store (usa, uk, fr...), then why shouldn't I be able to buy the ebooks as well?
My guess would be: they can't produce enough hardware for their US costumers, so they just don't spread even thinner by making it available internationaly.
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you forgot 'color'
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1. Folders: Calibre already allows tags to be added to the EXIF headers. A book can have more than one tag. Folders are more desirable than nothing but less desirable than tags.
3. Allow content...: Why just DRMed content. We already have access to more books outside the Kindle store than inside it. The Kindle reads non-DRM Mobi, PRC, TXT as well as AZW protected or not.
4. No DRM: I already avoid many DRM books. They have less value than non-DRM so I am willing to spend less on them. A book for $10 that I am renting is not acceptable. A book that I own for $10 is acceptable. DRM is good for about $5, which is all I am willing to gamble on my keeping it.
7. Add SD Card: My Palm Pilot has an SD card slot. Unless the mechanism to read that card is way bigger than the card itself, it looks like it would hold two slots, stacked.
10. Superfast color: This technology uses power only when turning pages (or changing pixels) so I would expect video to be a real power hungry application. I am not interested in playing Myst on my Kindle or any other game that requires a fast screen.
13: Touch screen: Considering that most of my touch screens have failed areas, rendering the device not useable in some areas, I prefer the mechanical buttons for input. I find a touch screen very frustrating, so bad that I even use an external mouse with my laptop that has a pad.
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about the SD card, a micro SD card would stand nice on a DX
I agree with above about touchscreens.
They are very nice, but nothing beats buttons!
The touchscreen is good for annotations or a virtual keyboard.
Basic buttons that are much used like 'menu', 'enter', 'next/prev page', 'power', and perhaps a couple of function and direction keys would do great! (eg: volume buttons for mp3, a button for search/dictionary/bookmarks).
The meaning is to be able to be able to use the device even if the touchscreen wears out and fails; much like it was possible to operate the Windows operating system by just the keyboard, in case the mouse failed (or mousedriver was not loaded)
And I would get rid of the keyboard altogether and use a software matic keyboard with a pen and the touchscreen.
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I for instance was not able to order amplifiers, radios, some extremely rare cd's, and ebooks from USA through amazon without a valid USA VISA or credit card.
I have a valid visa card, and European Mastercard, but could not buy from Amazon with it those things.
On another occasion I bought a notebook from a dealer in USA just fine (hassle free) over Amazon.
So some things Amazon tells you you can not order the items.
Amazon and paypal sometimes set restrictions.
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Note: updated to better reflect how the Techstars equity back guarantee program works.
Techstars now offers startups going through their program an equity back guarantee. Essentially, companies still give up equity but can negotiate it down afterwards if they were dissatisfied with their Techstars experience (as reported by Dan Primack). Is this the beginning of freemium AaaS (Accelerator-as-a-Service)?
We chatted with a few folks in the investment ecosystem about this in the AM. Here's some common questions or comments:
- This is proof of the accelerator power law. In other words, there is Y Combinator and everyone else.
- This seems desperate. Or perhaps TS is just making more money from the franchise model (running accelerators for corporations)?
- Is this just a sign that there is too much money chasing too few opportunities?
- Is this going to force lesser accelerators to follow suit?
- This is entrepreneur-friendly being taken to foolish extremes.
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When the decision was made to make the book into a trilogy, Freeman says, "At first, I must say, I was like, 'Why?' [but then] You kind of think, 'I've already put this much of my life into two movies. What am I going to do now – not put it into three?' In for a penny, in for a pound."
According to EW, Jackson says (about his decision) "that, with the addition of some 120 pages of additional material Tolkien wrote in the appendices to The Lord of the Rings elaborating on the story of The Hobbit, he has made the right call. "A lot of the questions I'm being asked are perfectly understandable," he says. "But I'm confident that when the first movie comes out, people will understand. The Hobbit is a faster-paced film than the Lord of the Rings films. It has more adventure, more action. When people see the first film, those questions will go away."
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I don't care for Peter but last night my eyes were opened to Sarah's constant moaning and groaning over Peter. He doesn't do it about her.
I don't care for Peter but last night my eyes were opened to Sarah's constant moaning and groaning over Peter. He doesn't do it about her.
Peter is such a jerk. Sarah is obviously trying and he just yells at her to run faster. It's not like she's lollygagging. And, last night, when he was sitting smugly at the bus stop eating his chips....ugh. He doesn't have rational conversations. He's either/or. He tells Sarah that he's Mr Competitive. And when she asks him to tone it down a bit instead of thinking about it, and maybe shifting down one level or even - gasp - still being competitive but realizing his partner's limitations, no, he says fine, he won't even try to win. Ugh. So annoying. I'm not even that fond of Sarah, but she definitely has it all over Peter.
If you type "google" into google you can break the internet.
What kills me is the jerk keeps running ahead of her when there are numerous opportunities for him to help her over obstacles. This would help her keep up, but he's got his head too far up his own rear to realize or care. Don't get me wrong, they both make me want to scream (and I have been known to do just that)!! They take annoying to a new level. He's just not a nice person. He's the extreme in arrogance!
I'm so afraid this team is going to win and that will just reinforce Peters (and Sarah's) behavior as appropriate since the ends justified the means.
Yeah ,that is what boils my blood! He acts as if helping her even a tiny bit is too much for his ego. Maybe she has regected his help in the past...making him not want to even try anymore?Originally Posted by NCLurker;2104103;
I am not afraid of dying....I just don't want to be there when it happens!
He is a bit of a jerk and, I think, more impressed with himself than anyone else is. I find him very annoying.
"...each affects the other, and the other affects the next, and the world is full of stories, but the stories are all one." - Mitch Albom, one helluva writer.
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Maybe helping her is too much for HER ego?Originally Posted by waypast40;2104186;
sooner or later saras leg will become a liability, i just cant see them keeping a lead on everyone else with her continually hobbling behind peter, the other teams got behind them because of mistakes, and this team just seems to bicker more and more each episode, adding to the chances that they wont make it to the final 3.
I think Peter sees a physically different partner as a reflection on him somehow. I think he will blame Sarah if they don't win the competition, which is ridiculous as she tries 10 times harder than he does. What I dislike most is his double standard. He chatters at her non stop while she's already trying her best...but she's not allowed to say anything to him. He derides her 'attitude' which has never been anything but positive, mocks her by saying she should use her handicapped placard, or by putting out his hat while making her hop on one foot (in China); but then the minute he hits a bump he wants to quit (the fishing baskets).
His smugness when she cries bugs me a lot also. I mean, he's not smart enough to figure out he's only hurting himself if he hurts his partner in this race? He'd rather act like Sarah isn't there, and go flirt with the beauty queen twins. OH, and I hated when those three laughed about Mary also... Yuck.
I think it's the smugness that gets me most. When she tries to talk to him about his actions, he won't even look at her. He just smirks in the general direction of the camera. Makes me want to wipe that smirk off his face.
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Triparty collateral management services (TCMS) allow institutions to manage their collateral assets in an efficient manner via a "triparty agent" (TPA), which acts on behalf of the collateral giver and collateral taker. In a Eurosystem context, Eurosystem counterparties serve as collateral givers and Eurosystem national central banks (NCBs) as collateral takers.
The correspondent central banking model (CCBM) provides a basis for the cross-border use of TCMS, whereby the NCB of a market where TCMS are being offered for cross-border Eurosystem use acts as correspondent central bank (CCB) for NCBs in other countries with local counterparties wishing to take advantage of such services on a cross-border basis. The following TCMS providers may be used by Eurosystem counterparties on a cross-border basis via the CCBM when mobilising marketable assets in Eurosystem credit operations:
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WASHINGTON -- The Senate approved a bill to give the government broad new powers to regulate the tobacco industry, including the ability to eliminate harmful ingredients in tobacco products and forbid advertising that appeals to children, reported the Associated Press.
The measure empowering the Food and Drug Administration to oversee the sale, marketing and manufacturing of cigarettes was linked on the Senate floor Thursday to a $12 billion buyout of tobacco farmers.
An unlikely coalition of anti-smoking advocates and tobacco-state senators pushed to secure the 78-15 vote to add the twin measures to a massive corporate tax bill that the Senate then passed on a voice vote and sent to a House-Senate conference committee.
The House-passed tax bill includes a plan to pay tobacco farmers to leave the federal tobacco-growing system but does not give FDA any new powers. Health groups hailed the Senate action.
"This is the first time that any body of Congress has ever passed a bill giving the FDA authority over tobacco," said Matthew Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. "The fact that tobacco state members supported its passage could represent a sea change in attitudes if they continue to support it in conference."
Under the proposal, health warnings on cigarette packs would be made larger and would more explicitly state the dangers associated with smoking.
The FDA could not ban cigarettes. It also could not eliminate nicotine, though it could call for major reductions in the amount of the addictive substance found in tobacco products. The agency could order the removal of other harmful ingredients.
Sen. Mike DeWine, R-Ohio, who crafted the FDA measure with Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., said the public would for the first time get details about what's in tobacco products. Under current law, there are very limited disclosure requirements placed on tobacco companies.
"Current law makes sure we know what's in products designed to help people quit smoking, like the patch or Nicorette gum, but not the very products that get people addicted in the first place to cigarettes themselves," DeWine said.
Marketing terms such as "light" and "ultra-light" would be prohibited unless the FDA approved them. Studies have shown those cigarettes haven't reduced health risks faced by smokers.
Philip Morris USA is the only major tobacco company to support FDA regulation of cigarettes. Company executives say it could better communicate with customers about new, safer products in a regulated environment with clear, uniform rules.


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Jenna Fischer, who stars in "The Office' looked very beautiful in blue while hitting the red carpet for the premiere of her new movie 'A Little Help' on July 14th. I turns out the 37-year-old actress may have been hiding more than that bump under her dress! "I've been really … [Read more...]
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Kristen Stewart, the 21-year-old who plays Bella Swan in the Twilight series, recently revealed at Comic-Con that in the new Twilight, her role as a pregnant teen was the 'most real'. Since most of the movie consists of vampires and werewolves, the pregnancy is most likely the … [Read more...]
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Ryan Gosling a Little Pouty in His Pretty Plaid Pea Coat
Ryan Gosling got into the festive — or lumberjack — spirit out to lunch with a friend in LA yesterday. Earlier this week we had a moment of nostalgia for Ryan and Rachel, but the two are working on their separate projects these days. The Canadian actor and budding musician is apparently hard at work recording an album with his band in California and I bet he doesn't get too many opportunities to wear that coat in his current location. Thanks to the unusually yucky week on the West Coast, maybe Ryan feels a little more like he's at home this holiday season.


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We are committed to operating in a responsible manner, incorporating the principles of sustainable development in the way we provide our travellers with real life experiences. We believe that responsible travel is about the attitude you take with you and the choices you make when travelling - to respect and benefit local people, their cultures, economy and the environment. For example on trips like this one through Vietnam where dress standards are conservative, particularly outside of the major cities, we recommend our travellers (both female and male) wear loose, lightweight clothing so as not to offend, particularly when visiting religious sites.
This comprehensive trip from southern to northern Vietnam has been designed to pass through the country as considerately as possible, while maximising the experience of our group. We use local transport where ever possible, from overnight sleeper trains to locally owned river boats on the Mekong Delta, public buses to ferries. Throughout, we stay in small, locally owned hotels reflective of the local flavour, while a night at a homestay in the Mekong Delta is basic but not to be missed. Our visits and other like them are a vital source of income for our hosts.
All produce used throughout the trip is sourced locally en route. We eat at local restaurants, sample street food from local vendors and encourage our travellers to only purchase souvenirs from local artisans. We visit some fantastic traditional markets on this itinerary so the opportunities to support local craftsmen are plentiful. We even recruit our on the ground team (including the group leader) from the local communities that we travel through. All these elements combine to not only give a fantastic insight into the country and a snap shot of day to day life, but also put valuable financial resources back into local economies, creating jobs and supporting local businesses.
One of the many local initiatives we support across our product range can often be visited on this trip. The KOTO Saigon Training Centre is an organisation providing training in hospitality to former street children. Many groups passing through Hanoi get the opportunity to visit the new KOTO restaurant, staffed by those the project has worked with. The food is great too!
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Demi Lovato Throws Her Support for Selena Gomez Amid BFF's Rehab News
Amid news that her BFF, Selena Gomez, secretly completed a two-week rehabilitation program last month, the "Neon Lights" singer took to her Twitter to offer a few words of encouragement, writing:
Weakness is living in denial. Only the strongest people ask for help.
— demetria lovato (@ddlovato) February 5, 2014
Lovato also appeared on Extra this week, telling host Mario Lopez that she is proud of her friend taking time off to focus on herself.
"Selena and I have such an amazing friendship and have known each other for 14 years and I love her to death," she said.
In the wake of the drama, Gomez has kept mum about the situation.
Word has it that Gomez was supposed to stay at the Dawn at The Meadows recovery facility for longer than two weeks, but cut her program short in order to promote her new film, Rudderless, at the Sundance Film Festival. Sources say that the Spring Breakers actress checked into rehab to deal with her problems stemming from her on-again, off-again relationship with Justin Bieber.


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I have the following script which is working fine execpt for its limited to running the loop 10 times. The macro is looking for files where the file extension could be anything between .P01 and .P99. Currently, the macro looks for file.P01 then file.P02 etc until it gets to file.P09 by increasing the value of 'i'. The trouble I am having is to get the variable 'i' to have a leading zero when the value is less than 10. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks heaps
VB:Sub rename_print_files() Dim OldName, NewName Dim i As Integer Dim strResult, strOldName, strNewName As String Range("E14").Activate ' set first file Application.DisplayAlerts = False i = 0 Do Until ActiveCell = "" ' looping through all files strNewName = ActiveCell.Offset(0, 3) strOldName = ActiveCell Do While i < 11 ' loop through ten times then error message strResult = Dir(Range("E9") & strOldName & ".P0" & i, vbNormal) Select Case strResult Case "" 'Not exists i = i + 1 If i = 10 Then Application.DisplayAlerts = True MsgBox ("ERROR: Unable to find Print File: " & strOldName & Chr(10) & _ "File will be skipped") blnError = True ' report error Exit Do End If Case Else 'Exists OldName = Range("E9") & strOldName & ".P0" & i: NewName = Range("E10") & strNewName & ".txt" ' Define file names. Name OldName As NewName ' Rename file. i = 12 ' exit loop End Select Loop i = 0 ' reset count ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Activate ' start on next file Loop Application.DisplayAlerts = True End Sub
Concatenate the i for the filename using format.
VB:Format(i, "00")
thanks for that, worked a treat
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On 10 June 1991, eleven-year-old Jaycee Dugard was abducted from a school bus stop within sight of her home in Tahoe, California. It was the last her family and friends saw of her for over eighteen years.
On 26 August 2009, Dugard, her daughters, and Phillip Craig Garrido appeared in the office of her kidnapper's parole officer in California. Their unusual behaviour sparked an investigation that led to the positive identification of Jaycee Lee Dugard, living in a tent behind Garrido's home.
During her time in captivity, at the age of fourteen and seventeen, she gave birth to two daughters, both fathered by Garrido. Dugard's memoir, is written by the 30-year-old herself and covers the period from the time of her abduction in 1991 up until the present.
In her stark, utterly honest and unflinching narrative, Jaycee opens up about what she experienced, including how she feels now, a year after being found. Garrido and his wife Nancy have since pleaded guilty to their crimes.
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During one of my ExpertExpress consulting engagements I encountered an interesting challenge:
We have a network with two data centers (connected with a DCI link). How could we ensure the applications in a data center stay reachable even if all local Internet links fail?
On the face of it, the problem seems trivial; after all, you already have the DCI link in place, so what's the big deal ... but we quickly figured out the problem is trickier than it seems.
In the following short video I'm trying to explain what the problem is, and what a potential solution might look like. You'll find more details here.
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A tank in front of the Museum of Military History in Dresden, Germany, is covered with knitting as a protest against war to mark the 68th anniversary of the Allied bombing of the city in World War II.
More than 10,000 activists massed to try to prevent a rally of about 1000 neo-Nazis in the centre of Dresden as politicians, religious leaders and citizens attended ceremonies to commemorate the bombing.
More than 90 per cent of the historic city centre, about 39 square kilometres, was destroyed and 25,000 people were killed when the Royal Air Force and the US Air Force dropped almost 4000 tonnes of bombs and incendiary devices between February 13 and 15, 1945.
The bombing has become highly controversial since the war, with some historians claiming the destruction was disproportionate to any military gains.


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Saturday, April 20, 2013 10 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Location: Unitarian Universalist Society of Bangor, 120 Park St, Bangor, ME
For more information: Church Administrator; 207-947-7009; uubangor.org
Unitarian Universalist Society of Bangor Offering Crock Pot Class. Don't know how to cook, or too busy? The Unitarian Universalist Society of Bangor is offering a Crock Pot Giveaway with information for those who would like to learn basic cooking skills on a limited budget. There is no charge for this class – it is intended for those in need and is part of UUSB's outreach efforts. Lunch will be served. Space is limited. Attendees MUST register for this class. Please call the church office at (207) 947-7009. Leave a message.


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Holcombe, Lancashire Genealogy
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HOLCOMBE, a chapelry, in the township of Tottington Lower-End, parish and union of Bury, hundred of Salford, S. division of the county of Lancaster, 4 miles (N. N. W.) from Bury; containing 3000 inhabitants. The chapelry comprises a considerable area, of which the surface is mountainous, the scenery most extensive, and the soil various. The village is pleasantly situated on the road from Bury to Blackburn, and on the declivity of a hill from the summit of which are good views of Manchester and the adjacent country. At the foot of the hill, the cotton-trade is carried on to a very great extent; there are numerous mills, factories, and printing establishments on a large scale, with every requisite for the prosecution of the works, the oldest of which were begun and carried on for many years by the late Sir Robert Peel, Bart. Coal is produced in abundance from the neighbouring mines, and is also wrought on Holcombe Hill, where are quarries supplying good stone for building, and flagstones. The river Irwell flows along the eastern side of the village; and there is railway communication with Bury and Manchester. On Castle Hill is the ancient court-house wherein the courts of the royal manor of Tottington were formerly held, and where courts leet and baron are still held twice in the year; manorial courts, also, are held by the Duke of Buccleuch as lord of the manor, in April and October. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Rector of Bury, with a net income of £150, and a house. The chapel, situated on Castle Hill, is remarkable for the thickness of its walls, and is supposed to be a remaining portion of the ancient castle from which the hill derived its name. The Primitive and Wesleyan Methodists, Presbyterians, and Swedenborgians have places of worship. In 1827, Miss Bently bequeathed to the minister and wardens £200 for the instruction of children, and for distribution among the poor.—See Tottington.
From: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis (1848), pp. 527-530. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51037 Date accessed: 01 July 2010.
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This is Part 2 of Marty Smith's post for companies who are afraid of social media.
Here, he's sharing how organisations can act to help prevent a crisis blowing up on the Internet in the first place.
Marty is a generous guy who freely shares his expertise. In case you don't know, he is also a cancer survivor who rode a bike across the US to raise funds for research.
Let's say Thank You by visiting his fundraising site, Martin's Ride to Cure Cancer, donating if you want to, and by 'Liking' the Cure Cancer Store he's building on Facebook.
Marty's post
People who complain want to be heard and recognized, so give them a place on your site to be heard and recognized. Speed of response is important. Non-judgmental responses work best.
The key question companies must ask is, "Is this problem an outlier or a sign of a greater issue?"
Outliers happen, but outliers in a pattern are problems requiring tweaks to business processes and procedures. Outliers in a pattern may also indicate you don't have the right people in the right seats on the bus. Suspend judgment, be capable of holding two contradictory ideas in your mind at once (we are a great customer-oriented company and we may have an issue greater than this single outlier) and be appreciative and human. You may gain your strongest supporters by converting a negative reviewer to a positive supporter (read Turn Negative Reviews Into Money on ScentTrail Marketing for more).
Steps to avoid a crisis in the first place
Visualize scenarios, create plans
You can't anticipate every crazy thing, but you can practice your company's reaction to bad news. Don't limit practice to your brands. Google wants your company to be an authority. The most important idea to becoming a content authority is to think and act less proprietarily. If something happens in your industry weigh in. If something happens in the world share how it may impact your industry.
Before you practice social media hopscotch know and share your company's guiding values.
Next create an internal Social Media Content Guide defining what kind of information goes where and possibly with what frequency. Each social net has implied "rules of the road" so be aware of the declared terms and unwritten but understood "best practices" (or hire someone who is) when setting your content guide:
Social Media Content Guide
Facebook – 2x daily – Questions, polls and comments within guidelines
Twitter – 10x daily – Links to other industry authorities and 50% self-promotion
Google+ – 2x daily – Long-form content, polls and hangouts
Scoop.it – 2x daily – Magazine-like posts on X, Y and Z.
Develop guidelines for community content standards and publish those "rules of the road" on each platform. If it is difficult to publish your community standards on a platform such as Twitter provide a link on your profile page or post an image with your "rules of the Twitter road".
Publishing usage guidelines for any social network your company uses create latitude and direction in a crisis. If you remove content without published guidelines you risk amplifying a PR crisis. The Internet sees cover-ups everywhere, so avoid making a bad situation worse.
Be authentic
Online authenticity means thinking about values, publishing your thoughts and standing by them even when it is tough to do so. Values are tested at every level of your company in almost every minute of every day. Your company is only as authentic as your weakest link.
JetBlue have a "Customer Bill of Rights" on their website. Good idea, but adding an "Employee Bill of Rights" created in tandem with their flight attendants and ground personnel would be a better idea.
Creating an Employee Bill of Rights speaks to potential hires and customers. Customers are smart. We know the best chance we have to be served well is if employees feel good about their employer. Authentic means you face problems head on, listen well and change when needed.
Authentic doesn't mean defensive or unchanging. Authentic doesn't mean you share everything all the time, but it does mean your culture doesn't seek to hide, avoid or belittle.
The most authentic thing we do is admit our humanity, define how we plan to improve and share almost more than is appropriate.
Hire the right people
In another great book, Good To Great, Jim Collins writes how great companies know how to get the right people in the right seats on the bus. Your brand's best protection is to hire the right people.
Companies such as e-retailer Zappos and home cleaning supplies manufacturer Method Home conduct rigorous multi-part interviews before hiring. Zappos even offers to pay employees to leave if, after 90 days, they aren't a true believer in the Zappos way. When every employee is a social touchstone, hiring the right employees has never been more critical.
Stay calm, carry on
Social media happens whether your company is participating or not. Since we are past the social media tipping point, your company needs to join the social media marketing revolution. This post has outlined several important Online Reputation Management (ORM) safety tips, but the most important idea is to stay calm and carry on.
Bad things happen online for capricious reasons. Internet marketing's zen is to let go of ideas such as "being right" and embrace ideas such as empathy, care, magic and joy.
Most companies' social media glasses are more than half full with good things. JetBlue, even at the height of their employee meltdown crisis, stayed calm, didn't lose their sense of the strange humor of it all and carried on. Because of JetBlue's calm strength and history of service, customers rushed to their defense.
If your VP or President frets over social media and is incapable of staying calm and carrying on then start a job search. How your company reacts to social media is a Darwinian sign. If they embrace, fail and keep moving on social media, hang around and learn stuff. If your boss or company wants to be in control at all times and they aren't willing to embrace social media marketing then read Seth Godin's excellent career advice book The Dip. You may be at a dead end, not in the middle of a dip.
No matter what, stay calm and carry on.
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Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Ear, Nose, and Throat Disorders
Smell behind my ears
i want to know why do i have a nasty smell behind my ears i shower every morning before work and by the end of the day they smell really bad also under my bottom lip i`ve tried everything but the smell comes rite back please can somone help me and tell me why they it smells so bad and what to do thank you
It is possible that you have an infection (perhaps yeast?) It is also possible that you have a skin problem, since your problem involves both your ears and your lips. My recommendation is that you first see your primary doctor. You may then need to see a dermatologist (or an otolaryngologist). You may need steroid cream or other prescription medications.
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|From: Eli Barzilay (eli at barzilay.org)
Date: Fri Apr 27 20:01:04 EDT 2012
6 hours ago, Asumu Takikawa wrote: > > The primary reason that I added opaque contracts is that they are > needed for Typed Racket's eventual class/object support. [If that's the motivation, then it sounds like these opaque contracts are similar to TR forcing you to write types for all (toplevel) defniitions, which it doesn't do.] -- ((lambda (x) (x x)) (lambda (x) (x x))) Eli Barzilay: http://barzilay.org/ Maze is Life!
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Hey fellas,
I have recently became curious on buying stock within the stock market. The thing is, I really have no clue what to do when it comes to buying stock or if it is even a good investment that I should pursue as a college student. I am trying to find a way to make some extra cash since I seem to be finding myself low on it very often.
Do any of you guys have stock or have recommendations on what stock a "beginner" should purchase?
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Stock is a terrible way to make cash. The only thing less liquid is real estate.
For a beginner, read the "101" guides on CNN Money. They're not perfect, but they'll disabuse you of this thinking that an amateur newbie college student can make cash as a day trader.
I don't know that you would call what I used to do day trading so much as swing trading as I wasn't trading all day long everyday or even everyday for that matter but with stocks like citi for a while you knew it was gonna have 30-50 cent swings everyday, buy low sell high take the money and do it over the next day.
How is stock not liquid? The only way I can see stock not being liquid is if your stock is down and you don't want to sell for a loss...believe me I've experienced that lol. But that said if I need cash I can sell a stock and have the money in my bank account the same afternon, how is that not liquid?
In a sense that's even more liquid than silver or gold as with those you gotta shop around prices and margins, with stock you get what the stock price is that minute no shopping around.
The liquidity of stock depends on which stock you purchase. If you're trading a small company that has really low volume, then sure it may take a bit. If you're trading a large company (e.g. VZ, AAPL, GOOG, etc.), any of your trades (with a reasonable ask price) will be filled almost instantly.
There are many other investments a lot less liquid than stocks: CDs, IRAs, etc.
I keep almost all of my money in stock and consistantly make reasonable profit from it.
There is a huge difference between day trading and long term investing, where the former is significantly riskier.
To the originator's question, stock is a lot better once you have money to invest. If you buy any stock that isn't highly volatile, then you'll be looking to make somewhat small percent increases. You can always place some risky bets / do day-trading, but you will probably end up broke.
In my opinion, you're better off waiting until you have some more money to get serious about it. In the mean time, you can read some investing books and just try buying a few shares for education sake.
Roger that
Day trading is not a way for you in your stage of life to make money. Unlless you are just uncanny talented, you WILL end up loosing your butt. I can not stress strongly enough that you avoid it like the plague at your age and stage of life.
That having been said, a couple things you need to really understand and take very seriously:
Stock is not about mathematics or economics. Trading stock is about psychology.
It is a full contact, no holds barred, kill or be killed blood sport. If you can not emotionally handle having your lunch eaten for you by someone else, forget the idea. I am pretty good at it, much better than average, and I still take a beating about 1 out of every 5 trades.
If you do not have at LEAST, at the absolute minimum, 10K dollars in hard cash that you can stand to lose without wanting to jump out of a window, then you are not in a position to start yet.
Go ahead and start an Etrade (or Scott trade, or whatever) account. Use it ONLY ONLY ONLY ONLY for research purposes. On the side, on paper, write down an IMAGINARY ten thousand dollars as your pretend initial capital to work with. Start practicing. Write down what you want to buy, what price you bought it at, track it, sell it, buy it. All on paper only. See how you do, where your weaknesses are. It will probably take awhile before you stop making bad decisions and begin to get the hang of it, but if you keep practicing in real time, you WILL eventually get there.
Start watching the financial programs religiously. Fox Business, MSNBC.
Diversity of knowledge and strategy is a great thing to have. Check out four or five different investment gurus with wildly different approaches. Michael Parness on one end, Dave Ramsey on the other, and listen closely to all of them. Find the approach that works for your personality and tolerance levels. (Michael Parness of TrendTrade approaches day trading like it's a blood sport, Dave Ramsey approaches it like an elderly Woman at a cross walk.)
Don't let set backs break your spirit, never ever invest more than you can emotionally and psychologically stand to lose, do your homework, and remember that the God of investing is NEWS.
good tip about practice trading before jumping in but the one thing that can't be accounted for is that it's a lot diff when it's really your money on the line vs a play money
I look back at the stupid crap I bought while in college - and I wish I spent (and made) my money a little better. At that point in your life - invest in yourself, pay down student loans, scrape and hustle while you have the energy to do so. Start a small business (or side hustle). Not only will this help bring a little spending cash - but it's also a valuable experience (pretty impressive to hear about a recent graduate who put himself though college on a business he helped build).
If you really want to invest (which I wouldn't recommend if your looking for short term gains) - go and read "The Intelligent Investor" by Ben Graham, then read it again. The point of the book is you don't try to 'time' the market - you will lose. You need to look for undervalued stocks that you can hold on to until the market price catches up to it's actual value.
good tip, i just grabbed that book off amazon for like $6 so nice price look forward to the read.
You can always try mutual funds. I am not in league with all of these great financial advisors, but for me, mutual funds have yielded a little bit of growth (albeit not mega-millions) in a 'safer' fashion for me in the past 4 years.


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Etsy Offers Tasteful, Rape-Positive "You've Just Been Roofied" Glass
- Ain't nothing like a date-rape joke, especially when it involves dishware, right? Etsy seller ThatGlassStore is selling a customized sandblast-etched drinking glass that reads "you've just been roofied" on its bottom. Because, as the store explains in its product description, "This glass holds a surprise for the unexpected person drinking from it." Yes, rape certainly is a "surprise." Ugh. [Huffington Post]
- The "Today in 1963″ project gives a minute-by-minute account of Martin Luther King's historic march on Washington. [Twitter]
- Read about amazing female African-American civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer. [RH Reality Check]
- When black women's bodies are treated like sexual property in white culture: One black woman's experience being physically appropriated by whites. [TressieMC]
- Power to the people! Clear Channel lifted a ban on radio ads for the South Wind Women's Center in Witchita, Kansas, after a grassroots online petition called for the ads to be broadcast. More than 68,000 people signed the petition, which was created by Women, Action & the Media, a national advocacy non-profit. [Washington Post]
- On how white women can be allies to people of color. [xoJane]
- Oh crap: Anti-choice activists in Albuquerque have secured enough signatures to put a proposed 20-week abortion ban to a vote. [RH Reality Check]
- Meenu Vadera, of New Dehli, India, has created a novel solution to violence against women in the country: Women-only taxis. "Women on Wheels" is a female-run taxi service that provides female customers with women-driven taxicabs. [Policy Mic]
- Best-selling Indian author Chetan Bhagat, who made it to the top of Time's 2010 list of people who most affect the world, tweeted out a rape joke to his 2 million+ followers. "The rupee is asking, is there no punishment for my rapists," he wrote, in reference to the 18-year record-low value of the rupee. He then deleted the comment, but not before sparking an outcry on Twitter. [Buzzfeed]
- Ugh. Sinead Taylor, who posted video diaries online of her experiences being bullied for her "tomboy" appearance, was found dead at her London home this week. The 15-year-old had tried to turn her negative experience into a positive one by counseling others through their bullying situations. News of her death came the same day as the funeral of 14-year-old Hannah Smith, who committed suicide after being bullied online. [Guardian]


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A SOUL night organised in memory of an inspirational York mother-of-four who died last year has raised more than £4,000 for the Anthony Nolan Trust.
The sell-out event was held earlier this month at the Royal York Hotel, where Lynne Burnett and her husband Mick organised similar evenings every January for the previous nine years.
Lynne, of Woodthorpe, raised £40,000 for charity after her life was saved by a bone marrow transplant almost two decades ago. She died suddenly in 2012 of pneumonia and septicaemia, aged 56.
One of her daughters, Katie, said a few words were put up on a big screen at this month's event to remember her mother and all she had done, followed by the song 'Sugar Sugar,' which was one of her favourites.
"It was a fantastic night with some amazing raffle prizes, generously given by local businesses and individuals," she said.
"We raised an amazing £4,100 - a record amount for these events. This is being fully donated to the Anthony Nolan Trust, a charity close to my mum's heart."
She said Mick had agreed with the hotel to continue with the annual soul night in future.