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WordWords from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (Oct 27 - Nov 2, 2008): Part II
Guy Stear (Société Générale): US needs aggressive
fiscal package
"An aggressive fiscal expansionary plan in the US after the elections could be the safety-net that capital markets need, argues Guy Stear, credit analyst at Société Générale.
"'Equity markets continue to slide, while credit derivatives have come under significant pressure in the past week, even though the outlook for the financial sector has become marginally better over the past fortnight,' he points out. 'The problem now lies with the non-financial sector.'
"The markets, Mr Stear says, are counting on interest rate cuts to turn the situation around - although these cuts are expected to be relatively short-lived. 'US Fed funds futures are still pricing in hikes from the second half of next year,' he notes.
"'And while lower rates might help the banking system, they arguably might not do much for the non-financial sector, especially if the banks are still cagey about lending. Worries about defaults are mounting as liquidity is strained,' Mr Stear says.
"'So the real solution to this crisis is an aggressive expansionary fiscal package. This looks easier to achieve in the US than it does in Europe, although it will need to wait until after the Presidential elections."
Source: Guy Stear, Société Générale (via Financial Times), October 28, 2008.
Financial Times: Pension fund gap hits $100 billion
"US companies will need to inject more than $100 billion into their pension funds to cover market losses, putting them in a cash squeeze at a time when it is difficult to raise money.
"The cash payment, estimated by several pension industry executives, would be spread over this financial year and next year.
"Companies' pension fund losses - running at an estimated 20% in the year to date - also are expected to alter earnings this year, partly because of accounting changes.
"The 700 largest corporate plans were more than 100% funded at the end of last year, but as of last week that had fallen to about 83%, according to estimates by Mercer, a pension consultant.
"John Erhardt, a principal at Milliman, a consulting firm, said: 'To bring company funds back to 100% funding, companies would need to put in about $50 billion this year and that again next year, for the top 100 funds. You could add another 30% to 40% to that for the rest of the funds.'
"'Earnings will be impacted significantly. The 2008 year-end balance sheet will reflect that.'"
Source: Deborah Brewster, Financial Times, October 29, 2008.
Telegraph: Thousands of hedge funds on brink of failure
"Emmanuel Roman, of GLG Partners, said 25% to 30% of the world's 8,000 hedge funds would disappear 'in a Darwinian process', either going bust or deciding meagre profits are not worth their efforts.
"'This will go down in the history books as one of the greatest fiascos of banking in 100 years,' said Mr Roman, who with Noam Gottesman, co-runs GLG, a former division of Lehman Brothers Holdings with assets of $24 billion. 'There need to be some scapegoats, and the regulators are going to go hunt people. That will be good in the long run.'
"His views were echoed by Professor Nouriel Roubini, a former US Treasury and presidential adviser known for his accurate prediction of financial crises, who estimated that up to 500 hedge funds would fail within months.
"'It's the beginning of the decline of the US financial empire. The Great Depression ended in a massive war. I hope that's not going to happen but it's pretty ugly now,' Prof Roubini said."
Source: Rowena Mason, Telegraph, October 24, 2008.
Bloomberg: Levitt says derivatives necessary, should be regulated
"Former US Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Arthur Levitt talks with Bloomberg about the importance of credit derivatives to the financial markets and the need for regulation and transparency, and the outlook for executive compensation at financial firms."
Source: Bloomberg, October 29, 2008.
Bespoke: Another double digit move higher
"Today's 10.88% gain in the Dow was the seventh largest one-day percentage gain in the index since 1900. It was also the second 10%+ gain in the last half month (15 days), a feat that has never happened once in the last 100+ years. Below we show the context in which each prior 10%+ gain occurred. While the move in 1987 led to a prolonged rally, the moves in the 1930s proved only to be an opportunity to sell.
"The fact that the Dow is still down 15% this month even with two 10% up days shows just how unhinged this market has become. Over the last fifty trading days, its average daily percentage move on an absolute basis has been 2.78%. The wild swings make the current period the most volatile in terms of one-day moves that we have seen since the early 1930s."
Source: Bespoke, October 28, 2008.
Bespoke: The lost quarter century
"Japan in the 1990s was the original 'lost decade', even though the current decade for the US is now considered the same. But now that the Nikkei 225 is currently trading at its lowest levels since October 1982, it really is the 'lost quarter century' for Japan."
Source: Bespoke, October 27, 2008.
CNBC: Is this the bottom and the turn?
"The Dow gained a massive 11% in Tuesday's trading session. Is this the bottom and the turn? Wilbur Ross, Chairman & CEO of WL Ross & Co., shares his views with CNBC.
Source: CNBC, October 28, 2008.
The New York Times: Forecasters race to call the bottom to the market
"Financial forecasters are in a race to call the bottom to the bear market. And just as on the way up, when analysts competed for attention with their forecasts of bigger and bigger gains, the financial pundit class now seems compelled to out-gloom the next guy.
"'To make a crazy forecast today is not crazy,' said Owen Lamont, a former professor at Yale who has studied economic forecasting. 'It's not crazy to predict the Dow is going to 2,000. That's in the realm of possibility.'
"Indeed, in an era of 1,000-point daily swings in the Dow and 30% losses in the stock market, prescience is at a premium - and the dividends of a high-profile correct call can be immense.
"In 1987, a little-known strategist named Elaine Garzarelli found herself a newly minted celebrity after predicting the market would crash just days before Black Monday. This time around, longtime doomsayers like Nouriel Roubini of New York University have become media staples since many of their most apocalyptic predictions started coming true.
"Even in normal times, forecasters have a strong incentive to make extreme predictions, which is why those 'Dow 1,000!' reports persist. 'It's eye-popping. It's relevant. It seems exciting,' Mr. Lamont said. Such predictions attract publicity, name recognition and a bigger client base in a business where investors pay thousands, if not millions, for stock advice and investment guidance.
"'Anyone that invests 10 cents on the basis of someone's forecast of the Dow is desirous of losing a good portion of their 10 cents,' said William A. Fleckenstein, president of Fleckenstein Capital, a money management firm in Issaquah, Wash. 'It is almost the height of arrogance to say this is where the Dow is going to trade.'
"'These types of forecasts are wildly off-base,' Mr. Fleckenstein said. 'What they're always about is extrapolation. People are always extrapolating recent trends. And you don't know how far the trend is going to really run.'"
Source: Michael M. Grynbaum, The New York Times, October 26, 2008.
David Fuller (Fullermoney): How to identify a stock market low
"How will we know that capitulation selling and deleveraging is mostly over? One sign would be a loss of downside momentum by stock markets beyond the brief pause that we have seen recently. However, I think we may also need to see some weakness in the two main carry trade currencies during recent years - the Japanese yen and US dollar. Their considerable strength since July is the inverse mirror image of asset deleveraging, as people scramble to repay their liabilities in JPY and USD.
"... for evidence of a stock market low, I would look for a loss of downside momentum by share indices, coinciding with a loss of upside momentum for the yen and US dollar. Meanwhile, the proximity of the 2002 bear market lows for the S&P, plus its current downside overextension relative to the moving average (MA), suggest that some mean reversion is overdue. If accompanied by weaker carry trade currencies, we should see a rally towards the declining MA. However if the yen and dollar remain firm, we may only see a ranging reversion towards the declining MA.
"Recently, the S&P paused in its decline following the October 10 low, but remains barely steady near that level. Moreover, stock market indices for most other countries have already broken downwards once again.
"... many people feel that the fundamentals are much worse today than in 2002. They certainly have a point. Therefore, a cautious investor may prefer to wait for evidence of new bull markets before significantly increasing equity exposure. The technical signals would be base formation development followed by breaks above the 200-day MAs, which also turn upwards. I do not know when that will occur but the charts will certainly show us."
Source: David Fuller, Fullermoney, October 28, 2008.
Ian Scott (Nomura): Stocks to bottom soon
"Stock markets should show signs of bottoming out soon, given the robust response of governments and central banks to the financial crisis, believes Ian Scott, equity strategist at Nomura.
"He says with markets behaving as they are, rationalising such extreme movements with economic or corporate fundamentals is virtually impossible.
"'While it is always theoretically possible to invent an economic scenario to justify current prices, the scenario that would now be required necessitates policy failure on a scale not seen since the 1930s.
"'Yet it is hard to imagine a more committed policy response than the one we have had, and there are now some tentative signs that it is having an impact. Stocks should bottom soon.'
"Mr Scott argues that with inflation absent, interest rates are set to come down sharply. 'Although we would bias away from leveraged companies, we would overweight rate-sensitive sectors.
"'Indeed, there is a stark contrast between early-cycle cyclicals - where earnings estimates have been cut, valuations are low and rate cuts will be a benefit - and late-cycle industrials where earnings estimates have barely budged and valuations are high, and which tend to underperform when rates come down.
"'We suggest biasing portfolios in favour of media, retail, real estate and technology and away from capital goods, construction and building materials, leisure, steel and consumer staples.'"
Source: Ian Scott, Nomura (via Financial Times), October 27, 2008.
Eoin Treacy (Fullermoney): Has dollar and yen turned into tailwind for
"This week has seen some extremely large moves in the currency markets. Over the last few months, two of the main beneficiaries of the liquidation of carry trades have been the US dollar and especially the Japanese yen. Both of these currencies have rallied in impressive fashion and their strength has been a considerable headwind for commodity and many equity markets. In fact there is a clear correlation between the rally in these currencies and the weakness of emerging market stock indices. The question now is whether this headwind is turning into a tailwind.
"The yen has gone from being one of the weakest currencies in the world to one of the strongest in a very short time. This has seen it advance considerably in a clearly accelerated move which is now under pressure. Although the Yen found a least short-term support today, it needs to sustain moves to significant new highs to question scope for a further retracement of recent gains.
"The dollar also rallied impressively over the last few months and encountered resistance this week. However, the commonality of this move is far less clear cut with the dollar than for the yen. The Dollar Index's rally broke its almost three-year downtrend and forced investors to reassess the medium-term prospects for the currency. It encountered resistance this week near 88, but this is so far an equal sized reaction to that posted in September. It needs to now encounter resistance below 88 and sustain a move below 84 to confirm that it has hit a medium-term peak."
Source: Eoin Treacy, Fullermoney, October 30, 2008.
The New York Times: Are stocks the bargain you think?
"Some of the country's most famous investors, including Warren Buffett and John Bogle, have started to make the case that it's time to dive back into the stock market.
"They are usually careful to add that they don't know what stocks will do in the short term. Yet their basic message is clear enough: stocks are now cheap, irrational fears have been driving the market down lately, and people who buy today will be glad that they did.
"After a day like Tuesday, when the market rose 11%, it's easy to see the merits of the argument.
" there is another argument that deserves more attention than it has gotten so far. It's the bearish argument that is based neither on fears that the country may be sliding into another depression nor on gut-level worries about the unknown. It is based on numbers and history, and it has at least as much claim on reason as the bullish argument does.
"It goes something like this: Stocks are truly cheap only relative to their values over the last 20 years, a period that will go down as one of the great bubbles in history. If you take a longer view, you see that the ratio of stock prices to corporate earnings is only slightly below its long-term average. And in past economic crises - during the 1930s and 1970s - stocks fell well below their long-run average before they turned around.
"To make matters worse, corporate earnings have now started to plunge, too. Assuming that they keep dropping, stocks would also need to fall to keep the price-earnings ratio at its current level.
"The 10-year price-to-earnings ratio tells an incredibly consistent story over the last century. It has averaged about 16 over that time. There have been long periods when it stayed above 16 and even shot above 20, like the 1920s, 1960s and recent years. As recently as last October, when other measures suggested the market was reasonably valued, the Graham-Dodd version of the ratio was a disturbing 27. But periods in which the ratio has jumped above 20 have always been followed by steep declines and at least a decade of poor returns.
"By 1932, the ratio had fallen to 6. In 1982, it was only 7. Then, of course, the market began to self-correct in the other direction, and stocks took off.
"After Tuesday's big rally, the ratio was just a shade below 16, or almost equal to its long-run average. This is a little difficult to swallow, I realize. Stocks are down 40 percent since last October, and every experience from the last 25 years suggests they now have to bounce back.
"But that's precisely the problem. Since the 1980s, stocks have always bounced back from a loss, usually reaching a high in relatively short order. As a result, the market became enormously overvalued.
"As Robert Shiller, the economist who specializes in bubbles, points out, human beings tend to put too much weight on recent experiences. We think the market snapbacks of 1987 and the current decade are more meaningful and more predictive than the long slumps of the 1930s, 1940s and 1970s. Of course, anyone who made the same assumption in 1930 or 1975 - this just has to turn around soon - would have had to wait years and years until the investment paid off."
Source: David Leonhardt, The New York Times, October 28, 2008.
Bespoke: S&P 500 earnings versus valuation matrix
"Even though we're in the midst of earnings season, most investors really have no idea where earnings are going to be in the future. While the consensus forecast for 2009 is currently around $95, there probably isn't a person on the planet who thinks earnings will be anywhere near that high. But how much further below $95 will earnings be, and what multiple do those earnings deserve?
"With that in mind, we created a matrix to show where the S&P 500 would trade based on different combinations of earnings and multiples. Boxes highlighted in red indicate levels within 5% of where the S&P 500 is currently trading. As shown, if (and we realize there is really no chance of this happening) the consensus for 2009 EPS forecasts proves to be accurate, the S&P would currently be trading at about 10 times next year's earnings.
"So where are earnings likely to come in next year? One of the more bearish forecasts making the rounds is that earnings for the S&P 500 will come in at $60 per share next year. If that forecast proves to be accurate, that would bring the current multiple of the S&P 500 to about 15.5 times next year's earnings. While a multiple of 15 is by no means extremely cheap on a historical basis, it is hardly expensive either."
Source: Bespoke, October 29, 2008.
Bespoke: Percentage of stocks above 50-day moving averages
"After this week's 9% rally in the S&P 500 so far, 6% of stocks in the index are trading above their 50-day moving averages. At least it's not at zero, right?
"On a sector basis, 15% of Consumer Staples stocks are trading above their 50-days. And that is the most positive sector. Financials and Utilities rank second at 10%, followed by Health Care at 8%. Materials and Telecom are still unfortunately stuck at zero."
Source: Bespoke, October 30, 2008.
US Global Investors: Investors underweight Chinese equities
"China remains one of the most underweight countries for Asia-focused funds this year. However, given China's solid fundamentals compared with its regional peers, valuation extremes caused by global deleveraging and a potential presidential election rally in the US, sentiment might undergo a short-term improvement."
Source: US Global Investors - Weekly Investor Alert, October 31, 2008.
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard (Telegraph): Europe on the brink of currency crisis
"The financial crisis spreading like wildfire across the former Soviet bloc threatens to set off a second and more dangerous banking crisis in Western Europe, tipping the whole Continent into a fully-fledged economic slump.
"Currency pegs are being tested to destruction on the fringes of Europe's monetary union in a traumatic upheaval that recalls the collapse of the Exchange Rate Mechanism in 1992.
"'This is the biggest currency crisis the world has ever seen,' said Neil Mellor, a strategist at Bank of New York Mellon.
"Experts fear the mayhem may soon trigger a chain reaction within the eurozone itself. The risk is a surge in capital flight from Austria - the country, as it happens, that set off the global banking collapse of May 1931 when Credit-Anstalt went down - and from a string of Club Med countries that rely on foreign funding to cover huge current account deficits.
"The latest data from the Bank for International Settlements shows that Western European banks hold almost all the exposure to the emerging market bubble, now busting with spectacular effect.
"They account for three-quarters of the total $4.7 trillion in cross-border bank loans to Eastern Europe, Latin America and emerging Asia extended during the global credit boom - a sum that vastly exceeds the scale of both the US sub-prime and Alt-A debacles.
"Austria's bank exposure to emerging markets is equal to 85% of GDP - with a heavy concentration in Hungary, Ukraine, and Serbia - all now queuing up (with Belarus) for rescue packages from the International Monetary Fund.
"Exposure is 50% of GDP for Switzerland, 25% for Sweden, 24% for the UK, and 23% for Spain. The US figure is just 4%. America is the staid old lady in this drama."
Source: Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, Telegraph, October 26, 2008.
BCA Research: Currency strategy after panic subsides
"Given the extreme volatility in the market, it remains too early to make large currency bets. Once the panic subsides and financial stress eases, our strategy will have three pillars.
"First, the euro and pound will be 'trading buys' against the dollar and yen, but no more than that. The European economies and financial systems will be soggy for some time, and their central banks are still behind the curve.
"Second, the trade-weighted dollar is close to a three-year high, which will not make economic sense even after the US economy and banking system turn the corner. Most likely, the dollar will lose ground against emerging and commodity currencies with good fundamentals, but will hold its own against the euro.
"Finally, the yen is a tougher call and we recommend standing aside. On economic grounds, the currency is a sell the minute that investor risk aversion peaks. However, the Japanese balance of payments warns that policymakers would have to knock down the yen. The private sector has been burned on foreign investments too often, and any renewed Japanese 'stretch for yield' will be moderated by interest rate cuts around the globe."
Source: BCA Research, October 29, 2008.
BCA Research: Approval for yen intervention
"The G7 statement over the weekend gives Japan's Ministry of Finance the latitude to intervene and slow the yen's appreciation.
"The G7 made a rare unscheduled statement on currency market movements earlier. The statement comes as the trade-weighted Japanese yen rallied to an 8-year high last week. It has recently become clear that many leveraged trades were financed with borrowed yen, and unwinding of these positions has sent the currency surging. The yen is up over 22% since August, which effectively destroys exporters' profit forecasts and threatens to destabilize global markets.
"To that end, the G7 issued the following comments: "We reaffirm our shared interest in a strong and stable international financial system. We are concerned about the recent excessive volatility in the exchange rate of the yen and its possible adverse implications for economic and financial stability. We continue to monitor markets closely, and cooperate as appropriate."
"Bottom line: If this 'verbal intervention' does not slow the accent of the yen in the coming days, expect the Bank of Japan (acting as an agent of the Ministry of Finance) to intervene in markets and purchase yen. Still, while the medium-term effect may be positive, the immediate impact will be limited unless there are coordinated efforts on behalf of all G7 nations. For now, this outcome seems highly unlikely."
Source: BCA Research, October 28, 2008.
Bloomberg: Jim Rogers - commodities in a recession
Source: Bloomberg (via Clip Syndicate), October 24, 2008.
Richard Russell (Dow Theory Letters): Gold attempting to make a bottom
"Let's take a hard look at gold. It's severely oversold. From October 9 to 23 gold declined on a closing basis 8 out of 10 sessions or 80% of the time. That alone spelled oversold. Note the long 'stems' on the first red arrow. These stems denote rejection of the downside. The blue histograms are beginning to pull back towards zero. Finally, the full stochastics are in oversold territory and are now starting to turn up. Conclusion - gold may now be attempting to establish a bottom."
Source: Richard Russell, Dow Theory Letters, October 27, 2008.
Financial Times: Trichet says ECB may cut rates
"The European Central Bank could cut interest rates again at its next meeting on November 6, ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet said on Monday.
"'I consider possible that the governing council will decrease interest rates once again at its next meeting on November 6. It is not a certainty, it is a possibility,' Trichet said in a speech at a banking conference in Madrid.
"'New information is likely to indicate a further alleviation to upside risks to inflation in the medium term.'
"The ECB cut rates by 50 basis points in tandem with other central banks on October 8 and economists had already forecast further loosening by the end of the year as both growth and inflation cool.
"Mr Trichet said weakening economic growth was easing inflation fears but stressed that the ECB would only ease rates further from the current 3.75% if it felt the inflation outlook justified such a move.
"'Any new monetary policy stance that we could decide on at our next regular monetary policy meeting must continue to allow us to tell our 320 million fellow citizens: You can be confident. We will deliver price stability in line with our definition of less than but close to 2% in the medium term,' Mr Trichet said."
Source: Financial Times, October 27, 2008.
Reuters: Germany to spend and fight recession
"Germany say they may spend billions of dollars to bolster the economy in a bid to stave off a deep global recession."
Source: Reuters, October 30, 2008.
Victoria Marklew: (Northern Trust): Deteriorating outlook in Germany and
the Eurozone
"Last week's PMI surveys for the Eurozone and for its various countries warned that the outlook for Q4 is deteriorating sharply. To date, the strongest of the major Eurozone economies clearly has been Germany, which may actually escape a technical recession if consumer demand keeps Q3 real GDP growth in positive territory. However, today's October Ifo business climate index for Germany - a poll of around 7,000 firms from this key exporting nation - deteriorated for the fifth consecutive month... Last week's PMI surveys from Germany also painted a very gloomy picture, with the manufacturing new orders index dropping to 39.3, the lowest since the series began in 1996, and business expectations in the services sector dropping to 34.3, the lowest since that series began in 1997."
Source: Victoria Marklew, Northern Trust - Daily Global Commentary, October 27, 2008 and Ifo, October 2008.
Nationwide: Twelve months of house price falls
"House prices in the UK fell for the twelfth consecutive month in October. The price of a typical house is now 14.6% lower than at this time last year, the peak of the market. The typical house price fell by 1.4% in October, around the same rate as the average monthly fall of 1.3% over the last year, but lower than the monthly falls recorded in each of the previous three months. The price of a typical house is now £158,872, almost £30,000 less than a year ago, but to put in context, still almost £30,000 more than five years ago."
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Source: Nationwide, October 30, 2008.
Financial Times: Japan unveils economic stimulus package
"Taro Aso, Japan's prime minister, on Thursday unveiled a $50.8 billion economic stimulus package, the second in two months, warning of the damaging impact the global credit crisis would have on the world's second largest economy.
"'A storm that comes once in 100 years is raging,' Mr Aso said of the global financial turmoil.
"While Japan's financial system remained sound, he said, there was no doubt that the global crisis would affect Japan's real economy. He promised to act quickly to implement bold measures to counter the downturn.
"The stimulus plan follows the passing of a supplementary budget earlier this month to fund Japan's first stimulus package this year."
Source: Michiyo Nakamoto, Financial Times, October 30, 2008.
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For some people, sciatica pain can be severe and debilitating. For others, the sciatica symptoms might be infrequent and irritating, but have the potential to get worse.
Low back pain may be present along with the leg pain, but typically the leg pain is markedly more severe than the low back pain. Patients often describe their sciatica symptoms as electrical shocks running down the leg, or searing or burning pain. See Leg Pain and Numbness: What Might These Symptoms Mean?
Common Sciatica Symptoms
Usually, sciatica only affects one side of the lower body and the pain often radiates from the lower back all the way through the back of the thigh and down through the leg.
Some combination of the following symptoms is most common:
- Lower back pain, if experienced at all, is not as severe as leg pain
- Constant pain in only one side of the buttock or leg, but rarely both the right and left sides
- Pain that originates in the low back or buttock and continues along the path of the sciatic nerve - down the back of the thigh and into the lower leg and foot
- Pain that feels better when patients lie down or are walking, but worsens when standing or sitting
- Pain that is typically described as sharp or searing, rather than dull
- Some experience a "pins-and-needles" sensation, numbness or weakness, or a prickling sensation down the leg
- Weakness or numbness when moving the leg or foot
- Severe or shooting pain in one leg that may make it difficult to stand up or walk
- Depending on where the sciatic nerve is affected, the pain and other symptoms may also include foot pain or pain in the toes.
Sciatica Symptoms for Each Nerve Root
There are two nerve roots that exit the lumbar spine (L4 and L5) and three that exit the sacral segment (S1, S2 and S3).
All five nerves bundle together to form the sciatic nerve, and then branch out again within the leg to deliver motor and sensory functions to specific destinations in the leg and foot.
- Read more: Sciatic Nerve and Sciatica
Sciatica symptoms vary based on where the compressed nerve root is located. For example:
- L4 nerve root sciatica symptoms usually affect the thigh. Patients may feel weakness in straightening the leg, and may have a diminished knee-jerk reflex.
- L5 nerve root sciatica symptoms may extend to the big toe and ankle (called foot drop). Patients may feel pain or numbness on top of the foot, particularly on the "web" of skin between the big toe and second toe.
- S1 nerve root sciatica affects the outer part of the foot, which may radiate to the little toe or toes. Patients may experience weakness when raising the heel off the ground or trying to stand on tiptoes. The ankle-jerk reflex may also be reduced.
Since more than one nerve root may be compressed, patients may experience a combination of the above symptoms.
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Rarely, sciatica symptoms that worsen quickly may require immediate surgery. The following symptoms indicate a need for immediate medical care:
- Symptoms that continue to get worse rather than improve, which may indicate possible nerve damage, especially if the progressive symptoms are neurological (such as leg weakness).
- Symptoms that occur in both legs (called bilateral sciatica) and cause either bladder or bowel incontinence or dysfunction, which may indicate cauda equina syndrome. Cauda equina syndrome is an acute compression of one or several nerve roots that occurs relatively rarely (in approximately 2% of herniated lumbar disc cases).1
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The Grafton School District moved one step closer to commencing its $39.9 million facilities project Monday when the School Board awarded contracts for design and construction management services to Hoffman Planning, Design and Construction, Inc.
According to Supt. Jeff Nelson, the estimated cost will be $1.9 million for design and $720,000 for construction management.
The value of Hoffman's contract with the district is based on a 5.6% design fee and a 2% construction management fee.
Beginning Saturday, ceiling tiles will be removed from areas of Grafton High School and Kennedy and Woodview elementary schools that will be renovated so designers can begin mapping 3-D renderings of the schools to help them plan the areas properly.
According to Nelson, the district is working to keep school families and the general public informed about the projects via email and the district's website to avoid confusion during the construction.
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The district is also organizing site teams consisting of the three elementary school principals and nine teachers that will tour other local schools that have recently been remodeled to gather ideas that can be used to optimize Grafton's plan.
"The site teams will address anything that would be happening currently with all the different additions that we're making, even with the hallways and how they are being designed for more natural light to come in and to save on energy costs," Nelson said. "You don't necessarily have to have your lights on to create a great learning environment."
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There's little over a week left until The Walking Dead returns to the small screen for its seventh season, which means more little titbits about the show are being revealed.
Actor Andrew Lincoln - who plays Rick Grimes in the series - is the latest to talk about what viewers can expect when it makes its return.
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, he explained: "We are opening up in a way that we've not done before. And it truly is very brave, and is something that I looked forward to in the book. I've always thought this is really when it started to get really interesting. Because it's like, how are these different communities reinventing themselves? And what kind of society have they built? It's really, really cool. It feels deeper. It's darker."
Despite all of the chaos we know is coming up, Lincoln did explain that there will be some lighter moments ahead.
He said: "This is a very, very dark season but it's always darkest before the dawn. Hang in there, guys, because it's alive. It feels like there's a great shape at the moment that [showrunner Scott M. Gimple] is crossing for the show and it's very, very exciting. It began a few years ago and it's turned into much more expansive, courageous, and more adventurous storytelling, both time-wise and location-wise."
Lincoln added: "What you will see is a much bigger universe, an expansion. This world is about to get a lot bigger. That's what's about to happen in season 7. Obviously, the fallout from the death is going to make different alignments between the people that survive the death and any other communities."
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SA is one of those terms that can have multiple definitions and usually depends on who you are, your background, what you do, whom you work for, etc. When I'm talking about SA I'm referencing the ability for machine-based analysis to augment human intuition. I'm a big believer that when it comes to security nothing beats the power of a skilled, human analyst, but at the same time, those analysts need to leverage tools to increase their efficiency and effectiveness.
SA is often tided to correlation. Advanced correlation rules found in many security products have the ability to look at multiple variables and derive metadata results such as an alert (log, trap, email or SMS) or a response (block traffic on layer 2 or 3, reroute traffic, or engage more robust monitoring capabilities). These SA capabilities are not limited to just correlation; they may also provide:
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Consider this scenario. I may see some packets sourced from a known malicious domain, targeting an asset that is known to be vulnerable, with an exploit that is known to take advantage of said vulnerability. Further, I may also know that this is a critical system housing sensitive customer financial data and I may detect an abnormally large amount of data being downloaded. Any of these events may or may not be enough by itself to warrant an alert, but taken collectively the SA provides the security analyst with an alert or possibly even an automated response to mitigate the threat.
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Singapore, like every other country, has a limited supply of skilled security analysts. This is not to say that Singapore doesn't have a pool of these individuals. In fact, for a country of only about 5.5 million it seems to have a disproportionally high number of security ninjas. But that's still not enough to go around. Given the current success of Singapore and its projected growth, organizations are looking for mechanisms to increase security operational efficiencies while reducing risk.
Some organizations have outsourced part of their security operations. Rarely did I see much more than traditional security IT management being outsourced such as firewall administration and IPS signature updates as opposed to actual security analysis being outsourced. I spoke to a few organizations that stated they attempted to outsource part of their security analysis only to discover that it made more business and security sense to bring it back in-house.
What Singaporean organizations really need are solutions -- not products. There needs to be a higher level of integration between endpoint, network and data security across traditional network assets as well as BYOD, virtualized environments and cloud. These solutions need to work collectively so that SA can work across their environment and ensure that as new solutions are added to the mix, those solutions don't just work in a silo but do in fact increase the overall capabilities of their SA. By doing this, SA will help better prevent attacks as well as decrease the amount of time it takes to detect and respond to and incident: minimizing the threat window.
Singapore is an interesting case study for the world. Because of Singapore's reliance on information systems, tremendous growth, and high value targets - coupled with resource limitations based of population, scalability is a huge concern. We can extrapolate this to represent virtually any business unit, organization, or country facing more threats than they can process. Regardless, everyone has limited resources and security analysts need SA to be successful.
Many organizations in the private sector as well as government agencies within Singapore seem to get this. They understand that simply throwing products and people at the problem isn't the right solution. They are integrating their products, leveraging SA solutions to analyze them in real-time and forensically, and educating their security analysts to take advantage of those solutions. In doing so, they are shifting the security scales to their advantage.
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This record-breaking storm also tied a few. The 2005 Atlantic storm season tied a 1933 record for the busiest ever when Tropical Storm Wilma, the 21st named storm of the season, formed over the Caribbean Sea. Wilma is also the 12th hurricane of the season, the same number reached in 1969 (the highest since record-keeping began in the mid-1800's).
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The hints were there that he was close and Kevin McHale alluded to it in post-game on Monday, but it's now happening…
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Swell day, somewhat sunny.
I didn't mind it one bit either, some breeze here and there. I just needed to clear my mind a bit, because sometimes in society, your mind gets full and you just need to vent.
And vent about what? I might ask.
Life. The feeling of being so busy and absorbed in day by day duties that you suddenly become aware of how pointless and stressful your time really is. To vent that feeling where everything inside of you is active and brooding for the kill, because if the feeling stays in you long enough, it shows.
Which is why I went outside to this abandoned sidewalk...
And as I walk, my environment changes, I travel further and further away from the swell sunny day. Overcast of cloud and fog engulf me, hiding a forest of the great oaks. The root ends cover the sidewalk. The air clear enough to see what's ahead, but too dense to see what's beyond.
This sidewalk expresses me for what I feel, lost from what limited sight I have, longing for the stability these oaks stand on. This place is my reality, to remain in the shadows, to remain isolated from the things I loved. All of this wasted because of myself, my dark, lonesome self, and all I can do is wait for one who dares explore this part of me.
And I stop for a moment, the reality finally settled in, my world finally complete. And I stand alone, dagger in hand, waiting to see my prey, my kill.
And instead bitterly drove the dagger straight into my own heart. I struggle as I fell down, the blood rushing out of my system till I drove the dagger right back out from whence it came. And at that point the bleeding slows, I rise from my own bloody corpse.. I place my sight straight ahead, and turn around and see nothing, nothing that I could kill, nothing I could possibly harm or torture...
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You followed me down this sidewalk. You followed far enough behind to hide in the fog. You see the world I made, and you defiled it by your presence.
Now there you are at the roots of the great oaks. And there you struggle. Struggle to escape. Every limb of your system grows more pain as you struggle, and the harder you struggle, the more pain that's injected into your system.
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While the new overtime proposal is good news for employees, the retail industry is warning the change could have unintended consequences.
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According to the AP report, employers can often get around the rules currently by calling any salaried employee who's paid more than $455 a week — or $23,660 a year — a "manager," given limited supervisory duties and made ineligible for overtime.
The new overtime rule from the Labor Department would more than double the threshold at which employers can avoid paying overtime, to $970 a week by next year. That would mean salaried employees earning less than $50,440 a year would be assured overtime if they work more than 40 hours per week.
"Now, this is an issue of basic fairness. If you work longer, you work harder, you should get paid for it. Today, some companies take advantage of an exception in the rule to make their lower-wage employees who really should be paid hourly; they're making them work 50, 60, sometimes 70 hours a week without paying them an extra dime," said President Obama during an appearance in La Crosse, Wis., on July 2.
"In extreme cases, it's possible for workers to actually earn less than the minimum wage. So, they essentially label somebody as management instead of a worker, even if they're making, like, $25,000 — work them a whole bunch of hours. That's a way of getting around the minimum wage. It's not fair," he added.


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API Parents Who Love their LGBT Kids
"API Parents Who Love their LGBT Kids"
Join us for a workshop to hear Asian, South Asian, and Southeast Asian parents share their experiences of confusion, fear, love, acceptance, and celebration of their LGBTQ children.
We especially welcome parents of LGBT kids who would like to talk with other parents who understand the unique cultural issues in our communities, as well as LGBT people who want to come out to their parents, or people who are struggling with families and want to understand different ways to bring families together. If you are already out to your parents, caregivers or other family members, bring them along!
These works are part of a series of ten (10) family acceptance workshops across the country coordinated by parents and the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance during Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (May) and LGBT Pride Month (June).
For a full calendar of workshops, go to: www.nqapia.org
Also, in the month of June, look out for pubic service announcement (PSA) videos of parents of LGBT kids on many Asian ethnic television station and international channels. Check local listings for air times.http://www.nqapia.org/wpp/api-parents-who-love-their-lgbt-kids-multilingual-psa-campaign/
NQAPIA acknowledges the generous support of the Arcus Foundation, David Bohnett Foundation, API Dream Team Giving Circle, CJ Huang Foundation, and Asian Pride Project.


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Employment Law Questions? Ask an Employment Lawyer.
Hello, my name is XXXXX XXXXX I look forward to assisting you today. I bring nearly 20 years of experience in various legal disciplines.Ok. You mention that this person has made racial and gender comments around. Have they been about you, meaning your race or your gender?Or rather, are they about another race and another gender, and you just happen to be the one hearing it? If this is the case, have you made a report of the issue to HR yet about these comments specifically? (I'm assuming no, based on your post but I'm wanting to be 100% clear on the lay of the land here).On the health issue, I need a bit more detail on that; sorry to pry. Is it a disability issue or was it simply a medical issue that was serious, but transitory in nature?
I was at a dealership training with this manager, we were sitting in a room with the owners of this dealership and the manager said to the owners that "he understood, and that the folks out here just want someone to treat them like they're white". I was in the room and witnessed it, i am caucasion as is the manager. This made me look like i was prejodice as well..
I have not gone to HR with any of these issues because i have been unsure of how they would handle it and/or if it would hurt me more than help. Now that my job is being threatened, i am looking for any solution to get this manager to stop targeting me.
I travel for work and sometime after the second week of training i acquired a MRSA staph infection on the road (hotel or airplane) It is very quick to apear and can be deadly in no time so I have been forced in several cases to see the ER immediately. They were asking me all about it and what it is. The woman who hired me said that during the interview process i was asked if anything would prevent me from doing my job as a trainer and i said no. This was something i "should have disclosed". I explained to her that i did not have this terrifying condition until i worked for the company.
thank you so much,
Understood sir, how about the him using profanity towards me?
If i take this to HR now, can i request to be underneath another manager and expect to earn that? Although the issues were a while ago, am i entitled to a new manager if i request it due to being uncomfortable?
okay, last question..you are doing fantgastic by the the way!
I am significantly younger than this manager and he has pulled me aside in the past and said that "at some point i have to Fu***ng grow up and stop acting like a punk a** kid"
This is something i should include in my report to HR and that due to my age i feel he has been targeting me and bullying me by using profanity and aggresive approach?


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'I bring clarity to ambitious, sensitive people. They know they have a lot to offer, and want to have an impact. They seek clarity so they can direct their energy on a Vision that is meaningful to them.' Maureen Dickie
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I work with ambitious, sensitive people who know they have something great to offer – but can't quite put their finger on what that is. We work together and uncover what their unique contribution is meant to be, they then feel relief from all the circling thoughts of 'what I am meant to be doing' and feel really excited about their future as they know what they are going to do with their life…
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So I find real and great women on dating sites, they are not model but they could of took that route
one of them answered a few times and the last time she ask if went to certain high school. Basically these decent hard working chill women with goals .
why they join dating site?
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I've met quite a few girls online and they are honestly headaches. They always have circumstances that make me realize why they are single and on a dating site. Anything from drugs, to lies in their profiles, to fake photos, and so on.
Some also just make a profile to get messages and stroke their own ego with no intention of meeting up. A lot of girls treat the dating site like another Facebook page also.
I have a profile up, but I stopped messaging girls way long ago because I don't have time for them.00|00|0
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Cocaine, Drugs Could Be Prince Harry's Vegas Party Bombshell
Cocaine could be the mysterious "something gigantic" being teased about the possible Prince Harry photos or videos that have yet to come out. Rats, I was hoping the "something gigantic"
Brace Yourselves For A Possible Prince Harry Naked Partying Vegas Video!
Last week, we heard little whispers here and there that the nude photos from Prince Harry's wild Vegas romp were not the whole story. A British publicist said he'd been approached…
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Prince Harry is so "disappointed" in himself (uh huh) but the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is more upset at Harry's chucklehead party buddies who broke the official code of "What…
"Playgirl" Offers Prince Harry $1 Million To Pose
Playgirl magazine has offered Prince Harry $1 million to pose in its magazine and reveal the goods that weren't in those nude pics on the Internet. A million dollars? As if!
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Scrip Program
The Scrip program is an all year-round school fund raiser. You purchase gift cards or certificates at face value for various retailers. St. Peter Catholic School receives a discount from the certificates that we purchase immediately. The school then receives the face value of the card fromyou the buyer. The profit from your total purchase of Scrip is what the school earns. As you make your routine purchases, you can easily be giving back to St. Peter Catholic School. There is no added cost to you. This is money that you are already spending. For example: If you purchase $100 of Scrip per week for Copps and $100 per week for PDQ, your total Scrip purchase per month would be $800. If you were to repeat this every month for a calendar year, the amount that you would spend would approximate to $9,600. At a average 2% profit, the school would receive $192.
Groceries $100 x 4 weeks $400
Gasoline $100 x 4 weeks $400
Per Month $800
Total $800 x 12 Months $9,600
Average Profit 2% Total Profit Earned $192
A portion of the proceeds are reinvested in the Scrip program and will help with future improvements to the school. Examples of past improvements are additions to the playground, improvements to the school facilities, and support for school functions.
NEW! Giving a gift certificate of Scrip! This is the easiest way to purchase for that hard-to-buy loved one. You may choose from hundreds of retailers and make your purchase all at once.
If you have any questions regarding the program, or if you would like to place an order, please contact Nancy Meinholz in the school office.
Note: We currently accept either cash or personal check. No credit cards will be accepted.
Once Upon A Child has just been added to the inventory. We have $25 cards with the parish earning 10%. Look for line item in Local Scrip providers.


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Steak in Pizzaiola Sauce
Recipe by Soup Fly
My DH2b loved the chicken pizzaiola sub at Subway, so I set out to find something similar. I came across this Cooking Pleasures magazine, and have made it with both chicken and steak. (Of course, the cooking directions are different with chicken.) Can be served as a main dish or on a sub if you slice the meat up a bit more.
Top Review by Wildcat0711
Pretty good, especially for as simple and as few ingredients as there are. I turn the oven on low and transfer the steaks in there on an oven-safe serving plate to keep warm while I make the sauce.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 lb top round beef or 1 lb top sirloin steak, 1/4 inch thick,cut into 4 pieces
- 1 1⁄2 cups diced tomatoes
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3⁄4 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 3 -4 drops hot pepper sauce (optional)
- 3 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
Directions See How It's Made
- Place oil and garlic in large skillet over medium heat for 2-3 minutes or until garlic is golden brown.
- Press down on garlic to release juices, then discard garlic.
- Add steaks to skillet and cook 1-2 minutes or until steaks are done, turning once.
- Place steaks on serving platter.
- Add tomatoes, oregano, salt and hot pepper sauce to skillet.
- Bring to a boil.
- Boil, stirring occasionally, 4-5 minutes or until sauce is slightly thickened.
- Stir in parsley.
- Pour sauce over steaks and serve.


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The Anglican Bridge (Part II of II)
October 5, 2013 by Paul McCusker
Filed under Conversion, Paul McCusker
Life as I See It I have written elsewhere that the genius of Anglicanism was in its integration of aspects of Catholicism with Reformation thought. As a Protestant, this was appealing to me because of its familiarity. As someone who didn't know much about Catholicism, I didn't realize just how Catholic many of its practices were. The more I studied and became more engaged in Anglicanism, the more... Read More
Lead Kindly Light
April 1, 2012 by Dan Burke
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Lead Kindly Light Lead, Kindly Light, amidst th'encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on! The night is dark, and I am far from home, Lead Thou me on! Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene; one step enough for me. I was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou Shouldst lead me on; I loved to choose and see my path; but now Lead Thou me on! I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears, Pride ruled... Read More


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The trail has already taken place and sentence rendered in Posner's warped mind. Read his opinion. It oozes with contempt for Lively and contains all of the invented homo-fascist empty talking points.
Right you are. The opinion is not work of a sober, impartial judge. It is the argument of a zealot.