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Investors boosted the ASX into the black for the first time in four sessions, thanks to solid buying support for the banks and continued enthusiasm for telcos.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index closed up 0.3 per cent to 5821.4 points and the broader All Ordinaries Index finished up 0.2 per cent to 5854.4 points. Shares around the region mostly lifted after positive trade figures in Japan, while the Aussie dollar nudged back above 75 US cents after falling below that level on Wednesday night.
The prospect of e-commerce behemoth Amazon entering the Australian scene had traders and analysts scrambling to quantify the impact of the online business, but lack of timing clarity meant traders had little to go on.
"The market was excited by the prospect of Amazon, but it's hard to head in any direction when you don't know when or how the company is going to roll out," said James Gerrish, senior investment adviser at Shaw & Partners.
Investors were largely unruffled in the consumer staples space, as Woolworths added 0.4 per cent and Coles-owner Wesfarmers gained 0.1 per cent. The Amazon announcement may have weighed on some retailers, however, as Harvey Norman fell 3.5 per cent, Myer 2.6 per cent and JB Hi-Fi 1.8 per cent.
Iron ore miners gained in early trade as shareholders enjoyed some respite from the recent collapse in the spot price of iron ore, which has fallen 8.9 per cent in the last week. But another drop in the Chinese futures market reversed those early advances as investors braced themselves for possible further losses.
Rio Tinto weighed on the market after a soft quarterly result. The company has slashed its copper production target and revealed a slow start to 2017 from its flagship iron ore division. The share price gave back some of the week's gains and closed down 0.4 per cent. Fortescue Metals finished the day off 1.1 per cent.
Main rival BHP Billiton was also modestly sold off as traders fretted over a weakening crude oil price.
After several days of a depressed ASX, investors found appetite for the big four banks, which finished the day between 0.6 and 1.2 per cent higher.
Santos shares closed 2.5 per cent lower after the company reported a further reduction in costs and debt and revealed a slight dip in output as the impact of asset sales outweighed higher production from the GLNG gas export project in Gladstone.
Elsewhere in the market, Iluka Resources enjoyed a 11 per cent lift, after the mineral sanes producer delivered a strong quarterly update. Thanks to favourable pricing and a surge in production, quarterly mineral sands revenue rose a massive 114% to $218.5 million.
James Packer may have rapidly shrunk his global empire, but there's one place outside Australia where the casino mogul is not pulling back and that's Japan.
As the drawn out process for country's first two or three "integrated resorts" enters the final stages, Crown Resorts is known to be pushing hard to finalise its bidding consortium.
"This is the biggest game in town. Crown, like everyone else, wants a piece of it," said one Japanese business figure involved in the process, who asked not to be named.
For Crown and its rivals, the process is expected to move very quickly once mayoral elections in Yokohama are completed in late July.
The satellite city of Tokyo is the key to the bidding process, as it is the favoured site for most involved, given it is just 25 minutes from Haneda Airport and the proposed casino is incorporated within the city's master plan.
The city of Osaka is the other likely site for a casino development, along with one or two regional areas.
Japan is considered by many as the "holy grail" for global casino operators and could have annual turnover above $US24 billion – twice that of Nevada - by 2030 according to research firm Global Market Advisors.
But the prize does not come cheap.
The resorts in Japan are expected to be the world's largest and most expensive costing between $US6 billion and $US10 billion, according to broking house CLSA.
"Lawrence Ho (chairman of Macau-based Melco Crown) indicated an intention to spend 'whatever it takes' to win a mandate in Japan," CLSA said in a report published in February.
Las Vegas Sands Chairman Sheldon Adelson told the broker its Singapore casino, which cost $US6 billion, was just a "warm up" for the main game in Japan.
As the process enters its end game, Yokohama is emerging as the key to how the whole process will play out.
The incumbent mayor, Hiroshi Nakada, is a strong proponent of using a casino to fund the redevelopment of the city centre and if she is re-elected in July the courting will begin in earnest.
Sticking with China, and iron ore futures at the Dalian exchange are falling once again in today's session after holding up overnight.
The active contract is down 1.8 per cent to 465 yuan per tonne, approaching the six-month low it reached earlier this week.
Iron ore miners Rio and Fortescue have reversed early gains to be both down 0.5 per cent. BHP was already under pressure from falling crude prices.
The spot price, set nightly at the Qingdao Port in China, climbed 2.2 per cent to $US64.60 yesterday evening, which had cheered those looking for a breather from the commodity's relentless decline.
The Aussie dollar remains around 75 US cents.
China's central bank has relaxed some of the curbs on cross-border capital outflows it put in place just months ago to shore up the yuan currency, banking sources have told Reuters.
The first easing of the measures comes as China's leaders and financial markets feel more confident that pressure on the yuan and the country's foreign exchange reserves has diminished, thanks largely to a pullback in the surging US dollar.
The yuan slumped around 6.5 per cent against the dollar last year, but has firmed nearly 1 per cent in 2017, defying -- for now -- many analysts' expectations of further depreciation.
Indeed, a Reuters poll earlier this month indicated investors likely increased their bullish bets on the yuan to the most since July 2015.
With less incentive for capital flight and the economy on steadier footing, China's foreign exchange reserves have clawed back above the closely watched $US3 trillion level.
Premier Li Keqiang said on Tuesday that market confidence in the yuan has significantly improved, Xinhua news agency reported.
As of last week, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) is no longer demanding that banks match outflows with equal inflows, the sources said.
Expectations of further yuan depreciation have eased in recent months, opening a window for authorities to relax recent measures, but Beijing is not likely to let go totally, said Raymond Yeung, chief Greater China economist at ANZ in Hong Kong.
In addition to checking exchange rate expectations, the authorities were also using capital controls to control where Chinese money flows, limiting investments in foreign sectors deemed undesirable, he noted.
"The current macro environment obviously favours an easing of the (rules on) fund flows, but that doesn't mean that it is going to have solved the structural issue of the mismatch between the corporate desire to go out versus the central government's centrally-driven approach when they talk about offshore investment," Yeung said.
While the world's second-largest economy still has the largest stash of forex reserves by far, it had burned through over half a trillion dollars since August 2015 trying to support the yuan.
The government reacted by intensifying capital controls late last year, making it harder for individuals and companies to move money out of China.Back to top
The Trump reflation trade is fizzling out as the President's oft-touted plans for sweeping tax cuts, deregulation and infrastructure investment hang in limbo.
On Wall Street, stocks are retreating, government bond yields have fallen to lows last recorded during the November election month, and Goldman Sachs has abandoned its long bet on the US dollar.
Oh look, the bond market has uncrashed. chart via ANZ @martin_whetton pic.twitter.com/m6ydtXnviD— Johnny Shapiro (@johnnyshap) April 20, 2017
A partial US government shutdown next week is plausible due to a political fight over budget funding, a stalemate that would be more symbolic of the continuing paralysis in Washington than harmful to the economy.
Despite a slight rally in US bond yields and the greenback overnight, Bank of America Merrill Lynch analysts note that "key Trump trades are unwound".
"Our analysis suggests that the US rates market is pricing in the death of tax reform and not merely a delay," BoAML says.
Investors are being forced to face up to the reality that governing in Washington is harder than it seems, even with Republicans in control of the White House, the House of Representatives and the Senate.
There is a reason the US has not achieved substantial tax reform since Ronald Reagan managed to herd the cats in Congress in 1986.
Trump's Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin admitted to the Financial Times this week that his original August deadline for tax reform is too ambitious.
The peculiarities of US budget accounting rules mean Trump will have more fiscal space to cut income and corporate taxes if Obamacare-related taxes and spending are axed.
"The renewed focus on healthcare has once again delayed tax reform efforts," Goldman Sachs economist Alec Philips says.
None of this means that tax cuts – for which the markets have been lusting – are dead. But they are likely to be far more modest and take longer to deliver.
The chief executive of investment bank Morgan Stanley, Australian James Gorman, expressed confidence overnight that Trump would ultimately deliver some cut to the 35 per cent corporate rate, but not to the 15 per cent-to-20 per cent range Trump earlier touted.
A small rate rise today could save us from a big crash tomorrow.
That is the gist of a note from Annette Beacher, a strategist at TD Securities.
Beacher has what we are pretty sure is a non-consensus view: that the RBA will hike rates by the end of the year.
But this call was "never about curbing inflation", Beacher writes. Instead, it's about "acknowledging greater RBA responsibility to (1) limit the macroeconomic risk of a housing correction; and (2) ensuring that Australia remains well-funded via much-needed offshore capital".
Regulatory curbs to limit house price growth and world-class household indebtedness are "welcome" but not enough, she reckons.
"APRA/ASIC's focus on limiting interest-only mortgage loans is welcome, but impacts a fraction of the appetite for housing," she writes. "What about retirees and self-managed super funds, upgraders and foreign buyers?"
Hence the measures are "unlikely to curb the overall relentless rise in owner-occupied debt unless broader macroprudential tools are deployed (ask the RBNZ for advice)".
Failing that, and perhaps even in addition to that, "a small rate rise soon could limit what could be a severe macro-economic correction down the track," Beacher says.
Her second worry about offshore funding relates to a situation in which the RBA holds through a climbing US rates cycle, which would threaten Australia's reputation as a high-yielding country and reduce its attractiveness of our bonds to foreign buyers.
"While consensus claims that benign underlying inflation stays the RBA's hand, we can't ignore the fact that Australia's safe high yielding status could be at risk," she writes.
"Losing global investor appeal during the AOFM's [The Australian Office of Financial Management's] bloated bond issuance program ($100b for 2-3 years) could see the share of offshore bond ownership shrink towards (say) 30 per cent, placing heavy medium term downside on the Australian dollar."
"While the RBA is of the view that a lower Australian dollar would be beneficial for the economy, the Bank is highly unlikely to want to repeat a 2008-style sharp correction in the exchange rate due to unexpected capital outflows."
The Treasurer ScoMo has said the Productivity Commission will formally look into competition in the banking sector. ASIC boss Greg Medcraft called the bank sector an oligopoly.
And it's true: the big four lenders command more than $8 in every $10 of mortgages, or a little less when non-bank lenders are included.
All true. But it's not unusual in the land of the oligopolies.
Deutsche Bank analysts point out that "this level of concentration is not unique in an Australian context; most industries in Australia tend to be highly concentrated".
The chart below tells the story. It shows there are a range of industries where competition would be of greater or at least equal concern.
"As such, we would argue that policies expressly aimed at reducing major bank market share would be misguided and could potentially introduce greater risk into the financial system," the DB analysts say.
"That's not to say that the government shouldn't try to improve competition in the industry (eg by reducing barriers to switching between banks), however we argue a sole focus on the market share of the big 4 banks would be misplaced."
Young Australians who don't own a home or hope to buy one are suffering a savage cut in their real wages given the rapidly-rising cost of property, according to analysis by CBA.
Economist Gareth Aird has put together modelling that adds dwelling prices to inflation figures, an exclusion that puts "a massive flaw" in the official figures.
Land costs aren't included in the official consumer price index, which is the basic benchmark used by the RBA to set official interest rates.
Reserve Bank rates have been slashed to a record low 1.5 per cent because inflation isn't forecast to rise above the bottom of its 2-3 per cent target range for much of the next two years.
However, Mr Aird's research shows that inflation is considerably higher once dwelling prices are included in the basic basket of consumer goods.
While headline inflation has only risen by 8 per cent over the past four years, house prices have jumped more than five times that rate, or by 44 per cent - largely because of ultra-low interest rates.
The research highlights growing concerns about the nation's monetary policy structure, which has led to the lowest official borrowing costs on record in order to stoke inflation. However, a major consequence has been rampant house price growth.
To address the mismatch, Mr Aird, has constructed a CPI "plus housing" index, where dwelling prices account for 10 per cent of the overall basket of goods and services consumed by households.
Once housing is included - even just partially - the CPIH (CPI plus house prices) is around 55 basis points higher than the annual change in CPI, he calculates.
At the moment, house-price-adjusted inflation is probably closer to 2.8 per cent compared to headline inflation of 1.5 per cent, the research suggests.
The findings are a stark illustration of how warped the benchmark defacto measure for living costs has become for many Australians, particularly those that don't own their own home or one day plan to buy.
"There is a massive flaw in using the CPI as a proxy for changes in the cost of living," says Mr Aird.
"The index ignores price changes in the single biggest purchase a person (or household) is likely to make in their lifetime - a dwelling.
"For households that do not own a dwelling and aspire to purchase one, the CPI is a very poor measure of changes in the cost of living."
Woodside Petroleum has increased its already-busy drilling program in Myanmar this year and may add extra wells in its African exploration venture in Senegal as it puts the emphasis on building its pipeline of development opportunities over potential acquisitions.
News of the increased activity came as the oil and gas producer reported what analysts described as a "soft" quarter as cyclones and storms hit production in Karratha.
Three exploration wells will now be drilled off the coast of Myanmar this year instead of two, bringing the total schedule to five firm wells, with potentially another two to be added depending on results.
In Senegal, Woodside is talking with its partners on two further exploration wells that may be drilled towards the year-end, chief executive Peter Coleman said.
Woodside reported sales of $US895 million in the March quarter, down 8.8 per cent from a year earlier. Production slid 9.7 per cent to 21.4 million barrels of oil equivalent, impacted by a worse-than-usual cyclone season and the expiry of a domestic gas sales contract. The company still maintained its full-year guidance for production.
The stock is down 1.5 per cent at $32.21.
RBC Capital Markets analyst Ben Wilson said quarterly production fell 5 per cent short of his expectations, while sales revenues missed by 10 per cent.
Mr Wilson described the three months as "a soft production quarter, explained by adverse weather events".
JPMorgan's Mark Busuttil also said production, sales volumes and revenues were all below his estimates.
But Mr Busuttil highlighted Woodside's guidance that it would finalise the broad design concept this year for both its Browse gas development and for the Scarborough gas venture, both off Western Australia, signalling progress at both large projects.Back to top
Wesfarmers chief executive Richard Goyder was being uncharacteristically dramatic when he warned 12 months ago that Amazon would "eat our breakfast, lunch and dinner".
Amazon's arrival won't spell the end of retail as we know it, analysts say, but it will force Australian retailers to lift their game and tweak their business models or risk going out of business.
In the US, 22 years after Amazon first started selling books online, the e-commerce juggernaut is soaking up one-quarter of all online sales and 5 per cent of total retail spending. It has become the second-largest retailer of consumer electronics behind Best Buy and is poised to become the largest apparel retailer in the US.
US bricks and mortar retailers are now closing stores and sacking staff at an unprecedented rate, while the number of large retailers that collapsed in the first three months of 2017 exceeded that in 2016.
Analysts say Amazon's impact in Australia's market may not be as dramatic as that in the US because online retail penetration is lower and the tyranny of distance may limit Amazon's ability to offer same-day and even one-hour deliveries, which have made shopping on Amazon a daily habit for millions of US consumers.
However, Australians already have a healthy interest in Amazon's goods and services, judging by Nielsen and Hitwise data.
If Amazon can deliver the same level of service and the vast range of products it does in the US, the UK and several European countries (175 million products in Spain and 300 million in Germany), Amazon.com.au could quickly become the first port of call for local shoppers.
A Nielsen survey earlier this year underlined the risk to retailers such as JB Hi-Fi, Dymocks, Myer and David Jones when Amazon rolls out its full suite of products and services.
About 67 per cent of respondents said they were likely to buy electronics from an Amazon Australia site, 61 per cent said they would buy books, 59 per cent clothing and 42 per cent footwear. However, the survey suggested low levels of interest in Amazon Fresh, with only 9 per cent saying they were likely to buy fresh vegetables and 7 per cent fresh meat from Amazon Australia.
New Zealand's inflation has finally hit the central bank's target mid-point of around 2 per cent annual growth in the first quarter, after more than a year of concerted effort to lift tepid inflation.
The consumer price index rose 1 per cent from the previous quarter, according to Thursday's report from Statistics New Zealand, leading to annual inflation of 2.2 per cent.
The New Zealand dollar rose to $US0.7033 in the wake of the release from around $US0.70.
Economists polled by Reuters had forecast the CPI to rise 0.8 per cent for the quarter, with an annual increase of 2 per cent.
The result was the highest annual rise in five years and the first time since 2011 the inflation had hit the middle of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's target band of 1 to 3 per cent.
The rise was largely attributed the effects of booming construction and migration, as well as temporary gains from higher oil prices and a tax hike on alcohol and tobacco.
The bank was thought unlikely to budge from its stance of keeping rates at 1.75 per cent, possibly for years to come, to ensure inflation remained strong.
"We expect the current lift in headline inflation will be temporary, as does the RBNZ, given there were several 'one-offs' in the first quarter,"said Nick Tuffley, chief economist at ASB Bank in Auckland.
"Nonetheless, we expect annual inflation to hover around 1.5 per cent and 2 per cent over the next few years. We continue to expect the RBNZ will lift the OCR [official cash rate] in late 2018."
"The stronger than expected result, including signs that tradables inflation may have more momentum than we had anticipated, does suggest some upside risk to our view for the OCR," said Michael Gordon, acting New Zealand chief economist at Westpac in Auckland.
"The RBNZ's February forecasts assumed inflation wouldn't be back at these sort of levels until 2019."
Australia biggest property firms and investors expect house price capital growth to charge ahead despite their expectations that retail interest rates will continue to rise – a sign that would usually see house prices start to cool.
The latest property industry survey compiled by ANZ and the Property Council of Australia shows confidence in the residential and commercial property sector, as measured by an index, has lifted to its highest level since 2014.
"What is remarkable about the outcome is that we are seeing increasing confidence across the sector despite a hardening view that interest rates will increase and that the banks will continue to tighten credit," the Property Council's chief executive Ken Morrison said.
Expectations that interest rates will rise have doubled in every state since the last quarterly survey.
And while dwelling values were up 16 per cent year on year in Sydney and 11.8 per cent in Melbourne, expectations of further capital growth in housing prices in these and other cities were also recorded in across all states, with a big surge in Queensland and Western Australia.
The detailed survey, which takes in 1600 respondents, also showed that for the first time in the survey's history the issue of housing affordability was rated as the No.1 economic issue for the federal government to address, closely followed by economic growth.
Another distinct trend was the expectation that debt finance will tighten even further – a signal that macro-prudential measures, such as restricting banks from lending at more than 10 per cent growth to investors, have really started to kick in.
ANZ's head of Australian economics David Plank said funding conditions were now at their worst in five years.
"This is consistent with banks tightening their lending criteria, especially in the residential space," Mr Plank said, "We have also seen banks' funding costs increase, and this has been passed on through out-of-cycle interest rate hikes in recent weeks.
"Higher-indebted households are certainly vulnerable to any significant increase in interest rates, but still strong sentiment in the sector appears to be underpinning the strong price outlook."
Santos has reported a further reduction in costs and debt in a quarterly report that also revealed a slight dip in output as the impact of asset sales outweighed higher production from the GLNG gas export project in Gladstone.
Chief executive Kevin Gallagher said the oil price at which the oil and gas producer now expects to break even this year on cash flows stands at $US34 a barrel, down from $US47 at the beginning of 2016.
Net debt was lowered by $US380 million ($505 million) in the March quarter to $US3.1 billion, making progress towards Santos's target of $US1.5 billion by the end of 2019, which could also involve further asset sales.
Mr Gallagher took over the helm at the weakened Adelaide-based producer early last year with a mission to steady the ship after a tumultuous period during the oil price downturn, when the company was forced to raise equity to shore up its balance sheet. In December, the company announced a restructuring to house its second-tier assets in a separate division, run from Sydney.
The quarterly performance was helped by a strong improvement in oil prices from a year ago, helping sales in the March quarter climb 14 per cent from the March quarter last year to $US684 million, despite a 6 per cent slide in output to 14.8 million barrels of oil equivalent.
But both output and sales were softer than the December quarter of last year, due to the sale of small fields in Victoria, the Northern Territory and Western Australia.
At GLNG, the export venture that many see as the root cause of the east coast domestic gas shortage, production rose to 1.367 million tonnes in the quarter, 43 per cent higher than a year earlier as the second production unit ramped up. Santos's share of revenues was $US167 million.
Santos flagged maintenance shutdowns at part of GLNG and the Papua New Guinea LNG venture over the next few months, which will hurt output, but maintained guidance for full-year production of between 55 million and 60 million boe.
Santos shares are 2.1 per cent lower at $3.59.
After snapping up sold-down iron ore miners and telcos yesterday, Investors have broadened their "buy the dip" approach to banks and healthcare stocks, pushing the ASX 200 up 16 points, or 0.3 per cent, higher to 5820.
The early moves defied futures trading pre-open that suggested a weak start, although oil and gas companies are under pressure again as the crude price drops again. BHP is off 0.6 per cent and Woodside is down 1.3 per cent.
The big banks are doing some heavy lifting, as all climb by between 0.4 and 0.6 per cent. Macquarie is up 0.9 per cent. CSL is up 0.5 per cent, and listed property names are getting some love again after the past couple of days served up some rare losses.
Telcos are still red hot, with Telstra up 1.9 per cent, TPG up 3.2 per cent and Vocus 3.5 per cent.
Outside of gold mining, where producers are suffering the falling away of the recent safehaven flows, diggers are doing well. Fortescue is up 0.4 per cent and Rio 0.3 per cent after it presented a production update. Mineral sands producer Iluka Resources is the morning's best, jumping 12 per cent on bumper quarterly production and revenue numbers.
South32, however, is off 1.3 per cent.
Big supermarket owners Woolies and Wesfarmers are both higher, despite the news that Amazon is officially coming to town.Back to top
There is no need for Tabcorp to increase its Tatts bid in response to a competing offer from KKR and Macquarie-backed Pacific Consortium.
That's the view of Credit Suisse analysts this morning, who said Pacific Consortium's revised offer may increase cash certainty, it was inferior to Tabcorp's deal in regards to dividends and regulatory and industry approval certainty.
"Tatts shareholders miss out on potential 2-3 dividends under the PC proposal," the analysts told clients.
"Tabcorp's proposal allows for one more Tatts operational dividend of 8¢ per Tatts share not to be deducted from the cash component should the merger occur after Tatts full-year result.
"Also, once the merger completes, Tatts shareholders could participate in potentially two more Merge Co dividends (22c).
"Under the PC proposal, operational dividends cease and regulatory approvals could take 18 months, meaning Tatts shareholders would miss an estimated 22c of Merge Co dividends otherwise received under the Tabcorp proposal."
Credit Suisse also told clients not to underestimate the racing industry approval process, and whether Racing QLD question Pacific Consortium's commitment to Tatts' wagering business.
Pacific Consortium lobbed a revised $4.21 a share cash bid for Tatts on Tuesday night.
Tatts said it was considering the offer, and how it stacked up against an agreed scrip and cash deal with Tabcorp.
Tabcorp offered 0.8 Tabcorp shares and 42.5¢ cash for every Tatts share.
It was a muddled night on Wall St amid "a feast" of information, writes IG analyst Chris Burton:
There is the US reporting season underway with mixed results being posted. Early reporting in financials and industrials is maintaining the view the broader US will maintain the better than 9% earnings per share growth required to support current market valuations.
Overnight the Dow saw selling as the IBM's results fell short of expectations, this stock, heavily weighted in the DOW saw the index move to a new two-month low. This type of price movement would have the market bulls very concerned as this market moves to 100-day moving average, considered to be a key indicator of market sentiment and strength.
Overnight ASX SPI futures are down 13 points, this will have the daily cash market continuing to trade under the key support level of 5833, further weakness in the heavily weighted financials may keep the buyers on the sidelines with a possible test of the key 5700 support level in the coming weeks. Often these types of market offer opportunity to the trader investor as oversold stocks find a bid.
Weaker sentiment will follow through into our markets today with the BHP overnight American depository receipt (ADR) closing down 1.2%. In the financial sector the CBA ADR is indicating a flat open for the stock and will bring in a flat open for the overall market. With overnight gold trading $US10 lower to finish at $USUS1279.83 this will see further pressure on the gold producer Newcrest in today's session.
The impending UK elections announced on short notice yesterday, to geo-political tensions in North Korea and this weekend's French elections could give the markets bears the momentum to sell into the fading Trump rally.
And so it begins....
E-commerce giant Amazon will launch a new wave of retail disruption today, calling for local retailers to join its global marketplace and confirming it will roll out its full retail offering in Australia over the next few years.
Amazon has confirmed it is actively searching for a large distribution and fulfilment centre in Australia, the first step to launching services here such as Amazon MarketPlace, Amazon Prime Now and eventually Amazon Pantry and Amazon Fresh.
"Amazon Web Services launched an Australian region in 2012, we launched a Kindle Store on Amazon.com.au in 2013, and we now have almost 1000 employees in the country," Amazon said.
"The next step is to bring a retail offering to Australia, and we are making those plans now.
"We are excited to bring thousands of new jobs to Australia, millions of dollars in additional investment, and to empower small Australian businesses through Amazon Marketplace."
Amazon has previously refused to confirm or deny growing speculation that it is preparing to roll out its full suite of retail services in Australia as early as 2017.
The global e-commerce giant has now broken its silence as it steps up negotiations with suppliers, property owners and logistics providers and advertises for staff.
On Thursday Amazon's Australian website, which sells Kindle devices and Kindle content, will carry a banner calling for expressions of interest from Australian companies keen to set up shop on Amazon Marketplace, which enables third-party sellers to sell their own products alongside Amazon products.
More than 1000 Australian companies already sell their wares on Marketplace, which gives them access to customers in Australia and overseas.
About 50 per cent of Amazon's revenues come from third-party sellers, some of whom pay the e-tailer commissions and fees to store and deliver their goods under a service called Fulfilment by Amazon, which has been growing 70 per cent a year.
Given Amazon's strengths in books, consumer electronics, clothing and sporting goods, bricks and mortar retailers most exposed will include JB Hi-Fi, Harvey Norman, Myer, Dymocks, Super Retail, BIG W, Kmart and Target.
Online retailers and marketplaces such as eBay, Booktopia and The Catch Group will also feel the heat from Amazon's wide product range, low prices and fast delivery.
Staying in the sector, and Rio Tinto has slashed its copper production target and revealed a slow start to 2017 from its flagship iron ore division.
A modest set of March quarter results was expected from Rio after strikes, disputes and weather disruptions crimped output from several of the company's core divisions.
Rio's Western Australian iron ore division sold 76.7 million tonnes in the three months to March 31, in a result that was almost exactly on par with shipments during the first quarter of 2016.
Wild weather interrupted port operations on several occasions during the quarter, and the result means the company is behind the pace required to meet its full-year guidance.
The company has reiterated its previous vow to ship between 330 million and 340 million tonnes from WA in 2017.
Rio is not the only pilbara iron ore exporter to report an interrupted first quarter; last week Fortescue revealed that iron ore shipments from the pilbara were down 6 per cent.
Rio had set a very wide guidance range for copper production in 2017, in a bid to reflect the uncertainties attached to its complicated share of production from Indonesia's Grasberg mine.
But the wide guidance range (between 525,000 and 665,000 tonnes of mined copper) was not wide enough, after a tough first quarter that saw Chile's Escondida mine embroiled in a 44 day strike and production from the Grasberg mine interrupted by a dispute with the Indonesian government.
Rio's share of mined copper from those two mines plus Mongolia's Oyu Tolgoi and the Kennecott operation in the US was 84,200 tonnes in the March quarter; a far cry from the 133,800 tonnes produced in the first quarter of 2016.
Rio has responded by cutting its copper production target for 2017 to between 500,000 and 550,000 tonnes.
Coking coal shipments were also 20 per cent lower than the same period of 2016, because of planned operational issues and unplanned interruptions.
But guidance has been maintained for now.
The spot price of iron ore snapped two days of sharp losses, though there's no sign yet that a new floor has been found.
Benchmark spot ore with 62 per cent content in Qingdao rebounded 2.2 per cent to $US64.20 a tonne, at its latest setting, according to Metal Bulletin. The price had dropped 4.6 per cent on Tuesday after a 3.5 per cent slide on Monday.
The spot price has tumbled more than 30 per cent since its February 21 peak amid a mix of concerns about the outlook for steel demand in China.
Steel mills in China aggressively ramped output early in the first quarter of 2017 to chase widening profit margins, driving the price of iron ore higher too. Since then the government has moved, along with the central bank, to rein in property development. In addition, local iron ore mines have increased output and mills began to shift from higher priced imported ore, which helped bolster production rates, to lower local grades, in a bid to capture more profit.
For months, industry analysts and executives have been forecasting a retreat back towards the $US55 a tonne level, on expectations of rising global supplies and slower, though, steady demand from China. No one saw as sustainable a spot price above $US80 a tonne. It had reached $US94.86 a tonne on February 21.
In a report dated April 13, Macquarie Wealth Management said the rise in iron ore supply had "clearly been driven" by the price surge through February, and "until ore prices drop to below $US60 a tonne we would expect no change to the trend of rising supply".
The shift in recent weeks to using lower grade ore has hammered the premium for higher grade imports, notably from Australia and Brazil.
Professional investors are not overly worried by the recent weakness, with many using it as an opportunity to pick up now-cheaper mining stocks.Back to top
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Report summaryGlobal gas demand is expected to continue to grow at an average rate of 2.0% for the forecast period to 2035, which is in line with the historical rate achieved over the period 1980-2007, prior to the global economic crises. Our forecast in this update is slightly lower than our H2 2014 view, with global demand now forecast to reach 4,376 bcm by 2025 and 5,070 bcm by 2035 (vs 4,411 bcm and 5,133 bcm in our H2 view).
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4 Indian Femme Perspectives: Sonali Kathuria
Unlike many people, young and old, Sonali does not appear to be missing any pieces. She is a complete sculpture that will get better with age, but she is complete nonetheless.
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Kerala. Kerala. Kerala. I'd heard so much about it that I knew I had to visit. When I saw how affordable the plane tickets were I nearly spit out my chai. It was settled.
If women are art then Rokeya Qaiser is a masterpiece. And as she sits across from me, bangles clinking, hands expressing anxiety, dark hair rippling down her shoulders, I know that I am in the presence of some sort of model—or muse. Do you have any role models/people you look up to? "My mother, my ...
Sometimes an individual cannot help but answer the question underlying the one explicitly posed. Here we were, a woman and a bud, sitting over curries talking about womanhood when the question was about gratitude.
Sadness is inherently draining and abusive. Sadness is an external and internal enemy that works from the inside out to slacken your limbs and corrupt your spirit. Sadness is not theoretical, either. It is tangible. It is real. Sadness is not getting the job. Sadness is a cousin diagnosed with cancer. Sadness is a miscarriage. ...
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First best is falling in love. Second best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better than never having been in love." ―Maya Angelou
The west coast feminist that I am, I have to continuously remind myself that I'm not at home. And although I fall more in love with India every day, I have learned that home is in fact not where the heart is.
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Squash the Heat: 3-6 p.m. at the Homegrown Alabama Farmers Market at Canterbury Episcopal Chapel lawn, 812 Fifth Ave. Children's activities are planned. Vendors will sell fruits, vegetables, baked goods, beef, cut flowers, coffee, tea, eggs, homemade herbal teas, soap, pralines, canned goods, hot foods, arts and crafts.
"Painted Memories" Caring Days art show: 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Harrison Galleries, 2315 University Blvd., downtown Tuscaloosa. Proceeds will help complete the capital building campaign for Caring Days to build new facilities.
Lake Tuscaloosa Opry: 7-11 p.m. at Giles Repair, 12020 Lester Taylor Road, Northport. Live music and dance. Cover charge is $4. No alcohol or tobacco. Call 205-339-5028.
Crimson Pride Barbershop Chorus rehearsal: 7 p.m. at First Christian Church, 627 Paul W. Bryant Drive. Men of all ages who love to sing are invited. Call 205-758-3169.
Artrageous Riverfront Arts Tour: 5-9 p.m. featuring downtown Northport's Art Night and the Art and Soul of Downtown Tuscaloosa. Presented by the galleries, merchants and restaurants of Tuscaloosa and Northport. Exhibits and a reception with open artist studios. Free admission. Call 205-758-1257 or 205-758-5195.
Art Night, Silent Auction and Open Studios: 5-9 p.m., Kentuck Courtyard of Wonders, 503 Main Ave., Northport. There will be live music and free cob oven pizza. All proceeds from the event will go to the United Way of West Alabama for local use in tornado recovery. Call 205-758-1257.
Photography exhibit opening reception: 6-7 p.m. for "Leaving Traces, Diving from the Nest" by Megan Cutter in the Junior League Gallery of the Bama Theatre, 600 Greensboro Ave. Free. Call 205-758-5195.
Photography exhibit opening reception: 5-9 p.m for Jeannie Guthrie's exhibit "Your Photos of Our Town: A Unique Interpretation of Tuscaloosa in Photographs," in the Greensboro Room at the Bama Theatre, 600 Greensboro Ave. Free. Call 205-758-5195.
Summer carnival: 6-10 p.m. through Saturday next to the Fire Station on East Coats Avenue in Linden. Armbands are $15 at the gate.
U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions county visit: 10:30 a.m. at the University of West Alabama, Station One, U.S. Highway 11 North, Livingston. Sessions will meet with UWA President Richard Holland.
Roll Tide Relief benefit concert: 2 p.m.-2 a.m. at 4th & 23rd, The L&N Station, Browns Corner and Green Bar. All proceeds go to United Way of West Alabama.
Country and gospel music: 7 p.m. at Parker's Music House in Gordo. No alcohol or tobacco. No children younger than 12. Admission $3. Call 205-364-6197.
Photography exhibit: "Leaving Traces: Diving from the Nest" by Megan Cutter in the Junior League Gallery of the Bama Theatre, 600 Greensboro Ave. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-
Friday and during Bama events, June 3-24. Free admission. Enter gallery through Arts Council offices (PARA Building). Call 205-758-5195.
"Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street": 7:30 p.m. at the Bama Theatre, 600 Greensboro Ave. Presented by the Actors Charitable Theatre. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Tuscaloosa tornado relief efforts. Admission is $10 for students, $12 for seniors, $16 for adults and $18-$20 for reserved seats.
Photo exhibit: Jeannie Guthrie's "Your Photos of Our Town: A Unique Interpretation of Tuscaloosa in Photographs" 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday and during Bama Theatre events through June 24 in the Greensboro Room in the Bama Theatre, 600 Greensboro Ave. Free. Call 205-758-5195.
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IBM Takes Pi To One Billion Digits
IBM's supercomputer, Blue Gene was designed to continuously run at 1petaFLOPS. IBM is pleased to announce that Blue Gene has found the billionth decimal digit in pi. Many have thought that this calculation was impossible and some estimated that it would take a single processor 1,500 years to compute. IBM's Blue Gene was able to solve pi to the billionth decimal digit in only a few months. The machine was working steadily in the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in IBM Australia.
This recent technology breakthrough will help technologists and mathematicians alike because they now have the equation to create random number sequences. Since random numbers are the primary force behind computer security, such as electronic banking, this is a huge step on IBM's part. Scientists unveiled the first version of Blue Gene back in 2007. In 2009, President Obama awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation to the Blue Gene project, one of the highest awards given to innovators of technology.
What's unique about Blue Gene/P is that it is at least seven times more energy efficient than any other supercomputer, using many low-power chips that are connected through specialized networks. Four 850MHz PowerPC 450 processors are integrated on each Blue Gene/P chip. The entire system is made up of 294,912 processors and is housed in a 72-rack system. Scientists note that Blue Gene can hold up to 884,736 processors over 216 racks, but that is a ways away.


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Polycythemia vera (PV) is a slowly progressive cancer of the bone marrow, in which too many red blood cells are produced. The symptoms of PV are largely related to the "thickness" of the blood caused by the excess red cells, in particular, blood clots and (paradoxically) easy bleeding. With good medical management, patients with PV can lead nearly normal lives.

PV occurs in about 1 in 100,000 individuals, most often those aged 50-70 years, but it may occur at any age. This rare bone marrow disorder affects both men and women of all ethnic backgrounds.

Symptoms

The symptoms of polycythemia vera come on slowly. Because there are too many red blood cells, there is a higher volume of blood in the body than normal and therefore, it is thicker than usual and has difficulty circulating in small blood vessels. Symptoms may include:

poor oxygen circulation causing headache, dizziness, vertigo, ringing in the ears (tinnitus), vision changes, chest pain

abnormal bleeding causing nosebleeds, gums bleeding, bruising, digestive system bleeding

enlarged spleen (splenomegaly) and/or liver (hepatomegaly)

abnormal blood clots in veins in the body (thrombosis)

development of Budd-Chiari syndrome (obstruction of the main vein of the liver)

itching (pruritis), especially after a hot bath

ruddy (reddened) complexion which may be seen in the face, palms, nail beds, mucous membranes in the mouth, and conjunctiva of the eye

While PV is a type of bone marrow cancer, with good medical care most patients can expect to live their normal life span. However, patients with PV have an increased risk of developing more dangerous kinds of bone marrow cancer over time, such as acute leukemia.

Diagnosis

When polycythemia vera is suspected, perhaps from a high blood hematocrit or other symptoms, direct measurement of the red blood cell mass in the blood shows an increase.

This combined with an enlarged spleen or increased white blood cell and platelet counts (which are also common in PV) will help confirm the diagnosis. There are additional tests which can be done to confirm the diagnosis and exclude other disorders which may cause similar symptoms.

Treatment

Polycythemia vera has for many years been treated by removing some blood from the body (phlebotomy). This procedure can reduce the increased number of red blood cells down to a normal level. Usually, about one-half to one pint (250-500 ml) of blood is removed. When an individual is first diagnosed, phlebotomy may be done frequently.

Once the individual's hematocrit value is normal, phlebotomy is typically performed on a maintenance basis or may be combined with or replaced by myelosuppressive drugs such as hydroxyurea or interferon. If the platelet count is high, a platelet-reducing agent called anagrelide (Agrylin) may be used.

An individual with polycythemia vera will be cared for by a hematologist (blood specialist) who has experience managing the treatment and complications of the disorder. Currently, there is no consensus in the medical community as to what the optimum treatment for PV is, so treatment is tailored to the needs of the individual. PV is a chronic condition which requires long-term treatment.

Sources:

Besa, E.C. (2006). Polycythemia vera. eMedicine. http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1864.htm

National Organization for Rare Disorders. Polycythemia Vera

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I was on the way home from work Friday night. It had been a long week. We'd washed about 40 cars for Employee Appreciation Day at work and I was sweaty, dirty, exhausted and grumpy. I had just picked up the Littles from daycare when my husband text me, "Pick up a pizza?" The temptation was strong to give in and take home a cheap pizza. I could feed everyone, put my feet up and get a little rest. But I couldn't do it. There had to be something I could make that was quick and easy with minimal cleanup but also healthy, Whole30-compliant and kid-friendly. Thank goodness for this Paleo & Whole30 Chili! I had food on the table and my tired feet propped up by the fire in no time.
You're going to love this Paleo & Whole30 Chili recipe because it requires just a few ingredients and minimal prep work. The fire-roasted tomatoes really make this recipe. They give it a great depth of flavor with little work for you. The great thing about chili is that you can get really creative using what you have on hand. Have some mushrooms in your fridge? Throw 'em in. Bell peppers, shredded carrots, they're all game. If you have fresh garlic, use it! A garlic press will make quick work of it. It's so easy to load it up with a bunch of veggies or keep it simple if you're in a pinch like I was.
Here's my Paleo & Whole30 Chili recipe, but make sure to make it your own!
- 2 lbs. ground beef
- 1 large yellow onion, diced
- 4 tbsp. tomato paste
- 3 tbsp. chili powder
- 1 tbsp. garlic powder
- 1 tbsp. cumin
- 2 c. chicken broth
- 28 oz. fire-roasted tomatoes, undrained
- 1 tsp. salt
- ½ tsp. pepper
- In a Dutch oven or large stock pot, cook ground beef over medium-high heat until browned, using a wooden spoon or your Pampered Chef Mix N Chop to break up the pieces.
- Add the onion and cook 5 minutes.
- Reduce heat to medium and add the tomato paste, chili powder, garlic powder and cumin, stirring well.
- Add the chicken broth and allow to reduce for 5 minutes.
- Stir in the tomatoes and and mix well.
- Season with the salt and pepper, adding more to taste throughout the remainder of the cooking process.
- Simmer 45 minutes to allow the flavors to meld.
Serve this Paleo & Whole30 Chili over some Garlic and Ghee Smashed Potatoes (recipe coming soon!) or Herbed Plantain Rice (recipe coming soon!). I used some flat leaf parsley as a garnish.
Don't forget to save this Paleo & Whole30 Chili recipe for later!
Did you make it? What changes did you make? I would love to hear your ideas!


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Jim Thorpe
By: Jonathan Cooper
Why Was Jim Thorpe Famous?
Jim Thorpe was a famous athlete and he was good at any sport he played. He was most famous for football and he was considered one of the NFL's founders. He also was the president of the American Professional Football Association, which is now the NFL. He was voted Greatest Football Player of the first half century. Even though he is famous for football there are many other sports he is known for. He was voted Greatest All-Around Male Athlete of the first half century by the associated press for a reason. He won 2 gold medals at the Olympics, one in the pentathlon, and one in the decathlon. He also played for pro baseball teams like the Cincinnati Reds. He was into the Track & Field Hall of Fame, NFL Hall of Fame as part of the original class, and the U.S Olympic Hall of Fame. He was named Athlete of the Century in 2000 by the associated press, too.
Summary of the Book
Jim Thorpe and his twin Charlie were born in Oklahoma, on May 28, 1887. When he and Charlie turned six they had to go to a boarding school. After three years at the boarding school his brother died of Pneumonia. After the funeral,Jim went back to the boarding school, but when he saw Charlie's empty cot it was too much for him. He ran the whole 23 miles home. When he got home he was forced to go to another boarding school, called Haskell Institute. Haskell was over 300 miles away from home. At Haskell he joined the track and field team because he was too small to play football. He met their best football player named Chauncy Archiquette who taught Jim the sport and helped Jim make a football. At Haskell he heard his dad was shot and dying so he ran home. A little after Jim had got back home his mom died of an illness. After his Mom died he was recruited to Carlisle which is a boarding school known for sports. A little after he arrived at Carlisle his father died. One day at Carlisle Jim saw his chance to get onto the track and field team. The track team was practicing the high jump and Jim asked to jump even though he was in his overalls. They set the bar higher than the school record and Jim jumped over it. The next day, the coach, Pop Warner, asked Jim to be on the Track and Field team and Jim accepted the offer. Jim asked to be on the football team, but Pop didn't want his high jumper to be injured so he tried to discourage Jim by starting with a tackling drill. He had to run down the whole field while the whole varsity team tried tackling him. He scored a touchdown on his first two times. He joined the Carlisle football team. He played pro baseball for the Cincinnati Reds, Boston Braves, and the New York Giants and played pro football for the New York Giants and the Oorang Indians. He also won 2 gold medals at the Olympics, one medal for the pentathlon and one for the decathlon in 1912.
Early Life and Childhood
Jim Thorpe and his twin brother, Charlie, were born on, May 28, 1887. His Mom's name was, Charlotte Vieux Thorpe and his Dad's name was Hiram Thorpe. He grew up a happy kid, he listened to his dad's Native American stories and played outside all he wanted. Though at the age of six, he had to go to a boarding school where he had to sit in a classroom. Jim didn't like school because, unlike at home where he could roam outside, he was indoors all the time. Tragically, at age 9, his brother died of pneumonia. He went home for a few days for Charlie's funeral and then went back to school. But when he saw Charlie's empty cot it was too much for him to handle and he ran home. His dad sent him to another boarding school called Haskell and there Jim was taught football by Haskell's best football player. Jim grew on the sport, but was too small to play. At age 17 he heard his dad was dying and ran home. When he got home he found out that his dad had survived. Sadly, soon after he arrived his mom died of a sickness like Charlie's. His dad sent him to a different boarding school again, but this time he was asked to go to Carlisle by a talent agent. At Carlisle he was invited to the track and field team after he beat the school's high jump record in his overalls. Later at Carlisle he joined the football team, but sadly his dad died when he was 19. He ended up playing lots of pro sports.
Jim Thorpe was born in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, USA
This primary source is a picture of Jim Thorpe in his Carlisle football pads. Carlisle is the school where Jim started playing football. He also made his own football at school, but not at Carlisle. Also, football is the sport Jim is known best for and he played pro football for 3 different pro football teams. He also founded a pro football team called the Indians. He was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame as part of the original class. He also was named Best Male Athlete of the Century and Half Century.
Jim Thorpe's Career
Jim Thorpe's career was an athlete, he played professional sports for lots of different teams. He played pro football for the New York Giants and the Oorang Indians. He also played pro baseball for the Cincinnati Reds, the New York Giants, and The Boston Braves. He won two gold medals at the olympics, one for the pentathlon, and one for the decathlon too. He was successful in all of these sports.
He was probably most successful in Track and Field or Football. He was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame and the Track and Field Hall of Fame. Also, his gold medals were in Track and Field events. Even though he was successful in football and track and field he was also successful in other sports, too. Though in the other sports he didn't have as much success, I think he did because you have to be good to get to the pro's. He was named Athlete of the Half Century and Athlete of the Century by the associated press.
Interesting Facts
An interesting fact about Jim Thorpe was he was Named Athlete of the Century. He also founded an NFL team called the Oorang Indians. On top of all of that he won two gold medals.
One of Jim Thorpe's quotes was, "The competition out here is incredible and it gets tougher every week. But this week is more exciting for me than any other this year, knowing I have won two in a row and I play well here."


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I came across a familiar story this morning. A sheriff's office was arming it's officers with AR-15 carbines, and the local news media was covering the story. The real story isn't that the deputies were qualifying with their new weapons.
The story is that they allows the beautiful young lady reporter to take a loaded weapon and point it over her cameraman's shoulder.
Here's a screen capture pulled from the video.
On a police range, surrounded by deputies and instructors, nobody had the common sense to move the cameraman out of the line of fire? The only saving grace here is that you hear the safety snick off as the cameraman moves to the side, just before the reporter shoots. This video demonstrates a huge error in judgment by the Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio and his deputies. Obviously, they need to take their training back to basics.


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An animated film featuring anthropomorphic emojis like Poop and High Five is probably not the best, um, vessel for a parody of a dystopian series in which fertile women are forced to procreate with wealthy men. But that's exactly what happened late yesterday afternoon, when the marketing for The Emoji Movie took a decidedly dark and exceedingly ill-advised turn. In a tweet that has since been deleted, the film's official account shared a promotional photo parodying The Handmaid's Tale, Hulu's acclaimed series adaptation of Margaret Atwood's classic novel. Unsurprisingly (and delightfully), the public response was swift and savage.
After years of taunting us with the possibility of a (super) late-coming sequel to Top Gun, it's actually happening. Tom Cruise is back, which guarantees our butts will be in those seats on opening day, no matter what. If you thought they were going to go with a basic title like Top Gun 2 for this major movie event, you were sadly mistaken.
Don Rickles' talents were seemingly limitless: An outrageous insult comic, a gifted dramatic actor, a welcome sight on stages and screens (big and small), and a constant presence whose career endured for decades, often surpassing his contemporaries. And now he's gone on to join them, as the legendary Rickles passed away today, April 6, at the age of 90.
The name is Bond…Bail Bond. At least that seems to be the case in these new photos from the set of Steven Soderbergh's Logan Lucky, which features a nearly unrecognizable Daniel Craig alongside a very recognizable Adam Driver. Both actors are sporting prison stripes in the pics, which also offer a glimpse at Riley Keough's character. In addition to the set photos, a new report reveals that Sebastian Stan has joined the cast of what's been described as a "hillbilly heist" movie.
With Paul Feig at the helm and a quartet of hilarious women who are great at improvising, it's not surprising that the upcoming Blu-ray and DVD release of the Ghostbusters reboot is packed with additional scenes, outtakes, deleted scenes, gag reels and — as many fans hoped — an extended cut of the film. We won't have a chance to see any of these bonus materials until October, but it should be interesting for those who felt as though Feig's theatrical version may have been a little too safe.
Veteran actor Abe Vigoda has enjoyed a career more vast and varied than many of his fellow performers, with a resumé that spans 65 years and includes everything from masterpieces like The Godfather to classic television like Barney Miller. Vigoda has reportedly passed away today at the age of 94, leaving behind an unforgettable legacy of film and television work.
Vin Diesel is the most prolific reporter of Vin Diesel news, and his latest social media posts offer a couple of updates on two of his big upcoming projects: Furious 8 and xXx 3. The actor has posted a new promo image for Universal's upcoming Fast and Furious sequel, which confirms the New York setting and offers an appropriate tagline, while two other photos tease an interesting action sequence in xXx 3.
For the second year in a row, every actor nominated in all four acting categories for the Academy Awards is a white person. All 20 nominees for Best Actor and Actress and Best Supporting Actor and Actress are white people, reigniting the Twitter hashtag #OscarsSoWhite. And while many of us are comfortable in our power to merely comment via social media, there are a couple of strong voices who are fed up and ready to do something about it: director Spike Lee and actor Jada Pinkett-Smith have announced plans to boycott the Oscars this year, while the host of the 2016 awards himself has called the Academy out for their persistent negligence to nominate people of color.
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Disney began developing a Cruella De Vil movie a few years ago, but with the success of the similarly villain-oriented Maleficent and their live-action Cinderella redo, the Cruella project has been put on the fast-track with Fifty Shades of Grey scribe Kelly Marcel penning the screenplay. Although the project does not yet have a director, it may be close to signing a star, as Emma Stone is in talks to portray the iconic 101 Dalmatians villain and demented fur connoisseur.
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Steelers sign TE Grimble to 1-year deal
The Steelers came to terms with another of their exclusive rights free agents, signing tight end Xavier Grimble to a one-year contract Monday.
The NFL minimum for a player with one year of service time is $540,000.
Grimble, 24, appeared in 11 games for the Steelers in his first NFL season. He had 11 receptions for 118 yards and two touchdowns. He was inactive for three games because of a groin injury and did not play in the regular-season finale against Cleveland with a rib injury. Grimble had only eight snaps in three postseason games and did not have a catch.
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Put your Photoshop hat on and check out the magical power of cropping. Removing some pixels distorts reality and fools the viewers, most often with dire consequences.
Everyone hates them now! The uncropped photos forever ruined the lives of those who enjoyed toying with our emotions.
1. Leave The Water! Now!
A shadow is slipping across the bottom of the sea. That's how most sharks begin their stealth attacks.
You will be relieved to know that the full frame doesn't include a frightened surfer running for its life. It doesn't even include a severed member floating in blood infested waters. We will leave such awful scenarios for another time.
Things are not always what they seem. The horrifying creature of the seven seas is nothing but a bird enjoying a shallow pond.
That is just a small sample of the tricks cropping can play on the human mind. All you have to do is remove enough information from the picture to make it confusing.
Do you envy those perfect shots couples take while on vacation? Coming up next is something for you to feel better.
2. The Invisible Third Wheel
A horseback ride through the waves is not always as idyllic as it appears.
Switching the car for a horse complicates things for those used with pressing buttons and controlling everything. Horses are moody and unpredictable animals that can ruin your fun in an instant.
That's why most riding experiences require someone else to come along with you. Taming the beasts adds a third wheel most couples dread.
This photo proves just how much compromise is taken on board to make your friends and family jealous. The poor man struggling to comfort the horses adds up to the obvious photographer.
Cropping was a cheap trick used to hide the less attractive truth. If you want to remain in the saddle and avoid a horseshoe to the face, you have to put up with that annoying guide that barely speaks English.
The next cropped photo puts your dirty mind to a rough test.
3. Is Not What You Think!
What are these two lads doing down there?
Don't worry! The two were just fooling around like brothers, and there is no awkward tension between them whatsoever.
The stomach punch appears rude and violent, when, in fact, it's their way of expressing genuine male bond. Nothing beats coughing blood after your pal just taught you how to take it like a man.
The two besties decided to share such a coronation of their relationship on social media. The photo begged for someone to open Photoshop and do the cropping.
The fallout made them avoid such close encounters in the future. Hundreds of mean comments questioned their orientation and proved once more the power of photo manipulation.
The next cropping job puts you on an emotional roller coaster.
4. One Image – Two Ways To Crop It
Some photos contain so many things going on at the same time you can pick more than one cropping area.
Nothing paints the many faces of war more vividly like the above pic. Confused viewers should put themselves in the shoes of the poor man that lies between life and death.
The captured soldier woke up to a 'good cop – bad cop' conundrum. Can you imagine the taste that water has when you have a smoking gun stacked against your head?
War is not Counter Strike. You just don't open some beers with your 'enemy' once the 'game' is over. Although the Geneva Convention says war prisoners deserve humane treatment, we all know the gruesome methods employed to obtain vital information.
We won't bother thinking about the ethics of using cropped versions of the last photo. Hiding the truth makes even civilians look awful.
The next uncropped photos revealed a disturbing technique both men and women use when they feel lonely.
5. Bae Caught Me Sleeping
There are many reasons why people post photos of them sleeping.
We all look cute and innocent in bed sheets, and the immediate assumption is that someone else was there to take the shot. The two wanted the rest of the world to know they have a caring girlfriend/boyfriend.
What they failed to do was to delete the uncropped version of the photo. Someone was evil enough to dig up dirty little secrets. The extra pixels speak for themselves.
Desperate for attention, the two staged sleeping sessions and took selfies. Extra points go to the girl that garnished her face with chips. The bloke, on the other hand, displays incredible foot dexterity.
They hoped to spur jealousy amongst friends. They ended up looking ridiculous and drowning in pity. Desperate for attention, they got more than they were begging.
The next cropped photo triggered vivid emotions. It turned out to be something else.
7. Airlines Hate Him!
The smile on his face tells it all.
All his friends hated him for a splendid reason. Jimmy here concluded his Dubai trip with a textbook selfie.
The luxurious Burj Al Arab Jumeirah in the background seems taken out of the wall of a travel agency. The hint should be enough to uncover the lie behind this once in a lifetime experience.
The uncropped picture shows just how easy it is nowadays to go anywhere in the world. Forget about hunting down the cheapest flight tickets and learning your way through an exotic language. All you have to do is get proficient in Photoshop.
The prankster was caught red-handed and exposed. Take a look at the stack of travel destinations waiting by the TV. The man apparently wants the title of globe-trotter attached to his name.
A disturbing truth saw the light together with an uncropped shot.
8. Fake Boyfriend Hand
There is nothing more romantic that posting photos of you dragging your boyfriend to greet the world.
What happens when you fail to have a lover, yet crave after those shots? It's simple. Buy yourself a selfie stick in the form of a realistic human hand.
Brilliant as it is, the trick fooled even anatomy experts. The lie propagated itself everywhere until someone was brave enough to come forward and expose the practice.
The fake boyfriend hand opened the Pandora's Box of benefits modern technology can provide to a desperate, lonely woman. Malicious friends showed no mercy when they bombarded her account with smart-ass comments.
The spiciest remark came from one that suggested another good use of that hand. It should be clear by now that the incorrectly cropped photo spelled social media suicide for that lady.
Being an optimist is about showing the right parts only. Curious on how photo cropping can help?
9. Nice Ride!
As a young man, you have to show up with a decent ride.
After all, that's what makes you a magnet for the ladies. But the only thing this bloke attracted was a piece of scrap metal. Even with the dictionary around, it is hard to force your mind to think of the word 'car.'
The unlucky fellow thought he would get away by cropping the nasty details out. What he didn't remember was saving the work before unleashing the pic on social media.
No, it didn't help him to add a caption saying this was grandpa's car. No one is that stupid to believe that cliff hanger. Not even flaunting his new job at the scrap yard qualified as a decent explanation.
Remember kids, always say 'yes' when Photoshop asks you if you want to save.
The next photo was inexplicable until someone remembered how easy it is to remove elements from the frame.
10. The Flying Ship
Something is not right when a ship appears to float up in the clouds.
Hundreds of meters above the sea surface, the strange apparition was either the Jolly Roger or a clear sign the photographer traveled by accident to a parallel Universe?
Conspiracy theory believers will not like the truth. It turned out to be nothing but a hoax, made special by the fact that even the full picture is bewildering.
Those unfamiliar with the ups and downs of this remote Norwegian town would have no idea that the fog can play such cruel tricks on the eye.
We might have to wait a couple of decades before modern science will allow multi-ton vessels to roam freely through the skies. Was the photographer trying to play prophet here?
Staged vacation photos are now the norm. The next shot shows why no one is traveling for real.
11. A Quick Vacation
When they are not used to reproduce lady parts, the knees work great for the setup of an ideal vacation photo. Or do they?
In this modern age of Photoshop, one would be better off with its eyes popped out. A while ago, seeing was believing. Everything changed once people started investing their time in elaborate visual scams.
Why spend thousands of dollars on expensive getaways when you can impress people by not taking a single coin out of the pocket. Even couch potatoes will find the method comfortable and hassle-free.
All you have to do is set your laptop's desktop background to something eye-catching and use two of your fingers. Voila, you get to impress everyone with your appetite for high-budget destinations.
Tanning salons can make your game even more convincing. Just make sure you delete the uncropped photos. Don't be the guy that posts them side-by-side and does harm to the whole industry.
You have to see how women use to give men trust issues.
12. A Perfect Profile Pic Requires Serious Cropping
There is a good reason why most girls crop their profile pics somewhere at neck level.
We get it. Today's beauty standards are impossible, and they can wreak havoc on someone's self-esteem, but that's not an excuse for hiding the truth.
Most men would probably be disappointed to find out the women they obsessed about is big-boned. Cropping a pic just so that it shows you in a favorable light is a ticking time bomb. Sooner or later, real life will step in to give a slap in the face.
Social media hedonism is a guilty pleasure of our times. Nevertheless, we see this lovely young girl doing miles instead of 'likes.' We firmly believe adding some cardio to her daily agenda would help her get in shape and destroy her shyness regarding looks.
Even rock bands used the cropping technique to make album art more appealing.
13. Cropping Makes Album Cover Less Awkward
Fans of Nirvana will be thrilled to see the uncropped photo for the cover of the 'Nevermind' album.
Yep, they had to place the baby in the water for real to make it look cool enough. However, the one-dollar bill bait attracted more than the toddler's attention.
Both a shark and a dolphin showed up during shootings, and only God knows how producers avoided the tragedy. The question about drowning is irrelevant. You should have known that newborns are excellent swimmers after nine months spent in the miniature Aqualand of the placenta.
Cropping was an obvious choice here, and we won't get into too much detail. It's enough to say that meddling sea creatures and the shipwreck would have ruined the composition.
Check out the secret behind those incredible Instagram shots!
14. Perfect Instagram Pics Debunked
Did it ever cross your mind that we perceive as perfection is nothing more than removing the bad pixels?
Check out the lovely lady showcasing incredible balance skills. Cropping made that shot Instagram material. The full picture reveals just pathetic we are in our hunt for the incredible.
A perfect day at the beach, right? That's the conclusion if you guide yourself only by the small square that remained after the crop. Her special connection with the sea was spoiled by random kids goofing around. But no, friends must envy her for her fabulous life.
Cropping is a dangerous tool if we use it to remove that part of the reality we don't particularly enjoy. Unfortunately, there is no real-life equivalent to cropping, and that might be disappointing to some.
The next photo sealed the fate for one of the most enduring Internet myths.
15. Fake Cliffhanger
Incredible shots with daredevils holding a good grip on a rock thousands of feet above the void made us all pray for their lives.
While we don't technically deal with a crop here, the case proved to be such a scandalous fake it deserves our attention. The rocky outcrop on the Brazilian seaside is approximately one meter above the ground and poses no danger at all.
The location became a Mecca for individuals desiring a gravity-defying shot. Photographers don't have to work too much. Meters away from the overhanging rock there's an excellent spot for getting the angle just right.


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Wise Wednesday
What's integrity? First, it's a choice.
BRENE BROWN says:
"Integrity is choosing courage over comfort; choosing what is right over what is fast, fun or easy; and choosing to practice our values rather than simply professing them."
Bottom line: Actions over words.
What's the difference between wisdom and integrity?
ANONYMOUS advice:
"Wisdom is knowing the right path to take. Integrity is taking it."
Bottom Line: Again, take action.
This last one really resonates for me right now, in a big way.
LENNIE BENNET* manifests:
"Excellence is the result of habitual integrity."
Bottom Line: Mid-October Mantra.
*Lennie B - British game show, comedian, and badass integrity advisor.


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Rangers come up short against Tigers
The aerial attack of Northeast's Jerrard Randall and Jeremy Liggins, two former LSU Tigers who combined for 360 yards passing and four touchdowns, helped propel the Tigers past Northwest 34-21 on Thursday, Sept. 19 at Bobby Franklin Field in Senatobia.
Northeast improved to 2-2 overall and 2-0 in the north while Northwest dropped to 1-3 overall and 1-1 in north division play. The Rangers still lead the all-time series 35-17-2.
Northeast racked up 533 yards of total offense and was in control early. The Tigers scored touchdowns on each of their first two possessions and led 14-0 after one quarter.
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Katie Holmes is a Cute Little Killer in Second 'Miss Meadows' Trailer
by Ethan Anderton
October 14, 2014
Source: YouTube
"Kind of a Pulp Fiction, Mary Poppins." That line in the new trailer for the quirky thriller Miss Meadows sums it up rather perfectly, but somehow we don't think the film will measure up to either of those revered films. Katie Holmes plays a wholesome, charming school teacher who isn't afraid to get her hands dirty when the opportunity calls for it. Delivering justice with a tiny little pistol she keeps for her purse, she's ready to keep the bad guys away from her children and the nice town in which she lives. But can she keep her secret from the local law enforcement, including the sheriff played by James Badge Dale? Watch!
Here's the new trailer for Karen Leigh Hopkins' Miss Meadows from YouTube:
Watch the first trailer for Miss Meadows, starring Katie Holmes, right here.
Miss Meadows is written and directed by Karen Leigh Hopkins (writer of Because I Said So). Katie Holmes (Batman Begins, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark) plays the titular character, a sweet and proper elementary school teacher whose perfect manners and pretty floral dresses hide a dark secret: when she's not teaching at the local elementary school or tending to her garden, she's moonlighting as a gun-toting vigilante. James Badge Dale and Callan Mulvey also star in the film which premiered at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival and Entertainment One will send the film to limited theaters this fall on November 14th. Interested at all?
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