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Morgan shares right now.
He is Jeff -- he joins us on the phone from Malibu California already buying a big position here picking up on the debt.
While economic outing to a position -- have led.
-- -- -- -- -- -- The two trillion dollar -- company and they have a what -- Arafat basically at 800 billion dollar.
Bought that was they're sort of protest -- billion dollars you're offset the gains that -- objectives -- after.
So it sounds like you do not think that the losses will get worse or minimally -- is not a big deal for you.
Bought me they may get little worse but look I mean that there's that this that this the company that's in the business -- hedges and greater trading can't.
You have the -- occasionally a Buddhist but I mean if you look at did not that effort on the company.
I mean it's still -- it mean that the street has projecting earnings this year for 85 zip it -- Iraq -- -- -- to war.
X should predict projecting five I think 550 arts and take off 2530 at that they are 35.
It's trading at -- and not seven and a half times earnings.
Is your position.
Still making you money do you bought at a price that was lower than what it is today -- -- it OK so you're doing what are your bankers I just want to clarify that.
-- -- -- it didn't start member supplement what would assure a better idea last night when I went to that.
I think yeah of course I'm sure I'm sure you're not thrilled about it but it sounds like you're relatively sanguine about the future of this company.
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This comes precisely.
At a time -- When the the language of the Volcker Rule is being crafted and now JPMorgan and Jamie Dimon who -- so locally against the Volcker Rule which would separate.
A bank's proprietary trading and not allowed to make too gigantic of a bet here with.
That money that it has.
That that it's really gonna hurt that whatever kind of regulation comes out or at least make it.
More -- were onerous do agree with that.
Book I've discussed this with Jamie -- arbitrage it department I can tell you that.
But you know I think we talked group the World Economic Forum -- stop us you know the problem that the bank happens is they're frustrated with the language of these.
Regulate regulatory agreements because they're just too ambiguous spending their spirit -- quite prudent it is.
Listed below what -- GAAP and they just have to know what they can't I can't -- -- we need these banks to abide.
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How have you talked your friends -- JPMorgan today what are they saying.
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-- -- everybody's that -- they've recognized legal lost even think it's it's a very small.
Although outlawed -- but -- point eight billion chairs you know so think about it they lost a billion dollars the stock is right at that fifteen that we are.
What is really have to the company they built out poppy great franchise investment banking asset management we felt.
-- -- -- -- No absolutely absolutely one equation -- You've done Monday morning it was yesterday the only difference is they -- that they had a loss which.
I think it aren't sure now that gonna put a lot more check about -- picture of this ever happens again.
Jeff -- billionaire investor adding to his position showing a sign of confidence in JPMorgan shares right now.
All right there's another side to this argument somebody who says no way hey this is not.
A good thing for any financial stay away from them at the moment Jeff thank you for joining us live from telephone.
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In last month's column, I asked you to think about what it means to be a Marketing Services Provider. Most printers, I think, are banking on technical competence to help them to make this transition that much of the industry is talking about—in other words, being technically able to produce a PURL or VDP project. I, on the other hand, think the key to success will be marketing imagination and creativity, and I promised to write more about that this month.
Before I go any farther, though, I want to provide you with a reminder and a caution. First, the reminder. VDP is an acronym for a term that is an element of industry jargon. Print sellers may know what variable data printing means, but the evidence indicates that most print buyers really don't get it. Personalization is a much better term, and I'm still pretty proud of the term I've coined—extreme personalization—which has proven to be more understandable to most buyers and gives you a more interesting story to tell.
Now the caution. Stop talking about PURL programs, as in: "We just did a PURL program for one of our customers." Beyond the jargon issue, you'll be a lot more successful in this Marketing Services Provider thing if you understand that what you did was a marketing program, which happened to involve PURLs.
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Policy & Practice: Advocacy
Letter: March 16, 2011
To: Honorable Members of the Judiciary Committee
Connecticut State Legislature
The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute is an independent/nonpartisan, nonprofit research, policy and education think tank. We conduct research and analysis on many issues in order to improve adoption laws, policies and practices. This correspondence – along with the attached written testimony regarding SB 890 þ is intended to explain the state of professional knowledge on one of those issues: the availability (or lack thereof) of original birth certificates to adopted persons once they reach the age of majority. Indeed, the Adoption Institute has conducted the most extensive studies to date on this issue; I would be delighted to provide you with copies.
I will keep this letter brief, as I'm sure you already have received a great amount of information from all sides. We can provide any additional data you might need or want, would be delighted to address any questions you encounter, and have also submitted research-based testimony (separate document).
In short, research consistently shows that sealed birth certificates are an anachronism born of society's desire to protect the reputations of adoptees and their adoptive families at a time when unwed mothers were severely stigmatized and the children born to them were denigrated as "bastards." Indeed, birth certificates were often stamped with the word "illegitimate." Over time, the cultural rationale has shifted to maintaining the anonymity of birthmothers. However, nearly all available evidence indicates that these women – while sometimes wanting privacy in their families and not wanting their situations public – overwhelmingly desire some level of contact with or knowledge about the children they bore; that they favor adoptee access to their birth certificates (or, at least, do not oppose it); and, contrary to popular perception, that they were not legally assured of anonymity. Moreover, the vast majority of adult adoptees want the records for a variety of reasons, notably medical and genealogical.
Two additional, critical points: First, a number of states in recent years have enacted laws granting adult adoptees access to their records - with none of the negative consequences that critics had predicted. And, perhaps most important, the unambiguous conclusion from a growing body of research is that greater knowledge about their histories (biological and personal) yields better outcomes for adoptees and their families. That is the principal reason, in both professional practices and new statutes throughout our country in the last decade, the singular trend has been toward increased disclosure. A few adoption practitioners, and organizations representing them, still advocate for closure – sometimes by confusing "anonymity" and "privacy" or by using discredited data on a supposed "link" with abortion – but these practitioners represent a small and shrinking minority in the field.
I hope these comments are useful. Please feel free to contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com or 617-332-8944 if you have questions or need more information. Thank you for your attention and for your important work.
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Respectfully submitted to the Judiciary Committee of the Connecticut State Legislature by Adam Pertman, Executive Director of the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute:
Thank you for reviewing this testimony on SB 890, restoring the right of adopted persons to obtain copies of their original birth certificates upon reaching the age of majority. The issue you are examining is far more important than most people perceive it to be, both in practical terms for the tens of millions of Americans that it stigmatizes – I refer here to both birthparents and adopted people – and symbolically, because we keep secrets about things we are ashamed of or embarrassed about. So, when we seal birth certificates, we send the clear signal that adoption is somehow a lesser way of forming a family, because it has something to hide from the very start.
Thank God, we are emerging from the period of our history in which people actually believed that was true, a period in which adoption was a shadowy secret, in which we denigrated nearly everyone touched by this wondrous institution, in which we even turned the words "you're adopted" into an insult. My children are not an insult, and neither are anyone else's, regardless of how they came into a family or why they left one. But some remnants of those dark days remain, and sealed birth certificates are one such remnant.
It is also difficult to learn much about secrets. As a result, many myths, misconceptions and stereotypes have come to be widely accepted – even by some professionals in the adoption field. The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, which I am proud to head, has no formal ties with any interest group. It is an independent and nonpartisan research, policy and education organization that was created for just one reason: to provide accurate, research-based information for practitioners, policymakers, journalists and others so that we, as a society, can shape better laws, policies and practices to improve the lives of everyone touched by adoption, especially children.
I'd like to start by offering an obvious observation, one I hope you will keep in mind as you listen to the testimony of those who want to retain the status quo. It is simply this: The critics of restoring the right to access records warn that approving this law will set off an array of dire consequences – from ruined lives, to increased abortions, to fewer adoptions, and on and on. Whether the critics are right is no longer the subject of conjecture or speculation. A half-dozen states around the country have done what you are considering doing, while two states (Kansas and Alaska) never sealed their records.
So now, we can see with our own eyes what calamities might have transpired as a result. And the answer, very simply, is "none." The newspapers in those very diverse states – from Alabama to New Hampshire to Tennessee to Oregon – contain no horror stories about stalker adoptees or weeping women. The statistics in those states show no inkling of rising rates of abortion or falling rates of adoption.
All this information, and far more, is contained in two comprehensive, research-based reports issued by the Adoption Institute. They are entitled "For the Records I" and "For the Records II" and are available for reading/download at no charge on our website. The addresses are http://tinyurl.com/RecordsI and http://tinyurl.com/RecordsII. I can also provide printed copies of these reports upon request.
Viscerally appealing arguments can be made by anyone, on any subject. Compelling anecdotes and singular experiences can be produced by any side, in any argument. So, in order to form the best possible laws, policies and practices, it is vital that we examine real evidence, solid research, and broad-based knowledge. Here, in bullet form, are a few things that we do indeed know. I will steer away from any disputed findings, and will stick to only those confirmed by hard data, widely accepted studies, or pervasive experience. Upon request, I am happy to provide supporting materials for the record:
- First, as you may already know, it is a historical fact that adoption-related records – in Connecticut and across the United States – were closed explicitly to protect adopted children from the stigma and shame of illegitimacy, and to prevent birthmothers from trying to see their children again; in addition, on a practice level, some social workers also wanted them closed to protect the biological mothers from the stigma and shame of unwed motherhood. The clear legislative and professional intent was to prevent access to those records by the public, not by the parties to an adoption themselves. Historically, the notion that birth certificates were sealed to ensure the anonymity of birth mothers is untrue, irrespective of whether providing anonymity is a good idea or not.
- Second, it needs to be stressed that adopted people are not stalkers, ingrates or children in search of new mommies and daddies. They are simply adults who want the same information the rest of us receive as a birthright. In his book "Roots," Alex Haley wrote: "In all of us there is a hunger, marrow deep, to know our heritage, to know who we are and where we have come from. Without this enriching knowledge, there is a hollow yearning; no matter what our attainments in life, there is the most disquieting loneliness." Research, experience and instinct all affirm Haley's eloquent observation. And adopted people are not exempt from the laws of nature. They love their parents – that is, their adoptive parents – just as much and are just as loyal as if they had been born to them. But a growing majority wants to know about their genetic, medical and cultural roots.
Adopted persons who obtain their original birth certificates in states where that is permissible may or may not form relationships with their biological kin; those decisions are up to the adults involved, and I believe it should not be the role of government to make the decision for them. Moreover, many if not most adult adoptees do not even make contact; for them, just having the most basic information about themselves is enough; it makes them feel they are treated equally, and it makes them feel whole. The fact is that access to their documents has become an issue that is separate from the question of "search" anyway. That is because, as a result of the Internet and other modern-day resources, many if not most adoptees who want to find their birth relatives can do so with or without their original birth certificates. One other detail relating to adoptees: They are wrong when they complain that they are the only Americans whose records are automatically sealed, and cannot be opened without court approval. In fact, the same process applies to people placed in the Federal Witness Protection Program.
- Third, the notion that a lack of anonymity leads women to have abortions rather than place their children for adoption is fiction. It may sound correct intuitively but, in fact, just the opposite appears true in practice; it appears that women are at least as likely to carry their babies to term and place them into adoptive homes if they believe they will have ongoing knowledge about what happened to those children. The evidence is in the growing number of states where adoption records have most recently been unsealed, and it extends much further and for much longer: In Kansas and Alaska, the only states in which records were never closed, there consistently have been fewer abortions and more adoptions than in states that border them or in the country as a whole.
- Fourth, on the critically important question of the birthmothers' desires, the research is unambiguous: Every study I am aware of relating to whether they want anonymity clearly shows that the vast majority do not – and that applies to those who were verbally assured of anonymity as well as those who were verbally assured they would one day have contact with the children they bore; yes, many women were promised exactly the opposite of anonymity, but those promises are seldom publicly discussed..
Depending on the study, between 80 percent and 95 percent of birth mothers do indeed want some level of information or contact with the lives they created. That doesn't mean they want to give up their privacy, but there's a huge difference between privacy and secrecy. And it doesn't mean they necessarily want the information or contact right away – some only want it years later, when they've had enough time to deal with the personal and emotional consequences of their action or, increasingly often, when they discover they have genetic or medical information they want to share. It is also highly significant that only a tiny percentage have taken advantage of the opportunity to say "no" to the release of birth certificates and other records in all of the states that have unsealed them in recent years.
The Adoption Institute has conducted the most comprehensive study to date on birthparents; I would be happy to provide a copy to you upon request, or you may view it at: http://adoptioninstitute.org/research/2006_11_birthparent_wellbeing.php
Even among those who truly thought they wanted anonymity at the time of placement, the majority eventually change their minds. Life is not a snapshot, after all, and few of us would want to live forever with the decisions we made at the age of 17, or even 25. Yet the core argument against allowing access to birth certificates is predicated on the mistaken belief that birthmothers are of one mind – and it will never change. This is not only a fundamental misunderstanding of research and experience, on a human level it assumes a woman can carry a child and then part with it and just "move on," as though she has given away an old record player. That view – essentially relegating women to the role of baby-making machines – pervaded adoption for generations. Thank God, it is changing radically and adoption practices are being reshaped in comprehensive, historic ways as a result. The bottom line is that birth certificates remain sealed in most of our country today because of lingering myths and mistaken stereotypes.
- Finally, denying access to birth certificates contradicts the stated desires of almost everyone directly affected, and it flies in the face of majority opinion throughout the United States. That applies to birthmothers, who seldom choose not to be contacted in states where they can state a preference; it applies to adopted people who – once they are adults – appear to overwhelmingly favor access to their records; it applies to a large and growing number of adoptive parents, a clear majority of whom have already told their children about their origins anyway; and, according to a national survey, it applies to the American public as a whole. The survey, which had a 3 percent margin of error, asked this question: "Should adopted children be granted full access to their adoption records when they become adults?" Eighty-four percent responded, "yes."
I respectfully ask you to put aside the aberrational anecdotes, emotional appeals, and corrosive myths on which too much public policy relating to adoption has been based for far too long. Instead, please examine the research. I believe that, after you do, you will come to the same conclusion as that 84 percent.
Thank you very much.
Adam Pertman, Executive Director
Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute


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Ashley Fehr gave the Tigers a 1-0 lead with 15 minutes left in the first half before Sewanee's Claiborne Buckingham tied it in the second half and Marcy Tickner put the hosts again five minutes later.
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Dr. Sheldon Sheps, emeritus professor of medicine and former chair of the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension in the Department of Medicine at Mayo Clinic, has been with Mayo Clinic since 1960.
Dr. Sheps, a Winnipeg, Manitoba, native, is board certified in internal medicine and specializes in hypertension and peripheral vascular diseases. He developed a multidisciplinary approach with specially trained nurses, dietitians, technicians and educators to help form a team approach to the treatment of patients with abnormal blood pressure.
"I have always believed in involving the patient and family in their health care," Dr. Sheps says. "I have asked for their understanding of the illness and issues and for participation in decisions. The Web is a natural extension of that, and now many more people can be informed."
Dr. Sheps chaired the sixth working group, and he participated in the fourth, fifth and seventh groups that developed the then-latest guidelines for hypertension under the auspices of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). He helped write the latest American Heart Association (AHA) report on blood pressure measurement. He chaired an AHA group that produced an online accreditation for blood pressure measurement for health professionals.
Dr. Sheps has co-authored books, newsletters, CD-ROMs and other Mayo Clinic health information material. He joined Mayo Clinic's Web team in 1998. He was medical editor-in-chief of both editions of the "Mayo Clinic on High Blood Pressure" book; the last edition was published in 2003. He was also medical editor-in-chief of "Mayo Clinic 5 Steps to Controlling High Blood Pressure," published in 2008.
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Blood pressure readings are given in two numbers. The top number is the maximum pressure your heart exerts while beating (systolic pressure), and the bottom number is the amount of pressure in your arteries between beats (diastolic pressure). The numeric difference between your systolic and diastolic blood pressure is called your pulse pressure. For example, if your resting blood pressure is 120/80 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg), your pulse pressure is 40 — which is considered a normal and healthy pulse pressure.
A high pulse pressure may be a strong predictor of heart problems, especially for older adults. Generally, a pulse pressure greater than 40 mm Hg is abnormal. A pulse pressure lower than 40 may mean you have poor heart function, while a higher pulse pressure may mean your heart's valves are leaky (valve regurgitation).
The most important cause of elevated pulse pressure is stiffness of the aorta, the largest artery in the body. The stiffness may be due to high blood pressure or fatty deposits on the walls of the arteries (atherosclerosis). The greater your pulse pressure, the stiffer and more damaged the vessels are thought to be. Other conditions — including severe iron deficiency (anemia) and overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism) — can increase pulse pressure as well.
Treating high blood pressure usually reduces pulse pressure as well.
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- Roman MJ, et al. High central pulse pressure is independently associated with adverse cardiovascular outcome. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2009;54:1730.
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Fri, Jan 20, 2012 | 20:29 GMT
Analyst: Concerns over SWTOR sales are a bit premature
Macquarie Securities analyst Ben Schachter has said concerns over sales figures for Star Wars: The Old Republic and the resulting drop in EA stock prices are due to outside "speculation", as NPD's sales figures don't show a complete picture. According to Schachter, the majority sales for the MMO were likely through Origin, and since NPD doesn't track the service, the figures weren't taken into account. The analyst believes around 1.5 million copies of the game were sold through Origin, but until EA releases its financials for Q4 and FY11, the exact figures will remain speculative. Another analyst, Wedbush Securities' Michael Pachter, is of the same opinion as Schachter, but said the figure is likely closer to 800,000 through both retail and Origin, and the game will have sold 2 million units by the time its first anniversary comes around. Thanks, Gamasutra.
Mon, Dec 07, 2009 | 18:57 GMT
GTA IV's "massive" size may put punters off DLC, says analyst
GTA IV may be simply too large to succesfully carry DLC, Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter's told VG247, as the majority of owners never actually finish the main game.
Pachter was talking in response to comments made earlier by AmTech analyst Ben Schachter (via Industrygamers and Joystiq), who expressed "concern" about the state of the GTA franchise in general thanks to The Lost and Damned, Gay Tony and other related games failing to match expectation.
"Ben's right that the DLC disappointed, but I suspect that the reason is that GTA games are so massive that a substantial majority of the GTA audience hasn't finished the core game, so they don't feel especially compelled to buy the DLC," Pachter said.
"GTA IV was at least a 50 hour game (for me, probably more like 100 hours), in contrast to the typical Call of Duty, which is a 6-10 hour game. Almost anyone who bought CoD finished it, and if they liked it (that's a high percentage), they were interested in DLC. On the other hand, my guess is that fewer than 20% of GTA owners finished the game (100% of VG247 readers, of course), so fewer were interested in DLC.
"I think that is a fair assessment, and don't think that the slow pace of DLC sales reflects poor performance for the franchise."
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Thu, Nov 12, 2009 | 10:49 GMT
Chart-Track slaps Pachter over MW2 sales doubts
Chart-Track's defended its 1.23 million day one UK sales figure for Modern Warfare 2 in the UK, following Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter casting doubt on the number last night.
"UK retailers have been at the forefront of electronic data capture for decades, which in turn allows us to capture daily sales from 99 per cent of retailers on our panel," said CT director Dorian Bloch, talking to GI.
"That's over 6000 retail outlets plus all the etailers – currently 25 different store fronts."
Pachter told VG247 overnight that Broadpoint AmTech's Ben Schachter's day one estimate of 7 million units for MW2 was "very reasonable… if we accept that the UK figure is accurate. My guess is that it's not."
Pachter himself put the day one number at around 4 million. Hit the GI link for a fuller explanation of how Chart-Track arrived at its figure.
Thu, Nov 12, 2009 | 07:37 GMT
Analyst: Modern Warfare 2 sold 7 million copies on day one
The dust has hardly even settled on Modern Warfare 2′s launch, but some people have already begun counting their chickens. Broadpoint AmTech analyst Ben Schachter is one such person, but he's an analyst, so it's kind of his job to do this sort of thing. Speaking with IndustryGamers, Schachter set the current tally at seven million copies. After only one day.
Among other things, Schachter's numbers were pulled from an earlier report that the UK's rabid crowd of Modern warmongers snapped up 1.23 million units on day one.
"With GTA IV selling-through 6mm units worldwide in its first week, that suggests week one of Modern Warfare 2 worldwide sell-through could approximate ~11.7mm. While 2x the week one tally for GTA IV may seem aggressive, the bottom line is that we believe current consensus estimates of around 12mm for the December quarter may end up being conservative," Schachter said.
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Sat, Aug 22, 2009 | 22:28 BST
Analyst: Xbox 360 Slim "is a question of when, not if"
Analyst David Cole of DFC Intelligence has told Industry Gamers that it won't be long before Microsoft released a slimmer version of Xbox 360.
"I think it is a question of when not if," he told the site. "However, the when part is a big uncertainty … rumors have been going on for a long time. I think people were asking me the same question last year at this time. As cost efficiencies allow smaller and more reliable is always a good thing. However, you also have something like Project Natal which could also tie in with hardware redesigns.
"There are a lot of questions Microsoft must weigh internally and there are always going to arguments on both sides of the fence around timing. So I don't know, but in our DFC forecasts we anticipated a major redesign in 2010….so I guess that was our bet."
While the other three analysts the site spoke with, Tom Greenwald of Signal Hill, Arvind Bhatia from Sterne Agee and Broadpoint AmTech's Ben Schachter, do not agree with him, each do foresee a new SKU redesigned with Project Natal for 2010.
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Fri, Aug 14, 2009 | 22:08 BST
Analyst expects Wii price cut, July NPD numbers lowest since launch
Broadpoint AmTech analyst Ben Schachter has weighed in on yesterday's NPD results for July, and has pointed out that Wii hardware sales are the lowest ever since its launch in November 2006.
To counter this, Schachter says Wii needs a price cut, and it is expected soon.
"Although Wii Sports Resort sold well, it appears to have offered little lift to Wii hardware sales, increasing the probability in our view that Nintendo must lower the price soon (we expect a September cut)," stated Schachter.
According to the NPD figures, Wii sold 252,000 units in the US during July.
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Mon, Dec 15, 2008 | 13:42 GMT
Guitar Hero outsells Rock Band in the US
UBS analyst Ben Schachter's that Guitar Hero outsold Rock Band by more than 1 million units in America last month, Gamespot reports.
Over 1.7 million Guitar Hero games of all versions and formats were sold in the US in November, of which 978,000 were copies of the latest version, Guitar Hero World Tour. This compares with 628,452 copies of Rock Band and Rock Band 2.
However, Guitar Hero sales were down 25 percent on November last year, versus an increase of 65 percent for Rock Band.
Combined sales of both games fell 12 percent compared to 2007.
Thanks, Eurogamer.
Sat, Aug 16, 2008 | 08:41 BST
Music industry grown 32% by games in 2008
According to UBS analyst Ben Schachter, music games have been a "key driver" for music industry this year, with "sales of music-themed games responsible for 19% of overall industry software dollars in July (15% YTD) and 44% of y/y industry dollar growth during the month (32% of growth YTD)."
That's not insignificant. In a research note, Schachter has also pointed out that Guitar Hero franchise dollars year-to-date are up a mighty 87 percent.
In terms of units, Guitar Hero is up 82 percent this year. On a dollars basis, the recent DS release of Guitar Hero: On Tour took in more than $15 million in July alone.
Moreover, MTV Games' Rock Band bundles on Wii, PS2 and Xbox 360 combined for nearly $47 million in sales in July.
More on GameDaily.
Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | 07:01 BST
Analyst: Rumored 360 price cut could line machine with both Wii and PS3
The latest Xbox 360 price cut seems like a pretty good idea considering the console's less-than-rocket sales of late, but could it end up being Microsoft's ace-in-the-hole? UBS analyst Ben Schachter thinks so.
"If we are correct [about the price drop], it would position the Xbox 360′s low-end sku as the lowest priced next-gen console (below Nintendo's Wii for the first time). Its high-end SKU would be price-comparable to Sony's new $399 PS3 SKU," Schachter told GameDaily.
"Overall, consoles have seen an average unit increase of ~53% in the month of/after a price cut," he noted.
Undercutting the Wii would probably give Microsoft a nice boost, but without a waggle wand, how long would it last?
Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | 09:01 BST
Hickey: "We absolutely believe Activision will take a look at Take-Two"
Speaking to The Deal, Janco's Mike Hickey has predicted that Activision Blizzard will take a look at buying Take-Two, for no better reason that to piss EA off.
"We absolutely believe Activision will take a look at Take-Two," said the analyst. "If a competitor is for sale, you take a look, and if EA is your real rival, why wouldn't you stir the pot a little bit?"
UBS' Ben Schachter, however, isn't so sure anything could ever happen between Acti-Blizz and the GTA-owner.
"It is highly unlikely that Activision would try to outbid EA," Schachter said. "They have enough on their plate at the moment."
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Mon, Jun 16, 2008 | 08:00 BST
Schachter calls for more Wii third-party hits
UBS analyst Ben Schachter has called for higher profile third party titles for the Nintendo Wii following the May NPD software numbers.
"While overall hardware and software trends for the Nintendo Wii continue to be strong, we would like to see more third-party hits on the platform," said Schachter.
"To date, Guitar Hero III, Sega of America's Mario and Sonic: Olympic Games, and TTWO's Carnival Games are the only third-party Wii games that have sold more than 1 million units to-date according to NPD, and there are many third-party Wii exclusives that have come-and-gone with minimal reaction from the market," he added.
"Nintendo's share of software dollars on its platform has approximated almost 50% since the Wii was introduced, and reached an all-time high in May of 68%."
The statement comes after it was revealed that Spielberg's Boom Blox only sold 60k, although NPD analyst Anita Frazier puts the poor performance down to EA's puzzler being released in amongst "Super Smash Bros. Brawl, GTA IV, Wii Fit, Mario Kart and the upcoming Metal Gear Solid 4″.
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For the first time, The Berkshire Bach Society will bring its signature Bach at New Year's program to the Pioneer Valley with a concert at the Academy of Music in Northampton on December 30 at 3:00 p.m.. New England Public Radio is proud to co-present the afternoon concert featuring The Berkshire Bach Ensemble, led by the world-renowned harpsichordist, Kenneth Cooper, and including soloists Joseph Silverstein and Eugene Drucker.
On the program will be a delicious Concerto for two horns, two oboes and solo violin by the irrepressible Antonio Vivaldi, the ever-popular Bach Double Concerto for Violin and Oboe in a new reconstruction by Dr. Cooper, and the devilish Harpsichord Concerto No. 15 in D minor by Handel (stolen largely from Telemann) with a special cadenza by harpsichordist Kenneth Cooper.
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Tickets ($45, $35, $20) are available through the Academy of Music Box Office. Please call 413.584.9032 x105 or visit www.academyofmusictheatre.com. Students free with ID. New England Public Radio Community Connection Card holders and Berkshire Bach Society members receive $5 off.
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Sugar daddying on the rise in Ireland as cash strapped students try avoid dropping out of college. |
And it's not just women who stand to 'benefit' from the arrangement, according to this morning's Irish Examiner -- 'sugar mommying', whereby males offering their intimacy and friendship in exchange for financial sponsorship, is an increasingly lucrative industry for young college-going men too, with well-to-do Irish cougars easily to capitalize on toy boys' desire to stay in higher level, without having to take on dreary part-time jobs to do so.
The story has a familiar ring to it: last October I reported that prostitution was how students were making ends meet, while pole-dancing is a perennial vice-industry favourite of hard-strapped students. One UK night-venue owner recently made headlines by publicly encouraging students to dance at his club as an easy way of making money.
An Irish website quotes top brass at sugar-daddying web portal seekingarrangement.com as saying that Ireland now 'boasts' the highest number of signed up sugar-daddying exchanges outside of the States -- and at 5,000 the figure is disconcertingly high for the relatively small college-going population here.
The website's owner even recounts how one 21 year old was paired off with an octogenarian millionaire, a sign of how ridiculous the 'matches' can be.
One Dublin graduate in her thirties was quoted demanding exorbitant sums in exchange for her 'companionship', which in the realm of sugar-daddying seems synonymous with intimacy, a price she was presumably able to command, given that her found sugar-daddy was a multi-milllionaire based comfortably close-by in the Dublin area. Others had similar stories to tell.
Perhaps what's more worrying than the idea of sugar-daddying taking off here is the numbers engaging in it. If there's already 5,000 registered members in Ireland (possibly a conservative tally of the overall total) we can expect that there will only be more joining the sugar-daddying ranks in months to come.
Donie O'Sullivan of University College Dublin's The College Tribune recently grabbed an exclusive from Union of Students Ireland (USI) president Gary Redmond that lifted the lid on a planned anti-fees march in the months ahead.
Worryingly it now seems as if €5,000 (approx. $6,800) is the latest figure on the cards for third level fees next year, and if passed in the next Budget this would almost certainly be far more than most Irish families are able to afford.
The march which the Union plans to mount against it will likely eclipse last year's one in Dublin which saw allegations of police brutality against protesting students, amid concern at the time that the increases in that Budget would be more severe than what they amounted to.
And if the fees-hike is given the green light come Budget-time, it's a fair bet that increasing numbers of students will be seeking out avenues like sugar-daddying as a last-ditch means of avoiding dropping out of the system altogether.
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jamieLM | Oct 18, 2011, 10:48 AM EDT
Sugar-daddying is alive and well in the U.S., too. There's always someone available to separate a fool from their money.
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BARNEYKX | Oct 17, 2011, 10:12 AM EDT
Theres no fools like old fools its been going on for donkeys years,but a sorry thing that young girls have to do this to get through uni
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Towngate | Oct 17, 2011, 08:32 AM EDT
Danny, the oldest story told new! Slainte! It reminds my of the Shaw story of the man and the prostitute: She is outraged that he has only offered five shillings for it: "What do you think I am?!" she fumed. 'I already know what you are! - I am just trying to agree a price.' Ireland all over, eh?
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