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Aachen Ferien
Near Aachen and the border with the Netherlands and Belgium lies the quiet village Würselen. Here you will find this very old house from 1720, which can still be seen on the facade and at the beamed ceilings. The house is fully modernized to meet modern standards of a nice holiday home. More
Nell Breuning Haus
This hotel in Herzogenrath offers modern rooms, free rental bikes and a daily breakfast buffet. It is located a 10-minute walk from Herzogenrath Train Station and 12 km from Aachen. Some of the bright rooms at the Nell Breuning Haus hotel have WiFi internet access for an additional charge. More
Hotel-Restaurant Stemper
Boasting fine German cuisine, this family-run hotel in Herzogenrath-Merkstein is well located for trips to Holland, Belgium, or the university city of Aachen. The Hotel-Restaurant Stemper looks back on 50 years of quality hospitality. More
Hotel Restaurant Eurode Live
Right in the center of town of Herzogenrath yet peacefully situated, the hotel provides easy access to public transportation going to all parts of this area, nestled in the corner of Germany near Belgium and Holland. More
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When DeAnna Cochran was pregnant with her first child, she was thrilled and ready for the life change that parenting brings. Having sailed through pregnancy without complications, there was no reason to expect a tragic end to her maternal bliss. Then, the worst happened and just 3 weeks after her son Jackson was born, he died and DeAnna's life veered into an unforeseen new direction.
Deanna grew up the youngest and only girl in family of 2 brothers in a small town called Bryan, Texas. Her mom had long been involved in prison ministry and spent a lot of her time doing charity work. As a child, DeAnna frequently helped her mom clean rooms at the local women's shelter and feed hungry members of their community. DeAnna's father was a politician for most of DeAnna's childhood before becoming a lobbyist. She remembers a happy childhood, and maintains very close ties with her family. DeAnna's parents have been married for 55 years and her brothers all live in Bryan with families of their own. Every summer, the whole family spends one week together under the same roof enjoying their annual beach vacation.
After high school, DeAnna went off to college where she pursued art and graduated with a degree in metalworking. At the time DeAnna finished college, the country was in recession and she could not make a living on art. The IT world was just starting to take off and DeAnna took what she expected to be a temporary job at an IT company doing sales to wait out the economic downturn before returning to more creative pursuits. That "temporary" job lasted 15 years and took DeAnna all over the world. While she was single, she loved it; but once she met her husband, DeAnna was ready for less traveling and a bit more home time. Then DeAnna got pregnant and decided to cut way back on the traveling, and began to nest.
Then, 24 weeks into her thus far easy pregnancy, DeAnna started bleeding internally due to complications from an unrelated surgery she'd had prior to ever getting pregnant. In order to save the baby's life as well as DeAnna's, doctors performed an emergency cesarean to deliver her 1 pound 12 ounce son Jackson. Tiny and struggling, Jackson had to stay in intensive care and went thru several surgeries those first couple of weeks. Had he been born just two weeks later, his little body would have had a much better chance at survival but instead, he died less than a month after his birth.
There was a funeral for Jackson. DeAnna and her close friend had been pregnant together and were been just three weeks apart with their due dates. DeAnna remembers everyone making an effort to be sensitive to her loss and wondering if she still wanted to participate in baby showers soon after burying her own newborn. Those experiences were painful but DeAnna still did them. "That first year was really tough….it was hard to go to birthday parties and hard when friends were pregnant," she says.
"DeAnna dedicated a line of jewelry her first-born entitled "Jackson's Leaf," based on a maple tree that was planted in memory of him. Proceeds benefit MEND, which supports parents who've experienced the death of a child."
When Jackson was in the hospital, DeAnna and her husband set up a website to update family and friends about his condition. Hundreds of people visited and said they were moved by his story. DeAnna thought, "If hundreds of people's lives were changed by this little boy who'd never left the NICU, never spoken... if he can change people's lives in three short weeks, gosh, what can we do over the course of a lifetime?" Her life did what she calls a "360." DeAnna looked at what she'd been doing with her life and felt "I need to change it to give back while I'm here."
DeAnna went back to her IT job but began making jewelry after hours. She started with a bracelet for herself to help her remember Jackson. Six weeks after his death, DeAnna made one for her dear friend's baby shower. She continued making mother's bracelets with beads since she didn't have a studio or equipment to do the metalwork she'd loved in the past. People wanted to buy her bracelets, so DeAnna sold them and used the money to help families in need. She worked closely with the social worker at the hospital where Jackson was born to find out who needed what. The more bracelets she sold, the more car seats, clothing, toys, etc she could buy for struggling families.
Meanwhile, DeAnna's doctor recommended she wait a year to get pregnant again to give her time to get through what would have been Jackson's first birthday. Looking back, DeAnna is grateful for this sage advice, "I let Jackson's time pass and let that be his time."
The next year, DeAnna was delighted to be pregnant again. Despite the tragedy she'd been through with the previous pregnancy, DeAnna didn't feel anxious the second time around. Reminded by her doctor that this pregnancy was a completely different situation from the first and that worrying would only increase her stress level, DeAnna experienced her second pregnancy as a "joyful time." She was aware, however, that her friends and family were doing some worrying.
All went well and DeAnna gave birth to a healthy baby boy named Christian. She decided it was time to leave her 15-year "temporary" job to pursue art and giving back on a more full-time basis.
She gathered metalworking equipment and set up a studio. DeAnna dedicated a line of jewelry her first-born entitled, "Jackson's Leaf." The designs are based on a maple tree that was planted in memory of him. Proceeds from the sale of this line benefit MEND, an organization that supports parents who've experienced the death of a child. DeAnna started making pieces that were dedicated to other children's stories as well. "Anthony's Wish" is a collection in honor of Anthony, a little boy who wished to be adopted. The pieces in this line reflect starfish designs that symbolize Anthony's love of the sea. His wish was granted and he was adopted by loving family thanks to Koinonia, a foster and adoption agency to which proceeds benefit from this collection.
DeAnna is also identified as a green jeweler, a practice she started long before it was popular. Not wanting to expose herself, her family, other people, or the environment to the toxins involved in traditional metalworking, DeAnna has always used reclaimed metals, green packaging, non-toxic jewelry cleaning processes, and sustainable business practices. She is hoping to start a line of jewelry utilizing vintage chains to further pursue her quest as a green artist.
Now, five years since the death of Jackson, DeAnna is doing what she feels he would have wanted her to do: making a difference. Through her work, Jackson "continues to touch people positively rather than being a sad story... that defines my life," reflects DeAnna. "I couldn't imagine living my life being sad about it.. I don't think a child would want a parent to be in that state of mind… I felt I owed it to him," she says. DeAnna now uses profits from her jewelry sales to help non-profit organizations.
DeAnna loves the work that she is doing and feels it helped her heal. This was partly by design, she says, "I knew if I had a company I'd have to talk about it [the experience of losing Jackson]." Just a few months after Jackson passed away, DeAnna did an interview on national television. Experiences like that and her continuing work push her to tell his story. As a result, DeAnna talks with lots of women who have experienced the death of a child. She recently told a woman whose baby died shortly after birth, "if you don't talk about it, 3 years from now you aren't going to be able to utter her name."
Christian is now three, and "an absolute joy." DeAnna still gets teary and a little choked up when she talks about losing Jackson, but she is also very grateful for the experience because "it woke me up and made me realize that I had been coasting along in a pretty easy life...it made me realize that there is more to life than what revolves around me."
You can see more designs from the Jackson's Leaf, Anthony's Wish collection and more at www.deannacochranjewelry.com
Thank you DeAnna, for sharing your Story with us!~~~Our Stories and pictures are the sole copyright of their Authors and may not be reprinted or used without their permission.© 2009 by Jenoa Briar-Bonpane and Story of My Life
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What a nice tribute - especially the tree.
The site and work are gorgeous. How nice to know that the jewelry itself is a tribute, and that the proceeds do good things. Can't get more of a winning combination than that.
Little Jackson was so cute. You've done a great thing for his memory.
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Winter Wonders Week
Winter Wonders Week is Beaver Lake Nature Center's answer to cabin fever during the school Winter Break week. Visitors will have the opportunity to get out and enjoy winter by participating in Ice Cutting or Walking in Search of Wildlife Signs (weather permitting). Folks will be able to warm up in the Visitor Center and learn about the Featured Creature. In addition, trails will be open for skiing. All scheduled activities are free with park admission.
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It's understandable. As winter approaches and the mercury drops, we welcome Christmas lights to fill the winter darkness.
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So, just to be clear, this is not a rant against Christmas.
But to every season there's a time and Christmas has come too early.
Already storefronts have turned to taking advantage of the shopping frenzy that Christmas represents and have begun bombarding us with Christmas decorations, specials and reminders — while some of us haven't even finished putting our Halloween decorations away.
There is an unlegislated etiquette that we should all prescribe to: No Christmas decorations until after Remembrance Day!
We owe it to our veterans who fought for our freedoms, freedoms that include the ability to worship in our own way. So please, put Christmas on the back burner for another week and take the time to thank those who laid down their lives so that we could live ours freely.
Join your community members in holding a moment of silence on Nov. 11 at the 11th hour to thank those who endured cold, hunger, fear, anxiety and separation from their loved ones to fight for the freedoms and way of life we enjoy today. A life without tyranny, social injustice and bigotry; way of life that embraces democracy, freedom to worship and equality and a way of life that embraces our differences and champions hard work and successes, regardless of race or creed.
We should all take a moment to be thankful to those who have given up their lives so we could live ours freely, and promise to uphold those ideals each and every day.


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As Elmer Gobble stood before his friends, colleagues, and spectators in his black robe, he couldn't hold back a smile. Holding his own copy of the Bible in his hand, Gobble had a message for all the young people in the crowd:
"I know it gets tough sometimes," Gobble said, "just hang in there with it."
The "it" Gobble referred to was school, and he would know better than most how tough it can sometimes be.
The 68-year-old Hampton resident was the keynote speaker during the Carter County Adult Education's graduation ceremony Tuesday evening, and he expressed his gratitude time and again for the chance to finish his education.
"I appreciate the opportunity that I have tonight," Gobble said. "Without the help of the adult education teachers and classes, I wouldn't be here tonight."
Adult Education Supervisor Sonya Miller returned Gobble's sentiments, and also said that seeing him, in particular, complete his degree, was in itself special.
"To see Mr. Gobble come here and see him finish this is something to be said," Miller said. "But I'm very proud of all our graduates."
While acknowledging the pride she feels for her students, Miller also pointed out that several graduates had already begun to plan for their respective futures, even before they received their certificates.


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Editor's note: Glory E. Dharmaraj, Ph.D., executive of the Women's Division of the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries, looks at baptism in a four-part meditation during this Epiphany season. She turns to Theologian Kosuke Koyama for inspiration:
"With Jesus, the event of love comes first, then the explanation of it."
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Question of Identity: Child of God
As the people were filled with expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Messiah, John answered all of them by saying, "I baptize you with water; but one who is more powerful than I is coming; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire...."
Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, "You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased."
Luke 3:15-16 and 21-22
Love hovers over primeval darkness at the dawn of creation. Genesis opens with a spectacular scene of the Spirit of God hovering over the emergence of the cosmos (Genesis 1:1-2). Then God breathes love in the form of breath into the first humans.
The exuberant gift of breath is daily showered on God's living creation.
Among a series of love-hovered events in the Bible, the church remembers one particular event during Epiphany, the liturgical season that marks the time when Jesus becomes known to the world. That event is Jesus' baptism.
The Holy Spirit hovers over Jesus then alights on him in the form of a dove. Love has the final word in this event: "You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased" (Luke 3:22).
The hour has come for Jesus to begin his ministry. He is called to give himself for others.
In the moment of baptism, God reinforces Jesus' identity as God's child. Jesus has dealt with this identity question before as a 12-year-old visiting the Jerusalem temple. In Luke 2:49, he says to his distraught mother, who has been searching for him:
"Why were you searching for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?"
Jesus prioritizes his Child-of-God identity above other identities, such as his Jewish identity, hometown identity, family identity and kinship identity.
At the threshold of his ministry, Jesus receives a resounding affirmation of his true identity. The heavens open, making way for a breathtaking, sound-and-sight event: "You are my Son, the Beloved."
Jesus redefines identity for his followers in terms of another kinship model. Whoever does the will of God is a member of Jesus' family (Matthew 12:50).
Eugene Peterson in his paraphrase of John 1 in The Message says the true identity of a person is the "child-of-God-self."
Prayer: Dear Jesus, thank you for accompanying us in our walk. Help us to listen to the Holy Spirit's guidance into a new creation, a new earth and a new heaven of open possibilities. May God's fullness of life for us and for everyone be our guiding principle this year and all years to come. Amen.


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2010 (Junior): Named Second-Team PBC All-Conference…Played in 17 games, starting in 15 contests while logging 983 minutes of play…Led the team in points with 10 and goals with five as he recorded 38 shots on the year…Fired a team-high three game winning goals including a pair of decisive scores in 1-0 victories over USC Aiken and Francis Marion on September 11, and October 16, respectively...Received Peach Belt Conference Bronze Scholar Athlete honors.
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Our hotel consistently receives the Days Inn Chairmans Award for quality and service. The Paris Days Inn is located in the biggest town in Lamar County, population 25,898. The hotel is surrounded by three lakes, the Maxey House Civil War Museum and Pat Mayes Lake. Paris, home of the Eiffel Tower with the red cowboy hat on top, is the best small city in Te...
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The dead bolt on my door did not work. The remote control for the heater/air conditioner did not work. The remote control for thd television would change channels but not turn the TV on and off.... more
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Free continental breakfast. Adjacent to major highways. Close to Kimberly Clark, Campbell's Soup, Phillp's Lighting. Micro/Frig, Iron and ironing boards, in-room coffee makers, hairdryers and clock radios in every room. Seasonal pool on premises. Business center available in lobby from 7am-10pm each day
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Centrally located in Paris, Victorian Inns Of Paris Texas is convenient to Eiffel Tower and Sam Bell Maxey House. This motel is within close proximity of Paris Community Theatre. Make yourself at home in one of the 40 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Complimentary wired and wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and satell...
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Marco Polo arrives back in Tilbury.
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Caldwell's Starter Culture for Fresh Vegetables makes it easy to culture raw vegetables at home. The active lactic bacteria contained in the starter culture are specific to vegetable fermentation.
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Ingredients: Sugar (as a carrier), skim milk powder, ascorbic acid, active lactic bacteria (lactobacillus plantarum, leuconostoc mesenteroides and pediococcus acidilactici)
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- From Deborah at 3/1/11 12:28 PM
- How many batches of cultured vegetables will this product make? qts or pints? Can you provide more information on the amount used and the package weight or size? thank you
- Each box contains six 5-gram packets, so you can make six batches of vegetables. Each batch could be anywhere from a pint upward - one customer reported culturing 20 lbs of vegetables with a packet! The measurement doesn't need to be exact. The primary purpose of the starter culture is just what its name implies: it "starts" the culturing process faster, and inoculates the vegetables with probiotic bacteria as they ferment.
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- Does this come with recipes? I watched the video but am still not sure how to make the vegetables. I am really wanting to make cultured salsa but we live on the Gulf Coast with a high humidity rate. Therefore, I am interested in your product but really can't afford to purchase without real recipes.
- There is a specific recipe for sauerkraut in there but the instructions for the starter are really general so they can be applied to pretty much any existing recipe you might like or find online.
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- Does this come with recipes? I watched the video but am still not sure how to make the vegetables. I am really wanting to make cultured salsa but we live on the Gulf Coast with a high humidity rate. Therefore, I am interested in your product but really can't afford to purchase without real recipes.
- From SnooZQ at 5/20/11 10:08 AM
- The Body Ecology starter lists the specific lactic-acid producing bacteria in its mix. However I do not see this same info for the Caldwell product.
Could you please specify which organisms are present in the Caldwell veg. starter?
In terms of finished product, how does flavor of finished product compare between the two starters used, assuming each used on comparable cabbage for say sauerkraut.
In terms of speed of fermentation process, how do Caldwell and BE starters compare?
In terms of # of organisms per sachet, how does Caldwell compare to BE?
Also, can shipping of product be accomplished in warm weather without affecting the starter's effectiveness? Seems like some probiotic stuff needs constant refrigeration.
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- The Caldwell Starter active lactic acid bacteria strains are: lactobacillus plantarum, leuconostoc mesenteroides and pediococcus acidilactici. These are now listed in the description of the product.
Neither manufacturer gives us the information on the number of organisms per packet. At any rate, the number can change as the starter is added to vegetables.
BE suggests 3-7 days of fermentation. Caldwell's advises 10 days, but you'll get even better flavor by letting the cultured veggies sit in the fridge for four to six weeks following the 10 days on the counter.
Both cultures can be shipped in warm weather as they are relatively hardy. We do recommend refrigeration once they arrive though as that provides for maximum lifespan.
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- The Body Ecology starter lists the specific lactic-acid producing bacteria in its mix. However I do not see this same info for the Caldwell product.
- From Marcille at 6/7/11 11:24 AM
- In adapting other recipes to use the Caldwell's starter, do you need to dissolve the starter in water? Or if it is something like salsa, do you dissolve the starter in tomato juice or the lime juice, or do you just sprinkle it in? Do you use the 10 days that Caldwell states for cabbage on all vegetables or do you use the time listed in the recipe that you are using?
- You can use the juice in the recipe (like tomato, etc.) to dissolve the starter. It's better to dissolve it rather than just sprinkling it in, so it doesn't clump. Let it develop for 7-10 days as that is the amount of time that particular set of bacteria needs to fully develop.
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- From Jeanne Ehinger at 11/21/11 1:25 PM
- If I don't want to do 4.5 lbs of veggies at once, can only part of a packet be used, with the rest of the starter from that package saved for later?
- Yes, you can use part of the packet. The measurement doesn't have to be exact, just estimate, based on the amount of veggies you'd like to culture in one batch. To store the remainder, close the packet tightly, place it in a plastic bag or other closed container, and store in the refrigerator.
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- I would like to use this product in place of whey in fermented condiments such as mayo. Most recipes I have found suggest that you let the mayo sit for several hours before transferring to the fridge. Do you recommend this? More time? Mixing idea? What do you suggest?
- The reason for letting the fermented condiment sit at room temperature for a few hours is to let the cultures begin to work. If you refrigerate right away, the bacteria may just go to sleep.
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- From Tom at 12/19/11 12:54 PM
- What is the source of the sugar in the starter? Is it corn, beet, cane, etc.
- From Caldwell's:
The sugar in our vegetable starter is sucrose. Its role is to provide energy for the bacteria to proliferate. It's all metabolized during the fermentation process.
Even before it's used up during the fermentation, the amount of sucrose in the final product (fermented vegetables) is tiny. Consider that each pouch contains 2 grams of powder in total, including bacteria, milk powder, and sucrose. That is enough to ferment 4.5lbs (2 kg) of vegetables, so less than 0.1% in total, and actually even less than that when the added water is taken into account.
By comparison, fresh cabbage itself contains about 3% sugars...
Not really sure of the exact origin, but most likely sugar cane or sugar beet.
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It seems many stock market participants have been scratching their heads about the recent strong performance of what they perceive to be low quality stocks, and quite often cite the strong performance of small cap stocks as a case in point. The idea that money earned from smaller companies is of lower quality than that of larger more established businesses ignores the nature of profits.
As an owner of a business, you have an economic and legal stake in the earnings of that business. The price you pay for acquiring these earnings is a basic part of value investing. Consequently, understanding the nature of a business's earnings is fundamental to your potential return on investment.
Whether investing in a private company or shares of a publicly traded one, profits tend to benefit shareholders. Company management decides, whether implicitly or explicitly, to 1) pay out earnings in the form of a dividend, 2) buy back shares, or 3) keep the earnings for any number of reasons --- or a combination of these.
From an investor's perspective, dividends help directly by adding to the total return on investment. Share buy-backs, on the other hand, indirectly benefit investors by reducing the number of shares outstanding, thereby increasing the earnings-per-share for a similar level of total earnings. Finally, when a company keeps earnings, this tends to (but not always) benefits investors if a company uses earnings to grow.
Retaining earnings can lead to business growth by investing in new projects, expanding operations, acquiring other businesses, or other capital decisions. These activities tend to entail the risk of not being profitable, but this is the nature of equity investing and is one reason why we look for quality management.
Alternatively, retaining earnings may not benefit shareholders when companies have to dig themselves out of a hole. Consider a company with a heavy debt load, for example. In this case, retained earnings might be used to strengthen the balance sheet. This decision may be rewarding over the long run, but it's more focused on fixing problems - not growth.
So, what are "high quality earnings"? When investment professionals talk about high-quality earnings (or high-quality businesses), the implication tends to be that these are of large businesses with products that are well-recognized. Yes, I can see the advantages of this: smoother revenues or earnings, global diversification, economic moats, etc.
From my perspective, however, high quality earnings are not the domain of large businesses with household-name products. High quality earnings are the domain of businesses that are positioned well to generate earnings that benefit shareholders (and not to fix holes). Getting too hung up on economic moats, name recognition, and global presence runs the risk of ignoring the nature of earnings. In the end, however, earnings quality is subjective (and there are many definitions).
Have low quality stocks really done better over the past 1-to-2+ years? I haven't seen any studies on this, but linking good returns of small cap companies with low quality is mentioned with some regularity. Small cap indexes have indeed outperformed, but inferring that smaller businesses as a group are of lesser quality is inaccurate.
My view on earnings quality has always rested more on credit analysis, which does not jive with status quo. Albeit, from this perspective it happens that larger companies hold absolutely no advantage over smaller ones (based on the numbers – i.e. debt levels, etc.). In fact, the typical debt-to-equity level for the S&P 600 (small cap) Index stands at 0.4 versus 0.6 for the typical company in the larger-cap S&P 500.
Companies whose prices have done well since the credit crisis began have been those with strong balance sheets. In 2010, for example, companies with debt-to-equity levels less than 0.4 (the average for all companies in S&P's broad market index) out-performed their higher indebted peers by about 5% according to my analysis. This relationship, while not always the case, has held since 2008. Essentially, the market said, "moats are great, but how much money do you owe and to whom?"
Ironically, today there seems to be a pretty good supply of large companies with moats, solid credit qualities, and attractive valuations. As a result, I believe the head scratchers will be vindicated in 2011. The dispersion among stock performance, however, will be significant since there are also a lot of overvalued companies in both the large and small parts of the stock market – but still many bargains.
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It's been quite the popcorn-muncher post Kanye West's Dw runway show, held during Paris Fashion Week over this past weekend. Besides mixed reviews, which seemed to be most focused on ill-fitting clothes (which, btw, happens all the time on runways–even with designers with years of experience but is rarely pointed out in reviews) and him cursing during the toast at his own (private) party, the ripples kept coming from his debut show four days later.
First there was Anna Dello Russo (above) wearing head-to-toe Dw to the Alexander McQueen show, then Susie Bubble weighing in and relating back to her own experiences as an outsider ("Walking into a show and having eyes stare at you wondering why you're even there is something that I'm well used to and on a universally larger scale, before even having put a stitch out, the jury was already out on West's collection judging by the numerous malicious comments."), followed by Anna Wintour saying "Ask someone else," when interviewed about the show and our most favorite yet in terms of high school levels of entertainment value, a NY Times columnist dressing down West for sitting one of the Olsen sisters too near to Lindsay Lohan 'cause the Olsens have somehow paid their dues in fashion while Lindsay almost caused the collapse of Ungaro. Too funny or rather, #seriously?
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