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Editors Note:
The Dow rebounded from a -150 point drop but the candle is still bearish. The Dow dipped below 20,800 intraday and while it did rebound, that is still a three week low. The chart suggests we are going to potentially fill those gaps from late April. The Dow has been unable to develop any vertical momentum since those back to back short squeezes on the French election.
The Nasdaq was down -53 points at the lows and managed to recover all but 13 points and two of the FAANG stocks actually posted gains.
This Friday could be weak because earnings are winding down and the political firestorm in Washington is increasing in intensity with conflicting stories and claims. This could be a pivotal point for the Trump administration or at least a detour in the wrong direction.
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ADBE - Adobe Systems
The long call position was stopped at $135.85.
CCL - Carnival Corp
The long call position was stopped at $61.85.
FIVE - Five Below
The long call position was stopped at $51.85.
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ADBE - Adobe Systems - Company Profile
We were finally stopped out on Adobe on the opening drop. This was a May position and the stop loss was very tight to take us out with the maximum profit.
Original Trade Description: March 23rd.
Adobe Systems Incorporated operates as a diversified software company worldwide. Its Digital Media segment provides tools and solutions that enable individuals, small and medium businesses, and enterprises to create, publish, promote, and monetize their digital content. This segment's flagship product is Creative Cloud, a subscription service that allows customers to download and install the latest versions of its creative products. This segment serves traditional content creators, Web application developers, and digital media professionals, as well as their management in marketing departments and agencies, companies, and publishers. The company's Digital Marketing segment offers solutions for how digital advertising and marketing are created, managed, executed, measured, and optimized. This segment provides analytics, social marketing, targeting, advertising and media optimization, digital experience management, cross-channel campaign management, and audience management solutions, as well as video delivery and monetization to digital marketers, advertisers, publishers, merchandisers, Web analysts, chief marketing officers, chief information officers, and chief revenue officers. Its Print and Publishing segment offers products and services, such as eLearning solutions, technical document publishing, Web application development, and high-end printing, as well as publishing needs of technical and business, and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) printing businesses. The company markets and licenses its products and services directly to enterprise customers through its sales force, as well as to end-users through app stores and through its Website at adobe.com. It also distributes products and services through a network of distributors, value-added resellers, systems integrators, independent software vendors, retailers, and OEMs. Company description from FinViz.com.
Everybody knows Adobe or at least they did 20 years ago. Photoshop and Illustrator were the key pieces of software everyone needed to create content for magazines and print media. What would Sports Illustrated have done without Photoshop for their Swimsuit Edition?
Fast forward to 2017 and Adobe has so many different pieces and partners that you cannot even describe them all. With annual revenue at $7 billion and growing they are rapidly outpacing everyone's earnings expectations.
Adobe is hosting its annual Digital Marketing Summit. At that event they announced several new partnerships and the integration of multiple "cloud" entities into one platform.
This description is from a Real Money article.
Headlining these moves is the creation of a common platform, known as the Experience Cloud for all of the products that to date had been grouped within Adobe's "Marketing Cloud." Going forward, Marketing Cloud will comprise one of three parts of Experience Cloud, and feature products such as Experience Manager (used to create and manage marketing content across platforms), Target (lets marketers personalize user experiences) and Social (used to run social media marketing campaigns).
Another part of Experience Cloud, known as Advertising Cloud, lets companies run and optimize search, display and video ad campaigns. It pairs Adobe's Media Optimizer search and display ad-buying tools with recently-acquired TubeMogul's video ad-buying platform. The third part, known as Analytics Cloud, combines the popular Adobe Analytics tool for uncovering insights from customer data with Audience Manager, a platform for creating customer/audience profiles.
Advertising Cloud has gotten a lot of attention, since it more firmly makes Adobe a player in an ad tech space where Alphabet/Google (GOOGL) and Facebook (FB) loom large, and where independent players such as The Trade Desk (TTD) and The Rubicon Project (RUBI) are also present. Adobe is pitching itself as an independent alternative to Google and Facebook, which of course are also giant sellers of ad inventory, while arguing that integrations between the three parts of Experience Cloud set it apart from both independent ad tech players and marketing software rivals such as Salesforce.com (CRM) and Oracle (ORCL).
In their earnings last week, they reported a 21.6% rise in revenue to $1.68 billion and the 12th consecutive increase in revenue from the Creative Cloud graphics software. Earnings were 94 cents and analysts had been expecting 87 cents and $1.645 billion in revenue. Adobe said annualized recurring revenue rose by $265 million to $4.25 billion. That is based on continuing subscription growth.
Update 5/2/17: Barclay's initiated coverage with a buy rating and $155 price target on growing traction in the cloud. They expect revenue from the Creative Cloud to rise 20% per year.
Earnings June 15th.
Shares spiked after earnings from $122 to $130 and then faded back to $125 over the next week. They have started to rebound again because finding 20% revenue growth in the market is hard to do.
Position 3/24/17 with an ADBE trade at $127.50
Closed 5/11/17: Long May $130 call @ $2.61, exit $6.00, +$3.39 gain.
APC - Anadarko Petroleum - Company Profile
Shares are not rebounding with oil prices and the home explosion continues to make headlines every day. I thought investors would realize this is just a minor problem for a $30 billion oil company. Even if they are found liable and it is not the fault of someone else the fine will be negligible to the overall cash flow. I am recommending we close the position.
Original Trade Description: May 6th.
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation engages in the exploration, development, production, and marketing of oil and gas properties. It operates through three segments: Oil and Gas Exploration and Production, Midstream, and Marketing. The Oil and Gas Exploration and Production segment explores for and produces oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids (NGLs). The Midstream segment engages in gathering, processing, treating, and transporting Anadarko and third-party oil, natural-gas, and NGLs production, as well as the gathering and disposal of produced water. The Marketing segment sells oil, natural gas, and NGLs in the United States; oil and NGLs internationally; and anticipated liquefied natural gas production from Mozambique. The company's oil and natural gas properties are located in the U.S. onshore, deepwater Gulf of Mexico, and Alaska; and in Colombia, Cote d'Ivoire, Mozambique, and other countries As of December 31, 2016, it had approximately 1.7 billion barrels of oil equivalent of proved reserves. Florida. Company description from FinViz.com.
Anadarko shares were hammered over the last several weeks by multiple events. The $10 drop in crude prices was the major cause of the first dip. Prices will rebound as we enter the summer driving season that begins on Memorial Day.
The second problem was a house explosion in Firestone Colorado. When the house was built the contractors cut into an abandoned flow line that used to run through the pasture that became a housing development. The line had been abandoned and the tanks removed long ago. However, when the well was shutdown in early 2016 the valve on the abandoned line was never closed. A new valve, new line to new storage tanks elsewhere was installed after Anadarko acquired the lease and the well was restarted in February. Unknown to Anadarko, the well was actually flowing gas into both lines. The gas from the line that had been cut saturated the ground around the house and entered the basement through a sump pump. The non-odorized gas built up in the basement until the owner tried to install a new water heater and the house blew up. Two men were killed and the wife was badly burned.
Anadarko shutdown more than 3,000 wells in the area to make sure they do not have any other problems. The well was drilled in 1993 and was last inspected in 2014. The well initially belonged to Gerrity Oil. Gerrity became a subsidiary of Patina Oil and Gas. Patina had 3,550 producing wells in the Wattenberg field within a 40 mile radius. Noble Energy bought Patina in 2005. How/when the well ownership moved from Noble to Anadarko is not clear.
I am sure there will be a settlement. However, Anadarko has insurance. If Somebody other than Anadarko was responsible for shutting down the well in early 2016 then they will be liable as well. That could have been any number of oil field service providers like Baker Hughes, Schlumberger or others. There is also the contractor that cut the line while they were building the house. If they did not report it, they could be liable.
Anadarko is a $30 billion company. Any fine, judgment or settlement that comes out of this event will be expensive but on a relative basis it will probably be less than the cost of drilling a single well and will probably be shared by several companies. I do not want to be uncaring but we are talking about a business reality that is important to this investment.
Earnings August 1st.
The double whammy of the oil price drop and the high profile house explosion crushed APC shares. The headlines on the explosion are already fading. Once oil prices begin to rebound ahead of Memorial Day the energy company shares will also begin to rise. Options are cheap because of the disaster. This is a buying opportunity.
Position 5/8/17:
Long Aug $55 call @ $2.14. See portfolio graphic for stop loss.
CCL - Carnival Cruises - Company Profile
Profit taking appeared after the new high on Tuesday. We were stopped out at the open when the market dropped.
Carnival Corporation operates as a leisure travel and cruise company. It offers cruises under the Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, and Seabourn brands in North America; and Costa, AIDA, P&O Cruises (UK), Cunard, and P&O Cruises (Australia) brands in Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company operates approximately 100 cruise ships. It also owns Holland America Princess Alaska Tours, a tour company in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon, which owns and operates hotels, lodges, glass-domed railcars, and motor coaches. In addition, the company is involved in the leasing of cruise ships. It sells its cruises primarily through travel agents and tour operators. The company was incorporated in 1972 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida. Company description from FinViz.com.
Carnival shares are at a record high after the company reported earnings of 38 cents that beat estimates for 35 cents. Revenue rose 3.8% to $3.79 billion and beating estimates. Onboard spending rose 6% as the company added more casinos and IMAX theaters to its ships. They raised full year guidance from $3.30-$3.60 to $3.50-$3.70.
The company said "At this time, cumulative advance bookings for the remainder of 2017 are well ahead of the prior year at considerably higher prices." More than 25.3 million people are expected to cruise this year compared to the 15.8 million a decade ago.
The company also raised the dividend by 14% to 40 cents payable on June 16th to holders on May 26th. They also approved a $1 billion stock buyback program.
Earnings June 27th.
Shares rallied to a new high at $63 and have held there for a week with no attempt to sell off. I believe they will move higher and the options are cheap.
Closed 5/11/17: Long July $65 call @ $1.10, exit .75, -.35 loss.
CGNX - Cognex Corporation - Company Profile
No specific news. New closing high.
Original Trade Description: May 10th.
Cognex Corporation provides machine vision products that capture and analyze visual information in order to automate tasks primarily in manufacturing processes worldwide. The company offers machine vision products, which are used to automate the manufacturing and tracking of discrete items, such as mobile phones, aspirin bottles, and automobile tires by locating, identifying, inspecting, and measuring them during the manufacturing or distribution process. Its products include VisionPro, a software suite that provides various vision tools for programming; displacement sensors with vision software for use in 3D application; In-Sight vision systems that perform various vision tasks, including part location, identification, measurement, assembly verification, and robotic guidance; In-Sight vision sensors; ID products, which are used for reading codes that are applied on discrete items during the manufacturing process, as well as have applications in logistics automation for package sorting and distribution; DataMan barcode readers; barcode verifiers; vision-enabled mobile terminals for industrial barcode reading applications; and barcode scanning software development kits. The company sells its products through direct sales force, as well as through a network of distributors and integrators. Company description from FinViz.com.
Cognex reported earnings growth of 200% to 51 cents. Revenue growth increased 40% to $134.9 million and well over guidance of $123.5 million. Gross margin was 79%. Operating income rose 128% to $37.4 million. Operating margin rose from 17% to 28%. The company raised guidance for Q2 for revenue in the $165-$170 million range or roughly 13.7% growth.
Earnings July 31st.
The CEO said growth across all regions were better than expected. Factory automation in the America's increased by mid-teens percentages and was expected to improve. Growth across a range of industries including consumer electronics and automotive were better than expected. Automotive related revenue rose 20% in the quarter.
There are no negatives in the Cognex story. Shares spiked to $90 on the earnings, a new high, and have held there for the last six days. Wednesday's close was a new high and it looks like a breakout is imminent.
Position 5/11/17:
Long August $95 call @ $3.70, see portfolio graphic for stop loss.
CNC - Centene Corp - Company Profile
No specific news. Gave back most of yesterday's gain.
Original Trade Description: April 28th.
Centene Corporation operates as a diversified and multi-national healthcare enterprise that provides programs and services to under-insured and uninsured individuals in the United States. It operates through two segments, Managed Care and Specialty Services. The Managed Care segment offers Medicaid and Medicaid-related health plan coverage to individuals through government subsidized programs, including Medicaid, the State children's health insurance program, long-term care, foster care, and dual-eligible individual, as well as aged, blind, or disabled programs. Its health plans include primary and specialty physician care, inpatient and outpatient hospital care, emergency and urgent care, prenatal care, laboratory and X-ray services, home health and durable medical equipment, behavioral health and substance abuse, 24-hour nurse advice line, transportation assistance, vision care, dental care, immunizations, prescriptions and limited over-the-counter drugs, specialty pharmacy, therapies, social work services, and care coordination. The Specialty Services segment provides pharmacy benefits management services; health, triage, wellness, and disease management services; vision services; dental services; correctional healthcare services; in-home health services; and integrated long-term care services, as well as care management software that automate the clinical, administrative, and technical components of care management programs. This segment offers its services and products to state programs, healthcare organizations, employer groups, and other commercial organizations. The company provides its services through primary and specialty care physicians, hospitals, and ancillary providers. Company description from FinViz.com.
Centene reported earnings of $1.12 compared to estimates for $1.05. Revenue jumped 69% to $11.72 billion to beat estimates for $11.42 billion. The big spike in revenue came from the $6.3 billion acquisition of Health Net last year.
The insurer said it had 12.15 million members on March 31st, an increase of 605,000. They raised guidance for the full year from $4.40-$4.85 to $4.50-$4.90. The health benefits ratio or HBR, the amount it spends on claims compared to the premiums received declined from 88.7% to 87.6%. The lower HBR is due to a greater mix of commercial businesses and the growth of its Obamacare businesses.
Earnings July 25th.
Shares had resistance at $73, which was broken last week. The next resistance is the 52-week high at $75.50 and the stock closed at $74.41 on Friday. There was a sell the news drop on Wednesday after the earnings but shares have already recovered $3 of that decline.
If the stock moves to a new 52-week high is should continue on to make a new high over $80.
Position 5/1/17:
Long June $77.50 call @ $1.57, see portfolio graphic for stop loss.
CVX - Chevron - Company Profile
No specific news. Only a minor decline.
Original Trade Description: April 16th.
Chevron Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in integrated energy, chemicals, and petroleum operations worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Upstream and Downstream. The Upstream segment is involved in the exploration, development, and production of crude oil and natural gas; processing, liquefaction, transportation, and regasification associated with liquefied natural gas; transportation of crude oil through pipelines; and transportation, storage, and marketing of natural gas, as well as operates a gas-to-liquids plant. The Downstream segment engages in refining crude oil into petroleum products; marketing crude oil and refined products; transporting crude oil and refined products through pipeline, marine vessel, motor equipment, and rail car; and manufacturing and marketing commodity petrochemicals, and fuel and lubricant additives, as well as plastics for industrial uses. It is also involved in the cash management and debt financing activities; insurance operations; real estate activities; and technology businesses. Further, the company holds interests in power plants, as well as operates geothermal plants; and engages in the transportation of refined products primarily in the coastal waters of the United States. The company was formerly known as ChevronTexaco Corporation and changed its name to Chevron Corporation in 2005. Company description from FinViz.com.
Chevron is one of the U.S. energy majors with billions of barrels of reserves. The company pays an annual dividend of $4.32 or 4.07% yield. They are totally committed to preserving and raising the dividend. This makes them a top pick by nearly every major analyst.
Chevron is coming out of a major project cycle where they spent over $25 billion a year on capex building out monster projects. Now that the projects are nearly complete and ramping up production, the company can reduce its capex significantly and still increase production as those projects come online.
Chevron has amassed a two million acre position in the Permian Basin with 9 billion barrels of reserves. The company is currently operating 11 rigs in the Permian and will be adding 9 more in the coming months. They plan on ramping up their Permian production from the current 80,000 bpd to 700,000 bpd over the next few years. Chevron's Permian acreage is said to be worth more than $43 billion. It was acquired in pieces at much lower prices by predecessor companies over the last several decades. The Permian was never a big focus for Chevron as they concentrated on megaprojects elsewhere. They are increasing spending in the Permian by $2.5 billion in 2017. They are not hedging their oil production because they believe prices will rise.
Earnings on April 28th are expected to be a miss because of the sharp decline in oil prices in March. This is expected to lower earnings and force misses for the major producers. Since this is a well-known fact, I suspect it it being priced into the stock ahead of the report.
Thursday's decline of 3% put the stock right at light support at $106. If this level fails, there is strong support at $100.
Oil prices should begin to rally any day now. Refinery utilization of back over 90% and it is time to begin pushing summer blend fuels into the distribution system. We should begin to see inventory declines every week and that should last through July. August is normally when crude prices top out. OPEC should extend the production cuts because they are right on the edge of a reduction in inventories and an extension would guarantee it.
Chevron shares should rebound with crude prices. If they were to surprise with earnings, shares should rebound quickly.
The option is cheap and we are going to hold over the earnings report.
If the market tanks at the open on Monday, please do not enter this position until the S&P is positive.
Update 4/19/17: Chevron shares crashed with the entire energy sector after a nearly $2 drop in crude prices on weak inventory numbers from the EIA. WTI only declined -1 million barrels and gasoline rose 1.5 million compared to an expected decline of -1.6 million. The EIA said gasoline demand was down -0.8% from the same period in 2016.
Update 4/22/17: Chevron lost a court case in Australia for $260 million. The case ruled on the deductibility of interest on a $2.5 billion loan made from the parent company between 2003-2008. Chevron Australia paid 9% interest on the loan from Chevron and the parent company borrowed the money at a lower rate. The court said Chevron Australia could only deduct the interest at the parent's borrowing rate. Chevron said they would appeal.
Update 4/24/17: Chevron said it was selling its assets in Bangladesh to Himalaya Energy. No price was given but Bloomberg said the fields were worth about $2 billion. Chevron is planning on selling $10 billion in non-core assets in 2017. Himalaya is owned by a consortium of Chinese state owned firms. Bangladesh has a right of refusal on any deal and they said they were not done with their evaluations yet. The three fields held in the Chevron subsidiary produce 720 million cubic feet of gas and 3,000 barrels of condensate per day.
Update 4/28/17: Chevron reported earnings of $1.41 compared to estimates for 86 cents. The Chevron number did have a $600 million gain from the sale of an upstream asset so it is not really apples to apples comparison. Revenue of $33.4 billion missed estimates for $34.9 billion. Operating costs declined 14% and capex spending will be down more than 30%. Oil production rose 3% and full year growth is expected to be 4-9%.
Position 4/17/17:
Long June $110 call, currently $1.45. See portfolio graphic for stop loss.
FFIV - F5 Networks - Company Profile
No specific news. The rebound took a U-Turn in the morning market drop with a -1.66 loss.
Original Trade Description: May 8th.
F5 Networks, Inc. develops, markets, and sells application delivery networking products that optimize the security, performance, and availability of network applications, servers, and storage systems. It offers Local Traffic Manager, which provides intelligent load-balancing, traffic management, and application health checking; BIG-IP DNS that automatically directs users to the closest or best-performing physical, virtual, or cloud environment; Link Controller, which monitors the health and availability of each connection in organizations with more than one Internet service provider; Advanced Firewall Manager, a network firewall; and Application Security Manager, an Web application firewall that provides comprehensive, proactive, and application-layer protection against generalized and targeted attacks. The company also provides Access Policy Manager, which provides secure, granular, and context-aware access to networks and applications; Carrier-Grade Network Address Translation, which offers a set of tools that enables service providers to migrate to IPv6 while continuing to support and interoperate with existing IPv4 devices and content; and Policy Enforcement Manager that offers traffic classification capabilities to identify the specific applications and services to service providers. In addition, it offers cloud-based and other subscription services; BIG-IP appliances; VIPRION chassis-based systems; and Traffix Signaling Delivery Controller for diameter signaling and routing. The company sells its products to enterprise customers and service providers through distributors, value-added resellers, and systems integrators in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Japan, and the Asia Pacific Region. Company description from FinViz.com.
F5 reported earnings of $1.95 that missed estimates for $2.09. Revenue of $518.2 million rose 7% but missed estimates for $538 million. The company had guided for earnings of $2.01 to $2.04. They beat their own guidance but analysts were too optimistic.
The company blamed the miss on continued weakness in Europe. Sales rose 16% in the Asia Pacific region.
F5 began shipping some new products in Q1 but the volume shipments will hit in Q2. They also announced additional products that will also be shipping in Q2, which should be a good quarter. They guided for current quarter revenue of $520-$530 million with earnings of $2.01-$2.04.
Earnings July 26th.
Shares of F5 fell from $138 to $125 on the earnings miss on April 27th. After a week of post earnings depression, shares are now rebounding.
Position 5/9/17:
Long July $135 call @ $2.75, see portfolio graphic for stop loss.
FIVE - Five Below - Company Profile
No specific news. The extremely tight stop was finally hit on the morning market drop. We exited the May position for a nice gain.
Original Trade Description: April 10th.
Five Below, Inc. operates as a specialty value retailer in the United States. It offers accessories, including novelty socks, sunglasses, jewelry, scarves, gloves, hair accessories, athletic tops and bottoms, and T-shirts, as well as beauty products comprising nail polish, lip gloss, fragrance, and branded cosmetics; and items used to complete and personalize living space, including glitter lamps, posters, frames, fleece blankets, pillows, candles, incense, and related items, as well as provides storage options for the customer's room and locker. The company also provides sport balls; team sports merchandise and fitness accessories, such as hand weights, jump ropes, and gym balls; games, including name brand board games, puzzles, toys, and plush items; and pool, beach and outdoor toys, games, and accessories. In addition, it offers accessories, such as cases, chargers, headphones, and other related items for PCs, cell phones, and tablet computers; books, video games, and DVDs; craft activity kits; arts and crafts supplies that consist of crayons, markers, and stickers; and trend-right items for school comprising backpacks, fashion notebooks and journals, novelty pens and pencils, and everyday name brand items. Further, the company provides party goods, gag gifts, decorations, and greeting cards, as well as every day and special occasion merchandise products; assortment of classic and novelty candy bars, movie-size box candy, and gum and snack food; chilled drinks through coolers; and seasonally-specific items used to celebrate and decorate for events, such as Christmas, Easter, Halloween, and St. Patrick's Day. It primarily serves teen and pre-teen customers. As of January 28, 2017, it operated approximately 522 stores in 31 states.
Company description from FinViz.com.
Five Below is an expensive Dollar Store. Everything in Five Below is $5 or less. That gives they a wider range of products and still keeps them somewhat Amazon proof because buying it online requires shipping.
Five Below is a bargain hunter impulse store. Customers rarely walk in with a specific product in mind but looking for a bargain instead. This is a kid magnet because they stock a lot of stuff that appeals to adolescents.
They reported earnings of 90 cents that beat estimates for 89 cents. Revenue was $388.1 million and that narrowly beat estimates for $387 million.
They guided for Q1 for earnings of 12-14 cents and analysts were expecting 13 cents. For the full year, they guided for $1.55-$1.61 per share and analysts expected $1.58. Revenue guidance was $1.21 to $1.23 billion.
They currently operate about 550 stores and plan to open 100 in 2017. They expect to increase that to 2,000 stores over time. They were primarily in Texas Florida and the North East but they have begun to expand into California and the feedback has been outstanding. Nothing costs under $5 in California so their stores are hot locations.
Earnings June 21st.
Shares closed at a 7-month high on Monday and just over resistance at $44.50. If the current rally holds the next resistance test would be $52.
Update 4/12/17: Five will open the first nine stores in California next week with stores at Aliso Viejo, Anaheim, Compton, Hawthorne, Montebello, Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga, South Gate and Redlands.
Position 4/11/17:
Closed 5/11/17: Long May $45 call @ $1.90, exit $6.10, +$4.20 gain.
MCD - McDonalds - Company Profile
No specific news. Only a minor decline in a weak market.
Original Trade Description: May 3rd.
McDonald's Corporation operates and franchises McDonald's restaurants in the United States, Europe, the Asia/Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, Canada, Latin America, and internationally. The company's restaurants offer various food products, soft drinks, coffee, and other beverages. As of December 31, 2016, it operated 36,899 restaurants, including 31,230 franchised restaurants comprising 21,559 franchised to conventional franchisees, 6,300 licensed to developmental licensees, and 3,371 licensed to foreign affiliates; and 5,669 company-operated restaurants. McDonald's Corporation was founded in 1940 and is based in Oak Brook, Illinois. Company description from FinViz.com.
McDonalds is surging because they have overhauled their menu, offered breakfast all day, shifted to fresh beef, mobile ordering, delivery with UberEats, kiosks AND they are selling coffee for $1 and specialty drinks for $2. That is vastly lower than Starbucks and it is helping them steal market share. People stopping by to pick up a cheap coffee tend to order a snack as well. Who can resist adding an Egg McMuffin to go with that coffee.
McDonalds reported better than expected earnings and raised guidance. They reported $1.47 compared to estimates for $1.33. Revenue of $5.68 billion beat estimates for $5.53 billion. Same store sales rose 1.7% compared to expectations for an 0.8% decline. Global sales were up 4%.
Goldman has had a neutral rating on them forever but upgraded the fast food giant today to a buy with $153 price target. Goldman admitted they were late but said there was still plenty of time given the improved metrics. Goldman cited McDonald's "Experience of the Future" plans for mobile ordering and kiosks and said the expanding delivery options could expand revenue.
McDonalds closed at a new high today in a weak market.
Update 5/4/17: McDonalds said it was adding Signature Crafted Recipes to its stores in Florida and would be adding 5,000 workers to handle the volume.
Position 5/4/17:
Long July $145 call @ $1.67, see portfolio graphic for stop loss.
MSM - MSC Industrial Direct - Company Profile
No specific news. After two days of nice gains the stock fell $1.75 on no news. The drop took it back to support at $88 where we have been before but for some reason the option dropped 97 cents to only 20 cents. I am not going to close the position for 20 cents but I am going to drop it from the portfolio. I would recommend holding the position because anything is always possible. If MSM suddenly recovers I will resume daily coverage. Today, it is not looking good.
Original Trade Description: April 22nd.
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., together with its subsidiaries, markets and distributes various ranges of metalworking and maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) products primarily in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The company's MRO products comprise cutting tools, measuring instruments, tooling components, metalworking products, fasteners, flat stock, raw materials, abrasives, machinery hand and power tools, safety and janitorial supplies, plumbing supplies, materials handling products, power transmission components, and electrical supplies. It offers approximately 1,000,000 stock-keeping units through its master catalogs; weekly, monthly, and quarterly specialty and promotional catalogs; brochures; and the Internet, such as its Websites comprising mscdirect.com and use-enco.com. The company serves primarily through its distribution network of 85 branch offices and 12 customer fulfillment centers. In addition, it distributes fasteners and other consumables for customers in manufacturing, government, the Department of Defense, transportation, and natural resources end-markets. The company was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Melville, New York. Company description from FinViz.com.
MSC reported earnings of 93 cents compared to estimates for 90 cents. Revenue of $703.8 million beat estimates for $696.8 million. They guided for the current quarter to revenue of $734-$748 million and analysts were expecting $735 million. They declared a quarterly dividend of 45 cents. Shares fell $18 on the news.
The earnings were great and guidance was good. Why did the stock crater? Shares had vastly outperformed the market with a $35 post election gain. The earnings turned into a sell the news event as investors captured all that built up profit.
Shares bottomed at $86 last week and began to move slightly higher. Having just released earnings they to not report again until July 6th. We have plenty of time.
Just to be sure the rebound has begun I am going to put an entry trigger on the position.
Position 4/24/17:
Dropping 5/11/17: Long June $95 call @ $1.71, currently .20, -1.51 loss.
$VIX - Volatility Index - Index Description
The VIX traded up to 11.23 when the Dow was down -150 but that is a very minor rebound and suggests there never was any real danger of a material market drop.
Monday's close at 9.77 was the lowest close since December 1993. That is a 24 year low!!
This is a July call. We have plenty of time and the odds of a market sell off over the next 2.5 months are close to 100%. The VIX cannot go much lower but it can go a lot higher.
While holding the VIX call is an insurance play for us, I hope we are never in a position to profit from it. That would mean a lot of our long positions would be under water or stopped out.
Original Trade Description: Jan 26th
The VIX is a computed index, much like the S&P 500 itself, although it is not derived based on stock prices. Instead, it uses the price of options on the S&P 500, and then estimates how volatile those options will be between the current date and the option's expiration date. The CBOE combines the price of multiple options and derives an aggregate value of volatility, which the index tracks.
The VIX closed at 10.63 and very close to record lows. You have to go back to June of 2014 for a lower recent close at 10.28. Before that, you have to travel back in time to Feb-2007 for a close at 10.05. The next lowest close was 9.48 in Dec-1993.
The point here is that volatility is near record lows only reached four times in the last 23 years. That qualifies for an abnormal event. I believe it is time we bought some VIX calls. The odds of the VIX remaining this low for the next two months are about as close to zero as you can get.
There is a very old saying in the market. "When the VIX is high, it is time to buy. When the VIX is low, it is time to go." You cannot get much lower than this.
The VIX is telling us that everyone expects the market to continue moving higher. Nobody is worried that some unexpected headline or event is going to trigger a significant market decline. When nobody expects an event is when we should be the most concerned.
Update 5/1/17: The VIX made a new intraday low at 9.90 and closed at a 10-yr low at 10.11. The government shutdown has been avoided according to reports out of Washington and that helped to deflate the VIX. Marine Le Pen is rapidly gaining on Macron in the French election runoff for next Sunday. She gained 6 points in two days to 41% in the recent polls compared to Macron's 59%. If she can gain another 6% early this week then the entire event risk scenario comes back into play with a potential come from behind win.
Position 3/30/117
Long July $14 call @ $2.55, no stop loss.
Added 5/9/17: Long July $14 call @ $1.60, no stop loss.
Average cost now $2.07.
Previously Closed 2/1/17: Long March $12 call @ $2.60, exit $2.50, -.10 loss. Previously Closed 2/22/17: Long March $12 call @ $1.75 adj, exit $1.65, -.10 loss.
Previously Closed 4/10/17: Long Apr $13 call @ $2.30, exit $1.80, -.55 loss.
BEARISH Play Updates (Alpha by Symbol)
PG - Procter & Gamble - Company Profile
No specific news. No excitement. Decent drop but still waiting on that $86 level to break.
Original Trade Description: May 1st.
The Procter & Gamble Company provides branded consumer packaged goods to consumers in North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, India, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. The company's Beauty segment offers hair care products comprising conditioners, shampoos, styling aids, and treatments; and antiperspirants and deodorants, personal cleansing, and skin care products. This segment markets its products under the Head & Shoulders, Olay, Pantene, Rejoice, Old Spice, Safeguard, and SK-II brands. Its Grooming segment provides blades and razors, pre- and post-shave products, and other shave care products, as well as appliances under the Braun, Fusion, Gillette, Mach3, Prestobarba, and Venus brands. The company's Health Care segment offers toothbrushes, toothpaste, and other oral care products; and gastrointestinal, rapid diagnostics, respiratory, vitamins/minerals/supplements, and other healthcare products under the Oral-B, Crest, Prilosec, Vicks, Metamucil, Pepto Bismol, and Align brands. Its Fabric & Home Care segment provides fabric care products, including fabric enhancers, laundry additives, and laundry detergents; and home care products comprising air care, dish care, P&G professional, and surface care products under the Tide, Ariel, Downy, Gain, Cascade, Dawn, Febreze, Mr. Clean, and Swiffer brands. The company's Baby, Feminine & Family Care segment offers baby care products, such as baby wipes, diapers, and pants; adult incontinence and feminine care products; and family care products, such as paper towels, tissues, and toilet papers. This segment markets its products under the Pampers, Always, Bounty, Charmin, Luvs, and Tampax brands. The company sells its products through mass merchandisers, grocery stores, membership club stores, drug stores, department stores, distributors, baby stores, specialty beauty stores, e-commerce, high-frequency stores, and pharmacies. The Procter & Gamble Company was founded in 1837. Company description from FinViz.com.
P&G is never going out of business but their continual slowdown in sales it a testament to the changing retail environment. Even their age old, die hard brands, like Tide and Mr. Clean are losing market share to the dozensof new products in the same category. Tide was the old reliable that everyone used 50-70 years ago. Now it is just one of the group of brand name products for washing clothes.
P&G posted adjusted earnings of 96 cents compared to estimates for 94 cents. Revenue of $15.61 billion declined -1% and missed estimates for $15.71 billion. The strong dollar caused a 2% decline in revenue. The company guided for a 1% decline in revenue for the year compared to prior guidance of flat revenue. The affirmed earnings estimates for $3.67. This was the 13th consecutive decline in quarterly revenue.
Shares dropped $3 on the revenue miss and weak guidance. Investors are not excited about owning a company with declining revenue. That always squeezes profits as well.
I am recommending a September option instead of July because the July expires the week before earnings. We are not going to hold over but I would like to have those earnings expectations in the premium when we exit. Buying longer dated options does not mean you have to hold them until maturity. We can buy time but we do not have to use it.
Position 5/2/17:
Long Sept $85 put @ $2.05, see portfolio graphic for stop loss.
SPY - S&P-500 SPDR ETF - ETF Profile
Only two of the FAANG stocks were up today and that was Apple and Google. The S&P gave back 5 points but that was well off the lows. The Nasdaq actually lost ground. We could be nearing a point where the market picks a vertical direction.
The Dow and S&P have reached levels where we should begin worrying about a potential double top in the markets. The rally last week has erased nearly all the option premium. There is no reason to close the position for pennies.
Original Trade Description: March 25th.
The SPDR S&P 500 trust is an exchange-traded fund which trades on the NYSE Arca under the symbol. SPDR is an acronym for the Standard & Poor's Depositary Receipts, the former name of the ETF. It is designed to track the S&P 500 stock market index.
The S&P-500 is in danger of a material drop, possibly to 2,250 or the equivalent 225 level on the SPY ETF. The chart is unsupported and we are entering into a typically volatile period of the year over the next five weeks. I am recommending we buy insurance with a put on the SPY only IF the SPY trades at a new five-week low of 232.75. That way if the market opens higher on Monday we can watch to see if that direction holds before putting money at risk.
I believe if the market goes lower next week it could be the beginning of a major decline.
Position 3/27/17:
Long May $230 put @ $3.49, see portfolio graphic for stop loss.
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Paris, 22 Oct 2002
An international conference on Space Applications for Heritage Conservation will open in Strasbourg, France on 5 November. The aim: to bring together experts on space and those concerned with the conservation of national and world heritage sites, and to look at the potential educational uses of space technologies for heritage conservation.
The conference also commemorates the 30th anniversary of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention and 30 years of using remote sensing satellites for civilian purposes. EURISY, the International Space University, NASA, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and ESA are organising the conference which is co-sponsored by the Council of Europe, the City of Strasbourg and the Alsace region.
Present at this international conference will be distinguished experts from the archaeological, remote sensing and heritage conservation disciplines, and experts from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe and North America will present their experiences and share their knowledge about our global heritage.
It was in 1972 that the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO. To date it has been ratified by 175 countries and has become the most important international legal instrument for the protection of heritage.
Its primary mission is to define and conserve the world's heritage by drawing up a list of sites whose outstanding values should be preserved for all humanity and to ensure their protection through closer cooperation among nations.
World heritage sites include the Grand Canyon, which retraces two billion years of the earth's history; the enormous biodiversity of the Galapagos Islands, which inspired Charles Darwin in his theory of evolution and the historic city of Strasbourg, the site of the conference. These cultural and natural sites constitute, together with many others, a common heritage whose disappearance would be an irreparable loss.
Earth observation from space has many applications for safeguarding the Earth on which we live. One of the less well-known is that of keeping an eye on the state of conservation of the natural parks and reserves included in the list of world heritage sites. Satellites already being used for this purpose include Meteosat, Landsat, Spot and IRS. New generation satellites, such as ESA's Envisat, can also provide high resolution images and wider spectral capability including microwave frequencies.
To participate at the congress and/or the press event please contact:
Mrs Mary Fouassier
EURISY Association
Tel: +33 1 47 34 00 79
email: firstname.lastname@example.com
European Space Agency
http://www.esa.int/export/esaCP/index.ht ml
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Fourth and Fifth Dimension Chakra Alignment my Margi McAlpine.
Within every living body, although on a subtle level rather than a physical level, there are a series of energy fields or centres of consciousness, which are known as Chakras.
Chakra is the Sanskrit word for wheel.
Chakras are spinning vortices that focus certain frequencies of energy. If the Chakras are not spinning properly, then we are sluggish and have no energy. If they are spinning too fast, then we are hyped up and can't function properly. When a Chakra accumulates stress, it does not direct the appropriate energy into the body. Each Chakra has a particular focus of action but they are all interrelated. When one Chakra becomes disturbed it can upset the functioning of the other Chakras. Over time this may contribute to physical illness or emotional upset.
The Chakra Alignment Visualisation will assist you to keep your Chakras balanced and aligned when done on a regular basis.
It is recommended that you start with the 4th dimensional alignment which should be done for a period of time and only then do you move onto the 5th dimensional alignment. You should not do both dimensions at the same time and it should not be repeated more than once a day.
We will work with nine Chakras during this exercise. We have evolved to the point where more Chakras are becoming available to us instead of just the basic seven Chakras. The Earth Chakra and the Star Chakra have therefore been included.
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for Fondazione Cologni dei mestieri d'arte, Living & yoox.com
Handmade by Giordano Viganò
A box designed and built to contain six basic tools for the job of every carpenter. The long experience of the cabinetmaker Giordano Viganò, coupled with his deep knowledge, has been crucial not only in making these objects but also in the search of ergonomic and functional solutions wich have given added value to each tool.
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This 3 bedroom villa is designed to provide the perfect balance of owner lifestyle and long term high yielding holiday rental income. Projections indicate that the villas are capable of generating Return on Investment well in excess of 12% per annum.
Designed in the classic Balinese style, the villa features open living areas which flow to private pools, gardens and sun decks. Unique point of this villa is the tranquil environment, set in an oasis of lush tropical jungle canopy, yet in the heart of bustling Seminyak.
Kitchen is well appointed with ovens, cook tops, refrigerators and wine coolers. Bedrooms, all air-conditioned, have en-suite bathrooms with Italian marble vanities.
To save your time, furnishings and equipment, to rental-ready level, are offered at cost.


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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Assembly, Senate in session
The Assembly and Senate will be in session today.
The Assembly agenda includes legislation to begin implementation of parts of the federal health care law, ending the DNR's earn-a-buck program and authorizing the creation of multi-jurisdictional TIF districts.
The last bill was included in the guv's special session on jobs call.
The Senate agenda includes two tax breaks and votes on John Scocos to serve as Veterans Affairs secretary and Jeff Plale as railroad commissioner.


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I am slowly starting to get a grip on the rhythm of my new life. Work-wise, that means attending UN cluster meetings (and I cannot fully explain how geekily giddy that makes me) and starting to meet donors. I've been introduced to new proposal formats, evaluation criteria, and reporting schedules. This all might sound about as fun as watching paint dry, but I'm actually really loving it – learning, writing (once I get used to the French keyboard, that is), most of all finally contributing. I'm sure I'll soon wish I had more free time, but right now I can't wait for it to pick up steam.
Of course, it wouldn't be so bad if work waited a bit for my French to catch up. Corresponding with donors and the like isn't terrible (thank all that's holy for Google Translate). In person meetings, however, are another matter entirely. This is particularly true during the security briefings that seem to preface each and every meeting, regardless of participants or topic, from the UN to my local parish. When your French is a poor as mine, these briefings gain new levels of drama.
'Toute rest calme'. Okay - that sounds good. All quiet on the Orientale front.
'Sa minibus estat abondonée'. Wait, what? Where did the minibus come from?
'Les traces de trois personnes...' Traces? What kind of traces? Of what people? The people from the minibus? How is that calme?!
'MONUSCO répondu à la situation avec la acción'. Really? Those poor people in the minibus are totally screwed. At least it wasn't the FARDC.
'17100 des personnes déplacées vont à la plage'. IDPs on the beach? That can't possibly be right; it sounds like a rejected MTV reality show. Are these new IDPs? I refuse to believe there were that many people in the minibus. You're just messing with me at this point.
It's a bit like watching an episode of Law & Order during a thunderstorm. My favourite example of this came when everyone was abuzz over something involving rebels and the provincial governor (who is, by all accounts, remarkably efficient and corrupt, even if you aren't grading on the Congolese curve). Every report on the subject kept mentioning cobra and mata. Relying overmuch on my Spanish, I jumped to the conclusion that a rebel group tried to kill the governor Kill Bill-style, putting ricin letters to shame. With a little digging, however (because English-speaking media could not have possibly ignored such a story, even here), it turned out that the commander of the rebel group in question uses the nom de guerre Col. Cobra Matata, and that they were actually engaged in peace negotiations. I have never been so glad that I didn't ask a follow-up in my life.
|Our compound, from the hammock. Life here is so difficult.
Of course, there have been some instances when the language barrier has not presented a problem. My driving test comes to mind. Even if I didn't fully understand the detailed explanation of the engine maintenance required for our (British-made) 4x4s offered by our Chief du Flotte as we drove out of town, I'm fairly sure the panic in my eyes was universal when he told me I had to get back to the office. Happily, I managed to make it, all while playing frogger with the motorbikes and potholes that could swallow a Fiat. They now make me drive nearly ever weekend for practice. I'm feeling slightly better about the whole endeavor, though I do still turn on the windshield wipers every time I want to make a turn.


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|Mornas, L.; Gallego, E.; Pérez Cañellas, Armando
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|We obtain the RPA summed one-meson exchange potential between nucleons in symmetric nuclear matter at zero temperature, from a model which includes rho, sigma, omega and pi mesons. The behavior of rho mesons inside the medium is first discussed using different schemes to extract a finite contribution from the vacuum polarization. These schemes give qualitatively different results for the in-medium rho mass. The results are discussed in connection with the nourenormalizability of the model. We next study the modified potential as density increases. In the intermediate-distance range, it is qualitatively modified by matter and vacuum effects. In the long-distance range (r > 2 fm), one observes the presence of oscillations, which are not present in free space. Features on this distance range arc insensitive to the renormalization scheme.
Mornas, L. Gallego, E. Pérez Cañellas, Armando 2002 Nucleon-nucleon effective potential in dense matter including rho-meson exchange Nuclear Physics A 699 3-4 579 623


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Brussels, 18 January 2002
A discovery made by an international team of astronomers using the European space agency (ESA) Infrared space observatory (ISO) has challenged accepted theories on the formation of the solar system.
The solar system was formed from material left over from the formation of the Sun itself. Around 5,000 million years ago, 'clumps' of this material swirling around the newborn Sun grew and formed into planets. In several of these planets, carbonates - minerals which include limestone and marble on Earth - have been found.
Scientists previously thought that these carbonates could only form in liquid water, which is only found on large, planet-like bodies. But using ISO, the team of astronomers found large quantities of carbonates around two dying stars. The find breaks the association between these minerals and liquid water, as the material from the stars has neither condensed to form new planets and is not residual matter from a pre-existing planetary system destroyed by the dying stars. The carbonates around the stars must therefore have formed without the involvement of liquid water.
'Our finding suggests that not all carbonates found in the solar system were formed in association with liquid water, and this of course sheds new light on the formation history of the solar system,' explained Ciska Kemper of the University of Amsterdam, one of the astronomers involved in the project.
For further information, please contact:
ESA Science Programme Communication Service
The Netherlands
Tel: +31-71-56533
Fax: +31-71-5654101
Dr Leo Metcalfe
ISO Project Scientist
ISO Data Centre
Tel: +34-91-8131372
Fax: +34-91-8131308
or consult the following web address: http://sci.esa.int/iso


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lisa mitchell
once famous with her song called neopolitan dreams.
Lisa Helen Mitchell (born 22 March 1990 in Canterbury, England), is an Australian singer-songwriter, who grew up in Albury, New South Wales. Her debut EP, entitled Said One To The Other topped iTunes in Australia and on its success brought her to the attention boutique London based publisher, Little Victories a subsidiary of Sony/ATV, with whom she signed in 2007. Subsequently, Mitchell relocated to the UK for much of 2008 where she spent the summer working on songs for her debut studio album, Wonder. She signed to RCA Records in January 2009. The label will release Mitchell's debut single, Neopolitan Dreams, on July 6, with the album, Wonder, to follow on July 13. Mitchell finished sixth in the 2006 season of Australian Idol.
lisa mitchell's glory
Memories of us racing through my mind
We'll save this city one more time
After the lights go out


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Co-workers and fuck buddies Christian Matthews and Steve Sommers get together after a stressful day for some much needed release. Not bothering to strip, bearded Steve chows down on Christian's cock, sucking him down to the balls and getting his face fucked. The two soon take their business indoors where Christian and Steve continue taking turns getting off on mutual face fucking and deep throat cock sucking. Hairy Steve soon has Christian moaning like a bitch in heat as Steve eats out his ass, tongue fucking and stretching Christian's hole. Steve bareback fucks his tattooed co-worker, goaded on by trash talking Christian, who gets slammed deep and hard. The two soon flip fuck, with Christian giving as good as he can take before blowing his seed for Steve to eat and savor.
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We see a fair amount of black-on-white action in porn but not a lot of white-on-black sex. That's why some of us at the studio got a major boner when adorable, bearded Anthony Grey said he wanted to get royally plowed by a hung white daddy. Who better to pair him up with than bald bearded hung versatile Mickey Carpathio? The interracial, intergenerational duo contrasts beautifully as they kiss and make out. The contrast becomes even hotter when they start stripping, and downright cock rousing when they take turns sucking each other. By the time Mickey buries his large, white daddy bone balls deep inside Anthony's sweet black ass, you'll be dripping plenty of pre-cum you can use as lube. Daddy Mickey bareback fucks tattooed Anthony, giving him plenty of cock and a big load!
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text: "The iPhone is already activated. You may disconnect this iPhone now" Is the message I get when I plug in my restored iPhone into the computer that just did the restore. The phone is activated, I can make calls and texts etc. However when you plug it in, itunes pops up with this message, when you press okay the iphone gets taken off iTunes. (The phone is still charging.) I have reinstalled 8.1, anyone have any other suggestions? Thank you VERY much. Danny


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March 13th Hotfix Changes
As we mentioned in last week's Dev Update, today we're pushing out a hotfix update with zero downtime to fix a couple of Ranked issues you've been reporting. The following changes have been made.
Cancelling Ranked Matches with Different Team Sizes
While we continue to track down connection issues, we've implemented a feature that will abandon a match if one or more players fail to ever connect to a Ranked game:
The match will be cancelled if all players have not connected to the server by the end of the initial warmup. All players are then returned to the main menu and the match will not count towards your match history
To account for this, we've increased the initial warmup period to 80s (from 60s)
The player who failed to connect will receive a temporary suspension from matchmaking as a Minor Penalty. These penalties will also stack to a maximum suspension of 60 minutes
As before, if a player has managed to connect during warmup and then later disconnects, the match will still go ahead and the final result will still be counted
Players who abandon a game once they have connected will receive an automatic loss, no Rank Points, no Credits and a Major Penalty, which can stack up to several days
We've also added an additional check that will prevent people from re-searching for a Matchmaking game if they are already meant to be playing in one. If they attempt to Matchmake again they will instead receive a prompt to rejoin their existing game.
Logging Ranked Penalties
Due to reports of Ranked match penalties being either too long, too short or undeserved, we've added additional logging so we can investigate these issues further.
Improved EasyAntiCheat Support
We've made some more improvements to our integration with EasyAntiCheat, making it more efficient at handling player reports.
If you suspect someone of hacking, don't forget to report them using the in-game tool.


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I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.
Margaret Thatcher (1925-?) British statewoman.
Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers and are famous preservers of youthful looks.
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) British novelist.
The path to cheerfulness is to sit cheerfully and to act and speak as if cheerfulness were already there.
William James (1842-1910) American philosopher and psychologist.
The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
Montaigne (1533-1592) French philosopher and essayist.
The most manifest sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness; her state is like that in the regions above the moon, always clear and serene.
Montaigne (1533-1592) French philosopher and essayist.
To watch the corn grow, or the blossoms set; to draw hard breath over the plough or spade; to read, to think, to love, to pray, are the things that make men happy.
John Ruskin (1819-1900) English art critic.
The voluntary path to cheerfulness, if our spontaneous be lost, is to sit up cheerfully, and act and speak as if cheerfulness wee already there. To feel brave, act as if we were brave, use all our will to that end, and courage will very likely replace fear. If we act as if from some better feeling, the bad feeling soon folds its tent like an Arab and silently steals away
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) British poet and playwright.
So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it remains.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) U.S. poet, essayist and lecturer.
A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist and philosopher.
An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.
Thomas Fuller (1608-1661) British clergyman and author.


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I've been thinking about doing a story podcast for a while now. I think I'm ready.
Stay tuned for more info soon!
Saturday, June 28, 2008
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Speaking of Larken, I saw him and five others compete Saturday in a nacho-eating contest at Cans on West Fifth Street. For months, Larken has raved about his ability to devour an entire plate of nachos by himself. He convinced the folks at Cans to hold a contest so he could show off his gluttony.
But Eun Park, who doesn't even like nachos, spanked Larken with a time of four minutes. Larken finished his plate a minute later. I give the biggest shout-out to the diminutive Maria Isenhour, the only woman in the contest. Way to hang with the big boys.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Gluttony at Cans
NASCAR 101 with Paw Paw
I don't know much about NASCAR, so I was glad when Paw Paw Egleston, Larken Egleston's dad and an avid racing fan, joined Larken and I for a tour of Michael Waltrip's Raceworld in Cornelius last week.
I liked looking at giant tool boxes and springs and racecars and pictures, but Paw Paw Egleston totally dug it. He shared all kinds of tidbits about NASCAR with us.
Each bay at Raceworld contains a workshop. As we walked through the facility, Paw Paw Egleston explained the difference between the current car and the car of the future, which is supposed to be safer. He also gave us a play-by-play of Waltrip's horrific crash at Bristol in the early '90s. We got to sit in a driver's seat and try on a helmet, but my favorite part was touring the plush RV. More info at www.raceworldusa.net.


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European Biophysics Journal, Jan 2017
Membrane transporters are a vital class of proteins for which there is little available structural and thermodynamic information. The Major Facilitator Superfamily (MFS) is a large group of transport proteins responsible for transporting a wide range of substrates in eukaryotes and prokaryotes. We have used far-UV circular dichroism (CD) to assess whether transporters from this superfamily have the same chemical and thermal stability. We have compared the stability of five different MFS transporters; PepTSo from Shewanella oneidensis and LacY, GalP, GlpT and XylE from Escherichia coli, as well as a known stable mutant of LacY, LacY-C154G. CD stability measurements revealed that these transporters fall into two broad categories. The 'urea-sensitive' category includes LacY-WT, GalP and GlpT, which each lose around a third of their secondary structure in 8 M urea and two-thirds in the harsher denaturant guanidine hydrochloride (GuHCl). The 'urea-resistant' category includes LacY-C154G, XylE and PepTSo. These resistant transporters lose very little secondary structure in 8 M urea, and LacY-C154G and PepTSo resist denaturation by GuHCl up to a concentration of 4 M. The stabilities of LacY, GlpT, XylE and PepTSo correlated with their crystal structure conformations, implying that a similar conformation is adopted in vitro. The 'urea-sensitive' transporters LacY and GlpT were crystallised inward-open states, while XylE and PepTSo were crystallised in occluded states. This study highlights the importance of studying a wide range of similar proteins, as a similar secondary structure and overall function does not necessarily confer the same stability in vitro.
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Nicola J. Harris, Heather E. Findlay, Michael R. Sanders, Mateusz Kedzierski, Ália dos Santos, Paula J. Booth. Comparative stability of Major Facilitator Superfamily transport proteins, European Biophysics Journal, 2017, 1-9, DOI: 10.1007/s00249-017-1197-7


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It will be in Vancouver or Washington and I'll have a little studio off to the side where there will be art covering the floor and propped up against the wall. Some finished, some in progress...sigh. I can't wait.
I got a coffee at the coffee cart and sat down at my computer. I forgot that I had a stirring straw in it and I went to take a sip and the straw when right up my nose. It hurt. I sure hope no one else saw, if they did they didn't show it. I looked around just to make sure.


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The ' sightings ' have begun' and sure enough 'Our Maddie' will once again become headline news taking away the great importance of HACKGATE. The McCanns owe the Murdoch Mafia a LOT, it is through them they have managed to 'clear' their name through the media and as they tour Australia telling the gullible folk about an abudction that has not one shred of evidence they are also removing HACKGATE from the front pages.
Metodo 3 ,not PAID to search for Maddie but to fabricate stories , pass them on to Clarence Mitchell who in turn handed them to people like Rebekah Brooks of the SUN to boost sales. Rupert Murdoch who believes he is above the law had decided the McCanns were innocent and refused to publish anything from Portugal that did indeed cast a very serious doubt over the couples innocence.


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[Weapons] Preventing DLC weapons from despawning in SP
After the 1.0.1011.1 update, I decided to start modding GTA again. Playing through the story, I'd use a trainer to spawn the online-locked dlc weapons. For the sake of immersion, I give certain weapons to specific characters (i.e Trevor uses the double-barrel shotgun, battle axe, etc), along with tints and attachments. The problem with these weapons is that they despawn by switching from one character to another, or after a session so I'd have to manually spawn each specific weapon, attachments and all every time I play. I know Rockstar is responsible for this annoyance (Since they do the same thing with the new dlc vehicles). My question is how difficult would it be to create a script that prevents the new weapons from despawning?
That would be done by Using scripthook/scripthook . net
sadly no one is interested in this
@HeySlickThatsMe How do you know nobody is interested in this?
@Jitnaught Because no one talks about this (except people that actually want this feature)
@Grofarator well there is a mod that gives the player wanted weapons at the start of a session, but didn't restore weapon customization iirc. So this should be possible assuming the weapon customization information is documented.
Where is the mod that just even gives the weapons?
@stillhere I actually did try that mod. It was nice that it allowed you to load weapons with a single key, but as you mentioned, it didn't save the customization and didn't have an option to create multiple loadouts. A mod that could import the online version of Ammu-nation where you could purchase the dlc weapons would be interesting.
@Mvallejo321 @Grofarator @Jitnaught @Imca @HeySlickThatsMe I may be able to do this even with documenting weapons, attachments, ammo, etc.... maybe in XML format. I'll keep you guys updated if you are a interested.
@NotCrunchyTaco That sounds awesome. Please keep me posted. Thanks!
@NotCrunchyTaco any updates?
Keep an eye on this mod. Been talking with the author and it looks like we finally found a way around the DLC weapons being blocked by Rockstar and can get them in the store too. Looks like they will be addon weapons, and from the comments the author is ironing it out right now and should be done sometime in the future.
@Transflux Yeah, I've been following the mod for a little while now. That's good news, I appreciate it.


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LONDON (03/29/2000) - BullSoft, the software division of French IT giant Bull SA, has added new features including Web single sign-on functionality to its AccessMaster security tools 5.2, the newest version of its security software program.
The company yesterday released Version 5.2 of its AccessMaster suite of security tools, used for controlling access by remote users to corporate networks.
"All the pieces (of the suite) are independent but interoperable, making it easy to add something like an external anti-virus program," said Michel Paulin, vice president of BullSoft, in an interview yesterday.
The software includes new features aimed at the end user, such as Web single sign-on (SSO) technology, allowing users to access multiple-enterprise applications with a single log-on and password, he said.
AccessMaster 5.2 is also designed to complement BullSoft's AccessMaster NetWall firewall management program, launched last week. "Using the two products combined, one European company now manages 80 firewalls from a single site," Paulin added.
The AccessMaster suite is aimed mainly at telecommunications companies, government agencies and the financial sector, according to Paulin. Customers currently using AccessMaster include France Telecom's ISP (Internet service provider) Wanadoo, auto giant Daimler Benz, Motorola Inc. and the Norwegian Police, he said.
Pricing for AccessMaster depends on the number of end users, according to a statement from the company. For example, a low-end Web SSO configuration for managing up to 3,000 users would cost US$140,000, while a mid-range configuration for up to 15,000 users would cost $442,000. There is no limit to the number of users, the company said in statement.
BullSoft, a division of Bull SA, in Paris, can be reached at +33-1-39-66-71-78, or on the Web at http://www.bullsoft.com/.


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by Tony
We adopted a baby Sun Conure and I need a little advice on how to care for it fully. I know birds, but not babies. We have had her for 2 full days now.
Her name is Yoko and I am guessing she is 9 - 11 weeks old. I am hand feeding her twice a day 9am & 9pm. I put plenty of food in her cage, warm vegetables that get swapped out every hour and weaning version of the pellet mix I want her to eat when she is an adult (I've crushed up some of this so she can get to smaller pieces if she wants). There is also fresh water in her cage at all times.
The first time we put her in the cage she splashed around in the water, other than that I have never seen her go near it. She also never touches any of the other food. I was able to hand feed her some of the crushed up pellets mixed with apple juice and her formula warmed in the microwave.
I am looking for suggestions on where and what I should be doing with her to get her to eat regular foods. I am trying to avoid seeds until I know she will eat pellets. Is that wrong?
Lastly I have been trying to get her to play with toys or just do other stuff but she just charges up my arm and onto my shoulder. If I have her sitting on top of the cage and walk buy she we leap/fly onto my chest or back and then run up to my shoulder. The shoulder part is not unwanted behavior but I don't want her to do it at the right times.
If these are things she will grow out of that is fine, it's just watching other babies on YouTube she doesn't seem to be dependant enough.
Any advice would be appreciated! Thanks Tony!
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March 30, 1918 – June 6, 2017
Mallie Jane Casada, age 99, of Somerset, KY, departed this life on June 6, 2017 at Somerset Nursing & Rehab.
Mallie was born on March 30, 1918 in Pulaski County to the late Florence New Branscum and William Riley Branscum. She was a member of Campground Baptist Church.
She is survived by one son, Grover (and Pam) Cassada of Colorado Springs, CO; one daughter, Sharon (and Delphus) Hood of Bowling Green; one son-in-law, Larry Meece of Somerset; 10 grandchildren, Ricky Meece, Martin Meece, Emily Meece, Amy Simons, Todd Hood, Lana Holt, Lori King, Brian Cassada, Bradley Cassada and Joe Cassada; 26 great grandchildren; and 10 great-great grandchildren.
Along with her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Coy Robert Casada, whom she married on December 3, 1938 in Somerset and he preceded her on November 5, 1983; two daughters, Sandra Meece and Judith Linkes; and several brothers and sisters.
Visitation will be on Tuesday, June 13, 2017 from 10:00am until 1:00pm at Lake Cumberland Funeral Home.
Her funeral service will be held on Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at 1:00pm at the Chapel of Lake Cumberland Funeral Home with Bro. Rick Clark and Bro. Joe Cassada, Mallie's grandson officiating. Burial will be in Lakeside Memorial Gardens.
In lieu of flowers, the family request expressions of sympathy to be made to Hospice of Lake Cumberland 100 Parkway Dr. Somerset, KY 42503.
You are welcome to view the obituary and send condolences to the family at our website: www.LakeCumberlandFuneralService.com
Lake Cumberland Funeral Home is entrusted with the arrangements for Mallie Jane Casada.


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If you follow me on Instagram or Twitter you probably know that two weeks ago I attended a colour run with my best friend, my sister and her boyfriend. We had such a great time and there was so many people there! Hopefully I can go again next year.
Basically it's a 5km path and you get this coloured powder thrown at you. During your run (or walk) you have to go over or under different obstacles and usually after you've completed it, they throw the powder at you. At every obstacle the powder is a different colour so at the end of the run, you look really colourful! If you don't want to ruin your own clothes (the colour does come off) you get a white t-shirt before the run starts.
Before the run…
After the run…
My crazy sister Renata 😀
My best friend's legs looked like she had colourful veins and her hair was so colourful! I was so jealous of her blonde hair!
At the end of the run everyone got a medal that says COR which stands for "Color Obstacle Rush". If you ever have a change, you should definitely attend a colour run! We had such a blast!
Have you ever been in an event like this?
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What Takes place After the Lasik Treatment?
After you are completely prepared, the Lasik treatment takes much less than fifteen minutes to finish for both eyes. This will certainly appear a remarkably brief time to have an irreversible modification to your vision, and also here Lasik appears almost as well great to be real. Additionally, most Lasik individuals notice boosted vision promptly or within a few hours after the Lasik treatment has actually been done.
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These are all normal post-operative advises for a Lasik person, in order to really feel comfy with just what to anticipate after the Lasik treatment. Similar to any kind of clinical therapy, obtain all your concerns responded to by the personnel of your Lasik facility for your private case.
In enhancement, most Lasik clients discover enhanced vision right away or within a few hrs after the Lasik treatment has actually been executed.
It additionally suggests that some Lasik people will certainly require more time to see the total results for the Lasik procedure, sometimes as much as 6 months for their vision to look at here now maintain permanently. Numerous individuals at the Lasik centers often obtain eye goes down to maintain their eyes moist for some time after the Lasik treatment is done. Individuals that utilize Lasik to improve their farsightedness usually locate a significant enhancement the day after the Lasik surgical treatment.


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Here's a secret: there are four types of people in the world:
1. People who, from an early age, know exactly what they want to do and are still doing it in their 50s and 60s. My friend Meggin is like that. In elementary school, she was already writing. By high school, she had written several novels. Now she's the best-selling author of "The Princess Diaries." It's incredible because it's so rare. A tiny percentile of people are like her. You're not like her; I'm not either. Get over it.
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VG247: Following news this morning that Sony was to release the Dutch, French, German, Spanish and Italian version of inFamous without English language support, SCEE has just told VG247 that the firm has u-turned on the decision - English is to be patched in at a later date.
yay thats so awesome. as a suisse i allways prefer the english version over french or german. so this is great. hope the patch comes soon.
And what about the other languages? I live in Germany, but ordered the UK CE version. I don't have a problem to play it in english, but i'd like to hear the dub in the other languages :D


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Hanoi (VNA) – Improving the efficiency of communications campaigns and further promoting the synergy of the national great unity bloc will be key affairs of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) from now till year-end, heard a conference of the Presidents of the VFF chapters in Hanoi on June 22.
Other priorities include implementing campaigns and patriotic movements, promoting democracy, protecting legitimate rights of people, participating in Party and authority building, along with undertaking the supervisory and social critique provider role.
At the same time, the VFF will extend and improve the efficiency of people-to-people diplomacy, and finalise the operation mechanism currently used by the front system and raise its capacity, he added.
Addressing the event, newly-appointed President of the VFF Central Committee Tran Thanh Man noted that the National Assembly Standing Committee, the Government and the VFF Presidium signed a resolution on forms of supervising and critiquing social affairs.
The resolution concretised Articles 27 and 34 of the Law on Vietnam Fatherland Front which sailed through the legislature on June 9, 2015 and took effect since January 1, 2016.
The document is expected to make it clearer supervising and critiquing mechanisms of the VFF as well as social-political organisations, he said, calling on the VFF chapters at different levels, especially their heads, to display a high sense of responsibility for the implementation of the resolution.
Delegates at the conference pointed out challenges to the front work, campaigns and patriotic movements, especially in social order and safety, and food hygiene.-VNA


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An inverted Flappy Bird
Indeed, this is the incredible feature of Dirby Flap!. The gameplay is exactly the same as the popular game removed from the stores in February of 2014, and that created so many addicts all over the world, but this time around you'll fly towards the left of your screen. As you already know, you only have to tap on the main character to right its flight and it also incorporates the following features:
- Negative score and inverted colors.
- Game Center support that allows you to play with your friends.
- Share your results on social networks and instant messaging apps.
- Harder than the original game.
Maybe the only clone yet to be developed.
Download Dirby Flap! for iPhone and discover how entertaining inverted 8-bit aesthetics are.


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