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Local systems integrator, Ensyst, has acquired IT outsourcer, SynergyIT, which was a privately held subsidiary of ASX-listed Affiance Group. The terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed.
The deal will see Ensyst take on the majority of SynergyIT's 10 staff and its Brisbane office. A Sydney premises will be consolidated into existing Ensyst operations.
While the move would effectively remove a competitor from the market, the deal was more an attempt to avoid the pitfalls associated with rapid growth, director, Tim Sone, said.
"Once you get to a certain size as an integrator you start to get into no-man's land," he said.
"You're too big to do some work, but not big enough for other work. This is a way to get over that hurdle as soon as possible."
The acquisition would see the company begin to compete more effectively in the government sector, Sone said.
"We are now getting short-listed for tenders, so growing in size has helped," he said.
"In terms of verticals, we can now get more of the top-mid professional services firms in areas like accountancy and legal too."
The move was also an effort to get ahead of the inevitable consolidation in the SME outsourcing space, Sone said.
"There are a lot of small players out there and I can't see some of them being viable over the medium term," he said. "The market is maturing and it's now more about customer churn, so acquisition has become a growth option.
"We have very high growth expectations and plan to sustain them. We have effectively doubled our revenues with the [SynergyIT] acquisition and expect to double again in a year's time."


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NOT home for the holidays
Note: Talking about food and eating and not eating
This year for Thanksgiving I did not go home (I haven't for several years, because Thanksgiving weekend is short and I live several thousand miles away from home.) But usually I would meet up with some family that had been scattered around the area or eat with friends or something.
This year, I did not. (People moved around again, and I suppose I did too, now that I am in graduate school and in a different city and other people live in different places and different countries and such.)
But don't worry I will definitely be home for Christmas, and for a good long time, too.
This year, I went to boyfriend's family's Thanksgiving.
Different families have different traditions.
Family traditions are really confusing if you don't understand them.
Even things less formalized than traditions. Just family habits.
Like shoes.
We wore our shoes the whole time. In the house. All day. I carefully watched people, so I could tell if it was ok for me to take my shoes off. Usually I do that first thing when coming inside. My whole family does. We have shoe piles by all our doors and have to wander around to the various doors when leaving to try and find where our shoes are.
Boyfriend's family wears shoes inside. (Later I discussed this, and was informed it would be ok for me to take me shoes off. So now I know that for the future.)
And food.
I have come to the conclusion that my family is overly attached to food. We have very specific dishes. And large numbers of them. Each family makes a few of the different ones to spread out the work. When you have a 30 person Thanksgiving*, you can have more dishes than a 13 person one. And then there are the desserts, which is a whole new meal that you wait several hours for so that you have enough room for it. And the rules about who does which clean-up chores. It is very carefully regimented.
These rules do not apply in other families.
Also, they have different food and apparently they make the mashed potatoes taste like water and the sweet potatoes not taste like delicious orange things that are my favorite food ever. (And so then I had a lot of food on my plate that there was no way I was going to eat because it lied about what it was. But it is against the rules not to finish your food when you are a guest. But I couldn't eat it. So I got stuck there a while until boyfriend noticed and ate the various potatoes for me and then saved me and then I could go eat more turkey and stuffing [which was also wrong, but at least it was yummy, so it was ok].)
And that (mostly the food) makes me sad because it is probably an event I will be going to for years and it is not a potluck thing, so I guess I will have to just deal with it by making my own later after the event** because I do not know if there would be a way for me to offer to make the food without offending people. I will confer with boyfriend on this. But he probably doesn't know because the food just appears. And also everyone else seems to like it. So I will pretend to like it and remember which ones I don't like and serve carefully of the things I like so that I have enough food and no one questions me and finds out I don't actually like most of the food.
And then there are other secret codes and languages. Hidden jokes and words and ideas. "I'll explain later"s. Songs and dances. What is the order for getting the food? Is there rules to who can sit where?
Boyfriend is good and reviewed things with me before. Where we were going. What would happen. Who would be there. How loud it would be and when and where. But there are things you don't think of explaining because that's how you have always done it, so why does it need to be explained. But different families do things differently.
And most families don't have quiet rooms that you can go to and take a break in and have it be perfectly ok and normal and expected. (And I don't know them well enough to start exploring the house.)
But boyfriend is important to me. And so is his family. And I want to learn their traditions and get involved in them and be part of their family, too, because that is part of the end goal and in the five-year plan that we have made. And also my family is too far away to go home to for Thanksgiving, so this seems like a good starting place.
But also his family is weird (although I like them very much) and also has issues which are not mine to discuss here and those can be upsetting and confusing to me. Because I mostly know how to deal/cope with/ignore my family issues (because we have our deep dark hidden secrets, too, but I know how we approach them), but I am confused with these issues when I know what they are but I do not have a lifetime of dealing with them to have developed coping mechanisms or to have learned the rules regarding them.
Luckily, there were small children and dogs present. Those are my strongest groups of social interactions. I made new friends, even with the shy ones. We put together puzzles. Both of those classes of living things have a tendency to like me because I don't mind sitting on the ground and acting embarrassingly. I also discussed farming and coyotes with someone else, which is another one of my strong points.
And his family that I know was very very nice, and most of the people I didn't know were also nice.
So it was good. And then I came home and lost all my words and boyfriend came over for a bit until the meltdown-shutdown-crying-panic-overload went away and I was happy again.
And then I slept for 13 hours.
(Which threw off my sleep schedule which is why I am still up past 2:00 now…)
* Or a 50 person Christmas
**Definitely made one-person sweet potato pie the day after to make up for the fail.
Holidays and families
AKA mega-routines
And even the conversations… Very very very little small talk. We talked about new laws and current events and discussions on the death penalty. They were all conversations about SOMETHING. Something logical.
(Or sometimes they were stories, but they were all interesting stories about my grandparents' lives (they are very interesting people). And I love stories.)
(Or horses. We talk about horses a lot. I am good at talking about horses. So are several of our other cousins. Sometimes we would just name horse breeds at each other. Although, now we tend towards quoting LOTR at each other instead.)
And this is why I love my family and I love holidays so much.
So have a wonderful holiday season, everyone! (and all and any holidays, or if you don't celebrate any in particular, I hope you are just having a generally lovely day.) (I hope you are happy and enjoying yourself wherever you are, whoever you are with (or enjoying the nice quietness of being by yourself), and eating delicious food.)
Be happy!
Adventures in Apartment Living: Paying Bills and Talking to Banks
I don't like dealing with money, especially in large amounts. Or paying bills. (Who does, though…)I cannot remember to pay bills on time. I can remember to have enough money in the appropriate amounts, which right now I am handling by the "avoiding spending money method". So automatic bill payment is amazing.*
And grad school pays me quarterly, too, which means it is a very large sum of money, all at once. That I have to use over a period of 3 months. So I need to have an idea of how much to spend and when. Which I really have no concept of, whatsoever.
(Boyfriend is going to help me make a budget soon. And Mint.com is nice, too**, but I also don't know really what to set as reasonable limits for my various financial goals, so I need an actual person. Who know my income. Which is why I am dating an accountant. Well, not really, but it is a perk.) But I like that it gives overviews of EVERYTHING including my student loans and various accounts at different banks (I manage to pick up credit union accounts at several different places that I've lived and I haven't quite managed to close any of them yet, so I've got small amounts of money currently scattered through several banks across the country, which aren't all really accessible, but at least I know how much is in them. And I suppose it is online banking so I can probably move money around and such.)
(And don't worry, I know this is a privileged problem to have.)
Sometimes I need to talk to banks to figure out how to work things out. Like how to set up automatic bank payments. Because bank websites confuse me.*** And that is ridiculously stressful. Because phone conversations and me do not get along best.
Now sometimes banks have this new wonderful feature.
At least Bank of America does.
It has this wonderful button. That says "Chat with a specialist"
Which means I can message a person. Nonverbally. Typing. And get an immediate response. Without really dealing with a person directly.
It is so amazing.
I can ask them when I forget how to find my routing number (I don't have checks… so I can't look at them to figure it out.) I just talked to them to set up automatic bill payment. It took 15 minutes, maybe less. It would have taken me hours to figure it out on the confusing website. And calling things wouldn't have worked and would have ended in me having to hide for a while afterwards and be useless.
But this way, I can get questions answered immediately. Without talking. And it is amazing.
*Although there seems to be no way to automatically pay my rent, which is unfortunate.
**And also that's why I don't use cash because there isn't a record of my spending so I have NO IDEA how much money I've spent. And then I just get confused and panicky and that's no good.
***So much. It is a good thing I have so many accountant friends because I just cannot understand the numbers on the credit statement. Or how much I have to pay or how it works. But I can check that all the transactions are real, and then you can set up "pay balance in full" and then all is good.
I don't understand
TW: Depression and anxiety and suicidal thoughts. And something along the lines of thinking a disability doesn't count or isn't real.
In which you learn how I am secretly a horrible person.
My freshman year roommate and I generally got along. We weren't really friends, and had rather different schedules, but were generally respectful and would study somewhere else when the other person needed to sleep and get dressed quietly with minimal light-turning on to not wake up the other person. She's actually a cool person and I think I could have been good friends with her, except we never actually talked except greetings and stuff. (She had a rather intense long distance relationship the whole year that was not going super great, so it occupied a lot of her time.)
Sophomore and junior year I lived with the same girl. When I agreed to live with her freshman year, I knew it wouldn't work well. But I couldn't figure out how to say no. Sophomore year was ok though. Not super great but not awful.
And then junior year hit with the depression and anxiety and suicidal thoughts. (Junior year was just not a high point in my life).
And what had been a non-ideal but still functional living arrangement really just got awful. Because I had nowhere to hide.
And my roommate was having her problems with ADHD and stuff. Which meant that she was MESSY. (Which actually wasn't that big of a problem because I am messy too, but I am usually only messy with stuff. Not with time.) And would sleep in late. And miss classes. So times when I expected to be home alone were totally destroyed. My schedule was gone and off. And meltdown over meltdown over meltdown and I couldn't even hide in my room, since she was in there.
I need schedules.
Especially when my world is already going to pieces, I need my schedules and my routines.
And I hated ADHD. And thought it was fake and made up. Because CLEARLY IF SHE JUST GOT OUT OF BED when her alarm went off then she could go to class. If she just went to class, then maybe she wouldn't have been failing her classes. Or maybe if she studied instead of internetting all the time.
I just didn't understand why she couldn't try harder.
Or why she kept missing her classes.
And to be honest, I still don't really.
I don't understand how someone can't just sit down and do their work.
Or just wake up when the alarm goes off.
And then a couple years later, my youngest sister, who I've never gotten along with great, was in high school. And did a really bad job freshman year. And so my parents got her tested and found out that she had ADHD. And this made me even more mad and I decided ADHD was even more fake.
This is the sister who yells at me that I don't know what it is like to be her because people like her and they don't like me. And she has friends. And that's important. And I just wouldn't understand. And how she has other things that are important like sports. And I just don't understand what it is like to be bored in class. (Also false, I didn't learn a single thing in a math class until we got to the proofs in geometry in high school.) And who is generally difficult. And who lies to our parents so she can go do things she wants to do. (This is a big one. Even Medium Sister, who was much more social and fought a lot more with our parents than I did, never lied to them. Our parents are generally fair, reasonable people who just want us to succeed at life and be happy, decent people.) And she even lied about being sick to get out of school sometimes (something, again, I never did even though I hated school sometimes because lying was wrong. And incorrect.)
So it seemed perfectly reasonable to me that Small Sister was using this to get out of doing school work. Or other work. And to make things fit her life.
(And also I was mad at my parents for getting her tested but never thinking about it with me, even though I did go through various periods of life where it would have probably been somewhat obvious. But I was quiet and didn't make trouble. And apparently, if you made trouble, then you got excuses. And that wasn't fair at all.)
And I just didn't understand why someone couldn't just sit down and finish their homework.
Or why they would lie about things.
Or why they wouldn't ask for help if they didn't understand things. There are tons of people in my family that can help with math.
Or why she didn't follow the rules my family has created about not forgetting things at home (homework isn't done until it is in your backpack and your backpack is in the car.)
There are so many things that just don't make sense to me.
But then again, I also don't understand how people could have trouble with basic calculus. Or be biology graduate students and not understand how to look at simple recombination or complementation data.
Or how people can talk to other people without needing to take naps afterwards.
Or how people can just go up to random strangers and ask them for directions.
Or how to talk to a professor during office hours.
Or how to call and order food from a restaurant.
Or how people can remember other people's faces.
Or how to remember to take a shower every day.
But I can not understand things about other people and not be a jerk about it. Because I'm sure there's a lot of things people don't understand about me. And I'd appreciate if they weren't jerks about it either.
And I can not understand something and still know that it is a real experience for other people. Even if I don't really understand it.
*I am used to semi-regular physical contact with people. I like short hugs. At home, we sit on each other a lot. I like physical contact. I like how humans feel warm. (So do animals. I love snuggling animals).
Trouble at the Library!
A rant!
The library is a wonderful place. One of my favorite places. It has my favorite books. It has my stories. It has chairs for reading in. It is safe. Even with the people and the voices, it is safe. And now there are no book limits (although those might have been made by my parents, on further notice) and there are self-checkout machines, so really, even the people are mostly avoidable.
And it wasn't just adding more comfy chairs. NO! They MOVED THE BOOKS. (And added no comfy chairs.) They split my books off. They made a "young adult" section and moved half of my books upstairs, to the nonfiction part! (Not that I don't mind the non-fiction. They have James Herriot there. And also books full of facts and science and history and all sorts of fun things. But upstairs is for non-fiction and reference. Downstairs is for fiction. The "normal AKA adult" fiction is downstairs. So is the children's section fiction.)
And the way they divided up the sections is completely nonsensical. Some authors have books in both the young adults section and the junior young adults section (which is part of the children's section). (And even the children's section is divided up into more details than it should).
And now my favorite stories are scattered. Upstairs, downstairs. Some of them are missing. They can't be found.
On my visit to the library, I went up and down and up and down. I got books from the young adults section, the junior young adults section and the upper elementary section. (I also do read grown-up books sometimes. And even enjoy them. But I was home and wanted to reread all my favorites. At school, all the books are adult books. Who knows if the libraries in the city I'm going to grad school in will have these books?) These books all used to be right next to each other. Within maybe 10 or 20 feet. A couple of shelves. All of my books were home.
Even the books that didn't get reassigned aren't in the same spots. They reorganized the whole set. (The JYA section is where the books on tape belong!)
I never learned the titles or authors of half my favorite library books. I just knew where they were and what the cover looked like. I want to read my book about Robin Hood on the bottom shelf in the middle of the farthest back alcove. I want to read the books about goblins two shelves from the top.
(And my wonderful, relaxing trip to the library became a lot less awesome.)

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I've mentioned before that I am no woodworker and because hands off beekeeping is so much about creating a good home will the bees it has been a little disempowering. In the garden at work is a fair amount of willow and running the place on a shoestring means looking to maximize every resource available…. Read more »
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2015 Update on bees "Moribund"
Moribund The bees in my garden, that I have looked after or rather looked at for the past four years, are in the process of failing. It's sad and I'm puzzling over why this had to happen. I have a few ideas and would welcome comment on them if it helps to make sense of… Read more »


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Yesterday Microsoft unveiled their first Windows tablet, the Microsoft Surface, and now Microsoft have released a promo video for their new Windows 8 tablet which gives us a brief look at the device.
As a reminder there will be two versions of the Microsoft Surface tablet available, one with Windows RT and one with Windows 8 Pro, have a look at the video of it in action below.
It certainly does look interesting from the video, and we are looking forward to trying out Microsoft's new Windows 8 tablet, we should have some more details when the device is released later this year.
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Confront The King
- Quest Giver: Hannibal Traven in the Arcane University
- Next Quest: Alchemy Acquisitions (side quest)
- Reward: Rank Advancement to Arch Mage and its benefits and Staff of Worms
[edit] Walkthrough
[edit] Overview
This is it, the final showdown between the Mages Guild and Mannimarco, Hannibal Traven asks you to defend the guild and defeat the king of worms once and for all.
[edit] A Noble Sacrifice
Traven explains that Mannimarco intended to trap his soul within the Colossal Black Soul gem, he then tells you that he wants you to stop Mannimarco and pronounces you Arch Mage of the Guild. Traven then traps his soul in the gem , killing himself and making you immune to some of Mannimarco's magic.
[edit] Going to Echo Cave
Search Travens Corpse to get his robes (this way you'll get two sets overall) and the filled soul gem and then leave the tower. Head to Echo Cave , west of Bruma and kill the Necromancers outside and taking the cave key off their bodies before heading in.
[edit] Confronting the King
Make your way through the cave, killing all the Necromancers in your way. Follow your compass until you reach the area called 'Necromancer Chamber'. Once you reach Mannimarco you will be trapped on the small island by a bone cage and Mannimarco will paralyze you. He will then engage in a conversation with you, after he stops talking he'll attempt to turn you into a worm thrall. However the soul gem you are carrying makes you immune to this so he just starts attacking you normally, fight back and kill him. Loot his corpse (for his King of Worms' Robes and the Staff of Worms) and return to Raminus Polus.
[edit] Endgame and Being the New Arch Mage
Talking to Raminus will end the quest and reward you as being the new Arch Mage, unlocking one of the Xbox 360 Achievements. As the Arch Mage you can now access the Arch Mage's quarters with its own spell making and enchanting altars i also dont advise storing items in this area as the containers are unreliable. You also get the special Enchanted Chest that duplicates almost any alchemical ingredient stored in there. You can also ask one of the Mage Apprentice's round the university to follow you around.
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Fairfield, NJ – January 16, 2018 – Accurate Screw Machine (ASM), an MW Industries company, announces the launch of its redesigned website, www.accuratescrew.com, providing engineers and buyers with even more relevant and easy-to-find information on its entire range of electronic fasteners, handles, and precision machined components.
"Our website has always been an important resource for our customers to access vital information about our products," said Chris Thomas, vice president and general manager. "The redesigned website is more than just a new look, it also provides the ability to search and configure our entire catalog of parts to ensure an easier and more engaging experience for our customers."
The revamped site features a mobile responsive interface with enhanced features, including easier navigation, advanced search filters, part configuration, and on-the-fly generation of 2D drawings, 3D renderings and downloadable CAD models in every major format. These new features provide an invaluable resource to engineers in every industry.
The new ASM site will also feature self-serve e-commerce checkout on its entire line of parts, launching later this month for an industry-leading user experience like no other.
Visit www.accuratescrew.com to experience the redesigned website.
About Accurate Screw Machine
Accurate Screw Machine, a MW Industries company (www.mw-ind.com) specializes in JIT delivery of: bushings, captive screws, captive screw assemblies, handles, ferrules, locking fasteners, nuts, retainers, screws, self-locking devices, spacers, springs, standoffs, adapters, studs, security screws & washers. ASM is AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 Certified and is DFARS, ITAR, REACH and RoHS compliant.
About MW Industries, Inc.
MW Industries, Inc., headquartered in Rosemont, IL, has been a leading provider of highly engineered springs, specialty fasteners, machined parts and other precision components for more than 50 years. The company excels at rapid prototyping and design of hard-to-make products made from specialty materials. MW Industries serves more than 23,000 customers in over 35 countries. Its 45,000+ products are sold through a combination of direct sales, catalogs and distributors to original equipment manufacturers and aftermarket customers in aerospace, medical, electronics, energy, agriculture/construction, transit, heavy trucks, automotive replacement, industrial, consumer products, and military.


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Hüseyin Fauoḡlu Serdal Doḡan from the company Punto was the buyer of the Chinchilla Top Lot sold at Kopenhagen Fur's February auction with a winning bid of 620 DKK.
- I am very proud to be the owner of these beautiful skins, he says in the auction room at Kopenhagen Fur.
The skins will be displayed in the flagship store in Antalya.
- The reason for this is simple. We want our customers to see the skins on display, any potential buyer can then select the design they want, he explains.
Hüseyin Fauoḡlu Serdal Doḡan emphasizes that chinchilla is a type of skins for special customers.
- I recall that Stig Reinhold, the chinchilla auctioneer, once said that chinchilla fur garments are for the buyers that want something special after having bought five mink jackets. It is no different than owning many regular cars, then your sixth should be a sports car, he says.
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Hello ladies. For the past year I've been in an abuse relationship. In September of 2012, I was 2 months pregnant. My baby's father choked me so I called the police. He was charged with domestic violence by strangulation and a restraining order was put on him. I moved out and moved to Mississippi. In January of 2013 I moved back because he promised he changed ( a lie ) January of 2013 he threatened to kill me and the baby his exact words were " f*ck you and the baby, ill kill y'all I hope she fu**king dies" I called the police and I put an assault charge on him, he also had a warrant out for his arrest for violation of a restraining order. His mother bailed him out . April 5, 2013 was the day my daughter was born. We were both happy to be parents. He is not on the birth certificate and the baby has my last name. Despite everything that happend I continued to live with him, re reading everything just makes me realize how foolish I am. Well july 30, 2013 was my breaking point. He didn't want to work, he hung around junkies so I packed all of my bags and was told by my friend to wait a few days. August 1, 2013 was the day I was leaving. I called my friend to come get the baby & I , my baby's father over heard and started an altercation. The baby was in the bedroom, we were in the kitchen. He started cursing me out, and we ended up wrestling on the floor. I tried to get him off of my as self defense. He threatened to kill himself if we left. He picked up a broken dish and cut his upper ear, I then tried to run outside to call the police, he grabbed me and I pushed him outside locking the door behind him. I grabbed my daughter and tried to call the police but i realized he took my phone ao as I unlocked the door he was standing there. The police began to knock on the door. He told me if I told them the truth he was going to lie and say I cut him. I was terrified I didn't know what to do. The police then kicked the door down. I was charged with domestic abuse and child endangerment, he wasn't charged with anything. I was in jail for 3 days while I was in jail he filed for temporary custody and put a restraining order on me. His story was i cut him, poured water on his phone so he couldn't call for help, and ran to a neighbors house for help. When the police arrived we were both in the house, if that is so why would he run for help and come back to the house ? His story is complete lies. when I was released from jail I tried to get my daughter and our belongings. The police told me I couldn't do anything until the court date. It's been 3 weeks the court date is Friday. He has a paid attorney, I cannot afford one. I just got a job, I have a stable home to live in. I do not do drugs. Im a Teen mom, ive never been this stressed in my life . my daughter is my world . Tomorrow morning I'm getting the documents of the charges I put on him. I'm fighting for full custody. He is a danger to me and my daughter. She is not in a safe environment with him. He is suicidal. The friends he hangs out with are no good, no education , and junkies. My baby's father is on probation and drug court. I would never try to keep my daughter from him, I just fear for her life when he was her alone. He doesn't sterilize her bottles, doesn't change her often, he doesn't work, his mother does everything. I'm just terrified for her safety, I cry every night not knowing if my daughter is okay. I tried to find lawyers but I cannot find one. Any advice what to do and say at court? I live in Louisiana . Thank you :(


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Walking into the building, still tears, walked past the the pet store, on impulse I said "Zach if we get you new shoes, I will get you a fish"
"Oh, OK, I think I need to get my feet measured" just like that, tears gone, walked into our regular shoe shop like he owned the place. Feet measured, shoes chosen, within five minutes and he wanted to keep wearing them!
We walk out and next to the shoes shop is Target with big signs TOY SALE! yeah Zach runs in
so he is rooming around the toy section, eyeing off all the 'cool' stuff, I sneakily put a video camera on lay by for him, takes still photos too and on sale for $39 cool birthday present I think. He'll love it.
went to the book section, had to get a birthday present for party on Saturday, found Animalia, yep classic, can't go wrong with that.
And So Excited found a book for Zach, it's called 'Blowing in the wind' and comes with cd with the song, that is for his birthday or Christmas. I'll decide at the start of December when I check the present stash inventory in the top of my walk-in-wardrobe, yes I'm starting the birthday/Christmas stash in June, also found another 'peanuts' dvd.So found Zach, holding some toys, I say "I thought we were going to get you a fish"
"Oh, I was just looking" puts them back so quick.
Outside Target Zach sees ice cream, near tantrum, reason with Zach did he want ice cream or a fish.
Zach chose a beautiful Siamese fighter with a silvery blue tail, no goldfish for us, they poo to much, don't want to clean bowl every two days. Zach wanted to call him pacfish. i said he is blue like Inky, oh , he liked Inky better, so the fighter is called Inky
The whole way home, there were discussions about Siamese fighters, warnings to drive carefully, no I couldn't play music, "fish don't like songs, they might get terrorised"
I cleaned out the fish bowl, I had my wrapping paper in it, conditioned the water, found pebbles and a silk plant and Inky had a new home.
Kitty who sleeps all day, sleeps all night, saw the bowl in the bedroom and suddenly looked very alert. I go to make hot chocolate, I hear yelling from the bedroom, I go to check it out. Mr protective has carried kitty out of the room, "kitty tried to eat my fish, she jumped up" Ok, so the cat that Zach loves is now not allowed in the bedroom. later in bed all I can hear at the door is the cat, she wants to come in.
So decided to put Inky in the other bathroom, where the puppy's are, it's warm, the chihuahuas can't jump up on the counter and kitty doesn't go there because she doesn't like the puppy's. Zach ok with that solution. now need to ensure in future that Zach doesn't try to take inky into the bath with him
Today, is now Saturday, Auskick is cancelled due to super mudbath conditions, so that means sleep in ☺
Wrapped Animalia and Zach decorated the paper.
A few more layers on, so cold today and we ready to go!
Enjoy your weekend! x♥x♥


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In 2009 the Secretary of State endorsed the Planning Inspector's recommendation to uphold the planning appeal by Woodley Developments Limited. We continue to await their detailed planning application.
There are still considerable concerns with regard to the safe remediation of this former toxic waste site and, not least, the environmental impact on both the environment and fragile local infrastructure.
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A pergola is a design feature architecturally made to serve as both being functional and beautiful. These structures, typically made of either wood, vinyl or aluminum can feature intricate or simple design elements which in the end produce shade and privacy most commonly in the backyard. Most modern pergolas are built with Alumawood, an aluminum product that looks just like wood. But we still offer the options of Vinyl and plain wood. Be sure to check out our pergola page for more information.
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Tom Todd is an entrepreneur and WordPress expert. As founder and resident WordPress aficionado of the website t2websites.com, Tom continues to carve a notable niche for his company. The Oregon-based company focuses on custom website design and development for both traditional and mobile use. They also help create SEO-inclined content. To accomplish their goals the company began leveraging the WordPress platform in 2007 as it allowed remarkable scalability of their product. Since forming the business in 2002, Tom has leveraged his more than 25 years of career experience to successfully identify key differentiators, optimize market niches and overcome various obstacles.
Tom Todd's early days were marked by a position at Fred Meyer as a buyer for electronics. Founded by one of the "Great American Entrepreneurs" the Fred Meyer Store provided a great training ground for Tom Todd. He would move on to EggHead software to work as a general merchandise manager overseeing purchasing and product selection. In the course of 10 years, the company's sales grew exponentially and eventually began to refocus their distribution to an Internet based model. That move, however, would cause Egghead to encounter an ill-fated meeting with security compromise.
The compromise created significant concerns for existing customers regarding private credit card information. The result was a significantly challenged public perception for the company, stalled sales and ultimately a reverse in the growth they had experienced in previous years. Thankfully, prior to the unfortunate occurrence that compromised Egghead, Todd grew beyond his time at Egghead and took his next career step at the company's height in 1995. Todd leveraged his early experience with Internet business sales and eCommerce into his next career move as an executive recruiter for growing online companies like American Online, Amazon and CD Now. He worked to match executive talent from traditional brick-and-mortar stores with young companies working to capitalize on the online opportunities that the Internet presented.
In 2000, that Internet bubble burst and there was a recession in the high tech industry. Unable to find a job, Tom did what many Americans in pursuit of "the dream" do. He started his own company.
Armed with a passion for helping others grow their business and a fascination with business ownership, Todd began to work diligently for himself.
Further utilizing his unique knowledge of the Internet business space, Tom began developing pages using Microsoft Front Page. He would then evolve to use Dreamweaver and finally WordPress. Early on, he acknowledged his aptitude for the technical aspects of site development.
I found that even though I'd spent 25 years in merchandising and business management, after I got into website development I was really good at it. I thought it would be very boring, but I found that I really like it and am good.
Yet, he also realized his weakness in the area of design and partnered with friend, Tim Kimble to maximize the opportunities on the design side of the house. Tom's wife, Jen Todd, also became a part of the team and brought with her more than 20 years of experience in marketing copywriting and editing. She had additionally worked with a number of big brand names like AT&T and Expedia with experience across a wide variety of subject matter.
With his team assembled, Tom began making serious strides to create authentic value for his customers and offer a complete picture of the online world and business process.
We build WordPress websites that are customized. They don't look like a template and are built to capture the essence of the client's business. Our process includes a fact finding session to determine who their audience is and how to best appeal to them.
T2websites now runs the full gamut of SMB businesses, serving everyone such as top interior designers, law offices, authors and even dog-parks.
As the business grew, Tom continued to learn more and more about his customers and his business. He found that his client used multiple hosting platforms and decided it may be wise to begin using and recommending a single, high-quality solution for the purpose of congruency and scalability.
The clients I have are with all sorts of web hosts, I'd really been looking for someone who was good. I kept seeing SiteGround, but I'd never heard of them before. They kept showing up #1 in reviews, so I decided to give them a try.
The move unearthed a problem with Tom's site that was similar to the probelm which brought Egghead to its knees. The problem was a security compromise. Tom was less concerned with why his website was hacked and more concerned with what to do. Knowing something had to be done but unsure of the right move, Tom contacted his new-trusted host.
In the process [of moving to SiteGround] my own website was hacked. I contacted SiteGround and they mentioned that they partner with Sucuri.
Aware of a team that could solve his problem, he reached out. The solution, though complex in nature, was simple for Tom. He purchased a package with Sucuri that included both remediation (Website Security Platform) and protection (Firewall). The malware was removed and the website clean.
There was another problem, however. As a result of the hack, Google posted its infamous bright red warning message in search engine result pages - "This website may be hacked." Considering the growth of the reliance on Google as the search engine of choice, this warning message could instigate a public perception issue like his former employer experienced. Yet again, a complicated situation held a simple solution for Todd with Sucuri in place. The team had already submitted the site to be re-evaluated and the message was removed.
In the wake of the event, Tom found an interesting event occurred. His SERP (Search Engine Results Page) position improved, significantly. He describes his assessment:
Google gives 'extra points' to anyone with security services added to their sites
Tom and his team were surprised to find that for the SEO key term: Seattle WordPress Developer, their company moved from position #9 to position #1. A study published by Search Engine Watch asserts that the #1 position in Google garners more than 30% of search traffic while the #9 position receives less than 5%. Based on this statistic, t2websites.com can expect more than a 20% increase in their site traffic. Another study, published by Marketing Land, shows a similar disparity in search traffic based on SERP positioning.
Generally what I've seen…[is that] often customers are only checking out the top 3 results. [Being #1] dramatically increases the number of calls you get---it's worth it's weight in gold. I could never afford to pay for the advertising that would put me in the #1 organic ranking.
The Sucuri's Website Security Platform Pro package proved to be a great success. The package included the Web Application Firewall, and after completing the setup process Tom noticed immediate changes. Using Google analytics, Tom could see that he was getting traffic from many bots that were not actual people. That was not a good thing. However, he reports that the firewall has been blocking those.
Out of my 200 website clients, I've had a dozen have their sites hacked and of those dozen 2 had it hacked more than once.
Taking notice of a measurable difference in his online presence Tom shares his new attitude toward his company's website security posture.
I decided I don't want to go through that again. The only security I was using before was the security that identified IF you had a virus---but no solution (or easy solution) to resolve it. When Google posts that message, it's just killer---you never, ever, ever want to have that happen. My mission changed to be more proactive.


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ATIKOKAN, Ontario -- I really hate to admit this, but there are too many wilderness lakes here for me to do any justice. What I simply mean is this:
Over five days, I fished five lakes teeming with smallmouth bass. And Camp Quetico is the perfect place to headquarter.
Next to Gangler's North Seal River main lodge and its outposts, this camp truly deserves a high ranking for access to great bass fishing as well as lodging and food. And for a drive-to lodge, the lakes I experienced had not shown the slightest degree of abuse.
Surprisingly, I rarely saw another boat when my guide took us through narrow passages and huge expanses of open water.
"Getting its due" is a catch-all phrase. And in this case catching smallmouth bass is the "due," with off-the-chart catch numbers.
Lakes and rivers throughout the Midwest have experienced deserving accolades as well as a mad rush to catch these dark-skin guerrilla fighters that have become the true darling of Chicago-area anglers.
The northern edge of this Canadian rocky repository has always been a favorite destination of mine since I started probing the areas of the Quetico Provincial Park. But this time I wasn't in the confines of the park, where visitors often sleep under the stars.
Every day brought me to a new horizon of crystal clear water mixed in to massive outcroppings of disgorged boulders left in place as reminders of those tremendous glaciers that created their own paths in a series of meltdowns.
And when I was told I could easily access 43 close-by lakes holding untold aquatic treasure, my mind raced through a fantasy of getting lost in this wilderness while inching my way around areas of earlier mankind.
Over the past five decades, I generally chose locations in far northern Canada to fish where others had barely scratched an impression. These were fly-in lodges with northern pike and lake trout large enough to become the main topic of conversation when I would sit down to supper back at a main lodge.
So I was totally knocked over with the quality and quantity of smallmouth bass rushing to grab a lure I tossed into their lair.
Camp Quetico sits on the banks of Eva Lake, and it is an easy to location just close to 800 miles north of the northwest suburbs. By my standards, the camp's cabins are 5-star, with guides and meals close behind.
I never once used a crankbait or spinning bait, but rather stuck with wacky worming and Little Action Mac pre-rigged setups. And it was the "Macs" that performed the best.
We didn't weigh the fish, but rather measured these beauties by inches with the jumbo bronze backs almost hitting the 24-inch mark.
For a cost of around $1,500, we enjoyed a real booming explosion of outstanding smallmouth fishing for five days and nights.
If you go
Where: Camp Quetico at Atikokan, Ontario
Contact: (807) 929-2266
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Web: www.campquetico.ca
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Women's fashion brand Missguided recently teamed up with Barbie to create the 43-piece BarbiexMissguided collection, which includes a range of pieces that pay homage to the lively feminist spirit of the times.
The accessories, denim, outerwear and swimwear pieces in the collection can easily be mixed and matched by young women to create an effortless, eclectic style. Standout pieces in the collection include quilted satin bomber jackets with matching bottoms, cutoff jeans and two-piece tie-dye outfits.
To go along with the full-sized pieces for teens, the collaborators also recreated key pieces from the collection to fit on Barbie dolls. With the launch of this new collection, Missguided is welcoming Barbie, and inspiring young women around the world, to join its ongoing #babesofmissguided movement, which celebrates female empowerment.
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Today, I'll talk about a book that I'm actually super excited about: The Love Interest, by Cale Dietrich.
Summary: There is a secret organization that cultivates teenage spies. The agents are called Love Interests because getting close to people destined for great power means getting valuable secrets.
Caden is a Nice: The boy next door, sculpted to physical perfection. Dylan is a Bad: The brooding, dark-souled guy, and dangerously handsome. The girl they are competing for is important to the organization, and each boy will pursue her. Will she choose a Nice or the Bad?
Both Caden and Dylan are living in the outside world for the first time. They are well-trained and at the top of their games. They have to be – whoever the girl doesn't choose will die.
What the boys don't expect are feelings that are outside of their training. Feelings that could kill them both.
This sounds so good, am I right? It really sounds like it's going to take tropes and turn them completely upside down, and be utterly hilarious while it does that.
A book where instead of there being an awful love triangle with a potentially awful heroine with every single cliche possible, the girl becomes the third wheel in their group of three? Sign me up.


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Topic Title: Flame Goes Out
Created on October 20, 2008 at 02:32 PM
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I have had a problem with the Flame going out on my Apex. It has happened to me three times since I bought the grill two months ago. I first thought it was a wind problem, but It happened yesterday on a calm day. Has anyone had this problem and a fix?
This sounds like a problem you need to call Holland about.
Basically, the flame goes out because the burner is not getting enough gas. What does your flame look like right after lighting? Which kind of fuel are you using, how do you have your air-shutter adjusted, do you have anything covering the smoke-stacks?
Call Holland, they will help you.
Jeff G
Thanks for the reply Chad. It is a new grill, 2 months, using LP 20 gallon. I the flame is normal blue with slight orange tips. The grill normally runs at 475 to 500 degrees when empty and I do not have the stacks covered. I did call Holland and they said there could be a small piece of debris in the orifice that blocks it occasionally. Other suggestions were to change out the LP tank, and it could possibly be the regulator. I will try a new tank first, I would hate to have Holland sending me parts that I don't need.
First, do not ever cover the stacks! I did this a couple of months ago and the grill went out. I then relit the grill and had a big boom!!! I called Holland about my grill going out and they said to check the air shutter setting. If the burner is getting the maximum amount of air gas mix the grill could go out. Refer to your manual or the website to adjust the air shutter.
Jeff G
Thanks youngbuck. No boom here. I was going to try adjusting the air intake but was afraid I would screw it up. The flame appears normal, but I can try it. I am afraid of the flame going out, I am cooking an 8 pound Brisket this weekend and can't afford to have it go out on me.
Jeff G
youngbuck's reply back was right. I adjusted the air shutter and have not had the problem since. When I opened the shutter for the slightest bit more air, the flame went out instantly, my grill was running right on the border of the flame going out. I adjusted for less air and I then saw the flame get the "yellow tips", they are very defined and I didn't really understand the description until I saw it myself.


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Any way to get my laptop's trackpad to work in BIBM?
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It's much more annoying than I had expected to be forced to use my Dell laptop's keyboard to navigate and operate BIBM in Maintenance Mode rather than use it's built-in trackpad (Dell / Alps Touchpad). Is there ANY way I can get that to work?


text: Hola, I know I'm really behind. Okay, Ender's Shadow, by Orson Scott Card, is a companion book to Ender's Game. Living on the street is dangerous for a kid any age with the brutal hierarchy of bullies and kids too small to get food. But when Bean turns up, the whole system changes. This transformation doesn't go unnoticed, however. Battle School is still recruiting and Bean is a promising candidate. With the severe physical disadvantages Bean has, he faces difficulties that even his machine-like mind might not be able to comprehend. I just re-read my Ender's Game review and I seem to have put a negative spin on it. Let me correct you, these books are brilliant. What I failed to express before was the depth that every character has, and the plot that doesn't fail to stun even when reading a parallel story where you already know what happens. The only thing I will say though, is that these books made me like Ender more. Bean is so mechanical that even Ender's aloofness is appealing. I don't want to change my original post but I have to say, looking back on the book, four and a half stars to both Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow.


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And he reminds us that once a group perceived as foreign and weak is targeted for hatred, for many people the hatred takes on a life of its own:
Even accounting for the new arrivals of recent years, Muslims amount to just 6% of Europe's population, and 1% of that of the US. But proportionality of response is not considered a virtue among the new nationalists – and even if the Muslim immigration figures were to start to fall, and all fear of submergence under a Muslim tide was demonstrated to be empirically groundless, who's to say the populists would allow the thrill of fear to abate?
What seems more likely is that today's proponents of harsh anti-Muslim measures will find retroactive justification in any virulent reaction they excite, leading to even more and harsher measures against Muslims – much as the European powers whose interventions helped hasten the collapse of the Islamic Enlightenment at the start of the last century felt their actions were vindicated by the violence that followed.
For those whose primary concern is the perpetuation of cultural homogeneity, the pressing question is a simple one: what is to be done with the Muslims? The clashist version of history makes their antipathy to modernity indisputable; integration and assimilation are therefore impossible. This would seem to be the position of the 60% of Germans, for example, who have been found in surveys to agree with Frauke Petry's AfD that Islam does not belong in their country.


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340 Royce Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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This May, get ready for a thrilling season finale with the National Children's Chorus as its talented young vocalists transport you to another galaxy! Don't miss an exciting concert presentation, featuring new and timeless repertoire that stretches the imagination and pushes boundaries of what's sonically possible. Works by Edward Elgar, Eriks Esanvalds, Eric Whitacre, Ola Gjeilo and Samuel Barber will grace the stage at Royce Hall for an unforgettable evening of song. Honoring visionary men and women who have shaped humanity throughout history, this stellar program will celebrate innovation and ingenuity, including a special tribute commemorating NASA's 60th Anniversary. We hope to see you there!
The National Children's Chorus of the United States, under the leadership of Artistic Director Luke McEndarfer and Associate Artistic Director Dr. Pamela Blackstone, is quickly establishing itself as one of the world's leading treble choruses, with nearly 700 students in 18 ensembles, based in Los Angeles, New York City, and Washington, D.C. Collaborating with some of the finest music companies in the nation, the group has performed live with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Opera Company, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Joffrey Ballet, Kronos String Quartet, New York City Master Chorale and American Youth Symphony, among others. Its groundbreaking Season 2017/18, entitled Building Bridges, features exquisite repertoire including notable premieres at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Royce Hall, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and the Kennedy Center. In July of 2018, the chorus will make its 4th major international tour to Germany, Austria, Czech Republic and Hungary.
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Whatever is for lunch or for dinner, for most persons, it comes from a to-go pack in Spruce Creek. The same goes for breakfast and dinner; a home-cooked meal is simply a rare luxury for many busy individuals in Spruce Creek.
When referring to food categorizing requirements for food delivery in, prepackaged items are those that are packaged before being offered for sale in 16683. The package is collected by a manufacturer in 16683, distributor, or retailer in PA and containing a exact number of items or a specific assortment of sizes, colors, flavors, etc., of a product in PA.
This must not be confused with food products that are offered for sale unpackaged and then packaged by the user in Pennsylvania (e.g., food sold in bulk bins) are also not considered to be prepackaged products in Pennsylvania.
The least expensive way to start your packaged food business is to prepare goods in your own home kitchen. Until presently, many states in PA banned the sale of any food made at home.
But as the cottage food industry became hugely popular, state laws have evolved, enabling many more people to create foods for sale from their own kitchens.
Now that you think about it, try to imagine tumbling through the front door at 8 p.m. after a long day at work, and the last thing you want to do is spend an hour concocting a mess in the kitchen. In a foolproof world, dinner would always be pre-planned and pre-prepped, and cooking and eating it would cure the day's stress, not cause it.
Meal kit delivery services are reinventing the dinner ritual a very good way. Working couples, singles, and active families who care about feasting on fresh, home-cooked meals are flocking to the concept of a freshly prepped meal-in-a-box and the market is lighting up with a flurry of new offerings.
So who says healthy food cannot come in a package?
And while we're at it, the more crucial question begs to be asked: what's for dinner? It's a perennial question. For some, it's an excuse to dig into the newest cookbooks or blogs for inspiration. But for those of us who abhor grocery shopping, don't feel comfortable with our cooking talents, or have zero time to plan (let alone cook!), the question causes a decent bit of anxiety and stress.
Luckily, more firms are entering the dining delivery business. From meal kits (complete with recipes and pre-portioned ingredients) to prepared meals and smoothie servings, companies want to make home-cooked, nutritious meals fast and convenient.
We spend more for products we expect comes straight from the supplier, but some of it is months old. So how do you sort the new from the mould?
You're in your local supermarket, shopping basket in hand, outlining what to cook for an informal group of friends. A chicken casserole, probably, or some fish, with seasonal vegetables on the side, fruit for afters and some nibbles to have first with a drink olives, perhaps. Anything you choose, chances are you'll pay the extra it costs to buy fresh because it seems better, tastes better and is better for you. But is that correct?
In times of austerity, we become more closely related to what we see as the most important things in our lives, such as friends and family, and our desire for fresh food along with our willingness to pay for it is closely connected to that, and that's what food companies are tapping into.
Why is it necessary to eat a variety of foodstuffs in Spruce Creek?
Eating in Spruce Creek a mixed, well-balanced diet means eating a variety of foods from each food group daily, in the recommended amounts.
It is also important to choose a variety of foods from within each food group because various foods provide different types and amounts of key nutrients.
A healthy diet is the essence for a well-functioning body. Food is the starting point of energy for all of our bodily functions and directly affects how our bodies and minds function in each stage of life. There are a variety of reasons why a healthy diet is important, including disease prevention, management of a healthy weight and quality of life in Spruce Creek.
Eat healthy food to stay healthy, because a healthy diet can lead to greater overall capability of the mind and body.
Eating healthy does NOT have to be tedious. There is a great amount of food out there that are both healthy and tasty, and most of them are surprisingly delicious!
Healthy eating is not about rigid dietary limitations, staying impossibly thin, or depriving yourself of the foods you love. Rather, it's about feeling amazing, having more energy, enhancing your health, and stabilizing your mood. If you feel deluged by all the conflicting nutrition and diet advice out there, you're not alone. It seems that for every guru in Spruce Creek who tells you a certain food in 16683 is favorable for you, you'll find another in 16683 saying exactly the opposite. But you can cut through the distraction and learn how to create a tasty, varied, and healthy diet that is as good for your mind as it is for your body.
We all know that eating right can help you cultivate a healthy weight and avoid certain health problems, but your diet can also have a profound effect on your mood and sense of wellbeing. Studies in PA have associated eating a typical Western diet in PA filled with processed meats, packaged meals, takeout food, and sweet snacks with higher rates of depression, stress, bipolar disorder, and anxiety.
Eating more fresh fruits and vegetables, cooking meals at home in Pennsylvania, and lowering your intake of sugar and refined carbohydrates, on the other hand, may help to improve mood and lower your risk for mental health issues. If you have already been diagnosed with a mental health problem, eating well can even help to manage your symptoms and regain control of your existence.
Food variety means devouring a wide variety of foods, in the bulk recommended. Eating many diverse foods helps maintain a healthy and interesting diet which provides a range of different nutrients to the body. It also promotes good health and can help lower the risk of disease.
Some foods in Pennsylvania should only be eaten periodically. These 'extra foods' supplier and consumer but can also be defined in terms of social and supply chain characteristics. Local food initiatives often advocate sustainable and organic farming practices, although these are not associated to the geographic proximity of producer and consumer.
Local food represents an alternative to the global food model, which often sees food traveling long distances before it reaches the user. A local food network involves relationships between food distributors, retailers, and consumers in a particular place, where they work together to increase food security and ensure economic, ecological and social sustainability of a community.
To round these up, the demand for healthy and local food in Spruce Creek 16683 has intensified. People are constantly searching for local produce and healthy avenues by which a more healthy lifestyle can be achieved.


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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- U.S. stocks wandered aimlessly Thursday as Wall Street's mood turned cautious ahead of next week's Federal Reserve policy meeting and amid the ongoing Middle East standoff. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -2.02% advanced 5.92 points, or 0.1 percent, to 8,829.74. "This market is just trendless awaiting a couple of events, namely a possible attack on Iraq and what Mr. Greenspan is going to do at the next Fed meeting," said Arnie Owen, managing director of equities at Cruttenden Roth.
Market Snapshot Bond Report Earnings Surprises Stocks to Watch
Silicon Stocks: Dell dell could spark technology stocks . . .
NEW YORK (CBS.MW) --Technology stocks could be headed higher Friday on news of Dell's better-than-expected third-quarter results. In Thursday activity, a bullish report on the semiconductor industry sent that group higher some bellwether stocks in other sectors lost ground. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index SOX, -1.43% rose 1.2 percent. The Goldman Sachs Internet Index $gin climbed 1.7 percent, while the Goldman Sachs Hardware Index $gha slipped 1.2 percent.
Dell beats estimates by a penny . . .
ROUND ROCK, Texas (CBS.MW) -- Dell Computer Corp.'s third-quarter earnings edged passed Wall Street's projections by a penny, but those numbers didn't live up to some loftier expectations. The direct-sales computer giant (DELL) earned $384 million, or 28 cents a share, vs. $248 million, or 17 cents the same period a year ago. Analysts surveyed by First Call expected Dell to make 27 cents a share. Dell's revenue for the three-month period jumped 51 percent to $4.82 billion from $3.19 billion.
Markets aren't panicking about Iraq . . .
WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Financial markets aren't panicking over the prospect of another dust-up with Iraq's Saddam Hussein. Oil, gold and currency markets, while higher, have reacted cautiously so far. "Iraq is a plus, if anything," says Irwin Keller, chief economist for CBS.MarketWatch.com and the Weller professor of economics at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. That might be why the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -2.02% is climbing even as the rhetoric from Washington, London and Baghdad heats up.
Capitol Report Saber-rattling sends U.S. dollar surging
EntreMed ewbx shares plummet after test-delay story . . .
ROCKVILLE, Md. (CBS.MW) -- Shares of biotech company EntreMed fell, following a Wall Street Journal report that two biological agents licensed by the company may not be tested on humans as soon as had been anticipated. Earlier this year, the Rockville, Md.-based company licensed the agents, endostatin and angiostatin. Used together, the agents can cause tumors in mice to shrink, lie dormant and then vanish, according to findings by prominent surgeon and cancer researcher Dr. Judah Folkman, the Journal reported.
Hardware stocks pause . . .
NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Semiconductor and computer stocks struggled to regain forward momentum, as investors adopted a wait-and-see attitude. Chip stocks lagged after a bullish industry growth forecast by the Semiconductor Industry Association failed to generate enthusiasm among analysts or investors. Terry Ragsdale, semiconductor analyst for J.P. Morgan, cited the declining credibility of industry trade organizations' forecasts. "Nobody's semiconductor forecast has been worth the paper it's been written on for a long time," Ragsdale commented. " ... since 1995, the forecasts have always been too high."
Home loans on the march again . . .
WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Homeowners who felt ill for not snatching up record-low home loans last month probably turned a deeper shade of green this week as mortgage rates jumped again. Home loan consolidator Freddie Mac reported 30-year loans across the nation averaged 6.93 percent, up for the fourth consecutive week from 6.89 percent last week. Freddie Mac tallies average nationwide mortgage rates Thursday through Wednesday every week.
EarthWeb ewbx soars again in IPO follow-up . . .
NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Shares of newly public Web site specialist EarthWeb Inc. climbed another 42 percent in a fitting follow-up one day after its smash-hit debut. The stock (EWBX) ewbx jumped in recent trading of more than 8 million shares. In a leap putting it just short of a record-setting premium, EarthWeb's stock soared 248 percent above its $14 offering price in its U.S. market debut Wednesday, closing its first day of trading at 48 11/16.
Moscow Report: Russia gives details on debt plan . . .
MOSCOW (CBS.MW) -- More details trickled out on the plan between the Russian government and foreign banks to restructure $40 billion in frozen domestic debt. Meanwhile, the government issued harsh words to domestic banks about what help -- if any -- the central bank would provide those institutions as they look to restructure their own debts to foreigners. Foreign investors held an estimated 30 percent of the $40 billion in treasury securities that were unilaterally frozen on Aug. 17. Foreign banks and the government announced a general plan last week on restructuring the debt.
World Markets: Europe slumps on Asia woes . . .
LONDON (CBS.MW) -- London and German shares succumbed to sweeping disappointment over the outline of Japan's stimulus package and worries that the U.S. Federal Reserve won't cut interest rates next week. The Paris market, which has a sizeable weighting in oil stocks, rose slightly as tensions between the U.S. and Iraq intensified on Wednesday. The dollar, too, benefited from those tensions as investors piled into the currency as a safe-haven. At 7:30 a.m. ET, the dollar was up 1.7 percent at 123.77 yen. In equities markets, London's FTSE 100 index was down 48.30 points at 5,428.50; Frankfurt's Xetra DAX was down 1.1% or 50.44 points at 4,654.87; and the Paris CAC 40 was up 5.08 points at 3,549.82.
Texaco cpq to cut 1,000 jobs in upstream . . .
NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Texaco announced a major restructuring that will result in the loss of about 1,000 employee and contractor positions. Texaco (TX) TX, -1.22% is targeting its worldwide upstream operations in the restructuring. The oil major expects cost savings of $200 million a year after the reductions, which is expected to be completed by March next year.
Monsanto MTC, +50.00% plants seeds of change in restructuring . . .
ST. LOUIS (CBS.MW) -- Monsanto shares fell slightly after the company moved to come up with $5 billion to fund recent seed company acquisitions in a sweeping plan to issue more stock, cut some 2,500 jobs and unload some businesses. The giant maker of agricultural and pharmaceutical products (MTC) MTC, +50.00% said the staff reductions, slated to start in the first quarter of 1999, will target 700 to 1,000 jobs, some at the executive level.
StockWatch: Portfolio users love those tech stocks
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Shares of Microsoft replaced Intel as the top holding among Web users of CBS MarketWatch portfolios, leading a gaggle of computer makers, software developers and telecommunications giants. Microsoft (MSFT) MSFT, -3.12% , whose shares are 10 percent below an-all time high, boasts a stock market value of about $273 billion, making it the second most valuable stock in the U.S. market after General Electric Co. (GE) GE, -1.39% . Shares of General Electric, one of the few non-technology companies in the top 10, were No. 9 in the survey. Intel (INTC) INTC, -0.89% , the world's largest computer chip maker, was No. 1 in the June survey.
Erdman: More trying times for Japan . . .
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, speaking to the President's export council this week, said the world has a complicated and trying time ahead. Within this context, he said that it was critical for the world economy that Japan get back on track. The latest reports of Japanese corporations indicate that Japan is very far from getting back on track. From steel to pulp and paper to construction, to cosmetics, corporate earnings are dismal to say the least.
IPOnder: Pendulum swings back, way back . . .
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Back in early October, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin pointed out to a New York audience how the markets and investor psychology show a distressing and timeless tendency to move to extremes. "The dynamics of markets, as a very wise man said to me early in my years on Wall Street, are rooted in the human psyche," Rubin said, trying to explain the very depressing cloud that was then hanging over Wall Street. Our respected treasury secretary certainly didn't have EarthWeb (EWBX) ewbx in mind, but nowhere is the veracity of his comments more apparent than when the world of Internet stocks and initial public offerings collide.
Soapbox: Schumacher: Ease, please . . .
NEW YORK (CBSMW) -- To ease, or not to ease? That is the question every market watcher is asking as they await the Fed's decision at the upcoming Nov. 17 Federal Open Market Committee meeting. Robert Schumacher, chief investment strategist of Van Kampen Focus Portfolios, believes the Fed will move again and again to stave off a liquidity crunch in light of a problem that has no precedents -- the Year 2000 issue. Schumacher believes the Fed is well aware of the problem and is confident the Central Bank will bring monetary policy where it needs to be in order to overcome Y2K.
SuperStar Funds: Rich cyber-Buddhas coming soon . . .
LOS ANGELES (CBS.MW) -- The concept behind "megatrends" is very simple.John Naisbitt got a fix on social, political and cultural trends by counting the number of column inches that newspapers allocated to various topics.The importance of a trend was a function of how much space America's editors and publishers assigned it in print publications.
Clueless Investor: Treasury sell-off was in the cards . . .
NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- A scorcher of a sell-off is engulfing the Treasury market with hardly any respite. Should investors have seen this one coming? The wave of selling that began on Oct. 7 came on massive hedge-fund de-leveraging, which involved a breathtaking amount of selling in Treasury securities. The dollar's gargantuan tumble against the yen in early October also produced a massive repatriation of Japanese capital, further pressuring the market for government securities.
Bazdarich: Hang in there on interest rates . . .
LOS ANGELES (CBS.MW) -- In case you haven't noticed, interest rates have backed up in the last few weeks, even while stock investors salivate at the prospects of further Fed eases. Since early October, Treasury bond yields have risen from a low of 4.70 percent to 5.40 percent, 3-Month T-bill yields have risen from 3.75 percent to above 4.50 percent, and the Dow has risen from around 7,500 to near 9,000.
Kellner: Good news and bad news . . .
NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- First the good news. The panic and fear that swept the financial markets back in August and September have subsided. Since early October, the stock market has jumped nearly 20 percent (see my column of Oct. 6), while quality spreads and liquidity premiums in the bond market have narrowed (see my column of Nov. 6).This will bolster consumer confidence?which slipped in the wake of the markets? panic attack?raising hopes that holiday sales won?t be so bleak after all.
Irwin Kellner Kellner's forecast


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Free Fallin: A Tribute to Tom Petty
Le Musique Room, 4300 O'Day Ave, St. Michael
Come remember a legend. RIP Tom.
If you love the music of Tom Petty then this shoom is for you! These guys do it up and do it right. Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers are one of the biggest chart toppers in rock history, amassing dozens of hits and performing sold out shows for four decades. Free Fallin has successfully toured the country together for more than 10 years and played before thousands of fans at many festivals, fairs, venues, and major concerts. Along the way they have evolved into a complete and spectacular live music production. Their show, featuring all the best hits of Tom Petty, includes the instruments and costumes that create the authentic experience of a live Tom Petty concert. Sprinkled with a few other classic hits you know and love, this band delivers a professional and entertaining experience every night!