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Health care the Chicago way
Doc Zero points out the same thing I wrote about as gravity-based health care. Supply and demand is not a policy, it's a law. Now, most likely the government policy will be to charge $90 for a $100 service and then extract the rest in taxes and fees as Doctor Zero describes1. But if government policy truly pretends that a service which the market prices at $100 can be priced at $90, then either people will stop providing that service, or they will demand that the cost be made up in other ways.
At its most obvious, you'll have to use bribes to actually get that service; at its worst you'll have to grease the doctor's palm in other less appealing ways. As a customer you'll have to engage in dishonest activity to get, for example, health care. But what's really bad about such a system is that it attracts the dishonest as providers as well. If a doctor can't make a living by charging the legal price, honest people won't go into the business. Over time, the people who go into the business will be the kind of people who enjoy a culture of corruption.
And we'll be under the knife in more ways than one.
And remember that you won't just be paying into the livelihood of the person providing the service—you'll also be paying for the persons monitoring prices.↑
- The Myth of Price Controls: John Hayward at Hot Air
- "Most forms of government intervention simply force other people to pay the price, without really changing it. Nothing is more expensive than 'free' single-payer government health care—it extracts huge payments from a relatively small group of heavily burdened taxpayers, and creates a dependency class which receives benefits in excess of the minor taxes they pay into the system. This inevitably causes the overall price to increase, because it hinders competition."
More health care
- Community health acts to improve Obamacare
- Democrats now want to talk about how to improve Obamacare. Here's how to do it.
- Why government-funded cancer research is dangerously unlike the Manhattan Project
- A "Manhattan Project" for cancer is likely to delay cancer cures, and make what cancer cures we find more expensive—like the Epipen. And kill people, like the original Manhattan Project.
- Why does the EpiPen cost so much?
- With Mylan raising the cost of the EpiPen even as the EpiPen enters the public domain, people are complaining—but they're complaining in ways that will raise health costs even more.
- Strangling the iPhone of health care
- We have no idea what great improvements in health care we have strangled through our current system of government regulations, subsidies, and tax incentives.
- Catastrophic Care: How American Health Care Killed My Father
- David Goldhill, inspired by the unnecessary death of his father in a hospital surrounded by great doctors, nurses, and technology, describes in detail why health care today kills people—and then charges for it. In no other industry could a business fail so miserably, and then send a bill for having failed. He also argues persuasively that the ACA took all the bad parts of our health care system—and made them worse.
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Saturday, March 9, 2013
The Perfect Wedding Dress
Is the one that is perfect for YOU!
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Wow!!!Is it U$ 300.000 buget true????ReplyDelete
I would do something better with that money.
Good luck!
Hi Andrea! Yes! She has a usd 300,000 for the whole wedding! Will take place at the PLAZA here in NYC, and it is very expensive. They don't sell Inbal Dror's dresses here in NYC, so she either has to go to Israel and get it, or there is a shop in London where they can order it for you. The dress she wants is around 7k including shipping to the US, so I think with the overall budget it is not too bad!ReplyDelete
Adorable wedding dresses. I am in love with them and want to buy a beautiful gown for my wedding at one of reputed NYC wedding venues. Have seen many online stores but still not got anything which excites me.ReplyDelete
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Serenah McKay is a freelance writer and editor who has more than 20 years of experience working for newspapers in California, Texas and Arkansas. With a bachelor's degree in communication, she has written for both print and online media, including the Los Angeles Daily News, Medical News of Arkansas, and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. She writes on a wide range of topics, and her areas of expertise include genealogy, cats, and small pets.
Serenah is an expert genealogist, working in the field since her early teens. Besides continuing to trace her own family lines, she does consulting work for other families building their family trees. She combines personal history interviews with online and archival research to create well-rounded and authoritative family histories. She created and maintains a family history website on one of her ancestral lines. She is a member of the Association of Personal Historians, the Oral History Association, and the Society of American Archivists. She keeps her skills up-to-date by attending genealogy conferences and seminars.
Serenah can't remember a time when cats weren't a part of her life. All of her cats are rescues, including some tiny kittens so young they needed bottle-feeding and round-the-clock care. She has also nursed many elderly and special-needs kitties with problems such as kidney failure, chronic urinary tract infections, blindness, and epilepsy. She is an ardent advocate for cat welfare, promoting low-cost spay, neuter and vaccination services for pets and TNR (trap/neuter/release) for feral cats. She served for three years as the website editor for Best Friends Animal Society's Arkansas chapter. She created and maintains a website with information on caring for senior cats.
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May 21, 2017: Daily Bible Reading Commentary for 2 Corinthians 11-13
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Commentary: Paul refused to take money from the Corinthians to support his missionary work, which led to accusations of him being inferior. Paul is following Jesus' example of serving. Paul was not the perfect missionary, lacking oratory skills and being physically weak, however he relied upon the Lord to sustain him and was, as we know, blessed in his efforts to spread God's word. Paul again refutes false claims against him and warns that when he returns, he will only deal with serious issues (issues that are in accordance to Mosaic Law, which requires multiple witnesses).
Focus Verses: 12:7-10 What lesson is Paul teaching/learning? How can you apply it to your life?


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Lichfield maintained their unbeaten league run after brushing aside near neighbours Stafford in a strong second half display.
The game began with Stafford taking the initiative with some direct running and good continuity.
Lichfield's defence was given an early test but they always looked threatening and in the 10th minute they were rewarded with a spectacular and rare try from Mark Bryant and it was nice to see the front row rewarded as so much of their work goes unnoticed. It was duly converted by Neil Antcliffe to give Lichfield an early 7-0 lead.
This was doubled in the 18th minute when Ngoma went over for a fine try, converted by Antcliffe to make it 14-0.
Stafford were far from finished and they scored an excellent try, from a counter attack, great support play and handling seeing their scrum half go in under the posts to make it a simple conversion and narrow the margin to 14-7.
At this stage Lichfield were probably guilty of playing too much expansive rugby and Baker and Sporcic on the wings found that they had little room to exploit their pace.
Lichfield turned round for the second half against the wind knowing that they had to be more astute at tying in the Stafford defence and would have to be more direct in their approach.
Massey took charge of the backs bringing Antcliffe and Tom Adams into the game to threaten the Stafford midfield and the back row of Burton, Thompson and Smith were beginning to get on top of their opposite numbers with Butler using the back row, particularly Thompson, to drive at the Stafford defence in an attempt to stretch them and gain an opening.
This duly came in the 45th minute, Butler neatly switching play up the blind side to allow Rich Burton to score a try on his full league debut.
Antcliffe narrowly missed against the wind and Lichfield found themselves 19-7 in front.
Lichfield continued to find holes with their direct approach and it wasn't long before Sporcic rounded off a fine move to stretch Lichfield's lead to 24-7.
Stafford kept looking for an opening but the tight 5 of Bassett, Bryant, Gabbitass, Squire and Hicks were resolute around the fringes and were forcing Stafford back.
In the 55th minute and with Stafford tiring Ngoma picked a great line to score another try, converted by Antcliffe to make it 31-7.
Lichfield were denied further scores from Sporcic, Ngoma and Baker after some interesting decisions from the referee, none the less Lichfield kept plugging away and scored another try in the 60th minute through Squire, crashing over from a ruck near the line to make it 36-7.
Squire then repeated the feat in the 70th minute from a similar position to make the final score 41-7 to Lichfield.
Squire left the field injured and was replaced by Harrison who gave a fine account of himself at blind side flanker, a change from his usual role in the front row.
Perrins replaced Burton and again acquitted himself well and Rose rounded off the replacements by changing with Antcliffe.
A good performance against stubborn opponents and one which saw tries spread evenly amongst the forwards and backs, an indication that Lichfield pose a threat throughout the team and are capable of adapting their game to suit the opposition.
Lichfield travel away to Stourbridge, where they struggled last year so will be aware that they have to maintain a high degree of commitment to keep their promotion challenge alive.
On a negative note Mark Rose picked up an injury toward the end of the game which may see him out for two weeks; however this will give another of Lichfield's talented squad the opportunity to gain experience in the first team.
Lichfield: Bryant, Gabbitass, Bassett (c), Hicks, Squire, Burton, Smith, Thompson; Butler, L Massey, Sporcic, Antcliffe, Adams, Baker, Ngoma. Subs: Harrison, Perrins and Rose.
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Studio living in the Van Horne! Located in historic Gastown near shops, restaurants, pubs and night life, this location is perfect for anyone looking to experience what Gastown living has to offer. Fantastic opportunity to own a piece of Vancouver's downtown! Great investment opportunity. This open space studio features floor to ceiling windows, 10' ceilings, laminate floors, full size appliances, Juliette balcony & guest parking. Pets and rentals allowed with restrictions.
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Thursday, October 06, 2005
Stratu Comics?
Dare I even believe it for a minute? Dare I believe that some young talented prolific comics artist wants to make some of my bloggy ramblings into comics? I dare not! But he wrote to me and said how much he likes my stuff and wants to make comics out of it, yet it could be some trick! Did I read it right? Yes there it is, but could it ever happen? I have my doubts. And if I talk about it or write about it before it happens surely it will never happen and I will later find out it was all a cruel trick! So, now I've done it. How cruel to get some poor devil's hopes up that way! Monster! I only ever wanted to go about my simple life and obsess on these women craftily hiding the front cover of their books from my bloodshot eyes, and write about it, nothing more! I never imagined it could go beyond that, but somebody comes along and says he wants to make comics out of that stuff and gets my hopes up! Why did you have to do that! Will you even do that? It seems too good to be true, but yes there it is, in that letter! But why not, anyway? Why not my stuff? Do I not think my stuff has some merit that is not so easy to find in this vast mostly depressing bland and robotic blogosphere? Of course! Otherwise I would not continue with it. And why not my obsession with these mysterious women readers on public transport? Who else admits that kind of mad yearning obsession? Who has them? If they have them do they have the courage or lack of shame to write about them? Well, I don't mind humiliating myself, God knows I've spent enough years doing it. I don't care. It's true that I am at least half mad and an obsessive type, deeply flawed and don't mind if other people know all about it. So why not! Why the hell not anyway? Really, is it so surprising that somebody might want to make a comic out of that? No, not so surprising at all, when you think about it. Yet it is best not to let your hopes get too high, that's for sure, really is best to have a grim outlook that everything will fail in the end; good will turn to bad, sunshine will turn to stormclouds and hailstones that make big dents in your skull. It's the way things can go and often enough do, you really have to be ready for it, and steel yourself for the worst, the way I see it.
Posted by Stratu at Thursday, October 06, 2005
2 comments:
- CA said...
Go for it! Whatta ya got to lose! The worse that could happen is someone pointing a finger at you and saying, "Gotcha!"
- Friday, 7 October 2005 at 00:06:00 GMT+10
- Stratu said...
The worse that could happen is I wake up to find it was only a cruel dream!
- Friday, 7 October 2005 at 11:26:00 GMT+10
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Gibbous ♐ Sagittarius
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 94% and getting smaller. The 17 days old Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
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Previous main lunar phase is the Full Moon before 2 days on 10 April 2085 at 03:41.
Moon rises in the evening and sets in the morning. It is visible to the southwest and it is high in the sky after midnight.
Moon is passing about ∠22° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Lunar disc appears visually 1.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1884" and ∠1913".
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2085 after 27 days on 9 May 2085 at 16:04.
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
The Moon is 17 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the middle to the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1054 of Meeus index or 2007 from Brown series.
Length of current 1054 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 22 minutes. It is 1 hour and 2 minutes shorter than next lunation 1055 length.
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 22 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 47 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠35.4°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠60.6°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
8 days after point of apogee on 4 April 2085 at 08:13 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 7 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 19 April 2085 at 21:32 in ♒ Aquarius.
Moon is 380 537 km (236 455 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 7 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 368 250 km (228 820 mi).
11 days after its descending node on 1 April 2085 at 11:26 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 3 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 15 April 2085 at 15:03 in ♐ Sagittarius.
23 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
12 days after previous North standstill on 31 March 2085 at 03:08 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠24.388°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-24.266° in the next southern standstill on 14 April 2085 at 12:50 in ♐ Sagittarius.
After 11 days on 24 April 2085 at 02:59 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.


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The holiday season is a wonderful time of year to make memories and celebrate with loved ones — and that definitely includes our pets.
Our furry and feathered family members provide loving companionship all year long and the holiday season is no exception. National retailer Petco has new products and tips to help involve your pets in the season, including some here in Flagler.
One way to get into the holiday spirit with your pet is the annual Photos with Santa event from 1 to 4 p.m. Dec. 9 and Dec. 16 at Petco in Palm Coast's Island Walk Shopping Center. For a donation of $9.95, you and your pets can strike a pose with Santa, with 100 percent of proceeds benefitting the animals at Flagler Humane Society.
Next, Petco has released many holiday products and others that will make amazing gifts. The Festival of Lights dog necktie, Get Your Jingle On dog bandanna and Snow Day Fair Isle cat trapper hat are great accessories for the pet who wants to make a statement. For the pup who enjoys a little tug-of-war, the Spin-n-Nosh rope and plush dog toy will make a good gift. Other popular products this year include Flask plush dog toy, Get Toasted plush dog toy, and Feathered Jingle Bell cat toy set.
"The Last Jedi: A Star Wars Movie" will be in theaters soon and pet parents can fuel their Star Wars passion with Star Wars toys, collars, leashes, apparel and more. Popular products include X-Wing Fighter rope dog toy, LED Lightsaber dog toy and Han Solo and Princess Leia mice cat toys.
Finally, the holidays can be filled with hazards for your pets. When it comes to seasonal décor and festive meals, here are some tips: Avoid glass ornaments and tinsel, which can be harmful to pets if broken or ingested when decorating. Toxic plants such as mistletoe, pine needles and poinsettias should be kept out of pets' reach. Never give pets table scraps like turkey skin, bones, walnuts or sweets — instead, give your pets fun holiday treats made specifically for them.
If you suspect your pet may have accidentally ingested any of these foods, contact your veterinarian, PetCoach or pet poison helpline immediately. PetCoach is a trusted website that offers pet care information as well as 24/7 online health and wellness consultation from trusted veterinarians in real time.
And if you are on a budget and don't want to forget anyone, there are a tremendous number of new and gently used products and gifts for your pets at the Flagler Humane Society shelter. Have a troop of humans to shop for? Visit the Flagler Humane Society thrift store where you will be sure to find a bargain.
Jeffery Ritter is development coordinator at Flagler Humane Society and can be reached at email@example.com. Flagler Humane Society is a 501(c)(3) private, not-for-profit organization. For more information go to flaglerhumanesociety.org.


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Culture and Tourism
In Nigeria, culture is manifested in art, dance, language, literature, folklore, mores, music, governance, and even the environment. According to archaeological finds, Nigeria's artifacts depicting the early life of the people date back to 2000 years. The Nok Culture, the earliest of the finds depicted the early life of the people of the Nok region North of the Benue River. The characteristic features of the Nok culture, which flourished from 500, BC to AD 200 is the terracotta figures associated with it and the extensive use of iron. The source of the knowledge of an iron technology has been attributed to the civilization of 'Meroe' in what is today the Republic of Sudan, as well as to Carthage in North Africa.
In Nigeria, diverse and compelling tourist attractions abound. Its many ecological zones provide a wide range of unique cultural heritage-based tourist sites that visitors will find interesting and captivating. Attractions include beaches, game parks, waterfalls, museums, historical relics, cultural and traditional festivals. Other attractions include traditional ways of life preserved in local customs, rich and varied handicrafts and colourful products depicting indigenous art and lifestyle. Nigerians are renowned for their warmth and hospitality. Their legendary kindness and accommodating nature ensure that visitors always feel at home in Nigeria.
National Council for Arts and Culture
The National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) was established by Decree No. 3 of 1975 after the dissolution of the former Nigerian Arts Council. The Council is the custodian of cultural materials for Black and African peoples all over the world. The institution is a vital Center for the study, propagation and promotion of understanding of Black and African ideals and civilization.
National Commission for Museum and Monuments
The National Commission controls the registration and clearance for export of antiquities as well as arts and crafts (even newly made) for Museums and Monuments. There are severe penalties for attempting to export antiquities without a permit issued by the National Commission for Museum and Monuments. Export permits can be obtained at any of the National Museums in the country. The clearance permit serves as a conclusive part that an object is not an antiquity. Permits for export of antiquities should be directed, and with as much notice as possible, to the Director-General, National Commission for Museums and Monuments, National Museum, Lagos or to the Director-general, through the Curator and head of station of the National Museum in the state in which the applicant is located.
Walls and Ancient Buildings
City Wall and Moat, Benin City
These are the most impressive city walls and moats in southern Nigeria. At their highest point, the walls were nine metres high and the moat (ditch) nine metres deep, making a total incline of 18 metres. Unfortunately in the past few years, the walls and moats have been subject to extensive soil excavation, used as a source of building materials.
City Wall, Zaria
The Zaria City wall perhaps remains the best preserved among the cities of northern Nigeria. The need for defensive walls has disappeared since the occupation by the British of the Western Sudan at the beginning of this century. Moreover, the rains of over 50 wet seasons have battered down the tall mud walls rampant in this part of the country. The walls of Zaria, which circumnavigate the city, are between 14 and 16 kilometers long and are pierced by eight gates.
Gobirau Minaret, Katsina
This imposing minaret, or tower which originally is said to be some 120 metres tall and which was built of mud and palm timbers, is all that remains of the mosque constructed in Habe times, before the holy wars of Sheik Uthman Dan Fodio. Parts of the 15.25-meter tower are thought to be about 250 years old.
Chief Ogiamen's House, Benin City
This building is protected under the Antiquities Act of 1953 principally because of its architectural eminence as a fine example of Benin traditional architecture. It has an elaborate system of court yards and altars. It is a chief's house and was probably built before the 1897 British expedition against Benin. The big fire that gutted the city following the British invasion did not affect the building
Foot Bridge, Kaduna
This is an interesting example of indigenous engineering before the advent of roads and railways in Nigeria. The bridge was originally erected by Lord Lugard at Zungeru in 1904 and re-erected in 1954 in the Kaduna Gardens
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Apart from such crafts as bronze-casting, wood carving, leather work, pottery and weaving, a form of artistic expression that has quietly gained a stronghold but has not been given its due recognition in Nigeria is painting. As a medium of artistic expression, painting is not completely new in the country. The two groups of rock paintings in Kano and Bauchi are the most important yet found in the country. The Birnin Kudu cattle paintings and symbolic drawings show affinity to some Saharan paintings.
The coloring of masks monochromatically or polychromatically is also a form of painting that has been in existence in Nigeria for as long as the festivals and ceremonies for which such objects were made. Body paintings and decoration for ceremonial rites and festivals are also a common practice in many parts 'of the country. The designs and decorations used in body painting possess esoteric connotations and the human body so painted at times in varied contours, visually becomes a really beautiful "living art piece".
Another form of artistic expression closely akin to painting that has been in practice in the country for a long time is the multicolored decoration of the inner and outer walls of houses with beautiful and elaborate symbols and designs. Some of such designs have their origin in the Islamic influence on Nigerian culture and are popular in the northern parts of the country. The metal works, glass beads and bangles of Bida are familiar articles to visitors to Nigeria. The bead makers in particular preserve their ancient skills as a family tradition. The metal workers were originally the armored of the north. Their art is now applied to the production of skillfully fashioned and decorated trays, bowls and pots rings, bangles and the like.


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HALFWAY - The reason why a Hagerstown man drove his car across both lanes of Halfway Boulevard Monday morning before it overturned was being investigated by Washington County Sheriff's deputies.
George Marshall Walling, 59, of 62 Randolph Ave., was taken to Washington County Hospital where he was admitted. He was in fair condition Monday night.
Deputy 1st Class Scott Smith said Walling's 1986 Chevrolet Monte Carlo had come off Interstate 81 as if heading toward the Valley Mall at 8:20 a.m. but instead of following the ramp, the car drove over a curb and the concrete median separating the eastbound and westbound lanes.
The car then drove across the westbound lanes, through a guardrail and a storm culvert and then down an embankment on the Wesel Boulevard side of Halfway Boulevard where it flipped over, Smith said.


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man have I been busy. I have tons of ideas for stuff I want to do, just need to get more time in the day to do it. The marathon has come and gone so now I wont need to run, but I will still run just to keep in shape.
the latest project ideas and directions of study are the LED Touch Sensor demonstrated by Jeff Han of NYU http://bit.ly/Kbq2u
and I want to make an open source motor speed controller driven by pwm but thats going to require a little more research.
then there is a sweet project by some guy at MIT that uses static electricity for sensing where stuff is. http://bit.ly/lhF8B
then there are a few tiny things that pop into my head at random times but for now, i need to ensure work gets priority and then i can play.
Blogs will also be double posted between here and the work blog, since i guess we have a work blog now but I will try not to abandon (again) this one because its a good place for me to keep brain dumps, since no one reads it but me anyway.
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im working on an open source motor speed controller, but it's still a work in progress. However, im pretty sure it's nearing a complete and staple design. http://keen101.wordpress.com/2010/02/21/progress-on-my-robot-speed-controller/
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Pope says 'Rohingya' in emotional encounter with Burma refugees
Pope Francis has asked for forgiveness from refugees in Bangladesh for the hurt and persecution they have endured, and spoke the word he had avoided days earlier in Burma: "Rohingya".
In a deeply moving encounter in Dhaka, Francis greeted and blessed a group of Rohingya Muslim refugees, grasping their hands and listening to their stories in a show of public solidarity amid Asia's worst refugee crisis in decades.
He apologised for the "indifference of the world" to their plight and then pronounced the name of their ethnic group to a gathering of Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu and Christian leaders.
"The presence of God today is also called 'Rohingya'," he said.
The 16 Rohingya - 12 men, two women and two young girls - had traveled to Dhaka from Cox's Bazar, the district bordering Burma where refugee camps are overflowing with more than 620,000 Rohingya who have fled what the UN says is a campaign of ethnic cleansing by Burma's military.
The campaign has included the burning of villages and fleeing Rohingya have described rape and shootings by Burmese soldiers and Buddhist mobs that left them no option but to make the dangerous and sometimes deadly journey through jungles and by sea to Bangladesh.
The Burma government has denied any such campaign is under way. The army says "clearance operations" are targeting militants who attacked security positions in August.
Burma's government and most of the Buddhist majority opoose the term "Rohingya", saying the members of the Muslim minority are "Bengalis" who migrated illegally from Bangladesh.
Burma does not acknowledge them as a local ethnic group and will not give them citizenship, even though they have lived in Burma for generations.
One by one, each of the refugees approached the Pope at the end of the event in the tented garden of the Dhaka archbishop's residence.
Francis blessed one little girl, placing his hand on her head, and grasped the shoulder of a young man. The women who approached him pushed aside their headscarves so they could speak, offering their hands out for him to hold.
"Maybe we can't do much for you, but your tragedy has a place in our hearts," hetold them.
His voice trembling with emotion, he continued: "In the name of all those who persecute you, who have persecuted you, and those who have hurt you, above all in the indifference of the world, I ask you for forgiveness. Forgiveness."
Citing the "big heart" of Bangladesh that welcomed them, Francis said: "Now I appeal to your big hearts, that you are able to grant us the forgiveness that we seek."
He called for continued aid for the refugees, and continued advocacy "so that their rights are recognised".
"We won't close our hearts. We won't look away," he said.
Francis had refrained from publicly raising the crisis or using the word Rohingya in Burma out of diplomatic deference to his hosts. The Holy See only established diplomatic relations with Burma in May, and the local Catholic Church had begged Francis not to create waves - and possible problems for them - by using the term.
Human rights organisations and Rohingya had voiced disappointment at his public silence, given he had previously denounced the persecution of "our Rohingya brothers and sisters" at the Vatican.
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In his homily ordaining 16 new priests, Francis thanked those who came out for the Mass, noting that some people had travelled two days to attend.
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Growing up I never really visited The Junction; an area of Dundas St. W quite near my home. Part of it was because I lived closer to Bloor West Village, and part of it was because it simply came off as run down. Since my childhood however it has slowly but surely been improving. Recently, the most noticable of these improvements has been quite relevant to me as three vegan friendly establishments opened; The Beet, The Sweet Potato, and Rawlicious.
In any case today my sister and I decided to go for a walk through there--part job-hunting part jus spending time together (which we do all too little nowaday.)
First we stopped into a used bookstore and of course I dart for the cooking section. To my surprise at least 20% of the cookbooks were vegetarian! I picked up a few of the vegan ones and wondered "hmm.. should I get these? They're so much cheaper than in store.. some of them you can't even find in Canada easily.." but my student wallet screamed with indignation and I sighed and left.
After we came across the showroom store for Lavishy--I was so excited; they had jewelry of all sorts--from shiney to shimmery to funky to cute; novelty items and tasteful items and quirky items all at a really good price. I got some watermelon earrings for $10 and a beaded ring and bracelet each for $5! They had some really gorgeous pleather wallets and I know once I get more money I'll be running back!
Anyway, once I got home all I could think about were those cookbooks. And then I thought--well, ok. So yes I'll end up spending maybe $50.00 to $60.00, but I usually would be spending $80 or $90 for the same books, and frankly--I'm going to be vegan for the rest of my life, so I can consider this my older, established self making an investment. Yes, that's right. I pretended I was a time traveller. How else do you reason with your wallet? It bought the argument well enough and I jettied off back to the store!
When I was there I decided to only get the ones with vegan advertised explicitly on the cover--there were raw "uncookbooks" and several vegetarian cookbooks that I believed were in fact vegan, but even so I could only afford so much. I put the three, mint-condition books I had quickly picked out on the desk of the store owners, which was an antique wooden desk littered with books, and as he started to write up my purchase in his little notebook we chatted. He asked if I was vegan and I said yes, and told him a little bit about the monetary dilemma I had in order to explain why I hadn't just bought these earlier. I also explained that I was a time traveller. Only without those exact words, perhaps. We spoke of some restaurants in the area and just this and that as I flipped through the other cookbooks available to me to see if any really stood out--but my wallet, time traveller or not, was beginning to moan so I decided it was time to pay.
The owner looked at my purchase and said "You know what? I want to cut you some slack--you're a student and I get that. I'm going to give you a small discount." I was so happy--I figured he'd take maybe two or three dollars off the total... in fact? He took a couple dollars off each book!
The Voluptuous Vegan, priced $27.50CAD on the spine he was selling in store for 12.99--he gave it to me for 10.99. Fresh & Fast Vegan Pleasures, priced $24.00CAD he was selling in store for 10.99, and sold it to me for 9.99! Finally, Very Vegetarian, priced $27.99CAD he had up for 16.99 and sold it to me for 14.99! Altogether, after tax, my bill was $37.77CAD--for three huge mint condition vegan cookbooks that would have been $90.61 at regular price--not to mention possible shipping!! (Foods that don't bite back I actually got for five bucks at Chapters in the clearance bin. Chapters is like the Canadian version of Borders.)
I have already flipped through them and am so impressed by these books--they're truly gems!! My plan is to give a review of each of them, after cooking a few of their dishes and reading through them more carefully--so look for that!
Other things that are upcoming: I have recieved some encouragement to work on that show now that its the summer and have decided I will most definately do so. I'm practicing these days making salads and stuff on camera to just get used to speaking to a camcorder. I have no video editing skills AT ALL and if anyone wants to jump up and say "I CAN DO THAT" then we really *can* get this show on the road. If not.. well.. I'll try and get at least one up by the end of the summer...
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The effects of agency banking on the non-funded income of commercial banks in Kenya
Kengere, Dennis M
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Agency banking in Kenya is part of the approach by the Central Bank of Kenya to promote innovation through mobile financial services and to address the delivery of channels costs (Central Bank of Kenya, 2010). Agency banking begun as early as 1999 in other countries like Brazil, Columbia, Pakistan, South Africa and Indonesia, it was introduced in Kenya in May 2010 when the Central Bank of Kenya published prudential guidelines for its operations. Since its inception a number of banks have embraced this model. Out of the 44 banks operating in the country 9 banks have rolled out agency banking services. The objective of the study was to analyze the effects of agency banking on the non-funded income for commercial banks in Kenya. The study employed a descriptive research design. This research made use of secondary data from selected period from 2011 to 2013 (3years).The population of the study was 9 Commercial Banks offering agency banking in Kenya. The study was quantitative in nature and the refined data was analyzed using inferential statistics. The statistics were generated with aid of computer software, statistical package for social sciences (SPSS, version 21).The findings were presented using tables. To analyze the relationship between agency banking and non-funded income for commercial banks in Kenya, a multiple regression model was used to establish whether a relationship exist between agency banking and non-funded income. The study used Non Funded income as dependent variable and value of fees and commissions income from agency banking, value of dividends and other income, value of fees and commissions from electronic, internet and mobile banking, debit cards and credit cards, value of foreign exchange income as independent variables both measured in Kshs. The study indicates that fees and commissions income from agency banking had a coefficient of 3.21 (p value less than 0.05); dividends and other income lead had a coefficient of 0.301 (p value less than 0.05); fees and commissions from electronic, internet and mobile banking debit and credit had a coefficient of 0.528 (p value less than 0.05), Foreign exchange income had a coefficient of 0.166 (p value less than 0.05).The regression analysis indicated that the independent variables can explain and predict non funded income of commercial banks in Kenya by 87%. The study also indicated that all the independent variables were significant in the model, as well the independent variables were found to be having significant positive relationship with nonfunded income. The study concludes that agency banking has a positive impact on the non-funded income for commercial banks in Kenya. The study recommends the rest of the banks to adopt agency due to its positive impact on the non- funded income. Further, recommends that there is need to support agency banking by all players: the banks, government, and licensing bodies, especially local authorities; so as to reduce the high compliance costs in bureaucracy in registration. This will enhance financial inclusion


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The project consortium reflects all the consolidated expertise and experience and the necessary stakeholders in the VET system and in the tourism and catering sector and consists of the following institutional categories:
VET tourism and catering schools
They are VET providers which offer long lasting and full time training programmes in tourism and catering. They are the main stakeholders in the ECVET level and aim to contribute with their training programmes, competences and learning outcomes definitions. They intend to test the feasibility of the processes of comparability and transferability of the ECVET model on their mobility programmes within the framework of Leonardo da Vinci and Learning Mobility programmes.
Training centres and VET providers
These organisations offer short term and updating training programmes in tourism and catering. They support with their competences the definition of the learning outcomes as well as the test implementation on the mobility programmes, the set up of a set of two workshops/peer learning activities per partner country in order to meet the needs of the stakeholders and VET practitioners involved and then support and guide them through the process of applying ECVET. They also aim to drive the set up of a blended learning scheme for the hosting companies' mentors.
Enterprises in tourism and catering
The involved hotels and services providers contribute on one hand to the model developments with their experiences in corporate training programmes and on the other hand they guarantee for the feasibility and practical implementation of all developments and outputs. They practically plan to implement, as hosting organisations, the testing on the mobility programmes. They also aim to participate to the blended learning scheme for the hosting companies' mentors in order to guide them through the process of applying ECVET.
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For them a model for transparency and mutual recognition of competences and learning outcomes is of a crucial importance for their role of decision makers in the further development and innovation of the VET systems. They are mainly Regional Authorities, i.e. National Reference Points for NQF; they have developed and are implementing, as part of their institutional activities, processes of training validation in the light of European indications on school training, non formal and informal learning.
Members of the consortium have been collected into two groups depending on the role each of them plays in the LEO quali-TC project.


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Xiang Lanxin is Professor of International History and Politics at the Graduate Institute of International Studies (HEI), Geneva. He is also Director of China Policy Analysis at HEI. He held the Henry A. Kissinger Chair of Foreign Policy and International Affairs at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, in 2003-04. He also serves as a Zijiang Chair and Chairman of the Council at the School of Advanced International and Area Studies (SAIAS), East China Normal University, Shanghai. A graduate of Fudan University in Shanghai, he has earned a PhD from the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University.


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My best friend says I'm a diamond. She states a diamond is a piece of carbon that under pressure, heat and stress reveals a crystalline structure which becomes harder and more beautiful. From coal (or dinosaur poop) to translucent beauty. A diamond doesn't reveal its true beauty until a craftsman uses wisdom and knowledge and selectively applied pressure to intentionally fracture the diamond to create the facets that capture and reflect the light. She concludes that her description is very appropriate.
Or like Shrek, I may be like an onion, full of layers. Except everyone cries around onions.
This question, seemingly simple is hard to answer. I ask myself if it is the person I am at work, with my children, with the people in my life. The many roles I play of mother, lover, employee, boss, wife, friend, soulmates, sister or daughter. While these roles contribute to the woman underneath none of them define "me".
So who is Shannon? Am I still that little girl who's afraid of the dark? Who once believed that as long as the covers hid my eyes the monsters couldn't get me. Or am I the woman who realized that the monsters weren't actually hiding under my bed. They were hiding in plain sight, in brilliant disguise.
Am I the woman who works so hard because she's afraid to fail? Or the girl who still sees a puddle and wants to jump into the centre? To find the nearest field and spin in circles until I fall down singing, laughing, head spinning, looking up at the sky.
Are these worries that have piled up simply me collecting junk for recycling or has my mind become a hoarder, where intervention is surely going to be needed to clean up all the crap?
The question isn't simple because I am not simple. Let's dig in to "me".
I value honesty and loyalty, where I can place my fragile trust into someone despite the fear. I value humour because without it the world is a very gray place. I often laugh at myself because I can and because it reminds me that although not perfect I am human. I value my ability to feel others emotions, when I can help them and I fear that same ability when I cannot.
I value life and time and the fact that you never know what will happen. I've always been a big believer in looking at the big picture, but sometimes I forget to look at the small things. The little achievements or issues. I am smart and fiercely loyal, and once I deem you "mine" I am yours forever. Your friend, your love, your protector, your conscience, your weakness.
After all these words, have I shone a light on the question at hand? "Who am I"?
The simple answer, I don't know.
The complex answer, I am everything and nothing all at the same time. I am a teacher of things, a lynch pin in life who constantly challenging the status quo, I am a little girl and a wise old crone. I am empathy, courage and strength but also unforgiving, stubborn and demanding. My tongue both has the sharp edge of sarcasm and judgement and the soft edges where I will caress and smooth the way.
So in the end, the question remains somewhat unanswered, just like I remain incomplete. I am journeying to discover the rest, some days hurtling through time in a single day, others stuck in a sort of stasis, unable to move.


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Flying without wings
You see, our story is like a movie, I had my share of stories of unrequited love and bad break ups. Hence, after another hopeless tussle with cupid, I was ready to remain single for at least a couple of years. Then that afternoon i got a call from a friend that there was an audition, anyway not actually an audition but that this Film producer is seeking for a female actress to cast in a movie.
I got to the audition ground a bit late then met the producer who happened to be a countryman, he asked me to address the gathering, at first,i didn't know what to say then he waved at me and said, Tell them who you are and why you are here.
I did that...
There was a chemistry generating hyper feelings in us, believe me; i knew it from that moment that i was going to date the guy, It is not that i am the type who rush into guys but this guy was hot. We interpreted all the scenes very well,although there were so many places i missed my lines but that was my first day the producer concluded so he asked me to practice one on one with the guy because i have gotten the role.
Showing that bond or perhaps interpreting Rita and Johnny's relationship built our real bond.
Johnny played by Emmanuel. You see, Emmanuel is such a talented actor, he led me through my roles and taught me how to react and how to speak with my body, there was a particular scene i needed to cry and hold him, we rehearsed that privately so many times and each time i hold this guy,i feel like i am not going to leave him.
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When i first saw this new girl who will play Rita,i closed my eyes and said a prayer for her, i blessed the womb that made her and also prayed that she make it by convincing the Director that she has what it takes. You see, the Director is a professional and no matter what, he goes for the best so i kept praying in my heart throughout the period she was glimpsing through the script then there was this scene she is to sing, believe me; i felt like i was hit by a bolt of lighting when she opened her mouth and sang the song.
Anyway, she made it and we began to rehears on our own, the Director mandated us to make it real.
1st rehearsal...
We have already fallen in love but have not professed it, it kept growing in me and in her as well then the day arrived and shooting of the movie we have been rehearsing began, we did our best and played our roles very well and behind the camera,we will talk about what we did, there was a point i said that she did not allowed me to kiss her and she said that we should repeat that scene but the Director told us that he was okay with it. You see, when it is true it is true and everything around join hands to make it happen.
We had to travel to a different location and there was i think ten of us then the entire crew members so in total we were about twenty or thereabout, we got to the hotel, the first hotel was almost fully booked so only nine people got rooms then the Director took the rest of us among whom were Rita and Johnny that is myself and Cristy to another hotel, when we got there the rest of the crew got rooms and i was left with her, that same hotel manager told us about a guest house nearby so we went there with the Director and when we got there,there was only one room available.
I knew that the Director will not lodge us in the same room, he joked anyway and asked if we are okay with it and we both responded yes at the same time, he smiled and without hesitation paid for the room and left us.We looked at each other when he left then went into our room,we did not speak to each other until she wanted to shower then she asked me to excuse her,like a gentleman i did. We later left to meet the entire cast and crew at the hall of the first hotel for a snappy rehearsal before the next day shooting.
It was after this particular rehearsal that i decided to profess my love.
With the Producer/Director and Paulie my twin brother in the Movie
Emmanuel: Christy, i don't know if this feeling is true but ever since we began rehearsing together, in fact ever since i met you,i have developed this sincere affection for you, i don't know if you feel the same way but believe me,i am in love with you
Christy: Why did it take you this long to tell me this, the Director just proposed to me
Emmanuel: What, that can't be true, no no no no...he is already married, why must he do that?
Anyway, that is my baby for you, she first had my heart skipped beating before she eventually told me that she also feel the same way. The shooting of the movie that brought us together came to a glorious and joyful end and our own story began.
You see, no matter how bad love has treated you,there is nothing but only one true love and like the group west life said; 'some find it in the eyes of strangers'. There is no way you can deny it when you find that special thing, believe me i am flying without wings.
We represent a lot to each other, to me; she is my knight in amour, an answer to my prayer and above all things the mother of my future children.
Hear her...
To me Emma means the pillar of my life, my solace in times of grief, my heart was broken into shattered pieces but he came along and picked every single broken piece and made it whole again, he is my Lord.
Some people would call it whirlwind romance. I guess not. To us, it's more like destiny seized without wasting time and without letting go. And thanks to Mobis Films and Studio Ventures because without their project,you will not read this story.
Publisher's Note:
The production of the Movie was made possible by God and handwork supported with prayers by the congregation of the Church of Pentecost Agynkwa-Ghana. Furthermore the movie is based on my hub
Emmanuel and Cristy played major roles, Emmanuel was one of the two lead actors.
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Artist, Athlete, Professional, Activist: One Man and Many Personas
By Diana Rohini La Vigne
New York Born and DC based Abhijit Ghosh strike most as your regular East Coast Desi guy. His warm smile, easy talkative manners and casual style may throw you off at first glance. But it's not long before you'll see the other side. The intensity in his words, the passion for success and his full blown involvement in arts and health, Ghosh is a hard-core driven individual.
As an artist, Ghosh has spent years perfecting his skills in theater and journalism from starting an organization called the South Asian Theater Group to writing a play, Pind's Retreat which was Produced at a South Asian Festival in Washington D.C to being the Co-Managing Editor for the Darpan Literary Magazine and he's even Co-Directed a play Tales from an Indian. In any given week, you can find him hosting a group of writers, working on an upcoming theater production or around town networking with other artists. He fits naturally into the artist scene.
"I'm always keen on collaboration and developing a synergy of energy and insight. Through my work in both theater and health, I would like to believe that I'm blessed with meeting people who share my love in approaching problems with an interdisciplinary approach across research, liberal arts, and advocacy organizations.", Explains Ghosh, "One needs to rely on professionals across disciplines to gain the trust of the community, develop outreach strategies and make a change in behavior."
What makes this artist so special is his cross-discipline approach. Armed with an MPH in Environmental/Occupational Health from the New Jersey School of Public Health, Abhijit works as a contractor for the federal government in women's health. He has applied his business know how to his artistic and non-profit arenas. Ghosh believes there's a strong connection between all the various disciplines.
Abhijit believes," Arts in general provide an avenue for expression and a tool for health professionals to reach out to communities. In my past plays which have looked at topics like interfaith dating, AIDS in a South Asian family and domestic violence have provided a non-threatening forum where people can experience how others respond to challenges."
This 31-year old Jersey raised professional, attributes some of his success to the teachings of his parents. Between his mother's understanding of human interaction and his father's persistence to put 100% of your effort into anything you choose to do, Abhijit has accomplished so much and is still determined to reach further. He's not slowing down, he's just getting started!
"People in different circles see me in different ways. Some people see me as a runner who has run four marathons. Other people see me as writer who enjoys theater. And others see me as an activist…"notes Ghosh, ".Now my challenge is to bring these circles together in an interdisciplinary approach so I can continue to foster an exchange of information and knowledge."
Abhijit Ghosh is a man on a mission and someone that the Indian community can be proud to call their very own!
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The markets crashed again at the open but a rebound in the biotech sector rescued the Russell and Nasdaq from big losses.
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The biotech sector rebounded from the opening dip after a meeting at the White House with pharma CEOs turned out to be a love fest rather than a cage match. The president convinced them he was going to lower taxes and speed up drug approvals at the FDA. Investors must have believed them because the Biotech Index ($BTK) spiked 3.72% and the S&P Biotech SPDR (XBI) surged 4.13%. This lifted the Nasdaq and the Russell 2000 off their lows and powered the Russell to a 9 point gain. I suspect short covering was a big factor since many traders expected Trump to give the CEOs a hard time about drug prices.
There was a flurry of economic reports today but none were market movers. The employment cost index for Q4 rose +0.5% compared to +0.6% in Q3. Private wages were up +2.3% on a year-ago basis. Government wages rose +2.1% and benefit costs rose 2.0% over the same period.
Consumer confidence for January declined slightly from 113.3 to 111.8. The three-month moving average is 111.5 and the highest level since 2001. The present conditions component rose from 123.5 to 129.7 but the expectations component fell from 106.4 to 99.8. Potential auto buyers fell from 13.9% to 12.0%, homebuyers fell from 6.7% to 5.2% and appliance buyers declined from 52.6% to 51.1%. With the president now in office the thrill of victory may be fading into voter remorse for some citizens regardless of their voting preference.
The Texas service sector outlook survey for January fell from 20.6 to 16.2. The revenue component declined from 21.3 to 16.2 and employment from 6.9 to 4.8. Components for selling prices and capex spending plans were flat but input prices fell from 29.9 to 23.4. The future business outlook fell from 40.3 to 33. The report was ignored.
The calendar for Wednesday is packed. The Fed decision at 2:PM will be the most important but nobody expects them to change interest rates. There is only a 4% chance of a rate hike according to the CME FedWatch Tool.
The estimates for the ADP Employment report for January declined slightly to 165,000 but that is still 12,000 jobs over the December number. The Nonfarm Payrolls on Friday saw the estimates rise slightly from 165,000 to 171,000 over the last several days.
The ISM Manufacturing Index is expected to decline only slightly and should not be a market mover as long as it is in that range.
Today was all about earnings and Exxon (XOM) started the parade before the open. Exxon reported the smallest quarterly profit in 17 years because of low prices in oil and gas. Profits fell -40% to the lowest since 1998. Adjusted earnings were 89 cents and beat estimates for 72 cents. Revenue of $61.016 billion beat estimates for $60.606 billion. Production averages 4.121 million Boepd, a 3% decline from 2015. The company took a $2 billion write down on reserves. Exxon said it would pay $5.6 billion in stock to fund acquisitions in the Permian Basin. Exxon's capex spending declined 35% in Q4.
The reserves write down has been expected. The SEC inquired into their accounting practices several months ago when they had not taken any charges while everyone else in the sector was slashing previously booked reserves. If a company makes a discovery of 10 million barrels with oil at $75 and it costs $50 to produce it, those reserves must go away if oil prices fall to $40. If it costs significantly more to produce than it is worth then the company takes a charge to those booked reserves. This does not mean the oil went away. It is still there in the ground and they still own it. If prices returned to $75, the reserves could then be produced at a profit and they would go back on the books at the correct price.
United Parcel Service (UPS) shares were crushed after the company reported business was too good. The company said a rapid shift to home deliveries exposed how much further the company has to go to keep up with the volume. They vowed to spend an additional $1 billion to further automate warehouses and delivery systems. That pushed their 2017 capex to $4 billion. The company said they deliver an average of 1.1 packages at residential addresses but commercial addresses average multiple packages and that lowers costs. Delivering more residential packages means more residences and that adds to costs. One online transaction tracker said transactions rose 13% in November but the dollar volume only rose 4%. During the quarter, UPS delivered 1.4 billion packages, a 7.1% increase. Average daily shipments rose 5% to 19.6 million.
Earnings came in at $1.63 with analysts expecting $1.69. Revenue rose 5.5% to $16.9 billion and just below estimates for $17 billion. UPS guided for full year 2017 for earnings of $5.80 to $6.10 and analysts were already expecting $6.17. They blamed the strong dollar for reducing 2017 earnings estimates by 30 cents per share. UPS had hedged against the dollar but those hedges are not enough to prevent the losses. The current hedges expire in 2017 and the program is being replaced. Shares fell -$8 on the earnings news.
Harley-Davidson (HOG) reported earnings of 27 cents that missed estimates for 32 cents. Revenue of $933 million also missed estimates for $986 million. The misses were due to lower shipments. Revenue on Harley-Davidson branded bikes fell -8.8% to $685.5 million. They shipped 42,414 motorcycles compared to 48,149 in 2015-Q4.
Under Armour (UA) reported earnings of 23 cents that missed estimates for 25 cents and was below the 24 cents earning in the year ago quarter. Revenues of $1.308 billion rose 11.7% but missed estimates for $1.412 billion. Wholesale sales rose 5% and online sales rose 23%. For all of 2017 revenues are expected to rise 12-13% on a currency neutral basis to $5.4 billion but that was well below analyst expectations for $6.06 billion. They said slower customer traffic in Q4 and lower demand for footwear and apparel plus international challenges were to blame. The lower traffic caused significant promotional activities, which reduced average selling prices. They also said a shift in the product mix was to blame for lower revenue. The cheaper shoes were selling and high prices shoes were being heavily discounted.
Analysts blasted the conference call saying the lowered guidance was strange since they are rolling out in all the Kohls stores in the near future. That is a lower dollar retailer and will probably sell the low end of the Under Armour line, therefore further dragging the average selling price lower.
They also reported that their newly hired CFO would be leaving the company for personal reasons effective immediately. That is never good news. Analysts were piling on the downgrades on the belief the athleisure fad could be slowing along with the high priced shoe phenomenon.
MasterCard (MA) shares fell -$3 after reporting earnings of 86 cents on revenue of $2.756 billion, up +9.5%. That beat earnings estimates by a penny but missed revenue estimates for $2.9 billion. They guided for low double-digit revenue growth in 2017 and earnings growth in the mid teens. However, they said first half revenue growth would be lower than the second half because of higher incentive promotions. MasterCard process an average of 65,000 transactions per minute.
The big dog in the earnings parade reported after the close. Apple (AAPL) reported earnings of $3.36 per share compares to estimates for $3.21. Revenue rose 3% to $78.35 billion against expectations for $77.25 billion. This was the first quarter of growth after three quarters of declining sales. They guided for Q1 for revenue of $52.5 billion and did not give EPS guidance. Analysts were expecting $2.08 on revenue of $53.79 billion making that guidance slightly weak but Apple normally does that.
The revenue for Q4 was a record for Apple and they sold a record number of iPhones, iPhone services, Mac and the Apple Watch. Services revenue rose 18% to $7.2 billion. To put that in perspective that service revenue is about the same as Facebook will report in total revenue. The company sold 78.29 million iPhones and estimates were for 75.1 million. However, Q4 had an extra week in 2016. If you subtract out for that week you get 72.7 million and that still beat estimates. In Q3 they sold 76.5 million units. They also launched the iPhone 7 earlier than normal but offsetting that was a big hit from foreign currency issues.
iPad sales of 13.1 million missed estimates for 15 million units. Mac sales rose 7% to $7.24 billion. The Apple Watch, Air Pods, Beats headphones and wifi routers were lumped into the other category with $4 billion in sales, a decline of about 8%. The Apple app store and services generated $7.2 billion, up 18%. The game Super Mario Run was downloaded 80 million times in the quarter.
Apple's cash hoard rose to $246.1 billion, up $8.49 billion from Q3. Apple's cash alone would be ranked as the 13th largest public company in the world. Apple shares rallied $4 in afterhours. That would be equivalent to about 28 Dow points at the open on Wednesday.
Arconic (ARNC), formerly Alcoa, reported adjusted earnings of 12 cents compared to estimates for 13 cents. Alcoa spun off the commodity business into a new entity called Alcoa and renamed the core business as Arconic. The company makes engineered metal parts for the aerospace, automotive and other industries. The Alcoa CEO, Klaus Kleinfield, remained with Arconic. There has been a lot of activist chatter about getting rid of the CEO because of his pattern of lackluster results. After the earnings tonight, activist investor Elliott Management, which owns 10.5%, launched a proxy fight to replace the CEO and has nominated five independent candidates for the board. Elliott claims it can increase the share price to between $33 and $54 a share. After the earnings, the share price trade in a $1 range but ended where it started at $22.45.
Match.com (MTCH) shares fell -8% after reporting earnings of 29 cents compared to expectations for 24 cents. Revenue of $320 million missed estimates slightly. They issued weak guidance for Q1. They also said they were selling their Princeton Review unit to ST Unitas. Shares fell sharply to $15.90.
The big earnings report for Wednesday is Facebook after the close. On Thursday, it is AMGN, AMZN and CMG.
The markets opened with another big decline but the happy smiles coming out of the White House meeting with the big pharma CEOs turned the Nasdaq and Russell 2000 around quickly. The S&P was not impressed. The S&P did not rebound from the support at 2,268 until 2:30 and then it added 10 points in just a few minutes. From the velocity, this appeared to be either short covering or a buy program. There were $500 million in market on close orders to buy on the NYSE.
The 2,268 level was the low on Monday so that appears to be a new support level. The S&P almost got back to positive territory but ended with a loss of 2 points. The 2,300 level has replaced the Dow 20,000 target as the critical level for the market.
The Dow was down -186 points at the low and recovered nearly 80 of those points in the closing rebound. The index was still severely handicapped by Goldman Sachs, Boeing, JP Morgan, IBM and Caterpillar. Those were the stocks that rallied significantly after the election and they are paying the price this week.
The unlikely group of winners at the top simply could not generate enough gains to offset the many losers. This scenario could continue for additional days. The Dow dipped below 19,800 at 1:30 and came very close to closing under that level, which would have been a sell signal. Support is actually 19,750 and the low was 19,784 so there was a little cushion on the bottom of the dip. Resistance remains 20,100.
The Nasdaq Composite did manage to break back into positive territory by a point thanks to the biotechs. The Nasdaq 100 big cap index lost 12 points for the day. There are no big cap stocks in the winners list except for Apple and that was because of the afterhours gain. Note the majority of the winners are biotech stocks.
The biotech sector was experiencing a major short squeeze and that may not carry over into Wednesday. The Nasdaq futures are up 13.50 in afterhours and we should open higher in the morning thanks to Apple.
The Russell 2000 made a miraculous recovery from being down -7 at the open to closing with a 9-point gain. Again, that is all due to the biotech recovery. We should not expect this rebound to continue.
Wednesday's market is a tossup but we should begin in positive territory thanks to Apple. With jobs, manufacturing and the FOMC decision, the morning would be lackluster with volatility appearing after the Fed decision. With those Dow big caps giving back their post election gains, that could be the anchor dragging the market lower if there are no headlines to offset the declines.
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On the jump, a call to arms from the Family Council for opposition to the state lottery and support for Initiated Act 1, to throw up hurdles to adoption and foster parenting.
As you'll see on the jump, the Family Council message demonstrates which side in the Initiated Act fight has a "gay agenda." They do. The Family Council, stymied by courts from making criminals of gay people, seeks to marginalize them in whatever manner possible, here by preventing them from caring for chiildren. The Family Council does not care how many children are harmed by this
What the Family Council doesn't say, what the Associated Press chooses to downplay in its news accounts and what voters need to know is that Initiated Act 1 does not merely prevent gay couples from being parents in Arkansas. It also prevents child placements in homes with unmarried straight couples - lots of them, some of them the best possible place for children in need of help. The victims of this law will be children. It will reduce the number of potential stable homes for them. It will reduce adoptions. It will reduce the number of potential foster parents, gay and straight. All in the name of their "homosexual agenda." Vote No on Initiated Act 1.
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In just under 30 days, Arkansans will vote on two critical issues that will have very significant impact on what Arkansas will look like in 2009 and beyond with regard to homosexual foster care and adoption and casinos.
First, the Arkansas Adoption and Foster Care Act, or ACT 1, will stop the state from putting foster children in gay households. The Department of Human Services has tried to take a good stand on this issue, but since 1999 the ACLU and gay-rights advocates have kept pressuring the DHS to change, and have successfully used the courts to bring about that change. ACT 1 will put an end to it by passing a state law that prevents the state from placing those children with homosexuals. It's time to take this issue out of the hands of gay activists and bureaucrats and settle it once and for a ll. WE MUST PASS ACT 1. www.arkansasadoptionact.com
Second, the state-run lotteries amendment, or Amendment 3, will repeal the only provision in our state constitution that has kept casinos out of Arkansas for the last 134 years. Amendment 3 legalizes state-run casinos. If it passes, our kids and grandkids are going to grow up in a very different Arkansas than the one we grew up in. We have to defeat Amendment 3. www.voteagainstthelottery.com
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Remakes can be atrocious wastes of wax: subpar carbon copy re-treads dressed up as calculated idolatry, or deconstructionist reconfigurations basking in the laziness of lyrics already written. However, two of the greatest rewrites in history belong to Manfred Mann's Earth Band. The treatments of Bruce Springsteen's "Blinded By the Light" and "For You" included here create a wholly unique variation on the stark, earthy originals by flipping the tracks and exposing the soft, white underbelly, then piling on excessive musical ornamentation like a master filmmaker visualizing a novel, blowing the inspiration at the nucleus into a bowdlerized paronomasia of sonic perfection. Pages have already been written about "Blinded By the Light," dissecting the rock critique jargon and roiling synthetic imagery. But it's the Earth Band classic that poured this bizarre stream-of-consciousness into the mainstream. Totally tubular and totally '70s, MMEB's "Blinded By the Light" is unquestionably one of the greatest left-field singles in history. Meanwhile, the awesome "For You," though more, like, totally '80s, comes across as nothing less of a masterwork. Hot licks and the always tasty voice of Chris Thompson make the whooping ELP keys bearable. "Spirit in the Night" is not as great a departure from the Springsteen standard, as "the Boss" himself began leaving his folk roots plane to reach a more bombastic base of inception (David Bowie performs a wild rendition of "It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City," all of the aforementioned from Springsteen's monolithic debut). Though consequently not as grand as the above epiphanies, "Spirit" nevertheless stands as a very strong piece. In fact, as the many glorious moments of MMEB pile on top of each other, one realizes what a discerning ear this African scion possessed, and what a wicked ensemble he surrounded himself with to realize these brilliantly blinding pastiches. Manfred Mann understood the nuances of Springsteen's Dylan discipleship, even as the band itself cleverly interpreted Robert Zimmerman's works. The distracting live read of "Quinn the Eskimo" goes on just too darn long, but "You Angel You" soars sublimely. "Davy's on the Road Again" and "Hollywood Town" also remain within the realm of enjoyableness, through expert over-embellishment. Sadly excluded is Randy Newman's "Living Without You," later reconstructed itself by Zebra. These erudite linear notes discuss too many other numbers not included (luckily, that annoying Olympic "Runner" song is omitted), still leaving a very listenable amalgam of tight prog (usually a contradiction) and a worthy addition to any personal library. ~ Doug Stone
1) Blinded by the Light (07:06)
2) Spirit in the Night (06:27)
3) Quit Your Low Down Ways (03:25)
4) Questions (03:58)
5) Circles (04:49)
6) Davy's on the Road Again (05:53)
7) Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) (06:15)
8) You Angel You (04:01)
9) Hollywood Town (05:10)
10) Don't Kill It Carol (06:16)
11) On the Run (03:52)
12) For You (05:36)