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Bad Monkey (Andrew Yancy Series #1)
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Andrew Yancy—late of the Miami Police and soon-to-be-late of the Monroe County sheriff's office—has a human arm in his freezer. There's a logical (Hiaasenian) explanation for that, but not for how and why it parted from its shadowy owner. Yancy thinks the boating-accident/shark-luncheon explanation is full of holes, and if he can prove murder, the sheriff might rescue him from his grisly Health Inspector gig (it's not called the roach patrol for nothing). But first—this being Hiaasen country—Yancy must negotiate an obstacle course of wildly unpredictable events with a crew of even more wildly unpredictable characters, including his just-ex lover, a hot-blooded fugitive from Kansas; the twitchy widow of the frozen arm; two avariciously optimistic real-estate speculators; the Bahamian voodoo witch known as the Dragon Queen, whose suitors are blinded unto death by her peculiar charms; Yancy's new true love, a kinky coroner; and the eponymous bad monkey, who with hilarious aplomb earns his place among Carl Hiaasen's greatest characters.
Here is Hiaasen doing what he does better than anyone else: spinning a tale at once fiercely pointed and wickedly funny in which the greedy, the corrupt, and the degraders of what's left of pristine Florida—now, of the Bahamas as well—get their comeuppance in mordantly ingenious, diabolically entertaining fashion.
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About the Author
Carl Hiaasen was born and raised in Florida. He is the author of twelve previous novels, including the best-selling Lucky You, Nature Girl, Sick Puppy, Skinny Dip, and Star Island, and four best-selling children's books, Chomp, Flush, Hoot, and Scat. His most recent work of nonfiction is The Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport. He also writes a weekly column for The Miami Herald.
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Hometown:Tavernier, Florida
Place of Birth:South Florida
Education:Emory University; B.A., University of Florida, 1974
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On the hottest day of July, trolling in dead-calm waters near Key West, a tourist named James Mayberry reeled up a human arm. His wife flew to the bow of the boat and tossed her breakfast burritos.
"What're you waiting for?" James Mayberry barked at the mate."Get that thing off my line!"
The kid tugged and twisted, but the barb of the hook was imbedded in bone. Finally the captain came down from the bridge and used bent-nose pliers to free the decomposing limb, which he placed on shaved ice in a deck box.
James Mayberry said, "For Christ's sake, now where are we supposed to put our fish?"
"We'll figure that out when you actually catch one."
It had been a tense outing aboard the Misty Momma IV. James Mayberry had blown three good strikes because he was unable to absorb instruction. Dragging baits in the ocean was different than jigging for walleyes in the lake back home.
"Don't we need to call somebody?" he asked the captain.
"We do."
The hairy left arm was bloated and sunburned to the hue of eggplant.
A cusp of yellowed humerus protruded at the point of separation, below the shoulder. The flesh surrounding the wound looked ragged and bloodless.
"Yo, check it out!" the mate said.
"What now?" James Mayberry asked.
"His freakin' finger, dude."
The victim's hand was contracted into a first except for the middle digit, which was rigidly extended.
"How weird is that? He's flippin' us off," the mate said.
The captain told him to re-bait the angler's hook.
"Has this ever happened out here before?" James Mayberry said. "Tell the truth."
"You should go see about your wife."
"Jesus, I'll never hear the end of it. Louisa wanted to ride the Conch Train today. She did not want to come fishing."
"Well, son," the captain said, "we're in the memory-making business."
He climbed back to the bridge, radioed the Coast Guard and gave the GPS coordinates of the gruesome find. He was asked to remain in the area and look for other pieces of the body.
"But I got a charter," he said.
"You can stay at it," the Coast Guard dispatcher advised. "Just keep your eyes open."
After calming herself, Louisa Mayberry informed her husband that she wished to return to Key West right away.
"Come on, sugar. It's a beautiful morning." James Mayberry didn't want to go back to the dock with no fish to hang on the spikes—not after shelling out a grand to hire the boat.
"The first day of our honeymoon, and this! Aren't you sketched out?"
James Mayberry peeked under the lid of the fish box. "You watch CSI all the time. It's the same type of deal."
His wife grimaced but did not turn away. She remarked that the limb didn't look real.
"Oh, it's real," said James Mayberry, somewhat defensively. "Just take a whiff." Snagging a fake arm wouldn't make for as good a story.
A real arm was pure gold, major high-fives from all his peeps back in Madison. You caught a what? No way, bro!
Louisa Mayberry's gaze was fixed on the limb. "What could have happened?" she asked.
"Tiger shark," her husband said matter-of-factly.
"Is that a wedding band on his hand? This is so sad."
"Fish on!" the mate called. "Who's up?"
James Mayberry steered his bride to the fighting chair and the mate fitted the rod into the gimbal. Although she was petite, Louisa Mayberry owned a strong upper body due to rigorous Bikram yoga classes that she took on Tuesday nights. Refusing assistance, she pumped in an eleven-pound blackfi n tuna and whooped triumphantly as it flopped on the deck. Her husband had never seen her so excited.
"Here, take a picture!" she cried to the mate, and handed over her iPhone.
"Hold on," James Mayberry said. "Get both of us together."
Louisa watched him hustle to get ready. "Really, Jimmy? Really?"
Moments later the captain glanced down from the bridge and saw the mate snapping photographs of the newlyweds posed side by side at the transom. Their matching neon blue Oakley wraparounds were propped on their matching cap visors, and their fair Wisconsin noses practically glowed with sunblock.
Louisa Mayberry was gamely hoisting by the tail her sleek silvery tuna while James Mayberry wore the mate's crusty gloves to grip his rancid catch, its middle finger aimed upward toward the puffy white clouds.
The captain dragged on a cigarette and turned back to the wheel.
"Another fucking day in paradise," he said.
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Carl Hiaasen has a very distinct writing style and he serves up a doozy of a tale in Bad Monkey. Hiaasen is one of my favorites and Bad Monkey does not disappoint.
Once I got started, I couldn't put this book down. It was a great book from start to finish. There are lots of fun twists and turns. Five stars.
I loved Bad Monkey. It is a total literary departure from the norm. The characters are well developed. The plot line swims along beautifully. All lin all, a great book.
I am a long-time fan of Hiaasen, and I usually prefer his earlier books, but Bad Monkey is FANTASTIC! I've had a rough few weeks with few smiles, and it's the one thing that had me shaking with laughter and scaring people on my commute as I cackled in glee over Drigg's and Yancey's misadventures. READ IT! And for the adults who are still scared of "bad words" -seriously? Grow up.
Bad Monkey is a wonderful book. It is my first time reading the work of Carl Hiaasen and I was very surprised at just how much I loved his writing. The characters are well developed and the plot is strong. I really enjoyed this book and fully recommend it.
As a die-hard Carl Hiaasen fan, I did not find this to be amongst his best. Still enjoyable, but not a favourite. However, if you are new to Carl Hiaasen it will still serve as a great introduction to his quirky take on Floridians and their environs. It will peak your interest enough to look into his other books and meet Skink!
Fun Novel With A Zany Cast of Characters Andrew Yancey is having a rough time. He is about to lose his job. It turns out that cavorting about with the wife of a rich and politically well doctor, then publicly assaulting the doctor in a fight is not the best way to keep your job in the Sheriff's office. Even though he is about to by cashiered the Sheriff asks Yancey to do him a little favor. It seems that a human arm has turned up on the fishing line of a tourist. The Sheriff would like to pass the problem off to Miami. So he asks Yancey to take the arm up from the Keys to the city in the hopes that this case will go away. Miami doesn't want the arm, the Sheriff doesn't want the arm. Yancey thinks that there may be foul play. In the meantime Yancey is given a new job as a Health Inspector. Counting roaches and rat droppings is not why he went into law enforcement. So he keeps the arm in his freezer hoping to solve the crime and get reinstated. This fun novel has a cast of zany characters and hilarious scenes. As Yancey tries to solve a crime that no one even thinks happened he is also waging a private war against a developer who is building a huge mansion next door to his home. He is getting to know a new girlfriend, a coroner, who has some interesting ideas about how to have a good time. He has an Oklahoma lawman asking questions about the married woman he was having an affair with. As if that wasn't enough he also has to deal with a voodoo queen in the Bahamas who has a voracious appetite for men, a shady real estate deal, and a fisherman who just wants his land and his obnoxious pet monkey back. While the characters are quite funny and even enjoyable at times they aren't always very likable. After all the "hero" of our story is a cop who likes to get high and fool around with married women. The dialogue is fun and well written for the most part. The only real problem with the novel in the Bahamian patois. Writing in patois is difficult and reading it is even more difficult. I found it very hard to "hear" the dialect as I was reading. Perhaps that is just my own problem and others will find those passages easy to read. Don't let this one quibble get in the way of reading the novel. I had a good time reading it and more than once attracted attention to myself by laughing out loud while I was reading it.
I've read several of Carl Hiaasen's books over the years. When his first few came out, I thought they were clever and funny; however, enough is enough!! This book, like his last 3 or 4, is just a rehash of the same theme over and over. They are uninspired and insipid; and, frankly, I couldn't even finish this one after paying a lot for it on Nook. Don't bother with this unless you've never read one of Hiaasen's books before or unless it's free!!
I have read all the Hiaasen novels (with the exception of one or two of the teen books), and this one was just missing something. In earlier books, I found myself laughing so hard, tears blurred the pages. I'd have to recover to go on, and they were page turners, really fun to read. Bad Monkey had potential, an improbable and quirkly story line, but didn't have the level of humor I've come to expect from Mr. Hiaasen. I could care less about the "bad language" that others seem to think was offensive. That simply added to the character development. However, the attempt at phonetically spelling out the patois was a stumbler for this reader despite it probably being intended as character defining. In several places, it was, what the heck did he just say? I was hoping for cover-to-cover entertainment, and it was just kind of okay, a little dull in places. The main characeter, Yancy, was kind of hard to like, and maybe that was intentional, but he had no cause other than himself -- very different from the cautionary environmental heros of earlier books. Okay, okay, the little deer of the island got spared, but, they were only collaterally saved by accident, not because of anything Yancy actually put himself out there for. No one in this book was even slightly likeable, and therefore not too interesting. My favorite Hiaasen book was Lucky You. Side-splitting hilarious!! This one, not so much.
It's a good mystery and fun to read.
Hiaasen is a talented author of black humor, but I've read too many of his books. I felt like I'd read this before. Skin Tight is still my favorite of his books.
This book is not my type of genre, but I read it for a friend who truly loves this genre. The book is entertaining.
Very entertaining and engaging. I laughed out loud several times. Most fun I've had reading a book all year. Much better than his earlier novels, and those were great, too.
This book was typical for Carl Hiaasen. A bit strange, a bit fun, a bit interesting. So often you get one of those "can't put down books". This was not one of those although I did find it interesting and amusing. It was certainly not a great piece of literature but was a fun summer read.
...I love Carl Hiaasen! He is absurd and somewhat vulgar. His plots are absurd! His characters are absurd and quirky and flawed. And yet beneath all the absurdity, is a cynical jibe ar society's relationship with our environment as well as our greed and wayward moral compass. Still, with all that going on, his stories are tight and well crafted and strangely plausibleand you never know what direction the story will take. Oh yeah, he often makes me laugh out loud! Bad Monkey is typical Hiaasen. Andrew Yancy is climbing the law enforcement career ladder...backward! Starting with Miami-Dade P.D., moving to detective with the Monroe County Sheriff's Dept. and finally getting demoted to Restaurant Inspector. So when a tourist reels in a human arm and the story doesn't seem quite right, Yancy see's it as an opportunity to maybe get back in the Sheriff's good graces and get his job back. But first he must negotiate his way through a plethora of strange, evil, lazy, self absorbed characters to get to the truth and bring the neer-do-well to justice. And don't forget about the monkey! If you're offended by strong language and/or sexual situations, this isn't for you. For that matter, neither are any of Hiaasen's other adult books. So save your time, money, and our review space. If these things don't bother you, have fun and enjoy the ride!
Many years ago, I read a book by Carl Hiaason and thought it pretty underwhelming. I figured I'd try another to see if he had improved. He hasn't. Not a "romp"; a drunkard's walk. there are so many better stories available. But, "Whatever sells". The publisher is as much to blame for this junk as the writer.
I'm sorry ,but his book the Bad Monkey was a terrible book.It was filled with nothing but sex constanly and I'm no prude,but enough is enough.It was even hard to find sory in their somewhere.It should have warned me about the amount of sex so I didn't use my money on that kind of book.
Hiaasen's great strength is his characters. Here we have a disgraced detective with a pedophile paramour, a timid sheriff, a gorgeous coroner, a desperate conman, the conman's gold digging wife, and, of course, a very bad monkey. When a fisherman snags a human arm off the Keys, boating accident and shark attack look like all there is to it. Detective Yancy, on leave for sodomizing his mistress's husband with a Dust Buster and reassigned to roach inspector, knows in his gut that there is more to the story, so he begins an unauthorized investigation with the help of the very sexy Miami medical examiner. Throw in numerous scam artists, a few murders, some eco-vandalism, a voodoo priestess, a little arson and a hurricane and you've got pure Hiaasen. Oh, I almost forgot, there is even a cameo appearance by Johnny Depp.
Take a Monroe County (Florida Keys) detective busted down to restaurant inspector, a medical examiner with an interest in a little kink on the side, a doctor's wife with a secret past and the good doctor himself with a secret present and a past incident he only wishes was kept secret, a voodoo priestess, etc. etc., and top it off with the arm of a former scam artist and an ill-behaved monkey rumored to have worked with Johnny Depp on the "Pirates" movies – and you get a satiric masterpiece that could only come out of the mind of Carl Hiaasen. Like a good sports fisherman in South Florida, Hiaasen made sure he hooked me at the earliest opportunity, gave me a little slack, pulled back … and eventually landed me. I have yet to read (or in this case, listen to) a Hiaasen novel I haven't liked, and his most recent work ranks right up there with his other masterpieces. Numerous subplots swirl around, sometimes coming tantalizingly close to each other or even touching, until they begin to come together as the novel reaches its climax and conclusion. Of course, a few recurring gags, one of my favorite features of the authors' works, can be found, as well. Unlike his earlier works, Hiaasen actually moves a good deal of the action out of South Florida. Admittedly, the Bahamas isn't THAT much of a stretch, BUT it did constitute a risk for the author – one which I believe paid off. Carl, you're going to have to write just a little faster … the only one of your novels (excepting the YA ones) I haven't read yet is Skin Tight. I'm afraid to start it, because once I've caught up, what will I have to look forward to. This book meets all of my qualification for 5 stars. It grabbed and kept my interest, I liked the characters, I could feel the locale almost as though it were another character in the book, and it feels like it will stay with me after I've moved on to my next book. POSTSCRIPT: I listened to this novel on an audio book, read by the memorable Arte Johnson. I was a little disappointed in that the man who created so many memorable characters on Laugh-In back in the late 1960s stayed relatively subdued as he gave voice to the characters in the novel. But midway through the CDs, I realized this was by design. Mr. Johnson recognized that these were Hiaasen's characters, not his own, and he wisely avoided the temptation to allow his vocal exaggerations to distract from what was already a funny text.
get to the story already and stop writing in the "language" ... half way through .. couldnt get to the end...
Not his worst but not his best by far. My favorite of his will always be Stormy Weather. For the readers who say this will be the first & last of his to read....please go to the early ones with the character SKINK.
To me he is probably the wittiest writer in America today. He seems to be able to take any subject or character and write a hilarious or tongue-in-cheek picture that is just hysterical. This book represents a typical Hiaasen story; it is a comical but honest depiction of life in south Florida, the Keys and Bahamas with a little crime and punishment added.
Carl Hiassen has done it again. Bad Monkey was funny & an enjoyable read
The story has many twists and turns, making me, the usual "predictor" to be left wondering where it's going, or how it will end. Lots of fun.


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The United States today called for paramilitary activity in the North to be controlled and for Tamil Policemen to be deployed to the North. The US Assistant Secretary of State Robert O. Blake also expressed his concern about Human Rights in the country.
"I am concerned about human rights. I discussed with relevant officials the importance of disarming paramilitary groups, on which progress is being made. It is important to deploy Tamil policeman in the north so the military no longer needs to perform these functions," he said.
Blake specifically named the Eelam Peoples Democratic Party (EPDP) as having a strong paramilitary presence in the north. "Paramilitary groups are not allowed to carry weapons in public. While I was in Jaffna I myself, experienced the power of the EPDP who was able to prevent me from meeting with some university students," he said.
The Assistant Secretary also stated that it had been conveyed to him that although the emergency regulations have been lifted it has had very little practical effect, due to the fact that the Public Securities Ordinance and the Prevention of Terrorism Act were still in place.
Blake said the resumption of talks between the Tamil National Alliance and the government was encouraging and that he felt both sides were taking these discussions very seriously. "I was very pleased to hear from both the government and the TNA that they will resume their important dialogue on devolution and other matters," he said. When questioned on the TNA's negative outlook towards the discussions, the Assistant Secretary rejected any such aspersions. "I think there is a far more optimistic picture, both sides are taking the talks very seriously," he said.
He further expressed that the 13th amendment was being expanded by both sides and was not a redundant mechanism. "I think that they are working towards expanding the amendment to deploy more powers to the provinces," he said.
Speaking on the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) he explained that it was premature to make any judgments on the commission before its report was released. "We have to wait and see what is in the report and the issues raised and thereafter make a judgment," he said.
However Blake did not dispel the possibility of international pressure if the report by the commission was found to be inadequate. "We are not in the business of making threats to our friends. There is a need for a credible process of accountability for those who have violated international humanitarian law and there will be pressure for some mechanism to ensure that this takes place. However we hope that (such pressure) is not necessary," he said.
Blake also stated that it was premature to call for the LLRC report to be presented at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions in March next year. "This is dependent also on what the government of Sri Lanka wants to do with the report," he said.
He also expressed the need for Sri Lanka to engage with the international community. "There is a need for Sri Lanka to engage positively with the United Nations. I know that there is also a delegation in Geneva at the moment and I hope they are able to brief the UNHRC of the work of the LLRC," he said.
Blake also addressed the need to put an end to the grease devil incidents which had "given rise to new levels of insecurity" and expressed that the "US remains deeply concerned about attacks on journalists," he said. (Dianne Silva)
Imran Hussein Wednesday, 14 September 2011 08:29
Well said Blake. This is the reality and the current situation.
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Dushy Ranetunge Wednesday, 14 September 2011 08:58
Thank you, Blake and come again......SOON!
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subrmanium Wednesday, 14 September 2011 09:04
Thank you blake for your concern
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UK TAMIL BOY Wednesday, 14 September 2011 09:11
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aj Wednesday, 14 September 2011 09:18
Thanks mr. blake
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lal Wednesday, 14 September 2011 09:48
This fellow Blake has no business in Sri Lankan affairs. Minorities are better off in Sri Lanka than his own country. Why allow this fellow to interfere in Sri Lankan affairs?
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Subasinghe Wednesday, 14 September 2011 10:00
Blake, just let the Govt of Sri Lanka govern the country. We dont want your say. Sri Lanka is for all ethnic groups. You cannot tell the citizens that you want tamil policeman in the North. Any person who is a policeman should serve any part of the country.
There are majority of tamils living in Colombo 6 and they are not asking for tamil policeman.
Don't start any tensions. I know US/UK are well experienced in making trouble for other countries. We have seen what had been done to Afghanistan and Iraq. Just leave Sri Lanka alone and we have wise men to rule our country.
Would you tell Obama that he should have tamil police in the US where there are tamils? You are a joke alright.
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DUWI Wednesday, 14 September 2011 10:12
Lets hope that Blake applies the same principles with respect to the US military in Afghanistan, which country is also under the purview of Blake.
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Prasad Wednesday, 14 September 2011 10:16
I don't know what his real intentions are but I don't believe he is here to help minorities. His sole agenda seems to be revolving around making life difficult for government. He is not winning many friends in larger Sri Lankan community and that cannot be good for US in the long run. Why should he interfere with local policies. All the points he raised should have being raised either by minority parties and main opposition.
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Canadian Wednesday, 14 September 2011 10:53
Also they should remove the Military Immigration Check point at Omanthai.
I have to wait in a long queue at the check point just to check my passport by the Military. If one Country then why north was separated by a another passport checking point and military check point every mile ??
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Anil Wednesday, 14 September 2011 10:54
Thank you MrBlake, unfortunately you've only seen and addressed 1/4 of the may problems in SL. Lets see what the LLRC report has to say(which i can predict)................
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mano Wednesday, 14 September 2011 12:24
Thank you
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mano Wednesday, 14 September 2011 12:25
Thank you
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sen Thursday, 15 September 2011 04:32
whenever a foregin agent speak towards the interest of minorities in srilanka, it makes the majorities boils:
and the politician in lanka also wanted that;
this country is never going to be unitary srilanka tilll the poers and rights shared among the ethnic groups
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Frisco ISD students and staff are giving thanks this week in advance of the Thanksgiving holiday and week-long break from school.
Many elementary school students are enjoying traditional Thanksgiving feasts, complete with pilgrim hats, feathered headdresses and a history lesson on the origins of the celebration.
Students and faculty are also looking out into the community and seeing places where they can share the Thanksgiving spirit of sharing with others.
For example, first-year graphic design and illustration students at the Career and Technical Education Center designed Thanksgiving-themed placemats for children that will be delivered to the Samaritan Inn, a non-profit organization that serves homeless families in McKinney.
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The Centennial High School Art Honor Society, sponsored by teacher Judy Birkes, often sends special projects to nearby Victoria Gardens, a care center for senior citizens. This year, students provided pumpkin-themed placemats during the month of October and about 200 hand-drawn Thanksgiving cards to share with residents to brighten the November holiday.
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Some Thoughts, Possibly Related, on Time, Criticism, and the Nature of Consciousness - The Brooklyn Rail:
Thanks, everyone, for coming. You're all sitting down so nicely for this lecture, which is a lecture in 10 sections—or, more accurately, a rough draft of a lecture, with you all as my test audience. Right now, I need you to do two things. First, I need you to take out your cell phones, and make a decision about whether or not you're going to turn them off for the duration of this thing, which isn't really very long. I don't just mean on silent, which I assume you've already done.
Whichever you decide, I'd like you to pay attention, just a little bit of attention, to the ramifications of that decision. If you choose to leave your phone on, I assume that means you feel you have to. I don't want to mess with the urgency of that feeling, as it's one I have quite often, or shame you out of it. But I do want you to be aware of it, of what it is doing to your mind as you check incoming messages and zip between the here and the there. In other words, to be aware that, even sitting still, you're time traveling. And, of course, if you leave it on, keep it on silent.
Likewise, if you decide to turn your phone off, whether as a matter of politeness or with a sense of relief, please pay some attention to that as well. My phone is on right now, because I am going to need it in a minute. And then it will be off, not to make any point to you, but to make one to myself, since I am one of those people who has difficulty turning her phone off but is always somehow calmed when she does.
Please make your decision now. There isn't a right or a wrong choice here—not from my perspective, at any rate.
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"Todd Staples doesn't want to talk about the Trans-Texas Corridor because his voting record speaks for itself. "
Lies About Record Of Protecting Property Owners
Hank Gilbert for Agriculture Commissioner
Copyright 2010
TYLER-Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples last week dodged and weaved his way around questions about his role in helping establish the Trans-Texas Corridor, the disastrously unpopular tollway project originally slated to include more than 8,000 miles of quarter-mile wide tollways and take hundreds of thousands of acres of Texas farm and ranchland from its owners through eminent domain.
Staples made the comments last Thursday during an interview on "East Texas Live," the morning show on Tyler NBC affiliate KETK-TV.
When asked about comments made during the primary by Democratic contenders in the Agriculture Commission race about Staple's role in creating the Trans-Texas Corridor, Staples dodged the question:
QUESTION: [By Interviewer] We want to get to some comments that Kinky Friedman made on this show about the Trans-Texas Corridor and your role in that, can you tell us a little bit about it?
ANSWER: [By Staples] You know Kinky is funny, but he has a little issue telling the truth on that matter…The facts are these though: I have a very strong record protecting the rights of both home and land owners. I've been supported by the Texas Farm Bureau, Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association….and Texas Realtors because of the number of years I've worked on behalf of land and property owners.
Later in the interview, Staples also noted that, "I have worked on legislation to protect landowners and look forward to continuing that work."
The reality, however, is very different from Staples' claims.
"Todd Staples is dodging the issues. He doesn't want to talk about the Trans-Texas Corridor because his voting record speaks for itself. He voted for HB 3588, the bill that created the underlying legal framework for the TTC and privatized toll roads. He also authored legislation to allow TxDOT to leverage even more money for the development of toll roads, irresponsibly allowing TxDOT to create enough debt to sink every taxpayer in this state," said Hank Gilbert (D-Whitehouse), the Texas Democratic Party's nominee for Texas Agriculture Commissioner.
Gilbert also said that Staples' self-proclaimed record of "working on legislation to protect landowners," is non-existent.
"Where is his record of working on legislation to protect landowners? If he was so adamant about protecting land and property owners, why-during his three terms in the Texas House and one term in the Texas Senate-did he not author and pass a single bill relating to property owner's rights or to help protect property owners from eminent domain?" Gilbert inquired.
In addition, Gilbert said Staples' effusive praise of the recently passed Proposition 11, a constitutional amendment passed by Texas voters in 2009, was misguided.
In the KETK interview last Thursday, Staples noted about Proposition 11: "what it said was that if you have to use eminent domain, it can only be done for a truly public purpose."
"Proposition 11 contains a massive loophole," Gilbert noted." Proposition 11 allows the Texas Legislature to pass laws granting eminent domain authority to entities without specifying exactly what types of entities could be granted these powers. It could even include private corporations," Gilbert noted. "Staples is willfully ignoring that loophole in a desperate attempt to deceive voters regarding his role in helping to sell out roads to private corporations," Gilbert continued.
Staples' Record On TTC, Property Rights, Speaks For Itself
FACT: Todd Staples voted for HB 3588, the legislation that created the Trans-Texas Corridor. [SOURCE: Senate Journal, 78th Texas Legislature, pp. 3044, 5047]
FACT: Todd Staples was slow to criticize the Trans-Texas Corridor-until Hank Gilbert made the Corridor an issue in his 2006 run for Texas Agriculture Commissioner. Staples' own website includes news articles quoting Staples as failing to criticize the project in early January of 2006:
"Staples did not criticize the Trans-Texas Corridor…" [Tyler Morning Telegraph, January 24, 2006, via Todd Staples campaign website [LINK]
"Change brings about cause for concern," Sen. Todd Staples, R-Palestine, chairman of the Senate Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security, said Wednesday.
"We know there's a mobility crisis in Texas today," Staples said. "The status quo won't do. Change must occur. We want change to occur in the most user-friendly manner as possible." [SOURCE: Lawmakers taking critical look at Trans Texas Corridor, Associated Press State & Local Wire, February 9, 2005.]
FACT: Todd Staples never, during his tenure in the Texas House or Senate, authored or passed legislation to protect property or landowners from eminent domain abuses. [SOURCE: Bills Authored By Todd Staples, 74th Texas Legislature; 75th Texas Legislature; 76th Texas Legislature; 78th Regular Session, Texas Legislature; 79th Texas Legislature.
FACT: Todd Staples authorized legislation which would have expanded the ability of the Texas Department of Transportation to fund construction of toll roads. [SOURCE: Senate Bill 1706, 79th Texas Legislature]
This fact was noted by the media:
"Staples' bill removes an $800 million-a-year lid on tax subsidies of toll roads…" [SOURCE: Austin American Statesman, May 12, 2005]
FACT: Proposition 11 does not stop the taking of property through eminent domain unless it is for a "truly public purpose," as Todd Staples claims. In fact, Proposition 11 could increase the number of entities that could be granted authority to use eminent domain, and allows the Legislature to enact legislation granting eminent domain power to an "entity" without defining what types of "entities" are eligible for such legislation. Private corporations could benefit from this amendment. [SOURCE: Focus Report: Amendments Proposed For November 2009 Ballot, House Research Organization, Texas House of Representatives, August 20, 2009, p. 27]
© 2010 Hank Gilbert for Agriculture Commissioner: www.hankgilbert.com
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Under U.S. health care reform, as of January 1, 2016, the university offers medical benefits to all employees who average at least 30 hours per week over a 12-month period, regardless of regular or temporary employment status. This expansion of coverage is required by the Employer Shared Responsibility (ESR) provision of the Affordable Care Act. The ESR provision requires access to medical benefits for all employees, both regular and temporary, who work "full time," which is defined for medical benefits purposes as at least 30 hours per week on average.
How does it work at U-M?
As of January 1, 2016, temporary employees who average at least 30 hours per week over a 12-month measurement or tracking period are offered enrollment in the U-M health plans. Enrollment is made available to eligible employees within 30 days after the end of the employee's measurement period. Ongoing employees' hours are tracked each year from October 15 to October 14 to determine eligibility effective the following January 1. Hours are tracked for new employees over their first 12 months of employment, and thereafter from October 15 to October 14.
Employees who hold multiple appointments at U-M have their eligibility based on the total number of hours worked within the university, not just a single department. This includes employees who may work in a regular position with less than a 50% appointment who also have a temporary appointment.
Other employees may also qualify for new or continued coverage under ESR based on individual circumstances, such as benefits-eligible employees who experience a reduction in hours or who return to employment with the university after a break in service of less than 26 weeks.
Review our Guidelines for Employees, or see Questions and Answers for more detailed information about eligibility and enrollment.
In partnership with units, the Benefits Office is responsible for identifying employees who are considered eligible for medical benefits. These employees will receive an offer of coverage. Departments and units are responsible for paying the university contribution to benefits for qualifying employees who enroll in coverage.
If an employee holds multiple appointments during a 12-month period, the average of all hours worked for the university is used to determine eligibility for medical benefits. Each department is responsible for paying a share of the university contribution to benefits proportional to the employee's earnings from that department.
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Socialists: why don't they have a sense of humour?
Given their policies and their absolute determination to ignore the lessons of history and plough every country they have power of into the dark ages you'd have thought they'd have a blinding sense of humour.
But no. Proof was given once again in Strasbourg when the woman who makes Harriet Harperson look like a decent member of society; our beloved new Minister for Europe, was giving a press conference.
I'll let another fruitloop, Mary Honeyball, set the scene:
Yesterday UKRep, the UK Permanent Representation to the European Union, held their traditional reception to welcome British MEPs to the European Parliament. It was, for me, a deeply depressing experience.
Shall we find out why it was a 'deeply depressing experience'? It's not, as you might imagine, because it was full of idiots who think Keynesian economics and ignoring the choice of the voters is a good idea.
It's much more serious than that...
Not only were most of the UKIP MEPs present; they were also accompanied by young women in fairly flimsy purple dresses...
Did you read that? Can you see how appalling that must be? Women went to an event looking good! They weren't sporting paunches and crew cuts or unattractive suits which made them look of questionable gender.
Glenys! bring the tar and I'll fetch the feathers!
It does, however, get worse. Lady G was talking about how wonderful it was that 35% of British MEPs were women and quite rightly pointed out that they needed to ensure they had something to do.
However, there were some bright spots. It was good to see British Commissioner Cathy Ashton there. The keynote address from Baroness Glenys Kinnock, Minister for Europe, was absolutely delightful. At last we have a Europe Minister who knows not only knows the subject but has years of experience as an MEP. Glenys, of course, talked about her passion, international development, and how she wished to continue contributing to Europe on the world stage.
Cue a voice from the back from that sexist beast Godfrey Bloom who said that, and I can hardly bring myself to type it, 'They can make the tea'. To add insult to injury those floozies in their dresses had the audacity to laugh. They actually laughed at a joke. Whilst wearing a dress and being a woman.
Of course, the socialists standing next to them quite rightly told them all that they should not be laughing at jokes because they weren't funny.
Godders himself thought that Mary Honeyball was playing an absolute blinder as far as humour was concerned. "Mary Honeyball's going to scratch your eyes out ladies for looking significantly more attractive than she..." he warned.


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Welcome to my blog page. A lot goes on in the life of an author. Not all of it is interesting, so I'll keep my blog to the interesting bits.
My adventure module, A Pipeful of Trouble, for low level characters and published by D-oom Games is now available in electronic formatte. It has great art and maps, the adventure goals are exciting, and the module contains a nice mixture of combat and role-playing, making it appealing to most gamers. Check it out and get your game on!
The module will be available in hard copy, too, with an estimated availability of May.
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This is a great adventure tale delving into the prehistory of America via the story of a family desperately attempting to reunite after being separated in the American West during the mid-19th century.
Continue reading "Book Review of The American Family Robinson by David W. Belisle"
An interesting book about Christian values and lifestyle.
Continue reading "Book Review of Pleasing God by R.C. Sproul"
Predestination is an important concept for Christians to understand. This book explains and promotes it.
Continue reading "Book Review of Chosen by God by R.C. Sproul"
This important book describes holiness both in general and in relation to God. All Christians can benefit from a careful reading of the text.
Continue reading "Book Review of The Holiness of God by R.C. Sproul"
A good book with some interesting ideas, though I think some of the arguments invalid.
Continue reading "Book Review of Kingdom Conspiracy by Scot McKnight"
This is a nice companion piece to The Power of Positive Thinking, though it can be read alone. Peale includes many inspiring anecdotes supporting his positive principle strategies.
Continue reading "Book Review of The Positive Principle Today by Norman Vincent Peale"
A wonderful inspirational book for all those seeking to improve themselves.
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Those interested in early role-playing games should do themselves a favour and check out the Grognardia site for information about the history, inspiration, and tropes of the industry.
Read "Rose Mary" by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and change your life for the better.
Buckle up. Change is coming. Use this guide to live the life you were meant to have.
Continue reading "Book Review of The Prayer of Jabez by Bruce Wilkinson"
Birds can help us to understand the qualities and attributes of both God and man. Stott has a winner here for all Christians, bird-lovers or not, to grow in the faith.
Continue reading "Book Review of The Birds Our Teachers by John Stott"
Sub-titled "Christian Faith and the Discipleship of the Mind," this is a good book about the role of theology and grapples with science and religion, evolution, and atheism, providing a proper Christian response to these topics.
Continue reading "Book Review of The Passionate Christian Intellect by Alister McGrath"
Dreesman has a winner with his debut fantasy novel.
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A wonderful collection of Conan stories and an essay depicting Howard's Hyborian world.
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According to Hotnews.ro, the Ministry of Health has allocated about 500,000 lei for the sanitation of the ICU, the accommodation spaces, provision of equipment and furniture, equipping the Transfusion Unit and surgery rooms, to hire a specialist in infections and an epidemiologist.
At the same time, the respective money will also be spent for the installation of a dispenser for hand disinfectants at the entry and exit of all halls and premises offering health care.
The hospital has 30 days to implement the measures described above.
Meanwhile, this morning several hospital employees, including Maricela Ardeleanu, doctor in plastic and reconstructive surgery at the Hospital for Burns were summoned by prosecutors to make statements in the case of the death of a woman to which another blood type than hers had been administered and of a man whose wounds were contaminated with larvae.
In these cases, the Health Minister Vlad Voiculescu told Digi24 that the doctor who filmed the wound with worms tried to help the patient after he stopped filming. The Minister states that the problems of the Hospital for Burns in Bucharest are related to poor management.
"The man died, the way the larvae appeared – this is wrong. It is a matter of management, the manager must be good, have no titles, whoever is a doctor, in any hospital, if the conditions are not able to serve the patient it means that we need another manager. That's a management mistake, we cannot speak of a funding problem, and it is a matter of management. It is perhaps more, a matter of common sense. To put a net in the window, you can do it during lunch break. "
We note that on Thursday, July 14, the Ministry of Health decided to close part of the Emergency Hospital of Plastic Surgery and Burns in Bucharest, following a scandal on the contamination with larvae of a patient, and the death of a woman to whom a wrong blood transfusion has been made.
In both cases, the Bucharest Prosecutor's Office got self-informed and opened a criminal case on suspicious death.
Another problematic hospital in the attention of authorities
In addition, a file opened at Floreasca Emergency Hospital in Bucharest was sent today for examination to the National Anticorruption Directorate.
According to cotidianul.ro, the case was opened in May, following a notification of the Government after Health Minister's Control Body discovered several irregularities in the functioning of the Unit for the care of persons with serious burn care of the Floreasca Emergency Hospital.
During April 26 to 29 the Control Body of the Minister of Health conducted a check at the medical unit and found several irregularities.
Thus, it was found that the employed medical staff was not fully at work, that the medical institution is not provided with an evacuation in case of fire, the access procedures in case of a severely burned patient are missing, as well as treatment procedures and protocols.
During the checks carried out by the control committee on the functioning of medical devices it was found out that the barocamera is not installed nor is it functional, although there is a minute on commissioning and training of medical personnel to use the equipment.
Although the department has been equipped since 2013, it's barely two years later, in April 2015, that the operation permits have been issued. Subsequently it has been the problem of specialization of medical staff. The cost for this project was of 8.5 million, and the funds were allocated by the Ministry of Health and the Municipality of Sector 1.
All these irregularities detected by the Court of Accounts of Romania and the Government in Bucharest are to be investigated by DNA employees.
We note that the Floreasca Hospital has six rooms with special equipment unique in Romania, where six patients with severe burns can be treated simultaneously. After the tragedy from Colectiv, the blockage of the section led to a public scandal because the patients with serious burns could not be admitted to the unit.


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Oh, what a night.
'70's funk songs aside, Chris Simmons and I will be getting back into that Fairfield Mirror groove with a double-dose of live coverage from campus. While our resident Managing Editor will cover Women's Soccer's matchup with Bryant College (the other BC), I'll be live from Alumni Hall blogging about Volleyball's return home and September showdown against Jesuit rival Fordham.
Given the team's rough stretch this weekend in Ann Arbor at the Pepsi Classic, I'm sure that head coach Alija Pittenger and the Stags are looking forward to seeing the Red Sea.
In other news, the other fall sport on campus has a game tonight against that other BC from up north... Tom Cleary will have sporadic updates from the Mirror office.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
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American soccer players making a home in Japan
KOBE, Japan -- Japan's strongest women's soccer team walked onto its turf field. It was a December morning in the port city of Kobe, and the breeze from the ocean added a biting chill to the air. But the weather couldn't keep nearly 70 fans away from watching their beloved INAC Kobe Leonessa.
Even if it was just a practice.
Among the players were Americans Rebecca Moros, 27, and Beverly Goebel-Yanez, 24. They're the only Americans in Japan's premier women's soccer league, the Nadeshiko League, and have played in the country since April.
Both came to Japan after the United States' Women's Professional Soccer league suspended play in 2012. And although the U.S. has since announced the creation of the National Women's Soccer League, which will start play in April, both women plan to stay right where they are.
"If I can create the kind of learning experience here where it's not just something that I've touched on, but something that's become a part of me, then I can bring it with me wherever I go and use it every day," Moros said. "Japanese soccer, if it's a part of me, then it'll be in everything I do as opposed to just something I sort of experienced. It'll actually change the way that I live and work."
Playing professionally in Japan, however, was not always the plan.
"The only idea of Japan that I had was the fact that I had watched their women's team play against the U.S. several times, and I thought their style of soccer was amazing," Goebel-Yanez said of her decision to sign with INAC -- short for International Athletic Club.
And it wasn't always easy.
You get so accustomed to having your career and you're working toward something. So the logical thing for me was, well I'm going to go somewhere else to do it.Rebecca Moros
"As soon as I got here I was like, 'Wow,' culturally. And then, 'Wow, I can't speak the language,'" said Goeble-Yanez. "I don't have any clue what the coach is saying, what my teammates are trying to tell me. I haven't had anything this challenging in my entire life."
Before joining the Japanese team, the two athletes were content pursuing careers in WPS.
"I could almost not imagine having the league anymore," said Moros, who played in the WPS all three years of its existence. "You get so accustomed to having your career and you're working toward something. So the logical thing for me was, well I'm going to go somewhere else to do it."
Moros turned her attention to Japan. She had trained with Tokyo's NTV Beleza for two months in 2009 and fell in love with the Japanese style of play.
"The quality of the soccer, the number of touches they got on the ball," Moros said. "It just left a lasting impression on me."
Less than two months after WPS suspended, Moros and Goebel-Yanez joined a friendly match tour of Japan with Sky Blue FC. They played a game against INAC and, within days, were offered contracts.
"After experiencing the practice and experiencing playing against those girls, I told myself that this would definitely be an opportunity I could never pass up if they offered me to come here," Goeble-Yanez said.
The two Americans joined the team and moved to Japan in April. In May, WPS officially folded and the U.S. was, yet again, without a professional league.
But Moros and Goebel-Yanez were on a dream team in Japan. In 2012, INAC had seven national team members, four Under-20 national team members, and one member of Korea's national team. The team also is home to the country's most revered women's soccer player, Homare Sawa. The 2011 FIFA player of the year who captained the national team to gold in that year's Women's World Cup, making them celebrities across the country.
The city of Kobe is capitalizing on that popularity. In November, Kobe's municipal government opened the Kobe Ladies Football Center for INAC's training. The facility is now INAC's practice turf and cost a reported 280 million yen, or about $3 million, of which about 30 million yen, or $320,000, was raised from public donations. And in December, the Kobe team opened its very own clubhouse on the facility's grounds.
"This is a special time, and it's great to be a part of this growing women's sport," said Tateo Wada, a fan who travels more than 300 miles each way once or twice a month from Tokyo just to watch the team practice.
INAC makes it seem like Japanese soccer is the pinnacle of women's soccer around the world. INAC owner Hironori Bun is a successful businessman who owns pachinko parlors, bowling alleys and restaurants in Japan. His investment and the support of sponsors means no player has to work outside the team, so they can dedicate themselves fully to the game. But the reality is INAC has far more resources than other teams in the Nadeshiko League, where practices are usually on dirt fields and scheduled in the evenings so players can earn a living from their day jobs.
Takamitsu Sakai, the INAC general manager in 2012, said the team averaged about 6,000 spectators per game last year, with tickets costing between 1,000 and 2,500 yen, or about $11-$27. Their games also were broadcasted on BS Fuji, a major Japanese television station.
"In 1999, the [women's national team] made a huge wave in the U.S. for women's soccer, and then it ended," Moros said. "I don't know how much longer this wave will ride, but I'm honored to be here now."


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How important is the first impression?
It is difficult to show on picture how soft and cozy is one scarf. It is not like selling in a street shop, it is online shop. So nothing else is so important as the picture. I needed some time to understand that rule for online selling, and make mistake to open my etsy store with static and not good looking pictures.
I made little collage showing my scarves pictures before and after. What is better? I hope new pictures bring the spirit of the scarf, I want to show that they are really really soft.
Thanks to this lovely girl on the picture for her support. I wish her keep this smile as long as it possible.


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text: The club are extremely grateful to The Big Lottery Fund for the funding provided for our Bola bowling machine and towards the cost of our junior indoor nets. The Big Lottery Fund is responsible for giving out 40% of the money raised for good causes by the National Lottery.The Fund is committed to bringing real improvements to communities and the lives of people most in need and has been rolling out grants to health, education, environment and charitable causes across the UK. Since its inception in 2004 we have awarded close to £6bn.The Fund was formally established by Parliament on 1 December 2006.


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Remembering Larry Red Shirt
Today is my older brother Larry Red Shirt's birthday. He attended Red Cloud Indian School when it was called Holy Rosary Mission and was boarding school at the high school level. Larry attended the government boarding school in Pine Ridge in the 1970's but he had trouble with bullying. He even tried being a day student there but finally giving up and going to Holy Rosary.
He graduated with honors, being the salutatorian in his graduating year at Holy Rosary. He played football and was the captain of the team the year he finished and married a classmate who graduated with him. He then attended Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. Larry was one of first in our family to attend college.
This was a time, a decade earlier, when our oldest siblings were thought, by the federal government, to be capable of attending vocational schools only. Many of them were sent to Chicago, Oakland, and other urban areas for vocational training. They were not encouraged to reach for anything higher than to be a welder or a secretary even though they were just as capable of attending a university. Our oldest siblings did attend those places: one trained as a welder and the other with secretarial skills.
What most people see when they look at Pine Ridge today is poverty. We grew up not knowing we were poor. Larry proved that.
What he knew was that any opportunity that came along had to be taken. Our single mother taught us that, so we all learned to work as field hands, at meat packing plants, as construction workers, motel maid, anything that came along. That was when Lakota people were hired without a second thought.
He grew up in a time when he had friends on both sides of the Wounded Knee occupation. Although he felt he never fit into the world where Lakota was not spoken.
In his last years, people that supported his work at the United Nations (UN) for Lakota Treaty Rights included the Quakers and their work at the UN; Four Directions Council based in Canada. People who knew the importance of American Indian or Native American treaty rights at the international level. Larry was one of the first Lakota leaders to encourage awareness of our rights at the UN.
Like many Lakota, he died young, in his travels he became sick that may have affected his immune system along with the hard alcohol he learned to drink. I remember him today: wiksuye. Something we all need to do more often. To remember our relatives who have passed on.
He influenced me deeply: I served as the Chairperson for the decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples through Four Directions Council at the UN. I have never forgotten that vote of confidence in me and the Lakota people. We need this year and every year to remind the world that we are still here. Many of us grew up looking out our sacred homelands, the he sapa, that we cannot have access to, still in 2018. In remembering his work, I am reminded to continue it.
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Unions Reach Agreement With US Air on Merger
Paul Vigna and John Shipman talk to Jack Nicas about unions reaching an agreement with US Air on its merger with American Airlines, and Jonathan Cheng discusses investors' hunger for IPO following Splunk's launch. Photo: Reuters.
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I ... the ... here in York we got some earnings this morning ... you know like a continuation war so yesterday afternoon will for the Market ranch and all ... that some hot tech IPO's to talk about as well ... McDonald's on Calliope the thing is just spinning and control Argentina ... for that in more than half an hour near forty on the markets of the morning of the mine Paul vignette ... joined as I am on Fridays when Mr John Shipman should minority today um fantastical you are ... yes it ... into through Friday it's Friday after a long week really for long we can have the earnings week ridiculous but let's start with some breaking news just breaking news here that leaders on American Airlines Jack Nicas in Chicago ... Jetstar is more and ... more ... to ... do with the intention unsterilized swooping in and getting into agreements with American Eagle and unions that was going on in Europe ... there is a major step ... in US Airways question essentially ... force a merger with American Airlines' day it's one or ... two dollars jeans this morning announced ... that they don't agree on terms with US Airways in the two airlines were to merge ... onto some interest in changing the unions for weeks now on American Airlines is still very hesitant ... and ... and they're actually going on Monday today it's the core of the class American Airlines employees jobs ... so ... it's ... a good job ... so right now I will we get to deal with unions are saying that ... indeed you ... get a murderer with us here is that they could actually seen that nearly half of the thirteen thousand jobs as American Airlines wants to cut ... and a new series is saying ... that they did ... a trio of billion and ... more ... in additional revenue through the merger ... so tosses in China due to the unions ... and now they are fully on board now ... U S there is enough to convince the rest of American Airlines creditors before the murders happened also to go ... to American Airlines or directors in the know that's the question is asked is Jackie have any sense about how the other creditors are leaning ... um now that maybe that the unions are on ... the on board with a potential on US Airways merger ... it's really tough decisions when they beat us ... you know ... futures for this ... but he still has the ... hat to convince ... several other ... members there's that is ... essentially a number of traders me ... one ... of the members the ... pension benefit guarantee for the state today is that ... either there means you put your putting together supporting a stronger line that was or jobs ... preserving jobs it seems like the mergers the way to go so ... I'm ... obviously there's an attractive proposition in US Airways ... and going to make their case all the creditors ... and will see up on a certainty that ... they supported ... things is going to ... the US Airways stock is down ... two percent to do with the show started ... I'm from from from the US Airways obvious and trying to ... force this merger is this now this are represented on backdoor way for them to get this murder ... because you know American Airlines management said no ... Airlines is used and it is not interested ... during the day it is that they're all years once they had her stand alone airline from ... their decor ... but I you know us there is that ... we reported today today's Journal that ... I'm ... there are actually having internal discussions about whether or not try to take a back room into ... the creditors committee ... independently whether or not to I have a sort of full frontal ... of merger proposition to the four directors in a market as well ... by that is unclear how to ... proceed ... just yet ... but this is amazed at least they know they have the support of employees ... and and they're very likely they are there are probably talking to advisers of ... other creditors is low ... the question about the strength of US Airways now to our are they on pretty solid financial ground now Jack or ... you know are are they really common in the Avici they're a better position than Amour but um ... you know it ... are they really meant a good spot to be Obel to ... pull off this merger can and do whatever consolidation need to do and come under that Dom much stronger ... there is is is on song financial footing ... they can certainly survive ... and ... they are turning in a small profit but ... it is impossible but it seems as possible while industry analyst at US Airways to was due to his house in Wonderland not complete its merger with a loss in ... the last big merger in your minds to the scene and are blessed United Continental ... US Airways is really going to struggle to keep up with ... the image I United and Delta ... and American that were ... made to stand alone airline will also be quite strong ... bought ... for American and US Airways to compete with United and Delta ... both among many industry analysts say they need to merge ... I ... believe that I think during much Jack ... Coleman struggle in the world is not ... if we ... were like the map is very impressive ... moving on ... the one who ... prefer the silly ... we had the of the social media IPO we've now it seems to me we really public companies ... hi Tech B D and that is the story Jonathan Cheng is here with ... I can share this with the names belong to I think of the Ospel leaking I guess is on the right to do ... it this is the raging company you are going to explain to a spectator and how to best ideas for what I still couldn't figure out a kitty me it's not that clear ... but ... the IPO as companies like yesterday when three point three up thirty percent more let's let's look yesterday for sure um that basically what the company does anyone with a G mail account or wait for you know ... the hard drive or not but you know that ... data storage space is just cheaper and cheaper cheaper and companies like ... chicken Amazon or need a accompaniment that the clocks tons of data on ... what consumers are doing a beak like every you know PJs you they have all the data on the other sock and all that away ... the question is how do you take all that didn't make it useful ... turning ... more profits ... and that's what company wants one comes and the andthe and ... not a household name ... out you could love them and win over run with the wind was like the linked in with a group of losing to put all of those are sort of consumer facing are you know really due to the limit or list of the social media game and utility group on with it the look I mean what they can quickly ... a company likes wanted to write group when they are much more of what they're selling their wares to decompress ... far from ordinary people like us yes we we we don't deal with squad ... to offer ... up the dough at all but ... how but sadly you don't ... but this will lead many to be made there and that yesterday was on the stock more than double finance ... again not just ... underscores the appetite of investors seem to have you clearly ... there's a little bit more cautious as the markets ... we saw yesterday but it probably we were down but ... swung more than double the thinking of the these these these tech IPO's ... you are you're seeing is almost insatiable appetite for money regardless of their long-term prospects is companies to remind you move ... a certain period to know ... before two thousand and fourteen ... the reading before that though it is interesting to me about a lot ... to do that for some of them ... in a swamp twenty oh ... he ... used a pretty low ... I'd get on with it and use these is the isthe II ... but still I'm a lot of high tech ones lot of publicity lot of moving around ... now ... and ... what is it about the high tech company ... well ... I think what happened was after the tech bubble ... Shawn was referring to ... the was a lot of consolidation ... in the second is to use a lot it means that ... by creamy not deserve to be in the first place ... yet we don't ... out of the system you know and and ... that what was seen as a second wave as the Internet does get more much more ... you're seeing social media makes it makes on offense and then just that we use computers Interactive's family that we do ... and the like and and ... see a lot of applications now against what is it is ... would seem to be ... you know related to the settlement does not bestow it on social media either for ... the week NRG dance as this is what with the stock to the key thing is that they hold the prospect of very rapid earnings growth and as what ... was so special in the eyes of investors ... on with the end of the early days of the tech bubble ... was the prospects that they were to be a blogroll ... of the earnings incredibly fast ... and I think that's what's attracting people to these names to ... the question is ... there when Neena started to get a real earnings and that the interesting thing about swapping thing though is that the CEO of this company ... aam as the asthe a pre good pedigree he sold all of the software company Oracle ... and Dom says not so much to write exactly and he's been around the clock a little bit here ... and of but it's and it's you know it's interesting um ... Mitch what ... you get the companies like IBM MEMC ... and perhaps even in the work all that ... I wanna be in that area too so you have to wonder ... you know it's not an incredibly defensible motive is that Howard to this use to us ... anticipation of these two inquiry into the Facebook IPO ... what it's like you would you want to be the Facebook IPO already one of the the high-tech Leo loves the social media really become the IPO's just before Facebook in the paddock area ... that um actually ... worth ... or promise when you compare with the look at that ... time that seemed to Jonathan Cheng the very much to factor in the markets ... when we returned we wanna talk about the markets will ... turn around mid afternoon yesterday ... seems to be continuing ... Dow Jones Industrial Average granddad the index is up on her fourteen points ... big turnaround from yesterday afternoon Laura mind are is here with us ... last night here's into fences to get on the show in the style also called the morning wore our new ... bank that police had PC get up this early for us to note that ... I would not get up this early for me ... I the eye and I get a thrill and intent on ... every and ... a given the can with that ... with the things I allow nineteen NNN being led by families in percentage terms bi Micra soft with just plain sad unusual of twenty five percent the last intact ... and ten earnings from backed company as well as general acting and thinking ... I'm ... improving sentiment credited to them ... still slow but about what why people are so enthusiastic about Micra soft ... well our main at this company has had a lot and found restaurants and many of the last couple years so ... I'm like I'm ninety nine cents until Wednesday Dell but in ... our it staff ... and and and and some some positive elements ... and I think in general with earnings on to new Last IC companies beating expectations as higher than average rate and a buy with that very well and we know aam but to ... and he and earning the raise about eight percent that's purses and sixty percent average sale as yet ... why am I you know and and a wave of companies that are doing better ... in and aam but I'm getting and an outlook ... that ... aam and a unit and turned on the market on a dime ... but as we seen this weekend he really is what you're saying we can ... we now have a down day on one of the key earnings gains next week it if ... that happens you still attorney Don Miller and John P Jones to ... yesterday of Tunis on the Dow ended up down yesterday ... but it was down sharply ... early afternoon and it needs all the The reversal ... came back with them I was seventy or whatever ... the point he was now all I was there something that happened was or something ... yesterday afternoon ... this in turn sentiment around ... which is kinda sorta The certain technical bounce is ... what to me it seems ... like they are Darst tactical level so that the market is ... bouncing on it and it's been five hundred the old ... um what what an interesting aspects of the worst in in in the selloffs that saw yesterday is an increase in the ... trading volume ... then a week ago and so with the selloff Swissie and Dom that redefine coupled with the rallies the falling still kind of ... tepid ... last week last Thursday when Mark was up on thirteen points five was about seven percent below year on year to date average ... so that's of loot for those who think the following the rules for the Wii U of L a to B opener signals conviction that it's an interesting trying to walk ... I let's move on the spotlight next week to be here before you know it when he's coming ... to play with the need to know ... warm and are still with us here ... ay ay ay differences ... I ... think I think I know what the biggest thing next week is going well we go through this exercise ... what's the biggest thing next week Laura ... I I have to be that bad but there's been a lot of attention at Apple earnings and said that is off the mark and never just because it's such a big chunk of the index is on ... the biggest component of the Nasdaq and data ... and you really can't stand in and ... discount outlets ... attention will be KDDI distraction ... desert sands with Apple to the euro because the stock is ... this the great war on ... so far this year there were naked to their earnings in the earnings will be good of the really have any expectation Alcoa's disappoint his liberally have been the last couple years ... why ... with the expectations so high ... is it possible that ... that the stock sells off arms ... FYI my lightweight and at that but I would play now a We and ... a half then to an end and this complete medical riot ... I'm the last couple weeks then actually an ounce I think late Bommel expense and then yesterday I think it had lots of ... our ... loss or gain more than three percent to three no pass witching day ... though on ... this and then come up and that doesn't skepticism already entered into ... I'm praising Manning not by a lot by ... so I think they can go either way really iam of course you know these little detail from bath body and friend and forecasts and when ... I aam ... when will determine that I've ... had and things of that they are just come out and a little bit so you know many ... who were to look at that meeting Louis what we would be there with them are they doing ... any chain meaning said the press or will the al Wentz a time and he now what ... if you remember in and and and and ... both have the same men chant at the press conference ... the day is ... consumed by ... the Fed and hanging out person reaction or maybe not not much actions haven't written statement ... listen to the updated and GDP forecasts them and ... and and now we get the press conference South ... and and a lot of volatility am ... I wasn't very sensitive to what any any kind now it's about what you know when or where more or less likely to do more quantitative easing ... given this economic recovery which seems to be happening but still has a lot of ... sensitive spots like housing fell ... I'm I'm I'm I'm I came fully prepared to react to it ... yet ... I ... to ... we then the belief that lower think your amateur with a weakened ... peanuts we ... will we come back Argentina's seizure YPF ... store for real squeeze in some Spanish banks in a Mexican company ... Argentina's seizure YPF it's the shockwaves are rippling ... across the ocean the less going north everywhere when the snow was ... going or ... trolley Roth is here with that story told to talk about this and this is ... obviously for a shocking thing when it happened ... who would become interesting is ... the other companies that are being affected by this ... well yesterday most of the Ozarks stage companies can to ... secure a state-run oil from the next move ... it now ... the main Spanish companies are Spain's third-largest bank ... tightening and the construction company ... called sass ... Brian Russell ... they have found ... Cigna in states such as a thirty percent stake ... in Repsol which ... of course is the biggest firm ... the company with exposure to ... the nationalization of YPF ... Repsol has seen its stake in YPF produced ... from Tuesday's seven percent to about six percent ... and down ... and read it in Repsol fashion ranges of thirteen percent stake in Sasa ... as of ... the ... ten percent stake in AMP can access to about ten percent stake in ... general so as well and so ... the value of those states that have gone down ... as ... the share prices of YPF and Repsol ... have collapsed ... so Charlie the enormous that Dom of the Keisha bank that has not written is ... reluctant to write down its the value of its states so far ... um because I think that their rationale was that it was can add and some validity against student Argentina's move on ... how long can they go before they did these Delin ... and other stakeholders go before they recognize the declines in value the States ... that's an excellent question ... I don't know but I think anybody ... really knows not there Repsol is this going to ... trace the nationalization in quarter ... this is still legal ... now ... lots of companies have uncontested ... unilateral contract rates ... in Argentina ... Jia has more pieces in the world a status it ... arbitration ... Laura ... the twenty six ... hundred and forty six than ... any other country ... and even in cases that come as the company's one incident in an unrelated to collect ... so in these cases and read on for years stemming back to Argentina's a ... collapse in two thousand and since that call ... and Dom ... you know the the way that that the government demands that was to impose ... tariffs ... and price caps ... and to the breaking of those contracts then traded in ... legal disputes in ... in companies haven't really had much choice in ... you know ... in in dealing with Argentina because they can't get any when it's forced ... on top obviously the Argentinians felt that this this move was ... something they needed to do work whatever blowback digged ... they wouldn't otherwise but ... what is is going to do their standing in the international community ... you know probably reinforce that it did this stain is ... we really have a pariah state in and the economic and financial ... whole communities ... the truth is Argentina still has renegotiated stay with them ... the Paris Club ... of ... bilateral lenders ... time there's a whole outs from the two thousand won ... although bondholders from two thousand when debt default ... Argentina chance that the federal government issue brought in private capital markets ... lots of companies that I think ... you will now be loathe to ... invest in Argentina they may get some ... you know the Chinese have shown a very strong stomach for investing in places like Africa Venezuela ... Ecuador ... time in terms of lots of private capital gone and Argentina I am seeing now ... OK I tried on thank you very much start talking soon take your ... money you seen a hedge fund advertising in the Super Bowl ... well I know ... but Mikey season that fun advertising yes why Chuck Jaffe is here to tell us ... hedge funds hedge funds advertising shot this photo demonstrates the know why ... what was to see it because it's one of these parts of the JOBS Act that nobody really understood was in there I mean ... I know the JOBS Act is about creating more more work in the fundamental idea is supposed to open a lot of ... private equity we we talked yesterday about crowdfunding which is the micro level ... well one of the things it's also happening is ... that making it easier for hedge funds to reach out ... I thought the higher levels and ... and this one is easy consumers remain in understanding ... now I start to see hedge fund advertising and just imagine ... what would happen ... if say Bernie made off had been allowed to advertise to bring in money at the time when these Ponzi schemer struggling the most ... that's what we're going to ... we are talking about actually seeing hedge funds do like Italy India and China and campaign for back today ... and went on to lead the campaign is talking about sort of ... the pool ... then the paper's something invested this now what is the parking ... well ... I don't think we're talking about when China campaigns ... necessarily but I would be stunned to see ... hedge fund operators decided they wanna pursue something that ... perhaps the financial network allowable or ... audio on WS J dot com or in the Wall Street Journal or on MarketWatch it's accurate because ... although they can only still take accredited investors is not reaching out to everybody because Miller had to have a million dollars or be a little show income of over two hundred thousand ... it is reaching out to folks that maybe would have otherwise credited ... the news coming out that this is that ... finally even if you're not advertising the thing that might be a positive this a strong positive ... is that ... a lot of fund managers ... hedge fund managers ... will put anything on their website that ... is a disclosure they won't really talk to the media or anything else because he could be considered a solicitation ... and that's gonna change under this also ... can get my open things up ... for the time ... but this is definitely a double edge sword ... much earlier than the other day I heard former FCC chairman Arthur Levitt has just been ... tearing into this on this jobs are legislation ... and Dom you that the various protections that investors were gonna lose continued in and his hedge fund on advertising links sounds a little that will really get that fits into that category ... he tells a little more about ... what the what to investors stand to lose with this ... well ... was talking about is the crowd funding side of things are gonna come on MarketWatch right now the story talks about about that issue ... crowdfunding is really ... too ... sure of reaching out at the little lowest level it is ... it is you've got some coffee barista ... who wants to be able to ... help older shopper one happy when they're trying to get funding ... and their use to having ... anyone with the banks are going at reaching out to friends and family and is allied with Mr. into a lot of that without making disclosures ... show about yourself with say the spam emails you get about penny stocks ... and now it will be the email that says hey we all know Joan E she runs the local coffee shop she is looking to go into business ... for just a couple of thousand bucks you can support her and ... you know get a free coffee every Friday for your son thank ... you so ... really when ... it's done some things that will basically make you look more like the Wild West and ... the hope is that ... that that can be ... did not necessarily regulated at least controlled properly that people in the crowd funding business will tell you ... yes there is potential for fraud ... but we don't wanna see it happen cuz it's not good for any mom ... that I meet up with the leave it there ... I think are a few times are able to challenge ... it's ... our pumpkins into jack in MarketWatch ok McDonald's ... before earnings this morning one of the company's of his former opponent ... breakdown for Zynga's borrow Tori came ... and morning fog so silent McDonald's earnings ... the numbers ... really ... that spectacular to me that they were pretty good right ... by especially because the dawn of the kind of lowered expectations Wayne aam last month they said that ... the economic pressures Republican infected first-quarter earnings at Aramith ... expecting ... them to be a not that I'm ... quite as spectacular as they always are ... so I think that everyone in the way ... a lot more in price that despite all these economic headwinds and slowing growth in China ... and ... the issues in your up line despite all that ... McDonald's has ... still been able to beat expectations ... a couple things one beyond what exactly are they selling that's the good of boosting growth as much as it is is that the train scene of the ... fruity swirly useless things are in the coffee coffee on a ordnance sandwiches and a cool ... video for the taking advantage of and which was losing ... market share of the business ... well there's a lot of it ... the change you know in different ... areas of the world and different users ... I'm that McDonald's is stealing customers from that ... a lot of people argue that I'm backing down and if you know that they're in the U coffee chain big in the U S The and ... as McDonald's is common with coffee in the US that's ... possibly been revived instilling customers from that ... other places I mean in time that there are no big competitor with KFC he ... I they have the chicken burger ... and you have a house and are for projects so ... I think I McDonald's ... biggest benefit is just a ... day at ... create local ice Pradaxa ... so wherever there in the world ... the Korea products that will compete with that market ... inching ... we did ... make driven doesn't agree with you know what to what the stakes are so so what the earnings due to the group picture in United States ... was it good quarter for the last ... to look the U S was also impressive ... given that it's such a mature market ... I McDonald's actually it's just aam on their conference call was talking about how ... they are finding ways to increase capacity at peak hours like lunch time ... I'm the kind that day it could potentially see even more business ... so they're doing more side by side drive throughs ... handheld ordering system ... and so they say they have more potential of the last one of the things in those two about my Jesus to McDonald's it seems to you is that the that that for the interior ... of the ... of this the words seems to you know the up the thing where they are that they have a ... duty to bet more than their competitors and I'm getting a hundred more this year the US every images ... so that's a big effort and ... others are falling anemic ... so many analysts on a conference call were talking about ... how one ... talk about oh and Burger King are making a comeback Burger King is a housewife I am ... I'm so what if they could see more competition and ... people start to follow I give it to start to fall again their footsteps and ... the like Burger King just watch movies and ... snack wraps though the line ... these might ... include in his frothing career but she you know we can talk to him ... is the end of our programming half an hour but not the end of our programming day comeback in you see Wendy Bounds on Lunch Break ... two big stories here are some off the beaten path travel destinations for you ... might say is a night I was on the making this one is told in a white is a high holiday for marijuana


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