Sean Reiser - I agree. Not only should it click, I like the feel of the "Sha-shunk!" when you know it's been driven all the way down. Closest think to having typwriter teeth that let you know you're really hit that letter. - Ciaoenrico
oh... I guarantee 'yall I will be making more Obama "ART" then this guy this year... how many variations of lick my cornhole can you come up with? - ⓃⓄⒶⒽ ⒹⒶⓋⒾⒹ ⓈⒾⓂⓄⓃ
"As you’ve no doubt already read, I’ve decided that I will step down from my role as Chief Executive Officer after my successor has been selected."- From the Horse's Mouth... - Anthony Farrior
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"Kangaroos are genetically similar to humans and may have first evolved in China, according to research Scientists claim to have mapped for the first time the genetic code of the Australian marsupials and found much of it was similar to the genome for humans, the government-backed Centre of Excellence for Kangaroo Genomics said.
"There are a few differences, we have a few more of this, a few less of that, but they are the same genes and a lot of them are in the same order," centre Director Jenny Graves told reporters in Melbourne.." - RAPatton
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Not really sure how this is exceptional news: humans also share a significant portion of our genome with most bacteria. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
رونوشت به گیلاسی جهت تدریس حیوانات به انی :)) - mhmazidi
If you actually see a Kangaroo close-up, they do look eerily human like. Maybe that's why I've found myself unable to eat Kangaroo meat to date .... - William Stewart
16Gb 1st Gen Touch here. Got it when they first came out. I not only don't leave the house without it, I rarely leave a room without it. - Mark VandenBerg
Obama's lament, for example, not being able to take a walk alone or go out for a haircut, is well-known to inhabitants of the White House, dating back to Abraham Lincoln, who was probably the last president to more or less live among the people without a lot of security. - Mitchell Tsai
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wanna run with big dogs? learn to pee on big trees ;) - silpol
Not to mention losing your Blackberry... - Victor Ryden
Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust told stakeholders that research service Moody's projected "a 30 percent decline in the value of college and university endowments in the current fiscal year," - Mitchell Tsai
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If any investor could have avoided the credit catastrophe, it should have been Harvard. Harvard, the ultimate long-term investor (it's been compounding assets for more than 350 years). - Mitchell Tsai
The 13-F http://sec.gov/Archives/edgar/... shows Harvard with some 231 positions worth nearly $2.9 billion, highly concentrated in popped macroeconomic bubble plays. The top 10 holdings, which Bloomberg helpfully breaks out, account for 70 percent of the value of the disclosed holdings. - Mitchell Tsai
As HMC's asset-allocations data http://hmc.harvard.edu/investm... show, the endowment allocated about 11 percent of its total to emerging market stocks. (By contrast, nearly half of the portfolio described in HMC's 13-F was in emerging market stocks.) - Mitchell Tsai
But it does show that even the best, most experienced, and highly regarded long-term investors can get suckered into new-era thinking and make investments that turn out to be highly risky bets. The 13-F shows that the managers running this Harvard portfolio were huge believers in the decoupling theory—i.e., that emerging markets would continue to thrive even as the United States stalled—and in the notion that commodities would keep booming. - Mitchell Tsai
The stock market is not down because of recession. First quarter real GDP was up, and second quarter real GDP was up. Third quarter real GDP was down at a fractional 0.3% annual rate. - Mitchell Tsai
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If analysts had known back in February (when recession calls started) that first, second, and third quarter real GDP growth would average near 1%, there would not have been calls for the type of stock market decline that has occurred. - Mitchell Tsai
Granted, it is hard to point out that this has not yet been a recession. An analyst that said that on TV the other day was practically screamed at by a journalist. It certainly "feels" like a recession, but that is in part because the stock market is down. That circular reasoning is well accepted. - Mitchell Tsai
This includes the following major companies, with year-over-year operating earnings growth in parentheses: Coca-Cola (16.9%), Johnson & Johnson (10.4%), IBM (22.0%), United Technologies (16.2%), Cisco (21.2%), and Intel (12.9%).
The only real earnings problem has been in the financial sector -- and that has been huge. - Mitchell Tsai
Another factor that did not cause the stock market crash was the energy crisis. - Mitchell Tsai
The Credit Crunch Myth -
It is often assumed that there is a credit crunch. In terms of the classic definition, this simply is not true. - Mitchell Tsai
The H.8 data clearly show that throughout 2008, commercial and industrial loans to businesses have continued to rise at a steady pace. Normal businesses have been able to get credit, at least until recently.
Commercial and industrial loans have risen every single month since late last year (except for a flat month in August) and are up strongly each week in October. Loans ARE being made. The companies with the strong earnings growth, as noted above, are not having trouble getting credit. - Mitchell Tsai
The real problem for credit availability has been solely within the financial sector. Hedge funds, brokerage funds, and companies investing in commercial real estate have hit the wall in terms of access to credit. There is a huge problem for financial firms. - Mitchell Tsai
The factor causing the stock market decline is a LIQUIDITY CRISIS. - Mitchell Tsai
A moderate decline in the stock market turned into a crash.
This in turn has now led to such dramatic talk of global recession and depression that in many ways the talk has become self-fulfilling.
The wealth effect will probably now lead to recession.
The stock market crash has been because of the liquidity crisis.
It was not caused by recession, a credit crunch, higher oil prices and runaway inflation, or earnings problems. - Mitchell Tsai
Summary: The stock market is down because of a liquidity crisis that has created a great deal of uncertainty about the short term and the long term. The issues that have developed could take years to work out.
Even as the economic and earnings fundamentals work out over time, if these uncertainties are not resolved, the market could take years to reach its previous highs. That may not be a problem for those with long-term horizons buying stocks now, but it could be a problem for those under water at current levels. - Mitchell Tsai
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"Hillary Clinton plans to accept the job of secretary of state offered by Barack Obama, who is reaching out to former rivals to build a broad coalition administration, the Guardian has learned." - Dave Winer
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Smart move... better to have her in the administration than on the outside criticizing every move by Obama. - Mark Martinez
Take the financial sector out of the picture and the blended growth rate for the remaining nine sectors is a respectable 10.3%. Estimate on July 1 called for actual growth of 12.6%. The energy sector, with earnings up 60%, has been the main offset, but if you took the energy sector out of the picture, too, the growth rate for the remaining eight sectors would fall to just -1.0%. - Mitchell Tsai
What this tells us is that the impact of the financial crisis was still largely confined to the financial sector during the third quarter; however, the guidance coming out of the third quarter reflects the spreading nature of this crisis. - Mitchell Tsai
Thomson Reuters notes there have been 73 negative pre-announcements for the fourth quarter from S&P 500 companies versus just 16 positive pre-announcements. The negative-to-positive ratio of 4.6 is well above the long-term average of 2.1. - Mitchell Tsai
In the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2008: -- Los Angeles area values fell 1.9% from the second quarter of 2008 and 4.2% from the third quarter of 2007. The average luxury home in Los Angeles is now $2.33 million. High of $2.46 million set in the second quarter of 2007. - Mitchell Tsai
San Diego area values dropped 2.1% from the second quarter of 2008 and 7.5% from the third quarter of 2007. The average luxury home in San Diego is now $1.98 million. Values hit a high of $2.19 million in the second quarter of 2007. - Mitchell Tsai
San Francisco Bay Area values declined 0.7% from the second quarter of 2008 and 3.0% from the third quarter of 2007. The average luxury home in San Francisco is now $2.99 million. - Mitchell Tsai
Gloria Smith of Sotheby's International Realty said most buyers are looking for a bargain before making an offer. "In the $3 million to $5 million range, there are still some buyers for special properties, but they are looking for a deal. In the $10 million and above range, everyone is looking for a deal. - Mitchell Tsai
The First Republic Prestige Home Index(TM) is the first statistical model of its kind customized to measure changes in homes valued at more than $1 million in key California urban markets. Some common features of luxury homes in the Index: 3,000 to 6,000 square feet, three to six bedrooms, and three to six bathrooms. - Mitchell Tsai
I haven't tried this yet, but bet your bottom dollars, many of the pix that are laying around the house will be an inkubook before March Madness. - Bryan R. Adams
No probs Zee - I'm just amazed how on the ball you are, Sept 17th and you knew? wow :) The link was to CN post though, so will share if that's ok http://www.centernetworks.com/... - Matt Harwood
Great documentary. Ken Burns rules. Frank Lloyd Wright's life certainly makes for good story telling. - Andrew Smith
When I was a student (computer science ingineer) most of my friends were architects, so they told me about him and I learned to appreciate his art! :) - directeur
I can't help it, every time I see the ticker TNA I think it's my name... - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
Tina: Is that good or bad? I was the only "Mitchell" growing up. When I went to college, there was another Mitchell across the hall from me, but my head always turned when hearing "Mitch" or "Mitchell". My head still turns now, and I know 3 Mitchell's. - Mitchell Tsai
Other than my aunt I am the only Tina I know. I have met a handful of others over the past 30 years, but there have been less than 10 of them (possibly less than 5). - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
Hmm. I seem to recall meeting lots of Tina's. However, the only Tina in my current contact lists is Tina Seelig (Executive Director, Stanford Technology Ventures Program). - Mitchell Tsai
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