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Friday, November 30, 2012
Syria says 34 killed in Damascus bombings
DEAR ABBY: My wife and I have been married for five years. I recently discovered that she made between 10 and 20 porn videos when she was 19. We got married when she was 27. We have four kids from two previous marriages.I am devastated. When I confronted her about it, she cried harder than I had ever seen. She said she was lost, and it's the biggest regret of her entire life.I understand how hard it can be to tell someone you have done something like this. I haven't led a perfect life either, and I have my own skeletons and things that I would never mention. But still, I can't get over this. ...
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/syria-launches-air-strikes-combat-rages-damascus-065905245.html
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
UN Climate Talks Roundup: Credit Surplus, Finance Showcase ...
Here is the latest news from the United Nations? climate talks in Doha, Qatar, where representatives from nearly 200 countries are working on a second round of pledges to reduce emissions ahead of the Kyoto Protocol?s expiration.
Carbon Market Watch, Greenpeace, International Rivers, WWF International and more than 150 other NGOS have urged delegates at the UN climate talks to increase emissions reduction commitments and cancel surplus carbon credits. The massive surplus of Assigned Amount Unit (AAU) credits used by countries to meet their carbon goals threatens the viability of a second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol, the NGOs said in an open letter.? The group also asked the UN to reform the Clean Development Mechanism and to ban offset credits from fossil fuel-based projects.
The?World Economic Forum?and United Nations Climate Change secretariat announced the creation of an initiative showcasing successful public-private finance mechanisms and approaches to support climate change adaption and mitigation. The initiative, called Momentum for Change: Innovative Financing for Climate-friendly Investment, will inform governments, investors, business, public finance agencies and the media about?practical ways to shift to environmentally and economically sustainable growth. It will be formally launched December 6.
Cities in developing countries have an important, but closing, window of opportunity to take action to develop policies to protect themselves from environmental risks and resource scarcities caused by surging population and climate hazards, according to a UK government-backed report prepared by engineering consultancy Atkins, the?Department of International Development and University College London. ?Future Proofing Cities,? a report looking at the risks and opportunities for inclusive urban growth in developing countries, found cities account for up to 80 percent of energy consumption and 75 percent of carbon emissions. Cities in developing countries will be at the front line of managing infrastructure, environmental, energy and resource challenges given that 75 percent of the world?s population will live in cities by 2050 and 95 percent of this urban expansion is projected to take place in the developing world, the report said.
Sea levels have been rising by 3.2 mm per year for the last 30 years, 60 percent faster than the 2 mm per year rise projected by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, according to research published in the journal Environmental Research Letters. The study, which used satellite technology, said if the trend continues sea levels could rise by 9 mm per year within a century, The Telegraph reported.
The years 2001 to 2011 were among the warmest on record and the first 10 months indicate 2012 will likely be no exception, despite the cooling influence of La Ni?a, according to the provisional annual statement from the World Meteorological Organization. The global land and ocean surface temperature from January to October 2012 was about 0.45 degrees Celsius above the 1961-1990 average of 14.2 C, the WMO said. The WMO highlighted the unprecedented melt of Arctic sea ice and multiple weather and climate extremes, which caused flooding, drought and wildfires through many parts of the world.
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The #1 Secret of Great Value Investors
What if you could invest in a company that's not only undervalued but has the possibility of big growth?
I know what you're thinking. It's nearly impossible to find those stocks.
It's the "holy grail" of investing: a value stock that also has growth.
But here's a little secret that all great value investors know:
These holy grail stocks do exist.
And no, they're not some $1 stock with little volume or other risky fundamentals that are traded on an over-the-counter exchange. They are companies that you and I both know, but are, for whatever reason, being ignored by other investors.
Now that we know what the holy grail of investing is, how do we find them?
The #1 Secret is the PEG Ratio
Value investors have long looked to the price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) as a screen for value stocks. A low P/E ratio is believed to signify that a company is undervalued.
But that's not the only metric that signals value.
Benjamin Graham, long considered to be the "father" of value investing, found that a low price-to-earnings ratio wasn't enough to unearth the true undervalued companies. He looked to the PEG ratio instead, which combines both value and growth; a more potent combination.
The PEG ratio is calculated by taking the price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio and dividing it by the 5-year projected growth rate.
Confused yet?
These days you don't really need to figure it out yourself. Most financial web sites, including Zacks.com, provide the PEG ratio for you as a screening criterion when looking for stocks.
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What's a Good PEG Ratio?
A company that is considered fairly valued will have a P/E ratio that equals its growth rate. So the PEG will equal 1.0.
A more expensive stock will be above 1.0.
Normally, a stock with a PEG ratio under 1.0 is considered "undervalued" as that means the market is underestimating the earnings, and/or it is growing faster than expected.
So, that's what you should be looking for when you see the PEG ratio. You want a ratio under 1.0.
How the PEG Ratio Really Works
1) You could have a company with a P/E ratio of 30 and a projected growth rate of 15%. This company clearly doesn't look like it's undervalued with a P/E ratio that high. You would be right. Plugging it into the formula, you get 30/15 = PEG of 2.0. Since 2.0 is above 1.0, it is considered an expensive stock.
2) Let's say you have a company with a P/E ratio of 40 and a projected growth rate of 50%. With a P/E of 40, it clearly seems to be a bad value. However, plugging it into the formula gives you a PEG ratio of 0.8 (40/50= 0.8). Since that is under 1.0, it is considered undervalued. The incredible growth rate counters the high P/E ratio.
3) In our third example, a company with a P/E ratio of 10, which is well within the value parameters for most investors and is usually considered pretty cheap, has a growth rate of just 7%. Putting it into the formula gets a PEG ratio of 1.43 (10/7= 1.43), which is much too high to be considered undervalued despite the company's rather low P/E.
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Instead of going it alone to find the values, we do the work for you. We offer a service that combines the most powerful value criteria like the PEG ratio with the timeliness of the Zacks Rank. It's a great way to catch value stocks at the right time ? just as the market begins to recognize their real worth.
Today, in fact, our Value Investor portfolio includes 22 stocks that are "on sale," trading well below where they are likely to head in months and years to come.
What's more, I am getting ready to pull the trigger on new recommendations, and you will have the opportunity to climb aboard at the ground floor for the full ride upward. This is a value service, so I am glad to report that you can receive a substantial discount until Tuesday, December 4.
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Source: http://www.zacks.com/commentary/24731/the-1-secret-of-great-value-investors
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Charter School Proponents To Announce Major Focus On Shutting Down Failing Schools
Charter schools are about to get a reality check.
As someone who has observed the breakneck pace of the growing charter school movement up close, Greg Richmond, who leads the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA), is taking a step back.
"We didn't start this movement in order to create more failing schools, but that's what we have," Richmond told The Huffington Post. "Hundreds of them."
On Wednesday morning, Richmond will join New Jersey Schools Commissioner Chris Cerf and California charter schools advocate Jed Wallace at Washington D.C.'s National Press Club to announce a new campaign, "One Million Lives," that aims to crack the whip on the duds.
The campaign will focus on getting states to adopt rules that make failing charter schools close automatically, hold charter authorizers accountable for their schools' performance, and revamp their authorizing bodies so they become more professional. Initial allies include organizations and philanthropies that have, until now, focused on growth -- rather than quality -- in the charter sector.
Charter schools are publicly funded but independently run, and often admit students via lottery. Proponents such as the Obama administration advocate for charter schools in the belief that educational opportunity should not depend on zip code, and that running schools without regulations -- without district-imposed curricula or mandatory union representation -- gives schools more room to innovate and succeed, unencumbered by bureaucracy.
But critics have long claimed that the schools siphon money away from public schools, and a steady stream of evidence has shown that, on average, charter schools do not outperform traditional public schools. NACSA found that between 900 and 1,300 charter schools are performing within the lowest 15 percent of schools within their state.
Because of results like this, some say an initiative like One Million Lives is long overdue. About a year ago, several charter school supporters told HuffPost that the movement needed to check itself, since it would be hard for politicians to continue advocating for funding these schools without definitive results, and with so many underperforming schools continuing to operate.
"We've been talking about this for a number of years and still there are hundreds of failing schools in the country," Richmond said. "We have to switch gears from the rhetoric and make it reality."
Most recently, he added, education policymakers have been concerned with low charter school closure rates. According to his organization's survey, two years ago, 12 percent of charter schools up for renewal were shuttered; the next year, that number fell to 6 percent. These numbers were particularly startling because they indicate that charter schools aren't holding up their end of the bargain: namely, increased flexibility in exchange for more accountability. New survey findings released Wednesday, it should be noted, show that the rate increased the following year.
Most notably, philanthropic groups that have attracted citicism for supporting massive charter growth -- a move that often has them accused of "destroying public education," as Richmond put it -- are getting behind the cause. Richmond said the initiative has significant support from the Gates, Walton, Robertson and Dell foundations.
Other initial allies include Cerf, who, in a statement, said the focus on closures "is precisely what the exchange of autonomy for accountability means -- the core idea inherent in charter schools."
Michelle Rhee, a former Washington, D.C. schools chancellor, also praised the campaign.
"If we are going to really help kids succeed, every school entrusted with public money ... must be held accountable to the families they serve and the taxpayer for high standards and achievement,"?Rhee said.?"We need to promote better authorizer practices and stronger state policies to achieve a higher quality of charter schools and, at the same time, set clear protocols for closing chronically failing schools."
But even as the campaign launches, some states appear to be continuing down a path that prioritizes charter school growth over quality, threatening to create legions of new underperforming schools. The Michigan state legislature is currently weighing a bill that would expand charter schools further by allowing basically anyone to start one of these schools, with few safeguards for quality or experience.
"It provides no assurance of quality," said Amber Arellano, who heads the nonpartisan advocacy group EdTrust Midwest. "This is a reckless gamble that threatens the very future of our students."
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Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/28/charter-school-proponents-failing-schools_n_2201912.html
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Thursday Night Football on NFL Network- Saints at Falcons
The NFL Network?s (NFLN) next edition of?Thursday Night Football?pits the New Orleans Saints at the Atlanta Falcons.
The action begins at 6:00p.m. ET with?Thursday Night Kickoff, hosted by Rich Eisen along with analysts Michael Irvin, Steve Marriucci, Marshall Faulk and Deion Sanders. Reporter?Stacey Dales and Alex Flanagan provide pregame news reports from the locker rooms.
From NFL Network PR, here are the highlights of the show:
??????????New Orleans Saints quarterback?Drew Brees?interview with?Michael Irvin
??????????Feature on the similarities between the?Mike Smith/Matt Ryan?Atlanta Falcons and the Atlanta Braves teams from the early 1990s. Includes interviews with Falcons head coach?Mike Smith, quarterback?Matt Ryanand general manager?Thomas Dimitroff, and former Braves pitcher?John Smoltz?and third baseman?Terry Pendleton
??????????Interview with Atlanta Falcons tight end?Tony Gonzalez?on?KFC Prekick Show
??????????Footage of?Deion Sanders,?Michael Irvin?and?Stacey Dales?participating in the NBA Skills competition during halftime of the Atlanta Hawks-Charlotte Bobcats game. Hosted by Hall of Famer?Dominque Wilkins
Kick-off is at 8:00p.m. ET with Brad Nessler, Mike Mayock, and Flanagan.
Here is the complete coverage planned by NFLN:
| TEAMS: | SAINTS (5-6) | FALCONS (10-1) |
| ANNOUNCERS | Brad Nessler (play-by-play), Mike Mayock (game analyst); Alex Flanagan (sideline) | |
| PREGAME (6:00 PM ET) | Thursday Night Kickoff Presented by Craftsman In Atlanta:?Rich Eisen, Marshall Faulk, Deion Sanders, Michael Irvin, Steve Mariucci, Stacey Dales, Alex Flanagan | |
| PRE-KICK (8:00 PM ET) | KFC Prekick Show Brad Nessler, Mike Mayock, Alex Flanagan, Rich Eisen, Marshall Faulk, Deion Sanders, Michael Irvin, Steve Mariucci | |
| HALFTIME | Lexus Halftime Show Rich Eisen, Marshall Faulk, Deion Sanders, Michael Irvin, Steve Mariucci, Stacey Dales, Alex Flanagan | |
| POSTGAME | Kay Jewelers Postgame Show Rich Eisen, Marshall Faulk, Deion Sanders, Michael Irvin, Steve Mariucci, Stacey Dales, Alex Flanagan ? NFL Total Access Postgame Show In-studio:?Chris Rose, Lindsay Rhodes, Willie McGinest, Shaun O?Hara | |
| WHERE TO WATCH | DirecTV ? Channel 212 (SD/HD), DISH Network ? 154 (SD/HD) Verizon FIOS ? Channel 88 (SD) 588 (HD), AT&T U-Verse ? Channel 630 (SD) 1630 (HD) ? Check your local cable listings NFL.com LIVE ? live ?look-ins? at select moments of game NFL Mobile Live on Verizon Wireless | |
| LOCAL OTA SIMULCAST* | FOX Ch. 8 (WVUE) | CW Ch. 69 (WUPA) |
Source: http://sportsmediajournal.com/2012/11/28/thursday-night-football-on-nfl-network-saints-at-falcons/
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School of Rock: An Interview with Scott Walton ? UC San Diego ...
In the words of Neil Young, rock and roll can never die. But to find out how it was born, look no further than MUS-40060: History of Rock Music. The online course takes you on a journey through the history of America?s most defining art form, examining how society has shaped the genre throughout the years ? and vice versa. Geared toward musicians and non-musicians alike,?History of Rock Music urges students to make valuable connections between rock music and their own culture.
We checked in with UC San Diego professor Scott Walton to discuss the course, the art of rebellion, and the ways in which rock and roll continues to impact our daily lives.
Q: What was it that drew you to teaching about the history of rock music?
Scott: In high school I was in several rock and blues bands and was completely absorbed with that music. So I?ve always had an interest, and as an educator, teaching rock history is not only a wonderfully engaging topic, but it?s also easy to connect musical developments with socio-political trends.
Q: How will History of Rock Music use the online medium to complement its subject matter?
Scott: Online teaching platforms such as Blackboard provide wonderful tools for sharing and collaboration. In an online setting, students are often more comfortable expressing opinions and engaging in in-depth conversations with their classmates, compared to a large, face-to-face lecture classroom setting. The lecture notes are PDF-based, and once students download the files from our course Blackboard website, they?ll have a useful resource rich with images, links to various websites, and streaming links to audio and video clips.
Q: Rebellion is a key theme of your course. How has rebellion manifested itself in rock and roll throughout the years?
Scott: Almost all popular music in the U.S. over the past century has served as a site for social or political resistance at some point. Early blues musicians were pushing back at Jim Crow, jazz musicians in the ?30s were instrumental in desegregating the entertainment industry, and when rock emerged in the 1950s it was resisting the comfortable Eisenhower-era notions of American life. Everything opened up in the ?60s with rock and soul musicians playing central roles in the civil rights movement, antiwar protests, and the sexual revolution. Activists viewed music as one of the most important emblems of their resistance to mainstream society.
Q: Do you think rock still has the power to affect social and political change?
Scott: I believe it does. One only has to look at the role musicians and actors played in the last presidential election, supporting presidential candidates and helping to get out the vote. Having Bruce Springsteen perform at a political rally gets a whole lot more people out to hear a message!
Q: The phrase ?rock is dead? gets tossed around a lot. Do you agree with it?
Scott: People also say that jazz is dead. You can only make a statement like that if you think way too much, and listen way too little.? 
Discover the musical, historical, and cultural context of this 20th century American art form and how it?s shifted our political and social attitudes as a nation over the decades in this engaging online course starting January 14th. Make sure to enroll on or before December 10th to receive a $25 discount off of the registration fee.
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Tags: 1950s, 1960s, activist, antiwar protests, bruce springsteen, civil rights, desegregation, jazz, Jim Crow, protest, revolution, rock, rock and roll, Scott Walton, sexual revolution, social change
Source: http://ucsandiegoextension.wordpress.com/2012/11/28/school-of-rock-an-interview-with-scott-walton/
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