ethnography mcfarland: July 2012

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Regal Beloit Corporation Announces Second Quarter 2012 Financial

My news for Investors

? Record Diluted EPS of $1.49

? Strong Net Cash Provided By Operating Activities of $136 Million

BELOIT, Wis., July 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ ??Regal Beloit Corporation (NYSE: RBC) today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2012.? Net sales of $863.9 million increased 26.7% compared to $681.8 million for the second quarter of 2011.? Diluted earnings per share were $1.49 for the second quarter of 2012 compared to diluted earnings per share of $0.88 for the second quarter of 2011.?

?Regal delivered another strong quarter driven by continued growth in our North American commercial and industrial, mechanical and global Unico businesses? commented Mr. Mark Gliebe, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. ?Our diverse operations delivered sales and earnings growth in spite of continued headwinds in our HVAC, European, and Asian based businesses as well as the negative impact of foreign currency on revenues.? With our continued focus on working capital management, we delivered strong free cash flow as a percentage of net income of 177% in the second quarter of 2012,? continued Mr. Gliebe.?

Adjusted diluted earnings per share[*] were $1.50 for the second quarter of 2012, after adding $0.01 of restructuring charges for announced plant closures to generate the EPC synergies. This compares to adjusted diluted earnings per share of $1.38 in the second quarter of 2011 after adding the impact of $0.06 from the EPC acquisition costs and $0.44 from the previously disclosed warranty expense item. The following table summarizes the items listed above and the impact on the Company?s adjusted diluted earnings per share for the periods presented.

Electrical segment net sales in the second quarter 2012 included $212.6 million from the businesses acquired within the last twelve months (?acquired businesses?).? Excluding the acquired businesses, electrical segment net sales declined 6.6% as a result of declining net sales in our HVAC, European, and Asian businesses.? North American residential HVAC motor net sales declined 11.9%, primarily from the adverse impact of the R22 dry ship conversion.? North American commercial and industrial motor net sales increased 1.3% for the second quarter 2012 compared to the second quarter of 2011, adjusting for the divested business.

Mechanical segment net sales for the second quarter 2012 included $12.5 million from the acquired business.? Excluding the impact of the acquired and divested businesses, Mechanical segment sales in North America increased 9.1%, which helped offset weakness in Mechanical segment sales in Europe and Asia.

Second quarter 2012 net sales to regions outside the United States increased 9.5% compared to second quarter 2011 and represented 31.7% of total net sales.? Sales of high efficiency products were 20.2% of net sales in the second quarter 2012.? The impact of foreign currency exchange rates decreased total net sales by 2.1% for the second quarter 2012 compared to the second quarter 2011.

The second quarter 2011 gross profit included the previously disclosed warranty expense item of $28.0 million.? That expense item was reflected in the Electrical segment cost of sales.

Electrical segment operating expenses for the second quarter included an incremental $22.2 million from the acquired businesses.? Acquisition related expenses in the second quarter 2012 were minimal in the Electrical segment, while second quarter 2011 included $3.5 million of acquisition related expenses. Mechanical segment operating expenses for the second quarter included an incremental $1.2 million from the acquired businesses.

The effective tax rate for the second quarter 2012 was 30.5% compared to 28.6% for the second quarter 2011 driven primarily by the mix of global taxable earnings.? Interest expense increased $6.4 million as compared to second quarter 2011 primarily as a result of additional borrowings to fund the EPC and Milwaukee Gear acquisitions.?? ?

Net cash provided by operating activities was $135.9 million, an increase of $82.5 million from the prior year.? Cash flow from operations was used to fund capital expenditures, pay dividends, and reduce debt.

?As we enter the third quarter, we are seeing uncertainty in the macro-economic environment, which could result in softer demand in our mid and late cycle businesses.??Additionally, we expect to see a negative impact on sales and profits from the impact of foreign currency translation.? However, in the third quarter we expect year over year growth in our HVAC business, benefiting from the warmer summer and the declining impact of the R22 conversion, as well as continued growth in our Unico business,? commented Mr. Gliebe. ???

?We recently announced steps to simplify our manufacturing operations and reduce our global footprint.? By the middle of 2013 we will close four plants in the Juarez, Mexico region and exit three warehouses in the United States. These actions will deliver a key part of the synergy savings we committed to in connection with the EPC acquisition.??

?Including $0.10 of anticipated expense from these restructuring activities, our earnings guidance for the third quarter of 2012 is $1.22 to $1.30 per share.? Excluding the $0.10 of restructuring expense, our adjusted EPS guidance is $1.32 to $1.40,? continued Mr. Gliebe.?

Regal will hold a conference call at 9:00 AM CDT (10:00 AM EDT) on Wednesday, August 1, 2012, to discuss the earnings release.? To listen to the call and view the presentation slides via the internet, please go to http://www.regalbeloit.com/ or at: http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=88159.? Individuals who would like to participate by phone should dial 866-524-3160, referencing Regal.? International callers should dial 412-317-6760, referencing Regal.?

A telephone replay of the call will be available through October 29, 2012, at 877-344-7529, conference ID 10016127.? International callers should call 412-317-0088 using the same conference ID.? A webcast replay will be available until October 29, 2012, and can be accessed at http://www.regalbeloit.com/rbceventspresentations.htm or at http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=88159

Regal Beloit Corporation is a leading manufacturer of electric motors, mechanical and electrical motion controls and power generation products serving markets throughout the world.? Regal Beloit is headquartered in Beloit, Wisconsin, and has manufacturing, sales and service facilities throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe and Asia.? Regal Beloit?s common stock is a component of the SP Mid Cap 400 Index and the Russell 2000 Index.

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT

The following is a cautionary statement made under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: With the exception of historical facts, the statements contained in this press release may be forward looking statements.? Forward-looking statements represent our management?s judgment regarding future events.? In many cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as ?may,? ?will,?? ?plan,? ?expect,? ?anticipate,? ?estimate,? ?believe,? or ?continue? or the negative of these terms or other similar words.? Actual results and events could differ materially and adversely from those contained in the forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including: actions taken by our competitors and our ability to effectively compete in the increasingly competitive global electric motor, power generation and mechanical motion control industries; our ability to develop new products based on technological innovation and the marketplace acceptance of new and existing products; fluctuations in commodity prices and raw material costs; our dependence on significant customers; issues and costs arising from the integration of acquired companies and businesses, including the timing and impact of purchase accounting adjustments; unanticipated costs or expenses we may incur related to product warranty issues; our dependence on key suppliers and the potential effects of supply disruptions; infringement of our intellectual property by third parties, challenges to our intellectual property, and claims of infringement by us of third party technologies; increases in our overall debt levels as a result of acquisitions or otherwise and our ability to repay principal and interest on our outstanding debt; product liability and other litigation, or the failure of our products to perform as anticipated, particularly in high volume applications; economic changes in global markets where we do business, such as reduced demand for the products we sell, currency exchange rates, inflation rates, interest rates, recession, foreign government policies and other external factors that we cannot control; unanticipated liabilities of acquired businesses; cyclical downturns affecting the global market for capital goods; difficulties associated with managing foreign operations; and other risks and uncertainties including but not limited to those described in Item 1A-Risk Factors of the Company?s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 29, 2012 ?and from time to time in our reports filed with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or to persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the applicable cautionary statements.? The forward-looking statements included in this presentation are made only as of their respective dates, and we undertake no obligation to update these statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

[*] This earnings release includes non-GAAP financial measures. Schedules that reconcile these non-GAAP financial measures to the most comparable GAAP figures are included with this earnings release.

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FDA Wins Right To Regulate Adult Stem-Cell Treatments

Trouble is..this is gonna stop a LOT of use tx going on now with private physicians!!

I know some doctors that have been having wonderful, and in some cases amazing results with this type of treatment. And now, sadly, you will have federal bureaucrats and miles of red tape standing in the way.

I mean, it shouldn't be that bad...they are only taking YOUR own adult stem cells, and generally, injecting them into your problem areas, and allowing your own body to heal itself.....

Now? Well, the feds will bog thi

Source: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~3/yCj3vz2ueaM/fda-wins-right-to-regulate-adult-stem-cell-treatments

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Monday, July 30, 2012

Children need their own space | Revista Women's Health

Everyone needs time alone and children are no exception. The design of a space tailored to your needs drive the development of his personality as well as involve him in the values of respect and independence.

Has always placed great emphasis on the importance of activities and integration sociabilizadoras for children. Without denying the relevance of this social aspect, we must not forget that children have to learn as soon as possible to being by themselves in places suited to their interests, tastes and needs, they will mutate according to age.

This is to provide a space where children can build their own inner world. In your room you can relax, play, study and cultivate hobbies is discovering, in this way the child will become aware of experiences uniquely yours.

Provide it with the feeling of mastery of an area will increase their personal security and sense of responsibility.

It is good to let children choose part of the layout, decoration and furniture of his room, recommended them to choose between a range of bright colors and clear because they promote concentration, creativity and tranquility.

The child will show their personality through their own choices, taking an active part in building a special place for him. This will be forged in him an independent, strong and well defined.

Give importance to space your children to respect their privacy, their activities and independence. The best way to teach children the values of respect for others is to appreciate the dynamics of their games and not interrupt their concentration or concerns with our presence. If we want our son knocks at the door before entering the sites, we do the same with him.

In the market offering products (with the Swedish brand Ikea to the head) with a more than sufficient to provide children adequate space for relaxation, such as beds, mattresses, furniture or textiles, but also to boost the game and study are repertoires of tables, desks, storage furniture, chairs, lighting, mirrors, etc..

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Kim and Li deliver weightlifting masterclasses

Charismatic North Korean Kim Un-Guk and China's Li Xueying broke a raft of records as they handed out two masterclasses in weightlifting at the London Olympics here on Monday.

Kim set a world record in the total thanks to equalling another in the snatch that was the basis for an emphatic victory in the men's -62kg class.

Li broke two new Olympic records as she crushed her rivals on the way to claiming gold in the women's -58kg class in a third day of enthralling action at a packed ExCel arena.

While Li was understated in her performance, Kim was anything but as he whipped the 6,000-capacity stadium into a frenzy with his flamboyant showmanship at the barbell.

Kim snatched 153kg, also a new Olympic record, to match Chinese lifter Shi Zhiyong's world record, and then went on to clean and jerk 174kg for a combined total of 327kg, beating the previous record held by China's Zhang Jie by 1kg.

Colombian Oscar Figueroa claimed a shock silver with a total of 317kg (140, 177), his clean and jerk a new Olympic record, while Indonesia's Irawan Eko Yuli took bronze with 317kg (145, 172) on the bodyweight rule.

Each time he set foot on the podium, Kim grinned at the cheering crowd, a roar as he approached the barbell eliciting similar grunts in reply from the delighted spectators.

Kim's reaction after each successful lift was one of unmitigated joy, prompting him to scream, shake his right fist over the bar and jump in the air before rapidly skipping off the platform. The crowd, quite simply, adored it.

His superiority in the snatch saw him take a massive 13kg lead over Zhang, the favourite for the event, into the clean and jerk. The Asiad champion failed with his third clean and jerk and missed a podium place by 3kg.

In the women's competition, Asian Games champion Li, also the current world silver medallist, produced a stunning performance, recording a combined total of 246kg after snatching 108kg and registering a best in the clean and jerk of 138kg. Both the snatch and total were Olympic records.

She narrowly missed a final clean and jerk at 144kg which would have given her the world record.

"I didn't do well last year at the world champs and that was a hard lesson to learn," said Li, playing down her superiority over the rest of the field.

"In every competition, I try my best. I don't pay attention to my rivals, strong or not.

"I was a little nervous because it's my first Olympic Games. I was a bit hasty on my first snatch, I wasn't quite as calm as normal."

Thailand's Pimsiri Sirikaew took silver with a total of 236kg (100, 136), with Ukraine's Yuliya Kalina claiming bronze with 235kg (106, 129).

The gold medal showing was sweet revenge for Li over Belarus' current world champion Natassia Novikava, who trumped the Chinese lifter at the 2011 world championships in Paris.

Novikava dramatically saw her final clean and jerk at 133kg ruled out by the judges after she tottered on the stage and the Belarus lifter missed out altogether on the podium, finishing down in seventh place.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/north-korean-kim-wins-mens-62kg-weightlifting-193823956.html

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Sunday, July 29, 2012

Romney?s Rude Awakening

On paper, Mitt Romney?s first overseas trip as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee looked brilliantly plotted. Stop by London, rub elbows with like-minded conservative Prime Minister David Cameron, remind viewers back home that he managed to run a pretty successful Olympics in Salt Lake City. Check. Fly to Israel, hobnob with fellow conservative and personal friend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, remind American Jewish voters of his oft-repeated contention that President Obama has thrown Israel under the bus. Check. Catch a flight to Poland, remind Polish-American voters that the Obama administration scrapped a planned missile-defense facility in Poland in order to ?reset? relations with Russia, which historically has used Warsaw as a speed bump. Check.

Only apparently Romney failed to read the briefing paper on the somewhat testy mood among Londoners of late. At first glance, Romney?s comments that planned transportation strikes and a reported lack of security personnel were ?disconcerting? seemed downright mild. Compare them to blaring headlines in British tabloids in recent weeks claiming that the Games were going to be an unmitigated disaster (?Security Shambles Could Cause Chaos? was a typical recent headline in The Daily Mail). As it turns out, Londoners have the same proprietary view toward the Olympic Games that many parents have about their children: We can scold them, but you had better not dare.

?The problem of the foreign trips for presidential candidates is that the upside is not all that high since you are really only trying project a presidential image, but as Romney has discovered, the potential downsides are significant because any misstatement opens you up to a lot of criticism,? said James Lindsay, a senior vice president at the Council on Foreign Relations. The strategy behind Romney?s trip was a good one, Lindsay argues, in that the itinerary advances the narrative that Obama has deserted venerable allies to curry favor with adversaries -- a narrative appealing to Jewish and Polish-American voters who make up critical blocs in swing states such as Florida, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. ?But Romney has discovered that even the ?special relationship? with Britain doesn?t make up for British resentment of a Yankee coming over and raining on their great national project.?

By attending a fundraising dinner in Britain cohosted by executives at banks under investigation in London?s rate-fixing scandal, Romney also revealed once again a blind spot for perceptions that he is oblivious to the wrongdoing of Wall Street and out of touch with average voters. Likewise in Israel, Romney is reportedly planning to meet with casino magnate Sheldon Adelson. Adelson is a staunch supporter of Israel who has promised to spend as much as $100 million to defeat Obama, but he is also under investigation by the Justice Department.

Romney?s rhetorical hard line that Russia is the United States' ?number one geopolitical foe? will likely play well in Poland, where he will almost surely receive a rousing reception. It will be viewed less enthusiastically by Western European powers, however, who objected to what they perceived as George W. Bush?s unnecessarily antagonistic approach to Moscow (which culminated with Russian troops invading Georgia in 2008). Western European allies are also sensitive to Romney?s oft-repeated argument that Europe is exactly the kind of basket case that the United States will become if he is not elected.

?If I were not to get elected, we would in my view become more like Europe,? Romney told C-SPAN recently. ?With higher deficits, with a debt that could put us in a Greece- or Spain- or Italy-like circumstance, with chronic high unemployment, with low wage growth, and with a military that gets slowly but surely hollowed out so it could pay for the various programs the government would try and keep in place.?

Romney?s close affinity for Israel?s right-of-center Likud Party; his tough line on Russia and Afghanistan; and his unwillingness to propose solutions to climate change all sound familiar to many Europeans. ?Notwithstanding their widespread disappointment in President Obama, Europeans are nervous about Romney precisely because his positions remind them of George W. Bush,? said Simon Serfaty, a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/romney-rude-awakening-080017273.html

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Syrian forces pound rebels, declare Damascus victory

ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - The government of Bashar al-Assad declared victory on Sunday in a hard-fought battle for Syria's capital Damascus, and pounded rebels who control of parts of its largest city Aleppo.

Assad's forces have struggled as never before to maintain their grip on the country over the past two weeks after a major rebel advance into the two largest cities and an explosion that killed four top security officials.

Government forces have succeeded in reimposing their grip the capital after a punishing battle, but rebels are still in control of sections of Aleppo, clashing with reinforced army troops for several days.

"Today I tell you, Syria is stronger... In less than a week they were defeated (in Damascus) and the battle failed," Foreign Minister Walid Moualem said on a visit to Iran, Assad's main ally in a region where other neighbors have forsaken him.

"So they moved on to Aleppo and I assure you, their plots will fail."

Rebel fighters, patrolling opposition districts in flat-bed trucks flying green-white-and-black "independence" flags, said they were holding off Assad's forces in the south-western Aleppo district of Salaheddine, where clashes have gone on for days.

Opposition activists also reported fighting in other rebel-held districts of Aleppo, in what could herald the start of a decisive phase in the battle for Syria's commercial hub, after the army sent tank columns and troop reinforcements last week.

Helicopter gunships hovered over the city shortly after dawn and the thud of artillery boomed across neighborhoods. Syrian state television said soldiers was repelling "terrorists" in Salaheddine and had captured several of their leaders.

Some rebel-held areas visited by Reuters were empty of residents. Fighters were basing themselves in houses - some clearly abandoned in a hurry, with food still in the fridges.

A burnt out tank lay in the street, while nearby another one had been captured intact, covered in tarpaulin and left in a car park, perhaps for the rebels themselves to use against any ground assault by Assad's forces.

In a largely empty street, flanked by closed shops and run-down buildings, women clad in long black abaya cloaks walked with children next to walls daubed with rebel graffiti - "Freedom", "Free Syrian Army" and "Down with Bashar".

Rubbish lay uncollected and in one street families were packing vans full of mattresses in apparent preparation to flee.

KILLING MACHINE

The leader of Syria's main political opposition group, the Syrian National Council, called for foreign allies to provide heavy weapons to fight Assad's "killing machine".

"The rebels are fighting with primitive weapons...We want weapons that we can stop tanks and planes with. This is what we want," SNC chief Abdelbasset Seida said in Abu Dhabi.

He also urged foreign allies to circumvent the divided U.N. Security Council and intervene to help topple Assad.

"Our friends and allies will bear responsibility for what is happening in Aleppo if they do not move soon," he said, adding that talks would start on forming a transitional government.

Arab League head Nabil Elaraby said the battle in Aleppo amounted to "war crimes", and perpetrators would eventually be punished, Egypt's MENA state news agency reported.

The Arab League has suspended Syria and lined up with the West and Turkey against Assad. Assad's government blames Arab states, especially Saudi Arabia and Qatar, for the revolt.

Assad's ruling structure draws strongly on his Alawite minority sect, an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam, while his opposition is drawn largely from the Sunni Muslim majority, backed by Sunni leaders who rule nearly all other Arab states.

That has raised fears that the 16-month-old conflict could spread across the wider Middle East, where a sectarian divide between Sunnis and Shi'ites has been at the root of violence in Iraq, Lebanon, Bahrain and elsewhere.

Shi'ite Iran demonstrated its firm support for Assad by hosting his foreign minister. At a joint news conference with Moualem, Iran's own Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi rebuked the West and Arab states for holding the "illusion" that Assad could be easily replaced from power in a managed transition.

CRUCIAL TEST

In Damascus, where Assad's forces pushed back a rebel offensive following a deadly bomb attack on his inner circle, many residents have fled fighting in the outskirts for relative safety in the heart of the capital.

Even the center has been shattered by the violence. Shops open only between 9 am and 3 pm, food prices have soared and no one dares walk outside after dusk, even in the holy month of Ramadan when streets are normally packed late into the night with people celebrating after a day of fasting.

"To begin with I was with the regime, for sure," said Ahmed, from one of the southern suburbs where the army, backed by helicopter and tanks, launched its fierce counter offensive.

"But now, no, the regime must go. Take what they want with them, but they must go."

The battle for Aleppo, a city of 2.5 million people, is a decisive test of the government's ability to retake its two main cities. It has committed huge military resources to the battle there after losing control of outlying rural areas and some border crossings with Turkey and Iraq.

Fighters from the rebel Free Syrian Army were also in evidence on the approaches to Aleppo from the north, where many villagers were still shopping or tending their fields.

One man in his 40s, carrying his family on a motorcycle, said he was fleeing the fighting in the city.

"We are living in a war zone," he told Reuters. "I and my relatives are just going back and forth, trying to stay away from the fighting. We left Aleppo when we saw smoke and helicopters firing."

The British-based Observatory, which compiles reports from anti-government activists, said 26 people were killed in Aleppo on Saturday and 190 total across Syria. It reported fighting in Deraa, the cradle of the revolution, Homs, the scene of some of the bloodiest combat, and Hama. There was no way to verify its figures.

The fighting in Aleppo follows a July 18 bomb attack that killed four top security officials including Assad's defense minister, intelligence chief and powerful brother-in-law.

(Additional reporting by Yara Bayoumy in Beirut, Yeganeh Torbati in Dubai, and a reporter in Damascus who cannot be identified for security reasons; Writing by Dominic Evans; Editing by Peter Graff)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/helicopters-artillery-fire-over-syrias-aleppo-082850722.html

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The Question You Need To Ask Yourself While You're Gaming | The ...

One of the overblown memes of the game community used to be ?was this beta?? ?(it?s since become a parody at places like the Roosh V Forum). Guys got progressively more absurd about micromanaging and nitpicking their game, even in the face of great success, desperate to earn the respect of the community at every step of the seduction ? and in reality, desperate to head off the hollow criticisms of keyboard jockeys who spend more time knocking other guys? successful field reports than they do with women themselves.

I recall a case where a guy was vibing with a woman in a club, and she suddenly blew him off and walked out the door. He followed her out, caught her in the street, continued the seduction and wound up in her bed.?Then he went on the board and asked everyone ?was it beta to follow her out of the club??

Yes? No? It worked, so who cares? In this fashion, men anxious to qualify themselves to other men got into a pernicious habit of substituting the?appellation?of ?alpha? (or ?not beta?) for real results in the field. (Lots of writers are trying to phase out the alpha-beta nomenclature, but I don?t think it will ever die because it?s just such a useful shorthand for sociosexual leaders versus sociosexual followers.)

I got a comment on my recent post about guys who use the ?beta? archetype as a whipping boy, an object of self-congratulatory scorn by those who had passed out of the Matrix:

This is a general theme which pervades the PUA community. It goes further when you see aspiring players actively denigrate the betas that they once were. I?ve heard of players deliberately go and try to pick up a beta?s girlfriend in front of them, ostensibly because the guy ?deserved it? for having bad game.

Its sick to see how far people take that rejection of their past selves, and I?d like to see more sympathy for betas in general?Its a perversion of thought and a violation of abundance mentality.

I agree that there is some of that beta hate undercurrent (that?s why guys are so eager to check ?was that beta??) and I think it?s somewhat misguided. A guy who is on a game blog or forum, discussing his field work, trying to get better, is going in the right direction. His betatude is a problem to be solved, and he understands that or he wouldn?t be where he was to begin with. Let?s fix his problem, he doesn?t deserve personal slams and contemptuous mocking for it.

Anyway, my point is that ?is this beta?? is a dumb question that doesn?t help guys get better in the game.?Danger & Play posted recently on ?the winning question.? The winning question is,??am I being a pussy?? I find that?s an excellent question for getting me started on things, and is applicable to life in general. However, I?ve gotten better results in the game itself with something else.

THE REAL QUESTION YOU NEED TO ASK IN-GAME

When you?re out in the field running your game (when you?ve gotten past the hump of ?am I being a pussy?), it?s easy to get anxious about your moves, wonder if you?re playing it right, if you?re being too forward, if you?re forcing things.

In those situations there?s just one simple question you need to ask yourself and it?s not ?is this beta??

The question is, ?am I chasing??

While there are some things you just plain shouldn?t do (like racing to grab the check on a date, not that you should be going on expensive dates until things are serious anyway), the answer to the question is less about the action itself and more about your mindset and motivations.

Chasing is what you do when you perceive an opportunity to be slipping away from you. It comes from a needy place, a sense that you have to qualify yourself to a girl, to make a case that you?re the guy she should be with ? a sense that you have to engage her on her terms, not yours.

Chasing is what you do when you agree with a woman?s opinion because you?re afraid your true opinion would offend her.

Chasing is what you do when you keep calling/texting and asking out a woman who is flaky in responding or keeps finding things more important on her schedule than you.?You?re either chasing a woman who?s really not interested (and so you?re coming across as annoying and clueless), or you?re playing into her script that she can treat you poorly and take advantage of your time, attention and money. Either way, it?s not a position you want to be in.

Chasing is really born out of a mindset that you aren?t as good as any of the women you would consider dating, and thus your default position is to assume a supplicating pose, to make a case to her that she should consider you if she?s feeling charitable.

Because chasing is about relative power, to answer the question you need to develop a good sensor for the flow and frame of an interaction, an intuition for the balance of power in the exchange. That should come along with the rest of your passive game, the tools you use to tell if a woman is interested in you, to calibrate your game to her personality?and to gauge the buying temperature.

It?s important to understand that initiating is not chasing. Aloof game is not just sitting around inertly waiting for women to make the moves. Most women are not going to initiate with you. If you?re very high-value or physically attractive, women may hit on you openly, but a generation of effort to get women to act like men has not succeeded in getting women to pursue like men. The best you can hope, as a strategy, for is that women will make themselves approachable and you?ll be able to make low-risk approaches.?Even that is not an entirely sound strategy. You are going to have to go talk to (open) the women you find attractive with no real guarantee you?ll get anything out of the interaction. You aren?t chasing; you are setting up a frame that gives her the opportunity to respond to you.

Escalating is also not chasing. Just as above, you cannot expect women will do the escalation, as a general rule. All that Gen Y feminist stuff about ?enthusiastic consent? is a bunch of hooey ? even women who positively want sex with you are often not going to take on the burden of pushing it forward, but will respond to your sexual leadership.?An over-eagerness when escalating IS chasing, and a major cause of blown seductions (one of my go-to escalation moves is to spontaneously back off on the sexual energy and see if she responds by bringing it back up).

Investing modestly in a woman is not chasing, not necessarily at least. When you buy a woman a drink on a date, are you doing it because you?re a high-value guy inviting her to be a guest in your space for the next hour, or because you?re afraid if you don?t do what she expects she?ll reject you? One is chasing, the other is not.

Chasing, again, is action taken against what you perceive to be a widening gap of interest.

If you?re chasing, check yourself. Take a deep breath. Back off a bit. See if she fills the gap.

Approach, initiate, escalate, invest. Just don?t chase.

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Saturday, July 28, 2012

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Debt consolidation service is offered by many companies online. In most debt consolidation service programs a certified counselor helps you access your financial situation and help you create a spending plan that will allow you to live while taking care of your debts. A good debt consolidation service will also go so far as to negotiate with creditors, attempting to get you a better deal on your interest rates and payments.

Many people find themselves in a situation where they are overwhelmed by debt. Many circumstances can come into play here to create this situation. Medical issues, sudden debts, and unforeseen expenses all can contribute to the need for debt consolidation services. It isn?t a service used only by people who can?t control their spending habits as is often believed. At times debt consolidation is simply a smart move to control ones interest rates. Whatever the reasoning these services are easy to use.

Most debt consolidation services can negotiate terms for lower interest rates and get companies to waive late fees. The counselors at debt consolidation companies are there to work with the creditors so that you don?t have to. They act as an advocate for the client and their financial security.

The process of debt consolidation may also require the education of the consumer in areas of debt management. Most debt consolidation services will provide that education as a part of the over all program. This is something that debt consolidation service companies feel is an important part of the entire process.

For homeowners if they want to reduce interest rates and lower their monthly payments or if they have gotten into trouble and need help, debt consolidation service may be where they want to turn. Doing this will help a homeowner avoid possible bankruptcy and save their home at the same time. Debt consolidation requires that the home owner put up their home however with the right financial guidance this shouldn?t be an issue. A debt consolidation loan allows the homeowner to borrow up to 125 percent of their property value in some cases.

Debt consolidation services can help you begin over again and get back on your feet no matter what the reason is that you need them for in the first place. The stigma that debt consolidation services carried with them for so long no longer apply. More and more people are beginning to see the benefits to using a debt consolidation service.

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Turning Your Lawn Into The Envy Of The Neighborhood ? Special ...

If you live in a part of the country that is at risk for wildfires, choose landscaping projects accordingly. For example, trees should be planted at least 100 feet apart. Additionally, large trees should not be planted less than 100 feet from your house or other building structure (garden, shed, workshop, etc.).

A great way to spruce up your landscaping, is to add some attractive outdoor lighting. Small solar lamps up the driveway, or in planting areas can provide a lovely accent to your yard, or special plants and trees. They can be purchased inexpensively at your local home improvement store, and installed quite easily.

When you are going to be digging in your lawn, be it for plants or to make a garden, be careful that you know what you are digging into. For instance, you could accidentally dig into a power line or some pipes. This could have serious consequences and cost you tons of money.

Add new mulch to your garden regularly. Mulch helps to keep your plant?s moist, and it can repel insects as well. In addition, it is pretty to look at a freshly mulched garden. You will also slow down the growth of weeds by keeping your garden mulched on a regular basis

Invest in fresh mulch each spring. It is going to look cleaner, and will add a good bit of curb appeal to your home. Keeping fresh mulch around your flower beds will slow the weed growth. If you live in an area where termites are a problem, consider using pine needles, bark, or pea gravel instead.

In your landscape design, incorporate hard borders at the edges of the lawn where possible. Grass can be difficult to maintain along walls and fences, and will often look unsightly. By incorporating ad hard border, narrow is fine, you will minimize this effect and also give your lawn equipment and solid, ground-level surface to roll on.

One tip that all do it yourself landscapers should always remember is to have fun. Landscaping doesn?t have to be a chore, and it really shouldn?t be. Don?t make your design so complex that it will cause you to loath working on your yard. This can keep you from ever finishing your project.

When planning a landscaping project for your house, consider breaking your entire project down into much smaller jobs. This is important if you are not able to afford the entire project at one time. Doing so will let you tackle your project bit by bit, and not have your yard look like a mess in the meantime.

Utilize different forms and textures in your landscaping plan. This is a great way to diversify your landscaping by using distinctive branching patterns and foliage. From trees to bushes, or perennials to annuals, using a variety of different forms and textures in the plants you choose will add interest and uniqueness to your landscaping design.

Use a row of hedges to help dampen loud noises. If you live on a busy street or near an interstate, you know how annoying the constant sound of traffic can be. Use landscaping to help alleviate this irritant. Plant some bushes between your home and the offending road to help mute the sounds of the passing traffic.

Having a well-groomed front yard will make the curb appeal of your house gain some serious points in the neighborhood. A well-groomed back yard will give you the outdoor space that you desire for family functions, entertaining or just relaxing on your own. This article has shown you ways to accomplish all of this.

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Syrian legislator from Aleppo defects to Turkey

AMMAN (Reuters) - A Syrian parliamentarian representing the northern province of Aleppo said on Friday she has defected to Turkey, becoming the first member of the rubberstamp assembly elected in May and dominated by President Bashar al-Assad's Baath Party to defect.

"I have crossed to Turkey and defected from this tyrannical regime ... because of the repression and savage torture against a nation demanding the minimum of rights," Ikhlas al-Badawi told Sky News Arabia.

Opposition sources Syrian troops and armor are amassing around the northern city of Aleppo, Syrian's main commercial and industrial hub, to crush armed resistance to Assad that has been gathering momentum following a military crackdown on street demonstrations against his rule.

The authorities chose Badawi, a Sunni Muslim, to run for parliament on behalf of the "laborers and peasants" sector, a term for state backed labor and farmers unions who are guaranteed half the seats in the 250 seat assembly.

Badawi, a mother of six, was also a member of the Baath Party, which took power in 1963 military coup that destroyed the country's democratic institutions in favor of a Soviet style political system dominated by Assad's minority Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam.

Intensified ground and aerial bombardment on Syrian cities by Assad's forces in recent weeks has prompted diehard Baathists and Assad's loyalists to defect.

They have been mostly Sunni Muslim, from the majority sect at the forefront of the 16-month uprising against Assad.

Nawaf al-Fares, Syria's ambassador to Iraq and a former Baath Party chief in the eastern province of Deir al-Zor, fled to Qatar through Jordan two weeks ago.

Fares, according to opposition sources, is a friend of Manaf Tlas, a brigadier general in the Republican Guards and a member of Assad's inner circle, who fled Syria earlier this month.

(Reporting by Khaled Yacoub Oweis; Editing by Anthony Boadle and Paul Simao)

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Friday, July 27, 2012

Rit Aggarwala on why cities are more environmental solution than ...

Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC

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Rohit ?Rit? Aggarwala leads the environmental program at Bloomberg Philanthropies.? Previously, he was chief advisor to New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg on environmental policy, and led the development and implementation of the justly heralded PlaNYC. ?He also assisted Mayor Bloomberg on New York?s participation in C40 Cities, ?a network of large and engaged cities from around the world? that are addressing solutions to climate change.? Bloomberg is the current chair of C40.

In this short video produced by Gen/Connect, Aggarwala succinctly makes the point that city dwellers are the most efficient users of environmental resources.? As I have opined before, I think he?s right.? He also stresses that, to make the most of the urban dividend for sustainability, we need our cities to be safe and clean.? Enjoy:?

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Solving the mystery of how cigarette smoking weakens bones

Public release date: 26-Jul-2012
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Almost 20 years after scientists first identified cigarette smoking as a risk factor for osteoporosis and bone fractures, a new study is shedding light on exactly how cigarette smoke weakens bones. The report, in ACS' Journal of Proteome Research, concludes that cigarette smoke makes people produce excessive amounts of two proteins that trigger a natural body process that breaks down bone.

Gary Guishan Xiao and colleagues point out that previous studies suggested toxins in cigarette smoke weakened bones by affecting the activity of osteoblasts, cells which build new bone, and osteoclasts, which resorb, or break down, old bone. Weakening of the bones, known as osteoporosis, can increase the risk of fractures and is a major cause of disability among older people. To shed light on how cigarette smoking weakens bones, the scientists analyzed differences in genetic activity in bone marrow cells of smokers and non-smokers.

They discovered that human smokers produce unusually large amounts of two proteins that foster production of bone-resorbing osteoclasts compared to non-smokers. Experiments with laboratory mice confirmed the finding.

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Solving the mystery of how cigarette smoking weakens bones Public release date: 26-Jul-2012
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Contact: Michael Bernstein
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Almost 20 years after scientists first identified cigarette smoking as a risk factor for osteoporosis and bone fractures, a new study is shedding light on exactly how cigarette smoke weakens bones. The report, in ACS' Journal of Proteome Research, concludes that cigarette smoke makes people produce excessive amounts of two proteins that trigger a natural body process that breaks down bone.

Gary Guishan Xiao and colleagues point out that previous studies suggested toxins in cigarette smoke weakened bones by affecting the activity of osteoblasts, cells which build new bone, and osteoclasts, which resorb, or break down, old bone. Weakening of the bones, known as osteoporosis, can increase the risk of fractures and is a major cause of disability among older people. To shed light on how cigarette smoking weakens bones, the scientists analyzed differences in genetic activity in bone marrow cells of smokers and non-smokers.

They discovered that human smokers produce unusually large amounts of two proteins that foster production of bone-resorbing osteoclasts compared to non-smokers. Experiments with laboratory mice confirmed the finding.

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The authors acknowledge funding from the Cancer and Smoking Related Disease Research Program and the Nebraska Tobacco Settlement Biomedical Research Program.

The American Chemical Society is a nonprofit organization chartered by the U.S. Congress. With more than 164,000 members, ACS is the world's largest scientific society and a global leader in providing access to chemistry-related research through its multiple databases, peer-reviewed journals and scientific conferences. Its main offices are in Washington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio.

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Thursday, July 26, 2012

Usain Bolt to be Jamaica's Olympic flag bearer

LONDON (AP) ? Usain Bolt will carry the Jamaican flag in the opening ceremony of the London Olympics.

"Carrying the flag is an honor," Bolt said Thursday. "For my country Jamaica, I'll do anything ? to be on TV. I'm happy. I'm looking forward to tomorrow."

At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Bolt set world records in winning the 100 and 200 meters. He also helped the Jamaican team set a world record in the 4x100 relay for a third gold medal.

But Bolt will enter the London Olympics after losing to teammate Yohan Blake in the 100 and 200 at the Jamaican trials.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/usain-bolt-jamaicas-olympic-flag-bearer-172505311--oly.html

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Boost your sales with e-commerce in Malaysia | Internet and ...

Businesses Online | Internet and Businesses Online | * Written by vijay vinson | Wednesday, 25 July 2012 05:05 | Word Count: 611

It cannot be argued that the lifeblood of Malaysia e-commerce is sales. A business which has a poor sales performance would be able to survive only for a limited time but not long enough to give a good return on his investment. It is just important to know more about e-commerce in Malaysia.

Its survival is even more short-lived when it faces many challenges of its competitors however many can use the e-commerce software to help boost their sales performance.

That is why a person with a good sense of business acumen would, at first, try to ponder on many ways as to how he would have to have a very encouraging sales performance before even establishing a business. For instance, you can consider having e-commerce software. There are, of course, a lot of ways to have a good sales performance for a business. The big ones have to resort to a more sophisticated concept of product advertising through the print and broadcast media. The product advertisements are aired every now and then on television so that viewers may be given a chance of the product awareness. These advertisements are even made frequent during prime time when programs and shows on television are top-rated that viewers are more glued to their television sets. You can only do these with the use of e-commerce software. Indeed, having knowledge with Malaysia e-commerce can definitely help you.

Because of the frequency of the advertisements, the viewers are made fully aware of the products being advertised. Once they go out of their homes to shop, the product awareness of what they have seen and heard on televisions about the advertised goods become the top shopping list. This is because of the role of e-commerce in Malaysia. This is also true for advertisement course through newspapers and magazines. The readers who may have come across to read products advertisement on pages of the print media will prefer to buy goods they have come to know as they have read the advertisement. With Malaysia e-commerce along with the e-commerce software used can help you have a successful business.

However, these kinds of advertisements on products for sale done through the print and broadcast media are so expensive. These could be very costly to smalltime businesses especially those who have just started to venture to do business. No matter how effective these kinds of advertisements would be, they will not engage the services of such media outlets for advertisements, not now when they are just starting with their business enterprises. The cost of advertisements for their products on televisions, newspapers and magazines is as good as prohibitive and they may not be able to afford it. Aside from marketing strategies, businessmen should also know about Malaysia e-commerce and the different e-commerce software products.

Having said it, there are a lot of ways to boost one?s sales performance. Nowadays, the use of e-commerce in Malaysia is already both used by big and smalltime businesses. These are indeed aimed at improving their sales without having the need to spend a lot. The creation of a website in the internet is such a pittance compared to what they will have to spend for an advertisement fees on other information outlets. It will not cost them that much. So, if I were you, would you not try to boost your sales when you have a website? It pays to do so.

Do you want to know more about e-commerce in Malaysia or anything about e-commerce software then you can just go to this website the Malaysia e-commerce for more information and details. You can find the details that you need in this website.

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