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Q. Why does Hollywood tend to depict scientists as nerds, villains, or occasionally heroes instead of the more realistic types they obviously are?–S. Hawking
A. Few people actually know real scientists, says Sidney Perkowitz in Hollywood Science. For example, in recent years, the U.S. has turned out about 26,000 scientists and engineers annually, plus thousands of physicians, but among the general population, this computes to only about 1 in 300 Americans being a scientist.
"Unless you are one, chances are you've never encountered a laboratory scientist, and so it matters whether movies get it right, which they do– but only partly."
Often, movie scientists are introduced on screen as "Doctor" or "Professor," dressed in the traditional white lab coat, as worn by the original Dr. Henry Frankenstein. Wild hair, a beard, and thick, stodgy eyeglasses, as with Dr. Brackish Okun in Independence Day, are also part of the code, adding an air of implied intelligence.
In truth, white coats are optional, and "Doctor" is used sparingly among real scientists. More on target, "I've observed at science conferences about a third of the men have facial hair, and male or female, half wear glasses, though few in clunky black."
Regarding scientists' deeper qualities, here too there's some basis for film depictions. Many real scientists do tend to put their work above other things in life, and high I.Q.s are typical.
Some evidence also suggests they score lower in so-called social or emotional intelligence. Maybe it's the too-long hours and years in grad school, or scientists just may be serious because they tend to think science is seriously important. Yet few of them have a desire to rule the world. "Many simply want to be left alone to do what they adore."
But that's hardly the stuff of blockbuster filmmaking.
Q. Gloomy prognosticator Thomas Malthus stated 200 years ago that population tends to outstrip the Earth's food-growing capacity, and so it's just a matter of time before widespread starvation hits. Was he too gloomy?–P. Singer
A. Malthus would have been surprised at what science and technology have done for food production in the intervening years, say Daniel Botkin et al. in Environmental Science: Earth As a Living Planet.
For instance, population increased 122% from 1950 to 1995, but world grain productivity grew 141%! Malnutrition and starvation do of course occur today, but these are more problems of distribution, not overall supply.
However, food production has dipped in recent years, with water supply becoming critical in many areas. Many Malthusians insist widespread famine can be averted only if nations check population growth; anti-Malthusians believe technology will save the hungry human race.
How hungry? China, with a fifth of the world's people (1.2 billion) has actually cut its fertility rate from 4.8 children/woman to less than 2 in recent decades. Still, says Botkin, if China ate fish at the rate of the Japanese, it would consume the entire world's supply. Just to feed all of China's chickens so everyone could reach the target goal of 200 eggs/person/year would require all the grain exports of Canada– the world's second largest exporter.
We can all celebrate past successes, but any prognosticator would say there are critical years ahead.
Q. How many golf balls laid edge to edge would it take to circle the Earth at the equator?–T. Woods
A. That's a 25,000-mile (40,000 km) necklace done up with 2-inch diameter balls, which computes to 25,000 miles times 5,280 feet/mile times 6 balls/foot, say Lawrence Weinstein and John A. Adam in Guesstimation: Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin.
This comes to roughly a billion golf balls (1,000,000,000). Now, if you picture just one of these balls, it represents "one part per billion (ppb)," a common ratio in environmental science. This means that if the air, water or soil contains so many ppb of some potentially toxic substance, that is about the number of, say, red golf balls among the otherwise white ones surrounding the Earth. "You could walk along the equator for months before finding your first red golf ball."
If you don't feel like walking, try waiting a while– a long while. One part per billion is equivalent to one minute in 1,901 years!
Q. What's the spoon test for demonstrating the awfulness of a cup of long-brewed coffee served in a second- rate restaurant?–Cora
A. Before you stick in the spoon, the coffee surface lacks any luster, which is unappealing enough, says Jearl Walker in The Flying Circus of Physics.
Now stick it in and the surface suddenly displays small shining circles, which is even worse! Usually bad coffee is bad because of an oily layer on top, dulling the appearance. The spoon can carry material on it that spreads out on the liquid surface, squeezing the oil into drops whose curved surfaces act as small reflectors of any overhead lamps. "When you pull the spoon out, the oil layer reforms and most of the circular reflections disappear."
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I just got back from attending the PASIC Power Conference in New York. What a treat. What a time. What a learning experience. Here are fifteen lessons I learned in the big city.
1. When people engaged me in conversation it wasn't that they liked me, they just wanted to hear me talk and say ya'll. Next time, I'm going to bring a tin cup and ask for donations.
2. When a taxi driver asks if he can turn at the next right, he's really getting permission to rip you off.
3. When you say, "I'll just take the special" to the waiter in some nice restaurant in Times Square, you need to warn your credit card company in advance and take out another mortgage on your home to pay for it.
4. Before leaving for the big city, brush up on all the different kinds of seasonings, fancy cheeses and cooking phrases that you might not know. This way when the 100% Angus tartar beef comes out, you won't be thinking you just ordered a really good grilled smothered steak and ask why the heck the meat isn't cooked and where's the tartar cheese.
5. When a smiling, slightly sleazy man approaches you wearing a dark and over-sized trench coat, don't look! No matter how tempting, don't look. Why? You might like the watches he has penned to the inside of his coat. (Yeah, I thought he was up to something else and was a tad disappointed too! Hey, it would have a made a much better blog.)
6. It's okay to wear tennis shoes in New York as long as you have your 12-inch heels tucked away in your back pack or Gucci purse—which may or may not be the same Gucci purses the guy down the corner of the street is selling. (Which, by the way, are real. He swears on his mother's grave.)
7. Don't go to New York unless you look good in black. Any other color attracts dark-colored trench-coat wearing people.
8. Apparently, New York doesn't get the weather memos that announce the first day of spring. I'm talking about the white, icy stuff falling from the sky that looked a lot like snow.
9. Short people should never go out on Times Square at six in the evening and attempt to follow someone unless you can recognize them by their butt. (P.S. Some butts do look alike.)
10. Short people should never stand behind anyone in Times Square at six in the evening who is wearing a back pack. Especially if it's a woman carrying her 12-inch heels.
11. You are just as likely to be run over by a bicycle in Manhattan as a taxi. It hurts less but the tire tracks on your brand new tennis shoes can be permanent.
12. Manhattan taxi drivers do not like bicyclists and apparently they get points for every one they run off the road. Bicyclists can obviously retrieve those points by banging their fist on the side of the taxi and scaring the tourists in the cab to the point of nearly peeing in their pants.
13. Road rage isn't something you need to see a doctor about, it just means you were meant to become a Manhattan taxi driver or a bicyclist.
14. Ordering iced tea or iced water in a restaurant doesn't mean you'll actually get the ice. P.S. When a southerner pronounces ice, it sometimes sounds like "ass" to a New York waiter and can bring on some very interesting conversations that start with, "You want what kind of water?"
15. Never, ever pass up the opportunity to go to New York. The people, even the road-raging taxi drivers and bicyclists, trench-coat wearing venders, and anti-ice or "anti-ass" bringing waiters, are a sight to behold and an experience to cherish. I loved every moment of it. Thank you, New York for putting up with this country bumpkin.


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SHANGHAI – Governor Brian Sandoval's Trade Mission to the People's Republic of China today announced two business agreements for companies from both Northern and Southern Nevada as well as a collaborative research agreement for the Desert Research Institute (DRI).
In a joint venture initially valued at $500,000, Las Vegas-based Tate Snyder Kimsey Architects signed a two-year contract with Shenzhen Investment Holdings Company for the design of the Shenzhen Bay Technology and Ecological City, a business campus in the Chinese industrial mega-center near Hong Kong. Additionally, under the terms of a distribution agreement, Reno-based confectioner Kimmie Candy is entering the Chinese candy market for the first time.
Leaders from both companies are part of the Nevada business delegation for the trade mission, which was organized by the Governor's Office of Economic Development.
"These agreements are notable both because of the breadth of engagement we are beginning to see in our economic development efforts with China and because they will help create jobs in Nevada," Governor Sandoval said. "The export dollars brought into our state by deals such as these are the bricks that strengthen our economy as we continue to build a diversified economy."
Dr. Stephan Wells, president of DRI, also signed a memorandum of understanding Friday with Chinese Academy of Science's Institute of Earth Environment (IEECAS) to collaborate on a broad range of atmospheric research.
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About Kimmie Candy and Tate Snyder Kimsey Architects
With today's deal for distribution in China, Kimmie Candy is becoming a major exporter in Nevada, with significant business also in Canada, Mexico, the Philippines and the Middle East. Kimmie Candy is the maker of Choco Rocks, which won the prestigious Candy Grammy product of the year award.
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The Governor's Trade Mission to the People's Republic of China, organized by the Governor's Office of Economic Development with support from Asian Chamber of Commerce leaders, is focused on identifying opportunities for Nevada companies to export their products and services to China's markets and encourage Chinese investment in Nevada. This is an historic trade mission because it is the first that a Nevada governor has led to China. Other delegates accompanying the Governor include state academic leaders from UNLV and UNR, as well as leaders from the state's business community.


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I've had a campaign waiting to be approved since Saturday. The terms of the deal I'm advertising runs out in 18 hours so I would have liked it to run the full weekend. It usually doesn't take this long.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida currently leads the nation in online education as four out of every 10 Florida college students have reported to have taken at least one online course.
There are 700 degree programs available online and there's a push in Tallahassee to create a state university that will exist completely on the Internet.
The idea is one of four options being considered. The state said it could appoint one university to take the lead on online, encourage collaboration among the schools or just focus on improving online courses at all Florida colleges.
A laptop is the only tool Florida State University freshman Seth Russell said he needs to complete one of his main courses this semester.
"Having an online class frees up a lot of time for other classes," said Russell.
For the second consecutive semester, Russell is taking an online class. He said it allows him to learn from home at his own leisure.
"It's really convenient, just pull up my laptop," said Russell. "I don't have to walk to class."
The University System Board of Governors say they are exploring the creation of a state university existing completely in cyberspace.
"It's not about keeping everybody online, it's about getting the state in a position to have the best online modality experience," said Robert Lytle. "Online is definitely here to stay."
The board said it hired a research group, which priced the creation of an online state university at $70 million. Even though there's a hefty upfront cost, in the long run, the move could save the state and students money.
Ed Moore, the president of Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida, said how much savings depends on the quality of the product offered.
"It depends on the institution. It depends on the degree program. It depends on the market," said Moore. "A lot of it is market driven."
Moore said he is against the state creating a new online university. He said creating an oversight board would be quicker and cheaper.
"My mantra is to use the assets that Florida already has first and then figure out what else we need," said Moore.
The state legislature said it will also review the options when it convenes in March.


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Crofting FAQs
More often than not we are asked "What exactly is a croft?" or "What is a crofter?" and so for this reason we have listed below the answers to these and other frequently asked questions.
What is a crofter?
What is a croft?
What are the Crofting Acts?
How big is a croft?
What type of land use takes place on a croft?
How can I get a croft?
What would it cost?
What is the Crofting Commission?
What is a crofter?
A crofter is the person who occupies and works a small landholding known as a croft. A crofter is normally the tenant of the croft, paying rent to the landlord of the croft. But many others have purchased their crofts and are owner-occupiers of their crofts.
What is a croft?
A croft is a small agricultural unit, most of which are situated in the crofting counties in the north of Scotland being the former counties of Argyll, Caithness, Inverness, Ross & Cromarty, Sutherland, Orkney and Shetland, and held subject to the provisions of the Crofting Acts.
Many crofts are on estates. A landlord may have many crofts on his estate. The rent paid by the tenant crofter, except in fairly rare circumstances, is only for the bare land of the croft, for the house and agricultural buildings, roads and fences are provided by the crofter himself. Since 1976 it has become more common for a crofter to acquire title to his croft, thus becoming an owner-occupier. Should he fail to reside on or near the croft, he can himself be required to take a tenant.
What are the Crofting Acts?
This is a series of Acts passed since 1886 providing security to crofters, protecting them from being unfairly removed from their land, guaranteeing fair rents and allowing them to claim compensation for improvements should their tenancy come to an end. The law of crofting was codified as the Crofters (Scotland) Act of 1993, but there have been substantial reforms, notably in 2007 and 2010 as part of the Scottish Government's Land Reform Programme. Crofts are regulated by the Crofting Commission, who have their head offices in Inverness.
How big is a croft?
The average size of a croft is around 5 hectares, but some are only 0.5 ha while a few extend to more than 50 ha of land, often with a share in hill grazing which is held in common with other crofters in a township. Most crofts cannot support a family or give full-time employment, and most crofters have other occupations to provide the main part of their income. Many crofters have diversified into small-scale tourism and off-croft employment ranges from postman to policeman to lorry driver, doctor, teacher, haulage contractor, tele-worker or weaver.
What type of land use takes place on a croft?
The main product is lamb and beef, which are sold on to lowland farmers for fattening and finishing, since this is not cost-effective in the west due to climatic and soil quality constraints. Some winter keep and potatoes may be grown across the area, and crofters are increasingly diversifying into horticulture, producing a wide range of seasonally available fruits, vegetables and plants. Interests in forestry, woodland management and renewable energy are also developing.
How can I get a croft?
Few crofts come onto the market, whether tenancies or owner-occupancies. Those that do are generally in great demand. They are often advertised locally or in the property sections of newspapers such as the Oban Times, Stornoway Gazette, West Highland Free Press, Shetland Times, Northern Times or Press and Journal. Solicitors' offices and estate agents handle such sales and can be approached directly to find out what might be available. A direct approach could also be made to estates within the crofting counties, as they might possibly have a vacant tenancy.
The consent of the Crofting Commission is required in any change of tenancy, whether by assignation by a tenant or by the re-letting of a vacant croft. A new owner-occupier is likewise liable to be subjected to scrutiny. The Commission will take into account local crofting demand and interests, and whether the proposed person intends to live on the croft and work it, and make a contribution to the local crofting community.
The SCF has a list of members who are interested in acquiring a croft. We have a number of contacts who can inform us of any crofts that become available. We will inform those on the list when any crofts become available within their chosen area(s). It is then up to the member to research the suitability of the croft for their needs and get in touch directly with the appropriate agent. The list is maintained as a service for members only.
What would it cost?
The price will require to be negotiated. Professional advice should be taken by the parties involved.
What is the Crofting Commission?
The Commission administers and regulates crofting and keeps under review all matters relating to crofting. It was recently changed from the Crofters Commission to the Crofting Commission to emphasize that its role is to regulate crofting.
Useful links
Scottish Government information page on crofting
Crofting Commission
Cross-party Crofting Group


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struts orange
above pink
skiving petals
ruffle a fist
of pawn tickets
beneath a horny bunch
quick to imbibe
wild juice
and crunch
tk/June 2012
Quite the challenge. Beautiful peom.ReplyDelete
Proof reading is a must...sorry Poem.ReplyDelete
Love the poem, love the veggie picture, but what happened to dear old RAD?ReplyDelete
Juice and crunch! nice! thanks.ReplyDelete
MMM mouth watering !ReplyDelete
I like the wild juice and crunch ~
Thanks for the challenge ~
beautiful poemReplyDelete
delicious in every bite :)ReplyDelete
imbibe is one of those "oh yea" words
carrotosis is a myth!
i love the vocabulary in this, very ingenious usage, and afterall, words is what peotry is all about
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Yes! I love the addition of pawn tickets and horny bush...ReplyDelete
The pawn tickets just make this, for me. LOVE this:
"skiving petals
ruffle a fist
of pawn tickets"
Stop playing with that wild juice and hand me some - LOLReplyDelete
Yummyyyy... Crunch :)ReplyDelete
"a horny bunch"
Glad to see you haven't forgotten your Dear Readers!
cool sound to the words tess...they are crisp and have crunch....the pawn ticket and horny bunch are def a nice touch...ReplyDelete
Cro: R.A.D. had many distractions this week...I think he may be waving a hanky at the Queen...ReplyDelete
Marcheline: I do try to cater to my Dear Readers...ReplyDelete
Pretty crunchy lot! :-)ReplyDelete
A vegetable scalper is a-peeling. Wonderfully expressive poem Tess. Thank you for sharing. =DReplyDelete
I love the 'taste and textures' of this poem......but I kind of miss that cigarette......ReplyDelete
deliciously written! I love the crunchy bits!ReplyDelete
Your readers are on the same wave length ... I wager everyone got up from their computers and wandered into the kitchen for some crunchy veggie snacks!ReplyDelete
So succinct and yet so telling.ReplyDelete
Not only wild juice I dare say!ReplyDelete
Wild juice and crunch - the very best!ReplyDelete
loved the pawn tickets
just great
Love the crunchy poem!
borrow my eyes, borrow my ears
Thanks. I really enjoyed chomping down on that one...
Such a tasty treat this was in thought!ReplyDelete
You have a way with food and words Tess!! :-)ReplyDelete
I loved the "skiving" petals! Very nice.
I went a bit mad with it today.
Hiya Tess.....enjoying your work here! Glad to have connected.ReplyDelete
this was and healthy poem and than some. I did enjoy reading it.ReplyDelete
Who would put the two together? You! Beautiful and I love carrots and peonies. I can see them so clearly as I read your poem. Beautiful!ReplyDelete
root to bloom they captivate
from earthy folds
LOVE your opening!! Great poem, Tess!
The skiving petals did it for me, but total fun all the way.ReplyDelete
I found this very pretty, TessReplyDelete
There is something mysterious about those pawn tickets here. Your poems are often food for my brain!ReplyDelete
Dear Readers, thank you so very much for not only taking the time to read my poetry, but to leave kind comments, as well. You make it so enjoyable to share my stuff.ReplyDelete
Such a tasty poem!ReplyDelete
Dear Tess: The injection of "pawn tickets" gives an account of personal memories "roots" along with the growth of these two plants. Fascinating and Tessian-esque~!ReplyDelete
These words actually have a crispy-crunchiness to them. You are amazing! I hope I can come up with something original for this... will look at the others afterwards as I don't want to copy any ideas.
You always make me stretch my brain. :)
Very clever, very crunchy as all have said. I'm sorry to have been so absent--my life has not been quite my own of late. k.ReplyDelete
Crunchy munchy sweet poem...ReplyDelete


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Reader Cindy V posted a comment on THIS Peter King MMQB article over at Sports Illustrated while I was reading the article itself. Well, here begins the year of higher expectations. Peter King ranked the Packers the #1 team in the NFL going into the 2010 season. I think King over time has really grown to like Aaron Rodgers, but I also think he sees the overall growth of this team. He does cite a couple potential weaknesses (CB and pass rush) but still believes this is the #1 team heading into this season.
I feel good about this year for the Pack for sure too. But I wonder if part of why he picked GB for #1 is that there aren't any overly compelling arguments to be made for the other teams. The Saints were great last year but I think a good part of that was momentum (kind of like the NYG of a few years ago) – which makes me doubt that their success will carry over to this year. The Saints will probably be good again because that offense is so tough to stop, but I think the Packers have a more solid overall team at the moment. I don't think the Vikes can rebound from their loss. I expect NE and the Jets to be decent but not Super Bowl caliber. Indy will be good again and so will Dallas. I'm not sure about King putting San Diego at #2 though. They have been good, but their history of chunking it in the playoffs has to have taken some kind of psychological toll on them – and if it has it might lead to a total crap-out season. I even wonder if this year might be that kind of a season for them. I also don't know about Carolina at #6 – seems every year most writers pick Carolina to be good. Can't figure that one out.
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I am reading the book of Coutinho: A primer of Algebraic $D$-modules. In past, I usually study commutative algebra, so I am a freshmen with non-commutative (Weyl) algebra? In Chapter 12 of the Coutinho book, he constructs tensor product of two modules as follows:
Construction (page 109 of Coutinho's book)
Let $R, S$ and $T$ be (general) rings. Let $M$ be an $R$-$S$-bimodule and let $N$ be an $S$-$T$-bimodule. We will define the tensor product of $M$ and $N$ over $S$, denoted by $M \otimes_SN$.
First consider the set of $M \times N$ of all pairs $(u, v)$ with $u \in M$ and $v \in N$. Let $\mathcal{A}$ be the free Abelian group whose basis is formed by the elements of $M \times N$. The elements of $\mathcal{A}$ are formal (finite) sums of the form $$\sum_i a_i(u_i,v_i) \quad (\star)$$ with $a_i \in \mathbb{Z}$, $u_i \in M$, $v_i \in N$. Note that this sum of pairs are mere symbols: the sum is not an element of the direct sum $M \oplus N$. In fact, if we assume that different indices correspond to different pairs in $(\star)$, then the sum is zero iff each $a_i = 0$. If $r \in R$ and $t \in T$, put $$r(u, v) = (ru, v)$$ $$(u, v)t = (u, vt).$$ These are well-defined actions that make an $R$-$T$-bimodule of $\mathcal{A}$. ...
My question: Is $\mathcal{A}$ an $R$-module?
Example: I consider $r=0$. If $\mathcal{A}$ is an $R$-module then $0(u, v) = 0$. But in Coutinho's construction $0 (u, v) = (0u, v) = 1.(0, v) \neq 0$.
I also checked the construction of tensor product in the book "Homology" of S. Maclane, it is different from the Coutinho's one.


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UNCW's Leonard Honored for Outstanding Work as Senior Student Affairs Officer
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Patricia Leonard, UNCW Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, has been named the recipient of The John Jones Award for Outstanding Performance as a Senior Student Affairs Officer. The award is given annually by the NASPA Foundation, the leading association for the advancement, health and sustainability of the student affairs profession.
The award honors individuals who demonstrate sustained professional service as a Senior Student Affairs Officer, meriting respect and support of students, faculty and fellow administrators on his/her own campus.
A life-long student affairs professional, Leonard has served three different schools over a 35-year period. She has 30 years of service to UNCW, 17 as Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs. Her leadership has been instrumental in the conceptualization of numerous campus services and departments, and the renovation and construction of many campus facilities. Most recently, she oversaw the design and construction of the Student Rec Center's expansion, which was a years-long endeavor and culminated in a grand reopening on April 26.
"I am very grateful to my staff for the nomination. Much of my success is due in large part to the outstanding people I have worked with over the years," states Leonard. "I would not have the accomplishments I do without the support of so many people."
Some of Leonard's career highlights:
- Oversaw the creation of a one-stop health services building housing advising, student health, counseling and a learning center
- Numerous national presentations and consultations with the Department of Education on topics such as substance abuse education, sexual assault awareness, public health, mental health, high-risk drinking and violence prevention
- Creation of a four-building "student union" complex, the hub of campus life as well as assisting the university with securing private donations to endow the union
- Established numerous campus initiatives, including Convocation, Senior Seminar, a nationally known substance abuse and violence prevention center and campus living and learning communities
- Secured $1.5 million in federal, evidence-based violence prevention grants
- Design and creation of three new apartment and suite-style residential communities with state-of-the-art amenities
- Service to the local Wilmington community as a long-term member of the New Hanover Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees
Letters of support from former students and staff echoed Leonard's exceptional service, positive attitude and driven work ethic for UNCW and the broader higher education community. Dr. Michael Walker, UNCW Associate Vice Chancellor and Dean of Students: "Beyond bricks and mortar and offices, Pat has impacted the lives of thousands of students, faculty and staff given her level of leadership and personal interactions."
John Jones served as the first Vice President of Student Affairs of the University of Alabama at Birmingham from 1978-1990. He was responsible for the development, design and funding of the Hill University Center, UAB's first student center complex and was actively involved in the planning, construction and operation of the Bartow Arena.
Leonard will receive the award at a luncheon during the NASPA Region III Summer Symposium in June in Austin, Texas. She is also eligible for the Scott Goodnight Award given by NASPA at its annual Spring Conference. Additionally, UNCW will recognize her at a Student Affairs division meeting in the fall.


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Post #21– Women's Memoirs, Rosie the Riveter – Matilda Butler and Kendra Bonnett
Memoir Writers, Storytellers and Journalers: Words to Ponder
Here's the ninth word on our list that can first be attributed to the period of World War II between 1940 and 1945.
aeromedicine, n.
Etymology: aero- comb. form + medicine n.
Definition: The branch of medicine concerned with the health consequences of air or space travel; aviation medicine, aerospace medicine.
First used as listed in Oxford English Dictionary:
1943 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 43 343/1 Lectures by physicians, skilled in aero-medicine, brought out that the effects of alcohol are doubled with lack of oxygen in the air.
Background for Our (Mostly) Daily Word
A memoir writer carefully chooses her words. That's the only way to convey meaning and emotion to readers. There is another level of word choice that a writer needs to consider. Words that are appropriate for the time period.
When Kendra and I were writing our collective memoir, Rosie's Daughters: The "First Woman To" Generation Tells Its Story, we kept a book nearby that contained a new word that gained popularity in each year. This became a vital resource as we tried to find ways to recreate the different decades.
Let's say you are writing about your childhood and using dialogue. Not only should you use the language level appropriate for your age, you should also be careful to not include words that weren't even in the dictionary at that time.
Introducing Words First Known to be Used During World War II
This year, we're going to bring you words introduced during World War II — 1940-1945. We continue our fascination with that period after our research for writing the memoir Rosie's Daughters. Words from an era help to define that time period. We'll post a word almost every day — always late in the afternoon. Be sure to check in regularly.
Where do we find these words? The Oxford English Dictionary, of course. OED is a resource for all writers, containing information not just about meaning and pronunciation but also about changes in our language, history and origins of more than 500,000 words. It traces the original public use of words through about 2.5 million quotations.
It is possible to search by year with the word was first introduced. By putting in 1940-1945, we found 2,122 words with a first documented use during World War II.
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There is good news being reported today throughout online, print and broadcast newsrooms: The U.S. unemployment rate has dipped to a four-year low to 7.8 percent, and staffing and consulting firm Robert Half International released its 2013 Salary Guide showing technology jobs will see the highest salary increases of any sector in the year ahead.
The Salary Guide reports the top five most lucrative tech jobs for 2013 are:
1) Mobile App Developers
2) Wireless Network Engineers
3) Network Engineers
4) Data Modelers
5) Portal Administrators
These jobs have a few things in common: the requirement for smart, trained, technically savvy men and women with the latest skills for one. But the most important thing they have in common is that they each require a fundamental understanding of Linux. And it could be argued that a deep competency in Linux could put candidates for these jobs at the top of the list. Linux is the foundation for Android, one of two leading mobile operating systems for app developers. It is the dominate operating system in data centers and among web servers. And ask most network administrators the keys to making their lives easier and they'll include 'Linux' in their response.
So 2013 is looking really, really good for Linux pro's. For professionals just starting their journey, getting involved in the Linux and open source software communities is a good place to start. When we asked the experts how to get paid to work on Linux, the overwhelming response was to participate. With more technology than ever before being built in the open, anyone can work on almost anything. You can follow the Linux Kernel Mailing List and start submitting bug fixes, or you can choose another open source project and start to build your resume through your code. If you're not sure where to start, check out The Linux Foundation's Linux Training site. With a global shortage of developers, the ubiquity of Linux, and the lucrative career opportunities at hand, The Linux Foundation is working with its members to help train the next generation of Linux developers and users.
With today's good news, the stage is being set. If you understand how to develop software collaboratively and participate in an open source community, you're on your way to both coin and cause.


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A New York Times Notable Book
"A marvelous new collection of stories by one of the most remarkable writers of our century." —The New York Times
"The major work of probably the most influential Latin American writer of the century." —The Washington Post Book World
"An unparalleled treasury of marvels . . . Along with a tiny cohort of peers, and seers (Kafka and Joyce come to mind), Borges is more than a stunning storyteller and a brilliant stylist; he's a mirror who reflects the spirit of his time." —Chicago Tribune
"An event worth of celebration . . . Hurley deserves our enthusiastic praise for this monumental piece of work." —San Francisco Chronicle
"Borges is the most important Spanish-language writer since Cervantes. . . . To have denied him the Nobel Prize is as bad as the case of Joyce, Proust, and Kafka." —Mario Vargas Llosa
"When I read a good book, I sometimes like to think I might be capable of writing something similar, but never, in my wildest dreams, could I write anything that approaches the level of cleverness and intellect and madness of Borges. I don't think anyone could." —Daniel Radcliffe
Collected FictionsA Universal History of Iniquity (1935)
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the 1954 Edition
The Cruel Redeemer Lazarus Morell
The Improbable Impostor Tom Castro
The Widow Ching – Pirate
Monk Eastman, Purveyor of Iniquities
The Disinterested Killer Bill Harrigan
The Uncivil Teacher of Court Etiquette Kôtsuké no Suké
Hakim, the Masked Dyer of Merv
Man on Pink Corner
Et cetera
Index of Sources
Fictions (1944)
The Garden of Forking Paths (1941)
Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim
Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote
The Circular Ruins
The Lottery in Babylon
A Survey of the Works of Herbert Quain
The Library of Babel
The Garden of Forking Paths
Artifices (1944)
Funes, His Memory
The Shape of the Sword
The Theme of the Traitor and the Hero
Death and the Compass
The Secret Miracle
Three Versions of Judas
The End
The Cult of the Phoenix
The South
The Aleph (1949)
The Immortal
The Dead Man
The Theologians
Story of the Warrior and the Captive Maiden
A Biography of Tadeo Isidoro Cruz (1829-1874)
Emma Zunz
The House of Asterion
The Other Death
Deutsches Requiem
Avveroës' Search
The Zahir
The Writing of the God
Ibn-Hakam al-Bokhari, Murdered in His Labyrinth
The Two Kings and the Two Labyrinths
The Wait
The Man on the Threshold
The Aleph
The Maker (1960)
Foreword: For Leopoldo Lugones
The Maker
A Dialog About a Dialog
Covered Mirrors
Argumentum Ornithologicum
The Captive
The Mountebank
Delia Elena San Marco
A Dialog Between Dead Men
The Plot
A Problem
The Yellow Rose
The Witness
Martin Fierro
Parable of Cervantes and the Quixote
Paradiso, XXXI, 108
Parable of the Palace
Everything and Nothing
Inferno, I, 32
Borges and I
On Exactitude in Science
In Memoriam, J.F.K.
In Praise of Darkness (1969)
The Ethnographer
Pedro Salvadores
A Prayer
His End and His Beginning
Brodie's Report (1970)
The Interloper
The Story from Rosendo Juárez
The Encounter
Juan Muraña
The Elderly Lady
The Duel
The Other Duel
The Gospel According to Mark
Brodie's Report
The Book of Sand (1975)
The Other
The Congress
There Are More Things
The Sect of the Thirty
The Night of the Gifts
The Mirror and the Mask
A Weary Man's Utopia
The Bribe
Avelino Arredondo
The Disk
The Book of Sand
Shakespeare's Memory (1983)
August 25, 1983
Blue Tigers
The Rose of Paracelsus
Shakespeare's Memory
A Note on the Translation
Notes to the Fictions


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We have the OPPORTUNITY to go to the Dry Pack Cannery in February. All order forms are due January 24th and need to be turned in to Alicia Smith. We have not assigned an exact date yet, but we will keep you posted.
Hope to see you there . . . It really is FUN!
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Why Dallas County's Class Divide Hurts the Economy
The growing chasm between the wealthy and the poor may be responsible for the sluggish recovery.
The rich are getting richer, the poor are becoming more plentiful, and, as with many things, it's all bigger in Texas.
That's the takeaway from two recent reports highlighting an ugly backdrop to the American economy—the huge and growing chasm of income inequality.
Most people are making less money two years after the Great Recession came to an end, according to the annual American Community Survey from the U.S. Census Bureau, and poverty is at its highest point in nearly 30 years.
In 2011, median household income in the United States was $50,502—8 percent less than before the economic collapse in 2007. During that time, the percentage of households earning less than $35,000 grew from 32.1 percent to 35.6 percent.
In Dallas County, an even bigger chunk of the population made less than $35,000: 37.2 percent. And the income gap is more exaggerated: 4.7 percent of Dallas County households took in more than $200,000 last year (vs. 4.3 percent nationwide) and 20.1 percent of its residents were living in poverty (15.6 percent nationwide).
The mega-rich, meanwhile, are doing just fine. In its annual "rich list" published in September, Forbes magazine reported that total net worth of the 400 richest Americans was $1.7 trillion, up 13 percent in a year, thanks to a strong stock market and rebounding housing prices.
The Forbes list includes 16 from Dallas, with a combined net worth of $51.6 billion, an amount that would take the bottom third of households in Dallas County (some 300,000) more than six years to amass, assuming average annual income of $25,000.
So what's the big deal if the gap between rich and poor is at historic levels? Isn't the possibility of becoming filthy rich what makes this country great?
Well, yes and no. Certainly everyone wants their kids to have a shot at becoming rich. But there's a growing body of academic research concluding that the widening gap between rich and poor is making the American Dream into a myth and destabilizing our economy.
In his new book, The Price of Inequality, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz the case that the widening income gap is leading to a divided nation, where the poor have less chance of moving up and the rich have little risk of moving down. One result, he writes, is a sluggish economy.
Stiglitz says when the top 1 percent of society is sitting on so much of the country's wealth, there's less available to move through the economy—stunting growth and stifling investments in education, healthcare, and transportation.
Free-market advocates dismiss this talk as the blathering of redistributionists. Pam Villarreal, a senior fellow at the National Center for Policy Analysis in Dallas, says government regulation, not income inequality, is holding back the economy and personal income. More jobs will help people move up the ladder.
But the inequality argument is gaining followers, from the Occupy Wall Street crowd to some at the very top of the income chain. Investor Warren Buffett, the second-richest man in America, has famously said that he should be paying more in taxes, leading pundits to dub an initiative to ensure that millionaires pay a higher tax rate than the middle class "the Buffett Rule."
Buffett has also taken a stand against generational wealth, and is putting his money where his mouth is. In 2006, he pledged to give away more than 80 percent of his money. His reasoning? Outsized riches fl ow directly from American society, and so should return there.
If you think this might upset his kids, you're wrong. Peter Buffett, one of Warren's sons, tells the story of his father giving him stock worth about $90,000 in the 1970s so he could begin his adult life. Peter sold the shares—stock that today would be worth more than $70 million—to pursue a career as a musician. But he has no regrets. As he says, he'd rather have his own life than the money.
"I don't think money is really money unless it moves through a system," he said in an interview before a recent concert in Dallas. "Otherwise it's fear or greed or something."
In Texas, the state's fast-growing Hispanic population adds another factor to the mix, according to SMU political science professor Cal Jillson. The high Hispanic dropout rate leads to lower incomes, widening the overall gap in Texas and threatening the state's economic future.
Jillson, who penned a scathing critique of the state's low-tax, limited-government culture in Lone Star Tarnished, says the state will be "in a world of hurt" if it doesn't make sure that its dominant Hispanic work force is better educated and prepared for the jobs of tomorrow. Education should be the top priority when the Legislature convenes next month in Austin. Cutting state funding for schools once again, he says, would be "idiocy."
Along with its rich list, Forbes published a series of stories on philanthropy, implying that the nation's massive concentration of wealth is being put to good use.
Such big giving is admirable, Jillson says, citing donations that have built the Dallas Arts District. But it doesn't get to the crux of the matter.
"That is a wonderful addition," he says, "but it won't educate those poor children who are scattered throughout the city."


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Evansville (7-5) was led by Colt Ryan with 25 points and Ned Cox with 12 as the Aces lost for the first time in three games.
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Sometimes familiarity breeds respect, not contempt, and dominance engenders awe, rather than disdain. This is true with professional investors' attitudes toward Apple, the largest company on earth by stock-market value and the leader in creating digital devices that have gone from whiteboard to ubiquity in a few short years. For the second straight year, Apple (ticker: AAPL) was the runaway winner in Barron's ranking of the world's most respected companies, as determined by our annual survey of institutional investors.
Neither the challenge of growing rapidly from a massive sales base nor assaults by multiple global competitors on its leadership in tablets and smartphones have been able to slow Apple's business or nick its reputation. The company's revenue and earnings are poised to surge 50% in the fiscal year ending in September, on the strength of new versions of the iPhone and iPad, which in turn are feeding demand for Apple's Mac computers.
Apple's surging share price has only reinforced Wall Street's warm feelings for the company, whose shares nearly doubled to $636 in April from $325 a year earlier, before easing to $580.
BARRON'S SURVEYS PROFESSIONAL money managers annually about their views of the world's 100 largest companies, based, this year, on stock-market capitalization as of April 13 as determined by Dow Jones Indexes. Our latest survey, conducted in late May and early June with the help of Beta Research in Syosset, N.Y., elicited responses from 116 investors across the country, ranging from proprietors of small advisory firms to the chief investment officers of money-management giants overseeing billions of dollars.
Participants were asked to select one of four statements reflecting their view of each company: Highly Respect, Respect, Respect Somewhat, or Don't Respect. A point value was assigned to each response, with the highest accorded to Highly Respect, and a mean score was tabulated for each company. In the case of ties, the higher ranking went to the company with the most Highly Respect votes. The managers also were asked to rank the factors they consider most important in determining respect for corporations, and were invited to contribute comments on individual companies.
Apple's knockout results to date are even more remarkable, given that the main perceived risk to its run of innovation and sales leadership was realized last year with the death of founder and lead visionary Steve Jobs, who was succeeded as CEO by Tim Cook.
A LONG WINNING STREAK in new-product launches and the deep admiration of investors are no protection against a fall from grace in future years, as this year's stinging decline in the rankings of once-beloved corporate pacesetters makes clear.
Operational missteps, accusations of ethical breaches, and unpopular political stances by leading executives variously weighed on the scores of JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Wal-Mart Stores (WMT), Pepsico (PEP), and Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRK/A), with Berkshire's drop to No. 15 from last year's No. 3 perhaps most poignant, given Buffett's once-unshakable place in the hearts of professional stock pickers.
JPMorgan tumbled to No. 49 this year from No. 14 in 2011, when it was the highest-ranked bank. The company's standing probably suffered at least in part because our survey was e-mailed to participants just before the bank disclosed a $2 billion-plus trading loss, which raised questions about its risk management and landed its formerly bulletproof CEO, Jamie Dimon, in the congressional hot seat.
Despite solid sales performance that helped its shares jump 25% in the past year, Wal-Mart sank to No. 51 from No. 18, a reaction, in part, to allegations that company executives might have bribed Mexican officials to ease store-expansion plans south of the border. Wal-Mart de Mexico (WALMEXV.Mexico), Wal-Mart's publicly traded affiliate, made its debut on our list at No. 90.
Investors' patience with Pepsico, which slid to No. 30 from No. 9, is running low, as the snack and soda maker has seen profit growth slow under CEO Indra Nooyi. Moreover, the company has resisted ever-louder calls by the Street to split its beverage and snack divisions into separate companies, much as Kraft Foods (KFT) and Sara Lee (SLE) did.
THEN THERE'S BERKSHIRE, a perennial top-five finisher since it was first included in 2006, one year after Barron's launched the World's Most Respected Companies ranking. Buffett's conglomerate was always viewed as a model of opportunistic deal-making with a long-term focus, led by the richest man ever to build a vast fortune on buying stocks and whole companies.
Yet, to judge from write-in comments and conversations with money managers, respondents don't appreciate Buffett's vocal advocacy for upper-income Americans to pay more in taxes. His vigorous support encouraged President Obama to back a minimum 30% tax rate on incomes above $1 million, dubbed the "Buffett tax" with the Berkshire CEO's approval.
Says Adrian Day, president of Adrian Day Asset Management in Annapolis, Md.: "Buffett's pseudo-folksiness is just a little too much. Also, I can't respect a company whose head wants to raise my taxes."
The emotional backlash against Berkshire and its boss has nothing to do with investors' warm regard for the assets that Buffett has spent a half-century collecting. Indeed, many Buffett-endorsed and Berkshire-owned blue-chips continue to rank highly in our survey. International Business Machines (IBM) clocked in at No. 2 this year, with McDonald's (MCD) at No. 3, Coca-Cola (KO) at No. 8, and Walt Disney (DIS) ranked No. 11.
Yet another Berkshire investment, American Express (AXP), returned to our survey after its exclusion in 2011 for falling short of the market-value minimum. It was this year's most respected financial company, at No. 14. Wells Fargo (WFC), also a Buffett favorite, climbed to No. 27 from No. 42, replacing JPMorgan as the top-scoring bank.
IN GENERAL, THIS YEAR'S RESULTS show an investor appreciation for pedigreed U.S.-based multinationals, which echoes the dramatic outperformance of domestic stocks amid the past year's global tumult, and the more recent outperformance of quality mega-cap shares as global growth expectations have softened.
Six of the companies ranked in the top 10 and nine in the top 14 are among the 30 members of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The rankings have always tilted toward American companies with household names, but the preference is more pronounced this year. Only one non-U.S. company--No. 9-ranked Nestlé (NESN.Switzerland)--is among the 24 most respected names, with top-notch Japanese auto manufacturers Honda Motor (HMC) and Toyota Motor (TM) on the cusp of the top quartile.
A bit of unintended home-country bias exists because the investors polled are based in the U.S. and focus largely on domestic holdings. This makes Nestlé's top-10 showing all the more noteworthy, and a testament to the Swiss food giant's long-term orientation, top-notch global brands, and ability to produce growth in every corner of the world, in the vein of Coca Cola.
As in years past, respondents consider strong management and sound business strategy the most important characteristics of a highly respectable company, followed by ethical business practices, product innovation, and more temporal markers such as revenue growth and stock performance. This statement of priorities also fits with the blue-chip slant of the top-ranked companies. But respondents' claims that they pay less heed to share prices are belied by the tendency for long-time leaders to sink as their stocks underperform.
The very bottom of our rankings tend to feature a mix of Chinese and Russian commodity producers that bear the taint of their countries' perceived untrustworthiness in business dealings. Toward the bottom you'll also find the assigned domestic villains of the credit crisis, including Citigroup (C), Bank of America (BAC), and American International Group (AIG).
TO BE FAIR, any list of the world's largest public companies is apt to have a more American cast these days, as Europe's rolling debt crises and fears of a hard economic landing in emerging markets have depressed stock values on the Continent and in Asia. A total of 18 companies on the 2011 list were dropped this year, including 13 listed in Europe (among them, five bank stocks) and three listed in Asia. The two domestic concerns that failed to make the size cut were Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) and Goldman Sachs (GS).
Of the 18 companies that joined or returned to the list this year, 11 are U.S.-based, three are European, two are Latin American, one is Canadian, and one, Australian. In total, 48 of the largest 100 global public companies are American, up from 39 in 2011.
Conspicuous among the upper ranks of highly respected companies, alongside Apple and various corporate icons with roots stretching back into the 19th century, is Amazon.com (AMZN), that disruptive online merchant founded just 18 years ago. Amazon's perpetually expensive-looking stock has muscled its way into the elite in the eyes of investors who evaluate business quality for a living.
"There really aren't any comparables," says Jim O'Donnell, chief investment officer of Forward Management, which oversees $5.1 billion in assets from San Francisco. "Clearly, what they're trying to do is be the Wal-Mart of the Internet, as a global retailer with massive scale and logistical expertise."
The customer experience is "tremendous" at Amazon, O'Donnell says, and so far the company has succeeded in focusing investors on its market-share and top-line growth rather than the skimpy earnings per share that routinely make the stock among the most expensive in the large-cap market. Amazon currently trades for about 180 times this year's expected profit.
To his credit, founder and CEO Jeff Bezos told investors from the start, at Amazon's initial-public-offering road show, that the company wouldn't aim to maximize bottom-line profit or try to smooth short-term results on the way to building the world's broadest, least-expensive, and most convenient buying platform.
This idea, of giving customers great deals with a hope to one day "make it up on volume," has worked so far on Main Street and Wall, where Amazon's shares have doubled in the past two years, to a recent $220.57. But investors won't be cheering if growth hits a wall or management's focus appears to stray.
GOOGLE (GOOG) IS ANOTHER CATEGORY-KILLER, in search and online advertising, and its dominance has garnered the company the hearty esteem of investors for years. Yet the uncertainties created by the rise of mobile computing and social-networking sites such as Facebook (FB), and Google's foray into hardware with its acquisition of Motorola Mobility, have clouded the company's once-pure business model. While still enviably profitable and forward-thinking, Google has lost some investor respect, dropping to No. 16 from last year's No. 6.
Apple and its doting shareholders would do well to take note, and consider the potential obstacles to perpetual popularity. William Tempel of FlyLine Partners of Fort Worth, Texas, calls Apple "a great producer of commodity consumer products." But he adds, "Remind me who holds that title for more than 10 years or so."
What Inspires Respect?
Almost a fourth of investors say strong management is the most important attribute of companies they respect. Sound strategies count a lot, too.Strong Management24%Sound Business Strategy20Ethical Business Practices18Competitive Edge17Revenue and Profit Growth9
Other investors worry that what are now small, nagging critiques, including Apple's treatment of factory workers in China and its knack for keeping its corporate tax rate low, could grow into bigger distractions. Yet they probably would become damaging only if they were accompanied by flagging dominance in important product areas.
Perhaps no high-achieving company has had to fight the pull of irrational competition, rapid product-obsolescence cycles and end-market cyclicality more consistently than Intel (INTC). Its rise to No. 10 from No. 17 in 2011 validates the semiconductor leader's consolidation of its dominance through shrewd research spending and management's habit of thinking a few chess moves ahead.
With emerging-market demand for personal computers growing, and Intel positioned at important hubs of the server and mobile-computing markets, the company is justly praised for what it has achieved since its days as one-half of "Wintel" in the Microsoft-operating-system-dominated 1990s.
IN ADDITION TO PEPSICO, several other once-revered members of the corporate pantheon have succumbed to years of sluggish stock performance, curbing investors' historic affection for their management culture and consumer brands. Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) not only has shares that have flat-lined for several years, but the company's recent manufacturing missteps have dimmed its stellar reputation. J&J fell to No. 32 this year from No. 24 in 2011. It ranked No. 1 in 2009 and No. 2 in 2010.
Procter & Gamble (PG) appears to be following a similar arc from unimpeachable to unimpressive, sinking to No. 21 this year from No. 10 a year ago. The company ranked No. 3 in both '09 and '10. Last week P&G lowered its earnings guidance for the current quarter and offered a tepid forecast for fiscal 2013, which begins next month. Moves like this won't burnish any company's reputation.
Cisco Systems (CSCO) was placed for years in the "great company, weak stock" category, but its repeated restructurings in search of renewed growth appear finally to have cost CEO John Chambers the benefit of the doubt. This year the company fell from No. 15 to a less-great No. 42.
General Electric (GE), meanwhile, is dismissed by investment pros as a mediocrity at No. 54. The company has been denigrated as too complicated and growth-challenged, even though it actually is less complicated and has a more sustainable growth path than it did when ranked in the top 10 five years ago.
INSTEAD OF SUFFERING SLOW BLEEDS of admiration, this year's victims of unflattering headlines, prominently including Wal-Mart and JPMorgan, could well prove more resilient once stories of bribery allegations and trading gaffes fade.
Craig Giventer, portfolio manager at Financial Partners Capital Management in New York, says that "a lot of things have been thrown at Wal-Mart, not just this year but for the past 10 years, and the company continues to just power through and grow."
Wal-Mart has strengthened its U.S. store base by returning to its core focus on everyday low prices and broad selections, while methodically expanding in other parts of the world. "The company continues to generate decent growth and attractive returns on capital and trades at a valuation that's attractive for a world-class retailer," Giventer says.
JPMorgan already looks to have emerged from the worst of the blowback from its London whale of a trading loss. Its shares have been on the mend; its CEO has emerged from his Capitol Hill grilling unskewered, and the bank reported last week that more than half of the offending trading position had been closed out.
The sudden souring of opinion toward the bank was instructive in demonstrating how fickle investors can be, while also serving as a reminder that companies deemed to be the best of their bunch can often produce the most profound disappointments when they stumble.
Charles Bobrinskoy, research director at Ariel Investments in Chicago, says he looks for clues in investor surveys that suggest a company--and therefore its shares--might be either too ardently loved or unduly disliked by the market.
"Surveys tend to be backward-looking," he says. "People look at who has accomplished a lot and rank them highly. As investors, we have to say, 'Is all of it in the stock today?' "
Conversely, he says, it is important to ask whether a widely hated stock just might be an opportunity.
WHILE THE MOST RESPECTED COMPANIES rankings historically haven't been predictive of stock-trading patterns, the collective opinions of professional investors can serve as one component of evaluating companies. Did the fact that so many investors considered JPMorgan the best-managed of all banks exacerbate the market reaction to its trading loss? It is hard to argue otherwise.
With this in mind, one group notably disdained by the pros in this year's survey is global health-care companies. And that's even though the industry has been a strong performer, and the shares have fully worked off their unjustified valuation premiums of a decade and more ago.
With Novartis (NVS), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Amgen (AMGN), J&J, Roche Holding (RHHBY), and Merck (MRK) all clustered between Nos. 28 and 44, it is clear that investors cast the whole bunch into the same ugly bucket of drug-patent expirations, reimbursement head winds, and weak development pipelines. Funny, it would seem a forward-looking investor could make the case that aging populations in the developed world and growing medical spending among the emerging-world middle class could boost these giants' fortunes in the coming years.
Perhaps in future surveys the drug stocks will enjoy a reputational upgrade, consistent with a recognition of their improving fortunes. For now, however, investors seem to think they will be better off with an Apple a day.
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