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| EUR drops sharply as it shows extreme sensitivity to downside data surprises with the ugly IFO reading yesterday. | | 2008-04-25 10:36:43 | | UK Q1 GDP on tap as GBP finally takes back some ground against EUR. AUD on weak footing with commodities tumble. MAJOR HEADLINES – PREVIOUS SESSIONJapan Tokyo Apr. CPI ex Food and Energy out at 0.0% vs. 0.1% expected Japan Mar. National CPI ex Food and Energy out at 0.1% vs. 0.0% expected Germany Mar. Import Price Index rises 0.4% vs. 0.6% expected MoMTHEMES TO WATCH – UPCOMING SESSIONKey Risk Events (All times in GMT) Sweden Mar. Trade Balance (0730) Switzerland SNB's Roth to Speak (0800) UK Q1 GDP (0830) EuroZone ECB's Gonzalez-Paramo to speak (1045) US Apr. Final University of Michigan Confidence (1400) EuroZone ECB's Ordonez to speak (1500)Market CommentsThe German IFO reading surprised to the downside for the first time in several months with a reading of 102.4 vs. 104.3 expected and 104.8 in March. While the magnitude of the drop was not enormous, it was the lowest reading since early 2006 and sets up the idea that the German miracle may finally be flagging. EURUSD was at the | | By: All About Investiment | | |
| | Financial Problems - The Downside to Payday Loans | | 2008-03-29 21:05:38 | | What to do When You are Having Financial Problems:
The Downside to Payday Loans
In the 21st century, many men and women find themselves facing financial difficulties. A great number of people find themselves living paycheck to paycheck. These people literally are not able to make ends meet. The sad fact is that many of these people [...] | | By: Parenting & Pregnancy | | |
| | Bush still has downside potential | | 2008-03-20 02:24:09 | | Poll: Bush's popularity hits new low - CNN.com "Defeating this enemy in Iraq will make it less likely we will face this enemy here at home," he said. "We're helping the people of Iraq establish a democracy in the heart of the Middle East. A free Iraq will fight terrorists instead of harboring them."I'm not really sure what evidence Bush has for the above statement. I'm not sure there is any reason to believe that complete victory in Iraq will result in a nation that is any more anti-terror than, say, Pakistan. It's all political rhetoric. There's no particularly good reason to believe that complete victory is even possible in this kind of war.If anything History has proven that an occupying force is always at a disadvantage. All the enemy has to do is not quit, and eventually the occupying force will be forced to leave. The terrorists know that, Bush knows that, everyone knows that. In the long run it would be better to shore up the local forces and get the hell out. Our milit | | By: Markism Explored | | |
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| | Fed cuts growth forecast and warns of downside risks | | 2008-02-20 20:54:00 | | The Federal Reserve on Wednesday sharply lowered its forecast for economic growth in 2008 and said it was worried the economy could face further setbacks even after a series of aggressive interest rate cuts. "With no signs of stabilization in the housing sector and with financial conditions not yet stabilized, the committee agreed that downside risks to growth would remain even after this action," the Fed said in minutes of its January 29-30 meeting, when it cut rates by a half-percentage point. The reduction brought benchmark rates to 3 percent, and followed a bold three-quarter percentage point emergency rate cut at an unscheduled meeting of the policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee just eight days before. The January rate-cutting spree was the most abrupt reduction in borrowing costs since the early 1980s. Minutes of the end-of-month meeting and two conference calls earlier in January showed policy-makers' mounting anxiety that financial market strains could | | By: Indian stock markets | | |
| | Election 2008: Upside vs. Downside | | 2008-02-18 17:15:12 | |
Our country is facing some great challenges; it is crucial that we elect a President who has the potential to go beyond ordinary. We cannot afford another President who will just slap on a few band-aids while new problems continue to rise. The next President must have a tremendous upside. I think John McCain provides very little upside. Although he would probably do a better job then Bush, it wouldn't be good enough to get America moving in the right direction. As I watch McCain pander to the conservative base I am becoming concerned about his trustworthiness. I realize that he has to do this, but it shows that he is committed to politics as usual. If McCain was the right person for the job, he would be able to accomplish this pandering without turning off the independent voter like myself. Hillary Clinton also provides little upside. Even if she had the greatest ideas for solving our problems, there would be little chance of implementing them. Those who don't like | | By: Miscellaneous Reflexions | | |
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| | Downside of introducing pacifiers to your baby | | 2007-12-18 10:44:54 | | Despite my in-laws keep telling me to give my baby Clarisse a pacifier, to keep her quiet at times, I have never resort to pacifiers. I do not plan to introduce pacifiers to my baby in the future either.
And personally, I’m kinda pleased my baby Clarisse doesn’t seem to enjoy a pacifier. Granted, I’ve [...] | | By: Momma's Diary | | |
| | The Downside (as if there were an Upside) to a Thimble Sized Bladder | | 2007-07-08 15:28:00 | | I get up several times during the night. If I can keep my mind from thinking too much, I can go right back to sleep. But if I get stuck on something, I can't go back to sleep. I start to think about it and then it takes forever. That happened to me several times last night.I thought about a child in placement that needs respite and where I was going to find it. I thought about a placement that is supposed to happen that probably won't. I was thinking about several of my kids and what to do about their behaviors. Each time I woke up I obsessed about a different thing.And since were in in the heat all day and I drank tons of water, I got up many times.And when I was sleeping, lots of dreams invaded my rest. Dreams of kids getting beat up and my trips getting postponed and on we went. Allnightlong. | | By: Never a Dull Moment | | |
| | The Downside of Premature Application | | 2006-08-14 18:09:00 | | The Downside of Premature Application I am recently attending the RN Residency Program at work. One recurring topic that the instructors delve upon is assertiveness. “Assertiveness is the ability to express yourself and your rights without violating the rights of others. It is appropriately direct, open, and honest communication which is self-enhancing and expressive.” I have no objection that such notion is constantly being ingrained to us. In fact, there is a connotation that nurses are passive, and assertiveness is some instances are very much vital. Arguably, I am opposed to the notion of pseudo-assertiveness. Pseudo assertiveness would fall on the category of situations not requiring assertiveness, but people are doing it anyway so as to have a story in the debriefing session of the RN Residency Program, as applied to its attendees. I would call it as a gray are in being assertive and aggressive. For the purpose of example and not for the purpose of full disclosure, there was one attendee who would fall into the category of pseudo-assertiveness. An RN orientee made a big deal about a Respiratory Therapist mistaking her for a student, and not as an RN. Then, she delivered a spiel: “I am an RN now, and not my preceptor’s student.” She considered it as an act of assertiveness. Not to burst her bubble, I would say that the mistake was an honest one, and would not warrant a very remarkable and assertive correction. One of the pitfalls of having a well-appreciated concept (in this case, assertiveness) in the class is to have a premature application. This is an appeal to my fellow attendees of the RN Residency Program. I suppose it would be more appropriate if we would apply the concepts that we learned based on its needs, and not based on the whimper of a suggestion. Arguably, people will eventually detect what is a genuine assertive experience as opposed to whimper crazed-driven pseudo assertiveness. | | By: Suppose, Contend, Differentiate | | |
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