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Silicon Valley's biggest winners and losers in 2008

HP biggest $ riser, Symantec biggest $ loss

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The 2008 Silicon Valley 150 rankings show Data Domain making the biggest annual percentage sales gain out of all the IT companies in the list at 122 per cent to $274.1m. Symantec made the biggest loss of all at -$6.6bn.

The SV150 rankings compare companies on their 2008 versus 2007 performance. Looking just at the IT companies 3PAR was the seventh highest percentage sales gainer overall, at 83 per cent to $171.1m.

Rackable was ranked number 10 in the largest percentage sales drop category, at -30 per cent to $248m. For those Silicon Valley residents worried about jobs, third ranked HP had the largest workforce rise at 87 per cent to 321,000. Apple grew its headcount 48 per cent to 32,000 and BlueCoat Systems 46 per cent to 1,033.

The largest IT supplier percentage workforce falls were Adaptect at -35 per cent to 391, Quantum -29 per cent to 2,050 and Rambus -25 per cent to 330. Continuing the dismal numbers, Sun ranked six in the biggest dollar sales drop category, with -$696m to $13.3bn. SanDisk ranked ten with a $545m slump to $3.3bn.

The largest losses in 2008 compared to 2007 were Symantec, ranked first of all at -$6.3bn, AMD number two through losing $3bn, SanDisk at number three with -$2.1bn and Sun was in fourth place, losing $1.8bn. Then Palm comes in at number nine with a loss of $681.7m, followed by number ten LSI with its loss of $622.3m.

On a much more cheerful note, HP was the biggest dollar riser of all in revenue terms, at $11bn. Apple was second with $6.5bn, Google third with $5.2bn, Oracle fourth with $2.6bn, and Cisco sixth with a rise of $1.89bn.

Looking at the SV150, the good news for some was very good but the bad news for others was very bad. The ones hit by the double whammy of major business performance problems, worsened by the recession saw sales speeding south. They'll be looking very hard indeed for green shoots of recovery. ®

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Netherlands plans to make 'copyrighted material easier to use'

EU copyright law 'too rigid', says state committee

The Dutch Government is proposing to make it easier to use copyrighted material without infringing copyright owners' rights and plans to do this "unilaterally" of the EU, according to media in the Netherlands.

Bernt Hugenholtz of the Dutch state committee on copyright law said people should be able to use copyrighted works to form "creative remixes" but that EU copyright law is too rigid to allow that to happen legally at the moment. He said US copyright laws allow better freedoms to use copyrighted works legitimately, a report by Radio Netherlands Worldwide (RNW) said.

The Dutch Deputy Justice Minister, Fred Teeven, said the government would "unilaterally" liberalise the use of copyright and said he is looking into "a more flexible system of copyright exceptions that would also work in a European context," according to RNW's report. The European Commission has previously stated its intention to harmonise copyright law in the EU.

"Many of the videos we find [on YouTube] are creative remixes of material protected under copyright. They're mostly for laughs or political commentary, or they're simply absurd. If we applied the law today strictly, we would not be allowed to do these things," Hugenholtz said, according to the RNW report.

"Freedom is a good thing. We all agree that it's good for creativity, good for laughs, and no one gets hurt. Copyright holders are not harmed, so it makes a lot of sense to allow this. But in Europe, where we do not have open norms like the fair use doctrine in the United States, we can't do these things without infringing the law," he said.

In the US the 'fair use' exemption in copyright law allows copyright material to be reproduced for the purposes of research and education, commentary, criticism and reporting.

Under the EU's 11-year-old Copyright Directive, individual member states can choose whether and what exceptions or limitations to copyright to write into national law. The possible exceptions include the right to legitimately use copyrighted works for private copying purposes, as illustrations in teaching or scientific research, as part of news coverage, for the purposes of criticism or review and for parody and pastiche.

The European Commission is currently working on plans to create a new copyright licensing system that would establish a "level playing field in the single market for collective management of rights" and has already consulted on whether a harmonisation of copyright laws is required to achieve this.

Currently the UK has limited exemption for 'fair dealing' in copyright-protected material. The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act allows 'fair dealing' of copyright works in non-commercial research, in reviews and criticisms and as part of news reports without being deemed to infringe the rights of copyright owners. The Act also permits copyright works to be used incidentally as part of sound recordings, films and artistic works.

Last May the government was advised to introduce a right to parody as well as make private copies of copyrighted works, amongst other exceptions, into UK law. The recommendations were made by university professor Ian Hargreaves who had been commissioned to conduct a review of the UK's intellectual property framework. Subsequently the government has begun consulting on those proposals.

The Dutch plans to further liberalise copyrighted material was supported by a lawyer at internet giant Google. Fred von Lohmann said new technologies present opportunities to grow profits rather than a threat to copyright holders and that EU copyright law can be modified rather than overhauled to make it "future-proof," the RNW report said.

"If you look at the motion picture industry, you see that they continue to enjoy very healthy revenues. On the other hand the music industry has struggled somewhat. But in the end there are more opportunities being created by these new technologies than ever before. There are more bands, using more different technologies to reach more fans than ever before. So there is certainly no crisis of creativity. There's more music, more video, more writing going on today than ever before," Von Lohmann, chief copyright counsel for Google, said.

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Microsoft dispels rumors of stealth Windows updates

It's all about updating the updater

By Dan Goodin

Posted in Operating Systems, 14th September 2007 00:42 GMT

Microsoft officials are seeking to dispel rumors the company is performing stealth updates on Windows machines. They are also pledging to be more transparent in the future to prevent such misunderstandings from happening again.

Reports of secret updates began circulating after at least two sites reported that Windows Update pushed patches on machines - even though the automatic update feature had been disabled. Both this post on ZDNet Hardware 2.0 and this one from Windows Secrets said machines running Vista and XP SP2 versions of Windows each had nine files updated on them despite being configured to prevent the auto-updates.

"It's surprising that these files can be changed without the user's knowledge," the Windows Secrets post said. "The Automatic Updates dialog box in the Control Panel can be set to prevent updates from being installed automatically. However, with Microsoft's latest stealth move, updates to the WU executables seem to be installed regardless of the settings - without notifying users."

That prompted a Microsoft program manager to write his own blog post, explaining that the nine files related to the Windows Update service itself. Microsoft updates them from time to time to ensure that Windows Update will behave in dependable manner in the future.

"Had we failed to update the service automatically, users would not have been able to successfully check for updates and, in turn, users would not have had updates installed automatically or received expected notifications," the product manager, Nate Clinton, wrote. "That result would not only fail to meet customer expectations but even worse, that result would lead users to believe that they were secure even though there was no installation and/or notification of upgrades."

Windows Update can be configured in several ways. They include: (1) automatically download and install new patches, (2) automatically download them but allow the user to install them at a later time, or (3) simply notify the user that updates are available. Users who selected any of these options would have had files updated, he said.

There is a fourth option for Windows Update, which is for it to be turned off altogether. Windows Update "does not automatically update itself when Automatic Updates is turned off," Clinton wrote.

The issue has touched off concern among some that allowing Microsoft or any other company to install files without their prior knowledge and consent sets a dangerous precedent.

"The point of this explanation is not to suggest that we were as transparent as we could have been; to the contrary, people have told us that we should have been clearer on how Windows Update behaves when it updates itself," Clinton wrote. ®


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Ditch the desk phone? Yes please

But is this representative?

By Dale Vile

Posted in Workshop, 18th September 2007 15:29 GMT

Reader Poll The feedback we received in this week’s mobile workshop about the merits of ditching the desk phone and going purely mobile was overwhelmingly positive, with comments such as...

The company I work for has only got 1 normal land-line in. We've also got about 10 VOIP numbers, apart from that we all use mobiles and chat over Skype. It's just easier as we have lots of travelling employees and the majority of people in the office don't need to make calls anyway.

My Swedish employer got rid of all desk phones in their Swedish offices. Everyone just uses mobile phones now. They have a flat rate call agreement with their local operator so that all calls are routed back to the corporate network for IP transmission to wherever they are destined.

Or even

Cut the cord a year ago when our telecom folks assign my desk phone number to two people. Now use only my mobile and have absolutely no regrets. Only one voicemail box to check and calls reach me anywhere, without having to hassle with integration to our PBX.

See the original article and full list of comments that follow it here.

Given the amount of bad press mobile operators get for excessive call charges, this kind of feedback flies in the face of what many would consider accepted wisdom, i.e. that desk phones are a necessary part of the business environment for cost as well as other reasons.

But is this feedback representative?

Well help is get to the bottom of that through our mini-poll below. You can complete it in four mouse clicks if you are in a hurry, but there is space to wax lyrical if you feel you want to tell us more.

To what degree has your organisation ditched the desk phones or might consider doing so (for users that would traditionally have them)?
Desk phones ditched completely (or never had them)
Desk phones used by exception where they are absolutely needed
Desk phones used in most areas, but being or have been ditched in places
Desk phones still broadly in place, but anticipate this changed
We have a desk phone centric culture and that is unlikely to change
Actually moving in the opposite direction, i.e. away from mobiles

Any general comments relevant to this discussion?

Which of the following best describes your organisation?
An IT vendor
A telecom service provider
Other business with less than 250 employees
Other business with 250 to 5000 employees
Other business with more than 5000 employees
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Judge drops TV ad-block block: So how will anyone pay for TV now?

The future could be a lot grimmer than ad breaks

By Bill Ray

Posted in Media, 9th November 2012 09:00 GMT

Analysis The US ruling that automatically stripping out the ads doesn't cause TV broadcasters irreparable harm might be legally accurate, but logistically it's nonsense and a decision we might all live to regret.

Fox will appeal against the dismissal of its request for an injunction against Dish Networks, but it looks likely the TV network will have to resort to copyright infringement and breach of contract for restitution. Of course, both of these avenues are only available thanks to Dish's use of a cloud-based PVR and neither addresses the underlying problem of how to pay for television once viewers stop watching the adverts.

Personal Video Recorders, boxes which dump broadcast TV to a hard drive, are legal in America thanks to a ruling going back to the days of Betamax tape, but Dish's Primetime Anytime is cloud-based and only allowed thanks to a retransmission consent agreement (RTC) between the two companies. And by stripping out the ads, Dish may be in breach of that agreement.

Dish Networks provides the ad-stripping feature, called "AutoHop", to programmes watched a day after broadcast, but claims to be simply automating a process which users now perform manually and which can't, therefore, be illegal.

Fox, on the other hand, broadcasts channels in the expectation that viewers will sit through the ads that pay for the programmes - even if some of them don't.

Automatically skipping ads on a PVR would be legal, in America at least, but it's technically challenging as machines have a hard time distinguishing between adverts and the shows. TiVo's solution is really-fast scanning which jumps backwards when one presses play - which works well but is heavily patented. Other PVRs provide fast scanning, or jump-30-second buttons to help the viewer bypass the adverts, but automated eradication is the Shangri-La of the freetard viewer.

At one point, UK Satellite provider Sky had code in its boxes which would allow automated skipping of ads in Sky+ recordings, based on the subscription paid by the customer, who would pay more to avoid advertising - which seems an eminently sensible, if evil, solution.

The cloud nature of Dish's solution might yet provide an avenue for Fox to attack, and the company told The Washington Post that it would be appealing, but as PVRs spread and the technology improves, the traditional break for advertisements will, eventually, become impractical.

The alternative is to embed the adverts, inextricably, into the shows, so they can't be skipped. The clever way to do that is with product placement, something we're just getting used to in the UK since the Nescafe coffee machine appeared behind Holly and Philip on This Morning last year, but such placement limits local advertising and international sales, not to mention it's hard to push 20th-century products into Star Trek, or (god forbid) Lexx.

It's far easier just to scroll the ads across the bottom of the screen during the show, something already common around the world and creeping into UK television too (currently restricted to advertising other shows, but give it time...)

But before then we'll have more posturing from Fox and its ilk, with ABC, NBC and CBS also filing against Dish for the same reasons. The four television networks own the only channels currently available on Dish's PrimeTime Anytime cloud PVR - the ones that are having their ads automatically stripped.

But ultimately the advertisement break as we know it isn't going to last a whole lot longer, and we might even miss it when it's gone. ®

Your correspondent got one of the first TiVo boxes in the UK back in 2000, and hasn't seen an advert since, but would never consider downloading a pirated copy of a film - as that would make him a freetard too.


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Single-Minded: The Thrill of the Hunt

How searching for an apartment is like trying to find a new guy.

Looking for a new dude is a lot like looking for a new apartment. You don’t know if stainless steel is any better, but you’re holding out for it anyway.

And even though the search can get exhausting, schlepping from one glorified closet disguised as a “cozy one-bedroom” on to the next one seems altogether necessary. Because you’ve got to know what’s out there in order to make an informed adult decision about where you’ll be spending the rest of your life as defined by the end of your short-term lease.

For three years, I lived in a northwest Washington neighborhood called Shaw, which is U Street Corridor-adjacent. So not quite as cool but close enough with a side of broken beer bottles and hipster hangover. Ninth Street (neé Little Ethiopia) was the unofficial headquarters of my disillusioned adulthood, thanks to the rats, the bums and the heartbreakers thereabouts. Yeah, rats.

Despite the fact that my newly remodeled basement apartment had hardwood floors, travertine tile, a stacked washer/dryer, granite countertops, stainless-steel appliances and a non-working fireplace, it was still, by location and definition—a basement. Rats like basements. You know what else rats like? Shower-curtain rods.

One time I was sitting on the toilet (painting my toenails) when I got a tingly feeling. The one you get when someone is staring at you from behind. Evidence that there exists some type of kinetic energy between all living things that we’re just too primitive to tap into and use to stir coffee with our minds? By toe two that feeling caught hold of me, compelling me to look up just in time to witness the most talented rodent in the Northeast tightrope walk across my West Elm shower rod.


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Help! My Husband Gave Me a Hickey

Ask Demetria: The first thing to do is find out why he's so insecure that he has to mark his territory.

(The Root) --

"How do you feel about hickeys? My husband recently put one on my neck on purpose and stated happily, 'Your co-workers are going to talk about you, and they're gonna be jealous.' I told him I don't like that kind of attention. I'm very angry about it. What should I do?" --E.P.

You should be "very angry." Your husband just bruised you without hitting you. Despite what he says, the intent wasn't to help you win some sort of popularity contest at the office or inspire the envy of your co-workers. It was a woefully insecure way for him to mark his territory -- you. Hickeys are the human equivalent of a dog relieving himself on a tree.

I got my first and only hickey on my neck when I was 13 or so, the result of a joke by a classmate who held me down on the school steps. Nevertheless, when my aunt -- the mother of three daughters -- saw it, there was no time to explain. (That is probably best, because the actual story sounded as if I'd made it up -- and then I would have been in trouble for lying, too.)

She went from zero to ballistic. She grabbed me by the chin and jerked my head up and over to get a good look at my neck. With my cheeks in her death grip and my neck overextended, she yelled something like, "How dumb can you be to let some stupid boy do this to you?"

She stared at my stretched neck. "Lord ... and you just sat there. It didn't even feel good when he did it." She shook her head, marveling at my stupidity and ignoring my agony. By then I was duly shamed, even if I hadn't technically done anything wrong.

Now, listen up, E.P. -- this is the important part: "When you have something of value, you take care of it, you cherish it, you keep it in prime condition!" my aunt continued. "There's a reason you don't see bumper stickers on luxury cars. You let some dumb boy have you out here looking like a hooptie!" (Forgive her woman-car analogy. But otherwise, the point stands.)

I'll get to how to handle this with your husband in just a bit, but in the meantime, cover up your neck, especially when you go to work. Thankfully, it's winter, and no one will find it odd if, for the next week or so -- approximately the duration of a hickey -- you're wearing a turtleneck or a scarf around the office.

Understand that it is highly unprofessional to show up to your job with a passion mark. Your husband is correct -- your co-workers will talk about you -- but it won't be because they're jealous. It will be because, unfortunately, he has made you look very cheap.

Your new decoration is like a blinking neon light on the Vegas strip that informs your co-workers, "I had sex and I lack discretion!" The sex isn't the problem. It's that you're announcing it. Your colleagues should be talking about your job performance and how amazing you are, not whispering and wondering about how you perform in the bedroom.


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Who Is Michele Norris' Husband?

Broderick Johnson explains his role in the Obama campaign and his wife's support for his move.

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Broderick Johnson came to national attention when his wife, Michele Norris, a prominent National Public Radio anchor, announced that she was taking a leave from her anchor role at the network's flagship show, All Things Considered. Norris stepped aside to avoid a potential conflict of interest after Johnson, a successful Washington lawyer and entrepreneur, signed on as a senior adviser to President Obama's 2012 re-election campaign.

Johnson -- who will work alongside David Axelrod, Obama's senior strategist and longtime adviser, and Jim Messina, the 2012 campaign manager -- is a seasoned political operative. He served in senior roles in the Clinton White House, acting as the president's principal liaison to the House of Representatives. He was an adviser to John Kerry's 2004 campaign for the White House and was a partner at Bryan Cave, a prominent national law firm. "Broderick's sharp instincts and seasoned political judgment are a welcome addition to our campaign," says Messina. "He will play a vital role."

The announcement of Johnson's appointment set off a minor media backlash, especially because the campaign played down his earlier role as a lobbyist at Bryan Cave. During Obama's first presidential campaign, he had vowed that lobbyists would not run his White House and refused to accept campaign contributions from K Street. Johnson's role will be limited to the campaign, not the president's legislative agenda.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.), chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, answered the critics with strong support for Johnson. "This is an excellent hire and one that will assuredly pay dividends. Johnson's work as a Washington attorney and legislative adviser means that he understands the landscape of Washington. The fact that he recently recused himself of all ties to his lobbying firm before accepting a role with the president's team is a testament to his high ethical standards."

I interviewed Broderick Johnson to get his insights on the campaign ahead, on being the husband of a successful black woman and serving the nation's first African-American president.

The Root: As senior adviser to Obama's 2012 campaign, do you think the slogan "Hope and change" is still relevant in light of the systemic economic malaise the nation is experiencing? How would you alter the message going forward?

Broderick Johnson: During the campaign, then-candidate Obama was clear that our nation faced great challenges and that we couldn't wait any longer to begin tackling them, even if they couldn't be solved overnight.  He shared his vision for how to confront those big challenges by taking immediate steps to fix the economy and make health care more affordable and accessible. But he believes that we need to set the bar higher than just recovering from the recession.

We need to secure our middle class and help those determined to rise above poverty. Our mission is to build an economy that rewards hard work and responsibility. And we intend to reach the goals laid out by the president: to out-educate and out-innovate the world.

TR: As an African American who has been successful and married to an equally successful African-American woman, do you think there are unique challenges that blacks in corporate America are still facing? Or even those in power circles in politics and Washington?

BJ: First, let me say that the Lord has blessed me with an incredible wife -- loving, gifted and compassionate. With all her career opportunities and pressures, she has not wavered in putting her family first.


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Passing user Authentication Data to Secured Webservice

XML & Web services: Passing user Authentication Data to Secured Webservice

  1. Hi All,

    I have a secured webservice deployed in one websphere server . My client j2ee web application running on another websphere server needs to invoke the webservice by passing the user credential of the logged in user.

    How do I transfer the user credential to the webservice?? Please help me in this regard.

    I have tried hardcoding the user id and pwd in the service stub and this works perfectly fine.

  2. Hi

    Try SAML

  3. I think, saml is not the right way for this scenario. The app cannot share the saml token which come from the browser redirection with an third party app. The token is generated only for a session with the authorized app, and is managed exclusively by the User Agent.

    I think, you can simply send signed soap messages with persistent id of users. Such persistent opaque-ids you can get using technologies as SAML.


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BEA's Bill Coleman turns over CEO position to Alfred Chuang

News: BEA's Bill Coleman turns over CEO position to Alfred Chuang

  1. BEA Systems chief executive Bill Coleman (the "B" in BEA) has stepped down to take on a new job as chief strategy officer and continue as chairman. Chief operations officer Alfred Chuang (The "A" in BEA) is now CEO. Analyst firms have said that its lead over rival IBM is shrinking yearly, furthermore, BEA faces some heavyweight challengers in iPlanet and even Oracle. BEA's re-org is aimed at evolving the companies strategy and continueing as the market leader.

    Some interesting quotes from the linked article:
    While Chuang will be running the day-to-day operations, Coleman will take on a two-part role. The first, he said, will be to look at where the company will be in two-to-five years, what the challenges are, and how to lead the market. The second job is to work with key partners and customers to set the strategy to keep BEA on top of the application server market.

    Therein may lie the biggest challenge facing the company that has led the application server market leader during the past couple of years. Analyst firms have said that its lead over rival IBM is shrinking yearly, and that they expect IBM to surpass BEA as market leader. Furthermore, BEA faces some heavyweight challengers in iPlanet and even Oracle. While both lag behind in the current two-horse race, each is expected to claw more market share in the coming years, according to analysts.

    Read BEA's Coleman turns over the reins.
  2. It is an interesting point. The fact that BEA faces more challenges is good for the J2EE community for different reasons: it means that the market is mature, that the clients are there and that many vendors have embraced this technology.
    Those vendors are now ready to compete.

    Let’s do not forget that today:
    - Among the different AS, performance is the same if you have one node.
    - EJB 2.0 is there already for BEA, Pramati, EAServer, jBoss+MVCSoft,.. And the list will increase

    The question for the big players will be: How can I differentiate my product and my services on a market where in a short period of time, I will have more than 5 players with a J2EE 1.3 compliant server?

    IMHO, 2 options:
    Technically, AS vendors need:
    - To compete in the fields not addressed by the specification: Clustering (Vert. And Horonz.), Ease of Deployment/Update/Whatever, Administration (TX/sec, graph pool, memory management, …), Testing, GUI tool (I like the TogetherJ approach BTW), …

    And of course at the commercial level, at the marketing level:
    - Free developer license (EAServer, WebSphere: 6months, jBoss: free anyway, IONA: cheap), free for non-commercial application (?), support, build a community (Have a look at the jBoss community…), …
    - Alliances, Lower prices

    As a TM, you ask yourself, what brings me the real e-advantage? If I have to build a reliable system, I will focus mainly on all the non-addressed issues of the spec as I said earlier. But I want my product to still be J2EE compliant!

    I would like to know your thoughts on how to try to lead the J2EE market over the next years?

    janaudy at yahoo dot com

    PS: I am not working for any J2EE vendor
  3. I would like to add to the previous comment that as an J2EE IT developer i would also expect the adpotion of some distributed data caching into Application-servers.
    Entity state synchronization is a common challenge to many developers and i supose most of us would like a solution well integrated with our current AS/DB stacks.

  4. As Frank R. suggested, the battle is also against .NET.
    Therefore, the standardisation around WebServices (XML, UDDI, SOAP, WSDL, …) is obviously a must.
    Also, the Adoption of JDK 1.4 as the mandatory runtime environment for AS will help the runtime environment to be more "common": I/O, XML Apis, Security (JSSE, JAAS, Kerberos, ..)
    … and so on,

  5. In fact for <b>deployed</b> J2EE applications, BEA's market share is growing:

    "Research conducted by leading industry analyst firm META Group shows that BEA holds 37% of the market for deployed Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) application servers, a figure that is almost 70% higher than its closest competitor. These results come from a META Group survey of over 200 IT decision-makers, focused specifically on managers and executives responsible for selecting and deploying J2EE applications servers.

    Market share by vendor for deployed J2EE application servers:
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    IBM - 22%

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My name is Eve and I’m a self-proclaimed iPhone addict, marketer by day and blogger by night. I live in the suburbs of Boston with my hubby and 2-year-old son who rips (outgrows) his clothes like the Incredible Hulk. I started blogging as a way to connect with other newbie moms who have no idea what they’re doing. Beautiful Spit Up is where I share bits of my hectic life, funny stories that often involve poop or other equally-disgusting substance, and photos of the amazing people who make up my weird little world. Some people think I’m hilarious. And by some people, I mean my toddler.

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    You’re preachin’ to the choir about the iphone…it’s featured on my latest blog post about my top 10 favorite products of ALL TIME!

    Can’t wait to read more!

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    Eve, you are preparing me for the most dreaded phase of my life. Motherhood. I’m not ready for it, but reading your blog makes me excited for what to expect :)

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President Obama has his reelection strategy underway.  His campaign slogan “Forward” has been unveiled.  Obama is currently leading Romney in the polls and the money is pouring in to his campaign fund.  The question that a lot of people are wondering though is who will be the running mates to Obama and Romney?

Will Obama Keep Biden?

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Obama has experience with Biden and we all know exactly what Biden’s slip ups provide us; humor.  Really, of all the individuals that Obama could have chosen for his 2008 campaign, he has the horse’s ass of the Democratic Party.  Biden has more slip ups that someone with a severe case of Tourette’s Syndrome.  It makes me wonder if whoever did the vetting of Biden was awake or asleep.

Obama could choose Hillary Clinton who is a hard worker, has well established relations (no, not those type of relations) on Capitol Hill and is arguably much more of a “moderate” than Obama or Biden.  Clinton could help secure the female vote that has been alienated by Hilary Rosen’s comments about Ann Romney never working a day in her life.

Romney’s Options

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Romney has a few more suitors to consider for his running mate.  Chris Christie would win the hearts and minds of many with his true conservatism. He’s the current New Jersey governor and has not ruled out a run with Romney.

Romney and Santorum butted heads a lot in the primaries and there is little doubt that Romney is left with bruises and Santorum is likely still frustrated.  Santorum would bring the vote of evangelical Christian hard-core, traditional conservatives. The question is. “Can each of them get past the heated tiffs from the last 6 months?”

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Marco Rubio, the Senator from Florida is a high energy up and coming politician.  He is loved in his home state and would certainly help bring on board some of the Hispanic vote.  The tea party loves him and I believe he’d help bring back some of the hard core conservatives that don’t like a lot of Romney’s past.  His lack of experience though is a big deficit. (He’s more experienced that Obama was in 2008, but that isn’t saying much)

Condoleezza Rice is not a new name in politics and is has a great deal of experience with the White House.  Condoleezza was the Secretary of State under President George W Bush and probably has some negative feelings associated with her because some do not view the GW Bush years as favorable.  Condi though is a mainstream conservative with her head on straight.  She’d strengthen the female vote and certainly give some feelings of comfort to those of us that aren’t sure Romney is very conservative.  On top of all that, Condi is hot.

The Endgame Nears

Both candidates have plenty of short comings that they need their VP’s to help overcome.

Obama now has a 3 year record to run on and not much to show.  The recent politicizing of the Usama Bin Laden killing was the only major victory of his term and now that has led to harsh criticism.  Obama is a wealthy man, a lawyer and a member of the 1% that the OWS crowd protests.  He needs this same group to get him elected.

Romney has weaknesses as well.  He governed as more of a liberal than a conservative as the Massachusetts Governor.  His religion (Mormonism) has also upset many traditional conservatives.  He’s independently wealthy making him also a target of the 99% OWS group.  If wealth is evil, Romney is more evil than Obama when you compare his $240 Million to Obama’s $10 Million.  I’m sure Romney’s camp will use this as an advantage in dealing with America’s failed economy and recovery.

One thing is for certain. Obama stepped in it with the SEALs when he politicized their killing of Bin Laden.  I’m also wondering how the Right will use the dishonorable discharge of Marine Sergeant Gary Stein over his Facebook posting concerning Obama. In Sergeant Stein’s situation, there needs to be one more exception placed on the First Amendment for off duty military personnel on social media sites.  Obviously this is not considered protected speech and most certainly has been proven to have serious consequences.

We have some exciting campaigning and debates headed our way over the next few months.  Of course, we also have a lot of annoying phone calls and TV ads.  Hopefully after all that grief we have a conservative president with an intelligent and ready to lead vice president.

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The event incorporates the Saltire Awards – which formally recognise the commitment and contribution of young people volunteering in Scotland – and the Inspire Awards, which acknowledge the achievements and successes of young Borderers aged 12-25.

There are five categories of Inspire Award covering volunteering, sports, music and the arts, community and environment, and an overall ‘inspirational’ category.

More than 30 nominations were received and nine prizes will be awarded in all, with both group and individual winners in four categories and one overall winner of the Inspirational award.

The 2013 Inspirational Award was won by Ben Grant of Eyemouth for his outstanding achievement in the sport of boxing.

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CHICAGO - A spokesperson for The Fig Leaf Bookstore, which is one of the nation's largest, has stated that Pippa Middleton's new tell-all book, titled Pippa's Royal Rumblings is literally flying off the bookshelves.

The book which Len Goodman, Barbara Walters, and LeBron James all say makes a great Christmas gift reveals some highly interesting secrets in regards to England's royal family.

In Chapter 3, Pippa writes that of the 1,404 hats that Queen Elizabeth II owns, her most favorite is the one that she was given by Piers Morgan.

The queen says that Piers is so gosh darn cute that he reminds her of a cinnamon crumpet.

She added that if she was 40 years younger she would like to do the Argentine tango with Mr. Morgan.

Pippa noted that the queen's least favorite hat is the one she received from Pixie Lott.

In Chapter 6, she mentions that one of her sister Kate's five erogenous zones is oddly enough her left ankle. She includes a photo of the left ankle which outwardly at least, appears normal for a woman of her age (30).

Miss Middleton writes in Chapter 9, that Prince Charles' wife, Camilla uses a mixture of pure vanilla extract mixed with peanut butter and bacon bits to help cover up unsightly cellulite.

She also mentions that Prince Charles favorite Rolling Stones song is "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction."

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KUALA LUMPUR: Having problems with certain family members? Can’t get along or can’t stand their habits?

Learn to see more positive sides to your family members in order to manage relations better at the Star Health Fair 2014 this weekend at the Mid Valley Exhibition Centre.

Assoc Prof Dr Alvin Ng will be talking about how people can use positive psychology to attain more harmonious family dynamics.

Many who seek help for problems in the family tend to only focus on the negative side of the member who is identified as problematic.

According to Dr Ng, although part of the solution usually is to reduce the problematic behaviour or attitude, a better and more lasting solution is to strengthen the existing good sides of a person.

As difficult as it can be in looking for positives, Dr Ng will be sharing some tips to make it easier for us. His talk will be on Saturday, April 12, at 3.30pm.

There will be other fun activities at the three-day fair, including the Live Great Challenge, an obstacle course with participants in teams of two competing for cash prizes worth up to RM9,000.

There will also be a health bar where visitors can do some sampling and get some nutrition information from participating exhibitors.

A special draw will be conducted for visitors with a minimum purchase of RM10 from participating exhibitors at the fair.

The fair’s theme, “Let’s Live Great!”, aims to inspire Malaysians to lead a healthy lifestyle by being physically and mentally fit.

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OTTAWA—A Bank of Canada research paper is warning that in many ways the hard part is still ahead in the global experiment initiated by global banks to rescue the economy.

The paper, part of the institution’s quarterly Bank of Canada Review, says the evidence so far is that slashing interest rates and flooding markets with money through quantitative easing and other extraordinary measures appear to have worked.

The global Great Recession was stopped in its tracks and economies and financial markets have mostly stabilized.

But as central banks start pulling back their stimulative measures, as the U.S. is currently contemplating, the damage left behind in some sectors might become more apparent, the paper says.

And there is a danger central banks won’t be able to manage the exit properly, leading to losses in their balance books, loss of confidence and high inflation.

The paper makes clear that most of the risk lies in jurisdictions where central banks have gone to extraordinary lengths to rescue their economies, such as Europe, Japan and the United States.

But some of the challenges also apply to Canada. While the Bank of Canada never introduced quantitative easing, it did take interest rates to historic lows and continues to keep them there, a policy that punishes savers and rewards borrowers.

A C.D. Howe Institute report Wednesday also looked at the low interest rate policy in Canada and concluded that it has led to economic distortions, including high household debt and home prices, while wrecking havoc on savers, pension funds and insurance companies.

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The fare hike could cost the TTC 6 million rides a year. But that's small potatoes compared with the millions of trips that will be lost if overcrowding continues, say TTC officials.

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The TTC's fare hike could cost the system 6 million rides a year.

But that's small potatoes compared with the millions of transit trips that will be lost if "intolerable" overcrowding on more than half of the system continues, according to TTC officials.

Yesterday, transit commissioners voted unanimously to increase fares, admitting their decision will have the greatest impact on some of the most vulnerable, including the working poor and students.

In November, 15 cents will be added to the cost of tickets and tokens, bringing the price to $2.25.

Riders will also pay much more – $109, up from $99.75 – for the Metropass, which was exempted from last year's fare increase. TTC chair Adam Giambrone resisted a recommendation from staff to increase it to $111. The $2.75 cash fare will remain the same.

The increase means the threatened cuts to 37 money-losing bus routes and closing of the Sheppard subway line are off the table – for now. The commission also voted to implement in February service improvements, originally scheduled for this fall, that were postponed to meet city hall's budget restraints – including a plan to put 100 more buses on the road.

Yesterday, reaction from regular riders to the increased fares ranged from distress to resignation.

"As a student, everything is expensive," said Christina Ballarano, 19, who lives in Hamilton but rides the TTC five days a week. "This is just more money out of my pocket. But I still need to ride to get to school so I'll pay it."

Calling the fare hike a "bitter" move, Giambrone said the TTC needs the $35 million it will raise to meet operating costs.

Even with the increase, the TTC will be $35 million short on its 2008 budget, he said.

The TTC was ordered to cut $30 million from this year's budget – which it did this summer by postponing the planned service improvements – and $104 million from its 2008 budget after council deferred in July a decision on implementing new taxes. Mayor David Miller has insisted the taxes are needed to help Toronto with a coming $575 million budget shortfall.

But even if new taxes are approved, the TTC won't rescind the increase, as was suggested by Commissioner Michael Thompson, councillor for Ward 37, Scarborough Centre. And Giambrone offered no guarantees there won't be more fare hikes, as well as service cuts, if the taxes aren't approved when they go before council again, or by October at the latest.

"We still have a spectre of possible cuts to services if the tax doesn't go through. ... No one wants to make cuts, and obviously this commission is moving as slowly as possible and taking action to prevent them, but without those revenue tools there will be cuts," he said.

The commission estimates the fare hike will result in 6 million fewer rides, based on ridership losses recorded after past increases. The service improvements now planned for February could mitigate that loss, Giambrone said.

In fact, Gary Webster, TTC chief general manager, told the commission that not alleviating overcrowding on 77 routes eventually would result in far greater losses.

The TTC expects to be carrying as many as 460 million rides annually by the end of 2007, and no services have been added in recent years.

In an unscientific online TTC survey, 54 per cent of 17,500 respondents said they would prefer new taxes over service cuts; 45 per cent preferred a fare increase to cuts.

Still, several speakers noted fare increases hit hardest the users who are already struggling financially.

"I'm just here on the record to say I'm against any fare increase," said Brendan Cahill, who lives near Bayview and Eglinton Aves. and works part-time. He can't afford a car while he searches for a full-time job.

"It would be nice if the provincial government would help the city. I don't know why they don't do that," he said. "Maybe they don't trust city hall because they don't think they're spending it efficiently."

"You increase fares, you hurt disproportionately the poor," said commissioner Anthony Perruzza (Ward 8, York West).

"We're going to have a debate about which of the poorest and most vulnerable among us we're going to hurt as we build the new city of Toronto.

"New revenue tools," he added, is another term for "bag of hammers."

NDP Leader Howard Hampton wasn't surprised to hear about the hike.

"Increasing TTC fares is the natural outcome when you have a deadbeat McGuinty government that won't pay its own bills," he told reporters in Kingston last night.

"We've said for some time the failure of the McGuinty government to keep their promise to ... stop and reverse the downloading is driving municipality after municipality over the edge and Toronto is no exception," he said.

The fare hike passed unanimously among the commissioners attending yesterday's meeting. Suzan Hall and Peter Milczyn were absent due to prior commitments.

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Guided Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCBB: GTHP) (OTCQB: GTHP) today announced that it passed its annual independent quality audit and, with all external and mechanical testing completed, plans to apply the Edition 3 CE Mark to the LuViva® Advanced Cervical Scan for expanded commercial introduction of the product in select European countries.

“Passing the annual ISO audit and completing all the testing required to apply the Edition 3 CE Mark to LuViva® are major accomplishments for the company and allows management to accelerate its planned product rollout, in tandem with our production ramp up,” said Mark L. Faupel, Ph.D., CEO and president of Guided Therapeutics, Inc.

“Manufacturing is set to accelerate over the next three to six months and we have plans for the introduction of LuViva in select countries on a rolling basis,” added Dr. Faupel. “After initial shipments to Canada this quarter, we will turn our focus to supplying our distributors in Turkey, the United Kingdom and Northern Europe. We are also capitalizing on meetings recently held with more than 120 potential distributors at Arab Health, which has resulted in a highly competitive landscape for several potentially lucrative markets. In conjunction with our distributors, we will also begin regulatory work in Asia and Latin America later this year, while assessing our technology for primary screening in areas of the world where the infrastructure does not exist for Pap test screening.”

LuViva became compliant with the Edition 2 CE Mark in July, 2012. All external third-party and mechanical testing for the Edition 3 CE Mark has been successfully completed and final software documentation is being compiled and will be filed before the European roll out. LuViva has marketing approval from Health Canada and is under U.S. Food and Drug Administration Premarket review.

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LuViva is a technologically advanced diagnostic device that scans the cervix with light and uses spectroscopy to measure how light interacts with the cervical tissue. Spectroscopy identifies chemical and structural indicators of precancer that may be below the surface of the cervix or misdiagnosed as benign. This technique is called biophotonics. Unlike Pap, HPV tests or biopsies, LuViva does not require laboratory analysis or a tissue sample, and is designed to provide results immediately, which eliminates costly, painful and unnecessary testing. LuViva is designed for use with women who have undergone initial screening and are called back for follow up with a colposcopy examination, which in many cases, involves taking a biopsy of the cervix. The device is used in conjunction with the LuViva ® Cervical Guide single-use patient interface and calibration disposable.

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Guided Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCBB: GTHP) (OTCQB: GTHP) is developing a rapid and painless testing platform for the early detection of disease based on its patented biophotonic technology that utilizes light to detect disease at the cellular level. The Company’s first planned product is the LuViva® Advanced Cervical Scan, a non-invasive device used to detect cervical disease instantly and at the point of care. In a multi-center clinical trial, with women at risk for cervical disease, the technology was able to detect cervical cancer up to two years earlier than conventional modalities, according to published reports. Guided Therapeutics is also developing a non-invasive test for the early detection of esophageal cancer using the technology platform. For more information, visit: www.guidedinc .com.

The Guided Therapeutics LuViva ® Advanced Cervical Scan is an investigational device and is limited by federal law to investigational use. LuViva, the wave logo and "Early detection, better outcomes" are registered trademarks owned by Guided Therapeutics, Inc.

Forward-Looking Statements Disclaimer: A number of the matters and subject areas discussed in this news release that are not historical or current facts deal with potential future circumstances and developments. The discussion of such matters and subject areas is qualified by the inherent risks and uncertainties surrounding future expectations generally and also may materially differ from Guided Therapeutics’ actual future experience involving any of or more of such matters and subject areas. Such risks and uncertainties include those related to the early stage of products in development, the uncertainty of market acceptance of products, the uncertainty of development or effectiveness of distribution channels, the intense competition in the medical device industry, the uncertainty of capital to develop products, the uncertainty of regulatory approval of products, dependence on licensed intellectual property, as well as those that are more fully described from time to time under the heading “Risk Factors” in Guided Therapeutics’ reports filed with the SEC, including Guided Therapeutics’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, and subsequent quarterly reports.

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2 Biotech Stocks Under $10 to Watch

BioDelivery Sciences

BioDelivery Sciences (BDSI - Get Report) is a specialty pharmaceutical company that is utilizing licensed and owned proprietary drug delivery technologies to develop and commercialize new formulations of proven therapeutics. This stock is trading up 9.6% to $4.90 in recent trading.

Today's Range: $4.59-$4.91

52-Week Range: $2.75-$6.89

Volume: 318,000

Three-Month Average Volume: 153,962

From a technical perspective, BDSI is gapping higher here back above its 200-day moving average of $4.72 with above-average volume. This move is quickly pushing shares of BDSI within range of triggering a breakout trade. That trade will hit if BDSI manages to take out some past overhead resistance at $4.94 with high volume.

Traders should now look for long-biased trades in BDSI as long as it's trending above its 200-day at $4.72 and then once it sustains a move or close above $4.94 with volume that hits near or above 153,962 shares. If that breakout triggers soon, then BDSI will set up to re-test or possibly take out its next major overhead resistance levels $5.28 to $6. Any high-volume move above $6 will then put $6.50 to $6.89 into range for shares of BDSI.

To see more stocks that are making notable moves higher today, check out the Stocks Under $10 Moving Higher portfolio on Stockpickr.

-- Written by Roberto Pedone in Winderemere, Fla.

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Roberto Pedone, based out of Windermere, Fla., is an independent trader who focuses on technical analysis for small- and large-cap stocks, options, futures, commodities and currencies. Roberto studied international business at the Milwaukee School of Engineering, and he spent a year overseas studying business in Lubeck, Germany. His work has appeared on financial outlets including and . You can follow Pedone on Twitter at or @zerosum24.
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S.F. City Attorney Blasts Monster Energy's Lawsuit Over Unlawful Marketing To Youth, Product Safety

SAN FRANCISCO, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera today responded to an apparently pre-emptive lawsuit filed by Monster Beverage Corporation (NASDAQ: MNST) asking a federal judge to issue a court order to halt Herrera's investigation into possible violations of California law involved in Monster's marketing of energy drinks to children as young as 11 and even 6 years of age.

"Monster Energy is claiming an unfettered right to continue marketing its products to children and youth, even in the face of overwhelming evidence that its products pose serious risks to young people's health and safety," said Herrera.  "I strongly disagree with Monster's legal contention, and I intend to litigate this case aggressively to reform their irresponsible marketing and business practices, which I believe clearly violate California's consumer protection laws."

Herrera's Consumer Protection Unit launched an investigation into the Corona, Calif.-based beverage manufacturer's business and marketing practices last October in light of mounting scientific consensus that highly caffeinated energy drinks pose potentially serious health risks to young people.  Last month, Herrera joined 18 scientists and public health experts in urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to take more aggressive regulatory action to protect children and adolescents from the dangers, citing FDA data that consumption of Monster Energy had been implicated in at least five reported deaths.

As recently as last week, the San Francisco City Attorney's Office was negotiating in good faith to obtain Monster Beverage Corporation's voluntary agreement to end an array of marketing practices aimed at children and youth, including their promotion of Monster Energy drinks on schools and at school-sponsored sporting events.  Evidence of actionable marketing tactics uncovered in Herrera's investigation include a "Monster Army" social networking community with children as young as 11 and even 6 years of age, and a "Monster Energy Drink Player of the Game" series, which photographs high school athletes with two four-packs—fully 128 ounces—of highly-caffeinated Monster products.

The case is: Monster Beverage Corporation v. Dennis Herrera , U.S. District Court, Central District of California, Eastern Division, CV-13-00786, filed April 29, 2013.  The lawsuit and all supporting documentation in the case are available on the San Francisco City Attorney's website at:

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They're Practically Giving Apple Away

What's going on? The market doesn't think Apple can keep things going at the rate they're going. The market assumes that Google is going to blow them out of the water with Android, that Amazon (AMZN) is about to out-do them in sales of content, that Microsoft is about to stage a comeback, and that Apple's future is less vital to its past.

That's possible, but it's all speculation. Apple is still opening Apple stores, it's as The Inquirer notes diversifying away from its dependence on Samsung for chips, and it has expenses under control.

The $50 billion in buybacks will, over the course of the next year, take out about 10% of the common. This means an increase in earnings per share is baked in, if the company even matches its current execution.

From its current price, then, I think Apple has at least another 20% to run before it reaches a market value even somewhat equivalent to its main competitors. Maybe I'm crazy, but I'd still rather own Apple than any other tech stock on the board right now.

At the time of publication, the author was long AAPL, GOOG, and IBM.

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Morici: How to Make Taxes Fairer and Abolish the IRS

NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Congressional frustration with efforts to get to the bottom of IRS targeting of conservative groups plainly shows the tax agency is dangerous to civil liberties, irrevocably broken and corrupting national politicians.

Investigators on Capitol Hill and in the Justice Department may be able to finger a few malefactors but that won't fix the IRS. The union representing IRS employees is deeply involved in the management of the agency, its leaders have the self-pronounced goal of doing whatever it takes to defeat conservative politicians, it consults regularly with leading Democratic politicians -- including President Obama -- on electoral strategy, and it has cultivated a culture that encourages employees to exercise discretion in ways harmful to free speech and association.

Simply, the IRS is not a neutral tax-collecting institution but a collection of grass roots activists, enjoying virtually unchecked sovereign power to destroy the personal reputations and finances of those that oppose liberal ideas, and who inflect terror on ordinary Americans through the arbitrary interpretation of tax rules and onerous audits.

Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin has openly admitted to asking the IRS to investigate citizens groups embracing conservative views. There is little hope of curbing such behavior or reforming the agency when the Senate takes no action to censure him, and the mainstream media finds nothing much to investigate having learned about this conduct.

The only alternative is to shut the IRS and replace the revenue from corporate and personal income taxes it administers. The latter are riddled with special interest provisions that offer low taxes to the rich and powerful and impose high rates on the rest of us. Moreover, the present quagmire of incentives and disincentives distorts business investment decisions and consumer choices reducing economic growth and leaving all of us less satisfied with our lives. And dealing with the hassle and cost of annual tax returns and the constant fear of IRS audits makes all of us less free.

In 2013, corporate and personal income taxes will yield to the Treasury about $1.5 trillion and could be replaced by an 11% sales tax on all private purchases -- be they purchases of computer equipment, college tuition or a lunch from the corner takeout.
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U.S. Dollar to Extend Gains as ECB Nears Quantitative Easing

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish (UUP) may extend gains over the next year as a weakening European economy could lead the way to more aggressive stimulus by the European Central Bank.

The ECB left interest rates unchanged on Thursday, which was expected after the broad range of policy enacted in June.

During the June meeting, ECB President Mario Draghi made the bold move of taking the deposit rate below zero and announcing a new round of long-term loans for banks that will be tied to lending to smaller companies. These efforts hoped to combat deflation and a euro area economy that continues to sputter.

Unexpected declines in European economic data this week, however, reveal that more aggressive policy may still be down the road. Italy's growth figure unexpectedly shrank in the second quarter, falling back into recession and a slump that has lasted most of the past three years.

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Italy's gross domestic product fell 0.2% from the previous three months when it forecast expanding at a 0.1% pace, according to a Bloomberg survey. Meanwhile, German industrial production rose less than estimated in June. Factory production in Germany increased 0.3% on the month, compared to consensus estimates of a 1.3% increase.

Compounding weakness in two of the euro areas largest countries gives credence to Draghi's statement on Thursday that more unconventional plans are in the coffers.

"Moreover the (ECB) governing council is unanimous in its commitment to also using unconventional instruments within its mandate should it become necessary to further address risks of too prolonged a period of low inflation," Draghi stated.

Analysts believe that full-blown quantitative easing, or the outright purchasing of bonds and other assets to stimulate the economy, will be put into place by the ECB over the next year. This should lead to further declines in the euro, and support the U.S. dollar as euro trade accounts for close to 57% of the index.

A survey of 61 foreign exchange strategists done by Reuters this week, shows that the euro is expected to decline to $1.28 in 12 months. This represents a 4% decline from current levels, and would place the exchange rate near 2013 lows.

Ultimately, investors expect the Federal Reserve to begin tightening policy soon, while simultaneously waiting for the ECB to become more aggressive in its stimulus, which should continue to fuel declines in the euro/dollar currency pair.

At the time of publication, the author held no positions in any of the stocks mentioned, although positions may change at any time.

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