Robert Half Int'l Inc. (RHI) Message Board
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LOL, what are you a Talibani commander or something? You like the Captain of a rubber raft surrounded by 10 hungry sharks. "Looks like land not far, just 100 miles!".....good luck with your call, you will need it!
Sentiment: Strong Buy
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Oh boy! I am getting the temptation to go start posting on the Whole Foods and Hains boards to spread 'equal' good cheer - "man those WFM bananas suck, and those grapes go bad so early again???".....lol.
They really should not allow children like the above to post on yahoo msg boards!!! No comment on the Supreme Court victory I guess?Sentiment: Strong Buy
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You people or should I say kids are truly on the wrong board to promote this nonsense agenda. Sure you may get some recs amongst the very ignorant but you are grossly incorrect in your assumptions and propaganda. Agent Orange, for example, was harmful because the military misused it out of ignorance and Monsanto(not the same company as today) did not condone it, and it was definitely not the same ingredients as today's herbicide. What if I went over to your Whole Foods or Hains beloved message boards everyday and said organics kill you or their produce is not clean or other garbage like that everyday? Maybe I go over there and post like every 15 minutes like you clowns do here.
Total losers!Sentiment: Strong Buy
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So, you think by posting that, it will come true, or you want someone to copy you? And, there was this cute young lady on twitter and another young fella that have been trying that ever since the 90s....maybe you clown s should hang out together and swap horror stories. GOING ON UP!
Sentiment: Strong Buy
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Likely big bounce coming. It did bounce back relatively fast after the last big drop. Shorts, you got 10% now, so I would not be too greedy here....am I right? Congrats!
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$80 soon??? More likely to see Tom Cruise appointed the Emperor of Japan.
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Will an all points bulletin in basher land be called to plea for help as Monsanto marches onward and upward to cross over $110? Will the repetitive twit posters finally announce they covered? Will the phony scientific posters calling MON an evil company finally break for summer and decide to get a real job? I hear McDonald's is now hiring college graduates, but don't criticize what those burgers are made of, as you might lose your job....lol.
Hard to predict how high the price will go, and June is often a rough month for stocks, except for Mon last year(good one), and I would not want to bet against MON at the next earnings CC.Sentiment: Strong Buy
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Ugandan scientists who have been conducting research on drought-resistant maize varieties for the last three years, seem to be faced with the challenge of the stem borer, which is destroying farmers’ fields.
The researchers from National Agricultural Resources Research Institute (NaCRRI) in Namulonge are developing the maize varieties under the Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA) project. But after noting infestation of the pest in most farmers’ fields throughout the country, they have included a strategy to curb the pest.
Stem borer is highly-prevalent in Uganda and much of sub-Saharan Africa. It affects leaves, stems, roots and the cob. The common species in Uganda are Chilo partellus and Busseola fusca.
Ms Grace Abalo, a maize breeder at NaCRRI, says, they aim at producing a maize variety to address both challenges of drought and the stem borer pest, which farmers are faced with. So, they are now introducing Bacillus thurigiensis (Bt) gene into maize. She explains that the Bt gene extracted from the DNA of soil-borne bacterium, selectively targets the borer, and not any other insects or even non-insect organisms.
Farmers’ use
A facility has been set up at Namulonge for mass rearing of the borers, which will be used for evaluating the crop’s resistance to the insect damage. Then, at trial field sites in Kasese, these insects will be mimicked on the test varieties to ascertain their resistance. Those that will repel the stem borers will be considered for farmers’ use.
Dr Godfrey Asea, the National Project Coordinator and Principal Investigator, says since drought is not the only one problem maize faces in Uganda, they decided to test varieties against other challenges. “The long term resultant maize variety will be a new Dt-Bt with naturally inbuilt resilience to maize stem borers and drought, tolerance productivity and production levels for the key staple crop,” he said.
The first stage in the process began in November 2012, when the team underwent compliance training, to prepare them to the trials in accordance with biosafety and environmental regulations. If successful, the trait from the resistant varieties will be transferred to our locally-preferred maize varieties.Sentiment: Strong Buy
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Let's Blame Monsanto's Glyphosate For Everything! (or not)
by diligentconqueror_m •May 4, 2013 1:39 PMPart II - (yahoo cuts off too much of even a short article)
I read a couple of the scientific blogs that have taken aim at the study. Science 2.0’s Hank Campbell lays it out clearly in his post. Near the end, he makes some terrific points about the ease of publishing in today’s internet world.
Sure, just about anyone can publish a “peer reviewed” scientific paper these days. And, it is absolutely possible to get major media outlets to run sensationalized summaries of said research.
However, there is a growing group of scientists who are willing to strike back these days. They’re sick and tired of half-truths being published by self-proclaimed experts. Kudos to them.
To the media-consuming public out there, watch yourself. Our 24/7 news cycle naturally diverts attention away from the backlash of shoddy research. Today’s hottest bit of scientific news will be a blip on the radar tomorrow morning. -
Scientists are sick of pseudo science. And, they aren't going to take it anymore.
Published on: May 2, 2013
Used to be, you needed a printing press and barrels of ink if you wanted to be heard in this world. Today, you just need an internet connection.
Yesterday, a friend sent me a link to this Reuters’ article that essentially says glyphosate is to blame for every health issue known to man. I surfed around and found the original paper, which was published in a physics journal called Entropy.
Say what you will about journalists, but most of us are naturally skeptical. Maybe I have a double dose of skepticism being from the Show-Me State and all.
Two "scientists" blamed glyphosate for nearly every medical problem known to man in a recent research paper. They were missing one thing -- data.
Anyhow, the first thing that jumped out was the fact that the papers authors are an “independent scientist and consultant” and an MIT computer science professor. O.K., we’re making accusations about a chemical compound causing health issues, but we don’t have a biologist, chemist or doctor as an author?
Clearly, this is one of those data point studies, where they pull a bunch of data and connect the dots. As many good scientists know, correlation does not equal causation.
That said, there was another oddity about the article: it didn’t include any data. Remember the high-fructose corn syrup study that looked at rats’ weight gain? The study compared apples and oranges, but at least it had data. You just had to read into it until you realized the data and the summary said two completely different things.
After spending an hour or so looking at this glyphosate study, I rolled my eyes and found a better use of my time. Then I saw a blog from Monsanto. Essentially, it points out that the scientific community is a bit outraged at this glyphosate study.Sentiment: Strong Buy
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One of 2 reasons for idiotic repetitive desperate looney postings yesterday. So, if Monsanto keeps running up, will the insane posts here and on twitter saying they are still short Monsanto continue? Too funny! You really can't make this stuff up.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
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Condemning Monsanto With Bad Science Is Dumb {from Huffington Post}
by diligentconqueror_m •Apr 27, 2013 2:54 PMThe evidence for these mechanisms, and their impact on human health, is all but nonexistent. The authors base their claim about CYP enzymes on two studies, one of liver cells and one of placental cells, which report endocrine disruptions when those cells are exposed to glyphosate. Neither study is CYP-specific (The effect of pesticides on CYP enzymes, by contrast, has been studied specifically.) As for the gut bacteria, there appears to be no research at all on glyphosate's effect on them.
Samsel and Seneff didn't conduct any studies. They don't seem interested in the levels at which humans are actually exposed to glyphosate. They simply speculated that, if anyone, anywhere, found that glyphosate could do anything in any organism, that thing must also be happening in humans everywhere. I'd like to meet the "peers" who "reviewed" this.
After reading the paper, I had to wonder -- who are Samsel and Seneff? Seneff is a Senior Research Scientist in the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab at MIT. Her advanced degrees are in electrical engineering. She describes herself as having "recently become interested in the effect of drugs and diet on health and nutrition." Samsel describes himself as an "Independent Scientist and Consultant," and, for the last 37 years, has run Anthony Samsel Environmental and Public Health Services, which does "Charitable community investigations of industrial polluters." I think it's fair to say they probably went into this with a point of view.
There's real danger in bad science like this. Industrial agriculture has created a lot of environmental problems. We have to find ways to reform our food system, but shoddy research only helps Monsanto. If we base our objections on papers like this one, we won't -- and we shouldn't -- be taken seriously.
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Condemning Monsanto With Bad Science Is Dumb
Posted: 04/26/2013 12:51 pm
Did you see the latest indictment of Monsanto making the rounds? It's a "peer-reviewed" paper in the journal Entropy, co-authored by Anthony Samsel and Stephanie Seneff, blaming glyphosate, the compound in the herbicide Roundup, for virtually all the ills that can befall us.
But here's the thing -- they made it up. Or, all but. They say, "We explain the documented effects of glyphosate and its ability to induce disease, and we show that glyphosate is a 'textbook example' of exogenous semiotic entropy: the disruption of homeostasis by environmental toxins." Exogenous semiotic entropy! That sounds serious. Google it, though, and you find that those three words occur together in only place. This paper. They made it up. At first, I thought the whole thing was one of those jargon-laden academic hoaxes but, alas, it isn't.
Slog through their argument (and, please, if you take this seriously, read the paper!), and you find it boils down to two things. Glyphosate, they claim, 1) inhibits CYP enzymes, which are active in lots of metabolic processes, and 2) disrupts gut bacteria, which are susceptible to its mechanism (disrupting the shikimate pathway), even though humans are not. Therefore, any condition that involves metabolic processes or gut bacteria must be affected by glyphosate exposure. QED!
Here's the list of ills they blame, at least in part, on Roundup: inflammatory bowel disease, obesity, Alzheimer's, autism, anorexia, dementia, depression, Parkinson's, reproductive issues, liver diseases and cancer. - Reply to
Monsanto spokesman counters with "Roundup is safe".
by stevemcqueen7890 •Apr 26, 2013 9:48 AMDon't worry SteveMcQueen & friends will likely go back to smoking weed and be fine.....lol.
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Sure, you may be able to sell now and bounce back in on a 50 cent trade, but why do that here with Blackstone. There is huge interest in this company and with such a relatively low market cap I doubt it bounces around much lower. Someone mentioned ex-dividend, but is that the last dividend for the year or something? Of course not! And if for some strange stroke of luck BX were to fall more than a buck with the overall market on a bad day, just take that dry powder and buy more.
So, if you sell and sit there and wait for the stock to come in with JNJ or whatever, well, likely that neither one will this year, or at least not fall that much.Sentiment: Strong Buy
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Article out today from the Scientific Journal of Entropy---not good
by jkprice •Apr 25, 2013 6:32 PMgto ~ wow, that sounds incredibly Psycho-like thinking! I appreciate your passion & sincerity, but as a medical hlth professional myself, I just don't see any evidence to back up your claim. There is just no way also, that the US gov't/FDA would have allowed gmo foods to be approved or stay approved if there was such evidence. Also, there has always been odd diseases & cancers & DNA chromosome problems that precede mentally challenged individuals and other and bad health problems and death, such that there used to be a lot more deaths in previous centuries way before scientific advancement with antibiotics and biotechnology food and medicines. There have always been food allergies, allergies to the environment (due to not only tobacco but pollen/other/seasonal) that can knock a person to the ground. Have you ever driven thru west Texas? I was sneezing like crazy every time I do drive thru there w/o taking claritin or zyrtec anti-histamine drug. We are only human and many bad things can happen to the human body and it definitely has nothing to do with GMO foods. You can get a seemingly harmless cut on your leg but if there is a large count of a staph/other bacteria and you don't treat it soon & correctly, or even if you do, you can end up losing more than the leg!
I just don't get how you can even surmise that GMO food can be the cause of all your ills. It is a very sick assumption with you have no real and respected proof and only theories from little organizations with likely an organic food supported agenda. - Reply to
Article out today from the Scientific Journal of Entropy---not good
by jkprice •Apr 25, 2013 6:32 PM"Those residues enhance the damaging effects of other food-borne chemical residues and toxins in the environment"
Huh? As if.....lol. You are more likely to die from a wood splinter in your finger than the synergistic effect of very 'light residue' added to 'other chemicals' in the environment. What is the 'other' anyway? Cigarette smoke, pet dander, marijuana smoke, cheetos?...lol. So many things....very strange article. I even searched the net for the journal, Entropy, not exactly a Jama respected one, aka, look at the stock price today. And even if there was some type of risk if you poured the Roundup all over someone everyday for a year (probably what it might take), what about the other 12+ products out there? Did they test those, or just the targeted, good Ol Evil Monsanto?....(Evil - not my words). I don't think Round-up is that bad, because I have seen the weeds come back. You would think if it just hung around and was so toxic, nothing would ever grow. Petty sure they designed it well, so it is not toxic and is probably safer than the competition.
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I think too that the basher organization on MON needs to hire a better wave of "i hate mon" or "I luv organasmic organics" - they are either underpaid or just plain dumb!....lol.
It also seems that they have no effect here, so maybe they should go out of business or just cheer lead on the Whole Foods or Hains boards.....rah rah rah!
Oh yeah, Jesus drank wine, and I love both, but I know He would not hang around here, and bash the Monsanto board, guaranteed!Sentiment: Strong Buy
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S&P REITERATES STRONG BUY OPINION ON SHARES OF QUALCOMM
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We increase our 12-month target price by $1 to $85, based on P/E peer analysis. We are increasing our FY 13 (Sep) GAAP EPS estimate $0.01 to $3.92, reducing FY 14's by $0.12 to $4.31, and introducing FY 15's of $4.68. QCOM reports Mar-Q GAAP EPS of $1.06, vs. $0.84, $0.01 better than our estimate. Revenues were 1.5% below our estimate, but interest income was higher than expected. The gross margin was lower than expected, but that was due to a strong performance in the lower-margin chipset business, a trend we expect to continue in FY 13.Sentiment: Strong Buy
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Most experts are proclaiming buy on weakness this am, as the selling is way overdone/oversold. Competition will not be a major factor anytime soon, and Qualcomm will still be the leader of the pack when the landscape dust clears and there is even less players in the industry(mobile), but not this year anyway. Qualcomm is still way ahead in R&D and tech available now, and will keep on innovating to keep that lead. Any margin weakness was explained quite well with the different markets and how the developed market will be much higher next half of the year. IF not, would they not have warned or guided lower? Buy low sell higher, and this price is definitely too low.
Sentiment: Strong Buy