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As is the case with many large-cap growth strategies, PXMG is heavily allocated to the technology and consumer discretionary sectors. Those groups combine for about two-thirds of the fund's weight.
Several of PXMG's marquee components are on torrid paces. For example, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG) is up almost 64 percent year to date while Ulta Beauty Inc. (NASDAQ: ULTA) is higher by 43 percent. Those stocks are PXMG's largest and third-largest holdings, respectively, combining for 5.76 percent of the fund's weight.
SEN. John McCain’s flamboyant heresies on campaign-finance reform, global warming and immigration have left conservatives suspicious that he has a mild form of Chuck Hagel’s Disease: an uncontrollable moral exhibitionism designed to please the media.
To these concerns, conservatives quietly add the “temperament issue.” McCain’s coiled intensity is prone to sudden release.
Being avuncular is not a constitutional requirement to be president, as Andrew Jackson demonstrated by fighting 103 duels. But Franklin Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan created an expectation of presidential geniality. McCain, in contrast, is all sharp, jutting angles – a work of cubism in a nation that favors watercolors.
Ultimately, however, judgment matters more than temperament in a president. And McCain’s judgment on the big issues deserves grudging respect from conservatives.
McCain has been right about the conduct of the Iraq War. During his first trip to Iraq in August of 2003, a British colonel in Basra warned him that the start of a major insurgency was weeks away. U.S. military leaders, McCain realized, were putting in place a modified Westmoreland strategy – a war of attrition against the enemy while training friendly forces – that he had seen before in Vietnam, and seen fail.
So he spent several months as a voice in the wilderness, calling for more troops and a more aggressive counterinsurgency strategy. Not since Winston Churchill’s wilderness years has a leader been more relentlessly vindicated by events, which culminated in the replacement of the leadership of the Pentagon and the adoption of McCain’s approach.
And McCain has been right – heroically and suicidally right – on the issue of immigration. Not all of the swift Republican current against immigration reform results from nativism; there are understandable concerns about extreme multiculturalism, the strains of illegal immigration on public services, and the numerous flaws of a complicated bill. But McCain has a mature appreciation of the paradox of immigration reform: A tighter border requires a more regular and orderly way for honest laborers to cross it. Controlling that border becomes difficult without a temporary worker system that allows us to distinguish drug dealers from lettuce pickers and hotel maids.
McCain is now taking a beating on Iraq in New Hampshire and on immigration just about everywhere else. His prospects have fallen with the rise of Fred Thompson. The McCain campaign admits it has lost 10 to 15 points in the last three weeks.
McCain’s speech on immigration earlier this month in Coral Gables, Fla., marked a significant moment in the campaign. After recounting the arguments for reform, he mentioned Maria Hernandez Perez, nearly 2, with “thick brown hair and eyes the color of chocolate,” and Kelia Velazquez-Gonzalez, 16, who “carried a Bible in her backpack.” Both died terrible deaths in the Arizona desert.
This isn’t moral exhibitionism; it’s just morality. My respect for McCain, it turns out, is less and less grudging.
Occasionally, we all need to indulge in something that we love. For me, that indulgence is music, and I've added a new experience to my concert bucket-list: a concert inside of an active volcano.
We should take breaks every so often during the insanity of what the political becomes. We get so entranced with the rhetoric being fired every which way but loose. God forbid there are some awesome happenings throughout the world that get lost in the cloud that is either the presidential election, officer-involved shootings, gun control, illegal immigration, or something else that's important to the future we are leaving behind to our future generations.
While you may not care one iota about the following story, please understand that it's okay to de-stress and read about something that may idiotic, stupid or ridiculous, but there's still some positivity being shined in the end. I'm a huge a music fan, as you may already know based on previous entries involving the debilitating health of Eric Clapton and the way-too-soon death of Prince.
One great event that will be taking place this weekend is the Secret Solstice Festival in Reykjavik, Iceland. The festival's website describes it "showcasing both established artists as well as exciting up-and-coming talent over the course of three days in the 24-hour midnight sun during the summer solstice. It's themed after the Norse religion and mythology of old." I'm sure it has great amenities and the atmosphere must be out-of-this-world, both literally and figuratively speaking.
It's much like any other great music festival, regardless of who's performing, and you get to experience a part of the world that you wouldn't necessarily visit at any other point in time in your life. Mythology is also quite an interesting aspect to consider. You could take a trip to Iceland and learn a lot about Norse myths and the stories that were told throughout thousands of years. Also, think about this nugget for a moment: 24 hours of sunlight. It's scary at first, but could be kind of cool, but I suppose it's better than 24 hours of darkness in Antarctica, but I digress.
This year's Secret Solstice Festival will provide a spectacle that only 20 fans will be able to say they were able to witness live and in person. Chino Moreno is set to make music history by becoming the first musician to perform inside an actual volcano. You might think the Deftones lead singer has a death wish of sorts, but festival organizers (however knowledgeable they are) have determined that the volcano hasn't erupted in 4,000 years. You would think it's pretty safe, but we shall see.
There have been some pretty wacky on-location concerts, from Radiohead's Thom Yorke's performance inside an airplane fuselage, to Metallica playing a concert without amplifiers in Antarctica as part of a cruise to the glacial findings near the South Pole. I think Moreno is going to take the cake with the volcano performance. I would be scared beyond my wildest fears to be lowered into either a dormant or active volcano. So, I have a lot of respect for those who are making the appropriate arrangements and conducting safety measures in order for this to go off, as closely as possible, without a hitch.
Would you every attend a concert like this? Would you pay roughly $300 for a ticket to Secret Solstice? Granted, there are other items to consider, from airfare to lodging and food/drink. Regardless whether there's a volcanic performance of any kind, I think this should be on any concert-goer's bucket list. If not, there's always Coachella, Bonnaroo, Austin City Limits, Outside Lands, CMA Fest, Riot Fest, EDC, and many others from which to choose.
Visiting US academic Justin McCarthy paints himself as an unassuming historian just doing his job.
But his presence in Australia on a brief speaking tour has enraged the Armenian community and landed him in the middle of a row between the NSW Parliament and leading politicians in Turkey.
He has had the doors of the Art Gallery slammed in his face and the welcome mat pulled from beneath his feet by the University of Melbourne.
He has been compared with holocaust denier David Irving (a charge that he says ''offends and saddens'' him) and has been portrayed as a tool of the Turkish government.
The source of this odium is the implosion of the Ottoman Empire a century ago, and whether the deaths and expulsion of more than a million Armenians during that bloody chapter of history amounted to a genocide at the hands of the Turks.
The hugely influential Armenian diaspora (with politicians such as Joe Hockey and Malcolm Turnbull on its side) says yes. The Turks say no.
Professor McCarthy leans towards the Turkish side, arguing events at that time were more akin to a civil war with mass casualties on both sides.
Armenian National Committee of Australia executive director Vache Kahramanian says Professor McCarthy's ''denialist'' views are an ''insult'' to Armenians. He also accuses Turkey of using the looming centenary of Gallipoli to ''politically blackmail'' Australian politicians.
In May the NSW Parliament endorsed the prevalent view of an Armenian genocide, drawing threats from Turkey's parliamentary Speaker, Cemil Cikek, to bar NSW MPs from the Gallipoli centenary ceremony.
Professor McCarthy said he ''could not be more against'' threats of retaliation. But he also believes his opponents should debate him, not close the discussion down. ''Even Jesus listened to the devil,'' he said.
The organiser and funder of the speaking tour, the Australian Turkish Advocacy Alliance, booked Professor McCarthy nearly two months ago to speak at the University of Melbourne and at the Art Gallery of NSW but both institutions cancelled at the last minute.
The gallery said on Friday that it had canned the ''private function … in the interest of public and staff safety''. The university said ''the description of the event given at the time of the booking was not consistent with its true nature''.
Extra innings and comeback wins have seemingly been the theme for the Ohio State softball team so far this season.
The Buckeyes have played four extra-inning games this season, the same amount of extra-inning games they played in the entire 2016-17 season.
They aren’t just playing these extra-inning games. They’re winning them. Ohio State has won three of its four this season after winning every single one of its extra-inning games last season.
“We were more of a ‘score some runs and hold on’ type of team last year, so this is like a brand-new identity,” Kovach Schoenly said.
Both Kovach Schoenly and the players talked about how the mindset is about just going for the win and not playing it safe.
The new identity stems from both the team’s physical strength and its mentality late in games.
“Everyone worked really hard over break and everyone put so much effort into their swing that once we came back we believed in every single person’s bat,” redshirt senior infielder Maddie Marotti said.
Kovach Schoenly emphasized this when discussing the power the team showed while playing in Texas. The Buckeyes slugged five home runs during their visit.
The team has built up a strong mental mindset this season by building trust as a group with team chemistry. Junior pitcher Morgan Ray said trusting in her defense and the rest of her team helps her stay relaxed out on the mound even in high-pressure situations.
The ability to pick up runs quickly without having to play small ball or generate runs through multiple base hits has proved to be a major reason for the team’s ability to come back from deficits. In two of Ohio State’s past five wins, the Buckeyes have won on walk-off home runs.
The team has leaned heavily on its power throughout the season for run production, not necessarily just late in games. Two players in particular, junior second baseman Emily Clark and junior infielder Lilli Piper, have been crucial to the team with five home runs each.
Kovach Schoenly said a few other players also have stood out in the power-hitting category.
Even though power hitting has been an important part of getting this season’s wins, it is not the focus of the team and coaches. Kovach Schoenly said the team trains with the intention of driving every pitch, but does not begin an at-bat with the intention of swinging for the fences or putting loft under the ball.
The team might not put an extra emphasis on power hitting, but in a game similar to the one against Texas — where all eight of Ohio State’s runs came from home runs — it can play a pivotal role.
Kovach Schoenly said it has been important for the pitching staff to contain the other teams’ hitting and give the lineup a chance to outslug the other.
“That’s one of the goals they [the pitchers] have is just to keep it within reach for the offense and then I think the offense swings the same whether they’re up, down, 0-2 in the count, 2-0 in the count, they just are aggressive, and they attack strikes,” the coach said.
Whether it is hitting the ball out of the park, limiting the other teams’ lineups or just keeping the morale of others up, Kovach Schoenly said there are many factors that contribute to the 11-1 start to the season.
This season has been different than hot starts in past campaigns. This team has more confidence late in games and believes that even when trailing late, it is always still in the games.
Speculation has run rampant this offseason that the 2015 NFL season may be Bruce Irvin’s last with the Seattle Seahawks. On Wednesday night, the linebacker all but confirmed he will, in fact, be departing Seattle soon.
Speaking to Black Sports Online at Wednesday’s NBA playoff game between his hometown Atlanta Hawks and the Washington Wizards, Irvin said he wanted to play for the Atlanta Falcons when his contract expires after this season, according to BSO’s Samuel Logan.
Pressured further, Irvin was asked whether he would stay in Seattle if the Seahawks “showed him the money.” His response was similarly blunt.
Irvin’s fifth-year contract option was not picked up by the Seahawks prior to the May 3 deadline, meaning he will be an unrestricted free agent after this season. Had the team picked up the option, Irvin would have been guaranteed a $7.8 million deal for 2016.
The Falcons are coached by former Seahawks defensive coordinator Dan Quinn, who took over the head coaching job in Atlanta following Super Bowl XLIX. This isn’t the first time rumors have pointed Irvin to Atlanta, as whispers during the NFL draft had him possibly heading to his hometown team after news leaked that the Hawks were likely to pass on his option.
The No. 15 overall pick out of West Virginia in 2012, Irvin has developed from a pass-rush specialist into a starting linebacker for the Hawks’ top-ranked defense.
After leading all rookies — and setting a Seahawks franchise rookie record — with 8.0 sacks in 2012, Irvin transitioned from defensive end to strong-side linebacker in 2013 following the signings of free agents Cliff Avril and Michael Bennett.
He missed four games while serving suspension for violating the league’s performance-enhancing substance policy in 2013, but adjusted nicely to his new role afterward, picking up 40 tackles and 2.0 sacks.
He underwent offseason hip surgery following Seattle’s Super Bowl XLVIII victory, but saw time in all but one game during the 2014 season. Irvin ended up playing the eighth-most snaps of any Seahawks defender while tallying 37 tackles, 6.5 sacks and two interceptions, both of which he returned for touchdowns.
The idea that the mainstream media both loathes and fears Scott Walker is quickly moving past the stage of being a theory and into the realm of facts. Whether it’s attempting to make something out of his lack of a college sheepskin or dreaming up comments to make about cheese, the time honored practice of trying to tear down Republican contenders is well underway. Unfortunately for the talking heads, poll numbers are part and parcel of their business, and as NBC’s First Reads is forced to admit, the Scott Walker train looks to be picking up a head of steam.
There are two big takeaways from our new NBC/Marist polls of Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina that we released yesterday. First, with less than a year before the first nominating contests, the Republican presidential field is wide open — seven different possible GOP candidates get double-digit support in at least one of the states. Second, only two potential candidates (former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker) are in double digits in ALL three states. So call Bush and Walker your very early 2016 Republican frontrunners.
Walker trails Huckabee (the frontrunner) by only two points in Iowa, 17 to 15. The Wisconsin Governor is in second place behind Jeb in New Hampshire, 18 to 15. He’s currently in third place in South Carolina with 12%, but let’s be honest… that’s only because they included Lindsey Graham in the poll and he came in first on his home turf with 17%, a number which won’t be transferring to any other states in the next eight months as near as I can tell. Without Graham in the race, it would be interesting to see how he stacks up against Bush, who scored 15% in the same survey.
This must be driving the Powers That Be to distraction. They really seem to have a burning hatred of Walker because of the reputation he established for taking on public worker unions in general and teachers unions in particular. Those are hugely popular among liberals and one of the funding backbones of the Democrats. But the Crazy Tea Party label just isn’t sticking on the rather reserved, get down to business image that Walker projects. And his tenacious refusal to lose one election after another in a legitimately blue to purple state makes him an actual threat which must be eradicated before we get to the serious debate season and the rest of the country begins catching on.
What will they do next? I don’t know yet, but I can assure you that there are DNC oppo research teams turning and burning 24/7 to figure out something.
Hello and Happy Thanksgiving to all of you who have taken the time to read my postings over the past nearly one and a half years. I am grateful for the opportunity to talk with you about issues we believe are important. I am thankful to TexasGOPVote and to our US Constitution's 1st Amendment which provides us the opportunity to speak out in support of issues we believen in and against those we oppose. This is a rare opportunity on this planet and for that, we should all be filled with thanks for the rights provided to us by our Creator.
I would like to offer you a Thanksgiving Poem, by CJ Beaman which was read to our Unity Church of Christianity by Rev. Howard Caesar.
The leftovers beckoned– the dark meat and white, but I fought the temptation with all of my might.
Tossing and turning with anticipation, the thought of a snack became infatuation.
So, I raced to the kitchen, flung open the door and gazed at the fridge, full of goodies galore.
I gobbled up turkey and buttered potatoes, pickles and carrots, beans and tomatoes.
I felt myself swelling so plump and so round, till all of a sudden, I rose off the ground. I crashed through the ceiling, floating into the sky With a mouthful of pudding and a handful of pie.
But, I managed to yell as I soared past the trees…….
Happy eating to all—pass the cranberries, please!
May your potatoes On gravy have nary a lump.
May your Thanksgiving dinner stay off of your thighs.
I am thankful we live in a nation where our freedoms, given to us by God and guaranteed by the Constitution are protected by the men and women of our Armed Services; those who serve today and who have served us throughout our nations's history! And I am thankful for having had the opportunity to serve this great nation.
I am thankful for our flag and for the Republic for which it stands. I am thankful for our nation under God. I am thankful we have been indivisible. I am thankful we have liberty and justice for all.
I am grateful for all the friends I have made over these past couple of years. I have had the opportunity to meet many great Americans like Ignacio Ramos, pictured left, Fernando Herrera, Melissa Rowell, Bill Kneer, Adryana Boyne, Sonja Harris; public servants like John Culberson, Ted Poe, Allen Fletcher, Sarah Davis and former President George H.W. Bush; and many others for whom there simply isn't enough room to list. I am thankful for you all!
From my family to yours, thank you for all you do. Thank you for supporting what we believe in. Thank you for showing the greatness and exceptionalism that is America.
Wherever you are, God is. Amen.
"I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation except for atheists, divisible, with liberty and justice for everyone but atheists."
MANILA, AUGUST 3, 2007 (BULLETIN) By CHARISSA M. LUCI - The Philippines yesterday officially handed over the chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Standing Committee (ASC) to Singapore, ending Manila’s hosting of the 40th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM), the Post Ministerial Conferences (PMC) and the 14th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF).
With the Philippines at the head of the ASC, the ASEAN took "bold steps" towards economic and socio-political integration with the formulation of a landmark Charter and the adoption of documents aimed at improving the welfare of ASEAN peoples, strengthening relations with dialogue partners, and establishing peace and security in the region, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo said during the closing ceremony of the ASEAN meetings.
The ASEAN Charter making the 40-year old bloc a "rules-based" organization is expected to be submit in November during the 13th ASEAN Leaders Summit which will be hosted by the Singapore as the new ASC chairman.
Before relinquishing the ASEAN chairmanship, Romulo called on his colleagues from nine other Southeast Asian countries to "build a stronger ASEAN" by continuously engaging with dialogue partners, including Australia, Japan, South Korea, China, New Zealand, India, Russia , Canada , the United States , and the European Union (EU).
ASEAN is composed of the Philippines, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia , and Thailand.
Romulo expressed confidence that the ASEAN, with Singapore as the new chairman, would bring the Southeast Asian nations’ relations with their dialogue partners into a higher plane.
Receiving the ASEAN chairmanship, Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo said Singapore would follow the "competence" of the Philippines in leading the 10 Southeast Asian nations as he hailed Romulo for successfully hosting the meetings.
Yeo said Singaporean leadership would focus on three C’s—facing challenges, the Charter, and community-building.
He said Singapore "will work shoulder to shoulder" with all ASEAN member states to tackle various issues in the region, including terrorism, climate change, the Middle East peace crisis, denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, energy security, and inter-cultural dialogues.
United States Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Christopher Hill commended the Philippines’ hosting of the ASEAN meeting.
Also yesterday, the 27 Foreign Ministers participating in the ASEAN security forum expressed solidarity in calling "for the immediate, unconditional and safe release" of 21 remaining South Korean hostages from their Taliban captors in Afghanistan.
"We express the hope that the hostages and their families will find the strength to face this ordeal, while at the same time expressing the hope that they will soon be reunited," the foreign ministers said in a joint statement adopted during the security conference.
They also strongly deplored the brutal killing of two South Korean nationals.
"We share the grief and sorrow of the family and friends of the murder victims and the concern and heartache of the loved ones of the remaining hostages," they said.
The ARF adopted the guidelines on disaster relief assistance; the Terms of Reference of the Friends of the Chair which seeks preventive diplomacy in settling East Asia regional disputes; the United Nations security resolution 1540 that mandates the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in the region, and the 11-page ASEAN Chairman’s statement, in which the 27 foreign ministers "agreed to continue to observe in good faith the basic principles of decisionmaking by consensus and non-interference."
"The Ministers expressed their satisfaction with the open dialogue regarding the progress of the ARF process and committed to further advancing the ARF process towards the preventive diplomacy stage and beyond, on the basis of consensus and at a pace comfortable to all, while continuing to build mutual confidence and trust among its participants," the Chairman’s statement said.
The foreign ministers also expressed support for the "peaceful resolution" of the nuclear issue through dialogue and negotiation, saying that the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula is essential in maintaining the peace and stability in the Asia Pacific.
They also called for the "continued exercise of selfrestraint by all parties concerned and the promotion of confidence building measures in the area as they pledged commitment "to resolving disputes in the South China Sea by peaceful means."
The foreign ministers expressed "deep concern" over the Middle East peace crisis, saying there is a "need for substantial pogress in the quest for a just, lasting and comprehensive peace" in the region.