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<title><![CDATA[Những bí mật ẩn giấu đằng sau cổ tức]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Hãy tưởng tượng bạn đang sở hữu một cỗ máy in tiền, và nó tự động quay vòng sản sinh tiền mặt cho bạ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Hãy tưởng tượng bạn đang sở hữu một <span style="text-decoration:underline;">cỗ máy in tiền</span>, và nó tự động quay vòng sản sinh tiền mặt cho bạn hết ngày này qua ngày khác. Hơn nữa, không chỉ một mình nó tự tái sản sinh ra tiền, mà nó lại làm nảy sinh ra một chiếc máy in tiền nhỏ hơn – và cứ như thế, chúng làm việc không biết miệt mỏi và nghỉ ngơi, suốt 24 giờ trong ngày, suốt 7 ngày trong tuần để kiếm về thật nhiều tiền cho bạn.<br />
<!--more-->Nghe đến đây, bạn có thấy thật là nực cười không? Hay đó là một điều phi lý? Có một cách làm được điều này. Đó là đầu tư vào cổ phiếu được trả cổ tức và lại tiếp tục tái đầu tư cổ tức thu được.</p>
<p>Thật là khó tin, nhưng đấy là sự thật. Tại sao vậy? Nếu như bạn có tiền, bạn đem gửi tiết kiệm. Tốt thôi, chỉ với lãi suất 7,5%/năm, nhưng là cách đầu tư đơn giản nhất và an toàn nhất. Hoặc bạn quyết định đầu tư số tiền mà bạn có để mua vàng. Song tiền mặt, hay vàng đều không tự sinh ra lợi nhuận. Nếu 10 kg vàng mà bạn có, dấu nó thật kỹ trong 20 năm, đến khi mang ra nó vẫn không đem lại thêm một đồng lợi nhuận nào cho bạn (thậm chí, bạn phải tốn chi phí để cất giữ). Dĩ nhiên, trên thực tế giá giao dịch của chúng có thể tăng. Nhưng đó là tăng ảo. Giá giao dịch của chúng tăng thực chất là vì lạm phát. Về lâu dài, sau khi đã điều chỉnh theo lạm phát, thì giá trị thực sự của chúng có thể còn giảm đi nữa.</p>
<p>Trong khi đó, nếu bạn đầu tư vào cổ phiếu. Ví dụ, nếu bạn sở hữu một cổ phiếu của một công ty X có nghĩa là bạn đã sở hữu một phần của công ty đó. Nếu công ty đó có 100 triệu cổ phiếu và bạn nắm giữ một cổ phiếu, có nghĩa bạn đang sở hữu 1/100 triệu công ty X. Nếu năm nay, công ty X này có được lợi nhuận ròng là 500 tỷ đô-la, thì phần lợi nhuận của bạn trong đó sẽ là năm ngàn đô-la (1/100 triệu của 500 tỷ đô-la). Điều này giải thích vì sao cổ phiếu luôn tăng giá về lâu dài. Vì nó tự sinh ra thêm lợi nhuận theo thời gian, nên giá của nó sẽ tăng lên.</p>
<p>Bạn có thể tham khảo một số ví dụ sau để có thể coi đầu tư vào cổ phiếu như là có trong tay một “<em>cỗ máy in tiền</em>”:</p>
<p>- <strong>Máy in tiền số 1</strong>: <strong>Pepsi</strong> – Nếu bạn đã đầu tư 2.000 đô-la vào công ty <strong>Pepsi</strong> năm 1980 thì giá trị vốn đầu tư của bạn bây giờ nhiều hơn 150.000 đô-la. Bạn có thể chỉ bắt đầu với 80 cổ phiếu, nhưng bằng tái đầu tư cổ tức, bây giờ bạn có thể năm trong tay 2.800 cổ phiếu của <strong>Pepsi</strong>.</p>
<p>- <strong>Máy in tiền số 2</strong>: <strong>Phillip Morris</strong> – Nếu bạn đã đầu tư 2.000 đô la vào <strong>Phillip Morris</strong> năm 1980 thì ngày nay giá trị vốn đầu tư của bạn lên tới trên dưới 300.000 đô la. Bạn đã bắt đầu với 58 cổ phiếu, ngày nay nhờ phân chia cổ phần và tái đầu tư cổ tức, bạn có trong tay hơn 4.300 cổ phiếu của <strong>Phillip Morris</strong>.</p>
<p>- <strong>Máy in tiền số 3</strong>: <strong>Johnson &#38; Johnson</strong> – 2.000 đô-la đầu tư vào <strong>Johnson &#38; Johnson</strong> năm 1980 có thể có giá trị gần 140.000 đô-la hôm nau. Bạn đã bắt đầu với chỉ 13 cổ phiếu. Hiện nay, số cổ phiếu bạn sở hữu lên tới hơn 2.000 cổ phiếu nhờ tái đầu tư cổ tức và phân chia cổ phần.</p>
<p>Như vậy, chỉ với 6.000 đô-la đầu tư vào mua cổ phiếu của 3 công ty trên trong vòng hơn 25 năm, số tiền mà bạn có trong tay lên tới gần 600.000 đô-la. Đó là bạn còn chưa cần đầu tư thêm bất kể một đồng nào khác nữa.</p>
<p>Vậy thì nếu bây giờ, bạn có trong tay 6.000 đô-la, còn chần chừ gì nữa mà không đầu tư vào cổ phiếu để sinh ra lợi nhuận 17.000 đô-la một năm, và tự tạo cho mình một “<em>cỗ máy in tiền</em>”?</p>
<p>Để làm được điều đó, trước hết, bạn cần phải biết cách thức để tạo ra “<em>cỗ máy in tiền</em>”. Cách thức này dường như rất đơn giản, bao gồm hai bước:</p>
<p><strong>Bước 1: Tìm ra và mua các cổ phiếu được trả cổ tức tốt nhất.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Bước 2: Tái đầu tư cổ tức đó.</strong></p>
<p>Song bạn cần biết sáu điều bí mật trong đầu tư liên quan tới cổ tức sau đây, nó có thể giúp bạn kiếm được thu nhập lớn với rủi ro ít nhất:</p>
<p><strong>1. Tránh đầu tư vào những cổ phiếu được trả cổ tức cao quá</strong></p>
<p>Mặc dù, không phải lúc nào cũng là yếu tố quan trọng bậc nhất trong mọi quyết định đầu tư vào cổ phiếu, song mức chia cổ tức luôn được các nhà đầu tư quan tâm đặc biệt. Cổ tức là phần được chia cho mỗi cổ phiếu được trích ra từ lợi nhuận của doanh nghiệp để trả cho các cổ đông. Điều dễ thấy là các cổ phiếu có mức chia cổ tức cao luôn có mức giá giao dịch cao, nhưng điều ngược lại chưa chắc đã đúng.</p>
<p>Nếu mức cổ tức cao có nghĩa là mức lợi nhuận đạt được phải cao và một doanh nghiệp có thể đạt được mức lợi nhuận cao chắc chắn phải là doanh nghiệp hoạt động hiệu quả với bộ máy quản trị và điều hành có năng lực. Do đó, việc được làm chủ một phần tài sản giá trị như thế quả là quá hấp dẫn. Tuy vậy, hai cổ phiếu có mức cổ tức cao ngang nhau không có nghĩa sẽ được thị trường định giá ngang nhau.</p>
<p>Không thể phủ nhận sự kỳ vọng của cổ đông vào mức cổ tức cao là hoàn toàn hợp lý, song cổ tức cao không đồng nghĩa với hiệu quả kinh doanh của doanh nghiệp cao. Nhiều khi, cổ tức cao trên mức bình thường lại là dấu hiệu báo động của một công ty đang sắp rơi vào tình trạng suy kiệt. Nhiều nghiên cứu đã chỉ ra một cách rõ ràng rằng bạn sẽ kiếm được nguồn thu nhập chắc chắn hơn nếu như tránh đầu tư vào những cổ phiếu có mức cổ tức quá cao.</p>
<p><strong>2. Hãy cẩn thận với những cổ phiếu đột nhiên giảm tỷ lệ cổ tức</strong></p>
<p>Không phải tất cả các cổ tức cho mỗi cổ phiếu đều ngang nhau, có những cổ phiếu được trả cổ tức cao hơn. Thậm chí, ngay cả những công ty có lợi nhuận khổng lồ, cũng chứa đựng trong nó sự không công bằng đó. Nếu như cổ tức bị cắt giảm thì có thể coi là một tin tức tồi tệ. Một khi cổ tức giảm, có nghĩa là cổ phiếu đó sắp bị rớt giá.<br />
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3. Tiền mặt được coi là vua</strong></p>
<p>Sự luân chuyển tiền mặt được coi là sự lành mạnh thật sự trong <span style="text-decoration:underline;">kinh doanh</span>. Hãy tìm những công ty có hàng “<em>tấn</em>” tiền mặt luân chuyển. Thậm chí, trong giai đoạn xấu nhất, việc có nhiều tiền mặt cũng tạo ra những cơ hội. Các công ty khi cổ phiếu rớt giá, họ có thể tung tiền mặt ra để mua lại những cổ phiếu của chính mình để nâng mức giá cổ phiếu lên hay thanh toán các khoản nợ, tăng cổ tức hay đầu tư vào các hoạt động kinh doanh có thể sinh lợi nhuận khác. Đó là lý do tại sao tiền mặt là nhân tố quan trọng nhất để xác định giá trị trên thị trường.</p>
<p><strong>4. Đừng tập trung vào những công ty có thu nhập mà không có sự tăng trưởng</strong></p>
<p>Các công ty nếu có sự tăng trưởng kinh doanh mới thực sự lành mạnh. Vì vậy, sự luân chuyển tiền mặt cần phải đủ lớn để không chỉ trả tiền cổ tức “<em>trong sạch</em>”, mà còn đủ tiền để tăng trưởng và duy trì sức mạnh một cách chiến lược.</p>
<p><strong>5. Đừng bỏ quên những giá trị “<em>ẩn</em>”</strong></p>
<p>Kết quả đầu tư phụ thuộc vào cả hai yếu tố: cổ tức và giá cổ phiếu. Cổ phiếu của những công ty làm ra những sản phẩm thực và có lợi nhuận thực thường không rơi vào vị trí hàng đầu. Vì vậy, cổ tức của những cổ phiếu có thể cũng là một nguồn “<em>giá trị ẩn</em>” rất lớn mà bạn có thể dùng để tìm ra những cổ phiếu giá trị. Tìm ra những giá trị này bằng cách tập trung trước hết vào cổ tức có thể giúp bạn tránh rơi vào cái bẫy của những “<em>con dao sắc</em>” mà nhiều nhà đầu tư giá trị mắc phải.</p>
<p><strong>6. Phải có quan điểm đầu tư dài hạn</strong></p>
<p>Rất nhiều nhà môi giới chứng khoáng đã tư vấn đầu tư dựa trên một quan điểm rất ngắn hạn – thường tối đa trong khoảng thời gian 12 tháng. Cá nhân các nhà đầu tư nên có quan điểm ít nhất từ ba đến năm năm khi xem xét đầu tư. Càng nhiều thời gian trôi qua, bạn sẽ càng nhận ra đầy đủ sức mạnh thật sự của sự sản sinh cổ tức hay cổ tức “<em>kép</em>”.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Cách tốt nhất để biến những ước mơ tài chính của bạn thành hiện thực</strong></span></p>
<p>Cổ phiếu được thanh toán cổ tức hiển nhiên là cách nhanh nhất và đáng tin cậy nhất để đạt được sự an toàn và độc lập về tài chính. Sau đây là năm lý do tại sao bạn nên yêu thích công việc đầu tư cổ phiếu sinh cổ tức ngay bây giờ:</p>
<p>1. Chúng đang chiếm vị trí thắng thế trên thị trường. Theo chỉ số <strong>Standard&#38; Poor’s</strong>, trong bảy tháng đầu năm 2006, cổ phiếu được trả cổ tức tăng trở lại 4,3%, so sánh với -3,3% cho những người chơi cổ phiếu không có cổ tức.</p>
<p>2. Chúng có mức độ rủi ro thấp. Khi mà hầu hết các công ty thanh toán cổ tức bằng tiền mặt, các nhà đầu tư sẵn sàng đầu tư vào những cổ phiếu mà cổ tức được trả bằng cổ phiếu nhằm lợi dụng khả năng sinh lời của nó trên thị trường. Vì vậy, chúng sẽ không bao giờ bị rớt giá quá nhanh và quá thấp như các cổ phiếu không có cổ tức. Những cổ phiếu này vì thế trở thành nam châm hút hết các nhà đầu tư tìm kiếm sự an toàn.</p>
<p>3. Chúng kiếm ra được nhiều tiền hơn với mức thuế thấp hơn. Nhờ những thay đổi gần đây trong luật thuế thu nhập, cổ tức ở nhiều nước trên thế giới hiện được áp mức thuế 15%. So sánh với tiền lãi thu được các khoản tiền tiết kiệm tại ngân hàng, hoặc một số thu nhập bất thường khác…, thường bị chịu mức thuế thu nhập thông thường lên tới 35%, thì đây quả là một mức thuế tương đối thấp. Theo tính toán của<strong> Standard&#38; Poor’s</strong> điều này có thể tiết kiệm cho các nhà đầu tư con số lên tới hàng trăm tỷ đô-la. Vì lý do này mà nó sẽ kéo sự đầu tư trở lại với cổ phiếu được trả cổ tức.</p>
<p>4. Chúng giúp bạn tránh bị gặp rủi ro như “trường hợp của Enrons” một lần nữa. Cổ tức không bao giờ nói dối. Ví dụ, trong khoảng thời gian từ năm 1997 đến 2000, “thu nhập” của Enron’s tăng đột biến lên 69%, nhưng cổ tức chỉ tăng 9%. Điều này cho thấy chắc chắn có một dấu hiệu “ám muội” nào ở đây, nhưng nhiều nhà đầu tư chứng khoán đã không nhìn ra nó, để rồi, bỗng chốc trở nên trắng tay khi công ty này tuyên bố phá sản.</p>
<p>5. Bằng cách tái đầu tư cổ tức, bạn kiếm ra được nhiều tiền và nhận ra sức mạnh của sự sinh sôi một cách tự động. Tái đầu tư các cổ tức nâng danh mục thu nhập từ đầu tư cổ phiếu của bạn lên bằng cách mua nhiều hơn cổ phiếu khi giá thấp và giúp bạn kiếm được nhiều lợi nhuận hơn.</p>
<p>Cổ tức không chỉ dành riêng cho những người về hưu. Nó dành cho tất cả những ai muốn tích lũy, cóp nhặt nhiều tài sản cho mình hơn mà mức độ rủi ro lại ít. Bạn có thấy cuộc sống sẽ buồn tẻ biết bao nếu không tự tìm cách để kiếm ra nhiều tiền để cải thiện và tận hưởng cuộc sống, thay vì chỉ ngủ và chẳng mảy may lo toan gì như những đứa trẻ? Chắc chắn bạn sẽ chẳng bao giờ lãng phí cuộc sống một cách vô nghĩa như thế!</p>
<p style="text-align:right;"><strong>Tuấn Anh</strong> (Dịch từ <em>Motley Fool</em>)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Haifa scientist Sarit Larisch honored for Parkinson's Disease research]]></title>
<link>http://sdjewishworld.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/haifa-scientist-sarit-larisch-honored-for-parkinsons-disease-research/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dhharrison</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[HAIFA (Press Release) &#8212; Dr. Sarit Larisch, head of the Cell Death Research Laboratory and seni]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>HAIFA (Press Release) &#8212; Dr. Sarit Larisch, head of the Cell Death Research Laboratory and senior lecturer in the University of Haifa&#8217;s Department of Biology, has been awarded the  Johnson &#38; Johnson Focused Funding grant for her research exploring the cause of brain cell damage in Parkinson&#8217;s disease.</p>
<p>The award, which is granted each year to scientists in support of innovation and excellence in science, was announced in 2008, and officially conferred earlier this month at an event  in New Jersey. This is the first time in three years that an Israeli scientist has received the Johnson &#38; Johnson Focus Funding award.</p>
<p>Dr. Larisch presented her research, funded by the Johnson &#38; Johnson grant, at the award ceremony. Her study of Parkinson&#8217;s Disease , a progressive neurodegenerative disorder caused by the death of nerve cells in areas of the brain that control muscle movement, has revealed a direct link between Parkin, which is a protein implicated in the disease, and ARTS, a protein that promotes death of cells.</p>
<p>All cells in our body have the ability to self-destruct by activating an intrinsic cell suicide program called apoptosis, explains Dr. Larisch. In this way, the accumulation of damaged and potentially dangerous cells, such as tumor cells, is greatly limited. Aberrations in this process play a key role in the generation of many human diseases, ranging from autoimmunity and cancer to neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease, she explains. ARTS is an important activator of cell death that was discovered by Dr. Larisch several years ago. It is normally present in most of our cells at a central junction within the cell death control machinery, and has the ability to transmit the last irreversible order of destruction to the cell.</p>
<p>Excess of cell death occurring in the brains of Parkinson&#8217;s Disease (PD) patients has been reported by many researchers as the major cause for the observed symptoms of PD, yet the direct cause for this excess cell death has remained unclear.</p>
<p>Dr. Larisch along with Dr. Stav Kemeny, a post-doctoral fellow in Dr. Larisch’s laboratory, and in collaboration with Prof. John P. M. Finberg from the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, have found for the first time a direct link between Parkin, a protein that plays a major role in hereditary Parkinson&#8217;s Disease, and ARTS. Cellular levels of ARTS protein are tightly regulated to stay at low levels in normal cells in order to prevent unwanted cell death, says Dr. Larisch. But high levels of ARTS overcome the natural resistance measurements in cells and lead to their final destruction through apoptosis. Parkin was found to control the levels of ARTS protein in healthy cells.</p>
<p>&#8220;In PD brain cells,&#8221; explains Dr. Larisch, &#8220;Parkin contains mutations that compromise its ability to regulate the levels of ARTS.  This aberrant function of Parkin in PD brains presumably leads to increased levels of ARTS which in turn induce the uncontrolled death of brain cells.”</p>
<p>&#8220;Further understanding of how defects in the interaction between ARTS and Parkin cause the loss of brain cells may lead to a better treatment of patients suffering from Parkinson’s Disease,&#8221; Dr. Larisch concludes.</p>
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Preceding provided by University of Haifa</p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Nếu bạn là một nhà đầu tư chứng khoán, trước khi quyết định mua cổ phiếu, bạn cần phải hết sức cẩn trọng. Ðặc biệt là cần tính toán kỹ và xác định xem cổ phiếu của công ty đó có giá trị hay không. Tốt nhất là nên nắm được cách thức đầu tư và an toàn nhất nên chọn các công ty đã có những thành công và tiếng tăm nhất định trên thị trường.<br />
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Nói thì rất dễ, nhưng để tìm ra được những dấu hiệu quan trọng giúp bạn nhận biết việc đầu tư của mình có chính xác và khôn ngoan hay không lại không đơn giản chút nào. Dưới đây là cách thức và các dấu hiệu giúp bạn nhận ra các cổ phiếu có giá trị trên thị trường.</p>
<p><em>Đầu tiên, bạn hãy lập ra một danh sách các công ty lớn, đã phát hành cổ phiếu ra thị trường. Sau đó bạn sẽ thường xuyên theo dõi sự lên xuống giá cổ phiếu đó trên thị trường.</em></p>
<p>Tuy nhiên, để xác định đâu là một công ty lớn, cổ phiếu của nó sẽ có giá trị trên thị trường, bạn cần phải căn cứ vào năm dấu hiệu phân biệt quan trọng sau đây:</p>
<p><strong>1. Có thương hiệu nổi tiếng và uy tín trên thị trường</strong></p>
<p>Trước hết, bạn hãy nghĩ đến các thương hiệu nổi tiếng trên thế giới mà chủ sở hữu của nó đã đầu tư vào sản xuất trong đất nước bạn, dưới dạng các công ty 100% vốn nước ngoài hay các công ty liên doanh. Ví dụ như <strong>General Electric</strong>, <strong>Microsoft</strong>,<strong> Apple</strong>, <strong>Marlboro</strong>…, đó là những thương hiệu được xếp hạng trong 40 thương hiệu nổi tiếng nhất trên thế giới, theo sự bình chọn và đánh giá của Tổ chức tư vấn thương hiệu <strong>Interbrand</strong>. Dấu hiệu này rất quan trọng, đảm bảo sự thành công trong kinh doanh của công ty này trên đất nước của bạn, và hiển nhiên cổ phiếu của họ chắc chắn sẽ có giá trị trên thị trường. Nếu bạn quyết định đầu tư vào cổ phiếu của những công ty này, mức độ rủi ro sẽ rất ít.</p>
<p><strong>2. Kinh doanh những sản phẩm và dịch vụ có ý nghĩa</strong></p>
<p>Bạn hãy tìm kiếm những công ty mà sản phẩm, dịch vụ của chúng thực sự là nhu cầu thiết yếu và là sở thích của người tiêu dùng. Các công ty dược phẩm: ví dụ  như hãng dược phẩm khổng lồ <strong>Novartis</strong> của <strong>Thụy Sĩ</strong> chẳng hạn, những sản phẩm do công ty này sản xuất ra như thuốc bổ Calcium và dầu nong… bán đắt như tôm tươi. Bất kể khách hàng là người lắm tiền nhiều của hay không dư dả lắm, họ đều sẵn sàng mua những sản phẩm như vậy.</p>
<p>Tại sao vậy? Bởi kinh tế ngày một tăng trưởng đã khuyến khích người dân có nhu cầu chăm sóc sức khỏe cao hơn. Đồng hành với sự thịnh vượng kinh tế là xu hướng ngồi làm việc tại chỗ trước màn hành vi tính nhiều hơn. Trẻ em cũng không thoát khỏi xu hướng này. Các nhân tố đó sẽ dẫn đến tình trạng béo phì, tăng huyết áp hay tiểu đường, khiến nhu cầu sử dụng thuốc gia tăng.</p>
<p>Bên cạnh đó, các hãng khác như <strong>Coca-Cola</strong> hay <strong>Yum!</strong>… cũng là chủ sở hữu những sản phẩm rất được người tiêu dùng ưa chuộng, và chắc chắn chúng sẽ còn được mua nhiều.</p>
<p><strong>3. Thu nhập chắc chắn và đáng tin cậy, tăng trưởng trong bán hàng và lợi nhuận chính đáng</strong></p>
<p>Tức là trước khi quyết định đầu tư vào cổ phiếu của một công ty, bạn nên xem xét ba vấn đề cơ bản của công ty là: thu nhập; lượng hàng bán ra trên thị trường và lợi nhuận.</p>
<p><em>- Về thu nhập, bạn có thể sử dụng một số chỉ tiêu sau để đánh giá sự chắc chắn và đáng tin cậy của công ty:</em></p>
<p>+ Chỉ số thu nhập trên một đơn vị cổ phiếu – <strong>EPS</strong> (Earning per Share): thu nhập dòng hay lợi nhuận sau thuế có thể được xem xét bằng tổng lợi nhuận hay xét trên một đơn vị cổ phiếu gọi là chỉ số <strong>EPS</strong>. Một công ty có sự gia tăng về tốc độ tăng trưởng thu nhập khi tốc độ tăng trưởng thu nhập của quý sau cao hơn quý trước. Một cổ phiếu tốt, có tốc độ gia tăng về tăng trưởng thu nhập cao hơn so với ba hay bốn quý trước. Tăng trưởng của chỉ số thu nhập ít nhất là 25% so với cùng quý của năm trước. <strong>EPS</strong> hàng năm của cổ phiếu tốt ít nhất phải tăng trưởng 25% so với ba năm trước.</p>
<p>Ví dụ: Tập đoàn <strong>Johnson &#38; Johnson </strong>có thu nhập tăng trong 73 năm liên tiếp, có tốc độ tăng đột biến tiền lãi cổ phần (cổ tức) trong 44 năm liên tiếp, và công khai yết thị thu nhập kiếm được tăng trong 21 năm liên tiếp.Theo bạn, cổ phiếu của tập đoàn này có thực sự hấp dẫn không?</p>
<p>+ Chỉ số thị giá chia cho thu nhập của mỗi cổ phần – <strong>P/E</strong> là một trong những chỉ số phân tích quan trọng quyết định đầu tư chứng khoán của nhà đầu tư. Thu nhập từ cổ phiếu sẽ có ảnh hưởng quyết định đến giá thị trường của cổ phiếu đó. Hệ số P/E đo lường mốiquan hệ giữa giá thị trường (<strong>Market Price</strong> – PM) và thua nhập của mỗi cổ phiếu (<strong>EPS</strong>) và được tính như sau:</p>
<p><strong>P/E= PM/EPS.</strong></p>
<p>Thông thường, nhiều người cho rằng nên chọn mua những cổ phiếu có<strong> P/E</strong> thấp vì theo họ những cổ phiếu có chỉ số này cao là đắt và không nên mua. Nhưng trên thực tế, những cổ phiếu tốt nhất thường có chỉ số này rất cao.</p>
<p>Hệ số<strong> P/E</strong> rất có ích cho việc định giá cổ phiếu. Giả sử bạn đang muốn mua một cổ phiếu hiện tại chưa được giao dịch trên thị trường, nhưng chưa biết mua với giá bao nhiêu là hợp lý. Nếu bạn biết thu nhập của công ty này (<strong>EPS</strong>), bạn có thể lấy nó nhân với chỉ số <strong>P/E</strong> được công bố trên thị trường giao dịch chứng khoán của nhóm cổ phiếu tương tự như cổ phiếu này, bạn sẽ xác định được giá của cổ phiếu mà bạn muốn mua.</p>
<p>- Về sự tăng trưởng bán hàng: Đây là chỉ tiêu quan trọng nhất để đo lường một công ty có sức mạnh hay không và là nhân tố chính của tăng trưởng. Khi chọn lựa cổ phiếu tốt hãy tìm công ty có tốc độ bán hàng mạnh để làm tiền đề cho tăng trưởng thu nhập. Tiêu chí để xác định công ty có tăng trưởng bán hàng tốt nếu ba quý gần nhất có sự tăng lượng hàng bán lớn hơn hoặc bằng 25% so với quý gần nhất trước đó.<br />
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- Về lợi nhuận: có thể đánh giá trên hai chỉ tiêu:</em></p>
<p>+ Lợi nhuận ròng: đánh giá tỷ lệ chuyển doanh thu thành thu nhập. Trên quan điểm của nhà đầu tư, nên tìm những công ty có sự tăng về tỷ lệ lợi nhuận ròng/doanh thu. Con số này càng lớn thì có nghĩa công ty đang có xu hướng quản lý và các hoạt động khác tốt lên. Tiêu chí để xác định cho chỉ tiêu này là lợi nhuận trước thuế ít nhất đạt 18% doanh thu. Yêu cầu lợi nhuận sau thuế luôn đạt 10% trở lên.</p>
<p>+ Lợi nhuận trên vốn chủ sở hữu (<strong>ROE</strong>): Hệ số này phản ánh mức thu nhập ròng trên vốn cổ phần của cổ đông.</p>
<p><strong>ROE</strong>= Lợi nhuận ròng/Vốn cổ đông hay giá trị tài sản ròng hữu hình.</p>
<p>Hệ số này thường được các nhà đầu tư phân tích để so sánh với các cổ phiếu khác nhau trên thị trường. Thông thường, hệ số thu nhập trên vốn cổ phần càng cao thì các cổ phiếu càng hấp dẫn, vì hệ số này cho thấy cách đánh giá khả năng sinh lời và các tỷ suất lợi nhuận của công ty khi đem so sánh với hệ số thu nhập trên vốn cổ phần của các công ty khác.</p>
<p><strong>4. Chịu sự quản lý và điều hành bởi các nhà lãnh đạo tài ba</strong></p>
<p>Đây là một trong những tiêu chuẩn và dấu hiệu khá quan trọng mà bạn nên tìm hiểu trước khi quyết định đầu tư. Nếu nhà lãnh đạo giỏi, công ty sẽ phát triển đúng hướng và sẽ là yếu tố đảm bảo sự thành công trong đầu tư vào cổ phiếu của bạn. Thậm chí, nếu chẳng may công ty rơi vào tình trạng gay go, trước bờ vực của sự phá sản, nhưng nếu được điều hành và dẫn dắt của một nhà lãnh đạo tài ba, rất có thể nó sẽ vượt qua được khó khăn, quay về đúng hướng.</p>
<p>Richard Parson – Giám đốc điều hành của <strong>Time Warner </strong>là một trong những nhà lãnh đạo tài giỏi như thế. Ông đã làm được một điều kỳ diệu: giá cổ phiếu của hãng gần như đã quay về mức trước khi rơi vào khủng hoảng, trước khi ông về nắm quyền. Sau cuộc sáp nhập khủng hoảng với <strong>AOL</strong> trong năm 2001, giá cổ phiếu <strong>Time Warne</strong>r đã rớt tự do. Thế nhưng trong năm 2005, Parson đã dần kéo công việc kinh doanh của hãng truyền thông lớn nhất thế giới này trở về quỹ đạo cũ. Ông đã giải quyết dứt điểm từng vấn đề đau đầu của <strong>Time Warner</strong> , từ trả bớt nợ, bán bớt các bộ phận làm ăn không hiệu quả cho đến dàn xếp ổn thỏa các các cuộc điều tra liên bang và vụ kiện của các cổ đông.</p>
<p>Bạn có thể tìm hiểu thông tin có ích và ấn tượng về các nhà lãnh đạo giỏi, có uy tín trên các trang web giới thiệu về doanh nghiệp và doanh nhân. Ví dụ, trên trên web www.fool.com, có nhiều tin tức về những nhà lãnh đạo này trên chuyên mục “<em>xác định sự quản lý có hiệu quả</em>” (Identifying effective management) hay “<em>Điều tra về đầu tư</em>” (Investigative Investing).</p>
<p><strong>5. Có lợi thế cạnh tranh nhất định</strong></p>
<p>Trở lại ví dụ của hãng<strong> Time Warner </strong>và <strong>AOL</strong> sau khi sáp nhập. Mặc dù trong thời gian đầu, <strong>AOL</strong> gặp rất nhiều khó khăn, song họ vẫn giữ được nhiều khách hàng trung thành. Tại sao nhiều khách hàng vẫn trung thành với họ? Bất cứ một nhà cung cấp dịch vụ trực tuyến nào cũng muốn cung cấp cho người sử dụng một địa chỉ e-mail miễn phí và lôi kéo khách hàng sử dụng địa chỉ email của mình, chứ không phải của các đối thủ cạnh tranh. Và khi một ai đó đã sử dụng địa chỉ email do hãng của bạn cung cấp, chắc chắn họ sẽ không dễ dàng từ bỏ địa chỉ e-mail của bạn để sử dụng địa chỉ e-mail của một nhà cung cấp khác. Đơn giản là họ sẽ gặp nhiều rắc rối và đau đầu vì thông báo địa chỉ e-mail mới cũng như mất thời gian cập nhật và nhận thư từ từ nhiều địa chỉ e-mail.</p>
<p>Tương tự như vậy, hãng dịch vụ cho thuê phim <strong>Netflix</strong> của Mỹ là một trong những hãng có tên tuổi và tiên phong trong lĩnh vực cho thuê <strong>DVD</strong> và bán phim trên mạng internet. Khách hàng có thể thâm nhập vào danh mục các bộ phim mà họ muốn xem và khó có thể từ chối những dịch vụ mà họ cung cấp.</p>
<p>Đó chính là những công ty có một lợi thế cạnh tranh nhất định trên thị trường, mà khi quyết định đầu tư cổ phiếu, bạn có thể xem xét đến chúng.</p>
<p>Sau khi bạn đã xác định được đâu là một công ty mạnh, có triển vọng trên thị trường, bạn quyết định tìm kiếm và mua cổ phiếu của nó với bất cứ giá nào? Đừng làm như vậy. Các công ty chất lượng cao, giá cổ phiếu của họ thường ở mức trung bình. Nếu bạn trả giá cho cổ phiếu của họ quá cao, rất có thể sẽ làm ảnh hưởng đến hoạt động kinh doanh và tổn hại đến thu nhập của họ. Vì vậy, nếu bạn là một người kiên nhẫn, bạn nên chờ đợi thời cơ. Ví dụ: một hãng kinh doanh rất thành công, nhưng gần đây họ bán cổ phiếu với một giá hoàn toàn không quá cao như nhiều người nghĩ. Đó chính là hãng <strong>Coca-Cola</strong>. Chỉ số <strong>P/E </strong>của hãng này chỉ xấp xỉ xung quanh 22, thấp hơn mức trung bình trong lịch sử của hãng này.</p>
<p>“<em>Một công ty lớn có giá cổ phiếu không quá cao</em>”, đó chính là một công thức kiếm được nhiều tiền trong đầu tư chứng khoán trong nhiều thập kỷ nay. Bạn nên suy nghĩ về điều này trước khi quyết định mua cổ phiếu của một công ty nào đó.</p>
<p style="text-align:right;"><strong>Tuấn Anh</strong> (Dịch từ<em> Motley Fool </em>và tham khảo một số thông tin trên mạng)</p>
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<p>The following device manufacturers make the hip resurfacing implant:</p>
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<li><strong>Smith &#38; Nephew</strong><br />
<em>Implant:</em> Birmingham Hip Resurfacing system BHR</li>
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<li><strong>Johnson &#38; Johnson</strong><br />
<em>Implant:</em> DEPUY ASR Articular Surface Replacement</li>
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<li><strong>Wright Medical Technology</strong><br />
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<title><![CDATA[Big Pharma! Who's Leading The Pharmaceutical Industry!]]></title>
<link>http://pharmstorm.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/big-pharma-whos-leading-the-pharmaceutical-industry/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sanna Mattson MacLeod</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[How big is Big Pharma? In case you have ever wondered just how much revenue is generated in Big Phar]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>How big is Big Pharma? In case you have ever wondered just how much revenue is generated in Big Pharma and from which countries it derives from, here is a great visual of revenue generated and expenditures in the pharmaceutical industry and from which global region in 2008. Pfizer, GSK, Johnson &#38; Johnson, Bayer, Roche Group and Sanofi Aventis make up the big dogs in this industry. Considering most industries are in a financial meltdown, the pharmaceutical industry continues to grow and prosper, which is only good news for job market.</p>
<div id="attachment_10" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://pharmstorm.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/bigpharma.png"><img class="size-medium wp-image-10" title="BigPharma" src="http://pharmstorm.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/bigpharma.png?w=300" alt="Pharmaceutical Industry Statistics" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Growth is Strong in the Pharmaceutical Industry</p></div>
<p>* Information from <a href="http://www.ngpharma.com/" target="_self">Pharma News</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The European Union (EU): Modern Europe leading human rights]]></title>
<link>http://adonis49.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/the-european-union-eu-modern-europe-leading-human-rights/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>adonis49</dc:creator>
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<p>The previous post <strong>&#8220;European Union (EU) describes Modern Europe&#8221;</strong> covered a few statistics and then a short description of the EU administrative and legislative institutions.<strong> </strong>This follow up post will cover what is working, then analyzing what need to be ironed out, and then how the world community is expecting modern Europe to lead.</p>
<p>The 27 European States forming the EU counts 6 States among the twenty leading economy in the world.  By deceasing rank we have USA, China, Japan, India, Germany, Russia, Britain, France, Brazil, Italy, Mexico, Spain, South Korea, Canada, Indonesia, Turkey, Iran, Australia, Taiwan, and the Netherlands. Actually, those six European economies constitute about 90% of the EU in economy and in populations.</p>
<p>As a block, the economy of the EU may surpass the USA with a twist: the three largest industrial multinationals in every sector are US.  For example, in aeronautics we have United Technology, Boeing, and Lockheed Martin; in medical materials we have Medtronic, United Health, and Alcon; in Medias we have Walt Disney, News Corporation, and Comcast; in pharmaceutical/biotechnology we have Johnson &#38; Johnson, and Pfizer; in informatics we have Microsoft, IBM, and Google.  Besides, the US is the first military power in technology, Navy, Bombers, and aircraft carriers.  The EU is totally dependent on oil and gas energies imported from Russia and elsewhere.  France has adopted a policy of being sufficient in electricity via nuclear energy (60% of the total of France production of energy).  Denmark is 25% sufficient in Aeolian technology and Germany about 15%.</p>
<p>The EU is facing problems. First, the &#8220;community vision&#8221; is eroding: the decade after the fall of the Berlin Wall and disintegration of the Soviet Union sent the wrong message of jumping in the band wagon of US globalization; thus, the well to do citizens wanted to get rich fast by emulating liberal capitalism. Individualism overshadowed the need to resume a common culture of developing institutions that are trained to work toward the common interest and be reformed to keeping the EU spirit intact in human rights and human dignity.</p>
<p>Second, the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 took Europe by surprise.  The euphoric undertaking of uniting East Germany quickly exhausted West Germany with the multitude of social, economic and political problems of this unification and captured most of Germany&#8217;s resources and time and prevented it to ponder on the EU necessities.  The opportunity to deepen European consciousness for reformed institutions to expanding eastward was missed.</p>
<p>Third, the EU was discussing the two possibilities: either the strengthening the current union for the longer term expansion or hastily absorbing the many eastern European newly independent States.  The political decision was to go ahead and allowing these tiny states to adhere to the union.  I think that this was the appropriate decision because new States had to root their future into a tangible alliance or fall back into past habit, inclinations, and culture; thus, forming close alliances with Russia. The EU was the appropriate framework for ethnic communication and more democratic realization of social aspirations.  The problem is that these tiny States feel that they should aspire to the same standard of living in no times.  The latest financial crash has left al these States in bankrupt conditions and it is up to the rich EU States to salvage this predicament.  Maybe this fact should remind the EU that not all States should enjoy the same rights until they can show the same capability to shouldering responsibilities.</p>
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<p>The actual challenges are many. First, there is a political space to reconstruct:  The budget of the EU institutions is merely 1% of the gross GNP while States allocate over 30% to re-distribute to collectivities, social protection, and welfare. The richer States are not that inclined to contribute heavily to the social stability of the poorer EU State members. Second, the EU has unified its currency (it overcame the States&#8217; monopolies to issuing paper money) but is lacking a unified economic government.  For example, the EU lacks common public spaces, no political party or organization has been created or formed to focus on specific EU interests, and the EU Parliament has no power to raise taxes to finance common policies.  So far, the government chiefs are wary of relinquishing their interstates legitimacy and power.</p>
<p>As a block, the EU is still unable to challenge the US on crimes against humanity committed by the US and Israel;  it is fully cooperating with the US on taking Israel off the hook in the UN for daily crimes against human dignity, rights, and apartheid policies in the West bank and Gaza. There are a few States in the EU that are showing trends to opposing Israel&#8217;s apartheid practices and boycotting its products grown and manufactured in the occupied West Bank; it is the people in these States who have set the stage for human rights and dignity reversal toward the Palestinian endemic plight since 1948.</p>
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<p>The world community is on its toes: will the EU refresh its initial objective of &#8220;community vision&#8221; or will it relapse in petty interstates interest of monopolies and idiosyncrasies?  We need the EU to be the caldron of community communication among ethnicities, languages, and cultures. We need the EU to be the social and political testing ground for viable alternatives in vision, institutions, ecological human survival, human rights and dignity. We need the EU to invent new reasons to living together and reducing man inequality.</p>
<p>The European Union is the most striking political and social achievement in the 20<sup>th</sup> century.  The backbones of most of the UN peace keeping forces around the world are European contingents; the EU is the highest contributor in humanitarian budgets and for reforming obsolete public institutions in the under-developed States. The EU needs a refresher community vision and the world community should raise its voices and aid Europe in its endeavors.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Navajo Lutheran Mission Health Fair on November 18, 2009]]></title>
<link>http://navajolutheranmission.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/navajolutheranmissionhealthfairnov182009/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>yoopernewsman</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Navajo Lutheran Mission HEALTH FAIR Come to the Health Fair in the Navajo Lutheran Mission School Ca]]></description>
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<p><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#3333ff;">Navajo Lutheran Mission HEALTH FAIR</span></span></p>
<p>Come to the Health Fair in the Navajo Lutheran Mission School Cafeteria<br />
Wednesday November 18, 2009 at 1:00pm local time<br />
Navajo Mission Health Center<br />
P.O Box 354<br />
Rock Point, AZ<br />
86545</p>
<p><span style="color:#3333ff;">Health Teaching, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Nutrition, Safety and Fitness exercises. Starts from 1pm to 4 pm in the Navajo Lutheran Mission School Cafeteria.</span></p>
<p>It&#8217;s for the Community Members, Students and parents and anyone who wants to come and enjoy this special event with us.<br />
Come and have fun.<br />
You are welcome.</p>
<p><span style="color:#3333ff;">Questions call Marina A. Elliott-Begay at (928) 659-4116 from 8am to 5pm Monday to Friday</span></p>
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<p><strong>Related <a title="Official website of the Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission in Rock Point, Arizona:" href="http://www.nelm.org/" target="_blank">Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission</a> (NELM) Links:</strong></p>
<p><strong>NELM on <a title="Become a fan of the Navajo Lutheran Mission on facebook:" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Navajo-Lutheran-Mission/162194916280">facebook</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>NELM on <a title="NELM Blog on wordpress:" href="http://navajolutheranmission.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">wordpress blog</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>NELM on <a title="NELM blog page Blogger aka Blogspot:" href="http://navajolutheranmission.blogspot.com/">Blogger</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>NELM on <a title="The Navajo Lutheran Mission Wikizine on Zombio:" href="http://www.zimbio.com/Navajo+Lutheran+Mission+in+Rock+Point%2C+AZ" target="_blank">Zimbio</a><br />
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<p><strong>NELM on <a title="NELM myspace page:" href="http://www.myspace.com/navajolutheranmission" target="_blank">myspace</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>NELM on <a title="NELM TV on bliptv:" href="http://navajoluthmission.blip.tv/" target="_blank">bliptv</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>NELM on <a title="NELM TV on youtube:" href="http://www.youtube.com/NavajoLuthMission" target="_blank">youtube</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>NELM on <a title="NELM photos on photobucket:" href="http://photobucket.com/NavajoLutheranMission" target="_blank">photobucket</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>NELM on <a title="NELM on Twitter -Tweet us:" href="http://twitter.com/NELMRockPointAZ" target="_blank">Twitter</a></strong></p>
<h2><span style="color:#c82506;"><strong>In Memory:</strong></span></h2>
<p><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/In%20Memory%2090-year-old%20Bernita%20Severson%20NELM%20Cook/?action=view&#38;current=MemoryofBenitaSeversonlongtimeNELMc.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/In%20Memory%2090-year-old%20Bernita%20Severson%20NELM%20Cook/MemoryofBenitaSeversonlongtimeNELMc.jpg" border="0" alt="Bernita Severson,cook,education director,memorial,obituary,honor,Navajo,Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission,Navajo Lutheran Mission,Navajo Nation,Navajo youth,Diné,Diné Bikéyah,beloved,In Memory,Funeral,Rock Point,Arizona,St. Olaf College,Minnesota,Arnoldt-McRaith Funeral Home" width="123" height="158" /></a></p>
<p><span style="color:#44a9a5;"><strong>The Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission remembers a longtime employee.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#44a9a5;"><strong><a title="Obituary for 90-year-old Bernita Severson, who worked as a cook and education director at the Navajo Lutheran Mission for 22 years. The mission honors Bernita Severson for her dedicated service to the Navajo Children:" href="http://www.katoinfo.com/mankatoobituaries.php?obid=289" target="_blank">90-year-old Bernita Severson</a> died on April 10, 2009 at the Peaceful Valley Care Home in Prescott, AZ .</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#44a9a5;"><strong>She served for 22 years as the mission cook, education director. She fed countless Navajo children tens of thousands of meals.</strong></span></p>
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<p><strong><a title="Official website of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA):" href="http://www.elca.org/" target="_blank">Evangelical Lutheran Church in America</a> (ELCA)</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/?action=view&#38;current=GrandCanyonSynodlogoheader.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/GrandCanyonSynodlogoheader.jpg" border="0" alt="ELCA Grand Canyon Synod,Grand Canyon Synod,Evangelical Lutheran Church in America,Grand Canyon,Arizona,Lutheran,church,Church Services,Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission,Navajo Lutheran Mission,Navajo Reservation,Navajo Nation,mission,Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard,Rev. Deborah Hubbard,Rock Point,Rev. Steve Talmage,Bishop Steve Talmage,Grand Canyon Synod Bishop Steve Talmage,Phoenix" width="347" height="48" /></a></p>
<p><strong><a title="Grand Canyon Synod page on the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) website:" href="http://www.gcsynod.org/gcs/forms/directory/synodical_calls.pdf" target="_blank">Grand Canyon Synod</a> on </strong><strong>ELCA</strong></p>
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<p><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/?action=view&#38;current=AugsburgFortresslogoonblog.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/th_AugsburgFortresslogoonblog.gif" border="0" alt="Augsburg Fortress,Augsburg Fortress One Mission Blog,VBS Mission Project Offering,Vacation Bible School,Chicago,Illinois,Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission,Navajo Lutheran Mission,Navajo Nation,Navajo Reservation,Navajo,NELM,ELCA,Evangelical Lutheran Church in America,ELCA Grand Canyon Synod,Grand Canyon Synod,Ministry of Publishing,writing,books,publications,gospel" /></a><strong><a title="Link to the Augsburg Fortress Vacation Bible School Navajo Mission School Project:" href="http://www.thevbsplace.org/mission_project.aspx" target="_blank"></a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a title="Link to the Augsburg Fortress Vacation Bible School Navajo Mission School Project:" href="http://www.thevbsplace.org/mission_project.aspx" target="_blank">Augsburg Fortress Vacation Bible School Navajo Mission School Project</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/?action=view&#38;current=AugsburgFortressOneMissionBloglogo.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/th_AugsburgFortressOneMissionBloglogo.gif" border="0" alt="Chicago,Illinois,VBS Mission Project Offering,Vacation Bible School,Augsburg Fortress One Mission Blog,blog,Navajo,Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission,Navajo Lutheran Mission,NELM,Navajo Nation,Navajo youth,Rev. Deborah Hubbard,Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard,Rock Point,Arizona,Ministry of Publishing,ELCA,Evangelical Lutheran Church in America,ELCA Grand Canyon Synod,books" /></a></p>
<p><strong><a title="Link to Augsburg Fortress One Mission Blog about NELM:" href="http://blogs.augsburgfortress.org/?p=151" target="_blank">Augsburg Fortress One Mission Blog about NELM</a></strong><strong> Navajo Mission School Project</strong></p>
<p><strong>Vacation Bible School Mission Project Offering</strong></p>
<p><strong>P.O. Box 71764</strong></p>
<p><strong>Chicago, IL</strong></p>
<p><strong>60694-1764</strong></p>
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<p>Navajo Lutheran Mission named <a title="Link to press release about Navajo Lutheran Mission named Johnson &#38; Johnson 2008 Community HealthCare Program Awardee:" href="http://www.jhsph.edu/johnsonandjohnson/currentawardees.html" target="_blank">Johnson &#38; Johnson 2008 Community HealthCare Program Awardee</a> sponsored by the <a title="Link to website of the Johnson &#38; Johnson family, a sponsor of the 2008 Community HealthCare Program:" href="http://www.jnj.com/connect" target="_blank">Johnson &#38; Johnson family</a> and <a title="The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, a sponsor of the Johnson &#38; Johnson HealthCare Program Award:" href="http://www.jhsph.edu/" target="_blank">The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health</a></p>
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<p>The Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission thanks Lisa and Robert Gehl of Plainfield, IL, the owners of the website <a title="Official website of GiftCrazy.net that donates 10% of profits to Navajo Lutheran Mission:" href="http://www.giftcrazy.net/" target="_blank">GiftCrazy.net</a> because the company in Plainfield, IL donates  10% of all sales to the mission.<br />
And <a title="Link to GiftCrazy.net page with the info on donating 10% of profits to Navajo Lutheran Mission:" href="http://www.giftcrazy.net/info.html" target="_blank">they promote that fact heavily on their website</a><br />
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<p>GiftCrazy.net specializes in finding unique gifts and seasonal items for home and office.<br />
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<p><a title="email Lisa Gehl, co-owner of GiftCrazy.net:" href="http://www.blogger.com/Lisa@GiftCrazy.net" target="_blank">email Lisa Gehl</a></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">NELM News Stories:</span></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/Newspaper%20story%20photos%20by%20different%20newspapers/?action=view&#38;current=GreenValleyNewsandSunlogoforNELMnew.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/Newspaper%20story%20photos%20by%20different%20newspapers/th_GreenValleyNewsandSunlogoforNELMnew.gif" border="0" alt="Desert Hills Lutheran Church,Desert Hills Lutheran Church,Green Valley,Green Valley,Green Valley News and Sun,Green Valley News and Sun,Native American,Native American,Navajo,Navajo,Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission,Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission,Navajo Lutheran Mission,Navajo Lutheran Mission,Navajo Nation,Navajo Nation,Arizona,AZ,Navajo Reservation,Navajo youth,NELM" width="121" height="77" /></a> <a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/Newspaper%20story%20photos%20by%20different%20newspapers/?action=view&#38;current=DesertHillsLutheranChurchNELMTeamin.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/Newspaper%20story%20photos%20by%20different%20newspapers/th_DesertHillsLutheranChurchNELMTeamin.jpg" border="0" alt="Green Valley,Green Valley News and Sun,Desert Hills Lutheran Church,Native American,Navajo,Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission,Navajo Lutheran Mission,Navajo Reservation,Navajo Nation,Diné,desert,Arizona,American Indian,mission,volunteer,volunteers,newspaper,youth,teens,Navajo youth,NELM" width="132" height="74" /></a></p>
<p><strong><a title="Link to story in the Green Valley News &#38; Sun about 2009 visit to NELM by the team from the Green Valley's Desert Hills Lutheran Church:" href="http://www.gvnews.com/articles/2009/05/18/news/77navajomission520.txt" target="_blank">Green Valley News &#38; Sun story</a> on the <a title="Link to same story in Karen Culture section of Surfwax (about 2009 NELM visit by Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green Valley, AZ);" href="http://news.surfwax.com/cultures/archives/Karen_Culture.html" target="_blank">NELM visit</a> by the 2009 team from <a title="Official website of the Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green Valley, Arizona:" href="http://dhlc.org/" target="_blank">Desert Hills Lutheran Church</a> in Green Valley, AZ</strong></p>
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<p><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/Newspaper%20story%20photos%20by%20different%20newspapers/?action=view&#38;current=PittsburghTribune-Reviewbanner.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/Newspaper%20story%20photos%20by%20different%20newspapers/PittsburghTribune-Reviewbanner.gif" border="0" alt="Pittsburgh,Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,Pittsburgh Tribune-Review newspaper,Pastor Susan C. Schwartz,Rev. Susan C. Schwartz,Ohio,OH,banner,Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission,Navajo Lutheran Mission,Rock Point,Arizona,American Indian,Navajo,Native American,newspaper,Navajo youth,Navajo Nation,St. John Lutheran Church in Swissvale,St. John Lutheran Church,Hope Lutheran Church of Forest Hills" width="423" height="39" /></a></p>
<p><strong><a title="Pittsburgh Tribune-Review preview story on April 9, 2009 on upcoming NELM visit by 2009 team from Hope Lutheran Church of Forest Hills in Pittsburgh, PA:" href="http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_619790.html" target="_blank">Pittsburgh Tribune-Review preview story</a> on April 9, 2009 on upcoming NELM visit by 2009 team from the Hope Lutheran Church of Forest Hills in Pittsburgh, PA</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/Newspaper%20story%20photos%20by%20different%20newspapers/?action=view&#38;current=PittsburghnewsstoryNELMPastorSusanC.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/Newspaper%20story%20photos%20by%20different%20newspapers/th_PittsburghnewsstoryNELMPastorSusanC.jpg" border="0" alt="Pastor Susan C. Schwartz,Hope Lutheran Church of Forest Hills,St. John Lutheran Church in Swissvale,St. John Lutheran Church,Hope Lutheran Church,Pittsburgh,Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,Pittsburgh Tribune-Review newspaper,newspaper,Swissvale,Forest Hills,Ohio,OH,Native American,Rev. Susan C. Schwartz,Reverend,Pastor,Navajo Lutheran Mission,Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission,Rock Point" width="81" height="107" /></a> <a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/Pittsburgh%20volunteer%20mural%20painters%20at%20NELM%20in%20AZ/?action=view&#38;current=NLMPittsburgCollagePaintersoutsi-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/Pittsburgh%20volunteer%20mural%20painters%20at%20NELM%20in%20AZ/th_NLMPittsburgCollagePaintersoutsi-1.jpg" border="0" alt="NLM Pittsburgh Mural Painters outside church at Navajo Lutheran Mission in AZ 7-25-09" /></a> <a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/Newspaper%20story%20photos%20by%20different%20newspapers/?action=view&#38;current=PittsburghTribune-Reviewlogo.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/Newspaper%20story%20photos%20by%20different%20newspapers/th_PittsburghTribune-Reviewlogo.gif" border="0" alt="Pittsburgh,Pastor Susan C. Schwartz,Rev. Susan C. Schwartz,Pittsburgh Tribune-Review newspaper,Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,logo,Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission,Navajo Lutheran Mission,Navajo Reservation,Native American,Ohio,OH,newspaper,NELM,Navajo youth,St. John Lutheran Church in Swissvale,St. John Lutheran Church,Hope Lutheran Church of Forest Hills,Hope Lutheran Church,Arizona,Rock Point" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Pastor Susan Schwartz &#38; team at NELM in July 2009</strong><strong><br />
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<p><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/Newspaper%20story%20photos%20by%20different%20newspapers/?action=view&#38;current=ArizonaRepubliclogo.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/Newspaper%20story%20photos%20by%20different%20newspapers/ArizonaRepubliclogo.gif" border="0" alt="Arizona Republic,Arizona Republic newspaper,AZCentral.com,logo,banner,Mountain View Lutheran Church,Ahwatukee,Arizona,newspaper,Native American,Navajo Lutheran Mission,Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission,Navajo,NELM,Navajo Nation,Navajo Reservation,Rock Point,Diné,Diné Bikéyah,AZ" width="257" height="19" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/Newspaper%20story%20photos%20by%20different%20newspapers/?action=view&#38;current=AZCentralcomlogo3.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/Newspaper%20story%20photos%20by%20different%20newspapers/th_AZCentralcomlogo3.gif" border="0" alt="AZCentral.com,Ahwatukee,Arizona Republic newspaper,Arizona Republic,logo,banner,Mountain View Lutheran Church,AZ,Arizona,American Indian,Native American,Navajo,Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission,Navajo Lutheran Mission,NELM,newspaper,Navajo Reservation,Navajo Nation,Rock Point,Navajo youth,Diné" width="80" height="28" /></a><br />
<strong><a title="AZCentral preview story on NELM visit by a 2009 team from the Mountain View Lutheran Church in Ahwatukee, AZ:" href="http://www.azcentral.com/community/ahwatukee/articles/2009/05/12/20090512ar-rockpoint0513.html" target="_blank"></a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/Newspaper%20story%20photos%20by%20different%20newspapers/?action=view&#38;current=ArizonaRepubliclogo.gif" target="_blank"><strong> </strong></a><strong><a title="AZCentral preview story on NELM visit by a 2009 team from the Mountain View Lutheran Church in Ahwatukee, AZ:" href="http://www.azcentral.com/community/ahwatukee/articles/2009/05/12/20090512ar-rockpoint0513.html" target="_blank">AZCentral preview story</a> on NELM visit by a 2009 team from the <a title="Official website of the Mountain View Lutheran Church in Ahwatukee, AZ and its related mission churches &#38; groups:" href="https://www.mvlutheran.org/index.asp" target="_blank">Mountain View Lutheran Church</a> in Ahwatukee, AZ</strong></strong></p>
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<p><strong><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/Newspaper%20story%20photos%20by%20different%20newspapers/?action=view&#38;current=YumaSunLogofor3Lutheranchurchesmiss.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/Newspaper%20story%20photos%20by%20different%20newspapers/th_YumaSunLogofor3Lutheranchurchesmiss.gif" border="0" alt="Yuma Sun,YumaSun.com,Yuma Sun newspaper,Yuma,Arizona,Calvary Lutheran Church,Zion Lutheran Church,Blythe,California,CA,Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church,Native American,Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission,Navajo,Navajo Lutheran Mission,Navajo Nation,Navajo Reservation,Rock Point,NELM,newspaper,logo" /></a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/Newspaper%20story%20photos%20by%20different%20newspapers/?action=view&#38;current=YumaSunCalvaryLutheranChurchShepher.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/Newspaper%20story%20photos%20by%20different%20newspapers/th_YumaSunCalvaryLutheranChurchShepher.jpg" border="0" alt="Zion Lutheran Church,Blythe,CA,California,Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church,Calvary Lutheran Church,Yuma,Yuma Sun,YumaSun.com,Yuma Sun newspaper,missionaries,mission,Native American,Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission,Navajo Lutheran Mission,Navajo youth,Navajo Nation,NELM,newspaper,Navajo,Navajo Reservation" /></a><strong><a title="Story in the Yuma Sun about just completed 2009 NELM visit by about a dozen volunteers from Calvary Lutheran Church in Zuma, AZ, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in Yuma, AZ and Zion Lutheran Church in Blythe, CA:" href="http://www.yumasun.com/articles/navajo-50562-mission-lutheran.html" target="_blank"></a></strong></strong></p>
<p><strong><strong><a title="Story in the Yuma Sun about just completed 2009 NELM visit by about a dozen volunteers from Calvary Lutheran Church in Zuma, AZ, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in Yuma, AZ and Zion Lutheran Church in Blythe, CA:" href="http://www.yumasun.com/articles/navajo-50562-mission-lutheran.html" target="_blank">Yuma Sun story</a> on June 5, 2009 on <a title="Link to same story on TMCNET about just completed 2009 visit by about a dozen volunteers from Calvary Lutheran Church in Yuma, AZ, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in Yuma, AZ and Zion Lutheran Church in Blythe, CA:" href="http://it.tmcnet.com/news/2009/06/05/4214161.htm" target="_blank">NELM visit</a> by a dozen volunteers from three churches in the Yuma, AZ and Blythe, CA areas: </strong><strong><a title="Official website of the Calvary Lutheran Church in Yuma, AZ:" href="http://www.calvary-lutheran.com/" target="_blank">Calvary Lutheran Church</a>, <a title="Official website of the Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church on Lutherans online:" href="http://www.lutheransonline.com/servlet/lo_ProcServ/dbpage=page&#38;mode=display&#38;gid=20070357143408443601111555" target="_blank">Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church</a> and Zion Lutheran Church</strong></strong></p>
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<p><strong><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/Churches%20that%20support%20NELM/?action=view&#38;current=PixofsemionBethelEvangelicalLuthera.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/Churches%20that%20support%20NELM/th_PixofsemionBethelEvangelicalLuthera.jpg" border="0" alt="Native American,Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission,Navajo Lutheran Mission,Navajo interpreter,Navajo ruins,toys,clothes,Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church,Bellbrook,Ohio,semi truck,tractor trailor,tractor trailor truck,Diné,Diné Bikéyah,desert,Navajo Nation,Navajo youth,Navajo Reservation,mission,Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard" /></a><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/Churches%20that%20support%20NELM/?action=view&#38;current=PixofNELMgroundsschoolonBethelEvang.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/Churches%20that%20support%20NELM/th_PixofNELMgroundsschoolonBethelEvang.jpg" border="0" alt="Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church,Bellbrook,Ohio,mission,Native American,Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission,Navajo,Navajo Lutheran Mission,Navajo Reservation,Navajo Nation,Navajo youth,school,school bus,school buses,children,kids,Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard,Rev. Deborah Hubbard,Rock Point,American Indian,Arizona" /></a></strong></p>
<p><strong>In recent years, the <a title="Link to the official website of the Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bellbrook, Ohio:" href="http://www.bethellutheranbellbrook.com/" target="_blank">Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church</a> in Bellbrook, Ohio <a title="Link to story on the Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church webpage story about shipments of clothing and other items to the Navajo Lutheran Mission in Rock Point, AZ:" href="http://www.bethellutheranbellbrook.com/page_8.htm" target="_blank">sent four shipments of clothing and supplies</a> to the <a title="Official website of the Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission in Rock Point, Arizona:" href="http://www.nelm.org/" target="_blank">Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission</a> in Rock Point, AZ, and to the <a title="Link to Wikipedia page on the Hopi Reservation and people:" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopi_Reservation" target="_blank">Hopi Reservation, Second Mesa, AZ</a>.</strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/Churches%20that%20support%20NELM/?action=view&#38;current=PixofNELMsignonBethelEvangelicalLut.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/Churches%20that%20support%20NELM/th_PixofNELMsignonBethelEvangelicalLut.jpg" border="0" alt="Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church,Bellbrook,sign,Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission,Native American,Navajo,mission,Navajo Lutheran Mission,Navajo Nation,Navajo Reservation,Navajo youth,NELM,Diné,Diné Bikéyah,desert,school,school bus,children,Culture,heritage,ELCA" /></a><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/Churches%20that%20support%20NELM/?action=view&#38;current=PixofNELM1st2ndgradeonBethelEvangel.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/Churches%20that%20support%20NELM/th_PixofNELM1st2ndgradeonBethelEvangel.jpg" border="0" alt="Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church,Bellbrook,Ohio,Native American,Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission,Navajo,education,Evangelical Lutheran Church in America,ELCA,employee,school,students,first grade,second grade,1st grade,2nd grade,kids,youth,children,Navajo Lutheran Mission,Navajo Reservation" /></a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a title="Official website of the Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bellbrook, Ohio:" href="http://www.bethellutheranbellbrook.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church</strong></a></strong></p>
<p><strong>4030 West Franklin Street</strong></p>
<p><strong>Bellbrook, Ohio</strong></p>
<p><strong>45305</strong></p>
<p><strong>1-937-848-8436 (church)</strong></p>
<p><span style="color:#ff9900;"><strong><a title="email Pastor Steve Becker at the Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bellbrook, Ohio: " href="http://www.blogger.com/seb1096@aol.com" target="_blank">email Pastor Steve Becker</a></strong></span><strong><a title="email the office at the Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bellbrook, Ohio: " href="http://www.blogger.com/bethel@siscom.net" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong> </strong></span></a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a title="The link to the Global Citizens Network page on the Navajo Lutheran Mission and the town of Rock Point, AZ:" href="http://www.globalcitizens.org/content/navajo-people-rock-point" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong>email the Church office</strong></span></a></strong></p>
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<a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/Churches%20that%20support%20NELM/?action=view&#38;current=GlobalCitizensNetworklogo.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/Churches%20that%20support%20NELM/th_GlobalCitizensNetworklogo.gif" border="0" alt="logo,banner,Global Citizens Network,Saint Paul,St. Paul,MN,Minnesota,Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission,Navajo Lutheran Mission,Navajo Nation,Navajo,Native American,NELM,missionaries,mission,Navajo youth,Navajo Reservation,Navajo Chapter House,Rock Point,Arizona,Diné," /></a></p>
<p><strong><a title="The link to the Global Citizens Network page on the Navajo Lutheran Mission and the town of Rock Point, AZ:" href="http://www.globalcitizens.org/content/navajo-people-rock-point" target="_blank">Global Citizens Network</a> page about Navajo Lutheran Mission:</strong></p>
<p><strong><a title="Link to the official website of the Global Citizens Network:" href="http://www.globalcitizens.org/" target="_blank">Global Citizens Network</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>130 North Howell Street</strong></p>
<p><strong>Saint Paul, Minnesota</strong></p>
<p><strong>55104</strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/Churches%20that%20support%20NELM/?action=view&#38;current=GlobalCitizensNetworkphotolotsofRoc.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/Churches%20that%20support%20NELM/th_GlobalCitizensNetworkphotolotsofRoc.jpg" border="0" alt="Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission,Navajo,Native American,Navajo Reservation,Navajo Lutheran Mission,Navajo youth,Navajo Chapter House,Navajo Chapter House in Rock Point,Global Citizens Network,Saint Paul,St. Paul,Minnesota,MN,Diné,Diné Bikéyah,desert,Navajo Nation,Navajo ruins,NELM,American Indian,Arizona" width="136" height="90" /></a><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/Churches%20that%20support%20NELM/?action=view&#38;current=GlobalCitizensNetworkphotolotsofpeo.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/NavajoLutheranMission/Churches%20that%20support%20NELM/th_GlobalCitizensNetworkphotolotsofpeo.jpg" border="0" alt="Global Citizens Network,Saint Paul,St. Paul,Rock Point,Arizona,Native American,Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission,Navajo Lutheran Mission,Navajo Reservation,Navajo Chapter House,Navajo Chapter House in Rock Point,Navajo Nation,Navajo youth,NELM,Navajo,Diné,Diné Bikéyah,Minnesota,MN,mission,missionaries" width="132" height="89" /></a></strong></p>
<p><strong>1-651-644-0960 (office)</strong></p>
<p><strong>1-800-644-9292 (toll free)</strong></p>
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<p>During the summer of 2009 a group of 20 members of the <a title="Official website of the Lakes Lutheran Church in Las Vegas, Nevada:" href="http://www.thelakeslutheran.org/" target="_blank">Lakes Lutheran Church in Las Vegas, Nevada</a> and the <a title="Official website of the New Promise Lutheran Church in St. George, Utah:" href="http://www.newpromiseelca.org/" target="_blank">New Promise Lutheran Church</a> in St. George, UT <a title="Link to story on the summer of 2009 a group of 20 members of Lakes Lutheran Church teamed up with New Promise of St. George, Utah, and traveled to Rock Point, AZ, to do building and repair work at the Navajo Lutheran Mission:" href="http://www.thelakeslutheran.org/navajo.htm" target="_blank">did building and repair work at the Navajo Lutheran Mission</a></p>
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<p><a title="Link to Los Angeles Times PSA: The 28th annual Apple Festival Bazaar was held Oct. 20, 2001 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Los Alamitos. Some proceeds went to the Lutheran Brotherhood Relief Fund for survivors of Sept. 11's mass murder, and the Lutheran Navajo Mission in Arizona (Scroll down):" href="http://articles.latimes.com/2001/oct/20/local/me-59379?pg=2" target="_blank">Los Angeles Times PSA</a>: Some proceeds from the 28th annual Apple Festival Bazaar in Oct. 2001 at <a title="Link to the official website of the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Los Alamitos" href="http://www.blcla.org/" target="_blank">Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Los Alamitos, CA</a> went to the <a title="Link to official website of Lutheran Brotherhood:" href="http://www.lutheranbrotherhood.com/" target="_blank">Lutheran Brotherhood</a> Relief Fund for 9/11 survivors and the Navajo Lutheran Mission</p>
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<p><a title="Link to Bethel Lutheran Church of Cupertino, California church council report on 2004 donation to NELM:" href="http://davisfields.com/bethel/council/040113_other/admin_joan.htm" target="_blank">Bethel Lutheran Church of Cupertino, California</a> church council reports on 2004 donation to NELM</p>
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<p><a title="Links to the preview info from 2008 visit to the Navajo Lutheran Mission by the Maricopa Lutheran Church aka Mountain View Lutheran Church in Maricopa, AZ:" href="http://www.mvlutheran.org/pdf/MissionMexico2009NavajoFiestaNight.pdf" target="_blank">Preview info from 2008 on visit to the NELM</a> by the <a title="Official website of the Maricopa Lutheran Church aka Mountain View Lutheran Church in Maricopa, AZ:" href="http://www.maricopalutherans.org/" target="_blank">Maricopa Lutheran Church</a> aka Mountain View Lutheran Church in Maricopa, AZ</p>
<p>1-520-280-6102 (office)</p>
<p><a title="Official website of the Maricopa Lutheran Church aka Mountain View Lutheran Church in Maricopa, AZ:" href="http://www.maricopalutherans.org/" target="_blank">Mountain View Lutheran Church</a></p>
<p>20987 N. John Wayne Pkwy.</p>
<p>B104-180</p>
<p>Maricopa, AZ</p>
<p>85239</p>
<p>&#8212;<a title="Link to story about the visit by La Casa de Cristo Lutheran Church of Scottsdale, AZ to the Navajo Lutheran Mission in June and April 2008:" href="http://www.lacasadecristo.com/10-social/article129485c2309473.htm" target="_blank"></a></p>
<p><a title="Link to story about the visit by La Casa de Cristo Lutheran Church of Scottsdale, AZ to the Navajo Lutheran Mission in June and April 2008:" href="http://www.lacasadecristo.com/10-social/article129485c2309473.htm" target="_blank">Visit by La Casa de Cristo Lutheran Church of Scottsdale, AZ</a> to the Navajo Lutheran Mission in June and April 2008</p>
<p>1-480-948-1234 (office)</p>
<p><a title="Official website of the La Casa de Cristo Lutheran Church in Scottsdale, AZ:" href="http://www.lacasadecristo.com/" target="_blank">La Casa de Cristo Lutheran Church</a></p>
<p>6300 E. Bell Road</p>
<p>Scottsdale, AZ</p>
<p>85254</p>
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<p><strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Navajo-Lutheran-Mission/162194916280">Navajo Lutheran Mission</a> on Facebook</strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.zimbio.com/member/EarthKeeper"><img title="My Zimbio" src="http://www.zimbio.com/images/badges/badgeBlue.png?u=EarthKeeper" border="0" alt="My Zimbio" /></a></strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Field producer: FDA hearing on acetaminophen]]></title>
<link>http://winstonmedia.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/field-producer-fda-hearing-on-acetaminophen/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>winstonwilde</dc:creator>
<guid>http://winstonmedia.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/field-producer-fda-hearing-on-acetaminophen/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been on several all-day field shoots while working for NBC News &#8211; this was my first]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I&#8217;ve been on several all-day field shoots while working for NBC News &#8211; this was my first, and to date, one of my most important.  The job was an FDA hearing about acetaminophen &#8211; the pharmaceutical terminology for what is known to consumers as the brand-name pain reliever Tylenol &#8211; and the story involved the FDA looking to address the problem of acetaminophen overdose leading to liver failure.  Washington correspondent Tom Costello would file the story for <em>Nightly News</em> that evening, as the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><em>lead story</em></span>.</p>
<p>I was sent to the campus of University of Maryland University College, the FDA&#8217;s choice of venue, accompanied by a camera crew and a satellite truck operator.  My cameraman was cabled to lines, and broadcast via satellite back to the bureau.  He shot the all-day conference live while the bureau recorded the hours of footage to tape for Tom Costello and his producer to monitor and sift for good soundbites.  When the 9-hour hearing was over, an FDA press conference was called in another room, and I had to oversee the re-cabling and reconfiguration of camera and live lines to this alternate location.</p>
<p>There was also a Newschannel crew and correspondent there for a few hours.  Correspondent Tracie Potts was there to get some sound of the hearing, and get an interview subject for her own piece for Newschannel, which would be disseminated to the nation&#8217;s NBC affiliates.  While my cameraman was tethered to shooting the hearings, Tracie and I commissioned the services of her camera crew to interview and shoot set-up of a young woman who would become the central character in Tom&#8217;s piece.  The young woman, a pharmacist, lost her sister to liver failure due to an acetaminophen overdose, and her story was so compelling, both Tracie and Tom agreed to use selections from her interview.  I also oversaw several live shots that Tracie did with her cameraman for MSNBC, which required another live path from our sat truck, and while we had their cameraman plugged into lines, I was able to snag a couple more interview subjects for Tom&#8217;s spot, including a good opposite viewpoint from the Executive Director of an over-the-counter (OTC) drug trade group, which made it into Tom&#8217;s spot.</p>
<p>By day&#8217;s end, I had been responsible for nearly <em>all</em> of the elements in Tom Costello&#8217;s spot.  The only elements that I did not oversee were an interview with a drug expert, shot from the bureau&#8217;s studio, and a tape of drug b-roll, shot at a local pharmacy near the bureau.  It was a tremendous amount of work, but the result was incredibly rewarding &#8211; the lead spot in <em>Nightly News</em>, which wouldn&#8217;t have been possible without my contributions:</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The real meaning of J&amp;J's layoffs]]></title>
<link>http://postcards.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/11/03/the-real-meaning-of-jjs-layoffs/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jessica Shambora, Reporter</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[by Jessica Shambora We keep hearing how the economy is improving, but with U.S. unemployment at 9.8%]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><em>by Jessica Shambora</em></p>
<p>We keep hearing how the economy is improving, but with U.S. unemployment at 9.8% and rising, the job market gives us nothing but anxiety. Today Johnson &#38; Johnson (<a href="http://money.cnn.com/quote/quote.html?symb=JNJ" target="_blank">JNJ</a>) added to the pain by  announcing layoffs of 6-7% of its workforce. That&#8217;s about 7,000 employees.</p>
<p>While J&#38;J faces lots of industry-specific challenges&#8211;patent expirations, increasingly complex regulation, healthcare reform&#8211;the news is stunning. Particularly because J&#38;J is known for its legendary credo that puts employees above communities and shareholders&#8211;second only to customers in terms of management&#8217;s priorities.</p>
<p>CEO Bill Weldon talked with me at length about this&#8211;the eminence of J&#38;J&#8217;s employees&#8211;in interviews that I did with him last Spring. He told me that he says to his employees: &#8220;I guarantee we will fight for every one of you that works in this corporation. Does that mean we can always protect every job? Absolutely not. What it does mean is we’re going to do the best we possibly can to ensure we take care of the people that have made the company what it is and fight the battles every day.’”</p>
<p>Assuming that Weldon and J&#38;J&#8217;s board haven’t abandoned the company&#8217;s age-old credo, might  today’s layoffs be a sign that J&#38;J&#8217;s fortunes have turned dramatically worse than Weldon anticipated?</p>
<p>“Investors have been asking all day, ‘Is there something worse environmentally than we understand&#8211;or than what J&#38;J has relayed to all of us?’” says analyst Rick Wise, who follows the healthcare industry for Leerink Swan. J&#38;J stock closed at $58.93, down nearly 2% for the day.</p>
<p>Wise, who rates the stock &#8220;neutral,&#8221; says that some investors view  the cuts as a desperate grasp for profit growth. But he believes that as a traditionally conservative industry leader, J&#38;J is simply trying to get ahead of the curve in responding to challenges.</p>
<p>“Would J&#38;J have been in trouble today if they hadn’t done it [announced layoffs]? Hard for me to believe,” says Wise. The layoffs, he adds, give the company more freedom and flexibility to invest in areas that management has talked about, like treatments for Alzheimer’s.</p>
<p>J&#38;J&#8217;s harsh action leaves many questions unanswered. To me, the two most compelling are: Is this another example of prescient management at the much-admired 123-year-old company? Or are the changes in the world so severe as to force a 123-year-old company to let go of its precious credo to take care of its employees?</p>
<p><em>For more on J&#38;J&#8217;s legendary culture, read a piece I co-wrote with Geoff Colvin earlier this year, &#8220;<a href="http://money.cnn.com/2009/04/21/news/companies/colvin_jnj.fortune/index.htm" target="_blank">J&#38;J: Secrets of Success</a>&#8221; and check out my interview with J&#38;J CEO Bill Weldon below.</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Johnson &amp; Johnson to cut more than 7,000 jobs worldwide ]]></title>
<link>http://andysalcedo.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/johnson-johnson-to-cut-more-than-7000-jobs-worldwide/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[&nbsp; Johnson &amp; Johnson, a leading US health care products company, said it will slash between ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Johnson &amp; Johnson streicht 8.000 Stellen...]]></title>
<link>http://hw71.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/johnson-johnson-streicht-8-000-stellen/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hw71</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Und weiter geht das &#8220;muntere&#8221; Stellenstreichen Gefunden bei apotheke-adhoc.de: PHARMAKON]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Und weiter geht das &#8220;muntere&#8221; Stellenstreichen <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':-(' class='wp-smiley' />  Gefunden bei <a href="http://www.apotheke-adhoc.de/Nachrichten/Markt/8480.html" target="_blank">apotheke-adhoc.de</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>PHARMAKONZERNE</p>
<h3>J &#38; J streicht 8000 Jobs</h3>
<p>Berlin  &#8211;  Der Konsumgüter- und Pharma-Konzern Johnson &#38; Johnson (J &#38; J) streicht in einem milliardenschweren Sparprogramm bis zu rund 8000 Stellen.</p>
<p><!--more-->Wegen der Wirtschaftskrise sollen mit dem Abbau von weltweit 6 bis 7 Prozent aller Jobs die Kosten um jährlich bis zu 1,7 Milliarden Dollar, umgerechnet 1,2 Milliarden Euro, gedrückt werden.</p>
<p>Die Einsparungen sollen 2011 erreicht sein, wie der Konzern aus New Brunswick (New Jersey) mitteilte. Für den Stellenabbau fallen allein im laufenden Quartal Einmalkosten von bis zu 1,3 Milliarden Dollar an. J&#38;J hat weltweit 117.000 Mitarbeiter.</p>
<p>In Deutschland beschäftigt das Unternehmen rund 700 Angestellte; der Jahresumsatz lag zuletzt bei rund 165 Millionen Euro, das Vorsteuerergebnis bei 31 Millionen Euro. Zu den Marken gehören inklusive McNeil-Portfolio unter anderem Compeed, Dolormin, Hexoral, Imodium/Immogas, Listerine, Olynth, Neutrogena, Nicorette, Penaten, Pepcidual, Reactine, Regaine, RoC und viele andere.</p>
<p>dpa, Dienstag, 03. November 2009, 18:18 Uhr</p></blockquote>
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<title><![CDATA[Johnson &amp; Johnson wants more collaborations]]></title>
<link>http://silico.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/johnson-johnson-wants-more-collaborations/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>silico</dc:creator>
<guid>http://silico.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/johnson-johnson-wants-more-collaborations/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Financial Times is reporting that Johnson &amp; Johnson will in future take more long-term minor]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>The Financial Times is <a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/90f55efa-c1ab-11de-b86b-00144feab49a.html?nclick_check=1">reporting</a> that Johnson &#38; Johnson will in future take more long-term minority stakes and forge alliances with rival pharmaceuticals companies in an effort to share the rising costs and risks of drug development.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Gullibility &amp; Your Safety: Benadryl]]></title>
<link>http://secondbean.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/gullibility-your-safety-benadryl/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>secondbean</dc:creator>
<guid>http://secondbean.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/gullibility-your-safety-benadryl/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Diphenhydramine, a first-generation antihistamine manufactured by a division of Johnson &amp; Johnso]]></description>
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<p>Diphenhydramine, a first-generation antihistamine manufactured by a division of Johnson &#38; Johnson, has become one of the most common household drugs under the name Benadryl.  Benadryl is used to curb allergic reactions by stopping a massive exodus of histamines.  Many people also know or have experienced diphenhydramine&#8217;s effects as a sedative: it&#8217;s used in many OTC sleep-aids as well.  But what <em>don&#8217;t</em> you know about Benadryl?</p>
<p>Last night I had a bout of severe itching similar to hives.  I was already at the peak of exhaustion, and handling the itching horribly, so I decided that a Benadryl would be nice to help knock me out and stop the itching.  I took 50mg.  Pretty soon after, my head started to feel incredulously heavy; I knew I was tired.  I tried to stand up, and while my body was vertical, my head literally snapped to the side, resting on my shoulder and I toppled over.  I was so tired!! Trying again, I made my way to my bedroom and climbed into bed.  But something was wrong.  My breathing was rapid, and I was suffering from what felt like a severe case of RLS (restless leg syndrome).  I couldn&#8217;t lie still, and I was crawling out of my skin and starting to actually panic.  It was one of the more unpleasant moments of my entire lifetime.</p>
<p>Turns out I was actually suffering from what&#8217;s medically coined as a paradoxical reaction to the Benadryl.  That just means I was having an opposite reaction to the normally expected effect.  It can happen to a host of drugs, for example pain meds actually causing more pain.  With Benadryl, it is most common in young children, and sometimes the elderly, but rare for adults.  It ended up with me jogging around the house, dancing in place, sitting and shaking my legs violently until I fell asleep on the couch.  Highly unpleasant.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Champions Biotechnology expands collaboration with Johnson &amp; Johnson]]></title>
<link>http://silico.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/champions-biotechnology-expands-collaboration-with-johnson-johnson/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>silico</dc:creator>
<guid>http://silico.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/champions-biotechnology-expands-collaboration-with-johnson-johnson/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Champions Biotechnology has established an agreement with Ortho Biotech Oncology Research &amp; Deve]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Champions Biotechnology has established an agreement with Ortho Biotech Oncology Research &#38; Development, a Division of Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, for the evaluation of a novel preclinical oncology therapeutic in Champions&#8217; Biomerk Tumorgraft platform.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[BlogWorld Expo [SOTB]: Two Additional Videos]]></title>
<link>http://laikaspoetnik.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/blogworld-expo-sotb-two-additional-videos/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>laikaspoetnik</dc:creator>
<guid>http://laikaspoetnik.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/blogworld-expo-sotb-two-additional-videos/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Today I learned there were two more videos realted to the BlogWorld Expo, that I shouldn&#8217;t wit]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bringing flesh and blood to mainframes and mobile devices]]></title>
<link>http://zoominfoblogger.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/bringing-flesh-and-blood-to-mainframes-and-mobile-devices/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mpschwartz</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Sales execs, perhaps more so than other business professionals, have a talent for picking up on non-]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Sales execs, perhaps more so than other business professionals, have a talent for picking up on non-verbal communication when meeting face-to-face with clients or potential clients. The furrowed brow. The fidget. Darting eyes. Nervous laughter. They are various signals to sales executives that they may need to modulate and/or adjust their strategy to make the person sitting (or standing) across from them more comfortable with the situation. After all, non-verbal communication is at least 50% -70% of all communication, depending on whom you ask.</p>
<p>Still, even with non-verbal communication sales executives have the benefit of being in the physical presence of clients and, depending on the signal(s), have the opportunity to make alterations right then and there. Not so online, where sales executives are increasingly selling their products and services.</p>
<p>As <a href="http://www.patriciawallace.net/" target="_blank">Patricia Wallace</a>, Ph. D. and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Internet-Patricia-Wallace/dp/0521632943" target="_blank">&#8220;The Psychology of the Internet,&#8221;</a> told <em><a href="http://online.wsj.com/home-page" target="_blank">The Wall Street Journal </a></em>recently, on<a href="http://zoominfoblogger.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/psychology-of-the-internet.jpg"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-877" title="PSYCHOLOGY OF THE INTERNET" src="http://zoominfoblogger.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/psychology-of-the-internet.jpg?w=94" alt="PSYCHOLOGY OF THE INTERNET" width="94" height="150" /></a> the Web “nobody sees you yawn.”  (It reminds us of a famous<em> New Yorker</em> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Internet_dog.jpg" target="_blank">cartoon</a> that conveys a similar thought.) We were quite taken with the quote and decided to contact Wallace to get her take on the psychological challenges of online sales.</p>
<p>The use of language – crafting e-mail messages or leaving verbal messages on the telephone – cannot be underestimated. Sales execs “need to understand that the Web environment is fraught with one potential or another to say something that is going to be grossly misinterpreted,” said Wallace, who is also senior director, <a href="http://cty.jhu.edu/" target="_blank">CTYOnline</a> and Information Technology at Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth.</p>
<p>Part of the challenge is how to harness the type of skills (verbal and otherwise) that click in face-to-face settings to the online environment, Wallace said. She stressed that because online sales are (generally; read: <a href="http://www.skype.com/" target="_blank">Skype</a>) not face-to-face, sales executives must be more personal (and respectful) in both tone and delivery.</p>
<p>It starts with the opt-in approach and being sensitive to privacy issues “They need to lean on the side of opt-in, and ask people, ‘If I give you this information will it be a benefit to you?’” Wallace said.</p>
<p>She added that joining appropriate social networks is another way that sales executives can get to know prospects in their space via a more personal vein. Sales execs also might consider establishing their own social networks in which the point is not products and services, per se. Wallace pointed to Johnson &#38; Johnson as an example of how companies can use social media to their advantage. Johnson &#38; Johnson&#8217;s <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/JNJhealth" target="_blank">health channel</a>, on YouTube, features a wide array of videos designed to promote a better understanding of health and healthcare delivery throughout the world.</p>
<p>“The idea is to say ‘Let’s provide a service,’ a place where people can obtain value,” Wallace said. “[Sales execs] need to touch buyers in ways that go beyond a click-through or a cold-blooded checkout. It’s a face-to-face meeting, followed up by an e-mail, with an invitation to a Webinar or a special event.”</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Do the Right Thing - The Shadow of the Leader]]></title>
<link>http://levelheadedinc.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/do-the-right-thing-the-shadow-of-the-leader/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>LEVELheaded</dc:creator>
<guid>http://levelheadedinc.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/do-the-right-thing-the-shadow-of-the-leader/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ACORN’s recent troubles highlight the unique place social profit organizations hold in our society. ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>ACORN’s recent troubles highlight the unique place social profit organizations hold in our society.  We hasten to add that we have no special knowledge, other than what one reads or hears, regarding the details of alleged ethical lapses.  Further, if legal action is warranted, ACORN deserves a presumption of innocence.</p>
<p>Still, and regardless of the tenets of our legal system, the harm has been done.  Like it or not, the social profit sector operates under a different “social contract” than the for-profit sector and when that trust is broken . . . the fall from grace is deeper and harder.  When Enron’s executives were convicted, the public attitude seemed to be a sarcastic, “Oh my, what a surprise!”  But, when United Way’s CEO was convicted of fraud, the public pain was palpable.  After all, the United Way had grown to be the 4th largest social profit in the country and they were (and are now) by all accounts funding valuable work in communities across the nation.  We were hurt deeply because a special trust had been broken.</p>
<p>My leadership mentor, Don Winkler, often spoke about the “Shadow of the Leader” and how critical it was that a commitment to ethical behavior begin at the top.  And the fact is that we can find business leaders who have “cast the right shadow,” such as Jim Burke at Johnson &#38; Johnson. When criminals tampered with several bottles of Tylenol and people died . . . his first question was, “How do we protect the public?”  His swift and unwavering commitment to ethical behavior saved lives AND the product (within one year it had regained its pre-incident market share).  With respect to values and ethical behavior in the marketplace, my mentor was fond of quoting Roy Disney, Walt’s brother and the “brains” behind the business.  He used to say, “When the values are clear, the decisions are easy.”  </p>
<p>Even though the social profit sector may be perceived as being held to a higher standard than the for-profit sector we believe we can learn from those who have done the right thing, regardless of “sector-ism.” The trust you build with your client base and/or supporters will run only as deep as your commitment to ethical practice.  That mantra must become part of every fiber that is the tapestry of your organization.  Such leadership won’t solve all your business challenges . . . but we guarantee it will prevent many. </p>
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<link>http://exalion.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/nouvelles-references-personnelles/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>exalion</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Michel Azan: Directeur Général Laboratoires Vendôme (-2007) Marc Bachini : Président Speed Distribut]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Michel Azan: <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Directeur Général Laboratoires Vendôme</span> (-2007)</p>
<p>Marc Bachini : <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Président Speed Distribution Logistique</span></p>
<p>Stephen de Belenet: <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Directeur Général DHL Excel Maroc</span></p>
<p>Pierre Jean de Grégorio: <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Directeur Général Axelis+</span></p>
<p>Céline Dujardin: <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Directeur Financier J&#38;J MDD France</span></p>
<p>Pierre Enderlé: <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Directeur Général STVA  Europe</span></p>
<p>Marie Fenard : <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Senior Channel Operations Manager Microsoft</span></p>
<p>Jean Marc Lami: <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Directeur  Business Unit HIT DHL Excel</span></p>
<p>Jean François Lorcy:<span style="text-decoration:underline;"> General Manager Kuehne+Nagel Greece</span></p>
<p>Thierry Ranson: <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Directeur Régional Norbert d’Entressangle</span></p>
<p>Jean Philippe Tison: <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Key Account Manager Géodis Solutions</span></p>
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<link>http://nowluck.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/terminator-2/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mahesh</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The most enchanting festival of lights is here, and with it some semblance of free time. Many of the]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>The most enchanting festival of lights is here, and with it some semblance of free time. Many of the profs are on temporary vacation and hence we&#8217;ve had at least a couple of classes cut down here and there. The weekend is mine for the taking and I&#8217;m guessing this might be the last completely un-hectic weekend for some time to come &#8211; what with placements and stuff round the corner. </p>
<p>Since my last blog, I&#8217;ve had two of my friends come down to campus, one from XLRI, and the other from FMS. The XL dude was here for Varchasva &#8211; which is our annual sports-cum-cultural meet. The event was a smashing success &#8211; not just because IIM L pretty much thrashed every other team in every competition, but also because we had Dominos and other food stalls on campus <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> . Some yummy cheese burst pizza only added to the awesome taste of victory!</p>
<p>My FMS friend was here for a strategy-based competition organized by GlaxoSmithKline, which her team won. Procter &#38; Gamble held their own competitions recently. So did Mahindra &#38; Mahindra. And Uniball. And Cognizant. And Johnson &#38; Johnson. And so many others. This has quite been the season of contests and is a blessing in disguise for everyone and their uncle who&#8217;re looking to garner some &#8220;CV points&#8221; even if they sound like &#8220;157th runner-up in an knee scratching competition conducted by You-knee-ball (out of 158 participants)&#8221;. Of course there are some real studs on campus, who win 50k and Summer internship offers and what not and have bombs rather than bullets on their CVs. During my college days I used to read about such people in the newspapers, thinking that one day when I join an IIM, I&#8217;ll also be featured like that for coming up with some awesome ground-breaking glass-shattering solution, but all those years hence, here I am, still reading the same newspapers and still looking up to others here.</p>
<p>Speaking of newspapers, I haven&#8217;t really got the time to read one in some three thousand years. I do subscribe though, and I just toss the day&#8217;s paper onto a mile high stack of old papers. It&#8217;s the same with most of the junta here. Term 2 as I&#8217;d blogged about earlier, is supposed to be the killer one. So far, it&#8217;s certainly living up to its name. If you thought that we&#8217;d be given any sort of leeway by the profs considering its summer placement season, you&#8217;d be surprised (like I was) to learn that &#8220;placements&#8221; is the last possible excuse you should be using. This apparently is because pre-, during- and post-placement processes sometimes disrupt class/quiz schedules and profs get wild at this. They are of the opinion that students should come to the IIMs for knowledge and not placements. I cant even begin to explain this one!</p>
<p>A lot of foreign exchange students have come to campus from various parts of Europe. Apart from having some really wild parties, they&#8217;ve also added to the overall beauty quotient, something that was briefly upped when the famous XL ki kudiyan were here for Varchasva. </p>
<p>Oddly enough, this term when activities are already at a high, profs in almost every single subject expect everyone of us to come prepared after reading cases and solving questions and readying presentations. Some people manage to do all this once in a while, but most classes start with a show of around 60 hands (in a class of 63) of people who haven&#8217;t prepared a thing for class. Some profs have explicitly mentioned that they would be giving marks for Class Participation (usually out of 10). Needless to say, there are a group of 7-8 highly enthusiastic people who ask so many (often nonsensical) questions, it leaves you wondering whether these guys will write questions instead of answers even in their final exams. One particular prof&#8217;s CP marking methodology really takes the cake though. According to his rules, everyone in class starts off with a 9 on 10 in CP. For each class you bunk or miss 0.5 will be deducted. Apparently coming in late is worse than bunking (go figure!), so that will make your CP account poorer by 2 marks. Ask random questions and try to act oversmart and you&#8217;d get a -5. And if you&#8217;re caught sleeping, you get a big fat zero. Now that&#8217;s what I call CP &#8211; Cruciverbalistick Pomegranetization (I&#8217;m all for randomness).</p>
<p>We&#8217;ve got 7 subjects this time around &#8211; including a lot of part 2 subjects of some really nightmarish part 1 subjects. God save me. (Overall though, it&#8217;s a good mix of subjects I must say, and certainly more business focused than last term.)<br />
1) Management Accounting 2 &#8211; (Shiver)<br />
2) Economics 2 (Shudder)<br />
3) Marketing Management 1 (The Da Vinci Globe)<br />
4) Quantitative Management 2 (The Lost Symbols)<br />
5) Operations Management 2 (Shudder-Globe-Shiver)<br />
6) Financial Management 1 (Om-Namah-Shiver-aaya)<br />
7) Designing Work Organizations (Who am I kidding?)</p>
<p>All this shivering and shuddering isn&#8217;t only because of the subjects, but also because of the cold, which suddenly descended a couple of days ago. After around 12 am, the entire football field is enveloped in a low-lying blanket of fog &#8211; its definitely a sight to see!</p>
<p>By the way, a nice thing happened a couple of weeks ago. A business executive from the e-learning website www.testfunda.com got in touch with me and asked me to blog for them as they liked my writing style. Although I dont think I&#8217;m a talented writer or anything, I&#8217;m certainly happy to help aspirants who might just need the &#8220;If he can do it, then so can I&#8221; kind of motivation. You can read the <a href="http://testfunda.com/examprep/mba-resource/experiences/article/interview-with-an-iim-student.htm?assetid=1dcc0ba2-5c52-4f69-8b8c-e555e5d9a9cb">interview here</a>, and the <a href="http://forum.testfunda.com/blogs/">blogs here</a> (which for now are just mirrors of this blog). </p>
<p>Celebrations and Diwali puja will happen tomorrow on campus &#8211; I&#8217;m hoping we get some Diwali special delicacies too. Happy Diwali to one and all &#8211; Play safe!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Earnings: JNJ ]]></title>
<link>http://aquities.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/earnings-jnj/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tan Adriaan K</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Here are some of the numbers from the earnings release: Profit is up 1.1% to $3.35bn ($1.20 per shar]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Corporate reaction to climate change]]></title>
<link>http://tokyogreenspace.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/corporate-reaction-to-climate-change/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[With the Copenhagen international climate conference approaching in December, the reaction of busine]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>With the Copenhagen international climate conference approaching in December, the reaction of business leaders to climate change is becoming increasingly dynamic.</p>
<p>Recently California&#8217;s Pacific Gas and Electric, PG&#38;E, <a title="PG&#38;E quits US Chamber of Commerce over climate change policies" href="http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/09/pge-quits-us-chamber-protesting-its-climate-change-stance/" target="_blank">resigned its membership</a> in the United States Chamber of Commerce in protest of their positions on climate change and cap-and-trade proposals. Its spokesperson referred to its “disingenuous attempts to diminish or distort” scientific findings about global climate change. Other members such as Nike and Johnson &#38; Johnson have tried to distance themselves from the Chamber&#8217;s environmental statements and activities.</p>
<p>In Japan, the nation&#8217;s most prominent business association, <a title="Keidanren" href="http://www.keidanren.or.jp/" target="_blank">Keidanren</a>, strongly supported the Liberal Democrat Party and their recent low carbon emissions targets. There seems to be considerable conflict with the current Democratic Party Prime Minister Hatoyama Yukio&#8217;s ambitious goals of a 25% reduction in emissions, including technology transfers to developing countries.</p>
<p>I recently learned that there is a second business council in Japan called <a title="Keizai Doyukua" href="http://www.doyukai.or.jp/en/" target="_blank">Keizai Doyukua</a> (Japan Association of Corporate Executives), headed by the CEO of Ricoh, that is closer to the new prime minister and more open to the new global business opportunities that environmental regulation will bring. It is interesting to note which corporate executives Hatoyama <a title="recently appointed to a the Government Revitalization Unit" href="http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20091007a2.html" target="_blank">recently appointed to the Government Revitalization Unit</a>, a key committee on eliminating government waste: Kyocera Corp. Honorary Chairman Kazuo Inamori and Kikkoman Corp. Chairman Yuzaburo Mogi.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[RapidFire launches the RF300 at ASMS 2009 ]]></title>
<link>http://blog.biocius.com/2009/06/08/asms-draft/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>BIOCIUS Life Sciences</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[RapidFire attended the 57th annual ASMS conference in Philadelphia, PA, with an exhibit booth in the]]></description>
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<p>RapidFire attended the 57th annual ASMS conference in Philadelphia, PA, with an exhibit booth in the Pennsylvania Convention Center and a hospitality suite in the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown.  The ASMS conference was the perfect venue to announce and celebrate the launch of the new RapidFire 300 System.</p>
<p>In the hospitality suite we hosted a RapidFire User Symposium and Launch Party for customers and guests attending the conference (photos).  At the RapidFire User<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-33" title="Customer Presentation" src="http://biociuslifesciences.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/asms31.jpg" alt="ASMS3" width="198" height="133" /> Symposium Debbie Zink from Merck spoke about P450 Inhibition (DDI) Assays, Andreas Luippold from Boehringer Ingelheim spoke about High-throughput ADME, Metabolic Stability and Caco- Assays and Matt Olsen from Johnson &#38; Johnson spoke about Screening Difficult HTS Targets using RapidFire.</p>
<p>(View the presentations).</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-32" title="Fusbol!" src="http://biociuslifesciences.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/asms4.jpg?w=150" alt="ASMS4" width="150" height="100" /></p>
<p>At the Launch Party there was plenty of food, networking, foosball, basketball and many door prizes awarded to gracious ASMS attendees.  Thank you to everyone who came and made this event fun and educational!</p>
<p>While at the conference RapidFire also presented three posters:</p>
<p>Label Free High-Throughput Whole Protein Kinase Screening Assay,</p>
<p>Discovery of Novel Inhibitors of Serine Palmitoyltransferase (SPT) by Mass Spectrometry-Based High-Throughput Screening (HTS), and</p>
<p>Evaluation of accurate mass TOF-MS for use in high throughput CYP450 inhibition screening</p>
<p><a href="http://www.biocius.com/re/customer_presentations.html">View the RapidFire posters presented at ASMS 2009.</a></p>
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