David Beard
David Beard
David Beardis an Australian volleyball player, who twice competed for the Men's National Team at the Summer Olympics: Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004...
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It's important for undergraduate students to learn to write for real audiences doing real work, and not just for an instructor who is going to grade them. I'm excited that the university is interested in this kind of collaboration.
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I tried almost the same thing as he did last year in our match and I lost. Losing to him last year gave me that mental edge and made me work harder to be a sectional champion.
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We'll start to see shifts in there, and I think high-end consumer stocks are going to see a lot fewer sales,
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I think the market is saying that the Dow has been flat for a year. If you look at the Nasdaq, it's up 40 percent year to year. And so the Nasdaq is going to correct probably quicker than the Dow, or the Dow will tread water, while the Nasdaq continues to come in.
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Volleyball is the sport through which I am able to express my God-given talents of being an athlete. It is a sport which involves relating, pushing, and encouraging your teammates. It has helped evolve me into the person I am today.
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As long as the numbers are within expectations, it's going to be a win-win situation. If the economy is a little bit weaker than we think, that's good because that means the Fed will keep cutting. If the economic data is a little bit better than we think, that's good too because that means companies won't miss numbers.
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That showed us that we can win and that people would now respect us.
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You're still seeing people like Compaq worried about the quarter so you're seeing more pressure on high multiple stocks. The market is still trying to find a bottom but selling on continued fears of warnings.
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And then Lamar -- it's a billboard company. It's all in small markets. Their business has been turning and coming back and it's trading at 15 times free cash flow, ... We think it's worth $20 (per share) and can get taken up between $60 and $70 a share ... You're starting to see the rebound in advertising. The billboard business, for them, continues to be pretty steady and it's rebounding. So, it's more specific for Lamar but the industry is performing better.
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This is really sending a bad message to the public.
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I think we've anticipated that the economy's not getting worse, ... But in order to see the next leg up, we need to see a significant upturn in (2002 profit) numbers.
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Last year gave us confidence, but it also gave us a goal and drive to build on to improve this year.
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It brings added spirit to the team and it's a great experience to share your high school sports experiences with your only brother.
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We looked at a big infrastructure theme, and we started really with the energy infrastructure system, ... We own coal companies that mine the coal. We own the rails that transport the coal. And we own the construction companies that build coal plants. Coal is half of our energy.