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3 Residential REITs With The Highest Upside, According To Analysts
Ethan Roberts
October 10, 2022, 11:18 AM ·3 min read
Analysts' opinions are quite important when it comes to stock prices. An upgrade or downgrade can quickly move a stock's price and lift or lower an analyst's target price. The target price can also guide investors as to the potential long-term appreciation or depreciation of a stock.
But the best analysts are only right about 50% of the time. And what does an investor do when the same analyst is the most optimistic or pessimistic among fellow analysts about several stocks in a particular sector?
Take a look at what one analyst says are the three residential real estate investment trust (REIT) stocks with the highest upside and how some of his peers view the same stocks.
Camden Property Trust (NYSE: CPT) is a Houston-based residential REIT that owns and manages over 240,000 square feet of apartment complexes in major cities across the U.S. Some of its apartment complexes also contain ground-floor retail space, offices or mixed-use space.
Camden Property Trust pays a dividend of $3.76, which has grown 25% over the past five years with no cuts or eliminations. It presently yields about 3.1%.
Barclay's analyst Anthony Powell recently maintained an overweight position on Camden Property Trust while lowering the target price from $174 to $169. From its recent price, that represents a potential upside of 43%, the highest among residential REITs.
Evercore ISI Group analyst Steve Sakwa was not quite as optimistic, lowering his price target twice within two weeks, from $158 to $147. But that's still a 25% upside from Camden Property Trust's recent price.
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Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc. (NYSE: MAA) is another residential REIT that owns and manages over 101,000 units in nearly 300 communities across 16 states.
The Germantown, Tennessee-based REIT pays an annual dividend of $5 per share, currently yielding about 3.3%. The dividend has grown by 43% over the past five years, with no cuts or eliminations.
Barclay's Powell also recently maintained an overweight position on Mid-America Apartment Communities and raised its price target from $211 to $215. This presents a potential upside of 41% from its recent price.
However, analyst Haendel St. Juste of Mizuho Bank was far less sanguine, maintaining a neutral position and nudging the price target down from $178 to $177.
Equity Residential (NYSE: EQR) is a Chicago-based REIT that boasts over 300 apartment buildings located in large urban areas, such as Boston, New York, Washington, D.C, Seattle, San Francisco and Denver.
Equity Residential pays an annual dividend of $2.50, which currently yields about 3.8%. The dividend has grown 24% over the past five years with no cuts nor eliminations over that time.
Barclay's Powell also maintained an equal-rate position on Equity Residential, while raising the price target from $83 to $88. That increase now presents Equity Residential with a potential upside of 35%.
But Powell's target price was much higher than several other analysts who wrote about Equity Residential. Sakwa of Evercore ISI Group sees $81 as a more realistic target price, and John Kim of BMO Capital Markets even downgraded Equity Residential from outperform to market perform, while slicing his target price from $88 to $74. That only equates to 13% of upside potential from its recent price.
So where does that leave investors? The most prudent advice is to consider analyst opinions as a guide to potential appreciation but still assess stocks by their fundamentals and/or technical indicators before making any purchases.
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Tom Brady set to make more history, but he just wants wins
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CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - DECEMBER 26: Tom Brady #12 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on the sidelines during the fourth quarter in the game against the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium on December 26, 2021 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Pho
TAMPA, Fla. - Missing Chris Godwin and Mike Evans has taken the bite out of the Bucs passing attack. Since their injuries, Tom Brady has thrown just one touchdown pass in the last two games.
"We're not really out there trying to throw touchdowns," said Byron Leftwich. "We're trying to win games and score points. It doesn't matter to us how we do that. We're just trying to score points. I never really count touchdown passes, how many throws throughout a game or how many it has been in the past couple of weeks. I really want us to just try to score points, put our team in position and try to help us win football games. That's really how I see it."
Despite the dip in passing production. Brady still leads the NFL in attempts, completions, yards and touchdowns. Can Brady get back to putting up the numbers without his top two targets?
"I think everyone is going to have to play a role with different people in and out of the lineup," Brady explained. "We've had a lot of people in and out the last [few games]. At different times you've got to adjust. Different players – Leonard (Fournette), Chris (Godwin), Mike (Evans), A.B. (Antonio Brown) has been out for a while, 'Gronk' (Rob Gronkowski) – you've just got to try to get guys to play a role and provide the level of production that allows you to go down and score points. Every week is going to be a little bit different."
Brady needs just three touchdowns in the final two games to have back-to-back 40 TD seasons. Something that only Drew Brees has accomplished and that was nine years ago.
"I think just winning the game Sunday will be what I'm looking forward to," shared Brady. "We've got to go out there and earn it. All the individual stats and so forth – ultimately, it's a team sport. That's just a credit to everybody. I think winning is the thing that I concern myself with the most and I feel like that is the most important thing for any quarterback is to win games."
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Song Meanings and Facts
"Lovely Rita" by The Beatles
by Jessica Shelton · Published October 3, 2020 · Updated October 3, 2020
There are conflicting stories concerning the origin of The Beatles' "Lovely Rita". But the way Paul McCartney himself has explained it is this. He initially got the idea from hearing the "American" term meter maid. In his homeland of the United Kingdom, such authority figures were actually referred to as traffic wardens. Moreover their title was not gender-specific. Indeed the word maid had a completely different, even sexual connotation across the pond. And the designation meter maid tickled him. So he started playing around with the idea of writing a song based on it.
Moreover at the time the UK was transitioning from a free-parking society to one that charged for the privilege. And it was up to the traffic wardens to enforce these laws. So accordingly many people did not like them. As such, when Paul originally conceptualized the track, he was thinking more along the lines of making it "a hate song". However, he later decided, in relation to Rita, that "it would be better to love her". He also wanted to make the lyrics "tongue in cheek". In other words, he thought it would be funny to make a track about falling in love with a meter maid. Additionally Rita rhymes with meter. So all of those aforementioned factors combined are what eventually gave the world "Lovely Rita".
Is "Lovely Rita" based on a true story?
Macca himself had his fair share of run-ins with traffic wardens. But according to his own recollection, it wasn't one of those interactions which served as the inspiration for this tune, as some popular theories have hypothesized.
However the narrative contained therein does feature a related storyline. The vocalist is standing on the roadside when he notices Rita. It can be interpreted that perhaps he knows her already. But either way, seeing her in the meter maid uniform in particular apparently turns him on. So he approaches her and asks her on a date. And he does end up taking her to dinner and having a good time overall. Indeed he even takes Rita home, and they chill together along "with a sister or two".
But outside that story, what the majority of the lyrics are actually dedicated to is the singer praising how "lovely" Rita is. And conclusively that's the primary sentiment being relayed, that the singer is in fact thoroughly smitten by Rita.
Release Date of "Lovely Rita"
"Lovely Rita" is one of the songs from the Beatles' album entitled "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". Parlophone Records in association with Capitol Records released it with said album on 26 May 1997.
Other notable songs from the "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band" album:
Paul McCartney wrote "Lovely Rita". And John Lennon (1940-1980) is also credited with such under the moniker Lennon-McCartney.
Outside of Paul McCartney serving as lead vocalist and playing a couple of instruments, all of his Beatles' bandmates (Starr, Lennon and Harrison) also contributed to this track. Additionally the producer of the song, George Martin (1926-2016), plays the piano solo between the second chorus and second verse.
Meta Davies the Inspiration behind "Lovely Rita"?
Concerning the other popular theory in relation to the origin of "Lovely Rita" an actual traffic warden named Meta Davies has put forth that she was the inspiration behind this song. She said that one day in 1967 she ticketed Macca's car, and afterwards they had a conversation. And while speaking he asked if her name was indeed Meta (as she had signed on his ticket) and then exclaimed "that would be a good name for a song".
According to Davies, he then even asked permission if he could use it. However, it has been noted that whereas they may have in fact had that conversation, logically speaking it isn't very likely that he wrote the song about her. That being said, their interaction may have actually contributed to the song's creation.
The Beach Boys!
The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson has stated that this is his favorite of all Paul McCartney tracks. There may be a logical reason behind this. For when recording this classic, Macca had stated that he wanted to make a conscientious attempt to have the tune emulate a Beach Boys' song.
Some readers may be surprised to find out that there is a popular, longstanding conspiracy theory – called "Paul is dead" – which postulates that McCartney died in 1966 and was subsequently replaced by a body double. And for people who actually subscribe to that idea, "Lovely Rita" is said to be an important part of the narrative. In other words, they argue that the way he died was by crashing his car while being distracted by the beauty of Rita.
Weed Reference in "Lovely Rita"?
There is a famous rumor that there is a reference to marijuana in this song. More specifically when the singer invites Rita to "take some tea", some analysts have interpreted this as a subliminal shoutout to the consumption of cannabis. This is something McCartney himself was well aware of, as he has staunchly refuted this theory.
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The London Stock Exchange is the central collection point for share pricing in the UK. Whenever a bargain is struck with for a share, the price and trade is relayed to the LSE, as the London Stock Exchange is called, collated and retransmitted to all parties connected directly or indirectly to the LSE.
The LSE is the marketplace containing Market Maker markets and it is the umbrella of the stock market that bring them all together into a single environment.
Every company as a NORMAL MARKET SIZE, which is an amount set by the LSE and applied for by market makers, that sets a level of a trade above which they can refuse to deal at the quoted price. For a big SEAQ quoted company this can represent an order of �,000 pounds of stock or in a very small company a mere �0. However normally the size a Market Maker will deal in is set above this so called NMS, but in times of sharp price movements the NORMAL MARKET SIZE can be invoked.
Looking at a SEAQ screen with several market makers on it you can see that not all MM's are what is called 'ON THE BID' or 'ON THE OFFER'. This means they are either quoting to buy a stock at a lower price than other market makers or willing to sell the stock more expensively than other market makers. If they are 'off the BID or OFFER' it means in effect they do not want 'to deal,' ie want to trade, the share at this current price. When an investor wants to buy a SEAQ stock, his broker calls a market maker and sells or buys the stock from him. The details of the transaction are then send to the LSE, which are then registered as a trade. As an order is executed a Market Maker may the want to move his BID and OFFER price, with other Market Maker following suit or not as the case maybe.
It is the state of the positions of market makers and their changes, that help traders and investors discern the overall state of the market in a SEAQ stock.
The old system of participants on a trading floor was seen as restricted by physical space and a cause of inefficiencies. A move to electronically disembody the stock exchange pushed the operation out of the exchange itself and used communications to collect up the information at the LSE, from where it redistributes it back out to the market, which was now decentralised. The floor of the LSE has long since gone.
This and particularly the introduction of SETS was aimed to increase efficiency and drive down transaction costs such as the size of the spread. An automated market needs a lot of trading interest, known as liquidity, passing through it, to work effectively, so only the biggest stocks are included as SETS stocks.
It is the overall balance of the SETS book and the flow of trades, that provides the investor a close up view of the equilibrium state of the market. This detailed pictures shows what is going on behind the scene of a market in a share and helps form a picture of the balance of supply and demand for a stock. This in turn offers an insight to how the price will move in the short term. As SETS represents a plethora of participants trading a stock the complexity of the ongoing action can be staggering. However we can be sure that without it we would be operating blindly.
Using the SEAQ Level 2 screen.
This article uses ADVFN Level 2 to illustrate the text. The ADVFN Level 2 screen is more than just Level 2 data. When a trade is made, it is made through the market maker and the bargain becomes a transaction. This transaction flow gives a history of what market makers have been trading throughout the day on that stock. This information is held on the level 2 screen for convenience so that you can see the Market Maker positions and consider them in the light of the history of trades.
Also on the Level 2 SEAQ screen Level 1 information such as Previous close, the highest trade price, the lowest trade price, the mid trade price price, the Normal Market Size, number of trades, total volume so far traded today are held on the screen for convenience.
The more of a picture of the state of the market you have and the recent history that produced the current price, the more able you will be to predict an outcome.
To the left of the screen the actual Level 2 information is held. On the left side are the Bid prices, the prices that market makers will buy stock from you. On the right are the prices market makers will sell to you. The Strip above these quotes contain the highest bid and the lowest offer being put forwarded by the combined market makers and is the Bid Offer spread you see on level one. The price quoted is normally the MID, the MID just being half way between the BID OFFER.
On the strip on either side of the BID OFFER price is a number representing the number of Market Markers actually at the BID or OFFER. So for example only 1 out of 4 market makers will buy at the BID price while maybe all 4 will sell at the OFFER price. The balance of market makers is of course information that may lead you to expect a price change.
To use the Level 2 SEAQ book to your advantage you must first understand how a market maker works.
Even though a market maker is now highly computerised he is still basically trying to sell at the offer and buy at the bid. In his ideal world buyers would match sellers and there would be lots of trades. The price would not move and the Market Maker would simply make his margin day in and day out.
A market maker does not want to hold stock, nor does he want to be short. The basis of his business is to earn the spread in return for facilitating the market. However life is not often that simple.
In the real world the balance between buyers and seller swing in and out of balance, so a market maker has shares put on him for a period which he holds and then has them brought off him in droves at another moment. Seeing that he does not wish to hold a large inventory of stock, which would make him an investor rather than a market maker, large swings in demand and supply have a dramatic effect of his net position in a stock.
For example a market maker has a small amount of stock in company AAA, say 100,000 and suddenly it is tipped in a Sunday paper. The result is he has 200,000 shares bought off him. The market maker is now 100,000 shares short. He will then move the bid up and his offer up. This will make him more expensive to buy from than the other market makers and stop anyone buying off him and increase the price he is willing to pay for the stock. This hopefully will enable him to find a seller to fill his short position, again hopefully at a price that does not cancel out his profit on the spread. This sale might come from a normal investor or he might approach another market maker who may sell the stock to him. As the bid and offer has risen so the mid price has risen too. The share has gone up.
If he was not the only Market Maker on the Offer, the offer price may not go up, only the Bid. The remaining market makers may have stock to sell. However now there are less market makers offering at that price and if buyers continue then they too will have to raise their offer and if they are to buy new stock, raise there bid price too. In the SEAQ book you can see Market Makers move their bid and offer prices as orders are executed.
If there are sellers exactly the opposite happens. To stop having to buy stock at the quoted price a market maker will drop his bid price and drop his offer to try and sell stock he has just bought. Other market makers will follow suit because they have now become the focus of seller attention or because they do not wish to become the market maker buying at this price. This process can be seen unfolding on Level 2 and give a strong indication of market direction.
This is the basic level of how a market makers system works, but like all basic systems it often bears little resemblance to what really happens. The model above is a rather passive one in which the market maker responds to supply and demand. So for example company AAA announces that its factory has burnt down, then the market maker would simply wait for seller to appear and mark down the price to the ebb and flow of buys and sells. This of course could never happen.
Instead, the market maker hearing the news, will arbitrarily mark the price down to a level where he thinks the market for buyers and seller will be matched. In this example he has no wish to buy shares at every penny drop from 100p to 30p till buyers want to take them. Clearly he would take a big loss if he did.
So the movement and size of the spread is also an important indicator for the state of the market in a share and the likelihood of its future movements. The make up and evolution of this can be studied using Level 2.
The 'Quote Changes' screen shows when a Bid or Offer has been changed and by which market maker. It is broken out so you can distinguish if this quote change actually moved the price or whether it is a subsequent change to match other market maker actions.
The first market maker listed after the yellow bar showing a change of the Bid and Offer is the market maker responsible for the change and those list after him are ones moving their prices accordingly. From this it can be judged which market maker is leading the market and/or who has received a trade that has made him amend his prices. Clicking on the Market Maker symbol will take you to a screen listing all that market makers moves of the day so that his other activities can be perused.
A sudden bout of buying may force a market maker or all the market makers to become short in a stock. They may find it difficult or impossible to find stock to cover this short. In this position raising the price will simply lose them money and what is more encourage more buyers to follow the appreciating share. It is after all a common belief that one should buy what is going up and that the 'trend is ones friend.' Whatever the case this is clearly not a kind position for a 'short' market maker to find himself in. In this instance the Market Maker will drop the price in the hope of creating sellers from which to cover his awkward position. Likewise if he is burdened with a long position he may attempt to create buy interest by marking the stock up. Because the SEAQ system is not automated, an understanding of market maker strategies is important to understand short term moves in stock prices. However we are reliably informed by academics, that in the long run the correct price for a stock will be reached.
I will end this section by a simple example of how a SEAQ Level 2 screen can help traders improve their profits. It is by no means a sole example but none the less a clear one.
A share you hold jumps 15% suddenly. This meets your sell price. You check Level 2. There are 5 Market Makers.
All market Makers are on the Bid at 11p. One Market Maker is on the Offer at 12p, 4 at 13p.
It seems highly likely that at least one Market Maker will raise the Bid to 11.25p another decent rise. There would also be plenty of time to sell into the Bid if the market started to weaken and Market Makers began 'coming off the bid.' The single market Maker on the Offer could easily dislodged to move higher putting upwards pressure on the price up.
You would be very tempted to wait for the Market Makers to come into line and the Level 2 screen would have helped you to a higher return.
Conversely if there was only 1 Market Maker left on the Bid, you would be quickly scrambling for the phone.
Another benefit of a Level 2 screen I have found most useful is the ability to discuss price improvement with your broker. Brokers are often encouraged to try that little bit harder to get within the spread, when they know you are looking at the market with professional tools. This can equate to a very significant amount of money indeed, especially when dealing in 'Small Cap' shares with large spreads.


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Roundup Health Concerns May Go Beyond Cancer
Home/Roundup Health Concerns May Go Beyond Cancer
A Bloomberg opinion piece from June 4, 2019, explains what some of these concerns are. Glyphosate pollutes water, lingers in soil, and taints human food supplies, according to some studies. In 2016, some scientists described what is already known about the chemical and its effects on animals. Glyphosate, for instance, can cause congenital problems in pigs and cause damage to the livers and kidneys in rodents. Almost certainly, humans will start to experience health concerns as well. This is especially likely when considering the high levels of glyphosate exposure that many have and have had for years.
The popular herbicide Roundup, made by Monsanto, has been the subject of major recent litigation. An Oakland jury in May 2019 awarded $2 billion in damages to a couple after concluding Roundup caused their cancer. Scientists and others have long warned about the cancer risks posed by the active ingredient in Roundup, glyphosate. Cancer is not the only safety concern, however. Other dangers have been suspected or known about for many years as well. Now, some are urging regulators to step up and act upon what is quickly becoming common knowledge.
Some research even indicates that the effects of this ingredient may impact several biological generations down the line. Michael Skinner of Washington State University and his colleagues uncovered troubling evidence which suggests this. For instance, rats who were not exposed to glyphosate had shown no harmful effects. Neither did their offspring. However, elevated tendencies toward health abnormalities started showing up two generations later. Among these were birth defects, kidney and prostate disease, obesity, and ovarian disease.
These and other studies concerned animals that were exposed to the glyphosate chemical. The effects on humans may not be known for some time. But the evidence suggests that humans might very well start to mirror some of these same health problems. Roundup remains popular and is one of the most common herbicides used in homes and businesses. Therefore, it could take years or even generations for there to be any noticeable signs. The potential number of victims could be exceptionally high, and legal cases could become complicated.
The science got way off course long ago, according to the Bloomberg opinion article. Old studies, which showed glyphosate to be safe, relied upon data that was provided by the herbicide industry. Much of this information was not even peer-reviewed or publicized. It was, to say the least, biased research coming directly from the companies that were making the product. But then came a 2015 report by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) concluding glyphosate is likely carcinogenic. The IARC report, unlike many previous ones, relied only on peer-reviewed, publicly available research to make its findings.
Efforts are underway in many states to confront these concerns directly through legislation, education, and other action. A massive public health campaign might help raise awareness of the potential dangers of Roundup. But undoing long-held affinities for the product will be difficult. The herbicide is so popular that many consumers and users of it disregard the health concerns. Still, these health concerns could save lives. Regulators will need to continue pushing for proper safety labels as they work to protect public health. There may ultimately be widespread efforts to outright ban the product.
It is well-known that numerous types of cancers have been linked to glyphosate, among them:
A key question now is what other types of diseases and medical conditions will start to show up in humans. If you or someone you know uses Roundup, especially in high amounts, tell them about these health risks. Take precautions to avoid direct contact or inhalation of any herbicides, and avoid or minimize their use altogether if possible. Tell anyone you know using Roundup to keep records regarding any health complications and medical expenses they may have. This information could prove useful later in the event victims need to take legal action.
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I totally disagree with what the book reads about love. To me, it sounds like the writer has had no expereince of being in true love.
I don't feel that wanting to find your soulmate means you can't stand being alone. We don't come alone into this world. We aren't hatched. Actually, there is someone there giving birth to us. So, to me, that always was a silly statement. And hopefully, if you've lead a fullfilling life you won't be alone when you passover.
Could you imagine teaching what the book reads about this card to an impressionable teenager?
We're meant to fall in love, and we're meant to me social creatures.
No one will make us happy all the time, and no one will answer all our needs all the time, but I can be damn sure when I am in love, I will.
I also find the words to this card very offputting and incorrect for my viewpoints. Being alone is very different from being lonely, and I certainly didn't fall in love with my husband because he was 'beautiful' but because of what and who he was/is. Loving him has not made me avoid myself, in fact quite the opposite. We make a whole, but we also stand alone as individuals with our own likes, dislikes, etc. I am not afraid of aloneness - in fact I relish it at times, when I can have peace and quiet and do what I want. I do not expect him to deliver all my happiness, although my happiest times tend to come through him, even after more than 30 years together.
This young lady, shown dreaming of love, or romance rather, may have a rose-tinted view of romance because of her youth and inexperience, and she may have overinflated ideas of what it will mean, but how sad if we could not have dreams. They can show us our aspirations.
All my activities do not reduce to fear of aloneness. In fact, with my studies, my cards, my other interests, I am never 'very alone'. I wonder, though, whether young people these days, with the computer age, dvds, games, etc, do feel lonely and fearful when they are deprived of all that sensory stimulation. I grew up learning to do things for myself, be by myself, invent things to keep my mind and hands occupied. Very few these days do handcraft, for instance, and I find things like that keep me sane!
There are definitely those who fall in love with money - but I cannot see how that equates to avoiding aloneness, as misers frequently keep to themselves to avoid anyone getting a share of their goodies.
There was a time not too long ago when I REALLY loathed this card, but as I have gone along I understand what it means to me.
I have been one of those people who have had way too high expectations in the field of love. Yes, I did expect someone else to make me "whole", and I wasn't one of the lucky ones who found that.
Am I bitter? No, absolutely not.
Have I gotten to know myself better, especially my shadow side? Yes, I have.
I admit, I do and have had an Electra complex all of my life, but that doesn't mean that I didn't truly love the men I was involved with (who were older than I) at those times in my history. I love who I love. I DID feel alone/lonely when I was single (still am single), but I have been able to tackle some very important issues for myself. I feel that I have made some real strides in becoming more comfortable with being single, really enjoying my own company and such.
I agree, being with someone is great, and there isn't anything I wouldn't do for the person that I'm in love with, but as much as I would wish to make him happy and complete...only he can REALLY do that, and only I can truly do that for myself as well.
So this card has really opened my eyes, for myself and my life/love pattern. I also agree that one must have a dream, but in my case, I have to take care of a few other things first before joining with another.
I agree with this card. I've lived long enough to know what it means and to have lived what it's talking about way too many times, so I understand it.
There really isn't someone else who is going to make you whole and fulfill all your dreams. Only you can do that and realize that. And it's only once you understand this truth and arrive at that place that you can have a relationship that's the most healthy and fulfilling. Until then, you're emotionally needy and looking for someone else (or something else) to patch up the holes in your soul.
I'm not throwing stones at those of you who dispute the book or the card. I'm not saying you haven't found that one person you were meant to be with. I'm only speaking in general terms here. But don't throw this card aside and pooh-pooh what it's saying. It's a great truth that's being expressed. Someday you may understand it better.
I guess I just didn't get this card. As a kid, my parents were't good example setters as far as emotions go.
I used to panic if a relationship ended. I couldn't stand being alone. My motto was: The best remedy for one broken romance is another one. Seriously. And I lived by that, exactly. If I broke off with someone, I'd go seeking another one frantically immediately, even if I had to sift back through romances clear back to high school days and contact someone out of the blue. It didn't matter to me that he was an "ex" for a reason.
Every man I dated was the one potentially. A one-night stand became the possible man of my dreams and I just knew he was in love with me---or would be shortly. I'd go to great lengths to convince him that I was the woman of his dreams. Without a man I was nobody. If I had been into tarot then, I'd have been consulting my cards constantly to see if he was the one and what he thought of me.
If I was with someone and they threatened to leave me, I'd do anything and become anything no matter how against my nature it was just so they wouldn't leave. I'd make excuses for them and accept any b.s. justification they had for their bad behavior and I'd even take the blame on myself for "making" them do what they did that wasn't acceptable.
It's a long, sordid story and I think a lot of people are caught up in it, even if not to the extreme that I was. That's what this card is about. The notion that we aren't whole and worthwhile without another person.
Regarding this card, my view is similar to Lyric's and squeakmo9's. I've pretty much been a hermit most of my life. Growing up feeling rejected by parents, rejected by peers, I've pretty much settled on a solitary path through life. I'm still hoping to find someone to share my journey with, but I understand this card. It is tempting to imagine that I can find someone with a guarantee stamped somewhere that she will be with me forever. But the guarantee doesn't exit. I have found a few willing to share my journey for a short while, but then they take a different fork in the road and I'm back to my solitary trek. I have found myself wanting to jump into a relationship just to avoid being alone. I have learned that that is not a good basis for a healthy relationship.
It is also tempting to hope that I can find the right person to complete me. It is so difficult to hold on to the realization that I'm already complete. I agree with HeavensVault that we are social creatures, meant to be with each other, but we are also pretty adaptable. The stoic philosopher Seneca compared a man without a friend to a man missing an arm. Can you be happy without an arm? Yes, it is possible. You can lead a very satisfying life minus one of your arms. Is it preferable? No. I would rather be with someone I love and who loves me. But I can be okay with being alone.
I would like to add that, although the message of this card is a good one, it is somewhat overstated and shrill. I'm wondering if it reflects some particularly painful experience that Ma Deva Padma has been through?
It is also tempting to hope that I can find the right person to complete me. It is so difficult to hold on to the realization that I'm already complete.
The message of the card is that we really are already complete. Therefore, there isn't any need to complete ourselves and it's impossible for another human being to do what doesn't need to be done.
It's true that it's a normal human urge to seek a mate. But that mate is someone to walk beside you through life, not someone who will complete something that doesn't need completed. Namely---you.
I think the reason Ma Deva seemed to hammer the idea home is that the idea we need someone else to complete us causes so much misery for people. Needless misery. Think of all the people who go through life trying to find someone else to "complete" them and then getting their hearts broken when the person they thought could do that lets them down. And think of all the children who are results of unions like that who suffer terrible emotional harm from it.
We're not someone lacking an arm if we don't have someone else. We may be lonely. We may hear a biological clock ticking regarding having children. We may be sexually frustrated. But we're not incomplete as we are. We're simply feeling emotions and physical sensations that are normal to someone who is without a life's partner.
The life partner we really need is another person who is complete and knows it. And the best way to attract that partner is to realize and accept our own completeness.
It's a paradox. If we "need" somebody, then the very last thing we need is somebody. And when we quit needing, then we'll find somebody who is truly our partner.
Very very interesting to see this card from both sides. What all the opinions are reminding me - teaching me - is that although my own perception may be different, it could very well be that this card in a reading would indicate exactly the opposite view to my own.
Maybe the fact that I cannot personally agree with the message given to explain the card is meant to show me how lucky I am to be where I am and to remind me it took quite a while and much work to get there.
We're not someone lacking an arm if we don't have someone else. We may be lonely. We may hear a biological clock ticking regarding having children. We may be sexually frustrated. But we're not incomplete as we are.
I think the point that Seneca was making is that we have a choice. If we lose an arm we can be miserable about it the rest of our lives, or we can be okay with it and not allow it to be an impediment to happiness. The same is true when we are alone. We can be miserable about it or we can be okay with it. Our choice.
The lack of a significant other doesn't have to prevent us from finding fulfillment in other ways. I'm sure none of us would choose to be without a special someone in our life, just as none of us would choose to be without one of our limbs. Missing neither makes us, the person we are inside, incomplete.
"Nevertheless, he [the wise man] desires friends, neighbours, and associates, no matter how much he is sufficient unto himself. And mark how self-sufficient he is; for on occasion he can be content with a part of himself. If he lose a hand through disease or war, or if some accident puts out one or both of his eyes, he will be satisfied with what is left, taking as much pleasure in his impaired and maimed body as he took when it was sound. But while he does not pine for these parts if they are missing, he prefers not to lose them. In this sense the wise man is self-sufficient, that he can do without friends, not that he desires to do without them."


The eventual resolution of last year's big patent trial between Apple and Samsung is one step closer after Samsung was denied a retrial over one of the patents concerned: the 'bounce-back' or 'rubber-banding' effect when a user scrolls past the end of a document.
UPDATE [Monday, September 26, 2011 at 11:30am ET]: The Sammy Hub blog pointed out that Samsung has replaced all the wrong icons by an "S," as seen in another image after the break.
Spotted by the folks over at CNET, an Italian Samsung store actually has Apple logos in the backdrop. You'll noticed circled that there are App Store and Safari logos. Alright we're just going to put this out there, Samsung — what the hell happened here? With all of the legal proceedings going underway, we'd think Samsung would try to step away from this kind-of thing.


A Free Syrian Army-affiliated brigade and a pro-Islamic State local militia group agreed to a ceasefire in southwestern Daraa province on Wednesday, days after fighting for control of a water station servicing the region, a spokesman told Syria Direct on Thursday.
"Armed parties from both sides will withdraw from the checkpoints immediately after signing the agreement," said Ahmed Zoubani.
The fighting and reconciliation between the two groups comes in the wake of Harakat al-Muthanna, an Islamist battalion consisting of 600-1,000 local fighters, declaring support for IS and its "caliphate" in an official announcement on Sunday.
Harakat al-Muthanna's Facebook page was closed after it published its statement of support for IS.
The Islamist group will withdraw from the area according to the agreement, a spokesperson for Harakat al-Muthanna told pro-opposition Smart New Agency.
The two groups had been fighting for control of the Yarmouk Project, an opposition-controlled water station that supplies water to most of Daraa province.
The Yarmouk Project is the only area in the region that receives electricity from the regime, which supplies power to the station in exchange for water.
The Islamic State [IS] launched a second assault on Tuesday to capture Ras al-Ain in a multi-front campaign at a time when the Kurdish People's Protection Units [YPG] appear to lack manpower, a Hasakah-based journalist told Syria Direct on Thursday.
"The strategy behind the IS attack is not to merely capture Ras al-Ain, but to open multiple fronts against the YPG, exploiting the fact that the Kurds just don't have enough foot soldiers to respond in kind," said Ali Al-Harith, bureau chief for the pro-opposition Step News Agency in Al-Hasakah.
Although the fighting has yet to reach Ras al-Ain, clashes between YPG and IS are ongoing in the town's southern countryside, reported the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on Thursday.
During its advance on Ras al-Ain, IS captured the village of al-Anba on Wednesday approximately 15km to the south, hanging the bodies of 13 dead YPG from checkpoints overlooking the village, reported the Step News Agency on Wednesday.
In preparation for the IS assault on Ras al-Ain, Kurdish authorities are implementing a mandatory recruitment campaign, said Al-Harith.
IS's march on Ras al-Ain follows its capture of the villages of Tel Khanzir and Manajir in Al-Hasakah province to the west and south earlier this week.
Several dozen rebel Free Syrian Army [FSA] fighters based in southern Damascus defected and joined the pro-regime National Defense Forces Thursday morning, Walid Agha, a civilian activist and member of the grassroots news campaign "Revolution Spring" told Syria Direct on Thursday.
Four groups of FSA fighters defected to the Syrian Army and National Defense Forces Wednesday night and Thursday morning in groups of 10 to 30 fighters, reported the pro-regime Yarmouk News Agency media outlet Thursday morning.
A video showing defected FSA fighters joining the National Defense Forces along with a pro-regime media personality confirming their defection was posted on the agency's official Facebook page Thursday.
On Wednesday, 20 members of the Hatin Brigade, another FSA unit operating in southern Damascus, defected to the pro-regime National Defense Forces, reported the pro-regime Lebanese Al-Hadath News.
Last week, 60 FSA fighters from the Al-Anfal brigades based in southern Damascus defected to the Syrian army after withdrawing from their positions.
The defections come amidst renewed clashes Wednesday night between FSA units and Jabhat a-Nusra (JN) in the south Damascus town of Beit Saham, reported the pro-opposition Al-Hal al-Souri news outlet on Thursday.
Former FSA fighters defect to the regime on Wednesday. Photo courtesy of Yarmouk Camp News.
*CORRECTION NOTICE: The previous version of today's roundup indicated that the Islamic State was planning a new assault on Kobani. This is incorrect. They are in fact planning an assault on Ras al-Ain in Al-Hasakah province. Syria Direct regrets the error.


OUR TAKE Replacing your kid's sleep system every year or two as she grows can cost a small fortune. Enter the Duster, which has hooks and loops that shorten or lengthen the bag to fit children from 4'5" to 5'6". The fabric loops (three to adjust length and four to adjust width) secure with plastic hooks and are simple enough that a 4-year-old can adjust them. They stayed cinched even through restless nights.
THE DETAILS Like Big Agnes's adult models, the Duster has a pad-integration system, which was perfect for keeping squirrelly sleepers on top. It also has a draft collar and zipper tube to seal out the cold. Synthetic fill helps keep cost low.
TRAIL CRED "Temps dropped into the 20s in Arches, but the Duster kept my 4-year old daughter warm, so she didn't have to add any midnight layers," one mom says.


Just south of the packed beach resort areas near Washington, D.C., lies a completely different experience: a largely undeveloped barrier island filled with salt marshes, maritime forests and feral horses. Visiting Assateague Island National Seashore, which spans Maryland and Virginia, will connect you to a slower, quieter Eastern Shore.
In the latter half of the 1800s, small villages on Assateague were home to watermen or staff of the U.S. Life-Saving Service, a group that eventually became part of the Coast Guard. The populations of these villages had declined by the 1920s, and plans emerged for a commercial resort town in the 1950s.
But those plans changed when an extreme nor'easter, the Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962, wiped out the existing structures and roads. The federal government purchased the land, and Assateague Island National Seashore was established in 1965.
The park has two visitor centers: Assateague Island Visitor Center on the Maryland side and Toms Cove Visitor Center on the Virginia side. Both are good places to start, and kids will love their exhibits, aquariums and touch tanks full of shellfish and other marine life.
On the Maryland side, feral horses roam throughout the park, including in campgrounds and parking areas. In Virginia, they are fenced within large enclosures. A good place to look for them is from the observation platform on the Woodland Trail, a 1.5-mile paved loop through pine forest.
The island has several short nature trails, and its beaches provide another way to explore. Biking is also a nice way to get around, thanks to paved paths that wind past four miles of the Maryland habitat along Bayberry Drive and also on Chincoteague.
Along the shores, which are staffed with lifeguards daily from late May through early September, your group can swim, surf and hunt for seashells. Fishing is another draw: You can go surf fishing, crabbing and clamming—but check in at the visitor center to learn the regulations.
To pitch a tent, stay on the Maryland side of the park and head to one of four campgrounds (two drive-in, one walk-in and one for large groups), which have restrooms and drinking water. If your trip falls between March 15 and November 15, be sure to make a reservation first.
The park is open year-round, as are the campgrounds. Summer is the most popular time to visit, with crowds beginning to pick up in May and lasting through August. Late September and October are great times to avoid peak crowds—and insects.


A treatment for Alzheimer's disease from drugmaker Eli Lilly yielded promising signs in late-stage research, even though the drug failed to slow mental decline in two separate studies of patients with mild-to-moderate cases of the mind-robbing condition.
Eli Lilly & Co. corporate headquarters stand in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S., on Monday, May 21, 2012.
The Indianapolis drugmaker's shares climbed in pre-market trading Friday.
Alzheimer's disease has no cure, and many patients typically live four to eight years after diagnosis, as the disease gradually erodes their memory and ability to think or perform simple tasks.
Eli Lilly said Friday its treatment, solanezumab, failed to slow mental or cognitive decline in two late-stage studies. But combined data from both trials showed a statistically significant slowing of cognitive decline, as did a subgroup of patients with mild cases of the disease. Cognitive function involves memory.
Lilly said it will discuss the results with regulators and plan the next steps.
Current Alzheimer's treatments only temporarily ease symptoms such as memory loss, confusion and agitation. They don't slow, stop or reverse mental decline.
Drugmakers have tried and failed for years to develop successful treatments for the disease, and patients and doctors are anxious for any signs of promise. Analysts have said an approved treatment that slows the disease's progression could be worth billions of dollars in sales.
Earlier this month, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson said they will end development of an intravenous version of their potential Alzheimer's treatment, bapineuzumab, after two late-stage studies showed it worked no better than a placebo in patients with mild-to-moderate cases.