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• The Schedule
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara vs. Cal State Northridge (13-11, 7-5)
at UCSB's Thunderdome (6,000)
Series record vs. the Matadors – 27-5
Streak – Won 6
Last time out vs. the Matadors – W, 3-0 (10/23/10)
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Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara vs. Cal Poly (10-15, 5-7)
at UCSB's Thunderdome (6,000)
Series record vs. the Mustangs – 41-25
Streak – Lost 2
Last time out vs. the Mustangs – L, 3-2 (10/12/11)
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Senior libero Chelsey Lowe moved into 10th place all-time in UCSB history with her 40 digs last weekend. Lowe has accumulated 1,289 digs in her Gaucho career, passing Liz Towne (1985-88) for 10th in career digs. Next on the list is her predecessor, Leigh Stephenson (2005-08), who had 1,306 digs and Lowe could conceivably catch Brooke Niles (1999-2002), who is eighth with 1,323 career digs.. Lowe, a native of Yorba Linda, Calif., is averaging 5.25 digs per set, which leads the Big West and ranks her 33rd in the country. She has had at least 20 digs in 16 of the Gauchos' 25 matches and also leads the Big West in digs during conference play (5.38).
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Lowe has 535 digs this season, putting her sixth in single-season history after passing Emily Hendrickson (2005) who had 515. In front of Lowe in single-season digs are Maria Reyes (1990) with 552 and Kristin Nelson who had 560 in 2004.
• They Can Dig It
Speaking of digs, as a team UCSB is averaging 17.73 digs per set, which ranks the Gauchos first in the Big West and 22nd nationally in the stat. UCSB also leads the conference in digs per league matches with 18.90. Chelsey Lowe and Leah Sully each rank in the top-10 in the Big West in overall digs, one of just two sets of teammates to do so.
• RPI Report
In the third Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) released by the NCAA on Monday, UCSB ranks 58th in the nation and is second in the conference behind Long Beach (No. 50).
• Double Dipper
In 18 of the Gauchos' 25 matches this season, Leah Sully has recorded a double-double, including in 13 of her last 16 matches. Sully had a career-high 18 kills (to go with 18 digs) in the win over UC Irvine. On the season the sophomore from Irvine, Calif. is averaging 2.89 kills and 3.77 digs per set – both ranking second on the team. Sully is also third in the conference with her 0.31 ace per set average.
• Lily Lopez: Leading Lady
Senior middle blocker Lily Lopez paces the team with her .324 hitting percentage, ranking her sixth amongst her conference mates and 113th in the nation. The native of Santa Ana, Calif. has had a terrific stretch – in her last 16 matches she is hitting .338 (165-41-367) with an average of 10.31 kills per match and 3.38 total blocks per match (nine solo, 45 assisted). In conference matches Lopez is hitting .325, which is fifth in the Big West. On the year she is averaging 2.46 kills and 0.75 blocks per set.
• About Schmidt
Two-time All-Big West First Team pick Stacey Schmidt leads the team with her 2.90 kills per set and is second behind Jenna Wilson with her 0.93 blocks per set. She is hitting .282, ninth in the Big West, and her 0.31 aces per set are tied with Leah Sully for third in the conference.
• Killin' Kara
In Big West play, sophomore Kara Sherrard leads UCSB with her 3.06 kills per set and has 3.52 digs per set, which is third on the team. Sherrard has posted 11 double-doubles this season – including nine in her last 11 matches – and has recorded double-digit kills in 14 matches this season.
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Freshman setter Hanna Nielson has already cracked the 1,000-dig plateau this season with 1,058 and could crack into the single-season top-10 she she trails Stephanie Brandt, who had 1,348 in 2006. Her 10.81 assists per set are fourth in the conference and 70th in the nation.
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Despite having both Lily Lopez and Stacey Schmidt rank in the Big West's top-10 in hitting percentage, the Gauchos are swinging a collective .185, which ranks them sixth amongst the nine conference teams. UCSB is holding its opponents to a .180 hitting percentage, which is third-best in the Big West.

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The British pound has fallen out of favor among currency investors so far in 2013.
Since hitting a high of 1.6379 against the U.S. dollar on January 1, the pound sterling has tumbled nearly 4 percent to today's levels around 1.5735 (click to enlarge):
Société Générale Head of FX Research Kit Juckes says that at this point, "Sentiment towards sterling is getting to be about as negative as it can usefully be."
Juckes says three bearish arguments for holding pounds are all hitting the market at once:
- U.K. GDP, which was expected to fall 0.1 percent last week, actually fell 0.3 percent, which has everyone talking about a "triple-dip" recession in Great Britain. Juckes says this is a big reminder for investors of how the British economy continues to underperform as a global recovery begins to form.
- British Prime Minister David Cameron's recent speech proposing a referendum on the country's membership in the EU, Juckes says, "will do nothing to attract the capital inflows needed to offset a huge current account deficit." Big current account deficits usually mean weak currencies.
- Mark Carney is set to take over the Bank of England when current Governor Mervyn King steps down in June. Given Carney's comments on unconventional monetary policy and his track record in that area, investors are betting that Carney will bring a dovish stance to the post and allow the pound to weaken further. Juckes says, "This view lacks sound foundations, but is prevalent all the same."
Meanwhile, the euro has surged since the latest ECB policy meeting, when ECB President Mario Draghi suggested that there was no discussion on cutting interest rates. Now, the consensus view is that the ECB is beginning to tighten policy, which is supporting the euro's climb higher against other major currencies like the pound sterling.
Juckes writes in a note to clients that the pound can keep going lower, too:
What can undermine sterling even more than the dollar is the vulnerability to reduced investment flows and the continued weakness of the economy.
The UK is a small open economy that has benefited from capital inflows because it is NOT in the euro area but IS in the EU. The former is less helpful now, the uncertainty about the latter a clear negative.
The result could be to take EUR/GBP close to 0.90 before the long-term downtrend resumes.
All of these factors, Juckes says, have turned the pound sterling into the "whipping-boy of FX markets."


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Last weekend the top crews from Mount St. Joseph Academy made their annual June pilgrimage to race against the best of the best. The U.S. Rowing Youth National Championships, held for the second year in a row at Melton Lake in Oak Ridge, Tenn., features not only elite boats from individual high schools, but also junior club crews made up of rowers from more than one institution. The event is held on a 2000 meter course, as opposed to the 1500 meters commonly found in scholastic racing.
The Mount varsity eight, the gold medalist at the Stotesbury Cup Regatta and winner of the bronze medal at the Scholastic Nationals over Memorial Day weekend, reached the semifinal round in Tennessee and then ended its stay in the B Final, which includes the half-dozen boats that finished fourth through sixth in each of the two semi's.
The MSJ eight (stroke to bow: Dana Lerro, Julie McGlynn, Katie O'Connell, Darian DiCianno, Dana Zielinski, Emily Carbone, Rose Ehrlich, Kiera McCloy, cox – Erin McElroy) finished fourth in the B Final, equivalent to 10th place overall. The members of the Mount flagship hope to fare better this weekend, when they'll be racing in England at the 2012 Henley Women's Regatta.
Mount St. Joseph also had its lightweight four and lightweight eight qualify for the Youth Nationals last weekend. The four ended a successful season by finishing first in the B Final to rank seventh in its category, while the light eight, which has struggled to hit its stride this spring, bowed out in the second round, prior to the semifinals. In previous appearances at the Youth Nationals, Mount St. Joe had at least one boat earn a spot in the A Final (once known as the Grand Final) every year since 2006, when the light eight claimed the gold medal.
Traditionally, the emphasis had been on the eight-oared boats in the MSJ program, so the lightweight four's performance at Youth Nationals this year was noteworthy.
"They did very well and everybody was happy about that," said Mount varsity crews coach Mike McKenna.
Each of the three Magic crews were seeded into one of four heats in its category as the racing began on Friday. The winner of each heat would advance directly into the semifinal round, while the other boats battled it out for a spot in the semi's during the repechage stage, a variety of feed-in bracket.
The varsity eight was able to skip the "reps," marching straight into the semi's by winning its heat by four seconds over a Seattle club crew, Green Lake. At 6:42.319, the Magic recorded the fourth-fastest time out of all 22 participants, behind only California's Marin Rowing Association (6:34.217) and Oakland Strokes (6:39.589), and New York's Saratoga Rowing Association (6:37.935).
Grouped with the fastest boat out of all the heat races, the Mount lightweight four (stroke to bow: Emily McHugh, Rachel Heller, Maura O'Donnell, Elizabeth McKernan, cox – Madi Kist) finished second behind Cincinnati Junior Rowing Club and went into the repechage round. Here, also, there were four flights, with the first and second-place finishers going on to the semifinals. The third-place boats in each "Rep," along with the two crews with the next-fastest times, would be slotted into the six-boat C Final.
The MSJ light four won its repechage contest, coming in three-and-a-half seconds ahead of second-place North Suburban Rowing Club, from Lake Forest, Ill. The Magic's winning time of 8:11.860 was the fastest out of the four repechage winners.
Mount St. Joe's lightweight eight (Kait Loftus, Michela Karrash, Maureen Flynn, Kate Mirabella, Leah Ramos, Leah McGlynn, Meg O'Brien, Lexi Meister, cox – Mary Raggazino) also found itself in the Reps after coming in fifth in its heat Friday heat race. Unlike the four, the light eight did not advance out of the repechage, coming in fourth in its section with a time that did not place the Magic among the two time qualifiers. For them, the racing was over.
McKenna, the MSJ coach, said that the weather at Melton Lake was hot, but not particularly humid. There was flat water on the course, with very little wind throughout the event.
For the semifinal round, the Magic's lightweight four and varsity eight were scheduled about half-an-hour apart late on Saturday afternoon.
The light four held its own over the first half of the course, sitting in third place (the last qualifying position for the A Final) at the 1000-meter mark. However, Seattle's Lakeside School made a decisive move at that point and overtook the Mount to finish third behind Manhasset (from Long Island), and Upper Natoma Rowing Club (Sacramento, Cailf.). Coming in fourth, the Magic would be participating in the B final for their last race of the regatta.
The start of the Mount's varsity eight semifinal (the first of two) was delayed when one of the launches carrying race officials broke down on the course. When the contest finally got underway, Cincinnati Junior Rowing Club got off the line quickly and led the rest of the way. The Magic, in the middle of the course in lane three, also started well and held second place as the leaders passed the 500 meter line and then the halfway point.
At 1000 meters, through, Saratoga was moving up in lane five, on the other side of Cincinnati from Mount St. Joe. At 1500 meters the New Yorkers had taken over second place and the Magic were trying to hang on to claim the third and final berth in the A Final. It was not to be, as the two crews in the outside lanes surged in the final 500.
Boston-based Community Rowing Inc. (CRI) came up in lane six (closest to the spectators) to nab the last A Final spot, coming in third behind impressive Cincinnati and the Saratoga eight. New Hampshire's St. Paul's School, over in lane one, wound up in fourth ahead of fifth-place MSJ, while James Madison High School (Vienna, Va.) finished sixth.
There was less than a two-second gap between first place, at 6:51.724, and fourth, at 6:53.616, while the Mount clocked in a 6:57.908 and the number for sixth-place James Madison was 7:02.483.
Commenting on the race, MSJ's McKenna remarked, "The simple answer is it was a bad row at the wrong time. The technical answer is we rowed too high [in terms of the strokes-per-minute rate]. We were a little out of control and consequently we were a little gassed at the end of the race."
Like the lightweight four, the Magic V-8 would end its weekend in the B Final. Here, too, the Mount eight encountered difficulties, some having to do with the strength of the field. Connecticut Boat Club (CBC), the 2010 national champion and the bronze medalist a year ago, did not make the cut for the A Final this year, but won the "B" race in 6:55.574 ahead of James Madison (6:58.403) and St. Paul's (7:01.235). Mount St. Joe, fourth in 7:03.012, posted a better time than the figure recorded for the last-place boat of the A Final, but in that race the field was more spread out, and Oakland (6:46.098) dominated to win by more than seven seconds over Marin.
Trailing the Magic in the B Final were Pocock Rowing Center, from Seattle (7:05.896) and Sarasota (Fla.) Crew (7:07.696).
Comparing the Magic's B Final outing to their semifinal race, McKenna said, "It was slightly better, but basically, a similar theme. They rowed a bit higher than they should have. They led the race for, I would say, 1000 meters, then CBC crept through them, and after that St. Paul's and James Madison got through them, too. As in the semifinal, they used up too much gas in the first half of the race, and didn't have enough left to finish the deal."
The members of the lightweight four were able to finish out the weekend with a win, taking their B Final in 7:59.835, completing the course more quickly than the fifth and sixth "A" finalists. Runner-up to the Magic was North Suburban (8:02.665), and third place went to Miami Beach Rowing Club (8:03.732). In the A Final, Manhasset crushed the field, winning by over eight seconds in 7:36.879.
The Magic didn't have much time to brood over the outcome of their various races at Youth Nationals. Hurrying home, the members of the varsity eight and a group of rowers picked to staff a second open-weight eight were scheduled to board a plane for England on Monday evening. They were headed for Henley where, in all likelihood, they will not face as strong a group of competitors as they did in Tennessee.
In the last 10 years at Henley, there have been seven winners from the U.S. and one from Canada in the "Schools/Junior Eights" category. In that period the only English crew to claim the Peabody Cup (the trophy in this category) was Headington School. Headington won in 2009, knocking out Mount St. Joe along the way, and repeated as champion in 2010. There will be no return engagement for defending champ Groton School (Mass.), which combined two successful fours several weeks before Henley to form its victorious eight in 2011.
Besides the Mount, two other crews who were at the Youth Nationals last weekend will be at Henley. One is St. Paul's, which finished one spot ahead of the Magic in both the semifinals and the B Final, and which won the Henley Women's Regatta back in 2001. The other is Northwest Regional Champion Green Lake, which lost to Mount St. Joe in the heat racing, but came back to make the A Final and finish fifth.
If the Magic can return to the disciplined approach that brought them much success earlier in the 2012 season, there's no reason they shouldn't do well in their races on the historic River Thames.
"The girls may have been a little too fired-up last weekend," McKenna observed. "Hopefully, they'll be a little more relaxed after they've had a few days to chill out."


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Cramer Hall wins 2007 Southwest Contractors Award, Oct. 2, 2007
by George Zamora
SOCORRO, N.M., Oct. 2, 2007 – Additions and renovations made last year to New Mexico Tech's Cramer Hall have garnered the historic building the "Best Renovation Project of 2007 Award" from Southwest Contractor magazine.
Cramer Hall is one of 25 New Mexico construction projects recently named by Southwest Contractor to be honored in its upcoming Best of 2007 Awards program, which recognizes construction and design excellence among New Mexico, Nevada, and Arizona construction projects.
More than 700 entries were received from throughout the Southwest region, with 208 stemming from New Mexico construction projects, the magazine editor stated in an issued press release.
"The tremendous response to this year's competition from the construction community was overwhelming," said Scott Blair, editor of Southwest Contractor. "The jury had a difficult task in narrowing over 200 entries down to just over two dozen. The real winners are the residents and visitors of New Mexico who will benefit from these innovative buildings, roadways and infrastructure projects."
The construction projects were chosen by an independent panel of eight judges on the following criteria: quality of design and construction; innovation; contribution to the industry; ability to overcome challenges; and overall excellence.
The winning projects — including the Cramer Hall renovation and additions — will be formally presented with their awards during an upcoming luncheon in December and will be featured in the December 2007 issue of Southwest Contractor.
The yearlong addition and renovation project of Cramer Hall was designed by Van H. Gilbert Architect PC and was completed by the end of 2006 by contractor Bradbury Stamm Construction — nearly quadrupling the original size of New Mexico Tech's oldest classroom building with its new 34,500-square-foot expanse.
The central portion of the renovated Cramer Hall was first constructed in 1927, when it was known as "Science Hall."
Earlier this year, Cramer Hall also was honored as one of 13 New Mexico commercial and public construction projects named by the Associated General Contractors' (AGC) to receive grand awards for best buildings built in 2006.


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2004 and up 5 series BMW. The BMW E60 automobile platform is the basis of the 2003-onwards 5-Series automobile, replacing the BMW E39. Before the recent restyling, the models available were the 520i, 520d, 525i, 525d, 530i, 530d, 535d, 545i, and the M5. The model range received uprated engines as part of the restyling. The 523i replaced the 520i as the base model and featured the previous 525i engine, detuned to 177 bhp (132 kW; 179 PS). The 525i received a new 218 bhp (163 kW; 221 PS) engine (up from 192 bhp). The 530i engine output was increased to 272 hp (up from 231 bhp). The 528i replaced the 525i with 230 hp (up from 218 hp). The 535i replaced the 530i with 300 hp (up from 258 hp). The 530d was upgraded to 231 bhp (up from 218 bhp). The 535d was upgraded to 286 bhp (up from 272 bhp). The 540i was introduced with a V8 engine producing 302 bhp (225 kW; 306 PS). The 550i replaced the 545i in the fall of 2005 with 362 bhp (270 kW; 367 PS). The 520d, 525d and the M5 remained the same.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration says health insurance plans must cover birth control for women with no copays.
The requirement, affecting most insurance plans, is part of a broad expansion of women's preventive coverage. Breast pumps for nursing mothers, an annual "well woman" physical, counseling on how to avoid sexually transmitted diseases and other services will also be covered at no cost to the patient.
The new benefits won't take effect for at least another year, Jan. 1, 2013, in most cases. Insurers are expected to pass the cost on to their customers through slightly higher premiums.
The rules issued Monday by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius include a provision that would allow religious institutions to opt out of offering birth control coverage.
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Investors appear to be "unliking" Facebook stock on the tech giant's second day of trading on the market.
After closing 23 cents above its IPO price of $38 on Friday, the stock has dropped more than 11 percent to $33.87, as of 7:30 a.m.
The stock dipped to a 12 percent drop in the first 30 minutes of trading. (Monitor the real-time price of the stock here).
The second-day drop and lackluster IPO may signal that investors doubt Facebook is truly worth the enormous $105 billion market capitalization it gained Friday.
Critics contend Facebook doesn't generate enough revenue to justify being worth that much money.
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Investors who bought into the telecommunications explosion are smiling: The sector continues to provide volatile yet superior stock results.
Wireless technology continues to envelop the world, as consumers in mature and developing markets alike are becoming hooked on mobile data and entertainment at their fingertips.
Consolidation has further helped to drive up telecommunications stock prices.
The pending $27 billion buyout of Alltel Corp. by TPG Capital and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners is a prominent example. There's also the proposed $2.8 billion acquisition of rural wireless firm Dobson Communications Corp. by AT&T; Inc. and the announced $557 million purchase of McLeodUSA by Paetec Holding.
Other companies, such as Sprint Nextel Corp., U.S. Cellular Corp. and Telus Corp., have enjoyed stock gains based on takeover potential.
The average telecommunications stock fund is up 33 percent during the past 12 months, according to Lipper Inc. That compares to the 17 percent gain of the average U.S. diversified equity fund.
"A lot of factors that include increased mobility and media convergence are fitting together to really drive telecom growth and innovation in the U.S. and globally," said Henry Ellenbogen, manager of the $2 billion T. Rowe Price Media and Telecommunications Fund, up 40 percent over the past 12 months, with a three-year annualized return of 32 percent.
The question is how long the good times will last before the industry may fall prey to an economic downturn. Inherent turbulence in this sector is the reason why it should never constitute more than a modest portion of an individual's portfolio.
Among those telecoms serving specific industry needs that have rewarded their shareholders:
America Movil SAB, Latin America's largest wireless operator, is up 42 percent this year after last year's 54 percent gain. Among its growing markets, it holds 70 percent of the wireless market in Mexico and has 8.6 million customers in the U.S.
American Tower Corp., a leading U.S. operator of broadcast communication sites in the United States, Mexico and Brazil, is up 17 percent after last year's 38 percent increase. It next plans expansion into India. Predictable revenue flows in from wireless carriers AT&T;, Sprint Nextel, Verizon Communications Inc., T-Mobile USA Inc. and Alltel.
Sierra Wireless Inc., a British Columbia manufacturer of cellular PC cards and embedded wireless modems, is up 50 percent after last year's 27 percent gain. Wireless data is a hot segment in the handset market, and the company boasts strong finances as well.
"Demand for wireless services has been extremely robust, especially in China, with companies such as China Mobile Ltd. and in Russia with Vimpel-Communications," said David Weissman, senior analyst with Zacks Equity Research in Chicago.
"In the U.S. some saturation in subscriber growth has wireless carriers beefing up their revenues by offering new services such as Internet access, BlackBerry services and e-mail to cell phones."
He is confident about the future because, in a softening economy, all businesses will try to make more effective use of their employees. That should increase the need for wireless remote office capabilities, he said. His favorite stocks are Vimpel-Communications, China Mobile, Sierra Wireless and the wireless data gear manufacturer Novatel Wireless Inc.
"Portfolio managers are looking toward niche areas for investment ideas and shying away from the AT&Ts; and Verizons because they have driven returns by cutting costs, and it will be difficult to continue to deliver this way," said Marta Norton, telecommunications fund analyst with Morningstar Inc.
Her favorite fund is T. Rowe Price Media and Telecommunications because Ellenbogen is a fine stock picker with experience. The fund has just over half of its portfolio in telecom and the rest in media, which also gives it a somewhat broader mandate that eases volatility.
American Tower, America Movil and the wireless tower company Crown Castle International Corp. are among the fund's largest holdings. This "no-load" (no sales charge) fund requires a $2,500 minimum initial investment and has a low annual expense ratio of 0.87 percent.
"We have owned stock in America Movil and India's Bharti Airtel [traded in India with no American depositary receipts] for more than two years," said Ellenbogen, who rarely replaces more than one major telecom holding each year.
"In emerging markets the gross domestic product is spreading out and consumers can now afford telecom, so communication is needed."
Andrew Leckey writes for Tribune Media Services.


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Palumbo joins business faculty at Wayland Baptist University
Ralph Palumbo has joined the faculty in the Division of Business at Wayland Baptist University as assistant professor of business administration, specifically in accounting.
Palumbo comes to the university from Tucson, Ariz., where he was a self-employed CPA and consultant to various firms. Prior to that, he was an assistant professor at Montclair State University in New Jersey, had a financial consulting business in Nutley, NJ and was the principal in a CPA firm in Rutherford, NJ. He holds an associate's degree from Bergen Community College, a bachelor of science degree from Montclair State University and an MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson University. He is working toward a doctorate in business administration from the University of Sarasota in Florida.
He is a member of the American Institute of CPAs, the International Association of Financial Planners, the American Society of CLUs and the Arizona Society of CPAs. He is a certified financial planner, a chartered life underwriter and a certified professional accountant.
Palumbo is a veteran of the U.S. Navy and has served as a board member of the Community Mental Health Association and as treasurer, vice president and president of Bridgeway House, Inc., a nonprofit organization.
According to Dr. Otto B. Schacht, chair of the Division of Business, Palumbo brings strong credentials to the faculty.
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|Sapa, Vietnam
Sapa is considered the second destination of Vietnam after Halong Bay. This town is located in the Northern mountainous area with the endless terraced field and interesting experience to visit the ethnic villages. You can easily catch up with the heavy rain and storm. However, with me – Jeremy Jones, this is not an obstacles but an exciting challenge though I have to prepare a lot more when the rain falls.
Rain, rain, rain – it always rains
If you are a unlucky guy coming to Sapa in the middle of storm rain or after a rainy week, then you are in the major. The muddy paths made everyone fell down at least once, and our luggage were sent quite a lot of souvenir from mud.
The extraordinary Sapa landscape
Seems like being aware of this, the stalls in the villages offered most of the things to prevent slipping in every kind of terrain. The sellers are quite smart ladies, and especially when you are buying in the tough weather, the price would be indefinable. A raincoat and a pair of rain boot would be the salvation even in just two days.
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|Sapa Town, Vietnam
A homestay in Sapa
In the whole or part of the journey, all of the travelers are followed by the sellers in the village in the hope of selling something. These local ladies became the sufficient supporters when they showed us which way to go, holding our hand to "saving" us from falling down.
In general, Sapa is a perfect destination for coming after a hard rain with every conditions of muddy marshy land that you could ever imagine. However for me, I wish I had known how the trip was to prepare myself more carefully and save some cloths for becoming clouts because of mud. I will definitely not prevent anyone from traveling to Sapa in the rain weather, but I would love to suggest them to prepare well. You will not regret.
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This trip includes a trek through the hills and valleys of the Sapa region, discovering several different minorities along the way. You will experience overnight accommodation in the hospitable villages of Giay and Tay ethnic minorities. The apparent hardships are worth it though as we walk through some of the most spectacular scenery that Vietnam has to offer and experience unique villages culture.
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Joined: 02 Jan 2011
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Location: South Australia
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 13:20
Post subject: Chops LWB VITARA from South Australia
Couple dodge phone pics from when i had first got it home.
I got it from a mate for $1800, it needed some love
Before the money had cleared into his accoundt and before i took possession i got some seats for the front,
out of a late model GV3
I sold my sierra, but kept my mud tyres coz they had plenty of tread left and goodyear stopped making those mtr's
Thats better!
This is not
I ordered a calmini 3" super articulation kit to replace the shot 300,000 km old suspension and to fit the 30" MTR's
I got some duraflares to cover the tyres and ordered some new carpet, as the stuff in it was stuffed
Ripped the seats out and carpet
Had a look at what i can do to set up the new seats, in one word -ITS GONNA BE A *beep*
Seats are just slightly wider than stock and i'll have to be millimetre perfect to get them to fit.
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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 13:36
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The Calmini kit arrived not long after
And drivers side rear is in
Ok the cal kit is all finished, whilst the rear wheels were off i also put the duraflares on then jacked up the front and put those ones on.
How it sits now
Got a camber issue on the passenger side, its nowhere near as bad on the drivers side.
Ok, the carpet is complete now and today ive got the passenger seat fitted.
Had a few hiccups
but its all sweet and fits beautifully, very comfy and the colour suits the interior well.
Also put some hinges on the centre console compartment, opens up from the rear end now wich suits the auxillary power plugs that were already in there
The seats are from a 2008 SWB grand vitara that had only done 800kms before being ripped out.
Fitted my new reverse lights today by replacing the rear fog lights,and started on my flaps
Reverse lights will leave the others for dead, they were bright during the day compared to the originals.
Also picked up a new aerial, so that will be done soon.
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Posts: 34
Location: South Australia
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 13:48
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Ok heres a pic of tint and de pin striped. Have got all the striping off both sides, but only got the adhesive off the passenger side.
Shovel mounted
I fitted an awning
New steering wheel
Some urban flex
Fitted an oricom uhf and benelec 3db-6db antenna today.
Limited for positions in the vitara, so at the moment have put it here till i work out something better.
Well the vits first real trip turned out to be great, very happy with how it went.
No problems, that ive found.
The dunes down at beachport 8)
Went fishing over kangaroo island and took the canoe
Looking sweet from the water 8)
I got some all terrains so i dont wear out the mud tyres, coz its my daily driver and work car.
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Location: South Australia
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 14:00
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Ok, had a lull in the weather so i got stuck into my awning lighting.
Put a switch inside the back passenger door
And a plug just above the door
This stuff rules, it can be cut every 3rd LED and has 3M sticky backing!
I cut it to length and stuck it along the underneath the aluminium awning body.
Just need to put some flexi cover over the wires to the strip.
Throws out awesome light, very happy!
Well ive finished the lighting off, rear cargo section is done.
Lights it up well
Have enough of the strip left to maybe turn them into some audi style parkers up front 8)
Oh and wheels arent white now
Ok i raided the wreckers this morning, got some rear calipers off a 92 Galant for a rear disc conversion 8) Just need to order the kit from BenT now
Woke up full of motivation this morning and made a tailgate table
Disc conversion arrived
Snorkel added
Reverse camera and HD mirror monitor and Digital TV.
Installed the reversing camera and mirror monitor aswell as the dvd player.
The camera works very well, its rigged up so when i select reverse it turns on.
The mirror has AV playback, tested it with the dvd player and with a photo slide show from the flash drive in the usb port on the dvd player.
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Location: South Australia
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 14:03
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Disc conversion fitted
Was a little fiddly, but overall not too bad.
Had to to modify the fingers on the handbrake cable(in the red circle)
I had to grind a little off them so that they could spread and stop the cable from pulling out the bracket.
The only thing i'll have to play with is where the handbrake cables now sit, they used to come over the top of the trailing arm and where bracketed to the arm now they sit lower and the rubber brackets cant really be used because of the crazy bends it puts on em.
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Location: Daventry, Northampton
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 19:13
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All really nicely done mate.
Nice to see some really good pictures too.
My neighbors don't like my mud splattered Suzuki. Do I look bothered?
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Posts: 20
Location: Ireland
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 22:42
Post subject: Vit
Looks great,,,, I never really lookedat the 4 door versions before now,,,,BUT i have to say that looks Fantastic!
What are the black wheels????????
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Location: South Australia
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 1:05
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Cheers guys,
The black rims, actually both sets started off white are known as Sunraysia's or Steel rims here.
Not sure you guys or anyone does them oversea's now you mention it?
It must be an australian thing? They're strong cheap steel rims that just about every rim/mag manufacturer here has in their range.
They come in a huge range of sizes and offsets, and because most people paint them they have started bringing them out already painted black, but at an extra cost.
Some people get the powder coated but i just use a can of spray paint, cheap and if you spin up on a rock its an easy fix.
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Location: Essex
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 11:28
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Nice little truck, we call those rims 8 spokes over here, most famously made by Weller Wheels, they made em to fit everything from Minis to 4x4s to full size vans.
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Location: South Australia
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 2:00
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A few pics from the last trip out to morgan. We had big storms up the riverland, flattening wheat crops and flooding some of the small towns out that way.
It caused alot of wash outs on tracks that were usually drivable.
Silly toyota drivers
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Location: stourbridge
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 20:27
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like your ride.
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Location: RATAE CORITANORVM
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 23:18
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Love the awning , lighting & rear door shelf!!
Is there a make/model/website for the awnings & lights? Shipping to the UK might make it costly.....ho hum!
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Posts: 34
Location: South Australia
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 3:04
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The model awning i got was from TJM - Red centa Winton 2M.
It cost $258 instead of $315 because of a magazine promotion.
ARB and Ironman do them here is australia, th ARB and TJM ones come from the same factory just have a different cover on them. Some companies dont do a 2m one, they only have a 2.5m one which is to long for a vitara.
The LED's are just off ebay, 5m roll for just under $60 delivered.
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Loving the build. Some good work in there.
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Thanks Chop.
Lights ordered (£50 + £2.75 p&P from HK). Awaiting shipping cost for the awning!
Measured up for the tailgate shelf.
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My Devoxx university session yesterday was packed, which was awesome! It was 3 hours of hard-core JavaFX knowledge, and almost everyone stayed for the duration. Aaron Houston got a great shot of the venue (more on the Java Champions site):
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This past Saturday was the opening reception for the new Z-Boy show, "Direct From The Source", at the Crewest Gallery in the old bank district in downtown Los Angeles. The exhibit showcases original art from Craig Stecyk, Chris Cahill, Chris Dawson, Skip Engblom, Roger Doucette, Peggy Oki, Nathan Pratt, Adam Sarlo, and Cesario "Block" Montano. Most of the art revolves around the 70's Z-Boys period and showcases the artistic side of the forefathers of skateboarding with their renditions of iconic Z-Boys images. It was a very intimate evening surrounded by original Zephyr Boys and their friends and families was accompanied with a street skate course in front of the gallery for the kids to enjoy and live performances by local rap groups. The exhibit will be up until November 1st and will have two more gallery showings, one during Artwalk L.A. on October 9th and a closing reception on November 1st. The Crewest Gallery is located at 110 Winston Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013.


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Movie review: Skyfall
Starring: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
They always hit you like a stiff martini, beginning with the mental expectation of a blissful buzz, followed by the warm, forehead-melting sensation of an adrenalin-soaked escape.
In truth, James Bond continues to shake and stir us into entertainment abandon because the Ian Fleming character born from Cold War paranoia has now assumed the dimensions of a pop culture god, able to transcend all the petty politics of a given era — even the facial signature of a given actor — and emerge as a timeless force of westernized goodness.
The Albert R. (Cubby) Broccoli movie franchise has been aware of the collateral cultural value of its intellectual property ever since Sean Connery wrapped his sultry lips around a glass of claret, but now that Daniel Craig is carrying the Walther PPK in pocket, Bond is a blue chip commodity capable of selling everything from an unstoppable watch to a six-figure motor car.
At his worst moments, around the time of Octopussy, the Bond character felt like a cheap gimmick — an aging, sexist, gadget-carrying dinosaur who couldn't utter a word of dialogue unless it was laced with sarcastic self-references.
Craig's possession of the part changed all that. The remake of Casino Royale stripped Bond down to his muscular core once more, reigniting the basic Bond romance by reasserting his darker side.
We believe Craig could kill people without hesitation. He reads as dangerous, unpredictable and most importantly "catlike" — which puts him back in direct contact with Fleming's original, highly sexual, creation.
In Skyfall, Craig finally gets to have a bit of fun with his alter ego because this time around, Bond gets to go rogue from beyond the grave.
Though Sony has requested that reviewers refrain from unveiling details of the new reel to readers, it's hard not to discuss Skyfall without a brief synopsis of what actually happens.
As in every Bond film, the movie opens with a spectacular action sequence, but this time around, the brief encounter on a train doesn't end the way we expect. It ends with M (Judi Dench) writing Commander Bond's obituary.
Not to worry. Given this happens in the opening act, we can rest assured Bond isn't really deceased.
Like Batman, he's lying low in hiding, waiting for the right moment to spread his phoenix wings and rise from the crematory ashes because he believes his central nemesis is a bona fide member of MI6.
Betrayal is always dramatic, especially if it comes from within your inner circle — where we often let our guards down in order to heal old scars. It's in this confusing moment of vulnerability that most heroes face their biggest demons, and it's where Skyfall digs deep as we visit the land of Bond's birth.
Taking another page from Christopher Nolan's elegant rebirth of Batman, Sam Mendes shows us the old family mansion where the baby Bond grew up before his parents died in an untimely accident.
Beneath the dust covers and behind the hidden doors of the musty house, the spectral form of the human Bond slips across the frame, beckoning us to come just a little bit closer.
This is where the Oscar-winning Mendes (American Beauty, Revolutionary Road) is probably most comfortable because it's where the drama gets knee-deep and the symbolism grows downright Freudian.
We all know Bond is a true patriot who pledged his love to Britannia long ago, but this movie suggests his selfless love of country could be the result of childhood trauma. After all, he's deeply connected to M in an almost boyish way.
He calls her "ma'am," but thanks to an English affectation no doubt cultivated by Mendes, it really sounds like "mum" — and if you can wrap your head around the notion of Bond and M as a bloody mother-and-son combo, Craig and his co-star Javier Bardem get to riff on everything from James Cagney in White Heat to Anthony Perkins in Psycho.
The two brawny males with the sharp acting incisors are almost having too much fun with the subtext to sell us on the skin-tingling suspense. Bardem, sporting a mop of faux blond hair, tries to ramp up the threat with homosexual overtones, but it feels too campy — and a little too dated — to make us feel any edge.
Truth be told, Bardem is fun for the film, but he's not all that scary. The same could be said for the whole crazy endeavour: It's highly entertaining and fun to watch, but for all the pricks of emotional ambition, it never punctures the skin to make us bleed.
Craig's wonderfully cocky grin creates a latex barrier between the character and our gooey core. Despite the infiltration of MI6, the attack on their offices and a baddie worthy of his own flaxen-haired action figure, I was more worried about 007's safety in Live and Let Die or On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
Skyfall is highly aware of the earlier stuff, and even pays direct homage to the work of previous Bonds via props and plot, ensuring any true 007 fan will feel a tickle from every Aston Martin reference.
And for the most part, Skyfall tickles more than it moves — which is its only true disappointment: This is a fun one-night stand, not a committed connection. But if you're going to hop into the cinematic sack with any pistol-packing protagonist, Bond is the only one who can guarantee a repeat performance — in addition to a spectacular climax.


text: Robert G. Brown wrote: > It would be lovely if time, CBA, and Moore's Law were prominently > associated with project proposal and approval, IF our goal was really to > Probe the Secrets of the Universe most efficiently. Of course, our REAL > purpose is to Have A Job probing those secrets, and imagine the pain if > I were told "sorry, we can do your Monte Carlo computations now at a > cost of $50K/year for eight years or wait until year seven and complete > them in year eight for $100K total, and you'll just have to wait". > Multiplied by thousands of the nation's top University researchers. > > I personally think that we'd be a bit better off as a country if we sort > of split the difference -- recognize that our real goal is supporting > the people and the infrastructure, and spending a bit less on ginormous > supercomputers whose primary benefit is that they provide us with the > answers to questions of interest to (and understandable by) perhaps a > few hundred of the humans on the planet. That is NOT to say that those > answers aren't important to pursue -- I am a scientist and in hot > pursuit myself -- but I question the wisdom of spending quite as much as > we do to get these answers "right now" without the perspective > associated with Moore's law and the real goal of stretching out human > support anyway. > As always, your demonstration is coherent, fun and convincing, but you forget : -that a cluster built of COTS can be transformed into a lot of desktop PCs 3 years after its building, saving 30 % of the cost -it's maybe not worth building clusters with a thousand nodes, but one with, say, 16 or 32 nodes can be very interesting at least for teaching purposes, as it is way cheaper than a supercomputer. Students in engineering are now routinely confronted to parallel computers when on a "real job" : finite-elements packages or fluid dynamics codes are parallelized nowadays, and for, say, an automotive company, it is interesting to complete a serie of numerical crash-tests in the next month rather than the next decade. The same holds for drug developement : I am happy that IBM spends billions on "Blue Gene" if it saves 5 years in Alzheimer or Creutzfeld Jacob disease cure. -- Florent Calvayrac | Tel : 02 43 83 26 26 Laboratoire de Physique de l'Etat Condense | Fax : 02 43 83 35 18 UMR-CNRS 6087 | http://www.univ-lemans.fr/~fcalvay Universite du Maine-Faculte des Sciences | 72085 Le Mans Cedex 9


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This is a very short note summarizing the lecture presented by Dr Saira Malik in the Muslim Heritage Awareness Group (MHAG) meeting organized by FSTC at the Royal Society in London on March 30, 2011. Dr Malik focused on the influence of Ibn al-Haytham's Book of Optics on the work of Kamal al-Din al-Farisi in his Kitab Tanqih al-Manazir, which is in form and content an original recension of Ibn al-Haytham's work.
Dr Saira Malik*
This presentation focused on the influence of Ibn al-Haytham's Kitab al-Manazir (The Book of Optics) on the work of Kamal al-Din al-Farisi (d. ca 1319 CE). Kamal al-Din used The Optics as a starting point to compose his own work Tanqih al-Manazir (Recension of the Optics), a work in which he presents a summary, revision and elaboration of Ibn al-Haytham's treatise. It is clear on analysis of Kamal al-Din's work that the principal influence that Ibn al-Haytham had on Kamal al-Din was in terms of methodology: the imperative to use both physical and mathematical analysis. Unlike in the Latin tradition of the history of ideas, where Ibn al-Haytham's work was widely circulated, Kamal al-Din's work is the only known sustained study of Ibn al-Haytham's The Optics in the Arabic tradition.
See also Dr Saira Malik Kamal al-Din Abu al-Hasan (or al-Hasan) al-Farisi.
Figure 1: Diagram from Kamal al-Din al-Farisi's great work Kitab Tanqih al-Manazir li-dhawi al-absar wa-'l-basa'ir in which he edited the famous drawing of the nervous system from Kitab al-Manazir of Ibn al-Haytham. Source: Tanqîh al-Manazir, Istanbul, Topkapi Palace Museum Library, Ahmed III, MS 3340, folio 16a.
In this short bio-bibliography of Kamal al-Din al-Farisi, Dr Saira Malik presents succinctly the life and work of one of the most original scientists of the Islamic tradition. The author of Tanqih al-Manazir was indeed a prominent physicist, mathematician, and scientist of the early 14th century, and an original reader and commentator of Ibn al-Haytham's optics.
Figure 2: Diagram of the eye in Kamal al-Din al-Farisi's Kitab Tanqih al-Manazir. Source: Tanqîh al-Manazir, Istanbul, Topkapi Palace Museum Library, Ahmed III, MS 3340, folio 25b.
1. Articles on Al-Farisi, Ibn al-Haytham and optics on MuslimHeritage.com
- Ibn Al-Haitham the Muslim Physicist
- Book review: Ibn al-Haytham and the New Optics
- The Volume of the Sphere in Arabic Mathematics: Historical and Analytical Survey
- Kamal Al-Din Al-Farisî (d. 1320)
- Kamal Al-Din Al-Farisi's Explanation of the Rainbow
- Reflections on the Optics of Time
- Taqi al-Din ibn Ma'ruf and the Science of Optics: The Nature of Light and the Mechanism of Vision
- How to Make a Pinhole Camera
- Camera Ibn Al-Haytham
2. Further readings
- Malik, Saira. Technical Terminology in Medieval Arabic Science: The Case of Kamal al-Din al-Farisi. Cambridge, UK: University of Cambridge. Unpublished PhD thesis, 2008.
- Sameen Ahmed Khan, "Arab Origins of the Discovery of the Refraction of Light", in Optics and Photonics News, October 2007, pp. 22–23.
- Nader El-Bizri, 'Ibn al-Haytham et le problème de la couleur', Oriens-Occidens: Cahiers du centre d'histoire des sciences et des philosophies arabes et médiévales, C.N.R.S. Vol. 7 (2009), pp. 201-226.
- Nader El-Bizri, "Ibn al-Haytham", in Medieval Science, Technology, and Medicine: An Encyclopedia, eds. Thomas F. Glick, Steven J. Livesey, and Faith Wallis. New York/London: Routledge, 2005, pp. 237-240.
- Nader El-Bizri, "Optics", in Medieval Islamic Civilization: An Encyclopedia, ed. Josef W. Meri. New York/London: Routledge, 2005, Vol. II, pp. 578-580.
- Nader El-Bizri, "Al-Farisi, Kamal al-Din," in The Biographical Encyclopaedia of Islamic Philosophy, ed. Oliver Leaman. London/New York: Thoemmes Continuum, 2006, Vol. I, pp. 131-135.
- J. J. O'Connor and E. F. Robertson, "Kamal al-Din Abu'l Hasan Muhammad Al-Farisi", November 1999.
- A G Agargün and C R Fletcher, "Al-Farisi and the fundamental theorem of arithmetic", Historia Mathematica, 21 (2) (1994), pp. 162-173.
- R. Rashed, "Le modèle de la sphère transparente et l'explication de l'arc-en-ciel : Ibn al-Haytham - al-Farisi", Revue d'histoire des sciences 22 (1970), pp. 109-140.
* Cardiff University.


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The disharmony had nothing to do with the cloud that has hung over "Dads" since even before its launch last September when it was savaged by a plethora of national TV critics and bloggers who declared the Seth MacFarlane series humorless, not to mention misogynistic and racist.
Instead, this brewing conflict was internal and of a comic nature. David (Peter Riegert), one of the politically incorrect titular fathers, and Edna (Tonita Castro), his rotund Mexican housekeeper who speaks in broken English, were fighting over the remote control. He wanted to watch "Homeland," she wanted to tune into "Real Housewives of Guadalajara."
"'Homeland' — always the same," said Edna with her heavy accent, as she made loopy gestures around her head in reference to the show's troubled heroine Carrie Mathison. "'I crazy. I crazy.' KA-BOOM!"
Eventually, the "Homeland" joke was cut, but surprisingly, given the social media firestorm that greeted it weeks before its fall premiere, the series has not been — yet. Despite a rocky start, the program, which wraps up its first season Tuesday, is still alive and has not been ruled out for a slot on next season's schedule.
Though the verdict on whether "Dads" will return won't be announced for months, Fox Entertainment Chairman Kevin Reilly, who gave the series a full season pickup soon after it premiered, continues to be a cheerleader for the series.
"I think 'Dads' has come a long way," Reilly told TV reporters and critics last month. "If you've actually watched the show — and secretly I know some of you are because I've heard from a few people who have quietly admitted that it's actually kind of funny — it is funny. The cast is as good as any on television. It makes me laugh…. They've smoothed out some of the choppiness that they had in the pilot."
Since its return from midseason break in January, the comedy has performed steadily, scoring its highest ratings in the last three weeks since its premiere and maintaining an audience around 3.8 million. (In December, however, the network announced it was reducing the show's back order of episodes from nine to six, making its first season 19 episodes instead of the usual 22.)
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Financial advisors and brokers, either full or limited service, rarely provide investors with an adequate and concise overview of the investment market. At least, not such that decisions on asset allocation can be made. Investors are faced with a plethora of options on where to put new money; a situation which is often overwhelming.
A primary investment decision is to choose asset classes, particularly equities or fixed income. This decision needs to be considered because each investor has unique objectives. Choosing between equities or fixed income, as well as making investment choices, affects the ability to achieve investment objectives. Individuals need to consider market conditions that are expected to persist over the coming months or years and the influence of economic policy, as well as individual circumstances.
Investment Decision Making
Asset allocation is a term tossed around by investment professionals to describe how to distribute investment dollars in order to achieve an expected rate of return based on certain factors. Individual investors should consider these factors, including current income and expected future income, investment time horizon and tax implications, to name a few. Over any 20-year period, investment returns from various asset classes have been mixed, thus resulting in high returns for one or a couple of consecutive years followed by low returns.
This means that if an investor puts all of his eggs in the same basket year after year, he will receive lower and more volatile returns than if he "spread" his investment dollars among various asset classes. There are decisions to be made regarding which asset classes to spread or to allocate investment dollars because certain combinations of investments are based upon the degree of aggressiveness (or risk tolerance) needed to meet objectives. Degree of aggressiveness is determined based on a person's age and time horizon as well as tax status.
In addition to the long-term perspective inherent in asset allocation decisions based on specific investment objectives, short-term effects on investments need also be taken into account. Short-term and long-term considerations can include, but are not limited to, interest rates and the policies of the Fed, economic outlook and currency.
For example, there are certain investments that do better in a low interest rate environment (equities over fixed income) and some that do well in a rising inflation environment, like treasury inflation protected securities (TIPS) and commodities, that protect the value of the asset (hard assets over soft assets). Currency fluctuations also affect investments. For example, if the dollar is weak vs. foreign currency from country X, then a company domiciled in the U.S. and has its expenses in U.S. dollars, but makes a majority of its revenue from country X, will likely benefit from the weak U.S. dollar. Therefore, the choice of asset class is an important decision for both a short- and long-term investment horizon.
Overview of the Asset Classes
Asset classes include equities and fixed income. Investing in equities means that the shareholder is a part owner in the company - he/she has an equity interest in the company but in the case of bankruptcy, has very little to no claim, resulting in a risky investment. Fixed income means that the investor receives a predetermined stream of income from the investment, usually in the form of a coupon, and in the event of bankruptcy, has senior claim to liquidated assets compared to shareholders. The fixed income traded in the public market is typically in the form of bonds.
Asset classes can be broken up into sub-classes. Sub-classes for equities include domestic, international (developed and developing or emerging countries) and global (both domestic and international). Within these divisions, equities can further be grouped by sectors such as energy, financials, commodities, health care, industrials etc. And within the sectors, equities can be grouped again by size or market capitalization, from small cap (under $2 billion) to mid cap ($2 billion-10 billion) to large caps (over $10 billion) stocks.
Sub-classes for fixed income include investment-grade corporate bonds, government bonds (treasuries) and high yield or junk bonds. The importance of breaking investments down into sub-classes is to manage the degree of risk generally associated with the investment. Investing in companies with small capitalizations and in developing countries has historically been more risky, but has had greater potential for higher returns than investments in large capitalizations, domestic companies. Similarly, due to its junior status to bonds, equity is generally considered more risky than fixed income.
Proper asset allocation is the key to providing the best returns over the long term, but there are some general rules of thumb when investing that can help guide through the short term, normal fluctuations of the market. In the short term (one- to three-year time frame), the economy and economic policies of the government have significant influence on investment returns.
- Rule 1 - The stock market is a leading indicator, so its movement often precedes change in the economy that impacts labor, consumer sentiment and company earnings.
- Rule 2 - Policy and the impact of decision making by the government due to various economic data are mid to lagging indicators as to what the market is doing.
- Rule 3 - If you watch money flows (movement of money into and out of a particular stock, sector or asset class), when the chart shows a peak or bottom in money flow, you should do the opposite. Basically, a contrarian view may be best in this circumstance.
- Rule 4 - Options are most profitable in volatile markets. A good indicator of market volatility is the VIX (Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index). At times when the VIX is expected to move higher, investing in options rather than owning the equity may sometimes be more profitable and less risky.
- Rule 5 - If there is a worry about rising inflation, buying protection via TIPS or hard assets like commodities usually insulates a portfolio.
- Rule 6 - In a market that is continually moving up, stock selection is often less important than buying the market, thus buying a market ETF or index fund may lead to high returns with lower risk. But in a market that is moving sideways, stock selection is key and investors need to understand the growth drivers of a company's stock.
The Bottom Line
Designing a portfolio that performs well in both the long and short term is obviously not easy to accomplish. However, weeding out a lot of the noise and concentrating on some simple rules in the short term, while focusing on proper and re-balanced asset allocation in the long term, can steer investors to a model portfolio that should produce less risky, more stable returns.