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FSA investigates IFAs over Ucis Sipp advice
by Michelle Abrego on Jan 21, 2013 at 08:04
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has said it is investigating advisers over unsuitable advice to clients to transfer assets into unregulated collective investment schemes (Ucis) held in a Sipp.
In a warning email sent to advisers, it said it was concerned that some advisers were advising on pension transfers and switches without assessing the investments.
The regulator said the cases it had seen operated under a similar advice model, where an introducer markets an Ucis before the potential investor is then introduced to an adviser. The adviser claims they are not giving advice on the investment, but on the Sipp that will hold it, and in some cases helps the client access their other investments to fund the Ucis purchase, the FSA said.
'The FSA is investigating a number of firms and has secured a variation of their Part IV permission so that they are unable to continue operating in this way,' the regulator said in the email. 'The FSA is also considering taking enforcement action against these firms.'
'Financial advisers using this advice model are under the mistaken impression that this process means they do not have to consider the unregulated investment as part of their advice to invest in the Sipp and that they only need to consider the suitability of the Sipp in the abstract. This is incorrect,' it added.
It said that advisers dealing with such cases needed to consider the suitability of both the investment and the wrapper, and the investments the client is looking to transfer from. 'This is because if you give regulated advice and the recommendation will enable investment in unregulated items you cannot separate out the unregulated elements from the regulated elements.
It also urged advisers and Sipp operators to whistleblow on those breaching FSA requirements over Ucis investments in Sipps.
In a separate email, the regulator warned advisers over their responsibilities when investing in Harlequin Property, a UK based overseas property sales agent that is not regulated by the FSA.
'The FSA expects advisers to have undertaken thorough due diligence on the various developments being sold through Harlequin Property to fully satisfy themselves that it is a suitable investment taking into account all relevant factors,' it said.
It said advisers should consider how building work was progressing, how client funds would be used during the construction phase, and assess all publicly available information on the overseas properties and all the parties involved in the investments. Harlequin said it endorsed the guidance.
32 comments so far. Why not have your say?
Jan 21, 2013 at 08:42
Maybe they just got their acronyms wrong and thought they were UCITS?report this
Jan 21, 2013 at 08:55
However if the IFA takes a position so that they can see what is happened like a co investor or a non exec directorship this is criticised as being conflicted please joined up thinking IN ADVANCE please not dammed if you do and dammed if you dontreport this
Jan 21, 2013 at 09:13
The FSA is quite correct in investigating this abuse. The process is something like:
1 Attract clients to a website saying they will get a free report on client's pensions. However, as the report generating firm is unregulated, there is no charge to client.
2 Report comes back saying their pensions are not doing well, however if they considered investing in .............. insert UCIS here. They would be far better off than existing pensions. However remember we are unregulated and cannot give advice. If you want to invest in said UCIS, we can introduce you to an IFA who can advise you how to invest into this UCIS
3 IFA (not much more than a crook) introduced to client who is asked 'do you want to invest into said UCIS?' Client says yes. IFA then states 'OK then, that is your decision, I will find a suitable wrapper for you. Then 'this SIPP is suitable, here is my suitability report regarding my research into SIPP providers that will accept this UCIS' Sign Here.
4 Original report writer gets their 10% cut, IFA takes a cut, UCIS promoter takes most of the rest.
5 When investment fails IFA states 'execution only' on investment advice. Report writing firm is unregulated, criminal law only, whats the chance of being prosecuted? What's the sanction?
FSA, show your mettle, man up and get all these crooks behind bars. It is yet another scam that needs to be shut down ASAP.report this
Jan 21, 2013 at 09:23
Hicky - spot on.
was offerred many opportunities to follow this model but refused as per the FSA comments re advice consideration. was told by a promoter that the other IFA firms did not consider the investment issues just the wrapper. we can alll make mistakes but ................................
St Lucian fractional ownership being just one alongside Cape Verde holiday lets.report this
Jan 21, 2013 at 09:28
The firms in question have no principles and no moral compass!report this
Jan 21, 2013 at 10:59
Perhaps with hindsight, (the most accurate form of vision), landbanking schemes in Chad & Mali were perhaps not the best investments to put into your SIPP etcreport this
Jan 21, 2013 at 11:19
An emerging scandal.
1. Have you got a small pension pot?
2. Are you disappointed with the returns?
3. Would you like a place in the sun?
4. Meet my IFA friend who can turn 1 into 3.
5. Don't worry about advice on the investment - it's a lovely runner guv I'll stake my life on it!
Repeat many thousands of times.
IFAs advising on the SIPP transfers will go bust. FSCS will pick up the liability, the rest of us will pay for this.report this
Jan 21, 2013 at 11:25
I was so pleased to see this at last. I reported this scam about 18 months ago to the FSA, detailing the companies involved, how they were doing it and offering names and contact details of people that had been offered this "service" (with their permission).
How many people have been ripped off in the meantime?
Still, it is good to see something being done.report this
Jan 21, 2013 at 11:51
Chris F is right, although l tipped them off about 2 years ago.
An MP known to me put a file together for presentation to Mark Hoban who was at that time in overall charge, but l understand he binned it on the grounds there was nothing to worry about
The MP then went to his LibDem equivalent in the Lords (Lord Oakshott) and got a much more favourable hearing. But he was up against "Hoban's cabal"report this
Jan 21, 2013 at 12:10
@ Hickky
How naive of you.
The FSA doesn't recognise foresight with product recommendations. They want you to invest in areas that have done well and you can thus produce graphs and reams of paper (with the "although past performance is no guarantee to the future" caveat etc), but if you try and recommend a fund well ahead of the herd, without the charts to back you you are on a hiding to nothing. That's exactly the problem. The FSA never look to anything except their next lunch. They seem to prefer investors to buy at the top of the market than have an IFA use some nousereport this
Jan 21, 2013 at 12:36
@ Anitaki
You cynic you.
You are repeating the ill informed views of a compliance officer who thinks by adopting this approach he can defend the company from complaints. This approach does not work as any counter argument can be made for poor advice following a capital loss.
there is nothing wrong in recommending a fund well ahead of the herd as long as your client is prepared to take the risk, and it forms part of a balanced portfolio.
I find complaints arise when you ignore a client when performance is not as good as you had hoped. Then the FSA will not be involved as long as you demonstrate in your recommendations how you feel this investment will benefit your client.
There is no future in recommending individual property investment abroad, green oil or gold coin investment as the risk cannot be judged. It is not looking at a new asset class before the heard.
If you think it is part of our remit to find highly speculative investments for our clients, you are mistaken. If a client came to you and said 'I want an investment thet will double my money in 5 years' and took his money then it is you that little morals.
Nothing personal, I did not accuse you of anything!report this
Jan 21, 2013 at 12:55
Hickky, l am not being cynical, but l am speaking from experience
The Ombudsman (who spoke English as a second or third language and did not understand the concept of £Pound cost averaging with a large portfolio) overturned a FSA judgement in my favour and it cost me dear.
PS > The (ex-) client had also enrolled the services of an ambulance chasing firm who were able to "re-invest for" her
Never againreport this
Jan 21, 2013 at 13:13
IFA CROOK... I Have yet to met one that isnt... Sat on their high horses and clients on something much higher... Trusting these dogs in mangers... I F A does afterall mean ... If everyone cant help you... I will Find Away.. Kerr hing... Get a life guys when you point a finger the remaining 4 point back at you..report this
Jan 21, 2013 at 13:44
to: IFA Calling the Pot black.
Heh. Not a bad trolling attempt:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
3 out of 10 my friendreport this
Jan 21, 2013 at 13:49
To to: IFA Calling the Pot black.
If you haven't yet met an honest one, you definitely need to get out more.report this
Jan 21, 2013 at 13:59
@ IFA Calling...
What a beautifully written piece of prose you just submitted. Succinct, pithy and straight to the point.
Pointing fingers is the very point of blogs and indeed journalism needs to do a lot of pointing in order to investigate corruption.
It is a crying shame that Mr IFA CALLING has not yet met an IFA who isn't a crook. Perhaps a brief lesson in critical assessment would help. !
@ Anitaki
I am so sorry you have had such a poor time with the Ambulance Chasers. At least Mr IFA CALLING cannot possably be part of that fraudulent occupation as he would never trust anyone to re-invest for her.
In our office we have had compensation cowboys attempt to make a claim, but they have failed to get past the first stage. Often they try it on without any reason, let alone loss, but just see it as potential extra revenue following a successful PPI claim.
But don't let your past poor experience stop you from recommending what you feel is the right bespoke recommendation for your client. Most cautious funds are nothing of the sort, and will provide dreadful returns over the longer term. If your clients are not prepared to take a modicum of risk, should they invest at all, or should you allow them to be prey to the high promises, little reality brigade? You know what is right, and if you are a part of a network that does not allow you to recommend what you feel is right for your client, change jobs.report this
Jan 21, 2013 at 14:24
the moral high ground must be the warmest place just right now - think I shoud go there myself.report this
Jan 21, 2013 at 14:34
@Ifa calling pot black... At last someone with the guts to stand up and say what majority think of the entire industry.. Take a bow.. Sounds like most of the crooks are on the posts as it is clear from the unmeasured and scathing tone if their replys they have a few skeletons buried... What ever happened to free speech or does that just apply to UN members...report this
Jan 21, 2013 at 14:42
@J Stevenson:
My cat's breath smells of cat food.report this
Jan 21, 2013 at 14:47
Ahh, the upper moral high ground has been reached by J Stevenson. By endorsing comments such as those made by IFA CALLING he then states that the advisory industry are all crooks and must have skeketons buried. However he also feels a majority of the population think the advisory industry agrees with him.
To start with, if the majority of the population thinks anything of the industry, positive or negative I would be gobsmaked! Most of the population don't care one way or another.
Mind you the majority of the compensation cowboys feel this way. What part of the industry do you work in J Stevenson?report this
Jan 21, 2013 at 16:04
We seem to have drifted off the original thread, which is a shame as the original comments by Hikky & Prof. Schopenhauer were well made.
@Arthur S.
Yep. Quite right. The FSA basically have two templates for bashing advisers who have had the temerity to try and include investments that don't drop like a stone when a fat continental banker sneezes...these are (1) you're wrong because of insufficient due diligence; or (2) you're wrong because of a conflict of interest.
These can both get funny if you try and argue e.g. about the standard required of you and what you've then actually done. They like to just blank you and say "Well, lets ask that 'Skilled Person' over there". They then insist that you pay a firm of their choice - they knock out anyone whose work they "don't like" - to agree with them, thus creating a degree of objectivisation of a subjective opinion...
Now, am I the only one to notice this?
Not all of these investments are collectives. [Some people would say that makes them even more niche...].
It appears to me that the FSA has decided to announce a unilateral extension of the Regulated Activities Order... By definition, it is not within the gift of the FSA to announce that an IFA is obliged to consider the suitability of some investment the SIPP might make if that investment is not a 'specified investment' for the purpose of the Act....report this
Jan 21, 2013 at 16:29
I think i will become an estate agent and make a desk available to a well qualified IFA to sit in my office and really help clients with their finances.. Which country should I choose, answers on a postcard please to the usual addressreport this
Jan 21, 2013 at 16:45
Ones with no extradition treaty
1) Turkish Cyprus
2) Cuba
3) somalia
4) North Korea (not recommended)report this
Jan 21, 2013 at 16:46
And of course, l forgot
Ecuadorreport this
Jan 21, 2013 at 17:47
The is one almighty point made here by FSA. Advisors are liable for the unregulated investments clients end up with if they recomend the SIPP whatever their reports state. This is welcome clarity.
However. They name a particular investment provider but do not specifically state that there is anything unlawful about it, specifically identify why it might not be appropriate for a pension investment, explain what due diligence should be undertaken for such an investment or specifically state it is not acceptable. It they have evidence of wrongdoing, they should raise with the relevant authorities. If there is sonething specifically in the structure they deem unsuitable, they should explain what it is. Their role should be to protect clients by helping advisors understand what to look for. Not penalise advisors after the event.report this
Jan 22, 2013 at 08:39
More and more SIPP providers are steering away from 'off-piste' investments. This should allow the FSA to concentrate on those providers offering access to UCIS and 'Brazilian rain forest funds'.
The simplest way to deal with this is to allow only regulated investments within a SIPP. As usual however the FSA refrains from providing black and white guidance.
It's a good job the FSA aren't involved in regulating the aircraft industry. Imagine how many aircraft would crash before they made a decision to stop planes from flying.report this
Jan 22, 2013 at 09:19
@ Balanced view
The FSA say to look at publicly available information. If you check the last accounts for Harlequin you will see that they are qualified by the accountants. Also there are questions about the ownership of the underlying properties.
The accounts can be obtained for £1 from Companies House online. Not much effort for someone considering putting thousands into this to make.
Agree about penalising advisors after the event - but what diligence have they shown? If none then they are at risk.report this
Jan 22, 2013 at 12:51
The issue with Harlequin was that many people were being shown how to liquidate their diverse investment funds and invest in offshore properties which by their nature was investing their money into 1 asset class which had not yet been built and had no track record.
The profit was going to be created from the difference between the off plan purchase price and the built valuation, whilst income would be split 50%/50% between the purchaser and the lettings management company.
My concern was that after 6/7 years none of the properties had been built and therefore the supposed values were academic.
I usually work on the principle, if I would not invest my own money then I would not recommend to others, sadly I did not bite and therefore I have not earned the 100k's in commissions nor can I tell people I own an infinity pool with bedsreport this
Jan 22, 2013 at 13:05
Seriously - if any adviser recommended Harlequin either they did zero due diligence, or they were attracted by the high commissions.
The whole think stank and stinks to high heaven. Nothing stacked up. The firm are litigious in the extreme and use(d) cease and desist notices liberally in order to quiet any questions or criticism on online forums.or blogs.
The developer was/is using new money to build existing properties and it, at best, looked like a not very well hidden ponzi scheme.
Having said that, they used some z list rugby player to endorse it, so it must be ok. Shame on him too.report this
Jan 26, 2013 at 12:35
To Chris F
Would also add that a number of 'I'FAs also are sales agents for overseas property investment companies marketing Harlequin - massive conflict of interest.report this
Jan 26, 2013 at 13:22
I think you will find that many of those IFA's who care little for the responsibility to clients are no longer in the businessreport this
Feb 03, 2013 at 19:07
We have seen this all before with similar lynch mob characteristics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyismreport this
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Best of luck to this new team. Will be interesting to see how quickly he'll be able to develop pairs skills and how quickly they'll be able to develop their partnership. I wish them all the best!
Best of luck to this new team. Will be interesting to see how quickly he'll be able to develop pairs skills and how quickly they'll be able to develop their partnership. I wish them all the best!
Who will be there coach?
It's interesting that they are supporting her, given their investment in T/T, even if she went against their wishes. I know it is in their best interest to have a Pairs team in Sochi, either appointed for the Team Event or qualified at Nebelhorn, but it might have just been decency on their part.
"The team doesn't get automatic capacity because management is mad" -- Greg Smith, agile guy
Now it looks like official. JSF's list with Ryuichi in the both categories, in singles and in pairs.
Good luck to them both. I'll love seeing Narumi in competition again. As much as I loved her with Tran, I understand the desire to try and get to the Olympics.
So he does not have any pairs experience?
Now Takahashi/Kihara are added to the Team officially.
I watched Ryuichi Kihara live at one of the JGPs (or maybe twice even).
He was a solid jumper with jumps up to 3lutz/3toe being consistent but didn't have a 3axel. Given he level of skating in Japan, pairs is definitely the way go.
I have one problem with this however. IIRC, his basics weren't great and he was really wooden and expressionless.
Takahashi/Tran's biggest strength was stunning choreography, executed beautifully. That's not something Kihara is capable of. Hopefully he can improve but I imagine that for now, they will look like Stojko skating with Kostner or something.
Now the biggest question: Who will they train with?
I really really hope they continue to work with Gauthier and Marcotte.
But there might be bad blood maybe if Narumi decided to dump Mervin?
It's only understandable that Narumi would want to compete at the Olympics.
Last edited by Ziggy; 01-30-2013 at 03:31 AM.
Kihara is a student of Chukyo University which owns ice rinks for figure skating (main and sub). The JSF is using them as training bases for designated Team athletes. It also has accommodations for skaters and coaches. They can train there. As for the coach, probably Utako Wakamatsu is available. Kihara's coach Nagakubo has some pairs experiences around the time of Sapporo Olympics. He might be some help.
Nevertheless, it would be better to train abroad since they need short term achievements. They can concentrate more on skating in somewhere with lesser diversions. Although I don't know about Kihara's English ability, as long as he needs to rely on Narumi to communicate, their intimacy will increase.
Kihara is 5'9", how tall is takahashi?
This is an article in "Saga Shinbun" in Japan.
Translating to English from Japanese
JSF decided Ryuichi Kihara as the new partner of Narumi Takahashi.
January 30th, 2013 JST
In January 30th, Japan Skating Federation announced that they decided Ryuichi Kihara (Chukyo University) who participated to 2011 Junior Worlds as the new partner of Narumi Takahashi (Kinoshita Club) of Pair.
Takahashi won the bronze medal in 2012 Worlds with Canadian Marvin Tran, but canceled the combination of Pair with him in Last December because of the difference of directionality.
The new pair which was born is expected as the war potential of the group competition which is adopted in the Sochi Winter Olympics, and Takahashi said, "I feel very happy to be able to resume the practice of the pair". Kihara said, "I would like to do my best so as to be able to participate to the International competition as soon as possible".
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JSF decided Ryuichi Kihara as the new partner of Narumi Takahashi.
This is an article in "Asahi Shinbun" in Japan
Translating to English from Japanese.
Narumi Takahashi formed a new pair with Ryuichi Kihara.
January 30th, 2013 JST
In January 30th, Japan Skating Federation announced that they decided Ryuichi Kihara (20, Chukyo University) as the partner of Narumi Takahashi (21, Kinoshita Club), who won the third place and got the medal for the first time for Japan in the Pair of the Worlds in last season.
In last December, Takahashi canceled the combination with Marvin Tran (Canada) who won the medal with her.
Kihara is the player of Single, was the 12th place in Japan National in last season and was the the 10th place in 2011 Worlds. As for the body height, Kihara is 174 cm and Takahashi is 146 cm. Kihara said, "I am anxious, too, because I have not an experience of the Pair, but I would like to practice it utilizing my experience so far".
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Last edited by Akira Andrea; 01-30-2013 at 06:37 AM.
Tran is listed at 175 cm (ISU) and Kihara at 174 cm (JSF) , so both are 5'9"<ish>, if the bios are right.
Ryuichi Kihara - Short Program (ISU JGP Baltic Cup 2011)
Ryuichi Kihara - Free Skating (ISU JGP Baltic Cup 2011)
That's the performance of his I watched live.
I have to take what I said back. He has a stiff back and his movements are a little awkward yes but he's actually quite expressive and under proper guidance could develop into a decent skater I think. Definitely potential there. He also seems quite tall.
According to this article, they will be coached by Yuka Sato and will train in Detroit.
I never thought of Sato, but Jason Dungjen taught her some Pairs, and they performed together. Thank you for the news!
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- Eliza's Journey: Part 1 May 29, 2014If ten science writers were asked to write a book about gene therapy, a biotechnology with roots going back to the 1950s, they could tell ten different stories. VARIATIONS ON THE THEME Any account of gene therapy would include the first experiment in humans, on a 4-year-old in 1990.… Read the restThe post Eliza's Journey: Part 1 appeared first on DNA Science […]Ricki Lewis, PhD
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Luxury apparel, redefined
American luxury retail has been, well, in shambles.
Since department store revenues began to plummet in September, luxury's glossy image transformed to one that brings to mind strewn-about merchandise on a Saks Fifth Avenue floor.
Pricing structures have come under pressure as shoppers seek deep discounts, or worse, question price guidelines after aggressive reductions at the end of last year. In the spring, markdowns crept dangerously close to the start of the season. Clearly, discounts really are not what designers want their labels to be known for.
"For younger, newer designers, image is everything," said fashion consulting firm Launch Collective's Rob Spira, who recently co-curated the New York City Save Fashion pop-up shop to celebrate independent designers.
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Seven Huskies are playing this week in the 48th Pacific Coast Amateur at Pine Canyon.
With all Washington golf eyes on Cheng-Tsung Pan competing at the British Open, another Dawg came through with a big win in the amateur ranks.
Washington senior-to-be Cheng-Tsung Pan shot a round of 2-over 74 for the second-straight day at the 143rd Open Championship at Royal Liverpool. The first Husky to appear in golf's oldest had his tournament end, missing the cut by two strokes.
Cheng-Tsung Pan became the first Husky player to ever tee it up at the British Open on Thursday, firing a round of 2-over 74 at Hoylake
Unleashed: Pan Tees Off On Husky Golf History At British Open
Several Husky players continued to play well this summer as five Dawgs took part in the Pacific Northwest Men's Amateur Championship at Palouse Ridge Golf Club.
The Washington men's golf team had eight players competing in the Sahalee Players Championship.
Washington had two honorees with the announcement of the PING All-America awards.
No. 8 Washington just couldn't get on a roll at the NCAA Championships, finishing Monday with a round of 7-over 287. The Dawgs placed 15th overall with a score of 13-over 853 for the week.
No. 8 Washington had a very short day at Prairie Dunes Country Club on Sunday, playing just a couple holes to finish off Saturday's second round.
No. 8 Washington faced a long day on Saturday at the NCAA Championships from Prairie Dunes Country Club.
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To liberally quote the Wu-Tang Clan, "[Muad'Dib] ain't nothin' to fuck with."
It was really good. I honestly did not expect the book to be captivating as it was. I don't see myself reading all of the sequels in the next 2-3 months, but I do see myself finishing the original series in the at least the next two years.
At the end, I'm left wondering if this book was some sort of statement by Herbert on the Middle East and involvement by powers that don't belong there. It was incredibly interesting, and I think it's definitely going to dig a bit more into. If you have any insight into that point, I'd love to hear it!
I re-read this every few years, and this time was as awesome as usual.
I might try to go further into the series than I have before, see what's there.
Brilliant in so many ways. I enjoyed the sequels when I was younger and the first time I read them but Dune I can read again and again and there are new ways to see the book as I get older and the world changes. One of the few adult science fiction books there are.
A Duke and his family are sent to govern the planet of Arrakis. On that desert land dangerous sandworms travel just below the surface, water is a precious commodity and the native people, Fremen, are seen as the enemy. Arrakis is the only planet to produce melange, a valuable spice that is in high demand. Shortly after arriving on Arrakis a betrayal throws the Duke's household into chaos. His concubine Jessica and their son Paul are in danger and attempt an escape.
I struggled with this one, reading a bit and then putting it down for a week or two while I read other books. I thought the concept was interesting and enjoyed parts of it, but I felt like there was a lot of unfocused meandering which was hard to follow. I love novels that dissect the roles of leadership and question where real power lies, but that aspect of the plot was lost in the shuffle of a story that was trying to cover too much ground.
The novel is a unique combination of Sci-Fi, political commentary and philosophy, but that mixture comes across as a bit dry. There were some exciting action-packed moments and some interesting forays into social commentary, but it wasn't enough of each to make it work for me. I did like seeing Paul's transformation throughout the novel and Jessica's training and special set of skills, but I felt like the flow of the book was hampered by the constant shift away from our main characters.
BOTTOM LINE: I wanted to like this one more than I did. I'm glad to have read one of the books that is held up as a pinnacle of the Science Fiction genre, but it wasn't a huge hit with me. It felt stale and distant, more like I was reading a history book about something that had happened.
"'A world is supported by four things...' she held up four big-knuckled fingers. 'the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the righteous and the valor of the brave. But all of these are as nothing...' She closed her fingers into a fist. 'without a ruler who knows the art of ruling.'"
"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."
"The vision of time is broad, but when you pass through it, time becomes a narrow door."
I enjoyed reading "Dune". The story was gripping and I really enjoyed how layer after layer of plot were slowly uncovered. The development of a universe with its own terminology and politics seems standard in the era of "Game of Thrones", but I suppose it was innovative in sci-fi when "Dune" was written. That being said, I'm not sure why this book is held as the pinnacle of sci-fi. After finishing the book I was still confused about a number of plot points and it was only a trip to the Internet that helped clear things up for me. The writing style was flat and about as cold as Muad'dib. I also feel that the idea of architecting an overarching plan for the universe was much better handled in Asimov's "Foundation", which preceded "Dune" by about 15 years. The mysticism in "Dune" seemed like an amalgamation of Eastern religions, with focus on meditation and staying grounded in the present moment being the main tenants. Again, that may have been innovative when "Dune" was written, but in a post-9/11 world, Eastern religion, terrorists, and fighting wars over scarce resources mined from the desert just seems ... meh.
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0441013597, Paperback)This Hugo and Nebula Award winner tells the sweeping tale of a desert planet called Arrakis, the focus of an intricate power struggle in a byzantine interstellar empire. Arrakis is the sole source of Melange, the "spice of spices." Melange is necessary for interstellar travel and grants psychic powers and longevity, so whoever controls it wields great influence.
The troubles begin when stewardship of Arrakis is transferred by the Emperor from the Harkonnen Noble House to House Atreides. The Harkonnens don't want to give up their privilege, though, and through sabotage and treachery they cast young Duke Paul Atreides out into the planet's harsh environment to die. There he falls in with the Fremen, a tribe of desert dwellers who become the basis of the army with which he will reclaim what's rightfully his. Paul Atreides, though, is far more than just a usurped duke. He might be the end product of a very long-term genetic experiment designed to breed a super human; he might be a messiah. His struggle is at the center of a nexus of powerful people and events, and the repercussions will be felt throughout the Imperium.
Dune is one of the most famous science fiction novels ever written, and deservedly so. The setting is elaborate and ornate, the plot labyrinthine, the adventures exciting. Five sequels follow. --Brooks Peck
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Native Houstonian Lauren Anderson danced with Houston Ballet from 1983 to 2006, performing leading roles in all the great classical ballets, appearing across the world to critical acclaim, and in the process, becoming one of Houston Ballet's most beloved stars.
In January 2007, Ms. Anderson assumed her new role of outreach associate in Houston Ballet's education department where she teaches ballet classes at Houston Ballet's Ben Stevenson Academy, conducts master classes at area schools, and lectures to students on dance and her historic career as one of America's most distinguished African-American ballerinas.
She trained exclusively at Houston Ballet's Ben Stevenson Academy from the age of seven. She joined Houston Ballet in 1983 and in 1990 became the first African-American to be promoted to principal dancer at Houston Ballet – and one of the few African-American ballerinas at the head of a major ballet company anywhere in the world. In addition, Ms. Anderson received the Special Jury Award at the 1990 International Ballet Competition as well as the International Critics Award in Chile.
Ms. Anderson danced leading roles in numerous classical ballets. Her repertoire included works by George Balanchine, Sir Kenneth MacMillan, Christopher Bruce, James Kudelka, and Trey McIntyre. Ms. Anderson created the title role in Ben Stevenson's Cleopatra, and her performance as Cleopatra received accolades from international critics. Anna Kisselgoff of The New York Times compared her to the great Italian actress Eleanora Duse, and Christine Temin of The Boston Globe pronounced her "a powerhouse in interpreting the role that Stevenson created on her." Ms. Anderson performed across the world as a guest artist, appearing in New York, Chile, Moscow, and Chicago.
In April 1999, Ms. Anderson was featured on the cover of Dance Magazine. She has also been featured in the magazines People and Pointe, as well as on the television programs "A&E Breakfast With the Arts," "CBS News Sunday Morning," and the game show, "To Tell the Truth." She has been honored by The Martin Luther King Foundation, Coalition of 100 Black Women, YWCA, by the Urban League, Delta Gamma Foundation, Texas Woman's Chamber of Commerce, Houston City Council, and the Texas Legislature. Ms. Anderson is also an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Ms. Anderson was awarded the Jefferson Award for Community Service in 2011.
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UPDATE (11/19/2011): This week Ray William Johnson's channel became the first to reach 5 million subscribers.
This is the fifth installment of a 6-part weekly series about some of the most successful video entrepreneurs on YouTube. Each segment will spotlight performers and personalities that go beyond the one-hit viral video and build a loyal audience. Their online presence reaches multi-millions and has gained them entry into the YouTube Partner Program , which splits revenue and helps the BoomTubers develop their growing business.
BoomTuber #5: Ray William Johnson
Last week, Ray William Johnson's =3 channel became the most subscribed-to on YouTube. What draws 3.9 million members to join is a fairly simple formula – every Monday and Thursday, Johnson adds his frenetic commentary, with multiples of screwiness and brilliance, to the best videos he can find online. The channel recently eclipsed 1 billion upload views. [See a sample video below.]
Factor in Your Favorite Martian — a channel of hilarious animated music videos that has 1.1 million subscribers — and Breaking Los Angeles — a Friday night vlog with over 700,000 subscribers — and YouTube has few, if any, more powerful components than Johnson.
In a recent email conversation,
the 23-year-old, now living in Los Angeles, demonstrated just how insightful he is about what drives the YouTube phenomenon, just how little use he has for the old guard of entertainment and just how well he can argue his points. Maybe that's because he once planned on being a lawyer …
In fall 2007, I stood at the midway point of completing my undergraduate studies at Columbia. I studied every moment that I wasn't sitting in class. I was very focused on maintaining a solid GPA, so I could go on to law school. During my long study sessions in the library, I found myself watching YouTube videos during study breaks. I couldn't afford to buy a television for my dorm, so these very brief yet very accessible videos quickly became my main source of entertainment.
It didn't take me long to notice that a handful of people were creating video blogs and consistently posting them online. For some inexplicable reason, I found these very appealing. In fact, I found them so appealing I eventually decided to make my own using an old MiniDV camcorder that someone lent me. For almost a year, I sporadically made these rather lame video blogs in my dorm. These video blogs were reflective of most video blogs during that time in that they had no real structure and were kind of just all over the place. In these, I just sat there and stared into the camera and talked about my life and what I had learned about in class to an audience of roughly thirty people. While thirty people might sound like an insignificant number, it meant the world to me and still does.
For a while, I uploaded these video blogs to my first YouTube channel which has since been closed. During all this, I noticed that YouTube was full of video blogs but really lacked any sort of formatted show. At the same time, I began to consider why people came to YouTube and arrived at the conclusion that people visit the site for one of two reasons: They're either there to watch viral videos, or they're there to watch their favorite video blogger. Using that analysis, I conceived my first formatted show, "Equals Three." The idea behind "Equals Three" was to combine video blogging and viral videos and place them within a rigid format, so that only the actual blogging and viral videos would change each episode. For this particular show idea, I started the channel known today as the RayWilliamJohnson channel, uploaded the episodes twice weekly, and two years later Forbes is contacting me for an interview. So much for law school.
Since then, I've been fortunate enough to produce and/or co-produce a number of shows, all of which have been, luckily, well received.
My older children are long time fans of =3. My husband and I are fairly new YouTube viewers. We started watching =3 after becoming addicted to Breaking Los Angeles. It's a fun, slick, often boozy fast paced commentary on living in LA seen through the eyes of 20 something single guys. The camera loves Ray, sexy Big Rob and the various stereotypical hot LA girls they bring along on their adventures each week.
Ray knows exactly which buttons to push on =3 to get teens and young adults interested and coming back. There are plenty of quasi-crude references and jokes. Yet, if you watch Breaking LA long enough, you find this super intelligent, overindulgent guy you would never expect to find if you were a fan coming from =3. There seems to be a loyalty to his fans you rarely see from a "Hollywood star". Clearly, he has the same loyalty to the medium that made him famous.
We wish him and =3 continued success in his new position as the number one most subscribed channel on YouTube.
I have loved this series. Today I will have watched more YouTube content then TV. From the Shaytards to = 3 to anything and everything Kassem G online content is the future.
Equals Three is a hilarious show and I think that Ray is very deserving of the title of #1 most suscribed youtuber. Not only is Ray entertaining but as you can see he is actually very smart. Ray's simple format and witty comments is what makes the show a success. To conclude, I think that Ray is a great guy and I wish him the best of luck for the future (:
Here in Greece, I've been watching =3 for about half a year and while when I started only one of my friends and my brother was watching it, now there are about 5 of my friends! It is a great show…keep up with the good work! Great interview too.
in a country like India where people believe in deep spirituality, the foul humor RWJ uses are far far cry……even in such situation teenagers like me end up on =3 page, why???……the answer's probably he got what it takes, but if you go a little deeper, frankly saying, its more like a mutual love, you can feel that they're (most YouTube channels) one of you and you can actually connect their works with your everyday life, by any aspects, that's actually pulls audience closer…
Wanna wish RWJ a glorious future and, ya, for GEEZUS' sake, stop being sooo as***le…..
—–With love from India
I think Ray does a great job when he chooses videos for the show. The internet is the future. There is no competition from tv when you live in Ireland. We are the last to see everything on tv.. its a complete joke
i been subscribed to =3 for the last year or so now. I never miss a show. I love it! Ray is so funny! I love someone whos not afraid to tell it like it is. His videos always make me laugh. I will always watch them. My friends love them too. Keep it up Ray!!
This sounds like something I need to be involved in… Not for my own gain, but to spread economic solutions. Now… I suppose I need to borrow my son's video camera and try to entertain with an exciting economic plan?? Here's a cut and paste which you can toss out if need be (But I'd rather be thrown a few tips to saving the economy rather than making a few bucks and gaining the fame).
The issue of lack of job growth and a dead economy is not with the failure of small business, nor is due to the taxing or not taxing of the uber-wealthy inasmuch as the lack of true incentives to those with investment funds.
The MEALER ECONOMIC PLAN is the solution. From this link, you can read the briefed Arizona version that the Arizona legislature, Congress and Governor is stumbling over, but the National Plan soon to be released is the real deal… With the real incentives!


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---- — SALEM — A Salem man was ordered held without bail after allegedly hitting his girlfriend and breaking her phone, then grabbing her 4-week-old kitten and threatening to snap its neck Wednesday night.
The kitten survived, and now Pershing Reid III, 30, is being held without bail. The judge also granted a request to add the kitten and the woman's other pets to the restraining order obtained by his now-former girlfriend.
Under a recent change in state law, victims of domestic violence can ask a judge to bar abusers not only from coming near the victim but from contact with pets, as well.
Salem District Court Judge Matthew Nestor said it's ordinarily something he hasn't done but agreed to add the woman's cats to the restraining order yesterday, "given the nature of the case."
He ordered Reid held without bail for 90 days as a danger to the community, after finding "there are no conditions to assure the safety of the victim and, frankly, based on the police reports I read, the community at large."
Salem police were called to the couple's Boston Street apartment, where the victim's mother also lives, around 9:30 p.m.
The victim told officers that she and Reid had been arguing when she demanded that he sleep on the sofa for the night.
He refused, she said, and when she told him to leave the apartment, he struck her in the face. When she tried to call police, he grabbed and broke her phone, she said.
Then he turned his attention to the kitten, grabbing it around its neck and saying he would break it.
"He was choking it," the woman told the judge during her restraining order hearing.
Police arrested Reid on charges of domestic assault and battery, witness intimidation, and animal cruelty.
Prosecutor Lynsey Legier asked that Reid be held without bail, pointing to his decadelong history of violence. Legier also pointed to studies that show a link between cruelty to animals and domestic abuse.
Reid's record includes convictions for past domestic abuse, as well as assault and battery on a police officer. In an incident in Wareham in 2003, he scuffled with officers attempting to investigate a complaint against his brother, according to a police report.
In 2010, Reid was charged after repeatedly punching his then-girlfriend, with whom he has a child. Police allege that as the woman in that case called 911 from a locked bathroom, Reid used a knife to open the door and again assaulted her.
He has been the subject of six separate restraining orders, Legier told the judge.
Reid's lawyer, Paul Woods Jr., said his client was "off his medications" for a host of issues, including bipolar disorder, anxiety and depression, at the time of the incident and still has a bullet lodged inside him from a shooting.
But Woods urged the judge to release Reid on condition that he promise to take his medication, which will enable him to return to work at a job at Boston University, where he works through a temporary agency.
"How are we going to monitor that?" snapped Nestor, who granted the prosecutor's request to keep Reid in custody at Middleton Jail.
A pretrial hearing is scheduled for Feb. 22.
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This is an earnest question. How do they get detailed pictures of the ash from above the clouds without being in a plane? Is a satellite image that detailed?
This is an earnest question. How do they get detailed pictures of the ash from above the clouds without being in a plane? Is a satellite image that detailed?
This country is so screwed. I took a vacation there in 2008 and it was one of the best vacations I ever took...even in February!!
Such an incredibly picturesque country and wonderful people.
Now the economy has collapsed, the country is bankrupt and the volcanoes are active again, closing the ONE highway that goes all the way around the island.
I know this is about the rest of Europe, too, but my heart goes out to the Island. I hope they recover.
I fly to Rome on Monday (from Chicago), then a short flight up to Torino. Praying it's clear.
Give me one more quiet night, before this loud morning gets it right, and does me in.
When I think of Iceland I always think of Bjork, and I'm now thinking that she should put on her swan dress and fly people to their destinations.
Though it's a much larger scale and intensity, the ash cloud thing is making me think of the Australia dust storm from September that clouded over much of the country.
I was and at some Scottish Guy on the news at an airport yesterday, paraphrasing he said something like, "I dont see why the flights have to be cancelled, It's not like it's on the ground is it?" .... duuuh.
I hope people that know him, rib him for the rest of his life over that remark.
Like Hanna, cos I dont have to fly anywhere right now, Im loving watching pictures of the volcano and the path of the ash cloud. I just hope it doesnt start with the whole 'sulphur smell' around by me though.. gag! LOL
Dont Hate! Gyrate!
To think that fun is simple fun, while earnest things are earnest, proves all too plain that neither one thou truthfully discernest.
Clearly, I'm lucky to be able to go on a vacation. However it's not going to be lucky to lose the money on things that had to be pre-paid and are not refundable. I don't know when or if the trip can be rescheduled. Being disappointed that a trip, that has been planned for months and that a friend is traveling (from KY) to NJ to go on with me, might get canned is disappointing. If you don't or can't understand that, then maybe you need to get some perspective, and some human feelings while you're at it. I will have no choice, but to suck it up, if it gets cancelled. I will also have no choice but to take the $$ losses, unless you want to cover them, since you seem to have so much perspective.
What made you so bitter?
I normally see some planes from my window, so it's kind of odd not to! I'm somewhat annoyed to be stuck in a cloud of ash when I was stuck in a cloud of dust in Sydney last September ( I'm asthmatic so I've felt both events) but it's such a rare thing, you have to roll with it.
If you're stuck somewhere, take the time to do something you wouldn't normally do. It could make a great story!
And FYI - Some Irish, Scottish and Scandanavian airports are due to open in a few hours. More will open at 1am tomorrow morning and all flights should resume by Sunday providing that no further ash clouds head our way. I dare say that certain airports like Heathrow will break curfew to get cancelled flights out, so while air travel will still be out of kilter for a few days, everyone waiting for a flight should get to where they're going in the next few days.
One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching.
Not sure if that will work but it looks like they are planning to get a plane out to Glascow but all the others they were hoping to get to Europe have been cancelled.
We had guests staying with us the past week and they managed to sneak into Keflavik from NY before the winds change.
I know Icelandair and Air Canada are not prioritizing passengers on cancelled flights for next flights out. They are offering refunds or rescheduling but people booked on whatever flights that manage to leave are getting those flights. Just wanted to put that out there again to check with your airline and don't assume you have priority.
The flight Icelandair is trying to get out to Glascow is for those who want to get to Europe and are willing to make their own arrangements once there to get to where they are going ( guess with ferries and trains )
Tessa and Scott: Thank you
My partner is flying to Japan next weekend. Things are likely to have cleared up by then, but if they haven't what can you do? The airlines are legally obliged to offer a refund, a reroute or a reschedule.
I've told him more or less the same thing as I've told you cruisin. As I've done to several colleagues who've had flights cancelled for this weekend. I've been there, done that myself in the past. In the end, your own personal safety is worth a hell of a lot more than a bit of lost money.
To think that fun is simple fun, while earnest things are earnest, proves all too plain that neither one thou truthfully discernest.
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16:00 Following is a list of current air traffic disruptions across Europe (all times GMT)
AUSTRIA: Austria's northern airspace will close from 1700GMT on Friday. The airports of Vienna, Salzburg and Linz will close from 1800GMT, with other airports in the south following later in the evening. The airports of Graz and Klagenfurt would be kept open as long as possible.
BELGIUM: Belgian airspace is closed until 0800 GMT Saturday.
BRITAIN: British airspace is closed until 0600 GMT Saturday but restrictions in the north have been eased to allow some transatlantic flights to resume.
Several flights permitted Friday until 1800 GMT in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
BULGARIA: Sofia airport cancelled most of its scheduled flights Friday.
CZECH REPUBLIC: Airspace closed.
DENMARK: Danish airspace is closed until 0000 GMT Saturday.
ESTONIA: Estonian airspace closed until at least 0000 GMT Saturday.
FINLAND: All commercial flights are grounded until 1200 GMT Sunday at the earliest.
FRANCE: 23 airports in northern France are closed until 1800 GMT Friday, including the Paris area airports of Charles de Gaulle, Orly and Le Bourget.
A small number of planes however were allowed to land at Paris airports between 1000 GMT and 1400 GMT.
GERMANY: Flights halted at Frankfurt airport, although it was not formally closed. Flights were also grounded at airports in Berlin, Cologne, Duesseldorf, Hamburg and Hanover, among other airports.
HUNGARY: Airspace to close from 1700 GMT Friday.
ICELAND: Airports remain open.
IRELAND: Nearly all of Irish airspace has reopened, including the airports in Dublin, Shannon and Cork. Only the area off the southern coast remains closed.
LATVIA: Airspace closed until 0600 GMT Saturday.
LITHUANIA: Airspace has reopened but air traffic control was leaving the decision whether or not to fly up to individual companies.
NETHERLANDS: Dutch airspace closed until 0400 GMT Saturday.
NORWAY: Flights were allowed from 0700 GMT in the northern half of Norway Friday, for a limited time window.
POLAND: Most of Polish airspace is closed, including Krakow airport where scores of foreign heads of state and government are expected to attend Sunday's funeral of President Lech Kaczynski, which is still scheduled to go ahead.
ROMANIA: Romanian northwest airspace to close at 0000 GMT Saturday.
RUSSIA: Russian airspace remains open. The airport in Kalinigrad, the Russian enclave between Poland and Lithuania, has been temporarily closed.
SLOVAKIA: Slovakian airspace closed at 1300 GMT on Friday and is expected to last until 2159 GMT Sunday.
SWEDEN: Sweden started to gradually open up airspace in the sparsely populated north at 0600 GMT, but authorities said restrictions would remain for the rest of the country until further notice.
SWITZERLAND: Swiss airspace closed until 0700 GMT Saturday.
To think that fun is simple fun, while earnest things are earnest, proves all too plain that neither one thou truthfully discernest.
Not a thing I can do except wait, but the waiting is hard.
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I know that safety is the most important issue. I'm not even sure that I would risk going if they don't clear the airports until Wednesday. We have to wait and see, but it is frustrating.
I have a flight confirmed out on Sunday, will keep an eye on things to see if I have to change it. I'm slightly more cheery after having visited my favorite London bookstore (Daunt Books on Marylebone High Street) and doing my bit to help support the London economy. Too bad I have been here so much because I could have been doing all sorts of touristy stuff. Off to a pub for dinner tonight and some .
Still want to be at home for a lovely weekend though...
Some levity
Dispite some of the comments below the video more of the ones in Icelandic are saying they, especially a few at the beginning, did a good job trying to pronounce it. It isn't about mocking but it's funny to listen to. Fwiw I think of all the volcanos in Iceland to erupt this one has the most difficult name to pronounce, many sounds in it that don't exist in English. It took me a few years to get the proper sound for "LL" as the sound doesn't exist in english and where the sound is made in your mouth isn't used when speaking english.
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Listed at $8,500, the wagon—located in Mattaposett, Mass.—is dark blue with a two-tone blue interior. A 200-cubic-inch six-cylinder engine provides the power, and a smooth-shifting automatic should ensure carefree cruising.
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Why Your Gift Matters
For Amy Beaupre, Pacific University was a second family, long after she graduated in 1933. She was an alumnus and a professor at Pacific. She remained a neighbor and faithful friend throughout her life. And, upon her death in January, Beaupre left a gift that will support her lifelong passion for the school and for music.
Born Amy Spelbrink, in Minnesota, Beaupre moved with her family to Forest Grove in 1922 in an early Model A, driving thousands of miles over unpaved roads and camping along the way. They made their home on a farm near Forest Grove, and she fondly recalled evenings in the parlor, playing music together.
"Everyone made music," she said, several years ago. Her brother played trumpet; her sister and father were on violins. Beaupre played the piano and, she said, "Everybody sang and sang and sang."
She attended Pacific University from 1929 to 1933, studying music and political science, and found herself in high demand as an accompanist at chapel and other students' music recitals. Following her graduation, she taught music for seven years at Pacific and continued her work as an accompanist, for everyone from local churches to the Portland Opera.
During that time, she also married Herschel Beaupre '36, and together they enjoyed hobbies in horticulture, raising rhododendrons. He died in 1989, leaving her a small trust, with which she explored a new hobby: investing.
"She had always wanted to invest in the stock market," said Jan Stricklin, associate vice president for university advancement at Pacific and long-time friend of Beaupre. She did well.
She followed her investments voraciously, even after she turned management over to her accountant, and she always knew just how much money she had.
When Stricklin visited, Beaupre would have stacks of Fortunemagazines at her bedside and news on the TV. She'd ask about Pacific, then they would discuss politics and investing.
"She always said she was just a farm girl," Stricklin said. "To see that her investments did so well just made her giggle."
Through her life, Beaupre made several gifts to Pacific, including annuities and outright gifts, like one that bought the instruments and sheet music for the formation of the Pacific Philharmonic.
"She was very proud of that," Stricklin said.
Beaupre also long planned to use her investment success to support Pacific. When she died in January 2012—just four days shy of her 101st birthday—Beaupre left nearly $1.5 million to the University to endow a professorship in the music department and to support a student scholarship.
"She was so proud of her success in investing and, more than that, she was proud it was going to Pacific," Stricklin said. "She had true philanthropy at her heart, and she thought of Pacific as her family."


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No doubt that the hype behind The Weeknd is as much fueled by Abel Tesfaye's reticence as it is by the strength of his House of Balloons mixtape, which has cemented The Weeknd as one of the most sought-after artists of the season—if not 2011. Naturally his reluctance to speak has spurred a mad dash to find more material. For those of you who also weren't satisfied by House of Balloons screwed and chopped, the following tracks might be the bounty of the greater media's treasure hunt: previously unreleased material from when Tesfaye worked with a production team called The Noise, including a Drake demo. These tracks prove that House of Balloons was not a fluke, but they also give a sense for Tesfaye's growth as The Weeknd, matching his indisputable skill with some amazing hooks. These tracks will do for now, but we can't wait to hear something that will really seize the day (week, year!) like "The Morning." Luckily, two more tapes are slated for this summer/fall.
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Has the Housing Market Finally Found Its Footing?
The upward trend in home prices over the past three months doesn't tell the whole story.
For those looking for a bright spot amid the barrage of depressing data recently, news that housing prices were up for the third month in a row might have buoyed morale a bit.
The latest data from the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index showed that home prices in the nation's largest metropolitan areas ticked up 1.1 percent, on average, in June, following a 1 percent increase in May. Chicago and Minneapolis saw the largest month-over-month increases, both recording 3.2 percent increases in home values, on average. Even metro areas hit hard by the foreclosure crisis saw incremental gains: Atlanta posted a 1.5 percent increase, while Phoenix saw a 0.3 percent gain.
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So has the housing market finally found its footing?
Maybe not. While prices have been on the rise for a few months, experts don't expect the upward trend to continue. Most predict home values will fall in the coming months, not bottoming out until the first half of next year. "I would expect that prices fall a little bit more," says Celia Chen, senior director at Moody's Analytics. "Any improvement in stability is temporary."
U.S. News talked to experts about why the housing outlook might not be so rosy after all:
Seasonal bump. One reason home prices have seen a temporary bump has to do with the time of year. Even in this weak market, more homes tend to be bought and sold in spring and summer, which boosts demand and gives real estate values a lift. "A seasonal kick accounts for the recent strength in the indexes," wrote Patrick Newport, economist at IHS Insight, in a recent report. "The kick will wear off in the fall when demand weakens and sellers have to give way on price, and prices will start dropping again."
Even with the seasonal uptick, prices are down 4.1 percent compared with June 2010, and down 33 percent from their 2006 peak, meaning the housing market still has a lot of ground to make up. And it faces stiff headwinds. More foreclosures and excess supply coupled with weak demand could drive prices down another 10 percent, Newport predicts. The outlook is even worse if the economy slips into another recession—a 40 percent probability, he says. "The unemployment rate will climb, driving foreclosures up, leading to an even larger drop in home prices."
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Underwater mortgages, distressed properties. The housing market meltdown has left millions of Americans owing more on their mortgages than their homes are worth, and until sagging prices stop draining home equity, that debt overhang will continue to bottleneck the housing market. The number of Americans facing serious delinquency on their mortgages is rising as well, another troubling fact that could translate into even more foreclosures flooding the market.
On top of fresh foreclosures expected to hit the market, properties held up for legal reasons are likely to stream onto the market in the coming months as well. Finally, abandoned or vacant homes—the product of overbuilding—only add to the glut of supply and will pull down home prices for the foreseeable future.
Index methodology. Although Case-Shiller numbers have become one of the most popular metrics used to measure house prices, critics argue that the indices shouldn't be used to gauge the health of housing market from a consumer point of view, primarily because they lag signed contract data by about six months.
"It's equivalent to waking up in the morning at the end of August and deciding what clothes you're going to wear based on the average temperature in February," says Jonathan Miller, president of New York City-based Miller Samuel Real Estate Appraisers. "If that's what you want to know, then it's helpful, but that's not how the index is being applied."
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Since the end of June—as far as the data goes back—the country has endured a slew of natural disasters, a debt downgrade that shook consumer confidence, and reports that America could be slipping into another recession, none of which have been factored into the most recent Case Shiller numbers.


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All signs are starting to point toward El Nino rearing its head this year which will cause a somewhat mild hurricane season in the Atlantic. However, as the East coast takes a collective sigh of relief, Jim Rutherford is acting as though nobody shared this news with him. He has been making waves since draft day and has not looked back since.
Rutherford got the offseason going early when he sent Brandon Sutter off to Pittsburgh in return for one of captain Eric Staal's brothers, Jordan Staal. Jordan finished the 2011-12 season with 50 points in the form of 25 goals and 25 assists. Staal made it apparent that he wanted to play in Carolina with his brother by turning down a 10-year, $60 million contract with Pittsburgh only to sign that exact contract with the Hurricanes. The move will allow him to step into his own as a player and show the league what he's really made of after having spent the first years of his career playing behind Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin.
Staal has expressed that it still feels strange not being a Penguin anymore but that, at the same time, he is "ecstatic" to see what he can do in Carolina alongside Eric. On the other side, Carolina loses Brandon Sutter who was good for 32 points last season with 17 goals and 15 assists. Defensive prospect Brian Dumoulin and an eighth round pick also went to Pittsburgh along with Sutter.


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1. Green Bay Packers: We'll see if this team needed a little humbling.
2. New Orleans Saints: Brees closer to MVP talk, Saints closer to No. 1 talk.
3. New England Patriots: Offense rolls, but losing Andre Carter a brutal blow to "D."
4. Pittsburgh Steelers: Would they have beaten 49ers with Harrison, healthy Roethlisberger?
5. Baltimore Ravens: Combined record of four teams to beat Ravens: 25-31.
6. San Francisco 49ers: Defense bounced back with impressive showing vs. Steelers.
7. Atlanta Falcons: Offense looked very explosive; could make statement vs. Saints.
8. Houston Texans: Run defense and ball security took a step back in loss.
9. Detroit Lions: The Stafford-Megatron connection returned in a big way at perfect time.
10. Dallas Cowboys: Can get revenge against Iggles; one step closer to division title.
11. Denver Broncos: Simply not built to win a shootout. Defense needed to show better.
12. New York Jets: Fumbles, penalties, poor O-line play — not expected out of Gang Green.
13. Cincinnati Bengals: Marvin Lewis won't win, but he is a Coach of the Year candidate.
14. New York Giants: Who guessed G-Men would have NFL's worst rushing offense?
15. San Diego Chargers: Norv should have set calendar to "December" all season long.
16. Arizona Cardinals: Unstoppable in the extra session — a 3-0 mark in overtime.
17. Seattle Seahawks: Have won three in a row by a combined score of 99-41.
18. Tennessee Titans: Worse than falling back in playoff hunt: doing it with loss to Colts.
19. Philadelphia Eagles: Miracle could get them to playoffs, where they'd be dangerous.
20. Oakland Raiders: Fourth-quarter "D" wasted impressive effort by Carson Palmer.
21. Chicago Bears: Now they can't even salvage season by handing rival Packers first loss.
22. Miami Dolphins: Have held opponents to 8-for-58 on third downs in past five games.
23. Kansas City Chiefs: Romeo Crennel for coaching performance of a lifetime?
24. Carolina Panthers: Notched first win over a winning team, beat league's best "D," too.
25. Washington Redskins: If only they played the Giants every week.
26. Buffalo Bills: Boobirds came out for Fitzpatrick; slump since his new contract continues.
27. Cleveland Browns: Hillis reached his season high in rushing, but it was only 99 yards.
28. Jacksonville Jaguars: Wins by other interim coaches not making Tucker look good.
29. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Last season — upstart team. This season — out of sorts.
30. Minnesota Vikings: Offense might be an offseason away from being good.
31. St. Louis Rams: Could get a nice haul if they sell their first-round pick to the top bidder.
32. Indianapolis Colts: Team avoids infamous season, but did it save Caldwell's job?