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'Fine whine' as Hammers show old habits die hard
As a young lad growing up in the east end, I had to learn to live with a couple of West Ham 'jokes'. These merry quips - usually delivered by well-meaning opposition supporters who thought they were the height of sophisticated humour - consisted of two perennial favourites.
First came the chestnut that 'West Ham come down with the Christmas decorations', a nod to the fact that Hammers teams of old tended to fall away in the second half of the season when their brand of Ron Greenwood / John Lyall-inspired passing football usually became bogged down on the quagmire pitches prevalent before the introduction of all-weather turf.
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The other rib-tickler was that 'West Ham are just like fine wine; they don't travel well'. Another 'joke' that has probably lost its meaning now that most wines travel the world, regardless of quality (although I once brought a couple from Malta that barely made it past customs). This stems from the fact that, particularly under Greenwood, away from Upton Park, the Irons attempts to play the beautiful game were treated with some disdain by teams north of the Watford Gap service area (Non-UK residents may want to search for that reference on their favourite search engine).
In his excellent autobiography, no lesser mortal than Bobby Moore himself tells how Greenwood once sent the Hammers out wearing gloves on a bitterly cold day in the North-east. Newcastle took one look at the Claret and Blue shirt and the black woolly gloves, declared them 'southern softies' and proceeded to dismantle West Ham with fierce tackling, backed by vociferous, vest-wearing home support. "You can't play football if your extremities are cold," Greenwood is reputed to have said. "That may have been the case but it was a red rag to a Geordie" retorted Moore.
Ironically, of course, both Moore and Greenwood might have been amused by the sight of many nationalities taking to the gloves in today's Premier League. It's a stigma that seems to have lost itself somewhere and I'm pretty sure even some of Newcastle's current crop of Frenchman have even taken to wearing long sleeves this bitterly cold winter (rest assured though; the fans will still be wearing vests).
I'm not sure that teams from Upton Park are particularly worse in the second-half of the season now; in any case, it's generally accepted that the better teams with greater strength in depth get stronger as the season wears on while teams lower down 'get found out' but, sadly for this season at least, I'm afraid the 'fine wine' joke is likely to be back on the jibe list again as, with only 11 goals scored and 29 conceded, West Ham have the worst away goal-scoring record in all four divisions of the English football league.
Fortunately that record has managed to garner three wins and four draws - nowhere near the worst record in terms of results - but the inability to score away has been a worry all year and something that has to be resolved in the close season to avoid a 'second season' meltdown next campaign.
My old editor at the unofficial West Ham fanzine site at www.westhamonline.net, tells on the site forum this week of how a total of 33 crosses were made by the Hammers at the Etihad, while recent statistics apparently reveal that only 15% of all goals scored in the Premier league come from crossed balls. Now, I'm in no position to argue with this statistic but it does seem a ridiculously low total and I can't help but feel this falls in to the category that declares that there are three types of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics.
Nevertheless there does seem to be something in the approach play away from home that suggests that West Ham either don't possess firepower to convert chances created or there is not enough creativity in the Hammers midfield to vary the point of attack.
There have been four dispiriting defeats away from the Boleyn this season in my opinion, the 3-0 drubbing's by Swansea and Sunderland where West Ham looked over-run, brittle and clueless, the 2-1 defeat by Wigan and the 1-0 by Reading - 'nuff said.
There were also two disappointing performances at Villa Park (2-1) and Craven Cottage (3-1). The Hammers played Villa and Fulham when those sides were at a low ebb and there was a certain feeling that both home teams viewed the fixture with the Hammers as a chance to reverse their then current fortunes. It's certainly true that West Ham have never been able to dispel the notion that, if a home side has a 'must win' game coming up and it's against the Hammers then fans will see it as three points that should be gained.
Sam Allardyce has done pretty well in ticking off the boxes on the David's Gold and Sullivan 'Must Do' list so far and the Hammers' away record in the Championship last season was one of the most encouraging things about their eventual promotion. But Sam is going to need all his experience and managerial nous to ensure that his team don't fall back into their old ways. Losses at the three clubs that will probably fill the bottom four places simply isn't good enough; it gives the team no room for error at home and ensures that there is likely to be relegation pressure - at the very least - at some stage of the campaign.
I'm always pleased to hear from Hammers supporters at any time of the season - yep, even the rude ones! - and keen to hear from ESPN readers about what they would like to see done to improve things for what it sure to be a difficult second season.
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The CompTIA Network+ certification is an entry-level certification open to anyone interested in learning networking basics as a foundation that can be applied toward other advanced networking certifications. Students will learn the skills necessary to manage, maintain, troubleshoot, install, operate and configure basic network infrastructures and be able to describe networking technologies, basic design principles and adherence to wiring standards and use testing tools.
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cwwav takes one or more text files (or text read from standard input) and converts the text into an audio file (wav or mp3) containing the CW (Morse code) representation of the text. It's useful for generating practice files if you are learning CW and want to practice by listening to text. It's a very simple program but it is designed to do what it does well. That is, it is designed to produce good sounding CW output files, with proper timing and comfortable envelope to avoid keyclicks and to make the CW softer.
MQ Auditor is a solution that allows a company to audit and track all MQ API calls performed by MQ applications that are connected to a queue manager. The API Exit operates with WebSphere MQ v7.0, v7.1, or v7.5 in Windows, Unix, IBM i, and Linux environments. Under WMQ v5.3 and higher, MQA audits the following MQ API calls: MQCONN, MQCONNX, MQOPEN, MQGET, MQPUT, MQPUT1, MQINQ, MQSET, MQCLOSE, MQDISC, MQBACK, MQBEGIN, and MQCMIT. Under WMQ v18.104.22.168 and higher, MQA audits the above calls as well as the following calls: XASTART, XAEND, XAOPEN, XACLOSE, XACOMMIT, XACOMPLETE XAFORGET, XAPREPARE, XARECOVER, XAROLLBACK, AX_REG, and AX_UNREG. Under WMQ v7.0 and higher, MQA also audits the following additional MQ API calls: MQCALLBACK, MQCB, MQCTL, MQSTAT, MQSUB, and MQSUBRQ.
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text: Groovy batch of instrumental Latin cuts, with a sound that's a mixture of Latin soul and pop 60's instrumentation. Cugie's usual sound isn't that much in place, but that's ok, because tracks like "Thunderball", "Hang On Sloopy", "Tabasco", and "Soul Sauce" all groove nicely, and in a good 60's pop Latin vein, with nice solo moments by the band. (White label promo. Cover has a spot of tape on the spine and WGN Library letters on the back.) © 1996-2014, Dusty Groove, Inc.


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This is wonderful, we bought this for my dad becaue he has joint and back problems. The first night he slept on it he slept 9 hours straight through !!! this hasn't happened in years. So glad we bought it and at this price it is a steal !!!
This is a great mattress for the price. The only problem I had was being able to tell which side had the wool-blend for winter and which one had the cotton-blend for summer. It would be nice if there was a tag on it to distinguish which side was which. Otherwise, very satisfied!
This is our second time buying Innerspace mattresses. The twin is a little softer than I expected but plenty of support for my son. My husband and I sleep on a queen that is 8 years old and starting to get a little soft. We have converted 2 family members and 2 friends to Innerspace mattresses after sleeping on our bed. The comfort and price cannot be beat!
Purchased this mattress for a bunk bed for my 3 yr old grandson. I'm very happy with it. He slept on it last weekend and I don't think he moved an inch all night. I'm planning to purchase another one for the top bunk. The reason I didn't purchase two from the beginning was that I wanted to see the quality. No odor. Mattress cover is very nice and mattress can be flipped which I like. I let it expand for 72 hours before using it.
This bed is advertized as a 6" high density foam mattress but is only 4" thick with a nice padded cover that might add another 1/2 to 3/4". The foam itself is nice, but I need 6". I bought the twin size for my small travel trailer bed. After receipt of the first mattress, which expanded as advertised, I contacted Overstock, whose rep was very easy to work with. The first mattress was donated to a local women's shelter and they sent me another. It expanded to the same thickness, 4" from side seam to side seam. They offered me a 20% refund to keep the 4" one which I did. I have a 3" memory foam pad to put on top. Not ideal as the memory foam is softer than I like but will work in my trailer bed for now. As others have said, this mattress is OK for kids and bunk beds, but not really enough for a full size adult. Kudo's to Overstock for working to make it right.
We were looking for mattresses compatible for our twin over twin with trundle bunk bed sets we'd purchased for the six grandchildren at Grammie and Grandads house. These were an awesome choice! We were limited with the top bunk and trundles regarding depth of mattress. We bought 6 to fill up all the beds. They are stable, comfortable(took a nap of my own on one bunk,!) and easy enough to handle---esp. Wrestling with putting sheets on the upper bunk! We are completely satisfied. I have recommended to another grandma who's also outfitting a room for her grandkids. The way the mattresses arrive compressed is a new experience, but they certainly regained their correct shape within the 48 hour window.
We bought three of these mattresses for our young children. They make it easy for making the bed/changing sheets on bunk beds. The mattresses are comfortable and soft. I don't feel the wooden slats through the mattress, and I'm obviously much heavier and bigger than my young children. I have napped on the mattress and it is very comfortable and soft. It is somewhat thinner than the mattresses we're used to but it doesn't change how this mattress feels. I have waited four months to leave a review so I could review it after some time of using these types of mattresses. We're really happy with our purchase. I can't, however, comment on whether these would be a good buy for an adult. Perhaps a thicker mattress, opposed to this 6-inch would be a better choice.
It's too short (not tall enough) for a day bed trundle. The kids might fall under the day bed. I put it on top and traded the other good mattress on the top for the bottom. The foam mattress is very firm. Ok for a day bed seat because it is firm but a disappointment to sleep on.
Bought a twin and full size of this mattress for my son's wooden plank bunk bed. They have worked out perfectly. I LOVE that these are made in the USA. Made me feel good about my purchase. They are firm enough for support but soft enough to feel comfortable. Easy set-up and look very nice. You just can't beat this price for these mattresses!
I ordered a bunk bed through Overstock for my grandkids in another state so that meant ordering a mattress also. My youngest G.daughter was the lucky one who got to sleep on the top twin bunk with the new mattress and she loves it. Of course, there was a fight about who was going to get the top bunk from her other siblings, but she feels like a queen sleeping on a new mattress closer to the ceiling.
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Lancashire are top of LV= County Championship Division One after beating Somerset in three days at Aigburth.
Debutant Farveez Maharoof hit a century and then played a crucial role in bowling out the visitors as the Red Rose won by an innings and 20 runs.
The Sri Lankan took two wickets, as did Tom Smith and Gary Keedy as Somerset were dismissed for 163 in their second innings in less than two sessions, having earlier smashed 102 in Lancashire's first innings 451.
"There is just one word to describe that - fantastic," said Maharoof, who is just the third Lancashire player to score a century on his Championship debut and the first to reach three figures while batting at No.8 since Glen Chapple in 2001.
"I have four first-class centuries but this is the number one for me because of the tough conditions and it was against a good side. It doesn't get any better."
It is Lancashire's second successive victory by an innings this season, having started their campaign with a win over Sussex at Liverpool.
"It was a fantastic performance," said Mark Chilton, who captained the side in the absence of the injured Chapple. "We had a lot of confidence from the first game, individuals are in good form, but the whole attitude was first class against a very good team and everybody should be very proud of that performance.
"Maharoof was fantastic, it was great to see him do that and is really encouraging for the future.
"He just looks a proper player. If he performs like that each week he is going to get runs. He has a sound technique and plays spin very well. It was a fantastic debut for him."
Steven Kirby claimed his sixth wicket of the innings for Somerset as Craig Kieswetter claimed a good catch to dismiss Sajid Mahmood for 20 in the opening session.
But it didn't stop Maharoof as he launched countryman Ajantha Mendis for a straight six and then, three overs later, smashed three boundaries off the spinner.
The former Sri Lanka Under-19 skipper brought up his hundred in 131 balls with his 13th four.
Former England opener Marcus Trescothick claimed his fifth catch of the innings as Oliver Newby nicked a Charl Willoughby delivery to slip for 14, and Maharoof soon followed, trapped lbw by Arul Suppiah. But it was enough to give Lancashire a 183-run first-innings lead.
And he wasn't finished there. Maharoof found Suppiah's edge in his first over with the ball, with wicketkeeper Gareth Cross claiming a neat catch. Nick Compton followed four overs later, this time Paul Horton the catcher at slip.
Somerset skipper Trescothick was caught driving Mahmood at cover by Stephen Moore before the pre-season title favourites brought about their own downfall.
While going for a fourth run, James Hildreth was turned back by Kieswetter but was run out after a great throw from Steven Croft on the boundary.
Jos Buttler became Cross's eighth victim of the match edging Tom Smith, who also accounted for Peter Trego lbw six overs later.
Kieswetter and Gemaal Hussain put on 57 before the former England wicketkeeper went off the first ball after tea, looping up a leading edge from Newby to Mahmood for 38.
Hussain's brave resistance crumbled as he edged Keedy to Horton at slip for 42, his highest first-class score.
Kirby was then run out after a great throw by Smith and, in the next over, Mendis was stumped by Cross off Keedy as Lancashire claimed 22 points to move three points clear of Nottinghamshire at the top.
After Sunday's Clydesdale Bank 40 opener against Unicorns at Old Trafford, Lancashire return to Championship action against Sussex at Hove on Tuesday.
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Last week, the panel endorsed the legislation but then reconsidered after Republican Sen. Bill Stanley of Franklin County had second thoughts. Stanley, who voted for the bill the first time, voted against it Wednesday but said he is committed to working out a compromise with gun-control advocates and opponents before next year's session.
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Text analytics and opinion mining software provide huge value in being able to reduce the amount of grunt work so analysts can analyze - not deal with - qualitative coding work.
From consumer packaged goods to healthcare policy, from website analysis to customer satisfaction, from politics to media; research in every area is more efficient and more repeatable with algorithmic text analytics and text mining.
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damorgan wrote:Two obvious things: As Tom Kyte points out (I think normally to say you need archivelog and recovery) non-prod is someone's prod; and sandbox systems for users to try complex operations without screwing up production. Yes, sometimes they do run into expectations issues due to noarchivelog or plan changes. That's life. You can have plan-change issues in production too.
How can a "test" system be someone else's production? A system either is a line-of-business system or it is not.
The bottom line on any discussion is a risk-reward determination. What risk is the customer willing to accept to compromise on an optimum configuration.Risk/Reward/Cost/Benefit is biased towards costs when accountants get involved.
If your customer is willing to give you three hours, three days, three week, three months to recover a system and restore it to operational capacity then perhaps NOARCHIVE, NOLOGGING, and No RMAN can be justified.In reality, it's "hey, you want your special db refreshed, let me know a day in advance." Then I push a few buttons and it all happens automatically overnight. Sometimes their special screwups can be refreshed on demand, depends what they did. They tend to think in Excel analogies after all, my job to make it happen or put it in terms they understand why not. People want their own copies of the database and don't really know how to ask for a subset that reflects their needs. "Duplicate Database" doesn't always reflect that either.
But to post advice in these forums based on these unusual system requirements may well lead people astray who's employers purchased the Oracle database because they want robust sytems, systems that are operational 7x24x365, systems that are their to meet business needs on demand.If they miss the part about making explicit SLA's (which I for one repeat ad naseum), not much we can do about it. It's certainly better than "Best Practice" advice, which isn't.
I don't even run my laptop in NOARCHIVE mode. I'm not even running the 12c Beta in NOARCHIVE mode. And I can not believe that you can truly justify doing so in your environment. I would be very interested in hearing the business arguments that appear to make this a reasonable choice juxtaposed against the cost of purchasing sufficient SSDs to eliminate the risk.Not buying SSDs is much cheaper than buying SSDs. Existing systems are often perfectly adequate (and yes, sometimes not - we just acquired a aix/cobol/vsam oriented division, should be interesting times). Acquiring storage is not linear, you have periodic budget cycles, different groups jockeying for space, various replication propagation methods beyond just Oracle, labor/administration, etc. etc. It's not just running down to Fry's and scooping up some T-sized drives.
Aren't (or won't they been soon) a significant portion of mission-critical databases Data Guarded? Certainly, that's mostly true in our world. In which case, you don't get a choice whether you do NOLOGGING or not.You can perfectly well run Data Guard with nologging tables present. You just have to deal with them when the standby is activated. By definition, you'd have used nologging for something that is recoverable without redo (i.e., can be re-loaded from external sources, for example). So there's nothing to stop you running with one or two reporting tables (say) in nologging mode and, at the point of activation of the standby, you drop or truncate them and re-create them. You can also use incremental rman backups to refresh the standby datafiles before the point of activation, if that's the sort of thing you want to try.
damorgan wrote:Just to offer a different perspective, I have occasionally been on sites where DBAs have had to spend literally days doing something massively labour-intensive (and, on rare occasions, system-threatening) because DBA's were viewed as a sunk cost - and not paid the appropriate overtime - while getting a new piece of equipment to do a job properly, safely, and quickly, would be new expenditure.
Businesses everywhere want to get business done at the lowest reasonable cost. If you can prove financial savings by spending money ... they will find it ... and they will spend it.
Consider this (from a US perspective of course) ... every DBA costs $100K/year. If I go to management and say "I want you to spend $150K on new hardware but you can eliminate one DBA position" the math after three years shows a savings of $150K with lower costs for recruiting, training, desk space, hardware, and software.
so it is increased but TOM's said it not generated redo , my database in archive mode
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SQL> l
1 select name,a.value
2 from v$sesstat a, v$sysstat b
3 where b.statistic#=a.statistic#
4* and b.name = 'redo size' and sid =95
SQL> alter table x nologging;
Table altered.
SQL> insert /*+ APPEND */ into x
2 select * from y;
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861100 wrote:Thumbnaill sketch:
hi Jonathan Lewis,
just to be clear , due to till now i'm confusing cuz the tom said if your in archive mod and your table in nologging and use append in hint
there is no redo will generated ??? but i tested it gerenrated redo ,
so there is no way to avoid generated redo but if you use nologging the redo that generated will be decreased ???
Note that there was no undo, and the redo has dropped accordingly
Baseline insert:
redo size 1,459,804
undo change vector size 111,704
insert /*+ append */
redo size 1,326,620
We still get logged - until we use the append hint, which makes the insert a direct path load above the highwater mark - so we get (virtually) no redo or undo.
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OLD BETHPAGE, NEW YORK -- Sometime in the year of 2001, I received a Newport News (FCNB) charge card. FCNB was the bank that provided the charge card, in which was also affiliated with Speigel & Eddie Bauer.
Newport News was a catalog company.
I had made misc. purchases on my charge card over the course of 3 years and had NEVER been late on a payment, might I add.
Sometime in June/July of 2003, I filled out the change of address form on the back of my statement, along with payment. It was extremely important that my address be changed, due to a sudden move and was no longer able to receive mail at my prior address.
I did not receive another bill until October of 2003 (3-4 months later). The bill stated that my account was past due with added late fees and was currently with the collections department. I immediately called Newport News to get the situation resolved, only to find out that Newport News had filed for bankruptcy and the accounts were then being handled through a company by the name of Card Processing Center.
I explained the situation, in that I sent in a change of address, but was never done. I asked that all late fees be removed due to the clerical error on the part of Newport News and my account be brought current with the major credit bureo's. The company refused to make the changes, even after several phone calls to various associates and was told that my only option would be to send a letter to the complaints department.
Then on October 15, 2003, I sent a certified letter to the complaints department, explaining the situation, with NO RESPONSE!! I then sent ANOTHER certified letter to the complaints department on February 29, 2004 with NO RESPONSE! Then in March of 2004, I received a letter from a 3rd party collection agency demanding payment!! Unbelievable that they sent my account information to a 3rd party collection agency while it was still in a dispute status AND was not even given the proper handling, seeing that nobody responded to 2 certified letters!
Once again, in trying to get the situation resolved, I called the 3rd party collection agency on October 3, 2004 and spoke with a manager by the name of Karen Grittings. I explained the situation to her and she helped me get the problem resolved, so I thought. She had asked that I fax her a copy of the certified letter I had sent to the Card Processing Center, along with a letter to her explaining the situation. At this time, I also made a payment over the phone in the amount of $162.00 to cover the full principle balance (balance before fees were added). Ms. Grittings also assured me that she would dispute this balance herself with Card Services and get this unfortunate situation resoloved (she was in agreance with me).
Nothing more was heard from any of these companies until October of 2004. In the beginning of October, I received yet another letter from a completely different 3rd party collection agency (Penncro Associates, Inc.) demanding a payment in the amount of $301.47!!!!
Not to mention that during one of my previous phone conversations to Card Services (the company that took over Newport News accounts), I was informed by one of the employees that there have been several consumer complaints since the bankruptcy filing. He appologized for the unnecessary runaround that I was being put through and stated that he shouldn't be telling me this, but many customers complained of improper account handling and that there are more complaints piled on desks, than they know what to do with.
I have tried on numerous occasions to get this situation resolved and because of Newport News' negligence my good name is being negatively affected on my credit reports. It is discusting that I had an account with this company for 3 years without any late payments and they still insist on trying to make my life miserable by hurting my good name, because of a mistake that THEY made! A mistake that they won't admit to and are now trying to make me pay over $300.00 in late fees because of it! Well, they will NEVER see that payment, as I did nothing wrong!
These companies shouldn't be allowed to punish the the obvious good and paying customers, because they are too "good" to admit their mistakes. To me, it seems to just be another money making scam to make up for all of their bankruptcy losses and non-paying customers.
If you have had trouble with this company, I would love to hear from you.
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Posted by spiderman on 2005-06-15:
Don't you think that since you KNEW you had a balance and you KNEW your mail wasn't going to be forwarded that it was YOUR responsibility to make sure you got your bills. A simply phone call on your part could have avoided this whole situation
Posted by Anonymous on 2005-06-15:
You go spiderman
Posted by rhondam718732 on 2005-06-16:
Spider said exactly what I wanted to. It's YOUR responsibility to pay your bills whether you get a bill or not. That's finance 101.
Posted by titus on 2005-09-13:
Clearly, the know-it-all's with the comments did not read the story in detail. I did in fact send in a change of address and funny how Newport News was the only company that didn't get my address changed, as it is pretty obvious they were in turmoil due to the bankruptcy. There are thousands of other victims with similar complaints.
I am fully aware that it is my responsibility to make sure my accounts get updated, however, why is there a change of address form with statements, if they are not payed attention to??
I have over $5,000.- worth of bills per month and expect a statement each month, otherwise the bill will not get paid!
Plus the fact that all of the company's phone #'s were no longer working #s!
Oh and let's not forget the fact that when a customer sends in a written complaint, it is the law that the company respond and investigate within 30 days. I got NO response.
I, as a paying customer, is what keeps these companies running. Let's not forget that. You too, may fall victim to crappy treatment. Maybe then you will feel differently about the situation!
Posted by tgude452 on 2005-11-29:
I have also had an account with Newport News for quite sometime. I have never had a problem with them. Actually I had no idea they filed for bankruptcy. I have always paid online without a problem. Also I have changed my address online and received my next bill at my new address. While I am sorry this happened to you, I know I and others I know have not had a problem with them.
Posted by cattpurson on 2008-04-26:
Wow, I feel your pain - I used to work for Newport News (got laid off when the bankruptcy happened) A LOT of people got screwed just because they had the FCNB card which went under too. Customer service was moved to Canada and after a few months of "training" the Canada people they were supposed to know what to do. Oops, I guess that didn't work out but of course Newport News and Spiegel got their tax breaks for moving. The consumer and employees get screwed again.
Posted by old fart on 2008-04-26:
Wow... this thread is 3 years old....
Posted by KatzMoe on 2008-06-07:
May be three years old but I am still fighting with these people. I sent in change of address and that never took place. Stopped recieving bills Nov 05. Now these people are trying to take me to court for $ I owe, and years of interest (due to their negligence) that I don't own. I agree with titus, Phone numbers were no longer valid nor was the payment address. Things kept coming back to me. I have a lawyer and we will sort it all out in the end.
Posted by Ponie on 2008-06-07:
Hm-m-m. $5,000 a month in bills? Maybe that's why address was changed '...due to a sudden move...' I've never heard of the post office not forwarding mail. Maybe some of the bulk mail might get lost, but statements?
Posted by sped on 2010-07-05:
Titus your troubles are just the beginning. Check out all the new complaints. This company is extremely unscrupulous and corrupt. I am in negotiations with them now (see my post). I am determined to take them down. I am looking into the attorney general and various other resources. They cannot be allowed to continue their fraudulent practices and get away with it.
Posted by frustratedshopper on 2010-07-10:
dear titus, i believe u and (although maybe u could try using newport news' website to pay them so u can satisfy them) u are one of now many, many people who have been scammed by newport news and u have my sympathy :(
dear sped, i really identify with your experience with newport news and i hope u can get some recourse against them ...if i can be of any help, u have my cooperation, please message me...
Posted by tommygirl on 2010-09-05:
The last time I moved, even though I had gone online and changed my billing address with my cell phone provider, when I didn't receive a statement the following month, I called and paid my cell phone bill over the phone. For some reason, my address change hadn't gone through, but I still knew I had a phone bill to pay, just like every other month. And sometimes I receive my neighbor's mail and vice versa. Things like that happen, but the absence of a billing statement doesn't mean that you don't still owe the money. The company may be corrupt, I don't know, but all of this could have been avoided with a phone call. Or an online or phone payment. I actually have an employee who for some reason did not receive her Express statement for a couple of months and concluded that Express had made an error and she was the benificiary of this error, and somehow her bill was lost in the system and she wouldn't have to pay it. Until she did get a statement and she had a balance plus late payments, and her card had been cancelled.
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Newport News' Unscrupulous Practices
Posted by Sped on 07/04/2010
HAMPTON, VIRGINIA -- I ordered clothing from them twice within a week. The orders did not come in right away but in dribs and drabs. I didn't care for any of them so sent them back immediately as indicated in order to get credit for them. They tell you that you just put the label included on the bag and bring to UPS and you weil be billed $6.95 each label. As I had to send them back right away in order not to be penalized, I had to use 3 labels (21.00) for ordering nothing. Then their site says give them 30 days to credit the account. Every time I called or looked at the bill, there would be just some of the items but never all. My last order was sent back to them on March 21 but not processed or credited until May 20. Meanwhile the bills kept coming for the whole order minus 1 or 2 items, with interest of near 25% (I had opened a Newport News credit card as I expected to pay it off immediately), finance charges and a $1 process fee on one bill whatever that meant. I paid the minimum payment for the first 2 bills, a total of $21. Then I told them I refused to pay more until everything was credited. As I paid $21 for the return shipping (a charge many companies waive) and the $21 for the minimum payment, I felt that they were more than compensated. I had paid at that point $42 for absolutely nothing as I had returned all items. I said I expected to see a zero balance. These negotiations ocurred with different emails and 2 phone contacts with customer service. Then I received my next bill of $34. I talked to someone again by phone who I thought waived all return fees which would have been $21 and I would have to stil pay $12 which at that point I was resigned to doing although it meant now paying $56 and buying nothing. However, on June 9 I received my bill and they had waived one return fee of $6.95 and left a balance of $29.48. Of course this includes a finance charge and interest. Supposedly these fees all come from the shipping it originally cost them to send the items to me. If we go by their shipping chart which I now see clearly how ridiculously high it is (I'm a small person and these were mainly little bathing suits) perhaps they're in the ball park. However, is there no compensation for these charges caused by them (in my opinion, deliberately) prolonging the crediting of my items and the fact they did not keep within the 30 day crediting of items policy? If I pay this bill I will have paid them $71.48 and have bought absolutely nothing. Every phone call and contact gets me another person who knows nothing about the previous communication and constantly tries to redirect me to another department. I have a busy life and this is just an unbelievable nightmare.
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No Refund after three months from Newport News Clothing
Posted by Gosabgo on 03/05/2010
HAMPTON, VIRGINIA -- I feel what the other consumers "Kela Kelly" and "Sleight" are going through because I am having the same problem with Newport News Clothing, going through the same thing with them. My problem started with a Christmas present order for family members last year and the entire order was all wrong, wrong colors, item, sizes and everything. I send the return back the same day before the UPS driver left my residence. Have not hear anything back after a month so I called them, nothing, called again, and nothing. After two months, I called back again they finally see my return after two months.
So I explain to them that they were Christmas presents and I had to go out shopping all over again and buy family members gifts. I ask for a refund and they refuse. So I asked again for my money back or refund and the refuse again. So I report them to the BBB and all of a sudden, I received a email stating that they can give me a up front credit but I have to give them my credit card number to put another credit my account just in case I might get credit double. Now does that make any sense to you - I will be still out the amount they owe me because they will have charged me twice for the order that I do not have. Anyway, I was told that legal actions can be taken out against them and reporting this to the Consumer affairs as well. Now if you have not notified the BBB in Norfolk, VA - you should because they have my complaint regarding this mess. You see, I'm getting my money back.
Truly, I thought that I was alone on this but I see that they are making others mad at them. Thanks for sharing.
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The news about Newport News is bad, very bad indeed!!
Posted by Sleigh2882 on 02/13/2010
HAMPTON, VIRGINIA -- I placed several orders with Newport News in November of 2009. Never did I imagine the unbelievable hassle I was about to get myself into. I'm not even sure how this company can get away with doing business this way or how their employees can live with themselves for treating people in such a horrid manner.
After the items I ordered arrived nearly 4 weeks later, I found that most of them were of terrible quality (snags in the material, uneven, unfinished seams, sizing is way off, etc.). I kept only 2 of the items and returned them immediately via their UPS sticker (which incidentally costs you an extra $6.95 PER ITEM and they will deduct this from your return amount...if you ever see any of that money back). I kept copies of the UPS stickers and confirmed the day, time, and signature of when it arrived back on their dock on December 16th. Two weeks later I called Newport News and they confirmed that the items did arrive and that the processing of the return would take about 5-7 additional business days.
Two weeks later, I called back and they said it would be another 10 days to process the returns. In other words, the company gets to sit on your money for as long as they want...hoping that you will forget about it or get tired of the hassle and move on. Six weeks later, I filed a dispute with my credit card company, providing them with the documentation from the UPS tracking system where Newport News had received the returned items. My credit card company could not get any response from Newport News regarding the returns.
Two days ago I received a "past due"?? invoice from Newport News for $233.00. This is about double the amount for all my orders and makes no sense whatsoever. So I called Newport News again (this makes 7th call so far throughout this whole ordeal) and they said that I owe THEM now for items that I returned 2 months ago and that they show in their records as having been received. Huh?
They told me someone would have to call me back (I said, yeah, I've heard that before). Today, lo and behold, someone from Nova Scotia called today trying to collect $233 from me for items returned 2 months ago. I couldn't believe it. I asked the extremely rude woman, "So, let me get this straight. You want me to pay you $233.00 for items I've returned 2 months ago because your company doesn't want to process the return in a timely manner? In other words, you want me to pay double for items that YOU show in YOUR computer as having been returned?" She just said, ma'am, you owe us $233. So I said, so after I give you another $233.00, how long before you credit back my account for the items that were returned 2 months ago"? No joke, she said 5-7 business days. Uh, huh. I started to tell her that's what the first person told me when I called to inquire the first time about my return and she literally SCREAMED through the phone, "I don't know how to explain it to you any better than that!" and slammed the phone down in my ear. Very mature and professional.
I wish I would have done my homework three months ago and researched this "company" before placing any orders with them. If you decide to place an order with Newport News and it isn't what you expected, you will be better off keeping the merchandise, giving it away, or selling it. Otherwise, get ready to be hassled for a long, long time.
Horrible, horrible company. Newport News...SHAME ON YOU!!
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Posted by DeeArt on 01/31/2012
I made an online purchase from Newport News on Dec 6th, 2011. When I did not get any kind of shipping notice after a week I checked my order status on the website. It said the order was still "processing" so I contacted them via the customer service link on their site. I never got a response, so I called. I was told that they had moved their warehouse and all orders were delayed. No one could tell me when my order would ship, but I was told that they would send it expedited shipping when it did ship.
I waited a couple of weeks more, checked the order status via the site (still "processing") and wrote customer service again. Never got a response. Called, and was told the same thing about the warehouse moving, etc etc.
Here it is mid Jan, and I go and check the website and it actually says my order shipped! Hurray! So I wait a 2 more weeks, and nothing. I go to the site, and there is a link in my order status to "Track Shipping"- but there is no tracking number...nor is there even a shipping date! I write customer service again (at this point just for ----- and grins, knowing I won't get a response, which I didn't) and then call.
The person I got on the phone this time stumbles through a bunch of questions then informs me I am being issued a refund. When I ask why- he can't tell me. When I ask to talk to his supervisor, he told me to call back. Which I did, hoping to get someone who wouldn't OBVIOUSLY be making things up as he goes along. This time I was told that I was being issued a refund because my "shipment was lost". I was told I will receive my refund in 7-10 working days. Riiiight. I'm not holding my breath.
I will NEVER order from this company again. Never received ANY responses to my inquiries to customer service, was given the run around whenever I spoke with someone on the phone, and after 2 months of waiting and being told numerous stories, I am not even receiving what I purchased. How this company is still in business is beyond my comprehension.
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Posted by clutzycook on 2012-01-31:
Yeah, if you don't get the refund, file a dispute with your CC.
Posted by Venice09 on 2012-02-01:
I think the company is in bankruptcy proceedings. That might explain the problem and confusion. As clutzy said, dispute the charge with your credit card before it's too late.
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Credit for returned merchandise
Posted by Dbadger566 on 10/26/2011
HAMPTON, VIRGINIA -- On 9/27/2011 I ordered 2 swimsuits from Newport-News, size 12. I received 2 swimsuits, size 6. Imagine my surprise! I immediately got on the phone to request a return authorization number. I have ordered merchandise from Newport News over a period of probably 20 years. Never had any problems. When I was on hold for 30 mins, I decided to try the order line. I was on hold again so I got on the computer to see if something was going on with the company. That's when I read about the complaints and the bankruptcy. I called the credit card company and explained my issue and what they thought I should do. They advised me to return the merchandise and then immediately submit a dispute. I am not willing to cause any damage to my credit by not paying the bill so I have submitted the dispute and will wait to see what happens. At the very worst, I will be out $38.00. I would suggest the same for anyone else in this situation. I am very disappointed that Newport News is continuing to sell merchandise but not standing up to the customer service side of the business. I will never order anything else from them unless they redeem themselves totally and completely. Further, I have read that Lynn Tilton Companies has acquired Newport News and this could possibly be the shot in the arm that Newport News needs. Lynn Tilton has been reputed to have turned around many bankrupt companies.
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Posted by momsey on 2011-10-26:
Did you return the bathing suits? Maybe I'm missing something here, but you've been a happy customer for over 20 years with no problems, but the first time you run into a slight inconvenience, you go on the internet to complain about them and declare a boycott? I don't get it. And people wonder why companies don't show loyalty to customers.
Posted by Venice09 on 2011-10-26:
Momsey, you took the words right out of my mouth. Newport News is obviously in a transition period, and a little customer support would go a long way right now.
Here is the company's return policy. It seem easy enough. I'm not sure why the OP needs a return authorization number.
OP, if you need to speak to someone, try contacting the company via email. It might be faster than waiting on the phone.
Posted by Churro on 2011-10-26:
It's usually not a good idea to do mail order business with a company going through bankruptcy. You can easily be left holding the bag.
Thanks for the warning.
Posted by trmn8r on 2011-10-26:
Companies that are in bankruptcy are often not operating normally. It is predictable that obtaining refunds will be problematic, because cash flow is obviously an issue and there is the issue of bankruptcy protection. There simply is no way to pay everyone who is owed money.
I think you did the exactly the right thing to return the merchandise and file a dispute with your credit card company.
All you can do now is sit back, wait, and hope Newport News emerges from bankruptcy and/or the CC company gives you your $ back.
Posted by Venice09 on 2011-10-27:
Isn't that jumping the gun a bit? We don't even know if the OP returned the merchandise. I would at least give the company a chance to make it right with a refund or exchange. If a larger amount of money was at stake, maybe I'd think differently, but at this point I would first try to get an exchange.
If the OP did not return the bathing suits, why should she be reimbursed by the credit card company?
Posted by trmn8r on 2011-10-27:
Venice, I don't KNOW what the OP did. Here is what she says she was advised to do:
"They advised me to return the merchandise and then immediately submit a dispute"
My comment was based on this. It makes sense to return the merchandise if you are filing a dispute.
Posted by Darlene on 2011-11-07:
I am the originator of that complaint. At the time that I called, I wasn't aware of a bankruptcy. I wanted a return authorization so that I could return the swimsuits without paying the shipping. It was their fault, not mine. Based on the complaints of no refunds from others I was on high alert. I did get a little antsy. I don't have money to give to companies in bankruptcy or not. By the way!!! I am happy to report that yes, the swimsuits were returned and I have a credit on my account for the merchandise as of this past Saturday. Thanks for the responses.
Posted by Darlene on 2011-11-08:
Adding to yesterday's response regarding my request to the credit union to reverse the charge on my credit card. The credit union issued the initial but then today I see that Newport News has also issued a credit. I called the credit union so that they could reverse their credit. Thanks Newport News, maybe all is well again with you. I hope so.
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Thank God I'm Not Alone In This
Posted by Cherlynne on 07/26/2011
I swear this whole ordeal has taken months off my life. I too have returned items back in Feb. (2011) and have gotten such a run around I thought I was in a bad movie. Two different times after being told my refund was absolutely in the works I let the invoice sit and then was forced into making last minute phone payments to save my credit at the tune of 10.00 each. Last month I didn't make the payment after learning
they declared bankruptcy and have now been charged a 25.00 late fee. So now I have the original 90.00 return plus 5 months of finance charges, 20.00 in phone pymt. fees & a 25.00 late charge. I will never forgive myself if I pay them so let them turn me over to collections or whatever they do because this is highway robbery!
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Posted by Alain on 2011-07-26:
Try going to http://www.nationalbankruptcyforum.com/chapter-11-bankruptcy/signature-styles-spiegel-newport-news-shape-fx-brands-files-for-chapter-11-with-deal-to-sell-all-assets/ and/or http://blog.ch11cases.com/2011/06/signature-styles-spiegel-newport-news.html to see who is handling their bankruptcy. You need to contact them to clear your account.
Posted by trmn8r on 2011-07-26:
There MUST be better options than to hurt your credit, unless it is already boffo. The first reply is great advice.
If you used a credit card, you might try contacting your CC company and explaining why you aren't paying that part of your bill. Good luck.
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Posted by Santyparr2 on 06/18/2011
Newport News, I'm never shopping there again, they advertise and take your money, but if you have to return, they now claim that signature style is in bankruptcy and can not tell you when to be refunded, I purchase a swim suit and return it back in may, to this date, I was on the phone today with customer service and they won't be able to say what kind of refund if any it and it will not be until July, they should just stop selling, if they are going to off this kind of service.
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Posted by trmn8r on 2011-06-19:
Here is a link to a June 16 2011 story that confirms the bankrupcty was declared within the past week:
Therefore, what you were told is the truth, it is not a "claim". They can't give you a refund right now, and there is no way of knowing how the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case will proceed.
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Newport News not refunding money
Posted by Kleejames3 on 06/14/2011
I have been going back and forth for two months with Newport News trying to get a refund on items I returned. They just informed me, after several attempts to make contact, that they are filing for bankruptcy and are refusing to process credits for items returned. My advice, do not place an order with them at this time and cancel any pending orders you that you may have with them. The also informed me that I was expected to continue making payments for the amount due although I am no longer in possession of th0se items.
They are a sinking ship, approach with caution. In the meantime, I will wait for the letter they claimed has been sent out to their clients regarding this matter.
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Posted by Mrs. V on 2011-06-14:
If you paid by Credit Card, call them now and place a dispute.
Posted by azspots on 2011-06-14:
They want you to keep paying on returned items?? Yeah, right :(
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Posted by Barbara on 2011-06-28:
I am also trying to get my Mastercard refeunded after sending back the merchandise on May 17 2011. They apparently do no have to pay since they filed for bankruptcy. So they have my returned merchandise plus my money AND they are still allowed to sell online to unsuspecting customers. How is this right? How do we get our money?
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Posted by Stormydaze1953 on 05/04/2011
VIRGINIA -- I have NEVER kept anything that I have ordered from Newport News so I don't know why I tried one more time. I placed an order for 2 shirts on March 1, 2011 which was immediately debited from my checking account. Received the item and prompted returned it. According to my UPS tracking info, they received it on March 11, 2011. I have emailed several times and get the same old story (if they even reply)..it can take up to 2 billing cycles for your refund to appear. Billing cycles for WHAT??? I used my debit card not a credit card! It is now May 4, 2011 and still no refund. Beware of this company....will NEVER order from them again and will caution everyone I know to do the same. If they can take my money immediately why can't they refund it immediately??
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Posted by trmn8r on 2011-05-04:
They told you to expect up to two billing cycles, and it hasn't been that long yet.
Have you asked for an explanation of the policy? What were you told?
Posted by kate on 2011-06-28:
They have filed Ch 11 bankruptcy - so apparently they do not have to credit your account for your return merchandise. I returned something on May 17 2011 and I have been trying to get the credit on my Mastercard. They filed on June 6 - isn't that ample time to credit someone's account? They now have my returned merchandise plus my money! And they are still allowed to be selling their merchandise to others while keeping money from others! How can we get our money back?
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Could my dish be bad?
Posted 18 July 2007 - 08:43 AM
Anyway, about a month ago, my HR10 started locking up. No remote control button press or receiver button press could cause the receiver to do anything. I could only see a clear, frozen picture (from whatever show was one when it froze), or a gray screen. The only thing I could do is unplug the receiver and plug it back in. So I started reading about the new HR20, and thought I'd give DTV a call to see what could be done. Turns out my HR10 was still under waranty, so they shipped me a new HR20 for free (I paid for the shipping). I hooked it up on Monday, and on Tuesday my wife calls me at work and says the new receiver is locked up. The EXACT same symptoms. How strange is that? I have the three-LNB dish. I have another basic receiver (I don't know the model number, but it's a non-dvr, non-HD, "press-the-guide-button-twice-to-get-the-guide" receiver. It has never locked up. So, was this a fluke? These things do happen sometimes, right? Or could I have received a bad HR20 (700, btw)? Or could my dish be causing the problem? I figure if this receiver locks up again in the next (insert some long period of time here), I'll call them again and see what can be done. I called yesterday to tell them this story, and the tech support had me press the reset button by the card slot, which brought it back up. Of course, whe had no idea what could be the cause, but she really didn't think it could be the dish. What do you think?
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:welcome_sto the forum.
By the way, I have had this dish and installation for over a year. The problems just started occurring about a month or two ago with the HR10. My signal strengths are all in the high 90's.
Now you wouldn't think two units that were different models would do the same thing. Possible but not the first thought.
Are the boxes getting too hot?
I can't think of much outside of the box that causes a lock-up. Bad anything else shouldn't do it.
Posted 18 July 2007 - 09:27 AM
Posted 18 July 2007 - 09:34 AM
You should be able to go into the setup menu info screen and get the internal temp reading.
I don't think they are getting too hot, but who knows? They are on top of a wide screen tv (really not hot at all up there) and there's nothing on top of the box. Should be fine. The HR10 did get rather warm, but I've seen other DTV boxes get even warmer.
It may not be it, but when they get too warm, they do/can act this way.
How is it connected to the TV?
When it locks up and you try the remote, any light blink on the box?
Just fishing....????
Posted 18 July 2007 - 09:37 AM
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Well it might be good to check the temp [before it locks up], but can't think of anything else to look at.
Both were connected via component cables, and no, no lights would blink on the box when pressing keys from the remote. At least with the HR20 I didn't have to unplug the box because the reset button worked. What an improvement. Let's just hope it doesn't happen again.
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Obverse: The current design on the obverse of the dime first appeared in 1946, soon after the death of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The Roosevelt dime was released on the late President's birthday which was January 30th of that year. FDR's left-facing bust was created by the Mint's Chief Engraver John R. Sinnock.
Shortly after his death in 1945, citizens began writing to the Treasury Department requesting his likeness be depicted on a coin. The dime was a good choice because Roosevelt supported the March of Dimes, a program that raised funds for research to find a cure for polio. Roosevelt contracted the polio virus when he was 39 years old.
Reverse: Mr. Sinnock also designed the reverse of this coin: a torch signifying Liberty, with an olive branch on the left signifying Peace, and an oak branch on the right, signifying Strength and Independence.
The dime is the smallest, thinnest coin we use today. The name of the coin sounded the same as it does today, but the spelling was "disme" because the word is based on the Latin word "decimus," meaning "one tenth." The French used the word "disme" when they came up with the idea of money divided into ten parts in the 1500s, although they hadn't implemented the idea.
Lady Liberty reigned on the dime in different forms for many years. Usually just her head was shown, but her full body, seated on a rock, was used during the 1800s. She was shown with wings on her head from 1916 to 1945, often called the Mercury dime, to symbolize freedom of thought.


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It was quite clear to us that there was a sell-off in many dividend paying stocks on Friday, with a new focus on growth stocks. The growth areas were led by financials, like Bank of America (BAC) and other large banks, since the Fed has basically given them an unlimited check book to use funds at ridiculously low interest rates, and have a wide enough spread to make money on virtually anything they desire.
The flip side of the Fed actions is that there is now a sense that investing in undervalued growth stocks is more desirable than sitting with dividend paying blue chip "snoozers" as we hold in our "Team Alpha" portfolio. (Review the latest "Team Alpha" article here)
Our portfolio now consists of Exxon Mobil (XOM), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), AT&T (T), General Electric (GE), Annaly Capital (NLY), Southern Company (SO), Procter & Gamble (PG), Intel (INTC), Realty Income (O), Coca-Cola (KO), Bank of America, American Capital Agency (AGNC), Wal-Mart (WMT), Cisco (CSCO), 3M Company (MMM) and Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY).
For the time being, we could see some further rotation out of these stocks and into some of the growth stocks that have been either shunned, or have been soaring. I personally believe that this will be an opportunity for dividend growth investors to further bolster an already-solid portfolio.
Let's Look At What Happened First
Just on Friday some of our bluest of blue chip dividend winners took it on the chin:
1) JNJ: -$.52/share or .75%
2) T: -$.89/share or 2.33%
3) SO: -$.87/share or 1.89%
4) KO: -$.23/share or .60%
5) WMT: -$.64/share or .85%
6) BMY: -$.47/share or 1.39%
These dips occurred on the heels of yet another solid day in all of the market indices. Does this mean that the stocks are now miserable, rotten, underperformers?
If we clear our minds for a moment, and see what is going on, we can embrace this rotation as an opportunity to add more shares in these stocks. Lower prices, higher yields, and for the long term, more of an income stream for us old folks!
What Could Happen Soon
I believe that the sell-off might continue for a few more weeks. Maybe not even that long. After all, we also face that evil fiscal cliff lurking in the background that plenty of folks think will mean the end of dividend growth investing as we know it.
Here is my scenario; once those growth stocks are bid up to higher valuations, they will become overbought. At the same time, the boring blue chip, mega cap, dividend winners, will become oversold. At that point, there will be another rotation out of those growth stocks right back into the dividend winners. Why? Where else will investors put money to work?
The Fed has said to fixed income investors and savers that they need to be invested. Well the risk profile of most fixed income investors and savers has notoriously been quite low. Dividend investing in the stocks that continue to pay us income is less risky than growth stocks that rely on capital appreciation alone.
As noted in this article, the Fed has "abandoned" savers and retiree's. I do not believe that to be true. I think the Fed is saying; "hey, put that mattress money to work because it will help the economy," or words to that effect anyway.
In the article's very first paragraph, it tells the whole story:
"Stock market investors, bankers and "gold bugs" may well be popping the bubbly after news the Federal Reserve will inject $40 billion a month into the mortgage market for the foreseeable future."
I am not a gold bug, but I am an investor. I think we are in for some really positive gains in the market, including our standard bearers; dividend winning, blue chip stocks.
Actions To Take
As we do already, monitoring our core portfolio is a must and I would take as many opportunities to add to our core during this rotation phase as possible.
I would look at increasing holdings of JNJ, T, KO, and WMT almost immediately (it is okay to wait a few more days I think), and I would consider expanding the core portfolios with some judiciously chosen growth stocks. Perhaps another bank stock like Citigroup (C) with a position of no more than 5%.
By having Bank of America and Citi as our two big bank financial stocks, we can cover plenty of other sectors (like housing for example) with our positions in both.
As noted in this article:
"While none of the 10 industry groups in the S&P closed in the red, the financial sector was one of the biggest gainers. The Financial Select Sector SPDR (ETF) jumped 2.7% and stocks including American Express Company (NYSE: AXP), Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) surged 3.1%, 4.8%, 3.7%, 4.2% and 2.8%, respectively."
My Opinion
Opportunities are within reach. I believe we can strengthen our "Team Alpha" portfolio by taking advantage of the dips in our stocks.
After all, isn't that how we began this journey in the first place? (Check this out)


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I have just decided to jailbreak my iphone 3GS 3.1.2, that is currently on its last month of its contract. I used the PwnageTool and proceeded with all the steps. When the phone went into the recovery mode, i was unable to ever get it out of recovery mode. iTunes came up with error messages (1604). My phone is still in recovery mode.
Is there anyway of getting my iphone out of recovery mode on a MAC without updating the iphone software to 3.1.3?
And is it still possible to jailbreak the phone?