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A/N: Sorry about the late update but this chapter had me completely baffled. I wrote numerous different scenarios and could not find one that fit. Thank you for all of your suggestions, they helped a lot. All of them were really good so I decided that I would definitely incorporate them at some point in this story... the next chapter will have a few.
Now I was going to have the entire chapter set a few days later but... because you were all so nice about the fact I made Haley hit Lucas I decided the apology should be in here. Therefore the entire thing is set the following day.
You close your eyes and kiss your hand, then you blow it
But it isn't meant for me… and I notice
If the choice was ours alone
Then why'd we both choose letting go?
Does it end like this?
Time never had a chance to heal your heart
Just a number always counting down to a new start
If you always knew the truth
Then the world would spin around you
Are you dizzy yet?
Respectfully, some honesty I'm calling out
Do you hear the conversation we talk about?
Back away to the safety of a quiet house
If there's half a chance in this moment, when your eyes meet mine, we show it off
(Jimmy eat World - Dizzy)
The ball bounced methodically on the tarmac and Lucas felt himself become lost in the repetition. The simple action seemed to be hypnotizing. For a few minutes now, he had been standing there and did not seem inclined to move anytime soon.
"Are you going to make a shot... or are you just trying to make a hole in the ground", said a voice off to his side.
Broken from his thoughts he glanced up at the basket, jumped off the ground and threw the ball. Not bothering to see whether it had been successful, he turned to the newcomer as the sound of the chains rattled signalling his hollow triumph.
"Have you come to inflict bodily harm?" Lucas said tilting his head questioningly.
As the ball rolled over to him, Nathan lifted it from the ground and squeezed it gently between his hands. Considering the question he sighed and then answered.
"You upset your best friend... who also happens to be my wife. So yeah, I was going to kick your squinty arse."
"Well why aren't you?" Lucas asked confused by his brother's lack of interest.
"You sound like you want me too". Nathan said smirking lightly, bouncing the ball back to Lucas.
"No... I'm just curious to know what's stopping you".
"Peyton was round this morning. I heard about what you said yesterday... to be truthful, she and Haley had to stop me from leaving there and then... but do you really want to know why I changed my mind about hurting you".
Seeing the shake of Lucas's head Nathan continued, "Peyton said you weren't worth it".
Looking down Lucas frowned. That statement hurt worse then any punch his brother could have thrown.
At the lack of response Nathan sighed again, "Look Luke...I've had your back for years... but lately I can't help but think that's she's right... and I'm not the only one."
"What do I do?" Lucas asked sadly.
"She loves you and you hurt her... apologize and pray she forgives you".
"Peyton hates me".
Laughing at his ridiculous brother Nathan shook his head, "I was talking about Haley. You know Luke sometimes you're so blind to your own feelings you amaze me".
"What do you mean?"
"You'll figure it out big brother... hopefully sooner than later." Nathan replied cryptically.
With that, he turned around and walked back to his car. Lucas was turning into the one person Nathan hated with a vengeance... their father. He just hoped his brother could redeem himself before he lost everyone who mattered.
Leaning back in the chair Peyton lifted her hands and massaged her temple. She loved Brooke..., she loved her birthday present... but the persistent hammering, and drilling was beginning to grate on her. Sighing she closed her eyes and let her arms drop taking a minute to listen to the quite. Thankfully, the builders had left for lunch which mean she had - lifting an arm she cracked her eyes open and glanced at her watch - exactly thirty-one minutes before the noise started again.
Shifting her body, she tried to get comfortable in the chair. However there was something digging in her back and she gave up the fight. Sighing she got up from the table and walked to the door. As she pulled it open, she was met with two of the men in her life.
"Well well well... to what do I owe this pleasure", she asked crouching down.
"Aunt P..." Jamie said excitedly as he jumped into her arms.
Laughing Nathan shook his head at his son's actions. Sometimes he swore that boy loved Peyton and Brooke more than him. He was definitely going to be a heartbreaker when he was older.
Letting go of her nephew Peyton stood and hugged Nathan.
"My son here decided that he wanted to see you as he missed you this morning".
Laughing Peyton looked down and raised an eyebrow questioningly.
"... Aw sorry about that but you were sleeping."
"I know... that's why I'm here now", Jamie said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Stepping back Peyton turned and walked to the small couch she received yesterday. After having Brooke continuously moan about the uncomfortable desk chairs she had caved to her friends wishes of a soft place to sit. Taking a seat she smiled as Jamie took his place on her lap. Signalling Nathan to sit beside them she nodded to the bag in his hand.
"What's in there"?
Realising he was still holding his package Nathan smiled,
"Jamie thought we could all do lunch... so..."
With that, he pulled out an assortment of sandwiches and drinks and arranged them on the small table in front of the couch.
"Wow Nate, how many people are joining us exactly?"
Shrugging he looked at his friend as a knock sounded out on the door. Getting up he walked over and pulled the door open before moving back to the couch. Peyton smiled as she watched Skills and Mouth come through the open space.
"Hey Guys what brings you here".
"Girl you know we can't stay away from you". Skills said wheeling a chair away from the desk.
"You're here for the food aren't you," Peyton said laughing.
"Damn she really knows me", he answered reaching forward to swipe a sandwich.
"You're not exactly a closed book", Mouth added grabbing a drink from the table.
Taking the sandwich that Jamie offered her Peyton laughed. The arrival of her friends had managed to cure her. Noise may have been the cause for her headache but it also seemed to be the cure.
He had been standing on the doorstep for a total of ten minutes. Looking at his watch Lucas rolled his eyes... make that twelve minutes. Sighing loudly, he berated himself for his cowardice. This had to be done... she was his best friend. Gently, he lifted his hand and pressed a finger to the doorbell.
The Scott residence was quieter then normal... mainly because Nathan and Jamie had gone to see Peyton. Sprawled out on the couch, Haley was catching up on paperwork. Stifling yet another yawn, she straightened up trying to concentrate on the essays in front of her. Unfortunately, she was convinced the pile was growing by the minute.
She was incredibly tired and for that, she blamed Lucas. Yesterday had without doubt been one of the worst days she had experienced for a while. Sure, the two friends had, had arguments before but never to this proportion.
After dinner she had told Nathan in detail what had happened. Then she had, had to hold his arm in a vice like grip to stop him from marching to Lucas's house. Her husband had without doubt been furious. Her tears and pleading had worked and eventually Nathan was calm enough to leave the matter alone.
Sometimes her husband really did live up to his protector status. Sobering slightly she amended her statement. She should not need protecting from Lucas. She was still angry with him. Never before had she ended an argument with physical violence. That was normally Peyton and Brooke's thing... she was Haley... the calm one.
Peyton had been round that morning to talk. Apparently, she had hated the thought that Haley had fought with Lucas about her. It amazed Haley how selfless the other woman could be. Of course, once Nathan had heard the rest of the story he had gone to storm off again. Unable to stop him she had watched as her husband had stood to leave only to be stopped by Peyton. Or more importantly Peyton's words.
By telling him that Lucas 'was not worth it', she had managed to diffuse any vengeful thoughts that had taken refuge in Nathan's head. Haley had just stood there sadly, as she realised that for once they might be right. Lucas was beginning to not be worth the effort.
Suddenly the doorbell rang and she sighed. Getting up would mean disturbing the paperwork that surrounded her. As the chiming repeated, she resigned herself to answering the door. Carefully she managed to stand without dropping any of the piles of paper on the floor.
Walking slowly to the door she did not bother to see who was the other side before she swung it open.
"Great", she muttered glancing at the person.
"That's the second time in twenty four hours I've had that greeting... I'm starting to feel un-loved", Lucas, said trying to break the ice.
"What do you want Luke?"
"Can we talk?" he sighed, rubbing the back of his neck with his left hand.
"Is there anything to say?" She answered sadly.
"Hales can I come in... I need to explain."
"I'm still angry at you Luke".
"I know, and I deserve it... but I swear just one minute".
"Fine... "
"No hitting me though", he said holding his hands up.
"I never meant to hit you and I am sorry... but you deserved it".
Stepping to the side, she allowed Lucas to pass where he stopped to wait for her to close the door. Leading the way she went through to the dining room and took a seat waiting for her friend to copy her actions.
Folding his hands on the table Lucas looked down. After he had written well into the night, he had laid in bed thinking of ways to apologise. However, his entire plan had gone out of the window as soon as Nathan had spoken to him on the Court. His brother had been right... and he hated that. All he knew was that he needed to make things right between him and Haley.
"Look Luke..."
"I'm sorry," he said interrupting her. Looking up he winced at her small glare. She was still mad which meant this was going to be harder then he thought. Breathing deeply he continued, "I am so sorry Haley. I never meant to lie to you... I just..."
"I'm not annoyed because you lied to me... I'm annoyed because you never told me the truth".
Chuckling slightly Lucas raised an eyebrow at the statement, "Isn't that the same thing".
"No... Look if you had told the truth when you had first come back from LA, I would have said what an idiot you were. You and Peyton could have been happy all these years... but you were too stupid".
Reaching across the table, he grabbed her hand and held it. He was not sure whether the action was to comfort him or her.
"You're right... I just couldn't tell you, I couldn't tell anyone. I didn't want your sympathy... and I will always regret that... but I am happy now Hales... I promise".
"Luke..." she sighed. His persistent attempt at trying to be okay when he clearly was not was starting to annoy her.
"Okay look... I do regret what happened with Peyton... and part of me will always care for her. However, I married Lindsey, I chose her. Me and Peyton..."
"Peyton and I".
Rolling his eyes at her correction he continued, "Peyton and I... just hurt each other. I cannot do it any more Hales. Now you're my best friend... you're meant to support me. You're the person I should be able to turn to when I think I made a mistake. I need you to be able to tell me that marrying Lindsey was the right thing to do".
"I want to Luke... but..."
"Anyway Peyton wants nothing to do with me." Lucas said interrupting her again.
"Has she actually said that"?
"Only numerous times", he answered sadly.
"That's your fault... you should never have kissed her. My God Luke you just don't get it do you." Haley said frustrated.
"Okay look... you say you can't do it anymore... this thing with Peyton."
"Then why did you see her last night", Haley asked accusingly.
"Peyton told you." Lucas countered angrily.
"No she didn't actually... Brooke did. She called last night because she was concerned about Peyton's sudden need to re-decorate. Apparently she's decided that the room represented her past... or something like that."
"How does that have anything to do with me"?
"Sometimes Lucas Scott, I swear you're an idiot... She wants to let you go. Now in Peyton's mind, re-decorating will do that... but that is beside the point... I asked you to do one thing and you couldn't even make one day".
"It wasn't like that... She was at the River court... I didn't even know she was there and then I accidentally told her about the argument. So I went after her when she ran off".
"You followed after her?"
"Yes I know... Lucas Scott finally decides to chase Peyton Sawyer... too little too late though".
"Aren't you always when it comes to her?"
As silence spread throughout the room at her statement, Haley looked down at her hands. To fill the void the quietness had created she changed the subject slightly.
"Nate wanted to hurt you this morning".
"I know he told me earlier".
"You saw him... where's your bruises then".
Frowning Lucas looked down at the table, "He said that Peyton's words had calmed him down... apparently I'm not worth the effort".
"I understand okay... I've hurt her and she's entitled to hate me... I just... she's never been like that with me. Sure, she sometimes ignored me but... I swear that last night she actually managed to look right through me. I don't know what to do..."
Rolling her eyes at his obvious ignorance of his own feelings, Haley answered him,
"I told you yesterday... you have to let her go. She only pretends to hate you because it's easier."
"Easier then what exactly?"
"... Loving you... all she knows how to do is love you Luke... and you have showed her constantly that you don't want her anymore. I know in your novel you claimed you would love Peyton Sawyer forever... but I think its time you try working on loving your wife forever instead... remember, the woman you said you chose."
Lowering his head Lucas closed his eyes. He had to somehow erase the words he had once immortalised in the pages of his novel. For the first time since he had been a child, Lucas Scott was going to love someone other then Peyton Sawyer.
Or he was at least going to try.
2 hours later
Lunch had been great and Peyton had really enjoyed her friend's company. After they had left she had gone back to work for an hour but then the noise became too much. Deciding that she would probably get more done at home, she had left.
The houses passed by quickly and the wind whipped through her hair as she drove through the streets. These were the moments she cherished most. Since she was able to drive her healing had always been done behind the wheel. Her beloved Comet had the top down so she could feel the air around her. It was definitely a strange reason... but to her it made sense.
Listening to the music that blasted through the speakers, she smiled at the lyrics. It was Mia on the radio and the pride she felt had etched a permanent smile onto her face. As the song finished she turned to reach for the CD she knew was on the backseat. With one hand on the wheel, she glanced quickly behind her as she located the elusive item. Snatching it up, she turned back around and let out a cry.
Using her feet to slam down the brakes as hard as possible, she cringed and closed her eyes tightly as the car stopped. Not feeling the jolt of a body hitting her bonnet she slowly opened one eye to check. She had been lucky... they were still standing. Suddenly the man turned his head, and her eyes opened fully as she was sent back in time by her memories.
Speeding around the corner, she nodded her head in time to the music. The game had finished and she had chosen to go home alone. Who knew where Nathan had gotten to. Deciding to change the song she picked up the lose CD on the dashboard. As she glanced at the name on it, she put it back down and grabbed the one off the seat. That disc was no more interesting than the other was.
Remembering the collection on the backseat, she threw down the CD in her hand and looked behind her. Leaning right back, she lifted herself off the seat keeping one hand on the wheel. With the other, she sifted through the small pile and lifted one up which caught her attention.
As she was reading it she turned her head slightly to glance quickly back at the road. Eyes widening at the sight she sat back down quickly and replaced her hand on the wheel. Cringing she hit the brakes as hard as possible and turned her head to her lap. She really did not want to see the body bounce over her car.
As the car came to an abrupt halt, she counted slowly in her head to three to check she was okay. Not feeling a bang from a possible collision, she chanced looking up. Lifting her head slowly she noticed the boy in front of her. What kind of idiot crosses the road without looking? What kind of idiot has their eyes on the back seat instead of the road?.. her mind amended
The boy turned and stepped back shocked. The basketball he had bounced landed in his hands as he glanced at her. Watching as he pulled his hood down and removed his headphone from his ear, she waited for him to react. She was thinking he would probably shout at her... or even a rude hand gesture. She was not expecting the intense stare he seemed to be giving her. The one that seemed to be looking right through her and into her soul.
Letting go of the wheel Peyton jumped out of the car and ran to the slightly shocked man. Forgetting about her new rule and... Well everything she had thought about him in the last week, she grabbed onto him. With her arms around his neck, Peyton clung onto Lucas as she began to shake.
"Oh my God Luke... I'm so sorry".
The re-creation of the scene from years ago had, had Lucas taking another trip down memory lane. At her words, he was pulled back to the present and the currently shaken woman who was holding onto him for dear life. Frowning slightly he realised his arms were also around her. Obviously, his sub-conscious reflexes were taking the opportunity to relish this moment. Closing his eyes, he held her tighter as the familiar clenching feeling in his chest began.
He knew he had promised Haley he would let Peyton go... but she had hold of him. Surely, that would pass as a mitigating circumstance. Realising he had yet to answer her he opened his eyes and nodded,
"I'm fine..."
Meanwhile a few tears had begun to course their way down her cheek as Peyton buried her head in his shoulder. Not only was the shock of the near miss in her mind but the realisation that she had missed this. The simple action of being held by Lucas seemed to fill the small empty space she had in her stomach. For a while now she had tried to fill it with various different things... but now she knew. The comfort he could bring her was the thing she missed most.
"I could have killed you". She said pulling away and taking a step back.
Shaking her head slowly she looked at him. He was doing that thing she loved. The squinting of his eyes, which he would always do when he was trying to figure her out. It was almost as if partially closing his eyes would help him see through her. That was the look he had given her all those years ago. If only she knew then how much he would change her life. For one she certainly would have done things differently.
Seeing the tear tracks on her cheeks Lucas frowned. He hated to see her cry, it was his weakness. Reaching forward he wiped a stray tear from her cheek with his hand brushing some hair from her face at the same time.
Unconsciously she leant into the touch and kept her gaze on his face. Later she would hate herself for the action... but at the moment, it was stopping her tears.
"I'm okay... besides I know you would never hurt me". He said quietly.
Nodding she smiled and lifted her hands to wipe her face as he moved his arm away. Laughing emptily she tried to lighten the mood,
"So which scene shall we re-create now"?
Smiling Lucas shoved his hands in his pockets and shrugged. Even though it seemed like a simple, light-hearted joke, the question was also loaded. Raising an eyebrow, he nodded towards the car,
"You know most sane people have their CD's in the front".
"Yeah... I like to be different".
Nodding he smiled at her answer and watched as she moved back to the car door.
"I need to go... but I really am sorry".
As she sat in her seat, his voice halted her when she went to turn the key in the ignition.
"Peyton..." Grabbing her attention, he smiled softly and tilted his head. "My mum told me about the studio..."
"Yeah, it was Brooke's birthday present to me. I was going to ask you if it was okay... I know it's your space..."
"Peyton", he said slightly loudly interrupting her rambling, "I think it's a great idea... and I really am happy for you. If building a studio means you're one-step closer to greatness then do it. You're not different Peyton Sawyer... you're special".
With that, he turned and walked off leaving Peyton sitting there confused by the sudden change in events. Obviously something had happened to him... either that or he was trying to play a game. Rolling her eyes, she sped off down the road. She would never understand that man completely.
Once again, Lucas Scott managed to make her life more difficult and leave her confused.
Why could that man not just stick to the pavements?
The cool breeze drifted along and swept around the group as they stood on the concrete of the River Court. Looking around wildly Lucas sighed as he took in the faces of his friends. They all stood in a line facing him with Peyton in the middle. Walking forward he moved towards her and gazed around confused.
"Peyton" he asked only to be interrupted by what sounded like his own voice.
"I was now and always would be in love with Peyton Sawyer".
Bringing a hand to his mouth he tried to stop the words but realised he had not actually spoken. Noticing the blank stares from the people before him, he stepped back.
"It was a simple moment of clarity".
"Who is that", Lucas shouted becoming frustrated with hearing the words he wrote.
"Direction... beauty... and meaning".
Angrily Lucas walked up to Peyton and went to grasp her arms only to be knocked away. Turning to the person who had pushed him Lucas rolled his eyes.
Laughing his clone stepped in front of Peyton and adopted a protective stance.
"Of course it's me..."
"What do you want... who keeps talking?" Lucas asked confused by the situation.
"Shut up and listen".
Throwing his arms up in frustration Lucas lifted his head to the sky and waited. Sure enough the voice continued.
"He knew in his heart that someday it would return to him... and his world would be whole again."
"What the hell is this", Lucas said annoyed at the lack of answers. Stepping forward his clone moved an arm back and brought it forward hitting Lucas in the chin.
The force of the punch had Lucas flying backwards and landing on the floor. Lifting a hand to his chin he rubbed it not even realising it did not hurt. Coming to a stand quickly he looked up and noticed everyone had vanished apart from Peyton. Waking towards her again, he focused on the tears that fell down her cheeks.
This time he managed to attract her attention and breathed a small sigh of relief when she gazed at him. Reaching out to her, his heart clenched as she stepped back and shook her head.
"Peyton what is this".
"Those are your words Lucas... you wrote them and only you can erase them."
Suddenly the scene changed and he took in his new surroundings. He was in Tric or more importantly her office. Suddenly a book came flying at him and he ducked to narrowly avoid it. Looking up he watched Peyton move to throw another one.
"You said I was great"
Ducking again, he felt the wind on his cheek that was caused by the book flying past.
"You said I could be great".
Yet another book flew at him and this time caught him slightly on the cheek. He never felt any pain but still cringed at the thought of the contact.
"You said we were destined to be together. You said it the world... you said it to me... and I wish you never had because you did not mean any of it".
As the fight left her, he watched her raise a hand to her mouth in shock. Walking forward he grabbed onto her arms and pulled her towards him. Feeling her shake with emotion, he dropped to the floor to cushion her fall as her legs gave way. Embracing her tightly he rocked back and forth as her tears stopped.
"Erase the words Luke".
Looking up he glanced from the woman in his arms to his persistent clone.
"I... what?" He said barely getting the words out in confusion.
Glancing back down he brushed the hair from her face as she sighed tiredly. Hearing the other man's words he sighed.
"You need to write a new story... let her go. You say you've moved on but your novels suggest otherwise. She's your inspiration Lucas... find a new one... erase your words".
Sharply he woke up and looked around wildly. He was in his room. The dreams seemed to be getting worse with every night that passed. The memories of that night in her office had him cringing. She had been so hurt. At the time, his first instinct had been to comfort her... that was why he had left so abruptly.
Running a hand tiredly through his hair he looked at the clock. It was only 3.40. That meant he had hours before he needed to be up. It also meant he had more then enough time to dream again. It was pointless trying to fight it.
Laying back down he rested his head on his pillow and stared at the ceiling. The words from his dream circled around his head.
"Erase the words".
Thinking about them, he frowned. Was he meant to destroy the new novel he was writing? Peyton inspired it again. Glancing over at his computer, he shook his head. He could never do that... the novel was going to be the final part of the story he needed to tell. Without much thought, he came to a decision. He could live with the dreams that were likely to plague him until he was finished. Not only that sometimes they had a positive side.
In the dream he had just awoken from he had actually managed to do what he had wished he could have at the time. He had gone to her and held her when she had broken down. That was what he had wanted to do so much in reality. With his eyes shut, he began to drift off, his thoughts still churning around. If the dreams meant he could heal his broken memories then he would welcome them... especially if they meant he could hold and protect Peyton.
The feelings that flowed through his body were strange. Somehow, the dream had awoken his desire to be her saviour. He had felt the emotion before... only once though. Recalling the time, he realised it had been when he and Peyton were in...
Trailing off he opened his eyes quickly as the shock froze his body. The only noise in the room were the words that fell shocked from his lips.
"It isn't love... it can't be".
A/N: Tell me what you think no matter what it may be. None of you are getting fed up with the dreams are you... they're kind of fun to write cause it can be about anything. Here is a small heads up.
In the next two chapters there will be:
A gathering
An announcement about the new novel
A moment of clarity
And a few flashbacks involving Lucas and Peyton
PS. If anyone has any ideas or episode suggestions that could have had a Leyton scene tell me. You can even say what kind of things you want in the flashback. It can also be just an extended scene.


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Many people start the inca trail without proper preperation for altitude. Avoid Soroche - altitude sickness, by following this birding program in preperation for the Inca trail following the "work high- sleep low" principel used by mountaineers. By working high during the day and sleeping low at night you make your body used to the altitude at daytime while you get a good nights sleep and better oxygenized at night when your body needs to recuperate strength.
What is more - the birding and the views are great!
After picking up early arrivers at the Cusco airport we will do a short city tour and work our way to Ollantaytambo, passing the Huacarpay Lake for Bearded Mountaineer and wetland birds on our way. Above Ollantaytambo we will search for species like Rusty-fronted Canastero, Chestnut-breasted Mountain-Finch, White-tufted Sunbeam, Creamy-crested Spinetail, Giant Hummingbird, Great Sapphirewing and White-bellied Hummingbird. Night in Ollantaytambo. (2900m).
We will get up very early for the drive up beyond the Abra Malaga pass at 4200m and continue to the north side of the pass and the wet temperate forest at Canchayoc. Here we may see Diademed Tapaculo, Unstreaked Tit-Tyrant, Golden-collared Tanager, Violet-throated Starfrontlet, Parodi´s Hemispingus, Marcapata Spinetail, Tit-like Dacnis and many others. Rusty-breasted (Leimebamba), Red-and-White, Rufous and Undulated Antpitta are often heard and with some luck we may be able to lure some of them into view with play-back of its song. Returning to the pass around midday we will do a short, but quite strenuous walk to the quite disturbed Polylepis woodland on the ridge beside us. This is the most accessible high Polylepis woodland that holds the very rare Royal Cinclodes, Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant and White-browed Tit-Spinetail. Among other specialties are Giant Conebill, Line-fronted and Junin Canstero, Puna (Andean) Tapaculo, Stripe-headed Antpitta, Thick-billed Siskin, Tawny Tit-Spinetail, Red-rumped Bush-Tyrant and various species of Ground-Tyrants. As we come out of the valley, we stand good chance of encountering Andean Parakeet and Tit-like Dacnis. Back on the main road in roadside scrub we often find Junin Canastero, Chestnut-breasted Mountain-Finch and Golden-billed Saltator. Part of the day at altitudes around 4200m. Sleep in Ollantaytambo (2950m).
Additional day on the Abra Malaga road. We will concentrate on birds we may have missed the previous day. Weather conditions - even snow sometimes - may make it impossible to visit the Polylepis forest on one of the days. Sleep in Cusco 3400m before starting the trip. You are now well prepared to start the hike to Machu Picchu on the Inca Trail. Happy trails.


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Chapter 1
Friends, foes, and…. Perverted teachers?
I inwardly groaned as I stepped out of the car and stood in front of the large building standing in front of me. God I hate school… it's just another punishment sent from the pits of hell itself. I just like to think that the devil enjoys taunting me. I looked up at the dreaded building that had a huge sign over it saying
"Welcome to Konoha High."
I scoffed, it's like they enjoy taunting us kids and drawing us in by making those warming statements. Welcome? Yea right…. I know what school can really do to you…. It's a place that demons and ghouls run free and live to torment you. Trust me, I know from first-hand experience.
"Have a nice day at school Naruto!" I heard Iruka call out to me as he drove out of the parking lot and off of school grounds. I growled and cursed at Iruka, not really caring if he heard me or not at the moment. Usually I wouldn't dare say something, but it's his entire fault I have go through this hell of being the new kid!
I turned back to the school and sighed. Another long day… What I wouldn't give to be back in my bed sleeping…
Oh yeah, introductions. I'm Naruto Uzumaki. Yes, I know I'm named after those star-shaped-swirly things in Ramen, which, ironically, is my favorite food. But anyway... I'm 16 and I'm a sophomore in High school. I'm new to this particular area in Konoha, me and Iruka moved because he couldn't afford our last apartment. I was upset to leave my friend Haku, but we could still see each other from time to time. Yes I only have one friend. Everyone in my last school thought I was looser and they bullied me, picked on me, beat me. You know, the normal bully stuff. But I got used to it over time. Of course in the beginning I was spiteful and rebellious against them, but after a while I realized that it was just a waste of time and made them even more persistent.
I hate not being able to fight back. Don't get me wrong; I can beat the crap outta someone if I really wanted to, but… last time I fought back against this kid I almost ended up killing him. That was in 3rd grade, some people have forgotten about it by now, but others still fear me. People think that if they could end up beating me, they would end up looking cooler, but I think there all just air-headed wannabes. Oh well. But after that incident Iruka told me that I shouldn't do that, that it was wrong to solve my problems that way. Well the other ways don't seem to be working either. Hmph… If people start picking fights with me in this school then it's no more Mr. nice guy!
I cautiously opened the door and looked both ways. No body in sight… Good.
I tiptoed towards the large doors that said 'Main Office', since Iruka had told me to go there first so I could get a copy of my schedule.
And don't ask why I was trying to be stealthy and quiet; it's just a habit. After being beat on so much and having your head dunked in toilets between classes, you can never be too careful…
"Hello! Good evening!" A young woman greeted loudly. I ducked and covered my head with my arms, as if I was about to be attacked. There was an awkward silence and as soon as I realized that she wasn't going to hurt me, I shot up to a standing position again and smiled brightly at her, while completely ignoring her concerned expression.
I paused to take a good look at her. She had short dark hair and a warm smile on her face. She had on a white t-shirt that said 'I Heart Piggies!' on it. My lip twitched upward in amusement for a moment. I felt kind of awkward at how nice she was being.
"My name is Shizune! (Sp?) Is there something I can help you with?"
"Uuumm.. Yeah… I'm—"
I was suddenly interrupted by someone's loud voice yelling. I turned to the direction in which the noise came from to see another door. It said 'Principle's office' on the door.I snickered playfully. I wonder what got the principle so worked up…
"That doesn't give you the right to go beating up the other students! You almost killed one of them!! You're lucky I haven't expelled you yet! If I see you doing anything like this again then you are out of this school! You hear me?!" A very loud, but feminine voice yelled. At first I thought she might've been yelling at me, but then I noticed that the door was closed. There was another long silence and I exchanged a curious look with the woman at the desk.
I perked up when I saw the door opening to reveal a young man, about my age, but a lot taller than me. He had blood red hair and a calm, stoic expression plastered on his face.
"Don't just ignore me! Get back here!"
"Yeah, yeah…" The guy said tiredly while walking away from the office and slaming the door shut.
Probably just another trouble maker… Best to either make friends with him, or leave him the fuck alone…
The redhead guy walked closer and closer to me until he was right in front of me. He looked down at me with piercing green eyes that were rimmed with a lot of black eyeliner? At least I think that's eyeliner. Well either that or this guy hasn't slept since he freaking born! I also noticed that he was wearing a lot of black and had small skulls designed into the shirt. His hair looked really messy, like he didn't ever bother to comb it, but it looked really soft at the same time. I felt an urge to touch his hair but I refrained myself instantly, so instead I just smiled up at him.
He flinched a little and seemed surprised by my action, but then he scoffed in anger and pushed past me, bumping my shoulder with his.
Option: 'leave him the fuck alone' it is then…
"Uumm? Sir? I'm sorry about the interruption… what is it you needed help with?" Shizune, at least I think she said that was her name, asked politely.
"Y-yeah. Um. I'm new here see and I—"
"Oh yes! I remember hearing about you! You need your schedule right?"
I nodded, though I was slightly pissed that I couldn't get a full sentence out with out being interrupted.
"Okay well if you go through that hallway way right next to the principle's office, there should be a door that says 'Guidance counselor: Gai of youth'… he should be able to help you in getting your schedule. If you have any other question don't hesitate to ask!" Shizune chirped and then turned in her chair to peer into her computer, a serious expression on her face.
I rolled my eyes then shook my head impatiently. I turned and stalked off to where Shizune had pointed and walked down the small hall. There was a large painted picture at the very end of the hall. I stopped to look at it for a second. The person painted in the picture had spiky blonde hair, like mine but it was longer, and deep blue eyes, like mine only his showed a lot of kindness and full of wisdom. The man was smiling broadly, and was holding up a peace sign. I couldn't shake off the feeling that I knew him from somewhere… But I shrugged and looked around curiously. I finally spotted the door I was looking for on my left.
I slowly reached forward and reluctantly turned the door knob. I gulped nervously before pushing the door open silently…
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Green Recovery And Reconstruction: Training Toolkit For Humanitarian Aid Materials and the Supply Chain Session 3: Procurement Options and the Environment
2 Mod 5 Ses 3 SESSION 3 - OBJECTIVES By the end of this session, you will be able to: Describe strategies for procuring materials in housing reconstruction after disasters that have the most positive value to the community and the least negative impact on the environment. Explain the value of green certification systems
3 Mod 5 Ses 3 What are the benefits of sustainable procurement? Long-term efficiency savings Making more efficient use of public resources Stimulating the market to innovate and produce more sustainable options Improves working conditions See: Environmental Procurement Practice Guide, UNDP
4 Mod 5 Ses 3 How can you field verify environmental claims? Visit the source of materials (sand for cement, for example) in many cases this may be within several kilometres from the construction site Talk with local suppliers Talk with contractors Talk with government agencies that regulate extractive industries, talk with other NGOs or agencies, etc. Enquire about third party certification
5 Mod 5 Ses 3 Environmental Interventions in the Procurement Cycle Procurement planning * Define subject matter * Green title for contract * Market research Env. Specifications * Technical standards & eco-label criteria * Performance requirements * Production/process method Assessing suppliers tech capacity Env. evaluation criteria Life-cycle costing approach Use environ't contract performance clauses Requirement definition Contract management Contract review & award Preparation solicitation documents Procurement strategy Sourcing EvaluationReceipt & open offers Issue contract From Environment Procurement Practice Guide, UNDP
6 Mod 5 Ses 3 Stacks of confiscated timber logged illegally in the National Tapajos forest. Location: National Tapajos Foreat, Brazil Date: 27 July 2007 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe SUPPORT LEGAL AND SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES
7 Mod 5 Ses 3 Building materials are often shipped using an unnecessary amount of packaging materials http://www.thorn.ie/BioPalletWrapWEB.jpg Minimize Packaging in Procurement of Materials
8 Mod 5 Ses 3 This timber bound for sale in Khartoum comes from 500 km south, near Renk in Upper Nile state UNEP photo, June 2007 PURCHASE MATERIALS LOCALLY WHEN POSSIBLE
9 Mod 5 Ses 3 Energy for building materials manufacture and transport is 24% of total UK industry energy consumption (1996) (BRE, 2008)
10 Mod 5 Ses 3 Traditional buildings such as this barn under construction near Mabior in Jonglei state require a large number of young trees. Although transport is minimized, is the local environment being adversely affected? Warning…. Closer isn't always better! UNEP photo – June 2007
11 Mod 5 Ses 3 Certification and Standards
12 Mod 5 Ses 3 What do they mean? LEED CERTIFICATION: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a third- party certification program that is becoming an internationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance "green" buildings.
13 Mod 5 Ses 3 Some building products, (for example paints, finishes, adhesives, etc.) can have their green claims certified by third parties such as the internationally respected NSF. They can, for example, certify claims regarding : Compostability Recyclability Constituent Analysis Contaminant Analysis
14 Mod 5 Ses 3 The ISO is the "Grandfather" of certification agencies and institutes. Their standards underlie the certifications of many other protocols. They cover the ISO 9000 quality certifications as well as 1400 series certifications relating to green practices.
15 Mod 5 Ses 3 FSC is an independent, non- governmental, not-for-profit organization established to promote the responsible management of the world's forests. OXFAM photo
16 Mod 5 Ses 3 UNEP photo – Bahr el Jabal (Central Equatoria state Portable sawmill in a teak plantation in Kagelu, Central Equatoria, Southern Sudan - Sustainable? This plantation is a valuable asset and potential source of hard currency for Southern Sudan. The challenge will be to develop the industry in an environmentally sustainable manner
17 Mod 5 Ses 3 PEFC is an independent, NGO that promotes sustainably managed forests through independent third party certification. This offers customers and consumers the option to choose products from environmentally and socially responsible and economically viable forestry Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes
18 Mod 5 Ses 3 http://www.sudburyforest.com/Images/FSCCertificate.jpg http://www.ecotrust.ca/enterprises/fsc-coc Two Ways to Show Certification
19 Mod 5 Ses 3 Procurement Exercise Divide into pairs. (Pick a partner) Each pair selects one material from the list on Handout 5.3.1 to use for this exercise For your building material: Describe at least 3 ways it could be procured at your location (or a location you describe) Rank the different options in terms of environmental impact. Rank the different options in terms of greatest benefit to the community.
20 Mod 5 Ses 3 BUILDING MATERIALS SHOPPING LIST BAMBOO POLES PALM LEAF ROOF THATCH SHINGLES FIRED BRICKS MUD/CEMENT BRICKS SAWN LUMBER FOR RAFTERS CORRUGATED METAL SHEETS HARDWARE – NAILS, SCREWS, HINGES, ETC. OTHER APPROPRIATE LOCALLY AVAILABLE MATERIALS?
21 Mod 5 Ses 3 Exercise Debriefing How can procurement result in the least harm to the environment and the most good to the community: Explain your materials, your assumptions and the procurement method with least harm to the environment. Explain why your priority selection will benefit the community.
22 Mod 5 Ses 3 Review of Procurement Issues: Raw materials can be produced in an environmentally acceptable or unacceptable ways. Origins of raw materials such as sands, clay, timber, grasses may be highly sensitive areas. Materials may be illegally logged or mined. Requiring third party certification can ensure a more ecologically friendly use of materials. Distance sources will require a higher expenditure of energy than nearby sources
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General Manager Ted Thompson has never traded up. But trading down? He's all about that. Especially if he thinks the best player available might still be there a few spots later and he can bank an extra selection. Over the past two months, I've predicted the Packers to take Boston College offensive tackle Gosder Cherilus -- a player no longer expected to last to the end of the first round -- and Arizona cornerback Antoine Cason, a player who could go a few spots earlier to the San Diego Chargers or Dallas Cowboys or perhaps be there at the top of Round Two. While cornerback is one of the deeper positions in this year's draft, beauty seems to be in the eye of the beholder after the top two or three.
Three small school standouts figure to come off the board first: Troy's Leodis McKelvin, Tennessee State's one-kidney wonder, Dominque Rodgers-Cromartie (cousin of NFL 2007 INT leader Antonio Cromartie) and South Florida's Mike Jenkins. After that, Cason, Kansas' Aqib Talib, and Virginia Tech's Brandon Flowers seem to be the next three in no specific order.
Cason is a four-year starter who was a Jim Thorpe Award winner as a senior, a finalist as a junior, has 15 career picks and has a knack for the big play. In fact, oppsoing quarterbacks often paid him the ultimate compliment by staying away from him. At 6-feet, 191 pounds he's got ideal size for bump-and-run coverage and while his 4.45 40-yard dash isn't in the range of McKelvin, Jenkins, or DRC (who's run as fast as 4.24), it's not like he's running in quicksand.
Talib is an explosive player with great skills, but mental lapses and character issues will push him down some draft boards. Flowers has the potential to be a starting NFL corner, but he's a little shorter (5-foot-9.5) and a little slower (4.58 40) than you'd like, especially for a first round pick.
Given the age of starters Al Harris (33) and Charles Woodson (31) and the uncertainty at the nickel back position, Cason's a natural fit. Aside from being a smart, instinctive defender who also returns punts, Cason is an alter boy off the field. Literally -- he's been an alter boy. Thompson always talks about taking 'Packer kind of players.' Well, Cason is just that. If you could trade back with a team like the Chiefs (No. 35), Jets (No. 36), Falcons (No. 37) or Ravens (No. 38) -- who might be looking to leap frog the other and get their quarterback of the future -- Brian Brohm, Chad Henne or Joe Flacco -- and still get Cason plus another third-round pick, then all the better.
But there's other possibilities with the 30th selection or a spot at the top of the second. The Packers need to bolster the tackle and tight end position, along with finding another pass rusher. If a defensive end like USC's Lawrence Jackson somehow slipped to the end of the first round due to some trickle down effect of the Vikings aquiring Chiefs' pass rusher Jared Allen, he'd be hard to pass up. The Trojans' defensive captain is 6-4, 271 pounds, runs a 4.82 40 and had 10.5 sacks last season.
While Cullen Jenkins and KGB share snaps opposite Aaron Kampman, an end of Jackson's caliber would give Green Bay increased flexibility on the line. Besides, you can never have enough good pass rushers.
Arguably none of the top tight ends are worth a first-round grade. Purdue's Dustin Keller was a workout wonder at the scouting combine and could be the first off the board at his position. But Green Bay could have their pick of USC's Fred Davis or even Texas A&M's Martellus Bennett in the second round, while Texas' Jermichael Finley could be had in the third.
A trade down to the top of the second round could net USC left tackle Sam Baker, once thought to be a can't miss first-round pick. All Baker did was start for four years for the best program in college football. And when injuries forced him to miss time his senior year, their offense didn't look the same. Less than stellar combine and pro day performances need to be taken with a grain of salt when compared to the body of work Baker put together as a collegian. As for the rumors of a first-round quarterback -- don't buy it.
Gun to my head, I'll stick with the Packers taking Cason with their first pick of the day -- whether that be No. 30 or somewhere at the top of Round Two -- provided Jackson doesn't drop. With their two second-round picks, I like running back Ray Rice out of Rutgers -- a compact (5-foot-8), but powerful (200 pounds) package -- to back up Ryan Grant and Davis, a terrific pass-catching tight end who could be sitting there. In the third round, Green Bay could pull the trigger on Miami inside linebacker Tavares Gooden. Hip and hamstring injuries dropped him down the board, but he looks like another in a long line of athletic Hurricane backers and was the highest-rated player that Green Bay had in for a pre-draft visit.
The fourth round could be the place the Packers find a quarterback. While San Diego State's Kevin O'Connell had a meet-and-greet at Lambeau Field, San Diego's Josh Johnson could be the better pick. As a senior for the Toreros, the 6--foot-3, 200 pounder threw 43 touchdowns to just one interception and his passer rating was 198.3. Those aren't typos. Forty-three scores, one pick, nearly a 200 QB rating. Now I realize he was throwing for six TDs against the likes of Northern Colorado, Butler and Davidson, but as one scout said, throwing 43 touchdowns against air is pretty impressive. Best yet, a fourth-rounder from a small conference isn't going to create controversy if Aaron Rodgers has a bad game or rough stretch during his first season as Green Bay's starting signal caller.
With the extra fourth round pick, a center like Rutgers' Jeremy Zuttah would give the Packers another big body on the offensive line and a solid back-up to Scott Wells. Still in need of some additional pass rush (probably), Georgia Tech's Darrell Robertson would be an absolute steal in the fifth round. Though a bit light for defensive end at 255, he has a knack for getting in the opponents backfield and like Gooden, an injury (torn pectoral muscle in this case) allows him to slide a bit. Robertson was also stout against the run, despite a lack of heft. If they're really high on Robertson, they may need to grab him with their second fourth round pick and gamble that Zuttah makes it to the fifth round. With no sixth round pick, the Packers could close out the weekend with a safety, possession receiver or another edge rusher. Though he might be had as a free agent, Wisconsin wide receiver Luke Swan is a home-state product who could come in and compete for the final receiver spot. An intriguing pick could be small-school prospect Andy Studebacker out of Wheaton. As a junior, the 6-foot-3, 251-pounder had 24.5 tackles for a loss and 17.5 sacks. Though injured as a senior, he still had 6.5 tackles for loss and five sacks in just five games.
And because there's never enough mock drafts to mock out there, here's how I see Round One breaking down ...
1. MIA Jake Long, OT, Michigan
2. STL Glenn Dorsey, DT, LSU
3. ATL Matt Ryan, QB, Boston College
4. OAK Darren McFadden, RB, Arkansas
5. KC Chris Long, DE, Virginia
6. NYJ Vernon Gholston, DE/OLB, Ohio State
7. NE Keith Rivers, OLB, USC
8. BAL Leodis McKelvin, CB, Troy State
9. CIN Sedrick Ellis, DT, USC
10. NO Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, CB, Tennessee State
11. BUF Devin Thomas, WR, Michigan State
12. DEN Ryan Clady, OT, Boise State
13. CAR Branden Albert, G, Virginia
14. CHI Rashard Mendenhall, RB, Illinois
15. DET Derrick Harvey, DE, Florida
16. ARI Mike Jenkins, CB, South Florida
17. KC Jeff Otah, OT, Pitt
18. HOU Chris Williams, OT, Vandy
19. PHI DeSean Jackson, WR, Cal
20. TB Limas Sweed, WR, Texas
21. WAS Phillip Merling, DE, Clemson
22. DAL James Hardy, WR, Indiana
23. PIT Gosder Cherilus, OT, Boston College
24. TEN Kentwan Balmer, DT, NC
25. SEA Dustin Keller, TE, Purdue
26. JAC Lawrence Jackson, DE, USC
27. SD Jonathan Stewart, RB, Oregon
28. DAL Chris Johnson, RB, East Carolina
29. SF Jerrod Mayo, LB, Tennessee
30. GB Antoine Cason, CB, Arizona
31. NE Forfiet
32. NYG Kenny Phillips, S, Miami


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5 MINUTES GPWeeK: Let's talk about your season. You joined sauber hoping for podiums, I'm assuming. But that wasn't quite the case, initially struggling for points and there's been an upturn in form recently again with the car. How would you describe your season? NICO HULKENBERG: I have to clarify that a bit. I wasn't signing up here thinking we were just going to be on the podium. That would be very naïve and unrealistic, but I was signing here in the hope and in the faith of having a strong performance and last year's performance and car was definitely strong and had a lot of strong results and performance in it and I was hoping for that again this year. We know then from 2012 to 2013 few things have changed, the regulations were pretty stable but tyres, etc., etc. and unfortunately we found ourselves not as strong as we would have liked to be in the beginning of the season – pretty much half-way through the season, we were struggling. Only seven points in eight or nine races, or whatever it was. A pretty tough start to the year. Not tough, more disappointing is probably the right word. But the team never gave up, they kept working hard, they kept ticking away, and I think there's a combination of factors coming together why we're moving up now so much. Right, so would that be the tyres, would that be that the upgrades have started coming now with the financial situation a bit clearer? I think everything together. I think the tyres have done their bit as well and helped it. Then we introduced a major upgrade in Budapest. For me personally, I see the positive trend starting to come up since Nurburgring and that was the race before Budapest. Then Budapest we got the big upgrade together with the new tyres so it's difficult to tell which one is doing what. But for sure we measure more downforce with the upgrade package we brought. So that has helped a lot. And then I think our general understanding of how to set up the car which is you know basic, simple set up things which we have in the car, set up tools, we have learned how to get around some of the weaknesses from the car and you know, masking them, and that has helped significantly as well. Going to get this next one out of the way; I'm sure you're tired of answering it as well. What's the update on your negotiations with Lotus, because you had said you wanted a clarification by the end of this month? continued over page ... 5 MINUTES WITH NICO HULKENBERG shortly after talking to Eric Boullier [see feature late in this issue] in India, Abhishek Takle spoke to Nico Hulkenberg about his prospects of a 2014 race seat with the team, and any other options on the table 18 GPWEEK.com // 18 GPWEEK.com // PARTNERS:
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Hauz Khas' golden boy Imperfecto finally opens its doors in Cyber Hub, after months of just 'coming soon' signage. They've outdone their Hauz Khas cousin space wise, and boast a giant outdoor area, an indoor dining room, bar seating, and what we can only assume turns into a dance floor. The decor is kitschy and colourful, with scooter seats doubling as bar stools, deliberately mismatched furniture painted all colours of the rainbow, a terrace garden, and interesting installations. The menu remains more or less the same, with a mix of Italian, Spanish, Mediterranean and Continental cuisine. They're also serving alcohol, with a side of very loud commercial music.
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Stationary is the permanent requirement of any business organization as most of the office and administration tasks can only be performed with the support of these items. The stationary can also be utilized for the promotion and marketing of the businesses which is one of the most important productivity tools as the response is immediate and productive.
Whether you are launching a new business or you have a plan to promote your brand, the best way is to finalize the stationary items which will not only fulfill your requirements but will introduce you in the market as well. We are giving you a list of stationary items which should be purchased and designed as these are the permanent items of your cupboard.
Business Cards: The most obvious and ultimate requirement of any organization is to design and print the business cards of all the employees and if it is not possible, marketing and management staff must have these cards. The business card should have such a look that your personal and official information should be presented in a smart and stylish way. It is due to the fact that it has the first and foremost interaction with your potential customers and clients so it should be attractive and informative.
Compliment Documents: You can be seen By Compliments pages at many different shopping malls and stores where you can give feedback and suggestions about their products and services. It is a very productive activity as you want immediate response from the customers and this page is the best source of getting it. These compliment boxes are also available on the websites as well due to the effectiveness of these By Compliments pages. It is recommended to add a compliment card with your products and services so it will create an impact on the customer's mind and they will feel that you are concerned about your business. For you, it will work as an alarm which knocks at your mind continuously for the improvement.
Letterheads and Envelopes: Many businesses are shifting towards online services and send emails, but the letterheads and envelopes have their important as most of the customers visit your office, store or showroom physically so you will have to give them the receipt and an envelope. If you are presenting them the envelope with a receipt on a letterhead, it will not only create a good impact of your organization, but also support you to promote your business in front of others as well.
Notepads: Although, notepad is the basic requirement of the office staff, but its importance increases when you want to utilize it for the marketing campaign. Notepads and labels are normally used for marketing campaigns now, but if your employees are using it, especially the market staff, it will be beneficial for the business as well. These notepads can be delivered to your regular customers and sometimes, a customer can ask it also so you can give it just to keep it in mind that it will give you a low cost promotion to your business.
Presentation Folders: Presentation folders can be an excellent option if you are meeting with potential customers and clients as you will have to present proposals and package details and if these documents will be in the folder with company name, logo, brands and short information, it will be an excellent way to present your organization in front of the new people.
Rubber Stamps and Stickers: Business communications can only be performed if you apply stamps on all the official documents as it is a legal requirement. The stickers should also be the part of stationary items as there is a need to paste these stickers at different places in the office and sometimes, are used outside the office for the promotional activities.
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Tracking Investing
Posted by Tim Stobbs on January 7, 2011
Investing for me has always been a weird relationship. At some points I love doing it and others I don't care about it at all. Up until recently my choice of investments were more or less irrelevant to my plan since my savings far out paced my investment returns. Let's face it when you only have $50,000 in investments a 1% difference in your return is only $500/year which pales in comparison to saving about 50% of your family income. Yet as I start to close in on paying off my mortgage I will in the next few years have a larger cash flow going to investments which will soon accumulate in a large enough investment balance where my investment choices will start mattering a lot more.
So in preparation for that fact I'm thinking about developing a system to go with my net worth updates that would allow me to more easily track what contributions I've made in a given year. That would then allow me to actually track my pure investment return rather that the current contributions and investments growth. Currently using my existing statements isn't an easy process since my investments are spread out over multiple companies. Yet with a simple spreadsheet I do think I can manage to track their growth and contributions.
Also I am concerned about tracking enough information to make such a sheet useful, but not making it too much work to update. Otherwise it will turn into a chore and I will likely avoid doing it and thus ruin the entire purpose of the spreadsheet.
Yet I don't think I'm the first person to do this so I am wondering if how you track your investments. Do you just use your quarterly or monthly statements, a program or just a simple excel sheet? If you have a spreadsheet feel free to email or link to a copy in your comment. I think I should be able to find something that would be a useful template to build what I want without having to spend much time doing it.
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First, the benefit to holding assets all over the place is rarely worth the cost imposed by complexity. I'd suggest a maximum of two locations (1 is better) unless there's a compelling reason.
Second, investment deposits and income belong on the income statement, not the net worth statement. I prepare each of these quarterly, but neither of them give me my investment return.
Because I keep all my assets together (at work), it's easy to produce a single performance number. Also, we have software that does it for us. I believe you will needto track each deposit and withdrawal, interest and dividend payment and use the modified Dietz method. This is probably doable in excel, but I think http://www.google.ca/finance will also do it for you, with a chart, but with only a simple (not compound) rate of return.
Tracking my investments over the years has been a patchwork for a variety of reasons.
(1) My retirement accounts produced statements every quarter, while my non-retirement accounts produced statements every month or every quarter.
(2) Within my non-retirement accounts, there was additional variation of when the I received statements over the years. Sometimes, it was at the end of the month end of the quarter, the middle of the quarter, and the middle of the month. This made matching up these snapshots rather tough. I would often use the automated phone systems (in the pre-online days) to get account balances.
(3) Counting my local bank, I have non-retirement accounts with 3 institutions, so I need a spreadsheet to put all the data together.
(4) Figuring out a combined rate of return for my retirement+non-retirement accounts does not seem relevant because I have significantly different portfolios and investment objectives for them.
(5) I have at many times over the years used the dividends from one fund deposited into another fund. I did not always want to do the extra work to figure out what my rate of return would have been had I always reinvested the dividends into the same fund they came from.
(6) For funds which I have invested or redeemed shares in the middle of the month, calculating a rate of return for that month is only an approximation because the dividends are based on an average daily share balance which is often tough to calculate.
Based on these obstacles, I have multiple spreadsheets which calculate my rate of return based on only the dividends and cap gains generated from within the fund. One main spreadsheet which uses all the combined data from the non-retirement funds does do various rates of return, even if approximate in spots.
On the upside, once I had these spreadsheets working, simply copying the line above into the new line I create would copy the formulas, too. I have to make sure the annual formulas are correct and are not by a row or two if they are an aggregate of monthly amounts.
The end of each month is when I do most of the work, but I do have to keep on stealth mid-month activity (i.e. cap gains distributions) and for mid-month snapshots based on my bank account statement. Still, after all these years it is fairly routine.
Yes, I have a few tracking schemes:
1) I enter the totals from my monthly brokerage statements into a spreadsheet that compares the grand total to the S&P500 index, taking into account deposits & withdrawls. This is akin to a net worth statement, but it only includes investments directly under my control and gives me a benchmark to measure against.
2) I track dividends & yield for my taxable account, updated at least monthly and whenever I execute a trade. This spreadsheet tells me which months have how much income, total income YTD, and calculates the stop loss that I use as a safety valve for trading stocks. My target yield is 6.5% (or higher) and I want to beat my mortgage which is 3.85%.
3) Annually, I track dividends & yield for all accounts, including my wife's, and compare that to the government's poverty threshold for 2 adults… produces a neat chart that shows how the _income_ is building, gaining momentum. Why the poverty threshold? Because with an income at twice the poverty threshold, sociologists have found families are "comfortable" with few concerns even if they have wants.
4) Annual totals for all retirement accounts, including the ones not directly under my control (pension), are tracked in another spreadsheet. The totals are run out into the future with a consistent estimated return and I measure how well the estimates match reality. Yes, that means there's a new column each year for the latest estimate.
5) Not related to investments, but an interesting exercise, I annually track my earned income and compare it to the government statistics for a person of my age/education (preferably the median, but that's not always available). It's fun to leap ahead of the median curve, but amazing how quickly one can fall behind, too! Fairly recently, I crossed an age threshold (again) and am back on the wrong side of the median…
I use Quicken Home and Business. There are a variety of free programs on the internet such as Mint.com. However something about putting personal info into cyberspace that makes me uneasy – so I paid for Quicken and keep the info on my hard drive. It tracks lifetime performance of every investment automatically updates stock, mutual funds etc daily and charts my net worth progress.
For me using a spreadsheet would be a tonne of work just to save the $75 the program cost – my time is better spent improving my investment choices
To track investment performance just list:
1) Cash flows in & out (deposits and withdrawals) since last update
2) Change in value EXCLUDE flows in & out.
It's that easy. You won't get an "exact" annualized continuously compounded rate of return, but you will get a period over period comparison which is great. Do the same thing quarterly and annually too.
Jan 31: Starting value $1000
Feb 28: Deposited $500 during Feb, value is $1,750
Feb value EXCL flows is $1,250 so you made a $250/$1000 gain = 25% during Feb. If value is $1,250 then EXCL flows you lost $250 or -25% performance.
Uncomplicated and tells you exactly what you want to know -> how well your investment decisions were.
Group all your investments as a bundle to produce just one figure.
I'm mostly in the stock market, and use google finance to track mine — it gives a nice chart of where my moneys at, breaks out each stocks +/-, and shows me my overall gains/losses. Its simple, and all linked up to google — I highly recommend.
What I do is I use Bloomberg app to track my stocks. It tells me instantaneously how much I'm up or down. I have it on my iPhone.
I also, once a month, do a net worth tally and in it I include individual stocks. It's nice to look back a few months to see what the market value was a month or two ago.
I think keeping track of the investment returns does give you a better idea of what is going on as well as a big sense of satisfaction! I use a very simple but pretty stupid way to do it in a spreadsheet. Here is an example:
Contribution # of Years Annual Rate of Return: 1.0905
2000 7100 11 $18,413.69
2001 6935 10 $16,493.13
2002 7740 9 $16,879.98
2003 7740 8 $15,479.12
2004 7740 7 $14,194.52
2005 7740 6 $13,016.52
2006 7740 5 $11,936.29
2007 7740 4 $10,945.70
2008 7740 3 $10,037.32
2009 7740 2 $9,204.33
2010 6480 1 $7,066.44 $143,667.05
Total Contribution Current Value Gain/Loss %
82435.00 143902.00 74.5642
At each row, you put in the annual contributions to the account and the number of years the money has been in the account. You then plug in an 'artificial' rate of return (here shown as 1.0905, that is approximately 9%), and then use a formula of =annual contribution*(rate of return^years in the account) for the compounded result of each year's contribution, the sum of which should be close to the currently value of your account.
You can expand this to set a target rate as well as tracking your actual performance.
Have fun!
Nice spreadsheet Retiredat44!
Couple of suggestions. There is a formula called IRR which will give you the actual rate.
Second, you might be getting better over time. Maybe at the beginning you didn't optimize your strategy and got 3% but now you are rocking it at 15%. 10 years is a very long time. You could have a third column called ROI from year X.


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The Commonwealth Governor's School (abbreviated CGS) is one of 18 magnet Governor's Schools in Virginia. The Commonwealth Governor's School is a half-day program for gifted and highly motivated students based on a school-within-a-school model. The CGS program relies on a rigorous academic program, real-time interactive audio/visual technology, field trips, and team teaching to challenge students and instill lifelong skills such as leadership and academic excellence. Admissions are competitive (involving an interview, a review of academic history and teacher recommendations) and students are selected from Stafford, Spotsylvania, Caroline, and King George counties. Students may attend CGS grades 9 through 12.
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Enrolled students take all of their core academic classes at one of the six Governor's School sites. (Spotsylvania High School, Riverbend High School, Colonial Forge High School, Stafford Senior High School, King George High School, and North Stafford High School) Students who are not based at a school with a CGS site are bused to a site for these core courses. [1] However, they are considered students of their neighborhood high schools where they take their non-core elective courses. Ultimately, students graduate from their "base" school with special recognition for completing the Governor's School program.
The curriculum is specifically integrated within core classes and involves tele-broadcasting technology between Commonwealth Governor's School sites.[2]
Sylvia Wadsworth was the first director of the Commonwealth Governor's School, retiring from that position in 2005. Dr. David Baker took over the post after her departure. On May 19, 2010, Merri Kae VanderPloeg was named the new director.[3]
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SHS - Quadra 6 - Conj A - Lote - Bloco D, Asa Sul, Brasilia, Brazil
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The modern rooms have city views, and each comes with a private bathroom, a mini bar and wireless internet access. They each feature a telephone and a radio.
Melia Brasil provides a variety of places to dine, including The Norton Grill and Churchill. A selection of dining options are also found in the surrounding area.
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SHTN, Trecho 1, Conj. 1B, Bloco C, Vila Planalto, Brasilia, Brazil
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Shs Quadra 5 Bloco H/I, Asa Sul, Brasilia, Brazil
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