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On Saturday, May 24, the qualifier will consist of two rounds of amateur skiing for 24 skiers. All age divisions as well as men, women, and juniors can compete. All amateur skiers will be competing against their 12-month AWSA average during both rounds in a Handicap Format. The top-12 amateur skiers, 50 percent of the field, who ski as closest to, or higher than their 12-month AWSA average, will advance to a one round semifinal on Sunday, May 25.
Example: A skier has an 81.0 12-month AWSA average (3@28) and is in Women 3. She scores 82.0 (4@28) and 83.0 (5@28) during the two rounds Saturday. Her Total buoy count is 165. Her 12-month AWSA average is 81.0 or 162.0 if doubled. Her 165 score over two rounds is 3 buoys higher then 162, so her score for the two rounds is +3 buoys.
On Sunday, May 25, the top-12 highest handicap + or buoy count scores in relation to each skiers AWSA 12-month average will ski one semifinal round. The top-six handicapped scores from the semifinal round will advance to the finals to share the dock with the Pros on Monday, May 26.
Also on Sunday, May 25, 12 Masters Men competitors will compete in two rounds. The highest six combined scores from both rounds will advance to the finals on Monday, May 26.
Finally on Sunday, May 25, a one-round Last Chance Qualifier for Open Skiers will take place for eight Open Women and 16 Open Men. The top-four Open Women scores and the top-eight Open Men scores will advance to the Open preliminaries on Monday, May 26.
On Monday (Memorial Day), May 26, Open preliminaries will begin the day with eight Open Women competing (four Invited and four from the LCQ); this will be followed by Open Men preliminaries (eight invited and eight from the LCQ). The top-six in each Open division will advance to the finals. Immediately after the Open preliminaries will be the finals for all divisions six amateurs (handicapped scoring still applies), six Masters Men, six Open Women and six Open Men. There will be a cash prize for Open skiers and awards for amateur skiers.
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My shower stall has a wall of honed white marble mosaic.
Our home was uninhabited for about 18 months during reno. We have well water that is treated extensively (our basement looks like a mad scientist's lab). At some point the water became rusty. The shower wall now has a rusty hue where the shower water hits it. Have you had success removing rust in this situation (I have already googled and learned about lemon, vinegar, baking powder, etc. .... but I am wary about some of this info; doesn't acid etch?) Thanks in advance. |
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First off, your stone is honed, so it wouldn't show etching as much as it would if it were polished, but yes, I'd be hesitant to ise lemnon juice or vinegar, as well, for the same reasons. You might need to use some kind of poultice to pull the stain out. There'[s a girl used to hang out in the Kitchens forum (don't know if she still does) that went by "Stonegirl". She's a wizard with making up stain specific poultices. She's in another tile and stone forum and goes by Granitegirl over there, but I can't JOHN give the name of the forum because all of the sudden Ivillage doesn't like em, but you just need to take the BRIDGE to the other side of the web! :-) |
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Sorry-- turettes. :-) |
Too funny Bill. |
- Posted by mtnrdredux (My Page) on Wed, Feb 22, 12 at 22:15
Thanks very much BIll. Hoping you find treatment, too. : ) |
- Posted by shanghaimom (My Page) on Thu, Feb 23, 12 at 9:32
mtnrdredux, We have an old shower made of 3 1/2 giant slabs of Carrera. It was probably added in the 1920's, so the surface is as honed as can be. When we moved in, I tried EVERYTHING to get some ancient rust stains out. I didn't worry about etching because there really was no way to make it look any worse. After about two years of scrubbing with this and that, I decided to try Bar Keeper's Friend. (Liquid not powder.)It didn't work UNTIL I left it smeared over the stain for several hours, then scrubbed with a Magic Eraser. (The Magic Eraser did nothing on it's own.) VOILA! The stains are finally gone! Maybe you could test this method on a small area. |
shanghaimom, thanks for this tip. We have an older guest bathroom with marble shower walls. Will try this in there. Thanks for your comments on my bathroom re-do, and good luck on yours! If it turns out anything like your lovely kitchen it will be just beautiful. |
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I'm experimenting this year with some used carpet padding that we had left over after a house project. I have some garden paths that are bare (only clay dirt) and when it rains we get a nice mud path! So I thought using carpet padding with 2-3" of wood chips on it would make a nice garden path minus weeds and mud. Has anyone else used carpet padding for mulch or a weed barrier? Thanks,
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- Posted by Henry_Kuska z5 OH (My Page) on Wed, Apr 23, 03 at 21:00
Yes, I have used the horsehair carpet padding in my rose gardens. I would not use it in a garden in which I was growing things to eat as the padding "may" be treated with a dangerous preservative. I say "may" as I really do not know, but it would not surprise me that there was a dangerous preservative applied. |
- Posted by albert_135 (My Page) on Fri, Apr 25, 03 at 13:24
I have used it affectively. I have also used that green indoor/outdoor carpet. |
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Indoor/outdoor carpet. another use! If you have a noise issue in your garden, build a fence with boards on both sides AND in between (under one of the sides)tack up new or old indoor/outdoor carpet. It reduces noise by 90%. Noise was always an issue for us until we read about this novel solution. The last few years have been great with much less neighborhood and traffic noise. Almost any carpet installer will be glad to have you haul awy the old carpet for free. |
- Posted by Rushaheart z7-8 TX (My Page) on Mon, Apr 28, 03 at 0:45
The padding im using is foam (looks more like chopped up foam that was mashed together). Im not too worried about it affecint surrounding plants. I use it next to Privets and they seem to dont mind it. Im just trying to create a pathway that wont allow weeds (or mud) to seep through. |
- Posted by Debra_Boston Zone 5 - Boston (My Page) on Mon, Apr 28, 03 at 15:20
Hi RAHeart, I did it in my Mass. garden and am so glad I did. It was the only thing that would keep down the invasive grape vines that grow like crazy. It's made my garden path between two beds navicable (sp) and the mulch on top is nice and soft. Beware of weeds that somehow get started on top of the carpeting!!! They are hum dingers to pull out! Good luck. Deb |
A word of caution, a lot of creepy crawlies like to live under stuff like carpet padding. Sometimes that's good (earthworms) sometimes bad (grubs). And sometimes things that like to eat creepy crawlies (like moles and voles and snakes) will be attracted to the buffet. We accidentally created a HUGE mole problem in our yard this way. |
And my family thought I was nuts!!! It's the ultimate recycle!!! By the way, why use only the padding?!?!? My back hill was a hill of shale rock intermingled with sticker bushes, wild strawberries, poison sumac... These went right through normal weed barriers. Starting about 5 years ago, as we redid each room in the house, I layed out the padding and carpet on the hill and bark mulched over it. Two years ago, and the last room done, I now had a mulched garden 130 foot long and about 40 foot wide. So I simply pulled back some munch, cut a hole in the carpet and planted perennials. Besides the bark becoming compost, I also add some dirt around the roots as we plant. We now have a very large and nice perennial garden!! The bigger bushes, like buddehia, I cut bigger holes through the carpet and its major root systems do work under the carpet, finding some pocket of dirt within the shale and do fine. Never saw anymore of those nasty sticker bushes, or sumac. In one section, I added about 1" of top soil and planted grass seed for a path. Grass grew fine. When you walk the path, it even feels a little "cushy"! Many of my family thought I was nuts.. But it really worked great!!! I think it even warms up earlier than normal because of all the rock underneath, and stays warmer later into the winter so I get growth earlier and longer, possibly extending my season.... Wayne |
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The Iowa Supreme Court ruled unanimously last week that a dentist did not discriminate against a female assistant after he fired her for being "too attractive."
Really? Yes, you read that correctly.
The state's highest court (all men, by the way) ruled that Dr. James Knight did not discriminate in firing dental hygienist Melissa Nelson after she worked for him for more than 10 years. Knight claimed he found Nelson too attractive, even irresistible, and that his wife viewed the woman as a threat to the couple's marriage.
"The fact of the matter is Nelson was terminated because of the activities of her consensual personal relationship with her employer, not because of her gender," Chief Justice Mark Cady wrote in the ruling.
"We ultimately conclude the conduct does not amount to unlawful sex discrimination in violation of the Iowa Civil Rights Act," Justice Edward Mansfield wrote.
Nelson told the court that if she were a man, she would not have been fired, citing a double standard that still permeates our work culture, among other situations. Her attorney, Paige Fiedler, argued that the other court's decision was a historical setback for gender equality in the workplace. I agree completely.
As far back as 2009, Knight and Nelson apparently began texting each other, though most text messages were work-related. Soon, though, some messages were more "suggestive," such as him asking her how often she had an orgasm. (Nelson did not reply to that text.)
Knight's wife later learned about those texts — busted, Dr. CheaterChump! — and she insisted that her husband fire Nelson. Before firing her in 2010, he complained, "her clothing was too tight, revealing and distracting," the decision said.
Nelson has always denied wearing anything inappropriate in the workplace.
So, does this mean that a male employer can terminate a female employee if he's attracted to her and she doesn't reciprocate sexually or otherwise? Doubtful, considering the detailed circumstances of this case.
But a precedent has been set and it's certainly something for women to keep in mind with their "playful" banter and "harmless" flirting in the workplace. I've seen such male-female interaction in every job I've ever had, and we all know — wink, wink — that it's quietly accepted, too.
Until the boss's wife finds out, which doesn't happen often enough, I say. Most men in what they perceive as positions of power at work are typically castrated in the home, which explains their sexual power plays with other (typically younger and more attractive) women in the office.
I say forget going to court for a solution in these he-said, she-said situations. Instead, just go to the guy's clueless wife and then watch how fast he gets judged, convicted and imprisoned in his screwed up marriage. I'm sure his punishment is about as painless as a double root canal without anesthesia.
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The Asiana Airlines jet crash at San Francisco International Airport earlier this month was a rare, even freak accident, but it still reignites a fear of flying in some of us.
Of all the news coverage of the crash, two things jumped out at me.
First, only one in 1.2 million flights ends up in an accident, and the survival rate in U.S. plane crashes from 1983 to 2000 was 95 percent, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
With this in mind, there are precautions that passengers can take for such emergency situations. Such as, obviously, sitting as close as possible to an exit. But also by sitting in the rear of the plane, which is generally safer, experts say.
Second, the impressive fact that the entire country of South Korea feels "shamed" and "embarrassed" about the crash, from the airline's chief to the president to the general public. They view the crash as a poor and dishonorable reflection on their nation.
I find that amazing. Could you imagine Americans having such a reaction to a similar crash or any other national disaster?
National 'ink blot' test
My previous column on the Zimmerman-Martin case and verdict prompted many readers to add their two cents on this touchy topic, and dozens more comments on my social media sites. Here are two responses that echoed many others.
"Hi Jerry, after reading your column today I feel I have to voice my opinion," wrote Juanita R.
"To me Zimmerman was guilty, firstly when he decided to take a gun on neighborhood watch. Secondly, he was again guilty when he disobeyed the orders to not follow the subject. Thirdly, he was guilty when he opted to get out of the car and confront Martin. And lastly, he is guilty, guilty, guilty."
"The encounter between Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman was an unfortunate, isolated incident between an idiot and a punk," wrote Art Y. "Why are the liberals, blacks and media trying so hard to make it more than it was?
Art, I think it's because the case aptly serves as a "Rorschach" ink blot test for all of us, with varying opinions based on our life experiences, perceptions and prejudices. Our country, however, is not stained by ink, but by blood, yet again.
'I don't know'
There are three words I don't hear often enough in daily conversations with others, especially those people who have an answer for every question.
Those magic words are, "I don't know."
I recently asked a colleague if he is an atheist, considering his earlier remarks (or lack thereof) about faith, religion and spirituality. His candid response was immediate: "I don't know."
How refreshing, I told him. Too many of us, myself included, have answers (even if they're wrong) for everything, from religion and politics to trivia and child-rearing.
Our exchange reminded me of the movie classic, "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," with Sean Penn as surfer-dude Jeff Spicoli and Ray Walston as his straight-up teacher, Mr. Hand.
Mr. Hand: "Why are you continuously late for this class, Mr. Spicoli?"
Spicoli (after a long pause): "I don't know."
Mr. Hand (after writing and underlining those three words on the blackboard): "I like that. I don't know. That's nice. 'Mr. Hand, will I pass this class?' Gee, Mr. Spicoli, I don't know!"


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Hi! I'm relatively new to photography, and completely fascinated. We are in the market for a digital camera, >$300.00. I thought this would be a great place to get some advice/suggestions/pros v. cons on brands, specific models, etc. If all you have to offer is a review of the camera you own, as well as whatever options you looked into that you wished you would have gotten, etc. that would be a great help as well.
Thanks in advance!!
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Tiffany, What is your $$$ cap? Well, there are a lot of camera in that price range. What type of camera you are looking for? Do you want a'Point and Shoot' or would you like to move to the DSLR range? What size of prints do you want to make from the camera? What the most important factor, ISO, HDR, Optics, weight, size? You will get a whole lot of different suggestions, don't get caught up on which brand is better. They all bring somethng to the table that the other doesnt. Some people defend brands like it's a religion. Some things to think about: a P&S camera is compact and it easier to part from if you move on to another camera. If you go the DSLR route, you are just not buying a camera, you are buying into a system. Unless you have money to throw around you will most likely keep that camera a lot longer. You will have to buy lenses for the camera body. In most cases the lens can cost as much, or near, as the camera body. Therefore you find yourself dedicated to that company. There are some very nice entry level DSLRs out there. Nikon had the D50, I played with it for a while, but I decided to pass. I had the Canon XT Rebel, but I fell in love with the Olympus E500 so I gave the Canon to my wife. I can expand later if you want on these cameras if you want more info. Check dpreview.com you can find just about any camera there and it has customer ratings as well. Unfortunately, the best advice I can give you right now is when it comes to cameras, most salesman at retail stores don't have a clue, honestly, they don't. So don't listen to them. I get angered at times when I hear them make recommendations based solely on the amount of megapixels a camera has. Never buy a camera based on the Megapixel count, lens and sensor quality are the most important factors when it comes to pic quality. The newest of the new cameras are making their debut real soon. There have been a number of good camera released the last 3 years. These are all P&S cameras that I would buy for myself. There are lots of good camera but I narrowed this selection to what I liked the most. These have been tested to have better lenses, better ISO performance and shoot in RAW format. I know this next comment may hit a nerve with some here but; Nikon, Sony, Fuji, Konica-Minotlta P&Ss all fall short of the ones listed. Not that they dont make good cameras, I just dont think they perform as well as the ones listed. People post pictures from all models and they look excellent, the best way to make a picture look great is to learn how to use your camera. This is just FYI but my current cameras are: zitro_joe |
Looking into this one... reviews look pretty good, and I can pick one up for about 240.00. I'm pretty excited to have found something in that price range that I can use right out of the box, but it also has enough features that I won't outgrow it in a few months. (I am a comlete novice!) What do you think? |
Here is a link that might be useful: Fuji FinePix s5200
- Posted by kentuck_8b (My Page) on Sun, Dec 3, 06 at 13:48
It is difficult to suggest cameras since there are soooo many great cameras out there, but I would recommend looking for one with very high pixels such as 6 million or more. A high powered zoom is also desirable. Some cameras may cost $300, but by the time you buy extra batteries(rechargeable), battery chargers, memory cards and other miscellaneous items, you may spend another $200. A great sight to compare products is Pricegrabber.com. You can read reviews from people who have purchased the camera and get comparisons to similar cameras. Good Luck Kt |
Here is a link that might be useful: S5200 kit
About the only thing I can tell you for sure is that optical zoom is MUCH better than digital zoom... I just bought a Kodak Z612 For $279. after rebate but before taxes... It's a 6.1 megapixel with a 12 X optical zoom... And I'm quite happy with it but I just saw another Kodak for $249. that's a 7.1 with a 10 X optical zoom.... Whatever kind you get check on the batteries to see if you can use the $2. ones or have to buy the $40. ones... If they're re-chargeable does the charger come with it.. Do all the cables ( USB, TV ) come with it... What kind of memory card, stick, does it use, does one come with the camera.... Does it feel good in your hand... Can you figure out how to do some things on it by yourself... Good luck in finding one that suits you. Rita |
- Posted by more_to_grow (My Page) on Mon, Dec 4, 06 at 12:06
My $.02 on the topic. I wanted a point and shoot capable camera, with the option of more sophistocated adjustments as necessary, I also wanted an SLR so that I had a broad range of lense options. I placed no dollar limit on the camera purchase with the guideline that I wouldn't purchase grossly more camera than I could realistically hope to use. As such after extensive research and hands on inspection/use of everything out there I purchased the Nikon D50 with AF-S DX 18-55mm lens. I love this thing. I have been using it in automatic mode and it takes great point and shoot photos. Good luck! |
I have the Canon S2 IS and I couldn't be happier with it. I recently went to the balloon festival in NM and people who look at my photos praise them and ask what kind of camera. I didn't have one technically bad photo out of 300. |
Okay, so I've been lurking for an eerily long time. Back in the market, ready to upgrade. My $ cap is 1200.oo for body+lens. I'm not dead-set against kit lenses, as long as they don't prove useless. My main concern is lenses. I want a capable camera that won't absolutely break me when I just 'have to have' a new lens, I'll want IS lenses, and I've heard some DSLRs don't have an AF drive? How would that affect my lens options and their price range? Basically, if you've got it, I want to hear your personal pros v/ cons. Let me have it! |
Foosa, since you mentioned the S5200, I thought I'd give you my experience with mine. I had a Konica Minolta Dimage Z3 until I dropped it. boo. I replaced it with the 5200 primarily based on a good price I was able to get it at. You can see many pics with it on my site below to see what you think of its picture quality. The ones for about the last year are Fuji, the ones before that K-M. Of course K-M sold out to Sony and it uses its lenses now. As usual, Zitro hits the nail on the head. The lens is most of the equation, apparently. While I enjoy the Fuji, I could never get as good of pictures as with the K-M even though the Fuji has alot more megs. The main thing I didn't like between the two was that I couldn't get the macros I wanted with the camera, so I picked up little Canon A720 IS for that purpose. The pics taken over about the last week have some of its macros on it. FWIW, I think you give the best indication of what might be the best answer to your question when you say you are a complete newbie. You might be best advised to get an relatively inexpensive starter camera to play and learn on and then move up to the more expensive dSLR's when you have more experience and knowledge. Unless money is no object. And, the little Canon above would let you find out alot about your interests and abilities without spending much money. I got mine on sale for 139. |
Here is a link that might be useful: My Photobucket page
Sorry RC, I think I confused you by updating an ancient post of mine. I just didn't want to start yet another camera opinion thread, so I updated my previous one. My experience has grown a bit - to the point that my old Fuji is now pretty limiting. (Specifically, the noise issues drive me insane. Also, my new camera will go with me to class, as I've scheduled a few for next fall.) Also, I think I've bumped my cap up to $1500 for body+lens. :D |
Oh, I got you now. Good luck with your new camera. I don't have any experience in that price range other than to say my brother in law is going to go with the Nikon D80. Not the newest model out, but a good rep and value at the moment. |
Thanks RC :) I'm peeking at these two right now, checking out the user forums and user reviews all over the place. |
Here is a link that might be useful: 5D v. D300
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In my opinion, no contest--Canon S3 IS. Super all-round cameras--12x zoom, good Canon lens, uses AA batteries, and you can get a few accessories for them. Check out the link below for some photos shot with an S3 and remember birds are about 6-inches tall, move like lightening, and are almost always far away. In other words, hard to photograph. |
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This is sort of a strange footnote to the London Whale: one of the hedge funds that made money feasting off his carcass was run by JPMorgan*:
Even as a trader for JPMorgan in London was selling piles of insurance on corporate debt, figuring that the economy was on the upswing, a mutual fund elsewhere at the bank was taking the other side of the bet. …
But perhaps one of the most surprising takers of the JPMorgan trade was a mutual fund run out of a completely different part of the bank. The bank's Strategic Income Opportunities Fund, which holds about $13 billion in client money, owns about $380 million worth of insurance identical to the kind the "London whale" was selling, according to regulatory filings and people with knowledge of the trade. It is unclear how much the fund made.
This is … not surprising. Some people want to sell CDS, some people want to buy it. That's how there's a market. And when you're as big and interconnected as JPMorgan, it's not surprising that the market often crosses between bits of yourself. That is, it's sort of silly to think of JPMorgan as a market participant; it is rather a nexus of many many market participants. Some of those participants are "JPMorgan," in that they're interested in the performance of JPMorgan as an entity; others of them are "clients" in the sense that they are buying securities from JPMorgan or having their assets managed by JPMorgan in some separate or mutual-fundy way; but to think of them all as JPMorgan is silly.
But the conclusions from this unremarkable fact are sort of interesting:
In that way, it is different from the example of Goldman Sachs in 2007, when it sold subprime mortgage securities while betting against them. In the case of JPMorgan, it was the reverse: the bank took risk with its own money to sell the insurance contracts that have cost the company money. The asset management division, meanwhile, invested on behalf of its clients when it bought the contracts.
In this case, it may turn out to be a silver lining. If nothing else, it indicates that the asset management division, run by Mary Callahan Erdoes, acted independently from the bank, as is required.
"You've got so many different businesses, they are not coordinated and they are not telling each other things and that turns out in this case to have been a virtue," said Robert Litan, vice president for research and policy at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. "But that also feeds into another concern, and that is that JPMorgan is not only too big to fail but too big to manage." …
"There's really effectively only one lesson other than the interesting irony," said Douglas J. Elliott, a researcher at the Brookings Institution. "The lesson is that the asset management firms really do act like different bodies. They don't share info. They don't always have the view of the rest of the firm. That's how we want it to be, and that's how it was in this case."
So, one: yes. I'm sure that's true – that Bruno Iksil and the managers of this mutual fund didn't sit down and talk out the risks and rewards of this trade and ultimately decide that one of them should go long and the other should go short.
Two, though: what if this had gone the other way? This trade is in some crude sense unnatural: you would naïvely expect JPMorgan's CIO to be buying corporate credit protection and its Strategic Whatsit Whosit to be selling.** Imagine it had gone that way: the CIO had bought zillions of dollars of index credit protection, the mutual fund had sold a chunk of it, and then … well in this scenario imagine that CDX deteriorates, the CIO doesn't get picked off and makes $2 billion, and the mutual fund loses some money. Would the conclusion there be "the asset management firms really do act like different bodies, bodies housing brains that are sometimes smarter and sometimes dumber than the CIO," or would it be "ZOMG JPMorgan sold corporate credit to customers while betting against it"?
I don't know! The whole thing where they actually probably don't share info between asset management and CIO would probably be helpful. And JPMorgan making $2bn off a trade is probably less newsworthy than it losing $2bn. Still, I suspect the main reason that this trade "is different from the example of Goldman Sachs in 2007, when it sold subprime mortgage securities while betting against them" is that here JPMorgan-as-entity lost money and JPMorgan clients made money (maybe!).*** And that the one worse PR move for a bank than losing money for itself is making money trading against its customers.
As One JPMorgan Trader Sold Risky Contracts, Another One Bought Them [DealBook]
* Also not a hedge fund, whatever.
** That mutual fund is a credit fund; its natural state of being is to be long corporate credit though I suppose its purchases of CDX protection were a market hedge to being long specific names. (Or perhaps it is actually not that into corporate credit, whatever.) Similarly, the CIO is at least in part in the business of hedging JPMorgan's broader credit exposures as a bank, so you'd think it would be interested in buying protection (as it was in addition to selling).
*** I mean, there are also other, more sensible differences, like that GS's Abacus trades were marketed by the people who stood to gain on them rather than through independent brokers (bad fact for GS), or the fact that JPM's Structured Whatsit investment decision was made by JPM rather than its clients (bad fact for JPM if it had lost money).
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Eigen used to be a PM at Highbridge, and has the most latitude of any PM at JPMAM- he has his little team up in Boston, and they kind of do their own thing without being bothered by NY, so long as the inflows continue to roll in (historically- they have). What CIO does is opaque to the rest of the Firm, and Asset Management has its own strategists to ignore while PMs make their own investment calls.
Eigen is a smart guy with a hedge fund background running an opportunistic FI fund, with very little central oversight. If there's blood in the water, it's his job to get on it.
I've read a few articles on this issue now, and one of the obvious things that the MSM fails to point out is that it's not that JPM was trading against itself- JPM actually lost its own money on a position that its mutual fund investors made money on.
Mutual gunds can't sell puts/naked CDS like that so "imagine" is as close as we can get on that.
Hey – you should read this article, the author agrees with your last point!
http://dealbreaker.com/2012/05/trading-against-yo… -
I know this is wildly off topic, but what is the deal with the "welcome home Morgan Stanley, We've missed you"
I feel like im taking crazy pills!
cmon goldfarb, time to start looking for work again
Thar she blows
London Whale Said to Leave JPMorgan http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/05/16/london-wha…
Dealbreaker = mainstream now? I was referring more to the hacks on CNBC trying to find more irony than is actually present in the situation. Matt got it right.
Isn't that the best kind of client service?
Boaz, the whale killer. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/beaching_mo…
"They don't share info."
This is too broad a statement to be true. In this case, the CIO and the asset manager were literally on opposite sides of the ocean, and not only that, but the asset manager wasn't even in the same offices as HQ. That very naturally limits the amount of communication that goes on.
But with a bank where the asset manager and the prop desk manager – excuse me, I misspoke, I meant the *hedge* desk manager! – are in the same building, as they are with others of the Wall Street firms, the chances of information not flowing between the two are nearly zero. Factor in people who move between the groups, people who happen to know each other from other connections (e.g. college), and idle chatter in the cafeteria, and it's virtually guaranteed that information is going to flow, and that someone, between the prop desk (whoops!) *hedge* desk, and the asset manager, is going to be on the losing end of that.
Wasn't there someone that pulled at Iksil at Deutsche couple years prior too?
~Confirmation bias guy
It means you've been reading DB for less than three years aka you're new here.
Are you the same moronic guest that keeps making the "they talk to each other in the cafeteria!" comment on every story that involves bulge bracket AM divisions, or is your name actually legion?
-guy who has spent 10+ years in sell- and buy-side fixed income and can count on one hand the number of times he has actually eaten lunch in the company cafeteria instead of on the desk
is that a sperm whale?
cutest picture on DB since Daniela Rausnitz
You're wasting your time, PG, people like Guest always think information barriers are fake, but we know they're not. The biggest reason, besides the obvious regulatory violation, is that there is zero incentive for anyone to share info like this. If they're on the same side of the trade, then it's a race to see who can get position improvement the quickest (forget momentum, that can work against you at the exit door), and if they're on opposite sides, who cares? The JPM PM undoubtedly knew who was the large player on the other side, but if anything, likely first heard it from his coverage before it was confirmed in the press.
I highly doubt a banner regarding Morgan Stanley has anything to do with the length of time I have been accessing dealbreaker. Am I not getting a joke from a while back? Probably. But there's no way they put that up there just because of me, even I'm not that vein!
heh heh heh……vein
naaaa these are just things that you see..
like the hakuna guy there
Yeah, that'd be Boaz. How do you think he learned how to play this situations so well?
There's a cafeteria in this place??
why does this matter? this is not like some single name or unique synthetic CDO. this is the IG index. wow – one guy thought the overall credit universe was overpriced while one did not. Isn't that what banks do – long credit risk? This is the equivalent of an event in the equity market where a prop desk is long futures and some mutual fund is underweight. I realize credit derivatives might be hard to understand for equity guys, but this is a non issue.
Read up on 'fiduciary duty,' Guest, it might do you good. you'll understand how the asset management functions — whether or not divided by the physical body of water from the IB/CIO/Etc.
You say you can count on one hand the number of times you've eaten at the cafeteria – well and good. You didn't say that you've never had conversations with people on the other side.
Look, "cafeteria" is a figure of speech – call it whatever you want, "elevator", "lobby", "in front of the doorman building", "Minetta's", "Penn Station Taco Bell", whatever. The fact of the matter is, people who work on Wall Street have a lot of social contact with each other, and that is doubly true within a given bank, regulations or no regulations. I wasn't born yesterday, and the whole "oh but we never talk to each other" thing rings about as false as someone who lives in Amarillo Texas claiming he doesn't talk to hicks from the sticks.
At least "Insider" has a reasonable argument – that their interests are in conflict enough that, even though there is information flowing between them, at least the people on the asset management side have enough of an incentive to keep from leaking too much to the trading desks. But where his argument falls down is in the realization that, at most Wall Street firms, the trading desks and the sell side have all the power, and the buy side are just along for the ride. I don't doubt for a second that the traders have access to what is going on in the asset management unit – from the order flow coming from it, if nothing else – but the reverse is not true.
– Guy who (apparently) has spent more time in Wall Street cafeterias than PermaGuestII
Recall, if you will, that Bess had a post about the MS HR girl "Wideclops" running around firing people in '08-'09 whilst wearing "fuck me boots." The powers that be at MS were so furious they blocked the site completely for 3+ years despite Bess personally calling and apologizing. Evidently the site is now unblocked at MS and Bess is excited for that slice of her target demographic to be back.
-DB history quant
The key question that I'm sure you meant to ask was when the JPM asset manager managing the money of other people (aka the "Muppets") executed the trade, did all or part of that fill get soaked up by the Whale? If yes then did they handle the conflict of interest properly? In other words did the Muppets get a good fill on their trade(s) or did the Whale (who was hedging the bonus of the JPM asset manager) get a good fill or did they just trade mid-market or did the CDS desk rip both sides?
Now thats some pretty funny stuff. Thanks!
not to mention all that time in the navy
shit, you think I never seen a whale go down before… ?
"i been in this business ten + years "
The whole thing is that Dimon should have used better risk management…
I mean I could see missing a bill six maybe….but two ?
That's just… we should spend alot of time and resources on this.
nope…mutual fund — can't trade with affiliates. try again next time.
In what firm at which you have worked does the Asset Management division use the B-D's trading desks to execute?
spot fucking on.
not long enough
The guy at Five Guys today asked why I never eat there. I said, I eat at my desk.
Zero, of course (he's never worked at one, obviously, he just likes to pontificate about them). Also, what's left of the bulge bracket is drawfed by the size and trading scope of the PIMCOs, WAMCOs, Blackrocks, GSAMs, Fidelitys and JPMIMs (not a complete list) of the world. The sell side definitely does not have "all the power", hasn't for many years, and the buy side seriously lacks the liquidity they need because of it (see Aladdin, etc.)
Tray Boy just exposed his complete ignorance on both counts.
You need to go back to bond school
Yeah, but now UBS is blocking comment drill-down
yes, but it sucks
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I am headed down to Encinitas, CA (near San Diego) tomorrow, and was looking for a place with a good selection or hard to find Palms & Cycads. I know this is a long shot, but does anyone know of any good places in the area? |
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Jungle music palms and cycads is in Encintias. I think you have to make an appointment, but it possibly has the most variety for palms on the west coast. Pretty much every palm that can grow in So cal will be there! They are pretty expensive, but if your looking for something rare, they probably have it. I've never been there though. |
Thanks for the tip, that was actually the main reason we were heading there! Someone had mentioned it to us. I also read that Barrels and Branches is pretty good as well. Anyone have any others near here? |
I highly recommend Jungle Music. Yeah, they're expensive, but he has amazing robust healthy specimens. I have brought many a palm from there to my garden in Southern NM and all have done well. Phil the owner is an amazingly knowledgeable plantsman, and an ER doc to boot. |
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My hiney is in the garden as of 11/25/12. I was just curious.
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I have some stunning Endless Summer in the front that get a lot more afternoon sun and are doing great. But I have a back fence area that is bare. It pretty much gets bright shade until about 3pm and then sun until about 6 or 7pm.
I'd like something that reblooms since the idea is to put some color in a dull area. Other suggestions are welcome as well. Thanks,
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Are those the times when that area gets sun now or in the summer? |
It's in the summer since in Connecticut it's still winter. Right now they get a lot of sun since the trees are bare. :) |
It is hard to say coming from Texas. Over here, the hydrangea leaves would suffer from sunscorch and they would bleach out and turn either white-ish or yellowish. For that reason, your plan would be a bad idea **here**. But... you are not in Texas so I will mention that several relatives in Mass are growing Nikko Blue -with no problems-on the west-facing side of the house. I am not sure exactly when they start getting sun in the summer but it would be sometime after 1pm. Pine trees then provide shade about 1 hour before sundown (this is in the summer time). The plants have done fine throughout the years and the blooms have not been affected (sometimes blooms will brown out if exposed to too much sun). Because the sun exposure is different in the northern half of the country versus the southern half of the country, you might be able to do plant them successfully. Some rhodies, for example, can be grown in full sun over there but must have shade here by 11am. Look around for an existing plant being grown under similar conditions so you can observe what happens or even ask the owner. Or experiment to confirm if you can. Try just one plant for starters. If you can, grow it in a pot for one year so you can easily move it elsewhere if the sun becomes a problem or if the blooms turn brownish early in the summer. A good and constant supply of moisture can help grow hydrangeas where it is a little bit sunnier than normal. Water when the soil feels 'almost dry' or dry to a depth of 4". Wet soil will promote root rot so just keep the soil moist. And mulch them well too. |
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