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Indicative Rate* $250.00 to $450.00 Accommodation Only
Welcome to Australis Mariners North Holiday Apartments Townsville, where you enjoy guaranteed ocean views from every apartment. As the one and only 'absolute oceanfront accommodation' located anywhere in Townsville, Mariners North Holiday Apartments takes pride of place on The Strand on prestigious Mariners Peninsula - the most exclusive location in the city. Every apartment has the most amazing ocean views from The Strand and Cleveland Bay clear out to picturesque Magnetic Island and beyond.
... moreSituated on The Strand - Mariners North Holiday Apartments has everything within easy strolling distance including the Breakwater Ferry Terminal - main departure point for Magnetic Island, Breakwater Marina - base for all charter boats to the Great Barrier Reef, the Central Business District, Palmer Street Dining Precinct, Casino and Entertainment Centre.
Every apartment is fully self-contained, with two full sized bathrooms, a spacious open plan living area and a generous private balcony with stunning ocean views.
They come complete with air-conditioning, fans, large modern kitchen, fully equipped laundry, Austar television, DVD, security access and secure undercover parking.
Venture outside your apartment and enjoy a range of resort style facilities including a saltwater pool, spa and full size tennis court.
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Children are welcome. The ground floor apartments gives direct access to the pool and garden areas. The Waterpark and childrens playground on The Strand is within 300 metres from Mariners North. Tobruk Olympic swimming pool is only 200 metres from the property. The Rock Pool located at the end of The Strand is ideal for families with a playground, barbecues and enclosed swimming area. Reef HQ Aquarium and The Tropical Museum is 500 metres from Mariners North.
Disabled access including lifts and ramp entry is available.
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A cancellation fee applies.
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Mariners North Holiday Apartments are the only absolute ocean apartments in Townsville located on Breakwater Marina. Every apartment faces the ocean with their own private balcony.
How To Get There
Follow road signage to The Strand, Australis Mariners North is located at the southern end. Turn into Mariners Drive from The Strand at the Tobruk swimming pool. The Holiday Apartments are at Breakwater marina on the left hand side driving along Mariners Drive.
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The executive two bedroom apartments have superior and modern internal furnishings. The apartments have guaranteed ocean views with a private balcony. The apartments have full size kitchens (six plate stove and oven). There is a laundry with washing machine and dryer. Main bedroom has a queen-size bed and own ensuite. Second bedroom has two single beds with a separate bathroom. Ceiling fans and air-conditioning will keep you cool all year round or open the security doors for refreshing sea breezes. The apartments are the largest in Townsville with open plan living areas.
Two bedroom
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Bed Types Available:
Queen Size Bed, Single Bed
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$295.00 | $350.00 | Adult Room Only |
Children: Children are welcome.
Disabled: Contact operator for further details on disabled access.
Every two bedroom holiday apartment has absolute ocean views. Fully self contained with full cooking and laundry facilities. Main bedroom with queen-sized bed and own ensuite. Second bedroom comes with its own bathroom with bath. Be amazed at the spacious open plan living area and outside balcony/entertaining area. Ceiling fans and air-conditioning will keep you cool all year round. Or open the security doors for refreshing sea breezes.
The apartments are very spacious with large open plan living areas and a private balcony.
Two bedroom
1 - 5
Bed Types Available:
Queen Size Bed, Single Bed
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$250.00 | $315.00 | Adult Room Only |
Children: Contact operator for further details.
Disabled: Contact operator for further details.
Every three bedroom holiday apartment has ocean views. Fully self contained with full size kitchen (4 hot plate stove and oven, microwave and dishwasher) and laundry(washing machine and dryer). Main bedroom with queen-sized bed and own ensuite. Second and third bedrooms have their own bathroom with bath/shower. The bedding configuration for the second and third bedrooms consist of either four singles or a queen with two singles. The living area is spacious with two outside balconies/entertaining areas. Ceiling fans and air-conditioning will keep you cool all year round or open the security doors for refreshing sea breezes. The apartment caters for six people comfortably. Access is by lift and come with two free car parking spaces.
Three bedroom
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I just bought a home in the Northern CA San Joaquin valley. The backyard has a large area of sand that is about 15 inches deep. There used to be an above-ground pool on the sand, but the pool is long gone.
Having the sand removed and replaced with soil is going to be an expensive project, so I am trying to figure out what other options I have. Are there any plants that do well in sand? Any suggestions for what kind of garden I could create in the space? I bet in the long run I could save a lot on my water bill by planting some drought-resistant plants there, but I need to make it a space that can be enjoyed as part of my backyard as well. Ideas? thanks! |
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oops, I made a typo in the subject line! Anyway, I thought a drawing of my yard might help. Click on the link below. My yard has kind of a strange layout. The soil/sand areas are raised about 6 inches from the patio level with a wood retaining "wall". As you can see, the sandy area is quite a large part of my yard, so I want it to be enjoyable. I have kids, so I think putting in a swing set is a good idea. The small soil area that sticks out from the sandy area is where I want to put my veggie garden because it gets the most sunlight. Any other bright ideas would be appreciated! |
Here is a link that might be useful: my yard drawing
- Posted by isabella__ma z5_MA (My Page) on Sat, Apr 24, 10 at 5:49
Having sand can be a resource. I had a similar situation. I was putting in an above ground pool (cheap inflatabe one to try out my desire for a real one). I extended my playset's sand fall protection sand layer to create a level area for the pool. The pool was too cold being in the woodland shade and too much effort, so it went away, which left me with a similar large sand footprint. Hauling off the sand was not an option for me anyway. Some of the sand. I used for making pathways in other parts of the garden. The rest amended with loam and peat, and put in a top layer of topsoil/loam over the mix for planting. Pines and azaleas and daylillies have been thriving in the area since then. |
- Posted by blessedfamily 46123 (My Page) on Sat, Apr 24, 10 at 10:06
I think you should take all the sand up and put in a pond he he..I love ponds :) |
Grass will grow in sand and send roots down to soil. You need to provide water and fertilizer tho. (lots in the beginning) You could grade it out, level the sand over the entire grass area and re-seed. Conversely, you have the beginnings of a golf course, eh? |
oops. bad bump. apologies. |
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Fifteen students from Marion County have been named Senator Jeff Green Scholars. Students earn this designation by achieving a 4.0 grade point average all four years of high school and scoring at least a 28 composite on the ACT. These students have also earned $2,500 a year in Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship (KEES) awards. Their awards may be renewed each year of college if they continue high scholastic achievement, making the total value of their KEES worth $10,000.
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Have any old shoes you'd like to give away? Every pair of old shoes is worth 75 cents to St. Catharine College's men's soccer team. The team is raising money for a service trip to Africa. There's a box at United Presbyterian Church beside the Marion County Public Library. Call (859) 336-5082 for more information.
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I finally found my local artesian well report on-line, but reading through it, it seems there are some things missing: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4l9...zRj/edit?hl=en It lists: Nitrate-N .42 mg/L Fluoride .13 mg/L Chloride 3.6 mg/L Sulphate 9.5 mg/L Zinc .007 mg/L Sodium 6.29 mg/L Hardness (calcium carb) 164 uS/cm Everything else is either none detected, or just not there. Is this enough info to enter into Brewater? Would it be better to just get a specific report from Ward? I travel about 5 miles to get this water for free, but I also have access to RO water right here at my house... I just figured building up water from scratch would be more difficult than adjusting spring water. Thanks for any help/opinion on which route to go.
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Your eyes crossed and you picked up the conductivity rather than the hardness which is 65.8 mg/L. You want to know the individual calcium and magnesium hardnesses. Assuming calcium hardness is 60% of the total which is not an unreasonable assumption but is certainly not guaranteed to be the case you would have 15.8 mg/L calcium and 6.4 mg/L magnesium. You also want to know the alkalinity which we can estimate at 66 based on the other ions but that is also just an estimate. These estimates are doubtless good enough to feed into a spreadsheet. Building up water from scratch is always easier than modifying spring water because scratch water (low ion water) is just spring water with nothing in it. This means you don't have to take what is in the water initially into consideration - it's always 0 on every ion. In this particular case the alkalinity is high enough that it can cause problems with some beers. You would have to either dilute with low mineral water or add acid to control this before going on to augment the sulfate, chloride and calcium. With pure water you can leave out the dilution and acid addition steps. If you have access to food grade sulfuric and hydrochloric acids you can simultaneously dispose of alkalinity and augment sulfate/chloride but FCC grades of these chemicals are astronomically expensive and hard for a home brewer to obtain (not to mention that you can do yourself a mischief with these if you don't handle them properly). And you'd still need to do calcium supplementation. So I still think it's just simpler to add a bit of calcium sulfate, calcium chloride and calcium hydroxide (if needed) to low ion water than it is to adjust existing water.
Thanks so much for taking the time to respond. Building up the RO water sounds like the way to go for many reasons. So to be clear, I would build up water for mashing, but sparge with straight RO water?
You can always sparge with RO water if you want to but it might be simpler for you to treat the entire volume of brew water the same way and do it at the same time (if you have an HLT big enough to hold the entire volume of water). It really depends on what you are brewing and how you go about brewing it. What you do not want to do is let runoff pH rise high enough that tannins are extracted from the grain husks. With RO water to which you have added no alkali that's not a problem. It's really not much of a problem in any case as a bit of lagering will allow the polyphenols to complex and drop out but if you want to minimize conditioning time it is something to be aware of.
This is from a Sand and Gravel aquifer, so I'm surprised to see the hardness as high as reported. I'm not sure that the Seattle area has carbonate formations in their geology, but the result suggests they do. The calcium or magnesium content is only a result of the geology, so there is no way to make a meaningful or useful estimate of the contributing ions. While I would prefer food-grade acids, it appears that ACS Reagent grade acids would be suitable for brewing use. These meet American Chemical Society standards for purity and represent the highest purity available. The thing that is missing is the certification that they are indeed pure and free from dangerous impurities. I won't recommend acids with this purity standard, but they are the best that you can get. There are plenty of places that sell this grade of acid for reasonable cost. The average homebrewers only need a teeny quantity of these acids since they are typically at high concentration. Add to the fact that hydrochloric and sulfuric acids are quite dangerous to handle and it should be apparent that only the most savvy and capable brewers should consider their use. In the case of the OP's water, there is no reason not to use Lactic acid for all alkalinity neutralization. The alkalinity is quite low and the amount of acid needed is low. The benefit of using those mineral acids mentioned above is quite minor given the potentially increased hazard. That artesian water is quite suitable for brewing. I would supplement the water report with one performed for the brewer. Ward Labs is a good choice.
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Thanks for the responses. Some background of this water... It was originally tapped for use as supplied water for the entire city. This is well #5 of six. The well taps an aquifer that is approximately 250' deep. As the city grew, water demands couldn't keep up, so the aquifer was abandoned, and all the well heads were capped with exception of this one, which freely flows from a pipe at a kiosk at a rate of 10 gallons per minute. It is made available to the public for those that prefer un-chlorinated, and un-fluoridated water. The water is not treated in any way. As for my system and styles, I brew mostly light to medium ales, some hoppy IPA's, and some darker amber ales. I use a direct fired mash tun, and I do have a pretty significant HLT, so I could batch all my water. I just spent the day cleaning and going through my RO system... I have a home anodizing system to go along with my aluminum machining projects (thus the reason for large amounts of RO water) . I have a 40 gallon tank full of dilute sulfuric acid, so I am familiar with acid use (Always Add Acid... the 3 "A's") and safety protocol. No, I won't be using battery acid for brewing. None the less, at least for tomorrow's brew, I will be building up from RO water. I'm thinking a simple addition of 4g gypsum, and 6g calcium chloride could be a good starting point. Brewers friend calcs the mash ph will be 5.71. Should I think about lowering that with a bit of lactic acid? Thoughts on those water additions?
That mash pH prediction is only valid in limited circumstances. I can't help but recommend you find better software to assist you with your brewing water calculations.


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BMW 7-Series 2007+
Seems like an improvement in the body and who couldn't use more horsepower, better idrive, and bluetooth technology.. I'll be waiting for this model and will place my order once definite pricing is in. Although resources say price will be negligibly higher.
draq Posts: 18Just in, the official 750 prices will be out by next week. There will be a 'slight' increase in the price but for the first six months deals will offer no discounts. In fact they expect sales of 750 to spike and limited number of the cars will be available. My question, is it a good time to buy an 05' now or not? since dealers will try to get rid of their 05s.
draq Posts: 18well, I hope I am wrong too. I got this info. from two different dealers.
But there is a solution for this. Go by a dealer once the prices are out and reserve a car that you would like and tell them how much you want to pay for it. If they agree, sales won't effect you. You see dealers like this, to them this is money in the bank and to you this is money in your pocket...or you can get an 05 for cheap, just make sure you time it right.. -
woodwrkr2 Posts: 8Careful guys, although the prices may not have increased much the diffence in the money factor, or interest rate, used by BMW is substantially different between the '05 and '06 models. Between this and the discounts off of list, the lease prices can easily vary by $200+ between the '05 and '06. If you're buying outright, the damage isn't quite as bad, though still clearly a couple grand most likely.
jmed3 Posts: 17Whatz up guys,
Just put in my order for a lease on the new 7. Just so everyone knows, no deals are available. Suprise, suprise! But I'm happy I'll be one of the first driving around this newly improved baby (should be in by early June). Seen it at car shows and new design is definitely an improvement. Back end is nicer and those dreadful owl eyes have been thankfully made sleek and sporty. Wouldn't have been happy with the old model. Just too awkward looking for my taste. The new 7 is a car, I'll no doubt enjoy and proudly drive. (Oh by the way you can get good deals on the old 7 (2005) now because lots of these cars are on dealer lots and the demand just isn't there.) I, personally, wouldn't pay them a dime for the old one! -
woodwrkr2 Posts: 8Put my order in last Saturday, 4/2. I did manage to get a discount though not a substantial one. Just hope you don't live anywhere near me as I want to be the 1st driving a new 750Li....lol They are gorgeous cars and just saw the first commercial for the 2006 BMW 750Li on TV on Wednesday during West Wing. Won't be long now....
draq Posts: 18HI guys,
Now is the best time to buy an 05 7series especially by the end of this month. the new ones are coming on May and every dealer in the country wants to get rid of their 05 model. So this what you do, Go to a dealer and pick the car you want and let them run your credit once they see that you qualify tell them you want a good discount like $10K off. They will tell you NO WAY, then tell them you need sometime to think about it and LEAVE.. (must leave) play the waiting game until they call you and believe me they will and when they do you will get the best price for the 7 you want. I just got a call from my dealer telling me about a $10k off.
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woodwrkr2 Posts: 8I don't know about 10k off of an '05 either, though about 3 weeks ago I did personally experience offers of discounts in the $4-5k range. I would suspect that those discounts will be steadily increasing now that the '06 deliveries will begin in just about a month. Keep in mind that the selection was already somewhat limited and that was on the 'cookie-cutter' color Titanium Silver. Best I could find was a car equipped with only 3 of the 6 options I desired.
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olad Posts: 2I applaud all of you 750 buyers! That car will absolutely and emphatically be the best car out for years to come. I'm just now attempting to enter the world of 700-series owers, so I have to start at the beginning. Does anyone have any guesses as to how the buyer market will look for 2002 745s over the next few months due to the entry of the 750? I'm looking to possibly find one in the mid to high $30K range (w/o more than 50K miles) by September. Any thoughts? Suggestions? I've only been paying attention to the cars.com and autotrader.com websites, but didn't know if there were perhaps other places on which I could keep an eye. Thanks!
jmed3 Posts: 17My car is being produced as per the BMW website. It's exciting and cool that the order can be tracked. Guess I'll be one of the first driving this new 7. I bet this car is gonna be a lot of fun and turn a lot of heads. 360hp, ultra-luxury, lots of gadgets, nice color combo, comfort access... Oh yeah baby....it's definitely on!
bobokc Posts: 1Hello.
We just picked up our new 750Li a few days ago. Pretty much figured everything out, except this: there is a message on the display screen that says "Phone Conncected?". We do not have any cell phone installed. Any way to turn this message off? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Seems to be wonderful car so far!
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mis5 Posts: 1On Tuesday I ordered the following
2006 750Li
Convenience package
Luxury seating package
Rear Entertainmet package
Premium Sound Package
19" star spoke whheel and tires
Total MSRP $82,945
I paid : $79,645
I got a nice $3,300 off
I had the deal agreed to by 3 dealers. Just wanted ti kow if that is a good deal or not. definately not like buyin a Dodge or something like that, they seem very tight to budge on these high end cars.
If you are in Southern California, And are looking for the same or similar I can directt you to where I went , if $3,300 off is good.
I was told it will take 1.5 month to 3 months for the car to arrive from order to deliver.
Does any one out there know if that is the norm.
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draq Posts: 18Congrads,
That is a sweet deal, I would like to get one myself with this price. How did you get this deal. The dealer I saw told me that currently there is no way they can give any discounts. I live in S.cal, please let me know.
I know that it takes 6-8 weeks for a car to get here from europe. Do you mind telling us what is the color on you new 7er.
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jmed3 Posts: 17Hello all,
There's definitely excitement about this car and dealers aren't bending over backwards to get you in one. But who cares about a discount.. I just got mine (Black Sapphire 750Li) and its really cool. The car is a really nice ride and its got real road presence. I just can't drive it enough. For all the potential buyers.. expect to wait 2-3 months to get one (as I did) since there aren't many extra ones laying around dealer lots. In fact my substantially large dealer didn't even have one on display in their showroom. They said all the 750's that are coming in are already sold and the only way to get one currently is to order it as desired and wait.. But let me tell you its worth the wait and even the extra dough.. Shop around a little and then get to ordering. The waiting can be the hardest part of getting into one of these babies.
In response to other posts my car also says "Phone Connected?".. Dealer couldn't hook up my verizon bluetooth phone (motorola v710) and says verizon probably needs to update the phone software. I'll stop by verizon ASAP and let you guys know if they provided the fix. -
jmed3 Posts: 17Follow up..
Got my motorola v710 phone a software update through verizon wireless and now the bluetooth in the car works fine. It seems like a pretty cool option in this car. Also seems like this is a common problem with this verizon bluetooth phone since the verizon tech staff was well aware of the issue. They kept the phone for an hour for the need software upgrade, so be prepared to wait... -
lee714 Posts: 3I have pretty good experience with Costco autobuy program. I was able to get mine on May 5th and dealer offered $3000 off MSRP of $85K. The sweet thing was I did not have to wait (selection was limited through). I am in Southern California.
Haven't figure out how to have my nextel phone work with the built-in bluetooth one. -
bmw750li_owner Posts: 4The new 750Li makes my 2001 750iL feel like a piece of junk. it rides very quietly, nothing raddles, it is quicker, though the power comes at different stages of the acceleration.one tip for you gus buying the car, BMW financial allowsyou to purchse as many miles as you want on a leaseat 16/mile up to 9 months before lease end. so I got a 10,000 mile/year lease and will buy more miles if necessary. the leasesuggests 25c per mile at lease end.... also I joined the BMW club to get a $1500 discount rebate for a 7 series, this discount is only good if you were a current member for over a year, so it will be good for my next car (if I will not buy the new 2007 S class with 383 horse power.
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When we last saw Harry Potter on screen, he was going through a bit of an awkward phase. Stretchy and pale, the bespectacled young wizard, played by a sprouting-into-adolescence Daniel Radcliffe, appeared to be touched by a force -- puberty -- as unruly as any otherworldly spell. But in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry has come out the other side of his growth spurt and looks all the better for it. He's leaner, more handsome, and bolder than before, and that's true, as well, of the movie itself.
In ''The Prisoner of Azkaban,'' Harry faces down assorted foes, including Sirius Black (Gary Oldman), a scraggly escaped convict who may hold a violent grudge against him, and he does it with an authority he hasn't previously shown. Harry also has interludes of jaunty rapture, like his soaring king-of-the-world flight aboard a Hippogriff (half horse, half eagle). All of this has been staged by Alfonso Cuarón, the Mexican-born director of ''A Little Princess'' and ''Y Tu Mamá También'' (he takes the reins from Chris Columbus), with a breathless visual and dramatic flow that only underscores what buggy contraptions the other two ''Harry Potter'' films were. Shot in spooky gradations of silver and shadow, ''The Prisoner of Azkaban'' is the first movie in the series with fear and wonder in its bones, and genuine fun, too.
The droll enchantment of the ''Harry Potter'' books comes from the way that J.K. Rowling turns a child's wild and woolly dream-world of spells, creatures, and sky-high Quidditch matches into something scruffy and Dickensian: transportingly everyday. That was the quality violated by the first two movies. Columbus staged them like the ultimate Muggle, zapping you with each beastie and wizardly doodad. His tone of mechanized japery said, ''Look, here's the next effect! The next blockbuster money shot!'' What was missing was the flippant and addictive offhandedness that Rowling, in her madcap stew of Roald Dahl, the Hardy Boys, ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,'' ''The Chronicles of Narnia,'' ''E.T.,'' and ''Star Wars,'' infused into every page.
Right from the start of ''The Prisoner of Azkaban,'' when Harry confronts a tyrannical aunt by forcing a glass to break in her hand -- shades of Sissy Spacek in ''Carrie'' -- the supernatural in this movie has an emotional anchor, and it isn't belabored. Trying to get to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, that magic-mushroom vision of a British prep academy, Harry boards a triple-decker bus for a ride so speedy it's nutzoid, as a shrunken head chatters like a refugee from ''Beetlejuice.'' The whole movie zips along with a matter-of-fact cleverness that stays a step ahead of you.
At Hogwarts, Harry meets several new instructors, like a flighty Divination professor played by Emma Thompson as the most myopic of seers (''Your aura is pulsing, dear,'' she quavers to one student. ''Are you in the beyond?'') and David Thewlis as Professor Lupin, the requisite new Defense Against the Dark Arts instructor. Asked to think of what scares them most, each student readies his or her wand, and the shape-shifting fiend hidden in the cupboard takes the form of their fear -- until it's changed into something laughable. Timid Ron (Rupert Grint) conjures a giant spider; another student calls forth Professor Snape (Alan Rickman), whose dour menace is dissipated when the boy imagines him wearing his grandmother's clothes. As for Harry, his mind drifts toward one of the Dementors -- no, not an obscure group of psychedelic '60s garage rockers, but a chilling phantom with a head like an octopus' and a ghostly body of ashen black. It can suck the soul right out of you, and as it looms up in class, Harry can scarcely contain his tremors. The effects may have come out of a digital lab, but they're never far removed from the characters' heads and hearts.
''The Prisoner of Azkaban'' is still too long, with that slightly arbitrary quality that's better filtered through the fairy-tale tranquillity of Rowling's prose. But Cuarón, streamlining the book and inventing a few marvels of his own (like most of that Hippogriff ride), has gotten Rowling's spirit on screen. You can feel it in the way the paintings on the Hogwarts walls are animated, in every sense, yet never lose their gilded Renaissance glow, or the doleful way Harry emerges from his Invisibility Cloak after hiding out from the world. The universe here is always in flux: A rat turns into a ratty-looking man, and Harry confronts his fears by literally stepping out of time to gawk at himself. By letting him, and the series, grow up a bit, ''The Prisoner of Azkaban'' turns kids' stuff, once again, into serious play.


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Sparkimarj 24/11/2011 at 15:28
I have this problem on one of my rose cuttings, but don't mind it now I know it's a bee and presumably it will have had enough soon and leave my rose alone!
bill.welsford 24/11/2011 at 15:28
busy bee's have totally defoliated a climbing rose which hasn't flowered for 3 years, but other roses are fine. Spraying with insecticide hasn't helped. will cover with net this year and see what happens.
rasmus 24/11/2011 at 15:29
"Wait for the female and swish her away" You can't be serious! Is this really the best advice you can give?
Little rich 30/01/2012 at 09:13
Our leaf cutter bees have made their home in the hollow arm of a garden bench. I don't mind in the least although the rose bush leaves are somewhat decimated. The bees worked very hard and were a joy to. Watch. Hope they stay with us !
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year before last we had our fuschias attacked - initially didn't know what this was and panic set in....however, we left alone and the following year the plants came up again with no problems. Amazing how a bee can leave such a perfect shaped 'bite'!


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When I had my hardscape done the landscaper brought in what looks and feels like sand but it's black in color and holds moisture in the areas not directly in the sun. Any idea what it might be made up of? The landscaper has retired and I've been unable to contact him. I want to raise the bed up in another area so I'm looking to add more of that material. |
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Take a magnet and see if the sand is attracted to it. If so, it is iron slag that is used for sand blasting. It is sometimes called Black Beauty. I would be a little concerned about heavy metal contamination from it though I don't have any info about that happening. |
my mistake, black beauty (the name brand stuff) is coal slag not iron slag. Though I have seen black 'sand' that was iron slag and copper slag as well. One time I got some for an aquarium. ugh big mistake since you clean the glass with a magnet. Well super sharp iron slag, magnets, and a big glass box don't make a very good combination. |
Likely placer deposit (aka black sand). I believe WA is known for having a fair number of these. Placer deposit black sand is often partially magnetic. |
- Posted by toxcrusadr 5 (My Page) on Wed, Apr 24, 13 at 12:28
I suppose if it's magnetic it's due to magnetite (or hematite? not sure if that's magnetic). Magnetite is just an iron mineral that happens to be magnetic. This is a much more likely scenario than a landscaper using toxic used blasting medium. Not that it couldn't happen. OTOH, when I Googled "Black Sand Washington" the first hit was a page about a project to remove and replace a black sand beach that was made up of granulated slag with high levels of metals. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Black Sand Beach
tox, Wouldn't that stuff go to a hazardous waste landfill? |
It'a not used blasting sand. They get clean stuff. But I've seen it at rock yards all over the place being sold as black sand at an unreasonably attractive price. one of the reasons they use slag for sand blasting is because sand is in a way more dangerous because of silicidosis. |
Like I said, placer deposits - I believe there's a lot of it the NW. It's one of the things the gold prospectors look for. |
Now, my experience with the stuff is only in the SW. Sand, gravel, etc are very local products and placer deposits might be cheaper and more available in the NW than the slag. I would definitely ask first though. However if you see Black Beauty, that is a brand name for coal slag. |
In addition to asking, a small strong rare earth magnet (they're cheap!) should move the stuff if its "black sand" from a placer deposit - the stuff is mostly mixed iron oxides and is considered partially magnetic. If you get lucky maybe you'll find some gold, or platinum in it ;-) |
I also don't think it's too crazy to think that landscapers are putting slag places when you can go into any BBS and buy a bag of mine tailings loaded with heavy metals beng sold as fertilizer (ironite). |
wow tox that beach project was crazy. I did a little more digging to find out how that happened. 90 years of dumping 450 tons of slag a day into the river created that beach. crazy. |
Here is a link that might be useful: black sand beach history
- Posted by toxcrusadr 5 (My Page) on Wed, Apr 24, 13 at 18:21
Slag would not necessarily go to a haz waste landfill. Quite the contrary. Just so everyone understands, slag is a general term for the glassy waste from metal smelting. It has all the minerals they don't want. It floats to the top of the smelter and the liquid metal sinks to the bottom. Slag has different compositions depending on the ore and other ingredients that go in. There are ancient (1800s) laws that have the effect of exempting mining wastes from various env. laws and regs that came along later. For example I was at a lead smelter just last month, which has its own landfill of...black sand slag. It does have total metal content (Pb, Zn, Cu etc.) way over what would be safe in a yard, and they are managing it appropriately, but it's certainly not being treated as a hazardous waste. Hazardous Waste is a very narrow term. There are no Listed Haz Wastes that are smelter slag, so unless it is Characteristic - i.e. leachable - which it is probably not, being glassy...it cant be a RCRA HW, even if the mining exemptions weren't there. This does NOT mean that it's safe to expose people to, as it may have TOTAL metal content at an unsafe level. I also know that a lot of coal cinders - at least those used for fill in past decades here in MO - are high in arsenic. All this stuff, when dug out of a remediation site like that beach, would go to a local sanitary landfill as what they call 'Special Waste'. Its location in the landfill is recorded for posterity. I would not want any of this stuff in my yard, including Black Beauty, which is marketed as a coal slag blasting medium (where it should be contained and disposed and the user is presumably wearing a mask). Natural black sand sounds lovely though. :-] Don't have any of that here in MO. |
tox, thanks for explaining that - makes sense. I never dealt much with the inorganic solids processing world. Where I've worked in the U.S. pretty much everything fell under RCRA HW, except office waste paper. If it could be burned, it went to our six 9's-plus incinerator which was the preferred method, selected and highly controlled waste water streams went to our HW-water treatment facility. The incinerator was water scrubbed and the water went to the ww facility, then the ash went tour our in-perpetuity HW landfill. Rainfall went into a separate storm sewer that went to HW-waster treatment. The sludge from ww went to the incinerator. Construction debris went to the HW landfill. Round and round it all went. Nothing left the system, save office stuff. The intent was a completely closed system, save air emission (highly permitted and regulated), and outflow form tertiary ww (again, highly permitted and regulated). Hence, when I read the description of the black sand beach and how it was being handled, it sure seemed like HW to me. |
I wonder if it's as simple as just sand mixed with top soil? There's no organic material that I can see. |
Ordinary sand mixed with a dark soil or dark organic matter will, upon close inspection, look like a salt and pepper mix. If it's placer deposit black sand it will look fairly uniformly black, and it will readily settle from water to form a black sandy layer on the bottom of a container (the stuff is very dense, like 2X the density of quartz). |
Around here, many years ago, landscapers used to sell people spent foundry sand as "topsoil" (hey, its black isn't it?). Today we have a company that dredges the organic matter (tree leaves primarily) from the bottom of one of our lakes, mixes that with sand and some lime (they have MSU test it for pH and call it "state tested") and when it is delivered it looks like decent black dirt. After a light rain, however, the organic matter is washed out and you see the light tan sand. Sandy soils, because of the very large particles, drain quite well, almost too well, but do not hold nutrients at all and so sand needs lots of organic matter so both moisture and nutrients can be held in the plants root zone. Sand varies in color from light tan (almost white) to black depending on the source. Sand is the largest of the soil particles. |
kruise - a simple test for you. Take a "clean" sample of the stuff (don't dig down and get a bunch of dirt). Put it an test tube, bottle, jar or glass, about 1/10th to 1/5th the depth. Add clean water to near the top, then shake or stir to suspend all the stuff in the water, The set it down to rest undisturbed and watch. Sand particles are denser and will settle quickly, and the color will be self evident - silica sand will be pale, placer "black sand" will be black and will settle very quickly. |
From the simple soil tests I frequently post. 1) Soil test for organic matter. From that soil sample put enough of the rest to make a 4 inch level in a clear 1 quart jar, with a tight fitting lid. Fill that jar with water and replace the lid, tightly. Shake the jar vigorously and then let it stand for 24 hours. Your soil will settle out according to soil particle size and weight. For example, a good loam will have about 1-3/4 inch (about 45%) of sand on the bottom. about 1 inch (about 25%) of silt next, about 1 inch (25%) of clay above that, and about 1/4 inch (about 5%) of organic matter on the top. |
- Posted by toxcrusadr 5 (My Page) on Fri, Apr 26, 13 at 13:03
TX, you must have worked at a really serious industrial facility! I'd be curious to know at least the type of industry (if you don't want to name the employer). I would say the vast majority of waste with chemical contaminants in the US is not HW in the strict RCRA sense. Overseeing the cleanup of contaminated sites, I'd say well over 90% of what gets treated or hauled away ends up in the local sanitary landfill as Special Waste. |
tox - like stated over on the sludge thread*, chemical industry, one of the big guys. I don't doubt that most of the stuff hauled off somehow escapes RCRA. In the industry, however, once you are significantly on the RCRA side of things it is probably just easier to live life that way. But to do so, you must have the facilities. The other part had to do with our own ethics and sense of responsibility - we believed in cleaning up after ourselves and not creating problems for others. The biggest issue(s) are typically ancient history, before anyone knew any better. Then of course there was SARA, CERCLA, TSCA, etc., etc. It always seemed to us that the goal of regulatory agencies was to keep chemicals out of the hands of chemists. :-/ *very nice, and accurate reply to the dialogue on who can throw what into a POTW stream. Two things many forget - the initial generic restrictions without regard to HW classifications (there are a number of them back up at the start of 40 CFR 403, even before you get to HW, and many provide all that is needed to restrict), and state/local POTW ability to restrict. oops - looks like I departed from gardening topics. |
One of the lessons learned from Love Canal and the toxic waste sites we have around here is that chemicals dumped into the ground often combine there and even of they are inert when dumped they combine wit others and create new and very toxic substances. It has taken around 45 years to get enough of these toxins out of the lakes around here so they are in the process of being removed from the EPAs list of hot spots. We have far too many people that are unaware of history so we are going to repeat the errors of the 1960s and create more hazardous waste sites that will need Superfund cleanup again. |
- Posted by toxcrusadr 5 (My Page) on Mon, Apr 29, 13 at 13:40
>>The biggest issue(s) are typically ancient history, before anyone knew any better. And that, in fact, is what I do for a living. Some of my sites have gunk under them that dates back well over a century. |
tox - as a good friend of mine once said, "waste is a terrible thing to mind". ;-) |
- Posted by toxcrusadr 5 (My Page) on Tue, Apr 30, 13 at 10:52
Haha, that's a new one, however surprising that sounds. Re: creating new contaminated sites, it's certainly happening in many parts of the world. Waste control in the US is a lot better than many places and we don't have the burial of drums and pits full of gunk that we had just a few decades ago. Plenty of job security in places like Asia and Africa and Eastern Europe, though. I've heard some scary stories, and I shudder to think how bad it actually is close up. |
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It's once again the Festival dedicated to Sr. Sto. Nino that contributed to the inception of Christianity in the Philippines and defined Cebu.
Cebu, known as the Queen City of the South, is famous for the Sinulog Festival that gives tribute to the young Jesus, Sto. Nino, which was brought by the Spanish people (via a statuette) that was led by the Portuguese explorer, Ferdinand Magellan.
Sinulog is annually held on the 3rd Sunday of January: Grandiose floats and costumes plus fluid-like dances, true to the name 'Sinulog' that came from the Cebuano word 'sulog' meaning 'like the movement of the water'; this is culminated on the last day of the 9 day celebration.
Every year, there are plenty contestants coming from different places in the Philippines contending to win for the best dance interpretation to win in the Sinulog Contest. The Grand Parade will first have to show off the contestant's dance interpretations in the streets of Cebu City leading to Abellana which will be the arena to show off their fab dances to the judges.
Everyone from various places, Filipinos or Foreigners alike enjoy the mardi gras that gives the best street dance feel due to the loud drum beats that make you move and shout 'PIT SENYOR!'. Even children are held on their parents' shoulders to let them see the colorful parade on the streets.
Probably the most crowded Sinulog I've ever attended, and also everyone's opinion.
There are a lot of sight sees that you'll enjoy in every corner of the city. You'll have to enjoy every painted faces to street dances people do. Also, henna tattoos are a trend too, and everywhere you go; there are people who cater to giving you that Sinulog vibe.
Fuente Circle is one of the best places to go during daylight; which you can visibly see every float passing by. Some with famous local celebrities that usually defined what is like being a Filipino. But most floats have extraordinary designs. Ahead of the floats are their dancers who usually make stops to some spots to offer a dance to street judges.
People could also try to roam around starting at Basilica Minore del Sto. Nino, (Sto. Nino church) dance your way to the crowd at Jones Street reaching Fuente Circle.
The wonderful floats go all the way from morning until the evening. And right after every contestant is done; there the fireworks begin.
I personally enjoyed this year's Sinulog because it was not sunny at all; everyone loves the sun, and I do, but sometimes it's just too painful out there; but not this year, it's purely cloudy, it drizzled in a while but did not bother everybody at al.
I noticed the trend of GoPro cameras nowadays that takes videography, photography and selfies to the high level… literally.
Every spot in the city; there'll be fireworks.
One in Abellana, right after the last contestant is done with their presentation: another one is in Crown Regency in the heart of the city, one at SM City Cebu and the most celebrated and waited is the Ayala Center Cebu Fireworks.
Ayala is not just famous for their mall, but for their annual Sinulog fireworks show that costs them thousands to millions of pesos. But not just that; Ayala Fireworks is famous because of their unique and spectacle show.
They don't just show you explode here and explode there kind; you will see heart shaped blasts or Saturn shaped or a smiley: all you need to do is ready your camera and tick at the right time when it explodes.
The extravagant firework show always ends up in a humongous firework blasts that lights up the entire vicinity that gives magnificence to everyone that is watching.
If you're wondering where I had my dinner; Ayala is a perfect place to go. BUT, there'll be less chance to dine perfectly and fast there. My partner and I ate at Simply J's Restaurant. I purposefully did a reservation 'just in case' we can't dine in Ayala, and that was the case. But the place is miraculously almost deserted when we arrive there.
There are couple of affordable restaurants just within the vicinity of Ayala mall for you to dine yet not be able to miss their grandiose fireworks show like Simply J's, Kuya J or Rodeo Grill.
Then the real party begins!
Everyone works their way in Mango Avenue to party! If you ever want to get wet and wild then this place is surely for you. Just make sure you're ready to get down and dirty because the crowd will be crazy.
Baseline, Alchology, and Yo.u are the bars that you usually hear where the party is to the extreme. Bottles of alcoholic drinks are surely on the grounds wherever you go. Everyone you'll see is surely drunk when the clock hits 12 for sure.
That surely was the most crowded because I encountered problems passing through Mango Street but nevertheless… still alive!
Sinulog 2014 was crazy.
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Since the death of Tyler Clementi, the Rutgers student who committed suicide after secret footage of him performing homosexual sex acts were leaked on Twitter, even more celebrities are coming forward to talk about their own experiences with bullying. The recent string of teen suicides moved actress Brittany Snow to take action. With the help of the Jed Foundation and MTV, she started Love is Louder, a non-profit meant to draw awareness to bullying and depression. "When I was younger, I was bullied daily, and it led me to face other struggles," she said. "I know what it's like to feel alone and outcast." Unfortunately, Tyler Clementi didn't have the opportunity to gain strength and wisdom from his bullying, but we're hoping that his untimely death will inspire more adults who survived bullying to let teens know that it gets better. [People]
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Many studies show a link between obesity and the amount of time people play video games.
Now, the video game company Nintendo is teaming up with the American Heart Association to help people exercise. The AHA logo will now be added on the cover of some of the popular Wii games.
The Wii games encourage people to move around while playing, like pitching a ball or even dancing. But some experts are skeptical the game will really help fight obesity.
"The amount of activity one achieves from these active gaming is really inconclusive in terms of its benefits on health," said Janet Fulton, an epidemiologist with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Still, the heart association said the games may at least get people to thinking about living a healthier lifestyle.
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Students like 57-year-old Penny Cissell are aware of the importance of a college degree and the advantages it provides in the working world. There are many different paths to a college degree. For a "nontraditional" student, the journey is not as conventional or continuous as it is for others. After high school, Penny got married and moved from Hugoton, Kansas, to Elberfeld, Indiana. She and her husband began working and raising a family. Her aspirations of attending college had to take a backseat but never completely left her mind. After her children graduated, Cissell decided her wait was over. "My husband and I both always preached to our children about the importance of a college degree," Cissell said. "When they both finished their college educations, I decided that I would do my thing." Cissell enrolled at USI in the spring semester of 1999. With a full-time job in advertising at American General Finance, Cissell began her college career taking one to two online classes a semester. "At the end of a work day, I almost felt brain dead," she said. "So I had to devote my weekends to my school work." Her busy schedule prevented her from taking more than a just a few classes per semester. Eventually, Cissell's journey landed her in a traditional USI classroom. Because she was nontraditional, Cissell wasn't sure how students half her age would receive her. "I found the students to be accepting and friendly," she said. "Because I took night classes, I generally wasn't the only nontraditional student." Her work experience in advertising and marketing helped Cissell maintain her 4.0 grade point average. "I've always felt I had an advantage because of what I do," she said. "So I didn't find those classes as challenging as those outside my major." Spanish is one of the classes she took outside her major. "My son is part of my motivation for taking the Spanish course," she said. "I've always been interested in learning a language, and of course it's become such a common language. "Now, my son, engaged to a girl from Mexico, has learned Spanish," said Cissell. "He's fairly fluent, but obviously that was an incentive for me." Will she now be able to carry on conversations with her son's future in-laws? "I probably won't be able to speak to them, but at least I'll be able to be polite," she joked. Eight years after she began her college career, Cissell is graduating summa cum laude. "I never thought about the end for the longest time," she said. "Now that it's actually here, it's like wow, here it is." She can imagine herself if she went directly to college after high school. "I think I would have been a more confident person sooner," she said. "College forces you into situations where you have to learn how to handle yourself." For Cissell, her degree is more than just a career catapult and tangible validation of her years of hard work. Her bachelor's degree in public relations and advertising erased the regret she felt for not being a college graduate. Now that she has fulfilled her goal, Cissell will recommend college classes to others. "I'm big on the college experience for everyone at any age," she said. "I don't think age matters. It's been great for me, and I encourage everyone that I meet who is talking about going college to do it because it's worth it, and it has a lot of rewards." Author's Note: According to the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a few characteristics to identify nontraditional students are: a college student that delays enrollment (does not enter college the same calendar year that they graduated high school), a student working a full-time job while in school, a student that attends part-time for at least part of the academic year, or someone who has dependents other than a spouse (usually children). However, the most common association with a nontraditional student is age. The label seems to be reserved for students middle-aged or older returning to school to begin or finish a college degree. However, that is an obvious misconception. A 2002 special analysis by the NCES found that nearly three-quarters of undergraduates are in some way "nontraditional." |


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To: Mayor Wythe and City Council
From: Katie Koester, Community and Economic Development Coordinator
Date: November 19, 2012
Subject: Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Prevention: The Green Dot Strategy
On Friday November 16th a select group of community members representing diverse organizations met with Green Dot staff and the State of Alaska Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault staff to discuss an innovative approach to reducing acts of violence through increasing bystander intervention, the Green Dot Strategy. Due to scheduling conflicts, Mayor Wythe was unable to attend and asked that I attend on her behalf and report to Council. Sargent Larry Kuhns from the Homer Police Department was also in attendance.
What is Green Dot?
Green Dot is a strategy that is being implemented in communities across the globe that recognizes bystanders can be important agents in preventing violent acts. It is based on changing the conversation about sexual assault and domestic violence. Historically the movement always talked about victims and perpetrators. The primary message to men was don't rape and don't beat. Women got the message don't walk alone, etc. But the numbers were not coming down.
The line of work is known for its gender divide. Domestic violence and sexual assault are considered women's issues. Men and boys feel alienated. Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence impacts everyone in a community yet it is still an issue so few people publicly align with. That is because the only message being put out is don'ts. Need to get the message in the main stream, need accessible ways for people to step into preventing. There needs to be a culture change.
Violence is a red dot on a map - a bunch of individual choices. So the solution is a green dot, a single moment where someone uses their words and voice to make the red dot less likely. When green dots are more than red dots, numbers come down. The Green Dot Strategy does not require an individual to be a hero, they don't have to have a bunch of personal growth, they just have to do a couple of things in their existing life.
How to make a green dot realistic? Legitimize personal obstacles. It is not just high school kids that have obstacles, everyone faces obstacles. Maybe someone is shy, influenced by peer pressure; doesn't know what to do, is fighting family norms of violence, etc. Assume whatever obstacles an individual comes in the room with, they leave with. Instead of telling someone to not be shy, say what can a shy person do in this situation? It is about options. Green Dot teaches the three Ds.
1)Direct. Some people may feel comfortable going at a situation head on. Directly addressing inappropriate behavior.
2)Delegate. Get someone else to do it. Call law enforcement, get your best friend to intervene, report anonymously, get a few friends together.
3)Distract. Sometimes the best is to diffuse or redirect a situation so that in that moment tension goes down.
What does green dot look like in a community?
Green Dot is creating a menu where communities can pick and choose different elements to add to what a community is doing. Green Dot is meant to be complementary to other organizations, not supplant them.
1- Intro talk that will inspire hope in a community, introduce the basic map and then introduce obstacles, etc. People would come to the talk could walk out and actually do something. Just that can create change in folks. Target audience is anyone
2- More intensive training. The Green Dot Strategy is based on Diffusion of innovations research. The idea that within any given community there are certain early adopters that carry the most influence. The extended training targets those influential people. Get key folks to model green dots, the rest will follow. They will train more effectively than trainers ever will. If the only people modeling are the expected people, they don't carry the social influence. When you are establishing a new brand, if you have the wrong people the new initiative is dead before it starts. The key is to make sure first line of visibility is the people with social credibility within subgroups. Train them to recognize high risk behaviors. Long before an assault, there are tons of warning signs. Teach the cues to recognizing red dots and potential red dots. Teach how to deal with the obstacles. Training incorporates facilitated activities such as roll play to practice a green dot. Makes people feel comfortable doing the right thing. Blanketing the whole community is not the most efficient or effective way to change a culture.
3- In the Schools. Teaching risk reduction is good, but by high school or college it is too late. By then students think they are invincible and distancing themselves from authority. Instead of teaching kids don'ts, teach them to keep an eye on your friend and make sure they are not an idiot. Work with what is happening developmentally. Teach in middle school.
Green Dot has developed 4 day training model. They suggest is that if a community is interested in Green Dot they send an individual to a training in Kentucky so they can see how it will work for their community. (4 day training is $900 plus travel/room and board).
Onsite training:
For implementation of Green Dot, the best strategy is to bring trainers to your community to "train the trainers." (Cost: $10,000 plus travel and materials. There are also ongoing implementation costs that can be tailored to a community's budget.)
Green Dot in Alaska
The Vision is to create trainers in Alaska. The Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault is working on customizing the program to Alaska and developing a sustainable program with local trainers. Right now they are looking at working with two communities in Alaska to be Green Dot pilot projects. The State has not yet chosen who those communities will be.


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U.S. home prices rise most in 6 years, slide in Chicago area
SUN-TIMES STAFF, WIRES November 6, 2012 8:22AM
U.S. home prices jumped 5 percent in September compared with a year ago. AP file photo
Updated: December 8, 2012 6:28AM
U.S. home prices jumped 5 percent in September compared with a year ago, the largest year-over-year increase since July 2006, according to a report by CoreLogic.
But the numbers were not positive for the Chicago market, with prices falling 2.9 percent from a year ago. Excluding sales of distressed properties — those in foreclosure or bank-owned — local prices gained 1.8 percent.
Illinois showed a similar pattern, with sale prices declining 2.3 percent overall, and gaining 1.7 percent excluding distressed sales. The state had the second-greatest depreciation in the nation, behind Rhode Island, where prices fell 3.5 percent.
The five states with the highest home price appreciation were: Arizona, up 18.7 percent; Idaho, 13.1 percent, Nevada, 11 percent, Hawaii, 8.9 percent and Utah, 8.7 percent.
The real estate data provider also said Tuesday that prices declined 0.3 percent in September from August, the first drop after six straight increases. The monthly figures are not seasonally adjusted. CoreLogic says the monthly decline reflects the end of the summer home-buying season and not a softening in the housing recovery.
Steady price increases should give the housing market more momentum when home sales pick up in the spring. Rising prices encourage more homeowners to sell their homes and entice would-be buyers to purchase homes before prices rise further.
Other measures have also shown healthy gains in home prices over the past year. The Standard & Poor's/Case Shiller 20-city index rose 2 percent in August compared with a year ago, a faster pace than the previous month.
The price gains in the past year reported by CoreLogic were widespread. Prices have risen in all but seven states. And they declined in only 18 large cities (including Chicago) out of 100 that are tracked by the index.
CoreLogic's price index is based on repeat sales of the same homes and tracks their price changes over time.
Several reports last month showed that the housing market is improving, though from depressed levels.
Home builders started construction on new homes and apartments at the fastest pace in more than four years in September. They also requested the most building permits in four years, a sign that many are confident that home sales gains will continue.
New home sales jumped last month to the highest annual pace in the past two and a half years. Sales of previously occupied homes dipped in September but have risen steadily in the past year.
Sales of both new and previously occupied homes are still below levels that are consistent with a healthy housing market. That's partly because the supply of available homes for sale remains low. And many prospective home buyers are struggling to qualify for a mortgage or scrape together the bigger down payments that many banks are requiring.
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Chapter5: Net Present Value and Other Investment Rules
5.2 The Payback Period Method
Defining the Rule
One of the most popular alternatives to NPV is payback. Here is how payback works: Consider a project with an initial investment of −$50,000. Cash flows are $30,000, $20,000, and $10,000 in the first three years, respectively. These flows are illustrated in Figure 5.1. A useful way of writing down investments like the preceding is with the notation:
The minus sign in front of the $50,000 reminds us that this is a cash outflow for the investor, and the commas between the different numbers indicate that they are received—or if they are cash outflows, that they are paid out—at different times. In this example we are assuming that the cash flows occur one year apart, with the first one occurring the moment we decide to take on the investment.
p. 139The firm receives cash flows of $30,000 and $20,000 in the first two years, which add up to the $50,000 original investment. This means that the firm has recovered its investment within two years. In this case two years is the payback period of the investment.
The payback period rule for making investment decisions is simple. A particular cutoff date, say two years, is selected. All investment projects that have payback periods of two years or less are accepted, and all of those that pay off in more than two years—if at all—are rejected.
Problems with the Payback Method
There are at least three problems with payback. To illustrate the first two problems, we consider the three projects in Table 5.1. All three projects have the same three-year payback period, so they should all be equally attractive—right?
Actually, they are not equally attractive, as can be seen by a comparison of different pairs of projects.
Problem 1: Timing of Cash Flows within the Payback Period Let us compare project A with project B. In years 1 through 3, the cash flows of project A rise from $20 to $50, while the cash flows of project B fall from $50 to $20. Because the large cash flow of $50 comes earlier with project B, its net present value must be higher. Nevertheless, we just saw that the payback periods of the two projects are identical. Thus, a problem with the payback method is that it does not consider the timing of the cash flows within the payback period. This example shows that the payback method is inferior to NPV because, as we pointed out earlier, the NPV method discounts the cash flows properly.
Problem 2: Payments after the Payback Period Now consider projects B and C, which have identical cash flows within the payback period. However, project C is clearly preferred because it has a cash flow of $60,000 in the fourth year. Thus, another problem with the payback method is that it ignores all cash flows occurring after the payback period. Because of the short-term orientation of the payback method, some valuable long-term projects are likely to be rejected. The NPV method does not have this flaw because, as we pointed out earlier, this method uses all the cash flows of the project.
p. 140Problem 3: Arbitrary Standard for Payback Period We do not need to refer to Table 5.1 when considering a third problem with the payback method. Capital markets help us estimate the discount rate used in the NPV method. The riskless rate, perhaps proxied by the yield on a Treasury instrument, would be the appropriate rate for a riskless investment. Later chapters of this textbook show how to use historical returns in the capital markets to estimate the discount rate for a risky project. However, there is no comparable guide for choosing the payback cutoff date, so the choice is somewhat arbitrary.
Managerial Perspective
The payback method is often used by large, sophisticated companies when making relatively small decisions. The decision to build a small warehouse, for example, or to pay for a tune-up for a truck is the sort of decision that is often made by lower-level management. Typically, a manager might reason that a tune-up would cost, say, $200, and if it saved $120 each year in reduced fuel costs, it would pay for itself in less than two years. On such a basis the decision would be made.
Although the treasurer of the company might not have made the decision in the same way, the company endorses such decision making. Why would upper management condone or even encourage such retrograde activity in its employees? One answer would be that it is easy to make decisions using payback. Multiply the tune-up decision into 50 such decisions a month, and the appeal of this simple method becomes clearer.
The payback method also has some desirable features for managerial control. Just as important as the investment decision itself is the company's ability to evaluate the manager's decision-making ability. Under the NPV method, a long time may pass before one decides whether a decision was correct. With the payback method we know in two years whether the manager's assessment of the cash flows was correct.
It has also been suggested that firms with good investment opportunities but no available cash may justifiably use payback. For example, the payback method could be used by small, privately held firms with good growth prospects but limited access to the capital markets. Quick cash recovery increases the reinvestment possibilities for such firms.
Finally, practitioners often argue that standard academic criticisms of the payback method overstate any real-world problems with the method. For example, textbooks typically make fun of payback by positing a project with low cash inflows in the early years but a huge cash inflow right after the payback cutoff date. This project is likely to be rejected under the payback method, though its acceptance would, in truth, benefit the firm. Project C in our Table 5.1 is an example of such a project. Practitioners point out that the pattern of cash flows in these textbook examples is much too stylized to mirror the real world. In fact, a number of executives have told us that for the overwhelming majority of real-world projects, both payback and NPV lead to the same decision. In addition, these executives indicate that if an investment like project C were encountered in the real world, decision makers would almost certainly make ad hoc adjustments to the payback rule so that the project would be accepted.
Notwithstanding all of the preceding rationale, it is not surprising to discover that as the decisions grow in importance, which is to say when firms look at bigger projects, NPV becomes the order of the day. When questions of controlling and evaluating the manager become less important than making the right investment decision, payback is used less frequently. For big-ticket decisions, such as whether or not to buy a machine, build a factory, or acquire a company, the payback method is seldom used.
Summary of Payback
p. 141The payback method differs from NPV and is therefore conceptually wrong. With its arbitrary cutoff date and its blindness to cash flows after that date, it can lead to some flagrantly foolish decisions if used too literally. Nevertheless, because of its simplicity, as well as its other mentioned advantages, companies often use it as a screen for making the myriad of minor investment decisions they continually face.
Although this means that you should be wary of trying to change approaches such as the payback method when you encounter them in companies, you should probably be careful not to accept the sloppy financial thinking they represent. After this course, you would do your company a disservice if you used payback instead of NPV when you had a choice.
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My daughter, Delaney Goodner, was diagnosed with Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare childhood cancer, on June 10, 2008 when she was 13 years old. She went into Children's Hospital on Friday, June 6, and they told us she had cancer but the type and plan wasn't defined until Tuesday. I knew so little. Though I'd known adults with cancer, I never understood their treatment plans. During that time from Friday to Tuesday I somehow decided that it'd be about 4 months of treatment, a couple months of recovery, and she'd be fine by Christmas. Imagine my shock on Tuesday when they explained a 54 week treatment plan! But I get ahead of myself.
Delaney's treatment over the first 6 months went very well. The tumor reduced to just a spectacle. We never saw what was coming…3.5 years of treatment and then Delaney leaving us. That was something we never believed would happen.
We learned a lot that first year. We questioned but then understood why we learned things throughout the year vs having them explained to us on day 1. Some of the reasons: 1) we could not have absorbed everything the first day, 2) every child is different, side effects are different, etc so the doctors don't know how your child will be affected, 3) we would not have understood even if explained. The one major thing I remember learning is that a 54 week treatment plan does not equal 54 calendar weeks. If counts are too low the treatment must be moved out, if illness happens the treatment is delayed, etc. This was a hard one for me to absorb as I'm a planner and having the plan change was hard.
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This post is a suggested list of the various forces at work on the Blackfeet Tribe that have caused the present "perfect storm" and keep it going on despite the price being paid and the efforts to intervene.
Some essential people have died. We miss them deeply. They were from a generation of idealists and doers. Think what they would say.
In addition to posting some things on this blog, I have a small email list to whom I forward selected posts. I was startled to get this reaction from Sidner Larson. If you don't know him, he's Jim Welch's cousin, grew up on the High Line where he acquired and managed a successful bar, then became a lawyer, and finally now is a professor of Native American literature. He is the author of a fine memoir called "Catch Colt," which was published by U of Nebraska Press before they caught the French philosophy fever, and "Captured in the Middle: Tradition and Experience in Contemporary Native American Writing" from the University of Washington Press. For the past decade he has noted that the boom-time Indian Studies programs of the '70's and 80's have been eroding by underfunding.
Hi Mary, thanks for this, which, in my view, is very significant.
There is much talk and some effort to open discussion of cultural and environmental sustainablility in some areas of Contemporary American Indian Studies, but it often fails to get beyond perpetuation of old stereotypes of the Noble Savage rather than address actual issues of living communities.
The what-goes-without saying, which is most everything, again in my view, is driven by late-stage capitalism, which cares for nothing except immediate profits.
The profit motive is also systematically eliminating and neutralizing those capable of understanding and articulating essential cultural and environmental issues, such as some scholars formerly protected by academic freedom.
Your post has enormous potential; I hope you develop it fully and that others see the possibility of incorporating it into their own work.
Meanwhile, the weather is just plain weird around here, and, quite excruciating again this morning.
With Best Regards,


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