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Dec. 2, 2013
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- University of Iowa head men's basketball coach Fran McCaffery did a double take when the Big Ten/ACC Challenge schedule was released in May. The Hawkeyes drew Notre Dame, a program where McCaffery served as an assistant coach from 1988-99.
"I was surprised because I don't know if myself or anybody else was thinking of Notre Dame as an ACC member," McCaffery said during a teleconference Monday. "They had just joined and you were thinking of the traditional ACC schools. It will be a great game for our fan base."
An estimated 200 tickets remain for Tuesday's matchup on Mediacom Court inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Tipoff is slated for 8:15 p.m. (CT) and fans are encouraged to wear black to "Blackout" the venue.
McCaffery spent 11 years in South Bend, where he met his wife, Margaret -- a former Irish women's basketball player. McCaffery says that won't have any bearing on Tuesday.
"Margaret had a great experience at Notre Dame, and she loves that institution," said McCaffery. "She's still very close with coach (Muffet) McGraw and the women's program there. In terms of (Tuesday's) game, it won't have a different impact than any other game. She recognizes how good they are, and it's a prominent opponent, but she's a Hawkeye through and through."
"I think he is one of our best players, no question. He is able to bring the same thing night-in-and-night-out. He shoots, rebounds, isn't a mistake guy, makes foul shots, is a physical presence and an experienced player. He is playing at a high level right now."
UI head coach Fran McCaffery on Zach McCabe
The matchup will be Iowa's fourth in six nights following its runner-up finish in the Battle 4 Atlantis holiday tournament, but McCaffery doesn't anticipate fatigue being a factor.
"These kids are in great shape," he said. "It is something we have prepared for, and we have experienced guys. Our guys know what is at stake, and I'm going to play a lot of guys. I'll make sure they're rested, and we'll be ready to go."
Notre Dame, which brings a 5-1 record to Iowa City, has four starters averaging in double figures. Guard Jerian Grant paces the team with a 19.5 per game scoring average, shooting 58 percent from the floor, 48.1 percent from 3-point range, and 88.9 percent from the charity stripe.
Forward Pat Connaughton averages 11.3 points and a team-best 6.7 rebounds.
"It's always harder to guard a player of that caliber when he has so many weapons around him," said McCaffery. "This team shoots the ball as well from 3-point range as anybody we'll see. They are a team that you have to beat because they don't beat themselves. They take care of and move the ball, take open shots and make them. It's going to test our defense."
The Irish average 83.7 points per game, while shooting 50 percent from the field and 42.6 percent from behind the 3-point arc in six games. All six contests have been played at Purcell Pavilion in South Bend.
Even with the Hawkeyes surrendering a 15-point lead in an eventual 88-83 overtime loss to Villanova in the Battle 4 Atlantis championship game, McCaffery came away impressed with the team's mindset during its trip to the Bahamas.
"I was impressed with how locked-in we were mentally and with our focus, concentration and competitive instincts," he said. "They paid attention to the next task at hand. I was pleased with the professionalism for which we approached the tournament."
One of the team's unheralded players -- senior Zach McCabe -- garnered praise from McCaffery. McCabe averaged 13 points, while shooting 50 percent from the floor and 3-point range en route to being selected to the all-tournament team.
"I think he is one of our best players, no question," said McCaffery. "He is able to bring the same thing night-in-and-night-out. He shoots, rebounds, isn't a mistake guy, makes foul shots, is a physical presence and an experienced player. He is playing at a high level right now."
The game will be televised on ESPN2 with Joe Tessitore and Sean Farnham calling the action.


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Jason Pierre-Paul
Scout: Matt Miller
Height/Weight: 6'6 – 265
40 Time: 4.54
Pro Potential: Mario Williams- Houston Texans
Position Traits
Pass Rush/Closing Ability/Moves and Counter Moves: Excellent closing speed. Turns the corner very well, but can struggle against elite tackles. Naturally gifted and agile. Struggles to dip his shoulder and rotate hips to turn the corner because of a lack of flexibility. Can be improved with NFL strength training. A little inconsistent and must learn to keep the intensity up every play. Needs to be more aggressive when met in the lane.
Pursuit/Lateral Movement and Agility: An impressive all-around athlete. Great speed and leaping ability. Lacks great flexibility. Not great change of direction skills. Is aggressive in pursuit and will chase down runners from behind. Is not fast enough to catch many backs from behind, but does give maximum effort.
Quickness/Explosion: Explosive out of his stance in a two or three-point. Looked lost at times against NFL-level tackles. Until he learns to use his body, he will struggle.
Run Defend/Recognition: Gets pushed around here. Is often on the ground. Does not protect against cut blocks particularly well. Poor recognition, but has played at three levels in three seasons. Will benefit from consistency and film study. It cannot be stressed enough that Pierre-Paul is incredibly green.
Size/Length/Hand Size: Great length and ideal size for a pass rushing end. Does have the frame to put on more weight. Hand size is adequate. Length is above-average. Lanky and lean. Can add 20+ lbs to his frame.
Strength/Ability to Shed Blocks: Will need built from the ground-up in a NFL strength program. Struggles against the run and needs work shedding blocks. Must learn to use hands to keep blockers off his legs. Has to improve keeping blockers from getting in to his body and attacking his legs. Is able to improve in all areas, but needs time and coaching. At this time he does not have the strength to hold-up against NFL blockers for an entire game, much less an entire season. However, he does have the work ethic to get bigger and stronger.
Tackling: Makes plenty of arm tackles against the run. Will explode through the ball carrier with force. Closes fast and shows natural instincts. Is a lunge tackler (again- he needs coaching) and raw in his form.
Technique/Hand Use/Leverage: Is very raw and will require hours and hours of coaching. Teams must remember he is still new to football after only playing two years in High School and one year at USF. Lacks secondary moves and tries too often to beat blockers will outside speed moves. Does flash a bull rush, but is not effective against better blockers. Comes out of his stance too high at times. Needs refined, but is loaded with potential.
Versatility: Has lined up at both left and right end and even played some outside linebacker. Has the size to play head-up on tackles and the speed to play outside. A former basketball player who could pique a team's interest at outside linebacker.
Final Word: A junior college transfer from Fort Scott Community College(academics), Pierre-Paul quickly became a star at South Florida. Lining up opposite George Selvie, his freakish athleticism started to attract scouts. While he is not the most well-known defensive end in the draft, Pierre-Paul may be the best pure pass rusher. Although he only played one year at USF, Pierre-Paul quickly became known as a dominating pass rusher and will attract general managers and coaches looking for an edge rush. When scouting Pierre-Paul you must look at the athleticism and potential and look past the raw technique. He is definitely a project, but one will huge dividends.


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Download high-resolution Hey, pal. Trade Prince Gallywix here. You're holding this book in your hands because you wanna be like me. Who wouldn't? There ain't a goblin alive more powerful and dangerous than me. I can give you everything you need to succeed.
But first, a friendly legally binding warning just for you.
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What, you doubt me? Have we met? You don't become trade prince by making empty threats. The spot ain't hereditary like that cushy king job those pink-skinned humans get. If I told you thirty-two spies were watching you lick your lips nervously right now, you'd better believe it, pal.
Don't bother looking around. You won't see them. Stop wasting my time and risking your life. Twenty thousand gold is a cheap price to pay for my life story. And if you read past this sentence without buying the book, I'll devote every inch of my empire to destroying you. Do you understand me?
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Why can't you be a trade prince? Because all the slots are filled by goblins better than you, that's why. You ain't ready yet, but don't worry. You came to the right goblin for help.
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When the mercury rises, my mercury falls. My hot yoga antidote
Greetings everyone; I'm Melina.
I started this hot yoga challenge because it felt like an incessant little tug on my sleeve. Something nagged me all summer long to do this...let me share why:
A couple years ago I was (quite luckily) diagnosed with severe mercury poisoning.
After a series of failed testings, there was a Bingo!. My test results for mercury returned exceeding 3500% the safety limit. That discovery changed the trajectory of my life - and brought me back to the States from abroad to undergo over two years of chelation therapy.
Why such obscenely high numbers?
This is a question I often get asked. Truth is - no one really knows. I was told that with such numbers I would have been hospitalized if it was from a sudden exposure. So, chronic it was!
The standing theory is that I absorbed mercury through the skin over a period of 10-15 years through cortisone creams I was prescribed for childhood eczema. Many of those creams, back in the 80's and 90's, still contained mercury. My parents - not knowing any better and following the doctors orders - would lather me in such creams on an almost daily occurrence.
I share this story not because I like to identify with it - in fact, I prefer not to. But I find myself called to share in hopes that it helps others. It was a blessing that I was diagnosed as a young and otherwise healthy woman. And it is especially important for women planning on future pregnancy to be tested for heavy metals.
Most doctors consider mercury poisoning 'quackery' because health insurance companies rarely cover the bill, and being something outside their formal medical training, it's an uncomfortable threat to them.
But the truth is mercury exposure is a major threat to human health, being one of the most deadly neurotoxins known to humans. Exposure unfortunately has increased - not decreased - over the years - especially in over-developed and industrialized nations like the US, where the 'safety limit' is lobbied by industries.
For example - 'green lights' contain mercury. If a green light bulb breaks - it is incredibly hazardous on contact, even fatal for infants or children. Directions for clean up are not usually provided on the packaging - instead they direct you to a website...how convenient! In search for easy solutions many times new problems are born...
Anyways - excuse my digression...
How does all this relate to hot yoga? Well, in that disorienting return home I found hot yoga.
I was never before a yoga goer, but was convinced that because of the excessive heat and sweating, it would help accelerate my chelation therapy. My first ever class I was on the floor for sixteen of the 26 poses.
While back then I only went once a week, it proved my intuition was correct.
Even my doctor told me emphatically, "Whatever you're doing - keep doing it!"
After so many months however, chelation has proven expensive. For six months I went once a week, then cut back to twice a month, then once a month, and now I go once every few months, even though I've yet to reach the good news of entering the 'green zone.' I've been hovering between yellow and green for what feels like forever - the finish line always elusive and a few inches ahead of me.
So now having discovered Riverflow Hot Yoga, which is devoted to all things hot yoga and whose instructors are all wonderful, I've decided to do this hot yoga challenge in hopes that some day soon I'll reach that green zone!
While mercury poisoning is what originally brought me into the hot yoga room to unroll my mat, in the process its become a tremendous gift.
I feel just incredibly grateful to be in a corner of the world where hot yoga is accessible and taught, and where such a great studio is only twenty minutes away...this is not something I take for granted!
Hot yoga is like an all-in-one package. Yes it's ninety minutes, and yes it's a commitment - but when broken down into smaller roles and benefits, the ninety minutes and monthly expense seem incredibly modest.
Hot yoga is my chelation therapy. My chiropractor. My gym. My meditation. My relationship guru. My therapist. My business coach. My energy booster. My sleeping pill. My mood stabilizer. My sauna. My spa. My humbler. And now at Riverflow, it's turning into my community as well....
All that from just 90 minutes? It's worth it in every way.
While there's more to share about my actual hot yoga challenge days, the poses themselves, and some take-home lessons I've learned in the heated room, I'll save these tidbits for 'next time'!
Until then, cheers!


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Skip to comments.Brit Hume: Obamas distress call to Bill Clinton
Posted on 07/31/2012 9:45:44 AM PDT by Hojczyk
Seeing as how President Obamas economic strategies have most definitely not worked, the Democrats are bringing out former President Bill Clinton for a prime-time speaking slot at their national convention presumably so he can tout his Hey, Im a Democrat and we had balanced budgets and a robust economy during my tenure, ergo I have authority on the economy issue and Im for Obama! credentials.
Sources tell the Associated Press that Obama personally asked Clinton to speak at the convention and to place Obamas name in nomination, an offer the former president enthusiastically accepted. Clintons expected to take center stage in Charlotte, N.C., on Sept. 5, the third day of the four-day convention.
The convention role being given Bill Clinton is proof that President Obama is in deep trouble and he and his political handlers know it .
Add to that the Rasmussen survey in which voters by 62 percent to 30 said economic growth was more important to them than economic fairness. Fairness, of course, is a major theme of Mr. Obama and his party. With his attacks on Mitt Romneys business record and his repeated and unsubtle appeals to elements of his partys base, Mr. Obama is clearly shooting for a big Democratic turnout in November.
But Gallup reports that the number of Democrats who say they are more enthusiastic about voting this year is at 39 percent, down from 61 percent four years ago. 51 percent of Republicans, meanwhile, said they are more enthusiastic this year, that is up from 35 per cent in 2008.When you put all this together with the continuing bad news on the economy, you know why Mr. Obama is suddenly reaching out to Bill Clinton.
This is a distress call.
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I think even the independents know the following equation by now:
Obama = FAIL
This is more significant with the free pass he gets on foreign policy scrutiny.
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In November I may regret writing this...but it looks like a Romney landslide is on the horizon. Romney was not my choice for the GOP nomination...but it starting to look as though anybody will beat this fake in the White House.
I am old enough to remember 1980. Polls, some like now over-polling Democrats had the race too close to call three days out from the election. It was a Reagan landslide.
The difference being that then...the media was a bit fairer in its treatment of Republicans...not much, but some...today the MSM has stripped away all pretense of objectivity.
I'm thinking Romney, if he does a reasonable job in the debates should sweep the battleground states.
Especially in the upper midwest...the economy is terrible...hard to see who will vote for four more years of this.
Bet Hillary is fuming.
I think Hume is right about this, there's no love lost between those two. But I think he and O'Reilly are on the crack pipe with their speculation that Clinton may "go rogue". He ain't going off the reservation, but he may round up all the indians and bring them back over to the Clinton Ranch...
Bill Clinton the attention whore would eat sh—dirt to be the center of attention.
I bet he is getting off on Obama begging him to save his azz.
Bill Clinton did well getting himself elected, but he has no coattails. The entire Democratic party got wiped out during his years, despite his campaigning. Gore lost, Hillary lost the nomination, and as previously mentioned Walker won, and he had no impact on 2010. Clinton is great for Clinton, but that's about it.
Plus, it gives Romney a chance to contrast Clinton's record with Obama's in terms of reforms, compromise, etc.
Wives who are 'hell on wheels'
Both seem to enjoy oral sex, although one prefers it from guys
Both seem to like cocaine
Both presided over a tidal change in the House bringing a majority from the opposing party.
One was impeached in his second term, the other probably will be impeached if he has a second term.
One was declared the first black president, the other was declared the first black president.
Yup. A lot in common.
So the man that lost Gore the election is going to save Obama?
Also folks tend to forget that ole BJ won both times with pluralities, although he did come close in 96 with 49%.
A definite desperation move.
Just look at Bill and Hil's success promoting candidates since his leaving office. What is it now? Something like 29 losers vs. 2 winners!
I see a repeat of his 88(???) convention speech when the old windbag was given a standing O when he said "and finally."
They're going to need a hook and a team of wrestlers to drag him away from this podium... :)
Slick will intentionally not be much help to nobama. We know we can count on Slick doing HOURS of talking about himself. One thing that always stuck out, in addition to WJC's slickness, is his vindictiveness. Payback's a cold hard MF'r.
I think it's a mistake. Dems love Clinton, and looking at him will remind them of the mistake they made in 2008.
Obama is a narcissist, whenever he sees Clinton in public he manhandles him and tries to look more powerful. It will just remind Dems that Obama is the lesser man.
Few remember that during Bill's two terms, more elected Dem candidates switched party affiliation that under any other president!
The Clintons are setting himthemselvesself up to be the chief power brokers when all that's left of Obama's Democrat party is a heap of ashes,
You've got it, randita. Dislike the Clintons, but they are masters at power manipulation.
Like a player at the stock market, someone elses loss is their gain, and they know how to play it. After the 2008 election, my guess is the Clintons will be the most powerful Dems, not Obama.
O must be truly desperate to call them in.
"Ladies, Gentleman, butt grabbers and etc; I come before you not behind you to nominate the next President of the United States. Hillary Rodham Clinton." Then to just sit there and watch Barack Hussein Obama turn white.
America hates Bill Clinton.
Romney should have George W. Bush make a Primetime speech of the GOP Convention.
The economy was healthy during the time that Bill Clinton was in office but he was just a bystander. It was, of course, Newt Gingrich and the Conservatives sweep to power that led to low unemployment, tax rollbacks and a a renewal of free enterprise. I well remember that gas was down to 78 cents a gallon after the Gingrich Revolution has effectively neutralized Clinton and the left.
The gas prices were among the many reasons why I so strongly favored Speaker Gingrich during the primaries. I'm still sure that he would have be the strongest candidate and I believe his "Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less" was more than a slogan. Gingrich proved to be a man of substance in the 1990's and the results were tangible.
Reagan spoke at the 92 convention.
Didn't do squat for Bush.
Like what the hell is the guy people remember for getting a cheap bj going to do for Obama?
Bringing B. Clinton on the scene will be a kiss of death for Obama. Does anyone recall the presser where Clinton flat out took over and Obama literally left the room looking very small after that? The same in spades will happen again, Clinton will hog the limelight (and admittedly, the guy is good at it and handling the quisling press) and the stark difference between the two "democrats" will be shown (with Obama looking like the complete inferior) and more "middle of the road" democrats who don't normally pay attention to politics will be pushed to Romney. Just my $0.02 of course.
So Obama is basically hoping some nastalgia out of the convention will carry him to victory... This will probably give him a little bounce, but it won't last or do much else.
After all, "someone else made that happen" won't get you to the White House.
How about all of the Bush family go away and never be heard from again?
Hume's analysis is fine, but I suspect that (beyond needing a gimmick to justify media attention for a purposeless convention):
1) Obama retains some fear of a convention rebellion in favor of Hillary.
2) Wishful thinking by many Democrats that Obama might be dumped for Hillary! is hurting campaign donations and Obama's poll numbers. (At least Obama's handlers hope so).
Lining up Bill to place Obama's name in nomination, and announcing this publicly, pretty much kills the draft Hillary notion.
Unfortunately for Obama, Bill is always about Bill. Reminding the electorate that he, for all his faults, was a skillful politician, enormously more engaged and effective as President than Obama, who actually did bipartisan business by co-opting the Republican agenda, tamed the deficit, etc., makes Obama look mighty shabby. Obama does not measure up to Bill's standards, even for honesty.
If there is anyone in the entire world with a bigger ego than Obama, it's Clinton. The problem for Obama is that with Clinton it is always all about him personally. So Clinton is likely to overplay it and "tell" America to vote for Obama. And America is likely to say: "Who the F are you? Oh, yeah, you're the guy who got the blow jobs...well, we're broke now and a blow job won't help so go to Hell."
What helped the Toon was the dot com bubble, his 24x7 spin meisters, and the Republican Congress saved him because they thought it was too extreme to kick Hill and Billy out on their Arkansas @$$e$ after he was impeached!
Note I left Wisconsin out of the mix, they at least had the good sense to retain Scott Walker and give him an even BIGGER win during the recall election, than he had in 2010.
Bill Clinton is the luckiest guy in the world, but he's a jinx to everybody around him. He gets the credit for everybody else's work, and the people around him get hosed. Great idea, Obama. Give Bill the chance to grab the spotlight and you'll never get it back. This should be fun to watch.
It's got to stick in the craw of the Chicago Gang that they must rely on 'rock stars' (puke) in the form of a dirty old man and Hillary (XY/XX chromosome combination unknown).
Obama is ego first, last and always so having to rely on others as a draw is delicious irony.
Hey man, that would be the maximum Hoot!
What the hell could nobama do? Maybe moochelle would attack Slick on stage or smack hitlery upside her heyet! CDs of the dem convention would be priceless.
It might be worthwhile to watch the convention....... naw.
Rush was just talking about how and what the liberals will be blaming nobama going down in flames on. Maybe that's their goal of getting Slick to do. They gotta blame it on something.
Barack Obama, desperately searching for a record he can run on, begs Bill Clinton to come to Charlotte and save his bacon. Priceless!
Now -- thank goodness -- there are alternative media that didn't exist back then.
I don't care if you're a Republican, Democrat, Independent, Libertarian, Vegetarian, THAT is funny!
I don't care if you're a Republican, Democrat, Independent, Libertarian, Vegetarian, THAT is funny!
I was told by the Messiah that he would put the accomplishments of his administration in his first 2 years right up there with FDR, Lincoln and LBJ...
Instead the affirmative action hero needs a lifeline from Slick Willie...
Man, that is soooo cruel. True and funny as hell, but still cruel.
In order for old BJ Bill to provide any help to Bammy he would have to bring back all the Republicans who brought the economy back on track and gave BJ Bill a second term.
Bill wasn't responsible for the economy during his presidency, it was the Republicans who did that. Bill just took credit.
Obama is like the titanic, he's hit the iceberg and is sinking. Come November I hope he goes down with a blubbering sound. And takes all the liberals who are passengers on this cruse along with him.
My wife just pointed out that the whole Bill/nominating speech thing suggests that they have cut the deal to replace Biden with Hillary for VP. I have always doubted that Obama had a death-wish, but it makes sense — Obama realizes he is on track to lose, and is likely to try a desperation move.
Bill will spend 4 hours talking about himself.
We shall see. I've always contended that Biden's key role on the ticket was to make ObaMao look smart. BO won't get that with Hillary.
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The first in a series of projects to untangel the spagetti.
08/28/2011 | colin
The thru hull should exit well above the waterline.
04/24/2008, Newport, RI
The cover is off the boat and Lara was so excited she wanted to take a photo to show everyone. The old stove is out and the new one is waiting to be installed. Gear is starting to come on board and we are prepared to go in the water (I think!)
04/24/2008 | Felicity
Only a week to go - you must be so excited! How did the work on the through-hulls go?
Weekends on the boatBill
03/31/2008, Newport, RI
It has been two months now since we bought the boat. I could define them in a word: Rush. The work weeks have been full and the weekends spent traveling and running around. Lara thinks I am obsessed with the boat... she might be right, or I might be really excited. In addition to the day we spent on the survey, we have spent two weekends on the boat. No the boat is not in the water yet, and it does have a nice little heater on it, so we have been toasty warm.
04/16/2008 | Peter & Sasha
Congratulations on your new boat. Looks warm and cozy. I have finished losing the teak on La Boussole. It's not a problem to fix or replace. Just plug those holes tight. Good luck.
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12/30/2007, Dorset VT
The photo above if of a sister ship hull #171, Sunrise is #168. We are scheduled to meet John Winder in Newport RI on January 7th for a marine survey of s/v Sunrise. The survey is critical as it will determine if Sunrise is a sound seaworthy boat. John, who is an experienced blue-water sailor, will also help us with suggestions for improvements to ready the boat for the sea. Our sense now is that the sails are in good shape, we don't know about the rigging. The Volvo motor has 4300 hours and has been well maintained, so it could be good and could need replacement. We know there is some kind of problem with the rudder bearings, which has been reported by other HR 38 owners. The navigation equipment will need to be upgraded, and there are lots of mouth watering options. We have been reading about AIS, which is a technology that would allow you to identify large ships and their courses long before they would become a hazard. Radar will also be important.
The plan leading to the purchaseBill
12/21/2007, Dorset VT
Lara and I have been working on our plan to go off on a sailing adventure in the fall of 2009. We have set up the following time line to work toward that departure date:
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#2713 closed Bug (fixed)
Sitemap Index with Cache gives a NoReverseMatch exception
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I posted this in the Google Groups ( http://groups.google.com/group/django-users/browse_thread/thread/fc88c493b16623f/28bfe98a7b4f98c5 ) list but didn't get a response so I thought I'd create a ticket for it since it does seem like a bug to me.
Following the djangoproject.com Sitemap example ( source:djangoproject.com/django_website/urls.py ) and the documentation on Sitemaps ( http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/sitemaps/ ) I'm trying to implement a caching Sitemap Index that will link out to other Sitemaps for my site (one for each main model basically). I had the Sitemap Index working with the separate sitemaps just fine until I decided I wanted to add caching in my urls.py (I am using the djangoproject.com urls.py as an example.)
Here's some snippets...
from django.conf.urls.defaults import * from django.contrib.sitemaps import views as sitemap_views from django.views.decorators.cache import cache_page urlpatterns = patterns('', (r'^admin/', include('django.contrib.admin.urls')), (r'^sitemap.xml$', cache_page(sitemap_views.index, 60 * 60 * 24), {'sitemaps': my_sitemaps}), (r'^sitemap-(?P<section>.+).xml$', cache_page(sitemap_views.sitemap, 60 * 60 * 24), {'sitemaps': my_sitemaps}), )
my_sitemaps is a dictionary of my sitemaps (built following the example in the Sitemap documentation). With this code I can access the individual sitemaps without trouble, but can't access the main sitemap.xml file (that's when I get the "NoReverseMatch at /sitemap.xml"
exception). However, the following code worked for all files:
from django.conf.urls.defaults import * urlpatterns = patterns('', (r'^admin/', include('django.contrib.admin.urls')), (r'^sitemap.xml$', 'django.contrib.sitemaps.views.index', {'sitemaps': my_sitemaps}), (r'^sitemap-(?P<section>.+).xml$', 'django.contrib.sitemaps.views.sitemap, {'sitemaps': my_sitemaps}), )
But I can't implement the cache using this method because you can't pass the string 'django.contrib.sitemaps.views.index' as the first parameter of cache_page since it's expecting a callable.
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comment:1 Changed 10 years ago by adrian
- Resolution set to duplicate
- Status changed from new to closed
Duplicate of #2564.
comment:2 Changed 9 years ago by SmileyChris
- Resolution duplicate deleted
- Status changed from closed to reopened
Actually, that other ticket was user error, this ticket is the correct one.
comment:3 Changed 9 years ago by SmileyChris
- Triage Stage changed from Unreviewed to Design decision needed
So the problem here, is that the function is being decorated in the urlconf instead of the function being overridden in the view with the decorated version of itself.
The function != the decorated function, so of course it will give a NoReverseMatch. Unless we want to provide a way for decorators to pass through their decorated function to the reverse engine, I say this isn't a bug. But I'll let another developer look at this and decide that for sure.
comment:4 Changed 9 years ago by SmileyChris
Actually, thinking some more about this, this has been fixed by named url patterns (see [4901])
comment:5 Changed 9 years ago by SmileyChris
- Resolution set to fixed
- Status changed from reopened to closed
comment:6 Changed 7 years ago by stephanejais
I can see how this can be considered fixed with named urls, although
I don't manage to have it work.
Here's my conf:
urlpatterns = patterns('', ... url(r'^sitemap.xml$', cache_page(sitemap_views.index, 86400), kwargs={'sitemaps': sitemaps}, name="django.contrib.sitemaps.views.index"), url(r'^sitemap-(?P<section>.+)\.xml$', cache_page(sitemap_views.sitemap, 86400), kwargs={'sitemaps': sitemaps}, name="django.contrib.sitemaps.views.sitemap"), )
Still getting the NoReverseMatch error.
The problem seems to be this line in the sitemap.views file:
sitemap_url = urlresolvers.reverse('django.contrib.sitemaps.views.sitemap', kwargs={'section': section})
until 'django.contrib.sitemaps.views.sitemap' is hardcoded there,
and since it resolves to a valid view function,
naming my sitemap pattern after the view name doesn't work.
If I change the name of my url pattern to "foobar", and the reverse call in the views file of the sitemap contrib like this:
sitemap_url = urlresolvers.reverse('foobar', kwargs={'section': section})
I get it to work.
Not very satisfying though.
Any suggestions ?
comment:7 Changed 7 years ago by stavros
I can confirm that this doesn't work. How about making a named view mandatory for the sitemap, such as "contrib.sitemap.index" and "contrib.sitemap.sitemap"?
comment:8 Changed 7 years ago by stavros
- Resolution fixed deleted
- Status changed from closed to reopened
Changed 7 years ago by stavros
comment:9 Changed 7 years ago by stavros
- Has patch set
I have submitted a patch that checks for the normal view and falls back on a "contrib.sitemaps.sitemap" named view if there's an error. This fixes the problem and allows caching.
Changed 7 years ago by SmileyChris
comment:10 Changed 7 years ago by SmileyChris
- Needs tests set
- Owner changed from adrian to stavros
- Status changed from reopened to new
- Triage Stage changed from Design decision needed to Accepted
Yes, named urls didn't directly fix this ticket.
Stavros: hard coding an alternate url name isn't the best way to do it - here's a better patch (with docs). [side note: your patch also seemed to be back-the-front]
Even though contrib.sitemaps currently has no tests, some regression tests should probably be added showing this works. Want to have a go at these?
comment:11 Changed 7 years ago by stavros
That is indeed much better, for some reason I didn't think of it, even though I didn't like my solution myself.
My patch might have been off because I made it by hand (I've actually never tried to make one before).
Sure, I'll try to write some when I have some time (it should be soon). Thanks for the patch, I hope it gets implemented soon!
comment:12 follow-ups: ↓ 13 ↓ 14 Changed 7 years ago by stavros
Any idea where the regression tests should go? There are no preexisting tests.
Does this code even need tests? It's pretty straightforward (I'm pretty sure this will come back to bite me in the ass).
comment:13 in reply to: ↑ 12 Changed 7 years ago by russellm
Replying to stavros:
Any idea where the regression tests should go? There are no preexisting tests.
Then now is the time to write some.
Does this code even need tests? It's pretty straightforward (I'm pretty sure this will come back to bite me in the ass).
Yes, tests are required. Tests are not optional. You need to provide a very compelling reason that tests are either impractical or impossible before you get a pass on writing tests.
comment:14 in reply to: ↑ 12 ; follow-up: ↓ 15 Changed 7 years ago by SmileyChris
Replying to stavros:
Any idea where the regression tests should go?
Answering the initial question (Russ must have missed this after the second question threw him into a rage :)), put them in the contrib app itself. I'd suggest
/django/contrib/sitemaps/tests/__init__.py <- put the test here /django/contrib/sitemaps/tests/urls.py <- your unit test will need a custom urlconf
At the bare minimum, just write some tests to prove the new behaviour works. But feel free to add additional tests of base sitemap functionality for extra brownie points.
comment:15 in reply to: ↑ 14 Changed 7 years ago by russellm
Replying to SmileyChris:
Replying to stavros:
Any idea where the regression tests should go?
Answering the initial question (Russ must have missed this after the second question threw him into a rage :)),
Hulk Angry! Crush patch with no tests! :-)
Apologies - you're right. I should have given some direction on test location.
Chris' feedback is pretty much on the money, with one modification. Rather than putting the tests directly into in init.py, init.py should be used as a staging module to load the tests from other locations. See contrib.auth for an example of the way to organize the tests.
comment:16 Changed 7 years ago by stavros
I tried and don't seem to be able to write the tests, as I don't know how to pass a request object or make reverse() work... Maybe someone can provide guidance on this?
comment:17 Changed 7 years ago by askfor
- Cc askfor@… added
Got the same problem here.
I was wondering why the cache_page decorator works for www.djangoproject.com according to the code on the trac (http://code.djangoproject.com/browser/djangoproject.com/django_website/urls.py) ?
And there's also another problem. Since sitemap reverse the url by 'django.contrib.sitemaps.views.sitemap' , if there's a app also use sitemap, there will be a conflict.
comment:18 Changed 7 years ago by miracle2k
- Cc miracle2k added
comment:19 Changed 7 years ago by stavros
The patch fixes the issue, but it needs tests. Can anyone experienced write some so we can get this functionality?
comment:20 Changed 5 years ago by gabrielhurley
- Component changed from Contrib apps to contrib.sitemaps
comment:21 Changed 5 years ago by lrekucki
- Severity changed from normal to Normal
- Type changed from defect to Bug
comment:22 Changed 5 years ago by jezdez
- Easy pickings unset
- UI/UX unset
#13908 was a duplicate.
comment:23 Changed 4 years ago by mvantellingen
- Cc mvantellingen added
Changed 4 years ago by mvantellingen
Updated patch + unittest
comment:24 Changed 4 years ago by mvantellingen
- Needs tests unset
I've updated the patch to work with trunk and added one unittest
comment:25 Changed 4 years ago by aaugustin
- Owner changed from stavros to aaugustin
comment:26 Changed 4 years ago by aaugustin
- Resolution set to fixed
- Status changed from new to closed
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Poker at Nikki's (Again)
We had talked about checking out The Flop tonight, but somehow we ended up at Nikki's Poker Room again. Maybe I can talk the others in our poker posse into trying a new place next time. Nikki's is okay, but I really want to check out the other poker establishments in town. There are so many of them.
Cory got knocked out first among our group. Brian was out next and I followed shortly after. April actually knocked me out. Boooo!
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Ordinances that prohibit cats from being "at large" essentially mandate that all cats be kept either indoors or on leashes. These laws are dangerous and cause more cats to be killed in pounds and shelters. That is because any cat who is outdoors—whether she is someone's pet who is let out for a short period of time or a community cat—is subject to impoundment. Virtually 100% of all community cats impounded are killed, and 70% of all cats in pounds and shelters are killed.
Some people mistakenly believe that leash laws should be applied to cats because most cities have leash laws for dogs. However, animal control laws originated to protect humans and human property against certain damages dogs caused. Cats and dogs are unique species, and treating them the same simply doesn't work.
Furthermore, unowned cats such as feral cats have no owners or indoor homes. The best approach for these cats is TNR, the only way to effectively manage the feral cat population. Leash laws are incompatible with TNR.
Read more about leash laws.
Licensing refers to when a municipality requires cat owners to license or register their pet cat with a government agency. Like leash laws, licensing ultimately results in more cats being impounded in animal pounds and shelters, where 70% of cats impounded are killed. Licensing is particularly misleading and harmful, because it fails to achieve any of its stated goals. Furthermore, Good Samaritans who are caring for community cats might be unfairly treated as owners and be cited or bullied into stopping care.
Read common myths about licensing.
Feeding bans are laws that prohibit residents from putting food outside for animals, such as pet or community cats. Feeding bans do not help stabilize community cat populations, and they undermine and discourage Trap-Neuter-Return programs, the only effective approach for stabilizing feral cat populations. With a feeding ban in place, TNR is impossible to carry out. If a community is concerned about its feral cat population, TNR is the only answer.
Read Alley Cat Allies' Feeding Ban Position Statement.
Alley Cat Allies strongly supports spay/neuter for pet and community cats, but mandatory spay/neuter laws are misguided and ineffective. While the impulse behind these laws is positive, such laws do little to stabilize the overall cat population. Ironically, mandatory spay/neuter laws are more detrimental than beneficial to cats. This is because such laws ignore feral and stray cats, who represent the vast majority of intact cats. Only three percent of feral and stray cats are neutered, as opposed to 82% of all pet cats.
Further complicating the issue is that in homes earning less than $35,000 annually, only 51% of pet cats are neutered. The root of the problem is the lack of affordable spay/neuter services for pet owners and community cat caregivers. To successfully address the problem, resources should be directed toward expanding low-cost spay/neuter rather than spent administering an ineffective law.
Some communities have laws that restrict the number of animals a person may own. These laws are intended to protect the community from unsafe or unsanitary conditions and to protect animals from inhumane treatment. Some limit laws are aimed at preventing hoarding, a psychological disorder where someone maintains more animals than he or she can adequately care for in an enclosed space.
In reality, limit laws actually increase the number of animals "euthanized" in shelters. Potential adopters should be encouraged to adopt the number of animals that they can provide a loving home for, and should not be restricted by an arbitrary number. These laws deter people from adding another member to their family.
Limit laws also become problematic for feral cat caregivers when the number of cats they care for exceeds the number of animals that a person may "own." Limit laws should be written so that there is an exemption for feral cats and feral cat caregivers. Caregivers are not the owners of these cats and should be treated accordingly. The right way to protect the welfare of animals and public health is to address specific problematic behaviors—not to pass punitive and arbitrary laws.
See the Resources section in this toolkit for sample letters to legislators about each type of policy or ordinance.
Legislation might seem overwhelming, but it doesn't have to be! Each city and county has a unique lawmaking process. However, these are general steps that most cities and counties follow. In addition to laws, local governments may also pass resolutions, which create policy rather than law.
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Must Read: Is Volatility Broken? Normalcy Bias And Abnormal Variance
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De Nile is a river in Eqypt. What we do is called kicking the can down the road.
Anyone that day trades X3 etfs could have told you this three years ago. Reason why I calculate every variance in a spread if trading them. At one point I made the attempt to flip the idea of VIX into it, all I ended up with was butter and shit soup.
Example FAS/FAZ/Russel.Fin indez versus the VIX. guess which was the odd man out. We are trading against machines. Machines with rules. All machines have hacks. Use the hacks to win and keep a tight stop loss in place to escape...even if you are out in two seconds...all that is lost is the trade fee.
Anyone that wants to play around with them I have the older versions up for all to play with and no I don't send my newer versions out, even to friends anymore. I did years ago, but found that people were getting hurt by them or missing their shot. Use at your peril because of the nature of the vehicles involved investing.
It's evolved a bit since then, now it has my own HFT gear behind it and no, it's not forsale. I like making money.
The real question is not WHAT is normal since the definition is relative....but WHY.
Could it be that the current holders of power are afraid of challenge to the status quo?
Don't wooory.....Be haaaapy.......
lets look at our recent puzzle pieces, gross sells, gs closes commodity thingy, transitory inflation speak from the fed{s} because we are going to do something that will "effect" or "affect" all commodities.....a rate increase?
Volatility can't be broken - its just dormant. This things gonna light up like a tire fire once the winds pick up.
go back to bed america, your government is in control....nothing to see here, keep shopping with your credit cards
Exactly how is this different from Euro-land?
they have better restaurants.
depends on where you are in euro land? at least some countries and consumers are saving here. Not to mention they make the hard political choices like austerity and extending the retirement age. not to say there are not problems
Obviously, the Fed has retained Dr. E. Nygma and he has deployed his brain sucking device all over the country. That must be the case because NOBODY I know socially has a freaking clue about what is being done to them.
Volatility is soooo 2007. No more need for it. The market is now, thanks to the Chairsatan, blue skies and blooming fields of flowers next to an ocean of champagne populated by naked supermodels willing to fulfill your every fantasy...and Unicorns...lots and lots of unicorns.
Stock prices have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau.
At worst, maybe a little froth on the Cappuccino.
(ah, yes, oldies but goodies)
Thanks! I love it when someone trots out Irving.
Isn't there compelling / overwhelming evidence that the Fed is manipulating damn near everything?
Yes. Hence, the famous saying, "There are no markets, only interventions."
A bit of a dense read. One takeaway is that volatility has been artificially suppressed as a result of Fed intervention, but that can only be part of the story. Surely abnormally low volume is a second aspect - and this piece doesn't seem to acknowledge that. I saw a statistic that 85% of people responding to an online poll said they had gotten back into the market since 2008. I fould this surprising (granted it was on cnn, so veracity could be questionable), but seems contradictory to cash staying on the sidelines.
All I can say is observed volatility in the market is low, but tensions are very high.
"All I can say is observed volatility in the market is low, but tensions are very high."
Kind of like a woodie in a tight pair of Jockie's.....
Artificial volatility suppression- Sergey Aleynikov was imprisoned because he got his hands on the code for Goldman's buxnet worm. It is an insidious cyber-warfare WMD which only infects HFT computers and passes around single shares of stock at higher and higher speeds to drive up the market, until there is a meltdown. Unfortunately, like the stuxnet worm, it has the same fatal design flaw in that it does not actually stop the underlying action of the machine controlled, in this case the front-running and financial rape of the of the few actual traders left in the equity market.
Speaking of volatility,I see silver got the double barrell aroud 3:00 pm bythe JPM HSBC tag team FIRING SQUAD.
"High Volatility Skew
The new volatility regime is characterized by an increasedexpectation for extreme price movements, as exemplified byelevated levels of implied volatility skew for far out-of-the-money options. Skew is an important indication of whereinvestors are placing leveraged bets. In essence, skew measuresperceived tail risk.The normalized skew for SPX options has been increasingsince early 2009, but the unusually robust skew for far out-of-the-money index options signifies a greater than average probabilityof a large price dislocation over the next five months. Forexample the volatility skews for options that are 40-50% out-of-the-money are now close to their highest levels in a decade (seechart to the lower right)."
- Makes sense. Either QE or a sharp decline. Nothing to see here, move on. -
Short Russell 2000, bitchez. 50+% return in 6 months.
Really good read.
Thanks TD
There is no more free market. Risk means little for those using no interest money in a house rigged game. For the average investor, technical and fundamental analysis might accidentally get you the right answer on direction, but don't consider it any more than a wild guess based on mental processes that once had meaning. Now the only thing that us relevant is knowing when they are going to pull the plug on artificially holding up the market (or when the unknown nature of the markets has been pushed to the point that the Fed could not anticipate). What the market has already assumed is also a wasted mental exercise. It may appear that the market has already factored in this event or that, but frankly any likeness to this analysis is merely serendipitous.
Those receiving direct or indirect Fed benefit should be excluded from the free markets!!
I agree. The market is no longer a pricing mechanism or a way of distributing capital to where it will generate the greatest returns, but is merely a casino in which players bet on which number the Fed is going to pick for the ball to land on.
Yup. QE3=PM's up, Commodities Up
No QE3=Disorderly chaos.
It's why it seems most, even at ZH, actually hope QE to infinity because at least many will get rich off that plot.
The no QE, then again QE, is just harder to trade. So, we must all adjust accordinly and quickly.
Nassim Taleb is probably long out of the money calls in P.M.s and commodities.....and short stocks out of the money. While simultaneously betting against UST's.
People like to blame the absence of the original purpose of market purely on intervention. While intervention and manipulation surely is an important aspect, i think that another aspect is just as important. Why do people trade? Why would one buy or sell something? Originally, you would buy because you need something, and sell because you do not need something. I'd even go as long with saying that one would also buy, if one assumed, that the good would be needed later in the future, and sell if one thinks that it's demand in the future will be low (this also covers longterm stocks).
What do all those assumptions have in common? That supply and demand as in ACTUAL production and consumption are the primary driver of price.
How do those assumptions stack up to short-term trading? What if the considerations about price are no longer about what is actually needed, and actually produced, but plain and simply about "imagined" supply and demand? To explain what i mean with this: If your considerations about buying and selling something, are no longer about actual demand on the ground, and actual supply on the ground.... but instead, purely imagined S&D... so, predicting how other TRADERS will act (rather than how producers and consumers act)... then the price is no longer mostly driven by production and consumption, but instead strongly affected by mental games of traders.
So, am I reading this correctly: the Fed is controlling the volume of the markets, and now it is controlling the volatility? In other words, the alter-government is running our capital system.
So, why am I voting, why do we even elect anyone?
So, we are electing idiots who do what? Rubber Stamp the Fed?
Most of the A-holes in DC work for Wall Street in one way or the other........Uh.....guess who the Fed (is owned by) works for????............
All a scam, why pay taxes? Why not just have Bernanke print your return? Because taxes make good slaves....the whole thing is designed for 1 thing- humanity is just a Coppertop battery designed to pay interest.
Even with the post Japan reversal in vol, the hedge worked out pretty well for me. Pairing equity vol with long pm's seems to be a pretty good way to play this environment.... if you assume anything is ever going to make sense again... which is a pretty big if.
Those are some preettay looking charts, I like the 3d effect!
Everybody should be long PM's just in case amerika incredibly, digs themselves out of this.... And have the physical metal in case the don't.
You just have to love it when some criminal syndicate Wall Street firm acts all confused about what is up with the Vix. Funny. LOL.
24 months worth of naked short selling, in combination with 24 months of the VXX and VXZ creation units machines working 24/7...and what you get is...anything but...price discovery. And that is exactly what the criminal syndicate wanted...as they pumped an equity market rally on an entirely artificial catalyst [Ben Bernanke].
As for all the things that the Vix is ignoring...here here. However, as has been said by many...this ain't no market. Anyone trying to tell you that this is still a market is quite the joker.
And therein lies the rub...the rub that the criminal syndicate known as Wall Street would simply like to side step right now. Good luck with that, trying to rebuild market integrity on sandcastle foundations and unicordew dreams.
Yes Cdad, theyre all so confused, befuddled, BAFFLED even! Hmm whats up with this volatility gee we really dont understand whats going on at all. Well lets remove Bernankes $8 billion daily gift to banks to buy equities free of charge, and lets raise some rates from zero or negative to just 2% or 3%, let the markets stand on their own without pre-market levitation magic and lets see what happens?
Calling Kid Dynamite?
Veeeerrry interesting. Never heard of this analyst until now, but I like his research and his conclusions. Thanks for sharing this, TD.
One should be unsurprised at almost any market dynamic considering the extent of intervention to date.
When all the players that would be increasing the vol structure are too busy BTFD on increasing margin, who's got time to worry until the needle of liquidity is removed from the vein of capital markets.
All arguments and free enterprise market analyses are moot exercises until the Federal Reserve System is uprooted from America's economic field, and burned.
Nathan Martin of Nathan's Economic Edge wrote today:
"[O]ur own politicians are captured by corporate interests…
"This situation highlights the failure of government to work on behalf of the people – something I contend began in the year 1913 with the implementation of the criminal 'Federal Reserve Act.' It's criminal because it isn't 'Federal,' they don't have meaningful reserves, and they aren't even a bank. They are a private corporation owned by other corporations created for the sole purpose of hiding the trail of money and disguising the fact that Congress was conned and bribed into relinquishing the money creation power over to a few individuals – and since that time progressive capture of government, regulators, and all markets has occurred non-stop and in a methodical progression.
"The very function of and concept for the existence of corporations has been turned upside down. Take General Electric for example. They are the last remaining original DOW Industrial, but they, too, in fact failed after going into the money production business and leveraging themselves to infinity on bad debt. They failed, and we bailed them out. Now they don't even pay taxes and their CEO is appointed by a captured President to help turn around the economy! I'd cry if it weren't so hilarious.
"This is the same company that designed and helped to under-build the reactors in Fukushima. Now, the same private company that is allowed to manufacture money and to use that money to lobby politicians (and doesn't pay taxes), also owns a very large swath of the media and thus what you are hearing from their media is far different from the reality that your are hearing form me – as I am not conflicted and am genuinely worried about our health and about the path of our nation. That worry is far different from GE, the corporation's worry. They worry about never ending growth, never ending profits.
"And thus our government and corporations no longer are working to the benefit of humanity; they are working against humanity.
"This brings us to a dire situation in which what most people believe to be an effective political process is not really effective anymore at all – it is meaningless other than as a tool to distract you and to make you think you have some input into the system, which you do not.
"The real power in a sovereign nation is in the power to control the production of money….that power MUST reside in the people's hands in order for their vote to have any meaning. If it does not, then those who create the money will use it to override and to rule over the people – and that is exactly what has happened in this nation and now to the world.
"It is now impossible for the people to straighten out the situation through the ballot box….
"Creating change that can attack the root of the problem and that can change the power of money creation back to the people will require dramatic action – it will require the people to somehow topple government and force the 'Fed' to be dissolved. I don't know how that can happen, but via revolution, world war, or just flat out economic collapse, it will happen, it must happen…
This is too nuanced and complicated to be widely understood and belived by the American populace. Unfortunately, once Americans are mad enough a substitute false flag enemy will be placed in their sights and all will be told "they" are responsible. "They" will be different than "us" and will naturally fill our need for venting. It will be bad speculators or MENA countries trying to destroy us "because they hate democracy (apple pie, and Chevy...they may actually hate Chevy???).
You know TPTB play book and can see the play coming, you can call it out and make it clear it's coming...but I don't think it can be stopped.
Sorry to be sooooooo cynical but American's seem to prefer the easy answer that requires little to nothing of them.
We seem to be looking at the same coin from different angles and coming to the same conclusion : it's not pure gold and it's getting diluted every day to some cheaper form of metal by Ben the alchemist. One day it will be zero gold and there will be zero hedge play on it. Time to change trains and say goodbye 'greenback' from Benquack's FED vault.
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This is a lot of data but I think it boils down to a simple concept in physics, "signal-to-noise", as the underlying trend gets stronger the variance goes down. I don't think this is something the Fed is intentionally doing, it's just a product of the perma-pump on record low volume. Understanding Ben's lack of sophistication so far I'd say this is just a lucky ancillary gift for them.


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Ericsson Telephone Company (NASDAQ:ERIC) shares soared nearly 8% on Friday after the company reported solid earnings that showed a recovery in its mobile infrastructure business. The company's CEO was particularly bullish, and shares of peers Nokia (NYSE:NOK) and Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE:ALU) followed Ericsson higher. Does Ericsson's performance and outlook mean that it's time to jump on the industry as a whole?
Ericsson notes a major turnaround
Ericsson reported second quarter revenue of $8 billion with approximately 53% coming from mobile infrastructure, otherwise known as its Networks segment. This is a segment that has been challenged in recent quarters as Ericsson and other key telecom equipment vendors await key network refreshes and global build outs of improved 4G and LTE networks.
The segment saw a 13% decline during the first quarter, but in the second Ericsson reported a significant turnaround to achieve revenue growth of 3%. Importantly, this segment includes the equipment that's used to build networks, and Ericsson points to a relatively bullish long-term future in this business.
Ericsson has seen an increase in Chinese demand due to the preparation for a large rollout of fourth-generation mobile networks. Investors have been waiting for fulfilled orders, and it now appears that this catalyst has become a reality. In the U.S., increased mobile data traffic has stretched capacity, forcing providers into upgrades.
Furthermore, Ericsson did note specific strengths including base stations, edge routers, and multimedia subsystems, all of which are key pieces of hardware that are crucial in building new-and-improved networks.
Where does Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia come into play?
Behind Ericsson's success, shares of Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia soared 5% and 3%, respectively. The reason for this is because both are also mobile infrastructure providers, and like Ericsson had experienced some fundamental trouble in this key area.
Alcatel-Lucent has shown strong performance in recent quarters due to its success in routing, a high-margin business that grew 16.4% during its last quarter to account for nearly 20% of its total revenue. In fact, many have argued that Alcatel-Lucent's router business alone is worth the company's entire market capitalization.
However, Alcatel-Lucent has been held back in recent years due to weakness in its Access segment, which accounts for more than 50% of total revenue. This segment includes key infrastructure businesses like LTE overlays, 4G networking, and small cells. Overall, Access saw a 4.2% decline in total revenue.
Many of the businesses where Alcatel operates Access are those where Ericsson reported strength, including deals in China for buildouts. With Alcatel-Lucent's routing business performing so strongly, along with IP transports and platforms, a recovery in these underperforming segments could significantly strengthen the overall business.
In regard to Nokia, its Network sales saw a 17% year-over-year decline during the last quarter, which accounts for more than 85% of its total business following the divestment of its handset segment. It clearly has a lot to gain in the event of global buildouts occurring at a faster pace and developed networks undergoing major refresh cycles.
Foolish thoughts
The good thing about mobile infrastructure is that as data usage increases, the need for refreshes and better networks will never be complete. It's a constantly evolving industry, and is one where Nokia, Alcatel-Lucent, and of course Ericsson are highly exposed.
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