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- Conference date: 21–26 October 2007
- Location: Campinas, São Paulo (Brazil)
This work presents the characterization of three laser power sources and one pyroelectric radiometer which will be used for a Brazilian radiant power intercomparison. The electrically calibrated pyroelectric radiometer will be used as a reference power meter during the intercomparison and its characterization considering the electrical calibration, the optical absorption film reflectance factor, the linearity and the relative spatial responsivity uniformity is presented. The three lasers sources of wavelengths, 405 nm, 638 nm and 785 nm are characterized according its short term drift. The lasers results showed that 2 lasers sources presented a short term drift of 1% after 1 hour warm up. The all detectors parameters are according to manufacturer specification, instead of linearity and absorption film reflectance factor.
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Mount Diablo, Los Vaqueros
& Surrounding Parks
What is waterproof, tearproof and has 15,000 more acres of protected lands? Save Mount Diablo has released the second edition of the "Mount Diablo, Los Vaqueros & Surrounding Parks, Featuring the Diablo Trail" map. The original map was the first to show the entire Diablo Region with nearly 40 parks and 520 miles of trails. With 15,000 more acres of protected lands, a lot of updates were needed both in the cartography as well as in the size of the map itself. As with all non-profit projects, the map wouldn't have been possible without volunteers. This one required a father son duo.
Mike McCormack was happy to lend his skills, "For the past year and a half, my son Tommy and I have been working on Save Mount Diablo's volunteer map committee to produce an update to our highly popular and ground breaking regional outdoor recreation map." Mike, who chaired the map committee, and his son, Tommy, spent hundreds of hours updating land statuses and trails with Geographical Information Systems (GIS), a skill Tommy learned before graduating from college a few months earlier.
New and Improved 2012 Diablo Wilderness Map
• Protected lands in the Tassajara Valley area.
The Diablo Trail
Making Maps
Save Mount Diablo's new map is publicly available to purchase for $10.00 at Save Mount Diablo's office, located at 1901 Olympic Boulevard, Suite 320 in Walnut Creek, or by mail for an additional $2.50 in postage and handling (total $12.50).
The Original Diablo Wilderness Map
Save Mount Diablo's New Regional Recreation
Save Mount Diablo has produced the first regional trail map of the Diablo area including Mount Diablo State Park, Los Vaqueros and thirty-six other parks and preserves. The map is full color, double-sided, waterproof and tearproof. Our volunteer map committee walked hundred of miles of trails with Global Positioning Systems (GPS) units and worked for two years to document all of Diablo's parks and trails for the first time in the most accurate Diablo map ever created.
Funding was provided by REI in two grants totaling $9,000. This map is the first to give a sense of the full scale of land preservation around Mount Diablo, to spotlight the 30-mile Diablo Trail and to show all of the regional trail connections between the various state, regional and local parks.
Map Design Elements: A Tour of Save Mount Diablo's New Regional Recreation Map
SMD's new Diablo Map challenged the entire map committee with the monumental task of presenting a large amount of information accurately and in a user-friendly format. Over two years time, numerous decisions were made in terms of the colors, the design features, and the visual hierarchy found on the map. Here is a behind-the-scenes look at some of the design and content issues encountered in the mapping process that will give you a deeper appreciation of the volunteer map committee's work.
Read the press release or Diablo Watch article.
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Hi guys!
My university uses a VPN for which you need to use the Cisco AnyConnect VPN client on Windows. It also exists on Linux but somehow didn't work for me. I know that the openconnect package exists in the repositories, but I want to use networkmanager for my vpn. I suspect that I have a permissions problem somewhere or a general bug in my configuration. I tried lots of different approaches but I think that it is plain ugly to have some script with set-uid root start some services just to join the VPN. I've reset my configuration as I don't need it at the moment and want to start over with a clean networkmanager config.
Can anyone help me or give me a hint? I really am at loss how to join the VPN with networkmanager.
PS: I am member of the following groups: network lp wheel video audio optical users
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Have you tried the networkmanager-openconnect package also? http://www.archlinux.org/packages/?sort … orkmanager
No, I haven't until now. The problem is - and I don't seem to be able to find out - that I don't really get the difference between networkmanager-pptp, networkmanager-openconnect and so on. Could you clarify that for me please?
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Okay nevermind, all I my config was missing, was myself being a member of the 'network' group.
Found that out by pure testing, I thought I had been a member
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Thread can be closed.
Hi, we leave threads open (even though that runs the risk of them coming back from the dead in a year) so other people with the same problem, or those with other solutions can still chime in. What you should do is edit your first post, and add [Solved] to the beginning of the thread title to help others who are performing searches. Moderators don't do that, because only you know if the problem is really solved
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Wisconsin prosecutors have demonstrated probable cause to continue a case against a former police officer accused of hiding the bodies of two women in suitcases and dumping the luggage in a roadside ditch, a judge ruled on Thursday.
Steven Zelich, 52, is charged with two felony counts of hiding a corpse in Walworth County, where the suitcases were found, and investigations are continuing in another Wisconsin county and in Minnesota into the deaths of the women.
A road crew cutting grass found the suitcases on June 5 and moved the luggage out of the way. Authorities were called later and found the naked and decomposing bodies when they opened the suitcases.
The women were identified as Jenny Gamez, 21, of Cottage Grove, Oregon, and Laura Simonson, 37, of Farmington, Minnesota.
Zelich told investigators he met both women online, according to a criminal complaint.
Zelich told investigators he caused Gamez's death when he met with her in Kenosha County in southeastern Wisconsin in late 2012 or early 2013, and caused Simonson's death at a Rochester, Minnesota, hotel in November, the complaint said.
He is accused of keeping the suitcases with the women inside at his apartment in a Milwaukee suburb and in the trunk of his vehicle before dumping the luggage on the side of a road.
If convicted, Zelich would face up to 10 years in prison on each charge of hiding a corpse. He is being held in Walworth County jail on a $1 million bond.
Zelich could face more charges, including homicide, stemming from the ongoing investigations into the women's deaths in Kenosha County and Rochester.


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SIKESTON - Rick Althasu, Democratic candidate for the Missouri 27th District senatorial seat, led a round table discussion on campaign plans and strategies following the reorganizational meeting of the district committee. During the meeting, officers were elected to serve: Paula Cunningham of Bertrand, chairperson; M. James Shetley of Fredericktown, vice-chairperson; LaCretia Drum of Jackson, secretary; and Mike Marshall of Sikeston, treasurer.


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HP's new Mini 110 has been rocking the test bench of our friends over at LaptopMag, and the 10-inch netbook has not disappointed. Described as "the company's best netbook for consumers yet", the Mini 110 scores points for its excellent keyboard and extra ports over the previous-gen Mini 1000, but loses love for the awkward mouse buttons.
The fact that HP dropped the Mini 1000's edge-to-edge glass display also meets with disapproval, and the overall increased heft from the last gen model is disappointing. However at least HP have used the extra space to good advantage: there's now a standard VGA port and three, not just two, USB 2.0 ports.
It's not the cheapest netbook, but at $329 it's still well priced, even if you have to budget another $40 to upgrade the standard 3-cell battery (good for 2:45 runtime) to the 6-cell. Sadly LaptopMag couldn't test the Broadcom Crystal HD Enhanced Video Accelerator, and the new Syncables app - which promises to synchronize data between the Mini 110 and your normal PC - wouldn't install.


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Conficker and What Really Confounded Silicon Valley
There are computer hacks, and then there are REAL hacks, like of the saw variety. Silicon Valley got a wakeup call in the latter variety Thursday, when vandals hacked into fiber-optic cables beneath the ground, knocking parts of three California counties offline.
Some 52,000 households in Santa Clara County were expected to be without phone and Internet until at least late Thursday night, according to a county spokesman. Other counties experienced outages as well. Cellphones were also impacted since the cables that were cut handled all voice and data traffic in and out of the area. AT&T said that vandals cut cables in two locations, and offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible.
Such real problems help put other presumed threats in perspective — such as the much-hyped Conficker computer virus, which finally started doing something that seemed a bit underwhelming.
Conficker, you may recall, was the piece of rogue software that was going to cause the entire Internet to melt down last week. The reason for the apocalyptic pronouncements was that no one knew what Conficker was intended to do.
So many people said it could be used by terrorists to launch cyber attacks, and the rest was a story that spiraled out of control. Many security researchers and news organizations glommed on to a line in Conficker's code that said it would start doing something on April 1, and by the time that day rolled around, much of the world was on high alert.
Nothing happened then, of course. But security experts noticed this week that machines infected with Conficker received a message via so-called peer-to-peer connections, which allow individual computers to exchange information directly with one another.
But early Thursday morning researchers at Kaspersky Lab, a security company, noticed that some of the machines infected with Conficker downloaded some new software, including something billing itself as SpywareProtect2009. SpywareProtect2009 "finds" a virus on the infected computer and then offers to remove it for $50.
Fake antivirus is an increasingly common form of cyber crime, as we wrote Wednesday.
Some other Conficker-infected machines are downloading a different virus that steals information and sends spam messages, says Vincent Weafer, vice president of security response for Symantec. All of these functions are pretty typical for cyber criminals, making it less likely that terrorists control Conficker. "It's really pretty similar to all the viruses out there today," says Weafer.


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Robert Kovacik covers the debut of Pope Francis for the NBC4 News at Noon on Tuesday, March 19, 2013.
Here is the draft text of Pope Francis' homily delivered at his installation Mass on March 19, 2013. A final, official text could be released later.
Pope Francis officially began his ministry as the world's 266th pope during an installation Mass at St. Peter's Square, calling for humanity to show "protection" for God's creation and the poorest of the world.
Hours before Pope Francis' inaugural mass was set to take place, faithful were converging on St. Peter's Basilica to secure their place in the plaza. The mass is expected to draw some historic and controversial...
United States Vice President Joe Biden and Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif., were among world leaders meeting Pope Francis in Rome. Robert Kovacik reports for the NBC4 News at Noon on Monday, March 18, 2013.
Leaders from all over the world are descending on Rome in order to attend Tuesday's inaugural mass. NBC4's Robert Kovacik reports from Rome for "Today in LA" on March 18, 2013.


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Chainplates Newport 30
Is it possible to reseal the chainplates of a Newport 30 with the mast up? Removing one stay at a time leave the rig stable?
If so, any suggestion for how to examine for damage in the core or bulkhead? There are small white discolorations on the teak where the chainplates bolt through the bulkhead. Also, suggestions for type and brand of caulks
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Are there water stains? You can check the bulkhead where it bolts to..it is right out in the open...When I had my '84 30' mkIII I used Life caulk 4200..when I saw any water coming in I would dig out the old caulking & redo...But if you want to take it off...use one of your halyards & clip to the side your working on..that takes care of the upper..for the lower, throw a line over the opposite spreader & tie off both ends to the side your working on....use the rubrail or jib fairlead...
Thanks for thadvice about using the halyard to stabilize the rig
Yes, there is white streaks on the teak below the chainplate bolts, especially on the prot side.
Would also like advice on how to get to the nuts on port. They are hidden behind a panel in the head. The panel also contains a shorepower outlet. How much needs to be removed?
Welcome to leaking chainplates.
It never ends.
I just loosen them in turn, and re-caulk.... a messy, sticky process.
Loosen the bolts but do not take the nuts off. Prise the chainplate and the backing plate off the sealant. Take one nut off, and drift one bolt out. Tie a stout piece of string through the hole in the chainplate or backing plate (whichever one is outboard). The string will prevent the plate from dropping into the deeps if you drop it.
I've done the following procedure on my boat for any for any through deck fittings (including the chainplates) that have been leaking.
1.If the core is wet, scrape out as much of the wet balsa as possible.
2.Dry out the core. You can use a heat gun on a low setting but be careful because it's possible to burn fiberglass.
3.Put a piece of tape on the underside so the epoxy can't run out of the hole.
4.Mix together the West System epoxy with the hardener for 2 minutes. Add enough 404 filler to make the epoxy thick - somewhere between the consistency of ketchup or peanut butter depending on whether you plan to use a syringe to pump the epoxy mix into the hole.
4. Inject it into the hole. If the hole is deep, don't try to fill it all at once. Sometimes you can get a big bubble in the curing epoxy which is undesirable. Try several layers over a period of time.
5. When the epoxy is cured you can drill or cut a new hole for the fasteners, etc. Use donuts of Sikaflex or 3M 4200 around the holes to bed hardware or chainplates.
This will seal of the balsa core from future leakage but I think it reads oddly on the moisture meter.
Ive been looking for leeks on mine for a while. Its a 78 Newport 30. I have sealed the stanchions and the chainplates. It is still leaking. I guess next I will try to seal some of the topside hardware. Maybe the handrails or something?
Does any one have any similar run ins with the same boat?
Please help
I'm pretty sure that's the same hull as a C&C 30. If that's the case, isn't that a keel stepped mast and goes through the deck? It shouldn't go anywhere with one of the shrouds off.
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"Mike Bach"
>What are the factors I need to address to ensure efficient
>backups? How can I make sure that my 4 drives are being used
>at the same time for backups, instead of only one at a time?
>Is streaming an option to increase backup speed?
>Yesterday, I had 2 classes start at the same time. There are
>2 clients in each class. I have 4 drives in my jukebox.
>I noticed that 3 jobs were active, all writing to one tape.
>Why didn't the other client run at the same time? I had 3 drives
You need to check in two places for the drives to be used properly.
One is on the schedule level of your class, what is the MPX factor. An
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Here's an embarrassing misheard lyric:in "Ashes To Ashes", I always sang "For the next Arabians"instead of "I want an axe to break the ice"I actually read the lyric book to Scary Monsters just the other day and discovered that. Oops! I've been singing it wrong for over a year. Don't look at the carpet, I drew something awful on it
We intententally change the lryics so that they suit our dirty little minds. I know sometimes when I'm listening to songs then go read the lyrics they are totally different. And sometimes it just cause the were accually saying the wrong words.
when I heard Cactus for the first time I thought that Bowie sings : ....sitting here wishing on a semen float...when it goes :Sitting here wishing on a cement floor.....heh..."You don`t put a bra in a drier, it warps!"
Replace "float" with "flow" and we made the same mistake! Recently someone said the saddest thing about the fall of the Berlin wall is that you can no longer defect. There's nowhere left to go.
If you rewatch the "Afraid" from the NYE broadcast you might catch Bowie doing a couple lyric switcheroos. The beatle and Roxy Music lines are obvious, but there was one notable one that could spark a new thread:"I put my faith in medication"(It's usually "education")Is he hankering for days past? Currently using mood equilizers?BFP
I don't think I've ever laughed so mush, in my whole life!Prayer doesn't sound like barge......LOL!!!! The "You can, By God! It's Monday!" thing had me in stitches.Either "Silly Bald Fool" or "Chairman Mao / Jim and Moe" is the best, I reckon Or maybe "But but Chad / the chair is not my son."Or "It's got nothing to do with you, you walking bastards" No wait, the best is:"Blue, blue, 'letric blue,Blue's the colour of my SHOE." They need to invent a "Crying With Laughter" icon...*Can hardly type, due to uncontrolable laughter fit* Itte kimasu
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Babylon Revisited
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My feedback is here
I'm looking for a few items today, trying to fill in some spots in my wardrobe.
I wear a lot of pink and ivory, and mainly classic-sweet.
My wardrobe is here if you'd like to look.
My measurements are:
Bust: 33 in.
Waist: 28 in.
Shoe Size: 25cm/LL
I have items here for trade as well!!
I'm sure these are long shots, but they're the 3 I'm really looking for, so might as well throw them out there.
|AP's Cafe Latte Tiered JSK
|AP's My Story Back Shirring JSK
Ivory x Brown
|Meta's Fairy Tale Frill Pinafore Dress
Otherwise I'm just looking for more main pieces to add to my closet. I generally prefer jumperskirts.
Looking for cheaper brand (around $100?), or taobao.
(I'm aware some pieces listed below are more expensive.)
|IW's Lame Dot JSK
Chocolat or Pink
|IW's Classical Ribbon Dress
|AP's Dot Pretty Girl Skirt
|Baby's Macaron Dot JSK
|Meta's Music Note
White x Black, maybe other colors
|Meta's Sailor Short Sleeve OP
Ivory Only
A navy chiffon blouse. Offbrand preferred, may look at brand.
I wouldn't mind looking at other colors too, maybe ivory, pink, or brown.
BtSSB's Chiffon Princess Dress Blouse
any color, white or pink preferred.
(my dream blouse!)
Headbows & Hair Accessories
Plain Innocent World Headbows (ex. [1])
Looking for headbows that work with classic and classic-sweet.
I've also realized I just don't have a lot of hair accessory options, so I'm looking for more goodies.
Please do not offer me bonnets.
General examples:
|AP's Kururin Ribbon Charm Headbow
Ivory or Pink
|AatP's Midsummer's Headbow
|AP's Cafe Latte Ribbon Headbow
Beige or Brown
|AatP's ALICE'S clock ribbon head bow
AP's Hug Heart Balloon Ring
This is the last one I need to complete the set!
This section is kind of vague, since I'm never really sure what kind of shoes I'm looking for.
Mainly short or low heels, can fit in with classic-sweet. White, ivory, beige, or pink will probably be best.
Size: LL/25cm
Some examples:
MintyMix & Lockshop Wigs
Looking for mostly natural colored ones, and a silver one too.
I cannot pull off platinum!
I have this MintyMix one already.
BtSSB's Winged Key Necklace
I don't know if it came in different colors, but willing to look at any.
Thank you for looking!
Please feel free to offer anything you think I might be interested in :)
I know I'm asking for a lot of things, so I'll probably be looking at everything I'm offered before deciding!
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Question: When referring to a university, do you capitalize the word university? Example:
I have spent many hours contemplating what I wanted in the University where I would be spending four years of my life. I will be an asset to the University as well.
This sentence comes after specifically noting that the student is interested in the University of Colorado. After that reference, when you refer back to the university would it be capitalized?
Answer: Most published stylebooks recommend lowercasing the generic designation of institutions (or companies) when it is used in isolation. The Chicago Manual of Style, for example, says this (7.57):
Full titles of institutions and companies and the names of their departments and divisions are capitalized, but such words as school or company, as well as generic or descriptive terms, are lowercased when used alone.
the University of Chicago
the Law School
the Department of History
the university
the history department
This, however, is a rule that is frequently countermanded in the house style manuals of individual organizations. I have overturned it myself a few times--usually when I am editing institutional studies where there is the possibility of confusion over whether the term university refers back to a specific university or more broadly to higher education.
I recommend that you draw on the broad editorial principle of clarity. If there is no possibility of confusion, use the "down style" (lowercase the generic designator). If the down style leads to confusion, by all means capitalize, but remember that you must capitalize the word consistently throughout every discrete publication, whether that publication be a letter, a brochure, or a book-length study.
Question: Should the word god be capitalized in the phrases god-forsaken or by god?
Answer: The Chicago Manual of Style recommends that "like all proper nouns, the names of the one supreme God . . . as well as the names of other deities are capitalized."
In the phrases you are asking about, however, the reference to God is rather casual, and there are those who would deny that such phrases refer to the one supreme God at all. Lowercasing God in such phrases is an attempt to obscure the reference to God.
The problem, of course, is that such phrases are possible violations of the Third Commandment, which proscribes taking the name of the Lord in vain. The question before us is whether it is possible to fool God with capitalization tricks. The Grammar Hotline is not qualified to answer this question.
I will say, however, that the English language has a rich tradition of Third Commandment evasions. Capitalization decisions are the least sneaky of these. Such words as gee, gosh, golly, by criminy, egad, gadzooks (I especially like gadzooks) are all curses mangled to finesse the Third Commandment.
But I suppose you'd like a definite answer. Go ahead and capitalize, and the Devil take the hindmost.
Question (From a community college administrator): I would very much appreciate any grammatical information about the capitalization of compound adjectives when they appear in a capitalized list.
For example, I have a list of areas of knowledge needed in a particular field of study. I have capitalized each item in the list, but what do I do with a compund adjective like "hands-on applications"?
Should it appear as "Hands-on Applications" or "Hands-On Applications"?
Answer: I recommend following the guidelines for capitalizing titles of works as outlined in the Chicago Manual of Style, 7.124:
How to capitalize hyphenated compounds in titles is often a question. A rule of thumb that usually proves satisfactory is (1) always capitalize the first element and (2) capitalize the second element if it is a noun or proper adjective or if it has equal force with the first element.
Twentieth-Century Literature
Do not capitalize the second element if (a) it is a participle modifying the first element or (b) both elements constitute a single word.
English-speaking PeopleMedium-sized LibraryE-flat MinorRe-establishSelf-sustaining Reaction
Applying this rule to the example you give yields "Hands-on Applications."
This is because on is neither a noun nor a proper adjective; it is a preposition--or, more properly, a particle. In addition, hands-on constitutes a single word.
Question 2: If I have a capitalized list of compound adjectives in which I am trying to follow the rules (Chicago Manual of Style) for the capitalization of compound adjectives in titles, what should I do with an item that has two compound adjectives separated by a slash? For example:
Is it correct to capitalize the "t" in Training because it is the last element, and is it correct to lowercase the "s" in Skilled because Multi is a prefix?
Answer: I would have to quibble with your reasons. The Chicago rule does not recommend capitalizing every last element, and it does not recommend lowercasing all root words just because they have prefixes. In general, Chicago (7.124) recommends this: (1) Always capitalize the first element; (2) Capitalize the second element if it is a noun or proper adjective or if it has equal force with the first element.
This rule generates "Cross-Training" because Training is a noun. (Actually, it's a gerund, which is a noun formed from a verb.)
This rule generates "Multi-skilled" because skilled is neither a noun nor a proper adjective, and it does not have equal force with the first element. Rather, skilled is an adjective. (Actually, it's a past participle, which is an adjective formed from a verb.) Furthermore, the word "Multi-skilled" is less a compound than it is a simple multi-part word.
And having said all that, I must now break your heart by telling you that strict application of the Chicago rules is not always going to produce the best editorial product. The Chicago rules do indeed produce "Multi-skilled/Cross-Training." But you need to look beyond the rules to the reasons they were made: To produce consistency, and to eliminate distractions for the reader.
The soundest editorial stance is to follow the rules in general, but feel free to break them if the product is inconsistent or might distract the reader. "Multi-skilled/Cross-Training" looks funny. We could search for reasons for this—maybe it's because the two elements are not parallel (one's an adjective and the other is a noun), but there's not much use in making things more complicated than they already are. Something that looks funny violates the most fundamental editorial principle of all: Don't distract the reader.
In short, if I were in charge of this project, I would capitalize Skilled.
Question: If you were trying to follow the rules for a capitalized list as outlined in The Chicago Manual of Style, how would you capitalize the abbreviation for Co-op? Co-op or Co-Op?
Answer: I suppose that if I were following the rules, I might think briefly about capitalizing "Op," since, after all, it is the main content word. It wouldn't take me very long, however, to decide that it actually means nothing in isolation, and that the word co-op is in fact now a separate concept, independent of its roots.
In short, I recommend Co-op.
Question: Please tell me if the terms world wide web and internet should be capitalized when they do not begin a sentence. Are there exceptions that apply?
Answer: Capitalization rules are quirky. In general, style manuals try to chronicle common usage on the theory that style rules exist to eliminate distractions so that the reader's attention will be directed to content instead of format. The most important principle is that your usage must be consistent within a discrete publication, but if you want to be consistent with the rest of the world, you have to consider the standard practice in publications that commonly use the phrase or word that's questionable.
To get a reading on common usage in the field, I forwarded your question to a Webmistress in the College of Engineering at N.C. State University. Here is her reply:
Both are capitalized as proper nouns, as far as I have been able to tell. I went to http://www.zdnet.com/, the Ziff-Davis publisher of a number of computer magazines, and did some random searching on articles. I never found an "internet," "world wide web," or "web" (always Web).
At the moment, there is only one Internet and World Wide Web, although there are many intranets (in-house netorking). When Internet II comes to pass and there are alternative internets, then maybe it will go lowercase.
That's good enough for me. An additional pressure to capitalize World Wide Web is the common, capitalized acronym in URLs. Most acronyms, of course, are composed of the first letters of capitalized proper nouns. The acronym pressure will probabl y keep World Wide Web capitalized long after Internet reverts to lowercase.
Question: I'm working on a paper that explores the 1939 New York World's Fair and its utopian vision of the future. I refer to the fair repeatedly. After spelling out the full identity I abbreviated it to NYWF and use NYWF for a while. After a while I begin to refer to the fair (no quotes). Would it be a better style to just keep using NYWF and never use fair? If I do use fair, should it always have a capital "F" when I refer to this fair?
Answer: Most stylebooks would advise you to use fair as the truncated form and wouldn't say anything about establishing the acronym. Since you have more information about your paper than the stylebooks, you can make a more informed choice that will help the clarity of your paper. Did anyone in 1939 refer to the fair by its acronym? If the acronym is historically inaccurate, you ought not to use it. Do you talk about the fair in comparison to other fairs? Will your reader be confused about which fair you are talking about if you don't use some typographical convention to indicate that the fair being discussed is the 1939 New York World's Fair? If you think there is a possibility of ambiguity, you should defy the stylebooks and capitalize Fair when referring to the 1939 Fair. You might end up in a dispute with a copyeditor, but by that time your capitalization decision will have helped the referees understand the paper. You'll have a reason for your decision and referee backup.
You caught my attention with your description of your topic. I find myself wondering if utopian is in the right place. Did the Fair have a utopian vision of the future, or did it have a vision of a utopian future? The amount that this choice matters depends on whether you are taking a conventional view of utopia. The term, of course, was tongue-in-cheek when Sir Thomas More introduced it. Etymologically, it means "not a place," which implies impossibility and impracticality. You may want to shift the word around a little to match your thesis.
Question: When using AP style, would you capitalize a formal title that was used after a name. Such as:
Mr. Belo has served as chief deputy commissioner for 12 years.
Answer: No. Formal titles used after a name are lowercased in AP style (q.v. AP entry "titles"): "In general, confine capitalization to formal titles used directly before an individual's name."
This generates
President Bill Clinton
President Clinton
Bill Clinton, president of the United States
Clinton has served as president since 1993.
Question: (From Steve Bambara, an N.C. State entomologist): Should the names of the seasons be capitalized? I had one paper reviewer state that a season is capitalized only when referring to a specific one: "This Spring we are going to paint our house," but not "We paint houses during the spring." Then another reviewer told me to be consistent. Any help? Thanks. --SB
Answer: The names of the seasons are almost never capitalized, except in poetry, where they are occasionally personified.
The Chicago Manual of Style, 7.31, gives these examples:
"Then Spring--with her warm showers--arrived." (Spring is personified.)
"In the springtime nature is at its best." (Spring is not personified.)
As a part-time lecturer in the Department of English, I am delighted to think that the N.C. State entomology faculty might be spending their time writing poetry about personified seasons. If, however, your work is less than poetic, you are correct in sticking consistently to a lowercase style.
Bambara has the last word:
Alas, alas, it is not true.
Of those bug poets, there are few.
I write of bees and what they do,
But need caps' help a time or two. --SB
Question: (From an N.C. State editing student): Should I capitalize the "B" in brussels sprouts?
Answer: In general, style manuals for all types of publications prescribe a streamlined "down" style for capitalization of words derived from proper names but used with a specialized meaning. This means that regardless of the style manual you consult, The Associated Press Stylebook (for newspaper style) or The Chicago Manual of Style for book and magazine style), you are likely to decide to lowercase the "B" in brussels sprouts on analogy with the initial "F" in french fries. The Chicago Manual, however, notes permissively that "Authors and editors must decide for themselves, but whatever choice is made should be followed consistently throughout a work."
This, of course, is license to do whatever your fancy directs. It is the Grammar Hotline's opinion that lowercasing brussels sprouts is one tiny step toward popularizing them. Furthermore, it is my considered opinion that Brussels sprouts are so vile that they do not deserve to be popular. In a quixotic attempt to keep them off my dinner plate, I am going to recommend consistent uppercasing of the "B" in Brussels sprouts.
You can do what you want, of course (as long as you do it consistently), but if you choose the "down" (lowercase) style, don't come crying to me when your local burger jockey tries to close your order with a cheery "Do you want brussels sprouts with that?"
Question: Is brunswick capitalized when used to modify stew?
Answer: Merriam-Webster says yes, noting that the etymology is from Brunswick County, Virginia. The general rule, as set out in the Associated Press Stylebook is this:
Most proper nouns or adjectives are capitalized when they occur in a food name: Boston brown bread, Russian dressing, Swiss cheese, Waldorf salad. Lowercase is used, however, when the food does not depend on the proper noun or adjective for its meaning: french fries, graham crackers, manhattan cocktail.
Virginians, of course, would vociferously vote for the capital, claiming that full enjoyment of Brunswick stew of course depends on understanding its origin in Brunswick County, Virginia.
But you are from North Carolina. Interstate rivalry might well prompt you to lowercase, protesting that Brunswick County, Virginia, has nothing to do with your stew--and perhaps even disparaging the tenderness of Virginia squirrel meat.
I have already overruled the dictionary in recommending that Brussels sprouts be capitalized (in a quixotic attempt to keep them off my dinner plate). Today, I find myself forced to recommend capitalizing Brunswick stew in Virginia and lowercasing brunswick stew in North Carolina (in the name of interstate rivalry).
Keeping a grammar hotline is a complicated business. Don't you have something easier to ask me? Maybe something obscure about the English subjunctive?
Question: (From an N.C. State journalism student): Should you capitalize Election Day?
Answer: Capitalization rules vary according to the type of publication for which you are writing. Both the Chicago Manual of Style, which is the style book for book and magazine writing, and the Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual, which is the style book for newspaper writing, recommend capitalizing the names of religious holidays and seasons, secular holidays, and other specially designated days (e.g., Good Friday, Yom Kippur, Groundhog Day, Veterans Day).
The Chicago Manual goes on to recommend lowercasing "mere descriptive appellations" like "election day or inauguration day." The AP Stylebook, however, specifically lists "Election Day" as a term to be capitalized.
The Grammar Hotline considers this discrepancy to be deeply significant. It is clear that Election Day is not a holiday for members of the working press, but perhaps they think it has come to take on nearly religious status.
Question: (From a businesswoman): I am the member of a team trying to standardize our presentations. Our question is: Is it correct to capitalize the first letter of every word, i.e., is, a, an, and, etc.? We are using Microsoft Powerpoint and the spelling and capitalization tools do not capitalize these words. Can you shed any light on this subject?
Answer: There are two basic capitalization styles for displayed headings.
Style A: The capitalization style you describe is the style usually used for academic titles and for bibliographies. The Chicago Manual of Style (7.123) provides a definitive statement of the rules:
Capitalize the first and last words and all nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, and subordinate conjunctions. Lowercase articles (the, a, an), coordinate conjunctions (and, or, for, nor), and prepositions, regardless of length, unless they are the first or last words of the title or subtitle. Lowercase the to in infinitives.
Chicago (7.124) also provides a rule for hyphenated compounds:
(1) Always capitalize the first element and (2) capitalize the second element if it is a noun or proper adjective or if it has equal force with the first element.
Thus, according to this style, you do not capitalize a, an, or and, but you do capitalize is (because it is a verb).
Style B: An alternative is to capitalize headings the same way you capitalize the words in a sentence, namely: Capitalize the first word and all proper (formal) nouns or adjectives.
Many writers are not aware how prevalent this style has become. Check your daily newspaper. It is the style used for headlines.
Recommendation: Style A was the more common style when typographic options were limited. The extra capitals provided a way for a typist to make a heading stand out. In modern print environments, with the availability of font changes, boldface, italics, and point-size changes, capitalization is a clumsy way to emphasize a title. The slickest presentations usually opt for some graphic-design options and Style B. I haven't played with Powerpoint, but surely it is very slick indeed.
Microsoft Word has a rough version of a capitalization-style option. After selecting the passage to be capitalized, you can press Shift-F3, and the machine will toggle through various capitalization styles. Microsoft Word does not recognize parts of speech, so there is always some cleanup work to be done. It sounds as though Powerpoint is programmed for parts of speech, but I'm surprised it missed is.
Please note that these capitalization rules apply only to headings. It is incredibly tedious to try to read discursive material (even in bulleted lists) that is capitalized according to Style A rules.
If you are doing a lot of presentations, it would be worthwhile to hire a graphic designer to define the typographic features of your paragraph and heading styles for you. The options provided by modern print environments are dizzying and sometimes work against one another. You're smart to standardize and not reinvent the wheel every time you prepare a presentation. And on the other hand, if you're going to rely on a template, you'd also be smart to make sure that that template is exactly what you want, that you understand it, and that you can use it efficiently.
Question: (From an N.C. State staff member): When referring to a period of time is it more proper to capitalize both names or only the first word, e.g., Neoclassical Period, or, Neoclassical period?
Answer: "When referring to a period of time is it more proper . . ."
"More proper." Hmm. You are obviously a man who has been victimized by a relativism runaround a time or two in the past. I will not toy with your patience.
I recommend following the Chicago Manual of Style (7.66, "Cultural Movements and Styles"):
Nouns and adjectives designating philosophical, literary, musical, and artistic movements, styles, and schools and their adherents are capitalized when they are derived from proper nouns. Others are usually lowercased unless, in certain contexts, capitalization is needed to distinguish the name of a movement or group from the same word in its general sense. . . . In any given work a particular term must be consistently treated.
This rule generates a lowercased neoclassical, after which you will not be tempted to capitalize period.
Question: (From an N.C. State administrator): Will you shed light on the issue of capitalization of titles? May I ask the question by giving an example or two and asking if I have capitalized "correctly"? Also, if there is a "correct" way, why is it correct?
Here are my examples:
While walking along the path, Dean Fred Jones saw four of his students studying. The dean was elated at what he saw.
The Department of Linguistics has a great program for talkers. This department is known for its wise crackers.
The following individuals were in attendance: Frederick T. Jones, dean of arts and sciences; Charlotte F. Smith, professor of chemistry; Maxine R. Evans, chancellor
cc: Herbert T. Long, head of physics; Jane S. Walters, dean of arts and sciences
Answer: Let me go through your examples first, and then I'll sum up with the general principles:
1. While walking along the path, Dean Fred Jones saw four of his students studying. The dean was elated at what he saw.
Analysis: This is consistent with the style rules for either books or newspapers. Thus, we need not sort out the probable context, but the first sentence is obviously the most fanciful of fictions and therefore book-editing rules apply.
2. The Department of Linguistics has a great program for talkers. This department is known for its wise crackers.
Analysis: This is consistent with the style rules for either books or newspapers. Note that though wise crackers is lowercased, Wise potato chips is capitalized.
3. The following individuals were in attendance: Frederick T. Jones, dean of arts and sciences; Charlotte F. Smith, professor of chemistry; Maxine R. Evans, chancellor
Analysis: This is consistent with the style rule for newspapers, but not for books. If the titles were in run-of-text in a book, they would be lowercased (e.g. Frederick T. Jones, dean of arts and sciences, was in attendance.), but there are different rules in book editing for displayed lists. Newspaper stylebooks aren't big on making exceptions, even sensible ones.
4. cc: Herbert T. Long, head of physics; Jane S. Walters, dean of arts and sciences
Analysis: The applicable source for letter-writing style would be Chicago, not the Associated Press. It's not a displayed list, but it's displayed. See general analysis below.
General Analysis: Capitalization rules vary according to the type of publication for which you are writing. Both the Associated Press Stylebook, which is the style manual for newspaper editing, and the Chicago Manual of Style, which is the style manual for book and magazine editing (and is the official stylebook for N.C. State publications), agree that "civil, military, religious, and professional titles and titles of nobility are capitalized when they immediately precede a personal name, as part of the name," but are lowercased in apposition. Thus, President Bill Clinton; but Bill Clinton, president of the United States. Note that occupational descriptions are not included in the list, and therefore are lowercased even before the name. Thus, astronaut John Glenn.
The most interesting of your examples is example 4, to which neither newspaper nor book editing rules apply, which means that it is open to interpretation. The reason for capitalization rules, or for that matter any style rules, is to encourage consistency throughout a publication in order to eliminate distractions for the reader. A letter is a discrete communication, read independently. The author of the letter can make her own capitalization choice, basing that choice on the way she wants to present herself. I have noticed that upper-level university administrators generally prefer to capitalize their titles after their signatures, and professors generally lowercase theirs. English lecturers, on the other hand, gravitate toward the capitals. I leave you to sort out the implications of this extremely unscientific observation.
Question (From an N.C. State undergraduate): In the following sentence, I know the word "gods" is not capitalized, but how about the word "God"?
The Reverend Phillips said that the ancient Greeks worshipped many gods while we worship only one god.
Answer: According to the Chicago Manual of Style, the bible of editing:
Like all proper nouns, the names of the one supreme God (as Allah, El God, Jehovah, Yahweh) as well as the names of other deities (Astarte, Dagon, Diana, Pan, Shiva) are capitalized.
This, of course, does not quite address your problem, since in the example you give, "god" is a close cousin to a generic noun. The next sentence will give you peace:
The one God. Other references to deity as the one supreme God, including references to the persons of the Christian Trinity, are capitalized.
Note that this doesn't give you the rule you want, but it does imply such a rule by using a capitalized word "God" in a context very like the one in your example.
I might add that the Chicago Manual is conservative about allowing capital letters. For example, it recommends lowercasing pronouns referring to deities.
Question: Should the word god be capitalized in the phrases god-forsaken or by god?
Answer: The Chicago Manual of Style recommends that "like all proper nouns, the names of the one supreme God . . . as well as the names of other deities [be] capitalized."
In the phrases you are asking about, however, the reference to God is rather casual, and there are those who would deny that such phrases refer to the one supreme God at all. Lowercasing God in such phrases is an attempt to obscure the reference to God.
The problem, of course, is that such phrases are possible violations of the Third Commandment, which proscribes taking the name of the Lord in vain. The question before us is whether it is possible to fool God with capitalization tricks. The Grammar Hotline is not qualified to answer this question.
I will say, however, that the English language has a rich tradition of Third Commandment evasions. Capitalization decisions are the least sneaky of these. Such words as gee, gosh, golly, criminy, egad, gadzooks (I especially like gadzooks) are all curses mangled to finesse the Third Commandment.
But I suppose you'd like a definite answer. Go ahead and capitalize, and the Devil take the hindmost.
Question (From an N.C. State undergraduate): When using through in a title, is it capitalized?
Answer: Through is a preposition. It's a long preposition, but it's a preposition nonetheless. Lowercase it in a title unless it is the first or last word. If it is the first or last word, capitalize it.
Question (From an N.C. State graduate student): If quoted material within a sentence is a complete sentence, should the first word be capitalized?
If a man says "You're really a great person,"
If a man says "you're really a great person,"
Answer: Capitalize the first letter of the quote. Syntactic dependency runs in two directions. In the example you give, the clause needs the completion of its direct object quotation more than the quotation needs its introductory clause. The rule is to capitalize the first letter if the quotation is not syntactically dependent on the rest of the sentence.
For a complete discussion of this subject, you might want to look at The Chicago Manual of Style, section 10.12 in the "Quotations" chapter, under "Initial Capital or Lowercase." Here's an extract of what it says, in case you don't have ready access to the manual:
When a quotation is used as a syntactical part of a sentence, it begins with a lowercase letter, even though the original is a complete sentence beginning with a capital:
Benjamin Franklin admonishes us to "plough deep while sluggards sleep."
With another aphorism, he reminded his reader that "experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other"--an observation as true today as then.
But when the quotation is not syntactically dependent on the rest of the sentence, the initial letter is capitalized. Note also the punctuation in the following:
As Franklin advised, "Plough deep while sluggards sleep." With another aphorism, "Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other," he puts his finger on a common weakness of mankind. His aphorism "Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other" is a cogent warning to men of all ages.
The sentences that concern you are of the type of the very last of these examples.
Question (From an N.C. State undergraduate): When making a statement about english as in "to master english," should the "E" be capitalized?
Answer: English is capitalized in every instance, unless you are talking about billiards, in which context "putting english on the ball" is conventional usage.
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NEW YORK, NY, May 08, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE: AMTG)
today reported Operating Earnings (a non-GAAP financial measure as
defined below) of $8.0 million, or $0.78 per share, for the three
months ended March 31, 2012. Net income for the same period was $20.1
million or $1.95 per share. The difference between Operating Earnings
and net income was due primarily to net realized gains recognized
from the sale of residential mortgage-backed securities ("RMBS") as
well as unrealized gains on the value of the Company's RMBS portfolio
at quarter end. A reconciliation of Operating Earnings to net income
is set forth in this press release.
First Quarter Highlights:
-- Increased Operating Earnings per share by 53% on a sequential quarter
-- Realized net gains of $6.8 million, or $0.66 per share, from the sale
of $390.9 million of RMBS;
-- $1.3 billion RMBS portfolio at March 31, 2012 consisted of Agency RMBS
with an estimated fair value of $1.2 billion and non-Agency RMBS with
an estimated fair value of $179 million;
-- RMBS portfolio had a 2.9% blended net interest spread and a 20.5%
levered asset yield(1) at March 31, 2012;
-- Fixed-Rate Agency RMBS portfolio experienced prepayments at a three
month average constant prepayment rate ("CPR") of 5%; Including
adjustable rate RMBS and Agency Derivatives, the Agency RMBS portfolio
experienced prepayments at a three month average CPR of 6%;
-- Declared a $0.75 per share quarterly dividend for stockholders of
record as of March 31, 2012; and
-- Book value per share at March 31, 2012 was $21.09 as compared to
$19.92 at December 31, 2011, a 6% increase.
(1) Levered asset yield is calculated as net interest spread multiplied
by 1 + the leverage (debt/equity) multiple.
"This was the first complete quarter the Company has been fully
invested since our initial public offering and we believe our strong
financial performance reflects the quality of our Agency and
non-Agency asset selection, as well as the benefits of our financing
strategy," said Stuart Rothstein, Chief Financial Officer of the
Company. "Significantly, our book value per share increased 6% on a
sequential basis over last quarter, primarily driven by realized as
well as unrealized gains from our portfolio."
Portfolio Summary
The following table sets forth additional detail
regarding the Company's portfolio as of March 31, 2012:
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities
(dollars in thousands)
Weighted Weighted
Unamortized Amortized Estimated Average Average
Principal Premium Cost Fair Value Coupon Yield
Balance (Discount) (1)(2) (1) (3) (4)
------------ ---------- ----------- ---------- ---------- -------- --------
Agency RMBS:
15 year
fixed-rate $ 191,819 $ 8,260 $ 200,079 $ 201,480 3.3% 2.3%
30 year
fixed-rate 801,529 48,412 849,941 856,449 4.2% 3.1%
mortgages 81,898 4,149 86,047 86,848 2.5% 1.1%
(5) 102,944 (90,513) 12,431 12,790 4.0% 12.8%
---------- ----------- ---------- ---------- -------- --------
Total Agency
---------- ----------- ---------- ---------- -------- --------
---------- ----------- ---------- ---------- -------- --------
Total $1,438,361 $ (113,348)$1,325,013 $1,336,536 3.4% 3.8%
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(1) Includes unsettled purchases with an aggregate cost of $93 and
estimated fair value of $102 at March 31, 2012.
(2) Amortized cost
includes unrealized losses of $971 that have been reclassified
pursuant to GAAP.
(3) Net weighted average coupon is presented net
of servicing and other fees.
(4) Weighted average yield incorporates
future prepayment and loss assumptions, as applicable.
(5) Agency
Derivatives include interest only securities and inverse interest
only securities.
The Company's fixed-rate Agency RMBS portfolio experienced
prepayments at a three month average CPR of 5%. Including adjustable
rate RMBS and Agency Derivatives, the Agency RMBS portfolio
experienced a three month average CPR of 6%.
The Company's non-Agency RMBS investments consist primarily of
seasoned, sub-prime securities. The weighted average cost basis of
the Company's non-Agency RMBS portfolio was 68% of par as of March
31, 2012.
Commenting on the Company's portfolio, Michael Commaroto, the
Company's Chief Executive Officer, said: "We believe we have
constructed a well-diversified portfolio of both Agency and
non-Agency securities. As we grow and manage our Agency portfolio, we
continue to focus on securities we expect will provide us with the
best protection against prepayments and with the least amount of
premium over generic securities. Consistent with this emphasis, as
spreads continued to tighten throughout the first quarter, we moved
down in coupon by selling some of our Agency 5.0% and all of our
Agency 5.5% RMBS and purchased Agency 4.0% and Agency 4.5% RMBS. In
addition, we sold some of our hybrid adjustable rate RMBS. As a
result of these sales, as well as additional sales in our non-Agency
portfolio, we realized net gains of $6.8 million, or $0.66 per share
in the first quarter."
Mr. Commaroto continued: "With respect to our non-Agency portfolio,
we continue to invest in RMBS with significant credit enhancement in
the form of structural subordination or perceived equity in the
underlying property value. In the event credit enhancement is not
available, we seek to invest in RMBS trading at a deep enough
discount such that we believe we are adequately compensated for the
moderate increase in risk profile."
Portfolio Financing
At March 31, 2012, the Company had outstanding
borrowings with 14 counterparties totaling $1.2 billion and had
entered into master repurchase agreements with 18 counterparties
representing over $4 billion of potential funding capacity.
The following table sets forth the Company's borrowings as of March
31, 2012:
Amount Average Effective Cost
Collateral Outstanding Interest Rate of Funds(1)
---------------------------- --------------- -------------- --------------
Agency RMBS $ 1,040,848 0.3% 0.7%
Non-Agency RMBS 130,329 1.9% 2.0%
--------------- -------------- --------------
Total $ 1,171,177 0.5% 0.8%
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(1) The effective cost of funds for the period presented is a
non-GAAP financial measure. See the accompanying Reconciliation of
non-GAAP Financial Measures.
Book Value
The Company's book value per share at March 31, 2012 was
$21.09, an increase of $1.17 or 6% from the per share book value of
$19.92 at December 31, 2011.
The following table sets forth the factors causing the increase in
the Company's book value per share from December 31, 2011 to book
value per share at March 31, 2012:
Book Value - December 31, 2011 $ 19.92
Common stock dividends declared (0.75)
Operating Earnings 0.78
Equity offering costs (0.04)
Non-Operating Items Impacting Net Income
Unrealized gain on Agency RMBS, net 0.28
Unrealized gain on non-Agency RMBS, net 0.30
Unrealized loss on derivatives, net (0.06)
Realized gain on sales of Agency RMBS 0.33
Realized gain on sales of non-Agency RMBS 0.33
Book Value - March 31, 2012 $ 21.09
Subsequent Events
On April 20, 2012, the Company completed a
follow-on public offering of 13.9 million shares of common stock at a
price of $18.00 per share, resulting in net proceeds to the Company
of $249.5 million. The Company deployed the proceeds into Agency RMBS
with an aggregate purchase price of approximately $1.4 billion and
non-Agency RMBS with an aggregate purchase price of approximately
$90.1 million as of April 30, 2012.
Teleconference and Website Presentation Details:
The Company will be
hosting a conference call to discuss its financial results on
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Members of the
public who are interested in participating in the Company's first
quarter earnings teleconference call should dial from the U.S., (877)
706-7548, or from outside the U.S., (706) 902-2150, shortly before
10:00 a.m. and reference the Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc.
Teleconference Call (number 71495775). Please note the teleconference
call will be available for replay beginning at 12:00 p.m. on
Wednesday, May 9, 2012, and ending at midnight on Wednesday, May 16,
2012. To access the replay, callers from the U.S. should dial (855)
859-2056 and callers from outside the U.S. should dial (404)
537-3406, and enter conference identification number
The conference call will also be available on the
Company's website at www.apolloresidentialmortgage.com. To listen to
a live broadcast, please go to the site at least 15 minutes prior to
the scheduled start time in order to register, download and install
any necessary audio software. A replay of the call will also be
available for 30 days on the Company's website.
Supplemental Information
The Company provides a supplemental
information package to offer more transparency into its financial
results and make its reporting more informative and easier to follow.
The supplemental package is available in the investor relations
section of the Company's website at
About Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc.
Apollo Residential Mortgage,
Inc. (NYSE: AMTG) is a real estate investment trust that invests in,
finances and manages residential mortgage-backed securities,
residential mortgage loans and other residential mortgage assets
throughout the United States. The Company is externally managed and
advised by ARM Manager, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and
an indirect subsidiary of Apollo Global Management, LLC (NYSE: APO),
a leading global alternative investment manager with $75 billion of
assets under management at December 31, 2011.
Additional information can be found on the Company's website at
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements contained in this
press release constitute forward-looking statements as such term is
defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
such statements are intended to be covered by the safe harbor
provided by the same. Forward-looking statements are subject to
substantial risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to
predict and are generally beyond the Company's control. These
forward-looking statements include information about possible or
assumed future results of the Company's business, financial
condition, liquidity, results of operations, plans and objectives,
including information about the ability of the Company to generate
attractive returns while attempting to mitigate risk. When used in
this release, the words "believe," "expect," "anticipate,"
"estimate," "plan," "continue," "intend," "should," "may" or similar
expressions, are intended to identify forward-looking statements.
Statements regarding the following subjects, among others, may be
forward-looking: the return on equity; the yield on investments; the
ability to borrow to finance assets; and risks associated with
investing in real estate assets, including changes in business
conditions and the general economy. For a further list and
description of such risks and uncertainties, see the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 and other
reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. The forward-looking statements, and other risks,
uncertainties and factors are based on the Company's beliefs,
assumptions and expectations of its future performance, taking into
account all information currently available to the Company.
Forward-looking statements are not predictions of future events. The
Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise.
Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet (Unaudited)
(in thousands--except share and per share data)
March 31, December 31,
2012 2011
------------- -------------
Cash $ 41,340 $ 44,407
Restricted cash 18,749 10,402
RMBS, at fair value ($1,268,405 and $1,173,052
pledged as collateral, respectively) 1,336,536 1,240,472
Investment related receivable 2,186 116,678
Interest receivable 3,927 3,908
Deferred financing costs, net 430 455
Derivative asset 83 235
Other assets 203 370
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Total Assets $ 1,403,454 $ 1,416,927
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Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Borrowings under repurchase agreements $ 1,171,177 $ 1,079,995
Investment related payable 93 121,144
Accrued interest payable 1,021 1,123
Derivative liability 3,898 3,481
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 1,794 1,534
Payable to related party 1,062 1,974
Dividend payable 7,733 3,090
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Total Liabilities 1,186,778 1,212,341
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Stockholders' Equity:
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 450,000,000
shares authorized, 10,273,125 and 10,271,562
shares issued and outstanding in 2012 and
2011, respectively 103 103
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 50,000,000
shares authorized and no shares outstanding - -
Additional paid-in-capital 202,796 203,101
Retained earnings 13,777 1,382
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Total Stockholders' Equity 216,676 204,586
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Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity $ 1,403,454 $ 1,416,927
============= =============
Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations (Unaudited)
(in thousands--except share and per share data)
Three Months
ended March 31,
Net interest income:
Interest income $ 12,363
Interest expense (1,361)
Net interest income 11,002
Other Income (Loss)
Realized gain on sale of RMBS 6,769
Unrealized gain on RMBS 5,950
Loss on derivative instruments (includes $569 of
unrealized losses) (1,318)
Interest income on cash balances 2
Other Income, net 11,403
Operating Expenses
General and administrative (includes $78 non-cash stock
based compensation) (1,488)
Management fee - related party (797)
Total operating expenses (2,285)
Net income $ 20,120
Basic and diluted net income per share of common stock $ 1.95
Basic and diluted weighted average common shares
outstanding 10,301,250
Dividend declared per share of common stock $ 0.75
Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This press release contains disclosures related to the Company's
Operating Earnings, Operating Earnings per common share, and
Effective Cost of Funds for the three months ended March 31, 2012,
which constitutes non-GAAP financial measures within the meaning of
Regulation G promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Company's management believes these non-GAAP financial measures
presented in this press release, when considered together with GAAP
financial measures, provide information that is useful to investors
in understanding period-over-period operating results. An analysis of
any non-GAAP financial measures should be made in conjunction with
results presented in accordance with GAAP.
Operating Earnings and Operating Earnings per common share presented
exclude, as applicable: (i) realized and unrealized gains and losses
recognized through earnings; (ii) non-cash equity compensation; (iii)
one time events pursuant to changes in GAAP; and (iv) certain other
non-cash charges. Effective Cost of Funds includes the net interest
component related to the Company's swaps. While the Company has not
elected hedge accounting for its swaps, such derivative instruments
are viewed by the Company as an economic hedge against increases in
future market interest rates.
The Company believes that the non-GAAP measures it presents provide
investors with a useful measure to assess the performance of the
Company's ongoing business and useful supplemental information to
both management and investors in evaluating our financial results. A
reconciliation of the GAAP items discussed above to their non-GAAP
measures for the three months ended March 31, 2012, are as follows:
The following table reconciles Operating Earnings with net income for
the three months ended March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011 (dollar
amounts in thousands except share and per share data):
Three Months ended March Three Months ended
31, 2012 December 31, 2011
------------------------ ------------------------
Earnings Earnings
Per Share Per Share
(Diluted) (Diluted)
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Net income $ 20,120 $ 1.95 $ 6,358 $ 0.62
Non-cash stock-based
compensation expense 78 0.01 73 0.01
Unrealized gain on
Unrealized loss on
derivatives 569 0.06 3,138 0.30
Realized gain on sale
of RMBS (6,769) (0.66) (550) (0.06)
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Total adjustments to net
income: (12,072) (1.17) (1,104) (0.11)
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Operating Earnings $ 8,048 $ 0.78 $ 5,254 $ 0.51
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Basic and diluted
weighted average common
shares outstanding: 10,301,250 10,301,250
The following table reconciles the Effective Cost of Funds with
interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2012 (dollar
amounts in thousands):
For the Three Months Ended March
31, 2012
Cost of
Reconciliation Borrowing Costs
---------------- ---------------
Interest expense $ 1,361 0.50%
Net interest for Swaps 749 0.27%
---------------- ---------------
Effective Borrowing Costs $ 2,110 0.77%
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Weighted average repurchase borrowings $ 1,099,145
Hilary Ginsberg
(212) 822-0767
SOURCE: Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc.


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This week, Blue State Digital helped The Partnership at Drugfree.org launch the Medicine Abuse Project, a multi-year national campaign to prevent half a million teens from abusing prescription drugs over the next five years.
More Americans now die from drug overdoses than in car crashes. That's one death from a drug overdose every 19 minutes. And the main culprit is prescription painkillers.
This week, Blue State Digital helped The Partnership at Drugfree.org launch the Medicine Abuse Project, a multi-year national campaign to prevent half a million teens from abusing prescription drugs over the next five years. BSD's role was to create an online platform that would unite parents, educators, healthcare providers, law enforcement officials, and others to take a stand on this life-and-death issue. Site visitors are asked to take a pledge to help end medicine abuse, among other calls to action.
To get people talking during the launch this week, the Partnership is holding events ranging from webinars and Facebook chats to a National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, for which everyone is encouraged to "drop off unwanted or expired medicines at thousands of take-back locations, getting them out of your home (and out of your children's reach)." There's even a giant orange bottle in Grand Central Station, alongside a specially designed iPad version of the pledge for commuters to sign:
The website directs visitors to take the pledge, learn how to safeguard medicines, and read stories from those personally touched by the epidemic. There are resources for educators, screeners for physicians, and tips for parents to get conversations started. To improve the user experience on smartphones and other devices, BSD has optimized the site for mobile using responsive design techniques, which means that the site automatically adapts its display to the user's screen size — crucial functionality in our increasingly mobile-oriented world.
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Lancaster, House of
The English royal house descended from John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, that ruled England from 1399 (Henry IV) until 1461 (the deposition of Henry VI) and again on Henry VI's brief restoration in 1470–71. With the red rose as its emblem, it fought the Wars of the Roses with the House of York; Lancaster's descendants, the Tudors, eventually prevailed through Henry VII's accession to the throne in 1485.
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Definition of Lancaster, House of in:
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