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Oftentimes I feel like we forget where this industry has come from. Myself, being a teenager, I can't really forget because I never experienced it before! Ever since I was young, I have used digital cameras to take pictures and video. Even the tape camera I used was using digital-8 tapes! Even more and more movies are being shot digitally today and yet, I still love the sight of film. Since I am an aspiring filmmaker or editor or whatever I decide down the road, I want to understand the different side of videos and how they used to be made before the major conveniences of the 80s-present came out. There is something about working with film that forces you to think through everything you are doing and is a learning experience to use.
So, I have little knowledge in this area and want to learn more about shooting and editing films the way they were 30 years ago and beyond. I know the cameras used film of different lengths and widths, which were cut together using special machines, and then fed through projectors in order to be seen. I don't really care for learning how it was done by reading, if I wanted that I would go read a Wikipedia article. Besides, art can't really be taught just by reading it.
Anyways, I am coming to you to ask if there are any cheap cameras and equipment that are available and usable on the internet today. What materials would I need in order to shoot, (possibly edit), and view my videos? What would the minimum cost be? Is film equipment today extremely expensive or has the demand died down to lower price? I am looking just for cameras for education and not cinema quality. The more I can play with the better. Where should I look? Is it even worth my time?
PJ, from one aspiring teenager to another, here's my personal opinion:
I have always sided more with photography than with videography. So, from my experience with film photography, i can tell you this. It is cool to mess around with film for a while. The things you can do with film are just amazing! You can create some really cool effects by using different techniques when revealing the pictures, and you can actually learn a lot from it. For example, i only fully understood the Dodge/Burn tool onPhotoshopwhen i actually messed with lights and shadows during the chemical process.
But like anything in our fast paced world, it becameobsolete. Thepanicyou can go through when using film is just not worth it. You see, if you shoot digital (be it video orpictures), you can easily fix any mistakes that you overlooked during the shooting process. Is it too blueish? Hue/Saturation will fix it for you. Too dark? Bring the brightness up. Weird black dots? Stamp tool will save you. While if you had shot on film, you would be frustrated, not to mention all the countless hours down the drain.
I understand you wanting to learn the origins of the industry, but why go back to a Compac with 256 MB of RAM when you can work with a MacBook Pro? (Metaphor xD)
If film becameobsolete, there is a reason for it. It is mostly difficult to manage, edit, fix, transport, etc.Digitalis modern, fast, versatile.
I guess my advice would be: Don't spend too much time, nor any money, on film equipment. That's basicallythrowingmoney out of the window, as it will probably be sitting in your closet after the fourth day. Save it and buy a nice HD camera :)
PS.: You are like the only other teenager besides myself that comes to this forum... i am afraid there isn't just enough space for us! LOL Just Kidding :)
Shippo - With moving images it is more difficult but with film based still photography, you can certainly do all (really most) of the wonders of Photoshop in the darkroom - Adjust colors, exposure (collectively as in gamma adjust or selectively with burning in and dodging), focus (at least make it softer), special effects (like solarization) and more.
PJ - I would suggest you pick up an inexpensive film based movie camera on eBay - Just make sure you can still get film for it (B&H still carries 16mm and Super 8 film). I started playing around with movies back around 1966 (stills in 1960) and did all sorts of fun things before moving to tape in the mid 80's (where I continued to do fun things).
"Is it even worth my time?"
I don't think so. The objective is of any film or video is to tell a story. No one will give a hoot if you messed around with film and a film camera. They want to know if you can tell a story, and you don't NEED a film camera to learn how to tell a story.
Sure, those who used film back in the day are probably more more skilled at what they do because they had to really think about what they were doing, but just because you're walking around with a video camera doesn't mean you can't plan ahead like the old timers. Doesn't mean you can't do all the necessary pre-production they had to do. Doesn't mean you can't learn about lenses or how a camera works.
You don't NEED a film camera to do what matters in this field.
Rob Grauert, Jr
Your comments reminds me of the latest spate of commercials for the Canon D series of cameras that have both still and video capability. The commercial attempts to convey that any person off the street can produce an Oscar winning production without any skill. Just read the embedded README instructions. Don't spend anytime thinking about your shoot, no composition, no post production considerations, etc etc., Just point and shoot and magically a great production is hatched.
My point is, producing any footage of any kind requires a lot of things, degree of creativity, an intimate knowledge of your tools, the art of film making and more. This comes with years of diligent practice.
In answer to your question PJ, pick a camera. It doesn't matter for now. Study it Experiment with it. What are its strengths and weaknesses. Do some adhoc shooting and work in your NLE of choice. Read about your craft. Grow with each new concept learned. That's how you will know what to do next.
PJ,in answer to your questions. You can find Super 8 movie cameras on lineand probably at garage sales at prettylow prices. Projectors for this format are also available similarly. One of the other posters mentioned that the film is available too. I think that you might have to check locally or by mail for someplace to develope the film (processing) .
By using flilm you willget to the basics of shooting (light, aperature, shutter speed, DOF,etc). This might help you to understand what you can do digitally with modern equipment. One thing that might discover is the difference between digital and analog images. I'm quite a bit older than you (probably 3-4x your age) and I rememeber the look ofb&w photos, 'moving' pictures, technicolor movies etc. as compared to digital extra-clear, super-bright digital imaging.
Beyond learning the format I also simply just want a camera for collection's sake. And to clear it up, I'm just using these cameras to learn, not to replace my digital cameras.
Thank you everybody for commenting!
Any specific cameras I should be looking at?
You'll be able to find many a fine 16mm camera on ebay, man. I recomend Canon's scoopic. Shoots and feels like a camcorder you'll be familiar with. No mag loading whatsoever... you just thread a cartridge and roll for a second. It's very idiot proof. You just keep a little aperture needle you'll see in the viewfinder in the middle.
I see no need to venture into high dollar film cameras today. The scoopic or a cheap bolex will do ya fine.
I thought that I should add some to my previous post. If you choose to purchase 8mm or 16mm type equipment, you might look into the equipment for viewing and splicing it. This allows you to view frame by frame and make your 'cuts' and splices.
naaa. Just get it transferred to the format of your choice by the lab you send the film to.
Film and Analog/Digital Video are currently the artist's or technician's tools for creating motion media. Film is a much more involved and 'painterly' (to apply an art term) method of making movies. There are still plenty of schools and filmmakers out there who are still using film to get their advice and know-how from. I have shot film for both photography and motion pictures way back when and still keep a brace of film still camera's for special projects.
Film is still a wonderful medium but the bottom line is as others have already mentioned; the amount of time, money and labor to produce it isn't attractive anymore. Unless you're in filmschool, a hard-core aficionado or in a poor country, nobody's 'cutting' film on a flatbed anymore. Even when shooting film, when the Dailies come out of the 'soup', they go straight to a telecine for scanning into digital format. Nowadays, the entire film is cut in an NLE and a 'Digital Print' is put on a harddrive to either go straight to exhibition or take a side-trip to be transferred back to film. That second step adds an additional cost the industry is less and less inclined to pay. Now exceptions are made for IMAX and the like because the size of the format makes for a unique and profitable product. The minute 6k and larger cameras and projectors become economical to use, IMAX will start to disappear too!
Yes there was a certain level of confidence, professionalism and craftsmanship when film was the only game in town. However, even the best of the best still sometimes missed the mark on exposures, focus, suffered mechanical failures or had film 'die' in the processor. Even today, when working with film those variables are still there. It's really just a matter of the tools changing. Imagine the lamentations old 'handcrank' silent filmmakers went through when electric motor-powered sound cameras changed the industry. Then not too many years later, when B&W film got the boot for color and after that the Technicolor process got bumped for the cheaper Eastmancolor process (note: technicolor did come back and is still used, but the independent film movement chose the Eastman process and technicolor remained a tool of the large studios only.) Now you have hardcore Directors and DP's all switching to Digital. You can literally hear them changing course in the third installment of "The Great Shootout 2010" as DSLR 'footage' is projected onto theatrical format screens with capabilities that egual, rival or far exceed that of film for tens of thousands less!
I like film but have no intention of every shooting any again unless there's a specific thing I want that I know I can't get from digital. Also, I'm also glad to see it go. I worked in film labs and they are chemical nightmares! That and I've gotten quite good at shooting with the same confidence in my shots as with film, but can immediately look at what was shot for safety or direction's sake. Yes, you can do that with a video assist but that's more gear I have to bring when it isn't necessary. Shoot, now even oldschool Digital Video tape is going the way of the 'nickel ferry' in favor of solid-state recording media!
Again, it all comes down to the tools changing with the advances available. I guarantee that if you could have offered Cecil B. DeMille the digital filmmaking process back in the day, he would have taken it! But as I said earlier, filmmaking is art. So there's no reason to lament its passing as it hasn't faded away yet. Instead, Film will become just like painting and sculpture in that it will be a medium used by those purely dedicated to creating works with that particular tool.
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Probably the best camera is whatever you can find cheap off of Craigslist. There has never been a better time to experiment with film, the cameras are dirt cheap and there is a variety of options for digitizing film. I'd recommend Super 8 or 16mm for a beginner. While the quality of 16mm is stunning, the film is more expensive and the cameras are quite heavy. Super 8 is more compact and the film is easy to load and the cameras are designed for auto-exposure. But even then Super 8 cameras are from a totally different era, they will be larger and noisier than what you are used to.
Many of the popular high end Super 8 cameras are really dirt cheap compared to video cameras for a couple hundred you can have a high end Nizo or Canon with built in timelapse functions and variable shutters. However for a novice I would reccomend the Canon 310XL or 514XL, these are small, cheap and are good in low light. I'd also suggest the Nikon 8X or Nikon Super Zoom 8.
I'd recommend you get a projector eventually, projected film has a different look and the truth is that no video camera on the market can compete with the amazing colour of reversal film. Start with Ektachrome 100D as your first film, Dwayne's Photo is an affordable place for processing and they offer in house telecine.
While the gear is cheap the film is not, nor is processing or telecine. With telecine you get what you pay for in the quality which is one other reason to recommend you project your first rolls to really see how you are doing.
The main trick with film over digital is learning the dying art of anticipation. Digital photography is all about machine gun shooting and dealing with the abundance of material in post. You'll only get 3 minutes on a 50 ft roll of Super 8! For starters shoot some non staged stuff with your friends and family outdoors. Shoot lots of closeups and medium shots for best results. With good light, you'll have amazing colour.
Contrary to Shippocaio's experiences you can do a lot to fix poorly shot film but its easier with negative film than reversal. A good transfer can do wonders and with still film there are many photochemical tricks to fix bad exposures, dust, scratches and low contrast but its not done with a mouse click but by your hands and chemistry. Many professional art photographers originate work on film and complete the photo digitally. It all depends on how far you want to go.
But heed the advice given earlier, don't spend much money to start and if you like what you're doing then consider other cameras or 16mm.
Ok, just so i make myself a bit more clear:
It is POSSIBLE to fix whatever footage you have on film, but it is going to take soooooo much longer than if you did it on a computer.
@Birdcat: I know they are possible to do in a dark room. I have already tried them out. But if you are dodging in the darkroom, the you have to be very precise with the path your point of light is going through, and if you mess up, there is no going back, and it takes a couple of minute to get it the way you want (i say it from personal experiences.), while in photoshop, it takes me 15 seconds to dodge someone's eyes with my tablet, and if i mess it up, there is the almighty CTRL-Z.
@Artofseeing:I know you can fix film, but you must agree with me that is would take so much longer and potentially cost more to fix it, while in a pc it would take maybe 30 seconds and it comes included with your NLE, no extra fees.
I think that the fact you are trying to learn how to use film is extremely cool, dont get me wrong. But i try to be a bit more practical.Like, knowing how CTR televisions worked might be great if you traveled 5 years into the past, but what good does it make now?? They have become obsolete and useless. Like a wastedknowledgealmost.
I am sided with Rob on this one.
Shippo -
I couldn't disagree more. You may never use the knowledge but it is NEVER wasted - Sometiimes you don't had a need for it but knowledge is it's own reward.
There are many things I know that I will never use again - like programming a mainframe computer in assembler, which I haven't done in over 20 years - but having the knowledge of them is part of what makes me who I am and knowing the concepts behind that (assembler) makes me better at what I do today.
PJ,kudos for sparking a lively discussion. Iknow that my prior experience (with still camera film usage) has enhanced my knowledge and understanding of digital photo/video.Likewise my learning adding and subtraction in analog terms helped me understand how the basics of math work and I'm not sure if later generations who used calculators from the start will havethis sameappreciation for what is going on in the basis of mathematics. Good luck with whatever you decide to do.
When you said "lively discussion", i just imagined me and Birdcat fighting hahahahahaha I guess my head doesn't work very well late at night :)
God, how i love this forum :)
But i guess we have to respect each other's opinion. That's what i really like about VideoMaker. It doesn't matter if you are 15 or 115, people will always treat you with respect and never look down upon you. You will always be able to find and have intelligent arguments here :)
Debate, or "lively discussion", is always a good thing.
In years past, I was a very highly compensated technogeek. When everyone would just agree with the head honchos, I would be that person in the back asking "what about this or that", pointing out possible (or sometimes very glaring) problems. When one corporate president challenged me on why I just don't "go along" with what I thought was a bad idea, I told him (and he agreed) that he paid me a lot of money to hear "my" opinion - he already knew his own and paid that high salary to hear what I (and others) had to say.
I haven't "met" anyone on this forum whom I don't like and even if I am critical, I am always voicing my opinion - which is highly subjective, even if sometimes based in years of experience (and sometimes just based on gut feelings).
At very worst, we can agree to disagree and each continue in our own opinions - but sometimes I'll "see the light" and my opinion will change, and maybe sometimes yours will, but in the end, we are all better off for having discussed something.
And BTW - Shippo would beat the crap out of me in a fight!
To theyounger posters, P.J.McConnell and others, please note this, from someone who has tried both film and video. During the 1970's I was the President of a large successful and prestigious movie-maker's club, 'The Otago Cine Club'of Dunedin, New Zealand, with quite an international reputation, it's own theatrette and 'the-works'. At that time, video was for the future, and I filmed in 16mm using a Bolex Reflex camera plus (in Super-8) a semi-professional Beaulieu machine as well. The advantages of that were largely illusory; the film cost an arm-and-a-leg, had to be sent to Australia or the USA for processing and just abouttook over our lounge during the time it was being edited. The weight of what I was required to hump around on trips, was augmented by a largish anamorphic lens, and other gear. Despite its prosperity, the club eventually disappeared down-the-gurgler, a victim of the first Oil-Shock, (with 'carless-days'), the better availability of colour TV and the tendency of people to no longer join 'clubs' as they once had. Film-making had lost out to 'I Love Lucy', unbelievable, but true.
Film-making was horrendously expensive, as reel after reel rolled through the trusty 'Bolex'. At the end of that timeaudio had to be organised as it was non-synched with camera or projector. It was always a relief when it was finally committed to magnetic stripe, and hadturned out OK. Battery-powered audio recording gear was rare, bulky and expensive as well.
As the first correspondent pointed-out,he/she had not experienced film-making of that type, and I feel he only has a very hazy grasp of what it entailed. But, would I sacrifice the advantages of modern video to go back to where I started-out? No-way. I am able to get five times as much work done in video as I did in film, at a fraction of the cost, inconvenience and film thrown out dueto cock-ups of various kinds. Audio is in-synch. end-of-story, and even the worst of it, short of total disaster, is at least on-a-par with what you might have expected from good reel-to-reel tape-gear in the 1960's, as-of-right. We even went as far as doing our own colour-processing of 16mm film-stock, using ourbath-tub for the 'second-exposure'and stringing film while drying, in great loops running down the length of the house, and back again.
So, take it from one who 'knows', that you have every reason to be thankful for what is available now. Although we had great fun on a social-level making-film, and were quite proud of our efforts, they don't get within a bull's-roar of what we can accomplish with much less effort and expense, these days.
I recently viewed the movie "Super 8" with my young adult son and my wife. All three of us enjoyedit. We had to explain a few things to our son- CB radios, film camers, etc. 1979 doesn't seem that long ago to me! Point is one of the plots in the film revolves around producing a movie shooting with a super 8. I think you might like the movie expecially from the point of view of producing video. At the end of the movie (don't leave too early) is the finished product.


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Aaron Fude wrote:
> I can Integrate this, but apparently not NIntegrate this:
> Integrate[x*Sin[x]*{1, 2}, {theta, -Pi, Pi}]
> but not
> NIntegrate[x*Sin[x]*{1, 2}, {theta, -Pi, Pi}]
> Is there a good way to do this (w/o writing loops)?
First, I assume, you meant x instead of theta:
NIntegrate[x*Sin[x]*{1, 2}, {x, -Pi, Pi}]
Now, you can, of course, put N[_] around it:
N[Integrate[x*Sin[x]*{1, 2}, {x, -Pi, Pi}]]
But this might try to do it first analytically, which you do not want.
So, use Map:
Map [NIntegrate[x*Sin[x]*#, {x, -Pi, Pi}] &, {1, 2}]
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parameters are referred to not by name but by position, i.e. we write
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'#1', the one and only parameter of the function. The '&' at the end
marks the construct before it as pure fucntion. And 'Map' takes the
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position maked with the '#'. This is, by the way, precisely, what
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Where can i get one? Ive heard they are a bit pricy but i would like to get some engine mods done this summer before my jeep fund completely runs out and getting an SRT strut bar and doing some under hood painting is on that list.
Cant find them on ebay either and car-part is a no go too.
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i saw one on eBay a long time ago..then when one finally showed back up i grabbed it..i love it, it looks soooooo nice compared to the crimped one. and it stiffens the body roll a tiny bit
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What's the difference between the regular cross bar and the SRT8 cross bar? Looks?
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I imagine the SRT8 strut bar is a little more stout and resistance to flex, than the regular bar, since it's not "squished" (like the regular; SRT8 is round all the way, I'm pretty sure). Perhaps it's slightly thicker wall tubing too, but not sure. If nothing else, sure looks a lot nicer!
Wow, so is that the part number (moparparts link) for the SRT8 bar? That is damn cheap and even I can afford to buy one, lol. Imagine it's black by default?
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If you guys search around on here i posted the SRT # a while back..dont know where it is now..but it does cost about $200 from the dealer.
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IIRC the best i could find was a tad over 200 at the time.
Iand i can tell you the bars are like night and day. the srt8 one is a solid round tube and weighs a bit, the wk one is flimsy you could probably bend it.
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I have been doing some framing recently and I basically use two types of screws.
For repairing trusses and gusset plates I have been using 10d nails and adhesives.
For wood to wood wall framing I typically use PrimeGuard 3-1/2" screws. Those are rated for exterior use but I can't find anything else. However, when putting in the middle plates sometimes I cheat and use drywall screws. Those are all with phillips head.
Recently I bought an impact driver so I tried Sparx screws which can take both phillips and square drives and I found the impact often chew up the screw head of the Sparx screws. Especially when I am driving at an angle and it tends to slip off.
I saw some screws that has this "Star" drive bit.
Then I saw others with a "Spider" drive bit.
I am a bit confused. I don't want to buy one of everything to try. Especially if I stick with one I need to buy a bunch of driver bits long and short.
So question is what's the best for interior framing using an impact drive?
Philips head? Square? Star? Spider? Other?
To me best is competitively priced, rust resistant (in case driven into pressure treatment bottom plates that may contain moisture), easy driving and minimum slip off.
I'm no framer but my vote goes to Robertson (square) head screws. I use them all the time when I install backing for fixtures, etc...
I'm not even sure why your using screws instead of nails when it come to just framing framing. Screws can snap off under a side load, nails do not.
ACQ approved nails work just fine in pressure treated wood.
And nails are by far are less expencive.
Drywall screws should never had been used, there to brittle and would snap off if anything moved.
When I do use screws I've been using nothing but torqe head decking screws.
Nothing wrong with sq. heads, it's just most decking screws come in torqe.
The square heads are less likely to 'slip' when you screwing them in....
But I have to agree with Joe....nails would have been better.
I only use screws when I need to hold something together and there is a chance of pulling loads. In a majority of traditional framing, the nails are there to keep things aligned...the weight of everything above helps to push it all together.
I'm still learning but as I make progress on my 2-story addition, I'm understanding more and more why some things are done the way they are.
In other words, no need trying to re-invent the wheel....that has been done many times over....
Glue? Except for floor sheathing, I can't see any reason to use glue....
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I use screws when building partition walls and not exactly sure if that's the final location of the wall. Certainly not drywall screws though. When it's done, I'll shoot a few nails into it.
For load bearing and shear walls, I always use Fastenmaster screws (headlocks or timberlocks) when I need to hold something together, otherwise nails.
as above never drywall screws. they can only really resist tension (pulling them out) and not shear at all. (screw one into a stud and try 2 things, try to pry it out using the claw of a hammer, and on another one, just hit it straight down (towards the floor) with the hammer). it will take very little force to snap it off, versus breaking the shank by pulling.
anyway....i use the star drive exterior screws when needed, star drive allows you to put enough torque to either break the shank or drive it straight through the wood, whichever comes first.
generally I try to only use them when framing strange things, like knee walls with top plates, the screw lets me set the angled end just right, so i can fire 2 or 3 toe nails at top an bottom after that.
wood structures are going to move a fair amount...shrinkage, expansion, settling, wind...etc....and nails are preferred.
screws are the choice for subfloor and deck boards because they MUST be held down tight for both performance and saftey. they will for all practical purposes experience NO shear load in that setting, and you typically use a ****-ton of them anyway so a single point failure is not a big deal.
i agree with every ones earlier posts. NEVER USE DRYWALL SCREWS FOR STRUCTURE. they are for hanging drywall. not for hanging things in drywall. i'll use them occasionally in a pinch for pocket hole joinery or for putting together on site jigs but thats it
as for the star shaped screws, their called torxs screws or grex. they are better suited when using a impact driver, most composite decking materials come with color matched screws that are torx screws
BTW...if you go with the t-25 torx screws (my rec) then get the milwalkee torx driver bits...they hold up extremely well.
the bosch bits or dewalt bits get worn out too quickly (all that torque that is now being used is very hard on the bits).
and yes, impact driver....although I find regular drill much faster for removal (like if removing 50 screws from a subfloor panel)
your right about the dewalt bits.. they dont last at all, i find the opposite regarding the bosch ones compared to the milwaukee ones.. .. however alot of the time it can be the screw itself , if they arent machined perfectly the slightest difference can mean the differance between driving 50 screws with a bit before its worn out or driving a 50 lb box worth
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I guess the reason I prefer using screws instead of nails is I have better control with screws.
With screws I can predrill by holding the pieces or clamping the pieces in place, then drive in screws precisely where I need them.
With nails, and usually I would use a palm nailer with a large compressor, so it's a hassle to move it to the location I need it, and when I drive it sometimes the impact of the nailer would move ever so slightly the position of the piece I am nailing and end up a bit off. To pry the nail out is more work then backing out screws.
For truss repair and gusset plates I always use PL Premium adhesive to get the load distributed evenly and 10d nails.
For wood wall framing I use construction screws. Sometimes I cheat on the middle plate with drywall screws.
But I think from reading this thread, I should do some nails as well. I already have screwed everything together. So nothing to prevent me going room to room and pound nails IN ADDITION TO the screws. They are already screwed in place so nails can't shift them. Wish I had a nail gun though.
Am I the only one who has noticed that he is repairing TRUSSES?
Don't you have an engineer approved design for fixing the trusses?
With nails, screws and glue?
You would be taking on a lot of liability yourself if you do not.
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Size doesn't always result in better return, analysis finds
Fiscal year-end returns of the 25 largest U.S. endowments spanned a wide 1,080 basis-point range, from 9.7% to -1.1%.
Investment industry lore holds that the larger the endowment, the better investment staff it can afford to hire and the higher the fund's resulting annual returns. But the truth is not so rosy for some of the largest educational pools.
Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., might have the largest U.S. endowment fund at $30.7 billion, managed by one of the largest university investment units but its -0.1% return as of June 30, the end of its fiscal year, ranked 18th among its 20 peers that share the same fiscal year and provided a return, according to a review by Pensions & Investments.
Joining Harvard with negative returns were the seventh largest endowment, University of California, Oakland, with $10.3 billion in assets and a -1.1% return, and the eighth largest, the $7.9 billion endowment of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, which returned -0.5%, all as of June 30.
The $10.3 billion endowment of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, the sixth largest fund, was the best performer among endowments with a June 30 fiscal year end, with an 8% return, followed by the $6.5 billion University of Chicago endowment, which came in at 6.8%; the $3.5 billion endowment of Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., with a 5.8% return; and Emory University, Atlanta, where the $4.4 billion endowment returned 5.7%.
Endowment investment staff couldn't be reached for comment by press time because their institutions were mostly closed for the holiday break, but industry observers noted the fiscal year ended June 30 was a tough one.
The average one-year return for the 20 endowments with fiscal years ended June 30 that provided a return calculated by P&I was 2.8%. That is well above the 1.2% average for the same date for endowments of more than $1 billion, according to the preliminary estimate of the research team tabulating results of the annual NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments, which will be released on Jan. 31.
For endowments of all sizes, 2012 fiscal returns were much worse than returns for fiscal 2011. Preliminary results of the NACUBO-Commonfund survey showed an average one-year return as of June 30 of -0.3%, about 1,900 basis points below the prior year.
The 1.6% return of the $6.8 billion endowment of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, for example, was about 1,700 basis points lower than the return of the previous fiscal year.
"Last year was one in which when you looked at the math, the earnings, the cash flow, the balance sheets, the fundamentals, you would logically have bought equities," said Monica Issar, managing director and head of the endowments and foundations group at J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPM), New York.
"But so many outside macro factors made many investors nervous, and they didn't move into equities. Entities that were exposed significantly to stocks did well, earning not just market beta but also alpha from manager selection. 2012 was all about taking risk, especially equity risk," Ms. Issar said.
Equity allocations
For endowments with fiscal years ended June 30, the average equity allocation, including domestic, international and emerging markets equity, was 26.8%, ranging from a high of 38% for the $5.6 billion endowment of Duke University, Durham, N.C., which returned 1% for the year, to a low of 13.6% for the $19.3 billion endowment of Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
But Christopher Adkerson, a principal at investment consultant Mercer Hammond, St. Louis, said equity returns, especially for international stocks, were disappointing for the year ended June 30 and hurt a lot of endowment pools. He pointed to the -5.95% return of the Morgan Stanley (MS) Capital International All Country World index for the period and the -13.36% return of the MSCI Europe Australasia Far East index as the main culprits.
"Asset allocation made a very big difference in 2012," Mr. Adkerson argued, noting both the Yale endowment and the $17 billion endowment pool of Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif., "are very much oriented toward international equities. Yale returned 4.7% and Stanford, 1%, for the year ended June 30, putting them in sixth and 15th place on P&I's performance ranking.
More additive to endowment returns for the year ended June 30 were allocations to alternative investments in general and to private equity in particular, said Mr. Adkerson, who is national segment leader of higher education endowments for Mercer Hammond.
The average allocation to alternatives of the 14 endowments with June 30 fiscal year ends for which allocation breakouts were available was 59.2%. By asset class, it was: 20.7% for private equity; 17.8% for hedge funds; 8.4% for real estate; and 12.3% for other, which for most funds includes natural resources and other real assets, venture capital and special situations investments.
Mr. Adkerson is optimistic about the return potential of equities, especially international equities, in the 2012-'13 fiscal year. "The equity risk premium looks very good because Treasuries look so bad," he said, adding "we like large-cap better than smid, international better than domestic, and active over passive."
Mr. Adkerson said equity markets began to dramatically improve after June 30, with both the S&P 500 and the Russell 3000 index coming in at 30.2% for the year ended Sept. 30 and the MSCI ACWI index leaping to 21.7%.
Three endowments with Aug. 31 and Sept. 30 fiscal year ends were buoyed by those third-quarter equity returns.
The smallest — $2.6 billion — endowment in P&I's ranking, that of New York University, returned 9.7% for the year ended Sept. 30. The 11th largest endowment, the $7.2 billion Northwestern University endowment based in Evanston, Ill., returned 5.3% and the second largest endowment, the $20.1 billion University of Texas System, Austin, returned 3.2% for the year ended Aug. 31.
This article originally appeared in the January 7, 2013 print issue as, "Top funds find wide range of returns in fiscal year".


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Is any one else sick and old enough to remember the best of Deep Thoughts on television and of course in great books, by Jack Handey?
My all time fave may be the account of how he and his wife stayed up almost all night making chicken wings to feed to the dolphins at the marine park. When they got there they were told they couldn't feed them to the dolphins because they only eat fish. "Well sure, if that is all you ever offer them!"
My second favorite is how if you are ever on a spaceship to the moon with your dog you should probably not open the window because your dog could get a really bad sunburn hanging its head and tongue out the way dogs do.
Some would say Jack Handey was and probably still is just plain and simple? Out of touch.
I am sorry, it is black humor and sick but what would happen to a certain presidential candidate if aircraft windows did open as he now wants? I think it depends on the window treatments myself. He already has a machine tan.
I am sure I am old enough, but never heard of that show
I love "Deep Thoughts". The humor wasn't obvious and sometimes you had to think about it first - which makes it even better.
"If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason."
"When you go in for a job interview, I think a good thing to ask is if they ever press charges."
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Heading into spring/summer, I've been thinking something a little brighter would be nice. Here are a few photos of hair colors I am thinking about (ignore the cuts... I'm keeping that the same!). I thought I would turn to my beauty friends for opinions and advice! Also keep in mind that I will be wearing this color into summer, so imagine a little more color on my skin with it as well!
1.) This first photo would be the most subtle change... keeping my hair mostly dark but with a blend of highlights thrown in.
2.) This would be a little more highlighting. I would even like to do this with a touch more blonde woven into it.
3.) This is the lightest I am looking to go at the moment (minus those roots). Golden beach blonde with some darker colors foiled in!
Which do you like best? If there is another color you can think of that I didn't include in this post that you would suggest, please leave a link or describe it in the comments! :)
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So if you noticed my other post I'm pretty much done with my EMT training and probably going to continue into Paramedic. I'm thinking seriously about trying to get on the local airmed unit.
How do you all like it? I realize there are inherent things that come with the job that a lot of people can't cope with but just consider I'm one that can. Any advice on how to get on? Any body on a Utah unit would be great to hear from but any info in general is also appreciated.
If the airmed thing doesn't work out then I'll probably still get on a fulltime dept. Already getting on a volunteer dept. here where I live but am very interested in making it a career.
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North Carolina, then Kentucky, then Michigan State, and the Georgia offered 2015 athlete Gary McCrae over the last few days.
McCrae camped at Georgia Tuesday, then hung out Wednesday, and before leaving Athens, Ga., Mark Richt gave him big news.
"It feels really good to get an offer from Georgia," said McCrae. "My family loves Georgia, I have always liked them, and I really wanted the offer. I worked hard for it [the offer] and I got it."
The Dawgs worked the 6-foot-3, 218 pound rising-senior out at linebacker and wide receiver Tuesday afternoon and McCrae did well at each.
He did so well that Mark Richt offered him as an athlete.
The position does not matter for McCrae and it could only be a matter of time before he puts his name on a commitment list.
Georgia is considered the heavy favorite.
"One of my favorite football players is Thomas Davis (Played at McCrae's high school) and he played at Georgia," said the star out of Cuthbert (Ga.) Randolph-Clay. "He is a guy I look up and he has the mindset to not stop -- I look up to him.
"He was very successful at Georgia and I want to be successful on the next level too. I look at him and he inspires me to do what I have to do to get to the next level."
When asked about favorites, McCrae listed Auburn, Florida State, Georgia, and Miami.
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Sunday, 18 March 2012
Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there, I do not sleep
I am a thousand winds that blow
I am the diamond glints on snow
I am the sunlight on ripened grain
I am the gentle autumn rain
When you awaken in the morning hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight
I am the soft stars that shine at night
Do not stand at my grave and cry
Am not there, I did not die.
My thanks to you all for your kind messages and thoughts x
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Lovely poem; holding you close in our thoughts.ReplyDelete
Oh, I'm very much thinking of your mum and you , and sending you both warm thoughts. Lovely poem, but to read it makes tears come to my eyes (I lost my mom a long time ago, I know) I just want to tell you that Iunderstand how it is to now encapsulate in your mind, the time and relationship span where you and your mum's life intersected. It's never long enough. Never. xxReplyDelete
You have my hugs to warm you. My passed a year ago. I still want to call her everyday at our usual time, But it is getting easier.ReplyDelete
- Nigel Pottle18 March 2012 at 16:46
I am so very sorry for your loss and the loss your family must now endure. My mother died several years ago and my father much earlier, and I remember the comfort I was given by a friend after he died - which I have always remembered. As she said, after her father died there wasn't a day that he wasn't in her thoughts. And it is so true. So your poem speaks truth. With you holding her memories, your mother lives through you. Celebrate her life and the beauty she brought to it.ReplyDeleteReplies
It really is so comforting to read all your kind and wise words and I can't thank you enough for caring enough to share your thoughts with me.Delete
Newcomer to your blog. I am so sorry to hear this sad news. Your family is in my heart.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous19 March 2012 at 07:11
Dear Jean, you are in my thoughts. Thank you for the beautiful poem. Love from Hilde in NorwayReplyDelete
Thinking of you xReplyDelete
Sending you virtual hugs and many warm thoughts!ReplyDelete
Hi Jean,ReplyDelete
I'm so sad to hear your news. Sending much love and prayers to you and all the family.
Jen x
Hi Jean sorry to hear about your Mum, sending you love and hugs.ReplyDelete
That poem is so beautiful and says it all really. Xanthe xxx
Jean, I am so sorry. Sue.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous20 March 2012 at 04:38
dear jean, so sorry to hear about your mum. :(ReplyDelete
thinking of you today and wishing you peace and
healing hugs. lots of love, stephanie (tiny owl knits) xoxo
- Anonymous22 March 2012 at 18:37
Dear Jean, I am sending you warms thoughts and will give you a big hug when I meet you in May for the tour. Your loss of your mom will bring out all sorts of memories and thoughts of "why didn't I" or "why didn't she" for some time. The loss does get easier in time, but your mom is always your mom. My mom passed away five years ago and not a day goes by where she is not in my thoughts. I can tell that you are raw with emotion and regret. Try not to be so hard on yourself. Bye for not; with sincere prayers for you and your family. EileenReplyDelete


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A "General Hospital" actress has left the nest.
Julie Marie Berman, who has been playing Lulu Spencer (the daughter of Luke and Laura) since 2005, filmed her last episode as the character earlier this week.
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Ive seen those before. Okay, but the Pastor ones are junk in my opinion. Guy caused most of his own problems, and the footage is short of the full situation. Notice it starts after there already is several officers around the car?
Also pay close attention to his sidewindows in both his footage and the Borderpatrol footage, notice something odd?


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i read this horrible story on arabtimes and the least i can do is spread the news in support of the victim who was attacked by irresponsible youth as she took the bus in shuwaikh - the group of boys slapped he and spat on her because she recorded their attacks, but what's worse is that non of the passengers came to her defense!! come on world, no more heroes?! if you don't stand for people's rights no one will stand for yours!! here's the story:
Spoilt brats' make life hell for women traveling by bus alone Local journalist slapped, spat on by 'irritated' juveniles
KUWAIT CITY, Aug 7: Women traveling by bus in certain routes at night face harassment from local students riding for free, says a victim who was traveling from Shuwaikh on Saturday.
The victim who works at the Arab Times recounted that a group of Arab youths boarded the bus at a signal in Hawalli after pounding the door of the bus forcing the driver to let them in.
The boys occupied the seats in the back of the bus and kicked up a row making noise, spitting, and tearing up the curtains. They threw things at the lady and when a juice pack hit her head, she took out her mobile phone and began recording their activities, which gave the boys a rise.
"One of the boys came charging at me and demanded me to delete the video. I told them that I work for a newspaper and that I would complain to my boss." This unnerved the boys, who exited the bus, but not before they slapped and spat on her. None of the other passengers in the bus came to her rescue. She adds that her hair was dripping spittle when the boys left.
The bus driver, a Nepali, later told her that if he doesn't stop the bus for the boys, they would pelt it with stones causing injury to passengers.
This was the lady's second bad experience in the bus. In the first incident, a group of Arab boys forced themselves into the bus by pricing open the door. One of the boys then sat on her lap and began rubbing himself against her.
Further the victim narrates that one of her Filipina friends quit traveling by bus because of similar harassments. The Filipina was riding a bus from Maliya at night last year, when a group of five boys boarded the bus and began behaving indecently. They stood in front of her and exposed their genitals. Once again, none of the other passengers came to her help.
These incidents highlight the predicament of women in Kuwait. The Filipina is left with few options as taking a taxi after sundown is also risky for a woman. "The newspaper is replete with stories of women being abducted and raped by taxi drivers."
The victim feels that driving license formalities for women should be made more lenient, "because the safest bet for a woman traveling alone is to drive her own car." Probably, the government should also consider disallowing students free bus rides after sunset, she adds.


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Subsequently it is reported in detail by Hall, but with much exaggeration on Elyot's narrative.
In these circumstances Elyot, as he asserts in his preface, supplied the other maxims from different sources.
The king was not offended, as were some of the courtiers, with the freedom displayed by Elyot in some of his ethical works.
When Elyot had finished reading, the king was silent, sunk in thought.
But in this day of weakness Elyot sunk far lower than petitioning for suppressed lands.
Elyot is one of the first translators to approach his task from a new angle.
The earlier translators, Elyot and More, have left small but significant comment on methods.
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A Steuben County couple that was reported missing last week has been found outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 27 year old April Culbertson, of Addison, and 22 year old Kyle McNeil, of Lindley, were last seen July 21st leaving a home on Mayo Road in the town of Lindley.
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PS: Oh yea, btw, BetaDnB. I got that vibe too. I guess you could have made it more explicit by throwing in a *sigh* or two or maybe an *eye roll*. But anyway, discussion here has been good so far.
I'm sorry. As I already said, that wasn't the intention.
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Looking at the service manual, in the description and operation for the DCT, it says that one of the inputs the TCM receives to determine shift points is:
Steering angle from the steering wheel rotation sensor via the HS-CAN databus in order to avoid upshifts and downshifts during cornering
It doesn't go into detail about how this input is used, but if I'm interpreting it correctly the implication is that if I enter a 90 degree right turn decelerating (but not stopping) and the transmission has downshifted to, lets say, third gear, by the time I turn it will still be in third gear when I come out of the turn. Regardless of my actual velocity, apparently, until the steering sensor returns to some point that is not considered by the TCM to be 'in a turn'.
Since reading this a few weeks ago, I've been delaying acceleration until I come out of the turn and have not really noticed the sluggishness and abrupt downshifts that I was having before. Of course, that means making different 'go/no go' decisions when turning to avoid getting run over by oncoming traffic.
In summary, I wonder how much of this particular issue is due to design rather than an actual defect with the transmission.
It's like they're trying to avoid having the TVC kick in. That's what it sounds like to me at least and that's only an ignorant opinion. Can you get it to kick or does it just not allow the power to get to that point?
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Roger writes:
The sound system in my new car will allow you to just plug in a USB drive and play songs. I have quite a few songs that I've taken from CDs on my computer. How large of a flash drive should I buy?
Roger, a flash drive will hold quite a few MP3s. Assuming your songs are MP3s and about 3 minutes long each, you can expect they will hold:
2GB Drive: 500 songs
4GB Drive: 1000 songs
8GB Drive 2000 songs
16GB Drive 4000 songs
32GB Drive 8000 songs
As you can see, you can fit a whole lot of tunes on there. Enjoy listening to your favorite songs!
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Levi Strauss advises freezing your jeans to kill the germs that make them smelly, thereby saving the water you'd use in washing them.
Don't bother, says Stephen Craig Cary, a University of Delaware expert on frozen microbes, who wrote to us from Antarctica.
Most of the bacteria on your jeans probably started off on your own body. Since these critters are happiest living at the temperature of human skin, "one might think that if the temperature drops well below the human body temperature they will not survive," Cary writes, "but actually many will. Many are preadapted to survive low temperatures." And it takes only one survivor to repopulate your jeans when they warm up.
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Emerging standards such as OpenADR enable Demand Response (DR) Resources to interact directly with Utilities and Independent System Operators to allow their facility automation equipment to respond to a variety of DR signals ranging from day ahead to real time ancillary services. In addition, there are Aggregators in today's markets who are capable of bringing together collections of aggregated DR assets and selling them to the grid as a single resource. However, in most cases these aggregated resources are not automated and when they are, they typically use proprietary technologies. There is a need for a framework for dealing with aggregated resources that supports the following requirements:
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If any of you have this on your Wrangler, I'd like to hear your feedback on it. The only experience I have with lift kits is a 4" TrailMaster suspension lift I had on my '91 S-10 Baja pickup many moons ago. I recently swapped out my old factory rims & tires for some Ion 15x8 wheels with 31x10.5 Goodyear Duratracs along with some new fender flares. I was able to do this without any suspension modifications, and it handles fine. I just want to give it a small amount of lift, so it's more for cosmetics than function. The Skyjacker spacer seems to be what I'm looking for without blowing a ton of $$$. If you have one or know of someone who has one, I'd like to hear what you think about it before getting one. Thanks in advance!!!
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The TJ I recently bought had the kit and 31" Duratracs installed by the previous owner. It works, but that's about the end of it. The ride is ok, and it will serve just fine until I go with an actual suspension upgrade.
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RE: Puzzled by the "Variance"
You've got a lot of very good answers...
As a complement:
In earlier versions, you could also ask for the biased (or population)
variance. It still works with v.6, in spice of the fact that it's
considered as "removed"...
Just write:
data = {1, 2, 3};
<< "Statistics`"
It gives: 2/3
But it's quite dangerous to use "removed" mathematica packages...
I just don't understand why Wolfram removed this function... In most
other systems, you can ask for both variances!
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Greeting all
I'm puzzled by the function "Variance". We can learn how to calculate
variance from this =
For example, calculate the sample variance of {1,2,3}. the average of
{1,2,3} is 2, then the variance should be =
But mathematica gives that:
In[10]:= Variance[{1.0,2.0,3.0}]
Out[10]= 1.
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Robert Kaiser, an associate editor of The Washington Post (and the former managing editor, the vice president of the Post editorial lineup), demonstrated just how much some deep thinkers at the top of the Post think like Code Pink and MoveOn.org in a Sunday Book World review of Andrew Bacevich's book The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism.
Kaiser's rave review touted Bacevich as a "self-described conservative," but that description stretches credulity when an author is the darling of the radical-left media, as Bacevich is right now. Kaiser's review very neatly describes how much Bacevich's argument sounds just like standard left-wing media boilerplate.
1. The American people are a herd of shopping sheep. Their patriotism is shallow and enables reckless wars. Kaiser summarized:
Consumption has become the great American preoccupation, and consumption of imported oil the great chink in our national armor. When on Sept. 11, 2001, the United States suffered the most serious attack on its soil since 1812, our government responded by cutting taxes and urging citizens onward to more consumption. Bacevich quotes President Bush: "I encourage you all to go shopping more."After 9/11, Bacevich writes, "most Americans subscribed to a limited-liability version of patriotism, one that emphasized the display of bumper stickers in preference to shouldering a rucksack."
2. President Bush is horrible, and the Congress is worse than wimpy in opposing his "imperial presidency."
Bacevich's political crisis involves more than just George W. Bush's failed presidency, though "his policies have done untold damage." Bacevich argues that the government the Founders envisaged no longer exists, replaced by an imperial presidency and a passive, incompetent Congress. "No one today seriously believes that the actions of the legislative branch are informed by a collective determination to promote the common good," he writes. "The chief...function of Congress is to ensure the reelection of its members."
3. America is overwhelmed by an ideology of militarism and the poisonous thought that America should spread democracy.
In Bacevich's view, the modern American government is dominated by an "ideology of national security" that perverts the Constitution and common sense. It is based on presumptions about the universal appeal of democracy and America's role as democracy's great defender and promoter that just aren't true. And we ignore the ideology whenever it suits the government of the day, by supporting anti-democratic tyrants in important countries like Pakistan and Egypt, for example. The ideology "imposes no specific obligations" nor "mandates action in support of the ideals it celebrates," but can be used by an American president "to legitimate the exercise of American power."
4. Barack Obama embraces George Bush's military ideology.
Today politicians of all persuasions embrace this ideology. Bacevich quotes Sen. Barack Obama echoing "the Washington consensus" in a campaign speech that defined America's purposes "in cosmic terms" by endorsing a U.S. commitment to "the security and well-being of those who live beyond our borders" regardless of the circumstances.
5. Our troops are isolated from reality, and serve as an "imperial constabulary."
He calls the all-volunteer Army, isolated from the society it is supposed to protect, "an imperial constabulary" that "has become an extension of the imperial presidency."
Bacevich favors a draft, and knows that his new friends on the hard left want one, too. From a book excerpt circulated approvingly by The Nation Institute:
Some political activists look to an Iraq-era draft to do what the Vietnam-era draft did: animate large-scale protest, alter the political dynamic, and eventually shut down any conflict that lacks widespread popular support. The prospect of involuntary service will pry the kids out of the shopping malls and send them into the streets.
6. To overgeneralize, war is a terrible idea. It should not have been tried after 9/11. Back to Kaiser's review:
The heart of the matter, Bacevich argues, is that war can never be considered a useful political tool, because wars invariably produce unintended consequences: "War's essential nature is fixed, permanent, intractable, and irrepressible. War's constant companions are uncertainty and risk." New inventions cannot alter these facts, Bacevich writes. "Any notion that innovative techniques and new technologies will subject war to definitive human direction is simply whimsical," he writes, quoting Churchill approvingly: "The statesman who yields to war fever is no longer the master of policy, but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events."
Yet the United States is today engaged in multiple wars that both exceed the capacity of the all-volunteer force and are highly unlikely to achieve their political aims, Bacevich argues. War is not the answer to the challenges we face, he says, and "to persist in following that path is to invite inevitable overextension, bankruptcy and ruin."
Kaiser concluded:
The end of the Cold War left the United States feeling omnipotent but without a utilitarian doctrine to guide its foreign policy. Instead, we have succumbed, again and again, to the military temptation. In Iraq we stumbled into a real disaster. If we cannot get our goals and our means into balance soon, our future will be a lot less fun than our past....Candidates for office owe the voters their take on the big argument here: Do they think military power remains a tool of choice to help the United States make its way through the perils of the modern world? If so, can they explain why?
Like a good media liberal, Kaiser suggested that one can believe that all wars are bad wars, and that America is an ignorant colossus spreading ruin, but then somehow believe that he is free of "ideology" and "cant," and apparently, so is Bacevich. This is the reviewer's obvious attempt at a dust-cover blurb:
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Francis Chan recently spoke at International House of Prayer (IHOP), the Kansas City church led by controversial minister, Mike Bickle. It doesn't take too much searching on Google to discover that Bickle has made more than a few enemies in his day. And even if you dismiss the plethora of people whose personal interactions with Bickle and his ministry have been less than pleasant–heck, some are downright strange–there's enough crazy in Bickle's "theology" and "ministry" dealings to make the average believer approach with caution. There's that terribly dark "vision" he had for America. He's also quite connected to the Christian movement in Uganda, the same movement that helped create the intolerant laws against gays and lesbians in Uganda. And then there's his cultish church, IHOP. And that's just the tip of the IHOP iceberg. Like Chan says in his introduction, lots of people think Bickle is "creepy."
And so not only does Chan ignore the drama and speak at IHOP (which is his right, of course), he begins his sermon with an over-the-top and very awkward public testament to how much he LOVES Mike Bickle. Chan has always had a somewhat quirky delivery, a seemingly earnest passion that just doesn't always translate on video like it does live or in person. His expressiveness can often get in the way of what he's really trying to say. (For instance, remember his book trailer for Erasing Hell?
Even if you don't agree with Chan's theology, most still find him endearing as a speaker. Yes, he's quirky. But his passion is believable. Which I think is one of the reasons he's garnered such a massive fan base.
But here, in the above clip, Chan's quirky love for "creepy Mike Bickle" isn't believable. I think he wants to believe it. But I'm not sure he really does, not like he believes in and loves Hell.
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Brazil is the world's seventh biggest economy - and it's also one of the more dangerous places on earth to drive a car.
Rampant kidnapping, carjacking, murder and robbery has led many consumers to take drastic measures to ensure the safety of themselves and their family in traffic.
Chemical company DuPont is offering the "Armura" bulletproof car kit to buyers, with the Kevlar-fibre and heavy-duty glass package offered on a range of different cars - even budget-friendly family runabouts such as Kia's Soul crossover.
It costs about $11,000 (22,000 Brazilian Real), adds 90 kilograms of protective weight to the car and can stop bullets of up to 0.38 calibre (the size used in most handguns, such as a revolver). The kit takes more than two weeks to install to the car, with the door panels receiving Kevlar-fibre skins - the same stuff that is used in flak jackets in the armed forces - and all glass sections replaced with thicker "SentryGlas".
The car kit can be applied to many mainstream cars, including the Toyota Corolla, Chevrolet Cruze, Kia Sportage and Soul, Honda Civic and Mitsubishi Pajero.
"We wanted to bring a solution to a family that wants protection but doesn't have money to afford classic car armour," Carlos Benatto, business manager for DuPont Armura told Reuters.
Thieves and criminals reportedly prey on drivers sitting in traffic jams, picking them off as easy targets. Ironically, Reuters reports that most motorists usually decide to drive because taking the train or the bus is too dangerous.
Consumers are keen on the idea of bulletproof cars, with sales of the DuPont kit up by 70 per cent in the first three months of 2012 compared to last year, according to Reuters.
Sao Paulo local, 25-year-old Alexandre Sarafian, told Reuters he bought a Kia Sportage because the car was compatible with the Armura kit - even though he really wanted a different car.
"This is to get away from the day-to-day violence ... which should be diminishing, but it's not," Sarafian is quoted as saying. "Bulletproofing can get expensive, and you don't really recover that cost when you sell the car. So it's better not to pay so much."
Reuters reports Brazilians spend roughly $8 billion every year on private security - as much as the US government spent during the first four years of the Iraq war on security contractors.
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Yup I know how to do my accounting. The right truck would've worked out fine, I would be using it for a dd for a while, plate is transferrable. The problem with this long of a thread
is that I've already answered these general questions like a dozen times.
I'm not fooled by the shipping price on ebay, so you're wrong about that.
But now I'll answer this statement: Kickstand's truck may be better, but I'm NOT buying a 7 or 8k dollar truck. Just isn't happening. I'm glad you think his truck is a better than one for $1500...... otherwise it probably shouldn't be for sale for $6500 more....
$5500 more... How's that accounting working out for you again?
My point was, and you clearly missed it, it will work better for your trip, and be actually worth selling when you're done.
I'll share some advice I got from my father when I was looking for a car at 16... "People don't get ahead buying junk"
We seem to be close to the same age at least, but come on man, you're willingly making this exponentially more complicated than it needs to be. Take a step back, actually look at what you think you are "saving" and ask yourself the question. "Is saving "$X" worth all of this hassle and time?"
Out of curiosity how much do you think you will save vs the $700 bill for shipping?
I'm sure you put it at least one post but my brain hurts.
Lastly...No one ever got ahead by buying shit vehicles for important jobs.
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Remember back in 2009, after President Obama signed the stimulus bill and Texas Governor Rick Perry flirted with seceding from the union?
Since then, he has accepted $6.4 billion in Recovery Act money (link above) and now we hear his buddies in Washington have arranged for him to get another $830 million:
H.R. 1, the bill that House Republicans passed that set funding levels for the remainder of fiscal year 2011, included a rider that would give Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) an $830 million bailout. Though the Senate defeated H.R. 1, Perry's bailout seems to be back on, courtesy of the deal struck Friday night that averted a government shutdown:
The federal budget deal negotiated to avoid a government shutdown would remove the strings a Democratic congressman had attached to $830 million in stimulus funds for public education in Texas. If passed into law as expected later this week, the bill would remove a requirement that Republican Gov. Rick Perry use the funds to supplement existing school spending rather than just replace state funds in order to balance the budget.
No wonder he didn't push the secession thing. His state would be in ruins without handouts from D.C.
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We pride ourselves in providing service excellence and innovative product ranges to meet our customers' needs. Other than an extensive range of flowers and gifts for all occasions, we specializes in floral decoration for weddings, events, customized corporate gifting, corporate and team building floral workshops, and many more.
In our continuous effort to ensure that our customers receive only the best flowers, we have close collaboration with growers and major flower exporters around the world to ensure that we receive fresh and high quality flowers like roses, gerberas, tulips, sunflowers, carnations and more. This helps to ensure that your gifts arrive fresh, beautiful and perfect!
We want to be a part of your every special moment, which is why we have flowers & gifts for all occasions: Birthday, Anniversaries, Love & Romance, Get Well, Congratulations and the list goes on! Not forgetting our special promotions rolled out for all holidays; Valentine's Day, Chinese New Year, Christmas, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Mid-Autumn festival and more.
Our customer service team is eager to be of service! Just call us at 62512323, email firstname.lastname@example.com or order online! With our hassle-free return guarantee and same-day delivery within Singapore, you can now shop with confidence!