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New to leasing? Tips and Facts here
I recently placed an order for my new 330i, which I will be leasing. I did a lot research to try and get the best deal possible. Unfortunately much of the information I needed was scattered among many threads, so I put together what I learned here, hoping that it would help those of you who are new to leasing. I welcome any additions, suggestions or criticisms of my findings.
I included what factors to look at before entering negotiations and what I feel are the least important variable to the lease equation and the ones I feel are the most important. I also included some notes down at the bottom that you should keep in mind.
Before Negotiations Begin
What Car This may sound like common sense but you should know what car you are talking about. Some of the figures explained below vary depending on what car you want. Even though they are both part of the 3-series the 325 and 330 do not use the same Money Factor or Residual Value.
Lease Terms Right after figuring out what car you want you should figure out what lease terms you want. Are you going to lease for 24, 36 or 48 months? Will you need 12,000 miles a year or 15,000? Your answers to these questions will also affect the Money Factor and Residual Value.
Least Important Factors
MSRP Many people place a lot of importance on this number but it's not as important as you may think. Negotiations should never start here. You should however know what the MSRP of your car is, as it will factor into the lease formula. Also note that MSRP should also include the Destination Charge, currently $695
MACO This is an advertising fee that all dealers charge. It ranges from $200 - $400 dollars. There is usually very little negotiation with this number
Residual Value This will represent how much your car will be worth when the lease expires. Typically this number is represented as a percentage. It varies depending on what car you get and what lease term you are looking at. This number is basically set for a given car and lease term combination, and there is no room for negotiating here, but make sure to check that the dealer is giving you the correct percentage, if they for whatever reason will not, don't bother dealing with them, look for someone else. If this number is represented as a dollar amount on your lease it is calculated by multiply the MSRP of the car by the Residual Value Percentage.
Most Important Factors
Money Factor This is equivalent to the interest rate in a traditional loan. Make sure you know the Money Factor your dealer is giving you. There is a fair amount of negotiation that can be done with this number. Unlike traditional financing there is a minimum a dealer can offer you called the "Buy Rate". Please note that the Buy Rate is set for a given car and lease term combination, but what you can negotiate is how much above that Buy Rate they will charge you. The maximum they can charge you is set at 0.0004 over the Buy Rate. Make the Buy Rate your target and try to get as close to it as you can.
Invoice Price This is one of the most important numbers of the whole equation. Know the invoice price of the car you want. All negotiations should start from this number. Currently negotiating $1,000 over invoice (Dealer Markup) is a good deal, any thing under that just makes the deal that much sweeter. Also note that Invoice Price should also include the Destination Charge, currently $695.
Down payment This is an amount that you will give to the dealer to reduce the Cap Cost of the car. A Down Payment is not required but will reduce your monthly payment.
Cap Cost This is the negotiated price of the car. It is basically the Invoice Price plus Dealer Markup, MACO and any fees (see note 1) and less a Down Payment. There really isn't any negotiation that is done here but you should make sure to check this amount so that no unknown charges will make their way into the deal.
Inception Fees This is a fee charged by the dealer for paperwork, securing financing and the like. This number is often overlooked but there is room for negotiation here too. As with the Money Factor there is a minimum ($625) and a maximum ($825) that a dealer can charge you.
Security Deposit This amount is determined by your monthly payment, it is basically your monthly payment increased to the next higher $50 increment. (Example: if your monthly payment including tax is $524, then your security deposit will be $550). Security deposits are typically only imposed on new BMW customers, returning customers should not be charged this fee. Also note that your security deposit is refundable and will be refunded to you when the lease ends.
Due at Signing This is the amount you will have to give the dealer when all the paperwork is signed and are ready to take possession of the car. This can include various amounts depending on how you structure your lease. Amounts that can be included are first month's payment, down payment, license and registration, inception fees, security deposit and taxes. The ones I mentioned are the pricier items that can be included. There could be others, but they are typically small amounts. Question anything over $50.
A few additional notes
Note 1: Make sure you know when you will be paying the various fees you will be charged. With some fees you can pay them up front or you can roll them into the lease. If you roll them into the lease they will increase the cap cost thereby increasing your monthly payment. The advantage to rolling then into the lease is that you will have to pay less at the start of the lease (Due at Signing). Some fees that you can roll into the lease are inception fees and license and registration.
Note 2: Don't forget Sales Taxes. These will very depending on where you lease your car. Make sure to get your quote with sales taxes already included on your monthly payment amount or your may be in for a surprise when you go to sign the paperwork.
Note 3: A down payment is not required and most people would advise against giving one for a leased car. The logic behind this is that if you get into an accident and the car is totaled you will loose any down payment you have given. If you have extra money lying around and would like to lower you monthly payment, a better option would be to take advantage of the Multiple Security Deposit program described below.
Note 4: BMW's Multiple Security Deposit program allows you to give up to 7 extra security deposits for your car. These will not be used to lower the cap cost, but instead for every additional security deposit you give, your money factor will be dropped by 0.00007, thereby lowering your monthly payment. These security deposits are also refunded to you at the end of the lease.
Note 5: Remember to get your floor mats and a full tank of gas. Some dealers will try to charge an additional fee for these. Try to negotiate for them upfront, don't wait until you are about to leave the dealer to ask for them.
Note 6: If you would like to save even more money on your lease and have the time, try the European Delivery program offered by BMW. I don't know all the details about this program so I won,t go into it, but you can find out more about it on the BMW website.
Note 7: Some of the necessary figures like Invoice Prices, MRSP, Money Factors and Residuals can be found at the top of the Ask A Dealer forum of this great site. They are reffered to on this site as Sticky's.
I hope some of you find this useful.
Good info. Thanks for putting it together. :thumbup:
I say give the man a sticky after 11 posts.
Here's a couple embelishments upon your summary:
Are you a candidate for leasing?
To be a good leasing candidate, you should drive a predictable amount of miles per year, and take good care of your car. A few scratches and chips here and there are no problem, but curb rashes and dents will cost you (not that it won't cost you when you own the car).
When leasing a BMW, you are negotiating more than just the purchase price. You are negotiating the sale price (cap cost), markup on the inception fee, and markup on the finance rate.
Don't get stuck on one number, like the purchase price, only to get screwed on the finance rate. Consider them all, and plan your moves carefully. If you push for an unrealistic sale price ($5 over invoice!) you may find that you're stuck with an unfavorable finance rate that destroys your beautiful deal.
Beware of and refuse to pay documentation fees, prep fees, etc. These are fees the dealer tacks on to make it appear that you got a good deal, only to have it evaporate in $500 of add on fees. You cannot negotiate away the $625 inception fee, and you'll have to pay your state's title and registation fees.
Download the lease payment spreadsheet, and really understand how the payment is calculated. You should be able to arrive at the same number the dealer computes.
State Taxes
Some states have laws that make it very unfavorable to lease a car. Texas and Illinois come to mind, but I can't give you specifics. Several other force to pay sales taxes up front, or some other scheme like that.
European delivery (ED) and leasing.
ED gives you a 7% discount on the car, calculated from MSRP. So, if your car had an MSRP of $40,000, you would get a discount of $2800. This discount comes from BMW, not the dealer. So if you can ordinarily buy that $40k for $37,500, you should be able to get $37,500 - $2,800 = $34,700.
But wait! There's more! The dealer does not have to pay the $200-$400 MACO fee, so you can negotiate another $200-400 off the purchase price, now about $34,300. This really helps when leasing, since the residual value is still computed off the original MSRP. A (very) crude approximation to leasing is that you only finance the difference between the purchase price and the residual. Since the residual is fixed off the MSRP, ED makes for significant savings. Another crude approximation is that $1000 on the purchase price is about $30/month on a lease payment. Therefore, on our $40k car, you can expect to save around $100/month on the lease payment in the ED program.
The downside is you have to fly to Europe to get your car, and be forced to drive your car legally at speeds that would put you behind bars here in "the land of the free" faster than you can whistle "Yankee Doodle." (For our Canadian readers, please subsititute "the True North strong and free" and "O, Canada" in the previous sentence. Canadians do get credit for the fact that 100 km/h does seem to be universally ignored on the 401, from my experience.)
The downside of ED is that you must part with you car (which you own) during the 6-8 agonizing weeks required to ship it back home. BMWFS does waive one lease payment while you wait for redelivery. However, you pay for this in the form of a slightly higher money factor, which covers this "free" payment and a little bit more.
You can find out more about ED by moving one forum down to "European Delivery" forum.
Teo & iversonm,
Thanks for the great welth of information on Leasing a BMW.. Now I only wish I could drive less then 15,000 miles a year so I can lease :-)...
Thanks Again!
A couple of things.
Can someone, maybe a dealer verify - once and for all - if the residual is calculated from the MSRP including the destination or the MSRP before destination. That seems to be a gray area and obviously affects the monthly payment which will be higher if the residual does NOT include the dest.
Capital cost reductions are subject to sales tax in some states. This is because it is treated as a payment. So in a 5% state (for example) your $2000 payment will be subject to $100 tax.
Different states have different tax laws regarding vehicle leases that can drastically change the payment given by the generic lease calculators available here. In MOST states, the sales tax is applied to the payment, so for example, in a 5% state, if your payment is $500, you add 5% or $25 for a total payment of $525. These are lease-favorable states because you are only paying tax on the part of the car that you are leasing.
Several states that include Illinois, Virginia, Maryland and Texas (please chime in if there are more) require you to pay tax on the negotiated price of the car. Yes, that's right, just as if you are buying it outright. In these states, you either pay it all up front or build it into the lease. On a 24 month lease, this will kill your payment
Note also that if you decide to buy the car at the end of the lease, YOU WILL PAY TAX AGAIN!
Disposition fee: When you turn in a leased vehicle, you will be subject to a disposition fee of $400 (on a BMW). I have leased many cars of different manufacture and there is always a disposition fee. So subtract it from the security deposit - that's what you will be getting back. Note that if you re-lease a BMW, there is an unwritten understanding that BMWFS will waive the disposition on the returned vehicle (and the security deposit on the new vehicle)
Remember that a leased vehicle has to be returned in very good condition. BMW will send an independant inspection 'dude' to your location and he will generally go through the car very thoroughly. You are allowed a ding or two and small scratches but one thing to note is that tears or rips in leather and tires that are either not a matching set, or with less than 5/32" tread will be flagged. No mods unless you can remove them. Window tints will have to be removed.
Probably more but I have a meeting. Nice write up.
Glad to hear that there is a favorable response to the information that I have posted.
steveinbelair my understanding is that destination charge is included when calculating residual value. This is the methodology used for both leases I have entered into. California does it like this but I'm not sure if it applies to every other state.
As far as the disposition fees, it is written in the lease end documentation and on BMW website that disposition fees will be waived if you lease another BMW, it is not just an unwritten understanding.
I think that special attention should be placed on the tax issues brought up by both iversonm and steveinbelair. Some states do require one to pay taxes on the entire purchase price of the car. Here in California we are required to pay taxes on only the leased portion of the car. Make sure you know the particular requirements in your state.
Does anybody else know of any lease terms, fees or lease regulations that change depending on what state you are in? It might be helpful to others to bring these up here.
Nice write-up and worth a sticky. :thumbup:
Thanks for the additional comments Agent99, I think they are very informative. By the way I changed the mistyped MSD reduction and the maximum MF increase. You're right it gets very confusing some times with all those zeros.
I see my thread became a sticky. Does anyone know how a thread becomes a Sticky, who decides this?
Look down in the lower right section of the forum. Whose name do you see under Moderator?? :D
Oh, and be sure to sign up for BMWCCA program and after 1 year, you'll be eligible for rebates on newly purchased/leased cars! :thumbup:
$500 for 3-series and $1000 for 5-series, in general.
Thanks Agent99, feels good to have my own Sticky. Where does one go for the BMWCCA program, there's a website I would assume.
New Jersey evidently gives you the option to pay taxes up front or wrap them into the payment.
Apply to lock lease rate
It should also be mentioned that you may be able to lock in the lease rate for 60 days, starting on the date of the expiration of the current program. Could someone post on what happens if the rates drop during the 60-day period, and whether you get the lower rate?
I think it would be a good idea to get everyone to chime in on the tax rates and requirements for each state.
I'll start.
Maryland - 5.00% - Based on full negotiated price of vehicle. Can be paid up front or rolled into vehicle price.
I dunno if California allows you to pay it all up front but you only pay sale's tax on the time you rent the car...not the full value. If your lease payment is $500 and the sale's tax is 10%, you pay $550/month for your lease/tax. When the lease expires or you transfer the lease, you are done paying the sale's tax.
Sale's tax is county-dependent in California. The South Bay Area (Santa Clara County) currently pays 8.25%.
Michigan: 6% sales tax on payments.
Ms 7%
La 9 %
Sc 5 %
Here are few things about leasing that I have learned :
I can't stress this enough, you must understand every number. Dealers are very creative at finding ways to make profit.
If you read this website you will hear about all kinds of deals. Don't know if these deals are true, what I do know is the dealers in Central Florida don't give new BMWs away nor should they.
The way to get a good deal is read this site and look for situations where BMW has bargain buy rates and trunk money ( where the dealer gets money back from BMW ) like right now on the Z4 with a buy rate of .0005 and $1800-$2000 trunk money.
These deals often don't last long so if you see one jump while there are cars available and the dealer may not realize they are going to be selling their inventory soon. ;)
Don't argue about every dollar, it is not that important. What is important is to know within about $10 per month what the dealer can do and make a fair profit. Also know the approximate drive off.
Do the 7 multiple security deposits, it's a great deal.
Finally, the Z4 I just did would have cost over $800 per month with the normal MF and no trunk money but I got it for $528.48 with just the security deposits, 1st payment and a couple of hundred drive off so you can see having your ducks lined up means real savings.
Not true, you can roll tax into your payments in Ohio. If you were told otherwise, you were lied to.
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The coaching turnover in New England continues.
According to the Boston Globe, the latest member of Bill Belichick's staff to leave is tight ends coach Pete Mangurian.
The Globe points out that a factor in Mangurian's departure might have been that Bill O'Brien, who was promoted from wide receivers coach to quarterbacks coach, could take on some of the play-calling responsibilities left behind by Josh McDaniels.
Mangurian was considered a candidate to fill that void. He was the only member of Belichick's staff with previous offensive coordinator experience in the NFL, having served that role with the Falcons in 2003.
He is expected to join Raheem Morris' staff in Tampa Bay. When Mangurian was the head coach at Cornell from 1998-2000, Morris served there as an assistant. [Editor's note: It's unknown whether Mangurian or Morris ever hit the tizzown with Andy Bernard after the Hofstra game.]
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The coaching turnover in New England continues.
pftfreak says: Jan 24, 2009 3:10 PM
old news….your behind
Insomniac says: Jan 24, 2009 3:14 PM
They also have an opening for offensive coordinator. McDaniels was both the OC and QB coach.
It could add to the Gruden to ND rumor if the Patriots are waiting on Weis to fill that position.
zwilson says: Jan 24, 2009 3:31 PM
I won't believe it until the Globe reports it, thank you.
CountSnail says: Jan 24, 2009 3:34 PM
"Posted by Sheil Kapadia"
Who the hell is that?
8man says: Jan 24, 2009 3:59 PM
If they aren't a dynasty why do teams want to hire everyone who works for them.
"The Boston Globe reports that Scott Mayo, the Quality Control Coordinator for the New England Patriots has been hired by the New York Jets to be their Director of Stadium Operations. Accompanying Mayo will be the entire custodial staff for the Patriots."
Anyone still sniffing around Jason Garrett? Anyone?
Buehler? Buehler? Buehler…
trixstal says: Jan 24, 2009 4:09 PM
None of those coaches will be missed. I've been a N.E. fan all my life, and was never a fan of any of those folks. I was happy to see Josh go. His play predictability and lack of skill to make quick adjustments cost the team some pretty important games. Now if we can just find a way to show Dean Pees the door and allow Romeo back in, we'll be a much better team for it. Onward and upward. Next!
ampats says: Jan 24, 2009 4:10 PM
Old news Mike.Here come the dumb comments.
Eaches says: Jan 24, 2009 4:35 PM
Oompa loompa, doompadee dawesome, Mangurian is now gone, which is totally awesome. Why was he gone, he was such a nice guy. No, he was not, he was a total douche. Doompadee doom.
robertamberg says: Jan 24, 2009 4:58 PM
Would this make him the Candidate Mangurian?
moswesley says: Jan 24, 2009 5:16 PM
Who IS actually going to call the offensive plays in New England next season? O'Brien, Brady, Belichick, Bela Lugoise, Bela Fleck?
Jmoney7 says: Jan 24, 2009 8:53 PM
Good riddance! as a pats fan I must say I was very UNIMPRESSED with the TE play this season.. maybe the new tightend coach can teach watson how to carry the ball and help Dave Thomas understand what personal fouls are…
Ytsejamer1 says: Jan 24, 2009 11:15 PM
ha ha…yeah, i was going to crack a joke about the Jets hiring the dude that changes the urinal cakes in Gillette Stadium away from the Patriots… it never ends.
cheeseburger says: Jan 25, 2009 8:40 AM
One more coach to leave and lose because the "film guy" didn't go too.
MaineMan says: Jan 25, 2009 9:02 AM
I'm guessing that the list of team that have NOT had substantial turnover on their coaching staff is probably now shorter than the list of those that have.
Anyway, interesting about Mangurian. He was TE coach 2005-08. '05 and '06 were that last two years of a great run in which Pats TEs played a major role in the passing offense. In '07 and '08, TE receptions, yards and TDs were less than half what they'd been on average during the previous six years. Coincidentally (or not), 07 and 08 were the two years that McDaniels was the OC.
Mangurian was also TE coach for the Broncos under Reeves from 1988-90 coaching such "stars" as Clarence Kay (who was actually pretty decent), Patrick Kelly and Orson Mobley and then moved over to O-line coach for a couple of years just after Shannon Sharpe's unremarkable rookie season. Haven't been able to track down who the TE coach was during Sharpe's breakout in '91/'92.
mvlonergan says: Jan 25, 2009 10:37 AM
For a second I thought Florio made a reference to a TV show that's still airing new episodes. Then I saw it was a different writer. Oh well.
onanygivensunday says: Jan 25, 2009 12:06 PM
No problem losing Mangurian. Pats tight ends have never played up to their ability including Daniel Graham.A great blocker but could hardly hold onto the ball.
The OC is going to be Belichick this year. This is the same thing he did the year before McDaniels was named OC.


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First books, especially volumes of verse, are often relegated to obscurity, but Alan Dugan's Poems was greeted with enthusiasm. Philip Booth saluted Poems as "the most original first book that has appeared on any publisher's poetry list in a sad long time," and the awards the book later received bore out Booth's appraisal. Poems was awarded the National Book Award in 1961 and the Pulitzer Prize. Many commentators felt that Dugan maintained this high level of excellence in his subsequent volumes of verse. "Never a 'promising young poet,' Dugan showed what he could do, which was considerable, in his first book," Helen Chasin commented in a review of Poems 4."And he has simply kept on writing strong, skillful, interesting poems."
Dugan's style and tone have remained consistent throughout his career. Concise and brusque, his language is close to everyday speech. X. J. Kennedy described Dugan's style as "a plain stodgy no-nonsense American prose, like that of your nearest bartender." The low-keyed humor and the strains of satire that underpin Dugan's poems have frequently attracted comment. Some of Dugan's strongest effects, R. J. Mills observed, are gained "through mockery, invective, sudden reversal, and exposure." His poetry is typically ironic and unsentimental.
For subject matter, Dugan turns to the commonplace. "A confirmed angel-wrestler, Dugan is beset by the facts of life, such as the need to make money and the unpleasant nature of the job that makes it, or the simple problem of how much to drink," Richmond Lattimore explained. Dugan's examination of daily life leads him to feelings of alienation, defeat, and despair. His disenchantment with society is reflected in his attacks on sacred cows, including the Statue of Liberty and Joyce Kilmer's "Trees." Dugan "seems more than a little fearful of life in general, for he speaks of getting up in the morning and walking out into the 'daily accident,'" Stephen Stepanchov noted. "He distrusts all slogans, prophecy, and questions all received values."
Dugan's predictable style and subject matter have led some to accuse him of stagnation. "The sameness of Dugan's poems suggests someone who is concerned not to seek variety or development, and continue working the same weirdly attractive yet essentially limited vein," Alan Brownjohn remarked. Taking the opposite tack, Robert Boyers argued that Dugan's limited range is a virtue: "By cultivating what is by any standard a confining style, and by exercising his caustic intelligence on a relatively narrow range of subjects, Dugan has created a significant body of work that speaks with authority to a variety of modern readers. One does not get terribly excited about Alan Dugan's work, but one nevertheless returns to it with increasing regularity, for it successfully inhabits that middle ground of experience which our best poets today seem loathe to admit."
When Dugan's Poems Seven: New and Complete Poetry appeared in bookstores in 2001, it marked the fortieth year of his publishing career. It was also his first book to be published in more than a decade. The long layoff did not affect his poetry, however. Not only was Poems Seven lauded by critics, it also earned Dugan the 2001 National Book Award for poetry. The book included thirty-five new poems, as well as selected verse from his previous collections. Among the poems included in the book are "The Esthetics of Circumcision," "Funeral Oration for a Mouse," and "On the Supposed Immortality of Orchids."
Numerous critics praised Poems Seven, including a contributor for Publishers Weekly, who called it a "carefully constructed, funny and sometimes unvarying volume." Robert Pinsky of the New York Times lauded Dugan's ability to see poetry in the more mundane aspects of life. "Dugan's remarkable achievement is to see into mean or mundane materials with all the profundity and force of poetry," he wrote. Doris Lynch, who reviewed the book for Library Journal, asserted that Dugan brought "an intriguing and idiosyncratic vision to American poetry."
- General Prothalamion in Populous Times, privately printed, 1961.
- Poems (also see below), Yale University Press (New Haven, CT), 1961, reprinted as Poems of Alan Dugan, Atlantic (New York, NY).
- Poems 2 (also see below), Yale University Press (New Haven, CT), 1963.
- Poems 3 (also see below), Yale University Press (New Haven, CT), 1967.
- Collected Poems (contains Poems, Poems 2, and Poems 3), Yale University Press (New Haven, CT), 1969.
- Poems 4, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1974.
- Sequence, cover designed and silkscreen printed by Judith Shahn, Dolphin Editions (Cambridge, MA), 1976.
- New and Collected Poems, 1961-1983, Ecco Press (New York, NY), 1983.
- Ten Years of Poems: From Alan Dugan's Workshop at Castle Hill Center for the Arts, Truro, Massachusetts, edited by Marion Conger et al., The Center (Truro, MA), 1987.
- Poems Six, Ecco Press (New York, NY), 1989.
- Poems Seven: New and Complete Poetry, Seven Stories Press (New York, NY), 2001.
Contributor of poetry to magazines, including New Yorker, Atlantic, Harper's, and Poetry.
Further Readings
- Contemporary Literary Criticism, Volume 2, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1974, Volume 6, 1976.
- Current Biography Yearbook: 1990, H. W. Wilson (New York, NY), 1990.
- Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 5, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1980.
- Howard, Richard, Alone with America, Atheneum (New York, NY), 1969.
- Modern American Literature, fifth edition, St. James Press (Detroit, MI), 1999.
- Stepanchev, Stephen, American Poetry since 1945, Harper (New York, NY), 1965.
- Atlantic, November, 1961.
- Book Week, March 1, 1964.
- Christian Science Monitor, April 27, 1971; May 1, 1974.
- Hudson Review, autumn, 1974.
- Library Journal, November 1, 2001, p. 97.
- Nation, May 13, 1961.
- New Statesman, January 1, 1971.
- New York Review of Books, November 23, 1967; May 7, 1970.
- New York Times, September 5, 2003, p. C11.
- New York Times Book Review, December 22, 1963; December 16, 2001, p. 8.
- Observer Review, January 3, 1971.
- Partisan Review, spring, 1972.
- Poetry, July, 1961; March, 1964; July, 1968; February, 1972; February, 1975.
- Publishers Weekly, October 22, 2001, p. 71.
- Salmagundi, spring-summer, 1968.
- Saturday Review, July 22, 1961.
- Times Literary Supplement, August 18, 1961; March 19, 1964; January 22, 1971.
- Village Voice, August 22, 1974.
- Contemporary Poets, seventh edition, St. James Press (Detroit, MI), 2001.
- Encyclopedia of World Biography, second edition, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1998.
- Los Angeles Times, September 9, 2003, p. B10.
- New York Times, September 5, 2003, p. C21.
- Washington Post, September 5, 2003, p. B7.
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First books, especially volumes of verse, are often relegated to obscurity, but Alan Dugan's Poems was greeted with enthusiasm. Philip Booth saluted Poems as "the most original first book that has appeared on any publisher's poetry list in a sad long time," and the awards the book later received bore out Booth's appraisal. Poems was awarded the National Book Award in 1961 and the Pulitzer Prize. Many commentators felt that Dugan maintained this high level of excellence in his subsequent volumes of verse. "Never a 'promising young poet,' Dugan showed what he could do, which was considerable, in his first book," Helen Chasin commented in a review of Poems 4."And he has simply kept on writing strong, skillful, interesting poems."
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Back to the Old Grind
Texas Was Cold
Just got back from the Lone Star State and as with most of the Wizard shows, we had a great time hanging out with our fellow cartoonists and meeting new peeps. This year, "Artist Alley" was a lot smaller but at least it was held in the same room as the rest of the exhibition. The weather in the Dallas area was unsually cold, I was freezing my balls all 3 days because our table was located directly below two giant vents; displaying a rare common sense, the night of the flight I packed my thick hoodie sweatshirt, which I wore night and day but Joe was wearing shorts and Hawaiian shirts, 'that can't be good!'.
The show ran smoothly, nothing major to report except an unexpected visit from the amazing Bill Sienkiewicz, I've admired Sienkiewicz's work for some time now so I was pretty excited to see him standing by my booth waiting for my arrival, telling me he's my biggest fan and that he bought all my records. He said I was the king of Spain and that he wants to have my babies (well, he didn't put it quite like that but he was extremely gracious and flattering) That was the highlight of my weekend for sure.
Thanks to the great Bill Sienkiewicz and all the kind people who stopped by our lemonade stand, I'll see you all there next year!
The Romantics Are here!
Finally got home after a long drive from Newark Liberty airport on a rainy and miserable night and what do I find at my doorstep?
My Project Romantic anthology comp copies, that's what!!
These books look beautiful! Over 250 full color pages worth of great stories and art. Do yourselves a favor and purchase a copy of this wonderful volume, put together by my good friend and fellow independent publisher: Chris Pitzer. You can order the book directly from the Adhouse Bookstore
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- manucha said...
your absence has been long awaited
no me gusta cuando callas
is this a collaborational piece
me da curiosidad
mar -y- pose de sueño
- November 14, 2006 6:34 PM
- The Keeper's Notes said...
I agree on the amazing Bill Sienkiewicz..from a long time fan! (my first piece of original art is from Bill, c. 1978)...I've got some videos I shot of him doing some commission pieces from last January's Javits Center Comic con...great to watch him work his magic, arms splattered with ink.
The Project:Romance book is a beaut.
- November 16, 2006 12:43 AM
- Process Junkie said...
manucha: This is a collection of stories from 37 different comic book artists, designers and illustrators, among them: Doug Fraser, Junko Mizuno, Hope Larsen, Scott Morse, Jose Garibaldi, Roger Petersen and tons more.
Justin: Yeah, Bill is ridiculous!
- November 16, 2006 8:13 AM
- Rebekit said...
to see this lovely drawing is worth having your blog music blast in my ear.
Rebekit :)))))))
- November 17, 2006 8:53 PM
- DaLe said...
that drawing it so bloody awesome that i have now quit any form of art & now work as a self-mutilation-self-help-speaker, thanks Al
- November 17, 2006 11:46 PM
- UrbanBarbarian said...
Subtle and Sweet!
- November 18, 2006 9:24 AM
- Process Junkie said...
Rebekit: I don't like you.
Dale The Snale: You relly mean that?...awww
UrbanBarbaro: Gracias, Judas!
- November 18, 2006 12:43 PM
- &Rew said...
nice lookin book. i'll have to pick one up to support the idea.
kickin ass man!
- November 18, 2006 5:04 PM
- Rebekit said...
Process Junkie: whatever!
- November 18, 2006 6:23 PM
- MBKKR said...
I love the picture with the red and black lines (the last picture). Do you draw these kind in one take or do you draw a sketch first? Hope you do some more of those.
Was nice checkin up on your blog again. Till next time
- November 19, 2006 7:16 AM
- Process Junkie said...
Most of the 'black pen over colored pencil' drawings are one take, sometimes I feel the need to 'clean' them up a bit or totally redraw, I guess it all depends on how lucky I get.
Thanks for the comment!
- November 20, 2006 11:34 AM
- John Beatty said...
Good to see you back, Alberto! I too have been so busy with *work* that I have not been able to fit much *fun* in!
Yes..."Bill S" is a kool dude...I can see him digging your work...
Just stopping in to say HI, buddy!
-Big Guy-
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The FBI is getting involved in the huge celebrity photo leak in which hackers gained access to nude pictures of stars like Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton and Kirsten Dunst.
An FBI spokesperson said in a statement yesterday (Monday), "The FBI is aware of the allegations concerning computer intrusions and the unlawful release of material involving high profile individuals, and is addressing the matter." Meanwhile, Apple says it's investigating whether or not its iCloud system was hacked. Both Lawrence and Upton have already expressed a desire to pursue legal action against Apple. (TMZ)


text: When Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon announced the names of their newborn children did you scratch your head? Well, Cannon decided to give a little explanation as to why he and his wife chose such non-traditional names for their new baby boy and girl. "Monroe, obviously, is named by Marilyn Monroe, who my wife has been inspired by and loved for many years," the Drumline star told E! News. "And my son, I love his name, we called him Moroccan ... And you think about Moroccan and that's kind of like my name and Mariah's name phonetically together. I also proposed to my wife in our Moroccan room. There's a lot of meanings to it. We put a lot of thought into those names. I think we did a good job on the names. They ain't gonna be mad at us when they grow up."


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Results are in for the Lac La Ronge Indian Band.
The election was held on Thursday. The following people will remain in their position for the next three years.
Chief: Tammy Cook-Searson
Section 1 – Keith Mirasty and John Halkett
Section 2 – Leon Charles
Section 3 – Sampson Ratt
Section 4 – Kenny Ratt
Section 5 – John Roberts, Bernice Roberts and Lester Roberts
Section 6 – Sam Roberts, Michael Bird, Ann Ratt and Larry Roberts
Plane crashes in Saskatoon
Female chief re-elected in Lac La Ronge Indian Band
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A new gadget which will allow you to trigger you camera with anything from a laser to a clapping sound will go into production thanks to the power of crowd-funding.
Last month, Haje Kamps set out to raise $25,000 to help get Triggertrap off the ground. Instead of looking to venture capital or privately funding the project, Kamps turned to Kickstarter, a website where anyone can pledge support for a project and invest in ideas they believe in. With just six days to go before funding closes, Triggertrap has already garnered over $60,000 in funding and the group of investors are now aiming to hit the $100,000 mark.
The idea of Triggertrap is pretty simple. By hooking it up to your camera, it will allow you to remotely trigger the shutter button by using a variety of inputs. Ready to go, out of the box will be the ability to trigger your camera by breaking a laser beam, or by simply clapping your hands. Where things get interesting though is the inclusion of an auxiliary port, which can be connected to pretty much anything, meaning only your imagination limits you.
This will mean that the camera can be triggered by your mobile phone, remote control, a pressure sensitive mat or even over the internet. The device will also allow you to take time-lapse pictures or automatically take images of anyone who passes by the camera. And because the Triggertrap is open-source and built on the Arduino platform, it is easy to implement additional functionality through a software update, even after the Triggertraps have shipped to the customers. The inclusion of a USB port means eager hackers will be able to re-programme the Triggertrap to their hearts' content.
There will be two versions of the Triggertrap, one a professional-looking end-user device in a 'stylish' water-resistant case and the second a home-brew version you can build yourself.
So far, 711 Triggertrap units have been pre-ordered though Kickstarter at a cost of $75 plus $5 post and packaging. Once funding is complete this price will rise to $125 per unit. If you feel like funding this idea and getting in before the price rises click on the source link before next Sunday, 31 July.
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I recently installed ST960 in my Grand 04 with a push-button start, but we ran into some trouble in installing it. You can see my post in this thread: http://www.jeepgarage.org/showthread.php?t=28936
You can search YouTube for ST800 Alarm which is the previous version of ST960.
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Are the ones at like Autozone worth the $150 pricetag?
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Tyra Banks has a lot of TV hosting in her future.
She replaces Nick Cannon on "America's Got Talent," NBC announced Sunday.
And she returns as host of "America's Next Top Model," VH1 announced Thursday.
Banks and Ken Mok continue as executive producers on "Model," which is set to begin production this summer. It will the show's 24th cycle.
"Tyra has always been the heart and soul of the franchise, and her absence was deeply felt by our fiercely loyal fans who missed their Queen of the Smize," Mok said in a statement. "We'd like to thank Rita Ora for being a great partner and total pro. She infused this new iteration of 'ANTM' with passion and creativity, and we...


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PHOENIX -- It's not uncommon to hear city officials brag when their crime rates drop, but Phoenix Police Chief Jack Harris says this time around is a little unique.
"It is unusual to have significant crime decreases in a major city during very difficult economic times," said Harris.
According to the Phoenix Police Department, violent crime and property crime rates have fallen over the past year. The police department recorded a 14.5 percent drop in aggravated assaults, 19.1 percent drop in robberies, 41.2 percent drop in motor vehicle thefts and a 16.9 percent drop in burglaries.
"This is due to the hard work of the men and women of this department, this is not by a single person or unit, it's a lot of hard work," said Harris.
The Phoenix Police Department is the largest police agency in the state with 4,356 employees covering 518 square miles.
According to department officials, officers answer on average 780,000 calls for service.
"That means, for every one of those calls an officer physically responds and our average response time is about four minutes," said Harris.
Despite the decrease in crime rates, Harris says the department is moving forward with changes to the weapons officers carry.
"We upgraded from the Glock .40 caliber that they were carrying to the option of the Glock .45 (caliber)," said Harris.
Department officials say not every officer is making a change of the caliber of handgun they carry.
Harris also said a committee that evaluates the department's rifle program recommended an increase in the number of rifles available to patrol officers.
"This is something that does not effect special units like the SWAT team, this is for patrol units," said Harris.
In the past, the department had roughly 60-rifles or ten per precinct according to Harris.
"The recommendation was to double that to 120 rifles," said Harris. "We're going to end up with about 250 now."
According to a department spokesperson, funding for the rifles came from the passing of Proposition 1 in 2007 and financial donations.
However, not every officer will have access to the guns, which according to department officials, are AR-15 semi-automatic rifles.
Harris says the firearms committee evaluates the weapons officers carry and who gets them.
"They must go through training," said Harris. "It's a 40 hour block of instruction that they have to go through to be qualified to be able to carry the weapon."
According to a department spokesperson, officers are not allowed to use their personal weapons, such as rifles, on the job.
The passing of Proposition 1 may also be credited with the fall in the crime rates considering the tax dollars helped the department hire additional people.
"Prop 1 added 400 sworn personnel to the police department," said Harris.
The Chief admitted there are several open positions within the department that have not yet been filled, citing budget restraints.
Harris said the department has delayed certain equipment, halted some projects and has re-allocated personnel to fill voids left from those who have retired.
As far as the fall in various crime rates, Harris said the arrests of "career criminals" and repeat offenders has much to do with the statistics.
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TALLADEGA, AL - OCTOBER 29: Team owners Joe Gibbs (L) and Richard Childress talk in the garage area during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AMP Energy Juice 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 29, 2010 in Talladega, Alabama. (Photo by Jason Smith/Getty Images for NASCAR)
Furniture Row Racing and Richard Childress Racing are closely aligned this season - so much so that officials say the single-car operation is essentially a fourth NASCAR Sprint Cup team in the Childress' empire. Mark McArdle, executive director of competition at Furniture Row Racing, is now also the director of racing operations for RCR. There's just not many ways to have more information sharing than that. McArdle said the relationship will enhance the flow of information between the two teams. He worked with Dr. Eric Warren, competition director at RCR, previously at Evernham Motorsports, so the new partnership was an easy step. "In an effort to assist the RCR effort and, again, hoping that the rising tide floats all boats in the pond, what we've done is (general manager) Joe (Garone) and (team owner) Barney (Visser) offered up my services to RCR if they could use me in any way to help that situation that they have there," he said. "Eric Warren and I had worked together for e...
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