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Ask a Mechanic Online and Get Answers to Your Car Questions
Hello and welcome to JA!!!
I'm Billy and i will help you with this.
Hi. Thanks for your help. Appreciate it
First i suggest you put some engine oil cleaner bottle (found at gas stations) in engine oil,
warm the engine and then, wait till it cools down a bit, and then replace engine oil and filter.
It might just rescue your engine.
Actually we have verified that the engine is blown. Head gaskets etc. So I need a new engine. She drove it with no coolant for 45 minutes.... overheated. Blew up
I now have had 3 mechanics tell me that... SO
I am wondering if it is worth it to fix for 5-6,000 for a used engine
or jsut scrap it and buy something else
So if you need to install a new engine, and it would cost around 5k.....
What kind of life can I get out of that if they find a used engine and get it in there
Well the engine, with 60k on, IF WELL MAINTAINED, would last more than 5 years (100k miles) plus the 60k already in.
oh good. That is kind of what I was thinking. I owe 10k on the car. Didnt mention that. Way upside down. Total lemon even the blown engine aside but mostly things like windows sticking, hatch not opening. Was pretty good mechanically until she destroyed it
so perhaps put 6k or so into it and hope I can drive it for 5 more years. I only drive 10k miles a year
But since you have the discovery, which requires high maintenance, and would require much more, having passed the 100K, i would suggest you scrap the thing....as it would prove cheaper to get another vehicle, and i would suggest you stay away from land rovers, and get a more reliable, less maintenance vehicle, such as a toyota or equivalent.
You can keep it, but be aware that it will require lots of maintenance, that is why i suggest you get another car....
It would be cheaper in the long term.
ah. interesting. Just normal maintenance on those cars in exensive, huh? Ok thanks
You are most welcome...
positive feedback, and bonuses are appreciated.......
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Lady Eli Ruthless in Flower Bowl
There was no mistaking Lady Eli's will to win the $500,000 Flower Bowl Stakes (gr. IT) Oct. 8 at Belmont Park.
There was no mistaking Lady Eli's will to win the $500,000 Flower Bowl Stakes (gr. IT) Oct. 8 at Belmont Park.
The New York Racing Association's racing office was only able to drum up five rivals for Lady Eli in the $500,000 Flower Bowl Stakes (gr. IT) for older fillies and mares Oct. 8 at Belmont Park.
Lady Eli rebounds from life-threatening injury to finish second by three-quarters of a length in the Woodford Reserve Ballston Spa (gr. IIT) to Strike Charmer, a Courtlandt Farm homebred by Smart Strike, who won in a stakes record time of 1:38.77.
James Bryan Jr.'s 4-year-old Scat Daddy filly raced just off early leader La Berma in the mile turf test, breezed by in the far turn, and pulled away to win by 3 3/4 widening lengths.
A three-month layoff earlier this year may have helped Strike Charmer, as she registered her first stakes win since 2014 in the $150,000 Beaugay Stakes (gr. IIIT) Saturday, May 14 at Belmont Park.
Kiss Moon collared front-runner I'm Already Sexy in late stretch and thrust out her head on the line to win the $100,000 Old Forester Mint Julep (gr. IIIT) June 6 at Churchill Downs.
Grade I winner Personal Diary and graded stakes winners Strike Charmer, I'm Already Sexy, and Aurelia's Belle head a competitive field of 12 entered for the June 6 Old Forester Mint Julep Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Churchill.
Robert Masterson's Tepin led the field gate to wire for an easy victory in the Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Handicap (gr. IIT) Presented by Longines at Churchill Downs May 2.
Amerman Racing Stables' Coffee Clique will attempt to become the second mare to score a repeat victory in $300,000 Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Presented by Longines (gr. IIT) when she takes on 12 rivals May 2 at Churchill.
Parranda is ready to run, and that should come as bad news to her nine rivals in the $150,000 Marshua's River Stakes (gr. IIIT) Jan. 10 at Gulfstream Park.
Courtlandt Farms' homebred Strike Charmer broke through at the graded level with a good rally Nov. 22, claiming the $119,700 Cardinal Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Churchill Downs.
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|From: Sam Tobin-Hochstadt (samth at ccs.neu.edu)
Date: Fri Oct 1 01:03:12 EDT 2010
On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Matthew Flatt <mflatt at cs.utah.edu> wrote: > At Thu, 30 Sep 2010 20:20:07 -0400, Faré wrote: >> I'm trying to use slideshow on Linux, and I find it annoying that it >> fails to be on top of the KDE panel. >> >> I admit I know next to nothing about the X protocol, and can't help >> much with this issue, but I hope someone who does can do something >> about it. For the record, samth says he has the exact same problem >> with the GNOME panel. > > I think I could fix this in GRacket2 if I could figure out how to > provoke the bad behavior on my machine. I'm running Ubuntu 10, and > Slideshow works. I tried installing and running Maximus, but Slideshow > still worked. (Robby showed me bad behavior on his netbook, and I > thought it had something to do with Maximus, but it's apparently not as > simple as that.) > > Does anyone know what I can do to trigger the problem? This happens for me always in slideshow on my laptop in both GR1 and GR2. I'm running Ubuntu 10.04, screen resolution 1440x1050, with panels on the top and bottom of the screen (as is usual for Gnome). I can provide any other data as desired. -- sam th samth at ccs.neu.edu
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Circulation Problems, Help To Find Your Best Treatment
A variety of different treatments are available for those who suffer from poor circulation to their feet. Treatments vary from surgery to the use of various drugs.
While there are drugs that actually dilate the vessels for better circulation, today viscosity reducing drugs are more popular. This type of a drug helps to make the blood thinner and less sticky so that it flows better through the arteries and veins.
In some cases, surgery is needed to help open up an artery that is almost totally closed.
Many people end up dealing with varicose veins in their feet and legs. This occurs when the veins actually have valves that break or become weak, which allows blood to collect in the vein instead of being carried back to the heart as it should.
Treatments For Poor Blood Circulation Sclerotherapy
There is a special chemical that can be injected into the veins to help with this problem. This type of treatment is called sclerotherapy. The chemical actually closes the bad vein, which forces other veins that are stronger to carry the blood back to the heart.
Treatments For Poor Blood Circulation Angioplasy
Another type of treatment that is often used is angioplasty. This is a treatment that involves a balloon that is used to clear out vessels that are blocked or severely narrowed.
In some cases, a stent may actually be placed inside of the artery in order to keep the artery open. Many times angioplasty and a stent will be used together for the best treatment options.
A stent is a tube made of wire mesh, and it is inserted while still collapsed and then later expanded by the balloon that is inflated. Then the balloon can be removed and then stent will continue to keep the artery open as it should be.
Depending on the type of blockage, the size of the artery with the problem, and the condition of the artery, stents can be a great choice of treatment, in fact 7-90% of treatments for poor circulation include stents.
There are a variety of other treatments for poor circulation as well that are not as invasive as sclerotherapy and angioplasty. One treatment requires that you rest periodically with your legs elevated and your feet raised to a level so they are above your hips.
Treatments For Poor Blood Circulation Compresson Stockings
Elasticized compression stockings are another treatment that is commonly used for poor circulation as well. If you are overweight, one of the simplest things you can do to treat your problem is to lose some weight.
Obesity can make poor circulation even worse, so just losing a few pounds is a very effective and non-invasive type of treatment.
Depending on the severity of your circulation problem, your doctor can help you come up with the best treatment options for you.
In some cases just purchasing some special care items for your feet can help; however, it is important to get feedback from your doctor to make sure that your problem does not require further medical attention.
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Even if you have neglected your feet all of your life, you can show your feet a little love and tender loving care to turn those dry cracked feet into the pretty feel good feet you need.
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Cayenne supplements can help with poor circulation in your feet, Cayenne Pepper is one of the most important herbs when it comes to treating problems with the circulatory system. If you are suffering from poor circulation to your feet and your legs, Cayenne may be just the thing to help you.
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|What's hot, what's not for the NHL
By Jim Wilkie
Page 2 columnist
Rookie coaches, untested goalies and uncertain calls by NHL referees -- a new look is sweeping across the NHL as legends retire and fade away in the 21st century.
With the Stanley Cup playoffs -- sports' toughest tournament -- kicking off tonight, Page 2 explains who and what to watch for ... and who and what you can safely ignore.
Here's what's hot and what's not as 16 teams race to see who can win 16 games first -- and the 2003 Stanley Cup:
Jim Wilkie is a regular contributor to Page 2.


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What is Satisfactory Academic Progress?
Fresno Pacific University is required to establish standards for measuring Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) for students to be eligible for Title IV aid in accordance with the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended by Congress. Although the academic progress standards set by Student Financial Services are similar to those set by specific academic departments and/or university standards, the financial aid standards for SAP are not the same. A student must meet the requirements of the financial aid SAP policy to be eligible for federal, state and institutional financial aid assistance at Fresno Pacific. The information below will provide you with a general overview of the policy. For complete Satisfactory Academic Policy details, please review our complete SAP Policy.
SAP has 3 components you must meet in order to retain your eligibility for financial aid. You are held to this standard regardless of whether you have received financial aid in the past.The 3 categories are:
- Grade Point Average (qualitative)-You must meet the Fresno Pacific University minimum GPA of 2.0 undergraduate/post baccalaureate, 2.5 for all Seminary programs, and all Graduate Programs 3.0 in order to retain your eligibility. This is based on your Fresno Pacific GPA, not your overall GPA. If you have questions about how your GPA effects your attendence, Fay Nielsen at email@example.com.
- Completion Rate/PACE (quantitative)-You must complete at least 67% of ALL attempted coursework (including courses from the community college). Your PACE is the your EARNED HOURS/TOTAL ATTEMPTED HOURS. For example, 67 earned/120 attempted=55.8%.
- Maximum Timeframe-You have 150% of the published time it takes to receive your degree to complete it and remain eligible for financial aid. For example a Bachelor's Degree requires 124 credit hours to complete, which means you would have a TOTAL of 186 hours to complete your degree before you are no longer eligible to receive financial aid.
Eligibility to enroll for classes does not mean that Satisfactory Academic Progress requirements have been met.
How am I notified?
Satisfactory Academic Progress is monitored at the end of each term and students will receive an email to their FPU student email address regarding their status for the upcoming term. Students meeting the GPA and Pace components of the SAP policy are considered to be in GOOD standing and retain their aid eligibility (except as noted below).
You will be placed on financial aid WARNING if you were meeting the requirements in the prior term but are now not meeting the GPA or PACE measures of this policy. If you are on financial aid warning, you may continue to receive financial aid for one term. If you fail to meet the SAP standards by the end of your warning term you will be placed in an INELIGIBLE status. If you are in an INELGIBLE status you will be sent notification that future financial aid disbursements will be terminated. Students in the following status at any time will become INELIGIBLE for financial aid:
- Exceeded maximum time frame for degree.
You may submit an appeal for review of your circumstances to reinstate your financial aid eligibility, or you may attend without the benefit of financial aid until you reach the SAP policy standards.
How can I appeal?
You will need to submit a SAP appeal with the required documentation for your appeal to be considered. Please review the form and submit the documentation appropriate to your reason for appealing. It is also important that you meet with your academic advisor prior to submitting your appeal. In some cases you will be required to have an academic plan created for you in Campus Cruiser by your advisor in order for your appeal to be considered. In any case it is good practice to check in frequently with your academic advisor to be sure you are on track to graduate!
If your GPA/PACE appeal is approved it will either be:
- Probation - If your appeal is approved for 1 term it will be defined as on PROBATION and you may receive aid for one term. After that term you must be meeting the SAP policy in order to
- receive future terms of aid. If you fail to meet SAP policy after a term on PROBATION will become aid ineligible until such time as you meets the Satisfactory Academic Progress policy.
- Academic plan - If it will take you more than 1 term to meet SAP standards in one probationary term you may submit an appeal that includes an Academic Plan approved by your advisor. You may be approved for aid based on the terms of the Academic Plan but you will be required to meet the terms of your plan as outlined in the satisfactory academic progress appeal letter you will receive from the financial aid advisor reviewing your appeal.
For a Maximum Timeframe Appeal we will need to know the total number of remaining credits you must take to achieve your 1st Bachelor's degree, and those courses must be included in an academic plan from your advisor as part of your appeal. We CANNOT consider coursework needed to earn a minor or double major for a MaximumTimeframe extension. If additional credits are granted, you will be ineligible for financial aid once those credits have been attempted, regardless of the grade earned. Appealing more than once for additional credits is difficult and requires not only extenuating circumstances, but a great deal of documentation for consideration.
Frequently Asked Questions** Financial Aid Eligibility- SAP
- What is SAP?
Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) is a federally required evaluation of a student's progress towards completion of their degree. The evaluation includes the following three components:
- Students are required to maintain a minimum cumulative FPU GPA of 2.0 for undergraduates, 2.5 for seminary students, and 3.0 for graduates.
- Successfully complete at least 67% of their attempted coursework.
- Complete their degree within 150% of the published time frame for undergraduates.
- How do I know whether or not I have been selected for not meeting the SAP standards?
A notification will be sent to your Campus Cruiser email account notifying you if you have been selected as not meeting the minimum SAP standards.
- How often will I be evaluated for SAP?
Students are evaluated at the end of each term to determine whether or not they meet the SAP standards. Evaluation begins once grades have been posted to transcripts and continues throughout the student's time at FPU. Should you feel that your progress now brings you above the minimum standards, please request a reevaluation from our office.
- What do I need to do if I receive a SAP warning email notification?
At the end of every term we will evaluate your progress. The first term in which you do not meet SAP performance criteria you will receive a warning and aid will apply for the next term.
This notification is a warning only, but should cause you to reevaluate your current academic performance and seek assistance through your academic advisor and other campus resources. Carefully review the SAP standards and your coursework for the next term to determine what plan of action may be needed to improve your GPA, course completion rate, or to graduate within the 150% standard. Do not hesitate to use the many resources available to you on campus, including the Academic Support Center and the FPU On-Site Counseling Program.
- If selected as not meeting the SAP standards, what action(s) do I need to take?
The next step is to complete an appeal and submit it to our office. Please make sure that you are using the form(s) for the aid year in which you were selected and include all necessary information. An incomplete appeal can delay review and subsequently delay the availability of financial aid awards.
- How will I know the result of my appeal?
Once review of an appeal is complete, you will be notified of the decision at your Campus Cruiser email account.
- What do I need to do after my appeal is approved?
If your appeal is approved, please check Campus Cruiser for the overall status of your Financial Aid to see if you have any unsatisfied student requirements for this aid year.
- What do I need to do after my appeal is denied?
If your appeal is denied, you are ineligible to receive financial aid until you have reestablished your eligibility. You should refer to your denial letter for additional information and explanation. If your appeal was denied due to pace of completion rate or GPA issues, you may reestablish eligibility by taking classes and paying for them on your own in order to bring your GPA or completion rate up to the SAP standard (see question on "What is SAP?" ).
- Are there deadlines for submitting an appeal?
Appeals should be submitted by the deadline listed in the SAP status email notification. Appeals received after deadline may not be reviewed before the next term of attendance; therefore, we recommend submitting a complete appeal as soon as possible.
- What happens if I do not appeal?
For those that do not wish to submit an appeal, financial aid will not be awarded until eligibility has been reestablished. The only way to do this without submitting an appeal is to bring your GPA and/or pace of completion rate to the minimum standards of a 2.0 FPU GPA as an undergraduate, 2.5 as a seminary student, or 3.0 as a graduate and at least a 67% pace. Student that have exceeded their maximum time frame must file an appeal.


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LIFESAVING skills will be demonstrated at a village hall next Monday, after a defibrillator was bought for the community.
The Hale village community defibrillator, installed in December, will be demonstrated at 7.30pm.
The defibrillator was funded by the Hale Transition Group using money raised at the monthly local food markets in the village hall.
The defibrillator awareness session will be run by Community Heartbeat Trust, a charitable organisation which, as well as supplying the defibrillator, also provides training to members of the public in life-saving skills.
There will be members from a wide range of community groups and village hall users attending.


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Posts Tagged 'Brook Dubman'
BROOK DUBMAN OF CAROL HOUSE ON A ROLL; PATRICK CLARK TO HEADLINE KPLR's FOUR O'CLOCK NEWS
"We have broken ground on a new Carol House in Valley Park," spewed Brook Dubman, bossman of the furniture and accessory giant "where you like nice things." A familiar face on television via the company's blitz of commercials, Dubman, with his wife,
Melissa, fawned over their children, Garrett, 5 and Eliana, 3, at the KPLR, Channel 11 fall preview launch party at Dierdorf & Hart's Westport Plaza eatery. Beginning Sept. 20, the station's Patrick Clark will headline a new 4 o'clock news block, that will feature the arts and entertainment, according to Channel 11 and KTVI FOX 2's leader, Spencer Koch, who hails from Staten Island, and later recalled his five years as production assistant with the Mets. He turned to the print media and opined, "It's going away with the era of tech. And now, you can read newspapers online with Google. Some day, you'll have to pay for it." Jenny and Rich Wolkowitz were on hand and got kudos on their 5-unit Car Credit City independent dealerships – "The largest in the area," hyped Rich, who confirmed he's given up political aspirations. As for buying time on KMOX radio for Cardinal baseball, Wolkowitz said, "It's not my mix, but I do buy a great deal of advertising on cable." Creative advertising maven Bob Kochan got backpats on landing the Pulaski Bank account and ad exec Ben Turec waxed on about his Golden Oak Lending and Casino Queen accounts. Kochan also mentioned, that his daughter, Emily, now serves Laclede's Landing as exec director. Turec pointed out, that even KTRS, whose broadcasts of Cards games will end this year, did a salute that day to KMOX for snagging the rights. Then it was onward for rounds at Herbie's Vintage '72 for a chat with twosome David Charak and his steady, Diane Zebell, who lamented the passing of the popular Redel's. Nearby were Nestle-Purina's James Kristol and Matt Kurusz with Patty Abel, toasting Matt's 27th birthday dinner, amiably served by Herbie's star waiter, Charlie Manns.


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ALAN McCormack says Swindon Town need a win against Bury tonight to hit their points target for the first three games after the departure of Paolo Di Canio.
Since the Italian quit the County Ground last Monday, Town have won 3-1 at Tranmere and been held 1-1 at home by Preston - meaning their seven-point goal can only be achieved by victory over the struggling Shakers.
Given the circumstances it would be a fantastic haul for the Robins and could even send them back to the League One summit, depending on the result in Sheffield United's encounter with Leyton Orient.
"A lot of us sat on Monday and said 'we've got three very tough games coming up'. Preston we knew wouldn't be easy one bit, Tranmere we knew wouldn't be easy," said McCormack.
"We gave ourselves a target of seven out of nine points so we're still on target if we win on Tuesday. But we've got to put in another big performance and continue to take it in blocks of two or three games at a time.
"We need to set ourselves targets and goals and if we can reach them or even get close I think we have got a great chance of winning this league."
Town are hoping to bring in a coach to work alongside caretaker managers Darren Ward and Tommy Miller, and McCormack thinks that is an important move for the club to make.
However, the Swindon captain has called for clearly defined roles should a new face arrive to help out with training and tactics on a matchday.
"For training definitely but when it comes to the game, Wardy and Tommy have got the final say," he said.
"People have got to be very careful that, just because we get someone in, it doesn't mean they're calling the shots. The person that does come in, if we do bring someone in, has got to be careful that they don't think they're calling the shots because Darren and Tommy are on the pitch.
"The final say does get left with them."
For now, it is expected that youth academy coach and former Hereford manager Jamie Pitman will provide the extra support on the touchline and McCormack was delighted with his input before the clash with Preston.
"Jamie I thought was brilliant. Before the game he had information on all their players telling us individually what players are like, what strikers are like," he said.
"Jamie's been there, he's been in the dugout managing a team so he knows what players need to know and once you give them enough information it's up to the players to go out there and do it – I don't think you need anyone else."


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by Tom Taulli | December 14, 2012 11:08 am
ETFs vs. mutual funds — it's one of Wall Street's biggest fights.
It's true that many more mutual funds have the advantage of active management — thus a top investor like Peter Lynch or Michael Price can have a huge impact on returns. But such superstars are rare, preferring instead to operate hedge funds, where fees are much higher. More importantly, ETFs are starting to get into the actively managed world themselves.
That said, if you're a 401k investor, you don't really have a choice. It's mutual funds or bust.
But if you trade through an IRA or another personal brokerage account, you do have a choice. And that's where ETFs strut their own big advantage: low costs. More often than not, you can get the same kind of flavor (and return) in an ETF for much less in expense fees and other charges than you'd get in another mutual fund.
Here are a few examples of where investors would've made out better with a lower-cost ETF without sacrificing performance:
Mutual Fund: BlackRock Equity Dividend
Replacement ETF: Vanguard Mega Cap 300 Value Index
The BlackRock Equity Dividend (MUTF:MDDVX[1]) is a dividend-focused large-cap fund, and a popular one at that, with $25 billion in assets.
The fund takes a conservative, long-term approach to investing, as reflected in its scant 3% turnover ratio. Top holdings include Chevron (NYSE:CVX[2]), Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC[3]), JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM[4]) and Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM[5]). And had you gotten into MDDVX at the beginning of the year, you'd be looking at 12.31% returns for the year, which includes a 1.96% dividend yield.
Had you gotten into the Vanguard Mega Cap 300 Value Index ETF (NYSE:MGV[6]), you'd be doing even better.
MGV is a similarly focused fund with big holdings in Chevron and Exxon, as well as AT&T (NYSE:T[7]) and General Electric (NYSE:GE[8]). To date, MGV has returned 15.27% — more than 200 basis points better. That's thanks in part to a superior dividend yield of 2.78%, but also just 0.12% in expense fees, compared to nearly 0.98% for MDDVX.
And don't forget, MDDVX also requires hefty 5.25% front-end load charge.
Mutual Fund: RidgeWorth Intermediate Bond
Replacement ETF: Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Low expenses are critical for bond funds, which have to deal with extremely low yields. So every basis point counts.
Take a look at the RidgeWorth Intermediate Bond (MUTF:IBASX[9]). The fund yields 1.42% but charges 0.62% — in total, it has returned 3.13% for 2012. That doesn't include a 4.75% load charge.
Investors instead could have gone with the Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (NYSE:SCHZ[10]) — with the same focus on intermediate-term investment-grade bonds — which has returned more than 4% despite yielding a little less at 1.3%, thanks in large part to its scant 0.05% in fees.
Mutual Fund: Wells Fargo Advantage Emerging Markets
Replacement ETF: WisdomTree Emerging Markets
When it comes to long-term growth, emerging markets provide huge opportunities. But it can be expensive for a mutual fund to engage in analysis and research.
This is the case with the Wells Fargo Advantage Emerging Markets (MUTF:EMGAX[11]) fund, which has investments in countries like Brazil, South Korea, Taiwan, Mexico and China. The fund has returned 9.5% this year, hampered by a hefty 1.68% in fees. Plus, you'd be suffering an initial 5.75% load on its A shares.
The WisdomTree Emerging Markets Equity (NYSE:DEM[12]) ETF is similar to EMGAX in that it's focused on conservative emerging-market investments, which tend to have lower returns. DEM's 2012 return is 10.25%, and while that isn't remarkably better than Wells Fargo's mutual fund, it is better — and that's because of a much lower expense ratio of 0.63%.
Mutual Fund: CGM Realty
ETF Replacement: Vanguard REIT Index
By looking at the 8% total return of the CGM Realty (MUTF:CGMRX[13]) fund — which leverages high-yielding REITs — you would think the real estate market had a tough time in 2012.
However, the Vanguard REIT Index ETF (NYSE:VNQ[14]) — which tracks the MSCI US REIT Index, spanning small-to-large-cap REITs — did much better, with a gain of 15.4%.
Part of it was fund manager Ken Heebner's choice of stocks, but also adding to that disparity was 0.88% in expenses for CGMRX vs. just 0.1% for VNQ. That said, you at least didn't have to pay even more up front for that underperformance — CGMRX mercifully does not charge a load fee.
Mutual Fund: Davis Financial
Replacement ETF: Financial Select Sector SPDR
2012 has been a standout year for financial stocks. While the U.S. economy still is cobbling together a sluggish rebound, bright spots like real estate and auto sales have really driven up demand for loans.
But depending on how you invested in financials, you might not have seen your fair share of returns.
Davis Financial (MUTF:RPFGX[15]) is a mutual fund that focuses primarily in financial services stocks like American Express (NYSE:AXP[16]) and Wells Fargo. However, as a hedge against volatility, RPFGX invests in a number of non-financials, including names like energy firm Canadian Natural Resources (NYSE:CNQ[17]), pharmacy giant CVS Caremark (NYSE:CVS[18]) and even search-engine titan Google (NASDAQ:GOOG[19]).
The fund has returned a market-beating 17% in 2012, and charges 0.91% in fees. A-class shares also require a 4.75% load.
However, it was weighed down in comparison to the Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSE:XLF[20]), which charges just 0.18% and has returned 25% for the year to date.
In this final case, however, it's also important to point out that the disparity was caused by much more than fees. This is what can happen when a fund that says it's about a certain category, but veers into other sectors. RPGFX's interest in other categories might shield it during poor times for financials, but if you're banking on a bull run for financials, the XLF is a truly representative play that will win out, time and time again. So don't just look at fees — look at what's inside the fund.
Tom Taulli runs the InvestorPlace blog IPO Playbook[21], a site dedicated to the hottest news and rumors about initial public offerings. He is also the author of "How to Create the Next Facebook[22]" and "High-Profit IPO Strategies: Finding Breakout IPOs for Investors and Traders[23]." Follow him on Twitter at @ttaulli[24]. As of this writing, he did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.
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I like everything but I hate the dock bar and how big the notification banner is, other then that I have no complaints. I hope they add the ability to pick which apps you want quick access in the command center
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My phone is registered to have these installed however I went back to 6.1.4. Anyone have a download link that doesn't require a dev account
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I'm biting the bullet now and installing on my 4s where I can get some real world use of it .. since I know you can downgrade, I figured why not.
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This is because it can be quicker to write and put it on the internet than it is to film or record it.
But producing an online report follows the same process as any piece of news.
After finding your story you gather together the information, write your report, and assemble it on a web page.
In discussion with the rest of your team, you decide on the order of all the reports before making them live for an audience to read.
BBC reporter Polly Billington does this every working day. Here she explains how to gather, write and assemble the news to create a simple online report about a proposed football ban.
If you've done your research well, you'll know that Mayfield local council is set to vote on a proposal to ban ball games in a local park.
Some people welcome the idea of a quiet area, while others say children will lose their football field.
Now you can decide who you are going to interview.
One of the first people you should interview is an expert - someone who has all the facts.
Plan your interview by writing down the questions before you interview them.
You can do an interview over the phone but you often get the best information by speaking to people face to face.
Once you've gathered your facts from an expert, you need to gather opinions from people on both sides of the argument. The obvious people to speak to are the councillor who proposed the ban and a park-user who is against the ban.
Now you're ready to assemble it all in a news story. The simplest report is made up of five sentences:
The news in five sentences
The first sentence tells you the key facts of the story - what happened, who was involved, where and when it took place.
The third sentence gives the other side of the argument. Again, use a quotation.
The fourth sentence gives the audience some more facts. It could be the expert explaining why the ban is being proposed.
The fifth sentence is a conclusion.
If you want to make your report longer, you could include more quotes from the people you interview.
You might think that reporters write the headline first, but often it makes more sense to write it at the end. That way you can be sure it tells the whole story.
Don't forget to add a caption explaining who the people are in the photo.
Why not add some links to other relevant websites?
Once you've checked your report with your editor, you can publish it on your school website. There you have it, your finished online report!
Remember to plan your interviews, speak to an expert and people on both sides of the argument, ask them the five W questions, write your report in five sentences, add a picture or two, and that's it.
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She continued, "We're the two girls on the show, so we're always laughing together, and we kind of have each other's backs."
Lovato also shared why she is an important addition to the show, despite being only 20. She has a lifetime of experience in the music and entertainment business, which her age doesn't indicate.
"There's so much more to it than just being a talented singer," she said about the competition. "I'm going to help them mentally prepare for everything that's coming—like, all these things that have happened to me recently, I really attribute them, in part, to the work that I've been doing on myself. The second that I became more centered and aware of who I am, my performances got better, and I was better able to relate to people. For a long time, I was pretending to be someone that I wasn't, and I was miserable. When I came out and said, 'I'm human, I've got problems, but I'm willing to share them,' that's when I started to really connect."
She is working on her new album, which will not be full of songs devoid of emotion.
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Toyota engines have powered the Lotus Elise since the car made its debut in the U.S. back in 2004 as a 2005 model. And while Toyoda-san and I have vastly different day-to-day realities, we do have one thing in common. We have both been behind the wheel of one of the most exciting sports cars money can buy.
The Lotus experience is derived primarily from its light weight and brilliant chassis engineering. Elise is a textbook example. The supercharged model I drove produces 220 horsepower and weighs a mere 2000 pounds. With that stellar horsepower to weight ratio, quickness is simply a matter of course. I timed the Lotus to 60 in just over four seconds. Even though the Elise is only running a 1.8-liter four-cylinder engine, with the supercharger, the mid-engine Lotus pulls like it's packing a V8. This, in combination with the exceedingly low center of gravity, brilliantly sorted suspension system, amazingly responsive steering, telepathic throttle response, and low-profile Yokohama Advans so sticky you could use them to remove lint from your trousers, produce a driving experience unlike any other.
Accelerating hard from a dead stop, the Lotus spit glorious backfires on overrun every time the throttle snapped shut for the shift from first to second. As the revs swept past 4500 RPM and the variable cam timing switched over to deep breathing, the engine note took on an intensely determined snarl and the little car rocketed even more urgently forward, gathering great heaping gobs of velocity.
At the braking point for the first corner, I discovered the relationship of the pedals to be absolutely perfect. Blipping the throttle for the heel and toe downshift felt so natural, it could be sold in the organic section of Whole Foods. And the brakes—with so little weight to arrest, the Elise greedily retakes speed like the U.S Government eyeing an Indian treaty on land found to be rich in petroleum, gold, diamonds, AND uranium.
Thus settled, the little car screamed through the curve. Fat stupid grin on my mug, I got back on the throttle early to bring the rear end around. The revs started climbing again. That insouciantly determined snarl asserted itself again. Speed began to logarithmically accrue again. My heart began to race again. And it all happened together in a way that would make even the most pious among us scream multiple expletives again and again.
That Toyota plans to strengthen its relationship with Lotus says Mr. Toyoda obviously had a similar experience. One can only dream of what's coming next, a Lotus supercar with the engine from the LFA perhaps?
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"I think you have a hit an all time low on this one.
"Having no interest in NAB's success, but being very knowledgeable of the inner workings of the payments industry the conclusions are absurd. I support a lot of the messages in your newsletters. But stick to what you know something about, rather than looking for a sensational headline. It would be a sad world if all your conspiracy theories were actually true."
That was a letter from reader AW in response to Monday's Money Morning. We suggested National Australia Bank's [ASX: NAB] so-called computer glitch was just a beard or a cover-up for something much more sinister.
That is, the problem at the NAB was more a question of solvency rather than glitchery.
But maybe we're wrong. Maybe it was just a computer error that caused the bank to stop processing payments for a week. And maybe it was a glitch that caused its investment banking division to not know the value of the assets in its accounts.
We've received emails from technical guys telling us that the major problem with all banks' IT systems is that they've got layers and layers of different software and hardware that has been patched together.
And that in most cases, because these have been layered over time, there's no one person who has any idea about how the entire network works.
While that may be true – and we'd imagine it's true – there's absolutely no way a single "corrupted file" would have the widespread impact on the bank's payment systems as the bank claims happened over the past week. No way.
The banks spend millions on software, hardware and networks. They have redundancy and back-up and data recovery systems. All of which should be designed to kick-in and bypass a problem in the network.
There is zero chance that the NAB wouldn't have such belt-and-braces IT system in place to kick-in in the event of a so-called corrupted file causing a problem.
It would be the equivalent of McDonald's only having one deep fryer, or a petrol station only having one pump.
When your entire business revolves around tallying up what's in which account and who owns what to whom, it's just not possible for a glitch to cause the widespread problems that happened to the NAB over the past week.
The fact is, the way banks operate, all of them are insolvent. I won't cover old ground on this one, but to put it simply, the banks have larger obligations to pay demand depositors than the amount of deposits held at the banks.
Any way you crunch the numbers on this, banks are insolvent.
Here's just one example. NAB has a total of $134 billion of "on-demand and short-term deposits", yet it only has $26 billion of "cash and liquid assets" on its books.
Yet despite that, every depositor is under the impression that if they wished to withdraw their money today they could go into the bank and the bank would be able to honour this obligation.
Only it wouldn't, not without a massive cash injection of newly printed dollars from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), or newly created electronic numbers on the banks' balance sheet, again courtesy of the RBA.
The banks operate on the basis that not everyone will demand their money at the same time. Besides, for a start, there aren't enough bank notes in existence to honour this obligation. The banks merely create the money from thin air knowing that not everyone will want their cash out at the same time.
Should a greater number of depositors ask for their cash than the bank expects then it's in trouble. It's called a bank run. Or, on the other side of the ledger, if certain assets on the bank's balance sheet become less valuable than previously – oh, let's say European sovereign debt exposure – then that'll also impact the bank's liquidity.
The NAB's problem was a liquidity or solvency problem rather than a software problem.
It seems more likely to us that NAB simply needed to prevent cash flowing out of the bank's accounts for a period, rather than it being the fault of a computer problem.
Because don't forget how fragile the global banking system is. In recent months you've heard a lot of rubbish from the mainstream press about competition among the banks and how the government should create a "fifth pillar" by making Australia Post a so-called People's Bank.
In reality all this is irrelevant. It doesn't really matter whether Australia has three banks, four banks, five banks or fifty banks. It's not the number of banks that's the problem, it's how banks function that's the problem.
The ability to create money from thin air, backed by nothing is the entire cause of the banking problem, and by extension the problem with asset bubbles.
Banks worldwide are on the ropes, and if Wikileaks makes the kind of impact on banks that it's having on governments then it could be curtains for the entire current monetary system – and that would be a good thing.
Wikileaks should be applauded and praised. We notice the corrupt politicians and bureaucrats claim that the leaks threaten national security. What they're really saying is that they've done and said a whole bunch of bad things and they don't want anyone to know about it.
It shows you how dangerous politicians and bureaucrats become when they are put in power. They act recklessly, they assume that they know how best to control everyone's lives. And their lust for power leads them to do unconscionable things – usually in the guise of protecting your freedom.
Protecting their position of power more like.
Anyway, in an interview with Forbes magazine, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was asked, "So do you have very high impact corporate stuff to release then?"
Mr. Assange's response was as follows:
"Yes, but maybe not as high impact [as the political cables]… I mean, it could take down a bank or two."
[Spits coffee across desk]
Sorry. Blimey, that'll do it. Now we're talking… which bank? What is it that could bring the bank or two down? When is Wikileaks going to reveal this?
We skim through the rest of the interview… something about Russia… something about Apple iPhones… what about the banks? What about the banks?
Well, the interview draws a blank on that score. Nothing more is said about it. But apparently investors are looking at Bank of America [NYSE: BAC] which dropped 3% overnight as the possible target.
As we've said for some time, we don't care for investing in the banks. Even though we missed out on the 50% or more gain they made through 2009. There are plenty of other things to invest in, why bother risking money on a supposedly blue-chip stock you know is prone to collapse?
But we found Mr. Assange's comments on free markets interesting. He told the interviewer:
"So as far as markets are concerned I'm a libertarian, but I have enough expertise in politics and history to understand that a free market ends up as monopoly unless you force them to be free."
While it's good to see Mr. Assange is a free markets fan and a lover of freedom – exposing the criminal and manipulative activities of government and politicians is proof of that. But we'd argue that in a truly free market it's actually hard for monopolies to be formed – or abusive monopolies anyway.
Because free markets are light on bureaucracy and political meddling, there are far fewer barriers to entry for competing businesses to enter a given market.
If a particular industry does tend towards a monopoly then new businesses will enter the industry to compete and offer a lower price or a better service or product.
If new businesses don't enter the market then it's because entrepreneurs see no opportunity to offer a lower price or a better quality service. In that instance, even though there may be a monopoly, the consumer is still receiving the best possible price and service.
But if the monopoly business takes advantage of its position by increasing prices or reducing quality then entrepreneurs will see the opportunity to enter the market, and so competition resumes.
This can only happen in a free market.
Any attempt by government to force competition is actually a violation of free markets. Forcing competition can only be done by coercion or through subsidy or favours to a government chosen entity. As soon as that happens it's no longer a free market but a government controlled market – and that's when the problems and abuse begin.
Mr. Assange may have some expertise in politics and history, but we'll bet that any example through history of abusive monopolies will show that they have formed because of government coercion, abuse and intervention rather than because of free markets.
Getting back to our starting point, sure, there's always a chance we're wrong. Your editor doesn't claim to be always right on everything.
But the role of Money Morning is to explain things that you'll never read in the mainstream press. No one is going to write a column for The Age or the Australian Financial Review claiming that Australia's banks are insolvent.
We've received a number of requests from print journalists asking for a quote on things such as property or retirement savings, but after our first experience when 95% of what we said was cut out, we don't waste our time with it.
What we've got to say won't make it past the editor's desk of a mainstream publication.
But, by the same token, we don't take a contrary position just for the sake of it. Any muggins can do that. We take a position because we believe it's true and correct. And we've got history on our side too…
You see, we take our position on the basis that a truly free market economy is the only viable economy to achieve prosperity and individual freedom.
And that anything which involves intervention by politicians, bureaucrats or cronies of those two, will ultimately lead to a negative outcome for the majority of Australians. That's been proven time and again.
But so far, the grandest, most extravagant and also the most dangerous of manipulations – the current financial system – is still alive… but only just.
It has been saved once by the unauthorised use of taxpayer dollars by governments, but the way things are shaping up in Europe, the US, and indeed here in Australia, it won't be long before the system completely fails.
There simply isn't enough capital in the world to bail out the financial system again. Not even the wholesale pilfering and expropriation of private pension funds, as has already started in Hungary, Argentina, France, Ireland… and yes, don't forget about Australia.
The Great Depression the politicians told you had been avoided in 2008 was merely postponed to a later date. And unfortunately that date is approaching. That's why we're happy to hold gold and silver as an insurance policy.
Alternately, you could continue to think that the NAB just had a tiny little software problem and everything is fine again! I'll let you make up your own mind on that.
Kris Sayce
For Money Morning Australia


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SingTel Optus has been granted early access to the 700 megahertz radio spectrum it hopes will supercharge its 4G mobile network and help it cut Telstra's dominance of the $18.5 billion market.
Spectrum is the valuable electronic airspace that is required by all broadcast technologies and the 700 megahertz band is considered to be the best available for mobile services.
Optus bought $649 million worth of it in 2013 at the same auction in which Telstra purchased $1.3 billion worth. The spectrum was due to be released from January 1, 2015, but telecommunications providers have been lobbying for early access.
From Wednesday, Optus customers in Darwin and Perth's central business districts will gain access to 4G services using 700 megahertz spectrum as part of the company's first commercial test.
This deployment will affect "thousands of customers", with other sites across Australia expected to be switched on over time.
"For all of the telcos [roll out in rural areas first] is where it makes the most sense because we've already got 4G coverage turned on in the big city areas," Optus networks managing director Vic McClelland said.
Mr McClelland has previously said Optus thinks its network will catch up to that of arch rival Telstra by 2016. The mobile service market generated around $18.4 billion in revenues during financial year 2012-13.
But a Telstra spokesman said the company would be getting early access to the spectrum in six locations from Wednesday.
These included, Perth, Fremantle and Esperance in Western Australia; as well as Mildura in Victoria; Mt Isa in Queensland; and Griffith in NSW.
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Chennai (IANS) Feb 21, 2013
The Indian space agency will February 25 put into orbit seven foreign satellites including an Indo-French collaborative satellite SARAL and thus earn much wanted revenue.
"The launch of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C20 (PSLV-C20) is currently fixed for February 25 evening," sources in the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said.
"The rocket will blast off from the Sriharikota rocket launch centre (around 80 km from here) carrying seven satellites, totally weighing around 700 kg," a source in ISRO said.
According to ISRO, the rocket is expected to escape the earth's gravitational force at around 6 pm and inject the satellites in sun synchronous orbit (SSO) at around 785 km.
Officials said that assembly of satellites began on Thursday afternoon and is expected to be completed by Friday night.
After mating the satellites with the rocket, a full system check - rocket and satellites - will be carried out before fixing the heat shield, the protective gear that safeguards the satellites against damages when the rocket crosses the atmosphere.
The launch window will be open on February 22-25. During the 59 hour countdown, the systems will be checked and the rocket will be fueled.
Speaking about SARAL (Satellite for ARGOS and ALTIKA), Indian officials said the French gave the two payloads - ARGOS and ALTIKA) while ISRO provided satellite bus (satellite frame) and built the satellite.
"The data generated by SARAL will be shared by France and India whereas the other five satellites would be launched on commercial basis," an ISRO official said.
The SARAL will carry an Altimeter (ALTIKA) for studying the sea surface heights and ARGOS payload, which is a satellite based data collection platform.
Interestingly, PSLV-C20 will sling into orbit two Canadian satellite NEOSSat (Near Earth Object Space Surveillance Satellite), the world's first space telescope designed by Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and Sapphire satellite built by MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA).
According to CSA, the satellite NEOSSat will detect and track asteroids and satellites circling the globe every 100 minutes and scanning space near the Sun to pin point otherwise almost invisible asteroids.
The satellite will also be useful in tracking resident space objects including space debris.
On the other hand Sapphire will look for resident space objects that includes functioning satellites and space debris circling between 6,000 km and 40,000 km above the earth.
The other four satellites to be carried by PSLV-C20 are BRITE and UniBRITE (both Austria), STRAND (Britain) and AAUSAT (Denmark).
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A candidate to become the University of Georgia's No. 2 administrator praised recent "bold decisions" at UGA to add an engineering school and a health sciences campus.
But university researchers here and at other universities have to cooperate more across academic boundaries in the face of changing federal research priorities and the harsh new economic realities, said Pamela Whitten, the dean of Michigan State University's College of Communication Arts and Sciences.
"We need to have a new sense of urgency in higher education," said Whitten, a national authority on telemedicine who once ran the state telemedicine program in Kansas.
Whitten's was the first of four talks in the UGA Chapel scheduled for finalists to succeed Jere Morehead as UGA's senior vice president for academic affairs and provost. Morehead stepped up to the UGA presidency July 1.
The deans of all UGA's 17 colleges and schools report to the provost, along with five of UGA's 10 vice presidents.
State governments across the country, including Michigan and Georgia, have cut appropriations for public higher education. That means universities have to raise more of their own money in ways such as fundraising and selling services, she said.
"We are all fundraisers now," Whitten said.
About 70 percent of U.S. college students attend public colleges or universities, which produce about 60 percent of the country's doctoral graduates and pull in 60 percent of federal research dollars, Whitten said.
But because of eroding state financial support, Moody's downgraded its economic outlook for higher education earlier this year, she pointed out. At the same time, colleges are expected to turn out more graduates and do a better job of educating them.
That means universities will have to change to meet the new challenges, she said.
"We're all trying to get a handle on this," she said in her half-hour talk.
Whitten listed some things about UGA that particularly impressed her as she studied up on the university in preparation for seeking the job here. She specifically mentioned a project studying clouds in space, the university's obesity initiative and the university's economic development efforts.
"I'm impressed with the obvious commitment to students," she said.
Whitten was more cautious about the future of online courses at UGA.
"It's an interesting model," she said. But just how universities will use online coursework remains to be seen.
"What do you want to do and who do you want to reach and how do you want to do it?" she asked.
One professor in her Michigan State college had good results teaching a course during the summer, when students are scattered across the world, said Whitten, who got her undergraduate degree in management at Tulane University, a master's degree in organizational communication at the University of Kentucky, and a Ph.D. in health communication at the University of Kansas.
Three more candidates will give talks in the Chapel, beginning Monday with José Luis Bermúdez, dean of the Texas A&M University College of Liberal Arts. Each talk is scheduled for 9:30 a.m.
Jeff Roberts, dean of the Purdue University College of Science, is scheduled for Oct. 28, and Kimberly Andrews Espy, vice president of research and innovation and dean of the University of Oregon Graduate School, is scheduled Nov. 4.
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L.A. underground emcee SUBTITLE has been active in the urban underworld of southern California for many years. Originally involved with the highly-respected Project Blowed crew (ACEYALONE, MURS, etc.), and then with WEEKEND SCIENCE EXPERIMENT and the SHAPE-SHIFTERS. SUBTITLE steadily made a name for himself as a truly off-kilter and unpredictable wordsmith and crafter of twisted beats. While the "players" of mainstream and indie hip-hop alike were occupying themselves with bling acquisition and image-creation, SUBTITLE's nose-to-the-grindstone output for years consisted of simple homemade CD's and cassettes with hand-drawn covers, sampling the likes of SONIC YOUTH rather than the predictable sources such as FUNKADELIC, etc. His peculiar output and lovable persona, together with his towering 7-foot frame, has made SUBTITLE a unique and immediately-recognizable presence among his peers.
Eventually joining forces with GSL in 2003, SUBTITLE released the relatively bizarre, undeniably boundary-pushing "I'm Always Recovering from Tomorrow" EP, which featured production from Adlib aka Thavius Beck. That same year his project Lab Waste, also with Thavius Beck released an album titled.
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Giovanni is also a producer, and has remixed tracks and composed original work for artists such as 2Mex, Daedelus, Kill Me Tomorrow, From Monument to Masses, NoCanDo, Year Future, and others.
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Add autumn color. Add these plants to your landscape now for years of fall color. Trees: crape myrtle ( Lagerstroemia hybrids), honey locust ( Gleditsia triacanthos 'Sunburst'), maidenhair tree ( Ginkgo biloba; plant fruitless male trees), and smoke tree (Cotinus coggygria). Shrubs: cotoneaster, dwarf red-leaf plum (Prunus x cistena), and Japanese barberry.
Start cool-season vegetables. Prepare beds by digging in a 4- to 6-inch layer of compost or well-aged manure. Sunset climate zones 1a-3b: Sow seeds of bok choy, carrots, chard, kale, lettuce, radishes, and spinach; plant garlic cloves (see Planting Garlic). Zones 10-13: As soon as daytime temperatures stay below 100°, sow seeds of arugula, beets, bok choy, carrots, chard, fava beans, kale, kohlrabi, leeks, lettuce, peas, and turnips. Plant onion sets and set out transplants of broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, and chives. More: Guide to salad gardens
Plant palms. Zones 11-13: Take advantage of remaining warm weather by adding palms to your landscape. Suggested kinds include date palm (Phoenix dactylifera), Guadalupe palm (Brahea edulis), Mediterranean fan palm (Chamaerops humilis), Mexican blue palm (Brahea armata), and pindo palm (Butia capitata).
Set out spring bulbs. Zones 1a-3b, 10: Plant spring-blooming bulbs, including crocus, daffodils, hyacinths, and tulips. If you have cannas, dahlias, or gladiolus, dig up bulbs and tubers now and store in a cool, dry place for the winter. Zones 11-13: For best selection, buy allium, callas, crocus, freesia, hyacinths, narcissus, and zephyranthes bulbs now; put into paper bags and store in the crisper section of the refrigerator (away from fruit) until October, when soil is cooler, then plant them in the garden. Step-by-step: Planting bulbs in pots
Sow sweet peas. For luscious spring fragrance and color, you can't beat sweet peas. Soak seeds in water overnight to speed germination, then sow seeds 1 inch deep and 2 inches apart in enriched soil. Renee's Garden Seeds sells dozens of varieties, including early bloomers like 'Chiffon Elegance' and 'Velvet Elegance' as well as the new 'Electric Blue', 'Pastel Sunset', and 'Watermelon'.
Start strawberries. Zones 10-13: In well-drained, enriched soil, set out plants now to encourage growth, since bigger more mature plants mean more fruit next spring. Water deeply and regularly to reduce salt buildup in the root zone and protect from frost in colder areas. Varieties that grow well in the Southwest include 'Camarosa', 'Chandler', and 'Sequoia'.
Conserve water. Check out the website www.wateruseitwisely.com for advice on reducing water use indoors and out. One clever idea: Use ice cubes to water hanging plants, which helps reduce runoff. You can also request a free copy of the booklet Landscape Watering by the Numbers and download lists of low-water plants for your area.
Rejuvenate roses. Zones 1a-3b, 10: Let faded blossoms remain on plants to form fruits (called hips); this helps plants make the transition to winter. Zones 11-13: On hybrid roses, prune out dead or damaged canes, then cut remaining canes back by one-third. Fertilize and water thoroughly to encourage fall bloom.


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Thanks again for a fabulous week. Polzeath is amazing and I am so glad we got to stay there. The playroom especially is wonderful. The children couldn't have had a better holiday!
Hopefully we will be back next year, just need to work out when will be the best time for us as Grace starts school in September
Thank you all so much for a truly wonderful week and thank you all for being so kind and welcoming. We all had an amazing week and there were too many highlights to count! I did a little photo collage for Grace's nursery and we had so many magic moments that it was difficult to choose which photos to put in (I've attached it)! I've been really inspired to get outdoors a lot more with my two! Everything from the feed run to the activity hour was such an adventure for the children and we are so glad we came again. Also wanted to say thank you to Farmer Nick for Grace's quail egg – she cooked it and a it with her dad as soon as she got it home!
See you again hopefully!
Julie Vertessy and family
Thanks for a fantastic time. We really missed the feed run this morning!
Susy sent us a wonderful email which I shared on the Coombe Mill Blog here
"I would recommend anyone to visit you, and will be telling all my friends about it. And as you know, we will be returning."
"There is a reason why we have stayed at Coombe Mill three times and have a fourth trip booked in August; it is one of the most magical places we've ever been to." Read all about staying at Heligan lodge and some helpful holiday tips for staying with us here. You can also catch up on previous visits from the same family through these links 2013 at Coombe Mill 2012 at Coombe Mill and again 2012
This lovely family found us via twitter and wrote a wonderful review of their "Best family holiday ever" quite unprompted. You can read their post here
We just wanted to thank you for another lovely stay at Coombe Mill and all that you do to make it such an amazing place to come and relax and be with the family. We love coming and you have made it so special!
Jennie, Steve and family
"A perfect Holiday" Read Rachael's full review on her blog here Rachael is an author and her "Sealed with a Kiss" novel is a wonderful light hearted romantic holiday read and even features at holiday here at Coombe Mill!
LOVE your place. We've stayed in many places in Cornwall, yours is the best by far. Read more of Sian's visit on her blog here
Our holiday at Coombe Mill was one to remember and we will be going back for more! Read Kirsty's Coombe Mill review on her blog here
Just wanted to say thank you for lovely time last week, Louis really enjoyed it and hasn't stopped asking about Farmer Nick!
Lisa, Marc and Louis Edmans.
We had an amazing week at Coombe Mill. We were so impressed by the accomodation and facilities, as well as loving meeting the animals. We are recommending you to all our friends and shall certainly return ourselves.
August 2012 – Jane & Neil Hawkins
Finding a holiday that allows us, as parents a break, and keeps a 4 year old and a 12 year old happy is a challenge in itself, Coombe Mill delivered on all counts!
Read their full review on their blog
Stacey is about to turn 10 and we have been coming since the very first day you took over and she was a baby in arms. Everything is always scruplesly clean – I wish we could come more often!
Perfect…so much more than we expected! The welcoming nature of the hosts and the charming atmosphere is second to none. Cornwalls best kept secret!!
Thank you once again for a wonderful holiday! never disappoints! The piglets were a definate highlight, and the lovely weather was a great bonus. Can't wait to return again next year – as jess said, "but a year is SO LONG!"
I just wanted to let you know we had a great time staying in Honeysuckle last week – thank you!
March 2012 – Kirsty Sharrock
Thank you for our lovely holiday escape to the country.
Read the full review here: http://southwarkbelle.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/escape-to-country.html?spref=tw
March 2012 – Liz Burton
Thank you Fiona, Nick and Family, for our amazing holiday. We're already planning our return trip!
Catch Liz's full holiday review here http://missielizzie-meandmyshadow.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/coombe-mill-home-from-home.html
We returned yesterday from another lovely holiday at Coombe Mill, many thanks for making this such an enjoyable break for my family.
November 2011 – Mathew Horne
We would like to thank you, Nick, Ted and everyone else at Coombe Mill for a wonderful week. The holiday completely lived up to our expectations – which were very high! Felix in particular loved every moment and since returning home has been asking to go back to the "holiday farm" and to see his favourite rabbit "Brownie". I'm sure we'll be back one day as I expect he and Sylvie wi'll enjoy it even more when a little older and bigger.
Thank you guys so much for yet another fantastic holiday from the Odells and Lakeys. Been coming to Coombe now for over 16 years and always have such a wonderful relaxing time. Lovely to see how your family are consistently making improvements each year by adding new animals, accommodation etc. Your enthusiasm is the same as when you first took over which is brilliant. Coombe will always be a holiday favourite with us and we will be back!!! xx
October 2011 – Camilla Cary-Elwes
Just wanted to say a huge thank you for our two-night stay last week in the gorgeous Honeysuckle cottage. We had such a fabulous time. Really idyllic and such a wonderful place for our son Wilfred to explore. Have been raving about it to all the other parents I know! I hope we'll be back next year for a full week.
September 2011 – Rachel Prentice
A fantastic place to go for a family holiday. The children can really get involved and dont want to go home! My little boy loved it and cant wait to go back next year.
September 2011 – George Wright
Thank you for a great time, excellent place enjoyed by all.
August 2011 – Sarah Shepherd
We had our best ever family holiday with you (so much better than Euro Disney!!). We're hoping to come back again next year.
We returned on saturday from a weeks holiday at Coombe Mill. We all had a wonderful time, we have two children one pre school and one at school and they both enjoyed the holiday. Although we were busy with visiting animals, going to the play areas and meeting new people, it was a very relaxing holiday. We felt no urgency to dash anywhere or fill our days with days out as there was so much to do on the farm and our children were content with being there. Our youngest daughter loved the rabbits and the peacocks and the eldest thought farmer Nick was great. The feedrun was brilliant and Farmer Nick gave us lots of information and made a little girl very happy on her final day by being very aware that all she wanted to do was find a egg and he (very secretly) made sure she did – thankyou farmer Nick! We even used the key stage worksheets which our eldest loved – all very well thought out. We stayed in the riverside lodge, which was what it is advertised as – small and basic – but it met our needs perfectly. We were all sad to leave and hope to return next summer.
August 2011 – Darren Saywer
My parents started visiting Coombe Mill back in the 60's & 70's and took my brother and I many times when we were younger. My wife and I have just returned from taking our own children there for the 5th time. Thanks for a brilliant week. The kids thoroughly enjoyed themselves and are desperate to come back next year. Thanks to Farmer Ted too, who was brilliant on the feed runs! Also followed his advice and had a really good 4 hour journey home!
June 2011 – Rosemarrie Barton
Have just got back from a lovely holiday at coombe mill, kids really enjoyed themselves. Beautiful setting, great fun with the animals and have booked to come again next year, thank you for making it a great holiday.
Hi farmer Nick and Fiona, just wanted to say that we're home from having the most wonderful and magical week at Coombe Mill. We were all very sad to be leaving but hope to see you all again very soon. Take care and all the best, the Hennessy family.


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Lindsey Vonn will have surgery next week to repair two torn ligaments in her right knee. Vonn tore her ACL and MLC and broke a bone in her lower leg during a crash at the World Championships in Schladming, Austria.
Following her accident, Vonn said that she planned to rehab her knee in time for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. In a statement following her injury, Vonn revealed:
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Vonn will fly home to Vail, Colorado from Austria, at which time she will undergo surgery.
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PAKTIYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan — It's 2230, dark, the sound of military vehicles rumble in the motor pool. The soldiers of 1st Platoon, 402nd Sapper Company, huddle together and join hands. With heads bowed and eyes closed, 1st Lt. Kenny Klinner begins to pray.
He thanks God for another day to serve with the men around him and prays for wisdom and protection during the mission ahead. As the men break from prayer, they make their final preparations before heading out to conduct a route clearance patrol in eastern Afghanistan.
This mission is a daily routine for the men of 402nd Sapper Company and resembles any other route clearance patrol across theater. Combat engineers are tasked throughout Afghanistan to clear designated routes of all unexploded ordnance and improvised explosive devices. This allows the infantry the ability to maneuver freely, Afghan National Army and coalition logistics to be transported safely, and Afghan civilians to travel unharmed.
The imminent roadside bomb threat on Afghan routes makes the patrol a critical task for the continued movement of military units across the battlefield.
On missions, the platoon travels along the designated route looking for IEDs. They focus on picking up enemy patterns, identifying known indicators and coordinating movement through enemy hot spots.
Once the platoon suspects a roadside bomb, they interrogate the site and confirm or deny any emplacement. Because combat engineers are trained on basic demolition, they are authorized to blow the explosive in place and continue their patrol.
"It's the last real mission that directly correlates to the safety of Afghan civilians," said Spc. Cory Dums, a machine gunner with the platoon, while scanning his sector and discussing the importance of the route-clearance mission.
Combat engineers conduct route-clearance operations on all major routes throughout Afghanistan. It has been an engineer mission throughout the war.
As the platoon enters the city of Gardez and nears the end of its 10-hour patrol, it is greeted by the hustle and bustle of the morning routine. Business owners begin to set up shops, farmers tend crops, and children play in the fields. It is the sound of the convoy that attracts the young ones to the road. The Afghan children shuffle forward, timid, with their thumbs in the sky as the military convoy passes by. It is a moment of appreciation for the soldiers of 1st platoon, a quick reminder of the important mission they willingly execute every day.


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"The purpose of the trip was to wrestle a dual meet with Iowa State. The tournament was a secondary purpose, but it allowed us to get some other people matches," says coach Craig Turnbull. "For those that wrestled two matches yesterday, we did not want to wrestle them in a whole tournament. We purposefully set a number of matches. The weekend was overall very good for us, and we grew as a team through the experience."
"A few of the extra guys that we brought wrestled really well. Tim Wheeling wrestled extremely well and gained valuable experience," Turnbull says. "Colabucci, who is second on our depth chart, wrestling in the finals was very good for our program."