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Spider Shepherd is up against the most violent enemies he's ever encountered. Somali pirates have kidnapped the crew of a yacht in a brutal attack, and are demanding a huge ransom in return for the hostages. The pirates have chilling terrorist ambitions in the UK, and are making terrible plans to change the London skyline forever. Thousands of lives are on the line. Spider is sent to sea on an undercover mission to stop the pirates. But time is running out.
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This is the first Stephen Leather book I have experienced. Paul Thornton's reading is excellent showing a convincing range of voices to characterised Leather's people The story has many different and complex layers striding effortlessly from Balfast to London to North Africa and the Indian Ocean. My one reservation is the description of sexual violence. I cringed as the words rounded on the horrid specifics of rape ...I was tempted to end the reading though thankfully the writer used the situation to drive the story forward and the violence, whilst remaining horrid, was used as a part of the architecture holding the story together. However, good though the story is it not for the faint hearted.
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If you enjoyed other Stephen Leather novels, you'll like this one too. It's ably read by Paul Thornley, NOT Paul Thornton as it says on the website. Paul Thornley has narrated many of Stephen Leather's books and if anything, he does an even better job with this one. With previous novels, he had a tendency to pause a little too long at the end of a sentence when saying something like "... said Jack" but he doesn't do it with this book.
"The Spider with two legs and nine lives"
Unrealistic romp. Engaging for the ears, though not the brain. Paul Thorley narrates brilliantly as ever. His style of presentation is so conversational that it is very easy to forget you are not there!
"The long and winding road"
Actually I like S. Leather, listened to most of what Audible offers. This is by far the worst in the Spider Sheperd-series unless you really want to learn alot about cargo-ships in a droning lecture that seems to go on forever. The plot drags on competely predictable and the poorly developed parallel-plot comes to such a sudden end that you really have to ask yourself if the author didn't find the time to finish the book properly.
"Another Great Entry In The Spider Shepherd Series!"
This is the 8th in the Dan "Spider" Shepherd series centred around the work of a uncover British agent. I love Stephen Leather's books across the board but the Spider Shepherd series is probably my favourite. You don't have to have read any of the previous books before reading this one but I do feel a certain warmth towards many of the characters because at least half a dozen of them have appeared in previous books. The story is based around Shepherd working undercover to stop Somali pirates whilst his previous work in Ireland starts to catch up with him. It was a page turner for me and I've now moved straight on to "False Friends", the next in the series. Highly recommended if you like undercover military/espionage thrillers leaning towards an Andy McNab style at times.
"Great fun"
Fair Game was a fine, fast read, with the pages flying by for 15 hours. This is great action material that is brought to life by the fine narration of Paul Thornley. I don't know if the Daniel Shepherd MI5 character is a new addition to Leather's repertoire, but in any case, I want to see more of this guy. Fair Game is a winner.
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When financial institutions fail and people lose their confidence, investors begin looking for other ways to capitalize on their wealth. And one of those ways has been with classic cars. While the rest of the economy tanked, collector cars continued to climb. According to Hagerty's "Cars That Matter" index, prices for collectible post-war automobiles has gone up 67% from 2006 to the end of last year, while Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped 5.9% over the same time period. Those are some compelling numbers, which have compelled many investors to put their equity into rolling assets.
That's the basis for the formation of IGA Automobile, an upstart investment fund that aims to buy and re-sell some of the finest automobiles they can get their hands on. Among their targeted acquisitions are the Ferrari 250 GTO (like the one pictured above), Aston Martin DB4 Zagato, Ford GT40, McLaren F1, Shelby Daytona and Porsche 917. Of course they'll have to find buyers willing to part with their cars to turn them around, but the fund plans on investing some $150 million over the course of 7 years and turn a 15% profit for its investors.
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I like both places but Silver City is impossible to get into if you don't want to wait 30 mins on a weekend. They are also pretty spendy for smaller portions. I like Hales but we used to have a professional group meet for lunch there using their "media" room and we paid the automatic increase in tip added to our check without complaint. Then this last time they told us they had changed their policy and they had a $300 reserve that had to be equaled or bigger than the amount of food ordered. With 10-15 people that was not going to happen nor as an organizer was I going to put my personal money down. For hurting for business they sure did turn away a decent tipping group of educated professionals who were not demanding at all.
Go to the Bremerton Bar & Grill. You can use their "Vault Room" for free for the first 2 hours. I have used it for borthday parties and it was great.
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I can't schedule it for Tuesday, because it could just as easily be done Wednesday or Thursday. But if I don't schedule it, how will it ever get done in a reasonable amount of time? I can anticipate a couple of practices to this problem, but am eager to hear how other people address this same issue.
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I tried Marvel Heroes. Couldn't get a controller mapped well and don't care for mouse and keyboard controls. I just deleted it. Plus it was hella expensive.
I tried Marvel Heroes. Couldn't get a controller mapped well and don't care for mouse and keyboard controls. I just deleted it. Plus it was hella expensive.
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I've been playing Lego Marvel Superheroes for a while now. In my opinion, it's one of the better Lego games in terms of fun-to-play characters, though I found the main story a little on the short side. But then it has a large-ish open world similar to Lego Batman 2, that additionally has mini-levels scattered around Manhattan.
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Playing AC: Black Flag on PS4.
Game is fun but IMO Ubisoft blew it.
The AC theme is forced on this game just to reel in a preexisting audience.
They should have made it a full blown pirate game, free of those encumbrances and thus launched a new franchise.
It would have been even better then without the forced, thin, storyline that came with bolting on the AC theme and pirates are very marketable so it would not have been that big of a leap of faith (pun intended)
The highlight is the ship battle mechanics. Very addicting.
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Horn is the next iOS effort from Dark Meadow dev
Phosphor Games has detailed its next mobile gaming effort, a fantasy adventure called Horn. According to IGN's hands-on report, the third-person action game is fully navigable and explorable, unlike the on-rails experience offered by similarly beautiful rival Infinity Blade. The screens look pretty damn shiny and so does the commitment to pure tap controls – no virtual buttons. Phosphor's last release, Dark Meadow, garnered plenty of fans, so keep an eye out for Horn; no release date has ben announced.
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The Dark Meadow Deluxe Edition VGAs trailer released
As revealed the the VGAs over the weekend, indie iOS horror title The Dark Meadow is on the way to Android devices with enough grunt – namely, a Tegra 3 – to power its Unreal Engine-powered graphics. This Deluxe Edition version isn't a straight port, but will feature upgraded graphics and tech; crossbows at the ready for early next year. A trailer for this extra shiny release is available through the break.
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Two early Awakened trailers plus 15 minutes of Hero
Is it morbid fascination with the deceased Midway and its not-quite-swansong Hero that makes us so interested in Awakened? Not, it's that is sounds bloody brilliant. Two trailers have turned up, in their rough-and-ready pre-alpha state, and you may gaze on them through the jump.


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Saturday, January 9, 2010
Scirocco just won't let it go.
Public Works Commissioner Anthony Scirocco has filed a grievance against City Attorney Joseph Scala with Risk and Safety Manager Marilyn Rivers, accusing Scala of throwing the envelope at him near a staircase in City Hall during a heated argument Dec. 16 over who would deliver employee layoff notices.
"The fact is it happened and something needs to be done," Scirocco said Friday. "I'm not going to let it go unanswered." The City Council met in executive session this week without Scirocco to discuss how to defend itself in the case. The case is consuming the time of some city leaders, who hope to have the matter resolved by the City Council's next meeting on Jan. 19, Franck said.
So there we have it folks little Skippy's got his panties in a bunch.
Seems his feeling got hurt and he doesn't like to be made into a laughing stock. Well sorry Scirocco this blog is now listed on Craig's list so not only will Saratoga Springs know what an idiot you are but the nation will be informed. In the mean time I am proposing that a new statue of you be commissioned for Congress Park, something to fit your temperament.
I also hear you are building a new "mancave"
for yourself and "Big Deal O'Neil" must be nice to be building yourself a bar on the taxpayers dime while the laid off rank and file line up outside the soup kitchen. We know what this is about, you're looking for a quick payday to soothe your fluffed feathers. Well now my feathers are a little fluffed. I think I have post traumatic stress time to call my attorney and have him pull the trigger on Kim. And since he was not working for the city at the time the city has no reason to indemnify him. Ain't that just too bad.
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Notice how the Saratogian doesn't have a word on this story. What a piece of shit useless rag.
- January 9, 2010 at 10:41 AM
John call us please.We are the experts on bullshit claims.What ever your attorney can get we can double.
- January 9, 2010 at 10:46 AM
respect-to hold in esteem or honor:Scirocco you sir do not deserve it.
PS father Joe Go fuck yourself.you or Tighe or anyone else can tell me what to do or think. - January 9, 2010 at 12:20 PM
With all of other worries going on for the city and taxpayers, layoffs, taxes, stores leaving downtown, Skippy has to file a complaint because he was hit with a envelope!! Mr Scirocco should be ashamed of himself. What did you do Skippy, to provoke this action in the first place?
- January 9, 2010 at 12:54 PM
Hey John,
Don't forget to put a little extra in the collection plate this week. We will pray for you and hope you land a huge settlement. The church needs a new roof and steeple. How about taking it easy on Skipperoo. He's a good catholic boy. - January 9, 2010 at 2:22 PM
It's called the Chief Moore Personal Wealth Stategy:
Claim emotional harm from a fellow city employee over some stupid BS, file a claim and settle for a large sum.
How do we fight back against these bastards?
John, let's start with you. File your claim agaisnt the Mad Korean.
Then offer a trade with Skipper after he files his own claim. You'll drop your claim if he does the same. We'll see just how much loyalty he has to his Master Ron.
How's that? - January 9, 2010 at 2:45 PM
A person would be judged by the truthfulness of the public statement made...however the stripe sprewed from the anus you use as a mouth, place that writer's crediblitiy squarely in the toilet!
The right to dissent or make accusations doesn't include or permit the worthless mumblings and continous false statements or outright invented lies from a Mind of Fecal
Matter! Pick out someone your own size...
attack a cockroach aka Ben Lives!
Low Life Bitch eat Shit & Die! - January 9, 2010 at 2:57 PM
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Who ever is the Asshole producing this garbage...
Anywhere! Anytime! Scrumbag! - January 9, 2010 at 3:04 PM
The TU had a good story about it. What a waste of taxpayer money this is.
- January 9, 2010 at 3:06 PM
but he WAS working for the city at the time of the incident
you have a big payday coming !
you'll be able to buy a house in Florida, right next to Moore! - January 9, 2010 at 3:40 PM
Fuck him Joe.Tell him to stick his envelopes up his ass.
- January 9, 2010 at 6:29 PM
Maybe his needs the money to buy son Mark Scirocco aka demroc a new double wide.
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Scirocco catholic my ass.He won't even go to old St Pete's the working man's, old school Irish and Italian church.He hangs out with the lace curtain Irish and old mob Italians on the the east side at St Clements. That Scirocco's problem he forgot his roots thinks he's better than the rest of us.Sue Kim Tighe than give the money to Catholic charities and have your picture taken and put that on your blog
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Avik Roy, a conservative health care economist and prominent critic of Obamacare, found even better results for Ohio. His model found premiums will drop by 30 percent in Ohio, although they'll rise by 24 percent on average for 13 states, including Ohio, and the District of Columbia as a whole. Unlike RAND, Roy's calculations don't take subsidies into account, so the final cost for the average Ohioan is likely much lower.
The numbers only apply to Ohioans in the individual health insurance market. Under Obamacare, individuals will be able to enroll for health insurance through an online marketplace. The majority of Americans who get health insurance through their employers or public programs fall under different rules and regulations.
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Twice during his speech the president was interrupted by audience
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fetuses before being dragged out by about five law enforcement officers. Both were
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Political rallies always draw a number of the loyal opposition,
and this late-evening appearance was no different. Only five people protested
near the line to the arena, but what they lacked in number they attempted to
make up for in message.
One large sign read "Obama: 666" and another "Obama is the Beast,"
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A man who only identified himself as Brooks carried a large
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"I'm here to stand up for the innocent blood that has been shed
in this land to the tune of 56 million," Brooks said. He said he was opposed to
the politics of both major party presidential candidates.
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Antichrist, just like Romney," Brooks said.
Brooks said his message for those in line was for them to vote
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Democrats are calling for the resignation of Ohio State Board of Education President Debe Terhar, who compared President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler in a Facebook post.
The Columbus Dispatch reported Terhar
posted an image of Adolf Hitler on her personal Facebook page that read, "Never forget
what this tyrant said: 'To conquer a nation, first disarm its citizens.'
— Adolf Hitler."
Terhar, a Cincinnati Republican, insists she
was not comparing Obama to Hitler. She told The Dispatch that people who know her understand she was describing the "need to step back and think about it and look at history."
When looking at history, there is no evidence Hitler actually said the quote in question. The Nazi leader referenced disarming the "subject races," according to Hitler's Table Talk, but the direct quote Terhar posted is unverifiable.
"I'm not comparing the president to Adolf Hitler," Terhar said. "It's the thought of disarming citizens, and this has happened throughout history. What's the true intention of the Second Amendment? It was to protect us from a tyrannical government, God forbid."
Terhar's stance could have an impact on school policies. She told The Dispatch, "Schools are gun-free zones. If you have someone who is bent on causing harm, where are they going to go? To a place where there is little chance of resistance."
But when looking at different countries and states, the Harvard Injury Control Research Center found a correlation between more guns and more homicides. More specifically, men and women in places with more firearms are at a larger risk for gun-related homicide.
Terhar was elected Jan. 14 by the 19-member Ohio State Board of Education to serve as president.
No matter what a politician says, coal has never been and can't be "clean" or serve as an "alternative" fuel that's good for the environment. On position held by many groups is that limiting the use of coal is necessary to create the incentive to come up with energy alternatives that truly don't harm the environment. The League of Women Voters is one of those groups.
The bill was the topic of discussion at a Senate Insurance, Commerce and Labor Committee hearing on Nov. 27. At the hearing, supporters argued the bill would stop compensating illegal workers who aren't supposed to be in Ohio to begin with. But opponents argue that the details in the bill add too many extra problems.
In fact, the bill might be going after a problem that doesn't even exist. At an earlier hearing, Seitz, a Republican, said the state does not collect data on the immigration status of workers receiving compensation. To Brian Hoffman of Innovation Ohio, this means there's no way to know if the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC) has ever compensated a single undocumented worker. "It just seems curious that this bill is being introduced and has gotten three hearings when there's no proof that it's actually even an issue," he says.
Hoffman is also worried that the bill is imposing a new regulatory burden on BWC without providing additional funds. In his view, the state agency is essentially being told to do more without additional resources to prepare or train regulators. Considering how complicated the immigration issue can get, this makes Hoffman doubt the agency will be able to properly carry out the new regulations.
From a broader perspective, the bill imposes regulatory hurdles on all injured workers just so they can get compensation they're entitled to under state law. "Talk about kicking someone when they're down," Hoffman says.
But the burden could hit Hispanics even harder and lead to more discrimination in the workplace. After all, when employers are clearing legal statuses, who are they more likely to question, someone with a name like "Dexter Morgan" or someone with a name like "Angel Batista"?
In Hoffman's view, the state should leave immigration issues to the federal government and worry about more pressing issues: "Why is the state legislature even wasting its time on the issue? There are plenty of really good ideas to bring jobs back to Ohio. Why aren't they focused on those?"
The bill is still in committee, but it's been the subject of multiple hearings. It's unlikely the Ohio Senate will take it up in what's left of the lame-duck session, but it could come back in the next year.
CityBeat was unable to reach Seitz for comment despite repeated attempts through phone and email, in addition to a scheduled interview that was canceled. This story will be updated if comment becomes available.
The Enquirer's sole remaining editorial writer is among the employees who will be departing the newspaper as part of a round of "early retirement" buyouts.
Executives accepted the buyout application submitted by Ray Cooklis, the newspaper's editorial page editor, multiple sources have confirmed. Cooklis assumed control of The Enquirer's Op/Ed pages in July 2009 when his predecessor, David Wells, was laid off.
Cooklis, who also is a classically trained pianist and previously served as a music critic, didn't respond to an email this morning seeking comment.
In recent months, the daily newspaper has been criticized in journalism circles and on some blogs for only publishing one original, locally produced editorial a week, so it's unclear what impact Cooklis' departure will have.
Sources say others who are leaving The Enquirer include Features Editor Dave Caudill; photographer Glenn Hartong; reporter Steve Kemme, who covers eastern Hamilton County; Copy Desk Chief Sue Lancaster; Bill Thompson, a sports copy editor and occasional music critic; and Copy Editor Tim Vondebrink.
CityBeat confirmed Tuesday that political columnist Howard Wilkinson and longtime photographer Michael Keating also were leaving the newspaper.
The Gannett Co., The Enquirer's corporate owner, announced the buyout offer Feb. 9 and gave employees 45 days to decide whether to apply for the deal.
Under the deal, newspaper employees who are age 56 or older and have at least 20 years of service with Gannett as of March 31 are eligible. The Enquirer's goal is to eliminate 26 positions through the buyouts, sources said.
As part of reductions mandated by Gannett, The Enquirer has laid off about 150 workers during the past two years. Also, employees have had to take five unpaid furloughs during the past three years.
Of the departures announced so far, Cooklis' resignation could have the most immediate impact for readers.
Some progressive voices in Cincinnati dislike Cooklis because he is ardently right-wing in his opinions; they believe he too frequently blasted Democratic politicians, while turning a blind eye to excesses by their Republican counterparts and local corporations. Further, Cooklis lacked the courage to criticize some of the people and institutions that are among The Enquirer's many sacred cows, they added.
Still, Cooklis' departure is a bad omen for local news, with some media observers worried that it means The Enquirer has abandoned its First Amendment duty to hold powerful people accountable for their deeds.
Virginia-based Gannett also owns USA Today, more than 100 newspapers nationwide and 23 TV stations.
(**UPDATE: Glenn Hartong is not taking the buyout. Despite some sources at The Enquirer saying that he was, Hartong is only 51 years old and, thus, ineligible.)
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Here we go again: The early, early forecasts of Atlantic hurricane activity which don't have any great track record for accuracy, but which everyone loves to yammer about have now been released.
One comes from Phil Klotzbach and Dr. William Gray of Colorado State University (PDF). They are forecasting a busy year: 15 named storms, 8 hurricanes, 4 intense ones, and an enhanced probability of an intense landfall in the USA.
The other forecast comes from the British group Tropical Storm Risk (PDF). They forecast percentages of storms, but come up with something similar: 14.8 named storms, 7.8 hurricanes, 3.5 intense ones. They also see an enhanced U.S. landfall risk.
The two groups are responding to the same atmosphere-ocean conditions, or "predictors" of what the upcoming season would be like. Those include: a current La Nina event in the Pacific ocean (usually conducive to busy Atlantic hurricane seasons, and not expected to flip to El Nino by summer), an expectation of weaker-than-average trade winds over the tropical Atlantic (meaning less evaporation and therefore warmer oceans, as well as more "cyclonic vorticity" and therefore spin-up of storm winds), and an expectation of at least average sea surface temperatures.
Honestly, nobody knows what the season is going to be like, and these forecasts certainly don't count as "evidence." But my outlook, as usual, is one of guarded worry things can be up or down in a given year, but when you consider some recent behavior in the Atlantic, it simply has to bother you.
Consider, for example, a presentation given by National Center for Atmospheric Research hurricane specialist Greg Holland at the last American Meteorological Society meeting, back in January in New Orleans. Noting that we have seen eight Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes in the past 5 years, a number that is simply off the charts in comparison to official records of past activity, Holland questions whether or not these storms might represent a "bellwether" of climate shifts.
Now, having been at that meeting myself, I know that a lot of researchers disagree with Holland about whether you can use a mere eight storms, however extreme, to say anything scientifically defensible. Nevertheless, it's pretty hard to ignore the fact that there have been eight Category 5s in the Atlantic in 5 years, people! Two of them hit land at full strength last year. If this continues, one may eventually hit the USA at full velocity, and that could be a mega disaster.
So now comes the long wait for June 1, the official start to the season even though, honestly, things don't get really active usually until August. Expect the predictions to become more accurate as the season nears. We'll see if they hone in on a consensus.
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Fantasia's Summertime is still the best reality tv performance to date.
Jordan has a good voice in an undeveloped Disney Princess kind of way. It's very sweet and sugary but doesn't have much soul. I agree that it lacks depth.
The moment was nice though.
Fantasia's Summertime is still the best reality tv performance to date.
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At first I wasn't sure why she was picking IWALY, she's got a great voice but I always pegged her as a great pop singer than a real FORCE vocally. But she performed it beautifully, gorgeous vocal runs and she absolutely "stuck to the melody", her transitions were not perfect but she definitely delivered her own little moment there.
I didn't like Fantasia's first album much, but the other two are great. Even Angels is a great pop ballad and it's a shame it never took off.
Even Angels was the soundtrack to my favourite lip-sync duel from RuPaul's Drag Race season 3.
Reflected onto the wet pavement, can you see what I see?
The Fantasia track of choice is "When I See U"
When I See U, Hood Boy and Even Angels are her 3 maxest (and indeed only max) tracks
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I've never got into FANNY to be honest
The only thing I remember about her from the last few years was that Idol perf where she came back to do her new single and Simon sat there AGOG
She sang Bore Me (Yawn), which is actually a great song but I imagine came across as a bit jarring if that performance was the first time you'd heard the song.
Fantasia Top 10:
1. Even Angels
2. I'm Here (from The Color Purple...she has a recorded version on Back to Me)
3. Bore Me (Yawn)
4. Falling in Love Tonight
5. Truth Is
6. I'm Doin' Me
7. When I See U
8. Hood Boy
9. Man Of The House
10. Collard Greens and Cornbread
HM: Baby Makin' Hips, Baby Mama
My favourite thing about Fanny is probably Wendy Williams' deep rooted LOATHING of her
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Ten years ago, I created a conservative asset allocation portfolio and made several seemingly outlandish claims:
It would allow you to manage your money yourself in a highly sophisticated way, without requiring any specialized education or experience. It would require no economic forecasting, market timing or individual stock selection. It would outperform the S&P 500 over the long haul with far less risk than being fully invested in stocks. Annual performance could be easily and independently verified. It would allow you to do a complete end-run around Wall Street and its mountain of fees and expenses.
Most important, it would maximize your most valuable resource – your time – requiring less than 20 minutes a year to implement.
I called it the Gone Fishin' Portfolio and we began listing it in The Oxford Club Communiqué each month. In 2008, John Wiley and Sons published my book "The Gone Fishin' Portfolio: Get Wise, Get Wealthy… and Get On With Your Life." I was surprised by the reception. The book climbed to No. 2 on Amazon the week it was published. The next week it hit The New York Times bestseller list. A few months later, the editors at Amazon chose it as one of "The Top 10 Business and Investment Books of the Year." It has since been translated into several foreign languages, including Chinese and Korean. And the strategy continues to win new adherents. The Wall Street Journal recently asked a selection of business leaders what books they had read lately that had influenced them most. Whole Foods founder and CEO John Mackey wrote, "'The Gone Fishin' Portfolio' by Alexander Green offers a very simple strategy that has consistently beaten the S&P 500 with less risk. I am following this exact system in my own personal investing."
On December 31, our Gone Fishin' strategy hit a milestone: the end of our first decade. It was truly a trial by fire. At the outset, we were emerging from the remnants of the technology bubble and a very tough recession. But, though we couldn't have known it at the time, far harder times lay ahead, including a full-blown financial crisis and stock market collapse. Yet despite more than a few ups and downs along the way, our disciplined strategy – which requires nothing more than a specific asset allocation using Vanguard index funds (or ETFs) and an annual rebalancing – has paid off. Here is our performance, which can be confirmed by checking annual fund returns at Vanguard.com:
As you can see from the graph below, $100,000 invested in the S&P 500 a decade ago – with dividends reinvested – turned into $181,536. Not bad. But it required sleepless nights, nerves of steel and an ability to endure neck-snapping volatility. (If you had invested $100,000 in Berkshire Hathaway, it would have done a little better, growing to $186,194.) But the same $100,000 invested in the Gone Fishin' Portfolio turned into more than a quarter of a million dollars – $258,876 to be exact – and exposed investors to far less risk and volatility. (After all, 30% of the portfolio is invested in various types of bonds.)
In short, the Gone Fishin' Portfolio is doing exactly what it was designed to do: delivering generous returns with a low-cost, low-risk approach. This strategy is pretty ideal for conservative, longer-term investors. More aggressive investors and short-term traders might consider it as a core foundation.
The Gone Fishin' approach is not about being the biggest winner. It's about making sure you never lose. In particular, this strategy protects you from five major investment risks:
- The risk of being too conservative. (Your net worth doesn't grow fast enough to exceed inflation or meet your investment goals.)
- The risk of being too aggressive. (You see a substantial part of your portfolio goes up in flames.)
- The risk of trying and failing to time the market (by being in for the corrections and/or out for the rallies).
- The risk of using expensive fund managers who underperform their benchmarks, as three-quarters of them do each year.
- The risk of unwise delegation. Bernie Madoff and his ilk can't run off with money they don't manage.
Predictions about future investment returns abound, of course. Yet no one can say with any certainty what lies ahead for the financial markets in 2013 and beyond.
However, investors in the Gone Fishin' Portfolio should feel confident. After all, they know something most investors don't. Investment success isn't about following the right predictions. It's about following the right principles. That means asset allocating properly, diversifying broadly, minimizing expenses and taxes and rebalancing regularly.
True, the investment process can be endlessly complicated. Or it can be breathtakingly simple – and still effective.
We have a decade's worth of returns to prove it.
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Millwall boss Steve Lomas admitted his side had made it harder than they needed to in their 2-1 win over Wigan
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Posted: Oct 10, 2012 3:49 PM by Marnee Banks - MTN News
HELENA - Montana voters have five ballot issues to consider this election and oftentimes the language can be confusing. Over the next few weeks State Political Reporter Marnee Banks will explain what it means to vote for and against each one.
The first issue being looked at is IR-124, which deals with medical marijuana in the Treasure State.
"I have degenerative disc disease. I have been on narcotics for over 20 years," medical marijuana card holder Barb Trego said. "I have a herd of goats, dairy goats, I had started selling off everything, sold the farm, sold everything."
Trego knows what it's like to be in pain. After being forced to take prescription drugs just to keep functioning, they started causing serious side effects and she was left with no other option but to stop taking the pills. Once she stopped, the pain increased, her back swelled and she could barely walk.
Trego realized she'd have to sell of her herd, something that was a very emotional experience.
"Oh I cried, and cried, and cried. I sold down to where I had about 25 or 30," she said.
But then in 2004 Montana voters made medical marijuana legal, and in 2009 she began using it to treat her symptoms.
"I'm hunting, and I'm fishing, and I'm doing things in my life that I like doing again," Trego explained.
That includes rebuilding her goat herd, and Trego says she would like to see the Legislature draft a workable solution for patients, providers and the public.
She says the current law that's in place, Senate Bill 423, is as close to repealing medical marijuana as lawmakers could get.
During the 2011 session, Republican lawmakers cracked down on the medical marijuana industry. Senator Jeff Essmann (R-Billings) says that's because there were major abuses.
"Within my district we had a medical marijuana shop open up one block away from a middle school housing seventh and eighth graders. As I said before, that was when they really kicked over the can of gasoline in the floor of the garage and struck the match," Essmann told us.
Before the Legislature passed Senate Bill 423, there were more than 31,000 medical marijuana cardholders in Montana, now theat number has fallen to just about 9,000.
"It has led to the closure of store front in the communities that wanted to close them. It's lead to tighter regulation in terms of issuance of cards," Essmann said.
He believes the current regulations keep communities safe. But for Trego, it's not a good solution. She says now providers cannot be paid for marijuana, which makes it incredibly hard for her to get her medicine.
Voters have a choice to make in November, and will decide to vote for or against the current medical marijuana regulations.
A vote for IR-124 will repeal the 2004 law and enact the new program, Senate Bill 423. But a vote against IR-124 restores the old law and throws out the Legislature's crack down.


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Swedish American Genealogist [SAG] is a quarterly journal, published by The Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center of Rock Island, Illinois, but founded in 1981 by the eminent immigration historian, Nils William Olsson, Ph.D., F.A.S.G., and edited by him until 1998. Nils William Olsson passed away in 2007.
From 1 January 2004 the editor is Elisabeth Thorsell of Jõrfõlla, Sweden, well-known as the former editor of Svenska Slõktkalendern (Swedish Family Register) and other genealogical publications, and also co-author of a number of manuals on Swedish genealogy. She also has an extensive experience in doing Swedish research for Americans.
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My Swedish Adventure, by Brian Gerard |
Some of the articles in the 2012 June issue of SAG are:
The Johnsons of Moline. Part 2, by Curtis Roseman |
Some of the articles in the 2012 September issue of SAG are:
Family Ties to the Dakota Uprising. Part 4, by Helene Leaf |
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In Sweden most issues after 1990 are available by sending 40 SEK + 12 SEK (postage) = 52 SEK to Plusgiro 2 60 10-9. Don't forget to note which issue you want and your name!
Issues older than 1989 are available from the Swenson Center.
Subscriptions in the US are $28 per calendar year. If you wish to subscribe, check the Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center web site.
Subscriptions in Sweden are 275 SEK/year.
This amount can be deposited into the Swedish Plusgiro account 260 10-9 "Swedish American Genealogist".
An important part of the SAG idea is also the weeklong SAG Workshop, that takes place every year in Salt Lake City. Read more about this here .
Do you want to see photos from previous workshops, then look at this page.
Do you want more info? Send me an e-mail.
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Delano Man Sentenced For Pot Grow On Public Land
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Monday, July 2, 2012 |
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FRESNO, Calif. — Carlos Mendez-Sosa, 30, of Delano, was sentenced today to three years and 10 months in prison for conspiring to cultivate, distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana grown on public land, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Upon completion of his prison term, Mendez-Sosa is subject to deportation to Mexico, having previously entered the United States illegally.
According to court documents, Mendez-Sosa was involved in the cultivation of marijuana in the Sentinel Peak area of the Sequoia National Forest in Tulare County. At the cultivation site, law enforcement agents found evidence of more than 16,205 marijuana plants, more than 850 pounds of processed marijuana, and three firearms, including an assault rifle. Native vegetation was cut to make room for the marijuana plants. Trash and fertilizer containers were scattered throughout the site and in a flowing stream. Mendez-Sosa was ordered to pay $3,686 in restitution to the U.S. Forest Service for the cost of cleaning up the land and natural resources damaged by the illicit cultivation operation.


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A talented stride pianist, Claude Hopkins never became as famous as he deserved. He was a bandleader early on, and toured Europe in the mid-'20s as the musical director for Josephine Baker. Hopkins returned to the U.S. in 1926, led his own groups, and in 1930 took over Charlie Skeete's band. Between 1932-1935, he recorded steadily with his big band (all of the music has been reissued on three Classics CDs), which featured Jimmy Mundy arrangements and such fine soloists as trumpeter/vocalist Ovie Alston, trombonist Fernando Arbello, a young Edmond Hall on clarinet, and baritone and tenorman Bobby Sands, along with the popular high-note vocals of Orlando Roberson. The orchestra's recordings are a bit erratic, with more than their share of mistakes from the ensembles and a difficulty in integrating Hopkins' powerhouse piano with the full group, but they are generally quite enjoyable. Mundy's eccentric "Mush Mouth" is a classic, and Hopkins introduced his best-known original, "I Would Do Anything for You." Although they played regularly at Roseland (1931-1935) and the Cotton Club (1935-1936), and there were further sessions in 1937 and 1940, the Claude Hopkins big band never really caught on and ended up breaking up at the height of the swing era. Hopkins did lead a later, unrecorded big band (1944-1947), but mostly worked with small groups for the remainder of his career. He played with Red Allen's group during the second half of the 1950s, led his own band during 1960-1966, and in 1968 was in the Jazz Giants with Wild Bill Davison. Claude Hopkins led an obscure record for 20th Century Fox (1958) and three Swingville albums (1960-1963), but his best later work were solo stride dates for Chiaroscuro and Sackville (both in 1972), and a trio session for Black & Blue in 1974; it is surprising that his piano skills were not more extensively documented. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi
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