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The budget and the economy

Brace yourself: The federal budget to be delivered Jan. 27 will offer healthy doses of increased spending, higher deficits, and political expediency. In all, economists forecast that Ottawa's plan will total $20-billion to $30-billion, while pushing the deficit to $40-billion.

What does it mean for Canada?

Join Dale Orr, chief economist for Canada with IHS-Global Insight, today from 1-2 p.m. ET to ask your questions and read his analysis.

Mr. Orr has taken a close look at the options faced by the federal government, and assessed their potential impact on the nation's economy.

In his view, the stimulus plan can be expected to include a package of new program spending and tax cuts, accelerated small infrastructure projects this year and funding for new projects for both this year and next.

He also expects additional money for the Employment Insurance and training plans, as well as some tax reductions for individuals and small business.

But he also fears that the package will be too late to prevent a recession through mid-2009.

Is Ottawa too late to make a difference? Can, or should, the country's debt load increase so dramatically? How will budget 2009 affect Canada's economic and fiscal performance in the short and the longer term?

Mr. Orr has expertise in all areas of Canadian economic performance and policy. He has responsibility for Canadian forecasts and analyses, as well as other Canadian macro products for IHS-Global Insight.

Mr. Orr has served in economic leadership positions in private industry and the Canadian government. He holds a Ph.D. from Northwestern University and has taught at the University of British Columbia.

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Eric Atkins,

Hello, Dale Orr. Thank you for joining us today. Let's get right to the questions.

Bob Robert writes:

There are some quick start programs that can target certain sectors. Home renovations could be a quick win in start times, broadly based and perception. Increasing travel vacation coupons can be done quickly to promote summer tourism in Canada. Though small, these types of programs have worked before and are quick to ramp up. Keeping positive and seeing results are important at this time.

Dale Orr

Of the options you mention I would favor the home renovation. In choosing the most effective options for fiscal stimulus we do want to look at the longer term impacts on productivity and or our standard of living. Keeping positive is key - fears of recession can cause recession.

Clinton Orr from Palma Spain writes:

While Canada's proposed stimulus package and debt load seem relatively large in domestic terms, are they in fact enough to keep pace with the various and huge monetary and fiscal boosts which the U.S. and much of Europe and some of Asia have already launched?

Does Canada need to keep pace given that Canadian banks and the economy went into the crisis in comparatively better shape? Thanks

Dale Orr

You are correct that the stimulus package of Canada's upcoming budget will probably be smaller than that of many other countries, particularly the U.S.

I believe this is appropriate since Canada's economic forecast for this year and next is less weak than most other G8 countries, especially the U.S.

Our financial system and institutions are working more effectively and are stronger - and it is a bit more frustrating to try to stimulate the Canadian economy than some others since the leakage thru expenditures on imports is relatively high.

Mark Dip writes:

Mr. Orr, the suggestion of revamping Employment Insurance to make it more fair sounds great, but once done, it would still take another 36 months of payments for the money to be fully paid into consumer hands.

What about retroactive compensation to those who previously had their EI revoked under the old, unfair rules?

Those people are in equal distress. And a full payout could be immediate. For instance, with an unemployment rate four times the national average, the spouses of Canadian government employees serving overseas lose over $1-million per year from being forced to pay for EI overseas while being ineligible for benefits.

The way it goes is that spouses quit their jobs to accompany their partner, but are still forced to pay EI premiums overseas because CRA defines them as "factual residents" due to diplomatic status, but then they later get their EI social benefits revoked afterward because HRSDC says they are not "residents in Canada."

Is there any hope for rectifying old inequities or has the government we served written us off for good?

Dale Orr

I believe the changes in EI which will be part of the stimulus package should focus on making the level of employment higher than otherwise as opposed to compensating for income support and I believe this is what we will see in Budget 2009.

There are many workers who feel the EI system is unfair but I don't believe Budget 2009 is the appropriate time or place to seek this retribution.

I recommend and I expect in Budget 2009 the government will agree to run a deficit on EI over the next few years while unemployment is rising sharply and they will extend the "extended benefits" provisions (maybe not completely) to those regions of relatively low unemployment.

Margaret Nieboer, from Invermere, B.C., writes:

In all due respect to infrastructure spending, which is not necessarily as labour intensive as it once was, and retraining which is easy to say without looking at the logistics of it, what do you think is the solution to providing the most jobs in the short run?

Dale Orr

I understand the difficulties in getting infrastructure spending going quickly. Some of the reasons for delay should be respected (environmental, cost effectiveness).

As well, some required material and machines may be imported. However I still say accelerating small infrastructure projects holds the most promise for meeting the criteria that many economists set for stimulus options - of "timely, temporary, targeted and cost effective".

Claire writes:

With consumer confidence at all time lows, do you think tax cuts will really act as a stimulus, or will they just give people more money to hoard and hide under their mattresses??

Dale Orr

You have identified one of the weaknesses of personal income tax cuts as a form of fiscal stimulus.

When the U.S. sent out rebate checks last year much of the money was used to pay down debt, some was saved, some was spent on imported goods. I believe we would get a similar response from a tax cut in Budget 2009.

The risk of leakage to imports ( eg. our stimulus stimulates the U.S. economy instead of the Canadian economy) is stronger in Canada than in the U.S. Here almost 30% of consumer goods are imported. Lower income people are less likley to save than higher income, favoring tax cuts to lower income, rather than higher income people.

Whether they are more or less likley to pay down debt is debatable.

Eric Atkins,

Before we wrap things up, cast ahead for us, say, five years. What kind of shape will Canada be in as result of the added deficits and spending? What effect will this have on our prospects for future growth?

Dale Orr

When I completed an analysis of the economic and fiscal impacts of the anticipated stimulus package of Budget 2009 the first thing that struck me was how small the impacts were relative to all the other factors which can be expected to influence our economic and fiscal performance over the next several years.

The stimulus package will make the rate of economic growth higher for 2009 and 2010, but it is not expected to have any significant impacts on rates of economic growth after that. To the extent the stimulus package has focused on those options which can increase our productivity (infrastructure spending and training), it can have a small, long lasting impacts on economic growth.

The stimulus package will cause deficits to be significantly higher in 2009/10 and 2010/2011, making the level of debt after recovery (2013) higher than otherwise. Our debt burden (debt/nominal GDP) will probably be about 29% in 2013 instead of about 27% in the absence of a stimulus package. This is a small increase.

Recall the debt burden was 68% in 1996 and was about 30% last year. The stimulus package is expected to have a postive but small impact on our standard of living (real GDP/person) five years from now. What our economic and fiscal situation will be 5 years from now will depend most heavily on the performance of the U.S. economy, the global economy, initiatives and the performance of the Canadian private sector, energy prices and the exchange rate, as it always has.

Eric Atkins,

Thank you very much for this, Mr. Orr.

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Stock Idea: Thangamayil Jewellers - The gold edge

Describe the business in a few sentences. What does the company do? Who are its primary customers?
Thangamayil is a gold jewellery retailer based mainly out of Madurai and Tamil Nadu. 92% of sales are from gold jewellery. 30-35% sales are from recycled jewellery. The company currently operates 22 stores and is looking to expand its stores by 3-4 every quarter.
Is the sector that the company is in growing? i.e. Is there a headwind or a tailwind present?
The gold retailing industry is very fragmented mostly with local small retailers. Very few large branded players in the market – Tanishq and TBZ are a few large players.

Gold has been a traditional & sentimental asset class for Indians. And with the rise in its price in the last 5 years, the attachment towards it is unlikely to go down in a hurry, unless there is a lon & protracted price decline. That is an unlikely event till there is a long term improvement in global financial markets.
What is the current market share of the company? Can the market share be increased?
Currently, the company has a 25% market share in and around Madurai. It will be difficult for the company to increase market share as newer players are entering their markets.

To increase sales, the company is moving into newer territories, smaller cities and towns in Tamil Nadu.

The company has seen a rise in customers opting for its gold savings schemes. From 38,000 customers, it has gone up to 80,000 this year and is expected to be close to 125,000 by year end. This provides free funds to the company also provides assured customer sales.
Who are the primary competitors? Why is this company a better investment than them?
Large players like Tanishq, TBZ would not go down to the Tier II cities like Madurai before penetrating the Tier I cities.

Similar sized players like Alukkas Jewellers, Bhima Jewellers, Kalyan Jewellers, Lalitha Jewellers, Kirthilal Jewellers are entering Madurai and may take away some market share from the company.

An important factor in jewellery retail is “trust”. Women (the main decision makers wile purchasing jewellery) tend to stick to a particular store/brand and since pricing is the same across companies, personal relationships with the retailer are definite plus point.

Thangamayil is the only small sized jewellery retailer that is listed on the stock exchanges.
What is the owners’ and managements’ stake in the company?
Promoters hold nearly 70% stock of the company.
Are management's salaries too high?
Management salaries were increased in 2012 to 90 lakhs (9 million p.a.) and 1% of net profits. At a 60 cr profit, 1% commission comes to 60 lakh. So, an annual compensation of 1.5 crores, which is not exorbitant by today’s standards.

How much debt is there in the balance sheet? Is it increasing, decreasing or remaining constant?
Company has a debt of 250.93 cr on its books. Most of the debt is short term working capital debt to finance buying gold and maintaining inventory at store level. Since, the debt is used to purchase gold, the risk associated is limited, unless there is a very sudden and sharp price decline in gold (which is a very low probability event).
Is the debt level normal for the sector the company is operating in (i.e. how much is the debt-equity ratio of its nearest competitors)?
Thangamayil’s D/E is 1.85. It has increased over the last 5 years. This is one area which needs to be carefully watched.
Most gold retailers have high D/E ratios with the notable exception of Titan (which is practically debt free). TBZ has a D/E ratio of 1.28.
How much cash is there on the BS? What is the cash per share?
Cash is 9.5 cr as on Mar 31, 2012. Not significant with respect to either equity or debt.
Is the Networth rising over the years?
Networth has gone up from 22.9 in 2008 to 146 cr in 2012 at a growth rate of 59% CAGR.
Is the inventory/sales rising or more-or-less in the same range? [Rising ratio may mean company is not able to sell its products.]
Inventory / Sales is nearly 30% for the last 2 years.
Is the debtors/sales rising or more-or-less in the same range? [Rising ratio may mean company is not able to collect payment.]
Debtors is negligible.
Has the company increased its sale, net profit, operating margins and net margins over the years?
1 Year
Sales Growth

Profit growth
Has the company increased it RoE, RoCE, (RoA for financial companies) over the years or atleast maintained it? How does it compare to its competitors?
Due to the extensive use of leverage, ROCE is nearly double that of RoE.

Is the company operating cash flow positive? Is the operating – investment cashflow positive? Is the company net free cashflow positive? Is the Operating cash flow higher than earnings per share?
Company has negative operating cash flow for the last 5 years.
Does the company pay tax, dividends every year?
Company is paying a standard tax rate. Dividend payout. Div yield is over 2% at CMP.

The company has decided to expense out all its advertisement and publicity expenses (written off accumulated deferred revenue expenses) in this year. This will reduce reported net profits for FY13. e.g. In Q2Fy13, profit was under stated by 7.3 cr as a result of expensing deferred advertisement expenses.
Is the Free Cash Flow per share higher than dividends paid?
The company has been consistently running a negative operating cash flow in order to grow. Again, a key monitorable.
Is the business capital intensive?
Gold retailing is very capital intensive. The company maintains around 1,500 kgs of gold as inventory. As the numbers of stores go up, the size of the inventory also needs to go up.

What is the possible valuation or price target?
FY12 EPS is 43.05. Unadjusted EPS for FY13 could be around the same level as last year.

FY14E EPS could be around 60-65. A conservative PE of 8-10 could provide a price range of 480 – 650 which is substantially higher from CMP.
Is the PE ratio below 15? Is the PEG above 1.0?
PE is around 8.5 (TTM). PEG is well below 0.5 as the company has been growing well over the last 3-5 years.
Why do you think the stock is under priced? Is there an expectation to double the investment in 2-3 year timeframe? If not, why bother?
The peer group of gold or jewellery companies is all trading at much higher earning multiples. The differential is primarily because Thangamayil operates in Tier-II & Tier-III towns and not the large metro cities.
What has been the share price over the last 5 years? Has it matched the profit growth? If not, why not? Does the market know something I don’t?
The stock has moved from about 70 to 330 in approximately 3 years (a return of 368% vs 20% of the Sensex in the same period.

  1. Hi Abshishek

    There is no doubt this company is very attractively priced and has demonstrated good growth in the past. Below are my main concerns (more from philosophy perpective and for most of the people it might not be big concerns):

    1) Past growth might not be reflective of future growth, because of lot of one-off events and possibly accounting management:
    a) The past growth in jewellery sales might have been triggered more by steep increase in gold prices itself, which attracts more people to buy jewellery. Even if gold prices remain constant from here onwards, there is every possibility than growth in sales might be considerably less than in the past.
    b) There were reports in the newspaper some time back of farm credit being diverted to buy jewellery. Now its difficult to quantify the impact, but nevertheless it should be considered. -
    c) One of my friend is a wholesale supplier to companies like Thangamayil. According to him, these companies’ gives bill in various sister concerns to manage sales. I am not suggesting this is happening with Thangamayil too, but there is more possibility going by trend in such firms.
    d) I think off late retail jewellery firms have been boosted by easy availability of equity funding for such companies. Now we are against two things a) possible bubble in gold b) easy availability of equity for retail jewellery which is boosting their rapid expansion. In an informal chat one of my other friend who also supplies to such firms said, easy equity funding and charm of listing is luring many firm to expand rapidly to be able to raise equity in near future.

    2) Continuous increase in gold price itself must have boosted the operating profit, so profit should be discounted to that extent to reflect normalised levels.
    3) The entry barrier in this segment work against the company itself. It will be very difficult for Thangamayil to attract customers from other family owned stores, when it expands in new geography. With cash profit margin varying between 3-5% in the last few years, any pressure on margins or profitability due to decline in gold prices will result in steep decline in profits. Not just gold prices in international market, but even the adverse movement in rupee will impact the gold prices in INR.
    4) Lastly, significant drop though is a black swan event, but with existing leverage (operating and financial) can result in steep losses.

  2. Hi Anil,

    Your arguments are good. I also suspect that a lot of farm credit or MNREGA money is getting diverted to gold. Where I differ from you is that it will continue. Also, even if gold price stabilizes here, Indians are unlikely to stop or delay buying. More because middle class India does not have a more stable/emotional asset class to invest in. Additionally, wedding season buying is probably never going to go away in India.
    Rise in gold prices have definitely helped profits going up, but also we need to remember that high prices has reduced volume growth a great deal. So, over a 3-4 year period I suspect it evens out. Also, the valuations at the current level are reasonable.

    The company is expanding in mostly very small towns and cities, so they are taking away customers from unorganized players.

  3. Hi Abhishek,

    Good analysis as always. I see few problems with this company though it appears a value buy at current valuation, so here are my 2 cents.

    1. Rapid expansion in a bid to grow manifold overnight. The announcements on BSE show they have added at least 10 stores in last 6-9 months. As each stores requires huge amount of working capital, this leads to even higher debt and that comes with higher interest rates. We have seen this with Subhiksha, Coutons and Cantabil.
    2. The sales growth will likely be tepid in future as they move out of their traditional stronghold of Madurai. This is a trust based business and it takes a long time to establish it in new places where existing players will give it a tough time. I think this is evident to some extent in numbers where in spite of expansion, the growth is slowing down.
    3. While the jury is still out on gold price trend, the risks are definitely higher at this point and any adverse shock in gold prices will take its toll on Thangamayil due to huge inventory. Agreed that the stock is very liquid, however, they will need to retain this inventory as nobody likes to visit an empty store.
    4. There is no real brand differentiation of this chain with many others operating throughout India so pricing will always be competitive unlike Titan or TBZ where they have successfully built a premium image and demand a premium price in a commodity market.
    5. The rapid expansion by all players, listed or unlisted, is indicative of a bubble. Any demand shock will take its toll on a highly leveraged player like Thangamayil.

    1. Good points Tarun. Here is what I think. Let me know your thoughts...

      1. The difference between a gold retailer and a grocer or apparel retailer is in the merchandise inventory. There is no market for old clothes, so the inventory is marked down heavily for people like Subhiksha, Coutons and Cantabil.GOld, on the other hand, does not lose its value that quickly.
      2. Its focus in more on moving to smaller towns and cities. Out of its total branch network, only a handful (Madurai, Tuticorin, Salem and Coimbatore branches) are in municipal corporations. The rest are in medium-sized towns and some in the rural areas, in places such as
      Dharapuram, Cumbum, Theni, Krishnagiri and Vallakoil.
      3.Gold price is not going down in a hurry till the external economy improves. My take (and I reserve the right to be wrong!!) is that economic recovery is a long way off. So, no immediate threat of gold price collapsing. But it is a key monitorable risk.
      4. Titan, TBZ are targetting urban upper middle class or rich people. These guys are targetting semi-urban/rural middle class and rich. When do you think Titan is going to open a store in rural Tami Nadu? Maybe 10/15 years to go for that. Till then what the people have got is players like Thangamayil and their brethren. Also, what is the brand difference between Titan and TBZ? Nothing to my mind.
      5.The rapid expansion and regular IPO absolutely looks like it will end up in trouble :-) Bubble will form only when the valuation goes through the roof. Bubbles form at 50-60-100 PE. At 8-9 PE, a lot of the risks may be there in the price.

      The point is if I want Titan I have to pay 40 times earnings. Here I have to pay 8 times. Sure there are problems, otherwise this would also be 40 times. Question is, is the possible reward more than the risk. I think it is; for atleast the next 12-15 months. After that will need to reassess.

  4. Sourced from Equitymaster's 5 minute wrap - a email newsletter:-

    The new set of rules by the Basel Committee (Basel III), which mandates capital and regulatory standards for global banks, has re-designated gold. In other words gold has been reclassified as a Tier I asset for commercial banks from a Tier III capital under Basel I and II. Now, for capital adequacy purposes, banks need to assign weights to Tier I, II and II capital. As Tier III capital, gold was earlier given a weightage of 50%. So, Rs 100 worth of gold was valued at Rs 50 earlier. But under Basel III, gold is treated as Tier I capital and accounted at full value. So instead of buying perpetual bonds or government debt, banks have every reason to buy gold. Basel III comes into effect from 1st January 2013. And needless to say that the demand from commercial banks worldwide is certain to drive up prices. In the past too, demand for gold from central banks has been a major boost for gold prices.

  5. Dear Abhishek, I have been following TJL for a few months and trying to read as much as possible about the company, i feel this company is having a better growth strategy than others and chances of it getting into a very big problem is less compared to others like TBZ due to low fixed working cost compared to others.

    As the gold prices are suddenly going doing and so is the price of this stock, as the net profit for this year will probably be affected. Do you think its a right time to start accumulating this stock.

  6. I truly like to reading your post. Thank you so much for taking the time to share such a nice information.

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  7. indian gold jewellery price is getting fluctuated these days, but still it is hard to miss, as it attract the hoards of people towards itself.

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A few months ago I was making a smoothie, which we always have with our dinner, and Abiline spied what I was putting in it (fruits, avocado, spinach, etc.) "No!" she wailed. "I don't want any FOOD in my smoothie!" You heard it here first, folks--the reason why your kids may not be eating what you give them: they don't want any food in their food.  Since that shocking incident, Abiline has treated many of my creations with suspicion. "What is this brown thing in my cookie dough ball?!" she demands. "A chocolate chip," I reply (although there may be a piece of a date or a black bean in there as well...)

She has yet to ask what is in her beloved "dip" that her carrots love to dive in.  I will tell you all the shocking truth: chickpeas, tahini, spices, oh my! The more sophisticated out there would call it "hummus." We call it "delicious" when we spruce it up with ranch-dip-style spices and add it to grilled "cheese."'ve got to try it. Just don't let the kids see you making it...

Ranch Hummus

1 1/2 cups cooked chickpeas (or one can, drained and rinsed)
3 Tbsp. lemon juice
2 Tbsp. tahini
1 1/2 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 Tbsp. red-wine vinegar
2 Tbsp. water
3 tsp. dried parsley flakes
1/2 tsp. dried dill
3/4 tsp. onion powder
1/2 tsp. salt
dash of pepper
1/4 cup shelled hemp seeds

Add all of the ingredients to a food processor or high-powered blender and process until smooth.  Hooray--so easy!

Let's hear it for the girls! I try so hard to please them, but really all they want to munch all day are baby "Cheerios."

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Rudy Gobert sprains knee in Jazz win

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Rudy Gobert sprains knee in Jazz win

We'd all be annoyed in that situation. The Raptors have lost the opening game in eight consecutive playoff series. "Now we've got to see what we're made of".

Game 2 is Monday in San Antonio.

Plainly, this sucks. Gobert, one of the frontrunners for Defensive Player of the Year and the league's most effective rim protector, was expected to be a DeAndre Jordan and Blake Griffin neutralizer and to put more pressure on the Clippers' outside shooting.

Monday will be more of a day for preparing their game plan.

"I think we felt and knew that a lot of people probably were counting us out when he went down", Johnson said.

"I think it was very motivating considering the fact that he's a big part of what we do, especially defensively", said Johnson on Gobert's injury.

The game everyone assumed was over in the first seconds actually was not decided until the final second ticked off the clock.

The series pegged as the most competitive matchup of the first round was dealt a serious blow after just 11 seconds.

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We'll let you know as soon as we hear or know anything about the injury, of course.

The Clippers remain confident. Paul nearly carried the Clippers into overtime by scoring 20 of his 25 points in the second half, but Johnson topped Paul's tying shot.

"Nobody died", Redick said. You're not going to go 16-0. So if you miss, the game's over? You make your adjustments. "There's no grieving going on".

It paid off when Johnson drove the lane and hit a floater at the buzzer, giving the Jazz a 97-95 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers after Utah lost Rudy Gobert 17 seconds into their playoff opener on Saturday night.

Minutes after the injury occurred, the Jazz confirmed Gobert wouldn't return, citing he suffered a sprain in his left knee.

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"Not just necessarily to Gobert, but tendencies, plays running with his strength and his tendencies in mind", Griffin said.

Yes, I blame Griffin on the last play too. "Sometimes when that happens, it shakes up your gameplan a little bit". But still, we have to be better, just in our principle, and the rules of our defensive principles are the things that don't ever change. Obviously, we have the best record but we're not defending a championship.

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Go Attack! The LORD grants success...

Now they told David, "Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are robbing the threshing floors."  Therefore David inquired of the LORD, "Shall I go and attack these Philistines?"  And the LORD said to David, "Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah."  But David's men said to him, "Behold, we are afraid here in Judah; how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?"  Then David inquired of the LORD again.  And the LORD answered him, "Arise, go down to Keilah for I will give the Philistines into  your hand."  And David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines and brought away their livestock and struck them with a great blow.  So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.  (1 Samuel 23:1-5 ESV)

David saw an opportunity to fight on behalf of his people, but asked of God before he went out.  The Lord's response is: Go, attack and save Keilah.

David's men have fear.  So David asks again and the Lord assures him of victory.  So David strikes the Philistines with a great blow, saving Keilah.

What stood out to me from this, is that sometimes God sends us out to attack, but sometimes we aren't for sure if God will grant us success.  We all have friends who are strong Christians, who have been killed of war, or disease, so we do not always know how a mission will end up.  Generally speaking, I have the expectation that God will grant me success on a mission that he has sent me to do, knowing that God may have a different Commander's intent than what I am aware of.

My observations:

1. God sends us on missions; the Great Commission that applies to everyone, and specific missions that he gives each man or woman according to His purpose
2. God can chose to grant success or failure in these missions.  Knowing that God ultimately has His purpose in mind, and our greater good, he may chose the mission success to be defined differently than we would like.  Example 1, in the past, I chose to define success with how many people came to Bible study, but God seems to be worried more about the Laborers being trained than numbers (Matthew 9).  Example 2, I went to Sapper Leader Course, and God gave me the strength to complete the 28 days of training, but chose not to give me a tab.  God's purpose was a little different from mine.

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Finally, a Non-Book Review Post :)

Wow. Thrill.  I'm sure you were wondering why I didn't visit the NY library yesterday (let's pretend you know I didn't :)) until you remembered - oh right, yesterday was Columbus Day.  So I couldn't get there till today, when I naturally hopped on the subway straight after work and restored your faith in my dedication to libraries (yes this was all facetious).  So of course I had to make the mistake of hopstopping to the central research library were I took the elevator to the 3rd floor and returned when I realized I could not, in fact, take out books from this building.  A helpful security guard pointed me two block down (short ones at least :)) to the Mid-Manhattan library, which I am fairly sure is the main circulating library branch.  It certainly looks like it :)

This library got me so excited that I didn't even wait to get home to write my post - I'm writing it in a notebook *by hand* on the F train - okay really I just needed s/t to do and I'm getting home late so this just seemed most expedient, but you should see how fast I'm writing - thoughts are just flowing... :)

So anway, the first thing  I noticed was the huge line waiting to check out - I mean it confirmed my suspicions that the NYpl is under provisioned for its citizenry but, wow, a lot of people read (or at least watch DVDs :)) in this city.  The long checkout line could be avoided by using the self-checkout, but apparently people don't use that here? Well I tried it and my card wasn't working, but I assume that's b/c it's brand new... but I'm getting ahead of myself.

So the truth is, the fiction available isn't *that* impressive.  I looked first at the old books (not new) and most of them seemed quite... old.  Do they just get rid of their books when they're not new anymore?  The truth is, I think there were more books than at Towson (not EP central, they let you take out all the stuff back in stacks) and definitely a lot I've never heard of but cursory inspection is not enough to get a complete read.  I shall have to return for a more substantial inspection :) The more impressive display was the new books.  First of all, they had some of the new books I had to return to my library w/o reading, which made me happy.  Also, they had the new Gail Carriger that I mentioned earlier (the 3rd one) - and that one had a longer due date than the others - 3 weeks, not sure why.  Most interestingly, they actually have an express section! New books that can be taken out for a week only and I think no renewals.  That puts the pressure on the reader to be fast, but isn't that the coolest?  Means you get new books *fast*, even if you're not high on the reserve list.  Of course, I plan to be high on the reserve list as much as possible :) I have a bunch of things I'm planning on reserving tonight... as long as my card  works, please oh please! And I'm sure when I look through the catalog I'll find plenty of books I haven't been able to get a hold of in Baltimore (well, maybe a few :)) So I've got plenty to look forward to :) And one last thing - weeknight closing time? 11 PM.  Yes, you read that right.  Now *that's* how to run a library :)

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The first thing is to make sure that the solicitor that you want to invest in is up to date with the recent changes and advancements in the family law system. To be honest, you want to work with a person who is more knowledgeable than you are and also one who has experience in handling family related cases. Subsequently, it is important that you evaluate some of the similar cases or even cases that are close to yours that they have handled before. This will help you to know more about them in terms of the kind of services that they are best at providing and also what you should bank on after investing in them.

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It was not often that she was afforded the chance to snoop about. Her aunt didn’t leave her alone very often, always keeping a sharp eye on the wandering Aurelia. So, it was several days before she could launch her own investigation into the goings on of her father. She had to be careful. All of the servants showed more loyalty to the older woman instead of the younger, even though it was the widow, who paid their bills.

Once her aunt had left the widow called them all together and dismissed them for the day. Offering them compensation for the time they would have worked and giving them an opportunity to visit family or friends. It wouldn’t be considered that unusual since Aurelia did this on occasion. She liked to have time to herself and ulterior motives would not be suspected.

While her aunt was usually a secretive woman, her one flaw was that she never bothered to lock anything. So confident was she that no one would cross her and get into her things. When the house had emptied Aurelia makes her way into the woman’s office and slips over to her desk. Relia settles into the chair and pauses before beginning her search. Initially, she finds nothing of interest and any letters she comes across from her father just talk of menial things.

After some time she comes across a letter that mentions a business enterprise around the same time that Dominic had mentioned for his book being stolen. It wasn’t much but it was something. She sets the letter aside and continues her search.

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Days passed... and he missed her so much. The days before he knew she was here, had been harsh... a love lost, a mind crimped of love... and now by some unknown fate, or purpose, he finds her... only to be thwarted by her fear of her Father. And his feelings were of anger at the man who kept her in a gilded cage... to put her here, knowing full well he was here... as if a delicacy in a store that could not be touched, eaten, or even tasted... only to gaze upon and let desire rip him apart. Oh the cruelty, as if his true life was a Shakespearean tragedy.

What she was doing, how she was feeling, and what was upon her mind, were all mysteries, for he did not know where she lived... nor did he seek her out, except to visit the market where he first saw her... with that as no consolation because a mere gondola ride in Venezia could take one across the vast city of water and masks.

He worked during the day... labored on his inventions at night... and painted on her portrait before attempting sleep... sleep that would be invaded by the visions of her.

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Essay Contest focussing on animal advocacy, environmentalism

Lantern Books is proud to announce our first annual essay contest.
The aim of our essay competition is to allow new thinking to emerge
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  1. kristina
    kristina January 17, 2014 at 1:57 pm | | Reply

    Sending you BIG hugs!
    Happy 20th Diaversary to you, sweet friend. :)

  2. StephenS
    StephenS January 17, 2014 at 2:30 pm | | Reply

    Congratulations on twenty(!) amazing years. This is an inspiring post, just when I needed it. Thanks.

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    Sara January 19, 2014 at 3:07 pm | | Reply

    Happy Diaversary!

    Twenty feels big. It makes sense that it comes with some complicated emotions. <3

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    Wow, twenty years. I was going to say that it sounds like a long time, but then mine is going to be fifteen this year, and that doesn’t seem much younger.

    We’ll keep working hard to turn type one into type none during the next twenty!

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The central character of Tom Brown’s Schooldays is Rugby School; everyone and everything is contrived to show us how the school works, an unfamiliar place to which the book’s huge working-class audience had no access. Similarly, Two Years before the Mast is the account of a Harvard student, who, diagnosed with an eye condition, takes time off from his studies to work as a commion seaman, participating in a closed fraternity which was as inaccessible to New England's literary circles as Rugby was to Welsh miners. — Mark Bernstein

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Friday, October 7, 2011

Haunted Fridays: Ghost Adventures in Old Town

Having been to Old Town many times, it's great to see the boys investigating in a place I know pretty well- although it is quite a bummer they could not investigate the infamous Whaley House. Hopefully one day they will return to San Diego and spend the night in one of America's most haunted houses.

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VSD News and Notes

Keep up-to-date with this latest information from Volunteer San Diego.

Oscar Night 2009
The 2009 Oscars are on February 22nd and you can celebrate Volunteer San Diego style. There will be food, games, and celebrity viewings! Mark your calendars and walk the red carpet with Volunteer San Diego. To purchase tickets and for more information, click here.

Servapalooza is Coming!
Volunteer San Diego, eXcel Youth Zone and Kids for Peace are co-hosting Servapalooza to celebrate Global Youth Service Day. Servapalooza is a Service Festival and Parade of Wishes in Balboa Park on Sunday April 26, 2009. Participants will enjoy the entertainment, Parade of Wishes, food, vendor booths, raffle prizes and the main event, Service Stations. To find out more, click here.

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VoraX 1.9 is available for download

Hi everybody! I know it's been just one day since I released VoraX 1.8 but I think often/early releases are good. So, I've just uploaded VoraX 1.9. This version addresses several annoying bugs and has a new feature: you may define connection profiles in a special buffer. This may be handy especially if you connect using EZCONNECT and you don't want to remember server host names, ports etc. Spratek came up with this idea! Thanks man! For additional details about this release you may take a look at the changelog.

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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

VoraX 2.6 Released

Vorax 2.6 is available for download. It has two small improvements and a few bug fixes. The first improvement is the possibility to configure the quick fix window geometry. You may use the g:vorax_quickfixwin_command variable to setup the layout of this window. Thanks koelner.r for this suggestion.
The second improvement allows to define your custom function to be called after a statement is executed in VoraX. Using this feature you may define post-processing actions, like notifying the user when a long running query has finished or to apply post formatting settings for the result window. Thanks Spratek for suggesting this improvement. For additional details about the way this feature is supposed to work please see the docs.

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Why is the Sky Dark at Night?
A discussion of Olbers' Paradox, the Big Bang and related issues — 20th anniversary edition.

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This discussion leads to several interesting points:
  • In a stable universe (one that is not expanding), filled with stars, a dark night sky is not possible (example).
  • As scientists learned more about the physics of matter and energy (thermodynamics), they realized the dark night sky contradicted their new knowledge.
  • New scientific theories are judged in several ways. For example, a theory might create new problems to be solved, be neutral, or it might solve unrelated problems. Here are some of the problems "solved" by the Big Bang Theory:

    • It provides a reason for the recession of the galaxies, the "Red Shift."
    • It provides an explanation for Olbers' Paradox.
    • It explains a quirk in Einstein's Relativity Theory.

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This last point deserves elaboration. When Albert Einstein developed his Relativity Theory, he saw a problem right away — the universe described by his equations was unstable. It relied critically on the density of matter — if the density was above a certain critical value, the universe would begin to fall in on itself, which would increase the density further, leading to a runaway collapse. If the density was below this critical value, the opposite would happen — the universe would expand forever. Einstein's equations didn't permit a stable universe.

Einstein therefore added a term to his equations — a "cosmological constant" — that would counter the effect of gravity at great distances and balance the universe. Einstein was not happy with this constant — it had no obvious physical explanation, it seemed ad hoc, but he saw it was necessary so that his equations could describe the universe that was known at the time. This was before the work that led to the Big Bang Theory, which made the cosmological constant unnecessary. Einstein later called the cosmological constant the "biggest mistake of my life."

Einstein could simply have said, "Oh well, your knowledge of the universe is not good enough for my equations — you need to look more carefully through your telescopes," but this was too much even for Einstein, known for his occasional bold pronouncements. He thereby missed his chance to predict an expanding universe.

Now you know why the sky is dark at night. — P.L., Ashland, Oregon

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YESpay Is Wallet Mobile App for select BlackBerry and iPhone smartphones.YESpay is expected to launch soon. According to CEO at YESpay International (Dr Chandra Patni), “Customers of participating YESpay-Wallet merchants will have access to one of the most extensive global mobile payment program that enables the fastest way to pay on the web, on the mobile and in-store. This global program over the next 18 months could include over 3,000 YESpay merchants”.

It regularly processes millions of cardholder payments for its merchants and predicts mobile payment.Mobile payment is an up and coming market with several new smartphones including near field communication (NFC) technology.

This App is currently on under development and the company is looking to release it soon, but no specific date has been released.

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HIMSS Washington – September 10th Newsletter

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New HIMSS Washington website and URL – Take a Look!

Ask: Please bookmark as the new chapter website!  The old website URL is no longer available.

Background: HIMSS Washington, along with HIMSS National, is proud to present the new Washington chapter web site (  Over the past year, HIMSS National conducted a selection process for a new website provider.  During the July and August timeframe chapter volunteers have redesigned the chapter websites with a contemporary look/feel and enhanced content and functionality.  On September 1st, 2014 all of the HIMSS chapters transitioned to the new site.

The communications team continues to update our new site on a daily basis and is working with HIMSS National on fixes and future enhancements.  We believe the new site will be a great improvement and provide a better platform to provide you timely information and showcase the terrific events we have planned for 2014/2015.

In this newsletter, we would like to showcase the Events page and the News and Publications page.  Please take a moment to visit our new site and experience the enhanced capabilities and integration with HIMSS National.

Please pardon our “dust” as we work to stabilize and improve the site over the next several weeks.  We look forward to soliciting your feedback and ideas for the site in the future.

If you have any immediate feedback or comments your input is welcome.

Thank you, your HIMSS Washington Communications Committee.

Peter McComas, HIMSS Washington Communications Chair

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    • When: September 22nd, 2014

    • Where: Seattle Children’s

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    • When: November 3rd and 4th, 2014

    • Where: Embassy Suites, Bellevue

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    • When: December 2014 or February 2015

    • Where: Bellevue College

  • What: HIMSS Washington Executive Dinner

    • When: Friday January 16th, 2015

    • Where: Willows Lodge

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And an after-school-club should be more than dealing with homework followed by supervised leisure time.

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Fenton Friday: Garden Tour

It has been a quiet August week -- my favorite time of year here in the DC region. Everything is more relaxed, easier, and just more civilized.

At my garden plot at the Fenton Community Garden, I planted a row of broccoli and dug out more potatoes. I've been snacking on more okra and tomatoes. I also had some strawberries appear overnight and ate those right then and there, forgetting to pause a take a photo!

My cucumber vines look awful and I was thinking I'd rip them out, but one cucumber actually set finally and is growing well, so go figure. Nearby, the sweet potatoes pushed themselves out of the ground, so I tried to mound up soil and compost over them as best I could.

Finally, a few eggplants are forming. I doubt they will get very large as the plant is fairly small itself. I'll give them another week or so to see how they do.

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How to Submit a Local Garden Event Listing

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I’m a big fan of Hoax Hunters, a great Image comic that’s described this way: “Cryptids. Aliens. Monsters. All the world’s bizarre secrets–what if they were real? Their existence would be debunked by a reality TV show! HOAX HUNTERS is that show, publicly disproving all variety of lore. But their real goal is the opposite: as the world’s dark corners surface, the HOAX HUNTERS cover them up. They demonstrate that the truth isn’t out there.”

I wrote a preview of the number zero issue here, and the first issue at this location. You can check out their website as well! I interviewed creator Michael Moreci during the 42nd episode of my weekly Wayne’s Comics podcast, which you can find at this link. Also, USA Today covered the book, and you can read that article on their site.

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Sunday, July 20, 2014

Going Squirrely

I'm going to be very upfront with you dear reader - I don't like squirrels. As one wise old man once said to me "Squirrels are just rats with good PR".

Luckily for the squirrels, I'm not a hunter so I won't do anything to them so we'll continue to co-exist. If I was ever inclined to feed them, then this is the feeder I'd use:

Rick Watson said...

That is a scream. I'd love to have some of those things :)

Side note. I'd lose the comment verification. Blogger catches most spam anyhow.
This verification is near impossible to do on an iPhone.
Just my thoughts.

Way Out Wear said...

Thank you Rick. I have changed the settings, thanks for the tip!

Alan Ginocchio said...

Happened across your blog by chance and the horse head squirrel immediately caught my attention. But even more exciting was realizing I had found a kindred spirit when it comes to squirrels (tree rats) in general.

Based on that alone I am sure I will return often! :)


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When it comes to this week's New music videos "The Devil Is A Lie", but "Hold On" "Don't Worry Bout it", it's "Not A Bad Thing", we got Future "Covered in Money" and J Lo "Talkin Bout" "I Luh Ya Papi" so check all that's on NewTube!

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Jennifer Lopez feat French Montana –“I Luh Ya Papi”

J Lo is flippin the script in her new video “I Luh Ya Papi”. Since most videos feature half naked women running around, her new visual has plenty of sexy male models laying around! The single will be on J.Lo’s 10th album (still untitled) due out June 17th 2014.

Rick Ross F/ Jay Z – The Devil Is A Lie

50 Cent- “Don’t Worry About It”

50 Cent returns with the release of his latest video “Don’t Worry About It”. In his video we get to see a different side of the Queens rapper as he creates a more futuristic glow-in-the-dark ensemble. 50’s new album, “Animal Ambition” is scheduled to be released on June 3rd.

Juicy J feat Chris Brown and Wiz Khalifa - “Talkin’ Bout”

Justin Timberlake-“ Not A Bad Thing”

Future – Covered in Money

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50 Cent- “Hold On”

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The Age of Everything

How Science Explores the Past

This very minimal web-page is just a place to compile material related to the book The Age of Everything: How Science Explores the Past which is being published by the University of Chicago Press (and is also available at Amazon, Barnes&Noble, Powells, etc.).

The book has been translated into Spanish by Editorial Crítica. The Spanish version is entitled "Orígenes: La datación científica del pasado" and is available

More recently, the book was translated into Korean by Sallim Books, and information about this edition can be found

Some nice reviews of the book have appeared in a few places:
Anthony Doerr in the Boston Globe
Steve Goddard's History Wire
Steven Poole in the Gaurdian
J. Stephen Daly in The Paleontology Newsletter (see page 88)
R.E. Kelly IV in Choice (Can be read on-line through the New York Public Library website)
R. Dejaiffe in Ciel et Terre (Rough translation from the French here)
R. Stearley in Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith
D. Kay in Cosmos Magazine
R. Hoots for the National Science Teachers Association

Pascual Tamburri Bariain for el semanal
(of the spanish translation, Rough translation from the Spanish here)

And a more critical review may be found here:
John Gribbin in the Independent

Background, Updates, Errata and Miscellany

Here is a copy of the slides and lecture notes for the 2004 Compton Lectures that formed the basis for the book. I warn any reader that this stuff is pretty raw and it contains some glitches that got ironed out in the book. I also apologize for the really cruddy HTML formatting of the slides.

I started each of the lectures with a little cartoon to remind myself and my audience that I am not an authority on many of the subjects I discussed. I made similar cartoons to introduce each chapter of the book, but the consensus was that they were a little too cute and so they were dropped from the published book. For the curious, copies of those cartoons can be found here.

As I state in the introduction to the book, the subjects I cover are areas of active research, so I will post updates here on new findings that are relevant to the discussions in the book.

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Monday, October 19, 2009

WMF Emilio Pistolas

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And I thought that Pumaman Brad Jackson was the most annoying of his kind. But now I found Emilio Pistolas. Who is Emilio Pistolas? Well, another little rascal who abuses the magic art for base motives. To pick up women. Here is his great website.

I will not make a big fuss about how such actions hurt the magic image. Nor how much I despise such people because how they treat magic without respect. No... not this time.

Instead: Emilio Pistolas actually claims that the used material is his own. "All the girls where approached using only my original material and unique Stree magic skills." I assume he talks about this patter when he talks about his material not about the tricks itself. Because they are everything but "original".

Here is the website where you can see the routines:

First video: The Beamer... well, aside from the fact that the very untalented Daniel Madison (who probably will appear on my blog in time) has done it before (same gestures as he makes the corner vanish) the idea is not new. ("Self-Working Coin Magic" by Karl Fulves, done with a dollar bill)

Second video: Cash & Go... obviously Extreme Burn currently sold by Richard Sanders. Emilio Pistolas sells the trick as well, so this makes him an amoral person.

Third video: The Levitator... coin on string. Well.

Fourth video: Relative Matter... PK-Ring, a bottle, a folded bottle cap and a duplicate of the later one. What is one supposed to say about that? Oh yeah, it is Prohibition by Charlie Justice!

Yes all "original"!

Let's keep it short. Emilio Pistolas is a young man whos lust is bigger than his moral objection towards the ancient art of magic. Can he be blamed for that? No! Can he be blamed for receiving the title WMF? No!

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