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Popular Move Into Battered Financials Doesn't Pan Out
Many investors - both great and small - have bought bank and other financial stocks over the last year. Rationales for these purchases probably included "the worst was over" or "the stocks were cheap and more than reflected the problems in lending." Early this year in we noted that there was more money going into the popular Financial Select Sector SPDR (XLF) after it fell sharply - a rare flip-flop in normal fund investor buy-high/sell-low behavior.
How have investors done since moving into financial stocks? Not so well. Yesterday Financial Select Sector SPDR (XLF) was near the 52-week low, down about 15% from early February.
Barron's discusses the bargain hunt that hasn't led to many bargains so far:
After riding out the credit crunch, the subprime-mortgage debacle and the March collapse of Bear Stearns, investors in April and May began bargain-hunting in the group. But June struck like a thunderbolt, with Lehman Brothers (ticker: LEH), the new hedge-fund whipping boy, plagued by rampant rumors about its liquidity. There were reports Lehman planned in response to push up its earnings release and announce a rights offering to raise capital."
As far as we're concerned, we're largely staying away from financials until something REALLY dramatic happens and scares away fund investors - a big commercial bank failure, a Fannie / Freddie catastrophe - before we'll consider a broad recommendation to bottom fish financial sector funds. As we noted in February, it's not a true buying opportunity until only a few people want to buy.
Vanguard Splits ETFs For Mysterious Reasons
Apparently Vanguard has been a little too successful in attracting smart, fee-conscious, long-term investors.
Its relatively new exchange-traded (ETF) fund lineup has achieved remarkable success, hitting $50 billion in assets - $8.5 billion came in so far in 2008 alone. So why is Vanguard messing with such a good thing, using gimmicks the firm wouldn't use with its traditional funds?
Vanguard announced today a two-for-one split of shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI), Vanguard Emerging Markets ETF (VWO), and Vanguard Extended Market ETF (VXF)."
This article off the Dow Jones Newswire offers possible explanations including:
The effect of Vanguard's share split will be to allow investors to trade the funds in smaller amounts. For now, each of the three ETFs' share price is more than $100. Shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF are about $138, meaning that's the de facto minimum investment for any investor who wants to buy the fund, and the smallest increment in which existing investors can buy and sell. After the split the new number will should closer to $69."
But investors with less than $100 should probably not be investing in ETFs at all. Even at a cheap discount broker an ETF investor is going to pay $7 in commissions - which is a big chunk of a sub-$100 ETF investment. That kind of cost runs counter to one of exchange traded funds' main selling points - their cheapness of ownership. ...read the rest of this article»
Sarcastically-Toned New ETF Launch Review
The great new ETF (exchange traded fund) stamped continues unabated. Who'd have thought there was so many wonderful investment opportunities that hadheretofore been ignored? This past week alone we've seen:
Claymore launch the Claymore/MAC Global Solar Energy Index ETF (Ticker 'TAN' - ha ha ha), which owns around 25 solar related stocks. Because frankly investing in the dozen or so existing alternative energy funds is just too darn diversified. This fund offers a hedge against Birkenstock-wearing 'no nukes' politicians screwing up your investment in the recently launched PowerShares Nuclear ETF (PKN) or Market Vectors Nuclear Energy ETF (NLR). Alternatively consider the ELEMENTS Credit Suisse Global Warming Index ETN (GWO) as a hedge against do-gooders.
Northern Trust launch the NETS™ TOPIX ETF (TYI) based on the Topix Japanese stock index, in addition to a smattering of other country funds. Hey at least they got the nerve to launch an ETF for the down and out Japanese market, most ETFs chase trends.
The debut of DB Agriculture Double Short ETN (AGA), DB Agriculture Double Long ETN (DAG), DB Agriculture Short ETN (ADZ), DB Agriculture Long ETN (AGF). Nothin says laissez-faire capitalist like four new ways to gamble on agriculture while residents of other countries riot over food shortages.
Yep, what a week. There hasn't been this many ETFs launched since...well since the week before last.
New Vanguard Global Index Fund - It's About Time
Everybody loves indexing, and indexing pioneer Vanguard certainly doesn't shut their yap about the benefits of indexing, but for some strange reason Vanguard has yet to deliver a global stock index fund. Vanguard offers dozens of index funds - now in ETF format as well as traditional open-end funds - to cover U.S. stocks and foreign markets, but they don't have a one stop product that lets a truly passive investor buy a single stock fund that invests in world equity markets.
Well, soon they will:
Vanguard filed a registration statement on Wednesday, April 2, 2008, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to offer a global equity index fund—Vanguard Global Stock Index Fund. The fund will offer three share classes—Investor, Institutional, and ETFs—that are expected to be available in the second quarter of 2008. This will be Vanguard's first passively managed global index fund.
The new fund will seek to track the performance of the FTSE All-World Index, a float-adjusted, market capitalization-weighted index designed to measure equity market performance of large- and mid-capitalization stocks worldwide. The fund will invest in a broadly diversified sampling of securities from the target benchmark, which comprises more than 2,800 large- and mid-cap stocks of companies in 48 foreign countries. Approximately 55% of the index is made up of stocks from outside the U.S."
The index fund open-end version's 0.45% expense ratio is not as cheap as other Vanguard U.S. index funds, and is just 0.19% cheaper than Vanguards actively managed global stock fund, Vanguard Global Equity (VHGEX).
Vanguard is also adding purchase fees to buy the open-end version of this new index fund, along with the usual redemption fees:
To offset the transaction costs associated with global investing and to protect the interests of long-term fund shareholders, the fund will assess a 0.15% purchase fee on all non-ETF share purchases and a 2% redemption fee on all non-ETF assets redeemed within two months of purchase."
This front and back fee levy should lead to slightly better quoted performance of the open-end fund than the closed end fund, even factoring in higher fund expenses (the ETF costs 0.25%).
Vanguard is really just playing catch-up here. Barclays iShares unit just launched a global stock ETF, iShares MSCI ACWI Index Fund (ACWI), which started just last week. Barclay's fund owns 711 holdings to mimic an index of 2,884 stocks and comes with an 0.35% expense ratio - more than the Vanguard ETF but less than the Vanguard open-end fund.
Global indexing made more sense before foreign stocks outpaced U.S. stocks, as they have for the past several years. At this point we expect U.S. stocks to beat foreign stocks going forward. Our predictions aside, for those looking for a one stop stock fund they can buy and ignore for twenty years, this is it. No word on where the one stop global stock AND bond index fund is - we need that even more, especially in 401(k) plans.
Fund Bad, ETF Good?
While exchange traded funds, or ETFs, are a useful invention, we fear investors will get into more trouble with them than they do with ordinary mutual funds. The primarily benefit - low costs and tax efficiency - seem to be falling to the wayside as the other benefits, intraday trading, leveraging, shorting, and ultra-targeting of sub-sectors and investment strategies, take the spotlight.
We've often heard experts opine on how bad mutual funds are compared to ETFs. This is a bit silly as the same mutual fund companies running "evil" mutual funds are usually the same companies behind ETFs. Moreover, to most investors, there is little difference between a Vanguard open end fund and its ETF cousin. In fact, to those buying in relatively small allocations directly through the fund company, ordinary index funds remain the cost effective choice, especially when an investor is adding money regularly.
In response to a reader question about a book called The Lies About Money by Ric Edelman, Eric Tyson, author of Investing for Dummies notes:
"A number of financial advisers are cheerleading for ETFs. In my observation, this advocacy is self-serving, because such advisers have investment-management businesses built around using ETFs. And, in a competitive marketplace, they want to be different and appear current to appeal to novice customers.
In Edelman's case, he has written a purposely provocative and hyped book telling his readers the following:
'The retail mutual fund industry is ripping you off. ... You need to sell all your retail mutual funds. ... The fact is that the retail mutual fund industry is now flush with liars, crooks and charlatans. Daily business activities include deceit, hidden costs, undisclosed risks, deceptive trade practices, conflicts of interest, and fundamental violations of trust — all at your expense. Since September 2003, the retail mutual fund industry has paid out more than $5 billion in fines.'
That does indeed sound pretty awful, doesn't it?
...What's ironic and hypocritical of Edelman's comments is that he said in a prior book, 'I hate index funds.' Well, ETFs are index funds that you trade on a stock exchange!
ETFs are similar to mutual funds, with the most significant difference being that in order to invest, you must buy into an ETF through a stock exchange where ETFs trade, just as individual stocks do.
Thus, you need a brokerage account to be able to invest in ETFs.
ETFs are most like index mutual funds in that each ETF generally tracks a major market index. (Beware that more and more ETFs are being issued that track more narrowly focused indexes, such as an industry group and small country).
The best ETFs might also have slightly lower operating expenses than the lowest-cost index funds.
However, you must pay a brokerage fee to buy and sell an ETF, and the current market value of the ETF may deviate slightly from the underlying market value of the securities in its portfolio."
Vanguard Tries To Ruin Your Investing Tax Break
You can count on mutual fund companies to try to squash any product they think is a competitive threat to their multi-trillion-dollar-in-assets cash machine.
The latest attack on mutual fund dominance is from the relatively unknown exchange traded notes (ETN). These ETF-esque securities are essentially exchange traded derivative contracts. The main force behind ETNs is Barclays iPath® Currency Exchange Traded Notes. With their popular iShares lineup, Barclays is already a big player in ordinary exchange traded funds (ETFs). So far the offerings are mostly focused on commodities and currencies. Still, according to an article on Bloomberg.com today, Vanguard is already trying to nip notes in the bud:
Barclays Plc introduced a new product that put a scare into Vanguard Group Inc. and the rest of the $13 trillion U.S. mutual-fund industry. Now Congress and the Treasury Department are coming to the funds' aid.
The security, called an exchange-traded note, allows individual investors to buy a type of forward contract linked to commodities and assets ranging from oil to currencies to foreign stock indexes. It has lower fees than mutual funds, is less regulated and, for now, lets holders defer taxable income indefinitely.
While less than $10 billion of the notes have been issued so far, mutual-fund companies see the potential for the new instruments to catch on in a big way with investors. The notes are 'derivatives for the masses,' said Alex Gelinas, a tax lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP in New York. For the mutual funds, reining them in is 'the issue of the year.'
The funds argue that the way the notes are handled for tax purposes puts their products at a disadvantage. The industry's trade group wants the government to either scrap the notes' favorable tax treatment or extend it to them too....In response, the Investment Company Institute [ICI], the trade association representing Vanguard and other funds, sent letters to Congress and Treasury calling the tax advantages of exchange- traded notes 'unwarranted, unintended and unfair.'
It got results. The Treasury Department in December said the interest income generated by currency-related notes can't be deferred because they are debt instruments. It may rule on other types of notes this year."
This is not the the first time funds acted to protect their best interests. In recent years fund companies were concerned people would buy professionally managed stock baskets without the inefficiencies, regulations, and costs of the old fashioned mutual fund structure, so they sicked their trade group, the Investment Company Institute, on small upstarts offering these services. Fortunately for fund companies, the idea never gelled with consumers as similar exchange traded funds became popular.
Why are ETFs More Tax Efficient Anyway?
You hear it all the time: exchange-traded funds are more tax-efficient than traditional mutual funds - what you don't hear is the reason why. Smartmoney gives a good answer:
When investors decide to exit an ETF they can sell their shares in the open market. In some cases, the authorized participant will redeem large chunks of ETF shares directly with an ETF sponsor like WisdomTree, performing what's called an "in-kind" redemption. In essence, they reverse the initial purchase transaction. So WisdomTree would return that sampling of individual shares in its portfolio to the AP in exchange for the ETF shares. The twist: WisdomTree will generally return the shares with the lowest cost basis — the ones it paid the least for and, hence, the ones with the highest potential capital gains — in order to hold down its potential tax hit. The AP doesn't care because its tax basis will be based on the current share price. The IRS perceives the whole deal as two companies exchanging one type of share for another, so it's not considered a taxable event.
That transaction method helps insulate existing ETF shareholders from unexpected capital gains — a luxury mutual fund holders don't enjoy. Indeed, an investor who leaves a mutual fund can potentially trigger capitals gains in their wake, since a manager has to sell shares to pay them off. Meanwhile, an investor who leaves an ETF pays taxes on his own profits; the existing shareholders don't get whacked with any unexpected capital gains."
Of course, non of this matters if you own your funds in a tax deferred account like an IRA.
To Tame Portfolio Upside, Consider Some Trendy New ETFs…
The Wall Street Journal's personal finance guru Jonathan Clements is keen on some of the new fangled ETFs mutual fund companies are churning out by the fistful:
Wall Street has rolled out some 600 exchange-traded index funds, those stock-market-listed products that have exploded in popularity. Many, however, merely mimic existing mutual funds -- or are so narrowly focused that they're of little use to prudent investors.
But lately, all that's changed. ETF sponsors have launched intriguing funds in four key sectors, offering ordinary investors some great new ways to diversify"
The article notes the fabulous diversification offered by new ETFs investing in foreign real estate, international small caps, commodities, and foreign bonds:
Foreign Real Estate
iShares S&P World ex-U.S. Property (WPS)
SPDR DJ Wilshire International Real Estate (RWX)
WisdomTree International Real Estate (DRW)
International Small Caps
iShares MSCI EAFE Small Cap (SCZ)
SPDR S&P International Small Cap (GWX)
WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend (DLS)
Shares S&P GSCI Commodity (GSG)
PowerShares DB Commodity (DBC)
iPath Dow Jones-AIG Commodity (DJP)
iPath S&P GSCI Total Return (GSP)
International Bonds
SPDR Lehman International Treasury Bond (BWX)
Adding these funds will add diversity: your boring U.S. stock, bond, and money market funds will go up in coming years while the new ETFs will go down. That's diversity we can do without. ...read the rest of this article»
Perplexed about ETFs?
According to InvestmentNews, most investors don't know the difference between a mutual fund and an exchange traded fund.
a recent survey of 500 individual investors by Rydex Investments of Rockville, Md., found that 53% did not know the difference between an ETF and a mutual fund. Thirty-eight percent of those surveyed didn't know what an ETF is."
Well here's the short answer: the key difference between an ETF and a mutual fund is that it can be bought and sold throughout the day (and can change in value throughout the day), like a stock. A mutual fund is priced just once, at the end of each day.
There are other differences between ETFs and mutual funds - like ETFs are not actively manged unlike most mutual funds. Some of the features investors find attractive about exchange traded funds are their low fees and a fund market price that, because of a complex arbitrage system, doesn't vary much from the actual fund NAV (or net asset value), a key shortfall of the other exchange traded funds: closed end funds.


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package com.google.cloud.pontem.benchmark.backends;

import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQuery;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQueryException;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.Job;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.JobId;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.JobInfo;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.JobStatistics;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.JobStatus;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.QueryJobConfiguration;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.QueryJobConfiguration.Priority;
import com.google.cloud.pontem.model.BigQueryResult;
import com.google.cloud.pontem.model.Status;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.UUID;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

/** Backend that allows users to run interactive queries in BigQuery. */
public class BigQueryBackend {

  private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(BigQueryBackend.class.getName());

  private static final String PONTEM_JOB_ID_PREFIX = "Pontem_BigQuery_WorkloadTester_";
  private final BigQuery bigQuery;

  public BigQueryBackend(BigQuery bigQuery) {
    this.bigQuery = bigQuery;
  }

  /**
   * Runs interactive queries in BigQuery.
   *
   * <p>Interactive queries are executed as soon as possible and should not be batched. They count
   * towards your concurrent rate limit and your daily limit.
   *
   * @param query The query to execute.
   * @return a BigQueryResult object containing execution details and whether execution was
   *     successful or not.
   * @throws BackendException if there were any BigQuery issues while executing the queries.
   */
  public BigQueryResult executeQuery(String query) throws BackendException {
    logger.fine("Executing BigQuery query");
    logger.finest("Query to execute: " + query);

    Job job = getJob(query);
    try {
      logger.fine("Waiting for Job to complete");
      // TODO(ldanielmadariaga): Use timeout? The default wait is 12h
      job = job.waitFor();
    } catch (BigQueryException | InterruptedException e) {
      throw new BackendException(e);
    }

    if (job == null) {
      throw new BackendException("BigQuery job is empty!");
    }

    return getBigQueryResult(job);
  }

  private Job getJob(final String query) throws BackendException {
    // Create a random Job ID so that we can safely retry.
    JobId jobId = JobId.of(PONTEM_JOB_ID_PREFIX + UUID.randomUUID().toString());
    QueryJobConfiguration queryConfig = getQueryJobConfiguration(query);
    JobInfo jobInfo = getJobInfo(jobId, queryConfig);

    Job job;
    try {
      job = bigQuery.create(jobInfo);
    } catch (BigQueryException e) {
      throw new BackendException(e);
    }

    return job;
  }

  private QueryJobConfiguration getQueryJobConfiguration(String query) {
    return QueryJobConfiguration.newBuilder(query)
        // TODO(ldanielmadariaga): Set User Agent for tracking
        .setUseLegacySql(false)
        .setUseQueryCache(false)
        .setPriority(Priority.INTERACTIVE)
        // TODO(ldanielmadariaga): allow large result?
        .build();
  }

  private JobInfo getJobInfo(JobId jobId, QueryJobConfiguration queryConfig) {
    return JobInfo.newBuilder(queryConfig).setJobId(jobId).build();
  }

  private BigQueryResult getBigQueryResult(final Job job) {
    // TODO(ldanielmadariaga): How do we read TimelineSample.activeUnits?

    Status status = Status.SUCCESS;
    List<String> errors = new ArrayList<>();
    JobStatus jobStatus = job.getStatus();
    if (jobStatus.getError() != null) {
      status = Status.ERROR;

      jobStatus.getExecutionErrors().forEach(e -> errors.add(e.getMessage()));
    }

    JobStatistics statistics = job.getStatistics();
    String jobId = job.getJobId().toString();

    return BigQueryResult.newBuilder()
        .setId(jobId)
        .setStatus(status)
        .setErrors(errors)
        .setCreationTime(statistics.getCreationTime())
        .setRuntime(statistics.getEndTime() - statistics.getStartTime())
        .build();
  }
}

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These weekend residential RYLA courses are held at the Avon Tyrell activity centre located in the New Forest (near Bransgore).
Students are selected and sponsored by Rotary Clubs around the district, which are responsible for the fees and any expenses involved in the course. The course is designed and run by Rotarians and professionals who have experience of working with young people in challenging environments.
RYLA runs from Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon and the programme includes outdoor activities of an adventurous nature, such as raft-building, practical problem-solving, low ropes led by the Avon Tyrrell staff.
Additional confidence and team building exercises are run by the Rotary Facilitators. There are also indoor exercises designed to improve communication skills and to encourage the students to think about how they interact with other people and learn about themselves.
The feedback from these courses is amazing – just listen to what some students had to say about their experiences at a recent RYLA course.


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La conduite ou le pilotage tout-terrain («  » en anglais) consiste à conduire un véhicule sur des surfaces non bitumées comme du sable, du gravier, des lits de rivières, de la boue, de la neige, des rochers ou d'autres terrains naturels. Les types de pratique du tout-terrain varient en difficulté, des activités de loisirs avec des véhicules non modifiés aux compétitions avec des véhicules préparés et des pilotes professionnels. Des organisations écologistes ont reproché au tout-terrain des dommages environnementaux. De nombreux débats ont eu lieu sur le rôle du gouvernement dans la réglementation de ce sport, y compris aux États-Unis une affaire devant la Cour suprême intentée contre le Bureau of Land Management.

Véhicule tout terrain

Les déplacements en tout-terrain nécessitent des véhicules spécifiques. Ces véhicules disposent d'une garde au sol augmentée, de pneus tout-terrain et d'une transmission adaptée, parfois quatre roues motrices. Certains fabricants proposent des véhicules spécifiquement destinés à cette utilisation comme les quads ou les SSV.

Tout-terrain récréatif
Voici quelques exemples de conduite tout-terrain récréative ou sportive :

Dune bashing

Dune bashing est une forme de tout-terrain sur les dunes de sable.

Un gros véhicule tout-terrain tel que le Toyota Land Cruiser est utilisé (cependant, les véhicules légers s'en tirent souvent mieux dans le sable extrêmement mou des dunes de sable). Les véhicules conduits sur les dunes peuvent être équipés d'un arceau de sécurité en cas de retournement. Semblable à la compétition automobile, l'expérience et les compétences sont nécessaires pour manœuvrer la voiture et éviter les accidents. Avant d'entrer dans le désert dans un SUV ou un pick-up à usage quotidien, il est essentiel de réduire la pression des pneus. Ceci permettra de gagner en adhérence en augmentant la surface du pneu au sol et, par conséquent, réduire la pression au sol du véhicule sur le sable (un peu comme une personne portant des raquettes peut marcher sur une surface molle sans s'enfoncer). Par exemple, des pneus avec une pression sur route recommandée de 35 psi seraient dégonflés à environ 12-14 psi.

Une modification courante consiste à installer des jantes Beadlock, qui permettent d'abaisser encore plus la pression des pneus, sans risquer de séparer les pneus et les jantes. En entrant dans le désert, il est courant de rencontrer un ensemble de véhicules regroupé derrière un chef de groupe. Le chef de groupe mène ensuite le peloton à travers les dunes en file indienne. La principale raison de cette technique est d'empêcher les véhicules de perdre la trace et de s'égarer.

Courses tout-terrain

Courses dans le désert
Les courses à grande vitesse dans le désert consistent en des poursuites et des courses sur un terrain désertique accidenté avec de nombreux sauts et bosses abordés à la vitesse maximale. Les conducteurs utilisent principalement des pick-ups propulsion ou à transmission intégrale avec une suspension à grand débattement, des voies élargies et de gros pneus (généralement de 33 à 39 pouces) qui permettent de maintenir une stabilité optimale à haute vitesse. Ce type de pick-up est souvent appelé Prerunner.

Rock racing
Le rock racing est très similaire au rock crawling dans le fait que les véhicules sont conduits sur des rochers, la différence est qu'il n'y a pas de pénalités pour toucher des cônes, reculer ou treuiller comme cela se fait dans le rock crawling. Le rock racing impliquent également une notion de course à grande vitesse que l'on ne voit pas dans le crawl typique.

Cross-country
Contrairement au dénigrement stationnaire des dunes qui a tendance à tourner autour d'une seule étoile ou d'un obstacle, le cross-country hors route est une activité qui dure plusieurs jours sur des itinéraires désertiques ou autres. Les itinéraires en Afrique ont généralement des obstacles sur des terrains largement inhabités et inexplorés. Ces itinéraires de circuit sont de plus de 50 km et généralement autour de 300 km de long.

Raid
C'est un type de voyage entrepris avec un 4x4 qui passe principalement sur des pistes et contient quelques fois du tout-terrain. Traditionnellement, ces voyages se font dans des zones relativement inhabitées. Les déserts en Tunisie, au Maroc et dans d'autres pays d'Afrique du Nord, les voyages à travers l'Afrique, les voyages à travers la Mongolie ou le nord de la Scandinavie sont populaires. Les modifications typiques apportées aux véhicules pour ce type de voyage sont l'ajout de réservoirs de carburant supplémentaires, de tentes sur le toit et de systèmes de stockage élaborés à l'arrière pour la nourriture, l'eau / boisson, les pièces de rechange, les outils et autres marchandises. En raison du poids supplémentaire, la suspension est souvent renforcée par des ressorts plus solides, des amortisseurs, etc.

Green laning

Le green laning (ou two-tracking) est une activité de loisir, généralement adaptée à tout véhicule à quatre roues motrices, même ceux sans modifications ni équipement supplémentaire. Le terme voie verte fait référence au fait que les itinéraires sont principalement le long de pistes non revêtues, de pistes forestières ou de routes plus anciennes qui peuvent être tombées en désuétude. Au Royaume-Uni, ce sont généralement des routes non classées ou des routes ouvertes à tout trafic (BOATs), toutes deux légales pour les véhicules motorisés, qui ne sont souvent pas entretenues de quelque manière que ce soit, et comprennent souvent des gués.

Boue et bouchage de la boue

La boue est une pratique tout-terrain à travers une zone de boue humide ou d'argile. Le but est de conduire le plus loin possible sans rester coincé. Il existe de nombreux types de pneus recommandés pour cette activité. On trouve notamment les pneus ballon, les pneus pour terrain boueux et les pneus à aubes.

Cette activité est très populaire aux États-Unis, bien qu'elle soit illégale sur les terres publiques en raison de son impact environnemental.

Le bouchage, tel que pratiqué par exemple au Royaume-Uni, fait référence à l'ancien sport automobile des épreuves classiques, où encore une fois, l'objectif principal est de terminer un parcours de routes difficiles (pour la plupart non goudronnées) et (souvent boueuses et souvent en montée) hors-piste.

Cette forme de sport automobile est l'une des premières à survivre à ce jour, remontant au moins aux années 1920.

Rock crawling
Le crawling est un genre de conduite de tout-terrain. Les véhicules utilisés pour le rock crawling sont généralement modifiés avec des pneus différents, des composants de suspension qui permettent une plus grande articulation de l'essieu et des changements dans le rapport de démultiplication du différentiel afin d'obtenir des caractéristiques adaptées au fonctionnement à basse vitesse pour franchir des obstacles. Il est courant pour un véhicule d'exploration en terrain rocheux d'avoir un «observateur», qui est un assistant à pied près du véhicule dont le but est de fournir des informations au conducteur sur les zones hors de sa vue.

Essais compétitifs
Tous les progrès se font à basse vitesse et l'accent est mis sur l'habileté, plutôt que de terminer en premier, bien que les essais puissent être très compétitifs. Il existe trois formes traditionnelles d'essai hors route.

Essai RTV
L'essai RTV (Road Taxed Vehicle) est la forme d'essai la plus courante. Comme son nom l'indique, il est destiné aux véhicules homologués pour la route (et donc tenus de payer la taxe routière). Cela exclut les véhicules hautement modifiés ou spécialement construits. Les véhicules de classe RTV peuvent transporter une large gamme de modifications de suspension, ainsi que des pneus tout-terrain (à condition qu'ils soient homologués pour la route), des treuils de récupération, des prises d'air surélevées, etc. Les véhicules pour les essais RTV sont généralement décrits comme «modifiés par rapport à la norme» - ils utilisent le châssis, la transmission et la carrosserie de série. Bien qu'une modification ne soit pas nécessaire pour un essai RTV, on s'attend à ce que le véhicule ait une protection sous la carrosserie telle qu'un carter de protection, une protection de différentiel et des seuils solides. Les parcours RTV sont destinés à être ne pas endommager les véhicules et parcouruss à un rythme à peine supérieur à celui de la marche, un parcours correctement aménagé peut être conduit sans dommage. Cependant, le terrain comprend généralement des pentes raides, de l'eau, des pentes latérales, des ornières profondes et d'autres obstacles qui pourraient endommager un véhicule si des erreurs sont commises ou si une mauvaise  conduite est pratiquée. Les modifications du véhicule apportent souvent de meilleures chances de succès.

Le parcours entre les portes est une "section": Entre la ligne de départ et la première porte se trouve la "Section 1", la partie entre la première et la deuxième porte est la "Section 2" et ainsi de suite. Un cours RTV est souvent aménagé de manière que chaque section soit progressivement plus difficile. Si un conducteur ne parvient pas à remplir la section 1, il reçoit 10 points. Si la tentative se termine dans la section 2, 9 points sont attribués, etc. Un tour sans faute ne gagne que 1 point. L'événement d'une journée comprendra de nombreux parcours différents et le pilote avec le score le plus bas gagne.

Étant donné que le terrain couvert dans les essais RTV devrait être adapté aux capacités des véhicules standards, ces essais mettent l'accent sur les compétences du conducteur et les capacités de lecture du terrain. Un bon conducteur dans un véhicule de série peut facilement gagner face à un véhicule modifié et hautement équipé conduit par un conducteur moins performant.

Essai CCV

L'essai des véhicules tout-terrain (CCV) est le niveau supérieur par rapport aux essais RTV et est ouvert aux véhicules non homologués pour la route, ce qui augmente considérablement les possibilités de modification. Le terrain couvert sera plus difficile que celui trouvé sur un essai RTV, et nécessitera généralement une utilisation plus judicieuse de la vitesse pour faire franchir certains obstacles au véhicule, augmentant ainsi le risque de dommages. Bien qu'aucun essai ne soit censé entraîner des dommages au véhicule, les accidents sont fréquents. On ne s'attend pas à ce qu'un véhicule de route soit capable de suivre une course CCV.

L'événement se déroule dans le même esprit que RTV, avec un parcours composé de portes marquées par une canne. Les règles sont également les mêmes que pour un essai RTV.

Les essais CCV diffèrent grandement des essais RTV dans les véhicules utilisés. Puisque "tout est permis", les essais CCV reposent sur le fait d'avoir le bon véhicule dans une bien plus grande mesure que dans un essai RTV. Les concurrents sont capables de concevoir et de construire des véhicules beaucoup plus optimisés que dans les échelons inférieurs des essais. Les véhicules CCV ont des moteurs puissants, une garde au sol élevée, une carrosserie légère et minimaliste et de bons angles d'approche et de départ. Pendant de nombreuses années, au Royaume-Uni, le véhicule CCV ultime pouvait être construit en prenant le châssis d'un Range Rover, en retirant la carrosserie, en réduisant le châssis à un empattement.

V basent désormais généralement leurs véhicules autour de Land Rover 90 ou d'un châssis standard de 100 pouces d'un Range Rover ou d'un Discovery de la série I. La série de véhicules Suzuki SJ constitue également de bonnes bases pour les véhicules CCV. Certains véhicules sont spécialement construits, prenant la forme de «buggies» légers avec des pneus de tracteur et des freins «violon» pour de meilleures performances.

Les véhicules doivent respecter certaines règles de sécurité. Les arceaux doivent être installés et construits selon des normes appropriées, des points de récupération doivent être installés à l'avant et à l'arrière et les réservoirs de carburant doivent répondre à certaines normes. Un harnais à 4 points pour tous les occupants est requis et un extincteur est recommandé.

Défi Punch & Winch
Une forme de compétition avec un parcours aménagé avec des points de contrôle ou des portes et les véhicules doivent collecter des poinçons (trous sur une carte perforée) ou franchir autant de portes que possible. Ces défis comprennent souvent un petit nombre d'épreuves spéciales.

À la base, un véhicule de défi sera une machine CCV avec un treuil de récupération monté à l'avant. Cependant, une classe distincte de véhicules adaptés aux défis a évolué. Les petits véhicules CCV à toit ouverts ne sont pas bien adaptés au transport de la gamme souvent large d'équipements nécessaires à la récupération du treuil en terrain difficile. Un véhicule plus grand avec une certaine forme de protection contre l'extérieur est souhaité (le Land Rover Defender à empattement court, en particulier dans la forme "Hard Top", est une base typique et commune pour un véhicule Winch Challenge).

Critique de l'utilisation des véhicules tout-terrain

Impact environnemental

L'utilisation de véhicules hors route sur les terres publiques a été critiquée par certains membres du gouvernement américain et des organisations environnementales, notamment le Sierra Club et la . Ils ont noté plusieurs conséquences de l'utilisation illégale d'ORV telles que la pollution, les dommages aux sentiers, l'érosion, la dégradation des terres, l'extinction possible des espèces, et la destruction de l'habitat qui peuvent rendre les sentiers de randonnée impraticables. Les promoteurs de l'ORV soutiennent que l'utilisation légale ayant lieu dans le cadre d'un accès planifié ainsi que les multiples efforts de conservation de l'environnement et des sentiers par les groupes d'ORV atténueront ces problèmes. Des groupes tels que la Blueribbon Coalition préconisent Treadlightly, qui est l'utilisation responsable des terres publiques utilisées pour des activités hors route.

Selon le US Forest Service, l'utilisation de moteurs à deux temps anciens, auparavant courants dans les véhicules conçus pour une utilisation hors route, suscite également des inquiétudes quant à la pollution. Cela est dû au fait que  (le lubrifiant du moteur étant un «système de perte totale» et est émis par conception) et que .

La pollution sonore est également un problème et plusieurs études menées par l'Université d'État du Montana, l'Université d'État de Californie, l'Université de Floride et autres ont cité des changements comportementaux négatifs possibles chez la faune à la suite de l'utilisation de certains ORV.

Certains États américains ont des lois pour réduire le bruit généré par les véhicules hors route et non routiers. Washington en est un exemple : .

Polémique du désert de Mojave
Le Bureau américain de la gestion des terres (BLM) supervise plusieurs grandes zones de véhicules tout-terrain dans le désert des Mojaves en Californie.

En 2009, la juge de district américaine Susan Illston s'est prononcée contre la désignation proposée par le BLM d'une utilisation hors route supplémentaire sur des routes ouvertes désignées sur des terres publiques. Selon la décision, le BLM a violé ses propres réglementations en désignant environ 5 000 miles de routes pour véhicules hors route en 2006. Selon le juge Ilston, la désignation du BLM était  pour limiter les dommages à l'habitat sensible, comme l'exige la National Environmental Policy Act. Illston a constaté que le bureau n'avait pas correctement analysé l'impact de la route sur la qualité de l'air, les sols, la flore et les espèces sensibles telles que le lézard frangé de Mojave, en voie de disparition, soulignant que le Congrès des États-Unis avait déclaré que le désert californien et ses ressources étaient .

Le tribunal a également conclu que le BLM n'avait pas respecté les restrictions d'itinéraire établies dans le plan de conservation de l'agence, ce qui a entraîné la création de centaines de routes illégales pour les OHV au cours des trois décennies précédentes. Le plan violait les règlements du BLM, en particulier la Federal Land Policy and Management Act de 1976 (FLPMA) et la National Environmental Policy Act de 1969 (NEPA). La décision a été considérée comme un succès pour une coalition de groupes de conservation, notamment les Friends of Juniper Flats, Community Off-road Vehicle Watch, la California Native Plant Society, le Center for Biological Diversity, le Sierra Club et la Wilderness Society, qui ont lancé la contestation judiciaire fin 2006.

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Can Manufacturers Succeed in the Shared Economy?
Manufacturing Best Practices Editors January 10, 2020
As manufacturers struggle to find skilled workers to support their operations, it becomes harder for them to meet time-to-market goals. Some industry experts believe, however, that by working with manufacturing-as-a-service (MaaS) providers, operations can fill their talent gaps.
Jeff Hojlo, program director for manufacturing insights at International Data Corp. (IDC), believes that as value chains become more complex, companies need to develop a network of partners that help them be more resilient. MaaS providers could come in and help with hardware-centric services, enterprise software services and technology, such as cloud offerings, big data/analytics, IoT, robotics, 3D printing, cognitive and AI systems, asset management.
"I think we should be looking at manufacturing as a service to complement a firm's current innovation, engineering, R&D and manufacturing approach," Hojlo says.
Dave Evans founded Fictiv, an on-demand manufacturing startup based in San Francisco. Described as "an Airbnb for manufacturers," Fictiv matches customers who need quickly produced parts and prototypes with a network of idle machinery and talent in more than 200 highly vetted manufacturers in the United States and China. It then manages the entire process from quoting to delivery. Services offered include CNC machining, injection molding, 3-D printing, sheet metal, die casting, and urethane casting.
"Manufacturing is about taking a digital design and turning that idea into a physical product," Evans says. "Technology and manufacturing must work hand-in-hand to drive the next generation of manufacturing tools that enable rapid, responsive product development."
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By Ed Junaidi on March 30, 2012
The World War II Cemetery and Memorial – Labuan
It was such an amazing experience to visit and to explore Labuan, the Pearl of Borneo. This island, known for its status as an offshore financial centre offering international financial services, is also gazetted as one of the three Federal Territories of Malaysia (the other two being Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya).
Labuan territory consists of seven islands: Pulau Labuan, Pulau Kuraman, Pulau Rusukan Besar, Pulau Rusukan Kecil, Pulau Papan, Pulau Daat and Pulau Burong. These islands lay eight kilometres off the coast of Borneo, adjacent to the state of Sabah and Brunei Darussalam, facing the wide South China Sea. Labuan is equidistant from major cities like Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Bangkok and Manila. If you're coming by air, you can take Malaysia Airlines and Air Asia from Kuala Lumpur or MAS Wings from Kota Kinabalu. You can also come to Labuan via ferry from Kota Kinabalu or Brunei Darussalam.
The name Labuan originally derived from the local word pelabuhan or labuhan, which means anchorage. The island has strong Bruneian influence since centuries ago. The major dialect spoken is Brunei-Kadayan Malay, which is significantly different than standard Malay. The majority of its population is Malay (mainly Brunei Malay) and Kedayan. The other ethnic groups who live here are also Chinese, Kadazan Dusun, Murut and Bajau, all of them create a diversified culture and lifestyle in Labuan.
THE ISLANDS AND MARINE PARK
Kuraman Island
This tropical island, which is also one of the three Marine Park islands, obtained its name from the Kuraman trees discovered on the island not long ago. The island attracts tourists who love snorkelling, diving or simply frolicking about. The island is uninhabited and remains untouched from any form of development. The only facility and construction available on the island is the jetty.
This gorgeous island is blessed with sandy white beaches and crystal clear water with naturally formed sandbank long extended towards the adjacent Pulau Rusukan Kecil and Pulau Rusukan Besar. The island's old name, Mompraçem, was often quoted as the setting for love and adventure in the stories of Sandokan (a fictional pirate of the late 19th century, who first appeared in publication in 1883, created by Italian author Emilio Salgari).
Papan Island
Papan island is a favourite weekend getaway for individual visitors and groups. The island offers facilities such as chalets, campsites, sports grounds, praying facility and barbeque area. It is surrounded by white beaches and clear water. Visitors can walk along the beach and make a full circle on the island because of its small size.
You can also plan for jungle-trekking and get to see the lighthouse on the higher ground on the island. The trekking has been developed nicely and it promises a safe experience for families to enjoy.
Batu Manikar Beach
For gorgeous sunset views, head to Batu Manikar Beach, which stretches along Jalan Batu Manikar right up to where University Malaysia Sabah is located. It is fringed with casuarinas and coconut trees, shaded naturally by the other trees. Its pristine condition garnered recognition during the COBSEA Clean Beach Award in 2008, making it one of the cleanest beaches in Malaysia.
Layang Layangan Beach
Popular during weekends, Layang Layangan Beach possesses white sandy beaches and various leisure and recreational activities, making it suitable for visiting families. There are many food stalls here that also serve live music. Layang Layangan Beach is located on the west coast of Labuan, south of Pancur Hitam beach.
LANDMARKS AND ATTRACTIONS
The Chimney
The Chimney is a 106-foot high red brick stack built in typical old British style of architecture, believed to be related to the coal mining days of Labuan. There are many stories surrounding this structure. Some people said it was an unfinished building while others said it was a lighthouse beaconing passing ships. It was also thought to be nothing more than a ventilation shaft. However, recent findings revealed there was no trace of smoke or burn to suggest that it was used as a chimney. The fascinating theories by locals and visitors make the Chimney popular and earn it as one of the 10 Labuan Tourism Icons. An interesting historical place to visit.
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This war memorial is located along Jalan Tanjung Batu. Arguably one of the most visited places in Labuan, the memorial – constructed and maintained by Commonwealth War Graves Commission – boasts a beautiful garden with a wide green lawn and inscribed headstones of 3,908 war heroes, who either died during battle or in captivity during World War II. Most of them were Australians and British, while the rest comprised soldiers from Punjab Signal Corp, New Zealand and even Northern Borneo.
Remembrance Day, a memorial service held on the first Sunday of November every year, brought many veterans and families of war victims from Australia and other Commonwealth countries to Labuan.
Labuan Museum
The museum is housed in a two-storey pre-war colonial building, with its ground floor dedicated to exhibiting the history of Labuan. The museum is a one-stop centre with information on anything and everything related to Labuan and Malaysia. Outside the Labuan Museum is the History Square, where the four Flame of the Forest trees stand on all four corners of the square, planted by the Chinese, Malay, Indian and European communities in 1953 to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
Marine Museum
A walk into this museum opens a world of colours to a fascinating panoramic view of fishes and corals not seen elsewhere. It is built on the concept of a ship with two floors of exhibits. Clear violet-blue aquariums display the various habitats of marine life such as sharks, rays, butterfly fish, angel fish, damsels, wrasses, moray eels, poisonous fishes, shrimps and lobsters. Visitors also have the rare experiences to touch and feel the displays placed in shallow waters such as starfish, sea cucumbers and king crabs. The second floor's exhibits include habitats of coral reefs, habitats of sharks and rays, marine reptiles, commercial fish, marine mammals, marlins, fishing and diving activities, oceanography, marine biology, molluscs and crustaceans.
The Botanical Garden is full of beautiful flowers and trees, which we were told to have been planted by Colonial Secretary Hugh Low. There is also a dilapidated structure on the grounds of the Botanical Garden known as the Government House or Bumbung Dua Belas, which was built in 1852 and located behind the old airport. The house was a long and low structure with interesting roof design.
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Sunset View at Labuan
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THE HOMESTAYS
If you like to spend your days living the life of the local people of Labuan, there are three homestays that offer such experience: Kampung Patau-Patau II, Bukit Kuda Village and Sungai Labu Village. Visitors will be able to savour Labuan laidback culture, local customs and cuisines. The residents of these homestays will offer you warm hospitality and make you feel at home.
Kampung Patau-Patau II – The water village
One of the uniqueness of Labuan lifestyle is the water village. The people who live in this village originate from Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. The villages consist of houses built on water. Each of these houses is connected to each other via bridge-like walkways. Today, many of the water village residents still incorporate their Kedayan Bruneian culture and customs into their daily lives.
Kampung Air Patau Patau II is actually quite developed, properly organised and equipped with water and power supply, telephone and sewage lines, streetlights, water taxi jetty, grocery shops, handicraft shops, clinics, schools and place of worship. Being surrounded by water means that the main mode of transport is the boat and most of the houses own one.
We were invited to the house belonging to Hajah Samsiah Haji Matusin, a truly welcoming village resident who has stayed in the village all her life. We were very impressed with her house because it was spacious and well decorated, comfortable for visitors to relax and take in the laidback atmosphere of the village with the sea flowing under the feet.
Kampung Bukit Kuda
Located seven kilometres from the centre of Labuan, this typical Malay village is populated by friendly and hardworking residents who love to decorate their compounds and maintain a high standard of cleanliness. We had the opportunity to inspect the cosy house belonging to Madzan Haji Yunus and a local dried noodle enterprise owned by Salleh Ali.
Labuan is perfect for shopping duty-free imported products at competitive prices, ranging from chocolates, perfumes, cosmetics, leather goods, cigarettes, liquors, pens and watches. We enjoyed spending our dime at popular shopping areas such as Jalan OKK Awang Besar, the Ferry Terminal Area and Financial Park Complex. During weekends, visitors should go to the Labuan Weekend Tamu to shop for authentically intriguing items held along Jalan OKK Awang Besar.
Labuan is famous for affordable seafood that includes raw and fresh fish, prawns, crabs, lobsters, squids, and shellfish. During our stay, we had the opportunity to savour many dishes served in various cooking styles, indicating that Labuan also has its culinary specialities.
One particular delicacy that Labuan is famous for is its coconut pudding. The pudding is unique, made from steamed coconut water and jelly. Another delicacy that visitors should not miss is the sweetened steamed rice wrapped in coconut leaves called lambam, closely resembling the Chinese rice dumpling or the Malay ketupat and eaten with peanut sauce.
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This should be the first zombie game to have a full out mall in it. Think along the lines of Dawn of The Dead or even Dead Rising.
A huge complex to secure for you and a group of survivors clearing out each level of the mall from the undead.
All stores can be entered and fortified with the security gates.
A security room to monitor the mall from returning undead shoppers or the inevitable bandits.
A dark lower level parking garage that houses the generators, and an abundance of abandoned vehicles.
I'm not too sure. The first alpha island will be a rural area, so no shopping malls. Don't know about the others.
Trust me. I'm a Doctor.
Dawn of Dead V2. Yay.
Personally keeping it with small/medium structures in the beginning is more straightforward. Mall add-on or whatever further along the line maybs.
I would love to see a big mall in the game, even though the alpha island is going to be a rural place there should at least be a mall in the central business district area of the game, even small towns often have malls where you can find all the goods you need to live.
I think a shopping mall would be really cool, though maybe in a future map.
For a game like that - must have.
Жизнь есть высококачественный консенсус парадоксальности и бессмысленности всего сущего синтезирующаяся в бесконечности бытия.
A strip mall would be more realistic for a rural community.... If you don't know what a strip mall is here is a pic.
I really do hate Kill On Sight... Can't we Hug On Sight instead???
Would be cool to see a overrun shopping mall.
I up vote it here and there.
I think a shopping mall would be a great idea! It would be prime territory for bandits to get food of create a base out of. I think it would be great for immersion too. Shopping malls are something we are all used to seeing absolutely full of people and activity, if done correctly, it could be quite eerie to see one deserted.
Actually, Project Zomboid has a pretty huge mall in it. No lower level parking garage though.
I'm a giant cookie eating Dutch Blackbird.
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If there was a mall would it be fair to blockade it? Seems like there would be a tremendous amount of loot in something like that? I know this isn't any other survival games but most of the other games including old school dayz mod wouldn't let you build in high loot areas.


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On the Ground State Energy of the Translation Invariant Pauli-Fierz Model. II.
We determine the ground state energy of the translation invariant Pauli-Fierz model for an electron with spin, to subleading order $O(\alpha^2)$ with respect to powers of the finestructure constant $\alpha$ and prove rigorous error bounds of order $O(\alpha^3)$. A main objective of our argument is its brevity.
Keywords and Phrases: Translation invariant Pauli-Fierz Hamiltonian, spectral theory, ground state energy.
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Hello IPL fantasy cricket lovers! This is going to be our last instalment of introducing the teams to our readers. And in this post, we are going to give you the overview of Sunrisers Hyderabad!
Sunrisers Hyderabad has been founded in 2012 and they have started participating in the IPL T20 cricket game from 2013. They have replaced the Deccan Chargers. They have reached two finals of the IPL and have won one.
SRH is a consistent team in IPL T20 fantasy and has debatably the best bowling attack currently. After the wait of three years, they have been crowned as the IPL champions in 2016.
The Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium is their home ground. The Sunrisers Hyderabad has a huge fan base even though it is a relatively new team in the IPL fantasy league. "Orange Army" is the name given to the team before IPL 2017 season.
2013: The SRH team participated first in the sixth IPL season and lost in the eliminator match.
2014: The team has reached the 6th position in the league stage in the seventh IPL edition.
2015: At the eighth IPL edition, SRH has reached to the 6th position in the league stage.
2016: SRH has won the trophy and becomes the champions for the first time during the ninth edition of the tournament.
2017: The team has lost in the eliminator at the tenth IPL edition.
2018: The team has become the runners-up during the eleventh edition.
SRH has scored 209/3 against KKR during IPL 2017 as their highest innings total.
The team has scored113 all out against MI in IPL 2015 as their lowest innings total.
David Warner has scored 2579 runs, the highest runs by any SRH player.
Again, David Warner has scored 126 against KKR in IPL 2017, the highest individual score, by any SRH player.
David Warner has hit 26 half-centuries, the highest by any SRH player.
In IPL 2016, David Warner has scored848 runs, the maximum by any SRH player in a single IPL season.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar has taken 96 wickets, the highest wickets taken by any SRH player.
In IPL 2017, Bhuvneshwar Kumar has taken 26 wickets, the maximum wickets taken by an SRH player in a single IPL season.
Naman Ojha has dismissed 38 players (Ct – 36, St – 2), the maximum dismissals by any SRH wicket-keeper.
In IPL 2016, Naman Ojha has dismissed 4 players(Ct – 4)against Mumbai Indians, the maximum dismissals by any SRH wicket-keeper in an innings.
In IPL 2016, Naman Ojha has dismissed 18 players(Ct – 18), the maximum in a single season of IPL by any SRH wicket-keeper.
Shikhar Dhawan has taken 38 catches, the highest by any SRH player.
Cameron White in IPL 2013against Pune Warriors India, Deepak Hooda in IPL 2017against KXIP, Rashid Khanin IPL 2017against KKR& Manish Pandey in IPL 2018against KKR has taken 3 catches.
12 catches taken by Shikhar Dhawan in IPL 2018 is the most number of catches taken by an SRH player in a single edition of IPL.
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Pardon the crassness of this statement, but I sincerely wish I gave a shit about The Butler. It's a film with a noble purpose, that boasts subtle, graceful performances from talented actors, and which approaches the Civil Rights movement from an angle I have not seen chronicled on film before. I wanted to be able to say it movingly dramatized its important history, that it possessed a quiet power I didn't see coming. This is, after all, a story worth telling presented at a time when we need to be reminded of all-too recent discrepancies and struggles within our country. The Butler tries, but doesn't get there. Instead, it's another ensemble biopic produced by the Weinsteins for your Oscar-nominating consideration. It flips through important events like its rifling through a calendar, cuts out character building in favor of presidential impersonations, and crams decades of individual and societal developments into a sparse two hours of interconnected subplots. Its sense of self-importance is second only to its crippling sense of obligation.
Lee Daniels knows how to make a drama that tackles 'issues' in an affecting way. He did it most successfully with the tough to watch Precious and last year gave us a steaming mess of racial tensions with The Paperboy. Those films both had style, grit, and a sense of the person at the helm. By comparison, The Butler feels like a weak attempt at playing Steven Spielberg, but without any of the raw cinematographic grandeur that made a movie like Lincoln kick. Here, Daniels is attempting to sketch out the story of Cecil Gaines (Forest Whitaker), an even-tempered White House butler whose career spans three decades and numerous presidents. Gaines is loosely inspired by a real life figure, and the script wisely uses his post as a point of access for multiple perspectives. Through Gaines, we are able to get an exclusive glimpse of the Civil Rights debate from life experiences outside and inside the Oval Office, and to understand the strange role he's asked to play daily. Cecil is made privy to every side: each president's struggles, his wife's (Oprah Winfrey) familial and social uncertainty, and his son Louis' (David Oyelowo) radicalized reactions to his father's occupational complacency.
Of course, when so much history is on the table, the film can't seem to decide what to cut and what to keep, and the sense of obligation, of desperately trying to bring in as much as possible, is immediately noticeable. Because it's not enough to have one main character, the story flits back and forth between members of the Gaines household, building unnecessary subplots as bridges for a near constant barrage of pseudo-history. Young Louis is at the center of peaceful protests, Klan attacks, and eventually the Black Panthers. His activism compels him to act drastically where his father's job requires one to remain apolitical, do his duty, and speak when asked. Daniels succeeds in weaving together violent incidents, family parties, and White House anecdotes in a way that's largely cohesive, and it's interesting to consider how much political sway a quiet man in the White House may have had. The Butler manages to be -at the very least- entertaining while you're watching it, but perhaps not always for the right reasons.
By its conclusion, The Butler is a cloying, rather pandering affair that ends two decades beyond what would have been a successful conclusion. The film it could have been is one that cuts things short during the Reagan administration, lets us understand that our society has a long way to go, and gives the man his due. What happens, though, is the result of the film's confused jumble of plots, half baked relationships, and sense of obligation. It can't leave us to our own devices, it has to take us through to the present day and get all uplifting with big, diverse block parties drumming up votes for Obama and victory celebrations. The emotional manipulation gets turned up to 11 here, and if that wasn't already bad enough, Daniels makes the horrendous decision to scar the film with a depressing aping of a scene Michael Haneke pulled off with ten times the sucker punch in Amour. There's a sense of a turn toward the soap opera or TV finale in the final third of the film that kills off any good will earned in the early chapters. It's as if Daniels wants us to forget that he opens The Butler with a horrifying rape (implied) and murder sequence and usher us out into the world with a vision of how happy and silly Whitaker and Winfrey look in matching 90s windbreaker suits. I'm sorry, but...what?
So, yes: Whitaker is dignified but he's certainly been better, Winfrey does a great impression of Mo'Nique with a cigarette, and the movie is generally alright. But, The Butler never really made me care and it never seemed to push towards anything that could be art over raw expository narrative. Oh, and yeah, the rumors are true: the presidential impersonations by Robin Williams, John Cusack, Alan Rickman, Liev Schreiber, and James Marsden are all pretty damn terrible. Seriously Weinsteins, can we back off the sappy biopic waxworks and give a chance or two to something new and different?
Labels: 2013 movies, Forest Whitaker, Lee Daniels, Like, Oprah Winfrey, The Butler
Love: The Grandmaster
I don't know why I picked up In the Mood for Love, I don't know at exactly what age. I know that I was pretty young, and that it was a film I adored almost immediately. That chance pick up triggered a hunt for everything of Wong Kar-wai's I could find; Chungking Express, Fallen Angel, Days of Being Wild. His films were (and are) beautiful, a form of visual poetry so arresting that the specifics of the story became inconsequential. The composition of the images spoke that which the dialogue could not, the attention to color - the saturation of light, the surprising richness that comes from layering shades of black - seemed to elevate the mundane to the breaking point of reality. Wong Kar-Wai's films are works that manage to be both Earthly and ethereal simultaneously, and it's perhaps because of this that he's capable of rendering a love story (even when it turns bad) like no other. Of course, The Grandmaster is supposedly not that. Its framework sets it up as a martial arts biopic: this is the story of Ip Man, legendary master of Wing Chun kung-fu, teacher of Bruce Lee, a man who lived through turning points in China so severe that his not-so distant past feels, at times, like dynastic ancient history.
So, what does Wong Kar-wai do with biopic material? How does he handle a real life, one filled with choreographed action sequences? Well, he kinda just bends it into a different sort of love story. This is to the benefit of the aesthete, but to the story's detriment. The version of The Grandmaster I was able to see is, of course, the one chopped down twenty minutes in an effort to transform it into something more cohesive for American audiences. Because of that, I don't know exactly what I'm missing, but I sense I'd prefer to have seen it in its original shape. There's an imposed structure on The Grandmaster, one built of intertitles and blocks of expository text that forces the focus onto Ip Man. Often times we do not see the historic events, but are forced to read them and understand -more concretely - what is happening. While the written explanations provide a fair amount of clarity to the film's confusing, absorptive structure, the intertitles also seem misleading. Yes, the film follows Ip Man (Tony Leung). Yes, it's interested in acquiring knowledge through him. Yes, it aims to show us a world as he might have experienced it. When you're visually experiencing the film, though, Ip Man doesn't feel like the focus. He's a presence, the way of angling a rich art film to appeal in a more commercial way, but a presence the story frequently slips away from in favor of an even richer, even more fascinating subplot.
The biggest problem with The Grandmaster also happens to be its greatest asset: as we watch a film we understand to be about one thing (Ip Man), it keeps breaking away to tell us the tragedy of Gong Er (Zhang Ziyi). Gong Er is a far more compelling character, and through her we are made privy to something less practical, more legend. Through her, Wong Kar-wai makes ideas of honor and reputation resonate in ways that feel far more immediate than any of the genre that I've seen. Gong Er is the daughter of Northern martial arts grandmaster Gong Baosen (Wang Qingxiang). Her father is retiring, and has traveled down to the South for a sort of celebratory match of skill and wits. Gong Er arrives on the scene as her father is preparing for a bout with Ip Man, and we learn that she is the only martial artist as versed in the Bagua 64 Hands technique of her father. She would be his rightful successor, but she is female and her it is her father's wish for her to devote her energies to become a doctor. As one thing leads to another, we are treated to a beautifully choreographed showdown between Gong Er and Ip Man anyhow. They leave quite the impression on one another, and the feeling lingers for the duration of the film. Their love is impossible, but palpable, made real by the dance of slow motion martial arts (a little too much slow motion, though) and repeated refrains.
As the film continues, Gong Er dominates it further. Her quest is the one that Wong Kar-wai appears to be most interested in, and as she struggles with her own sense of what's right we become as fascinated by her as Ip Man is. Leung is infinitely watchable, as usual, but Zhang Ziyi is magnetic. Her face registers incremental shifts in her character's emotions, and her presence seems organic to the mise-en-scene. She is part of it, a key element of the composition of each photograph, and a source of great power for an otherwise barely there story. Basically, the film is best when Gong Er is part of it, and while you could arguably make the claim that she is the Grandmaster of the title, the organizational elements of the film seem to fight against surrendering focus from the life of Ip Man. The result is something that doesn't seem to quite know where it wants to go, and which may have a couple too many elements in play to become a truly pure artistic success. Still, it's a gorgeous piece of work. The fight choreography alone is tremendous, and with Wong at the helm, we see the intricacies of the gestures from unconventional angles. We get the movement of the feet, the subtlest gestures of the hands, a thrilling attention to the precision of the art. I have a strong sense that the 130 minute Chinese cut is a far better film, but if you go for the visuals and not for the story, there's no way even the Weinstein-mandated edit of The Grandmaster will disappoint.
Labels: 2013 movies, Love, The Grandmaster, Tony Leung, Wong Kar Wai, Zhang Ziyi
Squalor: Drinking Buddies
Drinking Buddies is a brief thing. It's the sort of lo-fi indie that knows not to overstay its welcome or push its luck, and, in the right mood, that's refreshing enough. Zoom out a bit though, away from that fleeting viewing, and the things driving it all begin to blur. They're too standard, too repeated, too much like the non-plot points of an over-workshopped short story. We meet a girl named Kate (Olivia Wilde) and a boy named Luke (Jake Johnson) who are, it seems, best friends. They work at a microbrewery in Chicago, and it is there where we see them joke around, be themselves, and act like overgrown children when they know no one else is watching. Kate tastes Luke's beer by sticking a finger in it, and his bickering, but otherwise nonplussed reaction tells us all we need to know. Of course, there's more to that, and Drinking Buddies quickly drives its not-so mumblecore sensibilities towards Hollywood to become a very quiet, understated romantic comedy. When Kate brings around her newish boyfriend Chris (Ron Livingston) to meet Luke and his girlfriend Jill (Anna Kendrick), the besties are so blind to the signs that they fail to realize something may be up with their significant others.
From there, the film becomes a short blend of "will they or won't they" scenarios with very little drama or comedy to be found. Instead (and perhaps this is essentially a mark of the mumblecore), Drinking Buddies just kind of exists and, at times, feels almost voyeuristic in its rather straightforward, unpolished depiction of modern relationships. There's not much particularly interesting about it, unless, of course, you're interested in the reasons why it's not interesting. The right academic could almost certainly write an extensive, praise-filled essay on how this film's refusal to up the volume makes it a rarity or success in the current cinematic climate; I'm just not that person. Though I'm willing to admit the film feels like a serious breakthrough for director Joe Swanberg (he made Hannah Takes the Stairs) away from the intense, insufferable non-activity of the initial "mumblecore" gesture, ultimately Drinking Buddies is just a pleasant enough encounter at a neighborhood bar with room to collect your thoughts.
The most fascinating element, I fear, and the reason why I will ultimately recommend that my friends check this film out, is its wholly accurate depiction of a sort of 20-something North Side Chicago life. Kate and Luke work for Revolution Brewery, a very real, enormously popular staple of current Chicago existence. They hang out there, they play pool at the Empty Bottle, Kate bikes down streets and through neighborhoods that are all-too familiar. Wilde, Johnson, and Kendrick sorta blend right in, and supposedly took to living and hanging out in these places during shooting with, well, no fanfare whatsoever. Any marks against the film's casual approach to dialogue be damned, one thing I can say is that I totally bought into the idea of these characters as people. I totally know versions of them. Frankly, though, I have no idea how Swanberg managed to film this thing without anyone I know talking about its curious disruption in their day-to-day hangouts. Maybe everyone's too distracted by the late night blazes for Chicago Fire, the Divergent set-ups, and Transformers destruction to notice Olivia Wilde hanging round the bar after shooting.
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Am 1. Januar 2016 wurde Viessoix im Zuge einer Gebietsreform zusammen mit 13 benachbarten Gemeinden als Ortsteil in die neue Gemeinde Valdallière eingegliedert.

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All dairy animals for exhibit must be in place not later than 1:00 p.m., Fair Monday.
The Junior Dairy Show is open only to Clarke and Frederick County 4-H or FFA members enrolled in the dairy project by January 1 of the year of the show. All 4-H'ers and FFA'ers planning to exhibit dairy animals at the Clarke County Fair must turn in an updated project record book to the Extension Office or VoAg Instructor no later than the second last Friday June during the year of the fair.
All 4-H and FFA entries must have been personally managed, cared for, and owned or leased by the exhibitor making the entry by June 30 of the current project year.
All dairy cattle shown in the "Open Classes" (4-H, FFA and adult exhibitors) are to remain in place until 6:00 p.m., Saturday unless being moved to another fair. Permission of the committee must be obtained by those in writing to leave before this time.
All dairy cattle exhibited must meet the cattle health requirements as listed in the Animal Health Regulations section of the fair catalog.
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No entry fee will be charged for cattle exhibited in open competition.
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Thursday, August 15, 9 A.M.
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The first place winners in the novice, junior, intermediate, and senior divisions of the showmanship classes will receive a banner presented by the Clarke County Ruritan Club. The engraved brushes are donated by Kevin and Laura Jackson.
This award, in memory of John O. Hardesty, has been established by Harvue Farm to recognize the 4-H or FFA member who displayed the most sportsmanship, helping hand, and genuine care toward his/her fellow exhibitors. The award is to be voted on by junior dairy exhibitors on Friday of Fair week.
Given in memory of Carter Hardesty, the recipient of this award is a senior 4-Her who, like Carter, displays the characteristics of kindness, fair play, and willingness to include everyone around them. To be decided by the 4-H leaders.
In memory of Frank C. Sowers, who supported and promoted youth, a special award sponsored by the Sowers family is presented to a Clarke County 4-H/FFA dairy exhibitor who does the best job caring for and preparing his/her animal throughout the week. To be decided by the 4-H leaders.
The Chauncey Family will sponsor an award to recognize a first or second year 4-H or FFA member who shows the attitude, energy, and initiative to constantly progress in their knowledge and ability by caring for and learning from their 4-H project. To be judged by 4-H Leaders.
The Dickey Family will sponsor an award given in honor of James L. Ramey, Sr. who was actively involved with 4-H for over 30 years. Presented to the 4-H member who is self-motivated, helpful, and sensitive toward the needs of others. To be decided by 4-H Leaders.
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Pre 4-Her who works the hardest throughout the week taking care of his or her animal. Sponsored by the O'Donnell family. To be decided by the 4-H leaders.
This award, in memory of Charles Ward, is given to the dairy club member who, like Mr. Ward, displays the true spirit of friendship. This person is eager to help others, is friendly, and makes everyone feel included. Mr. Ward was a quiet, kind presence in the dairy barn for over 40 years. He is missed by all who had the privilege of knowing him. Sponsored by the Ward Family.
This award will be given to the 4-H member with the best homemade animal pen sign. This will be decided on by the 4-H members (exhibiting project animals in the dairy barn) and is based on creativity, neatness, and completion of animal information. Sponsored by the Ricker Family.
Jack Hardesty's Dedicated to Dairy award is sponsored by the Whalen family and decided on by the leaders. Those who had the pleasure of knowing Jack can attest to his dedication to the dairy industry and its continuation and growth. He knew that would happen through programs like 4H with children like this award winner who displays the love of Dairy like Jack. The recipient of this award displays Jack's characteristics of love and joy when sharing his/her dairy calf.
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DT-3K is the first hybrid(magneto-gravity) tracking device on the market.
This zero-drift device supports Basic or Pro level transmitters with our revolutionary PPM-INJECT and PPM-CREATE technologies.
It supports Basic or Pro level transmitters with our revolutionary PPM-INJECT and PPM-CREATE technologies.
Rocksolid zero drift system with high repeatability.
Easy and Fast, one click gain and centering system.
Easy to use with 1 button and 1 led interface.
Important Notice for JR Users!
Please read this post first for understanding the usage of HT with JR transmitters.