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Little Busters! – 23
Posted by Guardian Enzo on March 17, 2013	 March 17, 2013 First Impressions / Little Busters!
Home First Impressions Little Busters! – 23
Kotoura-san – 10
Uchuu Kyoudai – 49
「あなたの大切なもののために」 (Anata no Taisetsu na Mono no Tame ni)
"For What You Find Important"
Ah, Kud-o – superficially you may seem like a moeblob at first glance, but there's no one else quite like you. Kudryavka strike box!!
I had some forewarning (not through any choice of my own, mind you) that the Kud arc was going to be a pretty dramatic tonal shift from a series that's already proved itself capable of some jarring ones. The extent to which that was true started to become apparent last week and even more so this, as Kud's arc came to a generally satisfying conclusion.
In a way Kud's arc had to do some serious heavy lifting, because while I know there were earlier hints that will seem obvious if I re-watch the series after the second season, this was the arc were the work of rolling out the "secret of this world" really started. Among the things that seemed odd this week:
Haruka and Mio were back with the group at the start of the episode, as if nothing had happened. I refuse to believe their disappearance (this has happened twice with Mio that I've noticed) was a coincidence.
On a related note: the comment that Kud had used the Little Busters as a way to adjust to her new world, and "If any of us were missing, that world would cease to exist." I don't know exactly what it means, but it means something.
Kyousuke's comment that "terrible things don't just happen in places that are very far away." He could have been talking about events along the lines of Komari and her brother – or then again, he might not…
Kud, while chained in prison, said very specifically that she had to get back "to help Riki and Rin". Why help Riki and Rin specifically?
The more I consider Riki's statement that his comment to Kud about not running away was "really talking to himself", the more I think he's referring to his narcolepsy being a form of running away from reality. I have no proof, but I can't find any other obvious connection either for the statement itself or the narcolepsy.
It does seem that Kud is somehow more directly connected to the secret of the world than any of the other characters who have been in focus thus far – she's certainly had more suspicious conversations with Kyousuke than anyone else, and he's obviously in the know – but her own arc still provided probably the best drama of any thus far. To say it was a stylistic change from the rest of the series would be a massive understatement – we jumped directly into civil war. Automatic weapons fire as a lullaby, mortal shells exploding, and prison – Kud chained half-naked in an underground cell by the rebels who saw her as a symbol of the regime they loathed. LB obviously didn't go deeply into the politics of the thing – this isn't that sort of show – but the issue of ethnic tension between native peoples and the Russian descendants who retained power after the collapse of the Soviet Union is a very real one in many former Soviet Republics.
I don't think there's any way to describe Kud's escape without using the term Deux ex Machina – a psychic connection between she and Riki using the gear from her mother's ship, which magically teleports from Riki's hands into hers? Well, this is Key after all and magical realism is the not-so-secret of any Key world. And I get the sense that this sort of thing is going to prove to be par for the course once the cat is out of the big and we go into magical mode at full-speed, not to mention that this development presumably was taken directly from the VN. It's a bit of a head-slapper but it does raise the rather charming notion that there's a special thread connecting Riki and Kud-o. I couldn't help but notice that when she arrived back in Japan, it was Riki who she went to immediately.
We have two three episodes left of this season, and presumably an announcement about what form S2 will take will come shortly thereafter. Episode 24 appears to focus on another mysterious letter tied to a cat's tail (you really shouldn't do that, seriously) but being able to do more than guess, it seems unlikely to me that LB is going to undertake anything really major in these last two episodes as far as the larger mystery is concerned (of course the letters are obviously connected to it, but so far those stories have been pretty low-key on the "secret" front). I could be wrong and the season might end on a major revelation or cliffhanger, but it feels more likely that the Kud arc was the dramatic peak, with the final two eps more about a soft landing and stage setting. I'm also curious to see if anything is going to develop with Kengo, whose role may be the most mysterious of all in that, as of now, he doesn't really seem to have a compelling reason to exist at all. I haven't figured out yet if he's somehow the lynchpin to everything or we just haven't gotten to his storyline yet, but there are enough extended shots of his sitting at a distance from the rest of the group to really make me wonder.
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I really loved the way, how JC Staff animated Kud's route.
There are some missing things, but there isn't enough time for everything.
The Deus ex Machina will be explained with the "Secret of the World", so there is nothing to complain.
The first time I played Kud's route in the VN, I was also surprised (negativ), but the replay after "Refrain" makes it clear.
I still don't know, why they put so much flashbacks/futureflashes of Rin2 and Refrain in there. It's not possible that Riki went a failed Rin2 or Refrain, because it would take major damage to Rin's and Kyousuke's psyche. Well, JC Staff surprise me (positive).
Pictures of the Week:
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http://i.imgur.com/9ioMfif.jpg
Miep :3
That´s right! All will be explained with the secret of the world so for those that are dissapointed because of the "deus ex machina" don´t have nothing to worry about because all have an explanation!
Wherethecowsfly
March 17, 2013 at 12:39 pm	8 years ago
I want to find out whether or not I am in the minority here.
I think Kurugaya is the most interesting character in the group. And I was sort of enduring all of these other arcs because I wanted to get to her arc. And it turns out that there won't be one. She got shafted big time and I feel like I got shafted big time.
Is she a popular character? Or am I the only one that likes her?
I don't find her the most interesting in the group, but I like her fine and I know there are some others who agree with you. As for her getting shafted, while I don't know the source material well enough to do more than guess, I would think there's a very good chance her arc will be covered in the second season. We'll know more when we get the announcement with specifics about the schedule for S2.
Your not alone man I too is waiting for her story arc.
baseone
I don't think (and hope) she's going to have a route in the second season. If anything I'd hope for an OVA so they can keep the plot line intact.
Her route in the VN was more of a story about her and Riki falling in love and Riki pursuing a relationship with her, rather than trying to help/save her like he did with the other girls (not to say he didn't help her in some way or another). Which is why it would kind of ruin the flow of the main story since it would detract from the buildup and ending.
I wouldn't know about popularity, but she's definitely my favorite female character. So here's hoping for a proper route.
Crystalinsanity
You are not alone! She is my fav character also, but i can understand why her arc is not covered here, legit reason, oh well.
Takurannyan
But if we consider that the time loops are actually happening the could do kurugaya´s path something like this: They two fall in love but how that is not what kyousuke is planning to do they loop the world again (and animate the normal end). Of course that can´t happen until the secret of the world become something obvious. So I think they are keeping it until before rin´s route.
Don't worry. I like her too. She is now my favorite Key girl actually.
MCAL
I remember seeing a short preview video for her arc somewhere but now I can't find it.
Don´t worry, you are not alone. She is my second fav. character after rin and Show Spoiler ▼
her route was the only who made me cry in the vn
Okay, first of all I have few questions;
1. What's the meaning of that tattoo in Kud's face?
2. Why is Kud just only wearing her cloak? Did the rebels did something to her?
3. With only 3 episodes left will they show Yuiko's arc? or did I just missed it?
I only have a grudge with Kud's grandfather why the hell did she left Kud alone with the rebels lurking everywhere? Why didn't he just let her come along.
And that ending song "Ame nochi Hare (雨のち晴れ)" by Rita, wow just nice and fits perfectly.
1. I think it a signal for the rebels that she is a prisoner or something like that. xD
2. Well, I didn't played "Kud Wafter" (the Eroge-bonusgame for Kud), but I read that…
…she might got raped back then, because she said something like Riki isn't her "first"…
3. Kurugaya's route is the one, that has the strongest bond with the "Secret of the World", so her route will be most likely in the second season.
This season will most likely end with the big baseball-game (japanese TV-magazines ftw! \(°w°)/ ).
Maybe it'll be like this:
1st season ends with baseball-game->2nd season starts with more tasks->Rin1 route or Kurugaya route (I'd say Rin1)->the other route (I'd say Kurugaya) -> Rin2 -> Kengo's arc -> Rin2-ending -> Refrain
The rumor came from the UTW release of Little Busters. And it seems to be going viral.
Andmeuths
There's no such kind of complicated thing behind it.If I'm not remembering it incorrectly, these are because they want to use her as sacrifice to a ritual which they believe will save the land (remove pollution due to the chemical during the explosion and other causes to the war…)
Kud is willingly to be sacrificed at 1st b'coz … (If my death could save this land from war, i'll play my role as a small gear which may benefit the others)
She regretted of it after hearing the voice of her friends and Riki…
1 – Just tevua traditions I think. How she was a prisioner, I think they would mark her somehow
2 – For what I remember I read in the vn, she was raped.
3 – Show Spoiler ▼
Kurugaya´s route = 1/3 of the secret of the world revealed. So I think they will animate before rin´s route.
The ending song is too the ending song of her route. It´s simply beautiful, just like kud <3
Oh, a translator just confirmed hours ago that kud was not raped when she was chained (because there were a lot of people like me that think the worst hahaha). In my opinion, it would be weird if that were the case, and totally anticlimatic.
Well, she was hung there to Die…
Legs into Water to bring you Body temperature down. If you Sleep in, you would not wake up.
And.. i dont want to think this to the end, why they hung there naked. No, i reject reality (or something)
Germanguy
First off this LOL
https://randomc.net/image/Little%20Busters/Little%20Busters%20-%2023%20-%20Large%2022.jpg
I wonder what scene it came from
second I've never been so conflicted while watching anime in my life… honestly I both hated this adaption of my favorite VN route(though not favorite character) and loved it.
– I liked the placement of the music a lot actually (except for when they played the "title" music in a totally inappropriate place -.-)
– I hated how kud suffered for all of 5 seconds when in the VN it was all more played out. If i remember correctly she had been in that cave for days..
– I felt so so about the Secret of the world forshadowing because Show Spoiler ▼
how in the world can Kud have visions of things that she wasn't even there to witness… Kyousuke and Riki talking and Rin in the white uniform are two of the flashbacks that come to mind.
– I wanna know why the heck Mio and Haruka magically reappeared…
– I still feel like going for the "friendship is magic" approach in Kud's route just doesn't work out like the more romantic one from the source.. plus cutting out the scene where Show Spoiler ▼
Kud calls Riki and tries to talk to him while people are breaking down the doors and coming to get her
was a little disappointing
– I did like how they showed a bit of tebua/tevua though. and i felt like the ending was satisfying.
Despite all of this however I still liked this episode which is why Im so conflicted.. :S
TL;DR I'm super conflicted as to whether or not this was a good or bad episode. Subtle changes hint at a possible Secret of the world change and deliver a so-so ending for kud's route.
Naske
Discussing your first question in your first spoiler tag, here are some of my own thoughts in spoiler tags
Back in Mio's arc, Mio (who no doubt realized the truth of the world, thus explaining her absence at crucial moments in the storyline) mentioned how this is a world that grants wishes. I don't think "granting wishes" is the right word, but rather "addressing regrets" is more like it.
Mio gets to address her regret of leaving Midori behind.
Kud gets to address her regret of not having the chance to go back to Tevua and make a proper farewell for her mother, no matter how chaotic the situation in Tevua has become.
Do understand that all that going back to Tevua we've seen never really happened, it's all in Kud's subconsciousness. So this world gives her that chance to do so.
(Using the movie "Inception" as an analogy would best describe how this world works, where everyone's subconsciousness is merged, with Kyousuke as the administrator, Masato and Kengo as its passive moderators, and Riki and Rin as the oblivious players. The other LB members are merely in for the ride as observers. )
As Kanata puts it last episode, "It is better to do it and regret it, then to regret never having done it."
And the rocket gear Kud left behind for Riki was used as a summon item for Riki to recall Kud if he wishes to.
To answer your second question about why Mio and Haruka "reappeared", again here are my thoughts in spoiler tags
As I said above, Mio no doubt realized the truth of this world for some time. And Haruka recently as well. Them disappearing at crucial moments (Kud deciding to go to Tevua at Riki's advice) was probably the world/Kyousuke's doing to prevent them from unwittingly "spoiling" it too early for Riki and Rin.
The image you point out are probably when MAJOR SPOILERS OF REFRAIN Show Spoiler ▼
Riki realizes that is kyousuke the one who is behind the notes and lennon
For the "reappeared" Persons. Perhaps their Seijus was working on another Anime, so they took them out in the meantime.
mmm, with this "Teleport" thing, i begin to think that this LB World is not real. Perhaps it is a World of someone in Coma. A Dream
episode 23, score 6/10
"Given enough small actions we should be able to gradually change the world."
This one line carried more meaning than it appears to have. It is not only significant to this one arc but important throughout the latter part of the story. Never forget this line.
rasone0104
Wow! Part of me can't believe they went that far. But if there is one thing I know, it's that only Key that could make this and (mostly) get away with it. As for why Kud was naked, well I probably don't want to think about that.
All in all Kud's story was pretty damn good. It was evenly paced, mysterious and melodramatic (But not tremendously so). If I were to really level a complaint, it was that the ending was deus ex machina, but I've been told that Refrain answers why magic is able to happen. Can't be sure they aren't saying things to justify everything, but I can give LB the benefit of the doubt. Nothing much more to say really. Kud was a much better character then Komari. Her seiyuu could actually get her voice to be sad and she was pretty much unconventional as a Moe Kyun girl. And I guess I am a sucker for Japanese spoken English. At the very least, there was a lot of main plot that kept me interested. Haruka and Mio were back. Definitely interesting. I give Kud's route an 8/10.
It looks like they saved the best stories for last, since the last three episodes will mostly focus on the first baseball game. That will leave Kurugaya, Rin and Refrain for next season. My favorite character and the stories that Maeda wrote. Could be a nine. As for the first season as a whole, I'm stuck between a six and a seven. Depends on how the last episodes are I guess.
This is Kud's bad end for those who can handle it (It's that bad!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9QZWPYyXSU
If I could not believe what happened to kid on the good end, I wanted to kill someone when I read the bad end D:
Sorry, what happened to kud*
So the supernatural stuff finally takes part in the story! It seems random that every problem the main characters faced was solved by an unexplained phenomenon (Kud's gear suddenly teleporting from Riki's hands to her's over thousands of miles) so I trust this episode will feel very unsatisfying to some with such a deus ex machina.
Oh, and…
http://i.imgur.com/d73cHZ0.jpg Sweet dreams.
I don´t know why people find funny that image I think is just another of the 1000 quality shots that j.c has done. But I do not care about that.
OK, so how much of that actually happened?
DmonHiro
Everything. It´s awesome how j.c could adapt an extremely delicated route like kud´s and make it the best of the anime!
The only thing that is different is that the vn make it seem that kud was prisioners by days and in the anime feels just like 10 minuts! anyway still epic!
Technically everything.
Depending on how you see it, another interpretation is that none of this is happening. You wouldn't even need Refrain to understand what I mean – the end of Kurugaya's route alone is enough.
Just awesome how they adapted one of the more heartbreaking parts of the vn delivering a whole new perspective of the events!
Loved also how they animated the bests cgs like this https://randomc.net/image/Little%20Busters/Little%20Busters%20-%2023%20-%20Large%2030.jpg
and specially this https://randomc.net/image/Little%20Busters/Little%20Busters%20-%2023%20-%20Large%2032.jpg (I could not help but cry because I was waiting all my life to see that scene animated, and it was perfect).
In my opinion this was the best episode to date because it mix all what makes little busters! be an awesome series!
Thanks for the post, enzo!
To the VN readers (specifically Wafter readers) Show Spoiler ▼
Was all this backstory in Tevua already revealed somewhere or is it anime original? I read the Kud route on translated VN but I'm pretty sure Kud left and next time we saw her was while she was captive. Regardless I enjoyed actually seeing it quite a bit.
HakumeiJin
Anime orginal. But for what I know that was exactly what it was supossed to happen.
I admit tears formed when watching this episode. Kudo being an adorable and sweet girl, events in this episode made me sad/angry:
1- aiming a gun at a child.
2- leaving her hang like this as torture and possible way to die.
3- how Kudo must have felt so alone.
4- what was suggested in the spoilers above.
Maybe I'm being overly sensitive (knowing also those things can still happen in real life), I just felt so powerless. Nonetheless, I am glad the episode ended with a sweeter note. Kudo is not a worthless gear in my eyes.
I think the ending felt way too quickly resolved, aside from the deux ex machina. I mean, it felt like this should've been two episodes. There is a friggin civil war going on even if it only lasted a few days! How did her grandfather react when she wasn't where he left her? How did her visit with her mother go? All that was off-screen!
I would concede that it all went rather quickly, but I think a lot of time was given to other development, especially for Rin. Hell, even Riki and his neutral personality got some. The overarching plot and some thematic elements also got some attention. I think this development is quite important, and in our limited time frame most of the routes could have used more time, but had secondary priority. Could things have been juggled better? Probably. But this late in the game I think setting up for the future is the better decision.
Question that will be explained when the secret of the world is revealed.
Kud's route takes the biggest departure from the VN source of all the routes so far, which is not necessarily a bad thing. JC Staff used the opportunity to, for one, do a lot foreshadowing for later events–even if a lot of it was shameless clue dropping–which is good. They also tried to flesh out the whole Tevua/Tebwa/Whateverthisfictionalexsovietislandrepublicis debacle out from a different perspective, which is commendable since in the original Kud's route was a rather fast paced disaster-phon that shock and awed into emotional submission. Not to say that the anime doesn't go along rather hurriedly as well, but changes like this, if done well, are key to all good adaptations.
I'd love to answer all of Enzo's wondering-out-louds, but I think letting them hang for a while will be more interesting for all parties involved. Instead I'll note some differences from the VN. Only minor ones which are relatively safe to talk about; these are only minor spoilers for the VN and harmless for the anime-only viewer:
– In Kud's route in the VN, Kud and Riki are romantically involved.
– Both Kud and Riki perform the tatoo ritual
– This apparently forms a link between the two
– There is no teleportation involved
– Kud does not come back quickly, but eventually
I haven't read Kud Wafter, so I of course have no idea what gets told there. But now it's clear why Kud's route was relatively long; they actually get a lot of development (both thematic and otherwise) done. This may have been at the expense of Kud herself, but I don't think it was very damaging. The integration was fairly good. So though Kud's route was not one of my most enjoyable routes when playing the original VN, thumbs up to the adaptation.
tl;dr: a lot of development has been done. Look forward to later episodes.
Oh, and whenever Kurugaya's piano shows up, I get good chills. I'm not sure why.
Ahhh, Kurugaya's piano. I think that was it 2nd or 3rd appearance in the anime thus far.
NoSicko
Because Kurugaya is awesome!
Kurugaya… I want your route to be in the anime ;__;
Kurugaya is The Best Key Girl!
But for what I remember Show Spoiler ▼
There was teleportation involved!
scariest pic of the season IMO
kevinball
Looks like Riki has been/will get broken.
Ah, Little Busters. Beneath your cutsie, moe saturated, innocuous exterior is a great load of darkness. Has anyone posted a "What I watched, What I expected, What I got" poster of Little Busters yet?
What I watched: An adaptation of the best key work to date
What I expected: An adaptation of the best key work to date
What I got: An adaptation of the best key work to date
Why people complains about little things? In my opinion, and if you just take what they adapted, you get a very solid anime, with interesting routes, and very dramatics moments, I don´t know, why people hate it so much? I just want a reason.
I don't think Andmeuths was talking about how the VN was adapted. I believe he is talking about what happened in the story. I mean did you see Civil War and little girls being chained naked in a damp cave comming? Irreardless to answer why people generally are annoyed at the adaption is it is not perfect, forgetting that the adaptions by Kyo-ani weren't perfect and took out romance for some girls too.
Oh, my bad, I have not read well what he say and how english is not my languaje I wasnt´t able to understand what he was trying to say. Sorry.
But now that I read well: I like how Andmeuths is exposing his thoughts about the show Based on what the show want to delivere. But I think there is a lot of people who will complain about that. I don´t know if i´expressing well but he is one of few people what see what is key trying to deliver, and i´m happy that there is still people that not complain about details and can enjoy a show for what is.
"They're eating her! Then they're going to eat me!"
In contrary to most of other regulars, I'm not really fond of this episode, individually.
Mostly because of my confusion about Kud's personal conflict. Mostly she seems to have a personal conflict upon meeting with her mother, but I was wondering the whole time : "did she get her priority right?". I think she should have been happier that her mother was miraculously saved, or probably she is supposed to worry since "she remembered her own future". Or probably her mind is too messed up so her mind is unpredictable? Also,the music placement of that title bgm is totally unfitting.
Despites of that, in grander scale of things this serves a great buildup for later events. I can't wait for the kurugaya, rin and refrain!
zeroyuki92
I think her personal conflict was because Show Spoiler ▼
If she die, she will not be able to help rin and riki anymore
Just waiting for Kengo to Show Spoiler ▼
break his arm
anytime now.
SnooSnoo
Based on the summaries, that should happen on episode 25, 1 before the first season ends.
They never disappeared. The scene was more like Riki being left alone, disconnected from everybody else. They don't show it, but I assume that he tried calling everyone, not just Haruka and Mio.
Yup, they certainly disappeared, but they have a reason to appear as if nothing had happened. Everything will bi explained with the secret of the world.
The pacing of the episode feels rushed, which diminished some of the impact. I guess it'll be better to play the VN.
Yes you should do that! And understand why the vn readers are so hyped about refrain!
I actually just finished her route (I've been playing them after the anime finishes them). The pacing was actually pretty inconsistant. Short story: Most of the pacing was better in the anime, but the events in this episode were done better in the VN.
That´s right. 1/2 of her route was kud studying for the tests and the other half was prety weird. The only thing that the vn done better is the cave scene. But I could say that is way epic in the anime. The song that played fits perfectly <3
I doubt this is really important, but the ending song is Amenochi Hare (Clear Weather After the Rain), not Alicemagic. It's still sung by Rita though.
All those guesses about Mio and Haruka dissapearances are wrong XD
I really do hope writers explain this annoying little detail in the
anime, as many newcomers have no access to the VN material. And even
so it is not exactly obvious why they dissapeared.
Helvetica Standard
The official site updated the summaries of the next episode.
It seems that the lasts episodes will be full of common routes things. I´m just waiting for Show Spoiler ▼
Koshiki incident <3
Oh, And was just announced that the ova included in the bd will be about "mask the saito" 😀
Strange event how did Riki teleported the item to Kud must be usage a bit will energy with midnight ritual of drawing the family coat of arm.
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Leslie P. Norton
Updated Dec. 7, 1998 7:19 pm ET / Original Jan. 20, 2020 12:39 am ET
F orget all the hype about the Internet and the promise of a paperless society. Overlooked in the headlong rush toward electronic delivery of information is the fact that demand for traditional textbooks -- those weighty tomes filled with algebra problems and grammar lessons -- is exploding. Just ask Laurie Koshgarian, 38, who teaches history at Maine South High School in the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge. The vast majority of Maine South's students are academically serious, college-bound and, for teenagers, a civic-minded bunch. In other words, a lot like the school's most famous alumna, Hillary Rodham Clinton. Yet even the pampered children of this white-collar community are starved for new textbooks. The current government textbook, Koshgarian notes with disdain, teaches that Ronald Reagan is President of the United States. In its pages the Soviet Union still exists, with Mikhail Gorbachev at the helm.
But the reigns of both men soon will end at Maine South, and not a moment too soon. That's because Park Ridge, like school systems all across the country, is on a textbook-buying binge. Based on data provided by the American Association of Publishers, an industry trade group, experts predict that elementary and high school textbook sales will jump by 35%, to $3.5 billion, from 1996 through 2001. College textbook sales are expected to zoom 40%, to $3.47 billion, over the same span.
Teachers' Pets
That means big business for the nation's top school publishers, Houghton Mifflin , Harcourt General , McGraw-Hill , Scholastic and John Wiley . Wall Street evidently has done its homework, and investors have been snapping up the companies' shares. But the stocks still have a lot farther to go, asserts Peter Appert, a publishing analyst at BT Alex. Brown in San Francisco. "We're not even in the first inning," he declares.
Strong order trends portend accelerated revenue growth for textbook publishers for the next few years, as well as "enormous earnings visibility," Appert says. Yet the stocks, though selling at 52-week highs, still trade at a discount to the S&P 500 on a price/earnings basis, while earnings growth for the group is expected to exceed next year's estimated 7.2% increase in S&P profits.
The industry's heady growth prospects likewise have beckoned corporate buyers, such as Pearson , which this year acquired Simon & Schuster's educational publishing division for a generous $4.6 billion. Other savvy bidders included Houghton Mifflin, which teamed up with Primedia -- the outfit controlled by financier Henry Kravis. Although Pearson since has found it tough to unload Simon & Schuster's former reference division, the company is happily hanging on to its new textbook assets.
Demand for new textbooks is accelerating partly because of simple demographics. The number of children in grades K through 12, now 52.7 million, is expected to rise by 1% a year over the next five years. Deferred school spending in the recession-wracked early 'Nineties has led to pent-up demand now, and even politicians have jumped into the act. Scandalous book shortages in Los Angeles and some other big cities have become an electoral rallying cry.
Then, too, educational theories these days change with stunning speed, if not always reason. One year phonics is a four-letter word (at least, in whole-language spelling); the next, it's back in fashion. More school districts also demand books that resonate with their racially and ethnically diverse student bodies. And the push is on for textbooks that are more visually appealing to today's kids. Last Tuesday evening, for example, Koshgarian participated in a focus group led by a publishing company that wanted to learn how layout affects readability.
As important, the capital-spending cycles of many states are coinciding. Giant multi-year adoptions of new textbook series took place in pivotal states, notably California, Texas and Florida, in the past year. Bob Leos, who oversees the purchase of all textbooks for the state of Texas, notes that his state's schools are requesting a $480 million textbook budget for the next two years, compared with $270 million in 1994-95.
Among the industry's leaders, Houghton Mifflin ( See Weekday Trader, " The Joy of Dead Trees ," Oct. 6, 1998) has particularly bright prospects. The stock, now changing hands near 43, has climbed some 40% from its August low, giving the company a current market valuation of about $1.3 billion. But the shares are up only 10% since the start of the year. Appert thinks Houghton is headed for the mid-50s, which would reflect a multiple of 20 times estimated 2000 earnings of $2.75 a share.
Some of Houghton's recent climb owes to management's upbeat meeting with analysts and investors, held last month. The company disclosed it would match consensus earnings estimates for this year, and likely post profits in the range of $1.83-$1.93 a share in '99, beating forecasts. Under its Iranian-born chairman, Nader Darehshori, the publisher aims to produce revenues of $1 billion by the year 2000, up about 20% from '97. Meanwhile, Darehshori expects operating margins to widen to 17%, from 13.4% last year, chiefly because of reduced losses in the interactive division and improved profitability in Houghton's laggard trade division. Darehshori hopes to spur margin growth by aggressively paying down Houghton's $245 million in debt, and by boosting sales.
Darehshori believes that favorable industry trends will continue for some time. "If we want to be a major force in the global economy, we need an educated workforce," he says. He expects Houghton's revenues after the turn of the century to grow by 10% a year, somewhat higher than the industry average. And he's looking for earnings per share to rise by an average 15% annually.
Houghton's chairman is particularly bullish about the company's reading program for children in grades K-6. It "captures new business every time we revise it," he marvels. The next version is slated for release in 2001. Then there are Houghton's fast-growing testing programs, including the Iowa test of basic skills, a widely used standardized testing series in elementary schools.
Admittedly, a weak link in the corporate chain is the company's trade division, which some analysts have suggested Houghton spin off. In '97, the division had sales of $87 million, but hasn't been profitable. Still, Darehshori believes "you can't be a strong elementary school publisher without being a strong children's book publisher."
Houghton fans contend the trade division contains a host of underexploited assets, including the impish monkey Curious George. Under Darehshori, Houghton has been actively developing product spinoffs. Curious George book and merchandise sales should rise next year, as Universal Pictures releases the first feature film based on the Curious George character. Other Houghton children's book characters, such as Martha, a talking dog that eats alphabet soup, could get similar treatment. The same goes for the company's valuable reference titles, including Taylor's Gardening Guides and Peterson Field Guides.
Although the number of independent textbook publishers has shrunk dramatically, Darehshori believes there are still assets left to buy. Of course, Houghton aims to remain independent. Although the company's bid for Simon & Schuster ultimately failed, management hopes to work again with Henry Kravis. "Our relationship with Primedia was very, very useful," Darehshori says. "Would we do anything else with them? I would welcome another opportunity."
Wall Street is a bit more skeptical about Harcourt General, which trades around 50, or midway between its '98 high and low. For one, the company is significantly harder to analyze, because it owns 53% of Neiman-Marcus, the high-end retailer that in turn owns New York's Bergdorf Goodman. Neiman accounted for 60% of Harcourt's sales last year. But Neiman fell on hard times as the volatile financial markets spooked its customers. This year Neiman's shares are down 18%, while Harcourt's are off 10%. Neiman represents 20% of Harcourt's $3.5 billion in market value.
Harcourt's earnings, in general, are a bit tougher to predict, a fact the company readily acknowledges. That's because Harcourt has made two dilutive purchases: National Education, in 1997, and Mosby, a medical publisher, this year. Consensus estimates for '99, $2.32 a share, might be a bit high, but management maintains it can deliver short-term earnings growth of more than 20%, and growth in the mid-teens thereafter.
Don't expect Harcourt to jettison Neiman any time soon, because the parent company is very much a family affair. The Smith family owns almost 30% of Harcourt, and Rob Smith, named Neiman's CEO only last week, is Harcourt Chairman Dick Smith's son. Son-in-law Brian Knez heads up the Harcourt Brace publishing business.
Besides, Harcourt believes in Neiman's long-term potential. "Our customer is a 35- to 55-year-old woman at the top end of the income bracket," Rob Smith says. "We don't think she can go six months without shopping." Smith is hopeful a remodeling program will boost holiday sales, and he's bullish about the retailer's plan to take controlling stakes in several designers.
Knez, meanwhile, is just as upbeat about his end of the business. Harcourt's reading program for K-6 has been a huge success, he notes, because it combines strong graphics with content that satisfies state requirements. Harcourt also is playing to the growing trend among states to require that students take at least a year of state-specific history.
Harcourt is spending heavily on computer-based products, which ought to pay off as younger, technology-savvy teachers start their careers. Knez is also optimistic about Harcourt's growing testing program. NETg, a promising part of Harcourt's National Education division, provides computer-based training and testing. Right now, many elementary and high schools don't have the computers required to use the software packages that accompany textbooks, but that will change. Harcourt offers a completely interactive American history program, and has big plans for interactive college-textbook programs.
With debt of $1.6 billion, or almost twice shareholders' equity, Harcourt has less financial flexibility than Houghton. Indeed, Moody's recently downgraded the company's debt ratings, citing "weakened debt protection measures" resulting from the aforementioned acquisitions. BT Alex. Brown's Appert expects the stock to track the market for the next few months, but looks for a strong snapback after that.
Appert is also bullish on McGraw-Hill, which last year derived 44% of its $3.5 billion in sales, and a third of its $291 million in earnings, from textbooks. The rest comes from Standard & Poor's, the big rating agency, and a large magazine division, which publishes Business Week, among other titles. The analyst expects McGraw-Hill to earn $3.75 next year, compared with an estimated $3.37 in '98. At 92 a share, it sports a P/E of 24.5.
Scholastic, one of Appert's top picks, is famous for the low-priced books it sells to school children through classroom sales and book fairs. Recently, the company fell on hard times when its once-hot Goosebumps series lost popularity. But Scholastic's earnings now derive from a wide range of brands, including the Magic School Bus, Clifford the Dog, and the Babysitters Club; the characters have migrated from books to TV to CD-ROMs and toys. At 47 7/8 , Scholastic is comparatively cheap. The stock trades at 17 times Appert's estimate of $3 a share in earnings for the fiscal year ending May 2000. He's looking for $4 a share thereafter, as the company boosts operating margins.
Publishers look to cash in on rising demand for books


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Designer Mosquitoes Fight Diseases
Genetics & DNA / Health & Medicine / Insects
Designer mosquitoes fight diseases according to Science vol. 354, pp164-167, doi: 10.1126/science.354.6309.164, 13 October 2016.
In a special feature on the fight against insect borne diseases Science reports "Brazil plans to release billions of designer mosquitoes to stop the spread of infectious diseases".
The mosquitoes have a gene that leads to the accumulation of a lethal protein. The gene is named tTAV and was inserted into mosquitoes by genetic engineering. Scientists plan to release male mosquitoes, which don't bite people, but will mate with wild females and pass on the lethal gene to the next generation. Any offspring that inherit the gene should die before they mature. Scientists are still not sure how the protein works, but according to Al Handler, an insect geneticist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, "It basically causes genetic havoc, and the organism dies".
The mosquitoes can be kept alive in laboratory conditions by being fed a chemical that inhibits the action of the gene, which means they can be bred over many generations. According to Science the billions of mosquitoes they have now ready for release are "roughly the 200th generation of descendants from a single mosquito created 14 years ago in a University of Oxford lab in the United Kingdom, where geneticist Luke Alphey and his team inserted a new gene into insect embryos".
Editorial Comment: Notice how Science is prepared to use the words "designer" and "created" when describing manipulation of mosquitoes by scientists, but still insist on promoting a theory that claims mosquitoes got here by chance random processes involving no designer or creation. Inserting a gene into mosquito embryos certainly took a lot of intelligence and creativity, but all they did was move an existing gene from one organism into another. Furthermore, when they did it, the effect was to kill the mosquitoes by causing "genetic havoc". Think how much more intelligence is involved in creating a functioning insect with genes that work properly.
If you are wondering why God would design insects that bite people and spread diseases, note the comment that male mosquitoes don't bite people. Mosquitoes are well designed to pierce plant veins and nectar troughs and suck up plant juices and nectar, and they do this to get energy and nutrients. Genesis tells us that all animals, including insects, were originally designed to feed from plants. However, the good world that God created has become severely corrupted, and the environment has degenerated. This means female mosquitoes are unable to get enough iron from plants to lay their eggs, so they will seek it out from any other available source. Humans, with our relatively hairless skin and blood close to the surface, are an easily accessible source.
The fact that we now have to resort to causing genetic havoc in mosquitoes to prevent female mosquitoes from biting people and spreading disease is a sad reminder of how far the world has gone downhill, and how much we need our Creator and Saviour.
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Last year, a detailed Forbes report was published on what some of the world's wealthiest individuals have purchased, and what it may mean for future cataclysmic events and where the safest places on Earth may be in such an event.
"While smaller asteroids can do great damage on a local scale, experts think that space rocks must be at least 0.6 miles wide to threaten human civilization. NASA scientists estimate that they have found at least 90 percent of these enormous, near-Earth asteroids, and none of them pose a threat for the future.
The claims made are that many of the richest families on Earth have been purchasing large amounts of arable farmland all over the world. All of this property seems to follow a theme of being away from coastal areas, and in areas that promote self survival, farming, and coal mining for energy.
"It appears that dry territories in the United States such as Montana, New Mexico, Wyoming and Texas are all very popular regions for the wealthiest individuals. Billionaires such as John Malone (currently the largest landowner in America, owns 2,200,000 acres including Wyoming and Colorado), Ted Turner (2,000,000 acres in Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico and North Dakota), Philip Anschultz (434,000 acres in Wyoming), Amazon's Jeff Bezos (400,000 acres in Texas) and Stan Kroenke (225,162 acres in Montana) all have amassed major land. Upon further research, many billionaires are preparing for future escape plans with "vacation homes" in remote locations. Many of them also have their private planes ready to depart at a moment's notice.
If an asteroid struck the planet or something like that, what might the world look like? According to what are described as "several prognosticators and much criticized theorists," here are some maps that show how the world might look.
They say Africa might be divided into three parts, with the great Nile River significantly widening. From the Mediterranean Sea toward Gabon, a new waterway would split the area. Cairo would basically be gone, and new land would arise in the Arabian Sea. Lake Victoria would merge with Lake Nyasa and flow into the Indian Ocean.
It was reported that Asia, a heavily seismic region would have the most severe changes. From the Philippines to Japan land would disappear, continuing further north.
The Pacific Plate, in the event of shifting nine degrees, would cause the islands of Japan to sink into the ocean mostly. Taiwan and most of Korea would also be gone. For hundreds of miles, the coastal region of China would be pushed inland.
India would be fairly okay in such an event. Due to the elevation of the country lowering as a result of extreme land buckling, the Indian people might be told to go toward the Himalayas, to Tibet and Nepal, or the higher mountains.
This is kind of hard to believe, but it has been claimed that in such a global event, Antarctica could become fertile, soil rich territory suitable for farming. From the Antarctic Peninsula to Tierra del Fuego, east toward South Georgia Island new land could be created.
In such an event, Australia would lose almost 25 percent of its land to coastal flooding. Adelaide would become a new sea, and the Gibson and Simpson deserts could surprisingly become fertile, farming land.
New Zealand could actually benefit from such an event supposedly, it would grow in size, join Australia, and become very fertile.
Europe, like Asia wouldn't take such a situation very well. The tectonic plate beneath Northern Europe could collapse, to sink Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland beneath the sea to only leave hundreds of tiny islands.
Most of the UK, from the English Channel to Scotland, would sink into the ocean. Major cities like London or Birmingham may remain due to the elevation perhaps.
Russia would be separated from the rest of Europe by a completely new sea formed by the combination of the Caspian, Kara, Black and Baltic Seas. The Forbes article about this continues, "Certain areas of western Turkey will go under water, creating a new coastline from Istanbul to Cyprus. Much of central Europe will sink and most of the land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Baltic Sea will be completely lost underwater.
In this event, the Northwest region would see certain areas pushed in nearly 200 miles. A "survival center" might thrive in regions of Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Alberta.
If the North American Plate buckled, almost 150 islands would be all that is left of California. The new West Coast would consist of Nebraska, Wyoming, and Colorado.
The massive Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway would join and then join with the Mississippi River all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. From Florida to Maine, all coastal areas would be flooded.
Some parts of Mexico would remain tall, but most coastal areas would be flooded deep inland. Baja California would become islands like California, and the Yucatan Peninsula wouldn't be in good shape.
Central America wouldn't be in great shape, and a new waterway would eventually become present from Salinas, Ecuador to the Bay of Honduras.
Unfortunately intense volcanic and seismic activity would probably strike South America. Brazil, Venezuela, and Colombia would suffer from flooding. A huge sea could be created out of the Amazon Basin, while Peru and surprisingly high elevation Bolivia could sink.
However, a huge landmass could join up with Chile in this event.


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ADVERTISER TRIBUNE
Blue pike are really walleye
Ken Baker
In 1983, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared extinct a once massively abundant species that many biologists now suspect had never actually existed.
Back in 1967, a study published in the prestigious Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada reported that during the 44 year period between 1915 and 1959, the Lake Erie commercial fishery brought in an average of 12.7 million pounds of "blue pike" per year.
That constituted an average of 27% of the total annual catch. However, as a worrisome sign of an unstable population, that catch varied greatly during the period–from 2 to 26 million pounds per year, forming over half of all fish caught in peak years.
And yet by 1959, the take of blue pike had dropped to 79,000 pounds and the last verified specimen was recorded in 1983.
What happened? So abundant that for years, frozen "Lake Erie Blue Pike Fillets" had been a regular feature in grocers' freezers, it seemed to have suddenly evaporated into thin air.
It's hypothesized that the damming of rivers and the draining of wetlands along lake shores conspired with pollution and enhanced sediment inputs to negatively impact the cool, clear, deeper habitats they preferred. Overfishing didn't help matters.
A sad loss with far-reaching implications, certainly. But extinction of the species? Hmm…
In its day, the blue pike had been greatly prized by anglers as well as commercial fisherman. In addition to its abundance, it put up a good fight on the line, was delicious on the plate and, with its steel-grey blue body, was an exceedingly attractive animal.
Interestingly, blue pike are not pike at all, they are–or rather were–a form of walleye (which also goes by pickerel and yellow walleye, among other names, in various parts of the country). Members of the pike family like the muskellunge, northern pike and grass pickerel, are elongated predators with a mouthful of nasty-looking teeth
So are walleyes (a member of the perch family), which may explain the overlap in common names. But while pikes all have a curious duck bill-shaped mouth, walleyes have more of a pointed, Mick Jagger-like profile.
Everyone familiar with them knew from their anatomy and behavior that if blue pikes weren't a separate species from walleyes, they were at least very closely related. In 1926, Carl Hubbs, one of the nation's foremost ichthyologists, determined that such differences as there were merited distinguishing it from the walleye as a separate species.
But in 1981, Ohio State University biologist Milton Trautman downgraded it to subspecies status within the walleye species, meaning that he viewed it as a morphologically and geographically distinctive version of walleye that could still breed successfully with other forms of the species.
Still the debate continued. Clearly there'd been a lot of these animals swimming around Lake Erie and the Niagara River who seemed to differ in a generally consistent way from the yellow walleyes occupying the same locales. On the other hand, each group showed a lot of variability in appearance and behavior and they certainly interbred to some extent.
And that all leads right into the thorny question of what do we really mean by the word "species?" The traditional junior high school biology textbook answer–a group of organisms that can interbreed with each other but not with other groups of organisms–falls apart when encountering distinctive groups or organisms that can nonetheless interbreed, at least to some extent.
Anyway, in 2014 Carol Stepien (then at the University of Toledo) and her graduate student Amanda Haponski reported on a genetic study of over a thousand walleye from various parts of their current range together with several dozen formalin-preserved walleyes and blue pikes collected from before the population crash of the late 1950s.
Among other findings, their research revealed that blue pike samples were genetically indistinguishable from walleye samples. Their main conclusion on the topic was stated unambiguously:
"Blue pike does not constitute a separate genetic taxon from walleye and does not merit species or subspecies recognition." They further noted that color was not a reliable characteristic to go by since it was highly variable among historic and contemporary walleye.
While still the best study on the problem, it did have its flaws. Formalin degrades DNA and not all biologists have been moved to give up the animal's subspecies status.
Bright turquoise-blue walleyes turn up fairly often, especially in more northern waters. But their coloration is based on a protein (sandercyanin) found in the mucous coating of the skin and, in any case, their color is quite different than blue pike's dark grey-blue.
It may be worth noting in closing that it made no difference to the blue pike what we humans chose to call it. Species, subspecies, color morph or whatever.
All that mattered was how our activities unintentionally eliminated the conditions they needed to survive.
Ken Baker is a scientist and a retired biology professor. If you have a natural history topic you'd like the author to consider for an upcoming column, email your idea to newsroom@advertiser-tribune.com.
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È ricordato tra le altre cose come scopritore della Patera di Parabiago, importante reperto archeologico del periodo imperiale Romano: ritrovata nel 1907, durante gli scavi di Villa Gajo, sua residenza parabiaghese, rimase da lui gelosamente custodita in casa, fino alla sua morte.

Biografia

I primi anni
Nato a Canegrate il 5 novembre 1861, Felice Gajo era figlio di Natale e di sua moglie, Amalia Taglioretti. I genitori erano entrambi indicati come possidenti sul suo atto di battesimo. Avviato agli studi, li interruppe per gettarsi nel settore dell'industria tessile, che all'epoca trovava in Lombardia terreno fertile per il suo sviluppo. Divenne così dapprima operaio in una piccola tessitura locale, poi magazziniere al Cotonificio Candiani e successivamente viaggiatore per varie ditte di Busto Arsizio, acquisendo una notevole esperienza nel campo dei prodotti tessili e dei mercati ed essi connessi.

Prestato il servizio militare, nel quale raggiunse il grado di sergente maggiore, riprese il suo lavoro in giro per l'Italia.

Genio imprenditoriale

Dopo aver sposato la ricca possidente legnanese Ida Lampugnani, nel 1898 Felice Gajo decise di abbandonare il suo primo lavoro, per associarsi all'ing. Adolfo Lampugnani, suo cognato, e dedicarsi così allo sviluppo della ditta tessile di famiglia a Villastanza, frazione di Parabiago. Poco a poco le sue capacità imprenditoriali, lo portano a fondare altre filiali a Nerviano, Sant'Ilario di Nerviano, San Lorenzo di Parabiago, Cantalupo e Pogliano, dando lavoro esclusivamente ad operai locali.

Verso il 1900 acquista il cotonificio Gadda di Parabiago, trasformando la ditta in Manifatture Riunite. In breve tempo incorporò il Cotonificio Muggiani di Rho, e con altri stabilimenti a Busto Arsizio, Trecate e Verbania (frazioni di Intra e Possaccio), ribattezzò l'intera impresa Unione Manifatture di Parabiago, assorbendo poi anche una filatura a Trobaso (frazione di Verbania).

Il grande successo imprenditoriale del Gajo fu dovuto essenzialmente alla grande intuizione di aver acquisito completamente tutti i passaggi dell'industria cotoniera dell'area, dalla produzione, alla filatura sino alla stamperia dei tessuti. La nuova società creata trovò quindi facile mercato anche presso la Borsa di Milano.

Vita politica
Negli anni Gajo partecipò attivamente anche alla vita politica del paese di adozione, divenendo infatti a più riprese sindaco (1900-1901, 1903-1906 e 1923-1926) e potestà (1927-1935) di Parabiago. Durante le sue legislazioni, riuscì ad attuare svariate opere urbanistiche ed architettoniche in città. Fu lui, assieme alla moglie, a donare una cappelletta monumentale al cimitero del capoluogo comunale (1927), dedicata ai caduti della prima guerra mondiale, successivamente anche della seconda.

Dal 1934 divenne Senatore del Regno.

Alla sua morte (31 dicembre 1935), lasciò come legato testamentario alla moglie la costruzione del Santuario di San Felice (1940-1946) e di un ricovero per anziani.

Onorificenze

Note

Bibliografia

Voci correlate
 Canegrate
 Parabiago
 Cotonificio Muggiani
 Patera di Parabiago

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni
 Scheda di Felice Gajo sul database dell'Archivio Storico del Senato

Cavalieri del lavoro
Unione Manifatture

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The Bwengu Solar Power Station is a 50 megawatts solar power plant, under construction in Malawi. The power station is under development by a consortium led by Quantel Renewable Energy, an independent power producer (IPP), based in the United States. Construction began in February 2022, with commercial commissioning expected in the first quarter of 2023. The energy generated at this solar farm is expected to be sold to the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM), under a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA).

Location
The power station is under construction on , in the community of Ulalo Nyirenda, in the town of Bwengu, in the Mzimba District, in Malawi's Northern Region.

Bwengu is located approximately  by road, northeast of Mzimba, the location of the district headquarters. This is about , by road, northwest of the city of Mzuzu, the regional headquarters. Bwengu lies approximately , by road, north of Lilongwe, the capital city of Malawi.

Overview
The design to he solar farm calls for a generation capacity of 50 megawatts. The power generated here will be evacuated to an ESCOM substation, less than  from the solar farm, where it will be intergraded into the national grid. The off-taker will be Power Market Limited (PML), the sole national bulk electricity transmitter and a component of ESCOM.

Developers
The consortium that owns and is developing this power station, comprises three entities as listed in the table below. The owners are expected to form a special purpose vehicle (SPV) company to develop, finance, build, own, operate and maintain the power station. For descriptive purposes, we will call the SPV company Bwengu Solar Consortium.

Other considerations
The Malawian government has plans to increase national generation capacity from 532 megawatts in 2022 to 1,000 MW by 2025. Bwengu Solar Power Station helps the country progress towards that goal by providing 50 megawatts of clean renewable energy, reducing the country's carbon dioxide footprint and increasing the country's population with connection to grid electricity.

See also

 List of power stations in Malawi
 Golomoti Solar Power Station

References

External links
 Construction Begins On 50MW Solar PV Project In Malawi As of 7 February 2022.

Solar power stations in Malawi
Energy infrastructure in Africa
Proposed energy infrastructure
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There are not so many hotel rooms in Bruzolo, just 4, still everyone can find an offer to suit his choice. The most common offers in this city are 3 и 4 stars, they count 3 out of 4, and their prevalent location is central district. According to our practice, it is the most profitable to book a hotel in the north of Bruzolo, as it is the location of the hotels with optimal cost and quality offers along with the cheap hotels. Taking into account the small size of the city, there is no need to dwell hotel reservation on the location: the road to the city center would take less then half an hour, so one can book a hotel in any district of Bruzolo. The most populated with hotels district of Bruzolo is the south, 42% of cheap hotel rooms are concentrated here. However, even those who want to live in the north can choose from 1 variants of hotel rooms. Bruzolo is an ideal place for couple and business, such travellers rate hotels there 9.0 out of 10 on average. Apart from all these, hotels in Bruzolo offer their customers business centre, bar, low mobility guests welcome and 24 hours front desk service. The staff of the most hotels is multilingual: it speaks italian, english, french and spanish. The most appreciated amenities in Bruzolo hotels are breakfast and location. According to the visitors reviews, hotels in Bruzolo has clean, delicious food and tasty breakfast. Take a look at our selection of the cheap hotel rooms in Bruzolo to make a well-informed choice for your reservation!
The hotel rates in Bruzolo heavily depend on the season and may significantly change according to the selected date range. The graph below describes changes in Bruzolo hotel prices throughout the year divided by months. Thus, the lowest prices can be found in January – $75 on average – while the cost of hotel reservation in Bruzolo goes up and reaches $75 by September. Besides, one can book a hotel in Bruzolo with a discount and save up to 52% of the price, if doing it 10 days beforehand – that is the period between reservation and check in when our users on average find the best prices. So, if you are interested in booking a cheap hotel in Bruzolo, take this information into consideration and take a look at the graph below!
Hotels in Bruzolo are spread around the city within the distance of 2.1 kilometers, while 3 hotels are located directly in the city center. The most popular accommodations in Bruzolo is Massi Hotel, 3 stars hotel located in a 0.2 kilometers from the city center.


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Perhaps my favorite thing about men's college hockey is the unpredictability. There are surprises every year. That's why trying to predict how any season will end is pretty much a fool's errand. Well, dear reader, this fool is ready to run this errand.
There is just about one thing that appears to have most everyone in agreement at this early stage of the year. The defending national champion Denver Pioneers are heavily favored to repeat. They're No. 1 in both major polls, and a lot of the chatter around social media has the ol' Pios a head above the rest of the country.
That Denver will raise the trophy again at the end of the season is nowhere close to a foregone conclusion, though. While I agree with the consensus that it is likely, I'm fascinated by what this season will hold. Not only that, but no team has won back-to-back national championships since Denver in 2004 and 2005. Once you get to the tournament anything can happen.
Denver is going to be a fun team to watch. Even after losing Hobey Baker Award winner Will Butcher, the Pioneers have a boatload of skill. DU returns all three of its top scorers from a season ago, including Troy Terry, Henrik Borgstrom and Dylan Gambrell. Last year's Mike Richter Award winner, Tanner Jaillet, is also back for his senior season. Coach Jim Montgomery should be able to build on his impressive .665 winning percentage in his fifth year at the helm.
Boston University once again has a star-studded, but young team. The offense will be led by sophomore Patrick Harper and a pair of exciting freshmen – Brady Tkachuk, a projected top-five pick for the upcoming NHL Draft, and Ottawa Senators first-rounder Shane Bowers. Sophomore goalie Jake Oettinger is also back after being selected in the first round by the Dallas Stars, as is junior Jordan Greenway, who is expected to push for a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team.
Which brings me to one of the interesting twists to this season. While we're used to seeing a few college stars leave their teams around the holidays for the World Junior Championship, some veteran players will be tabbed for the Olympics as well. Terry and Greenway are among the most likely for the U.S., while Borgstrom looks like a strong candidate for Finland. Losing top players in February isn't ideal, but now that the NHL is not participating in the Olympics, the door is open for NCAA stars to get a truly incredible opportunity.
The Olympics could have some interesting implications, depending on how many players leave. But it should only contribute more to what is expected to be a wide-open year behind the projected No. 1 Denver.
There will be a lot of exciting new talents like the aforementioned Tkachuk and Bowers, and other recent first-rounders like Casey Mittelstadt (Minnesota/Buffalo Sabres), Josh Norris (Michigan/San Jose Sharks). St. Cloud State sophomore Ryan Poehling was also selected in the first round last June. Michigan freshman defenseman Quinn Hughes is another player getting big buzz ahead of the 2017 NHL Entry Draft.
We'll also be watching how Notre Dame fares as the newest member of the Big Ten in hockey, and if Penn State can build off of its historic 2016-17 campaign. Can Northeastern turn their tremendous offensive attack into an NCAA tournament berth? Will Boston College and Michigan bounce back after disappointing 2016-17 campaigns? How will Minnesota Duluth respond to falling just short of the national title last year? Who will we see in St. Paul for the Frozen Four?
At this time of year, the questions go on and on and on. And we've got a whole season to answer them. But before we get to that, here's my best guess as to what the tournament will look like with our "never too early" (definitely too early) bracketology.
Before we get started, it may help to understand how the committee makes its selections for the national tournament. That is explained in detail here.
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West – Sioux Falls, S.D.
Explanation: The Pios are still tops and would be kept out west if at all possible. North Dakota is hosting this regional, so they're automatically placed here. In order to avoid the in-conference matchup with St. Cloud in the first round, new Big Ten member Notre Dame slides in. I'm picking the Air Force Academy to win Atlantic hockey and secure the right to play the top overall seed.
Explanation: Assuming BU can secure that No. 2 spot, it makes sense to keep them close to home. With the jumble caused in Fargo because of moving St. Cloud, Harvard and Providence move in here which helps for attendance. It stretches bracket integrity a little bit to make it happen, but I think it's a move worth making. Meanwhile, I've got Michigan Tech as the WCHA winner over Minnesota State to take the second to last spot.
Explanation: I think Minnesota has a very strong roster this season and should be able to win the Big Ten and put up a pretty nice record to slide into a top-seed. Allentown wouldn't be a terribly far drive for Cornell Big Red fans as an added bonus. Meanwhile, I shuffled things a little bit again to help attendance in Bridgeport. There wasn't really anywhere convenient to put UMD and Northeastern without really throwing the bracket out of whack. Also, I have Penn State just on the outside looking in, but that was among my most agonizing decisions. If they're in, they're automatically in Allentown as regional hosts.
Explanation: The rest of this just kind of fits. Though Quinnipiac is a three-seed on my bracket and not hosting the regional in their home state, there's not a better place to put them. UMass-Lowell won't have terribly far to travel. Meanwhile, St. Cloud had to be moved from its natural position to avoid the first-round matchup with conference foe North Dakota.


Both during battle and while you travel through the world, your team is set in a specific combat formation. You can choose from three predefined settings: two columns, wedge or straight line. You can also create your own formations. That option gives you access to an area with 7x6 fields on which you can position your party members as you want. Each character uses one field so you many options. Creating your own formation is the best option as it gives you complete control over your companions position, but you must keep some rules in your mind.
Your team shouldn't be too extended to the sides. There shouldn't be more than three companions in one line. It will limit blocking in narrow passages. At front you should place fighter with a shield or another character that is focused on defense and taking damage. In the second row, just behind fighter, place other melee fighters, like barbarian, monk or animal companion. In third line magic classes should be positioned, like wizards or druids. Most of their spells require getting close to the target so they must be near warriors. At the end position rangers and other characters that fight using bows, crossbows or gunfire as they have the longest reach.
You can create two predefined formations and you should utilize both of them. Character placement shouldn't change, but distance between them can be adjusted. One formation should be used for fighting in buildings and dungeons, second for encounters in open space, like forests. Dungeon formation shouldn't have any empty spaces between companions. There is not much space for characters to move in narrow passages or tunnels. And you can't be attacked from sides so tight formation will be best. It's different when in open space. Here enemy can flank you at any time. The formation should be much less tight. Remember to keep the distance between the fighter at the front and the shooter at the back at least few fields. Thanks to that you will uncover bigger part of the map when you will walk through at and - what's most important - during battle your shooters will remain at safe distance from enemy. You won't waste time on retreating but you will be able to immediately get to fighting.
Changing between formations takes not more than 3 seconds and greatly improve your situation at the beginning of battle. When clicking and holding the right mouse button you can pick a direction towards which your party should be placed.


What is different about the updated Map?
The new LIGHT BLUE colour shows changes to the AMBER in areas where eir have committed to deliver high speed broadband by the end of 2018. The LIGHT BLUE is represented by lines of individual dots which represent discrete premises eir have committed to provide with access to High Speed Broadband. Premises in the LIGHT BLUE will change to BLUE as the service is rolled out. As of December 2016 there were just over 288,000 LIGHT BLUE premises.
The map will be updated quarterly.
Why has the Map changed?
The revised map was produced following a review of the development plans of commercial operators. This is essential to ensure that the State only targets areas where it is not economic for commercial operators to invest.
Can I use the map to find out if my premises will get access to high-speed broadband?
Yes. You can log on to www.broadband.gov.ie and the step-by-step instructions will guide you to find your premises on the map. By entering the details of either your Eircode or address, you will get information about whether you are located in a BLUE , LIGHT BLUE or AMBER area.
What does it mean if I am in a LIGHT BLUE area?
What does it mean if my premises was in a BLUE area but is now marked as AMBER?
The Department has been monitoring the rollout of High Speed Broadband in the BLUE areas over the past few years. In 2016 it conducted a thorough review of progress within the BLUE areas. As a result some premises that were previously planned to be covered by commercial operators will now be included in the State Intervention.
What about premises in the BLUE areas that are not getting High Speed Broadband?
There may be certain parts of the BLUE areas where commercial HIGH Speed Broadband is not yet available. The Department is continuing to identify those, to keep those areas under review and will update as solutions become available. If your premises cannot get High Speed Broadband email the Department at broadband@dccae.gov.ie with your eircode and details of operators you have contacted.
The NBP State Intervention is working towards all premises having access to high speed broadband. We are aiming to ensure that all premises receive a minimum download speed of 30 Mbit/s and a minimum upload speed of 6 Mbit/s at an affordable price (comparable to prices in the commercial (blue) areas).
If your premises cannot get High Speed Broadband email the Department at broadband@dccae.gov.ie with your eircode and details of operators you have contacted.
I live in an AMBER area, when can I expect to receive a service through the State Intervention?
At this stage it is not possible to provided definitive timelines and it is very much dependant on the outcome of the current procurement process.
When will I get commercial service and from which service provider?
If you are in a BLUE/LIGHT BLUE area on the Map, you can or will be able to get high speed broadband from a commercial operator. The precise timing of the installation of the networks to support High Speed Broadband service to your areas is a matter for commercial operators and you should check their websites/contact centres.
If you are in the amber area you will get access to high speed broadband when the broadband is rolled out under the intervention scheme.
I am in the Amber area , why can't you tell me when my specific area is going live?
When the contractor / contractors are appointed under the Broadband Intervention Scheme they will provide details of their rollout plans. This information will be shared with the public at that stage.
Why is it taking so long to rollout broadband?
There is still a lot of work to do before detailed deployment rollout plans can be released with certainty. This is a large and complex project and we need to get it right. Our aim is to deliver high speed broadband infrastructure, to every home and business in Ireland that will stand the test of time. We are currently in a formal procurement process to select a company or companies who will roll-out a new high speed broadband network within the State Intervention Area.
The procurement process is being intensively managed, to ensure an outcome that delivers a future-proofed network that serves homes and businesses across Ireland, for at least 25 years.
How do I find out about when service will be available in my area?
In BLUE and LIGHT BLUE areas, the timing of the installation of the networks to support high speed broadband service is a matter for commercial operators. However, under the Commitment Agreement relating to the LIGHT BLUE areas, the operators will provide quarterly updates of plans and progress. This information will be available on the department and commercial operator websites.
In AMBER areas, after contract award, we will publish the network roll out plan.
Where can consumers file complaints about telecommunications services?
The terms of service are set out in the contract between you and your service provider. Complaints about the service provided by your service provider is primarily a matter between you and the service provider.
This is because the provision of telecommunications services, including broadband services, is a matter for the service providers concerned who operate in a fully liberalised market, regulated by the independent regulator, the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg).
If, after having exhausted the service provider's complaint handling procedures, a customer is not happy they may contact ComReg, on 1890 229 668; online at http://www.askcomreg.ie/ or by email at Consumerline@comreg.ie, for further assistance and guidance.
Regulatory matters relating to the provision of services by operators, including any regulatory issues surrounding quality of service are the responsibility of ComReg.
As the body that issues licences to broadband service providers, ComReg will investigate such complaints to ensure that the companies in question are delivering services in line with its licence obligations.


House of Marley Chant Sport, a great tech gift for anyone on your list!
I imagine that I date myself when I confess that I am still a bit impressed by all the possible Bluetooth technology that I get to play with.
That said, I know that wireless speakers are quite common and the specific features are the key to selecting the right one for your particular needs.
This cylindrical speaker is about 6.5 inches tall, about 3 inches in diameter and weighs about a pound. There are very simple controls on top that control volume, Bluetooth connection and on/off; this design makes the speaker kind of blend in with it's surroundings.
It is the perfect size to fit in a cup-holder or a bottle-holder and It comes with a carabiner that allows you to hang it off of a bag or a belt loop. This speaker is water and dust resistant and even somewhat buoyant, but I would not even try to see how it fares if submerged.
The unit has a built-in microphone for speakerphone use and is designed to give up to eight hours of service on a full battery charge, depending on your usage. It comes with a Micro USB/USB charging cable and has an auxiliary 3.5mm input, which are protected by a rubber cover.
The materials used in the packaging (Natural wood fiber and recycled PP composite) and the speaker itself (Blended Bio-plastic, silicone and Aluminum) are environmentally friendly.
I found it easy to pair with an iPhone 6 and it works well at a range of 20-30 feet. The signal did struggle to get through a couple of walls, but I imagine that to be about normal.
Sound-wise, the speaker has a loud, clear voice at the mid and higher registers. The bass was lacking but I understand that this is common for speakers in the price range (around $100). We ran a wide variety of music genres through the speaker and it did quite nicely. The cylindrical design allows you to hear well all around the speaker ,so it goes great in the center of your activities.
Summing up, The House of Marley Chant Sport is a solid bluetooth speaker for people on the go. If your goal is to have some background music for your picnic, golf outing, bike trip or kayak voyage, this sturdy little guy fits the bill. Happily, It won't get ruined even if you get rained on, as happens often up here in the great Northwest.
I plan to continue to test this unit during more everyday life activities and I will update this if anything interesting comes up.
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Kelly Schuller earned a B.A. in psychology in 2001, M.A. in Lifespan Developmental Psychology in 2004 and Ph.D. in Lifespan Developmental Psychology in 2006 from West Virginia University (WVU). In addition, she earned a Certificate in Gerontology from the WVU Center on Aging in 2006. Following a post-doctoral position in epidemiology at the Medical University of South Carolina, Dr. Schuller served as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology at the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC and an Assistant then Associate Professor of Psychology at Bethany College in Bethany, WV. She is currently a Contributing Faculty at Walden University and an Associate Professor of Psychology at Florida Gulf Coast University.
Dr. Schuller's research interests include factors that influence health behaviors across the lifespan, especially in older adulthood, and factors that influence levels of death anxiety. She is interested in the social and cognitive factors that influence health behaviors in a variety of domains, including heart disease, arthritis and diabetes. Her research interests also include the factors that lead to health disparities in minority groups.


The Modesto Bee reports on a suspected DUI crash that seriously injured 4 people.
24-year-old Charysteena Urbina is facing DUI charges after causing a head-on collision in southwest Modesto early on September 18th.
The collision, which occurred at about 4:50 a.m., happened on South Carpenter Road. Urbina, who was behind the wheel of a 1999 Saturn -door sedan, hit a Chevy Silverado pickup head-on.
Urbina was driving northbound when she allowed her vehicle to enter the southbound lanes, striking the Chevy driven by a 42-year-old Modesto man.
The driver of the pickup truck was critically injured and taken to Memorial Medical Center for treatment.
Urbina was also seriously injured, as were two passengers in her vehicle. 23-year-old Mariah Lujuan and 20-year-old Iliana Garcia Urbina were both taken to different hospitals for injuries.
Urbina was injured as well and taken to Doctors Medical Center.
Firefighters reported that it took 45 minutes to extricate the drivers of both vehicles.
Urbina was placed under arrest, but required hospitalization for her injuries, so she has not been booked into jail.
In California, DUI causing injury is a serious offense. While it can be charged as either a felony or a misdemeanor, this charge carries with it more severe penalties than a typical DUI. If the injuries that the DUI accident caused others are severe, it may be charged as a felony. A "serious" injury can mean something such as broken bones. In California, a person can be charged with a DUI causing injury even if their BAC is below .08% if it can be proven that they showed signs of mental or physical impairment.


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«Midnight» —en español: «Medianoche»—  es una canción y tercer sencillo de la banda Coldplay perteneciente a su sexto álbum de estudio, Ghost Stories. Desde un inicio, la canción no estaba prevista como un sencillo, ya que mucho antes, la banda había lanzado un vídeo promocional para el disco utilizando por supuesto una de sus pistas, en este caso, la misma Midnight.

Tuvo su lanzamiento de manera oficial como sencillo el 19 de abril de 2014.

Composición
Midnight fue hecha a partir de una canción que previamente estuvo produciendo Jon Hopkins y que nunca tuvo su salida. Dicha canción, "Amphora", nunca fue completado por Hopkins y, parcialmente fue estrenada por el blog de música ambiental/electrónica A Strangely Isolated Place en SoundCloud a inicios de 2012, con el nombre "Amphora (Unreleased)", como parte de su lista de reproducción "ASIP – 1.00.00".

Producción
Al igual que todas las pistas de su nuevo álbum Ghost Stories, Midnight fue grabado en los estudios hechos para la banda, "The Bakery" y "The Beehive", que desde un principio le pertenecerían a sus dos anteriores álbumes como lo fueron Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends de 2008 y Mylo Xyloto de 2011, respectivamente.

Dicha producción y desarrollo estuvieron a cargo de Jon Hopkins.

Lanzamiento
No tuvo mucho tiempo cuando fue publicado el que sería su primer sencillo Magic, que tuvo su aparición el 3 de marzo de 2014, días después del lanzamiento de la canción de Midnight. Aunque, dicha canción sólo estaba acompañada del audio oficial pero, había información de que ya estaba en desarrollo su propio vídeo musical, posiblemente, para ser lanzado a inicios de mayo. Hasta que, fue publicado el 7 de abril del mismo año dicho material audiovisible del primer sencillo teniendo así ya su propio vídeo.

Midnight tuvo su lanzamiento oficial el 19 de abril de 2014

Vídeo musical
El vídeo musical de Midnight fue lanzado el 25 de febrero de 2014 pero no como un tal sencillo en ese mismo momento, ya que, solamente fue hecho para promocionar el nuevo álbum del grupo, Ghost Stories. Ahora, que ya fue programado como el tercer sencillo del disco y lanzado oficialmente como tal para el 19 de abril de 2014, el vídeo puede considerarse como oficial del tema.

Fue dirigido por Mary Wigmore (quién previamente ya había trabajado con la banda para la realización y dirección también del otro vídeo musical de The Hardest Part de su tercer álbum de estudio, X&Y de 2005) y publicado el 25 de febrero de 2014, donde tuvo como principal elemento el uso de la visión nocturna.

También, cabe decir que el vídeo fue lanzado a las 6:00 p.m. UTC (que en Ulán Bator, Mongolia es la medianoche exactamente) de ahí donde proviene el título del sencillo.

Recepción
Midnight fue recibida con críticas positivas por parte de la crítica profesional, donde principalmente tuvo presente el cambio en el sonido que le fue dado a dicha canción.

Lista de canciones

Personal

Coldplay
 Chris Martin - vocal
 Will Champion - percusión, reactable
 Jonny Buckland - teclado
 Guy Berryman - arpa láser
Posicionamiento en listas
Billboard Hot 100 (29)
Canadian Hot 100 (27)

Personal técnico
 Jon Hopkins - producción
 Mila Fürstová - arte conceptual

Referencias

Sencillos de Coldplay
Sencillos de 2014
Canciones en inglés


Pachypodium brevicaule flowering in the central part of the island. Compare the habit of this species of Pachypodium with the one in the previous photo. They couldn't be more different: this one is a tiny tuber that barely reaches above ground level while the other is a massive tree!


Glucosamine is a chemical compound that occurs naturally within the body and is important to the maintenance of cell structure, particularly cartilage and connective tissues. It is also recognized as a powerful anti-inflammatory. In the body, glucosamine creates a 'cushion' that surrounds and protects the joints from trauma. As we age the body is less able to sustain optimal glucosamine levels, leading to stiff and painful joints and the onset of osteo arthritis [i]. Glucosamine is important for maintaining the elasticity, strength, and resilience of cartilage in joints. It has been shown to not only maintain healthy cartilage but to stimulate the repair of damaged cartilage too [ii].
Glucosamine is a highly recommended supplementfor individuals who suffer from osteoarthritis, or are at risk of developing joint health problems. Glucosamine has been studied for its effects on joint pain, stiffness, and swelling in treating mild to moderate symptoms of osteoarthritis.
Glucosamine can come in a variety of forms, the two most common are glucosamine sulfate, and glucosamine hydrochloride. These different compounds have some similarities but they may not have the same effects when taken as supplements.
Glucosamine is an unstable compound and to be efficiently supplemented it must be stabilised before consumption. Glucosamine sulfate is stabilised with sodium chloride, or table salt. Glucosamine sulphate can contain as much as 30% sodium, and is often significantly less concentrated [iii]. The salt content of glucosamine sulphate supplements will also affect the dosage required to meet the daily recommended intake. Studies have shown that glucosamine sulphate has 74% purity, and a dosage of 2,608 mg of glucosamine sulphate is necessary to reach the same dosage of active glucosamine as 1,500 mg of glucosamine hydrochloride [iv]. With the tablets containing a higher salt to glucosamine ratio, it is necessary to take more tablets to reach the same effective dosage of glucosamine.
The less common form of glucosamine found in supplements is glucosamine hydrochloride. Glucosamine hydrochloride 99% pure glucosamine [v] and is naturally stable so does not require additives or preservatives [vi] . Glucosamine hydrochloride can provide the same benefits as glucosamine sulphate but is more efficient and does not process high sodium content. Sodium, of course, is an unhealthy additive that can have detrimental effects on your heart, arteries, kidneys, and brain.
Inessa Healthcare uses only glucosamine hydrochloride in its Collagen+ Joint Health product. We take great care to select only the purest ingredients from Australia. Inessa takes great pride in providing you with premium quality supplements to deliver efficient and effective results, and have you feeling your best.


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Dad's disgust over Christmas decorations attack
Simon Wood with the decorations
A FATHER has spoken of his disgust after yobs trashed Christmas decorations put up in the garden of his Orford home.
Simon Wood, aged 31, of Patterdale Avenue, left for work at 5am last Wednesday to find intruders had ripped apart the large festive inflatable decorations.
He said: "How disgusting is it that we can not even celebrate at this time of year with out despicable people doing stuff like this?
"Is this the type of society we now live in, is it really that bad that people are now so jealous of stuff like this that they have to try to steal it or trash it?"
The decoration most damaged was an 8ft inflatable model of Winnie the Pooh - three-year-old daughter Miya's favourite.
Mr Wood has been forced to take it down and tell the toddler it was ruined by bad weather.
She and brother Ethan, aged 5, have both been left upset by the vandalism.
"Miya absolutely loves watching the Winnie the Pooh when she comes home so it's probably worse on her than anyone else," said Mr Wood.
"She just keeps asking me where he's gone."
He is determined to leave other parts of his festive display on show, including lights, a 12ft train, 4ft snow globe, and 8ft Christmas tree.
"It is something that we have done every year for my children and this is our third Christmas in this house," he said.
"It's nice because the first year a neighbour had a tree up and now everyone is getting involved and making a lot of effort.
"There are a lot of kids around here and they enjoy it.
"I'm a coach driver so I'm away from home quite a bit through the year so I try to make so much more of an effort at Christmas then someone comes along and does this.
"It has not deterred me and I'll keep buying them and putting them back up."


Given 100 acres of prime NE Iowa Farmland w/estimated value of $900K (i.e. $9K/acre) and annual rental rate of $300/acre.
Would your rather have the farm free & clear w/annual property taxes & ordinary income?
Would you rather have the same $900K invested in a Roth Vanguard S&P 500 Index fund (i.e. Tax free & annual yield of 2%)?
There are no right or wrong answers. But does anyone care to take a well informed, but still back of the envelope SWAG today?
Re: Buy the farm/Sell the farm question????
NE iowa you say? They seem to get rain whenever they ask for it! Id love to have land over there.
Farm however at 300$ in rent you be negative the last three years at these prices. Coming from personal experiences. These traders just don't seem to get it either so good luck. In my opinion the S&P as well as the Dow are going to tank, took 8 years to get it here now. Less than 1 to upend it soon to come.
Illini - I think the question is if you owned such a farm would you rent it out at $300 or sell and put it in a 2% tax free fund? I'm in SE SD, and if you make it $4500 an acre and $150 rent, that's about where we are. I manage my father in laws farm properties, most of which are rented on shares, not cash. After fertilizer, insurance, property taxes, and income tax prep, we get about 2.5% return on the estimated value of the land. Of course, this is family land, so some of it was bought for $100/acre in the 50's, so it's hard to say what the real long term return is/will be. But I'd take the farm any day. Stocks can go to zero if a company goes belly up, but land is NEVER worthless.
Also. for everyone who's sure the stock market will tank I can find someone who thinks land values will tank. I hope neither happens, but I sure wouldn't mind selling some $4.50 corn again someday!
I kind of doubt the $300 is going to hold much longer...just something to throw in the mix.
As well, the vanguard yield is certainly not guaranteed either.
Neither yield will keep up with inflation, not even close, fwiw.
I'd say diversify part of the asset base, maybe 25%, into the very under-valued real goods sector, like silver or platinum. Keep the rest in land, even if it declines to $4500/acre ( normal retracement) it will still be worth $18000 around 18 years from now.
One thing about it, the S&P isn`t in as much of a "bubble" as the Dow is, therefore stocks in that index may not be as "over valued"?
Something to look at with land values is much of that is due to the 0% interest rate gift that the Fed gave the previous administration. The current administration is more of a "red headed step child" whose failure would be cheer lead by much of the powers that be. 0% interest will go up, the negative % rates we heard about in Cyprus or where ever wouldn`t happen here, especially with the red headed step child in as POTUS.
My concern with farmland is as it gets harder for the federal government to perhaps balance the books, entitlements and services will be pushed to the local levels and that funding will be the captive landonwers. You can`t pack your quarter section in a carryon bag and bug out to Uruguay when TSHTF.
Farmland goes up, because they ain`t makin` more of it, however, we are in uncharted territory. It`s possible that corn will be $2 and $5 beans...that could happen for a few years (hope it doesn`t) and credit could tighten...all that could happen. Hindsight is the only way we`ll know.
I would probably take the farm. But the better money decision today would probably be sell and take a long term CD split in $250K chunks across several banks for FDIC coverage of 5 or more years.