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It's great to be in the homebuilding business right now, but you should not buy these stocks since homebuilder share prices anticipate great growth.
The Macro Picture
Yes, there is cheap funding for new home buyers and for companies willing to sell shares at rich valuations to optimistic buyers or borrow money at low interest rates. This is good news for companies, but not good news for investors (the people buying shares at high prices).
Homebuilders are raising cash from debt and public-equity markets as the demand for new construction is increasing among its buyers as a result of low mortgage rates and decreasing supply of existing residences for sale. According to National Association of Home Builders, the builders are expected to report 650,000 single-family homes during 2013, representing an increase of 22% from 2012. Various public companies such as KB Home (KBH), Lennar (LEN), and D.R. Horton (DHI) have reported strong order trends above the expectations. Taylor Morrison Home has filed plans in January 2013 to raise $250 million in an IPO.
Tri Pointe Homes (NYSE: TPH), a company financed by Barry Sternlicht, increased by 12% after raising $233 million through an IPO. The company's shareholders sold 13.7 million shares for $17 each, above the range of $14 to $16. The company will use the proceeds raised from the IPO to acquire land. Since 2010, Sternlicht's Starwood Capital Group has invested $150 million in the company, holding approximately 84% in the company pre-IPO. He sold his 3.7 million shares in the company for $62.7 million during the IPO and retained 14.3 million shares.
According to the Richard Dugas, Chairman and CEO of the company, "We have every reason to expect that housing has indeed turned the corner and that industry sales in 2013 can continue to move higher as pent-up demand is released."
The demand for new houses has increased due to tightening of existing properties inventories and mortgage rates float to record lows. New home sales in the U.S. increased by 20% during 2012 to its highest level since 2009. So, as was the case with on the corporate level, consumers are taking advantage of cheap financing.
However, there is more to investing than cheap financing. Even with cheap financing, if you pay too much you are setting yourself up for disappointment and possibly loss. Some of the expectations in the market are just too high.
Consider residential REITs. The share price of AvalonBay Communities (NYSE: AVB), the second-largest publicly listed apartment owner in the U.S., plunged after forecasting its earnings below the analyst's expectations during the year.
During 2013, the funds from operations are expected to be $4.17 to $4.47 per share, representing a decline of 19% as compared to the previous year depending on the midpoint of the range. According to a Bloomberg survey, the average estimate of 18 analysts for FFO is $6.20 per share, this a cash-flow measure used by REITs.
According to Timothy Naughton, the Chief Executive Officer of AvalonBay, "Rental housing has benefited from a unique combination of historically low supply, modest job and economic growth, a sluggish for-sale market and fragile consumer confidence." If these conditions do not persist, then there would be a negative impact on the long-term outlook of the business.
Prices that Assume Growth
PulteGroup (NYSE: PHM), the largest homebuilder by market value in the United States disappointed analysts when it reported a slowing home-order growth. According to the Bloomfield Hills, the home orders raised by 27% during the fourth quarter. Lennar, the second-largest builder by market value, said that it reported a 32% increase in the home orders during the last quarter, where D.R. Horton, the third-largest builder, reported a 39% increase.
According to Joel Locker, an analyst with FBN Securities, investors were dissatisfied with order growth as it trailed other builders. Until this news surfaced, PulteGroup was the best performer among these companies. Mr. Locker also said, "Pulte couldn't meet lofty expectations. I don't think sentiment could be higher in homebuilders. Investors expect significant earnings growth in the next few years to justify these stock prices."
The stock price for PulteGroup was punished even though it beat analyst estimates and last year's numbers during the fourth quarter, PulteGroup reported a net income of $58.7 million or 15 cents per share as compared to $13.8 million or 4 cents per share during the previous year. It comprises of certain costs such as future loan-repurchase obligations of $49 million or 13 cents per share and repurchase of senior notes of $32 million or 8 cents per share. This was offset by an income tax benefit of $8 million or 2 cents per share.
According to a Bloomberg survey of 19 analysts, the average estimate of net income of 31 cents per share. According to Stephen East, an analyst at International Strategy & Investment Group, the earnings per share was 34 cents per share excluding one-time expenses. The revenues increased from $1.26 billion to $1.57 billion. Apparently the homebuilders have to do more than just post high earnings to keep share prices up.
The expectations for homebuilders are just too high for investors to jump in at today's prices.
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My grandmother set me up with a cute, Jewish girl. We had a lot in common—including our family tree.
It was springtime in Minneapolis four years ago when my grandmother Cogie called with an important message: "There's a girl," she said.
Cogie's worldview derived from Noah's ark, in that she believed people were unequivocally happier in pairs. She'd been worried about me because I'd recently broken up with my girlfriend of seven years and had since been moping around with a collection of Camus' essays in hand, expounding on the problem of existence.
"She's blonde," Cogie said. "She's Jewish. She's 21. She's very cute. She's very cute. She's an actress and has been in plays at the Guthrie, I think. She's an artist, Max." I, too, was an artist, in that I waited tables to make rent and occasionally wrote album reviews for websites that no longer exist. "I thought maybe you two might be a good match for each other."
The girl's name was Rachel. Then Cogie told me her last name, and I recognized it immediately. Twenty years earlier, I'd gone to kindergarten with Rachel's older brother, and we'd become friends because his great-aunt was also my great-aunt—an exciting revelation for two 6-year-olds. But that meant that Rachel, like her brother, was my second cousin.
"Just take her number," Cogie said, "and think about it."
In the next 24 hours I received three voice-mails. Two were from Cogie, asking if I'd called Rachel yet. The third was from Tudie, the great-aunt Rachel and I had in common.
I hadn't spoken to Tudie since her husband—my grandfather's brother—had passed away the previous winter. During the following year Cogie lunched with her often, attempting not to replace my great-uncle but to help Tudie at least be part of a pair. Like Cogie, Tudie was sub-petite and dressed almost exclusively in shades that fell between cream and beige. Both were in their late seventies, but at family events, as they spoke about grandchildren and mutual memories, they could, at times, seem to be exchanging dark, valuable gossip the way teenagers do.
"I just want you to know," Tudie said when I called her back, "that you are not related to Rachel." She explained that my father's uncle had married Rachel's mother's aunt (that is, Tudie herself), so the only link between Rachel and me was through marriage. "There's no blood connection," Tudie went on. "I've talked with her twice and she's very amenable to a phone call. And she's just so cute."
I didn't like that my love life was being commandeered by women called Cogie and Tudie, neither of whom cleared five feet in socks. But I was hoping to find someone companionable, and Rachel was purportedly amenable and cute, and I began to consider whether I could disregard that she was my cousin, albeit by marriage. For months I wavered, deeming the situation a little too bizarre, but my kinfolk—admirably—did not lose hope.
At Rosh Hashanah dinner that year, Cogie pulled me into an empty bedroom and shut the door. "I have something for you," she said.
From her purse she pulled out a Ziploc baggie, inside of which was an index card. On it she'd copied a family tree. I was placed in the center of the card (which she didn't remove from the baggie), and with her fingernail Cogie traced my lineage up through my father and grandfather, then over toward Tudie, and finally down to Rachel, whose name was all the way over on the card's left margin, the R partially cut off.
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"You see?" Cogie said.
"I see," I said, suddenly willing to disregard my earlier hesitance.
I picked Rachel up at her apartment in Minneapolis' warehouse district, on the west bank of the Mississippi River. With her long blonde hair and slender build, she looked nothing like anyone I was related to. I moved my server apron and wine opener from the passenger seat to the back seat floor. The car filled quickly with Rachel's scent—something like dusty roses. "This is kind of weird, right?" she said, and that instantly endeared her to me.
The wine bar we were going to was only a few blocks away, and Rachel suggested that we park in her building's guest garage. After five minutes searching for a spot, we determined that the lot was full and decided just to drive to the bar. The parking there was even worse—there were lines for meters two cars deep—and we circled the block a few times. "Instead of going out, we could just spend the whole night parking," I said. Rachel did not, as I remember, laugh at my very good joke.
At the bar she told me about the acting program she was in at the University of Minnesota and about her work as a volunteer digging wells in Africa. She lacked the forced exuberance of most performers I knew, and I was thankful. She was a touch wholesome; she said she'd never smoked a cigarette, which put me off for some reason I have yet to define. I made fun of our waitress for having opened our bottle of wine incorrectly—this was to convey to Rachel that I wasn't attracted to our waitress and also because, like many of my coworkers, I'd developed an arrogance about proper table service. I didn't tell Rachel that, just weeks before, I'd been turned down for a job at that very bar.
Throughout the conversation the words cubism, post-modern, and integrity all came up—served from both my side and hers, we volleyed back and forth. We did our best to acknowledge and diminish our possible familial connection, as if shrugging off a foul ball. I asked about her brother whom I'd gone to kindergarten with, she asked about Cogie, and we sipped nervously at our wine. Earlier in the year, Rachel had broken up with her boyfriend, whom she'd lived with, and this was her first date since then, too. We finished a bottle of chardonnay, and I walked her home. Outside her door we hugged and exchanged kisses on the cheek.
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The reason for doing away with the tax break is to help pay for
other goals of the health-care reform legislation, including making
sure that more Americans are able to get health insurance, and that
the insurance they get has more comprehensive coverage, Jensen
"If you take as a given that the point of health care reform is to cover as many people as possible, it's an equitable approach," Jensen said. "The tax break is regressive, meaning mainly middle- and upper-income people were benefiting from it."
One criticism, however, is there's the potential for people to
head to the doctor asking for prescriptions for drugs they used to
buy without one, a costly move, he added.
And an even bigger change is coming in 2013, when health reform
law will cap the amount that can be set aside in an FSA at $2,500 a
year. Beyond 2013, the limit will be indexed to changes in the
consumer price index.
While the law currently sets no limit on how much an individual
can put in an FSA each year, many employers already set their own
cap at $5,000.
The people who will feel the pinch then are those with chronic
health conditions who have lots of out-of-pocket costs, Jensen
The Hewitt Associates report, which looked at 220 U.S. employers
covering more than 6 million employees, found that only 20 percent
of eligible employees contributed to an FSA in 2010.
Of employees who contribute to an FSA, the average annual
contribution is $1,441 and the annual savings is between $250 and
$640 each year in federal taxes.
Only 18 percent of workers contributed more than $2,500 a year,
the maximum in 2013, and they tended to be high-income people
earning more than $150,000 a year.
The employee portion of insurance premiums are not payable
through FSAs. Some employers, however, set up plans in a way that
enables employees to pay premiums as well in pre-tax dollars,
Fronstin said.
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A Southern Wesleyan University student died in a crash that shut down Interstate 85 for several hours Thursday.
Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler said 18-year-old Krystal Pearce, of Harbeson, DE, was driving a vehicle heading north on the interstate near the 106 mile marker, when it crossed the median into oncoming traffic, and hit a tractor-trailer just after 5 p.m. Thursday.
Fowler indicated that Pearce became trapped in the vehicle following the crash and died of her injures.
Authorities said Pearce was one of two people in the vehicle. She had another SWU student in the car with her. She was injured and taken to Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, according to Fowler.
Fowler said the two had just started fall break, and were en route home when the accident happened.
According to SWU spokesman Ed Welch, staff held individual meetings with roommates, friends and all of the resident halls to share the news of the crash. The school gathered together Friday at 10 a.m. in the auditorium to pray, read scripture and support each other.
"Being a small, close-knit campus community, Southern Wesleyan University keenly feels this loss," said Welch. "Our thoughts and prayers go out to family and friends as they process this tragic event."
Welch said both students were freshmen at SWU and Pearce was on the tennis team.
SWU's Sports Information Director TJ Budd said they plan to keep Pearce's information up on the team website for the year and likely throughout the years she would have competed. He said she had yet to play or even take team photos yet because the sport starts in the Spring.
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How do you move inspiration into action? *A TEDActive Social Networks Project*
At TEDActive2011 in Palm Springs, an amazing group of individuals came together as a team to come up with a simple micro-action solution for finding a way to move inspiration into action through social networks. After a quick 36 hour period of time, they told us this story:
When I woke this morning and checked my messages, I had a link to a video. The video was made by two Year 12 students, Nile and Hannah from Huntington School in York in the UK. And they made the video to explain why they're excited to hear about the TEDED program. (education.ted.com)
They found TEDED through their teacher, who was sent the link by his head of school. The Head of School found out through Sir Ken Robinson who sent out a tweet asking people to support this initiative. Sir Ken sent the tweet because he was messaged by Marcus, a member of our group for whom Sir Ken is a mentor, a personal connection. In a single day, with 9 targeted messages, our group got the TEDED link into 6,017 schools across the US, the UK and Australia.
Rather than proposing a specific micro-action, we are proposing a new micro- philosophy. Know the power of the people in your network, know the way to reach them, and know to ask them to act in a way that matters. Whether it's showing support for the middle east, participating in JR's global art project, or spreading TEDED we're asking you to be deliberate in your social networks.
When you share your ideas from this week, we're asking you to be the signal, not the noise.
What are some other ways that you can move inspiration into action?
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Apr 27 2011: Sarah, you bring up an excellent point. We all have networks whether they are online or f2f and if we are thoughtful and organized with what we ask of that network, we'll be surprised of the response. Over the next week I will think of a way to push out an education based micro-philosophy. Thanks for the thought provoking post.
Apr 27 2011: Shanna!!!!
That's essentially it. In building off of Sarah's idea, we all have a belief system or philosophy. Rather than asking our peers to immediately do something, I propose that we ask them to follow and perhaps contribute to a hashtag/stream on FB.
We create the forum (hashtag/quora entry/FB post) that is dedicated to a certain idea or concept. Then we would begin to post our thoughts/ideas around that topic. This would culminate in an event where those contributing to the stream could meet up and plan how they can take those idea to action.
The beauty is that those who just want to lurk can do so, those who want to contribute to the hashtag will simply add their thoughts, and then those who want to contribute and then take it to action/meet others have that option.
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An employee embezzled more than $56,000 in a course of 13 months from a local company which handles workers compensation claims, according to a Sarasota County Sheriff's Office report.
The manager of Broadspire, a Tampa division of Crawford & Company, reported a possible theft when its client saw a larger sum than expected on a tax form from Broadspire. The company's internal investigation lead to Joanne Bell, 37.
Sarasota County Sheriff's Office detectives found out that Bell, who worked as a claims examiner, issued checks to clients but mailed them to her postal box in Sarasota.
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The Art of Music at Arts Fest 2011
Posted by Pat Baxter on 07/15 at 01:44 PM
Unless you've been living under a rock for the past week, I'm sure you're aware that one of State College's biggest summer events is upon us. That's right, here in our pleasant, laid back world of central Pennsylvania, Arts Fest is happening, and it's happening right now. Some of the best artists from the region and beyond will display just about every kind of visual/physical art you can imagine: basketry, sculpture, glass, water colors, ceramics, painting… The list goes on. There's even a category of art called 'other' (see here). All of it is put on display (and for sale) for the thousands upon thousands of Penn State students, alumni, townies, and people who got lost on their way to Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, or New York. Whatever the case, Arts Fest has become the place to be in State College.
And not to be lost in all the visual art, is the art of music. Arts Fest has its usual offerings of folk, blue grass, and country. But you'll also find other styles such as indie, jazz, and funk bands. On Friday, see bands like Chicken Tractor (country), Ted McClosky and the Hi Fi's (indie rock), and the Ultra Kings (rockabilly) perform. It's also notable that Penn State's Essence of Joy has a concert.
Also in the mix, on Saturday, is Zak Sobel Band (who also played at Summer's Best Music Fest), Duo Cieli (classical), and the Andrew Jackson Jazz Ensemble. Sunday has such performers as Tussey Mountain Moonshiners (bluegrass), Atlas Soundtrack (reggae/hip-hop/rock), and the Earthtones (reggae).
Indeed, it is a fairly eclectic mix and you're likely to find your genre of choice. For a complete list of upcoming music performances see below:
July 15: http://www.arts-festival.com/schedule_07152011.php
July 16: http://www.arts-festival.com/schedule_07162011.php
July 17: http://www.arts-festival.com/schedule_07172011.php
Author: Pat Baxter
Bio: A native of Pittsburgh, Pat Baxter is now working for WPSU/Penn State Public Broadcasting in video on-demand and multi-media. He enjoys playing guitar and bass, listening to music and watching films. He likes listening to grunge/alternative rock, experimental and prog rock, and jazz/fusion. His favorite rock bands include the Smashing Pumpkins (1990s era), David Bowie, Talking Heads, King Crimson, Buckethead, Frank Zappa, Mars Volta, David Torn, and the Cure.
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My "oh woe is me" voice kicked in: "What a pain this is to deal with. Why does he have so many food allergies? And, why am I always the one asking about his food?" It was the last question that really hit home. I realized that, similar to reading ingredient labels, Julian had to learn how to ask questions himself about restaurant meals.
Kids learn best when you involve them, so my husband and I encouraged Julian to ask basic questions – "Are there peanuts in this?" We graduated to the more complicated questions as he matured: "Do you use the same grill to cook shellfish and steak?" "Do you make the French fries in the same fryer used for foods such as deep-fried shrimp?"'
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In order to understand white rappers, you first have to understand VIPTSD (Vanilla Ice Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder). The year was 1990 and hip-hop had become just mainstream enough to be commercially successful. Where there's money there's white people, so the hip-hop community was understandably wary of outsiders cashing in on the culture, but even in their worst nightmares they couldn't have seen Vanilla Ice coming. In fact, the Ice Ice Baby phenomenon was so traumatizing hip-hop still hasn't fully recovered. And so, like a Vietnam vet who dives into the bushes every time a car …
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Even today VIPTSD casts its shadow over every white rapper, it's legacy is the price of admission for white people to play the game. Only Eminem has ever fully overcome VIPTSD, so it's inevitable that every white rapper gets compared to him, which would explain the constant Em and Asher Roth comparisons. Slim Shady and Roth do share a style heavy on internal rhymes and pop culture references, but otherwise they're distant cousins at best. While Em is a lyrical genius driven to greatness by a tortured past, Roth is suburban rap's wet dream, an undeniably talented and intelligent rapper who reflects the party-hungry privilege of his upbringing. Roth will either open a new chapter in hip-hop history or sink under the weight of VIPTSD, and if his debut album Asleep In The Bread Aisle is any indication, it could go either way.
If you're thinking "wait, who's Asher Roth?" let me put it this way; he's the I Love College guy. (It's a shame that's how he's currently best known, but it's the truth). I Love College is a half-rock, half-rap ode to higher education, and I do mean higher. Delivered in a voice so laid-back it's more talk than rap, Roth paints a picture of a time in life where drinking is a priority and responsibility is a dream. It's the perfect recipe to spark a party, and make older folks desperately wish they were still 19. As a former college dropout I'm more Kayne than Asher, but true anthems are rare, and College is a true anthem. College's success is a great opportunity for Roth, but it will ultimately haunt his career unless he follows it with more hits, which is why Bread Aisle spends much of its time doing musical keg stands for its core constituency. Just take Be By Myself, a tribute to the joys of single life bursting with Roth's usual assortment of wordplay and wit, backed by a very Gnarls Barkley-esque chorus from Cee-Lo. (On a side note, no one's buying this album for its production, but newcomer Oren Yoel does surprisingly innovative production work throughout.) Unfortunately, not every track on Bread Aisle is as enjoyable, most notably the failed attempt at a "for-the-ladies" track She Dont' Wanna Man and the funny but sophomoric Bad Day. Roth is rightfully enjoying his musical youth, but if he's still making tracks like Bad Day in five years he'll be the rap equivalent of the guy with a college degree working at Starbucks.
If Roth was simply a beer-fueled party rapper this review would be over, but despite the wishes of those eager to place him in a box, he's also a boundary-pushing lyricist with a socially conscious edge.La Di Da is the closest Bread Aisle gets to the ceaselessly creative MC fans heard on Roth's mixtapes, an intricately produced track that features Roth weaving in and out of the rhythm with precision: "isn't it visible, dealing with digital...fidgeting through email, when the issue is pivotal." A similarly skilled side of Roth's rap personality shows up on Sour Patch Kids, a cut that finds Roth expanding his lyrical world beyond his campus: "It ain't gonna stop with Obama, to save the world we must start at the bottom." Bread Aisle contains just enough of these gems to make it impossible for serious hip-hop heads to dismiss Roth, including his full exploration of the Eminem's comparisons, As I Em, and the captivating Lark On My Go Cart, a track that bridges the gap between Roth's collegiate and adult music. Tracks like these prove that Roth is fully capable of overcoming the VIPTSD plague, but it's going to take more originality, creativity and passion than the often too easy offerings of Bread Aisle to elevate him above the pack. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go do Jager shots until I hurl.
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We enjoyed dinner at a friend's house recently and noticed that she kept all of her kitchen utensils in a drawer next to her sink. She described this as her "easy access" drawer. We mentioned that we used a container for "easy access" in our kitchen for utensils. What about you - where do you store your favorite and most used kitchen utensils?
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Both. Most things with long handles that are used for general cooking (like spatulas, wooden spoons, tongs, skimmers, whisks, etc) go in container on counter.
Smaller and more specialty items like peelers, can openers, little tea strainers, garlic press, etc. go in drawer under butcher block work area. They just end up getting lost in the on counter container and are difficult to fish out.
Same- I use both. However, growing up, my parents kept everything in one huge drawer.
Store it in a kitchen utensil holder (similar to first photo, but in stainless steel) on the counter right next to the stove. Spatula and soup ladle? They're all right there within easy grasp.
Some are in a drawer, some are hung on a rack on the walls of the kitchen, and others are in an old 1 gallon tin Olive Oil can with the lid cut off...
I grew up with them all in a drawer. I think things tend to get a little dusty when left out. But, in our new home we don't have a lot of drawer space, so some of our bigger things are in a vintage ice bucket. see it here:
If you have the drawer space, it's nice to have them off the counter, but if you are short on drawer space, the counter is fine. Mine are in a drawer except for the knives that are in a block on the counter.
Both. I have the same strategy as Lizzy C.
Ditto LizzyC
I have one large, shallow drawer next to the stove for frequently used utensils, and another for things like potato masher, kitchen twine, turkey baster, etc. Can't stand looking at utensils on the counter!
Tritto LizzyC.
Container and three drawers sorted by frequency of use. I have a lot of gadgets!
I love my organized kitchen utensil drawer. But I also like hanging large spoons, spatulas, tongs, etc. on the wall behind the stove for easy access. Unfortunately, I can do that in my current apartment since the wall is an entire stone title backsplash and I rent. :/
In my old apartment I hung them in an Ikea storage system thingy on the wall (little plastic buckets on a rail). In the new one, they're in two drawers. I haven't quite settled on where to put them, yet.
I prefer drawers - I don't like having all that stuff on my counter. But my new kitchen only has one drawer, so a container on the counter is a must!
Both! My kitchen is white with chrome and green accents. I have rubber spatulas in the same green as my dishtowels in a white crock along with chrome cooking utensils. I keep the every day tools in the crock and occasional tools in the drawer
Both. I have too much stuff and not enough drawers. But, if I had enough drawers, they'd all be put away.
drawer... i have adequate drawer space, but precious little counter space
I grew up w/ a crock w/ the long handled utensils on the counter next to the stove and I do that in my place as well.
I'm rather lucky in that in my rented apt kitchen, I have decent storage and a generally decent layout of the entire kitchen so I have the option of both. Anyway, I have a large yellow plant pot from IKEA called the Cylinder (no longer made) that I house all the larger ladels, spatulas etc and a small red Le Crousete crock for the smaller most often used items such as itty spatulas, spreaders, peelers and the garlic press, which I just stradle the side of and in the two shallow drawers to the stove's left I have pot holders and a plastic basket for tasting etc flatware and old ice tea spoons next to the stove and the one by the fridge (counter inbetween the two) houses the can opener, the cork puller, the pizza cutter, the bag clips, measuring spoons etc - and all the fondue forks as well. For all other baking stuff is in 2 deep drawers to the left of the sink behind me.
Cooking utensils (spatulas, wooden spoons, tongs) and large serving pieces (ladles, etc.) go into a nice container next to my oven. Basically anything with a long handle that fits easily into the container goes in there. I used to keep these in a drawer but it wasn't convenient since my kitchen drawers don't have the dimensions that make organizing such things easy.
Oddly-shaped, kitchen doodads like peelers, graters, measuring cups, etc. that don't have long handles go in a drawer.
I hate cluttered counters and keep as little on them as possible. I loooaaaathe when people display their appliances (blender, toaster, coffee makers, bread maker, coffee grinder, rice cooker, etc etc etc) all on the counter.
i keep my Bose, a fruit bowl, and a vintage enameled compost pot on the counter and that's about it.
As a general rule, I don't lilke things sitting out regardless of whether or not they are in a container or not; just seems like it would get dusty. I feel the same way when I see dishes on open shelving. Love the look, just worry about dust. (I am a clean freak.) I much prefer a drawer. I do hang things inside my kitchen cabinets so it's not seen.
Drawer. Not so much because of dust or clutter but because I use things like kitchen utensils until they literally crumble into tiny pieces. I'm pretty sure no guest wants to look at my old wooden spoon stumps.
Both. I like flaunting my spoon stumps!
Definitely in a drawer. I have very little counter space so I try to keep it clear of excess stuff.
in stainless steel container on counter next to stove are wooden spoons, spatulas, tongs and ladles. These are what I use 90 pct of the time while cooking and it's so much easier to grab them rather than rummage through a drawer. Having said that the rest of the the stuff in is a drawer next to the stove...In a perfect world I'd have nothing on the counters but with two adults two kids x three meals a day = no way.
Both -- but I dislike keeping things on the counter -- things on the counter get dirty from the cooking, I have limited counterspace and hate clutter.
I'm a neat freak - so they are divided into 3 drawers. I also store large whisks, colanders and mixing utensils inside big mixing bowls - in a cabinet right above the range. Not only do I like the countertops uber clean but those dishes of utensils just collect dust and oils? Unless, you're going to clean those holders on a weekly or monthly basis OR wash the utensils thoroughly before EACH use - find a drawer or do as I do with those bowls in cabinets.
We have one of those Ikea hangy thingies. The stuff we use most winds up there.
We also have a countertop mug thing with wooden spoons and stuff in it.
I keep them in my bed
drawer please. things out in the open get dusty.
We have our "daily use" items in a container beside the stove, purely out of necessity. The only drawers we have in the house are directly across from the stove in our super narrow kitchen. So in order to access it, you have to scoot away from the stove, and it's just a pain in the butt (quite literally, sometimes). So, although I loathe counter clutter, our little container of stove utensils stays out, for now. I long for a kitchen with the space (and storage) to truly allow me to function. ;)
the big things that get used all the time (all used at least once a week; most used daily) are in a tall plant pot on the counter. everything else is in a drawer (or a basket in a cabinet, depending on how often we use them & what they're for).
I live in a very small apartment, and I have a grand total of ONE drawer in my kitchen, so anything with a long enough handle goes in a stainless steel container on the counter.
Both - pretty things go in 1 of 2 cute ceramic containers that have a plain shape. Beat up stuff goes in a drawer. Dust is not a problem - I rinse them before use, if they have been used recently, or with a quick soap wash if they have been there longer. Other stuff - appliances, cookbooks, etc. - is hidden away off of the counter. Fresh fruit goes on the counter, from time to time.
When I get too fastidious about things like dust, I remember that eating out means that someone with standards lower than mine may be cooking for me, so I need to get down out of the clouds, or stay super fastidious and eat only at home!


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Kiku and Lainey Go To New Jersy: The Plane2 Reviews
A plane to jersey, an overly caffeinated Way brother, a giggly Kiku, a special appearance from our friend Katie, and a cranky Mikey. What more could you ask for?
"Bro, calm down." Sitting down Gerard looks across the aisle at the girl who was staring intently at them. "Oh hey, sorry he almost hit you," Gerard offered her. "He's just cranky."
"Damn right I'm cranky." Mikey spits out.
"It's okay. It is a bit late, I don't blame him," the girl says.
"Yeah it is isn't it," Gerard says. "Why are you heading to New Jersey so late? If you don't mind me asking. And your name?"
"The name's Kiku," she says pushing her glasses up her nose. "And I'm meeting up with a friend there."
"Ke-ko?" Gerard repeats, confused, furrowing his eyebrows.
"Key-Kew," the girl says slowly.
"Oh.. Kiku... Kiku..." Gerard repeats several times.
"What?" she asks tipping her head to the side.
"Oh. Nothing. I just like saying your name!!" Gerard pipes up with this sort of crazy smile.
"Ignore him," Mikey spits, "He's jacked up on coffee."
"So, anyways," Gerard says dramatically, "Why are you going?!"
"To meet my friend!" she says, eyes lighting up.
"What?" he asks, pausing
"Oh my God Gerard, are we really going to start this?" Mikey snaps
"Shut up! Sorry about him. How old are you?" Gerard asks wide-eyed
"I'm thirteen...?" She blinks.
"What?" Mikey asks leaning forward. "You're thirteen and you're going to Jersey?"
"Is something wrong with that? I'm meeting a friend there so it's not like I'm completely alone."
"You'll get stabbed coming off the plane!" Mikey squeals flapping his arms in the air.
"And I'm the one jacked up on caffeine," Gerard smiles but the smile soon turns into a serious expression. "He's right though. Jersey is no place for young girls. Or young boys. Or women and men. Or anyone actually! Mikey," he turns to his brother wide eyed, "We might get murdered going there this late!"
Mikey makes a strangled noise and puts is head in his hands while Kiku fights a fit of giggles across the aisle.
"It's true though," Gerard continues turning back to Kiku. "You better stick with us, just for safety."
"Gerard, we can't watch a kid and save the world," Mikey says putting air quotes around 'save the world.'
"Pssshh, I think you might need to watch him more than me," Kiku says nodding towards Gerard. "I can take care of myself."
"You're an arrogant little girl, aren't you?" Mikey asks, glaring at Kiku.
"Well, I mean... I wouldn't... Okay yeah. You got me. I'm arrogant." She says with a smirk.
"Mikey, you aren't going to let her walk around New Jersey alone, right? I mean that's just heartless," Gerard says with puppydog eyes.
"No. No, no, no, no, no. You are already dragging me to NEW JERSEY, at MIDNIGHT. I am not watching some arrogant little teenie too," Mikey retorts
"I resent that." Kiku says simply.
"Yeah? Well I resent being drug out to New Jersey at midnight by my overly caffeinated older brother because he's convinced that two teenage girls are hellbent on drinking all the coffee in the world, and then destroying the world." Mikey finishes his rant with a sigh and buries his head in his hands.
Kiku giggles like a maniac.
"You sound like my friend. She says we're going to end the world."
"Wait..." Gerard pauses dramatically, "How old is your friend?"
"Fifteen...? God why are you so obsessed with age?" Kiku asks.
Gerard looks at Mikey with a worried look.
"Gerard. Really? I know that look. You're trying to tell me, that SHE," Mikey throws a finger at Kiku, "SHE and a friend are going to end the world?!"
A flight attendant comes by, and interrupts their little conversation.
"Can I get you anything?" She asks with smile.
"Ohh," Kiku thinks, "Can I have some coffee? That'd be nice, thanks."
Gerard stares at Kiku for a long while.
"Need to stop me from what? Drinking coffee?"
"YOU- YOUR FRIEND- HE DIDN'T BELIEVE ME!" Gerard starts off frantically pointing at Mikey. "BUT YOU ARE HERE! AND YOUR FRIEND AND JERSEY!"
Kiku gives Gerard a weird look as he squirms around frantically in his seat before giving Mikey a questioning look.
"He has a feeling that two teenage girls are going to meet in Jersey and drink a bunch of coffee and the world will explode or some shit. Gerard! Get up and go to the bathroom! Goddamn."
Gerard looks from Mikey to Kiku to the flight attendant pouring their coffee at the front of the plane. "Don't let her drink any coffee," he says before all but running back to the small bathroom compartments.
"I can still have my coffee right?" Kiku asks Mikey once they hear a crash coming from the back of the plan, obviously signaling Gerard had fallen down.
"Yeah uh-huh- GERARD GODDAMN IT WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM?" Mikey screams from his seat.
"THE WORLD IS OVER!!" Gerard's screams are muffeled by the walls but Kiku hears him clearly.
"I... I'm almost positive I was joking when I said I was going to end the world..." She answers confused.
Gerard busts out of the bathroom, almost shaking.
"YOU. ARE. GOING. TO. END. THE. WORLD. AND. IT. WILL. BE. COFFEELESS." he says pausing after each word.
"I'll share my coffee if it makes you feel any better?" Kiku says confused.
"NO IT DOESN'T MAKE ME FEEL ANY FUCKING BETTER!" Gerard answers.
The flight attendant walks over to Gerard, and says,
"You know, my daughter is a very big fan of yours, and she will be severely disappointed when she finds out you've taken up drugs again..."
"I'M NOT ON DRUGS. OHMGOD. CAN YOU NOT SEE THIS GIRL IS HALF OF THE END OF THE WORLD?!" Gerard is flailing all over the place.
Mikey rolls his eyes.
"Look at this girl. Look at her. She's five foot... like two. She can't even end puberty, let alone the world..."
"Hey!" Kiku snaps.
They hear a ringing sound.
"OH MY GOD THAT'S THE PLANE EXPLODING!!!" Gerard is rolling on the floor.
"It's my phone, Gerard." Kiku says sounding almost bored.
"Hello? Hi! Lainey!" Kiku drags out the last syllable in Lainey's name. Within five seconds she's jabbering in a very annoying Californian accent that's driving Mikey up a wall.
Mikey pulls Gerard up from the floor and shakes him, and by the shoulders turns him around to face Kiku, who's rolling around in her seat laughing.
"Listen to that. Does that sound dangerous? Or Scary? She is fucking thirteen years old, and if you really tried, I'm sure you could take her. Calm - the fuck - down."
"Mikey," Gerard says barely above a whisper, "That's why she's so dangerous. You don't see it coming!"
As Gerard is busy glaring down Mikey, a dark haired girl stumbles in sleepily.
"Mom, what's going on?" she asks confused.
"Oh, uh, Katie! Hi honey, nothing, just go back to sleep..."
"GERARD WAY THINKS I'M GOING TO END THE WORLD WITH MY FRIEND!" Kiku pipes up with this cheesy grin on her face.
"What? Gerard Way? Where!" Katie asks excitedly.
"Right there!" Kiku points at Gerard, who's still gripping on to Mikey With wide eyes.
"Oh... my... I can't believe... oh my God I'm such a huge fan." She finally says.
Mikey looks over with a tired smile
"Well thanks, that means a lot."
"HOW OLD ARE YOU?!" Gerard screams
"What? I don't even-"
"Ignore him. He's going crazy."
"HE'S JACKED ON COFFEE LIKE I AM!" Kiku yelps
"Oooh! Can I have coffee too? Mom, can I have coffee so I can be crazy like Kiku and Gerard? Please mom, pleeeeeease?" Katie says latching on to her mother's arm and jumping up and down.
"Yeah! Please Ms. Katie's Mom?" Gerard looks up with puppy dog eyes.
"I can't believe I'm giving my daughter coffee after midnight because some rockstar wants her to have some..." She mumbles walking towards the front.
"Thanks mommy!"
"Now we'll all be hyped up on coffee and OH MY GOD," Kiku squeals, "Mikey! You need coffee too!"
"One arrogant coffee induced teenage girl, one about to be coffee induced teenage girl, one coffee induced grown man acting like a five year old. How did I get here?" Mikey complains.
"Oh come on!" Gerard says throwing an arm around his younger brothers shoulder. "You know you love us."
Looking up from his hands and giving each of them a serious look, "If we get stabbed getting off the plane in Jersey, I'll kill you all," Mikey threatens.
"Love you too baby brother."
"Wait..." Kiku pauses, "How could you kill us if we got stabbed? Wouldn't being stabbed kill us? And you?"
"Shut up," Mikey grumbles.
"She has a good point," Gerard says, and then in a whisper, "that's why she's going to help end the world"
"WOULD YOU QUIT IT ALREADY WITH THAT?" Mikey screams, "YEAH, CAN YOU THROW SOME KAHLUA IN THAT COFFEE?"
"I'm not giving you any alcohol," Katie's mom hisses, "You irritate me."
"AND THE ARROGANT GOTH KID AND THE IMMATURE ROCKSTAR DON'T?" Mikey pouts.
"Not as much as you they don't," she murmurs.
Katie sits down next to Kiku, and watches sleepily as Gerard and Mikey bicker over whether or not two teenagers are going to end the world. ("I'M SERIOUS, WHEN I WAS 13 I COULDN'T EVEN FINISH A SENTENCE" "YEAH WELL WHEN I WAS 13 I WAS WRITING MURDER STORIES, SO MAYBE SHE'S LIKE ME, AND NOT YOU, MIKES")
Katie's mom comes out with the coffee and five cups. She sets them all down and fills them all.
Gerard counts. "But why five?"
"Because. Four is bad luck. and at the rate we're going, that's the last thing we need."
She storms off and Kiku looks greedily at the fifth cup.
"Can I have that last cup too?"
Gerard's happy mood suddenly took a turn for the worse. "You are thirteen. You don't need that last cup. I am the oldest therefore I should get it."
"I'd rather kill myself than let you have one more cup of coffee!" Mikey screamed. A sharp hush sound came from the front of the plane quieting him. "If you think I'm gonna let you drink more coffee you are fucking insane. You hear me?"
"Geez, calm down Mikes. It's just a cup of coffee."
"BUT YOU- AND HER- FIGHTING." Mikey said frantically going between pointing at Gerard and Kiku.
"Will you be quiet!" Katie's mom screamed from the front causing Kiku, Katie, and Gerard to go into a fit of giggles.
"I hate all of you."
"But Mikey," Katie started. "I looooooove you."
"That's wonderful. Thanks."
"Mikey, you're an asshole," Kiku stated, sending Gerard and Katie into another fit of giggles.
"Well you're a bitch!" Mikey snaps back.
"You're arguing with a thirteen year old," Kiku retorts pointedly.
"Well... I..." Mikey starts
"Remember that one time you got into an argument with Gabe?" Gerard interrupts, "Well this is reminding me of that time."
"HOW?" Mikey shouts, "SHE. IS. THIRTEEN."
"And outsmarting you," Katie giggles.
"I hate teenagers," Mikey moans.
"Do we scare the shit out of you?!" Kiku giggles.
Gerard erupts into laughter. "Ok for that, you can have the last cup of coffee."
"Nah," Kiku says, "You! You're the rockstar!"
"Don't you even think about giving him that last cup of coffee." Mikey groans.
Katie yawns.
"How about you get the last cup of coffee?" Gerard offers.
"If only Lainey were here..." Kiku laments, "She loves coffee."
Gerard stops.
"My friend Lainey loves coffee?"
"AND COOKIES!" Katie put in. "She loves cookies."
"Mikey, they are going to end the world!"
"Yeah they are!" Katie screams.
"And we're going to kill sluts too!" Kiku says excitedly.
"Move over," Mikey said standing up.
"Where are you going Mikes?" Gerard asked looking worried.
"I am going to go to the very back of the plane and sleep. Wake me up when we get to Jersey. Or no, let me sleep. Maybe they'll take me back to California if I never get off the plane."
"You're so dramatic, Mikey." Kiku says flapping a hand in his direction.
"And you're a thirteen year old girl who's going to destroy us all so blah!" Mikey said sticking his tongue out before walking away.
"Well, isn't he cranky." Katie giggles.
"MIKEY, DID YOU TAKE YOUR MEDICATION?" Gerard screams.
"Language like that will not be tolerated on this plane Mr. Way. Clean your mouth out." Katie's mom scolded from the front.
"I AM A GROWN MAN, YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!" Mikey whines.
"Yeah?" Katie's mom says quietly, "Well I can throw you off this plane, and at a 10,000 feet in the air, I can assure you, it won't be fun."
Mikey pauses, and stares at where the voice is coming from. he then slowly rests his head back on the seat and swallows thickly.
"Sorry ma'am" he mummers weakly.
"You'd better be"
Katie giggles.
"Mikey Way. Just. Got. Told. Off. By. My. mom."
Kiku and Katie are giggly, and it eventually drives Gerard insane.
"Can you guys like, hold your coffee better?"
Mikey glares.
"Coming from the man who is more annoying caffeinated than Saporta is drunk? I don't think so."
"Hey!" Gerard protests, "If I were Gabe, these two girls right here would be pregnant by now"
"That was an image I did not need in my head" Mikey moans.
Tada! The second installment of the story that is going to end the world. Thank you for the reviews on the first part and Kiku and I would greatly appreciate them on this :D
Chapter three will be up as soon as possible. Thank you dears.


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NBA: James says he's humbled to become 4-time MVP
By STEVEN WINE
The Associated PressFirst published May 04 2013 03:36PM
Miami • Miami Heat practice had ended, and LeBron James lingered under a basket, fetching free throws for two teammates as he awaited his turn to shoot.
At the other end of the gym, Dwyane Wade shook his head as he watched the NBA's most valuable of players engage in the most mundane of drills.
"He doesn't — you can see him — rest on his greatness," Wade said. "He continues to work at it. That's what makes him special. He leaves nothing to chance."
The formal announcement of James' fourth Most Valuable Player award is planned for Sunday, the eve of the Eastern Conference semifinals for the Heat. The honor will vault him into an elite category shared by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan, Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain, the only other players to win the award at least four times.
James said he was humbled to keep such company.
"I'm a historian of the game," he said. "I know the game. I know these guys paved the way for myself and the rest of us."
James' other MVPs came in 2009, 2010 and 2012. He and Russell are the only players to win the award four times in five years, and he and Abdul-Jabbar are the only players to win the award twice in consecutive seasons.
At age 28, James isn't resting on his laurels. That's why he kept shooting with teammates Ray Allen and Mario Chalmers after practice Saturday while the other Heat players headed for the showers.
"I don't know my ceiling," James said. "I don't stop trying to improve my game — just like today, being in here with Rio and Ray, the last guys to leave the court. I want to continue to maximize what I have."
James said his primary goal remains helping the Heat win a second consecutive NBA title. They're scheduled to open their conference semifinals series at home Monday against the winner of the series between Chicago and Brooklyn, which went to Game 7 on Saturday night.


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