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text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - Sandbox (Patel Grand) [nudity] Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Work in Progress View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "Sandbox (Patel Grand) [nudity]" durgldeepmemberMember #Joined: 14 Sep 2001Posts: 859 Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 5:56 pm Patel Grand (original thread) http://forums.sijun.com/viewtopic.php?t=38817&start=120 Nexus Inn ("sand box") http://forums.sijun.com/viewtopic.php?t=42717&start=90 Just clued re double entendre ("sand box"); sure, why not (name for the sequence). When I get around to actual story (mulptiple frames) will drop them in a slide show somewhere, ie. this is still a development thread. Been a long road, finally bringing it all together (terrain, figures, etc.). Below is the "character test" (mentioned in Nexus Inn); junk model but shows that the characters will stand out enough to not need bumping or whatever (in a paint program). Nuff said. Onward. ----------------- Edit: for completeness, here's the actual first shot (from Nexus Inn): [image delete 140414]Last edited by durgldeep on Mon Apr 14, 2014 12:14 pm; edited 1 time in total Back to top durgldeepmemberMember #Joined: 14 Sep 2001Posts: 859 Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 2:23 am Broke the larger 'block' terrain model into several pieces to make elements for a 360 degree horizon (tho it's only about 800 metres away). Here's one component (below); same model, left and right, left one is rotated 180 and squished (these will work the same way for foreground detail, when I get there). I hear The 3D Thread will be starting up again (just in time for school?). Yay! Good thing because I'm not finished with Blender yet, ie. will likely need to learn rigging after all - long story, later. -------------- Oh right: not sure if Blender also has "components" (as above). That would make it more appealing, um, again... *waffles* And speaking of rigging, rewatching these: Blender 2.6 Tutorial 13 - Bones & Rigging 101 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcNGeIV0BsU Blender 2.6 Tutorial Making a Low Poly Model of a Character - Rigging/Skinning, Adding an Armature http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-rhD4PV1Fc Rigging and Skinning a Character Model http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPbSGUPj72w -------------- Next up: "inverse kinematics" Blender 2.6 Tutorial 30 - IK Rigging Pt. 1 / 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yiC6pEQMAw Blender 2.6 Tutorial 31 - IK Rigging Pt. 2 / 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvjg7nDnVLk Blender 2.6 Tutorial 32 - IK Rigging Pt. 3 / 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3r1bWtJlAo "Medium level" rigging - answers a bunch of questions re mesh deform too (forearms especially). -------------- Awesome demo (simple and inspiring), old version of Blender... Blender - Modeling character low poly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT7cw9Ip29E Back to top durgldeepmemberMember #Joined: 14 Sep 2001Posts: 859 Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 1:46 pm Bedrock's in place, ruins next - but not before a new figure/model, heh (insanely high poly model, long saves). All components (as mentioned), which is really cool: when adding detail to the hills the foreground gets more detail too and vice versa... Back to top durgldeepmemberMember #Joined: 14 Sep 2001Posts: 859 Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 2:57 pm Quite sure I can do better than this (multi-level rather than everything on a single plane (ground plane, ie. the circle)) but it's a start. Here's another component (highlighted), the second enlarged and flattened (as mentioned above)... NB obviously this method can cover a lot of ground (more than the 2 km circle above), ie. for aerial shots; see 3d thread (first idea): http://forums.sijun.com/viewtopic.php?t=42471&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=240 ---------------- Found an answer to the Blender "components" question (above): Making components/groups http://www.blender.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19247&sid=e7fd6e4cf70a2069fb187a1cae811c68 "Simple", hmmmm... ---------------- 120831- One of the best Blender tutorials I've seen to date (re pace, clarity, etc.): Blender 2.6x Tropical Terrain - 01 - Palm Tree http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCVqOSRT91I Blender 2.6x Tropical Terrain - 02 - Bush, regular tree http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilwPHV48i3M Blender 2.6x Tropical Terrain - 03 - Grass, Fern plant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ2w7bYqWW4 Blender 2.6x Tropical Terrain - 04 - Flowers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJq75Ti_Qcw Blender 2.6x Tropical Terrain - 05 - Stones, Low-Poly Placeholders http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUcpgDVBLDQ Blender 2.6x Tropical Terrain - 06 - Landscape, Particle Groups http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lJK1qBno-s Blender 2.6x Tropical Terrain - 07 - Mist, Defocus, Compositor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VcB_fg2jdc Back to top durgldeepmemberMember #Joined: 14 Sep 2001Posts: 859 Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 2:06 pm Cross posted from The 3D Thread http://forums.sijun.com/viewtopic.php?p=430332#430332 After that video series, above (and tons of others), feels like the whole Blender thing is starting to gel. Plants are a nice change; want to do some exotic flora for this story (stay tuned)... ----------------- 120905 - Inspiration (understatement?): God of War III: All QTE & Cutscenes 720p [HD] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVEycgQl5_c http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_of_War_%28video_game%29 Back to top wiredgearmemberMember #Joined: 18 Nov 2005Posts: 80Location: Boston Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 10:33 am Hey so far it's progressing well Durgldeep... Any new stuff recently?_________________an.over.dose.of.oxygen Back to top durgldeepmemberMember #Joined: 14 Sep 2001Posts: 859 Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 10:57 am Hey wiredgear, thanks. Nothing new story-wise. Method keeps changing with each new thing I learn (still mostly new to 3d): been experimenting with the same terrain method (above) in Blender. Moving target but I'll get there. Thanks for stopping by. ------------- 120929 - Cross posted from The 3D Thread http://forums.sijun.com/viewtopic.php?p=430332#430332 Paint test, Sculptris: Back to top wiredgearmemberMember #Joined: 18 Nov 2005Posts: 80Location: Boston Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 3:19 pm sweet! The guy is looking nice. Loving the nappy chested hair lol. I want to see some animation already!_________________an.over.dose.of.oxygen Back to top durgldeepmemberMember #Joined: 14 Sep 2001Posts: 859 Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 6:08 pm animation, I know! lol, been stalling for various reasons; Blender's now got a pre-made rig/addon so can't use that excuse anymore (eep); the big one is processing power (can do complex stills but that's about it)... meanwhile my anatomy/3d skills still kinda suck (*perfectionism*) and 3d just isn't where I need it to be atm, ie. volumes that deform each other (rather than stratgic gaps in knees/arms/etc.) but should be there soon (Blender's changing in leaps and bounds)... hehe, glad someone appreciates chest hair (am surrounded by body-negative relgious types, sigh); reminds me, he's supposed to be "coffee-coloured" (as all terrans would be, this far in the future), or that's the theory I happen to agree with - so skin colour's not as bad as I thought, cool thanks for the feedback! ---------- 121001 - Afterthought: "I want to see some animation already!" Good idea! When can u have something ready? Back to top wiredgearmemberMember #Joined: 18 Nov 2005Posts: 80Location: Boston Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 5:37 pm lol well hairy chested is the way to go man. Gotta Revolutionize hairy chested since now a days entertainment favors unhairy chested mofo's.... Gotta give love and support to my hairy chest! lol Anyway... is 3d just a hobby of yours? I would def love to see some action but I understand where your coming from, I have a crappy rig myself. Only good for old games. Why don't you move to Maya or 3DS Max?_________________an.over.dose.of.oxygen Back to top durgldeepmemberMember #Joined: 14 Sep 2001Posts: 859 Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 10:30 am lol@ love and support - *flashback to Yummy Fur* (alternative comic) like a hobby but now have lots more time to give it; making a serious effort lately... can buy processing power if it ever comes to that (if I get good enough); otoh wouldn't want to stray too far from what the majority have access to... I've got maya and 3ds max, yeah; blender's the underdog so no contest there; having a bit of support makes a big difference, blender's the software of choice hereabouts (see the 3d thread)... likewise wouldn't want to tempt anyone to pay for Maya, would rather see the kids go open source/freeware and save their cash? nice work in the speedpainting thread btw - and lots of it, wow -------------- 121005 - lmao Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLXPyCQYco0 Back to top aaron2junior memberMember #Joined: 21 Oct 2012Posts: 12 Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 3:06 am hey good work done mate best work on hairyy chest man ...anyways love your animation..you have good sense of 3d animation..great job Back to top durgldeepmemberMember #Joined: 14 Sep 2001Posts: 859 Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 3:47 am aaron2, just so you know the "source" clip above isn't my work (if that's what you mean); that's professional stuff, which definitely isn't me (I'm just an amateur); sorry for the confusion. Regardless, welcome to Sijun! Back to top durgldeepmemberMember #Joined: 14 Sep 2001Posts: 859 Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 5:41 pm Just saw the first third of Pacific Rim (durgldeep, anyone? lol - or is that my imagination running amok...) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Rim_%28film%29 As mentioned (Where Shadows Fall http://forums.sijun.com/viewtopic.php?t=43233) am a year into a new story (unrelated to PG), helped along by 'psychological portraits' from the web (standard, I guess). Sometimes the real person is just as interesting (or a good distraction?): [aspiring male model] Adrian Udrea, "Children of the Revolution" http://www.beautifulmag.com/beautiful/2013/01/beautifulmag-cover-story-children-of-the-revolution.html "Room With A View" http://www.beautifulmag.com/beautiful/2012/06/beautifulmag-cover-story-room-with-a-view.html Not sure how to go forward with the new stuff. We'll see. --------------- Oops, that's *Adrian* Udrea, not "Marcus" - and I'm not even sleep-deprived, hmmmm... And: ZZ Top - Legs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vduBtNIvv-c Back to top durgldeepmemberMember #Joined: 14 Sep 2001Posts: 859 Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2014 3:33 am Cross-posted from "Where Shadows Fall" http://forums.sijun.com/viewtopic.php?p=432038#432038 And another (wolf/dog/coyote/fox something-or-other, heh). Still trying to stop thinking and just *produce*. Back to top durgldeepmemberMember #Joined: 14 Sep 2001Posts: 859 Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 7:03 am Flow-on from above... Edit: didn't like that thought balloon... Back to top whommemberMember #Joined: 28 Feb 2012Posts: 334Location: Sweden Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 12:15 am Still collaborating with samhell? Back to top durgldeepmemberMember #Joined: 14 Sep 2001Posts: 859 Posted: Wed May 04, 2016 2:14 pm Never did collaborate with samhell. Our styles aren't quite the same... And he's awol. You're in Sweden, light a fire or something... Maybe I should do an alt ending - not sure he'd approve? Where Shadows Fall http://forums.sijun.com/viewtopic.php?t=43233 Back to top durgldeepmemberMember #Joined: 14 Sep 2001Posts: 859 Posted: Sun May 07, 2017 1:12 pm A doodle that went somewhere, and a more focused effort - works. Texture/clone brush, obviously... Back to top durgldeepmemberMember #Joined: 14 Sep 2001Posts: 859 Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2017 12:09 am Did this weeks ago, for alt+end/shadows fall - belongs here. 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What I Had for Breakfast: Gourmet Gruel
First, use "steel-cut" oatmeal instead of those rolled oats. The difference between steel-cut and regular oatmeal is like the difference between a walk on the beach, and standing in line at the DMV. The superior texture and taste of steel-cut, with basically the same cooking time, makes this a must-try.
Second, find some grade "B" maple syrup. To me it tastes more maple-y than the standard supermarket grade "A." I get mine at Trader Joes, but you should be able to find it somewhere close. I had heard it was better tasting long ago, but never bothered to try it until recently. I'll never get those wasted years back.
Finally, put some real, unsalted, sweet, creamy butter on top. The thin slice of butter you see here (only 1/2 teaspoon), slowly melting into the hot oats, mocking you with its luxurious sheen, has exactly 16 calories.
Hey dieters, why turn a delicious breakfast into prison food to save 16 calories? It doesn't make any sense. Enjoy!
35 comments:
- An Ng. said...
That bowl of oatmeal looks incredible!
- April 3, 2009 at 1:10 PM
- CollegeGourmet said...
I absolutely adore oatmeal. Once I had steel-cut oats, I never even looked at rolled oats again.
Real maple syrup and oatmeal are born to be together!
- April 3, 2009 at 1:39 PM
I've been sitting here feeling hungry but not sure what I really wanted to eat. Somehow, you knew! I'm going to make that RIGHT NOW. No kidding. Here I go...
- April 3, 2009 at 2:00 PM
We had this type of oatmeal the other morning, but I am so accustomed to the flat cut that this one actually tasted like something other than oatmeal. The flavor reminded me of a nubby multi-grain, good, but not what my palate is used to when diving into a bowl of hot oatmeal. I prefer my regular programmed "taste" for oatmeal, but I won't waste the new box of steel cut. BTW, there is no difference nutritionally, so it just becomes a matter of taste as to which is superior. We cook the flat cut just until it's softened, yet still flaky looking, because the mushy texture is not my idea of a good bowl of oatmeal, either, but not all brands come out so well. Trader Joes flat cut is excellent.
My grandfather ate oatmeal every morning. His habit was to top it with a layer of crumbled saltines, some sugar and milk. Guess what, he died in his late 60's of arteriosclerosis, probably from those damn saltines!
- April 3, 2009 at 2:21 PM
Oh my, I do believe a can of worms may have just been opened.
- April 3, 2009 at 3:29 PM
I'm with "NO BOOBS OATMEAL". The steel cut is okay but it's not how I see oatmeal. By the way, I think the best oatmeal is Snoqualmie Falls Lodge. It's thicker cut and so good. I'm not sure but I think it's only sold in Washington state.
I've always eaten it with brown sugar and cream which is yummy but I will try the Grade B maple syrup if I can find it-so far I've had no luck with that.
And I will try steel cut one more time just in case my tastes have matured.
- April 3, 2009 at 5:31 PM
- Unknown said...
Three cheers for oatmeal! Always been a breakfast favorite. I remember my dad calling it "mush" when I was a little girl...but I think that's what he called all the warm cereals: Zoom, Cream of Wheat, etc.
I was born and raised in the U.S. but now live in the Dominican Republic:
Dominican Oatmeal (Avena Dominicana):
Heat water with a stick of cinnamon and allspice (nutmeg and clove optional). Since most Dominicans here drink powdered full cream milk, boiling the water before adding the powdered milk pulls all the flavors of the spices into the water. If using already prepared milk boil a small amount of water with the spices before adding the milk. Add milk, oats, brown sugar, a pinch of salt, a tablespoon of butter (yumm!), and lime zest (optional). Dominicans boil this to death and the end result is creamy and smooth because you're cooking the oats in milk instead of just water. It shouldn't be soupy and it shouldn't be stiff. Buen provecho! =)
- April 3, 2009 at 6:20 PM
- Unknown said...
Thought I will try your oatmeal, my favorite (and to me, best) way of making oatmeal is to use apple cider instead of most of the water. How much you use depends on how good or flavorful your cider is.
Last summer I bought a half gallon of peach cider and reduced it down to about a cup. Now that's some goodness on oatmeal, too...
- April 3, 2009 at 6:30 PM
- Unknown said...
Steel cut oats have more fiber and a lower glycemic index.
- April 3, 2009 at 7:31 PM
Maybe you are comparing two separate brands?
I'm looked at the Nutritional "Facts" on the back of two containers of Country Choice Oatmeal - one Steel Cut and the other Old Fashioned and the amounts of everything listed are exactly the same. Same Fiber, Sugar, Protein, Fat, etc.
- April 3, 2009 at 7:46 PM
- Chef John said...
would depend on how they are being compared... by weight or volume. rolled and steel do not weight the same by volume. rolled are lighter, so by the cup, steel has more fiber, calories, etc.
- April 3, 2009 at 8:05 PM
The comparison is by serving size, and lacking a lab and scales to break down ingredients, that's about the only thing a home cook can use when comparing products.
- April 3, 2009 at 8:38 PM
- Chef John said...
yes, exactly, just wanted to give a heads-up that 1/4 cup of raw oatmeal will vary nutritionally for each type. I'm saying you are both right. Oatmeal is oatmeal, but how it's processed and sold will explain the numbers not matching up on some packages.
- April 3, 2009 at 8:42 PM
I like Frosted Flakes!
- April 3, 2009 at 10:19 PM
- Unknown said...
At last! Someone who eats oatmeal the way I did growing up! Ours was always cooked in milk, which makes it creamy, and then topped with butter. My mother liked it that way with salt. We kids always drowned it in syrup. You've made me hungry for one of my favorite childhood comfort foods!
- April 3, 2009 at 10:31 PM
Fried eggs or pancakes, anyone?
- April 3, 2009 at 11:33 PM
B grade maple syrup o.0 eeks
I may be spoiled but grade a ... clear or light (not medium) is a must ... b grade is usually the last dredges of sap of the sugar run .. its bitter and has a tendency to burn at a lower temperature ... I find it has a burnt taste ... ick
- April 4, 2009 at 2:10 AM
- Chef John said...
not sure what you're tasting, but the syrup I use tastes great! maybe it's a French Canadian thing.
- April 4, 2009 at 2:18 AM
The Brits have a product called Golden Syrup. Its made during the sugar refining process. Really good on oatmeal as it has a flavor somewhere between maple syrup and caramel. Hard to describe but if you come across it buy a tin (it still comes in a tin) and give it a go.
- April 4, 2009 at 3:57 AM
- Chef John said...
anything called "golden syrup" has to be good.
- April 4, 2009 at 12:02 PM
Don Madrid, when I come to visit I want to experience your famous oatmeal with that Golden Syrup. Why am I packing all that maple syrup from the states? Love Mom
- April 4, 2009 at 1:43 PM
- Unknown said...
Yumm lyle's...
I've found it here in the states in glass jars at an upscale grocer.
- April 6, 2009 at 9:34 AM
- Stephanie said...
I've been eating steel-cut oats for about a year now... and all I ever did was throw some frozen blueberries in.
But... this picture.. makes them look naughty.. with butter, and syrup... naughty, naughty oats... must bring you home with me...
- April 7, 2009 at 1:47 AM
- Chef John said...
best oatmeal pick-up line ever
- April 7, 2009 at 1:49 AM
I've tried steel-cut oats but they never seem to get cooked through, there's always a "nub" that stays hard and makes the cereal gritty. On the other hand, I love old-fashioned rolled oats, especially the extra-thick ones you can buy in bulk, cheap, from a health-food store (take that, Quaker!).
My oatmeal cooking ritual (for one large serving):
Bring 1 1/2 C. water to a boil, add 1 T. raisins, 3/4 C. rolled oats and 1 T. Grape Nuts cereal (the Secret Ingredient). Stir, cover and turn down the stove. Cook without stirring for about 10 minutes. Surface of oatmeal will have holes, like when you cook rice. Turn off heat, let sit for about 10 more minutes.
Now you have oatmeal that is thick but not sticky, and it can actually be "unmolded" into your serving dish without a spoon. I usually top with brown sugar and soy milk.
- April 7, 2009 at 2:50 PM
Chef John - I just stumbled across your site and I'm already in food love heaven. I'd like to concur about Trader Joe's Grade B syrup. I don't think I'll go back to anything else. I won't go back to the flat stuff either if I don't have to (rolled oats). Steel cut is definitely where it's at. I have one friend that prefers his steel cut oats served "savory" instead of sweet by adding spices and a bit of heat with some chili pepper.
My new fave however, is oat groats (the whole grain). If I soak some overnight, it cooks up in about 20 minutes in the morning (I'll be showered and almost ready in that time). I will add freshly ground flax seeds, almonds or pecans, some fruit (whatever is on hand), a bit of cinnamon, and of course - the maple syrup. Sticks with me for hours, and my insides appreciate it. It's on the earthy side, but a nice alternative. Sometimes I'll top with some yogurt, too.
- September 4, 2009 at 1:15 AM
Now who here has tried condensed milk with their oatmeal? If you have some lying around, please, please try it mixed in with oatmeal, it taste sooooooo good! I usually mix in some condensed milk, then bit some good quality muscovado sugar on top, bloomin' gorgeous :)
- November 10, 2009 at 2:00 PM
- Unknown said...
Condensed milk in oatmeal is the BEST!!! I posted about Dominican style oatmeal above. Take a look! They use regular milk when their pocket books can't afford condensed milk...but really, it's so much creamier and gives it a deeper flavor than just water or regular milk or cream. Good call!
- November 10, 2009 at 4:01 PM
- Livia said...
I haven't tried the steel-cut version yet.
As for spicing it: the sweet version with home-made strawberry jam; the salty version with soy sauce and diced breakfast sausage.
I cook both in milk, that's how I got used to it, cooking them in water makes them taste watered-up to me.
- March 14, 2010 at 9:31 PM
- Karen said...
You are so totally right about the butter!
- April 14, 2010 at 6:55 PM
I cook a big batch of oatmeal and we eat it for several days. The water goes in first (10 cups), liberal dose of cinnamon, a bit of non-processed salt, raisins, minced prunes, chopped dried apricots (the best part!) and a few chopped dates (if I have them). Stir until cinnamon is incorporated. Bring to boil, add 5 cups old fashioned oats (haven't tried steel cut). Cook for 5 min., stirring once in a while. Remove from heat, cover and let set for 5 minutes. It's the directions on the box as I'm sure you know. When it's hot, we do add real butter on top and some of our cream off the top of our raw cow milk. When it's cold, I warm it up with some milk but my husband prefers it cold. With the dried fruit, it sweetens the oats enough for us that we don't need to add brown sugar or syrup. This batch lasts us for about a week so I'm not having to cook every morning.
- December 4, 2010 at 3:26 PM
If you want a kid-pleaser, try mixing some peanut butter, honey & cinnamon into your cooked oats. It is fabulous!
- July 23, 2012 at 5:05 PM
- Estoy_Listo said...
You put sweets on your oatmeal? Really!?
Butter, salt, pepper--"a little cayenne"--and maybe some chopped nuts, and I'm good.
- April 26, 2013 at 10:10 PM
- Jackie Patti said...
IMNSHO, Scottish oats are even better than steel-cut (though *anything* is better than that nasty instant stuff).
The downside of keeping Scottish oats or steel-cut oats around is all the recipes you run into for rolled oats!
Also, rather than butter, try heavy cream. Heavy cream and maple syrup are my go-to's for oatmeal. An amazingly decadent breakfast.
- October 16, 2018 at 3:58 PM
- Jisvan said...
I think a lot of people are confusing old fashioned rolled oats with quick cooking oats, or even worse, instant oatmeal. The difference in glycemic index may be related to that, since the more processed oats may digest faster. I like a nice bowl of old fashion rolled myself, but I'm not opposed to steel-cut. Love the dried fruit for year-round access, with fresh fruit when available, and a touch of sweetness via brown sugar or maple syrup, and I like some nuts and/or seeds on top for crunch and extra protein.
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Ownership group has changed the culture and outlook surrounding historic franchise
LOS ANGELES -- One year on the job, the Los Angeles Dodgers' new ownership group has shaken up the rest of Major League Baseball and returned the franchise to a significant role in the Southern California sporting scene.
You ain't seen nothing yet.
While it has made a quick fix to an image that had been tarnished during the McCourt era, the new owners were not ready for any celebration Thursday, the one-year anniversary of the announcement of the purchase of the franchise by a group headed by Mark Walter, several of his partners in Guggenheim Capital LLC, NBA Hall of Famer Magic Johnson and sports executive Stan Kasten.
They know there is a ways to go for them to overtake their long-time rival San Francisco Giants, the defending World Series champions, who they will play in a three-game series beginning on Friday.
The Dodgers have bumped the payroll from a year ago more than 128 percent, to $223 million -- just $5 million shy of the Yankees and $64 million ahead of the Phillies, who had the third-highest Opening Day payroll.
They even began a major makeover of Dodger Stadium, which opened in 1962 and is the third-oldest ballpark in the big leagues, behind Fenway Park and Wrigley Field.
Just the same, the Dodgers will go into the weekend in fourth place in the National League West, ahead of only San Diego.
The battle has to be won on the field, not in the world of marketing.
And that is why it is important that for all the attention given to a series of moves that included the acquisition of Zack Greinke, Josh Beckett, Adrian Gonzalez, Hanley Ramirez and Carl Crawford, there also has been an overwhelming effort to revitalize scouting and player development.
"This is a start," said Kasten, the president and CEO. "In this market, we couldn't come in and say to the fans, 'Wait for four or five years and we'll be OK.'
"Where we're fortunate is our ownership and fan base will allow us to do both. Our fans bought into this. They responded with a season-ticket increase from 17,000 to 31,000."
Of course, it is safe to say that the new ownership group had plenty of room to grow the franchise. It was at a low point in its history, having been dragged down by issues regarding both the ballpark and the personal lives of previous owners Frank and Jamie McCourt.
"Last year was a struggle," admitted Kasten.
That, however, is in the rear-view mirror. It is not even a point of discussion within the new regime.
The Dodgers' ownership is focused on the future, and in Kasten, they have every reason to believe he will be able to chart the right course.
Kasten has been running teams since 1979, when at the age of 27 he became general manager (and later president) of the NBA's Atlanta Hawks. Seven years later, he became president of the Atlanta Braves. And in 1999, Kasten became the first person to hold the president's title simultaneously for three pro sports franchises -- the Hawks, Braves and the NHL's Atlanta Thrashers.
More recently, Kasten was president of the Washington Nationals, overseeing the transformation of that franchise into one of the most competitive in baseball.
Now Kasten is in Los Angeles, looking to return the Dodgers to their long-time station among baseball's elite franchises, and he's aware that the building process is about to undergo a radical change in which teams will face limits on how much they can spend on signing amateur talent.
Baseball has adopted signing pools that are assigned to each team in the annual First-Year Player Draft, which may soon include all players globally.
"I have to be focused on the long-term, and work on that daily," said Kasten. "Every team that has had sustained success has done it through player development, and we are looking for sustained success."
And that's why Kasten last November hired Bob Engle to oversee international scouting and gave him the budget to hire 10 additional international scouts. Engle, who had been serving in the same role with Seattle, established himself as one of the game's elite evaluators during his days with the Toronto Blue Jays, working for Hall of Fame general manager Pat Gillick.
Kasten also brought in former player, manager and coach Pat Corrales to be a special assistant, and hired Gerry Hunsicker, who oversaw the development of the Houston team that was an NL Central force in the late 1990s and early 2000s, to be a senior advisor.
"If baseball is going to put limits on what you can spend to sign players, the advantage is going to go to the teams that have the best scouts and the best people in player development," said Kasten. "That's something we want to be proactive in addressing.''
It's not like Kasten is reinventing the wheel.
"The Dodgers created the farm systems and scouting systems," said Kasten. "The Dodgers were the first organization to get into the international market. It's the Dodgers way."
So it could be said that the Dodgers are looking to get back to their future.


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The "X Factor" judge criticized Brand's recent claims that democracy in the western world isn't working and the system needs revolutionizing.
Cowell told Shortlist magazine, "A revolution? He's getting $10 million a movie. I mean, come on!"
Cowell reportedly suggested 38-year-old Brand should use some of his own money to help change the things he criticized several weeks ago.
"Well, give your money back then, Russell," Cowell said. "I always say that about people. Start off as you mean to go on. Donate all the money back to the revolution, and then I'll believe it. I'm living in a $10 million mansion and I want a revolution? Give me a break."
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Brand made his comments in October during an appearance on BBC. "It's not that I'm not voting out of apathy," Brand said. "I'm not voting out of absolute indifference and weariness and exhaustion from the lies, treachery and deceit from the political class that's been going on for generations now.
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There is nothing like the past to remind us how quickly things can get bloody, and how jealousies and petty rivalries can turn peaceful situations deadly. That is except for the front-page news, of course. As the second season of the History Channel's successful scripted series 'Vikings' begins, Norseman hero Ragnar Lodbrok (Travis Fimmel) and his envious younger brother, Rollo (Clive Standen), are facing off with armies ready to hack each other up with axes, swords and spears. That's what they did in the late 8th century, when the story is set. While the series created by Michael Hirst is mostly an adventure show, it has some basis in history, as a channel with that name may suggest. Ragnar supposedly lived sometime in the 8th and 9th centuries, leading his fellow Vikings in raids on England and France. His wife, Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick), was a warrior queen who is said to have left Ragnar when he married another princess and would become his adversary. No one is sure if Ragnar was a real person or a legend, though. So Hirst and the show's writers have ample opportunity to create their own Ragnar story, and what they have come up with is often entertaining, violent and sexy at times (the Vikings were apparently a lustful bunch) and filled with political machinations as everyone looks for an edge in a world where staying alive is difficult. Fimmel, an Australian actor, plays Ragnar as charmingly clever, with a boyish grin that masks his cold, hard calculations. A farmer at the beginning of the series, he quickly rises in the clan with his ambitions to raid the West and becomes the Earl after challenging the old one to a duel. At the end of Season One, Ragnar allied himself with King Horik (Donal Logue) in a land dispute with Earl Borg from Götaland (Thorbjørn Harr). He is sent to negotiate with Borg, and along the way, he falls for the allure of Princess Aslaug (Alyssa Sutherland). In Season Two, she shows up some eight months later at Ragnar's door, very pregnant, much to the displeasure of Lagertha. He floats the idea of keeping two wives. So that's the set-up. The 10-part second season of 'Vikings' looks to being staying the course of the first. Sometimes, as in all these historical series, the dialogue and actions, seem a bit stilted - falsely archaic sounding - or too modern, but the History Channel has plenty of shows that dig into facts if that's what you're looking for. 'Vikings' does have the virtue of not being cartoonish about sex and violence. People don't go flying 50 feet and bounce off walls and get up like nothing has happened. Without getting too deeply into the hygiene or the mud, the series gives you a sense of the Norsemen's harsh world. So in that way it does adhere to reality and history. Plus, Vikings have always been cool.
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Mutual fund investors exhibit remarkable skill when selecting mutual funds – remarkably awful, that is.
This track record is notable since many professional fund managers have difficulty achieving investment performance that differs consistently from the market. For the average investor, however, net flows into mutual funds reveal an uncanny ability to consistently select the worst fund categories at the worst possible times. Investors feel most comfortable investing in overvalued sectors at the tail end of bull markets, and flee to safety when stock prices are their lowest.
First identified by researchers Andrea Frazzini and Owen Lamont, now respectively at NYU and Harvard, the poor timing ability of fund investors has come to be referred to as the "dumb money" effect.
Emotion, limited attention, misguided perceptions and inexperience lead investors to sentiment-driven investment. This tendency to invest more in funds with high positive sentiment (for example tech stocks in the 1990s), and to pull out of funds with high negative sentiment (for example liquidating stock funds in 2008 and moving to bond funds), has led fund investors to lose on average about 1.5% annually, according to a 2007 analysis by Geoffrey Friesen of the University of Nebraska and Travis Sapp of Iowa State.
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Frazzini and Lamont identified stocks that received excess inflow and outflow from mutual fund investors between 1980 and 2003. If investors were dumping large amounts of money into tech stock funds in 1999, they tracked the impact that these flows had on the percentage of stock held by retail mutual fund investors. If a large amount of money flowed into the stock via retail mutual fund investment, they shorted the stock. They went long on stocks that saw large outflows of mutual fund investor cash. In essence, they wagered that both positive and negative mutual fund investor sentiment were wrong.
Betting against investor sentiment resulted in a riskless excess return of 10% per year if held for a three-year period. A sophisticated investor could simply observe the stocks favored by less sophisticated small investors and profit from their misdirection.
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A number of mutual fund researchers have noted that the average fund investor has not performed as well as the average fund. Friesen and Sapp compared time-weighted to dollar-weighted fund return and found that the biggest performance gap occurred within the more speculative fund categories prone to investor sentiment. Aggressive growth funds saw a performance gap of 3% per year, while income-oriented fund categories had the smallest gap.
The largest performance gap was highest within the funds that achieved the greatest risk-adjusted performance. This may be because fund families are most likely to advertise smaller funds that have outperformed in order to attract new investor cash, and these subsequently underperform.
While chasing positive return was harmful, outflows from mutual funds were even more destructive. Buying the wrong funds cost investors 6 basis points per month, but selling at the wrong time reduced fund investor returns by 15 basis points.
Recent performance is the force that drives dumb money losses from sentiment investing. This isn't surprising since mutual fund advertisements and fund prospectuses tend to focus on illustrating how well the mutual fund has performed in the past. Most investors shop for mutual funds the way they would for a cantaloupe. Instead of sniffing and tapping the fund fruit, they try to find cues of quality such as fund family name recognition, a famous fund manager, a fund objective that sounds appealing and past performance.
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Yale researcher James Choi and his co-authors David Laibson and Brigitte Madrian of Harvard investigated how an average investor uses information on a mutual fund prospectus using identical S&P 500 index funds with different fund initiation dates. In addition to the prospectus, they gave respondents in different groups a "cheat sheet" that summarized differences in fund fees, and another that spelled out how the objective of all funds was to mimic the S&P 500. Samples of both employees and Wharton MBA students (with average SAT score at the 98th percentile) consistently focused on the obviously irrelevant fund performance rather than on fund fees even when presented with information that should have helped them make better choices.
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Brad Barber of UC Davis and Terrance Odean of Berkeley blame return chasing on the limited attention span of individual investors. According to their investor attention hypothesis, most of us have limited time to devote to researching mutual funds. We can either invest a huge amount of time and effort into learning how to evaluate and select funds, or we can simply invest in ones that capture our attention. The fact that mutual fund investors are attracted by the shiny funds does not serve them well in a market where sentiment can drive the value of securities too high or too low.
Marketing mutual funds to investors who overemphasize recent returns means that fund families need to make sure that they have individual funds in sectors with high recent performance. Since mutual funds can only invest within a universe of investments whose return is by definition average, this presents a challenge.
One solution is to create high performing funds through the process of incubation. About a quarter of all new mutual funds are initiated privately by a fund family. A farmer watching over a batch of eggs knows that chance variation will result in a few particularly healthy chicks. Likewise, chance variation in performance of securities held within incubated funds leads some to outperform during the incubation process. The underperformers are then discarded and the incubated funds are introduced to investors and their high returns featured to attract investor attention.
Richard Evans of the University of Virginia finds that new incubated funds outperformed other non-incubated funds by 3.5% before being sold to the public. Incubated funds garner much more investor attention than non-incubated funds and receive much higher investor inflows. However, once these funds leave the incubation stage they subsequently don't perform any better than non-incubated funds. And since incubated funds are also included in mutual fund return databases, their artificially high performance in the incubation stage increases the dollar-weighted investor performance gap of 0.84% annually.
Selective promotion of established high performing funds is also an effective method of attracting investors. Prem Jain of Georgetown University and Joanna Wu of the University of Rochester examine which individual funds are more likely to be advertised by fund families. Unsurprisingly, funds that have recently outperformed the market are far more likely to be advertised than funds with average performance.
However, these funds tend to underperform the average fund after they have attracted the new investor cash. And the now disappointed investors begin to look for ways to shift their investments into another winning fund, contributing to a vicious cycle of dollar-weighted performance gap.
The subsequent underperformance of high-flying funds can also be attributed to investor sentiment. Periodic excess performance within sectors favored by emotional investors can lead to high firm valuations. This over-optimism contributes to the underperformance of growth stocks, and in particular stocks that are small and whose value is highly speculative. More money flowing into overvalued sectors leads to disappointing long-run performance for fund investors when the party ends and values fall back to reality.
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A simple way to break the cycle of mutual fund underperformance is to develop an investment policy in which an investor maintains a diversified portfolio that reallocates periodically as market values change. This naturally works against investor sentiment by increasing investment in bonds when stock prices are rising and reducing one's bond allocation when stock prices have fallen.
Azi Ben-Rephael of Indiana University and his co-authors estimate monthly shifts between bond and stock mutual funds and find that investors consistently do the opposite—they shift to bond funds when equity values drop and back toward stock funds when equities rise in value. I use the monthly calculated shift in equity funds during the two significant equity bear markets of 2001-2002 and 2007-2009. In both cases, mutual fund investors move sharply toward bonds after stock prices have fallen. Investors appear to be unwilling to follow a disciplined long-run investment strategy by maintaining their portfolio risk exposure in a down market.
Since poorly timed mutual fund sales are more harmful than poorly timed purchases, these flights to safety can have a significant impact on long-run portfolio performance. An advisor can act as a voice of reason when client are tempted to give up on their stock investments. Two recent studies conducted at Texas Tech University show how an advisor can help an investor stay the course.
The first study surveys investors just after the most recent great recession. Respondents were asked whether they shifted their portfolio toward cash in the previous year. Those who had an advisor were significantly less likely to shift assets to cash, but individuals who had both an advisor and a written financial plan were twice as likely to maintain their portfolio allocation during the recession. If a client sits down with an adviser and develops a plan that focuses on long-run goals rather than short-run performance, it can be easier to convince him or her to be patient during periods where they may be tempted to cash out.
Including an investment policy statement inevitably leads to a discussion of the importance of rebalancing during good times and bad, allowing a client to anticipate portfolio volatility and follow a smart money strategy.
The second study uses a database of daily tweets been advisors and their clients constructed by the social media aggregator Arkovi. These tweets represent real time advisor/client contact and illustrate the potential of social media in helping manage client market anxiety. We identify conversations that include the mention of an S&P 500 corporation. When the price of an S&P stock increases, so does the frequency of advisor/client tweets. Tweet frequency also increases when prices fall. When prices fall below 3% in a day, however, tweet frequency spikes as investors look for advice. Investor anxiety appears to increase significantly when prices fall enough to force them to pay attention. This is the time when anxious clients want feedback from their advisor. Immediate communication gives the advisor an opportunity to calm an investor down when he or she is most likely to make an investment mistake.
Advisors and Client 'De-Biasing'
Reducing the impact of sentiment-driven trading mistakes may be a significant source of value provided by advisors. However, advisors compensated based on transactions have an incentive not to talk a client out of shifting assets among mutual funds. A study by Santosh Anagol of Wharton found that "de-biasing" a client—for example, explaining the need to resist the urge to shift equity investments into bond funds during a recession—is difficult for both buyer and seller. While an advisor who has an incentive to maximize long-run assets will argue against a sentiment trade, receiving additional compensation from each new asset sale removes the temptation to disagree with a client's misguided preferences.
Friesen and Sapp found that sentiment-driven underperformance on load funds was twice as large (1.92% per year) as the performance gap on no-load funds (0.96%). Incubated funds are also significantly more likely to be load funds. This is consistent with other studies that suggest that the mutual fund universe can be split between funds that are sold through the broker channel and funds that are bought through a direct channel. It is far easier to sell a privately incubated fund with significant recent excess performance, than it is to sell a fund with average performance. This is so even if neither fund is actually more likely to outperform in the future.
It would be tempting to conclude that bad investor timing is primarily the result of inexperienced investors making bad choices, but a recent study by Ilia Dichev of Emory University and Gwen Yu of Harvard found that dollar-weighted returns on hedge funds are between 3% and 7% lower than time weighted returns. This is more than twice the dumb money difference observed in mutual fund investments. Since hedge fund investors are primarily institutions and extremely wealthy individuals, apparently even the professionals can get caught up in the excitement of investing in hot funds.
Whether novice or professional, it is easy for an investor to fall into the trap of chasing returns of attention-grabbing funds. The good news is that investors who avoid relying on their emotion are much more likely to succeed in the long run. And an investment advisor can help a client tune out the noise.


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