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b. it is causing millions of workers to lose their employer coverage due to the increasing costs of premiums
c. it's causing thousands of businesses to layoff workers reduce hours, or freeze hiring to avoid having to pay for penalties or health coverage
d. it is based on an unconstitutional use of the interstate commerce clause due to the fact that purchasing insurance across state lines is already illegal.
e. it is unconstitutional as a tax due to having been introduced in the wrong house of Congress to be legally passed as a tax.
f. we were lied to about being able to keep our own doctor and insurance
g. it forces religious groups to pay for coverage for their employees that covers provisions that go against their religious beliefs
h. it is causing thousands of doctors to retire early
i. even the unions are up in arms about it
I don't get any sort of government payout
I do not believe this, I would actually bet money that you do.
you just blew his mind
No doubt! If you take a standard deduction for yourself on your income taxes or any type of tax break, you are essentially getting a government payout.
quote:Rex, what party would you have been a member of 100 years ago?
Republicans can't even keep their convictions and philosophies straight.
Respond to each part with facts that disprove these points Rex. C'mon, you claim to be smart. Lets have it. Surely you can do it.
You will reap what you have sown before its all said and done.
What form will it take?
quote:Because that is a partisan issue. They love welfare as long as it doesn't make them look bad to other republicans: see Israel, free phones, etc.
You Republicans don't like Medicare or Medicaid or SocSec, either...
probably a death panel deciding that your life saving operation you need isn't cost justified
Because that is a partisan issue. They love welfare as long as it doesn't make them look bad to other republicans: see Israel, free phones, etc.
so the government who cant even pass a budget is gonna make this decision about my life life is stranger then fiction sometimes
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That rod will be overkill for both the trout and bluegill, but should be fine if you're throwing large flies for bass. I think you have the right idea to get a 3 or 4 weight to add to your arsenal for lighter applications.
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I am primarily looking to use it for the local stocked trout, some smallmouth and largemouth fishing, and bluegill fishing.
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Yesterday, in the shadow of It's Showtime, SuperKombat held a big event in Bucharest, Romania featuring names such as Albert Kraus and a heavyweight tournament featuring K-1 veterans Dzevad Poturak and Sergei Lascenko.
The heavyweight tournament started off with Roman Kleibl vs Jairzinho Rozenstruik. Kleibl took a decision in 3 rounds. In the second semi final, Sergei Lascenko stopped Dzevad Poturak with a knee to the body, setting up a final of Roman Kleibl vs. Sergei Lascenko. Lascenko went on to get the knockout agaisnt Kleibl in the second round, winning the tournament. Kleibl also advanced to the Final Eliminations, which are a bit unclear as to what they are right now but it looks like SuperKombat will be holding more events similar to this and the winners of the heavyweight tournaments will all meet in a final grand prix tournament. It's a big win for Lascenko, as he's been rather inconsistent and not in the best shape in past fights. You have to think the switch to Mike's Gym played a role in the turn around.
K-1 star Albert Kraus returned to action after a loss last month, taking on Romanian Marius Tita. Kraus went to work early, bombarding Tita with punches mixed in with low kicks until a high kick sealed the deal, knocking Tita out cold. It's a good win for Kraus as he was able to get back on track with a win. Nice to see him throwing some more kicks as well.
Others in action picking up wins were Rico Verhoeven and Sebastien Ciobanu. Upcoming Romanian star Bogdan Stoica forced his opponent's corner to stop the fight in the 3rd round of their Wako-Pro -88.68 kg Intercontinental Title Match. Romanian-Nigerian Benjamin Adegbuyi stopped his Czech opponent Libor Polach in the 1st round.
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After reading the story about Alan Kay from yesterday's diary entry, I decided to give Squeak a try.
Some background: I worked for a company many years ago that built Smalltalk environments. Actually, I worked for that company twice. The first time I worked there, I wrote MacIntosh applications for one of our clients using a combination of MPW and Smalltalk. I left the company for about 5 years when there was a big lull in the business. During that time, my boss built a Smalltalk environment called Agents OS for the MacIntosh. That link will take you to his latest product, which is a system called SmallScript.
Anyway, about 5 years after I left, my old boss called and we got to talking about building a Windows version of AOS. I was newly married at the time and had just purchased a house. But I packed up my 4 computers, all my books, and some assorted other things like clothes into my 4-Runner, and drove to California with the intention to move there because I believed in what he was doing. Unfortunately, due to life-happenings, it didn't work out.
I haven't touched Smalltalk since then, which is a travesty because Smalltalk is probably the most elegant environment I've ever worked in. Squeak is a Smalltalk environment. The group they've assembled for Squeak is like an all-star list of players from the Smalltalk world: Dan Ingalls, Alan Kay, Ted Kaehler, John Maloney, and Scott Wallace.
I played with it all last night, and it took me back to my days of writing Smalltalk applications on the Xerox 6085 workstation when I worked in a small artificial intelligence lab in the late 1980s. It's a really nifty environment with the kernel built in none other than Smalltalk. It has all of the normal extensibility you'd find in a Smalltalk environment. Best of all, the Squeak Team wants to keep it "open" so people can extend it to their heart's desire.
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(Nov. 5, 2008)--From its modest beginning in 1980, the San Antonio Food Bank (SAFB) now serves 16 counties surrounding Bexar County. From its location on Old Highway 90 West, the food bank receives and distributes donated food and produce to nearly 400 area social service agencies who in turn make these items available for people in need.
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Churches, neighborhood centers, senior centers, rehabilitation facilities, family crisis shelters, hospice programs, orphanages and low-income daycare facilities are among the organizations that partner with SAFB.
Visitors to the spacious warehouse and volunteer headquarters, which opened in 2007, also will learn that the food bank's methods for fighting hunger go far beyond traditional food distribution. Staff also procure and distribute prepared food from restaurants and caterers through its Second Helpings Program. In recent years, SAFB has helped assist people with food stamps, children's health insurance and WIC applications. And, they operate a busy commercial kitchen.
The kitchen is where meals are created and distributed to 18 after-school Kids Cafés, where youth receive a warm meal, mentoring and tutoring. And, up to 6,000 kids each day are served breakfast, lunch and a snack through the Summer Food Service Program.
The full-service kitchen also helps train and certify people in culinary skills, which make trainees employable in local restaurants. On average, 15,000 meals per month are sent out to various locations in San Antonio.
Volunteers remain essential to the food bank's ability to carry out its mission. The organization's new facility has a workroom and lounge area designed specifically for volunteers who sometimes work up to six-hour shifts on weekends, noted Erica M. Benavides, policy and advocacy manager for the San Antonio Food Bank. The UTSA student organization VOICES (Volunteer Organization Involving Community, Education and Service) regularly sends volunteers to SAFB.
WWe do different projects," said Jennifer Castro, VOICES president. "Sometimes we sort food or hygiene products. We fill the big boxes that are going out to clients."
The San Antonio Food Bank is one of the organizations supported by the State Employee Charitable Campaign [SECC agency code 415077]. Benavides notes that each dollar donation leverages $13 worth of food for local families.
"In the past year, we've seen a 67 percent increase in need, but donations have increased just 3 percent, said Benavides. Spiking transportation costs also have stressed the organization's capacity for 'Fighting Hunger... Feeding Hope.'"
The San Antonio Food Bank Web site is full of statistics about hunger in Texas, making it clear that the need is great.
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|Thanks for the report, sounds like classic fall coho action to me. I once kept a clipped fish that had a softball sized ball of krill in it's gut. Similarly, some really big striped bass get into the shrimp slurping mode on this coast as well.
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Just a quick report on our weekend in the Strait. We fished Sekiu on Friday in surprisingly rough, cold, foggy, and windy weather. We started bucktailing about 2.5 miles straight north of the Coho and began hooking and mostly losing a lot of fish. My buddy hooked a great big coho that jumped 4 or 5 times and ran around the boat for 20 minutes before spitting the hook. After a couple hours of good bucktailing that bite died for us, though the gear fishers were continuing to catch. We took a break and came out for a couple hours in the afternoon and had more good bucktailing but zero luck casting. Caught a few pinks too while fishing jigs down 20-30 feet.
Saturday we went to Neah Bay and fished a mile east of the Whistle buoy. Lots of birds, herring, and coho around there in the morning. Casting for coho was excellent until about 11am. We didn't land any big clipped fish, though I saw a few in the low teens go into other boats. Later that afternoon the bite turned on again in that same general area, though we missed it while looking for rockfish around tatoosh. We did find a few more fish around midway in the afternoon. Weather and water conditions were great.
Yesterday we fished Sekiu again and caught NADA. This, in spite of the fact that coho were all over the surface slurping krill. The gear guys appeared to start slow but by mid-morning were catching a lot of fish. But we couldn't dredge one up with deep sunk flies or bucktails. Very frustrating. And there were a lot of big clipped coho at the dock when we quit at noon. Water conditions were absolute glass too ... This last week of fishing at Neah Bay should be super for fly fishing, I don't know what to think about Sekiu for the fly rod.
There were no signs of fish in the kelp beds, by the way.
thanks very much for the report Chris. Sounds like you found some piggie coho out there with the macks. How the heck are the mackerel dealing with the 48 deg water???
We may see you out there this weekend, though I'm pretty sure we'll be at Sekiu tonight and tomorrow morning... my fingers are crossed for light wind and flat water for at least Fri-Sat...
fished the 1st and 2nd. didn't fish in close (entrance) but fished further offshore due to the fact that the last few close in trips resulted in lots of fish but very small (3-5 lbs.) which is not what i want in late august- early sept. offshore there's bigger fish (monday got a 17 clipped, tue got a 12 clipped) but there's always a shot at some bigger fish (9-11 lbs) in closer if you're willing to weed through lots of smaller fish. there are less pinks (yehhh!!!) around, but offshore the mackerel are serious problems at times (you'd think the 48 degree water would get rid of them).
haven't heard about bigger fish in sekiu, but this possible shot of rain sun-mon may pull some fish in closer (along with probably turning the ocean ugly).
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I'm headed out to the Strait Thursday night for a few days chasing coho. Can anyone tell me how the fly fishing has been out of Neah Bay and/or Sekiu the past couple days? Any help will be much appreciated.
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Video game maker Electronic Arts (EA) this afternoon reported fiscal Q1 revenue and profit that topped analysts' estimates, forecast this quarter's revenue a bit lighter than expected, and offered an in-line year view.
Revenue in the three months ended in June rose to $495 million, yielding a net loss of 40 cents per share.
Analysts had been modeling $453 million and a net loss of 60 cents per share.
For the current quarter, the company forecasts revenue of $975 million and EPS of 12 cents, versus consensus of $980 million and 12 cents.
For the full year, EA sees revenue of $4 billion and EPS of $1.20, versus consensus of $4 billion and $1.21.
EA stock is up 78 cents, or 3.3%, at $24.60 in late trading.
Update: Following the company's conference call, chief financial officer Blake Jorgensen was kind enough to chat by phone about the highlights of the quarter.
Jorgensen said the top line beat was driven by the strength in "digital" revenue, meaning non-console software sales, and by the 30% rise in mobile games such as "The Sims" and "Real Racing" for smartphones and tablets; and the 35% rise in so-called free to play content, including parts of the "Star Wars" franchise and the "FIFA Online" offering in Asia as part of EA's "FIFA" soccer series.
He said the company will be especially reliant on digital and mobile this year as the console gaming business on Microsoft's (MSFT) Xbox and Sony's (SNE) PlayStation goes into an expected decline before new systems are purchased by consumers.
He noted the "Battlefield" series has "a lot of buzz," as does "Need for Speed," and "Titanfall," developed with Respawn Entertainment, and "Plants Versus Zombies 2."
"All of these have had great momentum coming out of E3 [the annual video game trade show], where we received 116 awards, the best we've ever done," said Jorgensen.
The company is cautious about that next wave of machines, although not moreso than in past console cycles. EA is baking little if any next-gen console software sales into its outlook for the year. Even though historically sales of sports titles, such as FIFA and "Madden" football, have held up during console transitions, the company is actually planning for their sales to be down slightly this fiscal year. He said the strength of the mobile franchise, which didn't exist last console cycle, and the stronger sports franchises, is what allowed the company to forecast 6% revenue growth this year, noting "We've never seen a revenue increase in a transition year."
The other focus this year is to manage expenses better than in prior game cycles. As he noted, "Very few companies can go through console transitions and keep costs down" because of the initial learning curve of making new tools and systems for the more advanced games that run on that hardware.
Thanks to cross-platform tools the company already has, this console cycle may be a little more efficient for EA:
The learning curve will be less costly now. We've done huge investment in the underlying systems developing our games. for our action-oriented games, we have the Frostbite engine, and for the sports titles we have the Ignite engine. We can leverage these engines across multiple franchises. Frostbite is about quick rendering of art, across all platforms. The last transition, we probably had 20 different operating systems or engines to contend with.
I asked Jorgensen about how the duopoly between Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOG) in tablets is shaping up from its perspective.
"iOS clearly had head start in gaming, and so it's still bigger," said Jorgensen. "But Android is growing very fast. It has a very strong footprint in Asia."
"In some ways, it's nice to have both platforms, kind of like it's been with Sony and Microsoft in consoles."
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Just as an attention getter, the title of VH1's new rock-doc treatment of James Brown's April 5, 1968, concert at Boston Garden — The Night James Brown Saved Boston — is hard to beat. But the documentary, which airs this Saturday, April 5, at 9 pm, has a much broader scope than its title would suggest. And that's precisely why it's so good.
Forty years ago this week, on April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis. The next evening, Brown played a show at the old Boston Garden, and that concert, which was televised on WGBH-TV, has been credited with helping Boston avoid the rioting that hit so many big US cities after King's death.
The Night James Brown Saved Boston doesn't break any new analytical ground, and that's fine; the story itself is a good one, and eminently worth retelling. What this documentary does do is to situate the concert in a larger context. This is no mean feat, since each of the subjects lurking in the background — the cultural significance of King and his death; Brown's own place in American and African-American culture; Boston's ethnic and political landscape in the late '60s — merits a documentary of its own.
But thanks to strong interviews and some expert editing, director David Leaf pulls it off. Kevin White recalls his 1968 campaign against anti-busing advocate Louise Day Hicks: "I used to kid and say, if Mrs. Hicks looked like Grace Kelly, she'd have beaten me. She was not an attractive candidate. . . . and yet she came within 12,000 votes of winning." Ex-Bostonian Cornel West expounds on the spiritual impact of King's assassination: "When Martin died . . . something died in black people, the very soul of black people. We haven't got over it in 40 years." And Al Sharpton explains the difference between Brown and artists like Sam Cooke and Nat King Cole: "Where other artists who were black . . . were able to cross over as blacks into mainstream, James Brown made mainstream cross over to black."
The concert itself ends up getting something of a Rashomon treatment, which is as it should be. (And this 45-minute documentary is not a "concert film" — though it does make you yearn for one.) Brown wasn't a morally pure hero: he became irate when he learned that White had arranged for WGBH to broadcast the show, and he agreed to perform only after, following some diplomatic maneuvering by then Boston city councilor Tom Atkins, the city agreed to guarantee $60,000 in projected lost revenues. Then again, he rose to the occasion by giving a great performance on an evening when he had reason to fear for his own safety — and he even prevented a possible race riot by intervening when black stage jumpers were confronted by white cops.
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The Warlocks' Convention of 1709, also known as the Warlocks' Convention was an official event in the History of the wizard community. Taking place in 1709, the participants of the Convention have not been revealed.
During the Convention, the participants decided to outlaw artificial dragon breeding, both because dragons could not be tamed and because wizards with pet dragons would be easily detected by Muggles. The decision was accepted as law, which was still in force two-hundred and eighty-three years later; much to the chagrin of Rubeus Hagrid, who would have liked to have a pet dragon.
The Convention and this particular consequence were well-known by wizards in the twentieth century.
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- In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in a deleted scene Rubeus Hagrid reveals that he wants to have a dragon and says that they are misunderstood creatures.
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1959 Studebaker Pickup And 1953 Chevy Truck - Two Of A Kind
...But Nothing Like Each Other!
You always see the father and son team at car shows, showing off a nice piece of metal that they got to build together. But, in the case of Greg and Toby Porter's custom trucks, they just couldn't share one. Greg Porter owns Porter's Customs, a successful body shop business that offers him the opportunity to build customs the way he feels they should be built. Toby, on the other hand, was a successful race-car driver who brought his knowledge of race-car chassis over to his dad's shop, where he builds the frames and sets up the suspensions.
Greg has always had a great eye for what is cool, and one day he came across the body of an old '59 Studebaker truck. Most people would just walk on by after they took a closer look and realized how much work was needed to bring the truck back to life-not Greg. Since he is a panel beater and painter by trade, this was just the perfect project for him. While Toby had the frame in the chassis shop updating the freshly painted copper-pearl frame with '68 Nova suspension in the front, and coilovers and lowered springs in the rear, Greg had the body in his booth doing what he does best-working his magic on the old Studebaker body. When it was ready, a slick coat of DuPont black, as well as a few custom touches like a Rambler grille and a '49 Plymouth front bumper, were added.
This truck is not all show and no go. It has a built 383 Chevy motor with the classic six deuces putting out a dyno'd 600 hp, with 450 lb-ft of torque turning the wheels through the 3.90 gears. Now that everything had pretty much gone back together on the Studebaker, it was time to move to the interior, and this was no place to stop adding custom touches. Everything from the headliner to the '62 Impala seats was covered in Zodiac metal flake, diner-seat-type material that really added to the nostalgic feel of the truck. Greg did have to hand-make a dash for the Studebaker to house the Classic Instruments white-face gauges. Then, he painted it the same copper pearl as the frame to tie all of the interior to the rest of the truck.
Once the Studebaker was completed, they hauled it all over the East Coast, garnering trophies at every show they attended. While it was nice to share the limelight with his dad and to receive accolades for his trick chassis work, Toby decided it was time to build a truck of his own to take to the shows and park next to his dad's Studebaker. While most people would expect the younger generation of builder to build something flashy and modern, Toby decided he would rather turn his '53 Chevy into something a little more old school to act as a rolling business card for the family business. The '53 is pretty much a stock on the outside with shiny DuPont red fenders and running boards. The cab has been treated to red-oxide primer that has the shop logo hand-painted by his dad.
Since Toby is known for his chassis work, that was where he decided to showcase his work. Most people think the '53 has adjustable suspension on it when they see it at a show, because of its super-low stance. But, in fact, it is static dropped and running the same suspension in the front as the Studebaker that was robbed from a '68 Nova. The rear is nonetheless trick, receiving some major altitude adjustment by running a custom four-link and coilover setup.
The interior remained pretty much stock, but re-covering the seats and door panels was a must. Toby installed a '60 Impala engine, topped with the ever-popular three deuces under the hood, so that he could try to keep up with his dad. It's interesting to see both of these vehicles parked together in a show field, because it actually starts arguments in the show crowd about which truck is the coolest. Porters Customs has definitely given new meaning to "old-school cool."
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Owner/hometown: Greg Porter / Greenville, South Carolina
Owner/hometown: Greg Porter / Greenville, South Carolina
Year/make/model: '59 Studebaker Pickup
Engine/drivetrain: 600hp '70 Chevy 383 / stroked, balanced, and blueprinted / Schneider camshaft / Edelbrock intake manifold / six Holley 94 carburetors / Hedman3-1/2-inch exhaust system / MSD ignition / Chevy 350 turbo / Stegall's shift-improvement kit / Lokar Shifter / TCI torque converter / Currie rear axle
Installers: Porter's Customs, and transmission work by Stegall's
Wheels/Tires: (Front) 15x7-inch steelies / Coker 215/70R15 / (Rear) 15x8-inch steelies / Coker 225/70R15
Suspension: (Front) '68 Nova spindles / A-arms, coil springs, and shocks / (Rear) lowered leaf packs / Carrera coilovers
Installers: Porter's Customs
Body Mods: '58 Rambler grille / '49 Plymouth front bumper
Bodyman: Greg Porter at Porter's Customs
Custom Paint: DuPont Black / copper-pearl dash
Painter: Greg Porter at Porter's Customs
Interior: '62 Impala seats / ididit steering column / Classic Instruments white-face gauges / Cal Custom steering wheel / headliner, door panels, and seats wrapped in Zodiac metal flake
Upholsterer: Porter's Customs
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Toby Porter / Greenville, South Carolina
Toby Porter / Greenville, South Carolina
Year/make/model: '53 Chevy truck
Engine/drivetrain: '60 Chevy Impala / three Stromberg 97 carburetors / Flowmaster 2-1/2-inch exhaust / Chevy 350 Turbo transmission / Stegall's shift-improvement kit / Lokar shifter / TCI torque converter / Currie rear axle
Installers: Porter's Customs, and transmission work by Stegall's
Wheels/tires: (Front) 15x7-inch steelies / Coker 215/70R15 / (Rear) 15x8-inch steelies / Coker 225/70R15
Suspension: '68 Nova front spindles / A-arms / coil springs / (Rear) four-link / Carrera coilovers
Installers: Porter's Customs
Bodyman: Greg Porter at Porter's Customs
Custom Paint: DuPont red-oxide primer
Painter: Greg Porter at Porter's Customs
Interior: Stock bench tuck-and-rolled in black leather with red piping / upper half of door panel wrapped in black leather / '60 Impala steering wheel / custom-made steering column / gold-painted dash and lower half of door panel
Upholsterer: Porter's Customs


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This is the coldest winter we've seen, and I think not just in Southern Illinois but all over the U.S.
Did the "experts" get somethiing wrong?
For the past several years we've heard about "global warming".
Frankly, that does not seem to be happening. From what I can see, from the people I know personally, in several parts of the world, temperatures seem to be getting colder, winters are more severe and lasting longer.
This and other forums serve as a method of communicating with people all over the U.S. and elsewhere. It's the "party line" of the 21st Century. From what I can see and hear, it's the same all over, it's cold.
This is not meant to be a political question but did the "experts" get something wrong?


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Three provincial accountants' associations have voluntarily merged into one professional organization.
The Society of Certified Management Accountants of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Certified General Accountants Association of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Newfoundland and Labrador (ICANL) recently agreed to unify under the Chartered Professional Accountants designation, bringing together more than 2,000 members and students in the province.
Keith Minaker, CEO of the ICANL, said it's a significant development for the accounting industry in the province. "It makes the profession stronger in the province, for sure. The fact that the three bodies are going to have common regulatory processes, common standards, and common education programs. We all did the same kind of work. We just had a different designation behind us. ...
"You don't have three branches of lawyers. You have the law profession, and you may or may not specialize under the legal profession, and accountants are no different."
The associations are now in the process of beginning the merger, which requires provincial legislation. When the unification is complete, said Minaker, clients won't notice a difference in services.
"Eventually, when it does happen, when legislation is passed — and again, the change won't happen until there's legislation — they'll see a different name on a door. They may see 'Joe Accountant, CPA,' instead of whatever the designation was before, but they won't see much of a difference."
Minaker said it's not the first time the organizations have tried to unify. With this successful effort the result of a "solid commitment." It's the first voluntary three-way merger in the industry in Canada, he said.
"There was one in Quebec, but it was put together by the government. They were mandated by the government to unify," he said. "But in Newfoundland, in our province, we wanted it to happen. We worked really hard to get it to happen, and I think the hard work just showed up."
Other provinces have or used to have two associations, said Minaker.
"We were the first to actually work together to do a three-way."
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Shares of chip equipment maker Applied Materials (AMAT) ended the day up 29 cents, or almost 2%, at $15.62, after the company yesterday afternoon missed fiscal Q3 expectations for revenue and profit, offered a lighter-than-expected Q4 view, and said President Gary Dickerson will take over for Mike Splinter as CEO next month.
With the company reiterating a forecast for next year of 10% to 20% growth in 2014 of spending on wafer fab equipment, bulls on the stock looked past the disappointing Q4 outlook, and the weak results in the company's business tied to solar energy, instead urging investors to buy for next year's rebound in spending. Bears fretted that growth next year may have uncertain timing, and that margins may be under pressure.
The shares have received one ratings change today, an upgrade, from D. A. Davidson's Thomas Diffely, who raised his rating to Buy from Neutral, and raised his price target to $18 from $15, with the expectation capital investment by chip customers will be healthy next year.
Shares of other chip equipment firms were mixed today. Lam Research (LRCX) stock was 64 cents, or 1.4%, at $47.84, and Teradyne (TER) was up 2 cents at $15.98, while KLA-Tencor (KLAC) closed down 53 cents, or 0.9%, at $56.54.
Patrick Ho, Stifel Nicolaus: Reiterates a Buy rating, and raises his price target a buck to $18. "We believe the near-term environment is very consistent with our prior channel checks and the commentary from other companies this past earnings season. Foundry pushouts have created a "bubble" or digestion period in the September/October quarter time frame. While memory has picked up more than expected, this will not offset the decline in foundry spending in the quarter. From our standpoint, this should not be a major surprise [...] We believe Applied is well positioned to benefit from many key technology inflection points that are emerging (FinFET, 3D devices, advanced packaging) and outperform the overall industry [...] Looking ahead to 2014, we also believe the operating model will continue to see improvements as it tracks to some of the key metrics outlined by management in its recent Analyst Day. We believe improving gross margins and disciplined opex management will display itself in 2014 and beyond, driving its overall strategic goal of "profitable growth'." Ho cut his fiscal 2013 estimate to $7.5 billion and 70 cents from $7.83 billion and 77 cents.
Weston Twigg, Pacific Crest: Reiterates an Outperform rating and a $19 price target. "Heading into the quarter, most were prepared for soft guidance, and it looks OK to us. Light FQ4 guidance is not a concern, as demand should rebound soon [...] Applied reiterated its full-year industry demand outlook of $27 billion to $30 billion, and noted that mix has shifted a little more toward memory than previously expected. Applied also indicated that foundry demand is low now, but it should begin to recover in CQ4 and through 2014 as foundries ramp 20 nm and FinFET processes. For memory, DRAM demand is centered on node transitions, but could lead to capacity additions at one or two customers next year. NAND demand is expected to improve as 3-D NAND ramps through 2014. Overall, Applied expects industry demand to grow 10% to 20% in 2014, led by foundry and NAND; we are modeling demand to grow 8%, as we expect foundry FinFET and 3-D NAND to ramp more in 2H14 and through 2015." Twigg cut his fiscal 2014 estimate from $9 billion in revenue to $8.9 billion, and trimmed his EPS estimate to 96 cents from 98 cents.
Vishal Shah, Deutsche Bank: Reiterates a Hold rating, and a $15 price target. "Operationally, the company seems to be executing well ahead of expectations and soft Oct Q outlook is consistent with guidance provided by other industry peers as well as reflective of a temporary foundry slowdown. With Gary Dickerson formally taking over the CEO position, we expect investors to give more credibility to longer term EPS/share gain targets. That said, we believe uncertainty over shape and magnitude of 2014 WFE spending could remain a near term overhang on shares." For the full year 2013, Shah cut his estimates to $7.48 billion in revenue from a prior $7.5 billion, but raised his EPS estimate to 56 cents from 52 cents.
John Pitzer, Credit Suisse: Reiterates a Neutral rating and raises his price target to $15 from $13. "Positives: AMAT announced that Gary Dickerson will take over as CEO while Mike Splinter will continue as Chairman of the Board. Gary Dickerson has already made significant improvements to the company and the elevation to CEO will allow him to make broader changes that can benefit the company. We believe that investors will view this transition favorable; AMAT indicates that it has gained marketshare in Etch for 3D NAND. Etch gain on 3D NAND could be significant enough to curb erosion of marketshare in Etch. Negatives: AMAT indicated that GM will decline in OctQ on flat revenues and decline again in JanQ on expected increase in revenues. The company believes that margins are declining due to higher shipments of Etch systems – could become a problem for LRCX on some applications; AMAT indicated that it will ship 20% higher volume of Eval units to customers in OctQ/JanQ. This could indicate a more competitive environment among the equipment suppliers and LRCX/KLAC may be forced to ship more eval units as well. Display revenues guided lower. AMAT indicated OctQ display revenues to decline sequentially despite high level of orders in JulQ. This could be an early sign of slowdown in Display market due to an inventory correction." For this calendar year, Pitzer cut his estimate to $8.16 billion and 77 cents a share from a prior $8.4 billion and 78 cents.


text: I was thinking that it might be difficult to track down the new AT-AT, snowspeeder and the cloud car when they come out. I am unable to get to the stores too often and wondered if anyone else was experiencing such anxiety. Most online places are listing the AT-AT for about $108-$109 and the smaller vehicles for about $29.99. Does the community think it would be prudent to preorder these and pay $20 shipping on these items or just chance my arm and maybe find these at retail? OR... do I just wait for the AT-AT at retail and pick up the smaller vehicles via an online shop?


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I got totally awesome birthday gifts today - Gnome 3 and Banshee 2 - thanks everybody :). When I asked on the irc what people will then release on my next anniversary - "well, like gnome 3.6 ;)" was the answer.
My personal birthday gift was this one. It is going to be fun.


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On June 24, 2008, officials with Shell, QPI, Qatar's Ministry of Energy and Industry, and China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) signed a letter or intent to begin joint preliminary studies to assess the viability of building an integrated refinery and petrochemical complex and marketing its products in China.
The complex would produce refined fuels as well as petrochemical products. CNPC would own a 51% stake in the complex while Shell and QPI would each own 24.5% stakes.
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For Immediate Release:Contact: Ron Harris December 23, 1999 Sharon Snyder Ian Stirton Kelly Huff
WASHINGTON The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is seeking public comment on proposed new rules to address coordinated communications made in support of or in opposition to clearly identified candidates -- communications paid for by persons other than candidates, candidates authorized committees, and party committees.
Comments must be received on or before January 24, 2000. If the Commission receives requests to testify, it will conduct a hearing on the proposed rules on February 16, 2000, at 10 a.m. in the Commissions ninth floor hearing room.
The Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) prohibits corporations and labor organizations from using general treasury funds to make contributions to a candidate for federal office. It also imposes various limits on the amount of money or in-kind contributions other persons may contribute to federal campaigns. Unlike independent expenditures, which are unlimited, expenditures that are coordinated with a candidate or campaign are considered in-kind contributions. As such, they are subject to the various limits and prohibitions set out in the FECA.
The proposed rules would incorporate into the Commissions rules the standard on coordination articulated by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in Federal Election Commission v. The Christian Coalition, with references to the Supreme Courts plurality opinion in Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee v. Federal Election Commission.
The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking was published in the Federal Register on December 9, 1999, pps. 68951-56. Text of the Federal Register notice can also be found at the FECs Web site, www.fec.gov.
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God, I am SO bored.
What we need is a chromed version of the 300th Fett.
Now that would be worth getting...Christmas tree ornament or not.
" I think I have the SITH sense...I see DARTH people!"
Has there been a confirmed release date and amount you have to spend to get this R2 yet?
The last I heard, you had to spend $20-25 to get it, but that was a rumor.
Yo momma. That's right, I said "yo momma".
????? TRU ???? Clueless???? I Have asked every manager and most don't even know what I'm talking about. I thought it was confirmed that we had to spend $20. Hell who knowssss
[FONT=Tahoma]I was born at night, but not last night.[/FONT]You Shouldn't believe everything that you read.(Like my posts)
I don't know if this is true or not, but thought you guys might be interested. My wife called a TRU in Louisville and asked about the R2. The gentleman that she spoke to said that the R2 was going to be a give-away promotional on the day after Thanksgiving to anyone who purchased $50 or $100 worth of star wars merchandise - he wasn't sure which.
$50 - $100!! That's absolutely nuts!
Powdered Toast Man!
Well here's more fuel for the fire on the R2.
I went into my local down the street TRU on sunday afternoon (oct 20th) and my old stock room manager is the new manager, so we shot the b.s. and I brought up the silver R2.
He went into the office and pulled out some info. He had listed as an initial release date of Oct. 19th. And this message was sent to them back in August or early Sept. And of course there was no additional information following that cept it was a promotional piece. Of course there were zero R2's on any of the trucks, and Mark (manager) hadn't gotten any more information about them yet, nor has he even seen one. Even the stores are in the dark, or at least my local one is. Mark has been at TRU for at least 10+ years and he's outta the loop on this one too.
He had zero information about price or what promotional piece it goes with, and he doesn't have a soild release date yet either.
Mind you its the end of oct and if they were to arrive in nov like everyone is guessing, I would have thought more information would be out. It is sort of logical that it would be out for x-mas shopping but has anything been out when it was scheduled to be yet? Arena was late, Gunship was late, landspeeder was late.
Take it for what its worth. But that's what I got from my TRU source...not a $#*%ing thing.
Its good to know that Hasbro and Toys R Us have their stuff together going into the holiday season. Thanks tjovonovich.
Yo momma. That's right, I said "yo momma".
Man, I have a feeling most of these are going right out the back door;(
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Probably. Mark said he'd hang onto a couple for me. Odds are I won't have to buy $XX worth of junk I already have. Its so much easier for them to say "Sorry, we're out".Originally posted by turbowars
Man, I have a feeling most of these are going right out the back door;(


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Groundhog prognosticates more winter to a winter-weary crowdFebruary 2, 2014 11:55 PM
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. -- On Sunday morning, thousands of winter-weary souls waited for hours in mud and drizzle in the hopes that Punxsutawney Phil would predict the early end of an unusually dreadful winter.
When the venerated oracle finally emerged from his burrow -- after a short struggle with his handlers -- he bore bad news. He could see his shadow. His forecast: six more weeks of winter.
Six more weeks of bone-chilling winds, frostbitten fingers and slush-soaked feet. Six more weeks of shoveling snow, salting sidewalks and scraping ice.
The crowd responded with a lengthy "boo" before shuffling back toward Punxsutawney through mud puddles made worse by thousands of footsteps.
There's still hope for the winter-fatigued, however. Phil's predictions have been known to miss the mark. Members of the Inner Circle insist that the errors come from faulty translations of his "Groundhogese," which is almost indecipherable even to the person holding the magic cane allowing communication with the ancient rodent.
"It's like going to Germany or going to Spain," said Inner Circle President Bill Deeley, who has translated Phil's forecasts for four years. "I can do uno, duo, tres but I can't do four, five or six."
In the hours before the forecast, many in the crowd proudly related stories of their suffering from the polar vortex that walloped North America in recent weeks. The sub-zero temperatures froze pipes in the home of Katie Wolf of South Bound Brook, N.J. The wind turned a tiny crack in the windshield of Rachel Tenuta of Washington, D.C., into a chasm, costing her $200. The icy weather caused so many snow days for 10-year-old Joey Brashears of Capon Bridge, W.V., that he'll lose a precious week of spring break.
Despite the travails, a sense of optimism rose from the crowd along with the steam of their cups of coffee and hot chocolate. Huddled in front of a stage bearing Phil's image, they shouted his name and sang groundhog-themed songs, including a version of "Gangnam Style" with rodent lyrics.
Some in the crowd chanted and held protest signs against winter, showing so much passion that the gathering seemed about to devolve into an anti-Jack Frost mob.
Ms. Wolf, who was wearing a groundhog costume as she attended for the 10th time, was more level-headed.
"Hopefully he'll have good news for us today," she said. "But either way, I'll respect Phil's decision."
Her friend, Sabrina Asper of Spring Grove, had dressed as a hotdog to show she was "ready for picnic weather."
It was Phil's 126th prognostication. He's been sharing his soothsaying talent since at least 1886, when the Punxsutawney Spirit, a local newspaper, recorded the first Groundhog Day. Since then, he's appeared every year except for a two-year break during World War II.
"We were afraid we were going to aid the enemy" by publicizing Phil's prediction, explained Butch Philliber, a member of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club Inner Circle, which emcees the Groundhog Day ceremony.
Now that his forecast is told, Phil will return to his abode in the Groundhog Zoo in downtown Punxsutawney, attending occasional public relations events and munching on his favorite foods -- carrots, granola and barbecue-flavored potato chips.
In September, he'll take a swig of the magic potion that has kept him alive so long past the typical seven-year groundhog lifespan, Mr. Philliber said.
Immortality has downsides for the rodent. His wife isn't offered the potion, meaning that he is doomed to outlive her. He has already seen countless of his wives pass away, all of them named "Phyllis."
His handlers aren't sure whether this takes a toll on him. He doesn't talk about his personal life much.
"We don't really know," Mr. Philliber said. "All he does is predict the weather."
Richard Webner: firstname.lastname@example.com or 412-263-4903. First Published February 2, 2014 7:39 AM


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This is a response to Charlie Elk's Sunset on the Season thread in the Wisconsin forum, but figured I'd post it here so the folks who don't typically follow that forum can post their thoughts on the 2012 season as well.
2012 marked the first time I made a serious effort to pursue turkeys in the autumn. I don't know why I waited so long, it was just as enjoyable, if not more so than the spring season. I used to discount fall hunting as a secondary season, where the primary tactic was to bushwhack a bird on its way from predictable point A (maybe a roost) to predictable point B (a food source?). However, after reading all of the posts from forum members last fall (particularly Charlie Elk, Willowridge, and eggshell) I began to wonder what this fall thing was really all about. Maybe birds could be called in the fall. some subtle yelping and clucking just might work. But those stories of gobbling fall birds, multiple bird brawls, and entire flocks flying across valleys to a hunter's call? They could only be explained by the time honored tradition of "slight exaggeration" employed by outdoorsmen since Grogg recited the story of his first mammoth hunt around the fire.
Following my final day of hunting in the spring of 2012 I was feeling even more depressed than usual about the season ending. Oh I'm sure most of us are rather melancholy following the end of turkey season, but for some reason this year was especially rough on me. In the past I've always been ready for a break. It's usually several months before i get the urge to pick up a call as I walk past it in the basement, run out a string of yelps and think of happier mornings to come. This year I lasted two days (much to the dismay of Mrs. Gopherlongbeards...). I was in a funk, I had progressed to the point where all other pastimes take a back seat to life's primary purpose: placing a fine longbeard over ones shoulder. As I browsed through the T&TH forums a remedy presented itself: the fall season!
I had made two half hearted attempts at fall hunts in the past, neither even remotely successful. I knew next to nothing about fall hunting, barely enough to understand it was quite a bit different from the spring hunt I was used to. If I was going to make a serious effort at becoming a fall turkey hunter, I would need to start with learning all I could about fall turkeys, fall turkey habits, and fall hunting tactics. I broke my mental preparation down into three primary activities. First, I went back through the T&TH forum archives and read every post I could find regarding fall turkey hunting. Obviously the Fall Hunting forum was my first stop, but there was also a wealth of information in the Calling and state forums (in particular the Wisconsin and Ohio forums) as well. The forum members here are an unbelievable resource to any new turkey hunter, or really anyone looking to improve their turkey hunting skills (aren't we all?), and I thank you all for sharing your tricks, techniques, and experiences.
Second, on the recommendation of several forum members I purchased Steve Hickoff's "Fall and Winter Turkey Hunter's Handbook" off of Amazon and read it cover to cover at least a half dozen times. I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in fall turkey hunting, spring turkey hunting, or just turkeys in general. It's an easy, enjoyable read, and helped me as a spring turkey hunter understand how turkeys act the rest of the year. More importantly, it gave me some direction in how to go about purposefully pursing turkeys (as opposed to "accidentally" killing one. I believe this is a Charlie Elk term) in the fall.
Third, I ordered Ray Eye's "Boys of Autumn" dvd from his website and watched it more times than I can remember. This past spring I had read Eye's "Turkey Hunter's Bible" (Another book I highly recommend) and had enjoyed it thoroughly. "Boys of Autumn" was an excellent complement to Hickoff's work. What Hickoff described, Ray shows in this DvD. The sheer number of fall hunts, calling sequences, and turkey vocalizations contained on this DvD were invaluable to me. Having only hunted in the spring time, I really only paid attention to gobbles, and had never really "heard" any of these other vocalizations. I'm sure I have heard gobbler or jake vocalizations in the spring and assumed they were hen talk. It is all well and good to have a kee kee run explained to you in a book, or on the back of a mouthcall package, but to actually hear a real bird do it (either live or in a recording) is a lightbulb moment. Subtle things like rhythm and inflection are difficult if not impossible to convey through written description.
After a short time reading everything I could about fall turkey hunting it became apparent that I would have to significantly expand and improve my calling skills and repertoire. I would not be dealing with "testosterone drunk two year olds that would come running to a squeaky tailgate worked in something resembling turkey rhythm" to paraphrase Ray Eye. No, I would have to sound like a turkey. It also appeared I would have to become more precise with my calling. Hen talk to hens, gobbler talk to gobblers ? This was much more complicated than some subtle yelping and a few quiet clucks. I made a serious commitment to improve my calling skills. I practiced an hour or more almost every day (in the car or walking to work with mouth calls. I would practice with friction calls when Mrs. Gopherlongbeards was out of the house: it's difficult to hunt with calls that have been "misplaced") all summer long. It took months of work, but eventually I learned to make kee kee's, kee kee runs, purrs, and gobbles that sounded passable to my ears. The turkeys would have the final say.
The season itself came and went. I spent a lot of time in the woods, learned (and re-learned) the sort of things you can only really learn by doing (or failing to do) them. Things like how to move along a ridge like you belong there, without putting every creature within earshot on high alert. I learned to love the soft scratch and crunch of my slow, uneven footsteps in dry leaves; and dread the piercing (to my ears) scrape of buckthorn across my raingear. Both Hickoff and Eye preach this creed. "Slow down", they say, "look, listen". I learned to hear things. I mean really HEAR them. Is that a squirrel rustling, or a turkey scratching? You can tell from the rhythm. Was that a cluck coming down the wind? Last spring I wouldn't have noticed. I had a wonderful fall. Some turkeys died. More did not.
One of my last hunts of the season found me set up on a large winter roost (about 100 birds) the week after Christmas. Hunting turkeys in single digit temps and calf deep snow. Throughout the fall, and on this particular morning I heard every vocalization a turkey can make between first light and flydown. It was an especially spiritual show on this day as the birds didn't fly down until mid morning. For almost three hours I participated in one of the most fantastic displays of turkeydom I have ever seen. I say participated because I was not merely an observer, I spoke to those turkeys, and they to me. Some wanted to fight, some wanted to gather me in, and some seemed content merely declaring their presence. I did not take a bird that day. An appropriate shot on a turkey I wanted never did present itself. But, as I traded kee kee run gobbles with a rowdy bunch of jakes double dog daring me to just try and cross to their side of the ridge it dawned on me: this was the greatest day I had ever spent in the outdoors.
This fall has changed me as a turkey hunter. I am without a doubt a more complete and capable turkey hunter than I was in May. I used to spend weeks before the spring season worrying about the weather. How was the breeding cycle going? Would we hit it just right? Would gobblers all be "henned up"? Would we be doomed to failure by poor weather and uncooperative birds? I can laugh at that now. Fall has taught me those gobblers are still out there, still callable, still killable.
A few final observations from the fall of 2012:
1) Call. Call A LOT! I couldn't have been more wrong about subtle yelping and clucking being the modus operandi in the fall. In many cases, turkeys simply ignored contented and subdued calling especially when initially trying to strike a bird (one exception to this is if I had managed to get extremely close (< 50 yards) to a group of turkeys without spooking them). Turkeys are not afraid to call in the fall. On many occasions I would get within calling distance of a known group of turkeys and garner no responses with subtle turkey talk. Only after several minutes of almost comically raucous and excited calling would these turkeys finally respond. I was almost screaming at those turkeys "Hey! I'm here! and I'm not gonna shut up until you come do something about it!". I liken it to fishing. You're throwing out your "audio bait" (to borrow another Charlie Elk phrase), if you can get one bird in that group to "bite" you come right back at them immediately only faster, longer, and with more urgency. Call back at every turkey. turkeys talking get's other turkeys talking, and the more birds you get talking the better your chances get.
2) Turkeys can't read. Especially not the backs of turkey call packages. You know what I'm talking about, the standard set of directions for making 6-8 calls "say chalk 4-5 times while slightly dropping your jaw...." and all that. Turns out, most times turkeys don't follow those directions. Whats more, apparently there are more than 6-8 words (maybe sentences would be a better analogy?) in the wild turkey's vocabulary because they make a helluva lot more sounds than are described on the back of that box. Go ahead and put together pretty much any mixture of yelpy-whiney-squealy type sounds and I'd bet somewhere tomorrow morning it will come out of a turkey's mouth at fly down. Kee kee runs are a good example. the back of the package says "kee kee kee yelp yelp yelp". Now I have heard birds do that. But, I've also heard "kee kee kee yelp", and "kee yelp yelp yelp yelp", and even "yelp kee kee yelp yelp yelp kee yelp yelp yelp". I guess my point is don't get hung up on doing the exact same sequence of calls every time because that's what the package says. Imitate what you hear turkeys do and combine those sounds with your calls.
3) Those stories around here from last fall are likely true. This autumn I had a dozen longbeards come charging my tree as I tried to simultaneously keep up the fighting purrs on a slate and get my gun up. I had a group of turkeys fly off the roost, soar several hundred yards calling at me all the way, and land like a flock of geese 20 yards from where I sat yelping. I heard so many gobbles this fall that I lost count somewhere back in October.
4) If you enjoy spring turkey hunting, and you live in or near a state that offers a fall hunt but haven't tried it yet, do yourself a favor. Try and spend a few days chasing turkeys in the fall of 2013. If nothing else it will make you a better spring hunter, and a day chasing turkeys is never wasted. I was one who thought it wouldn't be nearly as exciting without the (relative) abundance of gobbling in the spring. I was wrong. Turkeys can be extremely vocal in the fall, and If anything, gobbles in the fall are made even more exhilarating by the selectivity of said gobbler.
If you've made it this far I thank you for reading all this. This was a special season for me and I tend to ramble on stuff like that. I plan on many more to come. I don't mean to imply that the strategies and ideas presented in the books and DvDs I mentioned are the only way to success, I simply found them helpful, and would recommend them to others. As with anything else, absorb it, see if it meshes with your personal style, and modify as you see fit.


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Don't forget to enter the Arundel tournament by 29 March to avoid the surcharge - an email to suepat812 @ btinternet.com would be fine.
*The 9:02 train from Victoria to Bognor Regis gets you into Arundel in time for the tournament. (Make sure that you sit in the last four coaches of the train – those nearest the ticket barrier - as it divides at Horsham).
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This morning I received that phone call that I've been dreading for many years. My oldest brother, Dick, died sometime during his regular dialysis treatment two weeks ago. His son who called me said he couldn't find my phone number or my sister's until today or he would have called sooner.
It's my understanding that there was no funeral. I think many of you may remember my asking for prayer for Dick who was firm in his atheism. He had such a hard time being around Christians, so for most of his life he was not close to my parents nor his siblings.
Still, remembering the thief on the cross who called on Jesus just before dying, I hold onto that hope that my brother reached out for God's forgiveness and love in the minutes or even seconds before his death.
My sister and I are the only ones left now in our family. This is a day of grieving for us both. Thank you for your prayers.