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Climate evidence is in, it is time to act as one
The science of climate change has been subjected to intense scrutiny and has come through with its credibility intact. The findings continue to be sobering. Unfortunately, new data and analysis generally are confirming the likelihood that outcomes will be near the midpoints or closer to the bad end of what had earlier been identified as the range of possibilities for human-induced climate change.
Global average temperatures have continued to track a warming trend. The year 2010 ranked with 2005 and 1998 as the warmest on record, with global average temperatures 0.53°C above the 1961–90 mean. For Australia, 2009 was the second-warmest year on record and the decade ending in 2010 has easily been Australia's warmest since record keeping began.
I noted in the 2008 Review the curious Australian tendency for dissenters from the mainstream science to assert that there is no upward trend in temperatures, or that if there had been a warming trend it has ceased or moved into reverse. Such assertions were prominent in some newspapers and blogs, but also appeared in serious policy discussions. The assertions were curious because the question of whether the earth is warming or not is amenable to statistical analysis.
It so happens that answering questions of this kind comes with the professional kitbag of economists who work on statistical analysis of series of data that cover periods of time. For the 2008 Review, I asked two leading Australian econometricians who are specialists in this area, Trevor Breusch and Fashid Vahid, to analyse the data on temperature. Their conclusion was clear. There is a statistically significant warming trend, and it did not end in 1998 or in any other year. I had the analysis repeated with three more years of
data for this book, with the same conclusions.
New observations of a changing climate include an increase in extreme weather events. The Black Saturday fires in Victoria in 2009 and recent major cyclones in Queensland are both consistent with expected outcomes in a warming world, although we cannot draw conclusions about direct cause and effect. Other studies since 2008 have confirmed that Australia is also seeing historically unprecedented periods of wet and of dry in different areas of the continent.
Globally, rising sea levels continue to track the upper levels of modelling. Considerable debate is under way about the causes and potential extent of sea-level rise. The latest research suggests that, beyond the effects of thermal expansion, the melting of the great icesheets of Greenland and West Antarctica may contribute much more than was previously thought to sea-level rise. The debate is unresolved but oriented towards higher not lower outcomes.
New research has also contributed to our understanding of 'tipping points' in the climate system. These are points at which warming of the climate triggers irreversible damage and a feedback loop for further warming. The new research has focused on identifying and testing potential early warning indicators of an approaching tipping point.
Progress has also been made on ruling out other possible causes of warming, such as changes in the amount of solar radiation reaching the earth. Scientists have identified 'fingerprints' of warming that confirm human influence. A primary example is the pattern of warming in the layers of the atmosphere. Under increased greenhouse gas scenarios, climate models predict that the lowest layer of the atmosphere (the troposphere) should warm, while the next layer up (the stratosphere) should cool. This has been confirmed by recent observation. If increased output from the sun were the cause, both layers could be expected to warm.
Since 2008, advances in climate change science have therefore broadly confirmed that the earth is warming, that human activity is the cause of it and that the changes in the physical world are likely, if anything, to be more harmful than the earlier science had suggested. This has led me to shift my judgment about the reputable science from being right 'on a balance of probabilities' to 'beyond reasonable doubt'.
Developments in science, global emissions profiles and shifts in the structure of global climate change agreements have all strengthened the national interest case for a stronger Australian mitigation effort.
What domestic policy response should we take? Once we know what our fair share is in the global effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, we can work out how to do it at lowest cost. This exercise was undertaken in detail and with great care for the 2008 Review. There are two basic approaches to achieving the required emissions reduction: a market-based approach, built around putting a price on carbon emissions; and a regulatory approach, or direct action.
In the market-based approach, carbon can be priced in two ways. Fixed price schemes, or carbon taxes, set the price and the market decides how much it will reduce the quantity of emissions. Floating price schemes set the quantity of emissions and permits to emit are issued up to that amount. The permits are tradeable between businesses and so the market sets the price. There are various hybrid approaches that combine fixed prices for a period with floating later on, and floating prices at some price levels with a price floor or a price ceiling or both.
In the alternative route, regulation or direct action, there are many ways that government can intervene to direct firms and households to go about their business and their lives. The Chinese Government's direct action includes issuing instructions for factories with high emissions to close, subsidising consumers who buy low-emissions products like solar electricity panels and electric cars, and restricting new investment in industries judged to have undesirably high emissions.
A three-year fixed carbon price followed by a carbon trading scheme with a floating price is Australia's best path forward towards full and effective participation in humanity's efforts to reduce the dangers of climate change without damaging Australian prosperity.
One distinct advantage of addressing climate change mitigation through a market-based carbon price is that it raises considerable revenues. These can be used to buffer the transition to a low-carbon economy for Australian households on low and middle incomes, as well as to offer security to the most vulnerable low-income households.
A carbon price of $26 will raise approximately $11.5 billion in the first year and rise over time. Efficiency and equity objectives would be best served by allocating the majority of this revenue to households, perhaps modelled on the kind of tax and social security reforms envisioned in the Henry review.
At the same time, slices of this revenue should also be used to support innovation in low-emissions industries, provide incentives for biosequestration in rural Australia and prevent export industries from being placed at a disadvantage against international competitors that are not yet subject to comparable carbon constraints.
Yet, as clear as the case for carbon pricing may seem, the political basis for such policies has weakened since 2008. Alongside the central discussion of climate policy, this book is a guide to another struggle that is deeply colouring the climate change debate—the struggle between special interests and the national interest.
This conflict is not new. Indeed, it is always with us, and always will be. But there are periods when the special interests have had the strongest hold on policy, and others in which policy making is strongly grounded in the national interest.
It is salutary to recall that Australia, with New Zealand, had the poorest productivity performance of all the countries that are now developed through the 20th century to the mid-1980s. The long period of underperformance had its origins in the domination of policy by business and union vested interests. Political leaders responded to democratic pressures with protection and regulation. There was little competition to prompt firms to seek new, more productive ways of doing business.
From the beginning of the 21st century, Australian policy making has reverted to type. Business and union organisations refocused on securing sectional gains. Governments responded. There could be no policy change if there were any losers, so there could be no productivity-raising change at all.
This is the problematic political context of the climate change policy discussion.
Some business leaders have recently drawn attention to the need for long views and hard decisions in policy making. They say that the minority Labor government elected by the Australian people in 2010 is weak and lacks long time horizons.
A more accurate accounting would recognise that the current government has taken on the most difficult and long-dated policy reform that has ever been attempted. It has taken on a reform in the national interest that must overcome stronger pressures from sectional interests than any since the contests over protection in the 1980s and early 1990s. That part of big business that is active in the debate has taken on the role of spoiler.
In confronting the spoiling voices, we must remember that rejection of current proposals for carbon pricing would not end the debate over climate change policy. It might, however, end the possibility of action at relatively low cost.
The increasing impact of climate change as well as policy developments abroad would prompt continued pressure for new policy in Australia. Inaction by Australia, with the highest emissions per person in the developed world, would invite retaliation in trade and other areas of international cooperation.
If current efforts on carbon pricing failed, debate would continue over how much Australia should do and how we should do it. This would continue to raise the supply price of investment in businesses that might be affected by restrictions on emissions. The political system would respond to continued community interest in and pressure for action on climate change by myriad costly interventions. The failure of current efforts to place a price on carbon through much of the economy would open the way to a long period of policy incoherence and instability.
There is no reason why carbon pricing should continue to be a matter of partisan political division in Australia. In much of the world—perhaps everywhere except Australia and the United States—concern for global warming is a conservative as much as a social democratic issue. The conservative governments of Germany, the United Kingdom, France and the Republic of Korea are playing important global leadership roles. Even in the United States, the most effective political leadership on climate change has come from a Republican governor of California and a Republican mayor of New York.
A concern to avoid dangerous climate change fits naturally within the conservative tradition. It may be rational for the radical to risk the institutions of human civilisation in a throw of the climate change dice, just as Lenin saw merit in inflation in the capitalist countries. The radical may hope that the outcome will open the social and political order to new shapes. It is strange for the conservative to embrace such risk.
Nor do the characteristic divisions between the conservative and social democrat argue for conservative opposition to carbon pricing. Market-based approaches to mitigation sit as easily with a conservative party that is self described as liberal, as they do with social democratic parties.
It would be open to current or future leaders of the conservative side of Australian politics to take over ownership of carbon pricing arrangements once they are in place. The interests of their future governments, as well as those of Australia, would be served well by the continuation of carbon pricing.
This is an edited extract from Ross Garnaut's 2011 update 'Climate Change Review'. Read the entire document here.
Topics: climate-change, tax, government-and-politics


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It's always a good idea to remind ourselves that our children with special needs have brains that interpret and assimilate information differently. In a previous blog I wrote about "brain wiring" with respect to people with autism. A neurologist who was evaluating my son's behaviors said, "It's the way his brain is wired." I've certainly observed that my son sees and comprehends the world around him in his own unique way. This is especially true for children with sensory integration dysfunction, who receive all kinds of confused signals as their brains process sensory input. These kids have curious, peculiar behaviors at times that seem so out-of-place.
With this "different brain wiring" concept in mind, we can easily understand how a child might have an exaggerated reaction in certain situations. Dr. Marin L. Kutscher, in his book Kids in the Syndrome Mix, explains that "People do not overreact. Instead they over-feel." He means, for example, when a child is screaming over some small event, he or she is actually feeling tremendously pained or overwhelmed by it. The feelings the child is experiencing are themselves exaggerated, causing a naturally big reaction.
Instead of wondering why our child overreacts, the question should be "Why is this particular event causing my son or daughter so much aggravation?" We should make some observations. For example, is the sound of a common motor amplified to the point that it is exploding in her ears? Is the child incapable of understanding that waiting in line will eventually come to an end? Does he not understand that something taken away still exists and isn't gone forever? Is she incapable of using language to communicate her wants, so that it feels like she's a tourist lost in a foreign country? Is his body refusing to respond and function the way he needs it to? No wonder the child is overwhelmed. No wonder the reaction seems so overblown.
By legitimizing a child's reactions and understanding them, we can begin to provide help. If sensory signals are being confused, we can pursue sensory integration therapy. We can play games that teach patience and use motivators to promote language skills. We can pursue physical and occupational therapy for our kids and meanwhile teach ourselves techniques to use at home. Most of all, we can practice a bit more patience, and stop seeing ourselves as inadequate parents. The fact that these special kids may have higher levels of sensitivity is not our fault, but we have an obligation to help them cope.
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The new Harris Teeter e-Vic offers include fabulous weekend buys on Lance crackers and canned veggies. I also scored great deals on Kraft salad dressing (FREE!), Mayfield ice cream & Harris Teeter yogurt.
What deals did you get in your e-mail?
Harris Teeter has some special deals for their e-Vic members starting on Friday of each week. Check your Friday (or Thursday evening) e-mail from Harris Teeter to see the deals you received and then share them here. In order to get these deals, you must sign up on their website for the e-Vic rewards e-mails using your VIC rewards card.
Some of these deals are valid from Friday through Tuesday. Some of the deals are only valid during the weekend. Check your e-mail for your specific deals each week.
We do not all get the same deals and you can only redeem the deals you receive in your e-mail. Most of us in the Raleigh area will receive the same weekend deals, though.
Here are the deals I received in my e-mail:
Weekend Only Deal: Lance Crackers, 8 ct., .97
Coupon: $1/2 coupon from 7/24 RP (DND)
Total after coupon = .47 each
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These deals are valid July 29 – August 2. Limit 4 unless noted.
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The 2013 Coon Rapids Junior Royalty were crowned at the annual pageant in the auditorium of Coon Rapids High School Saturday.
There were three divisions of competition – Petite, girls ages five-seven; Junior, girls ages eight-12; and Teen, girls ages 13-16.
• Chloe Lynn Keller was crowned Petite Queen with Natalie Taylor named Petite Princess.
• Erin Kelley is the 2013 Junior Queen with Hannah Mudick the Junior Princess.
• The 2013 Teen Queen is Kallie Jo Aschemann with Jessica Sherlock and Kelly Gese named teen princesses.
There were four contestants in the Petite Division, eight in the Junior Division and three in the Teen Division.
Because there were only three candidates in the Teen Division, two princesses were chosen.
Lauryn Noelle Smith, a Petite Division contestant, won two special awards, one to the candidate who sold the most tickets to the pageant (13) and the second for selling the most books (22) in a fund-raiser for the Junior Royalty Pageant through Herbergers.
The pageant was open to boys and girls that live, attend school or worship in Coon Rapids.
Competition was based on 50 percent interview and 50 percent modeling with personal speech.
Queen and princess winners received sashes, trophies, crowns/caps and flower bouquets.
The 2013 Junior Royalty are expected to participate in a minimum of 19 parades as well as coronations and various other community events and activities during Coon Rapids Snowflake Days as well as throughout the year, according to Diane Buszta, pageant director.
They are also asked to perform, as a group, 10 hours of community service for the city of Coon Rapids, Buszta said.
The 2013 pageant included two entertainment presentations, one by 2013 Miss Coon Rapids Outstanding Teen Kathyrn Kueppers and the other by 2012 Miss Minnesota's Outstanding Teen Bailey Wachholz.
The national anthem was sung by Kristin Mahowald Comfort and the emcees for the event were 2013 Miss Coon Rapids Emily Kallis and 2012 Miss South Central Tiffany Buszta, who was also a 2000 Coon Rapids Junior Royalty Junior Queen.
Peter Bodley is at [email protected]


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Reflect, relax into 2014 at St. Joseph's Cultural Center
December 26, 2013
The 13th annual St. Joseph's New Year's Eve and Day celebration begins Tuesday, dedicated to dancing and appreciating essential humanity, beings full of love and joy, compassion and interconnection. This alcohol- and drug-free event is open to the community.
Belonging — one of our greatest human desires — happens when we play, dance, share food, pray and celebrate together, according to organizers. This year they "Celebrate Spirit," honoring the divine spark that unites people in their uniqueness.
"When we attune to this vibration, we experience the joyful freedom to be exactly who we are. What a great way to let go of the old and welcome in the New Year," according to publicity for the event.
Participants can simmer down in the Sacred Spirit Garden, designed by Jillian Root, for more quiet conversation, a retreat from the dancing, singing and music in the main hall. Art supplies will be at your fingertips for sketching or creating colorful art pieces.
In the main hall, enjoy talent, music, dancing, movement and socializing with entertainment and facilitation provided by:
• International singer songwriter and voice coach Maniko has been writing songs, performing and singing in a diverse array of venues for more than 25 years. She has produced and recorded three original CDs and worked on a variety of other recording projects. She has extensive professional and experiential training in expressive arts, movement awareness and integration, meditative disciplines as well as dance, breath and voice as vehicles for bridging the worlds of developing consciousness, creativity, personal integration and authentic self-expression.
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• Michael Stone (aka DJ Divine) is the host and producer of KVMR's Conversations, which brings you leading edge thinkers, authors and activists in the areas of Environmental Restoration, Social Justice, Evolutionary Cosmology and Spiritual fulfillment. Stone is also a sought after DJ and leads moving meditation classes and workshops based on the work of Gabrielle Roth. http://www.AreWeListening.net
• Bella Dreizler is a facilitation mistress, intent on celebrating our moves toward freedom, a movement medicine woman blending 5Rhythms, yoga and physical therapy into a unique body wisdom infused with heart and soul. For more information about her world visit http://www.bodyjoy.net.
• Juliette Kunin has spent a lifetime immersed in developing the many facets of her creativity and authentic self-expression through music, dance, nature, spirituality, and the arts. She is a certified 5Rhythms teacher and it is her joy and devotion to be able to support others on this dancing path that is so precious to her
"Don't miss the midnight ceremony as we let go of 2013 and bring on the new year," according to organizers.
Non-alcoholic drinks and snacks will be provided, along with a pot luck dinner.
Tuesday's festivities begin at 7 p.m. and go to about 1 a.m. Admission is $25 in advance or $30 at the door. A combined ticket for both New Year's Eve and New Year's Day event are $40 in advance.
Tickets are available at Harmony Books, BriarPatch Co-op and online at http://www.moving-meditation.com.
On Wednesday, return to St. Jospeh's for In the Presence of Spirit: Special New Year's Day Dance Meditation beginning at 9:30 a.m.
New Year's morning starts with Bella Dreizler. From 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. participants will "relax into the arms of embodied grace," begin the new year to the music of their own breath, softly glide into gentle yoga, invite the body into all the dances to come. Create space for the grace of spirit here and now. No mat required, quietly join in at any time during the hour.
5Rhythms teacher and producer of KVMR's "Conversations," Michael Stone (aka DJ Divine) will be leading this movement celebration.
Tickets for Wednesday's moving meditation are $20 in advance, $25 at the door or $40 for Tuesday and Wednesday combined.
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This aromatic annual plant belongs to the Labiatae family and is widely spread and used in cooking in the Liguria territory where it is particularly perfumed thanks to the temperate climate and wet climate.
It is certainly of oriental origins and the basil plant seems to have been fruit of marittime and taken up by many of the Genoan people through its commercial traffic.
The origins probably came from India, also if already four thousand years ago its cultivation was spread throughout Asia. In Europe it was introduced by the Romans, whereas in America it was known only on the arrival of English colonies in the XVI century. This modest plant, well-known in all cases for its perfume that adds to mediterranean cooking, has enjoyed in the past much respect. This is also confirmed by the etymology of its name, that derives, in the opinion of some, from basiliscus (basilisk - an ancient dragon who could kill with a look, and the plant represented a valid antidote to this), according to others from the Greek basilikòs, that means royal.
In ancient times the Greeks thought that to have a good harvest of the plant it was necessary to say a series of curses at the moment of planting. In the Christian tradition however the sacredness attributed to basil derives from two distinct legends but confluent between them: the first speaks of basil beginning in a vase in which Salome had placed the head of John the Baptist; the second story says that it was found by the Empress Elena, mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine, at the place of the Crucifiction of Christ, and from her followed the spread throughout the world.
Other popular traditions on the contrary associate basil with the idea of earthly love. In the Thirties there was composed in Italy a popular song inspired by the story of Isabella da Messina, who preserved the head of her lover who had been beheaded by her brothers, in a vase of basil, which was then stolen by these brothers (episode taken from Boccaccio of his Decameron). In more recent centuries the symbology attributed to this plant changes again: a vase of basil on the balcony of a young woman seems to have been interpreted as a sign of her availability to receive her lover.
Today substantiated by many, is that this plant placed on a window repels mosquitoes and other insects as they dont like its perfume. What is indisputable is the use of basil in cooking that from Liguria became widely used in all of Italy (even though there still exist some areas of the south in which this plant, even though growing profusely, is not used in culinary art), elements indispensable for a good pomarola, and for all tomato based dishes, but also for many appetising sauces; and not forgetting its function as a decoration on vegetable dishes as well as first courses.


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From our archives October 24, 2005 — Journal — By Zach Brokenrope Nothing ever happens in Aurora, Nebraska. So when Alex Briner ran away, it was big news. "I heard he ran away in the middle of the night, stole his old man's car." "No way dude, he hitchhiked to GI and took a bus." "I hear he's one of those Wal-Mart kids; you know, the ones with their pictures in the entrance." Gossip flew, and by the end of the first week … Read entire article »
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Pitcairn Islands Genealogy
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Upon arrival at Pitcairn Island in January 1790, the crew of the ship Bounty discovered the island had previously been inhabited. Many relics of a Polynesian civilization were found scattered around the island. Roughly hewn stone gods, which guarded sacred sites, representations of animals and men carved into cliff faces, burial sites yielding human skeletons, and earth ovens, stone adzes, gouges, and other artifacts of Polynesian workmanship were discovered.
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I am having a lot of trouble with deciding on a girl's name. What are your thoughts on these names.Thanks for the help.
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I am having a lot of trouble with deciding on a girl's name. What are your thoughts on these names.Thanks for the help.
- Emilie Noelle Krista - cute, like it, 4,3
- Mckenna Ellis - dislike both, 2,0
- Brielle Mckenna - really like Brielle, not keen on Mckenna, 3,4
- Livia (Livi) Kay Greyson - ok, 4,1, Livia Kay Grey will be 5,0
- Nathalie Brianne - nice one, 4,6
- Elianna Paige - nice one too, but bit boring next to others...4,9
- Emma Margaret - like Emma, Margaret is ok, 4,7
I have bolded my faves and made suggestions.
1.Emilie Noelle Krista - I think Emilie Krista Noelle flows better. Krista and Noelle may be too heavy on the Christmas theme. Perhaps just Emilie Noelle would do.
2.Mckenna Ellis - too unisex. Maybe Mckenna Elise? I prefer Ellis Mckenna myself.
3.Brielle Mckenna - I don't like either name. Both are very trendy. Gabrielle nn Brielle would be a much better choice.
4.Livia (Livi) Kay Greyson - Livia Kay is fine but Greyson has a first syllable that rhymes with Kay (Grey/Kay) so it's not ideal.
5.Nathalie Brianne - The French spelling of Nathalie is legitimate but I don't like the "dated" Brianne very much. Nathalie Brenna?
6.Elianna Paige - I prefer the spelling Eliana. This combo is pretty.
7.Emma Margaret - I like both names but the back-to-back "ma" diminishes the flow of the combo somewhat. Emma Josephine would be pretty.
Livia (Livi) Kay Greyson - love love love love love. Though I'm not a big fan of 2 mn's, so I'd personally go with Livia Kay or Livia Greyson.
Emilie Noelle Krista - I really like Emily Noelle, again not big on 2 mn, though Emilie Kay Noelle would actually be pretty
Brielle Mckenna - I love Brielle! Brielle Greyson? Brielle Margaret?
Eliana Paige - okay, it's pretty
Emma Margaret - okay, but the M's run together
Mckenna Ellis - I don't like Mckenna at all
Nathalie Brianne - meh, okay
Emilie Noelle Krista - I like Emilie. Noelle is okay. Dislike Krista.
Emma Margaret - Definitely not this combo. The 'ma' of Emma runs into the 'ma' of Margaret. That being said, they're both okay names. I prefer Gemma and Margot, though.
Mckenna Ellis - Dislike Mckenna and Ellis feels like a boy's name to me.
Brielle Mckenna - I like Brielle, but once again dislike Mckenna.
Livia (Livi) Kay Greyson - Love Livia! Kay and Greyson...not so much. Also, the repeated long 'a' sound in Kay and Greyson is also not ideal. What about just Livia Grey?
Eliana Paige - Both decent names.
Nathalie Brianne - Nathalie is nice, but Brianne brings down the appeal, imo.
I'd keep: Emilie, Margaret, Noelle, Brielle, Livia, and Nathalie and rearrange some combos.


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No Bikini Top Can Hold Roxi's Melons
Roxi Red has worn all varieties of outfits but for one. An extreme bikini is something Roxi hasn't worn until currently. Hundreds of girls have poured into bikinis at SCORELAND but Roxi takes it to a completely choice level! Once oiling those 100% natural marvels of mammaliciousness, Roxi goes for a dip and the cool pool water gives her nipples hard-ons.
"I extremely hadn't measured myself, but I did find which my bras stopped fitting," Roxi said. She spotted the amendment some weeks before she visited in March for this shoot and the glass table shoot ("Roxi Through Glass"). She's probably a double K-cup now, possibly nearing triple-K.
"I like a man to spend extra time sucking my nipples and massaging my jugs. The issue a stud needs to do to me most in bed is fuck my boobies. I can read his mind. Therefore much of the time I'm sitting on the edge of the couch holding my juggs together and he's standing. The next favorite is me on my back. Their boners always get lost between them. You does see why."
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Juliana Simms is back at SCORELAND and it's great to check her again. She's trying fantastic and her large natural chest look as brain-freezing as ever. For her Initial scene, we visit Juliana at the gym and watch her workout whereas we sit in our glad seats.
SCORELAND: Hello Juliana. We are glad you're back. Tell united states, do you merely like the process of modeling?
Juliana: Yep, I like it very much. Frankly, at 1st I didn't want to start doing it but now I truly like it.
SCORELAND: Currently you are back for The SCORE Group in Prague. Did you explore Prague?
Juliana: I was in Prague solely one evening thus there was no time. The last time we were near Prague. But I actually like Prague very much and i hope that I does come back back soon.
SCORELAND: Are there more models that you'd like to satisfy one day?
Juliana: I want to meet Samantha Lily and Maya Milano.
SCORELAND: What kind of things do your fans ask you on the Internet?
Juliana: If I'll go marry them or not. (Laughs)
SCORELAND: Do you have conjointly messages for your fans who does be seeing your new scenes?
Juliana: Dear fans, thank you extremely much for your support and your kind words. I read all your comments and, after possible, answer you. I hope you get pleasure from my new shoots at SCORE and i look forward to your feedback. Kisses. Always yours, Juliana Simms.
38G Tank Busters
Welcome new Voluptuous Babe Amaya May, a dance teacher and webcam model creating her first visit to SCORELAND. Amaya's bra is loaded for action and she's ready to unleash her natural 38G whoppers.
"I'm a tiny bit nervous but super-excited concerning my 1st time here," Amaya said. "I do a few of webcam modeling at home but it's a small selection being in front of the massive cam. I am a actually sexual person. I can't wait to have sex for the cam. I'm nervous but I am not shy. I actually like showing off my jugs. I can't wait to urge naked to let the universe see these giant titties."
"I started getting chest after I was very young and which i hated them. Now, it's like 'Holy Crap!' I get a lot of attention and which i like to own them played with. Sometimes I play with them myself. They are too very good to resist."
Amaya's got tan-lined boobs which are firm, packed solid and look truly heavy. She actually smacks them around in her debut video and gives them a good workout before her hands move south to her clit and slit! Check out a Bonus movie of Amaya doing cartwheels.
Wet & Wooly
No one would suspect which Mischel Lee wears a cunt fur coat if they were to see her for the primary time, but they would easily watch that she has extremely busty. Mischel up-sized after 2014's SCORELAND shoots and contacted the studio after she was able to stick her melons out again. She's extra popular for her support of bush than she is for her projectile tits.
Mans are always trying to chat her up. "One man said to me that he wanted to be a table for my titties," said Mischel as she waited for the lights to be decided up. "I thought which was funny. Such plenty of the time I get nice compliments or funny ones. It's normal. Now that my melons are bigger, any mans ask for my phone number or my email. No one has recognized me additionally. I suppose that can amendment."
Mischel's sexual fantasy is to own a 3some with a black stud and an Asian girl. Fucking in the missionary, spoon and cowgirl positions are her favorite ways to orgasm. She's had sex in an airplane, a train, a park and the Metro. Here's a female who loves to cum whereas she's going somewhere!
Let's Bowl With Alexya
We've gotten Alexya off the pool table and out of the pool for this trip to a bowling center we rented for the afternoon. (Hitomi did a shoot here in addition.) Alexya doesn't bowl (she likes to swim and dance) but she was game to show her modeling skills in this place, enjoyed the setting and played with the balls and pins as props. "Maybe I can attempt to bowl once I have the time on a weekend," Alexya told the photo team when the shoot wrapped.
"I didn't have such enormous titties once I was in college," Alexya said. "I was about 18 or 19 years old when they started to grow. I was actually shocked." She never thought it could happen. Even if she had never been boob-blessed, Alexya would have modeled anyway. She definitely has the beautiful face and body for posing on-camera. Breast-man are merely lucky which Alexya decided to go totally nude. The next Olympic sport: naked bowling?
Big assed White Lady
As popular for her bubble butt cheeks as she is for her enormous melons, Moonlite Bunny Ranch blonde Holly Wood is the cover woman for the DVD/Blu-Ray, Large assed White Women 6. This is the scene from the DVD. And what a fine anal Miss Wood has. It is obvious why mans wish to do Holly from the rear. What a view of which full moon. It is wood making.
SCORELAND: Once a gal is having sex with a stud in a photo shoot, do you think it's sexier for her to look at the cam or to look at her partner?
Holly: I love every!! After she looks at the camera you can check the passion and intensity in her eyes if she's very enjoying it!! But wanting at her partner builds the connection and drives the pleasure deeper!
SCORELAND: Are there more SCORE models you'd would like to make a girl-girl or girl-girl-boy episode with?
Holly: Katie Thornton and Danniella Levy are so attractive. And Dolly Fox looks like so much fun. Hitomi would be a wild experience! Who is aware of? Perhaps it will come together one day.
Here Cums Sheridan
If you apprehend Sheridan Love…if you've seen her movies or voted for her in SCORE contests, or if you've seen her camera shows, or perhaps met her in person at adult expos, you understand she dearly loves her toys as much as she loves her horny outfits and shoe collection.
SCORELAND: Sheridan: How many toys do you suppose you own now? Yet new favorites?
Sheridan: I don't have any clue how several toys I have currently! I have therefore many! I realize them in random places around the house! The bedroom is rarely the only place I love to play. My recent favs are my tentacle toy and Coming Dragon dildo I got from Bad-Dragon.com. I extremely like these fantasy toys! They're different, slutty and feel so perfect. There are so several moreover from them that I need!
SCORELAND: Therefore you open a closet and there is an avalanche of dildos and vibrators.
Sheridan: Not quite but close enough!
In Your Face
Claudia's favorite actresses are Carmen Electra and Pamela Anderson. That kind of throws you off as a result of you wouldn't suppose a gal would appreciate those 2. In fact, you'd assume so much ladies would hate them.
Her favorite sports team is the University of Arizona Wildcats baseball team based in Tucson, Claudia's town. In Tucson, You will fry bacon and eggs on your automobile hood within the summer and get lap dances year-round. Her hobbies are traveling, shopping and tanning. The solely issue we're confused about is Claudia's fetish, that she says is "neck-kissing." That goes against everything we believe in.
Polishing The Wood
Even although Demmy Blaze has which impossibly big boobied girl-next-door appearance and personality, it doesn't suggest she has to polish the photographer's furniture when she's not on the determined posing for pictorials. But now that we check Demmy polishing the wood together with her boobs out, and doing a fantastic employment at it, we recognize why the photographer came up with this idea. In fact, it was a great plan. And speaking of polishing the wood…Demmy is definitely a wood polisher's dream gal. Thank you for straightening us out, Demmy. It is a stiffening experience every time you appear at SCORELAND.
Molly Maracas – Molly comes back for a lot of
"I recently determined to induce into adult modeling, and The SCORE Group saw my ad and sent me an email. And which i was extremely excited," said Molly Maracas, a leggy 51-year-old blonde from London, England who's back for a second helping of porn dick.
"It's really gratifying to understand that men still find me horny," Molly said. "Also, this is extra fun, especially the sex part."
Back home, Molly is an I.T. manager. She's divorced. She will not have kids, although we're getting to take editorial license and call her a MOM anyway. She looks like one. She's a swinger. She says she's adventurous, and she proves it here by blowing xxx cock and getting her pretty face glazed.
We asked her once she got into swinging, and she said, "About eight years ago. It's been a ball! My wildest experience was after I had sex in a public sauna. I'm positive the completely different folks sitting there knew what was going on. I mean, I was sitting on my friend's lap and grinding, and you couldn't miss the look on our faces."
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
GM Extending No-Interest Car Loans to 6 Years
Surely most people understand that they're not really getting a no-interest loan. In reality, they are paying an inflated price that includes the real vehicle price plus the loan interest amount. For loans extended to 6 years, the advertised price is just inflated by more. Even worse, no-interest loans are often only available on fully-equipped vehicles with many overpriced options.
When it comes to paying cash versus financing a vehicle, Phil Edmonston's Lemon-Aid Guide explains the dealers' preference for financing:
"Let's clear up one myth right away: Dealers won't treat you better if you pay cash. They want you to buy a fully-loaded vehicle and finance the whole deal. Paying cash is not advantageous to the dealer, since kickbacks on finance contracts represent an important part of the F&I division's profits. Actually, barely 8 percent of new car buyers pay cash."
Edmonston goes on to list hidden loan costs and an interesting scam. This scam begins after you purchase a car and leave your trade in. Then you're told that your loan was rejected and your trade-in has been sold. You're then forced accept higher payments to get the loan. This shows the importance of getting a signed agreement saying that financing has been approved. Or better still, save up and pay cash for your car.
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Great post. Wish I had thought of it a topic for my blog. When I heard the news, I thought GM was perhaps desperate enough to move inventory that they were actually giving customers a break. Is there data – e.g. prices before and after the offer, etc. – to confirm?
Larry: Thanks for the kind words. I wasn't able to find information online to confirm whether GM has kept nominal prices the same (thereby effectively lowering the real price), or whether they increased the nominal price to keep the real price constant.ReplyDelete
The Bloomberg article I pointed to in my post includes the following:
"GM also will raise prices on several 2009 models by about $1,000 each, or an average of 3.5 percent, because of materials costs, currency exchange rates and new technology."
It's not clear to me whether this increase will apply to the models that will be offered with a 6-year "no interest" loan.
I'll have to leave further digging to real reporters, like yourself.
I was just thinking about this exact same thing today while watching an ad on tv. 0% financing on automobiles, do they jack up the price or hit you with restrictions? Or is it just a sign of desperation to move product? Thanks for pretty much confirming my thoughts on this, nothing comes for free.ReplyDelete
Speaking as a victim/idiot who did buy a GM Van with 0% interest over 5 years, I am just glad I bought the extended warranty as well.ReplyDelete
We got pressured into buying MORE van than we needed and at the end of it, it was not worth the money we sunk into the Lemon.
Buy a good quality car, or a used car you can afford and you will do much better (IMHO).


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TAMPA — An entourage of ushers and security surrounded Hazel Head's wheelchair to help guide her to her seat.
She was helped up, then she shuffled to her seat four rows from the court. From there, the 82-year-old mother of Pat Summitt could look over the heads of the media directly across to see Pat coach Tennessee to a semifinal victory Sunday against LSU.
Vols fans stood around Head during the tipoff. She sat and calmly peered through her glasses whispering periodically to family members around her.
"I watch the scores more than the defense," Head said. "Tonight, (Tennessee) has really done a good job."
Head traveled to Tampa with the team Thursday. Summitt's parents were fixtures at Vols games for years until health problems forced them to miss more than they would have liked. Summitt's father, Richard Head, died in 2005.
Pearl Attire: Tennessee men's coach Bruce Pearl sat a few rows behind Head. No, Pearl was not wearing body paint, and he wasn't cheering like a college freshman. Actually, he was pretty subdued, wearing an orange shirt, khaki pants and sandals.
"We're in Florida, right?" Pearl said. "Don't I look like I'm in Florida? I'm a chameleon."
Pearl has become a fan favorite thanks to his enthusiasm and choice of clothing. He might be best known for wearing a bright orange sport coat during some games. He also showed up at one of Summitt's games in 2007 and stood in the student section with a "V" painted on his chest to help spell out "V-O-L-S."
"I can't get my guys to the Final Four, the least I can do is support her," Pearl said.
Candice vs. Candace: Vols star Candace Parker said she was motivated after losing out on the Wade Trophy to Stanford star Candice Wiggins, who was recognized Saturday as the national player of the year. Now they'll showcase their skills on the same court.
Wiggins helped the Cardinal to an 82-73 upset of No. 1 seed UConn. Her game-high 25 points and 13 rebounds strengthens the argument that she deserved the award.
Parker, who has been hobbled with a shoulder injury, made 6-of-27 shots. She still finished with a team-high 13 points and 15 rebounds in a 47-46 last-second win against LSU.
Out of synch: Officials confirmed there was a clock malfunction in the first game and will work today to fix the problem. There were no clock problems when the men's tournament was here two weeks ago.
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The extension of the Bush tax cuts is not about cutting taxes, just continuing current policy. Of course after 9/11 we had a downturn, but we survived that. The rich pay what percentage of all taxes now?
The claimed hundreds of billions of dollars of additional deficit that would occur by including the so-called "rich" in the extension is phony. These people create many jobs and that is what we need — jobs.
Do some politicians believe that the citizens should send all of their money to Washington, and then they would send it back to us as they see fit, to buy votes? The Democrats must love deficits. They create them in the trillions, not billions!
Some real tax reform would be stopping the rich from using foundations and trusts to protect their income from taxes. How do you think the Kennedys and Bill Gates protect their income from taxes and pass their wealth on?
Washington hasn't learned that we can't spend and borrow our way to prosperity. It's all about buying votes with tax dollars.
Margaret Thatcher said "at some point you run out of other people's money to give to someone else." Many in Washington haven't figured this out.
All of Bush tax cuts should simply expire
How can Republicans and President Barack Obama be serious about deficit reduction and a balanced budget when they are proposing hundreds of billions of dollars in extension of the Bush tax cuts? Even if they extended the tax cuts for just the middle and lower classes, that would still add several hundred billion dollars to the deficit.
If they are serious about reducing the deficit, all of the Bush tax cuts should be allowed to expire, letting the former Clinton tax rates take their place. During the Clinton tax years, 22 million jobs were created and we had a balanced budget. During the Bush tax years, we had negative job growth and governments at all levels running in the red.
I always tell my conservative friends that Bill Clinton was the best Republican president we ever had. We had a balanced budget and tremendous job growth. What more could conservatives want?
Pushing for the extension of the Bush tax cuts just shows that today's Republicans can no longer be taken seriously.
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WikiLeaks founder is not only one to blame
For several days, I have heard nothing but about the punishment the WikiLeaks fellow, Julian Assange, deserves. Where is the outrage and concern for how this was allowed to even happen?
It is certain this fellow needs the punishment he deserves, but I would also like to see on the carpet Hillary Clinton, Janet Napolitano and the heads of the 16 security agencies she is in charge of, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and any other person or agency that is responsible for the safety and security of this country.
Right now, these people seem to think that shifting the blame to Assange will explain away their incompetence.
To think that some computer hacker can get full access to the secrets of this country certainly means China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Cuba and probably Roi Namore (a five acre island in the South Pacific) can also get access.
The people and agencies we depend on have let this country down in a way that far exceeds what Assange has done.
At worst he has done a lot of damage to our security secrets. At best he has shown the entire world how inadequate, incompetent and foolish our protectors have become.
Gone is the greatest nation in the entire world. Welcome to Third World status. How sad.
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Writer offered welcome insight on Christmas costs
I thoroughly enjoyed Gary McCallister's discourse on the true cost of Christmas indulgence. His reflection on price versus cost amplifying the differentiation of cause and effect is an apt portrayal.
All too often, the fantastic touting of scientific ideas that we are programmed to adore entirely ignores resulting fallout.
McCallister pretty well covered the scenario of what could result from genetically manipulating a cow to produce wildly massive amounts of milk. But hey, what about the resulting pollution of rivers and lakes from the increased fertilizer runoff from the grain fields?
So the price of Chinese-made toys is low. But what's the cost, say, in terms of world atmospheric pollution? China is not green.
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Sloan Management Review has a great interview with Andy McAfee on What Sells CEOs on Social Networking. CEOs excitedly agree with Lew Platt's old observation about Hewlett-Packard: "If only HP knew what HP knows, we'd be three times more productive." They understand the power of weak ties in enterprise social networks. They appreciate the incoming generation's new approach to working without limits. Sure, there are fears of losing control, the fact that hierarchy and social networks are not comfortable bedfellows, and the inevitable paradigm drag. But in the long run, people are eager to express themselves and enterprise collegiality is the path to "knowing what HP knows."
Yesterday IBM presented a compelling case for social business excellence at the Enterprise 2.0 Summit in Paris. Social networks are so patently good for business that managers are routing around IT to put them in place. The social business captures value through capturing tacit information, fostering collaboration & discovery, filtering information flow & finding patterns, and transforming exception processing & making processes resilient.
David Weinberger's Too Big To Know convinced me that networks have radically changed the notion of what constitutes knowledge. Lots of our previous concepts about knowledge were due to the limitations of paper, not that there's some absolute truth out there. On the net, facts don't stay on the page. There are no isolated ideas; there never were; there are only webs of ideas. We can improve those webs through open access, good filters, metadata, linking everything, and opening up institutions.
David describes leadership as an emergent property of an organizational network. Leadership resides more with the group being led than the purported leader. Strong leadership is simply a means for a group to accomplish its objectives.
Yesterday on Dan Pink's Office Hours, Gary Hamel described the irrelevance of 100 year old models of management and the growing impatience of disgruntled workers, customers, and shareholders. Hamel has said that the future model of management looks a lot like web 2.0.
So networks underpin leadership, business performance, knowledge, and management.
It's undeniable that the internet is an unprecedented game changer. People and ideas and knowledge and happenings are connected as never before, and there's no end in sight. The omnipresent network makes us look at processes instead of events: everything has a precedent and an antecedent. Murphy's Second Law kicks in: You can never do just one thing. Institutions that block connections, be they schools or close-lipped corporations, are increasingly out of step with the times.
But I have a question about this: Why isn't anyone talking about learning networks?
Neither McAfee nor IBM nor Weinberger nor Hamel talks about networks for learning. This parallels the situation with informal learning and eLearning. Even after people accepted that informal learning is the primary way people learn to do their jobs, few corporate training organizations lifted a finger to do anything about it. eLearning — the boring, one-way, content slapped on pages for self study variety — was a total flop because learning involves more than exposure to information. Two major opportunities to boost performance were squandered. I don't intend to stand idly by as business thought leaders repeat the same mistake with learning networks.
Networks were made for learning. And in a ever-changing world, learning is a survival skill.
Business people face novel situations every day. Solving problems and making progress require continuous learning. To be successful, a social business's learning function must break out of the humble training department and spread throughout the organizational infrastructure. Increasingly, learning is the work and the work is learning. Smart organizations will get good at it.
Installing social network software and encouraging people to exploit their connections is only the beginning. The fabric of the social business must incorporate structures and guidance to help people learn. After all, learning underpins continuous improvement and helping to create a culture of continuous improvement is what this is all about.
Learning originally meant finding the right path. Paths are connectors; people are nodes. The world is constructed of networks. We're back where we started.
In networks, connections are the only thing that matters. We network with people; we use networks to gather information and to learn things; we have neural networks in our heads.
Learning is optimizing our connections to the networks that matter to us.
This satisfies both the community concept of learning (social networking) and the knowledge aspect (gaining access to information and fitting it into the patterns in one's head).
To learn is to adapt to fit with one's ecosystems. We can look at learning as making and maintaining good connections in a network. Cultivators of learning environments can borrow from network engineers, focusing on such things as:
• Improving signal-to-noise ratio
• Installing fat pipes for backbone connections
• Pruning worthless, unproductive branches
• Promoting standards for interoperability
• Balancing the load
• Seeking continuous improvement
This echoes a white paper, Informal Learning – the other 80%, I wrote nine years ago.
We need to think of learning as optimizing our networks. Learning consists of making good connections.
Taking advantage of the double meaning of the word network, "to learn" is to optimize the quality of one's networks.
Learning is optimizing our connections to the networks that matter to us.
A sustainable social business provides the means and motivation for workers to learn what they need: the know-how, know-who, and know-what to get things done and get better at doing them. This takes more than access to social networks, blogs, and wikis. Organizations must provide the scaffolding that focuses on discovery, practice, sharing, and reinforcement. Organizations that lack a clear understanding of their learning architectures are doomed to descend into an aimless world of social noise and meaningless chit-chat. Facebook-itus.
Next week I'll release a white paper on the Internet Time Alliance site on how to develop an enterprise learning network.


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Heading home from a great #brainshare in Salt Lake City, in which our team built the keynote demos. It was a great effort by a great team, and I want to thank all the Demo Team, the presenters, and others in the Novell Business Units and our Solution & Product Marketing teams for helping to make the keynote demos work so well.
This year we decided to link all ten demo segments together (across two General Sessions) by using a single story about one company in the process of acquiring another. This approach gave us the opportunity to showcase a large number of Novell products in a business context and — I hope — helped the audience to understand the benefits of using Novell technologies in the real world.
You can watch the Monday keynote from BrainShare here http://www.novell.com/media/event.php?event=brainshare-2010
I have also created a photo album of the project, which you can see on our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/novelldemosystems
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Senator Harry Reid released the following statement:
Pope John Paul II was a man of amazing strength and courage, and his voice on behalf of peace and the world's poor and oppressed will be dearly missed.
He was not only a spiritual leader for the world's Catholics, but a role model for people of all faiths. Throughout his life, the Pope showed strength in the face of adversity. As the world mourns his loss, may we find inspiration in the way he lived his life and the work that he accomplished.


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Tropical moisture continues to stream up the East Coast keeping the chance for occasional downpours and storms across our area. Excessive rainfall over the past few weeks have saturated the ground significantly. Periodic heavy rainfall again Friday and Saturday could produce 2-4 more inches of rain(some locally higher amounts possible) will add to that saturation increasing the concern for flooding across the area. Areas that are near the flooded rivers need to watch the water closely as all of the rain will runoff over the weekend potentially increasing the flooding for those areas. An Areal Flood Watch has been issued for our area and will remain in effect through Friday night.
Do not try to drive through flooded roadways and watch for significant ponding on the roadways. A few storms will be possible with strong wind gusts that will be capable of knocking over trees with the very saturdated root system. Track the storms on CarolinaLive.com or on your Android or iPhone using the CarolinaLive app.
For those wondering about an "Areal" Flood Watch, these are issued when the rainfall is persisent over several hours and can cause gradual flooding in creeks, streams, flood prone or low-lying areas. Areal is the proper term because it refers to the area being covered and is the adjective form of Area.
High pressure will push back into the area from our East heading into early next week. This will push the tropical moisture West therefore decreasing the rain chances. While a few afternoon storms will be possible inland next week, it will be much drier across the Carolinas. Temps will remain in the mid to upper 80s near the Beaches and low 90s Inland.
The remnants of Tropical Storm Chantal will gradually work toward the East coast of Florida. There is a small window of redevelopment over the next day or so, Get the latest tropical updates during hurricane season at our Hurricane Central page.
Today: Periods of heavy rain and storms likely at times, otherwise cloudy warm and humid. Highs: Low/Mid 80s.
Tonight: Scattered rain possible otherwise cloudy warm and humid. Lows:Low to Mid 70s.
Saturday: Scattered areas of heavy rain and storms, otherwise mostly cloudy warm and humid. Highs: Mid 80s.
Sunday: Partly sunny with a few showers and storms possible. Still warm and humid. Highs: Mid/Upper 80s
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Loading military brass question
when loading for my 308 i use winchester brass. ive come across some military brass and was planning on reloading some of it. my question is do i have to reduce the charge amount for the military brass being it is thicker brass ? or am i wrong and stick with my current charge of 42 gr of imr4895 w/168gr hornady amax bullet.
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It used to be that military brass was much heavier than commerical. My 70's vintage LC 308 weighs around 177 grs a case. Period Federal Gold Medal match varied from 155 grains to 168 grains. I picked up some modern Federal and the weight was up in the 170's.
I have shot thousands of 168 SMK/nosler/hornady match with 41.0 or 41.5 grs IMR 4895 LC WLR/CCI#34. I am not shooting max loads either. Mine are good loads that I can shoot in 100 F weather and not have leaking primers.
42 grs is a little hotter than my loads.
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Current Winchester .308 case production uses the semi-ballon head design they developed for the 1992 Palma match ammunition. It weighs about 155 grains and has slightly over three grains more water capacity than the 186 grain IMI Match .308 cases I have, and almost three grains more than the 180 grain LC Match cases I have. I don't have any current production ATK (Federal) managed LC or FC military brass to compare.
If you're loading to 2.800" COL, you're 42 grain load is not maximum for a Winchester case, which the Hodgdon web site puts at 45 grains, and should not exceed maximum pressure even if used in the military case. But if you have a sweet spot load for accuracy at 42 grains in the Winchester case, and want to match the barrel time you are getting from it in the military cases, QuickLOAD estimates it would be 40.4 grains for cases in the 180-186 grain range, and 40.9 grains for cases in the 167-173 grain case weight range. These won't be exact because some portion of the weight difference is due to external dimension variance within tolerances, so you may still have to tweak up and down a few tenths of a grain.
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Sorry for changing the direction but a question to Unclenick
QuickLOAD estimates
I had never heard of quickload before and looked it up. Seems like a good software package,,, do you like it?
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I've come to depend on it. It is highly flexible, so there is a learning curve, but it does a very good job in most instances if you get all the correct details entered. I like to cross-check it by running it against load manual velocity and pressure data. The match is seldom exact, but often surprisingly close, and you learn how to adjust it to match. You also quickly learn how different factors affect load performance; case capacity, bullet seating depth, bore dimensions, barrel length, lot-to-lot powder burn rate variance, etc.
I look at it this way: the manuals supply real firing data, but in guns that don't exactly match what I actually have. The software lets me match the gun to exactly actually have, but is mathematical firing data. Between the two, you can usually get a very good idea of what is happening in your gun verses the test gun used. If you have a good quality chronograph, you can tweak powder burn rate to get a powder model that matches your purchased lot as opposed to just what's in the database. Chris Long's site has some information on working with that.
The program now comes with two external ballistics programs, QuickTARGET and QuickTARGET Unlimited. The former is a straightforward and fairly easy to use external ballistics program that imports results from QuickLOAD directly and employs the usual published G1 ballistic coefficients to work out trajectory tables. The latter is a more complicated but more flexible program that lets you work with all the different BRL drag functions and their ballistic coefficients.
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Thank you Unclenick.
I will be ordering one very soon.
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thanks for the reply's i may load some at 41 gr and compair loads and some at 42 gr and see how they work, thanks again.
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magicman123 wrote:IGotDaMagicInMe wrote:I see smart's floor as Kyle Lowry, I'm not sure about ceiling, I'm being extremely optimistic here and I'm probably dreaming, but a name I'll throw out there for his ceiling is Jason Kidd, I'm not too sure about that one though , I can't find a comparison I like. What y'all think?
He's more Billups than Kidd
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How can you compensate for yield loss from delayed winter wheat planting due to recent rain in the Nebraska Panhandle?
The Nebraska Panhandle has experienced patchy but heavy rain in the past two to three weeks. For example, the High Plains Ag Lab near Sidney received 8 inches of rain the last three weeks of September. The situation was similar in other parts of the southern and northern Panhandle. The last storm dropped nearly 3 inches of rain in one day in the Alliance area. Some fields are too wet to plant within the optimum seeding dates (Figure 1). A few wheat fields, which were already planted, may have to be replanted due to erosion in the fields. The rain has also delayed dry bean harvest, which indirectly pushes irrigated wheat planting back.
How late can you plant winter wheat?
Several factors determine optimum planting dates. In the Panhandle the dates depend on elevation. Producers can determine the ideal date for each field by knowing the elevation. Using a starting point of September 15 for 3,500 feet, add one day for each 100-foot decrease and subtract one day for each 100-foot increase in elevation. The map (Figure 2) is a guide rather than an absolute deadline. Each producer should make changes to ensure the planting dates fit the conditions of his or her farm.
What will be the yield loss?
In the Panhandle the yield loss due to delayed planting can be 5-20% depending on how late it was planted. (For more information see NebGuide 2211, Planting Winter Wheat in Dry Soil.)
What adjustments can be made in order to compensate for yield loss?
One or more of the following steps can be used to compensate for most of the yield losses:
- Use narrow row spacings. A 5-8 inch row spacing is suggested over a 10-15 inch spacing. If you use a wider spacing, increase seeding rate by 1.5 times.
- Increase the seeding rate to:
— 10-15 lb (150,000-225,000 seeds) for dryland (non-irrigated) winter wheat and
— 15-20 lb (225,000-300,000 seeds) for irrigated
per acre for each week after the optimum date for your farm (based on elevation). If no-till seeding into row crop stubble more than one week later than the optimum seeding date, the seeding rate should be 90-120 lb (1,350,000-1,800,000 seeds) per acre. Optimum seeding rate is 18 plants per foot of row for dryland (10- to 14-inch row spacing) and irrigated (6- to 8-inch row spacing). Optimum seeding rates for the Panhandle range from 600,000 to 900,000 viable seeds per acre for dryland and 1,000,000 to 2,500,000 viable seeds per acre for irrigated, which will be in ranges of 30-60 lb and 90-180 lb per acre, respectively, depending on seed weight and germination percent. Total seeds per acre are more critical than the pounds per acre. Therefore, calculate seeding rate in pounds per acre based on seed weight, row spacing, and germination percent of the seed lot. Use Tables 1 and 2 as guides to estimate seeding rate. (See details in NebGuide G2211.)


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Havre de Grace with Ramon Dominguez - Click On Photo to Order PrintOriginal 24" x 36" oil on canvas by award-winning artist Debbie Sampson, and featured on the Front Cover of PONIES 24-7, VOLUME 2/ISSUE 4. Available for purchase and signed by Ramon - email for more information: email@example.com.
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"My specialty is using paint and color to capture the motion and energy in my sports pieces adding a three dimensional effect. In my horse and pet portraits, I specialize in capturing the personality of my subjects."
The Essence
1Debbie's paintings capture motion in ways few fine artists are able to do. Self-taught and specializing in capturing the triumph and energy of professional athletic competition primarily with oil on canvas as well as graphite pieces is what sets Debbie apart. She works with every client to develop a unique piece of art, ensuring complete satisfaction and her attention to detail makes Debbie a popular choice of professional athletes, their fans and corporations involved with sports.
Nationally Recognized
2Beginning in the late 1990's Debbie's paintings gained national recognition with appearances on CNN, ESPN, Channel 7 (Fox – Miami) and the Sunshine Network (Cable – Florida). Numerous articles covering her accomplishments appeared in USA Today, The Miami Herald, and The Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel. Her works appeared on covers of major publications such as 'The Sports Collectible Digest' and 'Dan's Papers' (Weekly publication, New York City and The Hampton's). Her work was selected for Official Posters for the 'Dressage on The First Coast FEI Great American/USDF Region 3 Championships' (Jacksonville, Florida 2005), 'The Aventura Festival of the Arts' (Aventura, Florida 1994), and a Limited Edition lithograph of Scott Mellanby distributed by the Florida Panthers Hockey Club. She was the Artist in Residence at Calder Race Course and Casino in Miami, Florida from 2003 – 2011. She painted during the World Equestrian Games in Lexington Kentucky 2010 and did the artwork on an award winning western romance book series "Threads West" series for Reid Lance Rosenthal. Artist of the month at the National Museum of Sports Art in Indiana for the month of May 2013 and was one of the artist chosen for the the National Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame 2014. Finalist for Showtime's Big Boxing Mayhem: "Mayweather vs Maidana 2" World Title Fight Artist, September 2014.
The Awards
3Broward/Palm Beach New Times Readers Choice Award Best Visual Artist 2009 • Merit Award-Equifest 2006, Deland Museum of Art, Deland, Florida 2006 •
Official Poster-FEI Dressage Festival, Ocala, Florida 2005 • First Place-'Art of the Game,' Art Serve, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 2004 • Peoples Choice Award-Gem-art 1999 • Creativity Award – Gem-art 1999 • Third Place-The All Media Art Exhibition, Hollywood, Florida 1999 • Semi-Finalist-Beckett Sports Art Competition, Texas 1995 •
Official Poster Superbowl XXIX-Aventura Festival of the Arts, Aventura,Florida 1994
The Exhibits
4Louisville Festival of the Arts at the Summit, Kentucky 2010
Arts On the Green, LaGrange, Kentucky 2010
The FEI World Equestrian Games, Midway, 2010
Adena Sales, Ocala, Florida 2009
Ocala Arts Festival, Ocala, Florida 2005-2009
Private Party Star Island, Miami, Florida for Art Basel 2008
Arts on the Summitt, Louisville, Kentucky 2007-2010
Arts on The Green, LaGrange, Kentucky 2007-2010
Washington International Horse Show, Washington DC 2007
McDonald's Air & Sea Show, Artserve, Fort Lauderdale 2007
Calder Racetrack Turf Club, Miami, Florida 2003–Present
Florida Marlins Baseball Club, Miami, Florida 1996–Present
1997 World Series, Miami, Florida 1997
Miami Dolphins, Miami, Florida 1996–2005
FEI Dressage Festival, Ocala, Florida 2005
Gallery at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland 1999–2004
Cal Ripkin Museum, Baltimore, Maryland 1999–2004
Indiana State University Art Gallery Center For Performing Arts, Indiana 2001
Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida 2000
Union Planters Bank, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 2000
Florida Panthers Hockey Club, Miami, Florida 1996–1999
Lipton Tennis Championship, Key Biscayne, Florida 1997
The Orange Bowl Classic, Miami, Florida 1996
Numerous Fine Art Shows throughout the country 1982–Present


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Workshop on digital Bangladesh for journalistsNov 16, 2013
A day long workshop on the different issues of digital Bangladesh for the journalists of Dhaka Division was held at Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB) auditorium on 16 November. UNDP and USAID supported Access to Information (a2i) Programme of the Prime Minister's office with the help of Press Institute of Bangladesh organised this workshop. As many as 48 journalists from Dhaka and different districts of Dhaka Division participated the programme.
Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique, vice-chancellor of Dhaka University (DU) was present as the chief guest. He said, "Building Digital Bangladesh is an ongoing process. Mass awareness is needed to make this process a success and journalists have to play the pivotal role in creating the mass awareness".
The workshop was presided over by Md Shah Alamgir, director general of PIB.


text: Actually, what I am doing is exacly covered by "command-line arguments are communication mechanisms normally used between two separate programs". So, I will attach a BSD license soon. Ryan On 11/17/05, Ryan Krauss <ryanlists at gmail.com> wrote: > I found this under the FAQ at gnu.org and it would appear that Stephan > is right (but the gnu folks don't want to say that for sure): > > ============================ > What is the difference between "mere aggregation" and "combining two > modules into one program"? > Mere aggregation of two programs means putting them side by side > on the same CD-ROM or hard disk. We use this term in the case where > they are separate programs, not parts of a single program. In this > case, if one of the programs is covered by the GPL, it has no effect > on the other program. > > Combining two modules means connecting them together so that they > form a single larger program. If either part is covered by the GPL, > the whole combination must also be released under the GPL--if you > can't, or won't, do that, you may not combine them. > > What constitutes combining two parts into one program? This is a > legal question, which ultimately judges will decide. We believe that a > proper criterion depends both on the mechanism of communication (exec, > pipes, rpc, function calls within a shared address space, etc.) and > the semantics of the communication (what kinds of information are > interchanged). > > If the modules are included in the same executable file, they are > definitely combined in one program. If modules are designed to run > linked together in a shared address space, that almost surely means > combining them into one program. > > By contrast, pipes, sockets and command-line arguments are > communication mechanisms normally used between two separate programs. > So when they are used for communication, the modules normally are > separate programs. But if the semantics of the communication are > intimate enough, exchanging complex internal data structures, that too > could be a basis to consider the two parts as combined into a larger > program. > ========================= > > I think what I have done is a "mere aggregation" so that it could be > distributed on the same CD rom as Maxima and not need to be GPL - i.e. > that Maxima's GPL license would not affect anything else being > distributed with it. My input/output sharing is less sophisticated > that pipes. > > Ryan > > On 11/17/05, Stefan van der Walt <stefan at sun.ac.za> wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2005 at 04:13:28PM -0500, Ryan Krauss wrote: > > > Sorry, yes I meant to use a BSD license. I don't know completely how > > > this will work though because Maxima is GPL. I don't link to Maxima > > > in anyway, I just call it from the command line. Does that pose a > > > problem for comercial use? Can you bundle GPL software with your own > > > proprietary stuff if you don't link to it? > > > > If you don't link to GPL'd code, that license doesn't pose a problem. > > You are allowed to bundle GPL software with commercial packages, as > > long as you distribute the source as well. > > > > In fact, you are allowed to sell GPL software -- but finding buyers > > might prove difficult :) > > > > Stéfan > > > > _______________________________________________ > > SciPy-user mailing list > > SciPy-user at scipy.net > > http://www.scipy.net/mailman/listinfo/scipy-user > > >


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DAVID Bowie's son has revealed he married his lover hours after she was
diagnosed with breast cancer.
Movie director Duncan Jones explained in a series of emotional tweets that the
couple decided to get wed immediately after receiving the devastating news.
He told how his beautiful photographer girlfriend Rodene Ronquillo found a
lump in her breast when the couple were in bed together.
The award-winning maker of sci-fi movie Moon tweeted: "I love my wife more
than anyone. She's young as can be".
Jones posted: "On November 4th, my beautiful fiancé @rodeneronquillo &
I were, frisking about in bed, as you do. I am a boob man & found … A
He added: "We were a little overwhelmed by the news: cancer &
Election Day, so decided to make it a set, ran down to the courthouse &
got married! So cancer, election, marriage. All on one day! Two days later,
Ro was in surgery."
Duncan later said that surgery went "really well" and his wife was
put on a "fast track" to have gruelling chemotherapy.
He added: "Women are getting breast cancer younger & younger. Women?
check yourselves! ..& men?"
He later posted a picture of himself and his wife with their heads shaved,
adding: "Touch up your loved ones. You may save the life of the person
you love."
Duncan is the only child of superstar singer Bowie and his first wife Angie
Barnett, an American former model.
Nicknamed Zowie Bowie from birth, at age 11 Duncan changed his name to Joe
before changing it to Duncan at 18.


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Angus King, Maine's independent senator-elect, will caucus with Democrats
WASHINGTON — Angus King of Maine ran as an independent for the US Senate, but on Wednesday said he would caucus with Democrats, giving the party a 55-45 majority.
King's decision was widely expected, but the former two-term governor insisted that he would not be bound by partisanship and would remain an independent voice for his state.
"By associating myself with one side, I am not in automatic opposition to the other,'' King said in a press conference outside the Senate floor.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada later joined King at the podium to welcome him into the caucus, saying that he hoped King "will be a bridge to working with the Republicans.''
Afterward, the two men strode into a Senate hall for an organizing caucus. King is one of a dozen new members of the upper chamber of Congress, most of them Democrats, including Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.
On the campaign trail, King had declined to say which caucus he would join. Despite being coy, it was widely expected he would join the Democratic caucus, which currently has two independents among its ranks.
Senator Bernie Sanders, a liberal from Vermont, was easily reelected last Tuesday and will again join the party. Retiring Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut served as an independent in his final term, after a long political career as a Democrat.
King said he relied on the advice of Lieberman and Sanders before announcing his decision.
"In answering this question repeatedly during the campaign,'' King said, "I established two basic criteria — that I wanted to maintain my independence as long and as thoroughly as possible while at the same time being effective in my representation of Maine.''
King said he thought about going at it alone, but ruled it out because he would be largely excluded from the crucial work in committees. "Occasionally, my vote would prove crucial and be eagerly sought by both sides, but in the long run, I would be relegated to the sidelines as the day-to-day work of the Senate was done by others.''
Last week's election made it easy to choose sides, he said. "In the situation where one party has a clear majority and effectiveness is an important criteria, affiliating with the majority makes the most sense. The majority has more committee slots to fill, has more control over what bills get considered, and more control over the Senate schedule.''
King said he sought a seat on the Finance Committee, but acknowledged it was a long shot.
King said he received no overtures from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to join the Republican caucus, but did meet with Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri.


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Fast and Furious Scandal Cries Out for Answers
Fox News
Dec. 8, 2011
Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Judiciary Committee. (AP)
The "Fast & Furious" scandal is getting messier and messier. New e-mails finally released late this past Friday reveal that the Department of Justice personal viewed the then-secret operation as a way to push for more gun control laws. Despite administration promises to the contrary, whistleblowers have endured "isolation, retaliation and transfer."
Meanwhile the operation's managers have done pretty well, some have even received promotions.
Thursday Attorney General Eric Holder admitted that the operation was "wholly unacceptable," but he still offers absolutely no explanation to explain why the program was instituted.
Related Video: New reaction to Fast, Furious testimony
Statement from Fast and Furious hearing
What's going on here? Let's see…
– You have a government agency ordering gun dealers to make sales to suspected criminals that the dealers didn't want to sell to.
– You have government agents testifying that the being purchased were not being traced. No attempt was made to even alert the Mexican government that the United States of America was given guns to drug gangs in their country.
Up until now the only justification from the Obama administration for this "program" is that the Bush administration supposedly did the same thing with operation "Wide Receiver."
In fact, it is a defense that the Justice Department and Congressional Democrats have raise multiple times. Congressman Elijah Cummings' office just made this defense on Wednesday.
But the "Fast & Furious" and "Wide Receiver" programs are not remotely similar on the most important fact: The Bush administration tried to trace the guns and informed the Mexican authorities when the guns went across the border, but the Obama administration did not.
And it is well-known how ineffective tracing programs have been anyway.
The problem is that if "Wide Receiver" failed in tracing the guns and was subsequently shutdown, why is the solution to not even bother to try tracing the firearms? Holder's conclusion in testimony before Congress was simply: "Guns lost during this operation will continue to show up at crime scenes on both sides of the border."
Would Holder have been as forgiving if a gun dealer had been caught intentionally doing the same thing that the Obama administration has been caught doing?
The new e-mails documenting Justice Department discussions on the political benefits from the "Fast & Furious" program are disturbing and they are only going to give more ammunition to conspiracy theorists for why the Obama administration instituted the program to begin with.
People who haven't trusted the Obama administration on this issue have already pointed out that "Fast & Furious" started pushing guns into Mexico at the same time that the Obama administration was making its inaccurate claims about the United States being a major source of Mexican crime guns.
The new internal messages reveal that in early January this year, a month before there was any publicity about "Fast & Furious," Department of Justice personnel were pointing out: "this case ["Fast & Furious] could be a strong supporting factor [for new regulations] if we can determine how many multiple sales of long guns occurred during the course of this case."
More evidence has also surfaced showing how uncomfortable gun dealers were in selling these guns that they didn't want to sell. One dealer wrote BATF officials in April 2010: "[W]e were hoping to put together something like a letter of understanding to alleviate concerns of some type of recourse against us down the road for selling these items. We just want to make sure we are cooperating with ATF and that we are not viewed as selling to the bad guys."
Unfortunately, Holders' testimony Thursday didn't make things any clearer. His definition of "lying" depending on one's state of mind sounded positively Clintonian.
But ultimately the Obama administration still faces a bigger problem. Can they ever come up with any remotely plausible explanation for why anyone would have started a program to push untraceable guns into Mexico? The longer it takes to provide an explanation, the more plausible the conspiracy theorists sound that this was all done for politics.
Direct Link: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/12/09/fast-and-furious-scandal-cries-out-for-answers/#ixzz1g6EZxNGO


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This year's NYIGF went by quickly for me… I was in an out in an hour (lots of stuff from years before), but I did manage to find some new things that would be great for weddings. Above's goodies are from Molla Space…I thought the felt winebottle covers and rings were just genius as gifts!
Above are yummy chocolates by Kschocolat…they have gift sets and small favors, all in contemporary packages that are as goodlooking as they are tasty.
Chilewich has come out with pressed vinyl runners and placemats….they would be great to decorate each placesetting, especially in white.
The Australian company, Mor, has beautifully packaged soaps, candles, and other delicious gifts for the ladies of your bridal party…the wooden boxed soaps do double duty when the soap is done!
[images from Brooklyn Bride and Molla Space]