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Ellington Financial LLC Announces Release Date Of 2013 First Quarter Earnings, Conference Call And Investor Presentation
OLD GREENWICH, Conn., April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ellington Financial LLC (NYSE: EFC) (the "Company") today announced that it will release financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 after market close on Monday, May 6, 2013. The Company will host a conference call to discuss its financial results at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, May 7, 2013. To participate in the event by telephone, please dial (866) 690-5880 at least 10 minutes prior to the start time and reference the conference passcode 53218403. International callers should dial (559) 549-9851 and reference the same passcode. The conference call also will be webcast live over the Internet and can be accessed via the "For Our Shareholders" section of the Company's website at www.ellingtonfinancial.com. To listen to the live webcast, please visit www.ellingtonfinancial.com at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the call to register, download, and install necessary audio software.
A dial-in replay of the conference call will be available on Tuesday, May 7, 2013, at approximately 2 p.m. Eastern Time through Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at approximately 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. To access this replay, please dial (800) 585-8367 and enter the conference passcode 53218403. International callers should dial (404) 537-3406 and enter the same passcode number. A replay of the conference call also will be archived on the Company's website at www.ellingtonfinancial.com.
In connection with the release of financial results, the Company announced that it will post an investor presentation to accompany the conference call on its website at www.ellingtonfinancial.com under "For Our Shareholders—Presentations" after market close on Monday, May 6, 2013.
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Ellington Financial LLC is a specialty finance company that acquires and manages mortgage-related assets, including residential mortgage-backed securities backed by prime jumbo, Alt-A, manufactured housing and subprime residential mortgage loans, residential mortgage-backed securities for which the principal and interest payments are guaranteed by a U.S. government agency or a U.S. government-sponsored enterprise, mortgage-related derivatives, commercial mortgage-backed securities, commercial mortgage loans and other commercial real estate debt, as well as corporate debt and equity securities and derivatives. Ellington Financial LLC is externally managed and advised by Ellington Financial Management LLC, an affiliate of Ellington Management Group LLC.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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2001 Toyota Tacoma 2 Dr STD 4WD Standard Cab LB
Prossharp looking truck, sits higher than your average car, very reliable, will last forever, 2001-04 models if frame eer goes which this one is perfect you get a free replacement of everything underneath, shocks brakes ex......... Cons4 cylinder not a lot of power up steep hills
I Give This Truck A 9 Out Of 10 Rating — I loved everything about this truck! only thing I did not like was not a lot of room in front because of its a reg cab . its not a grocery getter but it is a very nice looking truck an I hate to see it go. Primary Use: Commuting to work
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2001 Toyota Tacoma 2 Dr Prerunner V6 Extended Cab lB
ProsReliable Consnever brakes down
2001 Toyota Tacoma 2 Dr Prerunner V6 Extended Cab lB
ProsLook and rides great. Good mpg. Very dependable,V6 has plenty of power. Conssmall flip seats in back, hard to get in back since 2 door, no leg room and uncomfortable.
2001 2 Door Pre-runner Sr5 Review — I love the look, how it rides and drives, its dependability and mpg. I do not care for the small, uncomfortable flip seats in the back and lack of leg room. I would recommend the 4 door with bench seat in back if using for a family vehicle. Primary Use: Family transportation |
2001 Toyota Tacoma 2 Dr STD 4WD Extended Cab LB
ProsMy vehicle is great for towing trailers with ATV's attached or for moving furniture. Good size space within the cab as well for all of your personal items. ConsFuel Economy isn't the greatest as it get around 16 in town and 19-20 on highway.
A Man's Vehicle — My vehicle has always started right up and been reliable in bad weather and would provide the same for anyone looking for a good solid 4WD vehicle. The vehicle has decent tires at this point but looking to replace very soon if not sold. Primary Use: Commuting to work |
2001 Toyota Tacoma 2 Dr V6 4WD Extended Cab LB
ProsReliability ConsNot a family vehicle
Well Made And Reliable — There isn't anything I didn't like about this truck except that it was bought before it was known that our family would grow. Now that it has we have to get something bigger. If it weren't for that, we'd be keeping it until it disintegrating. Primary Use: Commuting to work |
2001 Toyota Tacoma 2 Dr V6 4WD Extended Cab LB
ProsMechanically very sound. Pulls loaded cargo trailer with no problems. ConsInconvenient manual door lock and clock locations for driver. Very high insurance premium for this truck compared to other more expensive vehicles we own. Rough ride.
Excellent For A Small 4x4 Pickup — Very reliable, plenty of pep if you need it. Good visability. With on 60k miles driven so far this truck will last me a very long time or be passed on to a grandson. Much easier to maneuver and park in tight places than full size. Primary Use: Utility (towing boats, transporting cargo, etc.) |
2001 Toyota Tacoma 2 Dr V6 4WD Extended Cab LB
Prosthis thing just goes and goes Consnone
I'd Say It Will Stand Up To The Test Of Time — had to change out clutch at 100k has 161k on it now still going strong oh I replaced the shocks once. Ive had it stuck in the river, water past the seats like i was sitting in the water. everything still works just had 2 drain the fluids. Primary Use: Utility (towing boats, transporting cargo, etc.) |
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ProsVehicle has been great in snow and bad weather. Pulls a trailer great and is an overall great vehicle Consgas mileage is only around 15-17 miles per gallon
Nice Dependable Truck — There are very few things I dislike about this truck. The overall look and appearance is great and the vehicle being 11 years old is in good condition. The only replacement that has been done as far as out of pocket expense was the window wiper motor. Primary Use: Commuting to work |
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ProsAwesome performance and great gas mileage! Conssmaller than my big ford - I have had it for almost 7 years and I don't miss my gas guzzling 460 Ford.
Great Truck! — I love my supercharged V6! I had a 460 Ford Crew Cab and my little Tacoma has more HP and gets double the gas mileage! As of last month it now has over 180,000 miles on the engine. Just like a timex, it keeps on ticking. |
2001 Toyota Tacoma 4 Dr Prerunner V6 Crew Cab SB
ProsBullet Proof Engine, size is awesome, no squeeks, rattles, air noise, very tight truck ConsNone
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It's like riding on a cloud compared to my 94 Toyota pickup that I still have. When I heard they wasn't making a 2015 Toyota with a regular cab, I went to the dealer and actually got a nice price on a... Read More
Basic Tacoma. They Improve A Little Every Year. By robet
The cabin feels open for it's size. I drive easy and regularly get 23-25 miles a gallon in mixed driving. The roll up windows were easy to get used to on the driver side though I miss a passenger ... Read More
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Excellent Little Truck By MrOstrich
A nice looking vehicle that can carry moderate loads. Comfortable and practical interior. Good road handling manners. Weak 4-cylinder engine - have to really push it at highway speeds. Recently purcha... Read More
Best Midsize Truck On The Market By Maloneya
I've had my Tacoma for a little over a year now and use it as my farm/work truck. It's been loaded down with lumbar, firewood, concrete, cinderblocks, you name it, I've used it to tow heavy trailers, ... Read More
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Big Red. It May Be A Little Truck But It Is Tough. By nmortenson
I love that we can fill up the truck and go for drives and not have to worry about going into debt filling it up. It is comfortable and has perfect handling to go on any kind of road. We use it to pul... Read More
Impressions On Downsizing Trucks. By ptronsgard
I love the maneuverability and outstanding traction in snow. This truck does better than my 4WD GMC 2500 in deep snow. I used my Tacoma to get my GMC out from being hung up last winter. My wife even e... Read More
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Amazing, Incredible, Best Buy, Holds Value! By Jshaw405
It is an incredible vehicle. I love Tacoma's, can't say it enough! I have taken this off road, on road, on snow, on ice, on wet roads, it performs great! Make sure and get the truck bed cover, comes i... Read More
This Taco Eats Its Competition By cpisto
Bridges the gap between a small work truck and the full-sizers. Very useful for quickly loading camping gear, kayaks, bikes etc. Perfect vehicle for the adventuring type. If you are looking for a stoc... Read More
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Best Pick Up On The Market By bshannonvt
I loved everything about this cal. It is super versatile and survives in the worst of conditions. The bed is a great size and has been able to fit mattresses, bikes, as well as construction equipment.... Read More
Solid Little Truck By rd5590
The overall build quality is excellent. There were no fit and finish issues at delivery. It has surprisingly strong acceleration. It is a fun little 5 speed that is reasonably comfortable for short to... Read More
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quote:To be fair, a child born to a single mother today is not necessarily considered immoral. So you can't really correlate out-of-wedlock births with immorality.
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President Obama rolled up his sleeves Wednesday morning at a hybrid-car repair lab where students can earn gold-star credentials from the National Association of Manufacturing (NAM). He toured the automotive training program at Northern Virginia Community College's Alexandria campus before announcing an expansion of initiatives to boost the manufacturing workforce.
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I started to main poppy for awhile this season--about 60 ranked games. She is fun for sure and can make some great plays. Her early game is underwhelming though and her farming without a hydra (which isn't optimal on her early either) is just terrible. While most top lane champions can clear the waves relatively quick and go about there business you are stuck poking the creeps.. late game this also becomes a problem, i'll demonstrate with an example. There are 2 1/2 creep waves pushing your top turret, you take your champion and go top to wave clear and then immediately head back to mid to be with your team. Now if you are playing Riven (or many other tops) this large wave is cleared almost instantly and you can be useful to your team again, but if you are poppy... well you are going to be up there for awhile (unless you have hydra). In effect, you need someone else to go clear those waves for you otherwise you will be MIA for a good while.
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even though i don't play poppy... she needs love, that's all. spread the love!
She carried me when I was leveling up. Great times getting fed b/c the enemy wanted to tower dive me. Oh and that late game. ノ(ಠ_ಠノ ) not worthy ノ(ಠ_ಠノ)
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I like her. She has been on my mind a lot lately... Rad drawing Kienan! I love the ears.
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Plasma balls: creating the 4th state of matter with microwavesSubmitted by rau on 13 August 2009
Scientists from Tel Aviv University in Israel have now deliberately created fireballs in a microwave cavity at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France: they wanted to find out what was in them. Their results show that highly ionised nanoparticles (a dusty plasma) can be made in your school's microwave oven.
Although Jerby and Dikhtyar were not fundamentally interested in fireball production to begin with (just desperate to get rid of it), as time passed, their interest increased. The next few years were devoted to systematic work so that they could intentionally generate fireballs from molten spots of glass. Now, in addition to using their drill to make holes, they can use a modified version of it to make fireballs. There are some videos of Professor Jerby's fireballs on his websitew3, but plenty of amateur investigators around the world have performed the experiments, too. No one should even think of repeating the experiment done by Bill Beaty, an engineer at the University of Washington in Seattle, USA (the risk of hot flying glass or a broken microwave seems much too great to me) but his videow4 is too entertaining to miss.
Obviously Jerby, Dikhtyar and their colleagues wanted to understand their fireballs. It appeared as if they were drawing material out of the molten glass (see image below and the videos on Professor Jerby's websitew3), but if there were glowing particles suspended in the air, they had to be really small. If there were particles even as large as a couple of microns the fireballs wouldn't just disappear (as they do) when the microwaves are turned off – the particles would scatter visible light in the same way as water droplets in a cloud (which have an average size of about 10 μm) and you would see a cloudy haze of glass droplets. Electron microscopy is usually the first technique that scientists use to characterise sub-micron structures – such as the hypothesised particles in the plasma balls – but you cannot create a sample of a plasma ball to be put in an electron microscope's vacuum tube. However, the technique of small-angle scattering (see box) provides a way to tell whether there are particles in a plasma ball, and – if so – to characterise any particles found. At ESRF, the researchers created fireballs in their cavity using the modified drill. X-rays (wavelength 0.1 nm) were fired from the synchrotron down an evacuated tube, through a cover (transparent to X-rays) and into the microwave cavity filled with air at atmospheric pressure. The X-rays shot through the fireballs (which stayed immobile for about 1 s) and exited the cavity into a second evacuated tube which led to an X-ray detector 5 m away (see diagram). The small-angle X-ray scattering patterns produced were recorded every 0.1 to 0.3 s. These patterns proved that the fireballs were indeed full of particles with an average radius of about 25 nm – i.e. they are nanoparticles. The data also showed that the particles varied widely in size (as is typical of aerosols) and that there were about 109 particles per cubic centimetre. This makes the volume fraction of solid material (the ratio of volume of solid to total volume of space) in the fireball around 10-7 or 10-8. There was really only a very, very, small amount of matter in the cloud. The analysis also suggested that the particles had quite a rough surface: the scientists found the surface to have a fractal dimension of 2.6 (2.0 corresponds to a smooth 2D surface, 3.0 to 3D). Small-angle scattering The SAS technique can tell you the average size of a particle (in the range of about 1 nm to a few hundred nanometres), the size distribution of particles, the shape of the particles, and something about their internal structure, surface roughness or the interparticle separation, but not all this information can be extracted at the same time from any given data. The scattering pattern is relatively lacking in sharp features (usually there is just some overall decline in scattered intensity as scattering angle increases, occasionally there may be one broad peak) and does not uniquely define the scatterers: a very similar small-angle scattering pattern may, for example, be produced by a polydisperse (of varying size and shape) population of spherical scatterers or a fairly monodisperse (of same size and shape) population of cylindrical scatterers. Consequently, data analysis proceeds by a 'guess, check and revise' method, where a plausible model is used to calculate a predicted scattering pattern, which is then compared with the actual data, and the model is revised accordingly with all steps being repeated iteratively. But why do the particles glow? Why do the researchers say they form a plasma ball? While the particles are being microwaved they absorb microwave energy and heat up to about 730 °C (1000 K). This energy is re-radiated in the form of intense visible light. At 730 °C the particles will also emit electrons due to thermoionic emission, thus making the fireball a dusty plasma (a cloud of solid particles that have lost electrons and are thus highly ionised). Using X-rays at ESRF, the scientists also investigated what happens to the fireballs when the microwaves are turned off. Visually the fireball vanishes after about 30 ms, but the X-ray data continued to detect particles for about 4 s. The particles were there, but invisible to our eyes because they were so small. These X-ray data showed that the particles (which were charged and stable while being microwaved) initially simply diffuse away as the fireball cools and then, as cooling continues, tend to aggregate and form large clusters (Mitchell et al, 2008). Professor Jerby has since returned to ESRF with a collection of different materials to microwave. He says, "We examined the structures of plasma balls made from a variety of materials, including copper, salts, water and carbon. It seems that we are able to generate plasma balls from almost any material now...." This means that he now has a method of directly creating nanoparticles of many different substances. This is very interesting, because nanoparticles are increasingly important in a wide variety of applications, and producing them is not always easy. Nanoparticles are being used in medicine (e.g. drug delivery), in catalysis (for cleaning up pollutants), and even in treatments for smelly socks (which rely on nanoparticles of silver to kill bacteria; see Benn & Westerhoff, 2008). For a good overview of nanotechnology, see Pickrell (2006), and of how to use nanotechnology in the classroom, see Mallmann (2009). This is all a long way from drilling holes in ceramics though, and when asked what he was going to do next, Professor Jerby replied: "I hope to generate energy from common materials in an efficient and practically feasible manner." In the mean time, remember that any attempt to dry your nanotech socks using a microwave oven could lead to fireworks! For some classroom experiments using microwave ovens, including the production of plasma balls, see Stanley (2009) in this issue. Acknowledgements The author would like to thank Professor Jerby, Tel Aviv University, Israel; Dr Narayanan from ESRF; and Dr Schrempp, from Los Osos High School, Rancho Cucamongo, California, USA, for help with this article. References Abrahamson J, Dinniss J (2000) Ball lightning caused by oxidation of nanoparticle networks from normal lightning strikes on soil. Nature 403 (6769): 519-521. doi: 10.1038/35000525. Download the article free of charge here, or subscribe to Nature today: www.nature.com/subscribe Benn TM, Westerhoff P (2008) Nanoparticle silver released into ater from commercially available sock fabrics. Environmental Science and Technology 42:11, 4133–4139. doi: 10.1021/es7032718 Dikhtyar V, Jerby E (2006) Fireball ejection from a molten hot spot to air by localized microwaves. Physical Review Letters 96:045002, 1-2. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.045002 Mallmann M (2009) Nanotechnology in school. Science in School 10: 70-75. www.scienceinschool.org/2008/issue10/nanotechnology Mitchell JBA et al (2008) Evidence for nanoparticles in microwave-generated fireballs observed by synchrotron X-ray scattering. Physical Review Letters 100:065001. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.065001 Pickrell J (2006). Instant expert: nanotechnology. New Scientist. www.newscientist.com/article/dn9939-instant-expert-nanotechnology.html Stanley H (2009) Microwave experiments at school. Science in School 12: 30-33. www.scienceinschool.org/2009/issue12/microwaves Web references w1 – YouTube: www.youtube.com w2 – For more information about the microwave drill, see Professor Jerby's web page: www.eng.tau.ac.il/~jerby/microwave_drill/index.html w3 – Professor Jerby's web page includes several videos of fireballs and their generation: www.eng.tau.ac.il/~jerby/Fireballs.html w4 – Bill Beaty's microwave experiment to melt a beer bottle: www.metacafe.com/watch/1004040/melt_a_frickn_beer_bottle w5 – Jean-Louis Naudin describes how to create ball lightning in a microwave, using a piece of aluminium: http://jlnlabs.online.fr/plasma/4wres/index.htm w6 – More information about ball lightning can be downloaded here. Halina Stanley is a physicist by training. She spent ten years as a research scientist in industry and academia using neutron and X-ray scattering techniques to characterise materials before joining the American School of Grenoble, France, where she teaches physics, chemistry and mathematics to secondary-school students.


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Jimmy Elliott takes last lap NeSmith Chevy DLMS Win At 411By Staff Jimmy Elliott of Cleveland, TN celebrates his $2,000 win on Friday night after driving to victory for the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series at 411 Motor Speedway. / Photo: Chad Wells
SEYMOUR, TN - The Mohawk Warrior Jimmy Elliott of Cleveland, TN only led 200 feet of the Ole Smoky Moonshine 40 for the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Touring Division on Friday night at 411 Motor Speedway in Seymour, TN but it was the most important distance, as it led to the checkered flag and the $2,000 top prize.
Elliott drove his Car Smart Auto Sales CVR under Brian King of Seymour, TN coming off the fourth turn on the final lap to post his second career NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Touring Division victory. Ryan was leaving just enough of the bottom groove open for me to get my nose in there going into turn three, Elliott said. I got into him, and I didnt mean to, but its the last lap, and its for the win. Thats racing. King hung on to finish second in the Brian King Roofing Stinger, a race car adorned with a graphics package to honor his mentor, the late Scott Sexton. Pole sitter and new track record holder Cory Hedgecock of Loudon, TN took the third spot in the Eagle Racing Engines Rocket. Hedgecock out-timed the 31-car field with a lap around the 3/8-mile high-banked clay oval in 13.826 seconds. Walker Arthur of Forest, VA started 12th and made some big moves on restarts to finish fourth. Josh Adkins of Talladega, AL was fifth. Arthur took over the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series point lead with a 16-point advantage over Adkins. The defending 411 Motor Speedway Late Model Champion Rusty Ballinger of Sevierville, TN finished sixth and Todd Coffman of Parksville, KY drove to a seventh-place finish. Brad Coffey of Maryville, TN was eighth. Tait Davenport of Benton, KY finished ninth and Adam Beeler of Knoxville, TN rounded out the top 10. In preliminary action, the two 12-lap B-Main races were won by Coffey and Jensen Ford of Piney Flats, TN. Hedgecock grabbed the lead from the pole position at the drop of the initial green flag followed by Elliott, King, Adkins, and Coffman. The first of three caution flags came out on lap two when Tanner Works of Cleveland, TN spun in turn two. On the restart, King drove around the outside of Elliott coming off the second turn to take over the second spot. The yellow caution bulb was lit a second time on lap three when Todd Morrow of East Ridge, TN slowed in turn four. Hedgecock had King, Elliott, Adkins, Coffman, Ballinger, and Coffey in the seventh spot doubled up behind him for the Dixie Style double file restart. Chris Noah of Rainbow City, AL restarted in the eighth spot with defending NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Champion Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN up from the 13th starting spot to restart in ninth, and Arthur was tenth when the field went back to green flag action. Arthur made a big move on the restart, coming from tenth to seventh. King began to put pressure on Hedgecock to challenge for the point, and made an inside move on lap five to take the lead. King began to encounter lapped traffic on lap 11, and by lap 15, had stretched his advantage over to Hedgecock to a half-straightaway advantage. Once Elliott got around Hedgecock for second, King was unable to shake the second-place car, as Elliott stayed within two to three car lengths of the leader. King was running the middle groove of the speedway, leaving the inside open. Elliott was chomping at the bit to fill the opening. With five laps to go, lapped traffic loomed ahead of the lead duo, and after they took the white flag, they were entangled in the traffic on the final lap. Going into turn three, King maintained his line, but Elliott pulled the trigger and dove for the bottom of the race track. The two cars made contact, but on the smooth, hammer-down race track, it was Elliott powering off the bottom the fourth turn to take the lead with the checkered flag waving in front of him. NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series 411 Speedway - Seymour, TN Ole Smoky Moonshine 40 - April 4, 2014 POS STRT CAR # DRIVER 1. 2 J39 Jimmy Elliott Cleveland, TN 40 $2,000 2. 3 52 Ryan King 3. 1 23 Cory Hedgecock Loudon, TN 40 $700 4. 12 87 Walker Arthur Forest, VA 40 $550 5. 5 19m Josh Adkins Talladega, AL 40 $500 6. 7 29 Rusty Ballinger Sevierville, TN 40 $425 7. 4 35 Todd Coffman Parksville, KY 40 $375 8. 9 88 Brad Coffey Maryville, TN 40 $350 9. 15 18 Tait Davenport Benton, KY 40 $325 10. 8 66 Adam Beeler Knoxville, TN 40 $300 11. 13 5 Ronnie Johnson Chattanooga, TN 40 $275 12. 14 007 Roger Best Maryville, TN 40 $250 13. 19 51 Mack McCarter Gatlinburg, TN 40 $225 14. 6 56 Chris Noah Rainbow City, AL 40 $200 15. 21 B00 Josh Henry Newport, TN 40 $175 16. 16 17w Brett Wyatt Crossville, TN 40 $150 17. 20 71 Brian Courtney Knoxville, TN 40 $140 18. 17 RJ1 Jared Hawkins Fairmont, WV 24 $125 19, 11 8a Todd Morrow East Ridge, TN 22 $125 20. 23 121 Michael Blount Sumrall, MS 21 $125 21. 10 24 Jensen Ford Piney Flats, TN 16 $125 22. 24 33 Warren McMahan White Pine, TN 16 $125 23. 18 T35 Tanner Works Cleveland, TN 1 $125 24. 22 73 Ashley Newman Ripley, TN 0 $125 Link: NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series © Copyright 2015 AccessNorthGa.com
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Montréal, Québec | Vancouver, BC | Oslo, Norway | |
Years when I lived there | 1993-1998 | 1999-2004 | 2004- |
Population | almost 2 million | about 1 million | about 500 thousand |
Population of entire country | about 30 million | about 30 million | 4.5 million |
Status | Largest city in Québec, second-largest in Canada | Largest city in BC, third-largest in Canada | Capital of Norway |
Dominant languages | English, French | English, Cantonese | Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian (Nynorsk) |
Feeling | Multicultural urban center | Multicultural urban center | Multicultural urban center |
Demographic | Montréal, Québec | Vancouver, BC | Oslo, Norway |
Age of people you see in the street | All ages | late 20s and up | Strictly between 22 and 29 |
Number of universities | 4 | 2 | 1 |
How often you see pregnant women at IKEA | Dunno, never been | Didn't see any | All the time! |
Visibly homeless people? | Yes, not so many in winter | Yes!! year round | maybe one or two |
Politics | Montréal, Québec | Vancouver, BC | Oslo, Norway |
Ridiculous foreign policy stance | Québec should separate from Canada; Montréal should separate from Québec | BC is not part of Canada | Norway should not join the EU |
Ridiculous belief | One day we will separate, and when that day comes, we will keep on partying as before | Who needs nightlife when there's mountains and beaches | I can afford an apartment and a car |
Many foreigners? | Yes, especially if you consider Anglophones foreigners | Yes! Lots of Asians | Yes, lots of German tourists in summer |
If a foreigner in your store can't speak the local language... | Which local language? | If they don't speak any Cantonese, try out your rudimentary Mandarin | Dust off your high school English. Be appropriately apologetic when you can't remember a basic word like "incontrovertibly" or "mantelpiece". |
Locals like white foreigners? | Yes, if they speak French. Though not if they actually are French. | Yes, as long as they buy something | Yes. Would like them more if they didn't constantly take advantage of our excellent English. |
Locals like nonwhite foreigners? | Depends. It helps if they speak French. | No, they drive up the price of real estate. | Only insofar as they are willing to do menial jobs for half the market rate. |
Free speech | Yes, as long as it's in French. | Yes, as long as it doesn't offend anybody. | Yes, but it's highly taxed. Just kidding. |
Elections | Every 15 years or so, Québec almost votes to separate from Canada. Montréalers are too busy partying to go vote, so separatists blame the loss on them. | Municipal, provincial, federal. Federal? What's that eh? Pass the doobie. | Hopefully soon, so they lower the liquor tax |
Corruption | Qui, moi!? | yes (every BC premier in recent history), but don't forget to be appropriately scandalized every time a new scandal breaks | Given the taxes people pay, someone better be skimming something off the top |
If you are poor, can you ever win in court against a rich guy? | Yes | Yes | It's Europe. People aren't constantly taking each other to court. |
Racist nationalists | Some | Racism? That's not nice. | Some |
TV/Radio | Montréal, Québec | Vancouver, BC | Oslo, Norway |
TV | English, French, American, one aboriginal channel. You need cable which costs money. | Same, less French stuff. Digital cable TV recently introduced. | Cable is included in rent. You get a few Norwegian, 2 Swedish, 1 Danish, and several English-language channels. Digital is also available if you pay for it. |
# of public channels | CBC, SRC, CPAC, maybe local community access channel? Maybe an American one? | ditto | Most of them are? |
Most popular sport on TV | hockey | hockey | ski jumping |
Radio | English and French. Lots of commercial stations, maybe 4 public ones, several campus radio stations. Public stations have minimum quotas of Canadian content. At least one radio show featuring shouts-out to prison inmates. | English, French, at least one Chinese. Lots of commercial stations, maybe 4 public ones, campus radio if you live close to a campus. Public stations have minimum quotas of Canadian content. | Mostly crap. However, you can catch some BBC broadcasts on one of the public stations. Also, Radio France Inter seems to have its own station. |
Digital radio? | Not when I lived there | Maybe if you order digital TV | Yes, broadcast over the air like analog radio. Haven't tried it yet. |
German heavy metal bands on the radio? | No | Maybe late at night on campus radio | Yup |
Food | Montréal, Québec | Vancouver, BC | Oslo, Norway |
Food | Cheap, plentiful, greasy | Expensive, except for cheap sushi and fast-food Chinese. Groceries are also expensive, making eating out justifiable. Exotic Asian supermarkets featuring items like shrinkwrapped pig's uteri. There's not much to do in this town besides eating out so people know their food. | Restaurants are really expensive. Supermarkets are small and expensive but the food is decent quality. Fruits and veggies are a luxury. |
Sucks if you're not into | Lebanese fast food joints | Asian cuisine | bread, cheese, or fish |
Food fad | pizza slice price wars | "organic" everything | balsamic vinegar |
Spicy food | Yes: great cheap Thai places | Oh god yes | Um...no |
Blue collar daily food | poutine (french fries with melted cheese curds and gravy) | cheap sushi | hotdog from 7-11 |
Surprisingly good local food | smoked meat poutine | random Asian fast food place down the street | dizzying array of Norwegian candy bars |
Terrible local food | hey, if it cost less than 1$ what do you want? | breakfast at Denny's | varmpølse (hotdog from 7-11 or Narvesen) wrapped in bacon |
Questionable food trends | pizza slices obviously sold at a loss | "organic" everything | Disposeable barbequeing devices that smell like burning plastic. Especially in the park in the summer when there are 5000 of them going at once. |
Foods I ate a lot of at first but then got tired of | ridiculously cheap pizza slices | Chinese fast food | brunost (sweet brown goat cheese, tastes kind of like chocolate) |
Foods I ate a lot of and could eat all the time for the rest of my life | falafel | tuna sashimi | pickled herring in mustard sauce |
Food you always hear about but people barely ever actually eat | 69 cent hot-dog steamé | Shark's fin soup | lutefisk (gelatinous fish that has been treated with lye) |
What you don't have to pay for at a Chinese restaurant | tea and fortune cookies | tea and maybe a soup or some orange slices | water |
Fat people | Yes, but not so many as in the U.S. | Yes, but they rarely venture out onto the street | Almost none |
Booze | Montréal, Québec | Vancouver, BC | Oslo, Norway |
Pint of beer at a pub | 2-3 USD | 3-5 USD | 7+ USD |
Booze sold in grocery stores? | Beer, bad wine. Rest sold in government liquor stores. | No. Must go to government liquor store. If that is closed, must go to overpriced licensed Beer & Wine store. | Many brands of identical tasting pilsner sold in 0.5L aluminum cans with beautifully designed graphics |
Government regulates booze consumption? | Yes, but it's pretty lax. You can drink in the park provided you also have "food" (case of beer and bag of chips is OK) | Yes! Liquor licenses handed out very sparingly. (Vancouver had Prohibition long before the US did.) | Yes!!! You can't buy beer after 8PM (6PM on Saturdays, no sales on Sundays). (Norway had Prohibition before anyone else on the planet.) |
Drinking on the street | If you insist, but other places are more comfortable | Yes, by shopping cart people all day. | Yes, while moving from one party to the next |
Drinking on public transit | Yes, but only on St.-Jean-Baptiste day. | What public transit? | No |
Drinking in parks | Yes, it's called a picnic | No | Yes, by groups of marginalized-looking middle aged folks |
Alcoholism | yes, it's called having a social life | yes, but mostly aboriginal people | yes, about half the population |
Drinking culture | Go out drinking every night while your paycheque lasts | Not really | No drinking during the week, massive binge drinking all weekend |
Fake English pubs | No, mostly fake Irish pubs | ditto | Yes! They're called "brown" pubs (coz they're brown, get it?) |
Local alcohol product | Fin du Monde (strong beer) | homebrewed beer | Beer smuggled from Sweden |
Smoking weed | Yes | Yes! All the time! Well maybe not at work. | No |
Talking about smoking weed | Yes, to find out who has some | Only incidentally. You wouldn't want to offend some foreigner who doesn't smoke weed. | No |
Work / Play | Montréal, Québec | Vancouver, BC | Oslo, Norway |
Typical amount of vacation time, per year | 2 weeks | 2 weeks | at least 5 weeks |
Working on weekends? | Yes | Sometimes | No |
When going out at night, you leave the house at | round about midnight | eight or nine -- early enough to be home before midnight | not before midnight |
Shopping | Montréal, Québec | Vancouver, BC | Oslo, Norway |
While waiting for customer to find correct change: | hold out hand impatiently | Smile, urge customer to take his time | hold out hand impatiently |
Upon receiving correct change from customer: | Take the money, hand out receipt, bag merchandise, move on to next customer | Thank customer thoroughly, hand out receipt, bag merchandise | Ask customer if he wants a receipt. Give out a bag if one has been paid for. |
When asking for a product in a store: | Say "please" if you're polite | Always, always, always say "please" | There is no word for "please" |
Customer service? | yes (within reason) | yes! (apologize to customer even if he's the one who screwed up) | no (shrug / look at customer with helpless bewilderment / refer customer to someone who is on vacation) |
Girls | Montréal, Québec | Vancouver, BC | Oslo, Norway |
Going up to girls on the street and trying to pick them up | Sure, but other places are less awkward | Absolutely not | Only while drunk |
Fashion is important? | Yes. Unless recently arrived from English Canada. | Yes, but only if she's Asian | Yes! Except everybody dresses the same. |
sweatpants? | No, unless recently arrived from English Canada | Yup: baby blue, turquoise, pink. Occasionally terry-cloth. | No!! |
really tight pants? | sometimes | no, it's hard to bike or rock climb in tight pants | yes!! no such thing as too tight! |
Apparent age vs. actual age | About the same | About the same | Apparent age is 5-10 years less than actual age |
Stripper bars | Yes, lots and lots of them | Yes, a handful | There's supposed to be one somewhere |
Housing | Montréal, Québec | Vancouver, BC | Oslo, Norway |
Need to supply references in order to rent apartment? | No | Yes | No, three months' rent deposit will do |
Landlord will fix things when they break? | Maybe, if you're lucky | No. It's your apartment, you fix it. | Yes, immediately |
Who is responsible for keeping the building clean? | Landlord | Landlord | You have to wash the stairs on your floor once a week. You can also hire a professional stair washer to do it for you. |
Smell of apartment buildings | Unmistakeable mushroomy smell, same in every building in the city. | Very faint damp smell, marijuana smell | Clean plaster/wood smell |
Typical apartment building | Former elegant bourgeois family home, has seen better days. Wood frame with grey or brown stone out front. Level surfaces somewhat tilted on closer inspection. Steep wooden staircase with wrought-iron railing leading to main floor. Early 1900's? | Large 3-level apartment building with 4th level penthouse. Wood frame with chintzy "stucco" or wooden outer surface. All straight edges somewhat wavy on closer inspection. All outer surfaces covered with a thin layer of moss/mould. 1960's. | Old-school European apartment building, 5 levels, brick with stucco finish. Neighbouring buildings share messy inner courtyard. Late 1800's? |
Favourite weird apartment building feature | Hinged, spring-loaded fire escape stairs outside building, automatically swing back up after you walk down them. Can also be used as a porch. Probably don't work for small children, owing to minimum weight required to make them swing down. | Toilet in laundry room, useful when you've run out of toilet paper | Main entrance to courtyard is paved lengthwise with massive ancient wooden boards |
Favourite standard apartment building feature | Carved wooden door frames that have been painted over by several generations of cheap landlords, but still manage to look good | Lane out back where ratty furniture can be found / thrown out / replaced | Stained-glass windows in staircase |
Transportation | Montréal, Québec | Vancouver, BC | Oslo, Norway |
Best way to get around town | Metro | Car | Walking |
Taxi base cost | 60 cents? | $1.10? | $20 |
Drivers obey traffic lights etc. | Rarely | Always | Usually |
Use right lane except to pass? | Sure, whatever | Over my dead body! | Yes, obviously |
Typical car | rusty Honda Accord | serviceable Toyota 4-Runner | New station wagon. Norwegians love station wagons. |
Local word for car | "char" (literally: tank) | "vehicle" (it's not a car, it's a truck!) | "bil" |
Who rides mopeds: | nobody, mopeds are gay | aging hipsters riding painstakingly restored Vespas | young women riding practical Hondas |
Motorcycles? | Yes. Enjoy them while it's not snowing | Not so great in the rain | Yes. Many different kinds of motorcycles, motorbikes, mopeds |
Commuting by bicycle is cool because: | it costs nothing | it's my religion! car drivers must burn in hell! | everybody else does it |
Trendy bicycle | beat-up ten-speed | fully geeked-out touring bike | expensive mountain bike with full suspension |
Trendy bicycle accessory | seat | $500 rechargeable lighting system | fat cable lock |
Biking in winter | it can be done | yes, involves fluorescent yellow rain gear | yes, involves studded tires |
Drivers respect cyclists? | No, drivers respect nothing | No, drivers are stupid and incompent and stoned | No, drivers are aggressive |
On spotting a pedestrian: | Accelerate, in case the pedestrian gets it into his mind to attempt crossing | Come to a complete stop, in case the pedestrian would like to cross | Wait for pedestrian to start crossing, then accelerate rapidly, cutting him off |
Street | Montréal, Québec | Vancouver, BC | Oslo, Norway |
Eye contact with people walking towards you? | Yes! | Absolutely not | Only if you're checking them out |
Street tables | Yes, separated from sidewalk | Sometimes, crammed together on the sidewalk | Yes! |
People selling stuff on the street | Yes, in touristy areas | Yes, drug addicts selling stolen crap downtown | Yes, on the touristy shopping street |
squeegee punks | Yes | Yes, imported from Québec | No |
Weeds growing on sidewalk | Only in marginal neighbourhoods | No | Yes! Everywhere! |
Lanes/alleys | Yes, but nothing to do there | Yes! Full of perfectly functioning stuff that people got bored of and threw out | No |
Guys with no shirts on | Not so much | No | Yes! |
Society | Montréal, Québec | Vancouver, BC | Oslo, Norway |
Weird local English word | "dep" (abbreviation of "dépanneur", convenience store) | "parkade" (parking garage) | "administrate" (administer) |
Violent crime blamed on: | biker gangs | Hindu gangs | Somali immigrants |
Fear of the police? | Yes, they killed a guy once | No | Yes, the fines are astronomical |
Low-income people | Locals: relax. Foreigners: work their asses off | Locals: sell stuff they found in the lane. Foreigners: build up vast retail empires from nothing | Locals: are invisible. Foreigners: work their asses off, send money home |
People with visibly too much money: | park their Ferraris outside fashionable restaurants | drive their souped-up BMWs to school | own new SUVs |
Guy haircut | rat tail | "messy" look via careful application of hair product | mid-length hair gelled and combed forward with a ridge raised in the middle. every single guy has this haircut. |
Talking in public places | Loud and animated | Medium-loud | Quiet |
Would you ever consider living up North? | "god no, you could freeze up there" | "lived there as a kid, I'm done with that now" | "sure, went to college there and it was beautiful" |
Cell phones | yes | yes. double yes if Asian and female. | yes!! One for home, one for work, and one for on the road |
Ugly people? | Some, mainly on Ste.-Catherine E. | Lots of really ugly unhealthy looking people: in supermarkets, on buses, everywhere | Almost no really ugly people, except on Karl Johann |
Employment | Montréal, Québec | Vancouver, BC | Oslo, Norway |
Day job of random girl you're talking to | stripper | environmental consultant | social worker |
Day job of random guy you're talking to | bartender | stunt man | graphic designer |
Jobs hard to find? | Yes, but you can live off welfare | Not if you're self-employed | Yes, and living off welfare will cramp your style |
Students survive by | working part-time and in the summers | working part-time and in the summers and living with their parents | taking out massive interest-free government loans |
Sketchy jobs people do to make money | Pharmaceutical company guinea pig | Pot grower/dealer | Art thief |


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From its pre-show notice to turn off all cell phones (designed as a trailer for a vengeance thriller), The Inexplicable Redemption of Agent G explodes with finely tuned action and humor. The latest offering from the Vampire Cowboys, a downtown theater company with a commitment to producing "the most badass and cutting-edge geek entertainment possible," Agent G combines the Cowboys' signature spontaneous genre-shifting and fight-filled style with the more mundane yet poignant struggles of truth that a playwright undergoes during the writing process.
The play within the play is the third attempt in a trilogy, the Gook Trilogy, to accurately depict the story of the playwright's cousins and their torturous journey to America. After two faulty attempts (which we see hilariously depicted in brief synopses), we now see the playwright, played by William Jackson Harper, and his influences as he tests out material and wrestles with how to most faithfully tell his cousins' tale.
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Vampire Cowboys has decided with the ever-changing climate of New York theater that it is time to either evolve or die. If The Inexplicable Redemption of Agent G is any indication of what is to come for this troupe in the future, Darwin won't be meeting them in the afterlife anytime soon.
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LIVE: Elvis Costello and the Intruders at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 4.13.12
It's nice to see Elvis Costello having fun on stage. His current tour is less about Costello's jazz-country-ragtime leanings of the past two decades and more about the rock. And the spectacle. The good stuff.
Bringing back his Spectacular Spinning Songbook that debuted some 25 years ago, Costello and his Intruders mixed rock show with game show into a long and unpredictable good time. Beardless, looking svelte and way too goddamn charming for a rock and roller, Costello wore many hats (literally two)—that of E.C. himself, and that of his alter ego Napoleon Dynamite, who directed the show with the help of a giant multi-colored wheel that would determine our fates.
But before the Spectacular Spinning Songbook got a workout, the audience did with an opening barrage of classics, including "Pump It Up," "Uncomplicated" and "Radio Radio." And while his vocals slipped behind those songs' snappy tempos, it turns out Costello was just getting warmed up. The Intruders—keyboardist Steve Nieve, drummer Pete Thomas and bassist Davey Faragher (also a founding member of the band Cracker)—are a crack rock unit, especially Thomas, whose drumming is still crisp and spot-on. And they carried on for almost three hours, as audience members came and went from the stage, spinning a giant wheel filled with song-titles and lyrical themes, taking a seat in the "Society Lounge" and occasionally dancing friskily in the go-go cage situated stage right.
Needless to say, there was plenty of eye-candy. And the anticipation of not knowing which song would come next (along with the breaks in the action that came with it) kept the long set from dragging. Also helping matters was the cross-section of expected hits ("Alison," "Oliver's Army," "Watching the Detectives") that were met with more obscure ones ("Clowntime Is Over," "Just a Memory") and the usual well-chosen covers. Costello even got a few of his more eclectic, I-married-a jazz pianist, easy-listeners in there, including "A Slow Drag With Josephine,"—which are no match for his venomous oldies, even as he performs them at the age of 57.
A few things I took away from the evening (aside from the obvious): Costello is one of the few performers that can get away with blending the highbrow and the lowbrow. He also gave the audience an impressive display of his guitar abilities, from tasteful picking to extended noise explosions. For me, the nastier, noisier numbers will always win out in the end. The cost of Costello's suits has probably quadrupled since he's written most of these songs, but it's still that knock-kneed 20-something underneath them. And while I was beyond happy to hear those old songs in close to their original form, I couldn't help but be a little disappointed that Costello didn't get around to playing the soft and sappy "Indoor Fireworks." I'm sure I wouldn't have been the only one to let the smoke get in their eyes.
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WCNY receives $50,000 from the Walmart Foundation to assist with Enterprise America
February 20, 2014
WCNY received a $50,000 contribution to assist with Enterprise America. The grant, which was given to WCNY through the Walmart Foundation's State Giving Program will fund tuition and transportation costs for students participating in WCNY's new Enterprise America program.
The grant was presented to WCNY during a check presentation ceremony held Feb. 19 at WCNY located at 415 W. Fayette St. in Syracuse.
"These funds will be crucial in supporting Enterprise America, a program that will be available to 3,000 schools within a two-hour radius of Syracuse with a potential reach of 700,000 students in grade five through nine," said Robert J. Daino, WCNY president and CEO. "The first of its kind in New York state, Enterprise America will provide students with hands-on learning that is crucial for college preparation and future career success."
"Walmart and the Walmart Foundation are very pleased to be supporting WCNY and Enterprise America and are committed to helping those in need in the communities where we serve," said Kathy Arlotta, Walmart Syracuse market manager. "Through this grant, we are hopeful students in the area will have better access to the Enterprise America program and the skills they need to be successful in life."
The Walmart Foundation State Giving Program strives to award grants that have a long-lasting, positive impact on communities. Last year, the state giving program awarded more than $20 million to local organizations across the nation. To be considered for support, prospective grantee organizations must submit applications online through the Walmart Foundation State Giving Program. Eligible applicants must have a current 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt status and meet other criteria. In New York, a team of local Walmart store associates reviews eligible grant applications and makes funding recommendations to the Walmart Foundation.
In 2012, Walmart and the Walmart Foundation gave more than $1 billion in cash and in-kind contributions around the world. This includes $1 billion in cash and in-kind gifts in the United States and $82.2 million in cash and in-kind gifts in international markets. In addition, Walmart, Sam's Club and Logistics Associates volunteered more than 2.2 million hours, generating $18 million to U.S. nonprofit organizations.
Walmart and the Walmart Foundation are committed to helping people live better through philanthropic efforts. By operating globally and giving back locally, Walmart is uniquely positioned to address the needs of the communities it serves and make a significant social impact within its core areas of giving: Hunger Relief & Healthy Eating, Sustainability, Career Opportunity and Women's Economic Empowerment. Walmart and the Walmart Foundation are leading the fight against hunger in the United States with a $2 billion commitment through 2015. Walmart has donated more than 1 billion meals to those in need across the country.
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