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Schleissheim Palace
The Schleissheim Palace (German: Schloss Schleißheim) actually comprises three palaces in a grand baroque park in the village of Oberschleißheim, a suburb of Munich, Bavaria, Germany. The palace was a summer residence of the Bavarian rulers of the House of Wittelsbach.
The palaces[edit]
Old Schleissheim Palace[edit]
The history of Schleissheim Palace started with a renaissance country house (1598) and hermitage founded by William V close to Dachau Palace. The central gate and clock tower between both courtyards still date back to the first building period. The inner courtyard is called Maximilianshof, the outer one Wilhelmshof. Under William's son Maximilian I the buildings were extended between 1617 and 1623 by Heinrich Schön and Hans Krumpper to the so-called Old Palace.
The rooms were decorated by Peter Candid. Maximilian's son and successor Ferdinand Maria died here in 1679. After heavy destruction in the Second World War the palace with its spacious buildings was reconstructed. Most of the stucco decoration of the chapel Wilhelmskapelle has been preserved. The Old Schleissheim Palace houses today two exhibitions, one on religious culture, the other the history of Prussia. The Grand Hall in the middle of the main building today serves as foyer for the museums.
Lustheim Palace[edit]
Then Enrico Zuccalli built Lustheim Palace as a garden villa in Italian style in 1684-1688 for Maximilian II Emanuel and his first wife, the Austrian princess Maria Antonia.
Lustheim lies on a circular island and forms as a point de vue the conclusion of the baroque court garden. The floor plan of manor reminiscent of a stylized H, to the central main building will be followed by two wing-like avant-corps. The brick built and plastered building has two storeys, the middle section is dominated by a belvedere, which provides a wide view of the surrounding countryside. The center of the palace is the great hall in the middle section, which is flanked laterally by the apartments of the Elector and Electress. Upstairs rooms were simple for the servants, the basement contained the kitchen and utility rooms.
The interior is dominated by the large banqueting hall in the middle of the building. The frescoes were done by Johann Anton Gumpp, Francesco Rosa and Johann Andreas Trubillio.
Since 1968 the palace has housed a grand collection of Meissen porcelain, only outranged by the Porzellansammlung in the Zwinger, Dresden.
The palace once formed the centre point of a semicircle of round buildings. Two pavillons still exist: To the south of Lustheim Place the Renatus Chapel was erected in 1686 by Zuccalli in a pavillon. The northern pavillon houses the decorated stable which was built for the favourite horses of Elector Max Emanuel.
New Schleissheim Palace[edit]
Zuccalli also finally erected the baroque New Palace between the two palaces in 1701-1704 as the new residence, since the elector expected the imperial crown. But after Max Emanuel had lost Bavaria for some years in the War of the Spanish Succession, the construction work was interrupted. Joseph Effner enlarged the building to one of the most impressive baroque palaces in 1719-1726. But only the main wing was completed.
The New Palace is a wide-bearing construction of more than 300 meters in length. The main building, the corps de logis, is divided by 37 garden-sided window bays, eleven axes fall on the middle section with the grand staircase, the ballroom and the gallery. The middle section is structured with pilasters. The main wing is connected by arcades with two pavilions in the south and in the north, the southern pavilion should serve as a guest house, the northern one keeps the pumping station for the trick fountains of the park. The central building of the castle has three storeys. The top floor of the central building is set back garden side, so there is a large terrace. This terrace is the result of a change in the draft, after parts of the garden facade were still collapsed during construction due to an insufficient foundation.
Important samples of German baroque architecture are especially the Grand Hall, the Grand Gallery, the wide staircase, the Maximilian's Chapel and the four state apartments decorated by artists such as Charles Dubut, Franz Joachim Beich, Johann Baptist Zimmermann, Cosmas Damian Asam and Jacopo Amigoni. The Grand Gallery was constructed in line with a draft provided by Robert de Cotte. The Victory Hall, the Red Cabinet and the Chapel of the Electress keep the most significant interior decorations. Most of the rooms still show their original late baroque decoration celebrating the elector's victories against the Turks. The entirely preserved Gobelin tapestries were acquired by Max Emanuel from Flemish manufacturies when he served as Governor for the Spanish Netherlands.
Max Emanuels's son Emperor Charles VII Albert preferred the more private atmosphere of Nymphenburg Palace, so only one of four planned wings was completed. But Max Emanuel's grandson Maximilian III Joseph ordered to decorate some rooms in rococo style. In 1763 Ignaz Günther decorated the wings of the east portal with allegorical adornments. Under King Ludwig I finally Leo von Klenze completed the grand stairway.
Klenze's neoclassical alterations of the façade were not restored with the renovation after the destructions in World War II.
Gallery of baroque paintings[edit]
The Gallery of baroque paintings owned by the Bavarian State Picture Collections is today exhibited in several rooms. Among the artists are Flemish Baroque painters such as Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, Italians like Guido Reni, Luca Giordano, Guercino, Carlo Saraceni, Marcantonio Bassetti, Alessandro Turchi, Carlo Dolci and Pietro da Cortona, but also the Germans Joachim von Sandrart, Johann Heinrich Schönfeld and Johann Carl Loth and the Spanish painters Alonso Cano, José Claudio Antolinez and José de Ribera.
The park[edit]
The grand park is one of the rare preserved baroque gardens in Germany. Its structure with canals and bosquet area was arranged by Zuccalli. Dominique Girard, a pupil of Le Notre, constructed the grand parterre and the cascade until 1720. Water forms since the central element in the garden. The Grand Canal in the garden center and the ditch round of Lustheim island are part of the northern Munich channel system, a system of waterways that connected also to the complex of Nymphenburg Palace.
From the Old Palace, a line of sight goes south to the Frauenkirche in Munich, which is also the end point of another line of sight of the Fürstenried Palace. The northern side channel has finally Dachau Palace as target.
In the Brunnhaus (well house), which was built in 1867 north of the Old Palace by Carl von Effner, the waterwheel and the pumps are still present, the fountains are, however, now powered by electric pumps.
As film location[edit]
- Schleissheim Palace has been used as a location for several notable motion pictures:
- The 1951 film Decision Before Dawn directed by Anatole Litvak used interiors and exteriors of Schleissheim when the Oskar Werner medic/spy character is picked to become an aide to a panzer General.
- The palace was used extensively as the French Army division headquarters in Stanley Kubrick's 1957 film Paths of Glory. The execution of the WWI French soldiers was filmed in the grand garden of the new Palace (Gartenfassade des Neuen Schlosses) and the court martial in the Great Hall (Grosser Saal) inside the Palace.
- The palace (along with two others in Munich) was a principal filming location for Alain Resnais's 1961 movie Last Year at Marienbad.
- Some scenes of The Three Musketeers (2011) were filmed in the palace.
Oberschleissheim village and Schleissheim Palace are accessible by the Munich S-Bahn number 1. This line passes through the city centre, including Stachus and the main train station.
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The primary reason why I haven't placed all my instruments on the binnacle is because when one is sailing any length of voyage (more than say 3 hours) one doesn't necessarily want to stand behind the wheel the whole time.
If your instruments are all there, that's where you have to be to see them.
A close friend has a new (2012) Beneteau and all the instruments are behind the twin wheels. He can see nothing of them unless he's at the very back of the cockpit. With the autopilot set on a three-day reach, that's the last place you want to sit, right in the weather all the time.
The only instruments I have at the binnacle are the steering compass and the Autopilot controller. Everything else is grouped together but where it can be seen from just about anywhere in the cockpit.
Just my personal preference, YMMV
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Northampton have two home games this week Wolverhampton Wanderers are the visitors in the League Cup in midweek before a League Two clash against Morecambe at Sixfields on Saturday and despite the attraction of a Premier League side coming to town it is the latter clash that looks more important at this early stage of the season. Two home league games have yielded just one point for the Cobblers to date and they showed worrying signs of frailty at the back in the weekend defeat by Cheltenham. Morecambe meanwhile have won both of their away league games in good style and will travel down in good spirits so, while a weakened Wolves team will provide Northampton with a good chance of repeating last season's League Cup heroics, manager Gary Johnson may prefer three points to get his side's promotion campaign up and running. "We try to win all our home games but the next two matches have turned into huge games for us now," midfielder Arron Davies told the Chronicle & Echo. "We have put a bit of pressure on ourselves. We've had a half-decent start to the season and a couple of the results haven't gone our way. "It's a result business so we've got to change that and I think the Wolves game is a good game for us to have, against quality opposition. "We're playing a Premier League side and it's a chance to show what we're capable of doing against a really good team."


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Dude weren't you 2 in 95? Not that I'd know how 95 felt either.
Kinda feels like 1995 again because we have a lot of young new players.
Me neither .. I was 6
Ugh, you people.... you're making me feel so old.... I was in my early twenties.
LOL, I was a sophomore in high school in '95... I feel old too with all these young'ins.
I was a freshman surrounded by Ranger fans. Too bad school was out by the time the finals were over.
Unfortunatley, I was surrounded by a lot of Ranger fans at my school too. One of them, who was a good friend at the time, busted my balls mercilessly for '94. So the night we won the Cup, I called him to give it right back... he hung up on me. I immediately called back. He hung up on me again. I smiled a wide smile and proceded to party all night. Ah, the great memories of the '95 Cup.
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SHOWDOWN IN SAMARRA Iraqi insurgents raise their heads, U.S. claims 'victory' but what really happened? by Justin Raimondo
The blue-tiled shrine of the Hidden Imam looms over the northern Iraqi city of Samarra, reminding the now rather decrepit and dusty-looking town of its former glory as the seat of the Muslim Caliphate. It was there, perhaps not too surprisingly, that the Iraqi insurgency first raised its head and showed the recognizable face of an enemy.
The U.S. military is trumpeting the battle of Samarra as a "significant victory," in which they claim to have killed 54 insurgents. There's just one problem: no one can find the bodies:
"The U.S. military said it believed 54 insurgents were killed in intense exchanges in the northern Iraqi town of Samarra the previous day but commanders admitted they had no bodies. The only corpses at the city's hospital were those of ordinary civilians, including two elderly Iranian pilgrims and a child."
An American convoy escorting a shipment of freshly-printed dinars to the local bank was ambushed by the largest force of insurgents yet seen: a total of 60, who attacked in two groups, as another four took on a separate convoy of engineers. The Washington Post, while dutifully echoing the Pentagon's claims of a "devastating defeat" inflicted on the Iraqis, also reported that the insurgency seems to have reached a new level of resistance:
"Witnesses described dozens of guerrillas in checkered head scarves brazenly roaming the streets in the heat of battle, U.S. soldiers firing randomly in crowded neighborhoods and civilian bystanders taking up arms against U.S. forces once the fight got underway."
Guerrilla movements can only succeed, as the Maoists used to put it, if they "swim in the sea of the people." This strategy requires popular support, however, which hardly fits the profile really, a caricature drawn by this administration that depicts all resistance to the occupation as emanating from "Baathist dead-enders" who pine for the return of Saddam Hussein. MSNBC reports the sentiments of 22-year-old Safa Hamad Hassan, whose cousin was wounded when a tank shelled the area near his house:
"Everyone is with the resistance. Saddam Hussein is finished. We are protecting our honor and our land."
Hassan is no Baathist. He sounds more like an Iraqi patriot to me.
Australia's ABC News Online cites Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, deputy director of operations in Iraq, backing away from an earlier claim that 11 insurgents had been captured: the number has inexplicably shrunk to one. The General, we learn,
"Also sought to play down earlier reports that many of the attackers wore the uniforms of the disbanded Saddam Fedayeen militia of the ousted regime."
Why would guerrillas, no matter their politics, wear uniforms, anyway? That part of the official story was never all that believable to begin with, but, as it turns out, that's the least of the lies we're being told about what happened in Samarra.
The residents of that city, for their part, tell a completely different story, one that seems to have occurred in a separate reality. As the Telegraph put it:
"Local people and a hospital doctor reported only eight dead, who they insisted were mainly civilians, including an Iranian pilgrim. It was impossible to reconcile the two versions of the battle."
It's a mystery, as Agence France Presse reports:, "which borders on solving a mathematics equation." We are told that a total of 60 insurgents ambushed those convoys, but if U.S. troops killed 54 and captured 1, that leaves 5 insurgents to carry away the bodies.
Everything about the Americans' account of the battle the number and nature of the Iraqi casualties, and the circumstances under which they occurred appears to be a lie. The pro-war Telegraph reports the testimony of Iraqi witnesses who said:
"Tanks fired a round at workers from a drug factory as they left work at 2.00pm. One woman was killed and 18 injured. A crater from the shell and a pool of blood remained nearby. They said four cars were also hit in the parking area of the hospital and a nearby mosque was shelled, killing two."
"The Americans have done a lot of shooting," says Dr. Faleh Hassan Asamara, who witnessed the battle of Samarra from his vantage point at the hospital, "but I don't think the number of dead they claimed were killed."
And they were shooting at civilians. ABC Online reports:
"Samara's Police Chief, Colonel Ismail Mohammed told reporters the attackers had withdrawn before the Americans brought the full weight of their firepower on the town. He said the Americans had fired indiscriminately using all the weapons in their arsenal."
Desperate for a victory, the American occupiers are trying to spin their "victory" in Samarra as evidence that they are taking the offensive. But as their story unravels, what is being underscored is their confusion and impotence in the face of a rising rebellion.
Colonel Frederick Rudesheim, commander of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team stationed in Samarra, vows to take the fight to the insurgents:
"This is the most significant contact we have had to date in the city of Samarra. We are going to have to respond accordingly."
Col. Rudesheim was singing a far different tune in those heady halcyon days of April, when Samarra, freshly "liberated," was supposedly filled with supporters of the U.S. invasion, and our troops were "forging alliances" with them, according to the Denver Post:
"Indeed, as soon as soldiers with the brigade's 1-12 Infantry Battalion had cleared the Baathist compound, taking nine men into custody as possible regime sympathizers, Rudesheim found himself to be a popular man in Samarra. All day long, men came, each offering information."
How quickly they turn.
Everything about this war is turning out to be a lie: its provenance and its execution. This isn't "the fog of war" it's more like the self-protective effusions of a cornered squid. "Weapons of mass destruction" are transmuted into a frustrated desire to procure such weapons: a pitched battle in which the insurgents are supposedly soundly defeated somehow becomes the occasion for American tanks firing at a kindergarten:
"'Luckily we evacuated the children five minutes before we came under attack,' said Ibrahim Jassim, a 40-year-old guard at the kindergarten. 'Why did they attack randomly? Why did they shoot a kindergarten with tank shells?'"
Good questions. Does George W. Bush have any good answers? If not, he'd better forget about rallying the public around his agenda of perpetual war in the Middle East. Because there are going to be a lot more bombed kindergartens, and a lot more enraged Hassans who will join the insurgency in droves. Previously localized cells will metastasize into a nationwide resistance capable of coordinating far more than two attacks.
The key evidence that we are headed for disaster in Iraq is how the Coalition Provisional Authority is dealing with the recent demand by the Grand Ayatollah Sistani, spiritual leader of the Shi'ite majority, that direct elections be held as soon as possible to form a new government. The Americans had come up with some complicated formula, whereby "caucuses" would choose the candidates thereby ensuring that the future government would essentially consist of their handpicked Chalabi clones. Forget the insurgents: their AK-47s are mere twigs to the Grand Ayatollah's lethal fatwa, which flatly demanded direct national and municipal elections without any ifs, ands, or buts.
The Americans then ordered their handpicked "Iraqi Governing Council" to insist on the caucus system, setting up a confrontation with Sistani and the Shi'ite majority. So much for anyone in the Middle East deluded enough to take seriously all that militant pro-democracy malarkey emanating from the White House. That, too, is a lie.
And so much for the hope of a quick exit strategy. Not that the neocons, and their allies in the Democratic party who are now attacking Bush for trying to get out too soon would ever have allowed that to happen.
Sistani is a moderate Shi'ite: there are other Shi'ite leaders, however, who might take to the battlefield. The Shi'ite Muslims are already organized into a military force, the Badr Brigade, which was armed and trained in Iran for many years, and crossed into Iraq with the fall of the Ba'athists. If a radicalized Shi'ite populace hooks up with Sunni-led insurgents, the U.S. occupation is in major trouble.
There are already rumblings of an underground Shi'ite insurgency in the relatively peaceful south: the coming clash with Sistani could ignite a nationwide uprising that would not end until the occupation is ended. As the forces unleashed by American arms and imperious arrogance collide head on with Washington's illusions, what happened in Samarra will look like a minor skirmish compared to what's coming.
I'm told my new book, The Terror Enigma: 9/11 and the Israeli Connection, is doing quite well, and that's gratifying to know.
I just now got my own copies in the mail, and in reading the Introduction I'm struck by the clarity of the case I made for some significant degree of Israeli foreknowledge of the 9/11 terrorist plot. I don't think anyone with the least amount of objectivity can deny the thoroughness and extensive documentation of this book. No matter what your politics are, or your attitude toward Israel, you're bound to come away from The Terror Enigma convinced that, with all the smoke, there's bound to be fire.
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So there I was, wasting time while waiting for that little elf Jeremy to post this column, surfing around until I wandered over to Matt Drudge, and clicked on a story headlined:
This took me to Alexa, the popular site-rating service, and sure enough there was good old Matt at number 8, just below Google.com and ahead of the Washington Post. Way to go, Matt! I looked down the rest of the list: USA Today, CBS News, the Guardian, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Post, until my gaze fixed on number 36 Antiwar.com!
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The seat sharing between the Shiv Sena and its ally the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the Maharashtra Assembly elections would be finalised soon, Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray said here today.
"We are in the process of finalising the seat adjustments [and] it will be finalised soon," Mr. Thackeray told reporters at his residence in suburban Bandra. There is no difference between the saffron alliance partners on seat sharing, he said.
"There are a couple of seats over which both the parties have staked claim but these would also be sorted out in a few days," he said. The Guhagar seat in Coastal Konkan, which is currently with the BJP, is understood to be a stumbling block in the finalisation of seats between the BJP and the Shiv Sena.
The crisis in the BJP at the national level would not impact elections in Maharashtra as the Congress decisions taken here are not dictated from Delhi, Mr. Thackeray said.
During the 2004 Assembly elections, the Shiv Sena had contested 171 seats, while the BJP the remaining 117 seats in the 288-member House.
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Most rosters appear set, but many notable names remain in the rumor mill
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By Len Pasquarelli | ESPN.com
With no salary-cap ramifications for 2010, and teams more willing to deal players who are considered extraneous (malcontents, overpaid underachievers, guys in decline and veterans who simply no longer fit with a club's need or plans), the NFL trade market has been relatively active.
Since March 1, there have been 31 trades involving 39 veterans, and both numbers constitute the most offseason action in at least the past 10 years.
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Let's just say October was not a great month. Actually the month was not even "flat". It was lousy.
Between the global market uncertainties that persist, and the sell-off of some of our larger cap equities, to the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, October was a month to forget. Even our "Team Alpha" portfolio dropped a bit, but the portfolio has held up better than the market averages over 12 months.
We even re-balanced the entire portfolio by selling positions in American Capital (NASDAQ:AGNC), Annaly Capital (NYSE:NLY), Southern Company (NYSE:SO), 3M (NYSE:MMM), and Bank of America (NYSE:BAC). This gave us plenty of cash to redeploy into other equities like General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) and to take advantage of dividend "opportunities" such as the BDCs we added.
We also added to several key existing positions as the share prices dropped. Remember what our main goal is: Buy the dips, add to the core. That is what we did by adding more shares in General Electric (NYSE:GE), AT&T (NYSE:T), and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ). Our reasoning was explained in this article which I urge you to read carefully.
Finally, we added a new stock that we believe will be a future dividend winner, Linn Co, LLC. (NASDAQ:LNCO). Even though it is a new issue, this stock could be a wonderful income producer as well as a "SWAN" stock. This article delves into many compelling reasons for adding this stock directly into the heart of "Team Alpha's" core holdings.
Where Does "Team Alpha" Stand Now?
The S&P 500 dipped from 1441 to 1412 during the month of October. It seemed as though nothing was saved from this broad based sell-off. The earnings reports that came in were not very good. Revenues from companies that even beat earnings estimates were down for the most part, and there seemed to be more fear and confusion than optimism and confidence.
During the same month, Team Alpha declined from being up about 26% since October 23rd 2011, to being up about 19.6%. That is a drop of nearly 7% for one month, and we do not like that at all, but for a one year period, the S&P 500 rose by roughly 16% and Team Alpha beat the S&P 500 by 18% regardless of the October swoon.
Here is how our completely revamped Team Alpha Portfolio looks right now:
Stock | #Shares | 10-31-pps | TotValue | Div. Yield | div rcvd |
XOM | 100 | 91/shr | 9100 | 2.60% | |
JNJ | 125 | 71/shr | 8975 | 3.50% | |
T | 250 | 35/shr | 10500 | 5% | 110 |
GE | 500 | 21/shr | 10500 | 3.10% | |
BKCC | 300 | 10/shr | 3000 | 10.50% | |
LNCO | 200 | 39/shr | 7800 | 7.20% | |
PG | 100 | 70/shr | 7000 | 3.30% | 56 |
KO | 100 | 37/shr | 3700 | 2.70% | |
XLV | 200 | 40/shr | 8000 | 2.00% | |
INTC | 200 | 22/shr | 4400 | 4.20% | |
O | 200 | 40/shr | 8000 | 4.50% | 30 |
KFN | 300 | 11/shr | 3300 | 8.40% | |
WMT | 100 | 75/shr | 7500 | 2.10% | |
CSCO | 400 | 18/shr | 7200 | 3.10% | 56 |
GD | 100 | 68/shr | 6800 | 3.00% | 51 |
BMY | 175 | 33/shr | 245 | 4.00% | 60 |
Tot Yield | x | x | 0 | 4.62% | |
Cash Rsvs | x | x | 13567 | 363 | |
Tot Value | x | x | 119587 |
Dividend yields have increased from 4.28% to 4.62% by virtue of the fact that we rebalanced cash into more stocks with solid dividend yields, even as we sold off our mREITs.
Our cash reserves were used to expand our portfolio as well as deepen our core holdings. Currently we have about 10% in cash reserves which was added to with $363 in dividends received.
Future Actions Being Considered
Many of our readers have requested a "heads up" before I write about a change I am making. I agree that I should alert everyone as to what I am thinking about.
This month (November) I will be doing a complete review of Intel (NASDAQ:INTC). The stock has underperformed and there are some major headwinds the company and the stock are facing.
Most notably, the incredible impact of tablets being sold that has eaten into the PC business. This is the core business of INTC and since they have come to the tablet party quite late, the stock has taken a hit. Understanding that the stock has a 4.20% dividend yield, we should reflect on the potential of the total return that Intel could have.
If the earnings and revenues are impacted to the point of a diminishing share price and a weaker total return, I believe prudent investors should keep an eye on the company. If they show few signs of actual growth, then the money from selling off this stock can be used to either find another new stock, or add to an existing position.
No decisions have been made, and I would welcome anyone and everyone to offer their comments about Intel here. Sharing solid input so all of us can make informed decisions makes Seeking Alpha the wonderful resource it has become.
Another action I will explore will be that of hedging our positions. Since I feel 2013 could be somewhat tumultuous, a simple hedging strategy will be explored and discussed in future articles. I am not a huge hedge fan since it limits our upside, however I also believe that preservation of capital will be an important component for our portfolios in the next 12 months.
My initial thoughts are to look at put options in key positions. That strategy is a time honored one that targets specific stocks or indices, and is perhaps the least expensive insurance. Another strategy would be the utilization of inverse ETFs within our portfolio which has become a hedge fund favorite recently.
In a future article being worked on now, we will explore those strategies.
The Bottom Line
A 20% return is still a wonderful performance for the Team Alpha portfolio over a one year period. As we move into our 2nd year, I feel that the portfolio is stronger now than it was before.
The income generated is greater, and the key dividend winning stocks are now stronger within the portfolio core holdings. The next 12 months could be very challenging and I feel Team Alpha is well positioned to achieve even greater results.
Disclosure: I am long XOM, JNJ, GE, T, LNCO, O, KFN, BKCC, XLV, CSCO, INTC, WMT, KO, GD. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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Antique Powder Horn. Is it real?
This is on Ebay. Do you guys think it is really that old or a fake?
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Methinks it's old but not that old. I think if it had been in a barn for very many years it would be more bug eaten and mouse gnawed. Re-enactors and horn makers routinely carve dates, etc in horns to give a more realistic look to their portrayal. The fact that nobody's bidding on it ought to tell you something. Real antique horns and good fakes usually bring over 100 bucks even for not so good specimens.
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I don't think it's real either.
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The metal ring on the big end looks rather new. Most old ones I have seen use brass or iron square nails, not round head tacks.
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Umm... I don't think they would apreciate if I said what i think is scratched in(or what someone attempted to scratch out) to the side, but any way you look at it; I wouldn't take that as a gift:barf:
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You really have to be careful about buying on e-bay. A lot of people lie to make big bucks on items. I have been burned on a few items on e-bay. Just my 2 cents.
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Texans & The Cowboys: A Five-Point Scientific Comparison
We will have analysis from our sports guys today and tomorrow. We have already had the utter lameness of "trash talk" between the mayors. (What does this even mean, from KTRK: "It gives me a much better feeling to have a winning team that's backing me, as is a losing team that's backing him," said Mayor [Annise] Parker.)
What is needed now is a calm, reasoned, scientifically researched study on the key differences between the two teams.
We are ready to offer it.
5. Fan Base
Cowboys: Obnoxious blowhards who seem utterly blind to the fact their team has stunk for years and years.
Texans: Salt of the earth Real Americans who know their team has stunk for years and years.
4. Quarterbacks
Cowboys: Tony Romo, who would rather have sex with Jessica Simpson than participate in a dreary, pointless end-of-season practice.
Texans: Matt Schaub, who probably feels the same way but never had the opportunity to put it to the test.
3. Drug of choice:
Cowboys: Depending on the era, weed, crack or powder cocaine.
Texans: Performance-enhancing drugs that are ingested either by innocent mistake or to combat vicious tumors attacking your body.
2. Coach
Cowboys: Wade Phillips, for the moment. No one is quite sure why he still has the job.
Texans: Gary Kubiak, for the moment. If the Texans don't make the playoffs this year, everyone will be quite sure why he doesn't have a job.
1. Stadiums
Cowboys: An utterly overbuilt, garish airplane hangar of a place that is essentially the world's most expensive sports bar, as fans pay a hefty cover charge and drink high-priced beers in order to watch the game on a hi-def big-screen TV.
Texans: A perfectly fine facility that has definitively proven that opening the roof to intimidate the black-clad Steelers is an awful, awful idea.
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1Not awake and aware of and responding to one's environment: [ as complement] : the boy was beaten unconscious
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- There was no way that he and Poe could face what came next while trying to manage and unconscious body as well.
- A few minutes later she sat beside his unconscious body on the couch, just looking at him.
- They carried two poles which they began lashing onto the reed mat beneath David's unconscious body.
collapsed, keeled over, motionless, immobile, prostrate
informal out cold, out for the count, blacked out, KO'd, kayoed, out like a light, laid out, flaked out, out, dead to the world
British informal spark out
rare soporose, soporous
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unintentional, unintended, accidental, unthinking, unwitting, inadvertent, unpremeditated, unplanned;
uncalculating, chance;
natural, innate, inherent, unlearned, instinctive, automatic, mechanical, reflex, involuntary, knee-jerk, uncontrolled, spontaneous, subliminal, subconscious, latent, suppressed, sleeping, deep
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(the unconscious) Back to top The part of the mind which is inaccessible to the conscious mind but which affects behaviour and emotions: horrific apparitions surfaced out of the recesses of his unconscious
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Those in attendance introduced themselves.
Discussion Items:
Fort Collins Draft Air Quality Plan. Lucinda Smith, Environmental Planner with the City of Fort Collins Natural Resources Department, provided an update on the Citys draft Air Quality Plan. The principles and policies outlined in the plan have been reviewed and approved by City Council as part of the recently adopted City Plan. The City is asking for comments on the implementation strategies.
Ms. Smith outlined the purpose of the Air Quality Plan to:
The short list of implementation strategies selected for the draft Plan include efforts in four categories: commute trip reduction, volunteers for sustainable homes, promotion of alternative fuel vehicles, and promotion of individual action through information and outreach. An overview of each strategy was provided, followed by an open discussion with the EAB members. The main questions or comments from that discussion are listed here:
Solid Waste World Café. The Solid Waste Department held a full-day retreat type meeting at the Ranch on January 27. The meeting include a group of stakeholders for a discussion about solid waste management issues and the role of the County. EAB members Jennifer Lee, Evelyn King and Melissa Chalona attended the meeting. Jennifer Lee provided an electronic copy of her notes from the meeting. Members noted that this was a detailed summary from the meeting. Issues that were discussed at the meeting included recycling, the need for a composing facility, the importance of transportation costs and the need to have a close-in landfill, the need for community-based programs for waste reduction opportunities, and the potential for a waste-to-energy facility.
The Poudre Runs Through It Forum. EAB members Jennifer Lee and Ryan McShane reported on the first two sessions for the forum. The program has been organized into three basic categories. The first was a public introductory forum held on February 3. It featured speakers about the importance of the River and its future.
The second category is a series of three educational sessions about water law and management, water needs and streamflow implications, and future water planning. The initial education session was held on February 24. The next two sessions are scheduled for March 10th and 24th. The third category will include two public dialogue sessions scheduled for April 11th and 16th.
Information about the forum, including speakers presentation materials are available on the UniverCity Connections website at: www.univercityconnections.org/.
Evelyn King provided a handout describing the planned public outreach for the North Front Range Metropolitan Planning Organizations 2035 Regional Transportation Plan Update. The outreach efforts include a series of steps beginning this month and concluding on June 17. Information on the plan is available on the MPOs website at: http://nfrmpo.org/ResourcesDocuments/2035RegTrans.aspx.
Kimberly Karish reported that work by the Army Corps of Engineers and their consultants on the Purpose and Need Statement for the proposed Regional Watershed Supply Project EIS will probably not be completed until the end of 2011.
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Salah, Khaled and Drakopoulos, Elias and Elrad, Tzilla (2000) A Novel Handoff Scheme for Wireless ATM Networks. Journal of Interoperable Communication Networks, 2 (4). pp. 215-224.
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Mobility support and management in Wireless ATM networks poses a number of technical issues. An important issue is the ability to manage and reroute active connections during handoff as mobile users move among base stations. We propose a novel two-phase handoff scheme using permanent virtual paths reserved between adjacent Mobility Enhanced Switches (MES). The virtual paths are used in the first phase to rapidly reroute user connections. In the second phase, a distributed optimization process is initiated to optimally reroute handed-off connections. In this paper, we address various control issues related to signaling and implementation of such a scheme including how to achieve optimal paths. We analytically calculate and study the handoff blocking probability and the bandwidth requirement for the reserved virtual paths. We also study the impact of processing and signaling load due to the second-phase route optimization. Both ATM CBR and VBR traffic types were considered for mobile user connections.
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | MOBILITY, HANDOFF, SIGNALING, ROUTE OPTIMIZATION, WATM, ATM, WIRELESS |
Date: | 2000 |
Subjects: | Computer |
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With Prince William's upcoming wedding to Kate Middleton in 30 days, RadarOnline.com has learned that his younger brother Prince Harry made his first public statements to Good Morning America Wednesday about his brother's walk down the aisle, and how he's preparing to be the best man.
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Prince Harry is currently training in subzero frost of the North Pole for a 200-mile, 22-day expedition to raise money and awareness for British soldiers who've been injured in war. So in between diving into icy pools and hiking up snow-covered mountains, will the prince be penning his best man speech in the chilly conditions?
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"Writing a speech while I'm stuck in a tent in minus-14 [degree weather]?" the red-headed royal said. "If there's time, then yeah.
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"I might give it some thought," he said, adding that the trek takes precedence.
"I'm here for these guys and these guys alone… that part of my life (the wedding) will be kept separate, probably," Prince Harry said.
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"It didn't seem right… to ignore these guys," Prince Harry said, adding he hopes to get into game shape for the trek before he decides to "jump on a plane and get back home."
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"This extraordinary expedition will raise awareness of the debt that this country owes to those it sends off to fight — only for them to return wounded and scarred, physically and emotionally," the prince, 26, said. "The debt extends beyond immediate medical care and short-term rehabilitation."
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Heading north along the coast traffic is fairly light, the road itself is only 5 meters wide in places and there is little commerce going on.
Chris and I were looking for a place to grab some lunch and spotting a sign for a Japanese hotel / restaurant, we looked for the turn off somewhere around Sambirenteng. We missed it but I spotted another restaurant sign up the road in Tejakula. Turning into the driveway I could see construction going on in a very nice hotel bungalow complex. This place was called Poincianna Bungalows and was located right on the black sand beach. A little piece of paradise is how I would describe it. The half dozen bungalows are all modern with large bathtub, AC, fridge, TV, plus there is a very nice pool. All the bungalows have double bed, making it ideal for couples.
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Alex Stupak: Empellon Cocina Was 'The Biggest Middle Finger' To Naysayers
Alex Stupak, self-identified nihilist and chef-owner of Empellon Taqueria and its upscale little sister Empellon Cocina, notoriously falls under the "best celebrity chefs who just don't give a fuck" umbrella.
In a recent post for First We Feast, he thoughtfully lays out his four requirements for restaurant expansion (he's toying with the idea of a third space), admitting that he maybe, definitely jumped the gun on opening Cocina after Taqueria blew away critics who doubted what a "modernist" gringo pastry chef could do with Mexican food.
Writes Alex:
"When I opened Taqueria I was told many times, by several different people, that I was not going to succeed. So much so that once the restaurant just barely started to click I became compelled to extend the biggest middle finger I possibly could to all those naysayers. That middle finger was Cocina."
What a loving descriptor. We can't wait to nickname our second child "middle finger."
But Alex's rules aren't meant to be universal: "Everyone's journey is different and I have no fucking clue about what I'm doing."
Which is exactly why he's our favorite. Well, that, and delicious tacos. You can read his whole post here.
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I had an ultrasound last sunday and the doctor said I was 5 weeks. I had another ultrasound yesterday, (6 days later) at a different hospital and I measured only 5 weeks and two days. HCg is doubling perfectly, I am hoping it has to do with the technology or miscalculation. What do you guys think?
can different ultrasounds measure different dates?
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Its only a 2 day difference so they are both pretty accurate. Some ultrasounds can be off a whole week ! But I wouldnt worry too much. They aren't 100 %. Hope I was help. Congratulations on your pregnancy !!
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Thank you! The first one was done at a better hospital, cedars sinai..i think they may have better technology than the other. Im being monitered for ectopic so i hope to see the yolk sac and fetal pole this week. Gestational sac is there but they could not see anything else! hoping hoping hoping! thank you very much for your reply!
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KARTIKA SARI, DEWI (2007) A STUDY ON THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS' SPEAKING ABILITY AT MA NEGERI MALANG I. Other thesis, University of Muhammadiyah Malang.
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Speaking is the verbal use of language to communicate with others. Speaking in a second or foreign language has often been viewed as the most demanding of the four skills and seen as the central skill. This study aims at measuring the students' speaking ability of the second year at MA Negeri Malang I. Realizing it, the writer is interested in investigating the second year students' speaking ability which includes their ability in accent, grammar, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension in speaking. This study used quantitative descriptive research that the data collected were in the form numbers or scores rather than words or pictures. The population of the study was all students of the second year at MA Negeri Malang I that consisted of 280 students. The sample of the study was 15 % of population taken by using proportional random sampling that consisted of 42 students. The data were obtained through interview test to the students that were scored by 2 raters in order to avoid the subjectivity in scoring. To determine the students' scores, FSI component scale was used. The scores from 2 raters were classified into FSI weighting table, combined, and then divided by 2 to yield the mean score. Component scale can evaluate the student's scores in each component such as accent, grammar, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension, the sum of scores from five components, and then determined students' score criteria. The result of this study showed that the mean score of speaking test was 52.94. It means that, students' speaking ability in MAN Malang I was fair. The students still need to improve their speaking ability. Based on the result of each component of speaking, the students got the lowest score in accent. The students' ability in accent was poor; grammar, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension were fair. It can be stated that accent/ pronunciation was considered as the most difficult one to master. In other words, most students in MAN Malang I of second year still had difficulties in speaking English.
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Title | The functioning of democratic institutions in Albania |
Publisher | Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly |
Publication Date | 11 January 2010 |
Country | Albania |
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Cite as | Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly, The functioning of democratic institutions in Albania, 11 January 2010, Doc. 12113, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/4b5835f22.html [accessed 7 May 2015] |
Comments | Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) |
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You've probably been sick before. It's not fun. In many cases, like the flu, you're sick because of a virus.. …tiny germs ready to multiply and spread from person-to-person, via handshakes or sneezes. Computer viruses are no different. Instead of germs, they are computer programs.
These programs are usually designed by criminals to multiply and spread from computer-to-computer like a disease. If one makes it to your computer, it can erase your files, send emails without your permission or even communicate sensitive info to criminals.
Let's take a closer look, because what we call computer viruses can actually be Viruses, worms or trojans - we'll start with viruses.
These bugs hitch a ride when something, like a file, is shared between computers. This often happens via attachments sent in email or shared USB drives. Once someone clicks to open the file, the damage is done. The virus is now on that computer, where it starts to multiply and look for chances to hitch a ride to a new computer.
Like a sick human, it's sometimes hard to to tell when a file has a virus. For this reason, the best defense is anti-virus software. It prevents viruses from getting to your computer and removes them when they are found.
Now, worms are a little scarier. They are programs that spread to computers without humans doing anything. Criminals create worms to spread via computers that are connected in a network. They worm their way from computer-to-computer automatically. Whether it's a small office or a global network like the Internet. Usually, the worms find a back door – a way to trick the computer's software into letting them in. Once they're in, they look for the same backdoor in similar computers, wreaking havoc along the way.
The best defense is keeping your computer software up to date at work and home. This helps close the doors and prevent problems.
Trojans, our last example, are sneaky bugs. Like the real trojan horse, they're a trick. If you fall for it, you end up downloading a virus from the Internet. It may appear to be a game or useful software, but hidden inside is a program that can cause problems.
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Lakers (28-7) at Trail Blazers (22-15)
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No. | Name | Height | Position | Statistics |
2 | Derek Fisher | 6-1 | PG | 7.0 ppg, 2.7 apg |
24 | Kobe Bryant | 6-6 | SG | 30.0 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 4.7 apg |
7 | Lamar Odom | 6-10 | F | 9.5 ppg, 9.5 apg |
37 | Ron Artest | 6-7 | F | 12.0 ppg, 4.8 apg |
17 | Andrew Bynum | 7-0 | C | 15.3 ppg, 8.0 apg |
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24 | Andre Miller | 6-2 | PG | 11.8 ppg, 4.8 apg |
7 | Brandon Roy | 6-6 | SG | 22.9 ppg, 5.2 apg, 4.7 rpg, |
23 | Martell Webster | 6-7 | SF | 9.8 ppg, 3.8 rpg |
12 | LaMarcus Aldridge | 6-11 | PF | 15.9 ppg, 7.8 rpg |
6 | Juwan Howard | 6-9 | C | 5.1 ppg, 3.6 rpg |
About the Lakers: Los Angeles suffered its first loss of 2010 Tuesday night, falling 102-91 to the Los Angeles Clippers in a road game at the Staples Center. The Lakers made just 3 of 12 shots in the final seven minutes and shot 38.4 percent for the game. Bryant, the Western Conference player of the month for December, scored a game-high 33 points in the loss. He averaged an NBA-high 31.3 points per game in December and led the Lakers to a 12-3 record. The reigning NBA Finals MVP moved into 15th on the NBA's all-time scoring list on Jan. 5, when he scored 22 points against Houston. Bryant (24,870 career points) passed Patrick Ewing (24,815) on the all-time list. Pau Gasol is expected to miss his third consecutive game tonight with a strained left hamstring. The Lakers are 19-3 when Gasol plays. The Lakers own the best record in the NBA, but are 8-4 on the road, which includes losses in each of their last two road games.
About the Blazers: After surprisingly winning eight of 10 games with a depleted roster, the Blazers have lost two in a row. They endured perhaps their most painful loss of the season Tuesday night, when they blew an eight-point fourth-quarter lead and imploded down the stretch during a 109-105 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies at the Rose Garden. It was a discouraging way to enter a difficult stretch of games that includes back-to-back matchups against the NBA's best — the Lakers and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Just seven players practiced for the Blazers on Thursday as the team continues to battle injuries and illnesses. Roy (right hamstring) and Aldridge (left ankle) were held out for precautionary reasons and are expected to play against the Lakers. But Miller, who caused a firestorm with a roughly half-hour verbal confrontation with coach Nate McMillan at practice, is questionable with a sore back. Webster, who has 14 of the Blazers' 17 three-pointers the past three games, has scored 20 or more points in the three consecutive games for the first time in his career. Since taking over as the Blazers' starting center eight games ago, Howard has averaged 10.4 points and 7.0 rebounds. After missing the last three games and being hospitalized with pneumonia, Blake rejoined the team Thursday but did not practice. He said he hoped to return for Sunday's game against Cleveland.
Series history: The Lakers have lost eight consecutive games at the Rose Garden, their longest active road losing streak to any team. It's also the Blazers longest active home winning streak against any opponent. The Lakers, who have won just two season series against the Blazers in the 1990s and 2000s combined, own a 108-84 all-time edge in the series. But the Blazers have a 58-38 advantage in Portland, where they have won 21 of the last 25 games in the series.
Injuries: The Blazers are without guards Steve Blake (pneumonia) and Rudy Fernandez (back), forwards Nicolas Batum (right shoulder) and Travis Outlaw (left foot) and centers Greg Oden (left knee) and Joel Przybilla (right knee). Aldridge (left ankle sprain) and Roy (right hamstring) are probable. Miller (back) is questionable. The Lakers will play without forwards Luke Walton (pinched nerve, back) and Gasol (left hamstring).


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Information Notice No. 83-68: Respirator User Warning: Defective Self-contained Breathing Apparatus Air Cylinders
SSINS No.: 6835 IN 83-68 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555 October 11, 1983 Information Notice No. 83-68: RESPIRATOR USER WARNING: DEFECTIVE SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS AIR CYLINDERS Addressees: All nuclear power reactor facilities holding an operating license (OL) or construction permit (CP), research and test reactors, fuel cycle licensees, and Priority 1 material licensees. Purpose: This information notice is provided to alert licensees of a serious, potential defect in certain self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) fiberglass-wound aluminum cylinders which contain high-pressure (4500 psi) air. Should a cylinder fracture, serious injury or death and/or property damage could result. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has issued a Respirator Users Warning. It is expected that licensees will review this information for applicability to their facility respiratory protection program. No specific action or response is required. Description of Circumstances: The NRC has recently learned of a serious defect found in certain SCBA's high-pressure air cylinders. A small number of fiberglass-wound aluminum cylinders manufactured since mid-1982 for Scott Aviation and Survivair (and possibly others) by Luxfer USA Limited have experienced cracking around the neck of the cylinder. In two cases, the defective cylinders ruptured but no injuries were reported. The manufacturer reported in a July 14, 1983 letter to its distributors/end users that all the incidents have involved cylinders from the same manufacturing batch bearing Serial Numbers WF 20321 through 21548 (Scott Cylinder Part No. 802239-01 for Air-Pak 4.5) and WA 43160 through 50178 [Survivair Cylinder Part No. 9161-00 used in 9845 Mark I Series and 9840 Mark II Series (30 min.)]. NIOSH issued a Respirator Users Warning on July 21, 1983 (see Attachment No. 1). NIOSH's "Guidelines for Reporting Respirator Problems" are provided as Attachment No. 2. At the manufacturer's request, the product recall notice was issued by the Department of Transportation's Office of Hazardous Material Regulation on August 11, 1983 by publication in the Federal Register (Vol. 48, No. 156, p. 36559). 8308300761 . IN 83-68 October 11, 1983 Page 2 of 2 The manufacturer, in a July 14 letter to its distributors/end users, made the following three recommendations in dealing with the cylinders bearing the above serial numbers: (1) If the cylinder has been filled, its entire contents should be vented in order to relieve internal pressure. (2) These vented cylinders should be retained and segregated from all other cylinders by being placed in a secure place and marked conspicuously with a tag bearing the notation "DO NOT USE" or a similar warning. (3) Under no circumstances should any of the cylinders in question be sold, filled, refilled, or used for any purpose. Although the NRC fully supports the manufacturer's recommended precautionary actions, licensees are reminded that if any affected cylinders are fulfilling 10 CFR 50 emergency preparedness, control room backup air, or fire protection requirements, then appropriate compensatory air supplies must be provided. Copies of Scott Aviation and Survivair warning letters to their customers (presented in Attachment Nos. 3 and 4) are attached to provide further information. If you have any questions concerning this problem, please call the number listed on the appropriate customer warning letter, or contact the Regional Administrator of the appropriate NRC Regional Office, or this office. Edward L. Jordan Director Division of Emergency Preparedness and Engineering Response Office of Inspection and Enforcement Technical Contacts: J. E. Wigginton, IE (301) 492-4967 L. Hendricks, RES (301) 443-9790 Attachments: 1. NIOSH Respirator Users Warning 2. NIOSH Guidelines for Reporting Respirator Problems 3. Scott Aviation Letter 4. Survivair Letter 5. List of Recently Issued IE Information Notices .
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This sophisticated nightclub has classy and modern decor with a hint of a rock and roll atmosphere. The nightclub hosts great events, and you'll find fantastic DJs spinning here. This place boasts of an excellent sound system with soundproofed walls that contain the sound, adding to the liveliness of the atmosphere. The club occasionally offers its platforms to various live performers. Order a drink from one of the bars and dance the night away. Make sure you dress to impress!
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- Nearest Train: Yaletown-Roundhouse Northbound
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Detail of GEF Project #214
GEF Project ID | 214 |
Funding Source | GEF Trust Fund |
Project Name | National Biodiversity Strategy, and Action Plan and Country Report to the COP |
Country | Rwanda |
Region | Africa |
Focal Area | Biodiversity |
Operational Program | EA |
Approval Date | 1996-08-28 |
GEF Agency Approval Date | 1996-10-28 |
Project Status | Under Implementation |
GEF Agency | UNDP |
Executing Agency | Ministry of Environment and Tourism |
Description | The Biodiversity Enabling Activity for Rwanda will assist the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MINETO) in developing a National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (BSAP). The BSAP will build on and reinforce other existing national strategies and plans, such as the National Environment Strategy. It will also provide a framework for parallel implementation of a GEF Short Term Response Measure (STRM) to control degradation in the Gishwati and Nyungwe forests. The project will allow Rwanda to meet its obligations under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) by assisting the preparation of an Interim Report to the Conference of Parties (COP) of June 1997 and its first National Report to the COP. |
Implementation Status | The BSAP is completed and on the CBD web site. The second National Report is well under way and will be completed in weeks. |
GEF Project Grant | 170,640 USD |
GEF Grant | 170,640 USD |
Project Cost | 170,640 USD |
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