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Crude prices edged down for the first time in 3 weeks on the
imminent resumption of Libyan exports, while natural gas also
declined amid expectations of lower heating demand with the onset
of warmer spring temperatures.
Among the newsmakers, The Woodlands, Texas-based oil and gas
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
's (
) stock jumped 15% after it confirmed the settlement of an
environmental dispute for $5.15 billion.
Crude Oil:
Crude prices got a boost from the latest jobs report that did
not meet some of the more optimistic estimates, but it
nevertheless provides further evidence that the U.S. economy is
coming out of its winter freeze. This has fueled hopes for robust
fuel and energy demand in the world's biggest oil consumer. The
bullish momentum was further propelled by hopes of a stimulus
package out of China to revive the slowing growth.
However, the bulls were more than offset by expectations of
oil export resumption from the Libyan coast, which has witnessed
an eight-month impasse between armed protestors and the
government. Even an unexpected drop in crude stockpiles could not
deter the negative sentiment, as the decline was termed as an
aberration, attributed to the recent temporary suspension of
marine traffic in a Gulf Coast waterway.
As a result of these factors, by close of trade on Friday,
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil settled at around $101.14 per
barrel, losing 0.6% for the week.
Natural Gas:
Natural gas fell last week on forecasts of soft spring
temperatures across the U.S., partially offset by an in-line
supply data.
In particular, milder weather predictions - in bulk of the
country over the next few days - are likely to limit natural gas'
demand for heating. Also, the period of hot summer weather, which
increases the fuel's usage for air conditioning, remain weeks
Some of this headwind was compensated by the EIA's weekly
inventory release, showing that natural gas stockpiles held in
underground storage in the lower 48 states fell by 74 billion
cubic feet (Bcf) for the week ended Mar 28, within the guided
range (of 73-77 Bcf drawdown).
Influenced by these factors,
gas prices
ended Friday at $4.44 per million Btu (MMBtu), down 1.0% over the
Energy Week That Was:
The week's energy coverage was dominated by the following
Anadarko Settles Environmental Cleanup Lawsuit, Shares
Good news flowed in at the exploration & production
company Anadarko Petroleum Corp. after it settled a long,
drawn-out pollution case. Anadarko agreed to pay $5.15 billion to
the plaintiffs in environmental clean-up costs associated with
its 2006 acquisition of Kerr-McGee Corp.
The arrangement - following a lengthy legal battle - was well
received by the investors, with Anadarko's shares gaining 14.51%
in intraday trade. The lawsuit has long been the albatross tied
to Anadarko's neck and the settlement can only mean good for the
company. Moreover, the value of the final settlement is much
lower than what was expected.
BP Australia Refinery to Cease Operations
UK supermajor
BP plc
) intends to terminate operations at its 102,000 barrels-per-day
Bulwer Island refinery in Brisbane, Australia by mid 2015,
blaming heightened competition from the cheap new mega-refineries
in Asia. In particular, a higher local dollar, strict fuel
quality standards, and the introduction of super-sized refineries
in Asia, has rendered the facility uncompetitive and loss making.
London-based BP is considering converting the refinery into a
multi-product import terminal.
McDermott Tumbles 10% on Stock Offering, Operational
Offshore oil and gas-focused engineering and construction firm
McDermott International Inc.
's (
) share price plummeted 10.1% after the company declared its
intention to offer around 10,000,000 stocks at $25.00 per apiece.
Separately, McDermott warned that its first quarter results might
be worse-than-expected, with profit margin - from the operation
of backlog projects - not able to cover its fixed expenses and
restructuring costs.
Encana to Sell Wyoming Assets for $1.8B
Canadian energy explorer
Encana Corp.
) has reached an agreement to unload some of its Wyoming natural
gas assets to an affiliate of U.S. private investment firm TPG
Capital for about $1.8 billion. The to-be-sold properties are
located in the Jonah field with approximately 24,000 acres of
productive area and more than 1,500 active wells, holding proved
reserves of about 1,493 billion cubic feet equivalent. Encana
management stated that this divestment is in sync with its
current strategy of shifting focus to the more lucrative
oil-linked assets.
Apache Getting Rid of Canadian Acreage
U.S. energy firm
Apache Corp.
) announced the sale of its Western Canada oil and gas producing
properties in the Deep Basin area of western Alberta and British
Columbia for $374 million. These mainly dry gas producing assets
- spread across 328,400 net acres - had per day production of 101
million cubic feet of natural gas and 1,500 barrels of liquid
hydrocarbons last year. Apache is rebalancing its portfolio to
facilitate greater focus on the liquids-linked assets in North
America and the sale of the aforesaid natural gas properties are
in tune with its strategy.
Performance Chart of Some Major Companies:
The following table shows the price movement of the major oil
and gas players over the past 5 days and during the last 6
Last 5 Day's Performance
6 month performance
Other Headline News on Energy:
Cheniere Signs LNG Export Deal
Houston, Texas-based
Cheniere Energy Inc.
) entered into a deal to sell about 1.5 million tons of liquefied
natural gas (LNG) per annum from its planned Corpus Christi
export operations to Spanish energy company Endesa Genercion S.A.
As per the contract, Cheniere would provide LNG to Endesa for a
period of 20 years, possibly starting in 2018.
Weatherford to Relocate to Ireland
Oilfield services giant
Weatherford International Ltd.
) announced that its board of directors has approved the
relocation of its legal domicile to Ireland from Switzerland. The
incorporation under the Irish law will strengthen Weatherford's
activities and facilitate operations at the lowest possible cost.
It will also boost the company's ability to rapidly and
efficiently carry out and progress on its transformational path.
The move will enable Weatherford to retain and further attract
the finest personnel in the industry.
SeaDrill Ltd. Inks $319M Rig Deals
Offshore drilling firm SeaDrill Ltd. announced the receipt of
new contracts for its four jack-up rigs. The units are West
Tucana, West Telesto, West Ariel and West Prospero. The company
also secured a four-month contract extension for its West
Mischief jack-up unit. It is expected that the extension
agreement along with the four new deals will generate roughly
$319.0 million in revenues.
This Week's Outlook:
Apart from the usual releases - the U.S. government data on
oil and natural gas - market participants will be tracking
monthly supply/demand numbers from global energy bodies IEA and
OPEC. Wednesday's minutes of Federal Reserve's policy meeting
will also be closely watched.
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Fr. Virgil Cordano Living Memory Fund
For over 60 years, Fr. Virgil gave unselfishly to the people of Santa Barbara--ministering, teaching, loving, and being with people. On May 22, 2008, he died just a few months prior to his ninetieth birthday, but his vision and his spirit certainly live on. To honor a personal request by Fr. Virgil, we have established this living memory fund for the preservation and advancement of the Old Mission Santa Barbara.
This fund will be used to address not only the physical needs of the mission structure but will be used in the advancement of programs that respond to Fr. Virgil's call and the mission of this mission: to be a spiritual center; to educate and serve; to promote the arts and cultural heritage; to advance ecumenism; and to be a reconciling presence in the community.
Fr. Virgil expressed his hope that the important work that he loved, would continue and that the people of the community would be able to share in his vision. This is your opportunity to give and to share in celebrating and perpetuating this important place.
"May We Celebrate What Unites Us."
Fr. Virgil Cordano, OFM
La Huerta
This mission-Era Garden is an ongoing adventure in recreating a 200-year-old chapter in California's history and that of Old Mission Santa Barbara.
When the Spanish founded this Mission in 1786, a "huerta", or "garden", was quickly established to provide a continual source of food. The original huerta was a 6- to 10-acre orchard/garden site where the Spanish introduced edible plants and crops of commerce. As the Spanish expanded the 21-Mission system north of Baja beginning in 1769, each Mission had to quickly become a self-sufficient agricultural outpost.
The Old Mission Santa Barbara Huerta project is a living museum, a repository garden. It is a collection of heirloom and historic plants that once grew during the 65-year Mission era from 1769-1834.
The huerta currently includes fruit trees, grape vines, and many types of herbs and edible plants.
Staffed solely by volunteers, funds are needed for tools, soil amendment materials, and plant materials to continue this horticultural adventure. Also needed are funds for an interpretive center on the site to educate the public and to document this important resource.
Museum Expansion
Plans are on the drawing board to significantly upgrade our museum and expand it by 25%!
We have hundreds of artifacts in storage that need to be put on display and made available to the public! They include gold and silver items, Chumash pottery, baskets, and stone work, tools, weapons and musical instruments, paintings and photos; a huge collection of vestments, including one worn by Father Junipero Serra; statues, furniture, and many other items of historic significance.
However, we need funding to defray the cost of the expansion and upgrade! We need to purchase display cases, add interactive displays for children, and improve our interpretive signs and our lighting and security systems. Please help us make available to the community all of our beautiful and historic artifacts.
Docent Training & Support Program
An integral part of Old Mission Santa Barbara and its museum, which includes the La Huerta project, are our knowledgeable and friendly volunteer docents who so graciously spend their time conveying to visitors the history and splendor of Old Mission Santa Barbara. However, the cost of training and managing our docents has become too costly. To defray those costs, we ask that you donate to this vital program so that we may continue telling not only our story but the story of the beginning of Santa Barbara as well.
Old Mission Santa Barbara is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with articles of incorporation and a federal tax identification number. All donations received will be used strictly for the program or project for which they were designated.

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Travis Stanley, Byrns Darden Elementary School art teacher, brushes leaves off the compass he painted. Students use the compass for learning.
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Art teacher Travis Stanley has used his artistic ability to help Byrns Darden Elementary students literally find their way.
Stanley designed and painted a huge compass in the school's outdoor garden based on the idea of a fellow teacher, Raymond Szczepaniak.
"The space itself is a circular configuration, and I thought to myself, why hasn't anybody ever thought of using it for a compass? Learning directions and map skills are part of our standards, and I thought something like an outdoor compass could make it more relevant and more real life," said Szczepaniak, a science teacher. ...


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Jan 25 2009
Body Language
At work the other day I thought about the signs animals give us when they're agitated.
Birds of course use song and call notes to communicate but, just like humans, body language is a big part of their repertoire. It's amazing how easily you can see what a bird is thinking if you watch its behavior.
When an eastern screech-owl is worried he bobs his head. Aggressive house sparrows make their bodies horizontal and gape their beaks. Agitated northern cardinals raise their crests. Calm or submissive birds keep their feathers sleek, their wings and tails closed and their crests down – like this cardinal.
When a bird is agitated or aggressive there are many levels of intensity. At the lowest level he puts his body in a horizontal position and raises his crest or head feathers. Click on this calm cardinal to see an angry one in this pose.
If a bird is really worked up he fluffs out his body feathers. If that isn't enough he opens his wings to appear larger. And to absolutely make his point he opens his beak. I have a great example of this – all but the open beak – if you click here to see Dorothy, the mother peregrine falcon at University of Pittsburgh, defending her babies on banding day in 2004.
Some body language is not so clear, as in the mysterious wing flick gesture practiced by northern mockingbirds. Ornithologists are not absolutely sure why mockingbirds quickly open and close their wings in a raised V – perhaps to startle insects, perhaps to attract attention. I do know that if a person flicks out his arms the way a mockingbird flicks his wings he will certainly attract attention!
And so my thoughts came full circle. Wouldn't it be amazing if people showed their emotions the way birds do? I laughed to think of a business meeting in which an outspoken person gaped his mouth (beak) to make his point and everyone around the table slowly raised their crests.
It would add a whole new dimension to our body language.
(Northern cardinal photos by Chuck Tague, peregrine falcon (Dorothy) photo by Jack Rowley)


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The birth of the Apollo College of Veterinary Medicine, Jaipur on Oct 6, 2003 has opened a new chapter in the history of privatization of Veterinary education in the Country. It is the frist private veterinary college in the state of Rajasthan and the entire country under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model. The college started as an American dream with two NRI veterinary doctors Dr. Srinivasan Ramanathan and Dr. Raj Ishwar D.Khare. Their dream came to a reality when their guru and mentor Dr. Sohan singh Rathore joined handswith them. It has become possible due to the culmination of joint and concerted efforts on the part of these veterinarians which is a collective labor of love for their chosen profession. This group of people cohesively worked together in sharing their knowledge, skills and expertise, to shape ACVM a leader in the veterinary educational sector. This first private veterinary college which is conceived by the veterinarians and managed by the veterinarians for the future veterinarians is poised to lead the whole veterinary profession. One of the unique strengths of this college is their blend of national faculty members - both senior experienced retired academicians and clinicians from national centers of excellence like ICAR,IVRI and other national institutions who can share and help the younger junior veterinarians to accomplish their mission.
More than any thing else, the gigantic task before this group was to change the mind set of people associated with the public controlled system in this sector and also simultaneously infuse confidence in the society. Thus Rajasthan became fore-runner in the country to strengthen animal husbandry sector by taking policy decision to permit private partners to open Veterinary Colleges. The guiding principle for the ACVM was to adhere to the Standards laid down by the Veterinary Council of India as well as State Govt's. Policies and programmes in this direction.
The success story of the ACVM made its beginning when it got affiliated with the Rajasthan Agricultural University; (Now Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences - RAJUVAS) Bikaner in 2001.There after State Govt. was approached to
Allot suitable land for housing full fledged Veterinary College in commensuration to the needs as per National Standards.
Accord permission to utilize the State controlled Animal Husbandry facilities viz poly clinics, live stock farms B.P Lab, diagnostic units etc.
Government granted permission for the college
10 August, 1998
Affiliation to Rajasthan Agricultural University, (Now RAJUVAS) Bikaner
4 March, 2001
Procurement of land (6 acre)
16 May, 2001
Creation of facilities, acquiring building on rent and procurement of equipment
Beginning of 2003
First Recruitment of faculty
19 20 Jan., 2003
First VCI inspection for B.V.Sc & A.H. course
5 6 March, 2003
Commencement of academic session (Classes started)
6 Oct. 2003
University Inspection
May 2005
Second VCI Inspection
1 - 2 Oct. 2005
College shifted to new premises (Agra Road, Jaipur)
23 Jan 2006
University Inspection
22 Sept. 2006
Third VCI Inspection
22-24 Jan. 2007
Procurement of additional 14 Acre of land adjoining to the main campus
July, 2007
Fourth VCI Inspection (Visitor's Team)
22 - 24 Nov, 2007
1st batch completed
Sept. 2008
Internship programme started
17 March - 16 Sept , 2008
University Inspection
6 July 2008
Fifth VCI Inspection (Visitor's Team)
22 Feb. 2009
University Inspection
10 July 2009
2nd Batch Completed
Sept. 2009
3rd Batch Completed
Feb. 2010
VCI Inspection
22-23 Nov 2010
4th Batch completed
Feb. 2011
VCI Inspection
22-23 Aug 2011
The commitment of the State Govt. was evident from the facts the Hon'ble Chief Minister Sh. Ashok Gahlot under his own seal and signatures accorded permission to the ACVM to make use of the State Animal Husbandry facilities for teaching and training making this a viable and true public private partnership. Process of infrastructural development and recruitment of faculty for running BVSc&AH courses were started with right earnest and it is a work in progress. The college now boasts a truly national faculty from all parts of India.
The VCI got the facilities inspected in March, 2003. Interactions with the peers of the inspection team during inspection have strengthened our confidence in our attempts to build a good institution. The team appeared to have been satisfied with the progress and future plans.
Admission notification was issued only after satisfying the basic requirements for teaching first year courses. First batch of 21 students were admitted in Oct, 2003 under intimation to the University. Class work started wef .October 6, 2003.
Within the very first year, the college had demonstrated its commitments when four of the first five university merit positions including the FIRST were begged by the students of ACVM. Year after year the students of this college continue to dominate University merit amongst the three colleges under the fold of the University.
State government allotted land for the college building that was purchased by the educational trust and presently ACVM campus is located on NH-11 Agra Road barely at a distance of 7km from Jaipur city.
Today, the ACVM has established firmly to deliver effectively in fulfilling its committed functions of teaching, training, service and consultancy. This College has become a role model institution imparting Veterinary Education both for public and private sector organizations. It will continue to be the endeavor of ACVM to strive for the excellence in the diversified spectrum of Veterinary and Animal Sciences. Our mission would become more purposeful when people who have passion and love for the animals come forward and work with us to alleviate their sufferings of livestock.
This College has undergone several inspections both by the VCI and the Rajsthan Univercity of Veterinary & Animal Sciences (RAJUVAS) Bikaner during the last 7 years.
Not withstanding any thing with the authority vested with the VCI or the University in monitoring academic standards, it is considered right opportune to get accreditation done specifically projecting toward Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis that may give 3-dimentional view of the academic pursuits and future directions for the college. This will definitely help the institute to leap forward in imparting education and service for the welfare of the society at large.
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All Go West, a free West Asheville street fest, confirmed the lineup of bands for its April 27 event. Included are local favorites like the high-energy indie rockers The Critters and Kovacs & the Polar Bear.
All Go West, which kicked off in 2010 and 2011 but took a break last year, is back with a daylong event that will take place in and around the Isis Restaurant and Music Hall at 743 Haywood Road.
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There's a Pubic Hair in My Press Release
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Not because the work being exhibited is mundane.
Far from it.
Press releases are generally bare bones things, with just the What When and Wheres addressed. Boring at best, wastes of paper (digital or the stuff from trees) at worst.
At first glance, the PR for Laguna Art Museum's lecture by author Bram Dijksa on his new book book Naked: The Nude in America this Sunday at 1:00, sounds pretty standard.
Author of books with smart titles like American Expressionism, Art and Social Change, 1920-1950 and Idols of Perversity: Fantasies of Feminine Evil in Fin de-Siecle Culture, Dijksa is a professor emeritus of comparative literature and cultural history at UC San Diego, so it's a safe bet he'll be well-informed and interesting.
Then I stumbled over and upon the following intriguing words:
more than four hundred color illustrations
male and female nude
Robert Mapplethorpe
pubic hair
pin-up queen
Betty Page
... and a tidy description that settled any doubts:
"In chronological and thematic order, the book demonstrates the links between the work of some of the most famous names in the history of American painting..sculpture...and photography..., and that of the outlaw hordes of cartoonists, book-cover illustrators, and visual extremists who, particularly during the last half-century, were able to turn the United States into the world's principal purveyor of erotic fantasies."
Well played, Laguna Art Musuem. Well played.
Afterward, I had a cigarette, and hoped--yes, hoped, gentle readers--that Laguna or the publishers would send me a reviewers copy so that I might...well...review it.
I'm waiting.
Bram Dijkstra will be talking about--and autographing--his new book Naked: The Nude in America at Laguna Art Museum, 307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach, this Sunday, November 14 at 1:00 p.m.. Books are a hefty $75.00--they make great stocking stuffers!--and will be on sale at the event. Free for Museum Members and included in the paid admission price for non-members. For more information, call 949-494-8971.
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Reality for the majority of the 46 players filling Paul Brown Stadium during this weekend's rookie mini-camp is any 2013 contribution to the Bengals will come on special teams.
Many saw little action on special teams during careers as stars in college. Special teams coordinator Darrin Simmons uses this weekend to evaluate how these athletes could fit into a group looking to fill holes left by the departures of Dan Skuta (San Francisco) and Brian Leonard (Tampa Bay).
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Scooter Goes For A Ride In A Chevy Cop Car
By Scott Strenzel, aka Scooter from Scooter's Garage
The garage is open and we're radically busy working on our '57 Bel Air Rat Rod! It's either gonna be you love it and it's Bad. Or you will be welcome to throw up all over the trunk if you have to. Harv likes it, but hey he knows who feeds him. Time for another true Scooter's youth story.
A few issues ago, I told of the Cam Busters Car Club, and it's rented Sinclair station, and of the break in we had with that guy getting caught via leaving finger prints on my Craftsman tool box. If you remember? He didn't get but a few days in the county jail. For the time, it took for my dad and his buddy attorney to let him off to be nice to him.
And our police chief Don Frye had hired a fresh deputy. Turned out, it was a younger guy named also Don. And he had a sweet '53 Chevy Bel Air hard top with splits and some other cool stuff on it. Plus as a younger kid, he had been the lot boy as I now was for the dealership a few years ago.
Ok, I'm in the family garage at home, slinging some bondo at my buddies '47 Plymouth coupe. It's about 10:30pm on a school night. All of the sudden, the young Don cop is standing in the garage in full uniform. Hi Don what's up? You been having any runs-ins or doing any thing stupid around the guy that got caught breaking into your Cam Busters Club house? Hell, no Don. He's five or six years older and meaner than this 15 or 16 year old. I'm not that stupid. By this time my dad had seen the cop car parked in the driveway. He was in his T-shirt and standing on the back steps of the garage. Hi Don. What can I do for you?
He explains that the guy that broke in to the club house had had all of his muskrat traps stolen and they have ID tags on them. Someone called his house and told his mother that Scott had been seen with a large pile of traps a day or so ago. My dad gave me the look. He spoke. Son never lie to me. If you have anything to do with this say it all now. I tell him and officer Don. No way. I quit trapping at age 13 once I found out about how cool girls were. Don then asks if it's OK to take a look around the garage. Dad says yes go ahead. We have nothing to hide. We must re-call about a past SG story about the Atlas plycrons tires that I flattened doing a burnout for this special girl named Carol. I also told you all to make a note of the fact that I had hid them in the garage to see if maybe I could have them re-capped at a later date.
As Don gets around to the far corner of the garage, I mutter to him "Don please don't look in the new car canvas cover that's lying under the bench." I'll tell ya later why not. He speaks up loudly, "Scott, why are you telling me not to look here?" as he grabs the tarp and pulls it out from under the bench. I am looking at my dad. He's furious. I can tell he's gonna make my life miserable about those damn Plycron tires. He almost screams. Don! Take that stupid kid to jail! I don't want to see him until I cool down. He needs to learn a lesson!" Damn dad. You are losing it over some tires. Then I glance over by the tires I have stacked up under the bench. Shit! Here's a pile of muskrat traps! And they are the correct ones, with the ID tags on them.
I'm cuffed and off to the local state police station that has a holding cell via the Chevy cop car we had messed with in an earlier article. My dad and my mom show up about an hour later. Sergeant Emerson Lake was there to fingerprints me and places me in the cell. I am brought into a room, with my dad, my mom and Forrest the attorney buddy of my dads that I was named after. We talk. They ask questions. I'm frustrated and scarred because I am telling the truth about the traps. Then all of the sudden, I hear my best buddy Jerry's '56 327 Chevy pull up outside. He blips the gas and shuts it down. Then he walks into the post. "Mr. Strenzel, bet you're mad at Scott? Well, I'm here to tell you all that he didn't do the muskrat trap thing".
Then he looks at me and quirks." Scott old buddy. I was lying on the driveway cement under your Vette unhooking the shifter rods to play a joke on you for tomorrow when you fire it up to head to school. I saw Art coast down the hill and around on to the dirt street next to the garage. Then he slowly made his way up into the garage with two arms full of traps. He came out empty-handed in about two minutes. He then got in his car and coasted the rest of the way down the hill, fired up his car and drove off.
To shorten the story, Dad wouldn't let anyone do anything about it to his boss man's son. He was afraid for his job I guess. This was an ongoing problem for me with the boss's son. If you recall him running me over with the '62 Chevy wagon. I got to go home. But dad never did actually say he was sorry. His way was to tell me was that is was a good thing that I hadn't lied to him. He was proud of that. He said "Hey we're havin' fun and I am for sure gonna get even with Jerry on his '56 Chevy for trying to pull the shifter rod joke on me."
The garage is bared up like a jail cell. I'm out of here.
Tags: '57 Bel Air Rat Rod, Auto Round-Up, Cam Busters Car Club, Craftsman tool box, garage, local state police station, muskrat traps, new car canvas cover, Plycron tires, Scooter Goes For A Ride In A Chevy Cop Car, Scooter's Garage, Scott Strenzel, shifter rod joke, shifter rods, Sinclair station, Vette, '47 Plymouth coupe, '53 Chevy Bel Air hard top with splits, '56 327 Chevy, '56 Chevy, '62 Chevy wagon
Originally posted on Thursday, July 19th, 2012 at 10:13 am
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Scott Rook just pulled in his fifth keeper. We estimate it is a 3 1/2-pounder. That gives him about 12 pounds for the day. It looks like Rook will be moving up the leaderboard.
So just how many Elite anglers are going to earn berths in the 2013 Bassmaster Classic? It's actually hard to say. Twenty-eight spots are guaranteed to the Top 28 finishers in the Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler of the Year points race. Then there's the defending Classic champ, Chris Lane, who gets an automatic bid. Each of the eight Elite tournament winners is in, too. Plus, there are three Elite anglers who won Opens this year and will earn a Classic berth that way. Let's take a closer look and really figure this out.
Boyd Duckett has taken back the lead that he had early this morning.
Bassmaster Rookie of the Year Brandon Card talks to Dave Mercer about his stellar season.
A pleasure boater just ran within about 100 yards of Scott Rook, right through the middle of several shallow water buoys. He was going full speed. We could tell that his prop hit the shoal, which is made of rocks. This is the shoal Rook is fishing. The pleasure boater came to a stop quickly and jumped in the water to inspect his prop. "He paid the price for being dumb and ignorant," said Steve Bowman.
Scott Rook just lost a fish and threw his rod down. We're not sure if the fish came unbuttoned or if his line got cut like it did two times yesterday about this time. Rook told me last night that he's pulling his fish over a rockpile. He believes zebra mussels are cutting his line (the sharp edges of the shell). He was still frustrated about losing the fish yesterday. In a tournament as tight as this one, those fish may have put him in the lead.
Boyd Duckett led early this morning, but Randy Howell has four in the boat that are making a difference.


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Hoang Trinh Hotel
An excellent, quiet, under-$20 place to stay
What we say:
Peeking out from behind a courtyard decorated with colourful French cafe-style tables and chairs, bright red umbrellas and a frangipani tree, Hoi An's Hoang Trinh Hotel is an excellent, quiet, under-$20 place to stay surrounded by some of the town's most beautiful architecture.
Front-facing rooms and the second-floor breakfast balcony look straight over the magnificent Confucius temple on busy Tran Hung Dao Road — but the hotel is 30 metres back from the main road on the quiet Le Quy Don lane, so it's away from the bustle. Although it feels like it's a long walk from town, once you get your bearings you'll find you're midway between the old town and An Hoi. Slip down a little alley opposite and you'll come out the quiet side of the Japanese Bridge on the bohemian, artsy Nguyen Thi Minh Street, which is a far better introduction to the city than busy Le Loi.
As for facilities, the hotel classes itself as a B&B, with a dusty courtyard, a reception packed with everything you could wish for on a rainy day, including two computers, shelves of books, a guitar, cuddly toy and a helpful receptionist. The best bit though is the breakfast balcony on the second floor and its great views.
For a Hoi An budget hotel, rooms are awe-inspiringly good. They're beautifully presented, with both air-con and a ceiling fan, spacious, and havea fridge, dressing table and flatscreen TV. Ensuite bathrooms are a little old-fashioned, with showers over the bath, but are squeaky clean and well maintained with good pressure hot water.
The best rooms are the front facing first and second floor balcony rooms, which monopolise the best views. Rear facing rooms overlook a pre-school, which can be noisy, with the ground floor rooms coming in last as they only have windows facing out onto adjacent walls – in the rainy season months of October and November, if the town floods, these do to. WiFi is free and the coverage is excellent but does tend to drop out a bit on the second floor.
As for value for money, we struggle to think of anything else at a similar price that the Hoang Trinh wouldn't knock the socks off. The best we could come up with was Minh Quang Hotel on Hai Ba Trung, which has a couple of rooms on the third and fourth floors that we'd happily settle with if the Hoang Trinh was full.
But for rooms, service and atmosphere this little 20-room hotel competes with the far more expensive three-star hotels in Hoi An. The refreshing price ladder means solo travelers pay $12 instead of the normal $15 room charge; balcony rooms come in at between $17 and $20 and breakfast is charged only if you indulge — it's $2 a head.
The hotel attracts a mixed and slightly older crowd. If you are looking for more of a party hotel then you need to head for Ba Trieu Street which has a glut of overpriced, windowless hotels and cheap bars. The atmosphere at Hoang Trinh is far more family orientated, with staff throwing weekly complimentary dinners for guests. It's more green tea than rice wine, a one-star operation with four-star staff happy to go the extra mile.
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Best One Hit Wonders in Country Music History – Todd's Top Ten [VIDEOS]
This weekend on K99 it's a "One Hit Wonder Weekend"! So, I decided to tackle the the task of coming up with a top-ten list of the "Best One Hit Wonders in Country Music History".
10. James Bonamy
James Bonamy's "I Don't Think I Will" was his only top 20. He played the K99 Free Stage at the Greeley Stampede in 1996.
9. Davis Daniel
Davis Daniel's "For Crying Out Loud" was his only top 20. I couldn't even find an official video for this song, but Brian and I both loved this guy when he visited K99 back in 1991.
8. Trailer Choir
Trailer Choir was another band we met on the K99 Free Stage at the Greeley Stampede. Their only top 40 hit was "Rockin' The Beer Gut". Ever since Big Vinny lost weight on the Biggest Loser, the band has kind of disappeared.
7. Cyndi Thompson
Cyndi Thompson's debut single "What I Really Meant to Say" went to #1. Cyndi had 2 other top 40 hits. Then she quit the business cold turkey.
6. The Pirates of the Mississippi
The Pirates of the Mississippi only had one hit in the top 20. It was their most beloved song and their most hated. It's "Feed Jake". This video aired on TNN in the 90s.
5. The Tractors
The Tractors are a true one hit wonder. They had "Baby Likes to Rock It" in 1994. That's it. It was their only hit. They even put out 6 albums, but could never again find the magic they found with that one song.
4. George Ducas
George Ducas' Lipstick Promises went top 10. He had one other song that barely made it into the top 40, "Teardrops", but he in commonly referred to as a one hit wonder. I remember bringing him into the exhibition building at Island Grove Park years ago.
3. Terri Gibbs
Terri Gibbs is not really a one hit wonder, but the ONLY song she is known for is "Somebody's Knockin'". It was her only top 10. Terri actually had 5 other songs that cracked the top 40.


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It was just another random afternoon on the beach during Spring Break. I wandered aimlessly from bikini to bikini, wondering how I would close out a day of leering and dodging restraining orders. Slowly, the sky grew overcast and the temperature dropped, so naturally, it was time to whip out the hose and soak some hooters.
I'm sorry. That was cheap, childish phrasing. I should be ashamed of myself.
I don't know why we, as a society, must undermine the power and majesty of the female breast through the use of ridiculous euphemism.
Is it not enough that our noble sisters and their secondary sex characteristics must endure the daily affrontery of straps and underwires and whatever the hell an IPEX is?
Do these marvels of natural engineering truly need a bra to elicit wonder?
Even worse, I can't help but suspect that our tawdry trivializations may, in some fashion, lead to bigger –possibly even enormous– issues in the future.
All I can do is look at the smiling face below, that of the misguided contest's "winner", and shake my head in disconsolate shame. For I, a self-centered, awful little man, have failed her and everyone like her. In seeking to celebrate, I have mocked. With my lascivious gaze and careless words, I have tarnished her gentle form.
Oh, hey, wait… nipple slip!
I'm going to hell, aren't I?
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Hello! My name is Robert Aaron Wiley, and welcome to the holiday world of Mr. Bindlegrim! An alter ego, if you will, for myself who never had much restraint when it came to holidays - always starting too soon, or too late (as evidenced by my parents confiscating that obnoxious 70s Halloween vinyl, I was playing over and over well after the holiday was done). Later in life, 2004 to be exact, I rediscovered my interests in these traditions, exploring them through art, writing, and music.
You can read more about the most current photography book "The Grim Happy Christmas" or the Halloween illustrated poem "The Pummpkin Dream" (both books from the library of Mr. Bumble Bindegrim) at my holiday blog (http://bindlegrim.blogspot.com), or visit the holiday art website at (www.bindlegrim.com).
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|Collected works of short stories, poetry, together with visual art.
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Ask any dressmaker about interfacing, and they'll use the phrase "Pellon". Read about it here:
For non-woven materials, DuPont's "Tyvek" is very good. Read about it here:
It's available in thicker 18lb sheets (thicker = better), 25 sheets, 17 x 22", $38.99 here:
Another non-woven olefin product is "Reemay".
Gaylord promotes it as "an interleaving material when drying wet photographs" here:
Personally. I find acid free blotters work very well in my homemade drier discussed here:
Conservation grade blotter papers are also from Gaylord here:
If you want to go First Cabin, you can get archival corrugated board from Gaylord here:
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Lee Krasner (American, 1908-1984)
oil on canvas, Framed - h:238.10 w:471.80 d:8.25 cm (h:93 11/16 w:185 11/16 d:3 3/16 inches)
Unframed - h:234.30 w:468.60 cm (h:92 3/16 w:184 7/16 inches). Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2003.227
Krasner once proclaimed, "I swing from the lyric to the dramatic,"and her mature style consists of highly gestural brushwork that can be alternately blissful and ferocious within the same composition. Celebration embodies this approach particularly well, combining gentler organic shapes with frenzied thrusts, whiplashes, and spatters of paint. Its expansive scale fills the visual field of observers who stand a customary distance from it, providing an uncanny experience of envelopment.


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Everyone needs a little touch of magic, and on Saturday, March 29, Dorothy's Place will receive a little bit of that magic through a lot of hard work. Volunteers have organized a rummage sale at Northminster Presbyterian Church, E. Alvin and McKennon St. in North Salinas to continue to help make the world a better place.
The volunteers of Dorothy's Place will also offer a chicken barbecue and bake sale to earn money for the shelter which serves meals and provides a temporary shelter for women all year long as well as other services.
"The Almighty's hands make life work," Dorothy's Place ...


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THIS TIME OF YEAR always brightens education with the optimism of fresh starts. Classrooms are clean, teachers rested, children eager. There are new textbooks on the shelves, new hardware in the computer labs, perhaps a new menu in the cafeteria.
Some of this year's innovations are even more profound. Hundreds more "charter" schools will open their doors in coming weeks, bringing the total to nearly 2,500. In some cities, such as Washington, D.C., Kansas City, and Dayton, the charter enrollment approaches 20 percent (though nationally it's still below 1 percent). Tens of thousands of youngsters are studying in private schools with the help of privately funded voucher programs. More children than ever aren't sitting in school at all; they're being educated at home and by a cluster of high-tech "virtual" schools. More schools than ever are being outsourced to private management firms, one of which has just been engaged to devise a new master plan for the entire Philadelphia system. "Alternative" teacher certification is spreading as evidence mounts that able liberal arts graduates are at least as effective in the K-12 classroom as those who attended education schools.
In sum, there's lots of reform ferment. And yet we've been reforming U.S. education for at least 18 years—since 1983's "A Nation at Risk" report—and have mighty little to show for it. Test scores remain flat at an unacceptably low level. Rich-poor and black-white gaps remain wide. Our international rankings remain stagnant, also at an unacceptably low level. Remediation remains the greatest growth sector in higher education. Employers seeking technical workers continue to look overseas. Many of our new teachers are still drawn from the bottom third of their college classes, and a dismayingly large fraction of our children are being "taught" by people who barely studied the subjects they're now responsible for teaching. Yet with all this evidence that our schools aren't producing decent results, 62 percent of parents still award "honors" grades to the public schools of their communities.
As if Newton's laws of physics governed education policy, we also find that, for every promising reform, there's an equal and opposite reaction seeking to quash it. Milwaukee's pioneering voucher program barely dodged a legislative bullet this summer. The charter school laws of Ohio and Pennsylvania are under courtroom siege by teachers' unions and school board associations—which have a special animus toward "virtual" schools that need fewer teachers. New York's fledgling charter program is paralyzed by election politics. State after state is entrusting teacher certification to "independent" boards run by the ed-school/teachers' union cartel. Chicago's hard-charging school superintendent was dismissed by the mayor—and his counterpart in Los Angeles is faltering even as New York City's businessman-chancellor appears headed for the exit. Many communities face a testing-and-accountability backlash fomented by unions, "testing experts," and affluent parents. President Bush's ambitious "No Child Left Behind" plan to reform federal education policy, though winning plaudits from the public, has had most of its stuffing knocked out by Congress; the testing scheme that survives is imperiled in a conference committee, even as Messrs. Daschle and Kennedy hint that no bill will reach the Oval Office until lots more money is earmarked for those weary, ineffectual old federal programs.
The reactionaries have even recruited the Public Broadcasting Service, which is greeting the new school year with two documentaries chock full of bad education ideas. One of these films profiles a quintet of earnest young teachers during their first year in the classroom. It's quite appealing, until you notice that they're never shown imparting academic skills and knowledge to their pupils. Rather, they function as social workers, guidance counselors, prejudice-erasers, and political agitators. There's nary a whiff of science, history, literature, or math.
The longer and more troubling film spends four hours persuading viewers that today's public schools are doing exactly what Thomas Jefferson dreamed of, and that those dreadful agitators for standards, testing, choice, and competition are bent on destroying the American dream. Perhaps it's only coincidence that the Clinton administration pumped $1.6 million into this documentary project; that the public school establishment is falling over itself to promote it; and that the filmmakers are relatives of former vice president Fritz Mondale and his brother Mort, the quondam National Education Association official who in the late 1970s helped hold Jimmy Carter to his ill-conceived pledge to create a cabinet-level education department.
Television documentaries don't set policy, but they do influence the war of ideas. And as school resumes we would do well to recognize that today's crucial education battles are ultimately about ideas. Our readiness to replace bad ones is the key to real reform. But ideas are Newtonian, too. The resistance to changing them is intense and, so far, at least equal to the push for reform. Five dubious ideas top the list of candidates for replacement:
First, stop defining public education as a bureaucratic system of government-run schools. Instead, let it mean educating the public: ensuring that all children gain the skills and knowledge they need from whatever sources suit them best—physical or virtual schools, governmental, private, charter, non-profit, for-profit, home, or hybrid.
Second, stop assuming that the "experts should be in charge." Rather, acknowledge that education's big decisions are best made by parents and public officials such as governors and legislators.
Third, stop insisting that all teachers be ed-school graduates who are "certified" by state bureaucrats. Instead, let schools hire—and deploy, retain, and compensate—anyone who knows the material and is willing to teach it to kids.
Fourth, retire the faux-progressive notion that education's main task is developing children's self-esteem and self-awareness. Affirm instead that the crucial work of teachers is to infuse specific skills and knowledge into their pupils along with good behavior and decent character.
Finally, quit treating "accountability" as a meaningless mantra and start putting it into practice. Children who learn what they should ought to be promoted and graduated—and the rest should be tutored until they do. Adults who teach them successfully should be properly rewarded. Those whose students don't learn should find their own lives less pleasant, their pay less generous, and their jobs less secure.
Welcome back to school, boys and girls.
Chester E. Finn Jr., a former assistant secretary of education, is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and president of the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation.


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Originally posted by kiwifoot
reply to post by AKARonco
I thought skunk works was for unprovable wacky ideas!
In retrospect I should have put it in the NWO forum.
It's like you say, when you see these regimes acting up against the UN/US etc, risking invasion/attack/sanctions it makes you think they know something.
Perhaps they are thinking 'screw you and your NWO!'
Originally posted by warrenb
reply to post by kiwifoot
I'd say that the chances are very high.
It would explain much of what goes on. Consider all the coups and such.
All you really have to do is look at who stands to gain, be it a company or companies, a nation or a single person.
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|Transgenic rice expressing Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) endotoxins (Bt rice) for pest control is considered an important solution to food security in China. However, tests for potential effects on non-target soil organisms are required for environmental risk assessment. The soil collembolan Folsomia candida L. (Collembola: Isotomidae) is a potential non-target arthropod that is often used as a biological indicator in bio-safety assessments of transgenic crops. In the present study, the roots, stems, and leaves of Bt rice were exposed to F. candida under laboratory conditions, with survival, reproduction and growth of the collembolan as ecological fitness parameters. Significant differences in ecological fitness were found among the different treatments, including differences in the plant parts and varieties of non-Bt rice, presumably as the result of three factors: gene modification, plant parts and rice varieties. The fitness of F. candida was less affected by the different diets than by the exposure to the same materials mixed with soil. Our results clearly showed that there was no negative effect of different Bt rice varieties on the fitness of F. candida through either diet or soil exposure.
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WHILE Tasmanians may boast about living in the most beautiful state in Australia, they are officially the slackest at looking after their piece of paradise after being voted the worst litter bugs in the nation.
According to the Keep Australia Beautiful National Litter Index, the state ranks last with 83 items of rubbish per 1000sq m, well behind second-last Queensland (68) and the national average (56).
Front-runner is Victoria (30), while the Northern Territory (51) and ACT (55) round out the top three, as the nation faces its worst litter period of the year for parks and beaches.
KAB Tasmania chairman Ken Stewart said the state's bottom-of-the-class ranking was disappointing, given Tasmanians generally did the right thing with their rubbish.
For Tasmania to do better, the approach taken by ladder-leader Victoria several years ago was worth following, Mr Stewart said.
"You need a champion for these things, and their champion just happened to be the premier," he said.
"And they tackled their problem in three ways – through education awareness, infrastructure including rubbish bins, and enforcement.
"I can't tell you why Tasmania is worse than anywhere else, but I can say why Victoria is the best state." Mr Stewart said the silly season was the perfect time to tackle Tasmania's litter issue, because people's rubbish and recycling bins were overflowing at home before they travelled to the state's holiday areas to continue their summer partying.
"Some of the state's worst-littered places are parks and beaches, where we are ranking the worst," he said.
"And by far our worst source of rubbish is cigarette butts."
KAB Tasmania chief executive Geoff Marsh urged the state's holidaymakers to maintain their domestic recycling habits while away, particularly when out camping or using rental accommodation.
"Familiarise yourself with the nearest domestic and public rubbish bins and recycle where possible," he said.
"If camping, pick the rubbish up and take it with you." KAB's Yuletide Guide tips for keeping the nation pristine during the holiday season include recycling Christmas wrapping paper and cards, composting fruit and vegetable peelings, freezing scraps until the next rubbish collection and recycling plastic shopping bags by using them to store car rubbish when travelling.
KAB national officer Peter McLean said Christmas and New Year's Eve were traditionally Australia's biggest litter days, with millions of tonnes of extra refuse sullying the nation's summer playgrounds.
"We expect the amount of litter across the country will reach an all-time peak this week, with the main culprits being cigarette butts, empty food containers and water bottles," Mr McLean said.
"We all have to take personal responsibility for our behaviour.
This time of the year isn't a licence to litter."
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Greg James of Kingston Posted at 9:06 AM January 02, 2014
The solution is to add a tax to the primary original manufacturers of the rubbish. Note the Cascade can, the cigarette ends, the fast food wrappers, these are the most common items thrown away and manufacturers should have responsibility for the end use as well as the purchasers.
Rob Broadway of Byron Bay Posted at 6:41 AM December 30, 2013
but the whales are returning to the derwent in todays story????
Ryan Smith of Hobart Posted at 11:12 AM December 29, 2013
One simple and obvious solution, is for councils to get their act together and provide more rubbish bins. There are so many places that either don't have bins at all, or they are over-flowing from a lack of collection. Just look at Rosny Hill look-out for example. While the Clarence council recently announced some long overdue infrastructure upgrades, there hasn't been one single rubbish bin on the popular lookout for as long as I can remember, and it shows, with the massive amounts of rubbish around the area. Ultimately it's the people's responsibility to 'do the right thing' but come on, at least make it easy for them, by actually having rubbish bins in place where they are needed, and ensure that they are emptied regularly. There have also been many times I would have loved to report people that I have witnessed littering to the authorities, but the totally ridiculous system of having to fill in an affidavit and appear in court, then having my identity revealed to the offender, simply makes it not an option.
Jason Glover of Bay of Fires Posted at 10:23 AM December 28, 2013
Rob..How many cigarette butts did you see in the collection of driftwood in the picture? Most of us dont mind picking up other peoples litter maybe you should try it sometime as well.
Rob Smith of Hobart Posted at 9:23 AM December 28, 2013
Thanks to our cigarette butt litterers who treat Hobart and our state as their "anywhere, anytime ash tray". Automatic $250 on the spot litter fine but we know this will never happen thanks to the states 27 do-nothing Councils.
Jan Greig of Hillwood Posted at 9:21 AM December 28, 2013
Smokers, drinkers and consumers of fast food are generally the worst offenders. If they don't care about polluting their own bodies, why should they care about polluting our beautiful countryside?
Sharon Burrill of Howrah Posted at 9:09 AM December 28, 2013
How convenient for Ken Stewart to have a photo taken at what looks like rubbish, hasn't he ever seen driftwood, after a stormy sea, locals love this little beach, and regularly clean up the real rubbish. Have a close look most of this is sticks. Don't bag out a favourite spot for Hobartians with little children.


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Seven years ago, Jennifer Snyder admits, she had no clue where Domestic Violence Intervention of Lebanon County was located.
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"Jen is so good," Snead said. "She is such a good friend and colleague. We've built this place together. The two of us and our project manager (Deb Lehman)."
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Snead quickly explained she was calling to set up an interview for the following day.
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Snyder, 54, gives full credit to Snead for preparing her to take over the leadership position that will include managing the agency's $1 million budget, hiring personnel, writing grant applications, organizing fundraisers and working with the nine-member board of directors.
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Snead is wrapping up a 25-year career in the fight against domestic violence.
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This article looks at the implications for a trustee in Jersey faced with the difficult situation where it is suspected that trust assets may be the proceeds of crime and/or a civil fraud.
A new Arbitration Act for the BVI weblink
The BVI parliament has now passed the long-awaited Arbitration Act. Although still awaiting formal proclamation, the act is likely to come into force soon.
Financial Services & Regulatory: Summer Update — July 2014 weblink
The topics considered in this update have, by accident rather than design, an anti-money laundering flavour to them.
BVI approved managers regime weblink
The Investment Business (Approved Managers) Regulations 2012 provides an attractive 'regulatory light' option for qualifying investment managers and advisers.
Mourant Ozannes members set to speak at Jersey discrimination legislation discussion
Jersey's new discrimination law will be the focus of an expert panel discussion taking place that has been organised by Mourant Ozannes and the CIPD Jersey Group.
Mourant Ozannes voted Best Offshore Law Firm at Hedgeweek USA Awards 2014
Mourant Ozannes has been voted the Best Offshore Law Firm for the second year running at the 2014 Hedgeweek USA Awards.
Mourant Ozannes advises APG on Chinese warehouse firm investment
Mourant Ozannes has advised APG on its purchase of a 20 per cent stake in Chinese warehouse firm e-Shan.
Mourant Ozannes acts for joint lead managers on States of Jersey debut bond issue
Mourant Ozannes has acted as Jersey counsel to the joint lead managers of the States of Jersey's debut £250m bond issue.
CIMA introduces new director registration and licensing regime weblink
On 4 June 2014, the Cayman Islands government brought into force the Directors Registration and Licensing Law 2014.
Mourant Ozannes advises CVC Capital Partners on latest Asia-Pacific fund launch
Mourant Ozannes has advised CVC Capital Partners, a private equity and investment firm, on the launch of its latest Asia-Pacific fund.
Mourant Ozannes leads offshore law firm FTSE rankings in ARL guide
Mourant Ozannes advises more FTSE-listed companies than any other offshore law firm, according to the Adviser Rankings Ltd's (ARL) Corporate Advisers Rankings Guide.
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