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Weyerhaeuser Co. (WY)
Investor Meeting
December 17, 2013 8:30 am ET
Kathryn F. McAuley - Vice President of Investor Relations
Doyle R. Simons - Chief Executive Officer, President, Director, Member of Compensation Committee and Member of Finance Committee
Patricia M. Bedient - Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President
William V. Selesky - Argus Research Company
Chip A. Dillon - Vertical Research Partners, LLC
George L. Staphos - BofA Merrill Lynch, Research Division
Gail S. Glazerman - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division
Joshua L. Zaret - Longbow Research LLC
Paul C. Quinn - RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Research Division
Kathryn F. McAuley
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I would like to introduce Doyle Simons, President and Chief Executive Officer of Weyerhaeuser Company. Doyle?
Doyle R. Simons
Thank you, Kathy, and good morning, everybody, and welcome. It's nice to look around and see so many familiar faces in the audience.
Since joining Weyerhaeuser and becoming President and CEO on August 1, I've been primarily focused on answering 3 questions: Where are we today, where are we going and how are we going to get there? As part of that process, I spent my first 50 days out on the road, visiting our facilities and meeting our people. And at each stop, I asked 3 questions: What are we really good at, at Weyerhaeuser; what can we do better; and what do we need to do to make this a truly great company? And I've got some really good feedback from our employees. I also spent some time, during that first 50 days, visiting with investors and essentially asked investors the same 3 questions. And as you can imagine, I got some open and frank feedback from our investors.
I then spent the next 50 days hunker down with my senior management team saying, "Okay, if this is where we are, where do we want to go, and how we're going to get there?" And through that process, we created a vision. This is primarily an internal document, but I wanted to share with this group this morning. But the focus of today is going to be how we're creating a truly great company for our shareholders through great financial results, driven by operational excellence.
Two items I'd like to focus on, on this slide. First is operational excellence. Now it's a pretty common term in today's world, but at Weyerhaeuser, it has a very specific definition. It's delivering quality products that our customers want and are willing to pay for and doing it at the lowest possible cost. The other thing I want to focus on, on this slide is key behaviors, because what we're really focused on doing here at Weyerhaeuser is changing our culture. If we're not successful in changing our culture, we won't be successful in achieving our vision. As everybody knows, cultures are hard to change. Example I like to give is like a rubber band, right? You change, and you mold, and you do, and you do it, if you ever let up, it snaps right back. So like I said, changing a culture is hard, but we can do it at Weyerhaeuser.
Culture is nothing more than behaviors, so what we're talking about is changing our behaviors. First, we've got to act with urgency. We've got to improve the clock speed at Weyerhaeuser. And hopefully, some of the actions that we've done recently represent that new clock speed, but we have to act with urgency every day. Second thing we've got to do is we've got to be accountable. And when people hear accountable, oftentimes, people just think consequences. That's part of it. But to me, being accountable is making sure you have crystal-clear objectives, and you sure going to hear this morning, we have crystal-clear objectives now at Weyerhaeuser; got to make sure everybody knows exactly who is responsible for achieving those objectives; and then you've got to be accountable to ourselves, we've got to be accountable to ourselves; and we have to be accountable to our shareholders.
The third thing is we've got to be courageous. So what I mean by that, we've got to be willing to do things differently at Weyerhaeuser, not just do things the same way because that's the way we've always done it. And then finally, we've got to keep things simple. Sometimes, we let process get in the way of getting our work done. As I like to say, sometimes, our not-to-do list at Weyerhaeuser is just as important as our to-do list.
So that's just a little background on our vision. What I want to focus on this morning, though, is our path forward to create a truly great company for our shareholders. And at the end of this presentation, Patty is going to spend some time talking about markets, and we're really excited about where our markets are and really bullish about markets. But what I want to leave you with here today is what we're doing to fully capitalize on the upside in the markets that we have going forward, but also make sure that we're well-positioned for the inevitable downturn.
So what is our path forward? Let me start with our team. I'm a big believer, it's all about the people. And I can tell you, my board and I are committed to put the best team on the field every day, and I'm excited about the team we are assembling at Weyerhaeuser. I think it's a really good combination of some completely new faces to the company, which give a fresh perspective. We've got some folks who've been with the company for a while but are now on new roles, and then we've got some seasoned veterans.
Now in terms of the new faces, that's Adrian Blocker and myself. And I understand the jury is still out on me, but I can tell you, Adrian is going to be a fantastic addition to our team. Adrian runs our lumber operation and joins us after spending time at both West Fraser and International Paper.
Just last week, just last Friday, as a matter of fact, we named Rhonda Hunter as Head of our Timberlands operation. Now Rhonda has been with the company for a while, running our Southern Timberlands operations. She's done a really good job. And I can tell you, she's already hit the ground running, looking for opportunities to drive our earnings and cash flow in our Timberlands operations through operational excellence.
A couple of months ago, we named Cathy Slater as Head of our OSB, ELP and Distribution business. Cathy comes to us with extensive manufacturing experience. She started her career at Procter & Gamble and has now been at Weyerhaeuser for a number of years. Cathy has been instrumental in improving our OSB operation, as I'll show you in a little while.
Shaker Chandrasekaran runs our Cellulose Fiber business. I can tell you I've never met a person more intense than Shaker, and I can tell you, he's focused every day on driving the bottom line performance of our Cellulose Fiber operation. And then, of course, we have Patty. Patty has been a key member of our team in the past and will continue to be a key member going forward.
So what's our goal? Our goal is pretty simple. The way we're going to create a truly great company for shareholders is to grow shareholder values. As we think about how to do that, we think there are primarily 3 levers that we have in place to grow shareholder value. First is portfolio. Are we in the right businesses to drive value for shareholders? Second is performance. As you'll hear me talk a lot about this morning, we're going to drive our performance through operational excellence. Now this ain't real sexy stuff. This is your basic part blocking and tackling and having a relentless focus on execution every day. And then the third lever to grow shareholder value is capital allocation. And I can tell you, as markets continue to improve and as we improve our performance, then capital allocation is going to be a critical lever to drive shareholder value, and as we'll share with you this morning, we have some -- a very specific and disciplined approach to capital allocation going forward.
So what are our measures going to be? How are we going to know if we're making progress? As you know, we'll look at lots of measures. We'll look at ROI, we'll look at cash flow. But the bottom line is, I'm a big believer in relative measures in the businesses that we're in. This morning, we're going to spend a lot of time talking about relative EBITDA as we show you how we stack up versus competition. But the ultimate measure for our success is going to be our relative total shareholder return. Our goal is to have the highest shareholder return in the industry and be in the top third over a cycle.
This is just another way to look at TSR, including the 3 buckets: profit growth, change in multiple, and dividend and share repurchases, that make up total shareholder return, and then highlights the drivers of the levers that we have in push -- that have in place to impact each one.
Starting with profit growth. The way we're going to drive profit growth is through operational excellence and driving incremental profit as we improve our relative performance. All 3 of the levers, of course, can impact the change in multiple. We believe as we drive up our relative performance through operational excellence, as we focus on capital allocation and do a better job of allocating capital going forward and show we're good stewards of our investor capital and we focus our portfolio, we think that will have a positive impact on our multiple going forward.
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I'm usually no Perl coder. However I've got to complete this task.
The following code works for me:
use LWP::UserAgent;
use JSON;
use strict;
my $md5 = $ARGV[0];
$md5 =~ s/[^A-Fa-f0-9 ]*//g;
die "invalid MD5" unless ( length($md5) == 32 );
my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new(ssl_opts => { verify_hostname => 1 }, timeout => 10);
my $key="12345...7890";
my $url='https://www.virustotal.com/vtapi/v2/file/report';
my $response = $ua->post( $url, ['apikey' => $key, 'resource' => $md5] );
die "$url error: ", $response->status_line unless $response->is_success;
my $results=$response->content;
my $json = JSON->new->allow_nonref;
my $decjson = $json->decode( $results);
print "md5: ",$md5,"\n";
print "positives: ", $decjson->{"positives"}, "\n";
print "total: ", $decjson->{"total"}, "\n";
print "date: ", $decjson->{"scan_date"}, "\n";
Now I would like to recode the above for using asynchronous http using Mojo. I'm trying this:
use warnings;
use strict;
use Mojo;
use Mojo::UserAgent;
my $md5 = $ARGV[0];
$md5 =~ s/[^A-Fa-f0-9 ]*//g;
die "invalid MD5" unless ( length($md5) == 32 );
my ($vt_positives, $vt_scandate, $response_vt);
my $url='https://www.virustotal.com/vtapi/v2/file/report';
my $key="12345...7890";
my $ua = Mojo::UserAgent->new;
my $delay = Mojo::IOLoop->delay;
$response_vt = $ua->post( $url => ['apikey' => $key, 'resource' => $md5] => sub {
my ($ua, $tx) = @_;
print "Got response: $vt_positives\n";
Mojo::IOLoop->start unless Mojo::IOLoop->is_running;
The first code is OK, the second isn't working. I must be doing something wrong when sending the request since I seem to get a 403 response (incorrect API usage). I also tried -> json calls but it didn't work out.
And even if I had done the request correctly, I'm not sure if I'm correctly decoding the json results with Mojo.
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Интересная и хорошо-нарисованная история.
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Такие милые *О*
Отличная идея, мисс!
Отличная идея, мисс!
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Gimme a little kiss, will ya, huh, and I'll give it right back to you.
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Videogame loving, homeschooled teenager. I'm an anime fan, my favorite animes are Vampire Knight, FMA:B, and Death Note. My favorite games are Uncharted (main favorite), Batman: Arkham , and inFamous. I'm also a redhead and if you think I don't have a soul I will fix the problem by stealing yours.
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@ThomasBW84 So, I know you can make narrative choices in this game, and I have to wonder, can you do anything that would be considered evil in these choices?
@Fingeldor Take a closer look at those around you, and you'll see. I've never really noticed a bulge on someone. It doesn't stick out on a person. Bust size does. Different people look and are physically shaped differently, and this would represent that.
Seriously? This is just getting freakin ridiculous now. Anyone who seen me talk about this stuff before knows I don't like fanservice either. And I everyone bringing up the ESRB, and saying it's to keeps T rating, it's not. You can have a bust size editor is a T rated game easy. At worst (if it event does this), it gives a game mild suggestive themes. This already has suggestive themes.
@Fingeldor Because that would just be crude and gross. Soemthing like this though, is just part of character design. It has a pretty obvious affect on it. This also would allow women to better recreate themselves in games.
This is gonna fail hard as a prediction. The Wii accessed a crowd different than the usual gamer. To most of the industry, it's sucess didn't mean that much in the grand scheme of things. The fact that there would be 260M sales in consoles shows the core gaming market is growing, not declining. Those games wouldn't be as sucessful under those conditions either. If the next GTA was a smartphone or was a low-spec PC game, it would lose most of it's potential - it would no longer be a "console" game. Nobody would be as excited for it, it would never reach the same level of sales. The possible lower price would also lower profits. I don't hate the guy, but I feel like common sense sometimes leaves him.
I think it's just a patent they'll never use. If it was the main idea for the system, bye bye Nintendo home consoles.
Looks interesting. I'll keep an eye on it. It's weird having stereotype Western and Japanese characters next to each other like that though.
$20 is insane for S&P2. It should be a remaster for that price. Don't get me wrong, it's a great game, but get it for $5 used at GameStop instead of $20 on the E-Shop.
I know GTAV can be a bit NSFW at times, how much does this video fall into that category?
If this is true, then my interest in the game in rekindled. I really hope they move away from the greed of a double release.
The arrogance and way he is stuck-up here is astounding. I just lost any respect I had for this guy. Of course he's gonna make a bad game with an attitude like this.
@PlywoodStick I don't think a fancier translation would help here. His arrogance is clear, and making what he said fancier doensn't change. You even said this guy has a track record of statements like this. Apparently he's also deleting any negative comments on Facebook he can. It's not like this was taken from an interview either, he posted this on his own decision. He deserves to have this reported.
@TheWPCTraveler I think I missed the one word part about that description.
This is ridiculous... Sony (or mostly anyone really) doesn't release games 5 or 6 years after they're announced unless something goes very wrong. You need a balance of announcing stuff well ahead of time, and when it's gonna release really soon. They've done this with Zelda, and with SMGxFE (though this was one too early on), now they're saying they don't do stuff like that? No, you're making excuses for your terrible E3, and you're either terribly misinformed for someone is your position, or your being pathetic. I'm betting on the latter. And no, I don't trust you because you've given me almost every reason not to.
@aaronsullivan I know, but I'm saying we never really got the chance to find out if that's true, because even if you never heard of tablets, Nintendo has failed to make games that show why the gamepad is a selling point. They've talked it up a lot with all it's potential, but haven't delivered on that potential.
Regarding the reworking, the issue is Nintendo didn't prepare early enough. They put themselves in a situation where they couldn't put out enough games since they chased away virtually all third-party one way or another with the Wii U. At the end of the day, it's their fault regardless of the circumstances.
No, it's not. It's because you couldn't make it stand out. You've almost completely failed to show what make the gamepad cool in practice. You showed lots of promise and potential at the Wii U reveal, you haven't managed to make something half as good. Your first attempt to even seriously try I'd with Starfox. Before you've just flat-out completely ignored it at times. Tablets didn't make it not special, you did. You also didn't make enough games for the Wii U. You're way behind there, and has the job to make up for the lack of third-party. So all in all, stop making stupid excuses when you clearly have just failed on multiple levels.
Where's the "despicable business practice" options? They're just greedy and a plauge on Nintendo games.
This looks fun if the FTP part is done right. It's kind of funny though, you've got these Japanese girls (cute of course) with Japanese looking gameplay with swords, and then you've got these Western looking guys with tatoos and guns (tough looking of course) with FPS gunplay. I honestly wonder how all that is going to work.
How does this dissaprove it? He said any word that started with F would have been fine. That doesn't mean feeling like end-times didn't inspire the word final. I think this is being read into too much.
@HollywoodHogan @TheRedCap30 How is that any different than sports in general? I don't see how Football (both kinds) is any more productive? Or chess? I don't see any one dispute people making money through those.
Unless I'm missing something, Nintendo is releasing the same twice on the same, with different difficulties. And they get away with it. I'm sorry, but this just takes the cake for greed. If anyone else tried this, they would get murdered. Just imagine, Assassin's Creed: normal and hard editions with similar differences. Ubisoft would get slaughtered. I don't know how they get away with stuff like this. This honestly makes me less interested in the new Fire Emblem unless something changes with the localization. I'm hard pressed to think of something worse. This is worse than yearly releases. At least those try to offer something new as a sequel.
Anticipated to be rated M? Seriously Nintendo, can we keep Fire Emblem rated T. Comon, you guys are supposed to not do this stuff. Destiny trailers also said the same thing though, so who knows.
@PlywoodStick The issue is most parents know about R rated movies, but not M rated games. I once heard a story where, a kid's parents wouldn't let him watch a PG-13 movie, but he played COD and several other M rated games, because his parents didn't realize games could be worse than a PG movie. There are real problems and parents to need to have their ignorance on the matter taken away.
People who don't think this objectifies women or say "some real women have large chests" need to get real. Some woman do, there's nothing wrong with that. There's nothing wrong making a character like because they exist. However, when you make a game based off it, make jiggle beyond any sort of physics, make a gameplay mechanic where woman lose clothes when tey take damage, and make a "happy boobs edition" you need to freaken wake up and stop blinding themselves. She goes too far with her criticism (not everyone who's played it is a terrible womanizer), however, there is truth in what she says. What the game does is wrong.
That's dissapointing. I had some hopes for the game. It can stay in their sock drawer for all I care now that I know what it is.
@SonsofBelichick Not saying it won't be a great game or that I won't love it if I get it, however, I will call them out for making something below the current standards, which will be even further along by the time it come out. And all parts of a game pitch in to make it great, including graphics.
720P only? That stinks. The Wii U is already showing it's lack of power here... Shame too, the game is looking pretty good, and could've looked even better.
How bout not? No one wants to see someone play Testris in the Olympics. The Olympics is about physical sports, not playing games of the mind. His point is pretty bad too. The sports provided good exercise for the body. I don't think Tetris does quite the same for the mind. And honestly, if things get that digital in the future, all the more reason to keep something like the Olympics only physical sports as we'll need all the exercise we can get. And no offense, but I think he's being a bit arrogant here.
I'm glad that he didn't do this. It would have felt terrible to have everyone from the beggining. The lack of subspace emmisary already makes it harder to take all the characters in. That was a great way to have you try almost everyone in Brawl.
@JakeofAllTrades There's and edit button you know.
@Zatioichi If a major publisher tried that on PS4, the lighting from Sony would hit them before anything else could, and they've barley let the lighting bolt out of their hand. When Sony said the PS4 could play used all used games, it was pretty obvious that you couldn't block it. Plus if Nintendo or Sony tried this, they'd go down in flames faster than the Hindenburg. This all going on the impossible situation someone can stop me from selling my property like that. There is no situation where it works.
@Fullbringichigo They can do full online passes as MS showe with the original Xbone vision, but you'll get ruled against in a court if you try to stop me from physically selling a game.
@FullbringIchigo Someone would have tried something with a game or movie or something then. Someone would be that stupid. I don't think you have the ability to deprive someone of the right to sell their property. Making illegal copies and selling those or yours, sure, but simple right to sell what you phyically own? I don't think you can do it that like that.
And honestly, I don't think a publisher can do something like that even if what you're saying is somehow true. I'm pretty sure they'd break an agreement with Sony (or whoever), and they'd take legal action, or Sony would use its EULA against them.
@Zatioichi I don't think it's illegal. It happens all the time with other industries. People do hard work to makes houses, cars, and many other things, someone buys it, then they sell it and other people, and the people who build it don't get a cut. It's called the right to sell your property. I suppose libaries should be illegal too. So many people are getting to read a book, and the author only got payed once.
@FullbringIchigo Selling used games is illegal? If you can actually take legal action against that, then please explain why no one has done so? Someone just has to target Gamestop. Surely someone who's done some sort of online pass for MP or SP content would have done so. I think you're misunderstanding something here, because I'm not gonna believe a claim like that when no one has ever done something with it. If it really was true, then someone would have done something by now.
I think that license gets sold to someone else when you sell a game.
Maybe they should have discs that can hold more data. You know, maybe make a system that can hold 50GB so you don't need two discs, like was made 7 years ago. Honestly though, I hope they make it two discs of they need to, with an install option for one of the discs.
@Kitchener So a game is rare, and only one copy is being sold, and three people want to buy it. So who gets it? These three people came at about the same time, so nobody really arrived first. They all saw it at once. The listed price is $20, but person 1 is willing to pay $20, person 2 is willing to pay $20, and person 3 is willing to pay $40. Who should get it with your line of thinking?
Also, a problem with the article. You're comparing new prices before to the auction to used priced afterwards. There was a always going to be a sizable gap between those too, and while the download should devalue the game a bit, the article fails to properly show the difference becaue of this.
I want to read Twilight Gal now lol. I also kind of want to read the Mario. I'm not interested in the Metroid one though.
That's actually pretty sick looking. If your gonna make a mistake, then that's the one to make lol.
Yeah right. That's just publicity bullcrud. Sony's got just as strong of First-Party support and exclusive content. There is no excuse for the lack of shared content that can run on PS360. And if you really want to go there, the PS4 has had much better exclusive content so far IMHO. MS also's got some good exclusive content too, but I wouldn't say it matches Nintendo's. He's still playing his cards right though, this is probably the right way to advertise the console. Even if it does support the secondary console idea in a way.
@SpookyMeths There's no risk from the kickstarter note meeting its goal. You get your money back if it doesn't. I also doubt that they won't follow through, so I still fail to see the problem.
For the people blasting the kickstarter. It makes sense to me. They gauge interest and guarantee a good investment with it. It's not like people pay and get nothing. They're just seeing if enough people want to pre-order the game. You get the game when you pay, so I fail to see the issue.
Oh my, this isn't going anywhere good. And at the end of the day, I don't think N64 graphics are retro, just bad. I don't see a way to make them appealing is this day. There's a reason no one has done it before. pixel is an art style that was done well, then we moved to a different art style for most games that was necessary for 3D games. I think it's just an excuse for bad graphics because he isn't capable of doing anything better.
It stinks that it makes the system unusable, but not for his reasons. Nintendo is the only one that makes you agree to use your system offline. I think they should do it like the other two. Now on to his problem about Nintendo being able to change the Wii U at anytime. He can agree to the update, and disconnect the system from the internet. Solving the problem. Nintendo can't change what they can't connect to. If he had actually thought about that, he would have seen the workaround. And he wanted to connect to the internet for an update or something, he could see what Nintendo has done to the Wii U, if he's not unhappy with it, he can just connect to the internet, and disconnect it again.
That's stupid, there goes the Wii transfer. This should work with everything. Nintendo only offering a wired controller along with this is ridiculous. The first shouldn't have been an option. Starting from, you know, at least 2006. 8 years ago. Nintendo is doing a worse job by the minute with brining back the GameCube controller for SSB Wii U.
To the poeple saying a T rating wouldn't hurt, you're forgetting, those games were rated T for cartoon violence, it would be different it got rated for a scanty outfit. That being said, I don't think this is legit, Nintendo could have easily made the cloth on her thicker, solving the problem. Which frankly, would be what I would want them to do. I wouldn't mind her as a playable character either, Tharja's awesome.
This looks like a terrible Minecraft clone, just disgraceful really.
You have to remember, people could be wondering if it is a timed exclusive, or something like that. Exclusive games have come to other consoles before, even if it took 5 years (like with Mass Effect 1).
Dang, writing that review was way harder than I thought it would be. Spend way too much time on it. Took a while to get about 78 words down to 64, might have been a few more words too. An HD remake of this for Wii U would be amazing!
The Gamecube controller isn't wireless though? There is no excuse for that, I might still get the bundle, but Nintendo shouldn't be putting a cord on any controller today like that.


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Violence in Sudan's Darfur has surged to levels not seen in a decade, with more than 150,000 people driven from their homes this year alone. The region's long-suffering residents are also bearing the brunt of a measles epidemic. It is a conflict to which the international community appears to have no answer and which risks being overshadowed by other crises in East Africa and beyond. The humanitarian and security challenges are vast, writes Stephen Graham.
Development Deferred: Eastern Sudan after the ESPA
Small Arms Survey, HSBA, Working Paper 36
Nine years after the signing of the ESPA, the people of Eastern Sudan are discontent. There is a need for an independent review of its implementation that takes into account the viewpoints of all stakeholders involved in or affected by the agreement.
Sudan: Preserving Peace in the East
International Crisis Group, Africa Report no. 209
The situation in Sudan's forgotten East - without deadly conflict since the 2006 Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (ESPA) - stands in contrast to the fighting besetting the country's other peripheries. But this peace is increasingly fragile.
Dividing lines: Grazing and conflict along the Sudan-South Sudan border
HSBA Working Paper, Joshua Craze
Almost two years after South Sudan became Africa's newest nation-state, its border with Sudan is neither delimited nor demarcated. While a series of ...
A New History for a New Nation: The Search for South Sudan's Usable Past
Rift Valley Institute, Douglas Johnson, August 2012
South Sudan is a missing piece in the jigsaw of Africa's past, says RVI Fellow Douglas Johnson.
Enough Project, Aug 2012
Continued international support to the failed Darfur peace agreement is actually making matters worse in Darfur.
Douglas H. Johnson
This note from one of the leading authorities on the area, while not giving a definitive answer to the issue of Panthou/Heglig, concludes that any government or international body that declared that Heglig is 'internationally recognized' as part of Sudan has been premature at best and prejudicial to a final resolution at worst.
South Sudan and Kenya: The Relationships
Al Jazeera Centre for Studies
Kenya is a leading country in the East African region with better developed infrastructure and industry. The capital city is a regional hub derisively ref ...
Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission to South Sudan
FAO-WFP report, Feb 2012
Hunger on the rise in South Sudan.
South Sudan: Waiting for Peace to Come. Study from Bor, Twic East and Duk Counties in Jonglei
Simon Harragin, L2GP Report Sept 2011
What do people value, and how do they go about protecting themselves and their families, and communities?
Religious minorities in the Middle East. Domination, self-empowerment, accommodation.
Ed. by Anh Nga Longva and Anne Sofie Roald (2011) Leiden/Boston: Brill 369 p.
Sudan's constitution clearly states that religious minorities can hold influential political positions, but they rarely do.
The Politics of Local Boundaries and Conflict in Sudan. The South Darfur Case
Yousif Takana, Sudan Working Paper 2008:2
Up to 1994, Darfur region (the present three states of Darfur) had remained a single integrated political and administrative unit since the establishment of ...
Beyond the fragile peace between Ethiopia and Eritrea: Averting new war
Africa Report N°141 - 17 June 2008, International Crisis Group
Gauging Fear and Insecurity: Perspectives on Armed Violence in Eastern Equatoria and Tukana North
Small Arms Survey working paper no 14, July 2008, by Claire Mc Evoy and Ryan Murray
Eastern Equatoria State in South Sudan and Turkana North District in neigh- bouring Kenya lie in one of the most conflict-prone regions in the East and ...
Sudan's Foreign Relations with Asia: China and the Politics of "Looking East"
Dan Large, ISS Paper 158 February 2008
Sudan's foreign relations with Asia: China and the politics of 'looking east'
Research paper from the Institute of Security Studies no. 158, February 2008, by Daniel Large
East Sudan former rebels fully deploy under deal
SudanTribune article, 4th July 2007
Agreement reached in remaining issues connected with implementation of East Sudan accord
Source: www.shabait.com, 16th May, 2007
Source: Sudan Tribune
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Allahu Akbar: A Friday in Khartoum
I am sipping to my coffee as I am listening to the local imam through the loudspeaker as he addresses his congregation inside the mosque.
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Ingen viktige fredsavtaler er inngått i verden de siste åtte årene. De fleste «intern-konflikter» er ikke det de gir seg ut for å være. De er deler av internasjonale konfliktsystemer der eksterne aktører spiller helt sentrale roller, skriver Gunnar M. Sørbø i en utenriksanalyse i Morgenbladet.
Civil uprisings in modern Sudan - the 'Khartoum Springs' of 1964 and 1985 W.J. Berridge (2015)
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Past, present, and future - fifty years of anthropology in Sudan Munzoul A. M. Asal, Musa Adam Abdul-Jalil (2015)
Emerging orders in the Sudans editors, Sandra Calkins, Enrico Ille, Richard Rottenburg (2015)


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-Absolutely beautiful!
-Absolutely beautiful!
I am going to try to favourite every mlp drawing you do.
And now this has a whole new level of relevancy.
*triple muffin double mcnugget hug*
It makes me wanna hug her ;_;
how would a unicorn lose her/his magic?
it's sad really but don't give up! Press forward, is this gets you down, try to remember the happier times, and work to make them real once more.
wow this picture is just amazing! <3
and sad ;A;
and sad ;A;
Great approach to this concept. Personally I think something to indicate what's pulling the magic would've added to the piece, but right now I'm not complaining
Sometimes I feel the same way. Like if something has been taken away from me but then I remember I have people who care about me and make me keep up. Very nice job
*lifts you up* What do you do... the only thing you can do. You accept the energy of those around you, lean on your friends when you need support, and you fight the good fight to make a better day! *smiles* You CAN do it!
thank you, your comment has cheered me up a ton.
I'm glad I could help. If you ever need someone to talk to, I'm willing to lend an ear, some helpful advice, and a few sarcastic comments if your sense of humor is the type to enjoy those
Consider yourself hugged with the force of a thousand suns!
Loss hurts, even if we don't understand it as loss at first. Understanding the new shape of your life is key. Let us know how we can help.
Loss hurts, even if we don't understand it as loss at first. Understanding the new shape of your life is key. Let us know how we can help.
*hugs* ;n;
Very good use of angles and shading. It's just got such a clean... GRrrrrR! How do you do it?
I feel the same way right now
I feel the same way right now
Gez I am always late to these things. *Gives hug* Hope things turn out better for you.
beautiful work !
There goes my 60 wpm typing speed! Crappy magic drain!
Need hugs?.....Okay!
Hope you feel better.
Hope you feel better.
I know how you feel... I'm here for ya, bro...
Feeling the same way at the pony now.
I love all the colors you've used.
I love all the colors you've used.
At least you can draw well. *hugs*
If you need someone to talk to, there are plenty (including myself) who would be willing to talk.
All you have to do is ask.
All you have to do is ask.
If you feel bad mail me and I will try to make you feel better?
If you feel bad mail me and I will try to make you feel better?
aww poor you
Very good LOVE IT!
All the vigor is gone... It's ok though. I have no doubt it will restore over time. You're too strong to be bogged down with this for too long.
Here, have a hug. This makes me feel a little sad. :c This looks great though!
This is so beautiful, and so sad. Here's to hoping you'll see brighter days soon. <3
This is so beautiful, and so sad. Here's to hoping you'll see brighter days soon. <3
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In American Rails, each player assumes the role of a wealthy capitalist managing a portfolio of stocks and bonds in six fictional railroad companies. Through ruthless negotiation and rigorous planning, players struggle to increase the value of their holdings and reap the profits. The player with the most money at the end of the game will become the nation's first railroad baron and win the game.
This luckless game was inspired by John Bohrer's development of Chicago Express and the Historic Railroads System from Winsome Games. Set in the United States east of the Mississippi, American Rails features player-controlled variable turn order, "city dilution", and variable set-ups, giving this cutthroat train game an unprecedented level of replayability.
NOTE I: In case of the Games on the Brain versions, no game money is supplied with this game. Players must provide their own.
NOTE II: In case of the Quined Games Master Print Edition the black development markers are replaced by black houses, the discs are replaced by small trains, the game comes in a box, the board has only one section and money is actually supplied.


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A Twelve-String Laura in the Rough
Sunset and the day's work done. Early November in North Carolina. Green pinetops, red dogwood berries, crimson black-gums and brown-red oaks mingled with shapely cedars. Swift moving clouds. Diminishing rain-drops and a purple west. A black man emerging pathward into a wooded expanse from a red muddied roadway that had seen better days. A slow-moving figure heading in the direction of a rough-made laborer's camp not far distant. Silent, a little stooped, a little shabby in dress, somewhat shambling in gait, for all appearances he might have been thinking gloomily of himself as some noble Ulysses, who "if it had pleased heaven that this poor man had been born a king, he would gracefully have filled a throne." Thus Black Ulysses, turning campward at eventide of the second week of his employment on a new construction gang, just returned from his fourteenth pilgrimage to the thirty-eighth state of his Odyssey. Some time he might sing black laughter and yodel an evening or a morning song but not now. Reminiscent of his many thousands of travel miles and his picaresque wanderings, tired from the day's work in rain and cold, he will feel in different mood when he had been to supper. For his eating and drinking, with appetite as of four men, are wont to lead to swift mirth and changing temper. But now, whether or not others pity him, certainly he pities himself, as into the quiet of approaching twilight he yields forth sudden harmonized sigh and song:
Then silence again and on to his shack. Hot supper at camp, clearing skies, cool winds, joreeing conversation, smoke of cigarettes, resurging energies and emotions of eventide. Black Ulysses speaking and singing.
I'm leavin' here walkin' an' talkin' to myself an' I won't be satisfied here and nowhere I go. This is more'n twenty times I been back to this state and more'n fohty states I been in, 'bout a thousand jobs I worked at, and maybe more'n a hundred different camps I worked in. But I ain't been in none beat this. Good Lawd, bad luck in family all stay with me, an' my heart done struck sorry, an' tears come down like drops o' rain.
But I got this ole box with me to step on it. This ole twelve-string Laura sho' has been in the rough, but she stand by me when my mind's all troubled like water in the deep blue sea. If I jes' a little set up 'bout enough to be fohty wid de cleaver, good Lawd, how I can sstep on this box. Seem like when I gits to goin' good, pickin' out tunes an' singin', make me forgit ever'thing, ain't no time, ain't no troubles, ain't nothin' but myself an' my feelin's. Sometimes when I git to playin' an singin' right, seem like always something else better – some other place better'n this. Sometimes makes me think about all places an' folks I knows, make me feel bad to be long ways from home, got railroad Blues, ain't go no fare. Sometimes make me feel my hell arisin' an' I don't want nobody meddlin' round me an' my business. Reason I talk 'bout this ole Laura in the rough 'cause she been in many a finish fight.
While I been playin' little while ago, jes can't keep from thinkin' 'bout that big boy called Graveyard Kid an' whut he done la' Sat'day over at the camp. Thought I was bad enough, but he sho' got me beat. Way it was, this nigger's business was to feed the mules. An' so Sat'day was pay-day an' it was rainin' an' pourin'. So this boyi he come in from the career o' mules with his feet all full o' mud an' manure, an' his clothes all wet an' nasty. He don't do nothin' but go to his shack an' git in one hand a thirty-eight special an' in other o ortermatic an' jump up on that table while about fohty of us boys was eatin' supper an' go trompin' down the middle of it, steppin' in beans an' bread, an' every other kind o' food his big feet hit. He says to us, "Now, boys, any of you don't like this don't have to take it, 'cause it ain't no doctor's 'scription. Nobody got to take it. If anybody meaner than I is don't like it, jes' let me know."
An' nobody never open his mouth.
Next thing that nigger do, he walked straight over to the office where nobody 'lowed to go in, goes in there an' says to clerk he's short two hours for that week, an' say they goin' to give him that money or give up their lives. Well, cos'n they don't know nothin' 'bout that, but they hands him out his money. He comes trompin' back in where us boys was eatin' an' says, "Well, boys, hope you git on will till I sees you again."
That Graveyard Kid come into camp a few weeks ago across fiel' from swamp. He goes out same way. Nobody knows where he come from an' nobody knows where he went.
Sometimes seem like boys in camp jes' ain't civilized. Folks say they do anything, an' I guess some time they do. Fellow can't hardly git nothin' to eat less'n he fights for it. Got to fight if he eats, got to die if he don't eat. Cook won't help nobody. Boys come runnin' in, scramblin', all tryin' to set down at one time. Ain't washed hands, all dirty in room, hollerin' an' talkin'.
"All right, dam you, bring on them flamdonies an' beans an' bread an' slop."
"Hell, give me that place."
"This is my place, dam yo' soul, give it to me."
"Well, no use jawing on me like that."
"Well, you don't have to take it."
"Hey, you black-skinned cook, bring on that stuff, git on the fly."
"Say, cook, these niggers don't leave me nothin' at all."
"Well, you ain't my child. If you was my child, I'd have you in school. If you think you are a man, take a man's job, don't be whining around here."
"Say, ole buddy, don't be slidin' 'gainst me."
"Well, you don't have to take it if you don't want to."
"Git off my feet, dam you."
"Put yo' feet in yo' pocket."
"Well, you don't have to speak to me like that."
"Well, I spoke to yo" ole mammy that way las' night I stayed with he, an' she didn't mind it."
"What in hell you talkin' bout my ole mammy fer; I'll git yo' if las' thing I do, you watch out fer me you dam' son of a gun."
An' so they goes on till timid fellow don't have no show. Cos'n I ain't so timid' but some new boys jes' come into camp I feels might sorry fer. One big black boy try to skeer 'em all off. Cook say he et sixty-fo' biscuits, whole big pan full, an' swear he shoot up camp if they don't give him mo'. Bad hustlers sho' do joree other boys; call 'em all sorts funny names. Ole Bull Pen Shorty, sort o' outlaw wanderer, holler at little black boy. "Hey, you, Dusty, yo' so dam' low down, yo' feet joints so low to groun' if you go up-town, git dust all over yo' face."
Howsomever, we have some mighty fine boys, always keepin' us laughin' an' some o' the biggest liars in the worl'. Snowball one o' them black boys ev'ybody like, cap'n an' all. Call him Snowball 'cause he so dam black. But he sholy white inside. Lightfoot Bennie sho' is feather-footed when he ain't called on to stir hisself to work. He sho' is dancin' boy, pickin' up his feet like it ain't no work. Then other boys like Pick Handle Slim, Aspasian Midnight, Fat Headed Geech, Big Headed White Britches, an' Big Eatin' Jo, all singin' weary Blues an' cuttin' capers, when they ain't workin' or shootin' craps or somepin' else. An' Ole Shackrouster Red say sometimes when he go 'bout callin' the boys to wake 'em up he seen chief have near 'bout roomful o' pistols, all sorts an' kinds, had taken away from boys in camp.
I seen a lot o' black blys an' girls in my day since I lef' home goin' on thirteen years old. I started travelin' when I was thirteen years old, an' now I'll be thirty-two this coming August, the twenty-sixth. I would work for folks an' sometimes I wouldn't like it an' sometimes they wouldn't treat me right, an' so I would move on. Take me till tomorrow night an' 'bout a dozen books to tell about all jobs I worked at an' all places I been. I never stays in one place mo' 'n four weeks, leastwise never mo' 'm five. Long lonesome road I been down. After workin' at all sorts o' little jobs with my father an' then my mother an' grandmother, I started out, an' since then I done most everything anybody ever do.
I been helper in maloominum plant, stirrin' pots at Bessemer, janitor for mayor of two towns, factory hand, porter an' butler on railroad, an' wiping up engines of Great Northwestern railroad. I been waiter in hotels an' restaurants. I sold papers in mo' 'n one town. I worked as helper for carpenters an layin' brick for masons. I worked in store brushin' furniture, worked in packin'-house, an' in engine-house. I been in government camp an' in Ford factory. I plowed hard-tail mule, cut wood to fire log engine, an' worked on green ends o' rollin' lumber. I worked as harves' han' out Wes'. I been driver of teams, pick an' shovel man, worker in concrete, an' laborer in log camp an' hard roads. I worked on railroad gangs, an' sho' could drive steel for section boss. I worked keepin' yards an' mowin' lawns, white-washin' fences, an' paintin' houses. I been yard an' house butler for white folks, traveled with white man, an' traveled over into Canada. I was hand on Mississippi Delta job, boatin' on Mississippi River an' on lake, diggin' in coal mine, an' workin' in steel foundry. I pressed clothes, helped in print-shop, an' seem like 'bout hundred mo' jobs which I try to tell 'bout later. An' been times I run up 'gainst the law. But mos' times all dirt I ever done I been lucky enough to git off.
Sometimes I works an' sometimes I don't. 'Long with work or travelin', I plays my box an' sings my Blues an' gits folks to help me out when I need 'em, mo' specially good-lookin' womens.
Funny how I can't stay no place long. Always some other place better, some other work easier. Somebody thinkin' 'bout me, road callin' me on. When I come to new place I works while or maybe I hustles, an' then, lawd, I'll row here few days longer than I'll be gone. Don't stay long in states like Georgia and Mississippi. Folks in them states mighty ruffish an' don't give man no chance. Seems like they ain't civilized, leastwise like they ought to be.
I had some hard times in Louisiana an' Florida on sawmill an' roads. In Alabama, Iowa, Tennessee, West Virginia an' Pennsylvania I worked in mines. I worked on boats in Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Baltimore an New Haven. I had a little money an' so jes' had good time in Texas, Wyoming, Arizona an' Richmond. Had sister in Springfield an' 'nuther one in St. Louis an' stayed there while, sometimes workin', sometimes loafin'.
Had all sorts o' other jobs in Arkansas, Illinois, Nebraska, Michigan, Kansas, North Carolina, Arizona, South Carolina, Virginia, New York, Washington, Ohio, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, North Dakota an' South Dakota. An' I worked in war camp in both South an' North, an' went little while overseas on boat with the boys in the war. Went up in Canada sometimes workin' across on boat an' jobs with show, an' since war been down across Mexico line some. I can get plenty of trouble down there. You ought to see me turnin' round when Mexican girl throw dagger at me. I been in 'bout fohty states, but I 'spects to go in all of 'em yet. I got one friend, fellow I tell you 'bout later, maybe been in mo' states than I has, but he turn to Pullman porter an' don't see much life like I do.
I been in heap o' towns. Take me till to-morrow night to count 'em. Can't name 'em. Been in Norfolk 'bout hundred times. Been in St. Louis an' Chicago an' got stuck up, an' eve'y time I go to them towns, I'm leavin' an' ain't comin' back. New O'leans bes' place, feller find most kindest folks. Mos' freest-hearted womens. Hoboed through Birmingham two times, an' one time stayed while in steel works. Stayed while in Atlanta but soon comin' 'way from there. Always goin' back to Philadelphia. Had hard time in New York. Memphis, Tennessee, good place if feller knows how to git 'long. Been out to Los Angeles but never did go back. Work my way back to Detroit an' Kentucky an' Virginia and come back home. Take me till to-morrow night to tell 'bout all towns I been in. Good lawd, can't count 'em.
I seen lots o' gamblers in my day. But sho' is fact, worst gambler I ever seen in all my time was big black nigger called Shine, carryin' black cat bones in his pocket. Seen him clean up whole camp her las' week. Mighty bad gamblers in these camps, but I ain't seen none so finish as this black boy.
Some o' these boys carry extra dice an' crooked dice so they can't lose no way they throw 'em, an' they have all sorts of hands to give 'em luck. Rabbit feet they carry a plenty. Some of 'em go to witchcrafters an' git baby hands an' carry 'em in their pockets, an' some of 'em carry scorpion heads, an' snake skins, and buckeyes, an' other sich things, but man carryin' black cat bones inl his pocket can't lose.
Sho' is a fact if you stand test of black cat you can't lose. You take black cat an' put in a wash pot full o' cold water, build fire 'round pot an' set on top of lid while hot water boil all meat off cat. Then, you take bones to stream runnin' eas' an' wes' an' throw bones in runnin' stream. Actual fact, one of these bones goin' to swim against stream. You take that bone an' put it in yo' pocket, then you take yo' right hand an' set right foot in palm of right hand an' put left hand on top of yo' hed an' swear by all the gods that made you that what is between yo' two hands belong to the devil. An' that will raise a storm an' devil will appear to you in some form, such as cow or horse, or tree, or hisself. But you stay till all storm has ceasted an' then anything you want to do you can do. 'Nuther thing, reason nigger carrin' black cat bones is so mean, he knows he done sold his soul to the devil an' he have to stick it out, an' all the pleasure he gits he must git out of this life.
Well, las' Sat'day evening one of these fellows with black cat bones come to camp an' had big red dice, ponies with white spots on 'em. He didn't have no little pee-wee dice foolin' round with him. This fellow Shine was black as ace of spades. Well, he didn't have nothin' with him 'cept his ponies, an' so he borrowed two cents from a little boy driver an' in a little while won fifty cents. So he come on over to the big game, an' so somebody faded him for fifty cents, an' he won with a lick an' picked up his dice and say, "Les' shoot the whole dollar." An' so he played that an' won, an' made another pass an' hit 'em a lick an' throwed seven. An' so he said, "Les shoot the four, " an' made another lick. An' then he say, "Les shoot the whole dam' eight," when a fellow faded him with twelve. An' so he kept shootin' the whole works until he was ready to leave with one hundred and forty-two dollars. An' so he come over walking big an' give little boy fifty cents. An' so he rattled the black cat bones in his pocket an' left that camp singing like make cold chills run over you.
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Howard Washington Odum was born May 24, 1884, on a small farm near Bethlehem, Georgia, the son of William Pleasants and Mary Ann Odum. In 1900, Odum began his studies at Emory College, and graduated four years later. Odum then moved to Mississippi, where he taught school and attended the University of Mississippi at Oxford. He also earned a master's degree in the classics at Mississippi.
After Odum received a Ph.D. degree in psychology from Clark University, he entered Columbia University. Under the direction of Franklin Henry Giddings, Odum completed the requirements for his second doctoral degree, this one in sociology. In 1910, his dissertation, "Social and Mental Traits of the Negro," was published in part by Columbia. Odum then worked at the Philadelphia Bureau of Municipal Research as a research expert, and later as a professor at the University of Georgia. He returned to Emory in 1919 as the dean of liberal arts.
In 1920, Odum arrived in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to direct the School of Public Welfare and Department of Sociology. A few years after his arrival, Odum established the Institute for Research in Social Science, and founded the journal, Social Forces. While at the University of North Carolina, he began to demonstrate the variety of talents and great energy that his peers found remarkable. Odum toiled constantly to improve race relations, the quality of education, and living conditions in the South.
During the 1920s and through the Great Depression, Odum authored three novels, served as Assistant Director of Research for President Herbert Hoover's Research Committee on Social Trends, and chaired the North Carolina Emergency Relief Administration. In addition, Odum was president of the American Sociological Society, chief of the Social Science Division of A Century of Progress at the Chicago World's Fair, and head of the North Carolina Commission for Interracial Cooperation.
In 1944, Odum was one of the five founding members of the Southern Regional Council. He also became president of the North Carolina Jersey Cattlemen's Association during World War II. Along with Odum's skill as organizer and social reformer, he was a prolific writer. From 1909 until his death in 1954, he wrote more than twenty books and 200 articles reflecting his concern for race relations, education, the social sciences, and regionalism.
Odum received at least three honorary degrees; the College of the Ozarks, Harvard University, and his alma mater in Georgia bestowed honors on him. He also received the O. Max Gardner Award from the University of North Carolina.
In 1909, Odum met Anna Louise Kranz. They were married the following year and had three children: Mary Frances, Howard Thomas, and Eugene Pleasants. Odum died 8 November 1954, shortly after his retirement.
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Traditionally, the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis Raceway Park on Labor Day weekend is the NHRA POWERade event which signifies the homestretch of the professional drag racing season. But thanks to the remarkably close points races in each of the four pro classes, this weekend's 25th Lucas Oil Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway in Brainerd, Minn., could be considered this year's stretch drive kickoff.
With the Western Swing now far behind them, Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, and Pro Stock Motorcycle championship contenders will head for Brainerd knowing that round wins are unquestionably the gold standard upon which they'll pin their title hopes. The 20 points earned for every round victory from now until the four category championships are clinched have never been more vital since the 2006 campaign began in February.
Here's the lay of the land as this year's 16th national event throttles up.
Top Fuel
For Doug Kalitta and Melanie Troxel, it may be time to circle the wagons. Tony Schumacher had been a non-factor in the Top Fuel title picture until four races ago when he suddenly surged. Four consecutive final rounds, two victories and a return to the facility where last year he ran the low elapsed time of the race (4.446 seconds) and made the fastest pass in NHRA history (337.58 mph) make him as serious a threat to win this weekend as he has ever been.
This year, Kalitta and Troxel have both shown they have ample firepower when they need it. For instance, Kalitta's pre-Swing consistency was impressive and earned him the points lead in Denver. It's also a plus for the Mac Tools team that Kalitta won in Brainerd last year.
Troxel is far from out of the hunt, needing only to make up an 82-point deficit -- or at least whittle away at it -- with a strong showing this weekend at BIR. Her early-season consistency was phenomenal and a reprise of her springtime heroics would put her back on top.
But with a 126-point gap -- about six rounds of racing -- between Schumacher and the top points position, the importance of round wins for the three-time champion becomes much more apparent. Schumacher is applying some real pressure and his adversaries are feeling it.
Funny Car
If past history were the deciding factor as to which Funny Car driver comes to Brainerd with the most mojo, John Force would be the undisputed favorite. Ten times he has appeared in the Brainerd winner's circle for the most victories at this venue of any pro driver, regardless of class. Ron Capps, who now leads Force by 70 points in the POWERade standings, has two Brainerd titles to his credit, but more important, a stubborn determination to remain in the points lead despite some choppy results over the past half-dozen races.
Eric Medlen also has to be a possible pick if previous results are factored in, having won here the last two seasons highlighted by a holeshot victory over his employer, Force, in last year's final round.
Weather shouldn't complicate the qualifying and racing results this weekend with typical upper-Midwest summertime conditions expected. While Saturday and Sunday may bring a few scattered showers, searing heat and smothering humidity are not in the forecast and that will give tuners a blank check when it comes to dialing in plenty of horsepower.
Capps and Force will monopolize the Funny Car spotlight in Brainerd, just as they have in the first 15 races of '06. It's all about how their scorecards compare on Monday and they know it.
Pro Stock
Past track success won't be the wild card when it comes to the intangibles in Pro Stock this weekend. That will be home-field advantage.
Greg Anderson, Jason Line, Warren Johnson and Kurt Johnson (last year's winner) all hail from Minnesota and the annual trip to BIR represents a grand homecoming for those racers. This year, the points race has a new face with Line holding on to a 64-point advantage over teammate and perennial points leader Anderson. With the recent inconsistencies of Dave Connolly, Jim Yates, and KJ, this year's Minnesota reunion has all the signs of being twice as sweet for Anderson and Line. This is looking more and more like a battle of the Summit Pontiacs for the '06 title.
But it's not too late for other drivers to give chase. Connolly, Yates and Kurt Johnson all need a big run of round wins combined with some early-round slip-ups by the Summit boys to make things interesting again.
The points race could be wearing a totally different face on Monday, but only if Line's recent upswing, Anderson's refusal to roll over and the dogged pursuit of the category's remaining contenders all take a major hit on Homecoming Weekend in Minnesota.
Pro Stock Motorcycle
The bikes have been waging all-out war since their first national event of the year in Gainesville. Teams, riders and brand names have all taken their best shots at the opposition and the results in the POWERade points reveal a four-rider scuffle that shows no signs of easing up.
Only 61 points separate the class' top four racers with two-time and defending champion Andrew Hines sitting atop the standings by only 28 over three-time champ Angelle Sampey.
By now, neither the Suzuki, Harley-Davidson nor Buell-based operations has dominated. However Chip Ellis, currently third, has become a much bigger player in the title picture thanks to his monstrous 6.911-second elapsed time in Sonoma two weeks ago. Antron Brown, in fourth place, also raised his face value in Sonoma after joining the Mickey Thompson Six-Second Club at Infineon and he's been the Brainerd winner in three out of his last six starts here.
This weekend marks the second of five straight bike stops on this year's schedule. Only six bike races remain overall and nobody should be surprised if the nip-and-tuck nature of this year's points race only intensifies in Brainerd.
Bill Stephens covers NHRA for ESPN.com.


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We are German Company base in europe and we deal on all kind of European Sugar also with Edible cooking oil and our service is one of the best in the world we also deliver to buyer destination and giv ...Keyword : Sessame Oil | Soya bean Oil | Sunflower oil | Jatropha Oil | Corn Oil
Category: Soybean
We produce oils directly or indirectly from oil mills and refineries in producing countries. Our affiliated offices in various central and South American countries assist us in maintaining valued rela ...Keyword : Corn Oil | Rape seed oil | Jatropha's oil | Vegitable oil | Sunflower oil
Category: Cereals, Grains & Nuts
Quick Details Type:Sunflower oil Product Type:Nut & Seed oil Processing Type:Refined Refined Type:Fractionated oil Cultivation Type:Common Use:Cooking Packaging:bulk,Can (Tinned),Drum,Plastic Bottle P ...Keyword : Refined Sunflower oil
Category: Mining and Construction Machines and Equipment
Bucket Elevator --from Zhenyuan Machinery, we since 1964! Main Function: Powder or bulk material's vertical transport. Features: 1. Max height: 50 m, Max capacity: 5 ...
Category: Materials Handling Equipment & Supplies
Wireless remote control grab is a new type single type can open in the air without any additional energy 1. Wireless remote control grab is a new type single type opened in the air without any add ...
Category: Construction Equipment
Wireless remote control grab is a new type single type can open in the air without any additional energy 1. Wireless remote control grab is a new type single type opened in the air without any addit ...
we are suppliers of corn oil, so you can contact us for more information on the corn oilKeyword : corn oil | corn oil
Category: Edible Oil
FDA Registered Refined corn oil, All Natural cGMP Proven Quality corn oil REFINED; N.F. GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS corn oil is the refined fixed oil obtained from the embryo of Zea mays Linne (Fam ...Keyword : CORN OIL REFINED | CORN OIL
corn oil Product Description corn oil is 100% made from corn Germ, through the process of derubbering, depicking, decolouring, deodorizing and degreasing to get rid of the matters harmful to human bod ...Keyword : Refine Corn Oil
We are respected as a prominent Exporter and Supplier of pure Refined corn oil. corn Cooking oil is cholesterol free premium cooking oil and contains high percentage of poly unsaturated fatty acidsKeyword : CORN OIL | REFINED CORN OIL | CORN OIL SUPPLIERS
Category: Oil-Cake & other Residues of Vegetable Oil
We are direct manufacturer's of corn oil both crude and refined and other corn oil related products. Our corn oil is of high quality and we supply in both large/small quantities. So if interested in ...Keyword : Palm oil | Sunflower oil | Corn oil | Soybean oil | Rapeseed oil
Dear Sir/Madam, good day. We are a Belgian company operating in Cameroon for the manufacturing of Edible oils.We produce Quality Refined Edible and Deodorized plant and vegetable seed oils. We manufac ...Keyword : corn oil | palm oil
You can take note that we are the leading manufacturer in Malaysia, specialize in producing and export various vegetable oil . Today we would like establish the new friendship and business relationshi ...Keyword : Corn Oil | Soya Bean Oil | RBD Palm Oil | Vegetable Oil
Category: Oil Manufacturing Machines
Product : oil press ZX18,28,32,338 and so on Capacity: from 7 ton/day to 300 ton/day Pressing material: rapeseed, cottonseed, tung-seed, sunflower seed, cottonseed ,corn plumule, corn germ, peanut ...Keyword : oil press | oil expeller | screw oil press | oil press machine