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Import prices increase in September 2009
October 15, 2009
The price index for all imports increased 0.1 percent in September, led by a 0.6-percent increase in nonfuel import prices.
The September rise followed a 1.6-percent increase in August and continues results in which the price index for overall imports has only declined once since January. Despite the recent upward trend, import prices fell 12.0 percent for the year ended in September because of the sharp drop in the index at the end of 2008.
The price index for fuel imports decreased 1.8 percent in September, following a 7.1-percent increase in August. The decrease was driven by a 2.1-percent decline in crude prices as well as a 16.5-percent drop in natural gas prices.
In contrast to fuel imports, nonfuel import prices increased 0.6 percent in September, following a 0.3-percent increase in August, representing the largest one-month gain since a similar 0.6-percent advance in July 2008. Contributing to the advance were higher prices for nonfuel industrial supplies and materials, finished goods and foods.
These data are from the BLS International Price program. Import and export price data are subject to revision. For more information, see "U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes — September 2009" (HTML) (PDF), news release USDL-09-1238.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Import prices increase in September 2009 on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2009/ted_20091015.htm (visited June 29, 2016).
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|To 1877
|The Creation Of American Society, 1450–1763
|The Emergence Of An ""Atlantic World"": Europe, Africa, And America, 1450–1620
|The Invasion And Settlement Of North America, 1550–1700
|Creating A British Empire In America, 1660–1750
|Growth And Crisis In Colonial Society, 1720–1765
|the New Republic, 1763–1820
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See the website for details.
How to get there:
By road: Access to Shoreham Airport via A27 to the north of the airfield. Travelling westward from the A23/Brighton area, follow directions to Worthing and after passing through Southwick Tunnel and over the Adur flyover, turn left at traffic lights opposite Lancing College / Sussex Pad pub. Travelling eastward from the A24/Worthing area, follow directions to Brighton and after roundabout at north Lancing, turn right at traffic lights opposite Lancing College / Sussex Pad pub.
By rail: Mainline rail services via Southern Rail operate fast links to and from Shoreham-by-Sea along the coast via Brighton, Portsmouth and the West Country, in addition to the frequent London services.
By bus: get the 2 or 2A bus towards Shoreham, get off at the bottom of Shoreham High Street, walk across Norfolk Bridge to the other side of the river and walk straight ahead.
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Within the Terminal Building's long history, it has seen international and domestic departures and arrivals including some of the world's largest airlines. With the outbreak of war in 1939 international airline operators were removed from London (Croydon) Airport to Shoreham. These include names like Sabena, DDL, KLM and the predecessor of British Airways, Imperial Airways. Some of the destinations flown to by the above airlines included Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Malmo and Brussels.
Shoreham Airport is still at the forefront of general aviation in this country. The Terminal Building is now a Grade II listed building and is still in every day use by business, training and pleasure fliers alike including many visitors from Europe. Many of the fixtures are original including the Whispering Gallery on the first floor and the main window design above the main entrance.


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LAREDO, TEXAS (KGNS) -- The city is seeking help to provide more comprehensive services to people who are HIV positive.
A grant requesting $400,000 per year for the next four years has been submitted.
If it is approved the city's health department would no longer have to refer HIV positive patients to other agencies around the city for comprehensive care.
Right now, the health department serves close to 300 people through their HIV services.


text: Dr Christopher (Kit) Field In 'Staff' Academic StaffAssociated StaffProfessional Services Staff Back to 'The School of Education' School of EducationDirector of EducationHead of the Department of Teacher Education Contact details Telephone+44 (0)121 414 firstname.lastname@example.com AddressSchool of EducationUniversity of BirminghamEdgbaston, BirminghamB15 2TT, United Kingdom Kit Field has been the Director of Education in the School of Education since August 2014. Immediately prior to this Kit was seconded from his post as the Head of the Centre for Academic Practice at the University of Wolverhampton to the role of interim Executive Headteacher at a large secondary Academy in the Black Country. He has been, the Dean of the School of Education, a Professor of Education and the interim Dean of the Business School at the University of Wolverhampton. Before arriving at Wolverhampton in 2007, Kit was the Head of Professional Development at Canterbury Christ Church University, where he also worked in the Language Studies Department and the Faculty of Education. Kit has published in several different fields, but most notably in the areas of learning to teach modern foreign languages, subject and middle leadership and continuing professional development. Kit has been an OfSTED inspector, and has also conducted reviews and consultancies for schools and University Education departments. He has been the chair of the UCET CPD Standing Committee and is currently the Chair of the International Professional Development Association. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and is also a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEA). Qualifications Education Doctorate (EdD): University of Kent MA Curriculum Studies: University of Kent PGCE French with German: University of Exeter BA Hons French Studies: University of Warwick Biography Kit began his professional career as a teacher of French and German in Tavistock, Devon. He spent almost six years there and was responsible for children with SEN within the languages department at the time of 'Languages for All'. Subsequently, Kit became the Head of Languages at the New Mills School in Derbyshire, and through the Technical and Vocational Education Initiative led the 'NEMBUX' cluster, as the modern foreign languages (MFL) coordinator involving special schools, secondary schools and a Further Education College in the New Mills and Buxton area. His arrival at Canterbury Christ Church University was as a member of the Language Studies Department where he led the MFLs PGCE. He was also Director of the Language Centre which sold and designed language courses to businesses, and provided additional language study for students on the Tourism, and Business and Management courses. He transferred to the Education Faculty and became a Deputy and Acting Director of the Secondary PGCE at a time when student numbers grew from 140 to 300. In this role, he oversaw the curriculum and introduced the Graduate and Registered Teacher schemes, a Maitrise/PGCE programme in partnership with a French University. He also designed Foundation degrees, essentially for Teaching Assistants. Kit was a founder member of the 'Centre for Education Leadership and School Improvement' (CELSI) at Canterbury Christ Church University, and then formed a new Department of Professional Development, becoming a member of the Faculty's senior management team. He designed and wrote Masters courses in Leadership and oversaw the bidding for TDA funding though the Postgraduate Professional Development Scheme. During his time at Canterbury, Kit researched and wrote books and articles relating to mentoring, OfSTED inspections, modern foreign languages, middle leadership and continuing professional development. Kit was a Professor of Education at the University of Wolverhampton for seven years during which time he was the Dean of the School of Education and for the last year of which he was the Head of Academic Practices. Kit was conferred a Principal Fellowship with the Higher Education Academy in 2014. For three months, Kit worked as the interim Executive Head at a Black Country Academy. During Kit's time as the Dean of the School of Education at the University of Wolverhampton, the School of Education achieved 'Outstanding grades' (primary and secondary) and 'Good grades' for Post Compulsory Education from OfSTED on two separate occasions. The research profile of the School rose with the establishment of 'CeDARE', the Centre for Development and Applied Research in Education and also of the Centre Research and Development in Lifelong Education (CRADLE). Kit has been an external examiner for many ITE and CPD programmes, including the Institute of Education, University of London, Kings College London, Anglia Polytechnic University, Swansea Institute of Education, Liverpool University, the College of St Mark and St John, Plymouth, and the University of Technology in Mauritius. External commitments have included being the Chair of the UCET CPD committee and Chair of the International Professional Development Association. Kit worked for the Training and Development Agency and the General Teaching Council in a consultancy role. He also authored texts and training materials for the National College of School Leadership. Postgraduate supervision Dr Kit Field is supervising two EdD students: Rosliee Linton: Self-belief and self-conception as capacity building in senior leadership in the secondary sector Emily Clark; INSET in Schools – Leadership development in the context of secondary 'Teach First Initiative' He has the following research interests: Secondary school leadership; Senior and middle leadership; Continuing Professional Development; School Improvement; Learning to Teach MFLs in the secondary school Other activities Chair of the International Professional Development Association Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy School Governor Publications Field K (2014) CPD in Arthur J, Grainger T, and Wray D Learning to Teach in the Primary School London: RoutledgeFalmer. 3rd Edition Field K (2011) 'Reflection at the heart of professional development' Professional Development in Education Vol37 No, 2 April 2011 pp 171-177 Field K (2010) 'Who is the MTL for?' TEAN Journal Vol 1 issue 1 Pachler, N., Barnes. A. and Field, K. (2009) Learning and Teaching Modern Foreign languages – The Secondary School, Routledge, 3rd edition. Field K, Hoult E and Hughes S (2005) Improve Your Leadership Skills London: Optimus Field K (2005) CPD: The English Perspective in Alexandrou A, Field K and Mitchell H (2005) The Continuing Professional Development of Educators London: Symposium Bools Field K (2005) Emerging Themes in Alexandrou A, Field K and Mitchell H (2005) The Continuing Professional Development of Educators London: Symposium Bools Field K (2004) Subject Leadership and Principles of Practice: The cross curriculum London; The Stationery Office Field K (2002) Professional Development Portfolio: Structuring and Recording Teachers' Career Development London: Optimus Publishing Field K (2002) Evidence Based Subject Leadership, Journal of in-Service Education Vol 28 No. 3 pp 459-474 Field K, Holden P and Lawlor H (2000) Effective Subject Leadership London: Routledge


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The "Water Bearer" symbolism that accompanies Aquarius is enigmatic. It is symbolized often as the goddess, Delphi who pours sparkling water from the heavens. She blesses humanity. Sometimes the Water Bearer appears illustrated as a wizard or magician.
Aquarius forte is leadership. They are known for their truthfulness and patience. Science, and invention are strong suits, Most Aquarius individuals prefer living in a cosmopolitan area.
Aquarius visits in the height of winter. Known also as the Water Bearer, some say this native has two sides. Though they may appear cold and detached, Aquarians are kind. Descriptions usually characterize a lofty mentality. Words such as innovative, new age, and consciousness are their trademark. Born between February 20th March 20, this native's personality has many sides.
The symbolism of Aquarius is characterized as a water bearing slave in the 1939 movie, Gunga Din, It puts a different slant on the typical imagery. In it, Gunga Din is portrayed as a man servant who carried water to the troops during wars. This nitty gritty action movie dramatizes the cool, detached yet compassionate nature of this sign.
Rudyard Kipling's persona of the water bearer/slave shows the symbolism through his character's dialogue -
"Tho' I've belted you and flayed you,
By the livin' Gawd that made you,
You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din!"
Some well known historical figures who are Aquarians are listed in A.T. Mann's "The Round Art "
Thomas Jefferson, Karl Marx, Carl Jung, Jules Verne, Handel, , Yeats Roosevelt, Shubert Walt Whitman, Mark Twain, Orson Welles, Leonard Bernstein, Brahms, Einstein, Keats, Marilyn Monroe, Ralph Nader, Brigitte Bardot.
Ruling planets for Aquarius are often listed as Saturn and Uranus. Rulership comes about through solar harmonics. In this case, the close proximity of two powerful planets in range of one another, the sun translates both energies. Described as "local expression," each planet retains its own identity.
Uranus is the planet of electricity and sudden changes. Its atmosphere is rife with electrical storms. The expression "It hit me like a bolt out of the blue" illustrates the effects that contribute to the quixotic nature of the Aquarian mindset. Occupational roles that attract Aquarius are researchers, scientists, inventors, psychological counselors, or astrologers.
Saturn's influence gives Aquarians the discipline and structure for practical application of other- worldly input manifested through epiphanies and inspirations. Aquarius personalities usually aren't very flexible and neither is Saturn.


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Kaspersky: Government isn't doing enough to educate about cybercrime
Says bigger marketing campaigns are needed to alert mainstream citizens
THE UK GOVERNMENT isn't doing enough to warn about the risks of cybercrime on a mass level, security firm Kaspersky has claimed.
Speaking at a company roundtable event at the firm's European hub in London on Thursday, Kaspersky security researcher David Emm said isn't doing as much as it could be to educate people about cyber security.
"I'd like to see the government doing more to get the message out to mainstream citizens and individuals because that's the bone in which the industry is growing; the individuals with ideas," Emm said
"If you look at it, the recent Cyber Street Wise campaign aside, I don't think the government is doing very much in terms of mainstream messaging and I would certainly like to see it do more."
Emm used the example of major UK marketing campaigns promoting the dangers of drink driving as an ideal model because they have been drilled into us over the years.
"As parents, we've this body of common sense, such as drinks driving, and it's drip, drip, drip, over the years that has achieved that and I think we need to get to a point where we have some body of online common sense in which business people can draw upon; there's definitely a role for education."
Barclay's bank, which was also present at the roundtable, agreed with Emm.
"The government really needs to recognise this is a serious issue - if you're bright enough to set up your own business, you're bright enough to protect yourself," added the firm's MD of fraud prevention Alex Grant.
Emm concluded by saying that the government's Cyber Street Wise campaign that was launched in January was good enough to make people aware of the risks of cybercrime in the metropolitan areas. However, he said he'd like to see the government focus more on regional areas as people in sparsely populated areas weren't as aware of it.
Kaspersky's roundtable took place as part of the firm's launch of a report that found small businesses in the UK are "woefully unprepared" for an IT security breach, despite relying increasingly on mobile devices and storing critical information on computers.
The study found that nearly a third, or 31 percent, of small businesses would not know what to do if they had an IT security breach tomorrow, with four in ten saying that they would struggle to recover all data lost and a quarter admitting they would be unable to recover any. µ
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AAC --- Advanced Armament Corporation
AAR --- After Action Review
ACC --- Remington ACCelerator
ACLU --- American Civil Liberties Union
ACOG --- Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight
ACP --- Automatic Colt Pistol
ACR --- Adaptive Combat Rifle (Remington)
ACS --- Adaptable Carbine/Storage
AD --- Accidental Discharge NO SUCH ANIMAL! See ND
AE --- Action Express, i.e.; .50 AE
AFA --- Armed Females of America
AFAIK --- As Far As I Know
AG --- Attorney General
AH --- Adam Henry/Azz Hole
AJHP --- Aluminum Jacketed Hollow Point
AK --- Avtomat Kalashnikova/AK47/AK74/Assault Rifle - Here at FTF, use SUR (Sport Utility Rifle)
ALM --- Angry Little Man
AO --- Adjustable Objective
AOW --- Any Other Weapon
AP --- Armor Piercing
APFSDS --- Armor Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot
API --- Armor Piercing, Incendiary
APT --- Armor Piercing, Tracer
AR --- ArmaLite Rifle, AR-15/(See EBR) Assault Rifle - Here at FTF, use SUR (Sport Utility Rifle)
ART --- Adjustable ranging telescope
ASA --- Australian Shooting Association
ATM --- At This Moment
AW --- Assault Weapon
AWB --- Assault Weapon Ban
B&D --- Bain and Davis
BALL --- Ball Ammo/FMJ/TMJ
BAR --- Browning Automatic Rifle
BATFE --- Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms Explosives
BBL --- Barrel/Bull Barrel (Rifle barrel that is thicker then the normal hunting rifle barrel)
BBWC --- Bevel-Base Wad Cutter
BC --- Ballistic Coefficient
BCG --- Bolt Carrier Group
BCM --- Bravo Company MFG
BFH --- Barrel, Forged, Hammer (BFH)
BG --- Bad Guy
BHP --- Browning Hi-Power/P-35
BIB --- Bug In Bag, like a 711 version of the BOB.
BM --- Bushmaster
BMG --- Browning Machine Gun
BO --- Body Odor/Barry nOboma
BOB --- Bug Out Bag
BOD --- Born On Date
BOF --- Bureau of Firearms
BOL --- Bug Out Land (a place of retreat for when the Shumer hits the fan)
BOR --- Bill Of Rights
BP --- Black Powder
BPCR --- Black Powder Cartridge Rifle
BPE --- Black Powder Express
BPV --- Bullet Proof Vest/Individual Body Armor
BR --- Bench Rest
BRB --- Be Right Back
BRD --- Black Rifle Disease
BRR --- Bench Rest Remington
BT --- Boat Tail
BUG --- Back Up Gun
C3S --- C3Shooter - Kindly, harmless old gent that will keep smiling while he steals your wallet, watch, woman, and gets you to pay for the drinks.
C&R --- Curio & Relic
CAL --- Caliber
CAR --- Colt Automatic Rifle/CAR-15
CARL --- Curio and Relic License, 03 FFL
CAS --- Cowboy Action Shooting
CB --- Cast Bullet
CC --- Concealed Carry
CCL --- Concealed Carry License
CCO --- A 1911 Classic Commander slide on an Officer frame
CCP --- Concealed Carry Permit
CCRKBA --- Citizen's Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
CCW --- Concealed Carry Weapons
CF --- Centerfire
CHL --- Concealed Handgun License
CIII --- Class III FFL - dealer of NFA firearms
CIF --- Cash In Fist
CIP --- Case In Point
CL --- Remington Core-Lokt
CLDF --- Civil Liberties Defense Foundation
Clip --- A strip of metal that is used to hold cartridges together to facilitate the loading into (usually) an internal rifle magazine.
CLP --- Cleaner, Lubricant, Preservative
CMP --- Civilian Marksmanship Program
CMT --- Continental Machine and Tool Co.
CNS --- Central Nervous System
COA --- Citizen(s) Of America
COF --- Course Of Fire, shooting stage in pistol event
COG --- Center Of Gravity
COM --- Center Of Mass/Center Mass
CPHV --- Center to Prevent Handgun Violence
CPL --- Concealed Pistol License
CQ --- Close Quarter(s)
CQB --- Close Quarter(s) Battle
CQC --- Close Quarter(s) Combat
CRL --- Curio and Relic License, 03 FFL
CS --- Customer Service
CTFD --- Calm The Foobar Down
CTR --- Compact/Type Restricted
CUP --- Copper Units of Pressure
CWS --- Cold War Shooters
DA --- Double Action
DAA --- Double Action Automatic
DAO --- Double Action Only
DBY --- Day Before Yesterday
DBA --- Doing Business As
DB --- Douche Bag
DCM --- Director of Civilian Marksmanship
DD --- Daniel Defense
DEWC --- Double Ended Wad Cutter
DF --- Drop Free
DPICM --- Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Ammunition
DPMS --- DPMS Firearms, LLC/Defense Procurement Manufacturing Services
DRN --- Dead Right Now
DROS --- Dealer's Record of Sale
DRT --- Dead Right There
DVC --- Diligentia Vis Celeritas - Latin for Accuracy, Power, Speed
EAA --- European American Arms
EBR --- Evil Black Rifle
EDC --- Every Day Carry - Knife, gun or that brother-in-law
EDM --- Electrical Discharge Machining
EDW --- Every Day Wear
EMP --- Enhanced Micro Pistol - Springfield Armory
EOP --- Elevated Optical Platform
ERC --- Extended Range Carbine
FA --- Full Auto
FATS --- Firearms Training Simulator
FC --- Forcing Cone
FCG --- Fire Control Group
FFL --- Federal Firearms License
FM --- Farging Magic
FMJ --- Full Metal Jacket
FML --- Fully Metal Lined
FN --- Fabrique Nationale d'armes de'Guerre/Flat Nose
FNG --- Farging New Guy
FNH --- Fabrique Nationale d'armes de'Guerre (National Factory of War Arms)
FOB --- Forward Operating Base
FOID --- Firearm Owner's Identification Card
FORS --- Front-Opposite, Rear-Same (Sight adjustment mnemonic.)
FOV --- Field Of View
FP --- Flat Point / Firing Pin
FPS --- Feet Per Second/Firing Pin Spring
FS --- Front Sight/For Sale / Full Size (5" Government 1911)
FSB --- Front Sight Block (Gas Block)
FST --- Front Sight Tower / Winchester Fail Safe Talon (Black Talon)
FTE --- Failure To Eject
FTF --- FireArms Talk Forum/Failure To Feed/Failure To Fire/Face To Face (sale)
FTN --- Failure To Neutralize - penalty
FTRTB --- Failure To Return To Battery, slide fails to return a new round from the magazine to the chamber and lock
FUBAR --- Foobared Up Beyond (All Recognition/Any Repair)
FWIW --- For What Its Worth
FYEO --- For Your Eyes Only
GA --- Gauge -shotgun bore diameter
GAP --- Glock Automatic Pistol
GC --- Gas Check
GCA --- Gun Control Act (of 1968)
GDHP --- Speer Gold Dot Hollow Point
GG --- Good Guy
GI --- Government Issue
GOA --- Gun Owners of America
GOOD --- Get Out Of Dodge
GPU --- Gas Piston Upper
GR --- Grain
GTFOH --- Get The Foobar Out of Here!"
GTG --- Good To Go/Got To Go
H&H --- Holland & Holland
H&R --- Harrington & Richardson
HBWC --- Hollow-Base Wad Cutter
HC --- Hard Cast
HD --- Home Defense/Heavy Duty
HEAT --- High Explosive Anti Tank
HP --- Hollow Point/Home Protection
HPBT --- Hollow Point Boat Tail
HPJ --- Remington High Performance Jacketed (Golden Saber)
HS --- Hydra-Shok/Horse Sh1t
HSC --- Handgun Safety Certificate
HST --- Hammer, Sear, & Trigger
IANAL --- I Am Not A Lawyer
IAW --- In Accordance With
IBA --- Individual Body Armor = Bullet Proof Vest
IBS --- International Benchrest Shooters
IDK --- I Don't Know
IDPA --- International Defensive Pistol Association International Defensive Pistol Association
IIRC --- If I Recall Correctly
IHMSA --- International Handgun Metallic Silhouette Association
ILA --- Institute for Legislative Action - NRA
IMBEL --- Indústria de Material Bélico do Brasil (Military Material Industry) a Brazilian state company, founded in 1975.
IMHO --- In My Humble Opinion
IMO --- In My Opinion
IMR --- Improved Military Rifle
IOW --- In Other Words
IPSC --- International Practical Shooting Confederation International Practical Shooting Confederation
IRL --- In Real Life
IWB --- Inside the Waistband, holster
IYO --- In Your Opinion
JBB --- Jack Bauer Bag
JDJ --- J. D. Jones www.sskindustries.com
JHC --- Jacketed Hollow Cavity
JHP --- Jacketed Hollow Point
JMB --- John Moses Browning
JMHO --- Just My Humble Opinion
JPFO --- Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership
JRS --- Jon R. Sundra
JSP --- Jacketed Soft Point
K98 --- German Mauser 98 in karbine length
KAC --- Knight's Armament Company
kB --- kaBOOM!
KMA --- Kiss My Azz
KYPD --- Keep Your Powder Dry
LAC --- Law Abiding Citizen
LC --- Long Colt
L-C/T --- Hornady Lead Combat/Target
LCP --- Elsie Pea - Lightweight Compact Pistol
LCR --- Elsie Ahrrrr - Lightweight Compact Revolver
LDS --- Latter Day Saints
LE --- Law Enforcement
LEA --- Law Enforcement Agency
LEAA --- Law Enforcement Alliance of America
LEO --- Law Enforcement Officer
LF --- Lethal Force
LFI --- Lethal Force Institute
LGS --- Local Gun Shop
LHP --- Lead Hollow Point
LMFAO --- Laugh My Foobaring Ass Off
LMT --- Lewis Machine & Tool Co. www.lewismachine.net
LOS --- Line Of Sight
LR --- Long Rifle/Lower Receiver
LRN --- Lead, Round Nose
LRPK --- Lower Receiver Parts Kit
LRT --- LaRue Tactical
LSR --- Light Sniper Rifle
LSWC --- Lead Semi-Wad Cutter
LSWCHP-GC --- Lead Semi-Wad Cutter Hollow Point -Gas Check (Keith, hollow cavity)
LTC --- Lead Truncated Cone
LTL --- Less Than Lethal
LV-JHP --- Low Velocity-Jacketed Hollow Point
LWC --- Lead Wad Cutter
LWRCi --- LWRC International, LLC www.lwrci.com
M193 --- 5.56x45mm 55-grain ball cartridge.
M195 --- 5.56x45mm grenade launching blank.
M196 --- 5.56x45mm 54-grain tracer cartridge, red cartridge tip.
M202 --- 5.56x45mm 58-grain FN SSX822 cartridge
M755 --- 5.56x45mm grenade launching blank specifically for the M234 launcher.
M855 --- 5.56x45mm 62-grain FN SS109 ball cartridge, green tip w/steel penetrator and a lead core.
M855 LF --- 62-grain green tip w/tungsten penetrator and a steel core. Lead Free
M856 --- 5.56x45mm 64-grain FN L110 tracer cartridge
M995 --- 5.56x45mm 52-grain AP cartridge, black cartridge tip.
MAG --- Box Magazine/Magnum
MC --- Metal Cased
ME --- Muzzle energy/Middle East
Mils --- Milliradians
MIM --- Metal Injection Molding/Powder metal processing
Mk262 --- 5.56x45mm 77-grain Open-Tipped Match/Hollow-Point Boat-Tail cartridge.
MK318 --- 5.56x45mm 62-grain Open-Tipped Match/Hollow-Point Boat-Tail cartridge.
MLU-26 --- Early USAF designation for 5.56x45mm ball cartridge produced by Remington.
MM --- millimeter
MMA --- Mixed Martial Arts
MN --- Mosin Nagant
MOA --- Minute Of Angle
MOB --- Middle Of Back
MOD --- Moderator
MOE --- Magpul Original Equipment
MRWC --- Mid-Range Wad Cutter
MSH --- Main Spring Housing
MV --- Muzzle Velocity
NAA --- North American Arms
NATO --- North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NBRSA --- National Benchrest Shooters Association
NCIC --- National Crime Information Center
ND --- Negligent Discharge
NDF --- Non-Drop Free - original glock magazines were designed to stay in the gun if the magazine release was pressed and there were rounds remaining in the magazine
NEF --- New England Firearms
NFA --- National Firearms Act (of 1934 )
NFML --- Non-Fully Metal Lined magazines also known as Non-Drop Free (NDF)
NGT --- New Gun Test
NPR --- National Public Radio
NRA --- National Rifle Association
NSSF --- National Shooting Sports Foundation
NRMA --- National Reloading Manufacturers Association
NSSF --- National Shooting Sports Foundation
O/U --- Over/Under
OAL --- Office of Administrative Law
OODA --- OODA Loop, Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act. It takes ~0.25 of a second to cycle through this decision making process.
OOS --- Out Of State
OC --- Open Carry
OM --- Oscar Mike/On the Move
OP --- Original Post(er)
opaww --- Hard core Azz Hole, commenly known as a hate monger, Radical right wing gun nut, Pro-American/pro-Constitution/pro-Bill of Rights
O/S --- Over/Sized
OT --- Off Topic
OTB --- Out of The Box
OTD --- Out The Door (Usually means tax, title and dealer prep.)
OTF --- Out The Front (Auto knife)
OTM --- Open Tip Match
OTOH --- On The Other Hand
OWB --- Outside the Waistband, holster
PAFOA --- Pennsylvania Firearms Owners Association
PB --- Lead/Lead Bullet
PBR --- Point Blank Range
PBS --- Powdered Butt Syndrome (ask C3)
PEBKAC --- Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair
PEBTAH --- Problem Exists Between Trigger And Holster
PDS --- Piston Driven System RRA
PDSC --- Piston Driven System Carbine RRA
PDSP --- Piston Driven System Pistol RRA
PDSR --- Pistol Driven System Rifle RRA
PDW --- Personal Defense Weapon
PERP --- Perpetrator, criminal
PIRC --- Pre-Incident Response Conditioning
PIRT --- Pre-Incident Response Training
PITA --- Pain In The Azz
PK --- A 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun designed in the Soviet Union and currently in production in Russia
PKM --- It (ПК Модернизированный: "Kalashnikov's Machine-gun Modernized") is the current, modernized, product-improved version of the PK model
PL --- Remington Power-Lokt
PMS --- Pass My Shotgun/Punish Men Severely/Pardon My Sobbing/Packing My Sh1t/Pre Marital Sex
POA --- Point Of Aim
POI --- Point Of Impact
POS --- Parent Over Shoulder/Piece Of Sh1t
POST --- Peace Officer Standards and Training
POV --- Privately Owned Vehicle
PPC --- Pindell-Palmisano Cartridge
PRI --- Precision Reflex Inc.
PRS --- Precision Rifle/Sniper
PSA --- Palmetto State Armory/Public Service Announcement
PSI --- Pounds Per Square Inch
PSP --- Pointed Soft Point/Plated Soft Point
PUSH --- Practical Utility Shoulder Hold/Push Pack
PWP --- Pistol Whipping Potential
P&R --- Pinned barrel and Recessed cylinder
Q --- Torque
QA --- Quality Assurance
QC --- Quality Control
QFT --- Quoted For Truth
QTY --- Quantity
RBC --- Rifle Bore Cleaner
RDK --- Rapid Deployment Kit
RDS --- Red Dot Sight
RE --- Receiver Extension (Buffer Tube)
REM --- Remington
REMF --- Rear Echelon Mother Foobarer
REN --- Charles Rensing & Jim Rock
RF --- RimFire
RFB --- Rifle, Forward-ejecting Bullpup
RIA --- Rock Island Arsenal
RKBA --- Right to Keep and Bear Arms
RN --- Round Nose
RNL --- Round Nosed Lead
ROI --- Return On Investment
RR --- Range Report
RRA --- Rock River Arms
RTFM --- Read The Foobaring Manual
RUM --- Remington Ultra Mag
S&G --- Sh!ts and Giggles
S&H --- Sharpe & Hart
S&W --- Smith & Wesson
SA --- Semi Auto/Springfield Armory/Springer
SAA --- Single Action Army
SAAMI --- Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute
SAF --- Second Amendment Foundation
SAM --- Shooters Arms Manufacturing (in the Philippines)
SAR --- Search And Rescue
SAS --- Second Amendment Sisters
SASS --- Single Action Shooting Society
SBR --- Short Barreled Rifle
SBS --- Short Barreled Shotgun
SCAR --- Special Operations Forces (SOF) Combat Assault Rifle
SCBS --- Shooter's Choice Bore Solvent
SCSA --- Steel Challenge Shooting Association SCSA
SD --- Self Defense/Sectional Density
SDG --- Self-Defense Gun
SE --- Special Edition
SHTF --- Sh1t Hits The Fan
SJSP --- Semi-Jacketed Soft Point
SKS --- Samozaryadniy Karabin Simonov
SLR --- Self Loading Rifle
SMDH --- Shaking My Damn Head
SM --- Supporting Member(s) - and some of the best damn people on the interwebz
SMG --- SubMachine Gun
SMLE --- Short Magazine Lee Enfield- the .303 caliber British Army rifle
SN --- Serial Number
SNAFU --- Situation Normal, All Foobared Up
SO --- Significant Other
SO(A)B --- Son Of A Beach
SOB --- Small Of (the) Back
SOP --- Standard Operating Procedure
SP --- Soft Point/Spire Point
SPC --- 6.8 Special Purpose Cartridge
SPL --- Sound Pressure Level
Spl. --- Special - As In .38 Spl.
SPR --- Special Police Rifle/Special Purpose Rifle
SPRG --- Springfield Armory
SPTZ --- Spitzer
SRT --- Special Response Team/Swift Response Team
SS --- Stainless Steel
SS109 --- NATO code for the M855 (US CODE) 5.56x45 62 grain FMJ
SSA --- Single Action Army (Colt's SA Revolver/Colt 45)
SSAA --- Sporting Shooters Association of Australia
SSS --- Shooting Southern Style (canebrake style)
STA --- Shooting Times Alaskan
STE --- Shooting Times Easterner
STHP --- Winchester Silvertip Hollow Point
STW --- Shooting Times Westerner
SUR --- Sport Utility Rifle
SWAG --- Scientific Wild Azz Guess
SWAT --- Special Weapons And Tactics
SWC --- Semi-Wad Cutter
SWMBO --- She Who Must Be Obeyed
SWS --- Superior Weapons Systems
SX --- (Hornady) Super eXplosive
SXT --- (Winchester) Supreme eXpansion Talon (Black Talon)
TANSTAAFL --- There ain't no such thing as a free lunch
TBH --- To Be Honest
TC --- Truncated Cone/Thompson Center
TCFM --- Too Close For Missiles
TCU --- Thompson/Center and (Wes) Ugalde
TDI --- Tactical Defense Institute
TEOTWAWKI --- The End Of The World As We Know It
TFL --- The Firing Line
TMJ --- Total Metal Jacketed
TOT --- Time On Trigger
TPF --- Ten Percent Firearms
TRO --- Temporary Restraining Order
TRP --- Tactical Response Pistol
TTTP --- Thread Title and Tagging Project
TU --- Tango Uniform
UBR --- Utility/Battle Rifle
UPLULA --- Universal Pistol Loader UnLoader
USPSA --- United States Practical Shooting Association
USRAC --- U.S. Repeating Arms Company
VCDL --- Virginia Citizens Defense League
VLD --- Very Low Drag
WAGC --- Women Against Gun Control
WC --- Wad Cutter
WCF --- Winchester Center Fire
WIN --- Winchester
WMR --- Winchester Magnum Rimfire
WP --- White Phosphorus/Willy Pete/Whiskey Papa
WRT --- With Respect To
WTB --- Want To Buy
WTF --- Whiskey Tango Foxtrot/What The Foobar?
WTH --- What The Hell?
WTS --- With That Said/Want To Sell
WTT --- Want To Trade/Willing To Trade
WWB --- Winchester White Box/Wally World Bullets
WWFY --- What Works For You
WYP --- What's Your Point
XM287 --- 5.56x45mm 68-grain ball cartridge produced by Industries Valcartier, Inc. An Improved version was also produced designated XM779.
XM288 --- 5.56x45mm 68-grain tracer cartridge produced by Industries Valcartier, Inc. An Improved version was also produced designated XM780
XM777 --- 5.56x45mm ball cartridge.
XM778 --- 5.56x45mm tracer cartridge.
XM996 --- 5.56x45mm so-called "Dim Tracer" with reduced effect primarily for use with night vision devices.
XTP --- (Hornady) eXtreme Terminal Performance
YHM --- Yankee Hill Machine
YMMV --- Your Mileage May Vary
YOM --- Year Of Manufacture
Z --- Zed/Zero/0/Nothing/Nought/Naught/Nil/Zilch/Zip/Ought/Aught
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Recursive Flow is home to Alastair Dant, a widely experienced interactive developer whose recent work has focussed on data visualization and building cross-discipline teams.
At the Guardian, he led development of some award winning features and has presented his work at talks & workshops in Europe, the United States and South America.
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FLIGHTS OF THE IMAGINATION: BLACK AMERICAN TRAVELERS JOURNEY TOWARD AFRICA IN GHANA AND BAHIA, BRAZIL by Michelle Denise Commander A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (AMERICAN STUDIES AND ETHNICITY) August 2010 Copyright 2010 Michelle Denise Commander
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|This dissertation is a study of travel accounts produced by Black Americans as they journey toward imagined "Africas" to satiate a longing for origins through cultural roots tourism in and emigration to Ghana, West Africa, and Bahia, Brazil. I pose significant questions about Black American travel: Where is Africa? Is return feasible? What transpires when diasporans make identifications with and craft new lives in what they feel are authentic African homelands? Along the coastlines of Ghana and Bahia sit physical remnants of major embarkation points from which human cargo were distributed during the transatlantic slavetrade; these artifacts, coupled with myriad cultural elements throughout each region, have become prominent tourist attractions, drawing thousands of Black American travelers each year. While it is clear that there are historical reasons for these flows, little attention has been placed on why Black Americans in the post-civil rights era view these particular sites as ones of unusual promise and what larger forces—social, economic, and/or imagined—compel them to move toward Africa. Utilizing the narrative arc of travel, a central trope of Black American existence, I examine the ways in which they practice identification in order to realize their desire for home. I employ a multi-method approach for this project—one that is grounded in years of interviews and participant-observation of events including tour groups and expatriate organization meetings, and also relies on textual analyses of literary and historical material to understand the imaginary that underwrites these circuits. By exploring the under-studied narrative progression from tourist to expatriate—that is, how Black Americans grapple with what they presume they have lost and believe is recoverable through flight to Ghana and Bahia, I locate what lingers in roots tourists' imaginations that induces repeat travel and permanent relocation.
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Four Treasures out of Penghu Lietao
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The Four Treasures are Wen Stone(A kind of local special ore), Taiwan coral, Taiwan Haishu and Maogong Stone. Wen Stone is a special kind of beautiful ore produced lonely in Penghu, which are pressed under a certain temperature chemically out of different kinds of materials and which are usually with different colorful veins. Taiwan coral is very pretty and transparent and exquisitely carved. Haishu is also called dark coral or jade green coral. There are three colors that is, golden one,dark black one and deep red one. Their qualities are good and luster can last for a long time. Maogong Stone is a special kind of basalt and is developed naturally. They are absolutely excellent materials for gardens' construction
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2013 Annual Update
Welcome to the Hair Foundation's annual update.
2012 was another great year and one that ushered in significant opportunities for growth.
With our team of esteemed professionals, the Hair Foundation continues to evolve and be extremely successful. We begin each year by launching key initiatives to advance our goals. We are proud of this year's accomplishments and would like to share them with you.
- Launched the first of a series of regional Day of Hair Health Expo events, the first one will be in Winter Park, FL - please register here.
- Created nine feature videos with expert advice on hair loss, treatments and hair care for NBC, which received 500,000-plus views
- Our experts participated in media and press interviews
- Expanded our blog to include Hair Foundation experts, industry leaders, product announcements, Hair loss and Hair Care news
- Published an online newsletter featuring articles from our experts, tips for consumers, advancements in hair care and industry news
- Enriched our Allied Organizations Council with two new partners: Trichotillomania Learning Center and the Dutch Hair Foundation
- Grew our international outreach by welcoming our newest partner, Hair More China
As you can see, we had a busy and productive year. I'd like to again thank my board and trustees, members of our advisory council, and our donors and partners for helping us to achieve our goals. We are grateful for the contributions and ongoing participation; without it we could not function as an organization and promote our events and programs. We hope that you continue to find value in our progress.
This year, we have several initiatives that offer an opportunity for you to get involved.
- Expand the Hair Foundation's visibility. We will accomplish this through our blog, website and media interviews on topics such as children and women with hair loss, hair disease, overall hair care and styling, anti-aging, advancements and hair surgery
- Produce another 12 feature videos for NBC on hair care, loss and disease
- Create articles on hot topics such as Hollywood Secret Hair Challenges and Seasonal Hair Care
- Support Childhood Leukemia Foundation and Operation Restore grants and educational outreach
- Expand the Hair Foundation's global reach by offering education, training and outreach in Chinese and other languages to be distributed by our international partners
- Promote two books I authored, Women and Hair Loss and Children and Hair Loss, with additional chapters by our renowned group of expert doctors. The books' profits will be donated to various charities including
- New chapters include the following:
- Hair Care
- Cancer and Hair Loss
- Hair Disease
- Hair Loss
- Emerging Therapies
- Anti-Aging
- Low Level Laser Light
We have an exciting and busy year ahead of us and we welcome any and all suggestions and contributions from you. It is with your continued support that the Hair Foundation can we strive to be the most trusted source providing hair information to the public.
Thank you,
Dr. Matt Leavitt
President and Chair


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China's new growth model
Author: Yiping Huang, Peking University and ANU
The Chinese economy is in the middle of transitioning toward a new, more sustainable, growth model with slower GDP growth and a more balanced economic structure. This is a change that has gone largely unrecognised by most China watchers and market participants.
Chinese growth decelerated steadily during 2012. The authorities took steps to stabilise growth, but these measures failed to have an immediate effect. At the time, many analysts argued that the government authorities were ignoring growth risks due to the imminent leadership transition and were way behind the curve. Investors subsequently expected the new government to boost investment after taking office in early March 2013 and were confident about the likely reacceleration of growth in the ensuing quarters. But the new leadership did not announce any major investment programs at the National People's Congress. As a result, fears of a hard landing once again regained momentum.
What these analysts fail to appreciate is that the economy is settling around its new growth potential. Policy makers are reluctant to take more aggressive measures to support economic growth primarily due to lessons learned from the stimulus package introduced during the global financial crisis. That package was effective, lifting GDP growth from 6.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2009 to 10.7 per cent in the fourth quarter of the same year. Yet it also caused problems, such as new fiscal burdens, the emergence of potential non-performing loans, overcapacity in some areas of infrastructure, extreme imbalance problems, and inflation and asset bubble risks. From as early as 2010, officials began to reach a consensus view on the need to tolerate slower growth.
This view is in line with the new potential rate of growth estimated by various think tanks, such as the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Development Research Center of the State Council and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Most of these institutions put China's growth potential at between 6 and 8 per cent for the period 2011–20, compared to above 10 per cent in the decade between 2001 and 2010.
A downward shift of the potential rate of growth is most clearly evidenced by China's demographic change. The Chinese government used to be obsessed about attaining a minimum of 8 per cent GDP growth. The key rationale was that an 8 per cent growth rate was seen as necessary to support full employment and maintain social stability. However, in the late 1990s, when the 8 per cent growth target was initially proposed, China's working-age population was increasing by more than 10 million people a year. In 2012, China's working-age population declined by 3.5 million people.
Alongside the slowdown of growth, China's economic structure has also been rebalanced.
Current account surpluses fell from 10.8 per cent of GDP in 2007 to 2.6 per cent in 2012. Although they could rebound if the global economy recovers strongly, the rebalancing of China's external account is more or less done. This change has led many officials and investors to believe that China's exchange rate is close to its equilibrium. In addition, the share of GDP growth accounted for by consumption increased from one-third in 2007 to more than half in 2012, according to official data. Re-estimation of these data reveals that the share of total consumption in GDP rose from 47.9 per cent in 2007 to 52.1 per cent in 2010, compared with 47 per cent in official statistics. If these estimates are correct, the investment share of GDP should be 43.5 per cent in 2010, instead of 48.5 per cent in the official statistics. A study by David Li and Sean Xu also suggests that the household consumption share of GDP increased from 36 per cent in 2007 to 38.5 per cent in 2011. These all confirm that rebalancing of the Chinese economy toward consumption-led growth is already underway.
In late January 2013, the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics reported a set of gini coefficients for the years for 2003–12. They show a steady deterioration of income distribution from 0.479 in 2003 to 0.491 in 2008 and steady improvement after that, to 0.474 in 2012. These estimates are harshly criticised by many economists because they appear to contradict the general impression of continuously worsening income distribution. A more plausible view is that the observed structural changes after 2007 or 2008 tell a consistent story of rebalancing. More importantly, they are probably driven by one common cause: emerging labour shortages and rapid wage increases.
I have long argued that China's reform approach can be characterised as asymmetric liberalisation, that is, complete freeing of the product markets while heavy distortions are maintained in factor markets. The generally depressed costs of production have the effect of subsidies for the corporate sector but taxes on households. This was the key mechanism contributing to both strong economic growth and growing structural imbalances during China's reform period.
This pattern has begun to change over the past several years, starting in the labour market. Rapid wage increases squeeze profit margins, slow economic growth and escalate inflationary pressure. They improve income distribution, since low-income households rely more on labour income, while high-income households depend more on corporate profits and investment returns. Rising wages also redistribute income from the corporate sector to households and, therefore, boost consumption as the share of household income in GDP increases.
China's new growth model is still in its early stages. So far, we have only seen the first wave of cost shocks — changes in the labour market — which have a significant impact on labour-intensive manufacturing industries. The second wave of cost shocks — a rise in the costs of capital and energy — has just started. This could affect state-owned, highly leveraged and heavy industries more dramatically because they were previously built on a distorted cost structure. Consolidation of heavy industries could lead to the first recession of the Chinese economy since the beginning of its economic reforms.
This will not necessarily lead to a period of stagnant growth, as analysts such as Michael Pettis suggest. While cost normalisation would shrink economic activity in the state sector, it should benefit the non-state sector, which accounts for 80 per cent of total industrial output.
In short, China is turning into a normal rapidly growing emerging market economy, with slower growth, higher inflation, more equal income distribution, more balanced economic structure, accelerated industrial upgrading and more discernible economic cycles. The government still faces a daunting task of turning China into a high-income country in the coming decades. This will require significant additional reform, including liberalising the factor markets, establishing macroeconomic policy frameworks compatible with emerging market economies, and transforming the role of government from directly supporting production and investment to facilitating innovation and upgrading.
Yiping Huang is Professor of Economics at Peking University and at the China Economy Program, the Australian National University. He is also Chief Economist for Asia at Barclay's Bank, Hong Kong.
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Kodera, T; Bozinov, O; Sürücü, O; Ulrich, N H; Burkhardt, J K; Bertalanffy, H (2011). Neurosurgical venous considerations for tumors of the pineal region resected using the infratentorial supracerebellar approach. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 18(11):1481-1485.
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The authors present a microsurgical technique for the resection of a heterogeneous group of pineal-region tumors and discuss the key points for successfully performing this surgery. Twenty-six consecutive patients with pineal-region tumors were resected by the senior author (H.B.) and analyzed retrospectively. For all 26 patients, the operation was conducted using the infratentorial supracerebellar (ITSC) approach in the sitting (23 patients) or Concorde (three patients) positions. Twenty-five patients had symptomatic obstructive hydrocephalus and were treated with ventricular drainage, a previously inserted ventriculoperitoneal shunt, or an endoscopic third ventriculostomy before undergoing resection of the pineal-region tumor. The gross total removal of the tumor was achieved in 23 patients and subtotal removal was achieved in three patients. The tumors were pathologically diagnosed mainly as pineocytomas (10), pilocytic astrocytomas (6), or pineal cysts (4). Twenty-five of the patients clinically improved after surgery, and there was no mortality. Two patients experienced transient postoperative neurological deterioration: one patient developed Parinaud syndrome, and one patient developed intermittent diplopia. Successful surgery and patient outcome when treating tumors of the pineal region using the ITSC approach requires: (i) preservation of the venous flow of the Galenic draining system; (ii) preservation of the thick bridging veins of the tentorial surface of the cerebellum, especially the hemispheric bridging veins; and (iii) minimizing retraction of the cerebellum during surgery to avoid adverse effects caused by both direct cerebellar compression and disturbance of the venous circulation.
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