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Plus: Andaz Wall Street's Farmers' Market returns, Soft Serve Fruit Co.'s new breakfast, and more of today's leftovers.
• The West Village is about to get an IHOP franchise of its own, joining Harlem and the East Village in the pursuit of 24-hour pancakes and breakfast foods. [DNAinfo]
• Betto's executive chef is treating twelve lucky guests to a pasta-making class — everything from rolling and kneading to baking — before cooking a family style dinner prepared with the pasta they just created. Tickets are $75 and can be purchased here. [Grub Street]
• Though never open for lunch, Austrian tavern Edi & the Wolf will be open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. between June 8 and July 1 to screen the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, complete with food and drink specials for diehard footie fans. [Grub Street]
• Potbelly Sandwich Shop will open their tenth location in Manhattan on 52nd Street tomorrow, offering sandwiches all day and part-time breakfast and delivery. [Grub Street]
• Andaz Wall Street's Farmers' Market is returning to the financial district for the third year in a row come Wednesday, June 13. Anyone is welcome to visit the Andaz Wall Street Plaza to shop from local farms as well as sample food from the hotel's Wall & Water restaurant from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. every Saturday and Wednesday. [Grub Street]
• Soft Serve Fruit Co. launched an all-new breakfast menu at its two Manhattan locations, featuring morning-friendly items like fruit parfaits, smoothies, and vegan waffles. [Grub Street]


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MEDINA — School officials Monday night outlined several areas where the district likely will see reductions in the 2011-12 school year in order to offset a projected deficit that could be as high as $5.9 million.
Though the deficit was projected to be $3.9 million by June 2012, Treasurer Wally Gordon said it could grow to $5.9 million with drastic cuts expected in state spending.
As one-time stimulus funds begin to dry up in 2012, the state is projecting an $8 billion deficit, which means Ohio schools could receive 10 to 25 percent less in funding, Gordon said.
Medina officials are adding $2 million to the district's projected deficit, or a 20 percent reduction in state funding, to prepare for the cuts.
"We're including that in our planning now, our budget for next year," Gordon said.
Superintendent Randy Stepp said the district plans to lop off $1 million from the deficit by applying for a two-year waiver from the state for instituting mandated all-day kindergarten.
"That's the easy part of this presentation," he said at the school board meeting Monday.
The district also plans to add about $600,000 in stimulus funds to the general fund. Stepp said Medina saved the funds in preparation for the budget crunch.
He also outlined several areas that are likely to be reduced next school year. Some of the cuts will be driven by union negotiations, he said.
The district recently came to a consensus with members of the Ohio Association of Public Schools Employees, which covers support staff such as paraprofessionals, bus drivers and cafeteria workers. Union members agreed to no raise in base pay and an in-service day was eliminated, Stepp said.
The board is still waiting to close negotiations with the Medina City Teachers Association, which has been working under an expired contract since December.
The board also is considering expanding high school credit to the junior high school so students possibly could graduate sooner and the number of teachers needed at the high school level would be reduced. School officials are discussing the possibility with the Ohio Department of Education, Stepp said.
Another possibility is using a split schedule for high school and middle school students. The schedule might have half of the students attend school between 7:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. and the other half from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., he said.
School buses, approximately 30 of which are not being used due to busing cuts, could be leased out. Stepp said he does not want to sell the buses in order to avoid having to make a large capital expenditure should funding for busing return.
The district also is looking into subleasing its central office.
More modular classrooms also could be used. A.I. Root and Claggett middle schools use some modular classrooms.
Textbook purchases would be held off where possible and could come out of the capital expenditures fund, as can any purchase with a lifespan of more than five years, Stepp said.
He said the district will re-evaluate its purchasing services and operational outsourcing to see if it can spend less, something it typically does once a year. Each department's budget also will be re-evaluated, he said.
Stepp said the district will exhaust program and service cuts before cutting staff, but the possibility of additional layoffs remains.
"We're going to do everything in each of the other areas, but if there is still a deficit, we're going to have to go to administrative, support and instructional reductions," he said.
As for program and service cuts, he said, "there are some things this year that won't be there next year."
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July 17, 2000
Dr. Jane Henney
Dear Commissioner Henney:
More than 60,000 children are born each year at risk for neurological problems due to low-level methylmercury contamination from seafood eaten by pregnant women, according to a National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report released last week.(1) This warning is not new. Concerns about the effects of this toxic metal on pregnant women and their fetuses were raised nearly a decade ago, in a 1991 NAS report and in a citizen petition I submitted to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1992. Both the report and the petition were highly critical of the FDA's weak standard on methylmercury in seafood(2) and offered the agency specific guidance on performing a more rigorous risk assessment on the substance. Unfortunately, the FDA has never revised its methylmercury action level or responded to the petition. It is imperative that the agency act without further delay. On behalf of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), I am resubmitting the attached petition urging the agency to set a regulatory limit for methylmercury in fish and shellfish that protects pregnant women and children from mercury contamination.
As in the earlier NAS report, several of the panel's recommendations, when applied to the FDA's guidelines on methylmercury, reveal fatal flaws in the agency's standard-setting process. Most importantly, the 2000 NAS panel validated the EPA's stringent regulatory limit for methylmercury,(3) but when the data used in FDA's risk assessment are plugged into the model, the FDA's biomarker and exposure levels for methylmercury are four times higher than the NAS endorses.(4) Specifically, the 2000 NAS panel found the following:
The NAS report adds to the large body of science showing the adverse effects of low-level methylmercury exposure on developing fetuses and documents that 60,000 children are born each year at risk of developing neurological problems from mercury exposure linked to seafood. It is imperative that FDA act now to protect women of child-bearing age and their children from this hazard. First, FDA should immediately adopt EPA's standard for methylmercury as an "action level." Second, FDA should monitor methylmercury levels in shark, swordfish and tuna and remove seafood from the market that violates FDA's standard. Third, FDA should act on the attached 1992 petition by initiating rulemaking to adopt a tolerance for methylmercury that fully protects the children of women who are or may become pregnant. Further delay by the agency would be unconscionable.
Caroline Smith DeWaal
Food Safety Director
1. National Academy of Sciences, Toxicological Effects of Methylmercury, 276 (not yet published), [hereinafter cited as 2000 NAS report].
2. The FDA's action level for methylmercury is 1 part per million (ppm).
3. Id. at 277. The 2000 NAS report was issued following an 18-month review of the toxicological effects of methylmercury and the validity of the EPA's risk assessment on the substance. As part of its work, the panel of scientists analyzed the data and assumptions used by FDA, EPA and other agencies. Id. at 257.
4. Id. at 17, 277. The FDA's action level for methylmercury is based upon a biomarker in adult blood of 0.2 ppm (or a concentration of 0.02 g/g of blood, including a safety factor of ten, which equates to 20g/L of blood). Removing the safety factor leaves a blood concentration of 200 g/L of blood, and applying the 250:1 blood:hair ratio results in 50 ppm in hair.
5. See, 2000 NAS report at Chapter 6: Comparison of Studies for Use in Risk Assessment at 209-226, for a discussion of the Faroe Islands study as well as the Seychelles and New Zealand studies on exposure to methylmercury and developmental neurotoxicity.
7. FDA, Mercury in Fish: Cause for Concern?, FDA Consumer (Sept. 1994, rev'd. May 1995).
8. See, supra, note 5.
10. "Benchmark dose" (BMD) refers to the estimated dose that corresponds to a specified risk above the background risk. BMDL denotes the corresponding lower limit. Id. at 228. For example, the benchmark dose of 11 ppm of mercury in hair was calculated as the 95% lower confidence limit on the maternal-hair concentration corresponding to a 10% extra risk level. The lower confidence limit is the BMDL. Id. at 258.
11. Id. at 277. The NAS determined that the BMDL used by EPA (11 ppm) is "nearly identical" to the panel's recommendation of 12 ppm in hair. Id.
12. Id. at 277. The 2000 NAS report was issued following an 18-month review of the toxicological effects of methylmercury and the validity of the EPA's risk assessment on the substance. As part of its work, the panel of scientists analyzed the data and assumptions used by FDA, EPA and other agencies. Id. at 257. The panel's findings reveal serious defects in the methods and data that FDA used in determining its action level for methylmercury.


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Customer Service, Satisfaction, Quality, and Loyalty
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- Consumer Responses to Religious Messages in Advertising
- Service Providers' Use of Religious Messages in Advertising
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- Customer Satisfaction, Customer Service, and Service Quality
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Small Business Marketing Strategies:
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2014: "The Impact of Small Service Providers' Christian Identity on Consumer Perceptions," Academy of Marketing Studies Journal, in press, Diane Halstead with Valerie A. Taylor.
2012: "A Multi-Objective Optimization Approach using the RFM Model in Direct Marketing," Academy of Marketing Studies Journal, Diane Halstead with Beni Asllani.
2011: "Using RFM Data to Optimize Marketing Campaigns: A Linear Programming Approach," Academy of Marketing Studies Journal, 15 (2), 59-76, Diane Halstead with Arben Asllani.
2010: "Consumer Responses to Christian Religious Symbols in Advertising," Journal of Advertising, 39 (2), 79-92, Diane Halstead with Valerie A. Taylor and Paula J. Haynes.
2010: "An Exploratory Model of Interpersonal Cohesiveness in New Product Development Teams," Journal of Product Innovation Management, 27 (2), 201-219, Diane Halstead with Beverly K. Brockman, Melissa E. Rawlston, and Michael A. Jones.
2009: "Service Provider Use of Christian Religious Messages in Yellow Pages Advertising," Advertising and Society Review, 10 (4), Diane Halstead with Paula J. Haynes and Valerie A. Taylor.
2009: "Developing a Strategic Framework of Key Account Performance," Journal of Strategic Marketing, 17 (3-4), 221-235, Diane Halstead with Eli Jones, Keith A. Richards, and Frank Q. Fu.
2008: "Customer Orientation of Financial Advisors," Journal of Financial Services Marketing, 13 (3) 183-192, Diane Halstead with Michael A. Jones, Vance P. Lesseig, and Thomas I. Smythe.
2008: "Auction Characteristics and Outcomes: An Empirical Examination of eBay," Journal of Internet Commerce, 7 (3), 403-424, Diane Halstead with Richard C. Becherer, and A.J. Taylor.
2007:"Satisfaction Theory and the Disadvantaged Consumer", Journal of Consumer Satisfaction, Dissatisfaction and Complaining Behavior, 20 (December), 15-35. Halstead, Diane, Michael A. Jones, and April N. Cox.
2004: "Characteristics and Internet Marketing Strategies of Online Auction Sellers," International Journal of Internet Marketing and Advertising, 1 (1), 24-37. Becherer, Richard C. and Diane Halstead.
2003: "Internet Auction Sellers: Does Size Really Matter?" Internet Research: Electronic Networking Applications and Policy, 13 (3), 183-194. Halstead, Diane and Richard C. Becherer.
2003: "Marketing Orientation in SMEs: Effects of the Internal Environment," New England Journal of Entrepreneurship, 6 (1), 13-22. Becherer, Richard C., Diane Halstead, and Paula Haynes.
2003: "The Impact of Instruction Understanding on Satisfaction and Switching Intentions," Journal of Consumer Satisfaction, Dissatisfaction and Complaining Behavior, 16 (December), 10-18. Jones, Michael A., Valerie A. Taylor, Richard C. Becherer, and Diane Halstead.
2002: "Negative Word-of-Mouth: Substitute For or Supplement to Consumer Complaints?" Journal of Consumer Satisfaction, Dissatisfaction and Complaining Behavior, 15 (December), 1-12.
2000: "Antecedents of Job Burnout among Small Company Presidents," Journal of Small Business Strategy, 11 (1), 26-38. Becherer, Richard C., Diane Halstead, and John Maurer.
1999: "The Use of Comparison Standards in Consumer Satisfaction Research and Management: A Review and Proposed Typology," Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice, 7 (3), 13-26.
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College of Business named Top Corporate Fundraising Team for ALS (2010)
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by Lisa Bonds
Key leaders from Lutheran World Relief are currently traveling around Tanzania, seeing the work of the Lutheran Malaria Initiative. Here is an update from Vice President Lisa Bonds:
Dispensaries are the front lines of the health care system in Tanzania. These simple outposts look nothing like an American clinic or pharmacy. They are usually found in small, remote villages and they do their job with precious little advanced medical equipment or facilities.
The dispensaries serve as medical triage of sorts. At a dispensary, you can be tested for malaria and, if your test comes up positive (you can get the results within about 15 minutes), you can purchase the drugs that you'll need to take to combat the disease. Pregnant women, who (along with children under five) are the most vulnerable to malaria, go to the dispensaries to get the two critical doses of IPT that protect them from getting malaria while pregnant. The dispensaries can also test for HIV/AIDs and they have a maternal and child health program.
The average patient of a dispensary walks, bikes or takes a bus anywhere from 3 to 25 kilometers to get treatment. All of us traveling on this Lutheran Malaria Initiative had an incredibly difficult time imagining walking for many miles, while sick with anything, to get basic treatment. The staff at the dispensary said that even though they are an outpatient facility, they sometimes have patients staying overnight because they are too sick and exhausted from their journey to make it back home.
It was immediately clear that the staff working at the Mukulu dispensary near Singida were incredibly dedicated and committed to their work. When we asked them what they did if patients couldn't pay for treatment, each of the staff told a story of how they had either paid for treatment out of their own pockets or provided it for free. No doctors work in these facilities and the one we visited was run by two clinicians (trained by the Tanzanian Ministry of Health and the ELCT), two attendants and a night watchman. The dispensary sometimes sees as many as 30 patients each day.
Ross Edwards, husband of LWR's board vice chair, Gloria Edwards, asked the people working at the Mukulu dispensary near Singida if they were paid staff or volunteers. They looked at each other and laughed a bit before they answered. One of the clinic attendants, Rebecca Filipo, answered, "A large part of what we do is as volunteers. We are supposed to fund the clinic and pay staff through fees earned from services. Many people cannot pay and we don't want to turn them away. So, we treat them at little or no cost. This means that the dispensary earns very little money. Each month, we take the money we have and purchase drugs and the supplies we need. Then, if there is any money left, we divide it amongst ourselves."
As we drove back to Singida, we talked about whether or not we would be committed enough to a cause or our work to do what the dispensary workers have done: To work hard six days a week for an entire month not knowing if we'd get paid. Ask the same question of yourself – what would you do?
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Altamira is a team made up of 99% IT professionals. We are based in Milan, Italy.
Chief Executive Officer
Marco was born in Caracas and raised in Venezuela and France where he passed his Baccalaureat and graduated from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Economics and Finance).
Marco started his professional career in Morgan Guaranty Trust Company, first in Paris, then in New York and finally in Milan where he worked for four years. After a two years' experience in Banque Paribas in Milan, in 1988 he left the banking industry to start a professional career in Executive Search opening the Italian branch of Daniel Porte Consultants. In 1995 he founded his own company (Crespi Ghetti Associati) bringing employee satisfaction surveys and 360 feedbacks tools to Italy. In 1999 he co-founded Altamira with John Martelli successfully directing the company through the dot com bubble and building a revenue generating business years before other web businesses where able to do so.
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John was born in London and raised in Milan, where he went to the Sir James Henderson British School. After leaving the school he attended the London School of Economics where he read Mathematics & Economics.
John started his professional career as an economist at management consulting company where he joined the forecasting division, developing software based econometric simulation models. In 1997 he returned to his childhood passion of ICT founding and directing Sitea Information Technology, an IT services company that he grew from start up to a successful sale in 2003 to a large system integrator. In 2000 he co-founded Altamira with Marco Crespi and has taken the company's technology from blue print to market leader.
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Stefania was born in Milan where she graduated in Economics at Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi.
She started her professional career in the pharmaceutical industry where she became head of strategic planning in a medium size Italian organization. In 1990 she launched her own activity as professional accountant (inscription to the Albo dei commercialisti in 1990). Stefania has been with Altamira since it was founded and has been instrumental in ensuring the companies financial solidity.
Stefania has also been part of the Italian Show Jumping National team and she is an almost professional cook!
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Laura was born in Milan and when to school at Istituto Tecnico per il Turismo "Artemisia Gentileschi" where she got a diploma in languages.
She started her professional career as an outbound sales representative in MCI Worldcom (Verizon) after which she worked for Talent Manager, a leading Italian job board. She joined the sales team Altamira in 2005, handling out bound and inbound sales opportunities. Laura has acquired an extensive experience in sales and marketing of Human Resources software. She now manages the direct marketing and telesales team that form an integral part of Altamira's sales and marketing strategy.
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Tommaso was born in Cuggiono and went to school at Ipsia Leonardo da Vinci where he got his diploma in electronics. After leaving school he attended the Politecnico di Milano where he got a bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering.
He joined Altamira in 2002 as a software developer and quickly specialized in Microsoft .NET. Tommaso's technical skills and attention to detail have driven him to become the owner of testing and quality in Altamira's software development cycle. He manages the release cycle and ensures that software is delivered to customers on time and meeting rigorous testing and quality checks.
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Daniele was born in Milan and went to school in Milan at ITC de Nicola school where he qualified as a computer programmer.
He joined Altamira in 2000 and has been instrumental in growing the company from a startup to a market leader. Daniele has developed a cutting edge back ground in web software development and has a deep experience in database technologies related to dynamic search. He oversees the development Altamira's powerful semantic search engine that is used throughout the platform for instantaneous information retrieval.
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Emanuele was born in Milan and went to school in Pavia at the IT Cardano where he got a software developer diploma.
After finishing his studies he joined Altamira where he started developing career sites for clients. After acquiring a significant back ground in web development, particularly related to Microsoft Technologies, Emanuele began overseeing custom projects for clients. He now manages custom projects and is in charge of Trovolavoro, the leading Italian job board that has outsourced it's recruiting technology to Altamira.
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He began his professional career as a web developer in 2000 in Espero, a Milan based web agency where he developed several web sites and services with a nationwide audience. In 2007 he joined Opera 21 where he worked as a senior developer consultant. He jumped on board Altamira in 2009 where he brought his .NET development skills to fruition. Luigi has been in charge of the powerful framework underlying Altamira's HRM platform that allow customers unparalleled levels of flexibility and customizability.
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Ok so there is only a couple things that it can be. So what is your hypothesis? Maybe why it works in your .45 was because your crimp was sufficient to overcome the variables to cause it to happen. There's only one other possibility that I can think of and that would be bad powder, which is even more unlikely than the other in my thought considering the others went off. In my nearly 40 years of loading I've seen a lot of different problems and again this only has a couple of possible causes that I can see.
To the OP, as has been said here, don't let this experience turn you off to relaoding. It can be a very rewarding hobby in itself, and at the very least you can save money, or shoot more for the same money. Try the tighter crimp and see how that goes, and go from there.
Few things come to mind and I'm going to give it to you straight with no sugar. Not being a jerk, just like to say what's on my mind.
When diagnosing some of these issues, it helps the more experienced handloaders by stating where you obtained your data from. That gives us a place to look and double check the figures. If all seems well there, we can move on down the list.
Pulling a few loading manuals and looking up a .40 S&W lead bullet weighing 180gr using Bullseye powder shows your charge of 4.1gr is pretty darn low. Like ~655fps. In one of my manuals, the Lyman, it's 0.1gr above their start charge. The pressure they list is only half of the maximum pressure of the cartridge standard. That is also pretty darn low. I do want to commend you at this point for starting at a low start charge, wishing to work up from there. A lot of new handloaders just pick a charge close to max that gets close to a normal factory load and just load away. Yikes! You did good in this regard.
Your crimp looks loose. In pistol cartridges, the purpose for crimping is to remove the bell you made when you expanded the case mouth prior to seating the bullet. You basically flatten the case against the bullet shank. It does not provide bullet tension; that is done with the plug in the sizing die when made to the proper diameter. Sizing die is where the bullet tension is set. Read that again because it will come up later in my post. The ideal crimp diameter is case mouth diameter x 2 plus the actual bullet diameter. For lead it's usually .401. Jacketed it's .400. The case mouth on the .40 S&W case averages .01, so double that and add bullet diameter. .02 plus .401 equals .421. You can give or take .001 and still be fine in most cases. That being said, your crimp will not affect powder combustion and pressure regulation to the point where it would cause issues such as you experienced. Stick a .401 bullet in a properly sized .40 S&W case and that's all the resistance the powder needs to burn properly.
The black soot on the casing means your case hasn't obturated (sealed the bore) to keep gases and pressure forward of the casing propelling the bullet down the barrel and out the muzzle. This is an indication your chamber pressure is too low, ie add more powder to increase pressure and seal the bore. When the primer is struck and ignites the powder, it burns and builds pressure until it overcomes the bullet tension of the case wall and propels the bullet forward (path of least resistance). The heat of the burn and the malleability of the casing allow the mouth to expand to seal the chamber, thus focusing the remaining energy and pressure to propel the bullet down the barrel. There are two parts of a "clean burn" of powder, though it's misstated often. The first part is that the casing is free from soot, meaning the case properly expanded to obturate (seal the bore). The second part is that the powder completely burns in the barrel and no flakes are expelled out the muzzle. When it's said that a powder burns clean, that means it accomplishes both objectives from start charge to max charge. Some "clean up" when you get heavier charges.
I also noticed your ammunition has quite a bit of bullet shank exposed. What OAL (overall length) are you seating? In that style of bullet, the TC, I seat so the bullet shank isn't visible. This gives me the best function, feeding, and also has the benefit of reducing the case capacity and increases the pressure by controlling combustion chamber size rather than adding powder. More powder is more money.
Here's an example of my .45 ACP ammunition. I load the same style bullet in .40 and 10mm the same manner of OAL (no exposed bullet shank) and they feed in everything.
Now the powder issue. If you stay with Bullseye, you'll need to increase your powder charge, plain and simple. Bullseye is a fast burning powder that can spike in pressure, so don't jump too much, maybe .2gr at a time. If it were me, I'd ditch the Bullseye and go with a better powder more suited to the task at hand. A beginner handloader has no place using fast powders. Neither does a 15yo taking driving lessons in a Lambo. Get some experience under your belt before you start messing with fast powders and heavy bullets. My recommendations are something along the lines of WST, WSF, Unique, W231 or HP38. Very forgiving powders that meter through a powder measure well enough to hold .1gr accuracy and are economical. I love WSF in the .40 S&W. Your Bullseye load is in the 17,000 psi range of pressure. You want to be about 25,000 psi for plinking loads.
I'm not a fan of the Lee crimp die, especially with lead bullets. Other issues aside, the smaller sizing ring on the die can swage lead bullets smaller than the original diameter and this will cause leading in your barrel which can be a pain to remove. Instead, I would recommend crimping with the seating die, since it's integral to the die. To set the seat and crimp in the seating die do this:
- Screw the bullet seating stem all the way down and back the die body out of the threads so it doesn't touch the bullet when the ram is raised.
- Now lower the ram slightly and turn the die body down, then raise the ram. It will start seating the bullet deeper into the case.
- Repeat this until the bullet is seated to the proper OAL. Little goes a long way. Just walk it in.
- Lower the ram and back the seating stem all the way out.
- Raise the ram and turn the die body until it stops, lower the ram, turn the die a half turn, then raise the ram to apply crimp.
- Measure crimp and adjust to spec. Once that is set, tighten the lock ring.
- Keep the ram raised and screw the seating stem down until it stops against the bullet. Now you're done.
What you are doing there is setting your OAL first, then backing out that adjustment, setting your crimp, locking that in, then resetting your OAL. What this does is seats the bullet to depth, then when it's at the very top of the die, the crimper on the inside sets the crimp. It seems like a lot of steps, but it takes longer to read it than it does to do it.
Il start by thanking everyone for all the advice given to me. And I want to assure everyone that has mentioned it that this will NOT turn me off to reloading. I feel nobody is perfect when just learning something so there's no reason for me to get discouraged. I've taken everyone's advice on the crimp issue and tried again. I screwed the top of my crimp die in more and also followed tubbys instructions which has my bullets seating further as well. Here is a picture of a round after adjustments were made. To my beginner eyes I can't look at it and see how well crimped a bullet is like glockman and everyone else but here it is tell me if this one at least looks better than the last one:
If you only had time to hear all the mistakes I have made over the years while reloading. The gun is still intact as well as all your digits so all is good. Heck years ago I actually blew up a rifle with a reload. Luckily the gun held together and didn't kill me, sent it back to Remington to be fixed and till this day it will shoot nearly 1/2 moa groups all day long. Learned from the experience and moved on. So don't get discouraged, but do go and buy yourself a set of calipers, because that round in the picture above just by eyeballing it still looks a little long. BTW I went back and looked at your original post and had to laugh a little, I think that LSWC round is long enough it was close to being a 10mm again. Keep smiling it gets better :wink:
What type of lube are you using?
The classic NRA beeswax/alox formula is a powder killer! If you leave any on the bottom of the bullet it will cause you these type of problems. Some of the harder lubes have some grease as well and you should ensure the bullet base is clear.
2.7 grs of bullseye lights off with ease in a 38 special, I would look to powder contamination or a squib load.
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Pipits and Wagtails (Motacillidae)
Malindi Pipit (Anthus melindae) - HBW 9, p. 755
French: Pipit de Melinda
German: Malindipieper
Spanish: Bisbita de Malindi
Taxonomy: Anthus melindae Shelley, 1900, Malindi, Kenya.
Possibly related to A. cinnamomeus and A. pseudosimilis. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- mallablensis Colston, 1987 - coast of S Somalia from 30 km NE of Mogadishu S to c. 1º N.
- melindae Shelley, 1900 - S Somalia (S from lower R Juba and lower R Shabelle and, on coast, from Mogadishu) S to coastal Kenya (S to lower Tana Valley and Mombasa).
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I love stuffed mushrooms. I love mushrooms no matter how they're prepared, but I really really love them stuffed.
I know some people aren't really that into mushrooms, but for those that are, good for you! Not only do you have excellent taste in food, you are benefiting from the numerous health benefits of these bad boys.
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Serves: 5
- 2 packages baby portabella mushrooms (20 mushrooms)
- ¼ cup Parmesan cheese
- 1 medium onion
- 1 tsp garlic
- ½ lb pork sausage
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Remove stems from mushrooms and place in food processor with all the remaining ingredients.
- Pulse until combined.
- Stuff mushroom cavity with the meat mixture.
- Place mushrooms meat side up on a foil-lined cookie sheet.
- Cook for 45 minutes.
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Calories: 920 Fat: 70g Saturated fat: 26g Unsaturated fat: 39g Trans fat: 0g Carbohydrates: 19g Sugar: 9g Sodium: 2058mg Fiber: 4g Protein: 52g Cholesterol: 189mg


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Flatland London has been finding homes for people of all budgets across London since 1971. We assist by being the ŌĆśmiddle-manŌĆÖ between you and our contacts, a large network of landlords and property agents across London who offer a broad spectrum of properties to suit all budgets.
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When you are buying plants for your garden this spring, consider adding a few natives to your garden.
Native plants typically provide habitat and food for more wildlife than non-natives adding to biodiversity. In an urban environment where wild places are fast disappearing every little piece of native habitat helps.
In addition native plants are well adapted to our climate and many need little water to thrive. For ideas take a walk around our native gardens (Cottonwood Border, Bristlecone Border, Ponderosa Border, The Plains Garden, Sacred Earth, Wildflower Treasures, and the Gates Montane Garden).
These are a few of my favorites:
Cleome serrulata – Rocky Mountain bee plant – Easily grown from seed, as the name suggests these purple annuals are a favorite with bees. They range in height from 2 feet to over 6 feet depending on seed & conditions.
Ipomopsis aggregata – Scarlet gilia – this biennial is a favorite with hummingbirds. Also good at higher elevations. The first year they form pretty foliage rosettes and the second year they send up tall flower spikes of bright red trumpet flowers. They will seed around a little too so you always have some in the garden. Easy to start from seed – just throw the seed into the garden.
Helenium hoopesii – Orange sneezeweed – not sure why it has the common name it does, it has never made me sneeze, but this yellow daisy is one of the first things to bloom in spring and will self seed freely in your garden. It supposedly likes a little extra moisture but I had been growing it in Sacred Earth for years before I knew this & it does just fine with 3 or 4 waterings a year.
Berlandiera lyrata – Chocolate flower – If you like chocolate you need this plant. The scent is best first thing in the morning & it really does smell like chocolate. In addition it is drought tolerant & will thrive in both sun and shade. It is pretty too.
Callirhoe involucrata – Winecups or Purple poppymallow – Bright pink / purple flowers on large sprawling perennial plant. This is a Plant Select plant so should be easy to find at nurseries.
Asclepias tuberosa – Butterfly weed – Bright orange flowers in summer, stunning seed pods in the fall, these are habitat for butterflies.
Mentzelia decapetala – Ten petal blazing star – Sow seeds in a hot dry spot, somewhere you can get to easily in the evening as the flowers only open at dusk – they are huge satiny cream coloured flowers with masses of yellow stamens which the bees love.
Schizachyrium scoparium – Little bluestem – This is the grass that has been bright red all winter in the Cottonwood border. It is blue-green in the summer & has seeds that glow when backlit by the sun.
Mirabilis multiflora – Desert four o'clock - These fill in the gaps in a garden and have a really long blooming season with their bright pink flowers. Drought tolerant and easy to grow from seed.


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We are Holiness in theology and we seek to be a Beacon of Light in the Greater Metropolitan area and to all those who seek to know God in the beauty of holiness. Here at Greater Community, our goal is to be a "Family Friendly Church"; a place where
The mission of Greater Community is to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ by first fulfilling the Great Commission given to us by Him in the Matthew 28:19-20. That is to "Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you"… Our mission is to further teach and train the Christian believer how to live a victorious life while fulfilling their God given purpose and destiny. We endeavor to Bring Families Together to Build a Greater Community.
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I'm sorry if the title isn't too descriptive. I have an e260 Lil Monsta, have had it for a long time. I can't remember exactly when I got it. Now, my problem is I want to go back to the original program, for lack of better words. I installed Rockbox to use higher micro sd cards but I am sure I did it wrong, having been a stupid kid when I did it.
I simply want to access my music on the mp3 player, copy it to my computer so I don't lose it and reset it to factory default. Then I want to do things correctly so I can put music on it as I should. When I connect it to my computer I can only see what is on the sd card, no the music on the mp3 player. When I installed Rockbox the thing was running low on memory but since I have not been able to see the music contained on the player.
So, does anyone know a fix for this so I can save my music and reset my player? I really want to continue to use this, it was my first and it still a really good player. And I really don't want to lose all the music on it that has been lost from computers over the years. Thank you for any help and for reading this.
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If it ever worked I doubt you installed Rockbox incorrectly. If it wasn't installed properly it simply wouldn't have run at all. It's likely you're not seeing your music because you put it in the place that made sense and didn't realize or remember that location can cause problems.
The Music folder on a V1 e260 is hidden by the firmware. If you placed your music files there you need to set your OS to view hidden files in order to see the files and transfer them to another location.
The directions for installing and uninstalling Rockbox are here. I'm not sure the automated installer will uninstall an installation as old as yours seems to be. If it cant the info needed for manual uninstallation are included in that link.
A Glossary For Newbies Why Rockbox? FLAC or MP3? How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
My guess is you copied your music over in MTP mode, which is why you can't see it in MSC mode. If so, reboot into the Sandisk firmware, switch to MTP mode, and then copy it all off.
By the way, having files stored on your MP3 player and no where else is a terrible idea. The flash memory used in mp3 players and sd cards is notoriously unreliable. Its just a matter of time until some of your files are lost or corrupted.
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BROOKLINE, Mass. (SMU) - SMU sophomore Bryson Dechambeau lost in the second round of match play at the 113th U.S. Amateur Championships at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass. Kent State senior Corey Conners clinched the match with a birdie on the par-four 17th hole.
Dechambeau was two-up through 11 holes, but bogeys on 12 and 13 drew the match to all square. Conners two birdies on 14 and 17 were enough to seal the win.
Dechambeau defeated Sean Yu in the first round on Wednesday, never trailing in the match. The Clovis, Calif., native finished stroke play at two-under, tying him for sixth out of 312 entrants.
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Although USA-1, piloted by Elana Meyers, fell just short of earning the gold medal during the final heat of the ladies' bobsled competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi on Feb. 19, the event's outcome still made plenty of American history.
Meyers, who served as the brakeman for the bronze medal winning sled at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, became the first woman in U.S. history to earn more than one Olympic medal in bobsledding.
Meyers' brakeman, track and field star-turned bobsledder Lauryn Williams, became the first American woman and only the fifth person ever to achieve podium finishes in both Winter and Summer Games events. In addition to her Sochi silver, Williams also owns a silver from the 100 meter track event at the 2004 Athens Summer Games, and a gold from the 4x100 meter relay at the 2012 Games in London.
The event's outcome, which saw Canada's Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse defend their 2010 title, made U.S. history in one final way, as USA-2, manned by Jamie Greubel and Aja Evans, finished .9 second behind their teammates to take the bronze. It marked the first time in history that female U.S. bobsledders have earned two podium spots in a single Olympic competition.
The final American sled, manned by driver Jazmine Fenlator and brakeman Lolo Jones, finished well-behind their teammates in 11th place.
A very pleased Evans shared her thoughts with fans following the competition's end, tweeting "We did it!!!! BRONZE, baby!!! I'll take that!"
Bobsled action from the 2014 Winter Olympics continues Feb. 22 with the first two heats of the four-man competition, featuring defending Olympic champion Steve Holcomb.
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O2 UK launches O2 Money, pre-paid Visa cards included
O2 UK has announced the launch of O2 Money – "a new business within O2 that will seek to advance the increasing synergies between mobile and money."
The British carrier is collaborating with NatWest and will release several products, starting with two pre-paid Visa cards: O2 Cash Manager and O2 Load & Go.
The two cards are free and exclusive to O2 UK's customers. Their users will receive updates via SMS, directly on their mobile phones, whenever money is spent.
Created for those "who want to keep their disposable income separate from regular outgoings like rent, a mortgage and bills", the O2 Cash Manager card can be preloaded with up to £10,000 per year.
The O2 Load & Go card is targeted at young users (aged 13 or over). It allows parents to load up to £1,800 per year, so that children can shop online or on the high street – however, the card will not work in "unsafe" places like online gambling websites.
"By bringing a fresh, transparent and customer-focused approach to pre-paid cards, we plan to drive this market and take a significant share. In partnership with NatWest, O2 Money is delivering new ways of helping our customers better connect with their money," declared Ronan Dunne, O2's UK Chief Executive.
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Black History Month, as a nationwide celebration, is the fruitful vision of Dr. Carter G. Woodson, founder of the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History. In February, 1926, the organization instituted "Negro History Week" to coincide with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. In 1976, fifty years after the first celebration, the Association used its influence to institutionalize the shifts from Negro History Week to Black History Month.
Since the mid-1970s, every American president, Democrat and Republican, has issued
proclamations endorsing the Association's annual theme. This year's theme is "Civil Rights in America." Click here to read this year's proclamation:
Black History is an important celebration on a local level right here in Fayetteville, NC, the home of Fayetteville State University. As one of the premier Historically Black Institutions in the nation, Fayetteville State began when seven prominent African-American men in the community pooled $136 to purchase two lots for the first building that housed the Howard School. In April 1869 the building was dedicated in honor of the Freedman's Bureau chief, General O. O. Howard.
The first principal of the school was Robert Harris. Upon the death of Harris in 1880, Charles W. Chesnutt (1858–1932), son of one of the founders and a former student, was appointed principal of what had become known as the State Colored Normal School.
Chesnutt, as one of the first black short story writers and novelists to pursue writing as a career, was widely known as a major innovator among literary realists who probed the color line in American life. As writer of mixed racial descent, Chesnutt provided insight into various perspectives along America's color line. His writings included short stories, essays, poems, and a biography of Frederick Douglass. His writings were noted for being courageous and insightful. The United States Postal Service paid tribute to Chesnutt as the 2008 Black Heritage stamp honoree.
Local Celebration:
New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, 170 Bethel Church Road, St. Pauls, NC, presents a celebration of Black History in poetry: "My soul looks back…all the way back and wonders." At 4 p.m. February 15, 2014.
Featured speaker will Dr. Lonnell Johnson, adjunct professor at Carolina College of Biblical Studies and Fayetteville State University. He also serves as Christian Spirituality Examiner for Fayetteville on Examiner.com.
The event is open to the public at no charge.
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Once again, it's tempting to simply fill this space with "Terry O'Quinn rocks!" over and over again and call it a day.
For nearly six seasons now, Locke has been the best character on a show full of great characters, and it was always a joy to watch O'Quinn portray him: his hope that he was made for something greater, his frustration at realizing he'd been had.
Now, in the show's final season, he has an even more interesting job: playing a new version of Locke who accepts his limitations and seems much happier for it, as well as the entity pretending to be John Locke: a powerful force, unlike Locke, never seems scared or doubtful.
And the contrast between those two characters, and the way the episode balanced mythology and character -- the way the best Losts do -- made it one of the series' better hours.
We begin with Locke -- sideways reality Locke -- returning from the airport. While getting out of his van, the chairlift gets stuck. He tries to roll off the lift, but gets thrown from his chair onto the lawn. His chair collapses, and the sprinkler system comes on, and he...laughs at himself.
Helen comes out of the house and helps him up. They're happy together. They're planning a wedding, and Locke's dad is invited. Helen finds Jack's business card, but Locke isn't too keen on calling him. Helen says it's destiny, but Locke dismisses that idea.
Obviously, a very different Locke, one who doesn't believe in destiny or miracles, and one who's learning to accept his limitations, and seems better off for it.
He struggles along the way during this episode -- refusing to use the handicap spot, wanting the construction job -- but eventually, he seems at peace with his lot in life. On the island, Ben gives a eulogy for Locke the "man of Faith," and in the sideways world, we see the birth of this new Locke (one who teaches science, no less, or at the very least, is a gym/health teacher teaching a scientific-based course).
And it's a wonderful thing to see, a happy, grounded Locke. The cameo appearances by sideways Hurley, Rose and Ben (as a history teacher where Locke subs, no less) were just the icing on the cake.
Back on the island, the Man in Black is not in peace. We start his part of the episode with an exhilarating, somewhat frightening shot shown from his -- its -- perspective as the Black Smoke makes a run through the jungle, first talking to Richard Alpert, then visiting with Sawyer, deep in alcohol-soaked depression since the last episode.
MIB promises answers, and Sawyer half-heartedly agrees, and they head off on this week's Trek Through the Jungle. Along the way, Sawyer runs into Richard (Nestor Carbonell did an amazing job conveying the character's outright terror over having the Black Smoke on the lose), and a young boy who warns MIB that he can't "kill him," because "there are rules."
Who is this kid, and why does MIB seem so scared of him? Smart money's on "young Jacob." Does that mean Jacob and MIB were on the island as children?
At any rate, their trip brings them to a cave.
Oh boy...the cave.
We could write a few thousand words on this scene alone, as Sawyer learns what we suspected from last year's finale: that when Jacob touched all the characters in their pre-island lives, he was somehow setting the course that brought them to the island.
The walls of the cave are graffitied with names, and I'm sure that within the next 12 hours, there will be shot-for-shot analyses of the scene, going over each name, the numbers next to them, and who was or wasn't crossed out, and what the numbers next to specific names might mean.
(For example, as someone on Twitter pointed out, the name Shephard -- as in Jack -- has the number 23 next to it. The 23rd Psalm is the one that begins "the lord is my shepherd.")
But what's really interesting are the three options MIB offers Sawyer, all of which seem to involve doing nothing or simply leaving the island. (Sawyer chooses this one.)
"It's just a damned island," MIB says, rejecting the Jacob worldview that the island needs protecting, and that people like Locke, and now Sawyer, are "candidates" to take on that role of protector.
All of this ties into the debate about Jacob, the Black Smoke, and who's good and who's evil. Maybe the answer is "neither."
It's much more interesting to have Jack, Kate, etc. caught in a battle between two malevolent forces, one of which has no faith in humanity and wants to be free (MIB), the other who's obsessed with people bettering themselves for some vague, "noble" purpose, and if people get hurt or killed along the way, well, so be it.
Jacob's white rock might be at the bottom of the Pacific, and Locke might be buried, but I doubt this battle is over yet. A lot to think about, and a great, great episode.


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DARPA's new and improved cheetah robot is officially faster than even the fastest human, making running for your life futile unless you just want to die hot and sweaty.
The world record for the 100 meter dash was set in 2009 by sprinter Usain Bolt, who averaged 23.35 mph during his run for a time of 9.58 seconds. Over one 20-meter stretch, he managed to get up to 27.78 mph. It was a pretty impressive feat.
The cheetah robot can keep a pace at 28.3 mph and peaks at 29.3. That's even faster than my car can go. There's a video of the thing in action after the jump, which every single one of you is going to watch so you finally knock it off with all this "robots are our friends" bullshit. You see this thing run and try to tell me it's our friend -- I dare you.
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Have had this unit for about a year and it no longer has the force it used to. I have tried clearing the filters and the tips but this does not seem to help. I have used the unit on three occasions and I guess that is all you get for $100 plus. I will try some other fixes but it appears I have a non-working power washer.
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Total War and the Dawn of War series appeal to a very small niche market
. Like flight simulators when we were doing XWA heavily, we were not a main target demographic, and if we were, we were dissapearing.
SC2 kinda revitalized the genre. Props to Civ 5 too though. I've heard good things about it.
I guess. I don't really agree though. Sure the name blizzard sells more than Warhammer, but the comparison with XWA and flight simes doesnt make alot of sense.
The DOW's sold TONS, and so do Total Wars, I also left out COH Company of Heroes which has also done quiet well. As its even simpler than the others.
There was nothing wrong with the RTS Genre, and I certainly don't think SC2 brought anything remotely new to the table. The only rela thing wrong with it was SC2 is 5 years late, and the Supreme Commander 2 was a step back from SupCom1, and EA destroyed C&C. 2-3 great games in the genre being around at all times certainly doesnt say its dead. who wants or needs 5 AAA titles out in a calendar year?
I have also heard civ 5 rocks but I have less time for it than I do to try SC2
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Aves del Parque Central de San Juan
Aves del Parque (short version)
Lic. Alfredo D. Colón Archilla
A collection of the birds found in the Parque Central (Central Park) in the Municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The photos in this book were taken in a three-year period. This is the short version of the book. There is another, longer edition of the same place with less photographs.
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