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Monday: Hammond at Camden (G – 4 p.m.); North Central at Lugoff-Elgin (G – 4:30 p.m.); Lugoff-Elgin at Ridge View (TEN – 4:45 p.m.); North Central at Buford (SB – 6 p.m.); North Central at Buford (BB – 7 p.m.)
Better get him early or you won't get him at all.
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the Lugoff-Elgin and Camden baseball teams should have been blushing.
A hard-fought extra inning varsity softball game was played Wednesday, March 23 as Camden High School hosted McBee High at CHS Stadium.
The eight-team Kershaw-Richland Spring Break Wood Bat Baseball Tournament kicked off its four-day run on Monday at American Legion Park on Monday.
Bobby Engram presented Camden High School with a gold football last Friday which the NFL supplies to high school alma maters of players who played in the Super Bowl. The day in Camden commemorated Engram's playing as a member of the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XL.
Camden High School and the Kershaw County Parks & Recreation Department will co-sponsor their annual Spring Break Baseball Camp from Monday, March 28 through Wednesday, March 30 at American Legion Park (on Ehrenclou Drive) in Camden.
It happens one week each spring when the ping from the metal alloy or, composite bats are replaced by the crack of a wooden bat meeting ball.
Tuesday: North Central, Camden Military Academy at Lee Central (G – 4:30 p.m.); Cusaba at Camden Military Academy (LAX – 4:30 p.m.); Camden at Richland Northeast (GSOC – 5 p.m.); Camden at Richland Northeast (TEN – 5 p.m.); Lugoff-Elgin at Westwood (TEN – 5 p.m.); Camden Military Academy at Indian Land (BSOC – 5 p.m.); Lugoff-Elgin at Westwood (GSOC – 5:30 p.m.); Northeast (Fla.) at Camden Military Academy (BB – 5:30 p.m.); Camden at Richland Northeast (BB – 6:30 p.m.); Lugoff-Elgin at Westwood (BB – 7 p.m.); Camden at Richland Northeast (BSOC – 7 p.m ...
While the final score was the same as it was in their first meeting, the Lugoff-Elgin tennis team's 5-1 loss to rival Camden on Monday could not have played out more differently than the pairing between the two sides the previous week in Camden.
Lightning struck more than once at Zemp Stadium Monday night.
Two things were readily evident following Lugoff-Elgin 10-0 win over visiting rival Camden in a Monday night softball game. First, the Lady Demons do not take kindly to losing. Second, they can rake with the bat.
Bobby Engram, the most decorated athlete in Camden High School history, will return to his high school alma mater on Friday, March 18 to present the school with a commemorative gold Super Bowl football.
Having mechanical issues with the bus it was to take to Monday's match at Camden, things got steadily worse for the Lugoff-Elgin tennis team which dropped the season opener to their cross-river rivals, 5-1, on the Roger Smoak Tennis Courts.
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Bolstered by a roster chock full of players with tons of varsity experience under their belts, Camden made it a clean sweep over rival Lugoff-Elgin ...
Monday: Lugoff-Elgin at Camden (G – 4 p.m.)
Maggie Speaks is making her final season as a member of the North Carolina State University one for the books.
Needing just two sets, the Camden High volleyball team defeated River Bluff to win Saturday's Sumter Invitational.
While many Kershaw County residents are trying to figure out ways to stay cool indoors, football players from the three public high schools have been ...
It would have been easy for Elliott Campbell to have basked in the spotlight for awhile and have taken full advantage of the recruiting process.
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Something's up—north of the ankle, that is. Wild tights, lacy knee-highs, boyish tube socks and ruffled anklets are complementing stylish shoes and putting the normally bare legs of spring under wraps. "Most dresses will be short this season, so legs will die for attention," says Betsey Johnson, whose runway show paired many spring party frocks with her own lace stockings and peep-toe heels. Warm-weather shoes and sandals were also gussied up on the catwalks of Chanel, Vivienne Westwood and Anna Sui for the season.
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U.S. may have found way to crack terrorist's iPhone without Apple's help
U.S. prosecutors have postponed their showdown with Apple by two weeks to try a "third party" method for unlocking the iPhone used by San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook, Reuters reports. A federal judge granted the Department of Justice's request to stall the hearing until April 5 while the FBI tries the newly discovered method to unlock the phone, which is at the center of a case which has seen Apple refusing to cooperate with the FBI's request to develop new software for disabling the phone's password security features. Until Monday, the government insisted it had no other way to access the iPhone, and lawyers supporting Apple said the timing of the request for delay suggests the DOJ feared it would lose a legal battle based on the assertion that it had tried every other way to get into the phone. "From a purely technical perspective, one of the most fragile parts of the government's case is the claim that Apple's help is required to unlock the phone," said Matt Blaze, a professor and computer security expert at the University of Pennsylvania. "Many in the technical community have been skeptical that this is true, especially given the government's considerable resources." The government's use of the All Writs Act had also recently come into doubt after a judge ruled the AWA couldn't be used to compel Apple to unlock an iPhone in a similar case.
Apple releases iOS 9.3 with Night Shift, Notes + CarPlay improvements, much more
Apple officially announced the release of iOS 9.3 today during the company's special event in Cupertino, and the update is now available. Originally released in January to developers, and then later as part of the company's public beta program, iOS 9.3 is an unusually feature-packed update for a point iOS release, as we observed in our early analysis of the betas.
Apple announces four-inch iPhone SE starting at $399
As expected from recent reports, Apple today announced the new 4-inch iPhone SE. Apple VP Greg Joswiak took the stage to highlight the new addition to the company's iPhone lineup, explaining that, despite the popularity of larger-screened iPhone models, a market for a 4-inch iPhone still exists, as "some people love smaller phones" and many users are still new to the iPhone entirely, especially in markets such as China.
Supreme Court to review $548M judgment against Samsung for Apple patent infringement
The U.S. Supreme Court will review a judge's decision to award Apple $548 million in damages from Samsung in a patent infringement case, The Wall Street Journal reports. Apple had hoped the Supreme Court wouldn't get involved, arguing that the lower court had appropriately assessed the fines. The Cupertino company also deemed the case "legally unexceptional" despite the high dollar amount involved. A federal appeals court upheld the awarded damages last December, but the Supreme Court will now hear Samsung's appeal that the 1887 law cited is "outdated and too punitive for modern products such as a smartphone." A jury ruled that basic design elements of certain Samsung smartphones were too close to Apple's iPhone design, but Samsung argues that those design aspects don't affect the functionality of the phone. [via Apple Insider]
Researchers exploit iMessage bug to decrypt photos and videos
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University discovered a bug in Apple's iMessage software which allowed them to decrypt photos and video sent through the secure messaging service, The Washington Post reports. Apple says it partially addressed the problem with the release of iOS 9 last fall and will fully fix the issue with the release of iOS 9.3. "We appreciate the team of researchers that identified this bug and brought it to our attention so we could patch the vulnerability," Apple said in a statement. "Security requires constant dedication and we're grateful to have a community of developers and researchers who help us stay ahead."
Airline passenger's iPhone 6 catches fire mid-flight
The FAA and Alaska Airlines are investigating after a passenger's iPhone 6 burst into flames during a flight, ABC News reports. Anna Crail claimed she was watching a movie on the phone when flames began shooting out of the device. "All of the sudden there was like 8-inch flames coming out of my phone," Crail said. "And I flipped it off onto the ground and it got under someone's seat, and the flames were just getting higher and a bunch of people stood up."
Leaked 'iPhone SE' packaging appears to confirm name, 16GB model
A photo posted on Chinese site Weibo shows an alleged spec sheet for the four-inch iPhone, which appears to confirm that the upcoming model will indeed be named the "iPhone SE" as expected, and that a 16GB capacity model will be available. Unsurprisingly, the image also shows that the new model will support NFC for use with Apple Pay. The new four-inch iPhone SE is expected to be announced at Apple's upcoming event on Monday, March 21. [via 9to5Mac]
Leaked photo alleges to show iPhone 7 antenna line has moved toward new phone's bottom
Another leaked photo obtained by French website NowhereElse appears to support previous rumors that the upcoming iPhone 7 will do away with the straight horizontal antenna lines of its iPhone 6s predecessor. The photo shows the bottom half of a silver device featuring a curved antenna line instead of the iPhone 6s's dual-line design on the phone's rear. Another leaked photo from earlier in the week appeared to show a design schematic for a new iPhone that featured curved antenna lines at both the top and bottom of the device. The antenna line in this new image is similarly positioned to that in the previous image, but slightly higher and seemingly bulkier. The angle of the new picture doesn't allow for a glimpse at the possible top antenna or the bottom of the phone, lending no further insights into rumors that the new phone will do away with its headphone jack in favor of stereo speakers.
Apple working on stronger, passcode-based iCloud encryption
Alongside redoubled efforts to strengthen iOS security, Apple is trying to make iCloud encryption so tough that the company won't be able hand over information to law enforcement, but has concerns that such strong encryption could be a detriment to users who forget their passcodes, The Wall Street Journal reports. Apple's current iCloud backups are encrypted, but not tied to a user's unique passcode, so authorities can access content users back up this way with relative ease. Over the years Apple has provided police with information tied to a variety of court cases, but after FBI demands that Apple build a way to crack a terrorist's iPhone, the company is faced with the possibility that it could be asked to hack into its own security systems. Tim Cook has reportedly told colleagues that he continues to stand by Apple's goals to encrypt everything stored on Apple devices and online services, including iCloud. So in response to FBI pressure, Apple wants to re-engineer the iCloud backups with encryption based on each user's passcode, making the company unable to decrypt the data without the proper passcode. That would take the keys out of Apple's hands when the government comes asking for information, but it would also leave users who forget their passcode without a viable option for retrieving their personal data, leaving Apple in something of a quandary over how far it's willing to inconvenience users in order to make its products more secure. [via 9to5Mac]
Apple releases iOS 9.3 beta 7
Apple recently released the seventh beta for its upcoming iOS 9.3 update. The new beta was released to both developers and public beta testers. With an iOS 9.3 final public release expected to come as early as next week, it's already surprising that Apple has released a seventh beta installment. Although the release notes are sparse, it's safe to assume that this seventh beta predominantly includes bug fixes and minor optimizations to tighten up iOS 9.3 before its final release. Apple also released a seventh watchOS 2.2 beta to developers. Anything particularly noteworthy will be found in a future update of our Inside the betas piece.
Rumor: iPhone SE to feature 4K video capability
An unverified tip claims Apple is preparing a promotional video ahead of next week's event touting the ability to shoot 4K video on the new 'iPhone SE,' Apple Insider reports. Until now there hasn't been speculation one way or the other as to whether the new phone would be able to capture 4K video, but if rumors about the new device's camera and CPU being basically equivalent to those of the iPhone 6s are accurate, the omission of 4K recording would seem to be an artificial limitation, rather than a technical one.
'Last Week Tonight with John Oliver' takes on the Apple/FBI encryption battle
John Oliver — from HBO's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — has unleashed his satirical brand of humor on Apple's fight with the FBI over cell phone encryption, spending the last half of this week's show on the issue. After pointing out the simplified way that Apple's critics portray the security issues at stake in the case, Oliver admits it sounds scary. But once he lays out Apple's case for not wanting to create code that could used to hack all of its devices, Oliver concludes, "The FBI and its supporters can be weirdly dismissive of that issue in ways that indicate they either don't fully understand how technology works or are pretending not to." The segment lambasts the government's use of the All Writs Act to compel the company's cooperation and the idea that the code Apple makes to access the phone can be destroyed after a single use.
Alleged iPhone 7 chassis photos show larger camera hole, no antenna lines
After last week's leaked case photos hinted at a larger camera in the upcoming iPhone 7, another round of photos posted by French website NowhereElse appear to snow a much larger camera opening in the new device. Purportedly from a Catcher Technology factory, the schematic plans show the back case of an alleged iPhone, with changes to the hole for the camera and a lack of antenna lines. The camera hole appears bigger than the camera hole on the iPhone 6 or 6s, hinting at some sort of upgrade, but since the photos appear to show the 4.7-inch model, they shed no more light on other rumors that the iPhone 7 Plus will be getting a dual-camera system.
Apple's Federighi officially debunks idea of quitting iOS apps to improve performance, battery life
Apple's Senior VP of Software Engineering, Craig Federighi, has officially debunked the longstanding myth that users should quit background iOS apps in order to improve performance or save battery life, 9to5Mac reports. A 9to5Mac reader emailed Apple CEO Tim Cook asking the company for an official stance on whether this was necessary. The message was passed on to Federighi who responded with an uncategorical "no."
While Apple's own support documents and various iOS presentations over the years have pretty clearly implied that force-quitting apps should not be necessary except in cases where apps become unresponsive, there has been a persistent myth for years that force-quitting apps somehow improves the performance or battery life on iOS devices, perhaps due to the way that multitasking works on traditional Windows and OS X-based computers, not to mention Android devices. Further, even Apple's own stance has not been entirely consistent at the lower levels, with iLounge's own editors and readers encountering Genius Bar staff in Apple Stores who have recommended closing apps to "improve performance." However, since the multitasking frameworks in iOS exercise an almost draconian control over background processes, most apps are actually suspended when in the background, using no CPU or battery power at all. While there are exceptions to this rule, these are usually obvious, such as navigation apps that use the actual GPS hardware (as opposed to mere "geo-fencing" apps that trigger location-based alerts), Voice-over-IP apps, and apps that play or record audio in the background. In many cases the user should be well aware that these apps are running, and are likely actively using them in some way.
Leaked case images fuel speculation iPhone 7 lacks headphone jack
French website NowhereElse has posted what it claims to be several leaked photos of a silicone iPhone 7 case obtained from an accessory manufacturer, fueling previous rumors that Apple is doing away with the headphone jack. The clear case appears to fit a phone similar to the iPhone 6 and 6S in shape and button placement, but with a cutout for a second speaker where the previous phones had a 3.5 mm headphone port. Apple has been rumored to be looking to drop the headphone jack in favor of adding a second speaker for stereo audio, and is expected to launch cord-free Beats earphones alongside the new iPhone 7.
Rumor: 5.8" OLED iPhone to arrive in next few years?
Citing pre-publication notes from DigiTimes — a notoriously spotty source for Apple news — The Motley Fool reports Apple has "plans to launch a 5.8-inch iPhone featuring rigid AMOLED display panels in 2018 or even earlier in 2017." The report, cited as coming from Taiwan-based Apple supply chain makers, echoes previous rumors that Apple would be turning to LG Display and Samsung Electronics to supply the new screen technology for an upcoming generation of iPhones. KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has predicted Apple will release two variants of the iPhone 7 Plus this fall — one with a single lens camera and another with a dual-lens camera — but this new report is the first mention of Apple considering production of a 5.8-inch iPhone model.
Justice Department appeals pro-Apple encryption ruling
The U.S. Department of Justice is appealing last week's court ruling that prevented the government from forcing Apple to unlock an iPhone, Reuters reports. The DOJ has submitted its arguments to a higher court after a magistrate judge in Brooklyn ruled the All Writs Act can't justify asking Apple to help the government access an encrypted device. The new filing cites the ruling of a judge in California who found the All Writs Act an acceptable rationale for compelling Apple's cooperation, pitting two lower courts against one another. While the cases are slightly different, the government's use of the AWA to justify its position is the same, and Apple CEO Tim Cook said he is willing to take the California case all the way to the Supreme Court. The DOJ has at least a dozen more iPhones it wants cracked in a similar fashion, and FBI Director James Comey has publicly admitted that success in applying the AWA in any of these cases would be used as a precedent to justify similar legal requests moving forward.
Apple releases iOS 9.3 beta 6 to developers and public testers
Apple has released yet another beta for its upcoming iOS update, in the form of iOS 9.3 beta 6. The new beta has been released to both developers and public beta testers. With an iOS 9.3 final public release believed to be around the corner, this sixth beta could be the last beta seen before the iOS update goes live to all users. Apple also released a sixth watchOS 2.2 beta to developers today. Anything particularly noteworthy will be found in a future update of our Inside the betas piece.
Apple draws both more support and more criticism in fight against FBI
Lavabit, the secure email company that shut down in 2013 rather than hand over its encryption key to the U.S. government, has joined the growing list of companies filing amicus briefs on Apple's behalf as it battles the FBI in court, TechCrunch reports. In the brief, Lavabit details the "extraordinary assistance" the FBI demanded three years ago, after public disclosures by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden led authorities to the company's email service. "In the same vein, the government now seeks extraordinary assistance from Apple," Lavabit wrote, arguing that "the government's extraordinary request eviscerates the purpose of the All Writs Act, and unnecessarily compromises the proprietary intellectual property of a private company that has not been implicated, in any way, with the crime under investigation."
French National Assembly votes to penalize smartphone makers
The National Assembly of France has voted in favor of a bill that would penalize smartphone makers such as Apple who refuse to cooperate with terrorism inquiries, The Guardian reports. The move, which goes against the wishes of the French government, took the form of an amendment to a penal reform bill related to the end of the state of emergency which has been in place in France since last fall's Paris terrorist attacks. The state of emergency is expected to be lifted in May. The amendment stipulates a private company that refuses to hand over encrypted data to any investigating authority could face a €350,000 fine ($385,000), and up five years in jail for those deemed liable. The French government has shown a reluctance to take on large phone companies in this manner, leading the report to speculate whether the amendment will actually make it through the remaining and lengthy parliamentary process, which would include a vote and possible amendment by the French Senate, possible constitutional review, and additional commissions.


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Satan: I Miss Michael Jackson
Have you heard? Michael Jackson is dead! I go on a little vaycay to the Bermuda Triangle for a couple of weeks and then the whole world goes to hell in a hand-basket! And it's not even my hand-basket! I […]
Fratboy Chad Analyzes a Poem
Hey what up sons! Chad, just here kickin it and doing some stupid homework for this Gen Ed class I have to take. It's so, so lame. BRB
Pet Peeves for the Common Man: Michael Bay Movies
Let me begin by stating that I have a liberal arts college education. As any liberal arts student will tell you, they force you to learn liberal things,
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Pet Peeves for the Common Man: I Hate Your Fat Children
I started a similar "article" when I was a junior or senior in high school, I think for some kind of bootlegged school newspaper or something. Back then,
Pet Peeves for the Common Man: Your Accent Isn't Funny
Ladies, I'm going to go ahead and clue you in to a little secret that is guaranteed to strengthen your relationship with your beau, or boo, or whatever
Pet Peeves for the Common Man: I Could Care Less
There are a plethora of colloquialisms that have burrowed their way into our common language like some kind of horrifying parasite. And there are many language abusers to
Pet Peeves for the Common Man
Nanny States, Part One: Smoking in Bars I put "part one" in this title because I'm sure I'll find some other issue that fits under the "Nanny State" title


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Obama's Shape-Shifting Alien Spotted at AIPAC Convention (Video)
You think we're making this up? Well, somebody made this up, but not us. Somebody got a hold of the video of President Obama's March 4 speech to the "Zionist cabal," also known as AIPAC, and noticed – how could they not – that one of President Obama's shape-shifting body guards, a lizard-humanoid, let go of his human shape for a brief moment, exposing to the world his truly hideous alien form.
We repeat: the alleged shape-shifter is not Israeli President Shimon Peres, sitting up front, but some unnamed White House body guard from a neighboring planet. We're not saying President Peres is or is not a shape-shifter, only that he isn't shifting in this well documented scene.
The text-to-speech program narrator tells you all about it with the certainty of a GPS program plowing away minutes after your car has gone into the lake.
The bald-headed secret service agent acts strangely, looking to his right and to his left incessantly and almost mechanically, then totally shape-shifts into a reptile. Or not. How many shape-shifters have you seen to compare with this one?
The video was shot by JN1, a Jewish news service, which probably hadn't been told by the Jewish cabal to keep their lenses off the alien shape-shifters.
Anyway, the video has gone seriously viral, with close to 3 million views. I believe this week humanity has gone just a little more stupid, possibly because we're all oxygen deprived.
Yori Yanover
About the Author: Yori Yanover has been a working journalist since age 17, before he enlisted and worked for Ba'Machane Nachal. Since then he has worked for Israel Shelanu, the US supplement of Yedioth, JCN18.com, USAJewish.com, Lubavitch News Service, Arutz 7 (as DJ on the high seas), and the Grand Street News. He has published Dancing and Crying, a colorful and intimate portrait of the last two years in the life of the late Lubavitch Rebbe, (in Hebrew), and two fun books in English: The Cabalist's Daughter: A Novel of Practical Messianic Redemption, and How Would God REALLY Vote.
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Monday's here. Oh, Monday's here. And the NBA has your back.
Monday is traditionally a source of gloom and doom, but the Association is turning it upside down this week. Throw your occupational troubles by the wayside. That whole no-cotton-candy-cosmopolitans-after-five-o'clock-during-the-work-week rule? Get rid of that too.
There are nine games littered across the NBA sphere tonight, every one of them—save for the Denver Nuggets-Utah Jazz tanker's delight match—begging for you to watch.
The Cleveland Cavaliers are headed to the Windy City in an attempt to ruin Derrick Rose's return campaign even further and reach .500 for the third time this season. Meanwhile, the Memphis Grizzlies and Indiana Pacers are squaring off in the battle of First Team to 70 Points Wins.
Then there's that San Antonio Spurs-Philadelphia 76ers bout, which both seems like a formality and must-see television at the same time. If you're feeling spunky, prepared to stay up late and have enough cheese doodles to last through the night, the Minnesota Timberwolves and Los Angeles Clippers promise to put on a show too.
Monday's here. To steal a line from the always-squeaky Pharrell: Errbody get up. And then sit back down, because basketball is best watched on the couch, in a bean bag chair or a pile of packing peanuts.
Monday Night's Lineup
Atlanta Hawks vs. Charlotte Bobcats, 7 p.m. ET
Memphis Grizzlies vs. Indiana Pacers, 7 p.m. ET
San Antonio Spurs vs. Philadelphia 76ers, 7 p.m. ET
Orlando Magic vs. Boston Celtics, 7:30 p.m. ET
Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Chicago Bulls, 8 p.m. ET
Toronto Raptors vs. Houston Rockets, 8 p.m. ET
Denver Nuggets vs. Utah Jazz, 9 p.m. ET (NBATV)
Detroit Pistons vs. Portland Trail Blazers, 10 p.m. ET
Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Los Angeles Clippers, 10:30 p.m. ET
*All stats in this article were compiled from Basketball-Reference and NBA.com (subscription required) unless otherwise attributed and are accurate as of Nov. 11, 2013.


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Did the Unchained Become the Rasta?!!
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I'm thinking it would be pretty cool to get anything from Eddie. Very cool that is a guitar from that period. Isn't it great when your hero turns out to be a cool person. I've heard stories of other musicians that didn't dare meet their hero as they wanted to stay fans and not remove the mystique or some such crap like that... (I think it was Gwen Stefani speaking about the Cure....). I like knowing my hero is a person because it encourages me to do my own thing. I guess a hero serves varying purposes for different people.
Thanks, Dweezil! I'm delighted I was able to play a small part in uncovering that EVH guitar mystery. I had always wondered what had happened to the "Unchained" guitar until a guy who goes by "evhguitars" told me about it's history.
That's when I decided to launch this loony "investigation", I needed proof! And, honestly, when I examined and compared photos of both guitars I found it rather quickly! It was there all the time! Typical!
Enjoy the "Rasta", Dweezil and if it's not too much trouble please take the time to post some updated video and pictures of that guitar. I'd love to see more!
It was my pleasure, Dweezil, I'm glad that you now know the full history which is, in a word, amazing! Consider this: the body was painted twice by Ed, it was used on two world tours (1981 &1982) and it had the same 21-fret, squared heeled that's on the Franky today affixed to it during that period.
The neck's history is even more incredible... it was the first of Ed's necks to receive a Floyd nut, it was one of the first Charvel necks to feature a logo, it was used on the 1978, 1979 and 1980 tours, it was installed on the Franky and on the Snake... I mean, the combined history of the body and neck and the total EVH guitar history that they represent render that guitar priceless!!!


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Made in the USA
This is a remanufactured rifle from manufacturer and comes with a 90-day manufacturer's warranty.
You won't find a more reliable semi-automatic airgun air rifle that can fire as fast as you can pull the trigger. It was the airgun of choice at recent Bikathlon Events at the Boy Scout Jamboree. Crosman's exclusive 12-shot rotary clip keeps you in the action longer.
|Model: 1077
Mechanism: Repeater
Power Source: CO2
Caliber: .177
|Ammunition: Pellets
Velocity: up to 625 fps
Weight: 3 lbs. 11 oz.
Length: 36.88 in.
Barrel: Rifled Steel
Stock: Synthetic
Rifling: Yes
Front: Fixed blade Fiber Optic
Rear: Fully adjustable
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- ManufacturerCrosman
- Caliber0.177 cal
- Velocity625 fps
- ConditionRefurbished
- Ammo TypePellets
- Barrel StyleRifled
- Gun Weight3.11 lbs
- Magazine Capacity12
- MechanismCO2
- UsePlinking / Fun
- Warranty30 Day Limited
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robert gaida
wichita, ks
4 Stars
I would recommend this item to a friend.
A bang for the bucks !!
August 26, 2016
this is a neat little rifle, mine is a refurbished it looks brand new. In fact all my guns are refurbs, ok lets get down to the nitty gritty, 1st it does not shoot at 735fps with alloy pellets, i would say the mid 500fps which is still got some zip on it. it will bury the pellets deep enough on a solid core door that you can't see them, i hope my landlord doesn't see them either. 2nd loading the co-2 is very easy just make sure you get it snug before you give it the final turn or you will lose a bit of co-2. 3rd loading the clips is simple just make sure you put them in the way, it took me a few times and that's all you should need too. 4th when you put the clip in the magazine make sure you slide the switch on the mag to lock the clip in, i didn't and i thought i had recieved a malfunctioning rifle but after cussing a bit i noticed the switch and all went well. 5th which should be 1st is the slide on the top of the rifle, slide it back before loading the clip than slide it towards the magazine to lock in and line up the clip.. i used 3 powerlets and shot a tin of 150 pellets, you will get 3 clips shot before you notice the power start to fade. i buy the 50 count of crosman co-2s powerlets, the price is a good deals and will last a long time. i've been shooting all summer and still have 20 - 25 powerlets left. this gun is accurate to around 20yds maybe a bit more. a good scope would do this rifle justice. i wait a few seconds between each shot but you can fire as fast as you want but i would advise against it.. the rifle is small so you young kids will like it, hell i like it. so get a couple of bags of army men and sit them up and let the games begin. happy shooting guys!!!!!!!!! buy the 3 pack of clips !!
Pros:good price, accurate, got a bit of power, light weight so you can carry it all day, just a nice all around rifle !!!
Cons:none really, i mean you could nitpick it to death but it's a great 1st rifle for young and old
Russ McDaniel
Fort Wayne Indiana
5 Stars
I would recommend this item to a friend.
Great Deal
July 26, 2016
Hit two out of 3 empty shotgun shells at 20 yards right out of the box Gun Was bought refurbished it looked new no leaks of Co2. Hard Hitter. Met ALL I. Could Expect. I'm Happy
Pros:Strait Shooter. Fun No Missfires
Cons:No Cons
davenport, IA
5 Stars
I would recommend this item to a friend.
Refurbished Crosman 1077
July 19, 2016
Fun to shoot 12 pellets as fast as you can pull the trigger and pretty accurate I would recommend this rifle for those that want a pellet repeater cheap price and it shoots great
Kurt Oliver
Culleoka, TN
4 Stars
I would recommend this item to a friend.
Great little gun
July 19, 2016
Bought this for my grandson and he loves it. He has some vision coordination problems so I mounted a laser sight on the rail. He is blasting cans from about 15 yards away. Trigger pull is a little stiff but is getting the hang of it the more he uses it. For a refurb the gun arrived in great shape. Thanks Airgun Depot.
steve leggett
norfolk va.
5 Stars
I would recommend this item to a friend.
Refurbished Crosman 1077..177 cal
July 4, 2016
I had been looking for a used vigalante or something but nobody would return my Emails. Then I saw the ad on Airgundepot for the Crosman 1077 for a refurb and I jumped on it. Some folks don't like refurb products but I have always had great luck with them. I believe the manufacturer looks over someting like that extra well so its in great shape and you can't beat the price! I have had a great time with it so far and am very pleased with my purchase from Airgundepot.
Pros:I like the semi auto. I can plink as fast as I want. I have also put a cheap scope on my 1077 and I am very pleased with the accuracy.
Cons:I wish they would have offered a simulated wood stock.Other than that ,I'm good with it.
Rockford il.
4 Stars
I would recommend this item to a friend.
Really nice little rifle
June 17, 2016
Extra easy to load---very accurate right out of the box. Exterminated 2 gophers the first day. Highly reccomend
David Guthrie
OJAI, California
5 Stars
I would recommend this item to a friend.
like new for the price of used!!!
September 29, 2015
the air gun came in less than a week, looked like new and fired like new. i couldn't be more happy with this gun. i love Crosman anyway, but when i found AirGunDepot it was a no brainer. as long as they carry what i'm looking for i'll be buying all my air rifles hear from now on! thanks AGD for you great service! ~David G.
Pros:i'm only referencing the fact that this gun is refurbished exactly as described in description for both the referb aspects and for the factory specs like new no sign of where operates very well threw on a scope and started shooting 50+ yards with about a 1 inch grouping***
Cons:none pertaining to the fact that it was refurbished. every air gun will have it's strengths and weaknesses. this air rifle has absolutely nothing wrong with it compared to a factory new Crosman 1077 any other issues would be preference and opinion.
4 Stars
I would recommend this item to a friend.
Excellent fun for target practice
September 20, 2015
While others say that it is good for hunting I would never use it for that. It doesn't have enough power and does not have enough accuracy to hit a head shot on small game. While yes you could kill animals with it you can also kill them by throwing rocks at them😂. If you want this for target practice it is a great plinker and has decent accuracy.
Pros:Semi auto
Cons:Co2 has to be refilled but you still get a good amount of shots out of one cartridge
New York
4 Stars
I would recommend this item to a friend.
Fun little rifle
July 21, 2015
Lightweight, double-action rifle. It used to waste a lot of CO2 canisters by not sealing properly, but a dab of Pellgun oil on the tip of each one seems to fix that problem. I would suggest picking up extra speed loaders and magazine holders, as you will spend a lot of time reloading instead of actually shooting, without them. Realistically, you will get about three magazines worth of shots out of each CO2 canister. It will continue to fire after that, but you'll be able to throw the pellets yourself harder than the gun will fire them. All in all it's a fun, low-powered, backyard plinker. A good buy.
Fort Edward, NY
5 Stars
I would recommend this item to a friend.
Nice rifle
June 20, 2014
Did not buy this gun from air gun depot, I have used this as rodent control, hunting squirrel and chipmunk with one shot kills great power have not had issue with leaks as other say left gun with co2 in it for weeks with no issues, I really like that this is multi shot pell gun would love to see this in 22 cal.
Pros:Lite easy to shoot, multi shot, easy to load
Cons:Only in 177 cal
4 Stars
I would recommend this item to a friend.
A must have if you like the Ruger 10-22
December 4, 2011
Looks and feels like a ruger 10-22 which is my favorite rim fire rifle, I have three of them! ...I can't safely shoot the Rugers in my basement but the Crosman 10-77 is safe to fire into a pellet trap in the basement so that saves me a trip to the shooting range.
Pros:Light weight and powerful for a co2 gun. Semi automaic fire without excessively long trigger pull. Detatchable magazine and a fiber optic front sight.
Cons:It could use a better gas sealing system. Too much plastic. I would pay more for a gun like this if it was all metal and wood.
4 Stars
Great shooter out of the box
August 24, 2011
This is a great shooter straight out of the box with little sight adjustment. I've only tried it at 17 yrds (that's how small my yards is) and can pick out small 2 inch toy soldiers with no problem. Softer trigger than my air pistols and the recoil feels like my Ruger 10/22 rifle... actually even looks like it. I took of 1 star because I only got about 80 good shots before losing accuracy and I'd prefer another 2 lbs of added weight to it also. Otherwise fun to shoot.
5 Stars
Great fun, or for teaching the kids!!
April 30, 2011
This little rifle is just the ticket for plinking or teaching the kids gun safety and how to shoot. It looks and feels just like a cartridge-firing semi auto .22, but is a bit lighter, quieter, and of course less powerful. At less than 50 bucks for a refurb, you can't go wrong. In fact, for the regular price, you can't go wrong. My only "complaint" is that the CO2 cartridges last as long as expected.....about 30 - 40 shots. This really is quite a few shots from one cartridge, and normally isn't a problem with a single shot, but the 1077 unloads its clips 12 shots at a time so fast that it seems like I am constantly changing cartridges. While I really like the small cartridges for most applications, I may be upgrading to an air source adapter for this rifle.
5 Stars
crosman 1077
February 24, 2011
For this price, I purchased one just to find out if it as as addictive to shoot an air rifle with semi-automatic feature. Yes, it is fun and as addictive to other rifles I shoot. When I purchase this rifle, I knew that this rifle is all plastic made. So I did not expect much from this rifle. Nevertheless, this rifle is very well built and very light. Shoots accurately too. The only that this rifle needs is a scope, that way you can get to adjust the windtage. Fun for target practice, but I do not recommend this for hunting because this rifle may not make a quick kill, and small games animals can suffer needlessly.
5 Stars
September 7, 2010
i thouht this gun had incredible accuracy. i used it to shoot some plastic water bottles and shot through 3 of them and it stayed in the fourth one
Etooraan India
5 Stars
December 31, 2008
Most bold Air Gun i have ever seen
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is this gun any good? i read reviews online and most of them here air leakage problems? and where there any scratches dents or they re-manufactured this completely ?
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The Titans proved themselves to be nine players deep on their defensive line in an excellent performance against the Steelers.
Sunday in Indianapolis, Tennessee's running backs will try to get past a player the Titans did not judge to be worthy of a spot in that group, who's now starting for the rival Colts.
When Indianapolis wanted to sign Antonio Johnson off the Titans' practice squad on Nov. 4, Tennessee deemed him expendable rather than doing what was necessary to create a roster spot to promote him.
Since then, Johnson has played in seven games, starting the last three, while averaging four tackles and playing a part in an improved Colts defense.
"He's been good," said Colts president Bill Polian.
"We went through a couple before we got him, but he's a great fit," Colts strongside linebacker Clint Session said. "I love playing behind him. He keeps me free. I run sideline to sideline without getting touched. That comes from his play. They're double-teaming him and he's been filling in for us great. He probably wasn't their guy there, but he's our guy here."
The Colts were thinned out on the interior defensive line very early, losing their best, biggest players against the run when Quinn Pitcock retired before training camp and Ed Johnson was cut for disciplinary reasons after Week 1.
So if Antonio Johnson was a solution sitting on the Titans' practice squad, why wasn't he en route to Indianapolis until the Colts were preparing for Week 10 in Pittsburgh?
"I don't like to poach, I really don't," Polian said. "I wish there were some other way that we could deal with that and my hat's off to them, they've done a great job. We probably should have got him earlier -- it was the idea of the poach and that he had been hurt the previous year so we really weren't sure. But if we were smart, we would have got him six weeks earlier."
Sign a player to your 53-man roster off someone else's practice squad, though, and you've got to keep him for three weeks. With his roster in flux because of injuries, Polian said he worried that he might be handcuffed with Johnson. When things settled down and the Colts still needed help, they made the call.
Johnson said he was glad to get the chance.
"I'm with the Colts now, I've got to play Colts football and I'm just happy to have this opportunity, I'm happy to be back out on the field playing football," Johnson said. "It's been good. I've come in and just tried to do my role, help out on the run, that's what they got me here for. That's what I do, every play I just try to make something happen."
Johnson was rated as a late-bloomer with enormous upside by the Titans when they spent a fifth-rounder on him, the 152nd pick overall, when he came out of Mississippi State in 2007. But he blew out a knee early in training camp as a rookie and after a year of rehab, couldn't beat out Kevin Vickerson, a run-stopper the Titans added during the year Johnson was on IR.
The Titans stashed Johnson on the practice squad and still hoped he'd blossom. But when the Colts came calling, Tennessee chose to keep three non-contributors on offense -- receivers Paul Williams and Chris Davis and running back Chris Henry -- ahead of him.
"We were disappointed we lost a draft choice that we felt had potential to eventually play for us, but at that point we did not have a spot roster-wise for him," coach Jeff Fisher said. "He'll get off the ball and play hard and fly around. We thought he was just going to take a bit more time."
And, of course, the Titans could not have foreseen that for their Week 16 showdown with Pittsburgh, they'd be without Albert Haynesworth (knee) and Vickerson (serving a four-game suspension for a violation of the policy against steroid and performance-enhancing drugs).
"Had Antonio been here, there would have been a pretty good chance he'd have been active for us," Fisher said.
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He and Daniel Muir, who has played in only five games, are the lone Indianapolis defenders who weigh more than 300 pounds -- Johnson is listed at 310, Muir at 312.
Last Thursday, after the Colts had clinched a playoff spot with a win at Jacksonville, Johnson was asked about what has unfolded in Tennessee since he left.
"That doesn't have anything to do with me anymore," he said. "They've got some guys down. I don't care if they're regretting it or what. My agent told me they weren't trying to activate me anytime soon. My agent let them know, they didn't take any shot at me ...
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Historical Traveler Reviews Days Inn Morro Bay
Should Have Listened to Previous Bad Reviews
Arrived at 1:30 p.m. and was told that the room would be ready at 2:30. Didn't mind that, but the woman at the desk was very snarky and had BO. She didn't even bother to check to see if the room was ready. We took off and didn't get back until early evening and was shocked when we saw the room. It was so cold and musty smelling that we don't believe anyone had been in it for quite some time. We had broken our rule that we won't book anywhere that has a cancellation policy earlier than 6:00 on the day of check-in. Booked thru the Day's Inn web site and got what we thought was a good "Internet Rate" for $42, but it had to be cancelled the day before. So by the time we checked in we couldn't cancel for that day or the next. Guess we should have at least asked.
The room was in the older part of the hotel. Looked like an old motor court from the 30's. It was very small and the bathroom was absolutely tiny. No place to put anything. It did have a refrigerator. I don't know what the rooms in the newer part are like and will definitely never know because I absolutely would never stay here again. Even if the rooms were nice the attitude of the woman at the front desk was terrible. The man was fairly nice.
The whole complex was well maintained on the outside so you wouldn't suspect how bad it was inside. Also the danish in the lobby in the morning were good and all I would expect for that price.
Seems like Days Inn should be more careful about what they put their name on.
A major disappointment
The hotel looks good in pictures but actually staying is ONE big, big disappointment! Well, the good things first: the grounds are well maintained (they have to or else they wont absolutely get anybody in there). Okay, so much for the good stuff. The room heater does not work at all. What you think would be the closet is actually the tiny bathroom - with a sliding door and all! The bathroom window opens to the hallway with you inside for everyone to see! You either shut the bathroom window and suck it all up or crack it open for a peep show. We finally demanded a room change and lo and behold, we were given a room at the back of the hotel that I suspect is the maid's quarters!!! No exaggerations, no kidding! You would know a standard hotel room by the way it is all arranged; but this room (Rm. 409) even has an unlocked door inside that leads to the boiler room/ heater tanks! This room was hastily converted to look like a hotel room. The sheets smelled like damp attic and so does the whole room. We could'nt sleep until 2 a.m. due to the smell!
Incredible experience
we had booked another motel up the street over the internet. when we got to the room my wife started having respitory problems and started feeling sick. when we looked around we discovered mold in the window. my wife couldn't stay at that motel up the street so I started walking to the nearby motels and found the days inn. I was greeted by a very nice man and his wife who were the managers. they made me feel so welcome. he said he had a great double bed room and could get me in. he told me to bring my wife back first so she could see if the room suited her. so I got my wife and 2 kids. the manager took us upstairs to the room. It was so clean and had a fresh feeling. we could see the bay out the balcony window. we booked 2 nights at a great price. all of my questions about the local area the manager answered. I look upon our stay at the morro bay days inn with great memories. and will go back as soon as I can.
Good overnight stop
One night stay on route from San Francisco to LA. Took 2 rooms and both were really good with views of Morro Rock. Fridge in each room was good as weather was hot. Plenty of hotels in Morro Bay, we may have paid a bit too much for the Days Inn but were quite happy with the experience. Went whale watching with 'Sub Sea' whihc was excellent and 25% of the cost at Santa Barbara. Days Inn is convenient for exploring the Embarcadero, plenty of choice of restaurants. The whole place shuts down at about 9.30. We are quite fussy about rooms and have no complaints. Breakfast supplied but meagre. If you like being pampered don't choose a Days Inn Though
Absolutely terrible
This place totally sucked. The room was extremely filthy, the bed was broken, the wall heater was broken and popped all night, the carpet was torn, it was noisy and way overpriced.
Bad Experience - do not recommend
We located this hotel via the AAA tour book and made reservations for April 28th and 29th. After entering the room, we used the toilet facilities. Unfortunately, the toilet did not flush. We called the front desk and someone responded immediately to 'fix' the problem, even snaked it. I took a shower that evening and the water, although set at a warm setting, at first was fine but after a minute or so it was scalding hot, although I had not changed the setting. I did not complain at that time. The next morning, my friend took a shower and I heard him making a loud exclamation and shutting the shower off. His chest was red from the scalding hot water. He dressed up, and then used the toilet. It did not flush again. We immediately decided to check out and find another hotel if possible. Upon entering the lobby were greeted with a good morning. We were upset and muttered ----- morning'. The clerk was immediately upset that we used the 's' word and was very irate. We apologized for that - he was upset for some time about us cussing when he did calm down, we told him what we had experienced, that it was dangerous to guests and it should be fixed. We also mentioned that the sound of flushing and running water in the building was annoying. He said there had not been a problem with 'fluctuating' water. His comments made us believe that this had occurred before. We were refunded our second night's lodging. We had to find another hotel room, which we were fortunate to find across the street at a La Serena Inn, a very pleasurable stay, I might add.
Very Good Value
This is an older budget motel in the lovely little seaside town of Morro Bay. Whilst it is old, it is beautifully kept with a little flower garden and clean rooms. With rooms available from $44 per night, there really isn't much to complain about at all. To cap it all, the manager and his wife are really lovely people, and will go to great lengths to ensure that you have a good stay. The continental breakfast was one of the better ones too. A place I can recommend to others, and will in all probability use again.
Decent Budget Motel
My husband and I spent 2 nights at this Days Inn in October of 2003. We made our reservation through a discount internet site and were given a room in the main part of the motel. Our room was very clean and fairly spacious. The bed was reasonably comfortable. It is definitely a no frills, budget motel, but we were satisfied.
Also a bad experience
I booked an internet reservation and was also given a room in the older motel bldg, which is not the main lot. i was told by the clerk that because i paid a low rate on the internet, these were the rooms given.
the main motel ws empty that day. The back motel used to be another older motel called the Sandpiper. The rooms do not conform with the standard of Days Inn. It was so bad I took pictures of the dinky TV and closet. A huge armchair was blocking the closet so I removed it outside.
A bad experience
We booked reservations on the internet for Days Inn in Morro Bay, reservations were for July 27 and 28, 2003. When we checked in we were given a room on the back side of the motel and it was small, smelly and the bed was not a queen like we had asked for. We upgraded and were moved to a room that was nicer in the front part of the motel complex.
When I went to shower the shower head was not attached and water shot across the shower, the desk said maintenance would fix it the next day.
The next morning my wife went to get ice (the ice machine has two high steps leading up to it) and when she turned to leave she fell and almost hit the cement parking stop in the lot. She ended up with a swollen leg from blood collecting and a large scrape on her arm. We checked out, came home and went to emergency to have the arm and leg checked. Thank goodness no broken bones, but a very sore and swollen leg that will take several days to heal.
Wouldn't use Days Inn in Morro Bay again, and feel that the area around the ice machine is a hazard to motel clients.
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Shortly after the Katie Couric-Sarah Palin interview, a slew of reports hit the Internet assessing the VP candidate's performance. Try as I might, I was hard pressed to find a single report that looked favorably on Palin's delivery. Slate's Christopher Beam said that Palin resembled, "a high-schooler trying to BS her way through a book […]
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la2ny, since you started the playoff thread; you wanna create the gameday thread vs the Magic & start our playoff run? I'm on schedule & cant make it.
As far as the playoffs go? I don't think any team in the league could sweep this team 4-0. We may not have team chemistry but we have way too much playoff experience in our starting 5 with Melo, Amare & Billups. Melo led the Nuggets to the playoffs during each of his 7 NBA years with Denver. I know Amare has at least 49-50 games of playoff experience during the 4 years MDA was in PHX & Billups also has a boat load of playoff experience as a former Finals MVP.
If this team gets it going & turns it up heading into & during the playoffs? We'll be extremely tough for any Eastern Conf team to eliminate & may even pull off an upset or two & from there? Anything is possible.


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You may be able to reduce your tax bill by using exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
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After a sharp August pullback, you may have some positions that are in the red. Depending on your outlook for those positions, you might want to consider a tax-loss harvesting strategy using ETFs to reduce your tax bill this year.
In the event that you are now bearish about a losing investment, but remain bullish about the sector or theme in general, consider buying an ETF to maintain exposure to the idea without running afoul of the IRS's wash sale rule (more on that below).
Tax-efficient tips
A method of tax-loss harvesting involves selling securities that have decreased in value in order to offset realized gains from other investments.
The IRS allows you to offset realized capital gains with realized capital losses. Suppose, for example, that you have a portfolio consisting of just two investments, Stock X and Stock Y. Stock X has increased by $2,000, while Stock Y has decreased by $2,000. If you were to sell both stocks by year-end, you would not have to pay any taxes on the $2,000 capital gain on Stock X because of the loss on Stock Y, assuming they were each held for periods that qualified the gain/loss as both short or long term.1
Any excess losses you have after you have offset all realized capital gains can offset ordinary income, up to $3,000 annually. Losses not used in one tax year can be carried forward indefinitely to future tax years.
Beware the wash sale rule
What if you want to take advantage of tax-loss harvesting, but do not want to sell positions that have incurred losses?
You could sell a security, purely for tax purposes, and then repurchase it shortly thereafter. The problem here is if you sell a security at a loss and then buy the same or a "substantially identical" security (in the same or different account) in the 61-day period beginning 30 days before the sale and ending 30 days after the sale. The loss is disallowed for tax purposes under the IRS "wash sale rule" and is effectively deferred until the new shares are sold. The IRS provides examples of substantially identical securities here.
Keep in mind that tax-loss harvesting is possible only in taxable accounts; it does not work in tax-advantaged accounts (such as an IRA or HSA).
Tax-loss harvesting with ETFs
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One way to manage your tax bill and continue to execute your strategy is to employ ETFs. Essentially, ETFs (and mutual funds) may be used to replicate a position that you are selling for the purpose of harvesting a tax loss.
Consider a hypothetical situation in which you purchased five different securities, in five different sectors of the market, in January of this year. Four have increased in value by $1,000 each, and you plan to sell the positions to realize the gains. One of the five is an energy stock that, over the course of the year, has lost $2,000 in value. Despite this poor performance, you still think energy stocks are attractive and could rally in the future.
To take advantage of the underperforming stock while still maintaining exposure to energy stocks, you could sell the stock (to offset $2,000 of the $4,000 gain realized from selling the other four stocks) and purchase an energy ETF, such as the Fidelity MSCI Energy Index ETF (FENY).
Here, you would not be subject to the wash sale rule, assuming the IRS does not view it as a "substantially identical" security, even though it serves the purpose of replacing the energy stock by providing exposure to the energy industry.
Of course, this ETF provides much broader exposure to energy stocks than the individual security that you sold. Consequently, the energy ETF may not perform the same as the energy stock that you sold. Be sure to do your research to understand how the an ETF affects your overall portfolio positioning and strategy.
ETFs and taxes
Generally, ETFs are considered tax efficient relative to some mutual funds. That's because most broad based, passively-managed ETFs make very low (if any) capital gains distributions compared to mutual funds with similar investment approaches. Also, capital gain distributions are subject to taxation when held in taxable accounts.
ETFs can be a helpful tool in managing your tax bill. But beware making investing decisions based solely on tax implications. You should also consider your investing objectives, risk constraints, and liquidity needs.
The ETF universe is quite large, offering 1,400 different ETFs/ETPs, with total assets exceeding $1 trillion. Consequently, there is a strong probability of finding an investment to replace the position you might sell, in order to harvest a tax loss to reduce your tax bill.
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For investors seeking safety and yield, here is one asset class to consider: conglomerates.
In particular, conglomerates headquartered outside of the United States. Sometimes what discerning investors find are very compelling and diversified businesses with high yields and terrific capital allocators at the management level to boot.
Everyone is familiar with Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) (NYSE:BRK.B): it runs an incredibly diversified conglomerate, owning a set of easy-to-understand businesses. Meanwhile, investors get the benefit entrusting hard earned capital to the best investor of our time, Warren Buffett. His elephant gun is loaded, and he is hunting for value accretive transactions.
However, with a market capitalization of over $290 billion, will Berkshire provide the same returns it did since inception? Warren Buffett indicated it is unlikely because managing a bigger pool of money makes it harder to push underlying value higher.
So what is an investor to do? One way might be to search for another Warren Buffett-esque allocator of capital, but with more potential for future growth.
Power Corporation (OTCPK:PWCDF) is about as comparable an investment I can find to Berkshire Hathaway [1]. It is headquartered in Canada, has more of a global focus and is run by Paul Desmarais, who some have dubbed "the Warren Buffett of Canada."
The structure of the business is fairly confusing: Power Corporation holds a 66% interest in Power Financial Corporation (OTCPK:POFNF), which then holds interests in a number of businesses.
As such, Power Financial Corporation will be the focus of this analysis because that is where most of the value resides in my opinion. Currently valued at $22 billion (about one twelfth the size of Berkshire) and yielding 4.4% [2], Power Financial Corporation is an interesting investment to consider.
The Business:
The Power Financial Corporation empire is extensive, but very much under the radar. The Desmarais' family keeps a low profile, which I like as an investor.
Here is a set of the assets owned by Power Financial Corporation:
The first pillar of value at Power Financial Corporation is Pargesa (OTCPK:PRGAF). Pargesa owns a 50% interest in investment holding company Groupe Bruxelle Lambert (OTCPK:GBLBF), which I covered here. Interestingly, GBL is run jointly by the Desmarais' and CNP, a company controlled by Albert Frere, who is considered "the Warren Buffett of Belgium." Investors in GBL, then, effectively have two terrific allocators of capital running their investments.
The market currently values GBL at $12 billion, which is a discount to to the NAV of its listed assets. Investors should note, however, that the organization chart above is a bit out of date, as GBL is effectively out of GDF Suez, and recently bought a 15% stake in SGS, a Swiss compliance firm. Other stakes include Pernod-Ricard (wine/spirits), Imerys (industrial minerals), Lafarge (concrete/building materials), Total (oil/gas) and Suez Environnement (waste management).
Power Financial Corporation's 28% share (50% of GBL and 56% share of Pargesa) of GBL then is valued at close to $3.5 billion.
Great West-Lifeco:
The second pillar of value is Great-West Lifeco (OTCPK:GWLIF), the portion of Power Corporation that most resembles Berkshire's insurance holdings and the benefit of the insurance "float" that Mr. Buffett frequently extols.
Great-West Lifeco Inc is an international financial services holding company with interests in life insurance, health insurance, retirement and investment services, asset management, and reinsurance businesses. [3]
Great-West Lifeco is currently valued at $32 billion by the market, of which Power Corporation's 72% share is worth around $23 billion; however, there is a bit of double counting here as IGM Financial (discussed below), holds a 4% stake in Great-West Lifeco.
Potential investors are encouraged to evaluate these holdings in more detail, but Great-West Lifeco business appears attractively valued at 15 times earnings. It is also expanding its reach, and recently acquired Irish Life in February 2013. The deal is expected to be accretive to Great-West Lifeco's earnings in 2014 (10%). The deal was consummated by the Irish government, who took control of the business as part of the bailouts.
The third pillar of value is IGM Financial (OTCPK:IGIFF). IGM Financial Inc is one of Canada's premier personal financial services companies, and one of the country's largest managers and distributors of mutual funds and other managed asset products [4].
As of June 30, 2013, IGM has over $125 billion assets under management.
The businesses underlying IGM include:
IGM is a listed company and is valued at $11 billion, making Power Financial Corporation's 58% share currently worth $6 billion. IGM appears attractively valued, at 15 x earnings and close to a 5% dividend yield.
For income-oriented investors, Power Financial Corporation owns and operates highly cash generative businesses which they allocate to shareholders. Currently, the company pays out a $0.35 quarterly dividend ($1.40 annually), equating to a yield of 4.4% at current prices.
One article can't possibly cover all the details of the Power Financial Corporation investment thesis. Readers interested in performing more due diligence are encouraged to do so.
I think what investors will find is a Berkshire Hathaway-type investment holding company/conglomerate, with an incredible set of assets and terrific allocators of capital running the enterprise. Potential investors are also levered to the insurance and asset management businesses that Mr. Buffett prefers, and has indicated would have made Berkshire even more valuable today if he had focused his investments in that sector.
At a $22 billion market capitalization, Power Financial Corporation has plenty of room to grow while providing investors safety and yield. It also trades at a discount to its net asset value.
With all the Desmarais' connections and influence across the globe, I expect that Power Financial Corporation will continue to compound returns for investors long into the future.
[1] Another Canadian holding company, Fairfax Financial Holdings, is another Berkshire Hathaway type company. I will author an article about Fairfax Financial and its leader Prem Watsa soon.
[2] For many of the American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs"), traditional financial media sources do not report the correct dividend information. For example, Yahoo Finance does not report a yield on Power Financial Corporation. Investors are advised to go to the source documents, or sign up at Indievestr where a web application for user curated investment content is being developed.
[3] Corporate overview, Great-West Lifeco website.
[4] Corporate overview, IGM Financial website.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, but may initiate a long position in OTCPK:POFNF over the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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what's the room temperature and was it wrapped in anything? Is it cooked or not cooked?
Nuke it and you will be fine.
4-6 hours? Eat it, wuss. Maybe don't eat it after a day or two.
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yeah, if it was 90 in there i wouldn't touch it, but i have no clue what the weather's like in VA
If it isn't slimy and smelly, go for it
This is what your immune system is for. do you think grok had a fridge to store his liver before he ate it? no he let it tenderize a while then cooked it when he could.
I have eaten coooked chicken that was out on the counter more than 12 hours with no side effects.
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Eat it unless it smells funky. Spit it out if it takes funky (well, funkier than liver and onions). And stop being a baby, wuss.
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DONETSK, Ukraine -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Ukraine should withdraw its military from the eastern and southern regions of the country, a statement that could bolster anti-government insurgents who are seizing buildings.
Hours later, Ukraine's acting president ordered that the military draft be renewed, citing "threats of encroachment on the nation's territorial integrity" and interference by Russia in its internal affairs.
Moscow has consistently denounced Ukrainian security forces' largely ineffectual operation against the eastern insurgents and warned they should not commit violence against civilians.
In a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Putin said the removal of military units was the "main thing," but it was unclear if that could be construed as an outright demand.
Oleksandr Turchynov's conscription order marked a turnaround for the country, which in 2013 announced plans to end military conscription in favor of an all-volunteer force. The order affects men 18 to 25 years old.


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I also have a question. I have just been reading Montessori Today, by Paula Polk Lillard, which says that the Montessori Elementary Programme is based on 6 "Great Lessons" and several "Key Lessons". As I understand it, the children do their further learning by themselves based on the questions they ask after hearing these lessons.
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Hmmm, I actually think the reading expectation is later here in eastern europe because even in regular school they don't teach them to read until 6 or 7, I don't think the Montessori is more demanding in that regard. I know the 3-6 Montessori I visited had some directed reading/writing work for the 6's but they said they didn't push it on them. I will have to ask.
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i just toured my local Montessori. dd might have to repeat K. dd is 5.5yrs and can't read (but for a handful of sight words) and I was told that all the dc at the school learn to read before entering 6yr level (not sure of the age break down at this school). dd would have to enter at the "preschool" level and possible move up mid-year. I kinda felt that they wouldn't know what to do with my "special needs" dd.
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Here's a story I picked up from the Financial Times a while ago:
On March 17, 2010, Greenpeace launched a social media attack on Nestlé's Kit Kat brand. In a YouTube video parodying the "Have a break; Have a Kit Kat" slogan, it highlighted the use of unsustainable forest clearing in production of palm oil, which is used in Kit Kat (amongst many other products). In the video, a person bites off a piece of Kit Kat that turns out to be the bloody finger of an orangutan, one of many species threatened by this practice.
According to the Financial Times, Nestlé's initial response was to force the video's withdrawal from YouTube. This led to a viral outbreak of criticism on social media. All this did was to make the video a sensation and far more people saw it. Soon Nestle realized it needed to limit the immediate damage as well as address the palm oil sourcing issue and turn the reputational risk into an opportunity. Nestlé suspended sourcing from the company that produced the oil. The company held meetings with Greenpeace in which it provided details of its palm oil supply chains. It audited its suppliers and it joined the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil, a partnership of companies and other parties aimed at eliminating unsustainable production.
They set up a "digital acceleration team" to monitor social media sentiment 24 hours a day. Whenever there is a problem, the communications unit coordinates the company's engagement with the relevant parties. Executives from across the globe visit the digital acceleration team center at the headquarters to learn about managing social media communications and digital marketing. Nestlé discovered that engaging with its critics and addressing some of their concerns was more effective than trying to shut down discussion on social media.
What a graphic lesson in how to handle a public relations crisis. Immediately I think about our own problems. Whether it is the way Israel is regarded in general or closed religious communities pretending they have no corruption or abuse, the traditional attitude has been to close ranks, to dismiss the campaigns as anti-Semitism and to pretend that if, like an ostrich, one buries one's head in the sand the problem will go away.
You might argue that commercial companies have the resources and the organization to deal with such issues, while governments, communities, and religions are notoriously conservative, divided, and slow to act. Which is true. Such social mammoths do indeed move slowly, if at all. But it is no excuse for inaction when the situation becomes too obviously detrimental to avoid. And it is not as if there isn't the talent around. Even Al Jazeera has some Israeli bloggers.
The Muslim street refuses to humanize Israel or accept its right to exist. Israel has refused to try to understand Palestinian anger. Name me anyone who likes being occupied. Of course I generalize about both sides knowing there are exceptions that prove the rules. But recognizing the challenge is the first step towards dealing positively with it, the way Nestle has. You cannot bury heads in the sand, censor forever, or prevent matters coming to light. Indeed you can't get away with lies either, because the internet now provides both archival and visual evidence. In the same way, you cannot ban the internet but you have to learn how to live with it and use it well. So closed societies must now come to terms with greater exposure and see the benefits as well as the dangers.
Israel is still a society in which the military censor has great power. But the more it uses those powers the more it backfires, and the publicity is multiplied and magnified. What has America achieved by hounding WikiLeaks or Bradley Manning for making documents available? At last, Israel's Defense Forces have realized the value of recruiting young bloggers and media savvy technocrats to respond to misinformation or to own up to errors. That takes maturity and wisdom. But the side effect is that one faces up to those actions that actually need explaining and justifying. That is the first stage of reconciliation. If only both sides did it!Jeremy Rosen
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