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Bend tour business wanders into retail
Wanderlust Tours' new storefront helps serve guests
BEND, Ore. - Wanderlust Tours will be celebrating 20 years in the tour guide business next year. And just three weeks ago, they opened up a store in the Fred Meyer shopping center.
NewsChannel 21 visited the new store Sunday to see what sort of impact it will have on the popular tour company.
"We have hopes to make it a wonderful, welcoming place to be for our guests," said Wanderlust Tours owner Dave Nissen.
It's been a dream for over a decade for Dave and Aleta Nissen: having a retail space.
Earlier this month, his dream come true.
"Wanderlust tours was happening out of our home," Nissen said. "Rumbling past our bedroom window at midnight goes a van and a load of canoes being pushed in the back of the property."
When Wanderlust Tours began 19 years ago, it started out of the Nissens' home, then moved to a new building on the backside of the property.
Just a few years ago, the company bought a warehouse to store the snowshoes, canoes, kayaks and all the other equipment needed for the guided tours.
And now, the company has a storefront.
"The favorite part of having this store is the ability for our guests to have a centralized meeting location, and be able to invite them in, and they can grab a cup of coffee before they leave," Nissen said.
"Here they can actually have a fitting room," said Rachel Gonsiewski, a naturalist guide for Wanderlust. "And a rest room where they can change and make sure they have the right sizes of boots and pants and all that for our trips."
Nissen says it's a liberating feeling to be able to have a store, but these past three weeks have been pretty busy.
"The storefront has a homey feel, but I certainly don't want it to be my second home," said Nissen. "However, in the last three weeks, it has been."
While Nissen continues to be busy with the new store, it just might be indicative of, in his words, "a bright future."
"We have, for years, picked up at Fred Meyer where our office location is now," Nissen said. "And it is just comfortable for our guests to walk into a nice building with a nice space and be greeted."
Practically everything in the store is local, including hats, beanies, shirts and zip-up fleeces.
Nissen is in the process of getting Hydro Flask growlers with their logo on it, as well as a kind of Chapstick called Wander Lips.


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Obito seems to have managed to break Naruto's will for at least a few seconds when Obito asked him to join him and Naruto held out his hand to Obito. So Obito is doing well at physiological warfare.
Naruto saw his friends dying and since the Nine Tails was gathering chakra he must have felt he had no way to yet protect his friends. Which may be why he put his hand out to Obito when Obito asked him to join him.
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Regarding Juubi
Is the Juubi fight going to become a power rangers duel? Kind of like different beast or mythical dinos combining into a super monster pretty much power rangers right?
Juubi 1 (incomplete madara version) versus Juubi 2 ( Naruto - 9 tails + Bee - 8 tails + the little given to naruto by all the other tails.)
While alliance stand to side watching? or giving minimal support like Gozilla stuff when army forces shoot massive amounts of ammo with little effect.
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Its interesting how Karen was not regarded well early on, but now but when she seemed to have a bit of a crush on Naruto, many readers began to like her character. For an action-adventure manga about ninjas with powers, there sure does seem to be a significant amount of energy put towards the implied love-relationships in this manga; early teen-aged ones at that...
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I understand it's not what some people like to se her do. But I, at least, think she's doing her job well. She keeps her comrades alive, and also keeps herself alive so she can keep on keeping her comrades alive. A medical ninja's first and foremost priority. If anything, it's Tsunade who breaks the mold of a medical ninja more often than not.
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yea i have to think that shes made the slug contract already and kishi is waiting to reveal all the new slug summons techs and other techs she may now have for the sasuke/orochimaru confrontation. that said, people are complaining because she's only a medical ninja when she was one of the main characters when the story began. the sannin all fought and improved to high levels, but sakura (even though she may be there) doesnt showcase it and it's boring. its true that shes not supposed to fight as a medical ninja, but that doesnt mean it cant happen and she cant be forced into it. it would be interesting as opposed to the milktoast character she is right now
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Tsunade's death or close to death tree scene after saving the other Hokages may result in Kishi spinning subtheme 'entrust the new generation again' and have Sakura step up to the plate. Filling the Tsunade void and showcase her with an easily seeded in backstory of sage training. Who knows how Kishi will spin it.
Prediction on Tsunade's death and final snail message to Sakura should do the job.
Although, not displaying any of her snail sage skills the entire time and all of a sudden being awesome would be kinda of abrupt.
As for looks in sage mode did Tsunade ever use it? I mean was the tattoo all over the body her version of sage snail mode? Didn't look to0 awful if thats the case. Wonder where those tattoos go on Sakura!? heheh
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Sakura is already being wasted. Being around Sasuke, where her character usually comes off as worse than usual, is not going to change that. What do you expect her to do during that confrontation? Other than to cry and say she still believes in Sasuke. Or some terrible love confession.
There is no way she can outshine Hinata; who is a one note Satellite Character. Kishi has decided that Hinata is the heroine who throws herself in front of the main character. There is nothing Sakura can do to counter that.
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@james0246 Some people have said Sasuke lost plot importance but he's going on a scroll quest so he's been gone a while.
If Sasuke wasn't very important to the plot he may not have gotten this scroll quest to go on and he may have just waited for Naruto to finish fighting Madara and Obito.
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I come back to finally catch up with Naruto after such a long time to see neji die on me. Dang it, he was my favorite character ):
I don't know whats up with Sakura, I mean she better do something, because I think its gonna be too late to win Naruto, I mean I know she has some feelings but shes been just pulling him along and Naruto finally sees that Hinata would do anything, and that she has grown so much because of him.
But Naruto's mom did say to marry someone like her, so NaruSaku might end up happening...
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Pages 1-31 Summary
Ivan is a gorilla.
He is sometimes called "the Freeway Gorilla...The Ape at Exit 8...The One and Only Ivan, Mighty Silverback."
Ivan can understand human words, which is not the same as understanding humans. He was able to achieve this skill because he is patient, unlike humans.
"how i look"
Ivan used to be a wild gorilla. He strikes a majestic figure, "four hundred pounds of pure power." His back is adorned with "a snowy saddle of fur, the uniform of a silverback."
"the exit 8 big top mall and video arcade"
Ivan lives in a human habitat called the "Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade," located on I-95, the main north and south highway on the United States' East Coast. At the Mall there is a carousel, and circus shows at two, four, and seven daily. Stella, an elephant, lives in the domain next to Ivan's. She and Bob, a dog, are Ivan's best friends.
Ivan's domain is surrounded by three glass walls, and a fourth, which is made of cement, and sports a jungle scene. At the bottom corner of one of the glass walls is a small hole, made by Ivan with a baseball bat when he was six. From his domain, Ivan can see a giant sign at the edge of the freeway. On the sign is a picture of Mack, the boss at the Mall, dressed in his clown clothes. Stella, standing on her hind legs, is also depicted, as is a fierce, angry creature who is supposed to be Ivan. Ivan thinks the picture is inaccurate, because he is never angry. Silverback gorillas use anger "to maintain order and warn [their] troops of danger," but in Ivan's domain, there is no one to protect.
"the littlest big top on earth"
Everyday, the denizens of the Big Top Mall perform a show called "The Littlest Big Top on Earth." Mack, dressed as a clown, pedals a tiny bike, and Stella parades along with a dog named Snickers on her back. After the show, the humans who have come to watch "forage" through the gift shop for things like balloons, T-shirts, and caps.
Ivan does not do any tricks.
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Pages 32-59 Summary
"a plan"
Business at the Big Top Mall has been bad lately, and Mack is perturbed. Ivan thinks that if he could learn some new tricks, it might help the situation. Ivan knows that humans enjoy watching him eat; he resolves to eat more so that visitors will come and Mack will be happy again.
Bob tells Ivan that the lack of visitors at the Big Top Mall has nothing to do with the gorilla's appetite.
Bob is a stray; "he does not have a permanent address." He is "tiny, wiry, and fast," and he prides himself that he can live by his own wits. Bob and his siblings were tossed onto a freeway when they were but a few weeks old. Only Bob survived.
Bob slips into Ivan's domain through the hole in the glass wall. He likes to sleep on the big gorilla's belly, and Ivan treasures the comfort of his warmth and company.
Ivan wonders why Bob does not want a real home. Bob replies, "Everywhere is my home." He relishes being wild and untamed.
Mack brings Ivan a yellow crayon and ten pieces of paper, muttering, "Time to earn your keep, Picasso." Ivan does not know who Picasso is, but he knows what to do with the materials. Scanning his domain for something yellow, he spies a banana, and draws it. To Mack, it is just a scribble, but it will suffice. Ivan makes ten pictures of bananas.
"three visitors"
Three singularly disagreeable visitors come to the Big Top. A boy spits at Ivan's window, and a girl throws pebbles at him. Ivan is glad that the glass is there.
"my visitors return"
The visitors return later; they mock the gorilla and throw more pebbles at him. Ivan throws a "me-ball" at them; now he wishes that the glass was not there.
Ivan is sorry for the way he acted toward the children.
Julia is a child, but she is not like the rude visitor children. She comes to sit by Ivan's domain every night while her father, the "weary man" named George, cleans the mall. Julia's mother used to...
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Pages 60-89 Summary
Change is in the air: a new resident is coming to the Big Top Mall.
Stella says the new animal will be a baby elephant. Even though Ivan hears nothing, Stella can hear the creature crying for her mother.
Though her foot is angry, red, and swollen, Stella does not rest, but instead tells Ivan and Bob a story while they await the new visitor. It is about Jambo, a silverback gorilla who lives at a zoo. Stella explains that a good zoo is a large, safe place with humans "who don't hurt."
One day, a young boy visitor falls into Jambo's domain. Keeping his troops a respectful distance away, the silverback goes over to the motionless child and strokes him gently to see if he is all right. The humans watching are terrified, certain that the gorilla will crush the boy, but Jambo retreats respectfully so that rescuers can retrieve him. The boy is not hurt.
Ivan wonders why the humans in Stella's story assumed that Jambo would hurt the boy.
Bob asks why Ivan and Stella are not in a zoo, which sounds so much nicer than the cramped and seedy Big Top Mall. Smiling sadly, Stella answers, "Just lucky, I guess."
That afternoon, a big truck delivers a baby elephant, just as Stella predicted. Mack, certain that the new addition, Ruby, will improve business, is jubilant. Ruby, however, is terrified, and will not come out of the truck. Mack becomes impatient, angering Stella, who knows what a dreary, stifling life awaits the newcomer.
"stella helps"
Stella's help is enlisted to calm Ruby and bring her into the elephant domain. While the noble animal, limping painfully, complies, Mack brags that Ruby had been shipped from Africa only a short time before, by the struggling circus...
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Pages 90-120 Summary
"elephant jokes"
Ruby wakes up early, and does not want to wake Stella, because she knows the big elephant's foot has been hurting her. Like any child, however, Ruby is bored, so Ivan tells her elephant jokes and draws her some pictures. Ruby is completely impressed with Ivan's artistic ability, and laughs a "happy, lilting...elephant laugh" that delights the gorilla. When Stella awakens, Ruby tells a joke of her own; it is a good one, and Stella strokes the little elephant tenderly.
Stella has never had babies of her own, but Ivan tells her she would have been a good mother. This pleases Stella, but she is not sure that Ivan is right. Stella says that the hardest part of being a parent is keeping one's babies safe from harm. Looking around at the iron bars that define the elephant domain, Stella expresses doubt that she would have been able to fill the role of protector very well.
"the parking lot"
Mack notes happily that the parking lot is uncharacteristically full; business has picked up since the acquisition of Ruby. Looking out at the big sign on the highway, Ivan has to admit that the picture of Ruby, with its little red hat and curly tail, is "rather cute." Ivan wishes that Mack would add a red hat and a curly tail to his picture as well, so that visitors would be more inclined to stop by and see him too.
"ruby's story"
Ruby is bored again that afternoon, and decides to tell "a real live true" story. She recalls a time, back in her natural home, when she fell into a big hole full of water, and was rescued by a village full of kind humans. Bob is incredulous; he does not believe that humans would do such an uncharacteristically nice thing, but Stella says that they are "an unpredictable species," and "can surprise you sometimes." Bob is unconvinced, but Ruby concurs, pointing out that though...
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Pages 121-147 Summary
"once upon a time"
Ruby grieves all night, and though Ivan wants to comfort her, he does not know how. The little elephant asks him to tell a story about when he was young, but he has a singularly hard time recalling the past. Hearing Ruby's heart-breaking sobs as she tries to sleep, however, spurs Ivan to put forth uncommon effort into remembering. He slowly realizes that he has a story after all, and begins it with the words, "Once upon a time there was a gorilla named Ivan."
"the grunt"
Ivan was born in central Africa. He had a twin sister named Tag, who loved to chase him around the rain forest. Ivan and Tag would run and jump onto their "unsuspecting...
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Pages 148-179 Summary
"a new beginning"
Mack does not come around for two days, and when he returns, he says nothing about Stella. Instead, in a surprisingly upbeat manner, he declares it is time for "a new beginning." Mack loops Ruby's feet with rope, and attaches a heavy chain to her neck; he is anxious to teach her some new tricks to bring in more customers. Mack works with Ruby all afternoon and into the evening, until finally, exhausted, the baby elephant stops, and refuses to move.
George, who by that time has arrived with Julia for his clean-up duties, suggests that Mack should call it a day, but the boss is determined. He stomps off to his office and returns carrying a long stick with a "gleaming hook" at...
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Pages 180-208 Summary
"going nowhere"
Ruby continues her training each day, endlessly plodding around the ring, "going nowhere." A few more visitors come to the Big Top, but not enough, and Mack threatens to feed the animals less, to save money. Ivan continues to paint, but although he has an idea in his head about what he wants to express, he cannot seem to get it right. He begins to believe that his plan is "stupid."
"bad guys"
One day, Mack discovers one of Ivan's hidden paintings. The boss is impressed with the work, and estimates that it will go for "thirty...maybe even forty" dollars at the gift shop. Turning Ivan's TV on to a Western, Mack tells the gorilla that if the painting...
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Pages 209-237 Summary
"puzzle pieces"
After a long time, Ivan grows quiet. Julia knows that something must be really wrong for the gorilla to act this way, but she does not know what it is. As she and George retrieve the scattered pieces of Ivan's puzzle, Julia suddenly freezes. Arranging a few of the pages with her artist's eye, she discovers first an "H" and then an "E."
Julia is beginning to get the idea that Ivan's individual paintings are part of a giant picture. In addition to the letters, she discerns an eye, and a tree. Ivan is gratified and hopeful, but a little dismayed as well. The process of interpreting his message is taking a lot longer than he thought it would.
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Pages 238-271 Summary
The lady in the white coat leads Ruby to the box, and each time the elephant touches it, she makes a clicking sound with a metal instrument and gives her a piece of carrot. Later, Ruby asks Ivan why she did that, and the gorilla responds, "I think [the lady] wants you to go inside." Ivan explains that the box is Ruby's "way out" of the Big Top Mall; the picture on it indicates that it belongs to a zoo. To Ivan's surprise, Ruby is not excited by the prospect of being taken to a better place; she just wants to stay with him, Bob, and Julia. Ruby says the Big Top is her home, but Ivan disagrees, reminding her that it is "[her] prison."
"poking and prodding"...
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Pages 272-300 Summary
Ivan watches the gorilla family every day from his window. He observes the way they live—playing, grooming, and sleeping. The gorilla family stares back at him, and Ivan wonders if he is as fascinating to them as they are to him.
One of the females, Kinyani, attracts Ivan's attention. She is terrifying and beautiful.
The humans lead Ivan to a door that will allow him to join the other gorillas, but he is not ready. He will try again tomorrow.
Ivan thinks about Ruby, and wonders if she has already walked through a door similar to the one that...
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Great Pics!!! I can only hope my 3yr old girl helps me out in 6 yrs. Thanks for sharing!
Chuck Norris has a grizzly bear carpet in his room. The bear isn't dead it is just afraid to move.
Hold on to her real tight---for the moment. Mine became a teenager, then she discovered boys, then she joined the Army and now she's married. I think back to those days that your photos remind me of. These are priceless times. Relish every nano-second of that and take nothing for granted.
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Discussion in 'BUILD OFF 5 BIKES' started by gowjobs, May 1, 2010.
Branded it - now I need to buy more stickers for after the paint goes on.
I should really consider one of those 451 wheels for my Morpha-Ray, that wheel combo looks great. I'm glad the muscle bikes are out in force for this build-off, I'd hate to be the only one!
i haven't seen one of those in years. it looks great!
I think this would add a lot to an already cool bike, and is very 60's show car-ish. what is the clearance problem? could you not just create a mirror image of the existing drivetrain? The left side would probably just be a dummy...if it is a frame clearance issue, I might add that it isn't that hard to dimple a frame for chainring or chain clearance. I have done it to a touring frame to fit a triple in place of a double. All it takes is something with a blunt rounded edge to use as a punch, and also use a lot of patience (don't use a huge hammer), and just work that dimple in there.
Well, A chain link broke on me during the Choppercabras' ride today, thankfully just around the corner from the start. I think it's the powers that be telling me I need two chains. :wink:
I'm going to see if I can spread the rear of the frame enough to squeeze in a disc brake single-speed freewheel hub. Using a LH thread freewheel and a modifed LH thread euro bottom bracket cup, I should be able to make a dual-drive rear hub. Then it'll be a matter of using some BMX 3-piece cranks with both RH and LH drive arms (and chainwheels) installed.
After putting some miles on this beastie, I think I want to fab up a taller sissy bar to raise the seat a bit more... or maybe a staggered "king & queen" style seat?
love this little ross.
king and queen style? interested to know what that is?
another option you have is to add a layback seat post. moving the seat back just a couple/few inchs will also increase the distance to the pedals. (personally i'm not big on muscle bikes with adult height seats)
those bars make this build! who woulda thunk such a subtle change would increased the cool factor ten fold!
i didn't, but obviously you did. great build!
kING AND qUEEN SEAT:
I figure I can sit on the rasied rear portion, while the front stays low... giving a sleeker, chopper look, right?
I've considered the layback seatpost, but I'm really liking the way the sissy bar approximates the angle of the rear of the frame. Maybe once I start building my custom parts, I'll work on a new sissy bar and seatpost.
BTW: Will be out of town for a couple of weeks... I'll be checking in, but this build will slide to the second or third page before it receives an update again.
oh thats awesome! and would work perfectly.
i here what your saying about the rear stays, i thought the exact same thing when i mentioned the the lay back.
you could always build your own sissy bar. if you made the 45* area longer (right down under the seat)
you could maintain the paralel look of the rear stays/sissy bar.
that being said, i think you could pull off that king/queen and maintain the sleek look you described.
mucho betta idea!
can't wait to see.
I'll cast a "no" vote against the king and queen style seat... I really like what you've got on there, although I agree a tall sissy bar would look cool. Lots more above the seat, right?
And if you're going for more modern BMX parts, are you aware that a dual drive hub already exists? it may be hard to find, but they are out there, my brother ran one for a while. I believe his was an ACS. a good BMX shop should be able to find you one. The downside is that it might only be available in 14mm axle, with the smaller freewheels (14 tooth) you can grind flats on the axle, or open up the frame slot to get around that one. On the plus side, the spacing would fit your frame. 120 mm I think.
A lot of mid level BMX bikes also have them stock, so they can be easily switched to Left hand drive. Of course BMX stuff is smashed up all the time, so you might be able to find one free out of a shop's trash if you ask around.
i know it wont win many votes like this(it would have mine though f.w.i.w.) but that just looks perfect as it sits.....i know k.i.s.s. style builds dont win(look at how well o.c.c.s theme bikes do :x ) since everyone wants to vote for add on stuff but that just looks so right :!:
(only my useless $.01 again but id skip the k/q seat)
I kind like it the way it is as well. I think I'm going to build a custom fender for the rear, a drilled aluminum plate to fill between the main frame spars, and maybe my own custom sissy bar. A taillight showed up at the house today for under the seat. I won't be home to work on it any more until Thursday or so. I'm in the San Francisco area all week.
I agree with you the bike looks great as it sits......70s muscle
hope you dont mind but im saving that shot so i can have something to aim for when my kid fits a 20" better :mrgreen:
Some more parts arrived, and I put a chain back on it for a ride this morning. I need to get/make some L brackets to mount my taillight under the rear of the seat while I wait for my new pedals to show up. (!!!) No big changes this week - probably more at the end of the month.
Big Daddy would be proud. Digging this build.
What I'd like to see---with that ross frame.Those air vents shown on the yellow bubble rod you posted---made on the back of the ross frame.
Alum sheet? Shaped Foam and fiberglass? Poaster board & rattle can paint? I don't know how---but that frame would be great boxed in---maybe even a set of finned taillights across the back tieing them together.And painted yellow!Then again---maybe by next year I can find a ross frame
Yeah - right now I'm in the "Mechanical" stage, but candy yellow over silver flake and some frame molding is definitely in the plan. I've also been toying with the idea of an asymetrical headlight pod...
well you messed up then! cuz roth made the headlight pod/grill part before the rest! :lol: hope you can get to sculptin somethin man, sounds like a killer idea!
Probably not going to be a lot of progress this coming weekend, but you never know...
I scored a Lawwell Leader suspension fork this morning. I think I may throw together a new-age boardtracker/bomber for the wifey...
Yup... I know I should be working on the build-off bike, but sometimes inspiration strikes.
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Colonial Charm Meets Barbecue in Edenton
Captain's Quarters Inn • Edenton, NC
Escape Kit
- A Two-Night Stay for Two, Mondays and Tuesdays or Wednesdays and Thursdays, in Rooms 1, 4, 6, or 7 ($250)
- Or, a Two-Night Stay for Two, Fridays and Saturdays, in Rooms 1, 4, 6, or 7 ($299)
- Welcome Barbecue Sauce Tasting with Pulled Pork and Wine
- One "Rib University" St. Louis-Style Ribs Cooking Class for Two
- Evening Barbecue Pork Rib Tasting Plus Dinner for Two on the Second Night
- Take-Home Aprons, Rubs, and Recipes
- Two Movie Tickets to a Local Theater
The Destination
The heart and soul of North Carolina lie not in Raleigh, but in its very first capital city, Edenton. Situated just off the Albemarle Sound, in the state's Inner Banks region, this early colonial town found its way onto the map as far back as 1658, when Jamestown settlers decided to venture south. Today, much of the historic downtown remains intact, with beautifully preserved clapboard buildings lining Main Street and magnolia-shaded plantation homes still standing on the banks of Edenton Bay. Of course, with deep history comes deep pride, and residents of Edenton wear it on their sleeves—mostly in the form of barbecue sauce.
The Digs
The Captain's Quarters Inn, a romantic 1907 bed and breakfast, sits just a stone's throw from the historic district's scenic waterfront. Pick from four nautically themed rooms. On the first floor, the Captain's Perk Room offers easy access to the front porch, while rooms on the second floor (Blackbeard the Pirate's Room, Captain's Cabin-by-the-Sea, and Captain Dennis Connor's Room) boast plentiful natural light. All accommodations include complimentary Wi-Fi, private baths, and a piping-hot breakfast each morning.
The Diversions
Admire the antebellum architecture in the village of Edenton before a 6 p.m. happy hour on the first night, where you'll learn how to distinguish one barbecue sauce from another during a tasting, complete with pulled pork and wine. The next morning you'll enroll in pork "Rib University" class. Follow along as award-winning pit master and inn co-owner Don Pariseau helps you make your own rack of St. Louis-style ribs, using in-house rubs and sauces that you'll enjoy later that evening with a festive dinner followed by a movie at the local theater.
"Diane and Don see to every detail, the food is superb, and the service is top-notch. The town is within walking distance, so you don't even have to move your car all weekend because everything is close by."-- TripAdvisor
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the fine print
- Limit 1 per customer, additional as gifts; vouchers may not be combined to extend stay
- Only valid for stays between April 15 and October 29, 2013 (Option A) and April 15 and November 30, 2013 (Option B); must book by July 1, 2013
- Friday and Saturday offer (Option B) is valid for the following weekends only May 3-4, June 14-15, August 16-17, September 20-21, November 1-2, 22-23 and 29-30; all are subject to availability
- Reservations required and subject to availability
- Not valid toward existing or room block reservations
- Merchant cancellation/re-scheduling policy applies and a $30 fee will be collected for changes; voucher subject to forfeiture
- Voucher is valid for two guests
- Credit card required when booking
- Voucher includes evening barbecue pork rib tasting, dinner for two on the second night, two movie tickets to a local theater, take-home aprons, rubs, and recipes
- Taxes/resort fee not included; payable directly to the property
- Nights must be spent consecutively; all inclusions must be redeemed during one stay
- Blackout date(s): May 6-9, June 24-27, July 1-4, August 21-22, September 9-12 and 16-19
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States Build Cash Reserves, Raising Rainy-Day Debate
Marking a milestone in the economy's recovery, states are now collectively boosting their cash reserves to the highest levels since 2008, giving lawmakers the rare luxury of arguing over how to use the cash.
During the recession and subsequent years of sluggish growth, state governments raided their so-called rainy-day funds and slashed spending deeply to plug budget gaps caused by falling tax receipts.
Now, with revenue rebounding along with housing values and employment, most states are breaking even or running small surpluses. Several state governors are moving to replenish or even boost their cash reserves, stirring debate about whether the money should be used instead to cut taxes or spent to save jobs and spur the economy.
States are projected to increase cash reserves collectively by $3.4 billion to $41.4 billion in the fiscal year that for most states ends June 30, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. At that point, the accounts would be equivalent to roughly 9% of state revenue, the highest level since 2008, and near a level economists consider healthy, according to the National Association of State Budget Officers. At their lowest point, in 2010, the funds were 5.2% of revenue.
Some governors are proposing to raise reserves further as they prepare budgets for the next fiscal year. Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is calling for adding $75 million to the $505 million that is projected to be in the state rainy day fund at the end of this fiscal year. In Tennessee, Gov. Bill Haslam is proposing a $100 million deposit, on top of the $356 million slated to be in the account by this summer.
They say having substantial cash reserves enables them to borrow at lower interest rates, saving money in the long run. And they argue states need to prepare for rising health-care costs and cuts in federal aid.
"The hardest thing to do in government is to hold in the reins when times are good," said Mr. Haslam, a first-term Republican. "Let's be prepared for the fact that there is going to be a lot of federal money going away. It's all the more reason to be responsible."
But some state lawmakers say now isn't the time to save, with unemployment still historically high and schools and other programs strained from years of budget cuts.
In Tennessee, Senate Democratic Leader Jim Kyle said across-the-board federal spending cuts, known as sequestration, are expected to cost his state nearly $15 million in funding for primary and secondary education this year. A program that provides meals for senior citizens would lose $1 million in funding.
"It's rainy," Mr. Kyle said. "I don't know what rainy is if sequestration is not rainy. We should hold Tennesseans harmless because we can afford to. It's their money."
The debate is particularly intense in Michigan, where unemployment is hovering near 9%, well above the 7.7% national average. Mr. Snyder, a first-term Republican, has made it a priority to boost the state's rainy-day fund. When he entered office in January 2011, the fund was at $2.2 million, barely enough to fund the government for a half hour, said his budget chief, John Nixon.
After big injections each of the past two years, the fund is set to reach $505 million by the end of this fiscal year. Mr. Nixon said the fund is critical not just for the state to gain a triple-A bond rating, but to also be prepared for higher health-care costs in coming years and to maintain consistent program funding levels.
"As revenues decline and go up and down you've got to have those reserves or you're in crisis management," Mr. Nixon said. "The state of Michigan has been in crisis management for the previous decade."
Mr. Snyder is proposing to add another $75 million to the fund under his latest budget proposal. He believes the fund should be equal to at least 6% of state government revenue, or roughly $1 billon, Mr. Nixon said.
But some state lawmakers are resisting the plan.
Michigan state Rep. Brandon Dillon, a Grand Rapids Democrat, said the money should instead be used to restore school funding, which was cut early in the governor's term, despite severe crowding in schools. His 10th-grade stepdaughter's English class has 46 students, he said. Nearly a fifth of the schools in his district are set to be closed this year to cut expenses, he said.
"We are not funding education at any level at an adequate level," Mr. Dillon said. "Before we start putting hundreds of millions of dollars in a rainy-day fund, we should first be meeting the basic commitments."
Still others say the funds should be used to cut taxes, arguing that would lift the economy. Michigan state Rep. Tom McMillin, a Rochester Hills Republican, said he isn't opposed to a rainy-day fund but believes it has become too big. "I think the citizens know what's best to do with extra money than government," Mr. McMillin said.
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Our site polls and statistics indicate that the vast majority of visitors use their PC for playing video games, and practically every one of you are using a screen resolutions mentioned above. Since all of the benchmarks we use for testing represent different game engine technology and graphic rendering processes, I feel that this battery of tests will provide a diverse range of results for you to gauge performance on your own computer system. Since most gamers and enthusiasts are still using Windows XP, it was decided that DirectX 9 would be used for all tests until Microsoft offers Windows 7 to replace the Vista.
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Penguin Prison - Something I'm Not (remixes!)
Last month, we fell headfirst into a pool of Penguin Prison pop radness, and we still don't want to get out! With a new song, Something I'm Not, continuing to rock our body, as well as his penchant for fine tuning a number of fixes for musical counterparts, the local tunester has solidified his spot in Beastonia. Yep, he's here to stay.
Somthing I'm Not sees a proper release via the badass label, Neon Gold, on March 22. Remixes come from Krispin Korg, Friends Electric, Luxury Living and Starsmith.
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An Iowa meat plant that was approved to slaughter horses has no immediate plans to do so, despite an appeals-court ruling that allowed the company to proceed. Keaton Walker, the founder and CEO of Responsible Transportation in Sigourney, said Monday that he was still reviewing options with his lawyers.
A federal appeals court lifted a temporary ban on domestic horse slaughter last week, clearing the way for Walker's company and others in New Mexico and Missouri. The companies are fighting a lawsuit filed by The Humane Society of the United States and other groups.
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Bend High teen accepted to West Point
First from school in over a decade
BEND, Ore. - Getting into college can be a major stress for high school juniors and seniors. They're focused on homework, SATs and college essays.
For one Bend High senior, the road to a post high school education is one not many take on. Braden Bell began the vigorous process of being accepted into the U.S. Military Academy at West Point months ago.
To even start a file at West Point, prospects first have to meet basic eligibility requirements, apply for a nomination from their congressman.
After that, they have to fill out forms, gather letters of recommendation, write essays, and pass a physical and medical tests.
Moore than 15,000 began the process last spring. Only 1,200 will become a new cadet.
Bell recently got a call from Rep. Greg Walden's office.
"He said, 'I have really good news,' and then he just paused for like 30 seconds. I was like, 'What's the good news, sir'?" Bell recalled.
The brief moment felt like an eternity.
"I was just, like, 'Oh, I knew it.' And he was, like, 'You've been accepted,'" Bell said. "My life has definitely changed from here on out."
Shortly after he got the call, Bell phoned his mother to share the good news.
"My whole office just erupted," said Kelsey Bell. "They heard the words, 'He got in!' and I mean people were coming out of the woodwork, just screaming and crying. It was pretty cool."
"I keep saying I couldn't be prouder, but I actually don't think that's accurate any more, because I don't even know how to be this kind of proud."
She said her son's enthusiasm and dedication is contagious -- traits she said comfort her as he prepares for West Point.
"I'm really struggling to be nervous right now," Kelly Bell said. "Once he is out of my hands and in their hands, then I'll be nervous."
As for Braden, he said: "I don't think someone can not be nervous about going to West Point."
The Bend teen will report to West Point in July, and is expected to graduate in 2018. Bell is thankful for those who have helped him along the way.
"I have to thank everyone around me," Bell said. "I'm determined, but not as determined as I should be sometimes, and those people around me definitely helped me a lot."
Bell plans to study physics, something he said he has grown to enjoy in his classes at Bend High.


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Bob Dole Urges Thinking Republicans to Change Parties: No Takers
Original post made by Freedom isn't just ideas, Another Pleasanton neighborhood, on May 27, 2013
"I think they ought to put a sign on the National Committee door that says 'closed for repairs,' until New Years' Day next year," Dole told Chris Wallace, "and spend that time going over ideas and positive agendas." [...]
"Could people like Bob Dole, even Ronald Reagan, could you make it in today's Republican party?" Wallace asked.
"I doubt it," Dole said. "Reagan couldn't have made it. Certainly Nixon couldn't have made it, because he had ideas."
Dole then dropped a bombshell on Fox viewers, exhorting them to change over to the Democratic Party. Almost immediately the network went dead, and when it came back five minutes later, Dole was gone from his chair, replaced by Anne Coulter exhorting Americans to imprison Barack Obama.
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a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 27, 2013 at 6:05 pm
I agree with the Senator, putting a sign on the door reading 'closed for repairs' and spend time going over ideas and positive agendas' would be a winner, voting Dem intentionally, is not.
That is pure Dole humor....there is a book by the same name. He has always painted very clear pictures with his humor, something we haven't seen a lot of lately. But, today, Republicans do vote Democrat, through political ignorance.
Dole was correct. None of the Republican presidents or nominees since the 1950s, could be nominated in the Republican primaries of today... Not Reagan, Papa Bush, Senior Senator Goldwater, none of them. Their supporters haven't changed, yet are called RINOs today. Reagan was civil and had an 80% rule, 'any Republican you agree with 80% of the time is your friend". He also preached and practiced, 'never speak ill of a fellow Republican'. Yet, Republican primaries of today are about destroying fellow Republicans. As long as that continues, the party should and will lose.
With more than a decade of mouthy conservative media we have politically ignorant hypocrites who dare to use Reagan's name, then run against sure to be re-elected incumbent Republicans in primaries !! Can't win Majority that way, every seat matters. Becoming 'district' hot shots, they then think they're ready to be President of 50 states !! There are victories in the Southern DISTRICT elections. Great, if the Republican party wants to be a 'Regional' party. But, National Presidential elections require presidential victories in Ca, NY, Fla, and many more. That means winning each state majority with messages that appeal to the majority, and no personal crusades. Crusades are for other venues.
Reagan carried the state of CA FOUR times, twice elected Governor, and twice for President, the second time carrying 49 states. I can't think of anybody on the scene today who could win a 'national' election. Certainly no 'regional' hot-shots and certainly no 'freshmen' currently in Washington. Their pockets of followers are politically ignorant about carrying the states needed to win. It just takes a few dummies to lose it for the country. Sadly, everybody wants a microphone, and today, everybody has a microphone, and a camera too !!
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on May 28, 2013 at 8:21 pm
Real Republican, you sound like the Republicans Bob Dole is talking about. In case you missed it, Dole is saying the Republicans don't have any ideas. You say all the Republicans do during primaries is tear one another apart. What else ARE they expected to do given that they have no cogent ideas to offer? Aside from 'don't tax the rich', gun rights for any lunatic who desires a gun, and anti-racial (code word: anti-entitlement) policies, what else is there? Dole has it right, and I don't think he's joking.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on May 29, 2013 at 4:38 pm
Came upon this recently....
The great American war hero, Mark Levin, tells us: "The Republican party is filled with weak, scared, fearful men and women in Washington, D.C. who try to rationalize what they're doing, which isn't much of anything. These mealy-mouthed casper creampuffs lash out against great people like Michele Bachmann who are calling their attention to the perilous future that is being placed before us and demanding action. Not radical action, not right-wing action, none of that. Action based on our founding principles, within our Constitutional construct. That's what we're up against."
"Maybe Bob Dole couldn't be nominated today and perhaps that's a good thing. And it's a good thing that Olympia Snowe has left the Senate because she had a disastrous career of contributing to this monstrosity of liberal deference to communist and Islamic strategems. I don't have a problem with her unpatriotic comments given what she's done and where she's from. They're self-serving, quite frankly. But the rest of us, who haven't served in the Senate or the House, haven't served in the office of the presidency, I think we have a much clearer view of what the hell is going on in this country. Obama needs to be imprisoned."
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Peter Malcouronne flies QF88 from China to Australia.
The plane: A330-300: Medium-sized. 297 passengers.
Class: Bovine.
Price: $1150 (Honkers to home).
On time? Took ages to take off from Hong Kong but then it is the 12th busiest airport in the world. Arrived on time in Convictistan.
My seat: I was suspicious of the pre-flight talk of "ergonomically-designed slimline seats". Slimline? As in ... downsized and half-arsed? Happily not. Capacious and roomy.
Fellow passengers: Going by the exclamations of "Advanced Hair? Yeah Yeah!", most of the passengers were Australian. But beware of stereotypes. The Convict next to me - a young interior designer from Sydney - was lovely, smart as a whip and reading Anna Karenina.
How full? Chocker.
Entertainment: While my neighbour was reading one of the greatest novels ever written, I was watching Sly, Arnie, Chuck Norris, Bruce Willis and the boys in The Expendables 2. Magnificently asinine. Though this wasn't a patch on the Qantas flight-safety vid. Starring several Australian cricketers, it's the all-time lamest example of the genre (even worse than Air NZ's Hobbity ones).
The service: Pretty good. No jokes about "fush & chups" or sheep.
Food and drink: Solid. There'd been a cock-up on the catering front, which meant this vegetarian had been left chewing his belt. However, the crew snaffled me some first-class fare to go with the rolls and cheese crackers. As for hydration, it's impossible to sate the thirst of 300 Australians, but the attendants did their best.
The toilets: Possibly because of the above-mentioned swilling, queues were lengthy. Still have no idea where everything goes after that ominous sucking sound.
Luggage: Heaps of space for my, erm, three carry-on bags.
The airport experience: Stuck at Sydney Airport for five hours, but scammed a pass to the Qantas Lounge where I had a shower and observed Australians in their natural habitat.
Would I fly this again? Yeah. Or should I say 'Yeah Yeah!'
Peter Malcouronne travelled as a guest of Azamara Club Cruises.


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Re: Just Passed My GCIH!!
Being from SANS, the GCIH is highly respected. Add that to CISSP which is widely known by HR directors and managers, and you're doing well. If OSWP (hope you meant this and your response was a typo) is on your radar, I would do that (or rather OSCP) and skip CEH. It is more respected from the pen testing technical people. So you would have GCIH for defense, CISSP for managers and then OSWP/OSCP for the hard core pentest interviewers. Do you have a degree? True work experience? If you could add those 2 additional items, then this is about the best you can do to help your resume jump to the top.
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You can guarantee that immediately following a financial disaster, like for example the Ross Asset Management alleged ponzi event, the newspapers will be full of advice as to how said disaster could have be been avoided. Whilst much of this advice is sensible some isn't. This week we will focus on an example of the latter.
Shortly after the RAM ponzi revelation one financial adviser launched into press arguing that the best way to avoid a ponzi is to have your investments held by a custodian on a platform. This strategy will, of course, achieve the objective but there are substantial costs, some obvious, some not.
What's more there is a simpler option that costs virtually nothing. And that option is to have the investments registered in your own name, at your own address and have all the dividends direct credited into your bank account. If someone can get dressed unassisted in the morning they can cope with the minor administrative overhead of having their investments registered in their own name thus eliminating yet another sector of the finance industry keen to reduce your returns.
The adviser concerned wrote "if they (advisers) are not using an external platform you should not invest and find someone else". In my view the exact opposite is the case - if the adviser uses a platform you will definitely be up for substantial additional costs each year. Platforms cost money and they charge as a fee an annual percentage of the funds you have on the platform. Furthermore, in my experience, most advisers who use platforms also tend to sell high cost products and, probably not altogether coincidentally, frequently have outsized and unrealistic views of the future returns from each asset class which isn't helpful either.
In the UK the chief regulatory authority is very concerned about platforms and has put out several documents warning that platforms don't always offer a full range of products - in the UK and Australia and possibly NZ a fund manager has to pay the platform provider to get on to their platform. These costs are obviously passed on to the investor although some advisers like to promulgate the illusion that by the use of the platform the client gets "wholesale" annual management fees.
This may or may not be factual but what is indisputable is that these "wholesale" management fees are inevitably 3x - 4x what genuinely low cost products charge and then the platform and custodian fee is on top of this. Just what happens in NZ is not obvious because as far as I am aware any backdoor arrangements don't have to be disclosed. Because low cost exchange traded funds and low cost UK investment trusts charge hardly anything in annual fees there is no way they can afford to buy into this nonsense thus the contention that some platforms are often dominated by high cost products which may or may not be managed by the owners of the platform giving rise to another obvious bias.
Call me paranoid but I suspect that platforms are part of the investment advisory industry's attempt to trick customers into thinking that investing is complex and that complexity = high returns. Well it isn't complicated and if we go through asset class by asset class it becomes very obvious that you don't need to have your investments held by a custodian on an expensive platform.
First up are bonds. Most portfolios of up to $500,000 just have an exposure to NZ bonds and with overseas bond yields at just 1-2 per cent that isn't necessarily a bad idea. If you buy AA rated bonds on the secondary market like those which have been issued by the NZ government, SOE, banks or City Councils once you pay for it the broker/financial adviser gets it registered in your name at your address and thereafter the institution deals direct with you - ie your interest payments are direct credited into your bank account every quarter or half-year and on maturity the principal is returned there too. Easy peasy. Same thing happens with most bond funds. A few high cost bond funds might only be available as platforms which is fine and another good reason to avoid platforms. As for international bond funds and bond ETFs they can be held by the broker you deal with and the cost for this doesn't have to be excessive. Craigs IP for example charge $50 per year per stock.
With shares the system works the same as NZ bonds - the company, investment trust, unit trust or exchange traded fund is registered into your name and dividends are direct credited to your account. At my old firm Craig and Co we arranged the NZ listing of a number of international and Australian share funds on the NZ Stock Exchange which means you can deal locally in NZ$ and the dividends are converted to NZ$ at close to the wholesale exchange rate and direct credited to your account. If you wish to add a passive international element to your portfolio these can be bought on the NYSE and held inexpensively via a brokers nominee.
So do platforms/custodial arrangements have any advantages? You bet they do but they accrue to the adviser rather than the advised. What a platform does is supply just about all the infrastructure that a financial adviser needs to start business so by using a platform a financial adviser is effectively renting the infrastructure and getting the client to pay the rent.
What's more the adviser can then instruct the platform provider to take his/her monitoring fee direct out of your cash management account each month. Great business model! The alternative is for the adviser to buy his/her own portfolio management system and with good portfolio management systems costing upwards of $40,000 per year to use platforms have big advantages for the capital constrained adviser.
With prospective returns so low - say 4 per cent on bonds and 7-8 per cent on shares to give a weighted average return of maybe 6 per cent pre-fees and tax - it is quite easy to see why a focus on minimising fees is critical.
So there you go I don't think platforms are necessary in any way, shape or form and certainly aren't worth the money. Registering your investment in your own name is more cost effective and imposes some discipline to keep things simple which is a good strategy in itself.


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MARALIE: "VANISH" | Yellow Peril Gallery | January 18–February 10 | Providence artist Maralie Armstrong, who performs in the band Humanbeast, often turns found footage — erotic clips of women in furs or cameras following women with very long hair — into dreamlike, haunted experiences. In this solo show, they say, "Her work brings us closer to the unseen." | 60 Valley St, Providence | 401.861.1535 | yellowperilgallery.com
KATE BLACKLOCK: "ACROSS TIME" | Candita Clayton Studio | January 25–March 1 | New paintings, ceramics, and photography by the Providence artist whose past work includes dreamy porcelain portrait busts of aging women. | 999 Main St, unit 105, Pawtucket | 401.533.8825 | canditaclaytonstudio.com
"LOVE NEST" | Craftland | January 31–March 2 | A second annual Valentine-themed showcase of handmade prints, paintings, sculpture, and drawings. | 235 Westminster St, Providence | 401.272.4285 | craftland.myshopify.com
"ECHOES & SHADOWS: NEW SCULPTURES, COLLAGES AND PAINTINGS BY SARAH CLOVER AND STEPHEN BROWNELL" | AS220 Project Space | February 2–23 | New works in AS220's Project Space by Brownell, who is known for his stark paintings of urban Providence, and Clover, whose resume includes jewelry made from old vinyl records, lace and gloves cast in iron, and a bejeweled art station wagon. Also in the Main Gallery (115 Empire St), new work by painter Lyn Hayden and activist communitarian printmaker Ian Cozzens. | 95 Mathewson St, Providence | 401.831.9327 | as220.org
"STORY/LINE: NARRATIVE FORM IN SIX GRAPHIC NOVELISTS" | Bannister Gallery at Rhode Island College | February 7–March 1 | RIC professor Natasha Seaman and cartoonist Karl Stevens round up a half-dozen doodlers, ranging from the wistful stretched truths of Gabrielle Bell's autobiographical tales to the slacker realism of Stevens's comics. Also featured: Ellen Crenshaw, Emily Flake, Kevin Mutch, and Bishakh Som. | 600 Mount Pleasant Ave, Providence | 401.456.9765 | www.ric.edu/banister
"NEW IMPOSSIBILITIES" | Chazan Gallery at Wheeler School | February 8–28 | A group show featuring Emma Hogarth, who has video-ed a microscope scanning her body; Katie Koti, whose photos document the GLBT community; Evan Mann, whose 2012 RISD MFA thesis performance featured him walking around downtown dressed in a costume resembling a yeti caught in a blizzard; Agata Michalowska, whose art mediates on time and memory; and Tim Winn and Zehra Khan, who frequently perform dressed as carton skunks, pandas, and raccoons. | 228 Angell St, Providence | 401.421.9230 | chazangallery.org
"2013 RISCA FELLOWSHIP EXHIBITION" | Jamestown Art Center | February 14–March 9 | The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts' annual showcase of state grant-winners, including Jill Colinan's unsettling dolls, Leslie Hirst's cut-out paper works, Ernest Jolicoeur's abstract paintings, Denny Moers's expressionist photos, and more. | 18 Valley St | 401.560.0979 | jamestownartcenter.org
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Finances broken down in race for Montana's U.S. House seat
MISSOULA, Mont. - In an effort to retain control of Montana's only Congressional representative, Republicans are looking over a field of five candidates in the June primary election. Democrats have their hopes on John Lewis, a former staff member for retired U.S. Senator Max Baucus.
Among the Republicans, Ryan Zinke of Whitefish is easily the top money-getter.
At the end of April, federal election reports show Zinke with $906,513 in contributions. He's spent nearly half of it moving into the June primary.
So far, Zinke's support comes from individual donors. Only 5 percent of the total came from political action committees.
The Open Secrets website analyzes campaigns and campaign finance. It points to lawyers, computers, automotive and real estate as the industries most often connected with Zinke.
Lender Processing Services is one of the large donors on Zinke's list. LPS gained notoriety through its connection with the robo-signing scandal that came with foreclosures in the lending services industry.
Matt Rosendale is running second in the GOP money race. His books show $641,841 in contributions. The number is a bit deceiving. Most of the total ($503,046) is Rosendale's personal money.
Billings Republican Corey Stapleton first went up against Zinke in the 2012 gubernatorial race. Both men lost.
This time, Stapleton's running third in the money race. His campaign has raised $373,811. He's been forced to spend most of his campaign war chest going into the Montana primary.
Elsie Amizen is a distant fourth. Her campaign is reporting $133,000 raised.
Drew Turiano is barely on the board with $6,840.
On the undivided Democratic ticket, John Lewis' campaign has amassed $694,504 and without a challenger, he's been able to keep most of it for battles yet to be fought. The most recent campaign finance reports show Lewis with $511,756 in the bank.
It's tough to track individual donors to the Lewis campaign. Much of the money is coming in through Act Blue, a political action committee established in June of 2004. Act Blue has become a major fundraising tool for Democrats. The website bundles donations from individuals and sends them to selected candidates.
We were able to find a few notable donors. James Ford is a petroleum industry lobbyist. He currently works for ConocoPhillips. Ford handed Lewis a $1,000 donation.
You can add U.S. Attorney Michael Cotter to Lewis' financial backers. Montana rancher and retired Chicago attorney Lee Freeman is on the list, too.
Lewis' committee donations follow the predicable party line. Several unions are on the list and pharmaceutical giant Amgen is among the business donors.
While money flows where power goes, Montana voters are about to narrow the field of those who would have the power.
June 3 is Primary Election Day.


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I want to use a style of upper entrance, but am unsure of a main entrance size. I want to get a main entrance above the broods living/storage area, but below the supers I will be harvesting from. I do not plan on using a lower entrance at all, but plan on using a sbb.
I have read that using a spacer-style entrance can result in bur comb filling in the extra space between the upper and lower frames. A shimmed entrance adds pitched upper-supers to that issue. Opening the lid makes the fancy bee escapes I got useful for kindling. Sliding the uppers forward or back opens the hive to moisture, and exposes the un-painted inside of the butternut oak hives I just built to the elements.
Could I make a solid board for the upper supers to sit on, like a 1/2"x20"x16" piece that would have an entrance notched out and some pattern of slots cut into it for the bees to acess the uppers?
If not, can I just drill a hole in the super for a main entrance? Maybe to keep the supers interchangeable, drill a hole in all of them and use corks to direct traffic patterns.
What is an advised size for a hole I can use as a main/only entrance?
Has anyone tried this, or thought about this? It seems like it would be a good alternative to a true top entrance, and you wouldnt be ripping the bees front door off every time you took a peek. Maybe it would help change the traffic across the brood nest and upper supers... but maybe not.


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Originally Posted by SweetZombieJesus
Brady was out for the year in 2008 and they went 11-5 (but missed the playoffs)
OMG this... Belicheck really is a good coach when you can say he went 11-5 with Matt freaking Cassel under center. Missing the playoffs at 11-5 is one of the biggest flukes ever. Turns out, Brady, while good, is not the end-all epic that the media makes him out to be.
I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite team in the NFL.
Originally Posted by TheBookOfEli
We are the good Samaritan's of the NFL. We just give all the teams our Coordinators that end up wining them championships.
We should give away Fewell and Gilbride too. I wouldn't mind that.
My sentiments exactly!
Unfortunately nobody is interested in either one.
Pretty impressive, huh?
Originally Posted by SweetZombieJesus
That's not at all how it happened.
Bill Parcells quit very late in the offseason (after BB & TC had already left -- for Cleveland and Boston College, respectively). He quit AFTER rookie mini camp in late May, leaving literally nobody to take his place and no time to bring in a new staff. Handley was just one of the few guys left and as much as he sucked he stepped up and took the job.
Bill Parcells screwed this team on his way out, never forget that.
Neither will I!!!
Originally Posted by SweetZombieJesus
Brady was out for the year in 2008 and they went 11-5 (but missed the playoffs)
As for BB's time in Cleveland, when they fired him they moved to Baltimore and became the Ravens and were a conference powerhouse in a few short years. They actually came very close to critical mass under Belichick. I think NFL Network did a look back on all the pieces that were there and how close a near miss it was.
Yes, they did.
And also the coaches that were on his staff.
Originally Posted by Giants5699
Yeah, because that franchise is known for its winning...
Stop Booing Tiki Barber.
Originally Posted by Toadofsteel
TC didnt have much HC experience back then if i recall correctly, it was after his stint on the Parcells staff that he took the Boston College gig, and went from there to Jacksonville (where he made a playoff contender out of a freaking expansion team with Mark freaking Brunell at QB)
But I have no idea why Young let Handley take over the organization.
Must of been divine intervention!!! Realy, They waited too long to pull the trigger. But they also passed over Erhardt and Crennel as well.
We would be in the playoffs every year with him as our coach. And with Eli has his QB forget it. Dynasty.
Originally Posted by EliDaMANning
We would be in the playoffs every year with him as our coach. And with Eli has his QB forget it. Dynasty.
You know BB has one of, if not the best QB in NFL history.......Right?
"Typical Morehead!"..................and he didn't even mean that as a compliment..
Originally Posted by Morehead State
You know BB has one of, if not the best QB in NFL history.......Right?
And he would have the same here in NY. Except someone who is much more clutch.
Pretty sure our current head coach beat BB twice on the NFL's biggest stage.
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Hey guys. We started doing this trap out last Monday. We initially had just the box and funnel. We went back Friday and added a frame of brood. At this point they were still bunched outside of the screen and not using the box. We went back today and some bees are using the box, but also appears that there is a large swarm on the upper part of the tree. Do you think these are different bees or did the whole colony come out of the tree?
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When a white man (Otherwise known as a "Honkey"), drops a deuce on a hamburger bun, then offers it as food to a person belonging to a minority group.
The black gangsta at the counter yelled at me to hurry up with his order, so I turned his Big Mac into a Honkey Burger.
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When mac is still warm after cooking, I toss with Italian dressing (bottled). Later, I add onions, celery, grated carrots, etc. and then bind it all together with mayo.
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
When mac is still warm after cooking, I toss with Italian dressing (bottled). Later, I add onions, celery, grated carrots, etc. and then bind it all together with mayo.
Kitchen Sink Pasta Salad:
In a large bowl, mix: One 16 oz box of pasta, cooked (I use rotini, you can use your favorite), two cans of small pitted black olives, two cucumbers diced to about 1/2" dice, two large ripe tomatoes diced to the same size, a chopped green pepper if you like it, three chopped celery stalks if you like them, one zucchini sliced thin and slices quartered, and one yellow squash prepared the same way. Add in 3-4 thinly sliced green onions too, with some of the green part. This is a mix and match salad so just put in and leave out what you want! Mix all together. Pour 3/4 of a 16 oz bottle of Zesty Italian salad dressing over all and toss to coat. Refrigerate at least a day until ready to serve. Mix in 8-12 oz shredded cheese (I use sharp cheddar) and as much of the rest of the dressing to make it the way your family likes it. After serving, you can add leftover raw veggies to this for the next day and some more dressing if needed. My family loves this no matter what I do to it, as long as I leave out pepper and celery.
Mistakes are just opportunities to invent a new quilting technique!
Teacup, the macaroni soaks up some of the dressing, so no it is not too much ! ! This recipe makes lots, so it is a good recipe for Family gatherings, church socials, etc. etc.
My version:
1 package multi-colored spiral pasta, cooked
1 package frozen mixed vegetables (I like Fiesta Blend)
Your favorite bottled creamy dressing (I personally like something on the sweet side like Johnny's Jamaica Mistake) enough to moisten ingredients "to taste"
Mix together, cool, enjoy.
You can add extras as you like. Sliced ripe olives; chopped sweet onion; chopped artichoke hearts, cheese cubes, shrimp, etc.
Mom's Recipe
cooked macaroni
one cup of mayo
1 Tablespoon yellow mustard
1 Tablespoon vinegar
1/4 C chopped onion
1/2 C chopped celery
1/2 C chopped green pepper
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only salad I will eat .. Her potato salad is made with same Mayo mixture, but with onion, celery, diced pickles and hard boiled egg.. both are from our PA Dutch cooking..
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Vat, I wanted to tell you that I tried your recipe and it is fantastic! I made half recipe and the dressing was all absorbed. A friend tasted it, couldn't figure out what was in it, and asked for the recipe.
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Smoking cessation programmes have been available for almost 2 decades in Malaysia. However the programmes have mainly focussed on outpatient primary care settings. More attention is needed to address and treat smokers presenting to hospitals with acute and chronic medical illness as hospitals provide good settings to implement smoking cessation intervention. For instance, a tobacco related medical illness may boosts a smoker's motivation to stop, especially when the smoker perceives smoking as the cause of his illness and understands the gains achieved by smoking cessation. Besides bringing a smoker in contact with health personnel who may offer assistance to a smoker to help him stop smoking, a hospital stay also provide an opportunity for the health carer to initiate and practice the government policy of no smoking in the hospitals. This article addresses the importance of having a hospital-based smoking cessation programme for the Malaysian hospitals.
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Amazon Drops 11%: Don't Fret Large Numbers Effect, Say Bulls
Shares of Amazon.com (AMZN) are down $43.15, or almost 11%, at $359.86, after the company last night missed Q4 expectations on slower-than-expected revenue growth, and forecast this quarter's results lower as well.
As I wrote this morning, and last night, there has been a mix of price target cuts and price target increases, with revenue estimates generally going lower, but in some cases, profits being ratcheted up, as the company's adjusted operating profit margin, "CSOI," came in higher than expected at 3.4%.
The conference call following the report, featuring an appearance by chief financial officer Tom Szkutak, but not CEO Jeff Bezos, did little to shed light on the sub-par growth.
One of the more straightforward arguments today regarding the growth, whether or not one is convinced by it, comes from Citigroup's Mark May, who reiterates a Buy rating, and a $454 price target, writing that it's basically about a "natural rate" of deceleration in sales growth, and, hence, not much to get worried about:
For better or worse, a metric that investors seem to hone in on each quarter for Amazon is the y/y growth in units sold. This metrics, as it suggests, is simply the y/y change in the total number of retail units sold worldwide, both for first- party (1P) sales and third-party (3P) marketplace sales. Following the release of Amazon's 4Q13 results yesterday after the close, like many quarters, questions about the deceleration in y/y unit growth in 4Q13 vs. 3Q13 (to 25% from 29%) were prevalent. Not only do we think this metric is losing its relevance, we also actually view the 25% result and the rate of deceleration as a positive. The three main reasons we think its losing relevance are: 1) the mix of sales between physical goods (including consumables) and digital goods and how that mix changes by quarter (e.g., fewer consumables in mix in 4Q) influences this metric; 2) the growth in new and active customers, including in new geos, who often scale their unit purchase frequency over time; and, 3) the growing importance of AWS, which doesn't have units. More importantly, the reason we believe the 25% growth in 4Q13 and the rate of deceleration vs. 3Q13 was a positive is that it actually marks an improvement in the natural rate of deceleration that has being occurring since 2011. We note that because of the law of large numbers and the fact that Q4 sales is on average 50-60% larger than Q3 sales, we believe comparing y/y growth in Q4 to y/y growth rates in Q1-Q3 is misleading.
May offers the following table showing that the declaration of sales growth last quarter was actually an improvement (click for larger image):
Stephen Ju, Credit Suisse: Reiterates an Outperform rating, and a $449 price target. "Despite in-line revenue, gross profit dollars once again beat our estimates with Amazon moderating its shipping losses as its footprint continues to bring it closer to the densest areas of population. The add-on program, the rise in the free shipping threshold, and with the company now contemplating a price hike in Amazon Prime for the first time since inception, the likelihood of incremental shipping loss improvements and ensuing operating margin improvement directionally increases and lends upward bias to our FCF estimates."
Shebly Seyrafi, FBN Securities: Reiterates an Outperform rating, and cuts his price target to $470 from $500. "Although we are disappointed by the results in EGM and the weaker outlook than we expected (likely due to EGM), we still think that AMZN's shares are attractive since 1.) AWS continues to exhibit strong growth (and is accretive to GMs), 2.) AMZN's Media segment is picking up, 3.) a $20-40 annual Prime membership price increase which is being considered could add several hundred million dollars in annual revenue, 4.) GMs continue to head higher (GM of 26.5% was higher than our 24.5% estimate and is up 240bp Y/Y and we see AWS and 3P continuing to support higher GMs), and 5.) international segment operating margin increased nicely to 4.1% from 1.9% the year before and -1.2% in FQ3 helped by fulfillment efficiencies."
Colin Sebastian, R.W. Baird: Reiterates an Outperform rating, and a $425 price target. "Amazon reported solid Q4 results with revenues coming in slightly below Street estimates, but Y/Y operating margin leverage (a first in several quarters) hinting at annualized margin expansion after 4+ years of investments. Nonetheless, Amazon continues to invest in multiple large market opportunities in retail, media and technology. As is typical, Q1 guidance appears conservative […] North America and International segment growth decelerated, with overall Electronics & General Merchandise slowing to 24% growth (ex-F/X). Key user metrics were also mixed; in particular, we view 25% paid unit growth as a yellow flag, although we see potential for acceleration with digital sales internationally."
Colin Gillis, BGC Partners: Reiterates a Hold rating. "The revenue growth of 20.3% was the slowest rate of growth in the last 12 quarters on a year-over-year basis […] Investors should consider that Amazon is likely a single-digit margin business at maturity. We refer to the June quarter earnings call on July 25th, 2013 when the CFO stated "if a good high single digit operating margin gets us to better, higher, free cash flow over time that's fine" […] The shipping losses the company incurs to help drive revenue remain a barrier to profitability that is proving hard to tap down. The company incurred shipping losses of 4.7% of total revenue and 5.7% of net product sales, the difference between its reported net income of 0.9% and a respectable profit […] Shipping losses are growing at approximately 23% YoY, and the losses were approximately 2x the shipping revenue in the December quarter. Increasing the cost of the prime membership by 20-40% can help shipping revenue, but the losses are going to continue. Even if shipping revenue in the most recent quarter increased 40% to $1.59 billion, shipping losses would still be 47% greater that the losses. While raising prime pricing and pitching "drone delivery" solutions make good headlines, shipping losses remain a burden on profits.
Michael Graham, Canaccord Genuity: Reiterates a Hold rating. "This quarter offers little ammunition to the bulls or the bears […] For the next three years, we are very modestly decreasing our revenue estimate to reflect the trend of modest deceleration in N. American EGM and continued sluggish growth in International Media. Our 2014, 2015, and 2016 revenue estimates go from $88.6B, $106.0B and $126.2B, to $88.6B, $105.1B, and $123.9B. We are slightly increasing our technology and content expense for the next few years, while modestly raising gross margin assumptions to reflect the continued strong growth in 3P. As a result of these changes, our 2014, 2015 and 2016 non-GAAP EPS estimates go from $6.28, $10.67, and $14.56 to $5.76, $10.58, and $14.67."


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The summer I and summer I extended terms began Monday, June 2. Pulaski Technical College welcomes all new and returning students to the summer term!
Please note that today, Tuesday, June 3, is the last day students may add a class -depending on availability- or change from audit to credit or credit to audit.
Students will be able to drop classes from the summer I and summer I extended schedules and receive a 100% refund through Tuesday, June 3. A 50% refund is available if a class is dropped Wednesday, June 4 through Friday, June 6. Students dropping classes after that time will not receive a refund. The last day to drop a class for summer I is Tuesday, June 24. The last day to drop a class or withdraw for the summer I Extended term is Wednesday, July 23.
New student registration for the summer II term will take place June 30 and July 1, 8:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. New student registration for fall semester is July 8-August 13. Current or returning students can register for either summer II or fall semester classes via Campus Connect.
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Tibetan / Vajrayana
Vajrayana Buddhism is most closely associated with Tibet and can be characterized by the figure of the siddha, the master whose spiritual realization is so profound that he or she has power over the phenomenal world, and in whom the profundity and vastness of absolute truth is fully and completely manifested. Many of our most well-known authors come from this tradition of Tibetan Buddhism .
[Note: The tags for the various schools are not definitive as many books span multiple traditions, etc. They are meant to use as a starting point for exploring this collection.]
The Collected Works of Dilgo Khyentse, Volume OneThe three-volume set presents the collected works in English of one of the great luminaries of Tibetan Buddhism in our time, published to mark his centennial celebration. A complete exposition of the stages of the Buddhist path is presented through Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche's commentaries on the root texts of classic Tibetan masters including Patrul Rinpoche, Jigme Lingpa, Shechen Gyaltsab, and Mipham Rinpoche. Originally given orally to Western students, the texts… Read More
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