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|Paul Pierce on Kevin Garnett: 'We're not going anywhere without Kevin's presence'
|04.07.13 at 10:16 pm ET
Paul Pierce knows the value of Kevin Garnett – or more to the point – a healthy Kevin Garnett.
Pierce said the Celtics are going nowhere without Garnett at full strength going into the playoffs. Garnett scored 12 points and grabbed six rebounds in 24 minutes in his first game back since injuring the ankle on March 22.
"I feel good because I know when we're all out there and we're on, we're as tough as anybody in the East to beat, especially with Kevin's presence," Pierce said after Garnett scored 12 points and grabbed six rebounds in 24 minutes.
"We're not going anywhere without Kevin's presence, just being honest with you. He's a big part of what we try to do out there on offense and defense. We play through him a lot. He anchors the defense. It's going to be important for him in these last few of games to get his legs back and get going."
Pierce said it's important for the Celtics to be playing their best ball going into the playoffs, pointing specifically to Brandon Bass, who led Boston with 20 points Sunday night.
'Its good to be playing the best basketball at the right time, and right now is the right time going into the playoffs for some guys to get their confidence going and start having some big games," Pierce said. "That's going to be huge for us if he continues to play well going into the playoffs, and the great thing about it is he's doing it all off of the hustle plays and off of ball movement. When you can do things like that without a play being called for you'¦that's beautiful.
'It was good. Kevin healthy finally, im coming along'¦so were gonna need these next few games to really prepare for the upcoming playoffs no matter who we play, and right now is the time for us to start hitting our stride.'
Paul Pierce scored 15 and Kevin Garnett added 10 points and five rebounds in 23 minutes as the Celtics beat the Wizards, 107-96, Sunday night at TD Garden. The Celtics were 3-5 in the eight games Garnett missed with inflammation and bone spurs in the left ankle.
Pierce missed only Friday's game with a sore right ankle, as the Celtics recovered from Friday's embarrassing 97-91 loss to the Cavaliers, a game that snapped Cleveland's 10-game losing streak.
Not only did the Celtics (40-37) get their two star regulars back from foot injuries, Boston took a step closer toward clinching the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference as they lead the Bucks by two games in the loss column with five games left to play.
Chris Wilcox had a big first half off the Boston bench, scoring eight points and helping the Celtics to a 56-52 halftime lead. Wilcox finished 5-of-6 from the field and led all Boston bench scorers with 13 points.
Leading the way was forward Brandon Bass with 20 points as the Celtics outscored the Wizards, 31-19, in the third quarter and built an 18-point lead.
Bass shot 9-of-12 from the field and played a team-high 36 minutes to lead the Celtics, who watched as the Wizards closed the lead down to 10 with three minutes remaining but could get no closer.
Boston is off Monday and Tuesday before finishing their four-game homestand on Wednesday against the Brooklyn Nets at 8 p.m. at TD Garden.
For more from Mike Petraglia from the Garden, visit the Celtics team page at weei.com/celtics.
|Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce back at practice, Avery Bradley (collarbone) sits
|04.06.13 at 12:29 pm ET
Just over 12 hours after a humbling loss to the Cavaliers at the Garden, the Celtics got a boost at practice in Waltham when Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce returned from separate foot injuries.
Garnett has missed the last eight games due to inflammation from bone spurs in his left ankle. The Celtics have gone 3-5 in his absence as they look to lock up the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference and avoid the Heat in the first round of the playoffs.
'I've never come into postseason 100 percent, so it's nothing new," Garnett told reporters. "But I do want a rhythm. I don't want to go into the postseason and have no rhythm. I want to be healthy. That's my first priority."
Garnett said when and how much he plays in the final six games will be decided after a discussion that includes himself, coach Doc Rivers and medical staff.
"I'm going to practice today and Doc and I will have a conversation and make some decisions for the future.'
Avery Bradley, however, did not take part, as he was still nursing soreness from taking an elbow to his left collarbone from Kyrie Irving in the fourth quarter of Friday's game.
Rivers told reporters before Saturday's practice that he anticipates Bradley would be available for Sunday's game against Washington but would not predict anything further, adding, "you just never know."
Pierce missed Friday's game due to soreness and swelling in his right ankle, which first cropped up in the fourth quarter of last Sunday's loss to the Knicks in New York, when he was spotted with a wrap on the ankle.
Pierce missed Monday's game in Minnesota due to the birth of his first son, Prince Paul Pierce before returning on Wednesday in a win over Detroit. Pierce was held out of Friday's game by Rivers on the advice of trainer Ed Lacerte.
|Will Shav Randolph be a playoff factor for Celtics?
|at 11:10 am ET
With injury comes opportunity. It's one of the oldest cliches in sports.
It's also an interesting thought when considering the options in front of Doc Rivers as he tries to ready his Celtics for another playoff run.
Has the play of someone like unheralded power forward Shavlik Randolph opened Rivers' eyes and those of the coaching staff enough to warrant serious consideration in the playoff rotation?
After a career-high 16 points and seven rebounds, providing the only real energy off the bench in Friday's loss to Cleveland, Rivers was asked where Randolph fits in during the playoffs, when benches are shortened and playing time is at a premium.
'I don't know," Rivers said. "He's playing great. Just leave it at that; he's just playing great basketball and we're going to keep playing him.'
'I was just rolling to the basket and guys were finding me," Randolph said. "It's simple as that, I was getting good passes. Putting me in positions where I could finish around the rim. I wasn't really making any tough shots. My teammates were finding me.'
On the surface, that sounds like the coach is hedging his bets on whether there will be any time at all for the Duke product, considering if Kevin Garnett is healthy, Wilcox heads back to the bench and Rivers already has Brandon Bass already starting on the front court.
In eight games without Garnett, Randolph has averaged just over five points and 4.5 rebounds while playing about 13 minutes per game.
'Well, it's the mindset I've had probably for the past six or seven games," Randolph said. "I know I'm going to get in there at some point. I just have to play as high energy as possible, you know come in with that second unit and make sure that the energy doesn't drop off from the starting unit. You know that's what I've tried to do since I got here.'
He certainly didn't get the benefit of the doubt on calls Friday night, when he fouled out with six minutes left.
'You know, just try to keep my composure," he said. "In a game you're not always going to agree with the calls, that's just the nature of the game. You just got to keep playing. If you foul out, then you just try to cheer your teammates on. You know, that's what I tried to do.'
Does he think he's shown enough on and off the court to warrant serious playing time in the playoffs?
"That's a great question. All I know, is I'll be ready, regardless. I'll be ready to go in, regardless of what my role might be."
Not that there was much of a doubt to begin with but Doc Rivers made it very clear after Friday's 97-91 loss to the Cavaliers (which snapped Cleveland's 10-game losing streak) that he wants no part of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and the Miami Heat in the first round of the playoffs.
Thanks to the Bucks loss in New York to the Knicks Friday night, the Celtics (39-37) are two games up in the loss column on Milwaukee for seventh place in the Eastern Conference with just six games left.
Does he pay attention to the standings?
"I do but I don't," Rivers said in his best hedging language. "I really don't. I know we're in the seventh spot. I know we want to stay out of the eighth spot.
So, Rivers is actually admitting he wants avoid the Heat?
"Of course we would," Rivers admitted when asked that very question. "But if we play them, we'll be ready. But of course we would. Listen, I'm not that dumb. I'm not the brightest guy but come on. Really, you would love to avoid anyone [like Miami]. Listen, no matter who we play, we're going to play a tough team. It's going to be New York, Indiana or Miami. There's no cakewalk for us. It's going to be hard."
To Rivers point, the Celtics are 1-3 this year against New York, 1-2 against Miami and 2-0 against Indiana. The Celtics play the Heat next weekend in Miami and the Pacers at the Garden on April 16.
Rivers was asked if he's going out of his way to avoid playing his stars Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett to get them as physically ready for the playoffs as possible. But Rivers said trainer Ed Lacerte took that decision out of his hands just before Friday's game.
"No, I wanted Paul to play [against Cleveland] but he couldn't, honestly," Rivers said. "I would've played him if he could have. But right [before game] when Eddie said Paul's [ankle] was swollen, that was an easy decision."
Celtics coach Doc Rivers admitted after Friday night's 97-91 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers at TD Garden that he is watching the standings and wants to avoid finishing eighth in the Eastern conference and a first round match up with the defending world champion Miami Heat. Rivers however stressed that whoever the Celtics face if it's the Indiana Pacers or New York Knicks, it will be a tough matchup.
|Avery Bradley: 'Just my collarbone… I'll be fine'
|04.05.13 at 11:19 pm ET
With just over three minutes left in Friday's ugly loss to the Cavaliers at TD Garden, things appeared to be getting a whole lot uglier for the Celtics.
Avery Bradley left the court with trainer Ed Lacerte holding his left shoulder.
Bradley had surgery on both shoulders last summer, delaying his return to the Celtics until January this season.
But as it turned out, Bradley was examined and returned to the bench late in the fourth quarter. Doc Rivers said he could've returned if absolutely necessary.
So, what was it that caused many Celtics fans to skip a heart beat?
He was elbowed in the collarbone by Kyrie Irving.
'I think he's fine," Rivers said. "I think it was more the hit. I was concerned when he grabbed his shoulder that it was his shoulder, and Kyrie informed me that he shot him with an elbow; it had nothing to do with the shoulder. So, I told Kyrie, 'Thank you for the update.''
Bradley admitted after the game that he was sore but it's nothing to be concerned about.
'It hurts, but I'll be fine," Bradley said. "I get injured all the time, I'll be alright.'
Most importantly, he confirmed that it wasn't his shoulder.
'No, not at all," Bradley said. "Just my collarbone. He came, went to the basket, came down, and elbowed me right on my collarbone. It's just a little swelling.'
'No, when that happens you just have got to keep playing.'
Was Bradley aware he gave Celtics fans a scare?
"Yeah, I know, me too," Bradley said. "But I'm fine.'
|Running on empty: Cavs outmuscle shorthanded Celtics
|at 9:55 pm ET
Life without Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett was ugly Friday night. Very ugly.
Second-year big man Tristan Thompson scored 29 points and grabbed 17 rebounds while the Celtics went ice cold in the second half and fell to the lowly Cavaliers, 97-91, Friday night at TD Garden. Pierce missed the game with a sore right ankle while Garnett missed his eighth straight game with inflammation in his left ankle. Cleveland won two of the three meetings this season between the two.
The Cavaliers used the Celtics to snap their 10-game losing streak while Boston fell for the third time in four games. The Celtics fell to 39-37 on the season but did not lose any ground on eight-place Milwaukee, which lost to the Knicks in New York. Boston remains in seventh place in the Eastern Conference, two games ahead of the Bucks in the loss column. Boston has six games remaining, including two games on its current four-game homestand. Jeff Green led the Celtics with 23 points and nine rebounds.
In a first half of unknown and unlikely heroes, it was Tristan Thompson became the latest opposing big man to dominate the Celtics inside. Behind Thompson's career high in points and rebounds, the Cavaliers outscored the Celtics 52-38 in the paint and outrebounded Boston, 58-42.
Thompson, the second-year player out of Texas, scored 21 points and hauled in 11 rebounds in the first two quarters, as the Cavaliers (23-52) erased an eight-point deficit early in the second quarter, using a 10-0 run to forge a 52-52 halftime tie.
Shav Randolph had the best first half of his NBA career, scoring a career-high 13 points and grabbing five rebounds in the first 15 minutes of the game. But as has often been the case in his short stint with the Celtics, foul trouble limited his time on the court as he picked up three first-half fouls.
The Celtics built a seven-point lead, 62-55, on an Avery Bradley three with 8:13 left in the third. But then the wheels fell off as the Celtics went ice cold. Boston was just 6-for-27 (27.3 percent) from the field. Cleveland went on a 19-3 run to take a 74-65 lead before Jordan Crawford hit a three to cut Cleveland's lead to 74-68 heading into the fourth.
But Cleveland scored the first eight points of the fourth to take a 14-point lead. Randolph picked up two fouls in a minute in the third quarter and then fouled out with 6:57 left in the fourth. Randolph finished with a career-high 16 points and seven rebounds.
Jason Terry hit a baseline three with 5:46 left to bring Boston within four, 87-83, as the crowd became a factor again. But Thompson's put-back dunk with five minutes left answered the Celtics run, putting Cleveland back up by six.
With 3:18 left in the game and the Celtics down eight, 91-83, Bradley left the game and headed for the locker room with trainer Ed Lacerte. He suffered a bruised left collar bone and returned to the bench with two minutes left in regulation but did not play. With 2:09 left in the game Green completed a three-point play to draw Boston within four again, 91-87 but an easy alley-oop layup by Tyler Zeller and a jumper by Kyrie Irving with 1:22 left put Cleveland up, 95-87.
The Celtics are off Saturday before returning to action at home on Sunday night (6 p.m.) against the Wizards at TD Garden. Boston concludes its four-game homestand on Wednesday night. For more, visit the Celtics team page at weei.com/celtics.
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Report: U.S. Airport Perimeter Security Market Is in Decline
Although the threat of terrorism and unlawful intrusion have been key drivers for United States airport perimeter security, the market has become stagnant revenue-wise and is expected to decline, according to a new report from Frost & Sullivan.
March 6, 2013
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Although the threat of terrorism and unlawful intrusion have been key drivers for United States airport perimeter security, the market has become stagnant revenue-wise and is expected to decline, according to a new report from Frost & Sullivan.
According to the market research firm's "U.S. Airport Perimeter Security" analysis, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) invested an estimated $58 million in grants for the market through its Airport Improvement Programs (AIP) in 2012. However, analysts anticipate funding for airport perimeter security to decline through 2017 as new airport construction has reached capacity. Additionally, the perimeter control segment, consisting of fences and gates, is at an oversupplied point.
The report notes that because of the size and location of airports, many suppliers have failed to offer efficient, reliable and cost-effective integrated security systems, suitable to airports of all sizes. In addition, most tailored security systems designed for large airports still experience vulnerability gaps due to factors caused by human error.
For example, in August 2012 a man whose Jet Ski stopped working, swam ashore to the John F. Kennedy Int'l Airport in New York, which is on a waterfront. Despite new security measures that took effect post 9/11, the man was able to climb an eight-foot barbed-wire perimeter fence. He was also able to walk through the airport's $100 million perimeter intrusion detection system and across two runways undetected until he reached an airline terminal.
For airport perimeter security technologies to be effective, those managing and operating them must be alert at all times, according to the study. Continued mishaps may prompt the advent of automated unmanned systems as a solution to eliminate human error.
"According to reports from the government, the Transportation Security Administration [TSA] had not conducted vulnerability assessments for 87% of the close to 450 U.S. airports regulated by TSA for security in 2009. The lack of these assessments creates uncertainty around the physical security effectiveness of those airports," says John Hernandez, aerospace and defense senior industry analyst, Frost & Sullivan.
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Environment: The narrative says we're living in dangerous times as man's carbon dioxide emissions heat Earth. But a scientist testifying before Congress showed that the temperature record telling that story can't be trusted.
When the media reported -- gleefully because it allowed them to advance their agenda -- that 2015 was the hottest year on record, the temperature data that supposedly proved this was collected from surface-based measurements. Is this data trustworthy? Not according to John Christy, distinguished professor of atmospheric science, Alabama's state climatologist and director of the Earth System Science Center at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
Christy is a co-author of a paper that showed that about two-thirds of 1,218 government weather stations in the continental U.S. were located on sites that distort readings. These stations fix gauges near heat sources, such as air conditioner exhausts, urban structures that give off heat, and other objects "with unnatural thermal mass." Christy told the House Science Committee on Wednesday that "it is difficult to adjust for these contaminating factors to extract a pure dataset for greenhouse detection because often the non-climatic influence comes along very gradually just as is expected of the response to the enhanced greenhouse effect."
Other factors that "render surface temperature datasets to be of low effectiveness," said Christy, include "lack of systematic geographical coverage in time, unsystematic measuring methods and instrumentation in time and space, the point measurement represents at best a tiny, local area, and is easily impacted by slight changes in the surroundings, which can occur for example when a station moves."
Sea surface data also appear to be unreliable. Christy said water temperature trends at a 1-meter depth "do not track well with those of the air temperature just above the water (3m), even if both are measured on the same buoy over 20 years."
Christy believes the more accurate gauge of global temperature is found by satellites and balloons, which measure atmospheric temperatures. It is "much more coherent in space and time in terms of its variations. It is not affected by human development at the surface. It is measured systematically," he said.
Though satellite and balloon measurements provide a different temperature record than surface-based data, they are consistent with each other. Does this mean we should trust them more? That's a logical judgment.
Satellite and balloon measurements differ, as well, from the climate change models that predict catastrophic warming. While the average of 102 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change climate models project sharply climbing temperatures, the observed temperatures from balloon and satellite measurements move largely sideways.
"The models overwarm the atmosphere by a factor of about 2.5," Christy told the committee, "indicating the current theory is at odds with the facts."
Christy said the discrepancy "is not a short-term, specially selected episode, but represents the past 37 years," more than a third of a century.
"This is also the period with the highest concentration of greenhouse gases and thus the period in which the response should be of largest magnitude," he added.
Christy also told House members that climate change is still not well understood -- the uncertainties are many -- and that the impact of regulations on climate, such as those that are implemented in compliance with the Paris agreement, "will not be attributable or detectable."
Despite the work of Christy and others, we will continue to hear about 2015 being the hottest year ever. The howls will be unrelenting, the demands that we do more to stop climate change more desperate.
But the only fever will be on the brows of those who are obsessed with continuing the narrative.


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The customer is always right, except when they throw glasses at their waitress and chase her around the restaurant.
According to a Wauwatosa police report:
An 18-year-old Milwaukee woman was arrested for disorderly conduct after she and five friends caused mayhem at Applebee's, 2500 N. Mayfair Road, at 9:56 p.m. Feb. 9.
The group, incensed that they had to pay a gratuity for their group and citing bad service, yelled at their servers, asked for extra food and caused a scene that prompted other diners to stop eating to witness the havoc.
After telling them that yes, they had to pay their gratuity, the manager heard a crash and the tinkling of broken glass as he turned away from their table. He turned around to watch the group chase the waitress across the store.
Employees held the women back until police arrived.
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Hirluin, known fully as Hirluin the Fair or Hirluin of the Green Hills, was a Man of Gondor, and the Lord of Pinnath Gelin, who came to the aid of Minas Tirith during the War of the Ring.
Hirluin's early history was not known only that he was a person of some importance in the Pinnath Gelin area of Gondor. It was possibly that he was Lord of that area. He was the leader of three-hundred gallant green-clad and well-armed men raised for the relief of Gondor in the Pelennor Fields.[1]
He came from Lebennin with three hundred of his men, who carried banners of yellow stars. Tall and proud, he was to the sight of his men, and he wore a helm of great steel matched only by that worn by the Fountain Guard. Hirluin slew many Orcs during the siege but he came to his doom when he was overwhelmed by the Orc horde at the breaking of the door. Hirluin was buried before the gate at which he fell alongside Forlong at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. Afterwards, the memory of his death as with others was lamented in the Mounds of Mundburg.[2]
Hirluin was a Sindarin word meaning 'blue lord'.[3]
Translations around the WorldEdit
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|Chinese (Hong Kong)
|Lords of Gondor
|Imrahil | Duinhir | Hirluin | Forlong | Angbor | Golasgil
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Five, Chapter I: "Minas Tirith"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Five, Chapter VI: "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields"
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53-year old Michelle Pfeiffer, and former Catwoman has not been seen in a long while, but she made a return at Monday evening's 18th Annual ELLE Women in Hollywood Tribute. Michelle Pfeiffer will be seen next in Garry Marshall's "New Year's Eve," turned heads in a sexy Alexander McQueen dress and massive McQueen belt. A diamond-encrusted cuff, gold clutch, and black platform peep-toes completed her flawless look.
Lately Michelle Pfeiffer opened up about plastic surgery, telling Elle Magazine, in the ages of ELLE magazine's Women in Hollywood 2011 edition that "I'm all for a little something here and there-fine. It doesn't matter to me if people have plastic surgery or they don't, or if they do Botox."
We are all familiar with her plastic surgery lips in which by looking at it, must have been enhanced with lip injections. Possibly collagen or Restylane injections to her lips to plump them up.
Plus she has also had a nose job (see her thinner nose bridge in the pictures) and many more other cosmetic enhancements to her face. On the other hand, she looks great at 53. Her small breasts are natural though.
At least we know that she has kept away from breast implants for a while, and I don't think she will likely succumb to that if she has been in Hollywood all these years and haven't done it yet.


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When you buy a large container of cd disc and are done with it use the bottom of it for a ring holder and catch all for rubber bands earings ect. in the kitchen or bathroom.
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Why buy new if you have something that works just as well? Sometimes, finding a new use for objects is easy such as cutting receiving blankets to make dusting cloths or reusing a juice can as a penholder. Other times, it takes clever creativity. What have you turned from trash to treasure in your home? What do you have that you're using differently than was originally intended?
JAR OPENER: You've heard about reusing wide produce rubber bands to easily grip and open jars. You can reuse an old tennis ball, too. Cut it in half and place over the jar, squeeze and twist.
CHARGER STATION: Garage-sale breadbox with a hole drilled in back for the power-strip cord or a basket can house cell phones in an organized way.
GEEK FRIDGE MAGNETS: Remove keys from an old keyboard and cut magnetic strips to fit, and then glue it to the back of the keys. Makes a fun gift.
JEWELRY: You can use bottle caps to make earrings, bracelets or necklaces. Simply use a hammer and a nail to make a small hole near the top and attach ear wires, jump rings or chains. You can customize them with images by using resin or craft sealant. Visit Inch by Inch Designs (www.inchbyinchdesigns.com/IBIDbottlecaps.html) for details.
VASES: Reuse bottles and jars as vases. String a few beads onto galvanized steel or copper wire, and wrap and twist it around the bottles or jars. They can be used as candleholders, too.
GIFT BOWS: You can cut magazines into strips and loop and fasten them to make gift bows. You just need a brass paper fastener (brad) to hold your loops together in the center. Visit Free Kids Crafts (www.freekidscrafts.com/recycled_magazine_bows-e417.html) for instructions.
STORAGE: Old backpacks can be hung on hooks or hangers in the closet. You can store socks, winter gear, game-console accessories, toys, spare sets of sheets and pillowcases, etc. You can still use them in the car for sports equipment, a blanket or a spare set of clothes or in the garage for garden supplies.
TRASH CAN: Reuse popcorn tins as trash cans or to hold magazines, yarn, plastic grocery bags, rice, pet food or Christmas lights.
EASY-POUR PASTA: When your large powdered-creamer container is empty, reuse it to hold elbow macaroni or dried beans. Use it for grass or birdseed, crochet hooks and watercolor paintbrushes, too.
PLACE MATS: Vinyl tablecloths that have torn in some areas can be cut into place mats. Or use it under a highchair as a dropcloth. You can add a piece of Velcro on it and cut it to fit a child as a painting cape, too.
DVD CENTER: Old dressers can be reused in family rooms to hold DVDs, games, books, CDs and remotes or toys. Use them in a craft room for supplies or in the garage as a potting bench, too. Or just use the drawers as bookcases, shelves or under the bed storage.


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The 1931 Zeca Bettax2013-12-14 1 7 Share Tweet
I was at a flea market when I found a wonderful, rare pre-war folding camera from the 1930s. It was a good buy. Me finding the camera was a stroke of luck.
The camera is a Zeca Bettax, a medium-format folding camera of the Dresden (Paul-) Zeh Kamerawerken, Zaka, or "Zeh Camera Factory" (Zeca, for its foreign name.) It was introduced in 1931.
The Bettax shoots 8 pictures in 6×9 or 16 half-frame images in 6×4 format on 120 film. The fact that you can fold the camera makes it relatively handy for a medium-format camera. The folding feature makes carrying easy as it also comes with a handle.
The Pronto lens has five aperture settings: f/4.5, f6.3, f/9, f/18 and f/25. As shutter speeds goes, the lens shoots with 1/125s, 1/100s, 1/50s and 1/25s speeds. It also has B and T settings.
The T setting is especially useful for long exposures. After clicking the shutter, the lens captures light until you click the shutter again.In addition to the manual control of the shutter button, right next to the lens is a wired remote or self-timer. Unfortunately, I can't give you information about this since my self-timer is a bit rusty.
The focus ranges from 0.8m to ∞. The levels of 0.8, 1.5, 2, 3, 5, 10 meters and ∞ are marked and etched on the focus ring. Spontaneous "quick firing" is of course done only out of pure luck. I forget to focus from time to time. To "target" your subjects, you can use the swiveling mirror viewfinder that's attached to the lens. Or if you must shoot quickly, you can try the hinged "sports finder."
Pictures are worth a thousand words so I'll let you guys be the judge of some of my sample shots with the Bettax:
In my opinion, all of this camera's features make it a fine travel companion for anyone who's lucky enough to get his hands on a Bettax. You can argue about the quality of the lens or the photos, but hey, we are all Lomographers here. You can surely attract lots of attention with this relic from a time long past. You can find these Bettax cameras or one of its 1934 successors for under $50 on eBay. You may want to try eBay country sites like that of Russia, UK or France to get the best chance of getting one for yourself.
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Beds were firm and comfortable and nice assortment of included breakfast foods Was a bit dated and couldn't turn tub handle all the way off
From check in to check out our time at the Fisherman's Wharf Inn was, as always, a great time. The location, being able to watch the Harbor activities from our room, and being in the center of town, made all the activities convenient. Coming the third week in September was perfect. The town was just slowing down for the summer, still good food, lots to do, but end of summer sales, and no lines, boat trips still very comfortable... a fantastic time! Still our number 1 go to location for vacation, and we're from California!!! Can't think of much negative. Haven't been there in 10 years, and was sorry to hear that the Ebb Tide was sold. No peach short cake! The restaurant was still there, but NOTthe same.
Found the Fisherman's Wharf to be a great location. Easy access to all the shops and restaurants. The breakfast was only okay. We ended up going out to eat for breakfast because my husband was not too happy about it.


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1. St Andrews Street Bistro
St Ives
This is a bohemian restaurant with mismatched, antique furniture and odd cutlery - people really like the laid-back feel. They serve eclectic modern-British food with Middle-Eastern influences, so, for example, you might get fillets of red mullet, crushed spuds, roast vine tomatoes and dragoncello sauce, or grilled Merguez sausages with lentils, roast pumpkin and harissa. The food is wholesome and the artisan bread is delicious. They have good vegetarian options too - curries and flatbread pizzas.
2. Alba Restaurant
St Ives
Alba is a great venue for people-watching, especially if you sit on the first floor of the old lifeboat building, where you can also look out over the water which is exactly where the fish you're eating has been caught. It has huge windows and is quite smart, and on the ground floor you can see the chefs at work. The menu is bold and ambitious and specialises in line-caught fish. They even have a sushi chef who cooks Japanese if you call in advance. But there are also things like skate tempura with pickled cucumber and miso, along with roast brill with cockles in a chardonnay broth.
3. Hotel Tresanton
St Mawes
Hotel Tresanton was made out of a cluster of houses built in the 1940s as a yachtsmen's club. It's very elegant; in the dining room there's a mosaic floor and tongue-and-groove walls, so it seems quite Mediterranean, but of course the great thrill is to sit on the terrace whenever possible, looking out to sea. It's a formal restaurant, but still manages to be lovely and relaxing. They specialise in good fish with an Italian flavour reflecting the background of the owner, Olga Polizzi. Calamari is a favourite with basil mayonnaise, lemon and rocket, but you might get a hunk of seabass or grilled rump of lamb with roast new potatoes. There's never too much choice, but that gives you confidence that everything is brilliantly fresh.
4. Sam's
Sam's serves simple, bistro-style food, loads of fresh fish and shellfish and great homemade burgers. It is very casual and does not take bookings, but it is popular with the locals and gets packed out in the summer. It's easy to see why. One of the burgers is called a 'Scooby burger', because it's stacked very high with pineapple, egg, salad and so on, then has a skewer through it - like a snack in the cartoon. If they do scallops, they'll be simply pan-fried in garlic butter and sent out with salad and some crunchy French stick. It's just what people like. But if you can't get in, Sam's Other Place is further along the street at number 41. You can always go there for takeaway fish and chips, then have a sundae in the ice-cream parlour on the ground floor, or book to eat upstairs where the food is similar, with some different fish dishes.
5. Mill House Inn
This is a former 18th-century corn mill now run as a traditional inn and it's really peaceful, set in gardens surrounded by woodland. The focus is on locally sourced fish, meat and produce served in a smart but welcoming restaurant. Cornish field mushrooms might come stuffed with sun-dried tomatoes and glazed with a local, award-winning cheese; local haddock on a prawn risotto with lemon parsley oil and so on. Prices are very reasonable and there is a children's menu, which helps to make families feel welcome. The bar is cosy and serves local beers and ales.
St Andrews Street Bistro, 16 St Andrews Street, St Ives, 01736 797074
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Anybody got any pics of a homemade bottling tank stand? I have a 30gal. tank and want to build a sturdy stand using 2X4's or 4X4's.
Anybody got any pics of a homemade bottling tank stand? I have a 30gal. tank and want to build a sturdy stand using 2X4's or 4X4's.
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I have a 100lb tank on a rolling stand. I can park it near the woodstove to keep it warm.
Buy the ticket, take the ride. -H.S. Thompson
I made one out of 4x4's, with 2x rails, and a plywood top to this design I found on youtube. Please bear with the guy, and his English. The guy has a good heart. He is trying to use youtube to help people. The design is solid and simple.
Here is how mine came out.
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Thanks guys, that's what I was looking for. Adrian, yours is almost exactly what I was picturing in my mind. I'll watch the youtube video. Thanks again.
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If you are going to pay big bucks on a new bottling tank, why penny-pinch on a stand???
I prefer 3 legs on anything but the Maxant tank has 4 feet.
In designing a stand, one has to take into consideration WHERE THE WEIGHT OF THE TANK PLUS CONTENTS ARE TO BE SUPPORTED BASED ON THE TANK DESIGN.
All that is left is to cut 1/2" plexiglass for the shelves.
Also, wrap the new tank. I use Harbor Fright moving blankets.
The legs are 1 x 2 3/32 wall tube. The feed have floor anchors.
The stand has anchors that clamp the tank feet secure. They are powdercoated.
The new tank holds 500lbs. A person needs to think about what could go wrong in working around such a weight.
I have exactly ONE hive more than than you.
That makes my opinion beyond dispute!
Harry, nice stands, and a nice job with the insulating blankers.
My bottling tank stand is a heavy duty stainless steel restaurant kitchen table. It will hold three 100g. tanks but leaving that much weight on it scares me. I this year added three smaller SS tables to my extracting room for cut comb cutting and draining. And recently the short one shown in the picture on the right to bottle onto. The c-clamps hold the tanks on the table when we tip them as they get empty.
Mobile engine stand
I just had my second 40 gallon Maxant tank repaired, and was comtemplating what I will do with it. I bought two and refurbished them, even though I probably only need one. Anyway, I was thinking that if I need a decent vessel for for making syrup to feed next falls bees, or I decide to process wax like Ron Householder does, a mobile stand would be useful.
Has anyone adapted an engine stand for the purpose? I envisage the stand supporting a plate big raised enough to allow a 5 gallon bucket to fit underneath.
A used engine stand like this. http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/cs...244763624.html


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Two men are in court today after "courageous" patrons of a Whakatane bar intervened and stopped an armed robbery attempt last night.
Just before 10pm, a 23-year-old man entered the Kope Turf Bar in Whakatane and demanded cash from a female staff member. The second man, armed with what was described as a sawn-off shotgun, stood at the door, witnesses said.
Patrons swarmed behind the bar to help stop the man and, while doing so, managed to land a few punches on him. The armed man rushed in and yelled at patrons to "get back or I will shoot".
Most people at the bar stepped away from the first man, but one managed to grab a pool cue and smacked the armed man in the back of the head with it. Another man threw his pool cue at one of the alleged offenders.
One of the men managed to break away and flee the bar, only to be arrested at a Whakatane address early this morning.
The other offender was arrested inside the bar, where the firearm was also recovered by police.
When police arrived the man was being held by bar security and patrons. People could be heard telling the alleged offender that this was "their" bar and that no one would be robbing it while they were there.
Both men and at least one of the patrons suffered minor injuries during the struggle.
"We would firmly discourage members of the public from putting themselves at risk by tackling offenders, particularly when they are armed, but that doesn't take away from the fact that these patrons were incredibly courageous and they should be proud that they stood up for their community," said Inspector Sandra Venables.
Both men will appear in Whakatane District Court later today on charges of assault with intent to rob.
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A young writer got film critic Roger Ebert to retract a statement and consider his entitlement after a recent tweet stating he'd "rather be called a nigger than a slave."
Ebert's tweet was published Wednesday in response to uproar of publisher New South Books releasing a version of Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Fin" in which "nigger" is swapped out for "slave."
But 1cupofrpattz, a LiveJournal writer part of "Oh No They Didn't," a celebrity gossip community, published a story calling Ebert "entitled" for suggesting that "nigger' is better.
It's not that I agree with people updating Mark Twain's work, which is supposed to reflect the reality people faced back then (and I don't believe in trying to erase history, it's the only way we'll learn), but I just *really* hated that he felt the right to use the word, that he felt the right to choose which word is better (did he forget he's white?) and that he would actually say which word he would rather be called when he will never be called neither. What was he thinking? SMH.
People need to think before they tweet and they need to think more before giving their opinion on races issues.Tweet him your opinions: @ebertchicago.
And the opinions were heard. This morning Ebert retracted his statement. "You know, this is very true" I'll never be called a Nigger *or* a Slave, so I should shut the ****up," Ebert wrote on Twitter.
It may be a little too late though. At the time of the publishing of this story his original message was still being re-tweeted hundreds of times and he's hearing a lot more opinions now. And it seems like he didn't learn his lesson, because this morning he was criticizing Columbus' golden voice Ted Williams for having nine kids.
Listen to Colorlines.com's own editorial director Kai Wright on NPR's "All Things Considered" discussing the "Huckleberry Finn" saga:
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Los Santos Customs
The Los Santos Customs app offers players the freedom to create their ultimate vehicle in Grand Theft Auto V from anywhere. At the bar, on the beach, on the toilet. This is the future, we're almost sure of it.
You can even create and reserve custom license plates for both Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online – order your personalized plates before they're gone!
Also choose from paint jobs, window tints, smoke colors, wheels, hoods and spoilers. Upgrade your engine, brakes, exhaust, suspension, and accessorize with new lights, horns, tires and body armor. Place your order on-the-go and find it waiting for you in the garage the next time you play Grand Theft Auto V, or send your order in while playing and get a call from your local mechanic to swing by.
Everybody's had some work done in Los Santos, so don't let your ride be the exception to the rule.
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Depth of content, high production values, defecation. It's the app that has it all. Because who doesn't love tending to a virtual pet? Chop is Franklin's canine sidekick in Grand Theft Auto V. Look after him well in the "Chop the Dog" app and you will reap the benefits when playing as Franklin in Grand Theft Auto V. Pet him, feed and water him, play fetch and tug-of-war, teach him tricks. Too much or too little of an activity, however, will cause Chop to become unhappy, and nobody likes an unhappy Rottweiler. Take Chop on walks to give him a chance to work off last night's steak and Piswasser and to mark his turf in the hood - defending his ladies, fending off gang members and even protecting the beach babes of Los Santos from unsightly tan lines by removing their bikinis.
Looking after Chop successfully is reflected in his behavior in Grand Theft Auto V in a number of ways:
•He will be more helpful and responsive to Franklin
•He will perform tricks such as sitting, begging and giving paw if properly trained through the app
•He will sniff out the nearest hidden items when the player takes him for a walk
•Earn enough credits through walks and proper caretaking and exchange them for new collars for Chop
Grand Theft Auto V is officially released tomorrow!! Of course, Rockstar are working on ways to expand the game, and one such way is the iFruit App for iOS devices (Android coming soon), with this you'll be able to customise even more in the game and even get a mini game to help train Chop! Here are the details below of what the App contains:


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Industry, Sector and Symbol: Sector: Industry: Asset Management Sub-Industry: Asset Management & Custody Banks Symbol: NYSE:BLK CUSIP: 09247X10 Web: www.blackrock.com Capitalization:Market Cap: $66.29 billionOutstanding Shares: 162,868,000Average Prices:50 Day Moving Avg: $386.85200 Day Moving Avg: $382.6552 Week Range: $317.60 - $407.93 P/E:Trailing P/E Ratio: 20.00Foreward P/E Ratio: 16.72P/E Growth: 1.49Sales & Book Value:Annual Revenue: $11.35 billionPrice / Sales: 5.84Book Value: $179.01 per sharePrice / Book: 2.27Dividend:Annual Dividend: $9.16Dividend Yield: 2.5% Profitability:EBIDTA: $5.01 billionNet Margins: 28.44%Return on Equity: 11.20%Return on Assets: 1.44%Debt:Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.21%Current Ratio: 2.90%Quick Ratio: 2.90%Misc:Average Volume: 513,644 shs.Beta: 1.72Short Ratio: 3.38 Frequently Asked Questions for BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) What is BlackRock's stock symbol? BlackRock trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BLK." 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The consensus price target is a mean average of the most recent price target set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months.Ratings Breakdown: 5 Hold Ratings, 6 Buy RatingsConsensus Rating:Buy (Score: 2.55)Consensus Price Target: $414.25 (1.78% upside) Analysts' Ratings History for BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) Show: Only the Most Recent Rating From Each Brokerage All Ratings For This Stock DateFirmActionRatingPrice TargetImpact on Share PriceDetails5/17/2017Jefferies Group LLCReiterated RatingHold$387.00Low4/22/2017Deutsche Bank AGReiterated RatingBuy$449.00 -> $441.00Medium3/18/2017Morgan StanleyReiterated RatingBuyLow3/8/2017JPMorgan Chase & Co.Reiterated RatingBuyLow2/9/2017Credit Suisse Group AGReiterated RatingBuy$464.00N/A1/25/2017Citigroup IncBoost Price TargetBuy$425.00 -> $430.00N/A1/17/2017Barclays PLCLower Price TargetEqual Weight$411.00 -> $396.00N/A1/4/2017Goldman Sachs Group IncDowngradeBuy -> Neutral$410.00 -> $403.00N/A10/21/2016Wells Fargo & CoReiterated RatingMarket PerformN/A10/21/2016ArgusReiterated RatingBuy$400.00N/A10/14/2016Keefe, Bruyette & WoodsSet Price TargetHold$393.00N/A4/17/2016Royal Bank of CanadaReiterated RatingBuyN/A1/21/2016Susquehanna Bancshares IncLower Price TargetNeutral$320.00 -> $304.00N/A1/7/2016Sanford C. BernsteinLower Price TargetOutperform$430.00 -> $415.00N/A10/15/2015Piper Jaffray CompaniesReiterated RatingHold$357.00 -> $365.00N/A9/16/2015GabelliUpgradeHold -> Buy$362.00 -> $362.00N/A(Data available from 5/30/2015 forward) Earnings Earnings History for BlackRock (NYSE:BLK)Earnings History by Quarter for BlackRock (NYSE BLK)DateQuarterConsensus EstimateActual EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueRelease LinkConference CallDetails7/12/2017 4/19/2017Q1 2017$4.94$5.25$2.86 billion$2.82 billionViewN/A1/13/2017Q416$5.02$5.14$2.93 billion$2.89 billionViewN/A10/18/2016Q316$4.98$5.14$1.01 billion$2.84 billionViewListen7/14/2016Q216$4.79$4.78$2.81 billion$2.80 billionViewListen4/14/2016Q116$4.29$4.25$2.73 billion$2.62 billionViewListen1/15/2016Q415$4.80$4.75$2.84 billion$2.86 billionViewListen10/14/2015Q315$4.51$5.00$2.82 billion$2.91 billionViewListen7/15/2015Q215$4.80$4.96$2.85 billion$2.91 billionViewListen4/16/2015Q115$4.51$4.89$2.81 billion$2.72 billionViewListen1/15/2015Q4$4.68$4.82$2.89 billion$2.78 billionViewListen10/15/2014Q314$4.67$5.21$2.84 billion$2.85 billionViewListen7/16/2014Q214$4.46$4.89$2.71 billion$2.78 billionViewListen4/17/2014Q114$4.10$4.43$2.67 billion$2.67 billionViewListen1/16/2014Q413$4.34$4.92$2.69 billion$2.78 billionViewListen10/16/2013Q313$3.84$3.88$2.47 billion$2.47 billionViewListen7/18/2013Q2 2013$3.87$4.15$2.51 billion$2.48 billionViewListen4/16/2013Q1 2013$3.50$3.65$2.42 billion$2.45 billionViewListen1/17/2013Q4 2012$3.73$3.96$2.48 billion$2.54 billionViewListen10/17/2012$3.29$3.47ViewN/A7/18/2012$3.03$3.10ViewN/A4/18/2012$3.02$3.16ViewN/A1/19/2012$3.02$3.06ViewN/A10/19/2011$2.70$2.83ViewN/A7/20/2011$2.89$3.00ViewN/A4/21/2011$2.77$2.96ViewN/A1/25/2011$2.91$3.42ViewN/A(Data available from 1/1/2011 forward) Estimates Earnings Estimates for BlackRock (NYSE:BLK)2017 EPS Consensus Estimate: $21.36QuarterNumber of EstimatesLow EstimateHigh EstimateAverage EstimateQ1 20172$4.93$4.97$4.95Q2 20173$5.16$5.41$5.30Q3 20173$5.26$5.61$5.39Q4 20173$5.50$6.14$5.72(Data provided by Zacks Investment Research) Dividends Current Dividend Information for BlackRock (NYSE:BLK)Next Dividend:6/23/2017Annual Dividend:$9.16Dividend Yield:2.25%Dividend Growth:10.90% (3 Year Average)Payout Ratio:48.11% (Trailing 12 Months of Earnings) 42.23% (Based on This Year's Estimates)37.62% (Based on Next Year's Estimates)Track Record:7 Years of Consecutive Dividend GrowthDividend History by Quarter for BlackRock (NYSE BLK)AnnouncedPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date5/25/2017quarterly$2.502.46%6/1/20176/5/20176/23/20171/13/2017quarterly$2.503/2/20173/6/20173/23/201711/30/2016quarterly$2.292.43%12/8/201612/12/201612/23/20167/20/2016quarterly$2.292.55%8/31/20169/2/20169/23/20165/25/2016quarterly$2.292.52%6/2/20166/6/20166/23/20161/15/2016$2.293/3/20163/7/20163/26/20161/15/2016quarterly$2.292.97%3/3/20163/7/20163/23/201611/17/2015quarterly$2.182.42%12/1/201512/3/201512/23/20157/30/2015quarterly$2.182.59%8/31/20159/2/20159/22/20155/28/2015quarterly$2.182.38%6/5/20156/9/20156/23/20151/15/2015quarterly$2.182.51%3/4/20153/6/20153/24/201511/19/2014quarterly$1.932.22%12/1/201412/3/201412/23/20147/23/2014quarterly$1.932.43%8/28/20149/2/20149/22/20145/29/2014quarterly$1.932.52%6/5/20146/9/20146/23/20141/16/2014quarterly$1.932.44%3/5/20143/7/20143/24/201411/21/2013quarterly$1.682.21%11/29/201312/3/201312/23/20137/25/2013quarterly$1.682.35%8/29/20139/2/20139/23/20135/30/2013quarterly$1.682.41%6/5/20136/7/20136/24/20131/18/2013quarterly$1.682.87%3/5/20133/7/20133/25/2013(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward) Insider Trades Insider Trading and Institutional Ownership History for BlackRock (NYSE:BLK)Insider Ownership Percentage: 2.20%Institutional Ownership Percentage: 80.82%Insider Trades by Quarter for BlackRock (NYSE:BLK)Transaction DateInsider NameTitleBuy/SellNumber of SharesAverage Share PriceTotal TransactionDetails5/26/2017Mark MccombeInsiderSell500$405.98$202,990.00 2/8/2017J. Richard KushelInsiderSell8,573$374.92$3,214,189.16 2/3/2017Gary ShedlinCFOSell2,417$375.00$906,375.00 2/3/2017Jeff A. SmithInsiderSell5,250$377.00$1,979,250.00 2/3/2017Robert L. GoldsteinCOOSell10,374$377.31$3,914,213.94 10/27/2016William S DemchakDirectorBuy1,200$341.11$409,332.00 10/19/2016Jeff A. SmithInsiderSell125$355.22$44,402.50 8/30/2016Mark MccombeDirectorSell1,400$374.92$524,888.00 8/29/2016James GrosfeldDirectorSell25,379$374.22$9,497,329.38 8/23/2016James GrosfeldDirectorSell25,710$372.97$9,589,058.70 8/22/2016James GrosfeldDirectorSell10,911$371.98$4,058,673.78 8/3/2016Susan WagnerDirectorSell25,000$368.29$9,207,250.00 8/1/2016Ryan StorkInsiderSell1,400$367.24$514,136.00 7/29/2016Susan WagnerDirectorSell79,346$366.35$29,068,407.10 7/15/2016J. Richard KushelDirectorSell8,000$356.55$2,852,400.00 6/1/2016Susan WagnerDirectorSell8,665$365.39$3,166,104.35 5/31/2016J. Richard KushelDirectorSell6,039$363.02$2,192,277.78 5/9/2016Robert W FairbairnDirectorSell2,000$355.28$710,560.00 4/15/2016Jeff A SmithDirectorSell2,650$354.25$938,762.50 3/1/2016Laurence FinkCEOSell37,600$321.79$12,099,304.00 2/19/2016Robert L. GoldsteinCOOSell10,783$314.85$3,395,027.55 2/18/2016Ryan StorkDirectorSell3,000$318.36$955,080.00 2/12/2016Robert W. FairbairnDirectorSell5,000$306.21$1,531,050.00 11/5/2015Laurence FinkCEOSell42,800$357.56$15,303,568.00 10/26/2015Robert KapitoPresidentSell116,069$336.95$39,109,449.55 8/31/2015Robert KapitoPresidentSell50,000$303.49$15,174,500.00 7/23/2015Laurence FinkCEOSell102,722$350.44$35,997,897.68 1/26/2015Jeff A SmithDirectorSell1,000$355.40$355,400.00 8/14/2014Mark MccombeDirectorSell3,500$314.00$1,099,000.00 4/21/2014Joseph FelicianiInsiderSell1,716$305.67$524,529.72 5/30/2013Laurence FinkCEOSell52,616$285.08$14,999,769.28 4/18/2013Thomas K MontagDirectorBuy5,000$248.64$1,243,200.00 2/4/2013Dennis D DammermanDirectorSell1,794$234.41$420,531.54 11/1/2012James GrosfeldDirectorBuy3,600$189.48$682,128.00 10/31/2012James GrosfeldDirectorBuy42,400$189.10$8,017,840.00 10/25/2012James GrosfeldDirectorBuy41,900$187.18$7,842,842.00 10/24/2012James GrosfeldDirectorBuy108,098$189.01$20,431,602.98 10/19/2012James GrosfeldDirectorBuy99,998$189.47$18,946,621.06 10/18/2012James GrosfeldDirectorBuy200,002$190.66$38,132,381.32 (Data available from 1/1/2013 forward) Headlines Headline Trends for BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) Latest Headlines for BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) Source: All Sources Trusted Sources MarketBeat.com Bloomberg MarketWatch Motley Fool NASDAQ Reuters Seeking Alpha The Street The Wall Street Journal Yahoo Finance DateHeadlineWall Street Signals Bond Yields to Remain Lowerfinance.yahoo.com - May 29 at 9:27 AM[$$] BlackRock defeats investor challenge over pay policyfinance.yahoo.com - May 27 at 2:21 AM[$$] $4tn exchange traded fund industry draws more scrutinyfinance.yahoo.com - May 27 at 2:21 AMBlackRock, Inc. (BLK) Insider Sells $202,990.00 in Stockwww.americanbankingnews.com - May 26 at 8:03 PMNaive Hedge Funds Bet Too Big On An OPEC Cutfinance.yahoo.com - May 26 at 4:18 PMBlackRock, Vanguard Mull Pressuring Exxon to Disclose Climate Riskswww.wsj.com - May 26 at 3:05 AMBlackRock(R) Canada Announces Final May Cash Distributions for the iShares(R) Premium Money Market ETFwww.marketwatch.com - May 26 at 3:05 AMBlackRock Declares $2.50 Quarterly Dividendfinance.yahoo.com - May 26 at 3:04 AMWSJ: BlackRock, Vanguard may push Exxon to disclose climate risks - Seeking Alphaseekingalpha.com - May 25 at 5:03 PMBlackRock CEO Larry Fink says global growth accelerating - Reuterswww.reuters.com - May 25 at 5:03 PMBlackRock to pay $1.25 billion over 20 years for New York headquarters - Reuterswww.reuters.com - May 25 at 5:02 PMMutual fund expenses hit new low in 2016 - Seeking Alphaseekingalpha.com - May 25 at 5:02 PMBlackRock's Fink: Global Growth Acceleratingfinance.yahoo.com - May 25 at 5:02 PMU.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Little-Changed at 234,000finance.yahoo.com - May 25 at 5:02 PM[$$] A Quant Program Is the Reason You Just Bought That ETFfinance.yahoo.com - May 25 at 5:02 PMFinancials & food in the trader blitzfinance.yahoo.com - May 25 at 5:02 PMBlackRock to pay $1.25 bln over 20 years for New York headquartersfinance.yahoo.com - May 25 at 5:02 PMBlackRock Declares Quarterly Dividend of $2.50 on Common Stockfinance.yahoo.com - May 25 at 5:02 PMBlackRock, Inc. (BLK) Plans Quarterly Dividend of $2.50www.americanbankingnews.com - May 25 at 4:58 PMWhat ETF Providers May Do About Rising Index Feesfinance.yahoo.com - May 24 at 3:52 PMBlackRock (BLK) Presents At J.P. Morgan Macro Quantitative & Derivatives Conference - Slideshowseekingalpha.com - May 24 at 12:42 PMBig stock investors establish Greek foothold in patient betfinance.yahoo.com - May 24 at 12:42 PMHow the man who manages more money than anyone on Earth stays ahead of the marketwww.cnbc.com - May 24 at 11:23 AMBRIEF-Petrobras says notified by BlackRock that it acquired preferred shares issued by Co - SEC Filingwww.businessinsider.com - May 23 at 4:01 PMFocus on BlackRock Basic Value Fund Investor C (MCBAX)finance.yahoo.com - May 23 at 11:51 AMStrategist Dwyer Sees Low VIX as Buying Opportunityfinance.yahoo.com - May 23 at 11:51 AMWhy Is BlackRock (BLK) Up 1.8% Since the Last Earnings Report ... - Nasdaqwww.nasdaq.com - May 22 at 3:53 PMWith an Asset-Backed Debt ETF, the Bet Is If You Can Pay What You Owefinance.yahoo.com - May 22 at 3:53 PMSanctions No Downer for BlackRock as Russia Plans Eurobondwww.bloomberg.com - May 22 at 11:40 AM[$$] BlackRock shareholder challenges pay policy againfinance.yahoo.com - May 22 at 11:40 AMWhy Is BlackRock (BLK) Up 1.8% Since the Last Earnings Report?finance.yahoo.com - May 22 at 11:40 AMShareholders Assess Climate Risks To Oil Majorsfinance.yahoo.com - May 20 at 9:02 PM[$$] BlackRock bets on Aladdin as genie of growthfinance.yahoo.com - May 19 at 8:55 PMRupert Harrison Says Special Prosecutor Is Good for Trumpfinance.yahoo.com - May 19 at 9:06 AMShihabi Says Saudi Arabia Needs Acknowledgment From Trumpfinance.yahoo.com - May 19 at 9:06 AMHarrison Says Big Tory Win Boosts May's Hand on Brexitfinance.yahoo.com - May 19 at 9:06 AMETFs with exposure to BlackRock, Inc. : May 18, 2017finance.yahoo.com - May 18 at 3:55 PMU.S. ETF Industry Grew 32% In The Last Year, But Also Got More Concentratedfinance.yahoo.com - May 18 at 3:55 PMBuy Stocks After This 'Mini-Correction,' BlackRock's Investment Strategist Saysfeeds.benzinga.com - May 18 at 11:43 AMBlackRock's Saunders Says China Housing Numbers Not Badfinance.yahoo.com - May 18 at 11:41 AMBisat Says Brazil Crisis Likely to Reverse 'Green Shoots'finance.yahoo.com - May 18 at 11:41 AMHagens Berman Notifies BlackRock ETF Investors of Court Ruling Upholding August 24, 2015 ETF Flash Crash Case and Scheduling Hearingfinance.yahoo.com - May 17 at 3:58 PMThe Three Largest Players Have A 70% Market Share In $4 Trillion Global ETF Industryfinance.yahoo.com - May 17 at 3:58 PMWorries, Volatility and Activismfinance.yahoo.com - May 17 at 11:57 AMBlackRock, Inc. :BLK-US: Earnings Analysis: Q1, 2017 By the Numbers : May 17, 2017finance.yahoo.com - May 17 at 11:57 AMBlackRock, Inc. 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The Canisius College Volleyball team was defeated by St. Peter's College on Sunday in Jersey City, N.J. The Griffs fell in three games by scores of 14-30, 15-30, 10-30. The loss drops Canisius to 3-16 overall, 1-6 in the MAAC, while the Peahens move their record to 19-5 overall, 7-0 in the conference.
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Bicycling Firebrands
With Iran refusing to ship petrol to Afghanistan, hundreds of protesters in Kabul hit the streets on bicycles brandishing signs that said, "We can live without oil." And why not? In Hungary, at least, we can always use pig grease to lube our chains.
This follows right on the heels of another bit of bicycle protest news from the Middle East. Last month, an Israeli court gave a three-month jail sentence to a left-wing activist for riding in a mini-Critical Mass against the blockade of Gaza.
Somehow, bicycles are becoming the ride of choice for political firebrands the world over.
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As the world grows more dependent on technology, the need for energy is increasing. And this is why there is so much talk and research about sustainable energy — the continuous provision of energy without compromising the supply for future generations. The increase in demand has people looking into renewable energy sources such as hydroelectricity, solar energy, wind energy, wave power, geothermal energy, and tidal power, as well as technologies designed to improve energy efficiency.
The need to find better energy sources for the future has led people to organize events such as EcoTuesday, to bring awareness and become a platform for eco-friendly businesses to introduce their green products and services.
EcoTuesday is a structured networking event for sustainable business leaders that takes place on the fourth Tuesday of each month in cities across the country. In every event, attendees get to learn about cutting edge sustainable business from experts, introduce themselves and their projects to other attendees, as well as network with people you met or learned about at the event.
Unfortunately, San Francisco will hold its last EcoTuesday on November 27, 2012 as the organizer, Nikki Pava, has her second baby coming January 2013 and plans to focus on her main business, Alegria Partners, when she gets settled in with the baby.
"For me, this decision is bittersweet," Pava stated in a blog post. "I've had a great time producing and leading EcoTuesday, however, with the arrival of my second child in January I realized that I need to re-prioritize my commitments. Once I get settled in with the new baby, I will be focusing more of my efforts into my main business, Alegria Partners. I'm really excited about this new venture and strive to help companies with their sustainability initiatives and employee engagement campaigns (such as creating green teams)."
This doesn't mean EcoTuesday will come to an end, there will be other EcoTuesday events happening across the country, just not in San Francisco. Pava also stated that in 2013, she plans on hosting a 1-2 half day events and there will still be monthly newsletters. Interested parties may sign up for the new and improved newsletter here.
If you want to learn more about EcoTuesday and how it has affected the lives of many others, you can visit their site, sign up for their monthly newsletter, follow them on them Twitter or add them up on Facebook, join their Linkedin group, or view photos of EcoTuesday on Flickr. And to learn more about the last EcoTuesday in San Francisco, click here.


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In more than 80 years of selling milk and sugar to American shoppers, the
While jobs are falling like autumn leaves all over the world, thanks to this long drawn-out financial downturn, this chain is still adding to its workforce of more than 150,000 people.
The company is trading well, with 2012 sales of $US27.5 billion from its 1069 stores – capitalising on its reputation for great customer service. For years it has held the top spot on the American Customer Satisfaction Index.
Not only does it not retrench, the company can't get people to leave of their own accord. Only 3 per cent of employees choose to leave each year, in an industry where the average is around 43 per cent.
No wonder the company has been named one of Fortune's "100 Best Companies to Work For in America" for 16 consecutive years.
The secret sauce
So, what makes this company so special? Well, it might have something to do with the fact that it is more than 30 per cent owned by its employees (with the remainder held by the founder's family).
This is certainly the view of the executive director of The National Centre for Employee Ownership,
"What is exciting to me is to see all the little ideas that make a difference. They are not inventing an iPad, but it is the thousands of small improvements they [the workers] make," he says.
According to Rodgers' research, employee-owners were four-times less likely to be laid off during the recent recession, are more highly paid (while the executives are paid less than the average), and are more productive.
Rodgers says there would have been 1.8 million more unemployed people in the US in 2010 if employee-owned companies had shed jobs at the same rate as the rest of the business community.
Meanwhile, across the Atlantic
John Lewis is considered a bright spot in British retailing, with rising profits and paying out more than £200 million ($313 million) in staff bonuses through its generous profit share scheme this year.
It is generally very reluctant to retrench, but announced cuts to 325 management positions in February.
Rodgers and Nuttall were in Australia to speak at the Employee Ownership Australia and New Zealand conference in Sydney, May 24.
A new wave
While employee-owned companies are still a very small part of the corporate scene in Britain and the US – between 3 and 4 per cent – there has been a resurgence of interest since the British government pledged support for Nuttall's review and his 28 recommendations last year.
The British government hopes to grow the sector to 10 per cent of companies.
In January, Deputy Prime Minister
"The 1980s was the decade of share ownership. I want this to be the decade of employee share ownership. We need more individuals to have a real stake in their firms, more of a John Lewis economy."
Nuttall says the British government has made employee ownership a priority because it is convinced that is it a way to raise productivity, provide some job and financial stability for owner-employees, encourage start-ups, and allow the owners of businesses to retire from their businesses by selling them to their staff.
"The UK government took this little-known, but highly successful model and made it more widely known and widely understood," says Nuttall, who is also a partner at Field Fisher Waterhouse.
Australia yet to catch on
The ramifications of the enthusiasm in Britain are being felt all over the world and the chairman of Employee Share Ownership Australia,
However, there are some impediments in this country. In 2009, the Rudd government tightened up the tax treatment of company share schemes and many employers responded by freezing their plans for a while.
The changes (affecting more than 4 million employees) meant those earning more than $60,000 had to pay tax in advance on share and options packages.
"At the moment, there may be a lack of awareness. It takes a level of commitment to understand employee ownership," she says.
In Australia, the Liberal Party has been more interested in the concept than the Labor government. Employee-ownership is often misunderstood and derided as a tax dodge for executive incentive schemes.
According to the US National Centre for Employee Ownership, some of the ways employee ownership improves business performance are:
- through productivity, which improves by 4 per cent to 5 per cent on average in the year an employee stock ownership plan is adopted, and the higher productivity level is maintained in subsequent years
- by using such plans which increase sales, employment, and sales per employee by about 2.3 per cent to 2.4 per cent per year
- higher sales, with employee-owned companies having on average an 8.8 per cent higher sales per employee than their counterparts in the same industry and same size
- job growth, with private employee-owned companies showing job growth of 60 per cent between 2001 and 2011 while other companies remained flat.


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Blake Hounshell is managing editor at Foreign Policy, having formerly been Web editor. Hounshell oversees ForeignPolicy.com and has commissioned and edited numerous cover stories for the print magazine, including National Magazine Award finalist "Why Do They Hate Us?" by Mona Eltahawy. He also edits The Cable, FP's first foray into daily original reporting, and was editor of Colum Lynch's Turtle Bay, which in 2011 won a National Magazine award for best reporting in a digital format.
Blake joined Foreign Policy in 2006 after living in Cairo, where he studied Arabic, missed his Steelers finally win one for the thumb, and worked for the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies. Blake was a 2011 finalist for the Livingston Awards prize for young journalists for his reporting on the Arab uprisings, and his Twitter feed was named one of Time magazine's "140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2011." Under his leadership, in 2008, Passport, FP's flagship blog, won Media Industry Newsletter's "Best of the Web" award in the blog category. Along with Elizabeth Dickinson, he edited Southern Tiger: Chile's Fight for a Democratic and Prosperous Future, the memoirs of former Chilean president Ricardo Lagos, published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2012.
A graduate of Yale University, Blake speaks mangled Arabic and French, is an avid runner, and lives in Washington with his wife, musician Sandy Choi, and their toddler, David. Follow him on Twitter @blakehounshell.
Reactions to U.S. Defense Secretary Bob Gates's recommendation of Marine Gen. James Mattis to head Central Command today are running the usual gamut of opinion, with nearly everyone pointing to his past statements on how "it's fun to shoot some people" and interpreting that in different ways. (For more of the Mattis treatment, check out this NSFW Twitter thread. My favorite? "Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet." He's kind of like the Poor Richard of counterinsurgency, but with a potty mouth.)
Plenty of folks seem to really like the guy. Gates today called him "one of the military's most innovative and iconoclastic thinkers." Tom Ricks, who floated his name as soon as Gen. David Petraeus took the Afghanistan job, has weighed in enthusiastically. The LA Times calls him "one of the military's premier strategic thinkers" and "a deft political operator." Wired's Spencer Ackerman, perhaps the Internet's premier COIN fanboy, says Mattis "has a larger reputation as a big brain," like Petraeus.
Retired Lt. Col. John Nagl, the president of the Center for a New American Security, is also a huge fan. He served under Mattis in Iraq's Anbar province in 2004 and helped him write FM 3-24 (pdf), the famous Army/Marine Corps Field Manual, in 2006.
Asked to comment on Mattis's likely appointment, Nagl emailed: "He is a warfighter and a counterinsurgent, a thinker and a warrior, and we are fortunate as a nation that he will oversee the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan."
Mattis, who is currently the outgoing head of Joint Forces Command, testified in March before the Senate Armed Services Committee. No real standout lines in there, but it's clear he's had a great deal of high-level exposure at JFCOM to the types of strategic and tactical questions he'll face at CENTCOM.
At his press conference this afternoon, Gates also had interesting things to say about the Pentagon's relationship with the media, following up on a memo he sent around last Friday that was quickly and predictably leaked.
"I have grown increasingly concerned that we have become too lax, disorganized, and, in some cases, flat-out sloppy in the way we engage with the press," Gates said. "Reports and other documents, including on sensitive subjects, are routinely provided to the press and other elements in this town before I or the White House know anything about them." (For the record, military and DoD officials remain welcome to leak important documents and information to Foreign Policy.)
Asked why he hadn't said anything about General McChrystal's classified assessment on Afghanistan that was leaked to the Washington Post last fall, Gates gave this tantalizing answer: "Because I was never convinced that it leaked out of this building." Ahem.
On the infamous Rolling Stone article that led to McChrystal's firing, Gates made this emphatic comment: "General McChrystal never, ever, said one thing or in any way, shape or form, conveyed to me any disrespect for civilian authority over the military. Never. I have never had an officer do that since I have been in this building, in three-and-a-half years." He then went further: "I have never encountered, at any level of the military, any disrespect for civilian authority."


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