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No, you should NOT see her spine while she is pregnant. She should be allowed to eat all she will of a high quality, meat based kibble. Many breeders switch their pregnant dogs over to puppy food since it is higher in nutritional value pound for pound. If she doesn't eat enough to keep her ribs covered and her spine NOT showing, you will need to supplement her with canned food or even extra meat such as hamburger or ground chicken or the like added to her regular food daily.
If she is too thin BEFORE she has the pups, she will be unable to provide enough milk to keep them alive once they are born.
When was her last vet check including a check for worms or other parasites? That should have been done prior to the breeding, but if it was not, it is now time to get that done immediately. Any worms or internal parasites she may have will also cause problems with her weight as well as infect the unborn puppies.
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By Jacob H. Hollander, Henrietta Szold, Edwin Wolf, Mayer Sulzberger, Solomon Schechter, Felix N. Gerson, David Philipson, Maurice H. Harris, Ephraim Lederer, Simon W. Rosendale
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Well, those of you who follow along weekly may recall last week how I waded into Toledo Bend and destroyed my iPhone in the process. That stinks, right? I wish all of my phone troubles went away at that point, but it got worse.
That was during practice, so during the tournament, I borrowed Jimmye Sue's phone because you always want a phone on the water in case of an emergency situation. Then, we gave Jimmye Sue my daughter's phone so that I could reach her in an emergency. Well, the very next day Jimmye Sue dropped my daughter's phone and shattered the screen! So that was two iPhones down in a week. But it's still not over. I made a long boat ride on Day Two, and wound up getting Jimmye Sue's phone wet on the way back. That brings the count to three phones in a week!
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I'm very grateful to have survived Toledo Bend, and also to have extended my lead in the AOY points race. I was a little concerned when I was in 28th after Day One, but one thing that you always want to do if you can is to move up in the standings each day, and thankfully I was able to accomplish that and finish in 16th place. I must say, perspective and momentum are everything.
Last year, I had one of the worst seasons of my career. At this point last year, my attitude was such that I was thrilled to make a check. This year, I'm disappointed when I don't make the Top 12. It's amazing how quickly expectations can change. Again, I'm thankful to the Lord for allowing me to get this far.
I know He's the one who is providing my fish each week, and I want to walk as closely as I can to Him. A verse that I've been focusing on this season is Matthew 6:33 which says "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." In my life, I'm seeking after His kingdom, and he's adding the other things (fish) to me. Now, there's no guarantee for the fish each week, but I'm grateful for each one.
When we got home this past week, we had so much laundry that we didn't attempt to do it ourselves, so we dropped it off at a cleaners. I think Jimmye Sue told me that we had 105 pounds of laundry that we dropped off this morning. Yikes.
On a more exciting note, we're purchasing a new-to-us motor home, and we're excited about it. The one that we have isn't quite strong enough to pull our double decker trailer, so this new one's got more grunt to it and will be an all-around upgrade. With the economy the way it is, we got a good deal on it. So, if you want to buy a motor home, I've got one for sale!
It's a Phaeton that we bought when the kids were small, and we have lots of memories in it, so it's kind of sad seeing it go, but we're ready for an upgrade.
One final thing: I'm cautiously optimistic about West Point Lake. Although I've never fished a tournament there before, I did get a chance to get out and do some scouting a little while ago. There are three things that make me optimistic: (1) the fish will probably be out of their postspawn funk by the time the tournament gets there, (2) the water will have cleared up (there was flooding in the area when I scouted earlier), and (3) the water will be at full pool. It was low when I was there before.
I think I learned where the bar is set, and I know the size of fish that I'll need to do well there. But the three most important days are still coming up: the official practice. Stay tuned and I'll keep you all up to date.


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In 2006, AMD and Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) were neck and neck in providing microprocessors for personal computers ("PC's") with Intel running 51.6% of the computers and AMD 48.4%. At that time AMD had been steadily gaining share since early 2004.
How quickly investors forget. Today AMD is struggling to find a market and re-invent itself while Intel is making a lot of money in PC's. Investors think Intel "missed mobile" and maybe it did. What it did instead was add 22% of market share in PC's shipping chips for almost 500 million more devices since 2006 than it would have shipped if it just held share. At average revenue per PC of about $120 that decision added $60 billion in revenue at something like 90% gross margin, an outcome not to be sneezed at. In fact, the incremental revenue from PC processor share gains by Intel between 2006 and 2010 exceeded all of Qualcomm's revenue during the same period. Intel did not miss mobile, it just ignored it.
Intel's record of taking the lion's share of its target markets is pretty impressive. Between 1980 and 1990 Intel went from no presence in PC's to an 80% market share. Between 1990 and 2000 Intel went from no presence to an 80% share of the Data Center market and later in just ten years from its entry in 2000 did the same thing in high performance computing.
Source: IDC, Gartner, estimates
Now the pundits are speculating that Intel will fail in mobile because ARM Holdings (NASDAQ:ARMH), Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM), Samsung (OTC:SSNLF) and Taiwan Semiconductor (NYSE:TSM) have already established themselves solidly in control of those markets. Maybe, but a solid lead has not helped any of the other competitors who faced Intel in markets they once seemed to dominate. In PC's names like Commodore, VIC and Atari have all but disappeared and many younger people have never heard of them. IBM's and Motorola's efforts to establish RISC based Power PC processors in the PC market died on the vine with even staunch Power PC supporter Apple eventually abandoning Motorola processors for Intel chips in Macs.
Competing with RISC processors is not new to Intel and the device manufacturers who have turned over the development of the key components of their devices to ARM, Samsung or TSMC run some risks if those suppliers cannot keep pace with Intel's advances.
It took Intel from 1981 to 1984 to reach 15% of the PC market; from 91 to 94 to reach 15% of the data center market; and, from 2000 to 2003 to reach 15% of the High Performance Computing market. This year it expects to have 15% of the tablet market.
Intel is correct to focus on tablets as opposed to smartphones. The entire smartphone market for microprocessors is small at about $20 billion based on a $17.50 units price and something like 1.2 billion this year or next, using the 2012 Apple A6 processor as representative of a smartphone processor's value. Absent a compelling integrated base band on an integrated SoC Intel is not really in position to tackle smartphones at this point any way.
Tablets make a lot more sense than smartphones as a target market for Intel. I see the Bay Trail processor as fully competitive with tablet alternatives and relatively few tablets have built in cellular connectivity. As at last May only 12% of tablets in the United States had cellular according to reports. Tablets without cellular are a target market of some 250 million devices in 2014 I would guess, and Intel's plan to ship at least 40 million processors into that market is a meaningful 16% share. I would be very surprised if they failed and I expect them to surpass their target.
2014 is about the third year of Intel's serious efforts to penetrate tablets and a 15% share is essentially in line with the progress Intel made in penetrating its earlier targets, ultimately becoming the major player in each of them.
Once Intel is firmly established in tablets, you can expect to see them shift more forcefully towards the smartphone market. By that time, users are more than likely to want higher processing power following the trend kicked off by Apple with its A7 64-bit processor in its iPhones and iPads. Processing power is Intel's playground so this will be a war worth watching.
Intel's decision to support Android as well as Windows OS from the get go is a key feature of its approach. By having processors that can run in all major OS environments, you can expect to see Intel playing a major role in Windows and Mac PC's, Android Chromebooks, Android and Windows tablets (and a long shot potential of Apple if Apple decides it needs an Intel processor in the new and larger iPad rumored to be on the way), and the full range of hybrids and two-in-ones currently in the market.
I see signs the PC market is making a bit of comeback which should be a tailwind for Intel. Gartner forecasts that 2014 sales of PC's will total 278 million in 2014, a drop of 22 million from 2013. Offsetting that drop is a forecast increase of 22 million hybrid and clamshell ultramobiles the bulk of which should be x86 devices with either Intel or AMD inside.
Gartner sees Windows based devices reaching 360 million in 2014, an increase of 32 million from 2013. Some 20 million of the increase is likely to be Windows OS phones and a few million will be Windows RT tablets, but the implication is that Windows OS computers will also grow and the majority of those will have "Intel inside".
Gartner also sees growth in Android tablets and Chrome books, both where Intel is now well represented with Bay Trail chips. Gartner forecasts growth in iOS and Mac OS units as well, and the Mac book portion of that growth will very likely have Intel processors.
My personal view is that the Gartner forecasts are optimistic with respect to smart phone where I see signs of slowing markets, but reasonable in respect of the other device categories.
In any event, 2014 will be a bit of a transition year for Intel. Stable PC markets and a 40 million unit penetration of the tablet market are important markers for investors. By year end we should see some evidence that Intel is making serious inroads into tablets and announcements that its new integrated SoC for smartphones with on board and state of the art RF components will be shipment ready in early 2015.
If we do, I believe we are on the eve of another round of Intel showing just how well it can compete when Intel management takes a serious run at a market. Evidence of success will very likely see the stock market taking a more bullish view of Intel shares, so I am long the stock holding calls on 60,000 shares.
Disclosure: I am long INTC. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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House committee wants to force Douglas administration to borrow for roads
03/25/08 5:57PM By John Dillon
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(Host) The House Transportation Committee is frustrated by the worsening condition of the state's roads and highways.
So the committee has taken the unusual step of trying to force the Douglas Administration to borrow money to pay for the needed repairs.
VPR's John Dillon reports:
(Dillon) All winter the Transportation Committee has looked at the widening gap between the cost of road repair and the money available to pay for it.
It's a funding shortfall that the Legislature's Joint Fiscal Office now says is around $200 million.
So the committee wants the state to consider issuing bonds to cover some of the costs of fixing roads and bridges.
Sue Minter is a Democrat from Waterbury.
(Minter) ``We know that you can sell a bond - a 30-year bond through the municipal bond market - for 5.5 percent interest rates. At the same time, year after year, the cost of construction inflation is increasing by 20 percent. So in our view it makes sense to borrow the money. Get the job done as quickly as possible and save those costs to the taxpayers later on.
(Dillon) Minter proposed an amendment to the giant transportation bill that directs the state treasurer to look at funding options. A special panel would then vote on a bonding proposal. If that panel approves the borrowing, the bill says the governor shall include the bonding plan in next year's budget.
But it's that word "shall" that has the Douglas Administration concerned.
Transportation Secretary Neale Lunderville says the bill may violate the separation of powers between the Legislature and the executive branch.
(Lunderville) ``The governor proposes a budget. The Legislature works on that budget and ultimately through the legislative process they achieve an end to that. Something that is binding for the governor is clearly a separation of power issue that the Legislature will have to look pretty hard at before they're willing to pass.''
(Dillon) The bonding amendment passed on a lopsided vote, with Committee Chairman Richard Westman voting against it.
(Westman) ``You know, I've seen Legislatures try this before and it usually fails. But I can understand the frustration in the committee.''
(Dillon) The committee made many other changes to the administration's proposed $409 million transportation budget. It cut some programs and added money for town road and bridge projects.
For VPR News, I'm John Dillon in Montpelier.


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Today, when my mother kindly invited us to dinner, Ruby had this to add:
RUBY: Grandma? This time can you make roast beef and Madagascar?
ME: Do you mean mashed potatoes?
RUBY: <Smirks>
Her inner smart-ass is so smart it even tricks her sometimes. At least she still gets a kick out of it.


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Differential Splicing of KLK5 and KLK7 in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Produces Novel Variants with Potential as Cancer Biomarkers
Dong, Ying, Kaushal, Aneel, Brattsand, Maria, Nicklin, Jim, & Clements, Judith A. (2003) Differential Splicing of KLK5 and KLK7 in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Produces Novel Variants with Potential as Cancer Biomarkers. Clinical Cancer Research, 9(5), pp. 1710-1720.
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Purpose: The wild-type or variant mRNAs of several kallikrein (KLK) genes, such as KLK4, are highly expressed in ovarian carcinomas and may have potential as tumor markers. Two of these KLK genes (KLK5 and KLK7) and their proteins (hK5 and hK7) were first identified in the skin epidermis, where hK5 may be the physiological activator of hK7. The purpose of this study was to reexamine the expression of KLK5/hK5 and KLK7/hK7 and their association and to determine whether cancer-related variant transcripts were expressed.
Experimental Design: The expression of KLK5/hK5 and KLK7/hK7 was analyzed in the same cohort (n = 37) of benign (n = 4) and malignant ovarian tissue (n = 23) samples and primary cultured cells (n = 21) and in 8 ovarian cancer cell lines using semiquantitative RT-PCR; Southern, Northern, and Western blot analyses; and immunohistochemistry techniques.
Results: We showed the concordant higher expression of both KLK5/hK5 and KLK7/hK7 in ovarian carcinomas, especially late-stage serous carcinomas, compared with normal ovaries and benign adenomas. We also found that one novel KLK5 transcript with a short 5'-untranslated region and a novel KLK7 transcript with a long 3'-untranslated region were highly expressed in the ovarian cancer cell lines OVCAR-3 and PEO1, respectively, but were expressed at very low levels in normal ovarian epithelial cells. Both Western blot and immunohistochemistry analyses showed that these two enzymes are secreted from ovarian carcinoma cells.
Conclusions: Our study demonstrated that hK5 and hK7, or more specifically, the short KLK5 and long KLK7 transcripts, may be useful as tumor markers for epithelial-derived serous carcinomas. However, additional clinical studies assessing serum levels of these putative biomarkers are required to confirm their usefulness in the diagnosis and/or monitoring of these tumors.
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I have been considering a lip lift since late spring and finally decided to have Dr. R be the one to perform my surgery. I have a nice curve to my lips already however, I am hoping to have a little more fullness and teeth showing once my recovery is over.
I was totally awake with local anesthesia and I did not take any valium or pain medication prior to surgery as I was driving home afterward. The procedure took about 1 hour. I must say Dr. R and I had a very warm and pleasant converstaion prior to surgery which helped confirm I was doing the right thing and to help with any last minute anxiousness. I was quite shocked once I was allowed to see myself in the mirror...SWOLLEN big time. Scary. Not to mention the stitches all along my nose. However, I am trying to remain calm and be patient as I know stressing over it will only inhibit the healing process. The numbness in the lip region has gone away but I have numbness in between the nose and upper lip and my lip is still about 2 times larger than my lower lip. My cheeks and nose are also very swollen making me look like a rabbit or chipmunk. I have been icing about every two hours with frozen peas. I am also taking bromalain, arnica and a steroid I began yesterday the day after surgery to help witht he swelling. I am also still finishing the antibiotic. As for pain, I really don't have any but do take the prescribed medication on occasion to help me nap and rest. It's hard to sleep for more than a couple hours ,so I am tired. I have been staying elevated and drinking fruit and green smoothies for nourishment as well as eating scrambled eggs, yogurt and a little soup. I'm hoping tomorrow to see more of an improvement as I don't see much of a change from my day of surgery. The lip has come down a bit but still way too big for my taste. I will hope to give another update in a couple days. I am 38 btw.
Third Day of Recovery from Lip Lift - Baltimore, MD
I have been considering a lip lift since late...
I have been considering a lip lift since late spring and finally decided to have Dr. R be the one to perform my surgery. I have a nice curve to my lips already however, I am hoping to have a little more fullness and teeth showing once my recovery is over.
I am now on day 9 of my recovery and am so far...
From my experience Dr. R has been very direct with me and transparent. I appreciate his honesty and feel comfortable with his character. As for the outcome of my surgery we will see and I know will be based on many circumstances not just the effective hand of a great surgeon.


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Rubicon MPG question
What kind of gas mileage (i know, hard question to probably answer) could one expect from a 2006 rubicon, 4:10 gears, lifted (not sure on exact height, nothing too serious), 15in. Pro Comp wheels, 33x12.50 A/T Tires.
Thats what the ad has it listed as, just shopping around right now. Original idea was to buy a used jeep and use it as a weekend toy, playing with the idea of getting a decent rubicon and just buying a beater DD for the week
I am going to guess 13-14 mpg...........on a good day.
I wouldn't expect anything better than 15mpg.
yea good luck on 15 MPG. I get that when driving downhill...
Although, I do need a tuneup.:D
Awesome thanks for the input guys. I'm considering it, we'll see if its still available when my house closes here soon. If so I may pick it up and get a daily driver beater.
At the very best I get 18.5 Mpg using non ethanol. That's country roads at 55 mph . Up on the interstate it drops to 15 or 16.. The more wind resistance at higher speeds the mpgs drop off quickly. Our safari racks cut mpg by about 1 mpg.. . Loaded with camping gear and off road trailer 13/14 mpg.... If I am stuck using ethanol blended fuel it drops 15 to 20% .. One actually saves money spending the extra 30 cents per gallon more for non- E gasoline...
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FWIW: 15.7mpg cruise control set between 70 and 80 for a whole tank.
I get 14mpg, but the check engine light is on (pcv and gas cap needs replaced). i just have 32" tires too.
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Carlos Rodriguez is not certain if Li Na would really have retired as she threatened on the otherwise-silent drive back from Eastbourne to Wimbledon just over seven months ago. But the respected coach believes that since the Australian Open finalist made the decision to play on, she has developed a better understanding of the reasons why.
Li confirmed in a revealing pre-tournament interview with Fairfax Media that she had told Rodriguez and her husband Jiang Shan last June that she did not want to continue in the sport that delivered a grand slam title at the 2011 French Open, earned her an estimated $18.2 million in 2013, and has guaranteed her megastardom in a land of 1.36 billion.
Rodriguez knows Li expected him to try to talk her out of it. Instead: ''I say, 'If you really like to stop, no problem, go home', and she was really shocked, say 'Why you tell me that?'. 'Because you ask me, and I tell you what I think. If you really want to just stop, stop it, because you play because you love, if you don't love, you don't have the passion any more, go home. You have money and everything to go to the beach, stay with the orange juice, sunny day, until the end of your days. You don't have to be here'.
''[There were] a lot of talks, private talks - it's something that I cannot explain here because it's not about tennis, but many players sometimes play tennis, they don't know why; the reason why they passionate, they love, they work so hard, why they do it. And then when you [work] through that, maybe that makes sense what you do on court, and that is something that she discovered now.''
For Li, the latest vindication, and reward, is a place in her third Melbourne Park title bout in four years, as a heavy favourite for the first time, against Slovakian 20th seed Dominika Cibulkova. In 2011, versus Kim Clijsters, and 2013, in an accident-prone decider against Victoria Azarenka, Li won the first set but lost the match. Rodriguez believes she is a more stable player 12 months on, one who can still start brilliantly, but prevent herself from falling away so deeply.
''It's not a matter of physical skills,'' says Rodriguez, the career-long mentor of retired Belgian great Justine Henin, who has worked with Li since mid-2012. ''She's better physically, yes, she play a little bit more with spin - I can say 'safer', but she cannot play safe, is [not] her game - but at least she has the capacity today to keep the ball in when she's not in the good position to hit [winners] … Adaptability much better, and emotional endurance, to support the stress.''
He rates Cilbulkova as a more straightforward opponent than the crafty Agnieszka Radwanska alternative, and fourth-seeded Li sees similarities between her own game and the fast-moving, hard-hitting style played by the dynamic, undersized opponent who has unexpectedly advanced to her first grand slam final for the loss of just one set - to third seed Maria Sharapova.
The danger for Cibulkova, perhaps, is that she may have already played her finals to get to this, her grand moment, the first for a Slovakian, despite the past achievements of the likes of Miroslav Mecir and Daniela Hantuchova. Indeed, her celebration after thrashing Radwanska 6-1, 6-2 was evidence of just how thrillingly surprising the 24-year-old's success story has been.
''That's something beautiful. It's like a dream,'' she admitted, acknowledging Li's extensive experience and 4-0 head-to-head record, but also emphasising her own improved maturity, and the fact size is far less important than desire and belief, and the irrepressible energy she was born with. ''You have to have something extra if you want to be one of the best tennis players and you are not the tallest. So, yeah, this is what is my extra.''
Having enjoyed an almost-comparable bolter's charge to the 2013 Wimbledon title, her close friend, Marion Bartoli, greeted Cibulkova with a tearful embrace in the gym after her semi, advising the surprise finalist to appreciate what it took to get there, continue with what she has done in the previous six matches, try to deal calmly with the altitude of her new circumstances.
So why now, then? Why here?
''Tennis, there is a very tiny margin between winning and losing, and obviously she always had the game, Domi, but sometimes she was missing too much or she was putting too much pressure on herself,'' said the retired Frenchwoman. ''She seems to be very calm and still very focused and energised on the court, so maybe she find this perfect balance.
''And then you have also two weeks that you don't really know why, but you play so well and you almost feel like you can't miss a tennis ball, and it happens.
''It happened to me when I play Wimbledon, I was feeling the exact same way. For so many years we practise so hard; sometimes there is not really logic to anything, it just happens.'' Not, though, by accident, and her coach since last year, Matej Liptak, broke his superstitious vow of mid-tournament press silence to declare Cibulkova a better and different player to the slightly brittle player who has never been this far in a major, nor beaten Li, but is determined to guard against the same letdown or stage fright she had avoided so far.
''I think the biggest change is the believing that she can do this victory,'' Liptak said. ''We improve her game, her tactics and all like this, but the biggest thing I think is the mental strength, that she starts to believe she can win these matches, that she enjoy the tennis on the court, and that she has only one opponent, not two opponents.
''Sometimes that was a little problem that she was fighting with herself, and maybe because of that was not the result like here, but now she starts to think that her game is good enough.
''She is not very tall, no, but she has some weapons - she's a good runner, a good fighter, and for her height she's playing so aggressive, so I think you just need to build her game on these things.''
But Li, too, continues to improve at the relatively advanced age of 31, including embracing what was initially a reluctant net game, at Rodriguez's insistence. The coach, for his part, says a comparison between the Li of now and the 2011 winning-Roland Garros version is more complimentary than it would have been only a week ago, when she needed a desperate Hawkeye challenge to save a match point against Lucie Safarova in the third round.
The big difference, he says, is that Li knows why she is back in the final, and what it took to get there - a first that perhaps will deliver a second grand slam title. It may be that the tense drive to Wimbledon has led somewhere else: to here, now, this.


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Thirty-five years ago, the brutal murder of ILWU Local 37 officials Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes sent shock waves through Seattle and the international labor movement. Supporters spent decades gathering evidence of a high-level conspiracy that involved former dictator Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines – and exposed complicity by U.S. officials who backed his bloody [&hellip
Archive for Category: "Remembering Our History"
Donald Watson May 3, 1929 – March 25, 2015
Don Watson was a quiet and determined ILWU activist who spent his life gently but effectively leading progressive organizing efforts in the union he loved
James R. Herman memorial sculpture unveiled at San Francisco's Pier 27
Hundreds of union members, elected officials and supporters gathered at San Francisco's Pier 27 on March 26 to celebrate the unveiling of an interactive, multimedia sculpture honoring the legacy of former ILWU International President Jimmy Herman. Speakers at the event included former San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos, Delancey Street Foundation President, Dr. Mimi Silbert, ILWU International President Robert McEllrath, ILWU International Secretary Treasurer and San Francisco Port Commissioner Willie Adams [&hellip
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When F Scott Fitzgerald observed that "the very rich are different from you and me", the novelist was clearly not thinking of people like Warren Buffett.
Proclaimed the world's richest man last week, the American investment strategist eats at his local grill and drives to work from the modest home that he bought in unfashionable Omaha, Nebraska, in 1958, which is today valued at about £350,000.
Such is the frugality of the 77-year-old "sage of Omaha", whose wealth increased by £5 billion last year to £31 billion, that when he married in 2006 he bought a discount ring from his own jewellery company. He has vowed to pass on only a small chunk of his fortune to his children, Susie, Howard and Peter. He wants them to have "enough to do anything but not to do nothing".
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On Nov. 5, registered voters are to go to the polls for the general election.
In case anyone is confused or undecided about which Indiana Area school board candidate to support, I'd like to offer some advice.
Only two candidates are experienced with free-market enterprise in that they are chief operating officers (CEOs) of their private business firms.
Julia Trimarchi Cuccaro and Walter Schroth are true fiscal conservatives, and their paychecks depend solely on balancing their companies' budgets based upon good business acumen and strategies. They don't get local, state or federal government retirement money each month as other candidates do.
Candidates Debbie Clawson and John Uccellini are both recipients of government retirement paychecks, and I believe they would feel quite comfortable in spending your tax dollars. There doesn't seem to be any concern for real estate tax burden on you, the taxpayer. They will use the cliche, "put children's education first" to blindside your vote.
You do not need to vote for all five candidates. Vote only for Julia and Walter to protect your tax dollars and send a message.
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Mumbai: Graeme Swann is relishing bowling in tandem with Monty Panesar. The two picked up nine wickets in India's first innings and the off-spinner is hoping they will experience a victory this time.
"We enjoy playing together but our record as a team hasn't been that successful when we have done so… We are looking to change that," Swann said. "I'm a big advocate of playing two spinners. I love playing with Monty… I grew up with him at Northamptonshire.
"I love it when he takes a wicket. That face like a man possessed when he got Sachin Tendulkar out on Day I… I have never seen a man so wound up in my life."
Swann prefers the Wankhede pitch to the one they played on in Ahmedabad. "Even though there is turn and bounce it is a very nice wicket to bat on… It is going to start spinning more but good Test pitches should do that.
"This pitch is better to bowl spin on than last week. There is more bounce in the pitch. We are used to more bounce so maybe it evens the teams out a bit. But we are not at a stage of the game where we can say we will win this one. The main thing is we are in a good position."
Swann became the first English off-spinner to complete 200 Test wickets when he dismissed Harbhajan Singh. "Five years ago I wouldn't have dreamt of taking 200 wickets… The change at the top was just at the right time for me."
Swann was obviously referring to Andy Flower taking over as team director.
He was all praise for Cheteshwar Pujara. "He's been the stand out performer for India so far. He uses his feet very well and plays each ball on its merits.
"I think the runs he scored tells its own story. It's nice to finally dismiss him. It doesn't usually take us three innings of a Test series to get anyone out, but now that we have done it, hopefully we have a finger on it."


text: On The Media Published by On The Media Doing the Leak Investigation Dance Download this audio Want to embed this player? Use the code below. More info. <iframe frameborder="0" scrolling="no" height="130" width="100%" src="https://www.wnyc.org/widgets/ondemand_player/otm/#file=/audio/json/128887/&share=1"></iframe> Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email a Friend Summary Transcript Summary In the last days of 2005 the Justice Department announced it was launching an investigation into who leaked that the President had authorized the National Security Agency to wiretap people in the United States without court warrants. Whether the source was a leaker or a whistleblower, a traitor or a patriot, is unknown. What the future holds for the story's lead author, the New York Times' James Risen, is unknown too. University of Chicago Law Professor Geoffrey Stone joins Brooke to discuss the possibilities. Transcript BROOKE GLADSTONE: On December 16th, after holding it for more than a year, the New York Times ran a story by James Risen and Eric Lichtblau that disclosed the President had authorized the National Security Agency to wiretap people in the U.S. without court warrants. Reportedly, the President met with the Times in a last-ditch effort to stop the story, but once it was published the President, his Vice-President, and his Press Secretary came out swinging. [START CLIP]PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH: This is a limited program designed to prevent attacks on the United States of America. And, I repeat, limited. I, I think most Americans [CHUCKLES] understand the need to find out what the enemy's thinking. [OVERTALK]VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY: Another vital step the President took in the days following 9/11 - [OVERTALK]PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH: And that's what we're doing. [OVERLAPPING VOICES]VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY: - was to authorize the National Security Agency to intercept a certain category of terrorist-linked international communications. There are no communications more important to the safety of the United States than those related to al Qaeda that have one end in the United States. If we'd been able to do this before 9/11 - [BOTH AT ONCE]PRESS SECRETARY SCOTT MCCLELLAN: This is a vital tool in our efforts to save lives and prevent attacks from happening. It is very limited in nature. We are a nation that is at war. The President is the Commander-in-Chief, and after the attacks of September 11th he made a very firm commitment to the American people. [END CLIP]BROOKE GLADSTONE: Two weeks later, the Justice Department announced it would launch an investigation into who leaked the existence of the secret program to the press. It's a tricky case, because while defenders of the program deem the leaker a lawbreaker, others regard him or her as a constitutionally protected whistleblower. Here's reporter James Risen talking with Katie Couric this week. [START CLIP]JAMES RISEN: In this case - I've been a reporter for about 25 years - this was the purest case of a whistle, of whistleblowers coming forward, people who truly believed that there was something wrong going on in the government, and they were motivated, I believe, by the purest reasons to come forward.KATIE COURIC: But many critics have - [AUDIO FADES OUT]BROOKE GLADSTONE: Whether James Risen's source was a traitor or a patriot makes all the difference for that reporter's role in the leak investigation. It could be a replay of the Valerie Plame case, where the judge didn't buy reporters' claims that they have a right to protect their sources. Or it could be a new game altogether. University of Chicago Law Professor Geoffrey Stone has joined us before to parse the reporter's privilege to protect sources, so I asked him what he thinks will happen next.GEOFFREY STONE: They will pursue the leaker because it is their belief that this was a criminal offense - that is, the disclosure of the information was a criminal offense. Putting aside the reporter, let's assume they identify the leaker by an internal investigation. If they believe this is criminal, they will file an indictment and the lawyer for the defendants will then move to dismiss the indictment on the ground that they did not commit a criminal offense because they had a First Amendment right to disclose the information, and that's how that issue will be decided. If we're talking about the reporter privilege, it's more complicated. So the second variation is the Department of Justice doesn't know who the leaker was, and so they call James Risen to the grand jury and they say, "Tell us who your source was," and James Risen says, "No, I refuse to do that." In that context, James Risen is in trouble because there is no federal reporters' privilege. So the most likely outcome, in my view, is that the Department of Justice, if they don't identify the source without having to call Risen, they will call him, they will bring him to a grand jury, he will claim that he does not have to disclose the information and the judge will find him in contempt.BROOKE GLADSTONE: The time was courts were reluctant to prosecute leak cases. Do you think that the Valerie Plame case and the jailing and ultimate release of New York Times reporter Judith Miller when she gave up her source has emboldened courts to act aggressively in this area and jail reporters?GEOFFREY STONE: Once an event like that happens, it makes it more likely that it will happen again. And so in this situation, I think that the only way that Risen would not be held in contempt, if it gets to that point, is if the judge decides to look into the question as to whether the NSA program itself was unlawful or unconstitutional. I don't think there's any question at all that the public employees in this situation violated the law by disclosing the information. The only question here is whether they had a constitutional right to do so.BROOKE GLADSTONE: Geoff, an editorial in the New York Times on Wednesday said, "Leak investigations are often designed to distract the public from the real issues by blaming the messenger." And it goes on, "Take the third leak inquiry into a Washington Post report on secret overseas CIA camps where prisoners are tortured or shipped to other countries for torture. The administration said the reporting had damaged America's image. Actually, the secret detentions and torture did that." What do you think? Do you agree that leak investigations are often designed as a distraction?GEOFFREY STONE: There's no doubt that they can be used in that way, and I also have no doubt that in the current, for example, National Security Agency spying instance, the administration is using the investigation in order to focus public attention on the "disloyalty," in quotes, of the leakers and of the reporters. At the same time, that's not to suggest that having an investigation in that circumstance is in any way inappropriate. It is my view that the NSA spy program was unlawful and that what really has happened here is not a major danger to the national security but a major danger to the credibility of the administration. And therefore, I buy into the idea that the investigation of the leakers is intended, in effect, as a way of distracting attention from what is the serious issue, indeed, the most serious constitutional issue I think since Watergate.BROOKE GLADSTONE: If, as you say, the government has every legal right to pursue these leakers if they believe that they're breaking the law, and if you believe that this may be the most serious constitutional breach since Watergate, do you then believe that there really needs to be a national shield law to protect reporters who are engaged in presenting the views of whistleblowers to the public to be protected from these sorts of investigations?GEOFFREY STONE: I believe there needs to be both a whistleblower law and a shield law that protects and facilitates sources who are otherwise anxious about disclosing information that should be disclosed to the public. What makes that statement an ambiguous one is that there are circumstances where the leaker believes that he's doing a good thing, when, in fact, he's doing a bad thing. That's at the heart of this problem. Here the leaker may believe that the NSA program was unlawful and unconstitutional, that in fact, the - [OVERTALK]BROOKE GLADSTONE: And you believe that yourself.GEOFFREY STONE: I do believe that myself. Absolutely I believe that. But it's also possible that I'm wrong and they were wrong, and a court may later find that. And then the problem is, well, are these people heroes or are they villains?BROOKE GLADSTONE: All right. Geoff, thank you very much.GEOFFREY STONE: My pleasure. Any time, Brooke.BROOKE GLADSTONE: Geoffrey Stone is the authority of Perilous Times: Free Speech in War Time. He spoke to us from the University of Chicago.


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Metro Arms-American Classic 1911 (my findings)
The gun arrived and looked great. I figured it was a great value for the money spent and the few reviews I could find seemed to be positive.
Well, examining the gun I found the following
Slide to frame fit is excellent, trigger is very very good
Extractor Clocking
Poor barrel fit
Only the provided ACT magazine would fit (Les Baer, Wilson, Mcormick and Colt magazines will not lock in)
When hand feeding from the magazine all rounds take a nose dive into the feed ramp and the gun will not chamber a round unless it is from a single round in the magazine.
I contact the distributor and have the gun exchanged for a second one.
Second gun has a non clocking extractor but all of the rest of the issues are identical.
Gun will be sent to factory service for repair along with my magazines. But I will not ever recommend, sell or stock any of these products again.
I have sent an e mail to both the Importer and manufacturer. I doubt I will receive a response.
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I have one about 1 year old with none of those issues. Mine is comparable, or actually probably better built, than the RIAs I've had...and those were good guns. QC must have slipped.
Funny, my brother-in-law put my Kim Pro Tac Mags and my CM Power Mags through his AC II with ease and aplomb.
One man with courage makes a majority. Andrew Jackson
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
I have sent an e mail to the Importer. Let's see if I get a response.
I have sold several of the RIA guns, I thought the American classic offered a lot of bang for the buck.
I may send a copy of the letter to Metro Arms in the Philippines
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i purchased the ACll ( hard chrome finish)about a month ago. the gun has functioned very well. the only problem i had was with the ACT mag. i sent it to new jersey, and they are sending me TWO ew ones. i bought two MEC-GAR nickle plates 7rd mags and a colt ss 8rd mag and all functioned flawlessly. i am currently awaiting my 2 new mags. they sent me 2 because i drop $600 for the gun and allready had an issue with the mag. they told me that they would not refund they shipping, but would send me 2 mags for my one. the gun has 600 rounds of ball ammo, and 50 rounds of golden sabre through it with no ftf yet. like i said, the only issue was with the factory ACT mag. great gun for the mone, IMO.
and it is still shooting groups of 2 1/4" to 2 1/2"'s at 25 '. i posted my initial range targets on another thread, i think under american classic commander?
The police cannot protect the citizen at this stage of our development, and they cannot even protect themselves in many cases. It is up to the private citizen to protect himself and his family, and this is not only acceptable, but mandatory.
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I answered you at Glock Talk . But I will here also . I gave you a link and a name of who to PM at Eagle Thru their Company Bersa site. I also forward your complaints to that person. So he is aware of your problem. So now follow up and Iam sure it will be resolved. .
I have helped others and will try to help you. For these problem on 2 pistols is unheard of. . Mine will use any 1911 mag I have tried including the pre WWII to color one I have had since the 70's . I have never experience the first jam with ball or HP I carry mine with 200+P Corbon .
If you at the NRA convention this month I will be working the Bersa/American classic booth on Sat and Sunday Come visit.
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I have sold many many Bersa Thunder 380 guns over the years and never ever had an issue with them. I will continue to sell them. I have sold a very few of the Bersa Thunder 9 pistols without pistols and will continue to sell them. I can not sell the American Classic and I am glad I only ordered one rather than 3-4 for inventory.
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I have never hand cycled my ACII. I took it out of the box, loaded it and shot it. Had no failure to fire, jam, eject, no problems at all.
Why some people insist on hand cycling, I do not know. That is not what the pistol was designed for.
I have used the ACT mag that came with it and Wilson Combat mags - with no problems. I like the blued finish much better than anything from Armscor.
Speaking of Armscor, the best looking one of the many they build that I have seen is the the new 1911 from Cimarron. It is not a 1911A1. Really retro-cool if you like that. Sights too small for my old eyes, though.
Just my .02.
^ Correct. Hand cycling basically tells you nothing about how a firearm will feed during normal operation.
My ACII works with any mag I've tried from my Kimber and springfield 1911A1
On my ACII, the part of the slide stop that sticks into the slide was too long, and 230 gr FMJ (or plated) bullets would get hung up on it, causing a malfunction. My gunsmith replaced the slide stop with an Ed Brown (would have done that anyway to get rid of the extended stop), fit an Ed Brown mag catch, throated the barrel, polished the feed ramp, and shaped and adjusted the extractor, and it is flawless now with hardball (but won't work with Berry's 200 HP Plated for some reason). It also works great with Tripp Cobra and Chip McCormick Power Mag + mags.
Here's the list of magazines that has worked so far with no issues in my ACII.
Chip McCormick, Wilson, Checkmate, Metalform, Triple K, GI, Crown City Arms, Mec-Gar and ACT.
Madecove, your problem is rare, I have a metro arms 1911 contender in hard chrome and Im very happy with it, i have shot 4500 rounds with it and had only 14 FTF using range reloads. I can consistently hit the A zone at 20 yards. The finish is still nice, slide to frame fit is still tight. Because of my good experience with metro arms, im no longer planning on getting the more expensive 1911s. But since they are are mass produced some problems can occur with some 1911s just like in some companies like Kimber, paraordnance, and smith and wesson.
Well, this was the seccond gun that had the exact same issues.
It is currently at warranty service. Eagle Arms has offered to refund the shipping cost.
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Hi all, This is my first post here. I hope there wasn't a intro section that I missed.
Anyway, I just bought a ACII and knew a head of time (from forum reviews that there was issues with the first rd. nose diving if you load 8 in the mag. I took mine out and sure as shoot, if I load 8 in the mag it FTF(eed) about 50% of the time.
I ordered a Trip mag and will see if that fixes the problem, but I've seen where some people said new mags fixed it and some said it didn't.
Other than the feed problem, I love the gun. Very comfortable and a joy to shoot. This is my first 1911, and I was originally going to get a Kimber, then decided on a Wilson, then dropped down to a Colt, and finally decided that for my first 1911 I'd go cheap with an ACII. That way I can see what features I actually care about. But, now having used it a bit (only 50 rds) I may never bother getting a 'factory custom' brand, if I can get this feed issue fixed.
Anywho, I'll chime back in when the new mag arrives and let you know if it fixed the problem or not.
Welcome to the board Jesse,
My ACII will not accept any other magazine other than the factory original one it came with. It also won't chamber more than three rounds.
When your new magazine arrives make sure to slam it home and verify that it stays.
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I picked up a Chip McCormick Shooting Star mag at Ace the other day. It did the same nose dive on the first try but worked on the second try. I only got to run one mag through it that day.
Today my 2nd Gen. Tripps Cobra Mag arrived and I headed back to the range. I put 6 mags through it some with 8 rds. and some with 8 +1 without a flaw! I tried the CMC three times and it nose dived every time.
I'm SOLD on the Tripps and will be ordering 3 more ASAP. Also, haven't had a problem with any of the three (ACT, CMC, Tripps) mags not locking in.
This feed issue is the only thing I didn't like about the ACII for the money. If it keeps running with Tripps mags, I will declare that I officially love this gun!
American Classic Commander - Feed Problems
I had a problem with my MetroArms AC Commander feeding hollow points. Gun shoots great ... I got 1 1/2 inch groups at 25 feet ... but it didn't like hollow points of any kind ... especially with 8 in the clip. I ordered Wilson Combat magazines #47DC and the feed problems went away if I only loaded 7 rounds, but when I loaded 8 rounds of hollow points it conitnued to jam up on the feed ramp on the first round.
I read the Wilson magazine instructions ... and they mention that the feed ramp needs to extend a certain distance from the rails on the side ... and guess what? The AC Commander is nicely polished, but not as far down the feed ramp as it needs to be to flawlessly feed hollow points. So I took out the Dremel with a small sanding dowel and extended the ramp about 4 mm then I wrapped a piece of 2000 grit wet sand around a 3/8" socket extension and smoothed the heck out of the ramp ... lastly I polished the ramp with Simi-chrome on a small buffer dowel on the Dremel. The whole job took about 20 minutes ... now it feeds anything ... I mean ANYTHING... as fast as I can squeeze them off!
You can tell if your ramp is not polished far enough down by pulling the slide back with an empty clip and locking it back, then with the tip of your finger push down on the magazine follower and look at the front of the clip ... if the area in front of the clip (inside the magazine well of the gun is rough and not polished far enough down, then you won't be able to feed hollow points ... no matter what magazine you use. Anyway, mine is feeding all kinds of ammo and it is not the least bit temperamental, so I thought I would share what I did. Hope you find this helpful.
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Recreo calls in I-COM to drive its online marketing
Manchester digital marketing agency, I-COM, has been selected to work with Recreo Clothing to help build momentum and drive the brand through online marketing.
I-COM have a huge amount of experience in the e-commerce sector and have worked with a variety of fashion and clothing companies including IL2L, Ski+Trek and Accessoryo to name a few.
Recreo is an online urban clothing and lifestyle company offering some of the newest upcoming and established clothing labels in urban street, club and boarding apparel. In just a few years it has already grown to be a recognised streetwear e-tailer, putting them at the forefront of the industry.
I-COM will take on all aspects of the online marketing and will work in partnership with Recreo to help grow the brand to be a leading provider of streetwear.
James Batten, Co-Founder of Recreo, is excited at the new opportunities the marketing will bring and said: "We pride ourselves on building a platform for new, independent labels to showcase their clothing designs alongside established brands, so we want to make sure we're doing this in the best possible way.
"We're growing year on year and are now ready to take the next step to improve our online presence."
Mike Blackburn, Managing Director at I-COM, added: "We've worked with lots of e-commerce companies so we are delighted to be selected to work with Recreo.
Recreo has a great ethos and we look forward to working with the brand to produce an innovative online marketing plan to help develop and establish them nationally and internationally."


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5 Other "Bowl" Related Things To Do On Sunday
The big game is this Sunday. It's supposed to be the ultimate championship between the two best teams in the NFL. But if your team isn't in it anymore and you really don't care about the commercials, you might be looking for something else to do this Sunday.
Here's a list of 5 things that you can still do that are even "bowl" themed:
1. Eat a Bowl of Cereal
I'm sure it won't take as long as the game will, but hey…we're just getting started.
2. Have a "Bowl Haircut" Party
Everyone who comes, leaves with a "Bowl Haircut" where you put a bowl on your head and simply cut all the hair that you see. Yes ladies, this applies to you too.
3. Have a Wii Bowling Championship
Nothing says awesome like a little family competition. Just make sure you put the strap on your wrist and don't throw the wiimote at the TV.
4. Actually Go Bowling
Yes, people still do this. Get out of your house and get some real physical activity. Just make sure there's beer there and bring lots of extra socks.
5. Watch the Puppy Bowl
This is what my daughter wants to do. She loves puppies. Plus there's a hamster blimp and hedgehog cheerleaders. You'll find it on "Animal Planet". Your kids will love it.