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Worked like a charm ...
Followed the procedure as noted -- and it worked great.
Though I had to buy a few tools I didn't have, it was well worth the investment -- saved well over $1000.
All totaled - buying the necessary tools excepted - it took me ~ 3 hours - counting the repeat disassembly after I dropped a couple of screws that attach the deck latch down into the cavity during reassembly -- grr...
You definitely need two people for a couple of steps -- but otherwise pretty straight forward. I should also mention that a fairly large TORX wrench is needed to unbolt one of the rear seat belts to remove the rear seat.
Thanks for the writeup.
My local BMW dealer should be ashamed of themselves. Seeking to charge 10 hours of labor to do this task is ridiculous....
(ps... the weep holes are draining well -- and the trunk and passenger compartment are bone dry after this effort -- sure beats the 10" of standing water I had in the trunk....)
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Week 5 - Weekly Matchups - New Orleans Saints vs. Carolina Panthers
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(Player Rankings based on Top 26 QBs, 50 RBs, 75 WRs & 30 TEs)
New Orleans Saints (3-1)
Opponent Defensive Ranks
Carolina Rush Defense – 2011: Yards Allowed/Game 31st (143.8 Yds/Gm) - TDs Allowed T-22nd (4)
Carolina Pass Defense – 2011: Yards Allowed/Game 6th (203 Yds/Gm) – TDs Allowed T-10th (5)
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Drew Brees (QB Week 5 Ranking: #6) 2011 Season: 120/174 – for 1,410 Yards & 10 TDs
At first glance, this may look like an easy game for Brees to pile on the fantasy numbers for your team, but it's not. In fact, though Brees has averaged 258 yards a game against Carolina during his career, he's only thrown for 12 TDs in those 10 games. Opposing teams have thrown the ball the least amount of times against the Panthers this season because frankly, their rush D is a sieve, and the Saints will be no different. Brees may come away with some decent stats, but not enough to rank him in the top five.
Mark Ingram (RB Week 5 Ranking: #23) 2011 Season: 53 Carries for 184 Yards & 1 TD || 4 Recs for 0 Yards & 0 TDs
New Orleans is going to run the ball and run it often this Sunday. No ifs, ands or buts about it. I know it's weird to hear seeing how they've not only attempted the most passes in the league this year, but also have the second-highest completion percentage as well. That said, after missing out on home-field advantage in the playoffs last season, the Saints are all about wins this year and the way to beat the Panthers is to run the hell out of the ball and keep it out of Cam Newton's hands. Ingram will be a large part of that game-plan this Sunday and should produce nicely with the opportunity.
Pierre Thomas (RB Week 5 Ranking: #33) 2011 Season: 27 Carries for 136 Yards & 0 TDs || 11 Recs for 109 Yards & 0 TDs
Pierre should get somewhere around 10 touches out of the backfield again this weekend, but that's likely not enough for him to make much a fantasy difference.
Darren Sproles (RB Week 5 Ranking: #20) 2011 Season: 15 Carries for 134 Yards & 1 TD || 26 Recs for 224 Yards & 1 TD
Sproles is just the type of little jitterbug Carolina and their 31st ranked rush defense hates to face. Scratch that. Sproles is the type of jitterbug EVERY TEAM hates to face as there is really no way in the world to game-plan against him. Not only is he as unpredictable as it gets with the ball in his hands, but being on the Saints, you also have no idea when he'll get the ball due to their spread-it-around offense. Darren has been outstanding in all formats every week of the season, a trend that doesn't look to change in Week 5.
Marques Colston (WR Week 5 Ranking: #31) 2011 Season: 7 Recs for 89 Yards & 0 TDs
It may be tempting to put him back in your lineup now that he seems to be fully healthy, but against a Carolina team that the Saints will likely run against all day long, I wouldn't expect very good fantasy stats…or even too much playing time, for that matter. Brees may give him some action just to get his feet back under him, but Marques is more of a WR3/flex play this week than his normal WR2.
Lance Moore (WR Week 5 Ranking: #23) 2011 Season: 15 Recs for 144 Yards & 1 TD
Carolina's pass D is ranked near the top for one reason—their rush D is awful! The Saints will look to exploit that this weekend but will need to pass at least a little bit to keep the Panthers on their toes. I can definitely see a bunch of play-action slants coming to Moore over the middle this Sunday with the likelihood he makes at least one big play at some point.
Robert Meachem (WR Week 5 Ranking: #40) 2011 Season: 18 Recs for 190 Yards & 3 TDs
Meachem has actually looked pretty darn good this season, but with the Saints likely to run this week and Marques Colston back in the lineup, my feeling is that Meach isn't much more than a flex play this weekend.
Devery Henderson (WR Week 5 Ranking: #63) 2011 Season: 12 Recs for 265 Yards & 2 TDs
Devery will thrill fantasy owners every once in awhile, which he's done already twice this season, but he's really more of a shot in the dark than a consistent threat. With Colston back, Henderson returns to merely an after-thought in this offense.
Jimmy Graham (TE Week 5 Ranking: #1) 2011 Season: 24 Recs for 367 Yards & 3 TDs
Jimmy Graham played basketball in college, just like Antonio Gates did, and it looks like he's starting to play football like him now as well. Last week at Jacksonville, Graham saw 14 balls thrown his way and caught TEN of them for 132 yards and a touchdown. That's just plain ridiculousness. Brees obviously loves the guy and will continue to throw him the ball like crazy as long as the Saints are winning. I expect Jimmy to put up another top-flight game again this weekend.
Carolina Panthers (1-3)
Opponent Defensive Ranks
New Orleans Rush Defense – 2011: Yards Allowed/Game 9th (94.0 Yds/Gm) - TDs Allowed T-8th (2)
New Orleans Pass Defense – 2011: Yards Allowed/Game 19th (254 Yds/Gm) – TDs Allowed T-24th (8)
Carolina Offensive Cast
Cam Newton (QB Week 5 Ranking: #3) 2011 Season: 97/163 – for 1,386 Yards & 5 TDs || 33 Carries for 133 Yards & 4 TDs
I can't believe I am ranking a rookie QB in the top five this week, but Newton has proven to be a gamer and is without question one of the best athletes ever to work under center in this league. I truly thought the Bears would be able to contain him with their speed and Cover-2 defensive scheme, but clearly, I was wrong. I've underestimated his ability up until this point but I will not do so again. New Orleans has allowed a lot of fantasy action to opposing QBs this year and in a game where Carolina will likely be playing catch-up ball, Newton has the potential to do some serious damage.
DeAngelo Williams (RB Week 5 Ranking: #25) 2011 Season: 37 Carries for 143 Yards & 0 TDs || 7 Recs for 46 Yards & 0 TDs
DeAngelo was paid too much money to be playing as poorly as he was through the first few weeks, so he finally got it going against the Bears in Week 4. Could his 10-carry, 82-yard performance be the spark that sets him back on fire? We'll see, as the Panthers have to realize sooner or later that they can't depend on rookie Cam Newton to rush the ball eight times and throw it 40 times a game the rest of the season. Since his 2008 breakout campaign, DeAngelo has had incredible success against them averaging 120 yards (on 6.2 YPC) and one TD in four games. He could be worth a shot this Sunday.
Jonathan Stewart (RB Week 5 Ranking: #28) 2011 Season: 31 Carries for 142 Yards & 0 TDs || 17 Recs for 173 Yards & 0 TDs
Just when you think you know the situation between these two Carolina backs, they go and switch it up on you. Stewart was clearly working towards a more prominent role in the offense over the first few weeks of the season, but now that Williams stepped up his game a bit last weekend, who knows? They'll probably split snaps as usual and sap each other's fantasy potential, but this dual could also bring out the best in each of them as it did in 2008 and make them both fantasy starters. Use him as a flex this week on the chance he plays angry.
Steve Smith (WR Week 5 Ranking: #5) 2011 Season: 24 Recs for 530 Yards & 2 TDs
Steve Smith is playing like he's 18 years old again. He's faster than ever, hitting defenders as hard as he ever has, and he's getting open pretty much at will. If the Saints try to double Smitty this weekend, they'll find out the hard way what Cam Newton can do, but I suspect they've already watched enough tape to know they can't do that. Smith will beat this weak Saints pass D deep at least once in this one and give fantasy owners WR1 numbers once again.
Brandon LaFell (WR Week 5 Ranking: #70) 2011 Season: 12 Recs for 161 Yards & 1 TD
LaFell is getting better, but not good enough to get into fantasy lineups yet as he's only good for three or four catches a week.
Legedu Naanee (WR Week 5 Ranking: #NR) 2011 Season: 8 Recs for 75 Yards & 0 TDs
If LaFell can't start for you, you really think Naanee can?
Greg Olsen (TE Week 5 Ranking: #7) 2011 Season: 17 Recs for 219 Yards & 2 TDs
Olsen is averaging almost seven targets a game, so you know Cam Newton realizes just how useful and valuable he is. I expect Carolina to turn to the pass quite a bit again this week against the high-flying Saints and with New Orleans giving up the fourth-most fantasy points to opposing tight ends this season, Olsen could be in for his best game of the season.
Jeremy Shockey (TE Week 5 Ranking: #24) 2011 Season: 11 Recs for 178 Yards & 0 TDs
Shockey has been playing well this season, but he's being used as more of a blocker in this offense and can't be depended on for more than a few catches a game.


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I cant imagin a 30 second hit.
I took a 5 second hit and I was looking for air when it was over.The muscles in my calves were sore for 3 days.
30 seconds of tensing every muscle in your body would leave you sore for weeks.
This is a discussion on The Civilian C2 Taser As A Viable Option For Those Unable To Carry A Firearm ? within the Related Gear & Equipment forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Your thoughts, comments & opinion always welcome. Feel free to chime in. http://www.itaser.com/product_tour.html Can also be used as a Stun Gun. One thing that I ...
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Can also be used as a Stun Gun.
One thing that I did not know is that if you ever need to use it the unit auto pulses for 30 seconds. You just set it down...leave the unit operating at the scene...and run like heck. 30 seconds to get away. Not bad.
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You should know that the Taser blows out tiny Taggins along with the electrical probes that are registered to you.
The Police that arrive at the scene will know who used the Taser by making a phone call and calling in the Taggin #.
If some stranger "happens along" and picks up the unit before the Police arrive or the Bad Guy gets ahold of it...that person will have to order new probes from Taser using the handpiece registration number and Taser will then know that the unit is not registered to that individual.
That's interesting.
I cant imagin a 30 second hit.
I took a 5 second hit and I was looking for air when it was over.The muscles in my calves were sore for 3 days.
30 seconds of tensing every muscle in your body would leave you sore for weeks.
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I would consider it a viable alternative for those who are unable to carry a firearm. Beats nothing by a long shot.
It looks like the folks at taser have been listening to what people say in regards to their products. The 30 second thing is a good idea, as it can get you out of the danger zone. I also like the Taser will replace the unit if you have to use it for defense (I don't guess that zapping friends for youtube would count). It's still a single shot kind of thing, so multiple attackers would be an issue (yes it is also a stun gun, but contact distance with attackers is still an issue). But its better than nothing provided both probes contact the bg (another issue). But if I was trying to decide between mace or a taser, I'd take one of these over the spray, I've never really heard of anyone building up a tolerance to getting shocked by tasers, and I've seen Marines scream like girls during training when they get hit with them. Plus I really do like that 30 second feature.
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Definitely beats having nothing at all. I hadn't thought about the problem of having multiple attackers that buckeye brought up but in such a case I see no reason why you couldn't use both taser and mace if you had multiple attackers.
I can also see it as being a good means of defense in cases where your life is not in danger and you might not be justified in killing someone - not to say that anyone should use one in a trivial manner.
Yes they are a good option. I got one for my wife since she teaches at a college and the G26 has to stay in the car so at least she has something (in addition to her knife). I got her the model with light/laser. It comes on when the door cover is opened.
I trained her on the taser, basically just like we were at the PD (no, I didn't tase her like we had to ), so she knows what works, what doesn't, and how to use it.
I've studied these tasers since they came out, comparing them to my issued X26 duty taser. I would recommend them to anyone that is "afraid of guns", or doesn't want to own one so at least they have something. I'm sure we all know those people in our world.
That being said, people that get these need to practice SA, and have the mindset of wanting to inflict severe pain on someone at the drop of a hat when threatened.
You have to submit to a background check to purchase it and submit info to taser to get a code to input on the taser to activate it before its usable.
The 24 colored pieces blown out of the cartridge, called AFIDS, are left at the scene when the probes are deployed. They have the serial number of the probe pack which is tied to the user that bought the unit.
If you use it in self-defense taser will replace not just the cartridge but the whole unit since its designed to be set down when it starts the 30 second cycle and then you do your best imitation of flash gordon.
-replacement probe packs $25 (should practice just like a firearm to know what it will do)
-probes go out 15ft
-30 second cycle (can be interrupted by closing the door cover)
-clip on holster available
-easy to use--laser dot is impact of one probe, other leaves at an 8 degree angle
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you can purchase a mylar "target" and extra cartridges for about $25 each and get some practice shots in from time to time. Train with with you carry applies even to Tazer.
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
Yep, the Taser is all that and a bag of chips but yet, you can not carry one in Michigan. Its dumb, I can shoot someone but I bet not tase them.......
I would love to own a Taser, not as a replacement for my gun but as a add on. I would prefer to tase someone that has a bat, etc then to shoot/kill them.
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My problem with it is this; If you are unwilling to use a firearm, chances are you will be unable to use a Taser should the time come. It gives a false sense of security for those who are mentally weak.
And, the common misconception is that the Taser is some easy to use point and click type of device. It is not. It takes some skill (maybe even more than a firearm) to get two (Yes, I said two) solid hits in order for the device to work. You need to be fairly knowledgeable and able to make a quick decision and act on it in order for the device to be used as designed. It is far from fool proof. One needs to judge distance, clothing type, body type, angles and even weather conditions to be able to deploy a Taser with a high degree of success.
I think the C2 gives a dangerous sense of false security. It is not a device that one can pull out of the box and deploy with a great degree of success like Taser or those selling it claim it to be.
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SIXTO, I think the term "mentally weak" is kind of derogatory. I know a number of people who would not shoot someone with a gun due to their personal beliefs. My wife, for example, would not carry or shoot someone with a gun, yet is far from being "mentally weak", being an executive in a high pressure industry. She was not raised in a gun household, and her religious beliefs also impact her actions. I don't always agree with her (obviously), but I respect her positions on this, as she does mine.
The C2 is better than nothing, just like OC, knives, sticks, Martial Arts, or even handguns (rather than long guns).
I see a taser as a option for those who can not carry/own a gun because of their local laws
As SIXTO pointed out they would have be able to judge distance. I can see people under stress firing a taser at someone outside of 15' or just getting one hit with a dart
A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more peace and content in life than simply being a good husband and father.
It is a tool to be trained with...and it needs to be deployed "just so" for it to be effective. You have to have a mindset and know the limitaions and ability of it before you carry it. If you are not ready to be an "explosion of warfare" when your life is on the line it wont matter if you have a mini RPG in your purse.
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If you took a classic Japanese-style role-playing game and stripped it of all the traditional gameplay mechanics—experience points, equippable weapons and armor, usable items, and even combat itself—what exactly would you be left with? And more importantly, could this-stripped down experience actually be compelling?
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In the case of indie game To The Moon, the answer is a surprising yes. Though it can only loosely be described as a game—it's more of a long, mildly interactive cut scene—To The Moon's story and writing are so well done that it's still worth venturing through, even if you won't gain any experience points.
Much like in the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, in the world of To The Moon there exists a technology that lets trained professionals alter memories. Only in this case they're not attempting to erase them, but instead tweak them to create new results. It's a form of final wish fulfillment. When someone is on their death bed they can ring up the memory people who can help them realize unfulfilled dreams. In the case of To The Moon's character Johnny, his dream is, obviously, to fly to the moon.
In order to help him realize that dream, you'll play as a pair of doctors who head into his memories in order to find a catalyst, that one particular event in his childhood that could convince young Johnny to become an astronaut. But first you need to understand him. And so much of the game is spent moving backwards through his memories and experiences, learning about the people and things that have shaped his life. As such, the story of his life is told in reverse, and as you move backwards in time you'll learn revelatory details that change the way you perceive him. Certain actions, or even small items that constantly reappear throughout his life, will take on new meanings. Things that initially seemed insignificant will often prove to be very important.
The story is well told and there are a number of genuinely surprising and touching moments. Even though To The Moon doesn't play like an RPG, it still maintains the feel of one in many ways. Not just because it looks like one, with retro 16-bit-inspired visuals, but because of the writing and the way the story unfolds. It touches on some very serious subject matter, but isn't afraid to get silly. Often a heartfelt moment will turn humorous when one of the doctors makes a wisecrack.
The game seems designed for those who play classic Final Fantasy or Lunar games exclusively for the story. Much of the game feels like those moments in an RPG when you're not exploring dungeons, but are instead left to freely explore a town or a castle. Venturing through Johnny's memories consists of little more than reading dialog and walking around. Moving from one memory to the next involves a simple sliding block puzzle, which feels more like a concession to make To The Moon feel more like a game than anything else.
So To The Moon isn't really a game. There are interactive bits, but they won't stifle your progression or provide anything resembling a challenge. But that's not really the point. Instead, it's a narrative experience using the classic RPG framework as a way of telling a story. And it's a story worth hearing, touching on universals such as death, loss, and memories. It also features a soundtrack that, had it been released 20 years ago, would be heralded as classic today.Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.


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Sticking Up For A Sibling City...Across A Chasm As Big As TexasElisabeth Malkin
In the pre-dawn desert chill, wheezing buses deposit workers outside the sheds that house Ciudad Jurez' assembly industry. These maquiladoras operate in a limbo that is neither Mexico nor the U.S. They employ nearly a third of Ciudad Jurez' workforce yet paid no taxes on their earnings in Mexico until this year. They are Mexico's second-largest foreign exchange earner and buy almost nothing from the country's other factories. But they join two cities separated by the border between the First and Third Worlds.
As Mexico's economy unravels and its political class devours itself, many in the U.S. from heartland businesses to Washington are reconsidering their partnership with their southern neighbor. But there are no doubts in El Paso, Tex., which promotes the maquiladoras across the border to entice new business. "We're using city dollars to market Jurez," says Roberto E. Franco, director of El Paso's Economic Development Dept. "But whatever comes to this region will benefit El Paso."
His effort is paying off. Unlike other Texas border cities, which rely on Mexican shoppers, El Paso has created a manufacturing base, incorporating textiles, tool-and-die plants, and plastic-injection molding. This base is helping it to struggle through the peso devaluation, which has banished Mexican shoppers from the downtown storefronts selling cheap clothes, shoes, and trinkets.
The downtown has survived changing fortunes before. The U.S. Border Patrol's two-year-old Operation Hold the Line stanched illegal immigration but also stopped many Mexicans who crossed the border to shop or visit relatives. The Border Patrol forced them to apply for a special pass that border residents use to cross the bridge. The operation's clumsy start, down to its original combative name, Operation Blockade, created ill will. For many Juarenses, the other side of the border is no promised land, merely the home of Payless ShoeSource. Meanwhile, Hold the Line has simply moved illegal crossings to the city's barren outskirts.
Lucinda Vargas, an economist who studies the border from El Paso for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, is a product of the two cities. She grew up in Ciudad Jurez but completed her education in the U.S. Switching between Spanish and English over coffee at her father's restaurant in Ciudad Jurez, she says El Paso was reluctant to accept its ties with Mexico until the North American Free Trade Agreement was negotiated: "NAFTA was a wake-up call for U.S. residents. Mexico is right at your doorstep. What are you going to do about it?" The trade deal has prompted new contacts among executives, professional associations, and even social programs on both sides of the border. Chambers of Commerce from Santa Fe, N.M., to Chihuahua, 375 kilometers south of Ciudad Jurez, build trade shows around the theme of the Colonial Spanish Camino Real. A Mexican nonprofit group known as Femap expanded its seven-year-old project of community banks for women in Ciudad Jurez to El Paso last year.
The sense that the cities' economic destinies are intertwined is countered by the disparity in their incomes. Nowhere is that clearer than in the view of Ciudad Jurez slums from Interstate 10 on the Texas side. Drawn by the 1980s maquiladora boom and the lure of the U.S., migrants poured into Ciudad Jurez, turning the city into a sprawl of dusty barrios and ramshackle shopping strips.
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Arsenal will be favourites to win the Champions League if they knock out Barcelona, according to Arsène Wenger.
The glamour tie of the last 16 has paired Wenger's side with the heavily-fancied Catalans and, ahead of Wednesday's first leg at Emirates Stadium, the manager insists that his team can conquer Europe if they conquer Barcelona.
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The 30 partners at Madison Dearborn negotiate leveraged buyouts as smart as anyone's. They're just so much nicer about it. Chicago's Madison Dearborn Partners—among the nation's largest private equity firms—has delivered average returns of 22% to investors over its 15-year run. Sure, its portfolio companies, like any taken private in a leveraged buyout, are laden with boatloads of debt. But at Madison Dearborn, the deals usually are bloodless; the partnership invests only in companies where it can keep incumbent management. It rarely extracts special dividends and has even cut fees to investors when the partners determined performance was lagging.
Named for its headquarters address at the northwest corner of Madison and Dearborn Streets, the firm is a bastion of Midwest sensibility. Offices in its 38th-floor suite are understated, save for a giant, red fiberglass bull purchased at auction for $28,000 by co-founder and Chairman John A. Canning Jr. after the city's "Cows on Parade" street art exhibit in 1999. Ties are mandatory, and there are two spares at the reception desk lest anyone forget. Why? "This is serious business," says co-CEO Paul J. Finnegan.
Contrast that to the swagger of the boys from Blackstone (BX), Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, and other East Coast buyout shops. It's hard to imagine Canning, 63, a pillar of Chicago's civic community, throwing a birthday party for himself like the highly chronicled bash Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman hosted last year when he turned 60—a $3 million blowout at the Park Avenue Armory for more than 250 of New York's glitterati, including Donald Trump and Barbara Walters. For his 60th, Canning went to a Cubs game with his family and had a cookout at home. (To be fair, Canning isn't leading the lunch-bucket life: His wheels include a 2000 Bentley.)
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A Middle America CEO looking to sell a business could easily be intimidated by a New York hotshot. "They talk fast, they're too slick," says T. Bondurant French, chief executive of Adams Street Partners, a regular Madison Dearborn investor and a specialist in private equity. "Madison Dearborn is just as sharp, and there is less arrogance."
Madison Dearborn cannot match the biggest in private equity, outfits such as Carlyle, Blackstone, and KKR, whose war chests total upwards of $35 billion. But controlling $16 billion in funds, it places No. 13 among more than 500 firms ranked by Thomson Financial (TOC). Bloomberg puts Madison Dearborn among the 10 biggest private equity firms in dealmaking from January, 2005, through last September.
Its returns are anything but middling. Three of its funds place in the top quartile, which return more than 20% a year, and another ranks in the top half, according to London-based Private Equity Intelligence, which surveys 3,600 funds worldwide. Its fifth fund is too recent to be ranked. And its deals have been growing larger. Madison led the $6.9 billion buyout of Vernon Hills computer distributor CDW and the $6.4 billion takeover of investment firm Nuveen last year. It's a 9% partner in a much bigger deal, the $42.4 billion buyout of Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE).
In November, Madison Dearborn started raising money for a $10 billion fund, its sixth and largest, up from the $6.5 billion fund raised in 2006. With a profit of $1.2 billion in the sale of Bermuda-based satellite-service provider Intelsat in February, its biggest single gain yet, Madison Dearborn is on track to have its best year, with a projected distribution of more than $2 billion to investors. That would top 2005, when it returned $1.93 billion.
Deals, of course, will be harder to execute in the midst of the credit crunch. Buyout firms will probably have to hold on to companies longer. And with banks and investors wary of even low-risk deals, they'll likely have to pay higher rates on debt, which would pinch their own returns.
But Canning and his crew remain on the lookout for new possibilities, such as all-equity deals. Signaling faith in itself, the partnership is expanding its offices by 54%, moving up to space that had belonged to Sara Lee (SLE) on the 45th to 47th floors of Three First National Plaza. "If you have good returns, people throw money at you," says Steven N. Kaplan, a professor at University of Chicago Graduate School of Business who specializes in venture capital and private equity.
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Madison Dearborn has its roots at First Chicago, now part of JPMorgan Chase (JPM). Canning, a native of Bayport, N.Y., high school baseball star, and Duke University-educated attorney, began running the bank's venture capital operation in 1980. Co-CEOs Finnegan and Samuel M. Mencoff each logged more than a decade there before the venture arm was spun out in 1992. One of its first deals was the buyout of Procter & Gamble's (PG) absorbents operation, which earned $310 million, a more than eightfold return when Buckeye Cellulose went public in 1995.
The heritage of the regulated banking industry could explain Madison Dearborn's conservative bent—it is accustomed to orderly processes and controls. In contrast, most rivals hail from the freewheeling investment banking world. Blackstone's Schwarzman, for example, was head of mergers and acquisitions at Lehman Brothers (LEH), while Apollo Management founder Leon Black was a protégé of junk-bond kingpin Michael Milken at Drexel Burnham Lambert.
Madison Dearborn prides itself on collegiality and community. Fees from investors and portfolio companies pay for base salaries and for keeping on the lights, but it is profit from the sale of portfolio companies that brings home the bacon. Madison Dearborn, like other private equity firms, takes 20% of those earnings, called the carry. No one owns more than 9.9% of the partnership, and profits are shared among 30 principals, which encourages younger partners to stay put. Eight of the firm's 14 founders are still at it, while five have retired, and one has died.
"A Human Capital Business"
Although the partnership elevated Finnegan and Mencoff in November, little change is expected. The pair, who helped found Madison Dearborn in 1992, already had been running day-to-day operations as co-presidents. They credit Canning for establishing a sober culture devoid of stars. "We don't depend on one or two rainmakers," Mencoff says. Both acknowledge that co-CEO arrangements can be risky, but as friends and contemporaries, neither wanted to make the other his subordinate, Canning says. For his part, Canning is spending more time in business development and relationship building as the public face of the firm.
What really distinguishes Madison Dearborn as a kinder, gentler buyout firm is its support of incumbent management. Canning's group doesn't look for turnarounds, such as Chicago steel-distributor Ryerson, where buyout firm Platinum Equity ousted CEO Neil S. Novich and two of his lieutenants just days after the October takeover, and targeted 600 employees for layoff. The firm also doesn't go for the sort of dramatic, 100-day plans favored by Blackstone and KKR that often involve operational overhauls. It's not that Madison Dearborn lacks the stomach for bloodletting, says Finnegan. "We just don't have the expertise."
The group prefers to massage companies that haven't reached their potential, perhaps because they were neglected by a corporate parent or need to be shielded from the demands of stockholders. Chicago's Nuveen, for example, has grown steadily over the past five years, doubling its assets under management, to $162 billion,its and diversifying from its base in municipal bonds. But the money manager lacked synergy with its longtime parent, St. Paul Travelers, says Nuveen CEO John P. Amboian. As a private company with what he calls a flexible debt structure, Nuveen will be able to invest more in its organization and in new products, such as mutual funds. "Madison Dearborn recognized this is a human capital business and that people have to be supported," Amboian says.
For Packaging Corp. of America (PKG), a 1999 buyout of Tenneco's (TEN) containerboard business, Madison Dearborn's biggest impact was in encouraging bold investment. "They think big," says CEO Paul T. Stecko. "I used to think a 15% after-tax return on a project was good. They would ask what would it take to get to 50%?"
Madison Dearborn acquired a 55% stake in Packaging for about $4.55 a share, with Packaging's former sister company, Pactiv (PTV), buying the rest. Although the Lake Forest company carried $1.9 billion in debt, its new owners quickly sold land holdings, enabling them to take Packaging public again just 10 months later. Madison Dearborn began selling at the end of 2005 and disposed of its last shares in August, at prices of $20 to $25 a share, for a total profit of $950 million. "They did terrific," Stecko says. Two Madison Dearborn principals remain on the Packaging board.
Eschewing Quick Paybacks
The outfit loads debt onto its companies with the best of them. An analysis by Bloomberg of firms doing the biggest combined buyouts between January, 2005, and last September says Madison Dearborn employs the highest leverage: Its debt was 11.82 times cash flow, outpacing the average of 9.54. Madison Dearborn says the analysis was flawed because it used incorrect data and a misleading methodology that skewed results toward the firm's larger deals. Still, its own analysis calculates its leverage at 6.9 times, placing it fourth, behind Thomas H. Lee, Blackstone, and Bain Capital.
But Madison Dearborn avoids the enriching dividends that some buyout firms take in recapitalizations. In 2006, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Carlyle, and Merrill Lynch (MER) collected $1 billion in a one-time dividend—nearly half of the $2.3 billion they put up to acquire car rental giant Hertz (HTZ) just six months earlier. At Burger King (BKC), investors TPG Capital, Bain Capital, and Goldman Sachs (GS) in 2006 recouped their $325 million investment with a $367 million dividend even before an initial public offering several months later.
Critics say recapitalizations to pay dividends reduce equity and leave many companies more vulnerable to cyclical downturns by sticking them with new debt. A recent analysis by Moody's Investor Services of the dividend practices of 14 private equity firms found that nearly 35% of downgrades were attributable to extracting dividends. Madison Dearborn was among the least aggressive, Moody's (MCO) found, and the payouts that it did take were part of club deals. "We resist the temptation of immediate payback in return for greater gain down the road," Finnegan says.
Madison Dearborn has won high marks among investors for reducing fees or dropping them altogether. (It charges 1.5% of the amount invested in a particular fund.) When its third fund, launched with $2.2 billion at the height of the tech boom in 1999, lagged in the years after the bust, the partnership suspended its fee in 2002 and hasn't reinstated it. Similarly, when its fourth fund, with $4 billion, was slow to get off the ground in 2000, the partnership reduced its fee by 37.5 basis points. Says Gary Silverman, who runs Kaye Scholer's private equity practice in Chicago: "They look like stand-up guys."
Courting the Sellers
When credit markets seized up last summer, Madison Dearborn played nice guy again. Investment banks led by JPMorgan Chase and Lehman Brothers developed lender's remorse after they couldn't market $4.9 billion in debt for computer wholesaler CDW without big losses. Some other private equity firms might have said, tough. KKR, for example, was portrayed as taking a hard line with its investment banks in its buyout of Denver's First Data last fall. But Madison Dearborn agreed to modest changes, including raising some interest rate caps, says Madison Dearborn Managing Director Benjamin D. Chereskin.
Madison Dearborn probably scores the most points for its lack of pretension, which helped it win the 1998 bidding for Reiman Publications of Greendale, Wis. Founder Roy Reiman had told prospective buyers early that his wife would be involved in the sales decision. Ted Forstmann, a corporate raider immortalized in Barbarians at the Gates for his unsuccessful 1988 bid for RJR Nabisco, flew in on his private jet, presented his offer, and gave Reiman about 30 minutes to make up his mind, without bothering to spend any time with his family, says a source familiar with the bidding. The Madison Dearborn crew, which was happy to spend time with both husband and wife, won the day. A spokesman for Forstmann said his associates didn't recall the encounter.
CDW Chief Executive John A. Edwardson, who presided over the auction of the company last spring, was struck by how many of the East Coast bidders resembled Gordon Gekko, the ruthless raider portrayed by Michael Douglas in the 1987 movie Wall Street. He says their mantra was the same: "We know more about running companies than any management team could ever know." Meantime, Madison Dearborn made the effort to learn what the company was about. Its team logged the most hours in an online document-room where proprietary data was available to all the bidders.
The CDW auction was sparked by an unsolicited takeover proposal to director Michael Krasny, who founded the company in 1982. Annual growth had slowed, and "we walked in believing that the company's best years were behind it," says Chereskin, the lead partner on the deal. Instead, as the team dug into the numbers, it became convinced that the $8.1 billion reseller had much greater growth potential if, for instance, it pumped up its 2,600-member sales force. Even with its debt load, Chereskin says, the company will be in a better position to make overdue investments and still return 20% to investors, a group that includes Providence Equity Partners and senior managers at the company.
Madison Dearborn's new challenge is the credit crunch. With debt financing virtually nonexistent, the action is likely to shift. Rather than buy companies outright, Madison Dearborn could take stakes in businesses that need capital to make acquisitions or expand. Of course, a recession could humble private equity firms, or make them ornery. But Madison Dearborn is likely to stay in character. "We don't flaunt it," Mencoff says. "We return phone calls on time."


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Iv talked to some of the guys from RS6.com and this coming sunday (11/14) seems to be a day most people can come. Can anyone here come then also? We will meet at Anthony Wayne Recreation Area which is Exit 17 off of the Palisades Parkway. It is Exit 17 coming from the north and the south on the Palisades. There is a parking lot on the right as you enter the A Wayne Rec Area. I havent made a time yet but is later or earlier better for everyone? Iv also posted this on NASIOC but feel free to put this on other WRX sites also.
Some of these cars have like 530 hp so i think this will be a lot of fun
Were not just going to have a car show though. Were going to go on a drive around the bear mt area( 7 lakes drive for people in the area) and 9w. These are some really nice roads and will look nice at this time of year.


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anybody have any pics of a 1930 chevy truck interior?
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The project I have has rotted wood that either needs replacing or removed and then put metal in it's place. I'd like to go with metal. Anybody have any ideas or input?? Any help would be appreciated,thanks.
1930 chevy truck insides..
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yup...sure would like some help here.I don't have a plan and I am trying to get some advice. Thanks.
A quick search will likely turn up some results.
what? you don't think I tried that? It ain't easy to find pictures and related info on that subject.
re: 1930 inside wood paterns.
look,guys,,I'm a long haul trucker. I'm only in town for a few days at a time. I'd like to find something about woodwork (or fabbed metal work) :confused: inside of a 1930 (or so) chevy truck before I leave out again. I seem to be having bad luck finding anything (10-24-09). :confused:
When I was doing a '34 Chevy Sedan, I found there are few companies out there that make reproduction interior wood kits. Whether or not you can find somebody that has a kit for your truck I don't know.
But I found more people than not are using steel to frame in these bodies. Is all the wood there? If it is you could try building them yourself, or it would atleast give you an idea where to build your framing.
If I can dig up some info on the wood kit companies I will, but I sold the car a few years ago.
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naw the wood is mostly eat up...rotted out,you know. I had some time today so I got out there and started fartin around with it and I did some torchin and some grindin and then I decided to just build a metal structure inside to replace the wood. I looked at it a real long time and I see how I can do it. The metalwork will be covered up with carpeted panels anyway...so it ain't like anybody is going to see it anyway. I am planning to use 1 inch square tubing and 1 inch wide 1/4th in. flat stock. It will look allright. Planning to do the same with the flooring too. :drool:
I had to torch out some of those rusted in screws that were in the wood. Made some of that hard wood catch fire. Stunk like hell! Had to take a dish soap bottle with water in it to squirt out the smoldering. Got everything ready to start cutting the meatl and placing it in next week when I get back in town. I'm fixin to have to go back out on the road again in a couple of days.Dam...just when all the fun was startin too! :(
If it were I, I would get creative on my own as the trucks of those days really didn`t have a interior. They just had the very basics thrown in.
I imagine also riding in these with a V8 transplant makes the interior even worse noise wise than it was new, so adding some damping material would likely be of help. The older cabs like that had so little damping in them you can talk in them and hear a small echo. Really blew my mind the first time I noticed it. Your truck, you decide. But in case you can`t find what your looking for, get creative. Diamond tuck seat, door panels, would look old school but never goes out of style.
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I have a dolls head for a radiator cap and the head is mohawked. The eyes bob up and down. As for creativity I allready took out most of the rotted wood (today 10-28-09) ONE piece at a time and replaced it with square tubing (one pice at a time). And for seats I have some that came out of a toyota. May have to make some higher floor mounts for them though, they're kinda short. And I used to build handicapped vans for the state years ago...so I allready know how to build panels and cover them with material. I'm planning to do that for this truck. Add sound proofing insulation to the floor and inside ceiling.
Building the inside of this truck wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be. But it IS time consuming.
I find that I kinda like this stuff. So below is my next project. It is a 1928 international 1 ton truck. The interior was wood, it rotted, but the cab and the doors were there. They are in the back of my truck in the other picture. I'm thinking about Z-ing the frame and lowering it and making the back into a panel van look. I am gettin pretty good with that square tubing. :drool:
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SCFFAA is now Extraordinary Families
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In 2014, Southern California Foster Family and Adoption Agency (SCFFAA) entered into the merger process with Child Welfare Initiative (CWI). Both organizations were well-established, innovative nonprofits in Southern California that shared the vision of improving the daily lives and long-term outcomes of children impacted by the child welfare system.
The merger process confirmed that combining the two organizations would result in gained synergies, improved efficiencies, reduced costs, complementary services and in-field learning that significantly leverages resources and greatly increases the organizations' impact on the community.
SCFFAA brought to the table its 20-year history of providing groundbreaking direct foster care, adoption, and transition services to youth and families, and CWI, 7 years of implementing transformative programs and policies that produce measurable improvements in the lives of children and families in the system.
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The Foster Alumni Co-Mentoring Experience (FACE) –is an essential component of the Youth in Transition Project supporting young adults (ages 18-25) who are transitioning out of foster care, on their journey toward independence and self-sufficiency. The 12-month project is designed to bring caring adults from different communities within Los Angeles County together with youth living in the same geographic area who are about to, or have, transitioned out of foster care. FACE employs a … [Read More...]
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text: Although >98% of patients developed positive AUX I or II antibodies in the IMPRESS studies, there have been no systemic hypersensitivity events reported in the phase III trials or any of the previous XIAFLEX PD clinical studies to date. Including data from all XIAFLEX PD clinical studies, over 7,500 XIAFLEX injections have been administered to more than 1,050 PD patients.Auxilium is grateful to all the patients, investigators and Auxilium employees who contributed to these trials. About Peyronie's Disease PD can be a physically and psychosocially devastating disorder that results in varying degrees of penile curvature deformity, disease bother, sexual dysfunction, emotional distress, loss of self-esteem and depression. PD is the development of collagen plaque, or scar tissue, on the shaft of the penis that may harden and reduce flexibility, thus occasionally causing pain and causing the penis to deform in a bend or arc during erection. In addition to difficulty with sexual intercourse, PD is commonly associated with emotional distress, loss of self-esteem, disease bother and depression. PD is a heterogeneous disease with an initial inflammatory component. This inflammatory phase is poorly understood with a somewhat variable disease course and occasional spontaneous resolutions of not greater than 13% 1. After 12-18 months of disease, the disease is reported to often develop into a more chronic, stable phase 1. The estimated prevalence of PD in adult men has been reported to be approximately 5% 2; however the disease is thought to be underdiagnosed and undertreated 1. Based on U.S. historical medical claims data, it is estimated that between 65,000 and 120,000 PD patients are diagnosed every year, but only 5,000 to 6,500 PD patients are treated with injectables or surgery annually 3. (1) L.A. Levine Peyronie's Disease: A Guide to Clinical Management. Humana Press: 10-17, 2007. (2) Bella A. Peyronie's Disease J Sex Med 2007;4:1527–1538(3) SDI and data on file, Auxilium


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French Drain Pipe Material & Filter Cloth Decision
For French drain (dual-pipe) installation in heavy clay soil situation in northern CA, what are your recommendation/experience regarding the following:
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4" Styrene (white) vs 4" SCH40 vs 4" SDR35
It seems cost-wise, it's SCH40 > SDR35 > Styrene. Well-reputed installer claiming that Styrene performs the same as SDR35 at half cost, and used for years. I'm aware that SDR35 is thinner-walled and used for low-pressure DWV application, as compared to thicker-walled SCH40. Just not sure how Styrene compares against SDR35. Was told that white Styrene is not the black ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene). There is no car traffic over the path of subterranean trench, except for a section underneath concrete driveway. Is it only $0.50/ft more for SDR35 vs Styrene? Wanting to make sure it will not be bended/intruded by roots in time.
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Yay or Nay
I read various accounts of advising not lining the trench with filter cloth in clay soil installation. The reason is that clay soil will cake up the filter cloth in time when wet, therefore preventing water percolating thru gravel and reaching the perforated pipe at the bottom of the trench.
I typically use perforated SDR-35 (typically used for a septic system leach field) with the holes down and no filter cloth. as ground water rises it is picked up by the pipe. with the holes down an sedimentation picked up will settle out of the pipe.
everyone has their preferred way of doing things ......
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Tight-pants wearing, loft-living Drew Hardly is fed the eff up with all the squid art lately, and WTF is up with Shaggy's text: "All that flick'rs isn't gold?"
Will she crack(in) the case of the dead robot graffiti artist in #3???
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Either way, tons of fun and some contributions by a couple of great artist friends (I got tired of doing it all!)
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Eris [eris] as a girls' name is of Greek origin. Mythology: goddess of discord and destruction, and sister of Ares the god of war.
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Eris is a rare given name for women. Eris is a unique last name too for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Eris entered the list in 1920-1929 and reached its highest position of #1040 in the U.S. then, but is not in the list at the moment. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2015)
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Eris is pronounced similarly to Eurys and Iris▲. Other recommended names are Alis, Anis, Ardis▼, Artis, Avis▼, Caris, Chris▼, Cis, Cris, Doris▼, Edi, Edie, Edin, Edris, Eedris, Eilis, Eir, Eirin, Eli, Elia, Elin, Elis, Elisa▲, Elise▲, Elish, Eliz, Ellis▲, Elois, Els, Elvis, Enid▼, Ennis, Erda, Erga, Erica▼, Erika▼, Erike, Eriko, Erin▼, Erina, Erinn, Erisha, Erla, Erma▼, Ermin (see Ermine), Erna▼, Eryn, Ess, Evia, Evie▲, Idris, Isis▼, Karis, Khris, Kris▼, Lis, Lois▼, Loris, Lyris, Maris, Meris, Neris, Nis, Paris, Pris, Sis, Tais and Tris. These names tend to be more commonly used than Eris.


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Looks like IRAN spent a good bit of cash on these waves of the sword this week.
BBC News - Iran 'test-fires medium-range missile' in Gulf
Or someone is out a bit of $$??
Come on folks?!?!?!
What is the world waiting for?
Israel Hayom
INBOUND in 33 minutes?????
You cannot sit down and have a Latte with radical Muslims and expect to come to a happy outcome. They have been fighting for thousands of years and when you deal with someone who thinks blowing yourself up or your kids is a good thing, talking is a waste of time. Israel has the determination to do what's necessary even if the politically correct think it is wrong. They have to live around it eveyday. If we don't wise up we will see the same thing inside our borders before long.
Hmmm...US military setting up a command center for 'drills' in Israel. Kinda new, and serious sounding. The planning folks are really getting things ready for action I'd say.
US commander visits Israel to finalize missile... JPost - Defense
Just so it doesn't start up right before the election. Then Hussein will right away start in with the whole, "don't change horses in mid stream" crap. He already compares himself to Roosevelt.
These birds on this boat shown are all dressed and ready to DANCE!!!
PressTV - 'US deploys troops in Israel for Iran war'
It is fixing to roll folks!!!
More than a couple of UZIs in the hands of ISRAEL at this time SIR!
But, the last one I did build will be what I will be holding though.
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Do you like to keep up weekly with your favorite period dramas or family comedies? Or are you a die-hard or Chicago Bears fan? Without your favorite shows and sports teams, an inexpensive cable package is still a waste of money, so it is important to make sure TV packages in Brimfield have the channels you want. Find the best cable company in Brimfield, IL by using our detailed information to compare and contrast your options. In most cases, TV packages come with all the major networks, but they don't always include smaller channels—in fact, availability can vary from one area to another, even with the same TV provider. Luckily, we've compiled data that will make it easy to find the channels you want and select the highest rated providers available in Brimfield. Now you can use all of this information to find a package that includes the channels you care about at an affordable price.
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