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Kitzhaber, a former emergency room doctor, has promised/gambled that the Oregon Health Plan will reduce the growth of Medicaid costs in his state by 2 percent within two years. To pay for this effort, the federal government is to kick in about $1.9 billion over five years, but only if the state can keep its 2 percent promise.
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CHAMPAIGN — Calling it "the big alligator," State Treasurer Dan Rutherford said the state's ballooning pension system obligations must be addressed by lawmakers this spring.
Even if pension costs are tackled, Rutherford said other spending also will have to be limited.
And the treasurer, who was a member of the state Senate last year when the Legislature approved a 67 percent income tax increase but did not vote for it, said the tax hike should not be phased out before it is scheduled to be reduced from 5 percent to 3.75 percent in 2015. Some Republicans have said they want the tax increase to be repealed this year.
"It would be disingenuous to the public to have them believe it could be repealed," Rutherford told reporters after speaking to the Champaign-Urbana Kiwanis Club in Champaign. "I believe we need to manage where we are and try to put together the best method to wean off that addiction (to increased spending.)"
He said state spending has to be controlled.
"Don't spend this (tax) increase because you've got it. Figure out how to get us off this addiction, this addiction to debt," he said. "And plan for 2015 because there is going to be a cliff and we'll either be able to scale down safely or we're just going to go free-falling off of it. Everybody knows that day is coming."
Even with all the recent grim state budget news — including a report earlier this week from state Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka that the state has an $8.5 billion backlog of unpaid bills — Rutherford said he was optimistic the state could work its way out of the financial crisis.
"A part of who I am is optimistic. A part of who I am is realistic," he said. "And at this moment the optimism overrides the realistic.
"You have to believe that way. I am the treasurer of the state and I probably see the dark underside of the ugly beast from a perspective better than most. And I believe that Illinois can and will turn itself around."
The key, he said, is pension reforms. That issue dwarfs even Medicaid spending.
"I think the politics of fixing the pensions is much harder than the Medicaid," Rutherford said. "The Medicaid will be a challenge. I don't disagree. But there is a whole political dynamic to the pension issue that does not come to the Medicaid debate."
Rutherford said retirees would be unaffected by pension changes. But current employees would have to either contribute greater premiums or accept reduced benefits.
"Even if we did that it won't fix the (budget) problem. But we can't begin to fix the problem unless you do that," the treasurer said.
I hope Rutherford (and others) address their own pension obligations...as in getting rid of them. No lawmaker should ever get a pension, much less health care or any other benefit. Can you imagine how much money our state could save if they just quit spending money on retired politicians?
This should be a priority movement nationally. Pensions for lawmakers are wrong.
I do not fundamentally understand why the benefits of current retirees are "off limits" while current and future employees will bear the cost of past pension system mismanagement. Also, shouldn't the taxpayers be partially responsible for the cost of the mismanagement since they were the ones that voted in the politicians that raided the pension funds over the years? I believe that the pension funds need to be at least partially bailed out by the general fund and current retirees in order to make sure that the sacrifice is equally shared.
As relatively new state employees who chose not to participate in the pension system and rather bear the risk of the market because I foresaw these problems, is my wife's and my 401k contribution from the state (which is paid as a % of my wages, and is not excessive compared with the private sector) going to decrease as a result of a pension system external to my retirement plan?
Are we just going to continue to raid the cookie jars of future generations without solving the fundamental spending and taxation imbalances in Illinois?
@poudresteve: My previous comment to poudresteve was deleted. I will be more tactful in my present response. The State of Illinois Constitution is the reason for current retirees pensions being "off limits". After the Legislators, and Governors repeatedly skipped the employer required pension payments; they "promised" that pensions would not be diminished by putting the "promise" into the state constitution. They continued to skip the employer pension payments while the employees paid into their pension system every paycheck. The Legislators continued to fund their pension system, and the Judicial pension sytem; just not fund the employees pension system. They admit this. The monies that were to be paid into the employees pension system were used for increased services to the public, pork barrel projects, and tax breaks for big business. You are asking that the pensions earned by the retirees to be reduced, or eliminated to assist your retirement as a new state employee. The average state employee does not receive a huge pension. The average is about $26,000 per year. The elderly retirees; who earned, and paid into their pensions; are to have their pensions stolen to assist a new employee who has not earned a pension yet? As a new state employee, you knew what you were agreeing to when you took your job. I am sorry about your attitude regarding "cookie jars"; but the retired employees earned, and paid into their pensions.
Thank you for your thoughtful response. I realize that many state employees live modestly in retirement, as you point out, but there are others that don't. I work hard as a state employee not eligible for social security, and it looks like I will be working harder and longer than other generations did to earn a secure retirement, going without raises, with skyrocketing health care costs, nauseating prospects for higher education costs for my kids, dealing with a housing bubble, overall in a more difficult economic environment in Illinois. But I am very frustrated that the politically expedient thing to do at both the national and state level is to cut and run from pension/social security problems without anyone but current and future employees feeling the pain. Those promises were made by the State to you just like they were to me when I started my job.
Don't get me wrong, I feel very fortunate to have a good job, and am grateful to the taxpayers to have the opportunity to do what I do, and take pride just like the rest of the U of I in that I give back to the state much more than I personally get. I chose my job as an educator to help future generations succeed more than mine, but it seems like the deck just keeps getting stacked more against economic security for young people despite many hard-working bright minds.
I was a state employee before retirement. I realize now that you are a university state employee. Our pension systems are different. I was required to pay into Social Security to differ the amount the state paid into my pension system. My pension was calculated on .0167% per years of work on the highest four year average of pay. For example: 30 years would be 50% of the average pay of the highest paid four years. For example: If the highest four year average was $40,000, the pension would be $20,000 per year. Forty five years would be 75% of the highest four year average. Not many employees make it to 45 years. I understand your frustration as a new employee worried about your future. I had the same fears raising a family. I still have them now with people wanting to take my pension. I had no choice in retirement investments. I was required to pay into the pension system. I disagree with you on taking retired employees pensions. We paid into the pension system when our employer did not. We earned our pensions. Do you think that by taking the elderly's pensions that your retirement plan will be safe in the future? The taxpayers; which you, and I are part of; will howl for yours later on if what you propose happens. I am sorry; but I do not understand your logic. I do understand your fears though. I had them; and still do. Are you an academic professional?
Yes I am an academic, and have been my whole career (except working in a meat market during high school/college). Thus, I am not allowed by law to pay into social security, so all of my eggs are in the 401k the state contributes to, and extra savings that I have. In my case, I pay 7% of every paycheck into an account, and the state matches my contribution up to 6%. If all of a sudden, the state comes in and says that due to the pension funds being empty and the state being broke, going forward all current employees will no longer receive state contributions to their 401k, or those in a pension in order to get the same pension that was promised, they need to contribute 6% more of my paycheck every month, or chose a 401k going forward instead of a pension, I don't think that's fair. I think it's especially unfair for my more senior colleagues where these changes not only will impact their current earnings, but drastically change the amount and timing of the final salary for the calculation. I can save more, but they can't. And I realize that many people on retirement can't save either.
If we don't want this to happen, someone needs to pay for the shortfall. Are state employees simply going to bear 100% of the costs? Where did the money go that should have been paid into the pension funds? It certainly went a lot of places that benefited the entire state. Shouldn't the state be at least partially responsible for bailing out these pension funds?
Your right. The current employees, and the retired employees are not the culprits. The culprits are the legislators, judges, and governors of both parties. Add to the state's pension problem the municipal employees ( firefighter, and police ) pension problem. The municipalities did the same thing as the legislators. They diverted pension payments into public projects (statues, parks, etc.) to appease the voters who are the taxpayers just like you, and me. Illinois with it's tax increase is still the lowest in the Midwest. Tax increases were delayed for years due to the politicians getting re-elected ( the Gov. Ogelvie lesson ). Now, the solution being sought by the Chicago Civic Committee, and the Illinois Policy Institute (both who are nothing more than lobbies) are for the existing pensions to be stolen. They do expect the state employees to simply bear the cost. The problem for them is the State of Illinois Constitution. In order to continue to "borrow" from the employees pension systems, the legislators added the language into the constitution that prevented just what they want to do now. Don't expect "justice" in having your contributions, and the state's contributions stolen in the Illinois Supreme Court. However, it will continue to the U.S. Supreme Court. This is not just an Illinois problem. All but three of the states have done it to their state, and municipal employees also. Stealing is stealing no matter how you justify it. You, and I have a common cause; not one that divides us.


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Tile over Painted Lightweight Cement
Hello DIY and pro people!
I'm new here.
I live in a condo, on the second floor, and under the carpet the floor is painted, and beneath the paint is a layer of concrete (not sure how thick) that has some hairline cracks in it. In a few places, the floor has squeaks (go figure).
We want to put down Porcelain tile, and I've gotten two different answers from tile installers about how it will be done:
Tile guy 1 (Lowes installer... came to our house) says he just needs to "rough up" the paint in order to get the thinset to bond to the floor, and that no backerboard is needed. When I asked about fixing the squeaks, he said that if it were wood, he'd screw it down, but that you can't do that with a layer of concrete. I asked him if he knew why it would be squeaking, he said he did not know.
Tile guy 2 (Newport Carpet & Tile... has not been to our house) says that backerboard is definitely needed because that concrete layer will not properly support the tile. I asked him how he would bond the backboard to the floor, and he said thinset and screws (wouldn't the paint need to come up for that thinset bond to happen?). I did not ask if he would be removing the paint first.
In any case, I've read that no matter what, the paint has to come up in order for the surface to be bondable. Neither party is really telling me what I want to hear, and their price estimates are within $300.00 of each other, even though: the tile is the same price, and Tile guy 1 supposedly has a cheaper install per sq ft price than Tile guy 2, and would not need to purchase and install backboard.
Should I keep looking? I feel like the uppity customer telling them how to do their job if I question their methods.
With tile and install, this will be a $4,500+ purchase for us and we want it done right. We are a bit scared to leap into this magnitude of tile job as a first DIY project (475 sq ft) but we will do the bathrooms ourselves after watching the tile guys do it.
Thanks for any input, much appreciated...
I'm sorry to say that neither of your installer choices so far have any idea what they are talking about. Here's the scoop.
Light weight concrete is common in condos above the first floor. Light weight concrete actually contains gypsum. Gypsum and ceramic tile thinset mortar ARE NOT COMPATIBLE.
One popular lightweight concrete used in condominiums is called Gypcrete sold by the Maxxon Corporation. The product has been around for years and you can contact them to verify what I am telling you.
The concrete (Gypcrete if you will) must have a treatment before any ceramic tile thinset mortar will stay bonded to it for very long.
There are several ways to do this but I'll cut right to the chase.
Oh and by the way...YES...the paint must be removed totally, not just scuffed in this case. Any paint or coating is a known bond-breaker when it comes to ceramic tile thinset adhesion.
Okay cutting to the chase.
In my opinion of all the methods used that will mitigate these issues and insure a successful tile installation is to use a product known as CIS offered by The Noble Corporation.
Noble CIS is a vinyl product used (among other things) as a crack isolation membrane. It is a thick vinyl with a scrim type hairy fabric on both sides so that it can be bonded with thinset. The CIS is applied into a fresh coating of thinset. The tile is then applied using thinset.
The softer/pliable characteristics of the CIS will allow and promote bonding to the gypsum containing concrete product while at the same time isolating the tile installation from the substructure. Even though I can't make any guarantee's I am sure this will also end your squeaks.
I can guarantee you that you never want to apply cement board to a concrete surface. Most all cement boards suffer from quality control issues, they just do. As long as they are being nailed or screwed to a substrate they are great but if they are applied only with an adhesive they cannot be made "plane" (flat) suitably enough to accept ceramic tile.
I don't understand why some guys in this industry that claim to be of a professional status have such a problem knowing the industry. I must apologize for their ignorance of their profession, they give all of us a bad name.
Please keep looking until you find an installer that has this knowledge. Please don't tell them how to do it. For your own protection allow them to tell you how it is supposed to be done correctly.:) What you have been told so far is not correct.
Good Luck.
Thank you so, so much for the info and company names/resources. The majority of $5,000 is a lot of money to waste on an incorrect job.
I knew the inconsistency in answers mattered. Is there any chance that this surface is anything but gypcrete? Do they do it with Gypsum to make it lighter than regular concrete?
Other than letting him (or her) tell us the correct way they are going to do it, any tips for choosing independent installer, if we end up buying our tile from one source, and getting another to install it?
Actually those type of products are more for fire safety and sound control. Including gypsum could result in a lighter weight product I suppose but I have never researched it. The compressive strength is less than typical concrete I think and that would be because of the gypsum in my thinking.
I do know that installing ceramic tile over those products is problematic and they have always required some special treatment before tile could be installed.
Like everything, improvements have come along over the years so maybe late model multi-level gypsum containing concrete has changed but I don't think so.
Just to be clear.
If your building is wood framed and (probably) less than 5 storeys, then gypcrete was used. If the building is taller and/or strictly of concrete construction, or of steel and concrete pan deck construction, the concrete was used in leu of gypcrete.
Other than this little bit of parsing, I would defer to Bud, he is clearly very knowledgeable
Everything Bud says is correct. The gypsum is a lot lighter than concrete, so the building construction is cheaper. There is usually 2-3 inches over a 3/4" plywood subfloor, but I have seen the subfloor only 1/2" plywood. The stuff also tends to crack and powder up after 25-30 years. Many times the floors are painted with a white sealer of some sort when installed. It is to extend the life of the floor, as water shortens the life of all gypsum products.
It wouldn't be unusual to have only 3/4" of light weight cement/gypsum product over a sub-deck of only 3/4", IF the deflection of the floor structure does not exceed 1/360.
Different sub-structure techniques and configurations require different thicknesses of light weight product.
I don't know how we got off the beaten-path but it seems we did.:)
By the way...the surface cracking could be from deflection but it could also simply be from surface tension. In my experience surface cracking is a frequent occurrence in those modified products.:)
Wether the pour was 3/4" or closer to 2" could also be a function of it necessity. If it is required for fire rating, it must be much thicker than if the architect only needs it as a floor leveler
He floored a lot of folk with his tongue and his quick wit!!!!:laughing:
Trying to find the comment about screwing to the Gypcrete but I'm not seeing it anywhere. I must have missed it reading too fast.
What I did find in Post #1 was:
"When I asked about fixing the squeaks, he said that if it were wood, he'd screw it down, but that you can't do that with a layer of concrete."
That statement is correct.
Not here to win any popularity contest, what you see is what you get.:)
"Not here for a long time, just here for a good time." - song lyrics from something.
Okay I found it !
I will run fast for sure! The search goes on, I guess. Thank you all for the info. Very helpful place to be! There is much conflicting info out on the web, nice to be walking on solid ground here (heh)
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Wow, which I found this sooner. Think I found her a few years ago and forgot, hell to get old.
Anyway, her and her sister Sarah are both great. Sarah was once married to "Andrew Lloyd Webber", same one? Don't know/
Look them both up on IMDB.com and read their "bios", In face, here is sister Sarah's: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0109208/bio
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So beautiful it brought me to tears.
no fuckin shit!!beautiful.(sorry to put shit over beauty)
Damn that was kicazz..never heard of her b4..thanx ya'll have to look n2 it further
yeeeeeah, i love sarah brightman and the gregorian chant and all… nice and soothing, but…WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS DOING ON THIS SITE??? ?
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heard this before i heard the one by HIM and i like this one way better
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I was skeptical about viewing this because "Join me in death" is also one of my favorites, it's not a bad cover…. but I'm stickin' with the original 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Very very nice.This just made me think of a cool video…….look up on you tube "dog of man".I dont know why ………………..
fucking gay as hell lol !
I really liked the song but the end song at 4:10 left me flat , oh well, I will just down load the song from youtube cut off the last 34 seconds of the vid and have a new favorite song on my MP4 player, cheers!
majestic as fuck!
I don't find her quite as appealing as Sarah, but she's still got a fantastic voice, and this is a beautiful cover. I love whenever anything metal/"heavy" gets touched in its naughty places by classical.
Wow! That's beautiful. She has an amazing voice. Her voice is similar to Simone Simons but softer. I like both versions since Valo has an amazing voice, too.
wow that was amazing. am i crying WTF!?!
Gregorian masters rock!!
Sounds like something you'd hear from a 90's erotic shower scene on cinemax
Angie I think you just made me fall for you
why the vedio no show out ?
Nice must be the fact that these really want to bang this chick but .., can't ! Nice career choice fellas .
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Hard at work on the set of her Lifetime series, Jennifer Love Hewitt filmed for "The Client List" in Los Angeles on Thursday (January 31).
The 33-year-old actress wore a short white dress with a brown jacket and high heels which she popped off after the cameras stopped rolling in favor of some velcro high tops.
Sharing her day with her Twitter followers, earlier on Thursday she tweeted, "Morning to all. Today on [The Client List] we go to church. Can I get an Amen!"
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Evaluating two-dimensional (2D) crystallization trials for the formation of ordered membrane protein arrays is a highly critical and difficult task in electron crystallography. Here we describe our approach in screening for and identifying 2D crystals of predominantly small membrane proteins in the range of 15 – 90kDa.
Date Published: 10/29/2010, Issue 44; doi: 10.3791/1846
Keywords: Cellular Biology, Issue 44, membrane protein, structure, two-dimensional crystallization, electron crystallography, electron microscopy, screening
Johnson, M. C., Rudolph, F., Dreaden, T. M., Zhao, G., Barry, B. A., Schmidt-Krey, I. Assessing Two-dimensional Crystallization Trials of Small Membrane Proteins for Structural Biology Studies by Electron Crystallography. J. Vis. Exp. (44), e1846, doi:10.3791/1846 (2010).
Electron crystallography has evolved as a method that can be used either alternatively or in combination with three-dimensional crystallization and X-ray crystallography to study structure-function questions of membrane proteins, as well as soluble proteins. Screening for two-dimensional (2D) crystals by transmission electron microscopy (EM) is the critical step in finding, optimizing, and selecting samples for high-resolution data collection by cryo-EM. Here we describe the fundamental steps in identifying both large and ordered, as well as small 2D arrays, that can potentially supply critical information for optimization of crystallization conditions.
By working with different magnifications at the EM, data on a range of critical parameters is obtained. Lower magnification supplies valuable data on the morphology and membrane size. At higher magnifications, possible order and 2D crystal dimensions are determined. In this context, it is described how CCD cameras and online-Fourier Transforms are used at higher magnifications to assess proteoliposomes for order and size.
While 2D crystals of membrane proteins are most commonly grown by reconstitution by dialysis, the screening technique is equally applicable for crystals produced with the help of monolayers, native 2D crystals, and ordered arrays of soluble proteins. In addition, the methods described here are applicable to the screening for 2D crystals of even smaller as well as larger membrane proteins, where smaller proteins require the same amount of care in identification as our examples and the lattice of larger proteins might be more easily identifiable at earlier stages of the screening.
1. Grid Preparation of 2D Crystallization Trials
2. Assessing 2D Crystallization Trials by EM
3. Representative Results
Ideally ordered proteoliposomes display readily recognizable, sharp spots. Large and well-ordered crystals are easily identified by online-FT of CCD images or optical diffraction of micrographs.
The example shows 2D crystals of a small membrane protein of 18kDa that are up to several microns in size. Spots on the FT are easily identified and sharp. The movement of the live-FT box shows that the lattice is continuous without mosaicity. The lattice of a larger protein with a more extensive soluble domain can be identified on the small screen of the EM. CCD image collection and FT is necessary to provide a means of better assessment and to gain information on, e.g., possible mosaicity (show FT). When calculating an FT of a proteoliposome that is not ordered, noise can initially be mistaken for spots. While the box for the live-FT is moved, however, the spots will disappear. On the other hand, small arrays, with questionable crystallinity, will have their spots remaining stationary when the live-FT is moved even slightly over the image area. Furthermore, these small crystals can be recognized by usually having the same unit cell sizes, and distances between spots in different FTs can be measured in various ways, such as with a circle of a specific size. Lipid crystals display a distinct lattice morphology and FT.
It is not uncommon to encounter precipitation in initial trials. Here protein precipitation without reconstitution needs to be distinguished from small lipid aggregates though. Samples that appear to be precipitates at low magnification frequently turn out to be lipid aggregates when viewed at higher magnification. Upon inspection at 30-50K, the edges of these dark structures reveal them to be composed of membranes with no precipitation of the protein. These are important observations as the lipid aggregates might be increased in size to large membranes in the following experiments.
Poor results in evaluating samples are sometimes connected to a low membrane concentration that prevents proper and fast screening. This can frequently be overcome with the use of a higher protein concentration for 2D crystallization by dialysis. Alternatively, the membranes can be left to settle for a few days at the bottom of the Eppendorf tube during storage. In some cases rapid, or almost instant settling of membranes occurs and pipetting from the bottom of the tube will result in a higher membrane density on the grid. Another much faster option is centrifugation (at 3000-8000 rpm for 1-3 minutes) of samples with subsequent sampling from the bottom of the tube.
Samples under optimal conditions will contain a large percentage of 2D crystals. It is not necessary to aim for a homogeneous appearance of membranes, as the largest and most well-ordered 2D crystals are selected visually for data collection. These types of samples will be easily recognized when the crystallization trials are repeated as well as when the samples are used for cryo-EM data collection, resulting in a maximum number of high resolution images.
Figure 1. This figure shows blotting the edge of the grid with a torn piece of Whatman #4 filter paper.
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Proper evaluation of samples requires careful assessment of a sufficient number of membranes. For example, samples with as low as 2% crystalline arrays out of over 180 imaged proteoliposomes gave critical information for quick optimization of 2D crystallization conditions 7.
When precipitation of the protein occurs, a grid might be abandoned from further screening after inspection at low magnification, although occasional partial precipitation of protein occurs. Even very small membranes of less than 100 nm can give helpful information about order though, and parameters to increase the 2D crystal size can be implemented in the following dialysis experiments.
Laboratories are in the process of introducing various degrees of promising automation into the process of screening 8,9. Yet samples will still require steps of evaluation and knowledge of the 2D crystal size, morphology, and order as outlined here. In the future, it might become possible to analyze data of increasingly smaller 2D crystals to higher resolution, making these screening steps and the more difficult evaluation of smaller crystalline areas even more critical.
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We thank our collaborators for providing valuable protein samples, which contributed to some of our methods related experience and observations. Günther Schmalzing kindly provided the opportunity to FR to join this project. Barbara Armbruster, Jacob Brink and Deryck Mills are thanked for their outstanding help and input on equipment. Funding was provided by NIH grant HL090630.
|Catalog Number
|400-mesh copper TEM grids coated with carbon film
|forceps: regular and anti-capillary
|Dumont #5 and Dumont N5AC or similar
|Micropipette and pipette tips
|Whatman #4 filter paper
|1% uranyl acetate
|Dialysis sample to be screened for 2D crystals
|Glycerol/sucrose-free dialysis buffer
|JEOL-1400 transmission electron microscope (TEM)
|similar 80 – 120kV TEM equipped with an Lab6 or tungsten filament and film and/or CCD cameras (Gatan Orius SC1000 and/or UltraScan1000 CCD cameras and Gatan Digitial Micrograph software package or Tietz cameras (TVIPS))
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This is a discussion on Meet some of my family within the General Firearm Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; I'm just learning how to post photos so I hope this works...
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Welcome, those are some good looking family members you've got there.
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Rugergirl,I like your avatar,call that village and tell them we have him and they can come get him.
Nice family! What kind of furniture is that on the AK47? I have walnut on mine.
Its russian red,as a matter of fact I'm thinking about selling it because I've changed the wood all out.
Are you kidding
contact the village to find out where its at and we'll pay to sent him back ourselves
Yes, Not a bad looking family, at least from a consistency aspect, they look like they are all yours, and not the postman's!!
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Looks like a lot of in-breading going on there with your family. LOL
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Nice grouping, but more long guns than pistols?
Ya' gotta get down to the gun shop more often.
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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Oh thats not all of them just some of them.
If I gave a crap about what you think about my guns.....it was early this morning and I already flushed it!
Nice family..I like the russian red..its a nice wood...
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What are the handguns in the pic?
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I recently broke my dc converter/egg. Ive found a replacement at the local electronics store for around $25 australian dollars, so Im ok. But Im thinking if I can overvolt the screen by say 1-1.5v then it will be brighter. I see a difference in brightness on the screen when in the car and Im sure its due to voltage variations, I have a cheap 240v inverter for the laptop that might be affecting the supply going to the lilliput, along with the other spikes, car running/not running etc. the screen seems to take all this ok, most devices are able to take at least 10% more voltage than they are rated at. I havent been able to find a 12v->13.5v converter though, you can get 15/16/17v converters for laptops but thats getting a bit high. What are anyones thoughts? anyone know where to get hold of a 13v converter?
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Two journalists with Radio France Internationale (RFI) have been found dead after being kidnapped by armed men in Mali's troubled northeast, government and security sources say.
Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon were on their way to interview a spokesman for the Tuareg separatist group the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) in the rebel stronghold of Kidal when they were abducted outside his home on Saturday by several armed men in a four-wheel drive.
Their bodies were later dumped a dozen kilometres outside the town on the road leading to Tinessako, a community to the east of Kidal, according to a person who saw the bodies and four officials briefed on the matter.
Suspicion immediately fell on Islamist militants.
"From the information I have, their throats were cut. We don't know for sure who took them, but the reports we are hearing indicate that they were Islamists," said Lassana Camara, the deputy prefect of Tinessako.
French President Francois Hollande has expressed his "indignation at this despicable act".
"RFI journalists Claude Verlon and Ghislaine Dupont were found dead in Mali," the French foreign ministry said in a statement, adding they were kidnapped in the town of Kidal by an "armed group".
"The French government, in conjunction with the Malian authorities will make every effort to find out as soon as possible about the circumstances of their death," said the statement.
Hollande has called a meeting of his ministers for Sunday to establish "jointly with Malian authorities and UN forces, the conditions of the killings".
Hollande and Malian leader Ibrahim Boubacar Keita spoke over the telephone, the French president's office said, reaffirming their determination "to relentlessly pursue the fight against terrorist groups that are present in northern Mali".


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In a bid to return the budget to surplus next year, Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr announced in May that the Gillard government was deferring its commitment to hike aid spending to 0.5 percent of the country's gross national income. Much to the dismay of Australia's development community, he revealed that the government intended to meet the 0.5 percent target in 2016-17, a year later than initially pledged by then-Prime Minister Kevin Rudd back in 2007. Australian aid spending will remain at 0.35 percent of GNI in 2012-13.
Carr, who succeeded Rudd as Australia's top diplomat in March, nonetheless emphasized that the country's aid budget would continue to grow each year through 2017. Deputy Leader of the Opposition Julie Bishop has since argued that setting a Coalition timetable for the 0.5 percent target would be "reckless" in light of the government's aid spending plans. Australia's next federal election is due late next year.
Yet amid its postponement of Australia's aid spending scale-up, the Gillard government is pressing ahead in its efforts to increase effectiveness at the Australian Agency for International Development, suggests a just-released progress report by the Australian Council for International Development or ACFID. Counting over 70 members, ACFID is the umbrella organization for Australian aid groups.
According to the ACFID report, which includes contributions from World Vision Australia and International Development Contractors Australia, the Gillard government has achieved progress in key areas of its AusAID reform initiative. Joining the ranks of major aid donors including the United States and the United Kingdom, Australia has pledged to transform its aid program to foster greater value for money, transparency and focus on results.


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Wayne, Sheryl, Danny and Katie Kaufman lived a life of struggling financially, yet seemed close. At least Danny thought so. He and his mom were a lot alike and shared walks after dinner...snuggled and talked together often. Four year old Katie and her dad spent hours together playing with her toys, laughing and cuddling. Mom loved both of them but it was always her daddy who Katie clung to. Whereas, Danny wasn't certain his father really loved him or just tolerated him.
He never seemed pleased with Danny nor hugged him.
In a short while, all their lives suddenly seemed to be falling apart. Sheryl began violent accusations against Wayne and eventually he began losing control. Danny and Katie were terrified and lived the next year in a living "Hell". Nine year old Danny felt protective over Katie and would try to soothe her fears and sobs the best he could. Was the things Mamma was saying about Daddy true? At times it seemed like it.
Wayne had driven truck for a short while when he was given the opportunity to drive long distance, which meant more money. It was more time away from Sheryl and the kids but he kept in frequent contact by phone until he could return. He felt this is what he needed to do in order to pay the bills. "Out of the blue" one day, Sheryl violently approached him with an object she discovered in his Diesel truck. Never before would she go into it for any reason. Why now? What provoked her?
From this point forth, each day he was home was either a violent battle or "the cold treatment". Every effort he made for peace "blew up in his face".
After a couple of very embarrassing occasions Danny no longer invited any friends to visit his house. He didn't know what or who to believe. He just wanted it to stop!
Danny discovered, quite accidentally, he was a good baseball pitcher. Through this medium he was able to vent a lot of pent up anxiety, which helped him to deal with "home life" for the next year. Katie, alone at home with Mamma, was a constant worry. Would Dad arrive before Danny returned home? What would happen this time? What could he do about anything, being only nine years old?
The author takes the reader through a suspenseful, emotional, nightmare journey for the next year couple of years in the lives of the Kaufman family. It involves a few of Danny's friends and a couple of mentors, Grandma's and Grandpas, aunts and uncles, but mostly their immediate family. Then toward the end of the book, the story, briefly, goes beyond those two years.
This is very well written and the mystery and suspense is kept alive to the very end.
The reader's interest is held except for a few places where the main point is beleaguered a little too long. It is still a very compelling story and worth the reader's time. However, I am not excited over the title. Although I understand where it arose from, I do not feel it does the story justice in catching the reader's attention. I feel there ought to have been a more "eye-catching" title and cover.
*Spoiler: do not read Key Points if you do not want to have the plot exposed.
Key points: childhood trauma, dysfunctional families, mental illness (schizophrenia), Amish/Christian beliefs, forgiveness, acceptance.
This was donated by the author for an honest review of which I have given.
I read this book a few months ago, but needed time to process the harsh reality of young Danny's life. I bought it because my Mom had a traumatic childhood and because my late Dad played provisional baseball for Rhodesia, and this book combines those two factors.
Although the prose style is easy to read, and could be aimed at children, there is a depth to this novel that at times makes it seem more adult in tone, with a subject matter that's difficult to read: no child should have to go through what Danny and Katie Kaufman did. But, of course, as this novel so tragically reminds us, some children do have parents who can't cope when private disaster strikes and some children do have to grow up too fast.
Although unflinching, Grace's excellent story-telling style doesn't rely on gratuitous violence to create emotional impact; despite the topic, the depth of his characters and the tension in the story lies in the surprisingly gentle tone. It's in the spaces in between the words that we're most affected by Danny's courage, Sheryl's descent into an, at times, violent mental illness and Wayne's abdication of the responsibilities of a father and husband.
Throughout the novel there are little gems of insight, which reveal a deep knowledge of human nature tempered with compassion for our very human frailty ("I found that interesting, the same mouths that couldn't stop from speaking about my family's demise … suddenly clamped shut when the authorities arrived … maybe the people … knew when to keep quiet after all. When to stand guard in front of a closet, hindering a skeleton from sneaking through.")
As baseball offers Danny hope, the last chapter simply clutches at one's emotions and offers hope that, even in a world where families fall apart because of inner and outer pressures, love can be salvaged.
Ultimately, SOUTH OF CHARM is a moving read, which raises some thought- provoking questions about parental responsibility.
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Las Vegas Tops Reno, 14-8
By Reno Aces | May 1, 2013 9:28 PM ET
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RENO, Nev.-Chris Owings went 3-for-5, but an early deficit and a late rally were too much for the Aces to overcome Wednesday night, as the Las Vegas 51s downed Reno, 14-8 at Aces Ballpark.
Las Vegas struck in the first inning on a passed ball and a two-RBI single, and the lead would stand up. The Aces scored two runs in the second and pushed across four runs in the seventh, but Reno never would dig all the way out of the early hole.
Kila Ka'aihue tripled to lead off the bottom of the ninth, ensuring each Aces batter in the starting lineup collected a hit on the night. Owings, Matt Davidson and Taylor Harbin each registered a double, and Ed Easley hit his second home run of the season.
Aces starter Randall Delgado took his third loss of the season. Delgado allowed five runs-all earned-on seven hits over 3.1 innings of work. Three Aces relievers combined to allow nine runs-six earned-over the game's final 5.2 frames.
Las Vegas Starter Carlos Torres picked up the victory, giving up three runs-just one earned-on seven hits through 5.1 innings of work.
The series wraps up Thursday night at Aces Ballpark, as the Aces look to avoid a sweep. First pitch is set for 6:35 p.m. PT for another Coors Light Thirsty Thursday™ presented by New West Distributing, ESPN Radio 94.5 FM and Reno News & Review.
Tickets are on sale for Thursday's game, and all Aces home games, at RenoAces.com, by calling (775) 334-7000 or by visiting the Aces Ballpark Ticket Office.
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This year, InterConnect is home to the IBM SmartCamp Global Finals! Check out this rundown of the SmartCamp Global finalists, InfoWorld's review of Bluemix, and more. Share this entry with ibm.biz/igscf15 . Note: You can view the infographic at the...
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Interesting quote from Matt Cain on Google GAPE given the recent outage
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Check out this quote: "The critical issue for Google is to segment commercial Gmail traffic from consumer traffic. Google must prove that consumer and commercial services are largely independent of each other, and that the commercial services will...
Quick one on InfoWorld's Open Source awards
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mainstreaming Linux desktops
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Well, we have been saying this for a while. And we have seen customer interest and adoption starting to trend in this direction for sure... Check out this article by Galen Gruman in Infoworld: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleB...
InfoWorld Review of ILOG Rules for .NET 3.0
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Steven Núñez has written a review of the latest release of ILOG Rules for .NET . Download a 6-month free trial of Rules for .NET here . You can watch a recorded demo here . Congratulations to all the Rules for .NET team for another outstanding release!
State of Texas and Minnesota joins the ODF march
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I am doing a bit of catchup here, but take a look at this. According to IDG Newswire in InfoWorld ( http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/02/06/HNtexasminnodf_1.html ), Texas (by Sept 2008) and Minnesota (by July 2008) are moving towards adopting ODF (Open...
Microsoft caught offering money to "Correct" Wikipedia ODF/OOXML articles!
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You just can't make this stuff up: Just last month Microsoft's effort to encourage bloggers to write favorable reviews of Vista by giving away free Acer laptops was exposed. See http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/12071/ Now Microsoft is offering...
Redhat deals as Redmondians FUD
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Three articles of interest: 1. Redhats: City of Vienna, Austria has selected Red Hat Enterprise Linux as its server platform of choice. ( http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2062154,00.asp ) 2. Redmondians: Apparently some see a pattern exemplified by the...
Innovation has moved off the desktop! Time is right to bargain with Microsoft
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Check this out, from Ephraim Schwartz, InfoWorld, June 27th: Time is right to bargain with Microsoft - as desktop software becomes less important, companies have leverage over the software giant for a better enterprise agreement! http://www.infoworld.com/artic...
IBM = Interoperability, Open Source; says Forrester.
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"Microsoft has never had a strong message in that area" continued Forrester IT analyst Brown. This was in response to IBM announcement that Sametime will integrate into Microsoft Office, Outlook, and Sharepoint! ( http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease...
Imagining a day without Microsoft - top 8 things
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Ephraim Schwartz has this interesting discussion going on in Infoworld: http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/05/23/78519_22OPreality_1.html and the blog: http://weblog.infoworld.com/daily/archives/2006/05/talkback_your_w.html on May 23rd. Josh Greenbaum,...


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TAMPA-- Former Bulls outfielder Alex Mendez was recognized today by University of South Florida President Judy Genshaft and College of Business Dean Moez Limayem, as one of the USF College of Business "25 Under 25" honorees. The 25 Under 25 program recognizes outstanding undergraduate students from USF's College of Business who have demonstrated excellence in at least two of the following four areas: scholarship, professional development, leadership, and community outreach. The goal of the program is to highlight the positive impact USF students have on the campus and in their community and to recognize their leadership and academic achievements.


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In this movie, it's Shinichi's birthday (May 4). He was invited by Prof. Leo Joel to a party; not knowing that Shinichi shrunk into Conan. Few days before his birthday, he receives a call from a strange man, who seems to be challenging Shinichi. He tells Conan (Shinichi) to find several bombs all over Tokyo.
In this movie,Ran has a nightmare about her mother dying, but soon regains memory of some of the events that happened to her. Meanwhile, there has been murders/injuries at people who all have some relation to "The Great" Mori Kogoro and that all their names corresponded to a playing card.
Kaitou Kid wants to steal a prized egg from the Suzuki Corporation, originally belonging to Nicholas II of Russia. They ask Kogoro for help. But when Kid got the egg and flies off with it, he is shot in the right eye. And later, other people seem to be shot as well, and all victims were shot in the right eye. The police and Conan believe that the killer is Scorpion - a famous killer who always shoots his victims in the right eye.
It is awsome movie for me, because in this movie shinichi said that he loves Ran more than anything in the world, it is in first time shnichi said that.
As a pair of towers in Tokyo are being prepared for their grand opening, there is a series of murders of people connected to the towers. Conan suspects that the mysterious Syndicate may also be involved.
Conan, Ai, Ran and The Detective Boys are 6 out of the 50 chosen kids to try a new virtual reality game. Conan and his friends enter London in the 1800 century. But soon after all the kids head into the game, Noah's Ark (A highly developed AI program) closes all exits to the game. Now the innocent game is a matter of life and death. If the kids don't finish the game, they're all going to die. One by one the kids "die" in the game, and soon Conan & co solve the puzzle to find out who can catch Jack The Ripper and save them all.
Heiji tries to find a girl he saw when he was little. She was playing outside a temple, and he fell in love with her. Several murders have happen in Kyoto, and Kogoro, Ran, Conan and Sonoko go there to solve the case. There, they meet Heiji and Kazuha. The killer seems to be after Heiji and he tries to kill him several times, and injures Heiji very badly once.
A stage actress, Julia wants to use her star sapphire for her upcoming play and asks for Kogoro mouri help to protect it after showing Kogoro a letter from Kaitou kid. On the day of the theft, Kid appears at the theatre disguised up as Shinichi but ends up fleeing in the end without the jewel. To thank them, Julie invites Kogoro and everyone to Hakodate, and they all travel on an airplane to get there.
15 years ago, a cruise named Yashiromaru, built by the Yashiro group, sank while sailing. 15 years later, a new cruise, the Saint Aphrodete, was built by the Yashiro group and Conan and the rest were invited through Sonoko. On the second day of the cruise, the mistress of the Yashiro family was found murdered in her room. Later, the President of the Yashiro group was also found missing
A mysterious man asks Kogoro to go to Yokohama. Ran, Conan and the others go with him. But it was a trap, and Ran and the Detective Boys are taken as hostage. The case, that the mysterious man gave Kogoro, must be solved within 12 hours, or else the bomb, that is worn by Ran and the others, will explode. The criminal also knows that Conan is Shinichi Kudo. Heiji Hattori and Kaito Kid also appear. But who is the criminal? And will Conan and the others manage to save Ran and the Detective Boys?
Koumijima is a beautiful island in the Pacific Ocean. There is a tradition there handed down from ancient times that speaks about an ancient site under the sea called "Sea Floor Palace"[1] and two real pirate women, "Anne Bonney" and "Mary Read" who left a treasure there 300 years ago.Conan and the others go to Koumijima Island on a vacation and meet with treasure hunters who have gathered there to search for the treasure. One of those hunters searches for the "Sea floor Palace", and gets attacked by sharks and dies. When that happens, Conan and the gang start to investigate.
- Detective Conan Movie 12 : Full of Score
Serial murders involving all kinds have happened. All the victims are from a Music School led by a famous pianist. Conan and company have been invited to an opening concert of the Music Hall built by the pianist. The biggest attraction of this concert is a world famous Stradivarius violin and a special appearance of a singer who has perfect pitch.


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CANADA STOCKS-TSX jumps to 6-day high as oil rallies, investors buy post-Brexit
TORONTO, June 29 (Reuters) - Canada's benchmark stock index rose to a nearly one-week high on Wednesday as higher oil prices boosted shares of energy companies and investors bought back into banks after the initial shock of Britain's vote to exit the European Union.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index unofficially closed up 194.05 points, or 1.40 percent, at 14,036.74. Nine of the index's 10 main groups ended higher. (Reporting by Fergal Smith, editing by G Crosse)
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this needs to have "hog" in the title-- now a "hog wild shop" would be interesting--
'Karlas Wild-Shops teaching people to live off the land
In the heart of the Bald Hills area, Karla and Thomas Broschinski have carved a little piece of off-grid heaven into the wilderness.
For 12 years, the Yelm couple has steadily grown ever more self-sufficient on a 35-acre homestead, growing produce, raising livestock and producing electricity from the sun and wind.
The couple has failed and succeeded at numerous projects over the years, and Karla decided to take that hard-earned knowledge and use it to teach workshops so she could help would-be homesteaders learn from her own mistakes.
One of the Broschinskis main goals when they embarked on their homesteading journey was to grow their own food. Theyre now at the point where they live off their garden for the entire year, Karla said.
We hardly go to Safeway or other stores anymore, at least for my fresh food, she said. I love that.
For me, its also a kind of craft, she added. Every food I prepare has to be unique and new. Im constantly experimenting.
Tomatoes, comfrey, corn, peas, carrots and lettuce are just a small sampling of the produce the couple grows on their property. On the other side of the homestead, the couple raises goats, chickens, ducks and rabbits. Thomas specializes as a beekeeper.
Karla said she tries to incorporate permaculture principles into her gardening, which includes the principle that you dont do just one thing for one reason; the things you do help each other.
For example, the couples orchard is fenced to protect against deer, but the fencing doubles as a chicken range. The chickens help control pests that may target the trees. The trees canopy protects the chickens from birds of prey.
In order to share their knowledge and learn from other people, the Broschinskis have also gotten involved in local groups for seed saving, beekeeping, mushroom picking and more.
Homesteading life has allowed the Broschinskis to live a life without utility or shopping bills, Karla said. Yet, they eat gourmet food like duck breast, filet mignon from goats, rabbit stew and homemade cheeses, she said.
That is our way of living. Thats our lifestyle. And I love it, she said. Youre your own boss.
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Black Blade: The ultimate goal being self-suffiency and not paying one cent more than required to the government that would only squander the money anyway.
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London Santa says leap of faith is part of Christmas magic
LONDON (Reuters) - When Father Christmas is not at home with the reindeer preparing for his big sleigh-ride, he likes to play practical jokes on the children who visit him asking for presents.
In his grotto in the pine forest at the Wetland Center in Barnes, southwest London, Santa also has a clear message for anyone who is not sure whether he really exists.
"Part of being a child is believing in magic," says the rotund figure who also appears on sightseeing cruise boats on the River Thames. "Father Christmas is part of that."
His red and white outfit is custom-made. His beard is the real thing, not to be tugged at by the skeptics. A Reuters photo essay shows his festive operation in full swing - here
More than 2,000 children visit in these London locations alone. "Talk to them like (you talk) to grownups... Never look down on them," Father Christmas says.
He offers a listening ear, and a mischievous wit. When one boy asks for a remote-controlled scorpion, Santa asks whether he might prefer a pink ballet dress instead.
He tells one girl he has wrapped up a tin of cat food for her, before the real presents arrive - a bird book, a toy duck and a candy stick.
The most wished-for gift this year is a hoverboard for boys and a Barbie doll for girls, Father Christmas says.
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Larry Connolly: Entrepeneur, news junkie, Starbucks aficionado
Larry Connolly at [auth] his usual post at Starbucks. Julia Bergman Photo
Between the hours of 8:30 and 10:30 a.m., Larry Connolly can be found sitting at his habitual Starbucks table, honorably procured for him, where he has a plain view of those walking through the front door. The table, made to seat four, often expands throughout the morning to accommodate eight or even 10, as Connolly invites others to join him. He calls it his "morning job," greeting locals as they fetch their morning brew, chewing the fat with friends, and getting his news junkie fix by reading an array of daily publications.
While he has lived in Roswell for only seven years, Connolly has become somewhat of a fixture in the community, and particularly at Starbucks.
He and his wife Ellen moved from Minnesota to Roswell to care for her mother. Two years after they arrived, Starbucks opened on Main Street.
Connolly would take care of his mother-in-law when she got up in the morning, from 6 to 9 a.m., and would go to Starbucks once she took her daily nap. It was on the second day that Starbucks was open that Connolly was dubbed Larry Latte by the manager at the time, a name that has fondly stuck with him.
At the time, Connolly said he knew only 20 Roswellites, so he committed himself to meeting new people. Now, he says he knows at least 500, although many estimate it's more. As his friends say, "Larry knows everyone, and if he doesn't, he introduces himself."
The middle of five children, three girls and two boys, Connolly was born in Minneapolis, although he says he considers himself to be a true Twin Citian. His father's side of the family all had a hand in the trucking industry and from a young age Connolly was enamored with the transportation realm.
In those days, small town hardware stores would receive incoming products via rail. As a young boy, Connolly would sit at the railroad freight docks and memorize where each train was headed. What started as a boyish pastime has evolved into a lifelong hobby. Nowadays, Connolly will travel to Vaughn with a copy of the New York Times and his latest read, spending the better part of a day counting the trains as they pass. His all-time record is a tally of 35 to 40 trains in one day.
Connolly graduated from a Minnesota private school among 27 peers, later earning his bachelor's degree from Georgetown University in 1965.
He was a freshman at Georgetown at the same time John F. Kennedy was running for president. One day, his dorm monitor treaded down the hall asking if any of the young men on his floor had a tux. "My dad had given me a tux. He said you're going off to college you should have a tux." The tux earned Connolly a position as an usher at the Kennedy Inaugural Gala. A blizzard descended upon the city on the night of the gala and the expected 30,000 attendees diminished to 10,000. Once everyone was seated, the ushers were allowed to find a place at one of the tables. "So I sit down and suddenly (I turn and see) the most beautiful woman in the world … it was Angie Dickinson. That's something I keep on remembering," he laughs. Connolly said he subtly kept twisting his neck to get another glimpse of the stunning actress.
Connolly describes living in Washington at that time as "the greatest thing in the world." He often saw JFK and Jackie walking in the neighborhood or at church, as the Kennedys lived just four blocks from campus. He was just four blocks from the White House for Kennedy's inaugural parade. Connolly climbed up the frame of a construction crane, 50 feet above the ground, to watch the event. He will always remember where he was when he heard the news of JFK's assassination: sitting at the bar of a newly opened pub in Georgetown, 1789, eating a hamburger.
Connolly was in Washington during other pivotal events such as the Cuba Missile Crisis. He recalled at that time, "everybody started going to church."
Returning to Minnesota after graduation, Connolly started a transportation business with his father in the early '70s. A year and a half later, he became president. The company prided itself on its service standards, a challenge during the cold, harsh Minnesota winters. Connolly's speciality was customer service. He left 25 years later once the company went public. "I like family companies, not public companies," he said.
The company, which started as two employees, grew to between 1,500 and 2,000 by the time Connolly left.
Connolly enjoys reading, and names some of his favorite publications as The Wall Street Journal, the Sunday New York Times, and The Economist.
Reading has enabled him to overcome certain life obstacles. "I'm dyslexic and I couldn't make small conversation … I learned to read and do a lot of reading. I could talk about current affairs with people, but I could not go up to someone and introduce myself. I never got to that point until I was 50," he said.
Connolly is drawn to the friendly people of Roswell and fascinated by its industries, namely dairy and oil. The first book he read upon arriving to the city told the history of the Permian Basin. Connolly consistently keeps abreast of happenings in Roswell, often attending City Council meetings and public functions. He has immersed himself in the history and personalities of the area, and can relay stories of happenings that occurred long before he arrived in Roswell. It was this interest in the area's history that encouraged his friend, historian Harry Rose, to ask him to be a docent at the Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico.
Connolly's two children, Ned and Charlotte, reside in Denver.
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The dollar climbed above the ¥100 mark in Tokyo trading Tuesday on hopes for an economic stimulus package the government might implement alongside the consumption tax hike.
At 5 p.m., the dollar was quoted at ¥100.06-07, up from ¥99.57-58 at the same time Monday. The euro was at $1.3253-3253, up from $1.3177-3178, and at ¥132.60-63, up from ¥131.21-22.
The greenback was lifted against the yen by renewed buying in late Tokyo trading as European players joined the fray. Earlier in the day, it had drifted around the ¥99.50 level.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe instructed his Cabinet ministers to draw up measures by the end of September to absorb the potentially negative effects of raising the consumption tax from the current 5 percent to 8 percent next April. Abe is slated to make a final decision on the matter next month.
"Hopes for 'Abenomics' (Abe's package of reflationary policies) are rising again, chiefly among overseas investors," said an official at a foreign exchange margin trading service provider, noting that economic and fiscal policy minister Akira Amari in a speech Monday underscored the need for stimulus measures if the consumption tax is hiked.
A rise in U.S. Treasury yields in off-hours trading also spurred dollar purchases against the yen.
"The dollar is becoming firmer versus the yen due to receding risk averse sentiment, as the global economy is improving and the Chinese and European economies are bottoming out," a foreign exchange dealer said.
China announced Tuesday that industrial output in August jumped 10.4 percent from a year earlier, the steepest rise in 17 months.


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Jhonny Gonzalez wraps up training camp
By Gabriel F. Cordero
The two-division world champion Jhonny Gonzalez finished his last last workout at the Romanza Gym in Mexico City in advance of his fight next Saturday August 24th against the WBC featherweight world champion Abner Mares at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. "Mares is in his prime and is very strong, but he's changed his style of boxing and has some weaknesses that I hope to exploit during the fight to become new featherweight champion of the World Boxing Council. Mares is the favorite but I feel very motivated," stated Gonzalez.
Trainer "Nacho" Beristain added, "It'll be a tough fight between two fighters who hope to give their best in the ring. Jhonny has everything to give a great fight and get the win. If all goes well it'll be an exciting fight."


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