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Uganda's government often hails Tri-Star as a successful beneficiary of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), which allows African companies to export textiles to the US duty free.
American lawmakers have just renewed the Agoa legislation until 2015. Companies that import fabric from outside of Africa can continue to export duty free until 2008.
But critics say the only reason why Tri-Star appears to be successful is because it is receiving plenty of support from the government.
Profit from Agoa?
Some of the world's fastest developing countries have built their growth on the textile sector, where rising sales can boost both the small cotton farmer as well as big business. If Africa can benefit from preferential trade access under Agoa, some of the inequity created by cotton subsidies in other parts of the world could also be eliminated.
The country's flagship Agoa exporter Tri-Star has benefited greatly from government subsidies and Presidential enthusiasm, souring talk of trade with allegations of political favouritism.
The company sacked one quarter of its then 1,000 strong workforce earlier this year, citing indiscipline. The action cast further shadows on its public image. It prompted calls for the government to take an equity stake in the heavily-indebted company.
The company's managing director Vellipillai Kananathan dismisses criticism of the company as unpatriotic and is optimistic it will make a profit this year. Already, he forecasts sales of $10m (£5.5m) for 2004.
Buying from China to sell in US
But until the local textile industry can produce the right quality fabric, Tri-Star will have to import its basic raw material from the Far East.
There is no profit to be made from doing this, textile maker Southern Range Nyanza's legal officer Richard Mubiru argues. Unless, that is, you have benefited from the kind of government help that Tri-Star has.
The local textile sector needs to be revamped to enable it to benefit from Agoa, Mr Mubiru says. Tri-Star's Mr Kananathan has said the company wants to use local fabric and may even set up its own textile mill.
Upgrading textile mills to produce Western standard fabric is not cheap. Southern Range Nyanza operates a textile mill in Jinja, eastern Uganda. By the end of this year, the company will have spent a total of $10.5m on upgrading the plant.
Go organic
Yuichi Kashiwada of textile maker Phenix Logistics is similarly sceptical.
Ugandan sellers cannot be flexible when it takes them two months to import their raw materials from China, he says.
Ultimately, Mr Kashiwada believes that once his staff and factory are fully equipped to produce the right quality fabric, he will make more money selling to Europe and Japan under their preferential trade agreements.
European and Japanese buyers favour smaller quantities and will pay a premium for organic cotton, a premium which will justify the expense of shipping product from central Africa.
It should also result in a higher price for the farmer.
Last year a cotton farmer got 350 Ugandan shillings (£0.09; $0.17) for a kilo of cotton lint. If that cotton lint had been organic, the farmer could have got 20% more.
Expensive cash
Even the most vocal advocates of Agoa say that progress has been slow. High interest rates and immature financial markets have held business back, Geoffrey Onegi Obel, the presidential adviser on Agoa says.
South Africa, Swaziland and Botswana have all benefited from fiscal incentives as well as competitive and varied financing. In turn, they have seen their Agoa exports rise, Mr Obel says.
Expectations remain high and the hope remains that when Ugandan textile mills start to produce fabric of a high enough quality, then the Agoa dollars will be real.


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We followed Tommy Biffle to an amazing little spot. He's struggling right now, trying to find fish. After having no luck in handful of spots on Brush Creek he has now moved to a hidden little inlet.
To get here Tommy led us through a tiny tunnel of trees. One tree limb caught him by surprise, smacked him in the face and broke his sunglasses. But he's fishing again, and asked us to hang back so as not to disturb the fish in this small area. It's 10:15 and with only one fish in the livewell, I'm sure he's feeling some pressure.

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Does a statute of limitations apply to court fines and fees?
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DUI in FL in 1995; moved to IN for my job; still had outstanding fines and fees. Got a letter from an attorney yesterday demanding payment of $4600. Do I pay it?
Absolutely you pay it. The statute of limitations has nothing to do with this.
The statute of limitations deals with claims: a person believing that another legally owes the person money, must file a lawsuit to try to enforce that, within the time limit. The lawsuit then determines whether or not the money is actually owed, and issues a judgment, one way or the other.
The court can go beyond the limitations period, sometimes just with the court proceedings themselves, before reaching that judgment. The statute only deals with when a lawsuit can be filed.
No lawsuit needs to be filed, as far as your DUI fines and fees. They have already been "reduced to judgment." The statute of limitations has nothing to do with this. Florida might well file a lawsuit against you in Indiana, but only to allow their judgment to be formally granted full faith and credit so your assets and income in Indiana can be attached.


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I got a 8 gig flash drive, and want to put BT4 on it (temporarily), boot into it from my EEEPC and Install it permanently replacing my currently installed Ubuntu. It is a netbook and can't install from a CD.
How would i go about doing this?
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Celebrating the role of manufacturers
Bruce Maldet, of Clark Metals explained how to use a CNC milling machine Friday during a tour to mark National Manufacturing Day at the plant in Blairsville.
The goal is to address common misperceptions about manufacturing by giving companies a chance to open their doors and to demonstrate what they do.
The event was sponsored by the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining.


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Frogs Headed to All-Star Games
Dec. 21, 2012
FORT WORTH, Texas -- TCU linebacker Kenny Cain and offensive guard Blaize Foltz are headed to collegiate all-star games next month.
Cain will play in the Jan. 11 Casino Del Sol College All-Star Game in Tucson, Ariz., while Foltz will appear in the Jan. 19 East-West Shrine Game in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Cain, a first-team Associated Press All-Big 12 selection, tops TCU in tackles (74) for the second straight season. His career-high 14 stops in a 20-13 win at Texas were the most by a TCU linebacker since Martin Patterson's 20 versus USF in 2004.
Cain is looking to become the first Horned Frog to lead TCU in tackles in consecutive seasons since current Carolina Panther Jason Phillips in 2007-08. Cain has already surpassed his team-high total of 72 stops from last season. He was the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week after his two interceptions, fumble recovery and four tackles in a 27-7 win over Virginia.
A native of Metairie, La., Cain is the lone senior on the depth chart for a TCU defense that ranks first in the Big 12 and 18th nationally while facing five of the nation's top-12 offenses this season.
Foltz is also an All-Big 12 selection and was honorable mention for Big 12 Offensive Lineman of the Year. He appeared on watch lists for the Outland Trophy and Rotary Lombardi Award.
The Rose Hill, Kan., native has started all 12 games at right guard.
Foltz is a key part of an offensive line that allows the Horned Frogs to rank fourth nationally in time of possession at 33:13 per game.
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Yeldon personally out-scored and out-gained the entire Mississippi All-Star team, which finished with just 60 yards. He rushed the football 16 times for 116 yards and three touchdowns. He added three receptions for 37 more yards.
Yeldon said it was special to win the Most Valuable Player Award and bring it back home to Daphne High School, where he will return next week, take final exams and then graduate prior to enrolling at Auburn for spring semester classes in January.
"Everybody blocked well, we played well and the defense played tremendous--they didn't give up a touchdown," Yeldon said. "They (Mississippi) got a touchdown on special teams. It was a good game."
Another Auburn commitment, Escambia County High star Tyler Nero, was a key part of the defensive effort for the winning team.
"I knew going into the game we were going to have a good defense and we had a good day," the lineman said. "We had a good time out there. We all came together as a team and played well on the defensive line."
Tyler Nero, who was credited with two tackles but certainly had more, is shown making a stop on Saturday.
Nero said he enjoyed the all-star experience, an opinion shared by Yeldon. "We had a good time and I got to know everybody on the team and made a lot of new friends," Yeldon said. "It was a blast."
The offense wasn't as dominant as the defense, but it was more than good enough as it racked up 334 yards of total offense.
"The first half we played well, but the third quarter kind of fell off, but we came back stronger in the fourth quarter," Yeldon said.
Yeldon said he is looking forward to heading off to Auburn. "War Eagle," he said, when asked about getting ready for college football.
Asked if he feels like he is ready to play collegiately, he said, "Once I get back in the weight room, and get bigger and stronger, I will be ready."
The Alabama All-Stars drove 59 yards on the opening possession of the game before settling on a 28-yard field goal by Matt Pensa from Austin High School.
Mississippi's only first half points came as the result of a botched punt. The visitors got the football at the five-yard line, but couldn't move and had to settle for a 20-yard field goal to tie the game.
Yeldon put the home team ahead for good on a two-yard run with 8:26 left in the second quarter to cap a 10-play, 80-yard drive.
Yeldon scored again from nine yards out on an inside, cutback run with 5:06 left in the half, three plays after a 17-yard punt by Mississippi.
At halftime the lead grew to 24-3 when quarterback Jameis Winston went airborne at the three-yard line on a scramble to complete an 11-yard TD run.
The punting on both sides left a lot to be desired. The Alabama team averaged 24 yards on four punts, the Mississippi team averaged 33 yards on seven punts. A short, off the side of the foot punt by the Alabama all-stars allowed Jabril Cox to pick up the football in front of his team's sideline and run unopposed 51 yards into the end zone to cut the lead to 24-10 midway through the third quarter.
The Mississippi team's other points came on a safety on a bad snap with 7:27 left in the final quarter. That cut the lead to 24-12.
Yeldon put the icing on the cake on a fourth down run with 1:37 remaining. He got a block on the corner and raced down the sidelines for a 37-yard score. That tied the all-star game record with three rushing touchdowns by a single player.
T.J. Yeldon averaged 7.2 yards per carry in the all-star game.
Mobile to Montgomery: The city of Montgomery along with the Montgomery Lions Club managed to convince the Alabama High School Association to relocate the game from its traditional home, Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, to remodeled Cramton Bowl in downtown, a short walk to the Capitol building.
Part of the Project: Behind the south end zone at Cramton Bowl the finishing touches are being put on an indoor arena that will hold approximately 4,000 fans for basketball, volleyball and other sports.
Familiar Name:The Alabama roster included Ben Tamburello from Spain Park High, whose father Ben was an All-American for Coach Pat Dye in the 1980s, who also played for the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles.
Fathers, Sons, Part 2: Tommie Agee, a standout running back for the Tigers in the 1980s who played for the Dallas Cowboys, had a son in the game, too. Torey Agee from Opelika High is a defensive end who is committed to Vanderbilt. As was the case with Tamburello, he does not have a scholarship offer from Auburn.
(not) Our Man Flint: Auburn fans at Cramton Bowl got to watch Michael Flint from Oxford High, a very early verbal commitment to the Tigers. The two parties had a mutual split last summer. Flint is uncommitted and does not have an offer from Auburn.
Winston Watch: Although he is verbally committed to Florida State, five-star quarterback prospect Jameis Winston is still looking around at other colleges. The Hueytown High senior got the start at quarterback with Jonathan Wallace of Central Phenix City also playing. Both QBs performed well. Winston hit 17-24-2 passes for 121 yards with two interceptions. He also rushed for 36 yards on four carries with one touchdown. Wallace hit 3-3 passes for 65 yards.
New Venue, Same Result: The Alabama All-Stars team won for a fourth consecutive year and sixth time in the last seven games.


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Monday, 7:33pm
Reno, NV
"You called me… Bizzaro. Must be my name." Bizzaro, Superman's twisted doppleganger (circa 1958)
I think I just created a new word.
Tell me what you think of it.
It came about this weekend while Michele and I were taking her nephew David out for a "grill lunch". A grill lunch is where you hold someone you care about (but haven't seen for a long time) captive for a couple of hours while you grill them on every detail of their lives.
When I was growing up, I always resisted such info-mining, and became a petulant, sulking zipped-lipped prisoner, offering nothing. To this day, the worse way to find out how I've been or what I've been up to is to ask me directly.
Child psych still works pretty well with my type, though. Trick me into spilling the beans, and I'll give it all up.
I'm easy that way.
Nephew David, however, is of better stock. He handles grill lunches with grace and wit, and he's a joy to hang out with.
He's also my main contact in the new generation coming up the ranks. He'll be a senior next year at a major mid-western university, studying subjects that didn't exist when I was in academia.
That is, he'll be a senior if his summer "project" doesn't haul in a million bucks, which it could. The kid is tech-savvy to a scary degree, both as a creator of sites and ideas, and as a cutting-edge consumer of technology. And now he's honing his business chops, too.
He's got entrepreneur's blood in his veins, and he smells the financial adventures ahead.
However, my guess is that, like his other summer projects, he'll experience some success, gain amazing experience, have too much fun, and finish out his education like a champ.
Or, as he refers to himself: Like a budding tech snob.
In other words: He's SO wired into the virtual culture, that he has a sixth sense of what's coming down the pipe… and waiting a bit longer to launch into the business world might be an advantage during this phase of the blossoming online world.
What I'm taking from talking to him… is a cultural warning: Increasingly, the gap between tech-savvy kids and technophobic geezers threatens to become an unbridgable chasm.
However, it doesn't necessarly mean the tech snobs will automatically win.
Take, for example, how the ability to be in "constant contact" with your friends has morphed into something weird and icky: A few short years ago, the dude with the cell phone permanently screwed into his ear — so he could chat with both hands free — was either a cultural warrior bravely navigating the far reaches of technology (as he saw himself)… or a shallow chatterbox, devoid of deep thought (as the people around him thought).
This condition ("Phone-Welded-To-Brain-Itis") is no longer startling to encounter. You see someone walking around in a distracted state, babbling loudly to no one in particular, and you just shrug. He's not crazy — he's wired.
Though, sometimes I can't help myself from leaning over and telling him to say "hello" to Kathy, and that I sure hope she gets those packages out to Fed Ex in time. I mean, I felt such a part of his conversation (it's called "cell shouting", with no known cure), it's like we're now old buds.
… cell shouting now seems SO innocent, with the arrival of "micro blogging".
Texting constantly to people wasn't enough. No.
Now, it's critical to keep whole populations of other folks hip to exactly what you're doing at this very second.
I can see where this is going, too — once we combine GPS systems, micro-video, and IM with Twitter into something that can be wired directly to your autonomic nervous system, you can be a walking reality show.
Everyone you know will have instant, unrelenting access to your every thought, action, and movement. Like "The Truman Show", only more invasive. ("Hey, everybody — my iPhone just alerted me that Susie's blood pressure spiked twenty points, so she must have arrived at the prom… and… wow… looks like she's gonna fart…")
Listen: I live with someone, and I often don't know where she is in the house, or what she's doing… and I don't NEED to know.
A little mystery, folks, is not necesarily a bad thing.
Here's some insight from a guy who's walked both sides of the knowledge divide: When I first met Gary Halbert, I was composing ads on a personal computer (early model), playing hip video games, and totally clued-in to the cultural Zeitgeist… while he was still usng a No. 2 pencil and a legal pad, had zero video-game dexterity, and considered MTV as something akin to an alien invasion of UFOs.
I was in the room when he was ridiculed by other writers, in fact, for his retro-style. Younger, hipper, more tech-savvy writers actually shook their heads and pitied the guy.
That was an important moment for me.
Because I knew that the accoutrements of writing — whether pencils and paper, computers and hard drives, or chisel and clay — were irrelevant IF YOU HAD NOTHING TO SAY.
What Halbert possessed was deep experience and knowledge of classic salesmanship… stuff that transcended the physical act of writing. Or talking, for that matter.
For me, it was a major epiphany that still reverberates in my career today.
Technology is fun, and important. And, especially with the arrival of the Internet, you very well may be left behind if you refuse to get hip.
But, dude… it's still JUST human-to-human communication. No matter how much electronic whiz-bangery occurs between the thought in your skull and the receipt of that thought by another person… the rather crucial issue of IMPORTANCE still matters most.
I often get blank stares from seminar crowds when I bludgeon them with the concept of learning classic salesmanship early in their quest for wealth and fame. I understand how confusing it can be, too. In many of the first marketing seminars we gave (back when we were inventing the model), we would often get some guy who would stand up and announce that he'd just popped for THE most expensive and tricked-out computer in existence… and now he wanted to know how to make money with it.
We'd sigh, collectively. And then patiently explain that, no, it's not the equipment that brings in the bucks. It's the brains behind the equipment.
In fact, in most cases the equipment is just a side-show.
I do not remember ever having any of those guys do a double-take as we explained all this, and suddenly say "By Jove, you're right! I need to learn salesmanship and marketing skills!"
Usually, they stared at us without comprehension. Our answer couldn't find a toe-hold in their brains.
Back to kids and tech: Nephew David called himself, in a moment of rueful self-actualization, a "tech snob"… because he is SO wired into the technological hinderlands, that he gets bored with "dumb" tech (like software or games or devices diluted for the masses).
When you can write code, you have little patience for people who can't make their new GPS system work in the car. (We call our GPS "Know It All Betty", cuz the voice sounds like a Betty, and she DOES pretend to know it all… especially when you miss a turn, and she goes into "scold mode"…)
His aunt Michele, however, sees him as a "Geek Angel". Because he can explain things in ways she can understand.
To her credit, she first takes the technology she wants to learn to the absolute furtherst reaches of her learning curve… so she's not bothering him with questions she could find out herself.
When she presents a problem she can't figure out, she really can't figure it out… because she's spent massive hours in dead-ends, and needs help.
A Geek Angel will never be out of a job. He possesses a rare ability to both immerse into the mysterious Tech Culture and thrive… and yet still be able to sit with unfortunate earth-bound tech-illiterates, and reveal some of the magic to make their lives better.
I've heard many tech-savvy people complain about the way clueless friends waste their time with incessant demands to "fix" their buggy computers, or detangle the electronic miasma of their TV remotes. (I have 3 remotes for my plasma, sound system and cable, which can all be thrown utterly out of synch when the dog sits on one of them. Don't you?)
I sympathize. I learned long ago not to tell people I'm a writer. Trust me — soon after revealing your occupation, one of the folks you've just enlightened will approach you with a killer offer: "Hey, man. I've got a great story to tell. How about you write the screenplay, using my idea, and we'll split the profits from the movie 50-50?"
I've had guys get ugly when I've begged off, too. Hey — all I had to do was write up their idea, you know, do that "typing thing" for a few hours. Greedy bastard. How dare you withhold your pathetic little writing tricks from the rest of us?
I'm sure it's the same when you're super tech-savvy, among the tech clueless.
And you ARE an angel when you help, though. Consider it a good deed, which will fortify your karma. (But make sure your second help session includes contacting a professional outfit that offers computer help, so your desperate technophobes have an alternative path when their bugged-up laptop crashes the next time, and they can't find you.) (Or, you don't want to be found.)
Here's the new word I invented: "Dinobot."
It is, of course, a quasi-clever combo of "dinosaur" and "robot"… and I consider it a description of the best place to be in business right now.
Part old-world, part new-world.
It's important to have a certain level of tech savvy, if you're gonna do any online marketing. If you're new to the Web, this transition may be painful… but it's critical.
The Web is technology made manifest, to get gnarly about it.
It's a new life form — there is now a world of flesh and blood, and a world of virtual data.
And we need to learn to thrive in BOTH.
Gone are the days when a marketer could proudly proclaim to be ignorant of new tech. (Hey — it wasn't that long ago when direct mail, print and broadcast media were the ONLY way to go.)
Also gone are the days when simply being hip to the latest and greatest software applications will give you any astounding advantage online. (Again, not too long ago, just having a pop-up squeeze page would so overwhelm a visitor to your site, that he'd give you his email and name out of existential fear.) (Man, those were the days, weren't they?)
I don't expect to win over many converts… but I've always taught that the best position to be in… is to straddle the worlds of old-time salesmanship and ultra-modern tech.
Thus: Dinobot. A little bit of the stubborn street-wise classic salesman… welded to a shrewd knowledge of what the 'Net is capable of providing you in terms of traffic, attention-getting tactics, and practical social networking.
Emphasis on the word "practical".
Look — I have immense respect for my colleagues in the online entrepreneurial world. Some of these guys are pulling down vast fortunes while literally creating the business model for Web marketing that will be around for decades to come.
True pioneers.
However, the models they're creating are all based on concepts that go way back. Essentially, online biz is all about finding a hot market, becoming the "go to guy", and creating a greased slide sales funnel. Just like offline marketing.
The difference, of course, is in scale, and cost. What would have worked in, say, direct mail… and cost you fifty grand to pull in two hundred grand… can now be re-fitted for the Web, and cost a couple of hundred bucks to bring in the same two hundred thou. Or more.
And instead of months using the postal system… you can use email, and get 'er done in a few days.
The Web has created an opportunity for anyone to become a filthy-rich capitalist from their kitchen table, using a laptop and a few low-cost online vendors for processing orders and managing data.
I have been one lucky son of a bitch to have a front-row seat for much of this current marketing revolution, too.
I make no claims for exceptionality, other than I have remained open to opportunity my entire career… and I happened to start in the old-world model of direct mail and infomercials, and smoothly segued into the new-world model of online marketing.
And from this cat-bird seat, I can tell you without doubt that the guys raking it in… are all using classic salesmanship, welded to a basic understanding of the current technology. They are NOT geeks. They hire electronic cowboys to wrangle the technological details.
It's an important realization.
The world is fast moving to a new class system: The top layer will be the guys who know how to USE the technology to their advantage… and they do not need to be masters of the code and electronics.
The second layer will be the geeks who roll up their virtual sleeves and immerse in the Grid to keep the tech alive.
The bottom layer will be a tiered mess of technology consumers. Some will be mostly clueless. Others will be wired to the max, with a satellite connection installed in their brains.
But they'll still be "just" consumers.
You wanna grab a seat at the top?
Become a dinobot.
Dude, I'm telling ya. It's the path less trod, but it's the way to go.
Okay, I'm done.
What do you think?
Stay frosty,
John Carlton
P.S. Increasingly, the coaching we do in the "Radio Rant Coaching Club" (which is all virtual, by the way) settles into a groove of convincing people to find happiness with a balance of high-tech savvy and classic marketing skills.
It helps to realize, as you clamber aboard the Web, that you need both. You're able to move ahead quickly, and you're not surprised by any sudden gap in your knowledge base.
We're creating a race of dinobots.
Check it out: Go to http://www.carltoncoaching.com and see what's available.
The world is changing under your feet. Hooking into the right resources for info and tactics and savvy is essential.
Just a suggestion.
P.P.S. Okay, here's an update (a week later): Enough parents have written in to inform me that Dinobot has already been taken by the Transformers juggernaut.
I'd toyed with other options before choosing dinobot: Geek-o-saurus. Techosaur. Dinology.
You guys got any suggestions?


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If you're anything like me, breakfast is usually a meal that you're grabbing as you run out the door. I try to be as healthy as possible, but I don't always make the healthiest choices in the morning -- especially since my sweet tooth seems to be at its biggest before 10 am! I keep these breakfast cookies on hand because they make for a guilt-free and quick option. They contain no butter, no flour and no sugar! And they are super easy to grab as you head out!
Healthy Breakfast Cookies
1 1/2 cups regular rolled oats
1 cup coconut flakes
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon pumpkin spice
1/4 cup of almond meal
1/2 cup mixed nuts, finely chopped
1 cup dried fruit (I used 1/3 chopped dried dates, 1/3 raisins and 1/3 apricots)
3 ripe bananas, mashed
1/4 cup canola oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
In a large bowl mix together the rolled oats, coconut flakes, salt, cinnamon, pumpkin spice and almond meal. Add the dried fruit and mix well. (Make sure to keep the fruit from sticking together in big chunks)
In a separate bowl combine the bananas, canola oil and vanilla extract and mix well. Pour the wet ingredients over the dry and stir until well incorporated.
Roll the mix into small balls and place on a greased cookie sheet. Press down the tops of the balls to form a cookie shape and bake for 20 min at 350F or until the sides turn brown.
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Recently (past month) the odometer & Shift indicator lights have begun to suddenly and randomly flicker in unison.(like a bad florescent tube). Eventually the battery warning light comes on. When it gets bad the speedometer and Tachometer needles jump and the radio will sputter. Today all the panel warning lights popped on. Everything goes away and returns to normal when I turn off and restart the engine. It can be minutes or days, a mile or hundreds of miles between episodes. Initially replaced alternator, which I thought that was the problem, but new alternator has not solved the problem. As of yet, it hasn't seemed to affect the running of the car. Some have suggested a bad circuit board controlling the instrument cluster. Serious problem or just an annoyance?
Worth fixing? (2003 T&C with 150,000 miles)


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When the last Progression mix came out, Kirko Bangz was nowhere near as well known as he is now. Perhaps that's the beauty of the Progression series; there's some real, erm, progress being made. Not just career-wise but musically as well.
With the subheader "All Freestyles," you can pretty much gauge what this mix will be like. It is composed pretty much entirely of freestyles, a bold move in an era where freestyling has become nearly universally deemed a dying art.
But Kirko Bangz still knows how it's done, as do the artists he brings on as features. That would be YG, Yo Gotti, Killa Kyleon and Propain, among others.
01. Intro
02. Hoe Feat. Yg & Yo Gotti
03. Money Baby
04. They Dont Know
05. Walk Thru
06. Show Me
07. Check Me Out Feat. Killa Kyleon
08. The Worst
09. Dont Matter To Me
11. Nae Nae
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Brake temperature
Just changed my rear brake pads these days and just wanted to check for eventual dragging brakes. Used an infrared temperature reader and found around 85 C for the front brake rotors and 98 C for the rear brake rotors after a 20 km round trip with a bit of downhill driving in the compound where i live, but no heavy braking. Was wondering if temperatures like this are normal, never measured it before. Will take an other reading after some highway driving within some days to see how it looks then.
Just did a reading on my other vehicle this morning (completely different car with almost half of the weight of the jeep), and it was only reading 53 C , but after 35 km highway and a few stops before parking it.
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Hello. I'm new here, but I've also checked my brakes after just acquiring my WJ. I had to do some conversions from kilos to miles, and celsius to fahrenheit, but looks like you have 185* (fahrenheit) in front, and 210* in rear, after about a 12 mile drive. I did roughly the same distance but purely highway. When coming off a road going 60mph, slowing down and pulling into my driveway one block off the road, here's what I got:
about 115* in the front, and 150* in the rear. That's pretty mild driving, with old rotors & pads.
So to me, that sounds on the warmish side, but that's also subjective because they were totally different tests. ALSO, the increase in temps might be due to the new pads being bedded in. :huh:
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Thanks for the response Jeff. I still didn´t check the temperatures after highway driving. I presume the temperatures will be significantly lower, due to less braking and more cooling airflow to the discs. Will try to do this soon.
I´m not feeling any abnormal drag, and when driving and putting the transmission in N, it doesn´t seem to be slowing down more then normal. Will keep an eye on it.
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Yeah, my main concern was that they were all relatively equal. So as long as the rears were the same, and the fronts were the same, etc...
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Your rears will normally be warmer than the front even though most of your breaking is from the front due to better air flow over the front rotors. Your temps don't seam bad but driving conditions and how much you use the brakes will change the temps considerably. Don't sweat it if they are not dragging, making noise, or smoking your prob OK.
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I just started to measure the temperatures after some funny smells came from the rear brakes (new pads).
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I went down the road also after a brake change. Any fluid, oil, or grease getting on them could make em smoke or smell. I thought I was pretty careful and cleaned everything well but musta still got something on my rotors cause I noticed them smoking a little after the 1st drive. Cleared up after a few trips. As an added note on break temp my roadster normal driving will get over 200F on a normal drive around town. Off the track after a 1/4 mile they can get over 700F lol. goes to show you how you drive them will make it change a lot.
The typical normal driving temperature range for vehicle brakes is 100(F) to 200(F) degrees.
brake odor from the resin in "TYPICAL PADS" is produced at about 550 degrees and visible smoke is produced at 850 degrees.
Hope that helps you.
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Ok, thanks. I will check after some highway driving how they are.
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I wouldn't be too worried - your temps are symmetrical, right? The increased cooling airflow over the fronts and also the solid discs in the rear may account for the higher temps.
FWIW, I had a caliper lock up on my 2000 and it was noticeable. Didn't notice too much drag or any appreciable pulling, but the smell of brake pads burning and noticeable heat from the locked wheel was obvious.
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I'm kind of surprised I can remember memories from my early childhood... There's one that involved me realizing what year it was which puts me at 5. But then I'm pretty sure I have earlier ones than that but since I wasn't as clearly aware of the year I can't pinpoint what age I was.
For that memory though I just remember being in a dreamy fresh state and then realizing it's 1994 and being like wow... it's 1994? and being baffled by what year it was.


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$1.4 billion What Real Madrid will earn from selling TV rights to its games through 2013 to production company Grupo Mediapro in what is believed to be a record deal for a sports team, according to Bloomberg news.
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Mokhiber: The tax bill cut the President's own personal income tax by $26,000. I'm wondering, what is he planning to do with the extra cash?
Ari Fleischer: I haven't asked him.
Mokhiber: You said in April that the war was about weapons of mass destruction. The war resulted in thousands of innocent civilian deaths, according to the Los Angeles Times. Do you personally feel any remorse given the public case that is being made that this war was based on that false pretext?
Ari Fleischer: Number one, you have no basis to say that it is a false pretext. Number two, when you take a look at the mass graves that have been discovered all around Iraq, I think that world breathes a sign of relief that the brutal dictator Saddam Hussein, with no regard to human rights, was removed from power so that the Iraqi people can at long last have a life to build a future that is based on freedom and opportunity and not on tyranny.
Mokhiber: But you said the war was based on weapons of mass destruction.
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best way to season firewood?
I'm new to wood seasoning. I have a pile of maple I've been splitting and am getting ready to stack. I just don't know what the best way to go about it is. Any ideas or favorite stacking patterns?
Split in the desired size and stack it where it is up off the ground to protect from ground moisture [away from the house too.] Bark side up is best so it continues to protect the wood from rain if its not covered on the top. Other than that, the more air flow around it the better.
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Some folks stack it in orderly rows, about 4'wide, and as long as it needs to be. Others just heap it up in a big pile. I don't really think it makes a difference. Just depends on the space you have for it.
Either way, put it on pallets to keep it off the ground. With a little hunting around you can find 8'x4' pallets, and these are great for firewood.
You can cover the top of the pile with a tarp (not the sides), but unless you're in a really wet climate, I'd just leave it exposed.
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Stimulation of growth hormone especially in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is of great importance. Growth hormone is associated with metabolic regulation and reducing the amount of fat in the belly. HIV-infected patients usually demonstrate a high prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases as a result of increased visceral adipose tissue. Medics argue that continuous accumulation of visceral fat has high chances of heart-related diseases. Recent studies show that patients infected with HIV and using tesamorelin had 18% reduction in belly fat. A growth hormone releasing factor (tesamorelin) may selectively reduce visceral fat in the HIV patients. Typically, tesamorelin works by increasing endogenous pulsatile growth hormone in the body and has minimal side effects on fat below the skin.
Studies show that adults make the bigger population of people suffering from the increased accumulation of belly fat. In general, adults' especially HIV-infected patients experience increased belly fats as the production of growth hormones decrease. Studies between 1980 and 1990 suggested that HIV-positive individuals produce lower than required levels of growth hormone. To boost the growth hormone to ensure that HIV-infected patients are not troubled with the increase in belly fat, medics suggests the use of tesamorelin. Recommendation of tesamorelin is usually done by medics due to its ability to increase the production of growth hormones in the body thus curbing the effects of increased visceral fat.
Primarily, tesamorelin is a drug that works by stimulating a gland in the brain commonly known as the pituitary gland that initiates the production and release of the growth hormone. By increasing growth hormone production in the body, excess belly fat is adequately diminished to ensure a healthy body composition and gain of lean tissues.
Tesamorelin has been put to various studies aiming at investigating its effects on increasing fat loss compared to other medicines such as placebo. Studies showed that tesamorelin had the potential to stimulate the brain to produce growth hormone. Tesamorelin was approved in November 2010 by the FDA following its effectiveness in reducing excess deep belly fat compared to its counterpart placebo. Tesamorelin is administered trough injection once daily and the delivery pen should be stored in the refrigerator so that to protect it from light and damage. Additionally, HIV patients should follow the provided medical instructions while using tesamorelin so that to achieve its effectiveness in belly fat burning process.
Patients with excess deep belly fat not only feel uncomfortable with the conspicuous larger belly, it can also make them less active as they were before. Getting rid of visceral fat may be enough to make the patient feel better and overcome the discomfort associated with a large belly. Although tesamorelin has the capability of initiating metabolism of belly fat, it also appears to increase insulin levels. Increased insulin level may lead to diabetes in diabetic patients. Further, its use for more than one year can lead to the appearance of tesamorelin antibodies in the body. It is for this reason; medics should take precaution before administering this belly fat burner to patients.
Besides tesamorelin use in HIV-infected patients, it can also be viewed as an effective weight control product. Although the bigger population of people suffering from lipodystrophy are usually HIV-infected patients, there are those who are not HIV positive but still suffer from the increase belly fat. However, way to adequately treat the condition can be complex but it is advised to consult a medic before taking tesamorelin.
Conclusively, Tesamorelin has been clinically tested in more than 900 HIV positive people and within a period of 12 months using the drug, there were tremendous results. Their belly fat reduced by 18% and their muscles developed appropriately resulting in leaning body shape. Most HIV-infected patients who were used in tesamorelin effectiveness studies showed an increased muscle mass and loss of belly fat. However, it is advised for HIV-positive patients with a diabetic condition to consult a doctor before using tesamorelin. This is mainly due to the fact that using tesamorelin may make the body change in terms of its ability to respond to insulin levels. Further, diabetic patients bodies may become less sensitive to the effects of insulin leading to its regulation in the body thus trigerring the diabetic condition. The drug has minimal side effects; some of the known tesamorelin include joint pain and headache.


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U.S. billionaires pledge fortunes to charity
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dozens of U.S. billionaires pledged on Wednesday to give at least half their fortunes to charity as part of a philanthropic campaign by two of the world's richest men -- Warren Buffett and Bill Gates.
Based on Forbes magazine's estimates of the billionaires' wealth, at least $150 billion could be given away.
Among the rich joining The Giving Pledge campaign are New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, media moguls Barry Diller and Ted Turner, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, "Star Wars" movie maker George Lucas and energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens.
A total of 40 of the richest people in the United States, including Microsoft founder Gates and investor Buffett, now have taken the pledge.
Since launching the campaign in June, Buffett, Gates and his wife Melinda have spoken to about 20 percent of the wealthiest people in the United States -- 70 to 80 billionaires -- in a bid to persuade them to give away their fortunes.
"In most cases we had reason to believe that the people already had an interest in philanthropy," Buffett said. "It was a very soft sell but 40 have signed up."
"We're looking forward to enlisting many of these 40 to go out and make some calls also so we can report an even greater milestone but we're off to a terrific start," he said.
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HS FOOTBALL: Derry loses season finale, 50-7
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DERRY — Derry closed a winless 10-game season with a 50-7 loss to Southmoreland in a WPIAL non-conference football game Thursday night.
Southmoreland running back Jake Pisula, who broke the school's single-season rushing record with 1,609 yards, ran for 302 yards and four touchdowns on 32 carries. Aaron Bailey rushed for 148 yards on 16 carries.
Southmoreland (4-6) gained all 459 of its yards on the ground.
Kyle Holmes scored Derry's touchdown on a 5-yard run, and Andrew Downey booted the extra point to give the Trojans a 7-0 lead in the first quarter. It marked the second time this season Derry held a lead.
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Ram 2500 Recall 13V240000
Improper Illumination From High Beams
Vehicles equipped with the optional premium headlamp system may not provide the proper illumination when the high beams are selected.
Chrysler will notify owners of the affected vehicles beginning in July of 2013. If you don't receive notification and you feel you should have, please contact your dealer for further instruction. They may ask for your vehicle identification number (VIN), so please have it handy when you call. The Chrysler recall number is N33.
Certain headlight systems use an adjustable "shutter" which is mounted in front of the headlight bulb and partially blocks the beam depending on the high/low beam selection. Certain 2013 Ram 2500 and 3500 trucks are being recalled because the shutter may not function correctly in the high beam mode, resulting in too much or too little illumination. Improper illumination can result in reduced driver visibility or blinding of oncoming traffic, increasing the risk of a crash. Dealers will reconfigure the Central Body Controller to correct this concern.
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Chrysler is recalling certain model year 2013 Ram 2500 and 3500 trucks manufactured January 7, 2013, through February 28, 2013 and equipped with optional premium headlamps. The headlamp shutters may function improperly when in high-beam mode. Thus, these vehicles fail to conform to the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 108, "Lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment."
Improper headlight shutter function during high beam use may reduce the drivers visibility and possibly blind oncoming traffic. Either condition may increase the risk of crash.
Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will reconfigure the Central Body Controller, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin in July 2013. Owners may contact Chrysler at 1-800-247-9753. Chrysler's recall campaign number is N33.
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Thanks for visiting the 80's at 8 blog, updated daily with each day's show content and the music videos for all the songs we played! If you always wished you could buy a car from Joe Isuzu, if you can name at least three of the five original MTV VJs, and one of them isn't Martha Quinn, if you can tell the difference between Big, 18 Again!, Vice Versa and Like Father Like Son or if you can't decide whether your favorite veteran is Major Dad, GI Joe or Private Benjamin, then you're in the right place; this is the 80's at 8 We kick off today's show with a song from 1982 by a band who originated in the United Kingdom but had their first breakthrough hit in the United States, Duran Duran "Hungry Like Wolf."From 1983 Michael Jackson "Billie Jean" If you could be the Walrus, but you'd still have to bum rides off people, if you don't believe in the Beatles, you just believe in me or if you ever accused someone of spreading cooties, then you're in the right place; this is the 80's at 8 Now from 1981 Hall & Oates "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)" From 1987 Terence Trent D' Arby "Wishing Well" If you ever bought a neon pink bottle of Debbie Gibson's Electric Youth perfume, if you ever conned your way into a fancy restaurant by posing as Abe Froman, Sausage King of Chicago or if you ever find yourself on the highway to the danger zone, then you're in the right place; this is the 80's at 8 Now from 1982 Adam Ant "Goody Two Shoes." Here's the answer to today's timeline, in which year did each of the following things take place? Hulk Hogan defeated the Iron Shiek to win his first WWF championship at Madison Square Garden Mr. Miyagi taught Daniel-san how to wax on and wax off in The Karate Kid And Soleil Moon Frye met Henry and her spirit lifted him right off the ground in the premiere of Punky Brewster in 1984. That same year saw the release of a song by Nena who, outside of her native country of Germany, is truly a one hit wonder Here's "99 Luftballons" From 1989 Queen "I Want It All" The song remains a live favorite and has been a fixture on the "Queens+" tours, both with Paul Rodgers and Adam Lambert You can see music videos for today's songs on theirver1059.com. The 80's at 8 will continue next with a song that features a former SNL cast member in the music video Find out what song we're talking about in 4.5 minutes. From 1986 Paul Simon "You Can Call Me Al" If you ever got in trouble for making a slam book, If you ever held out hope that Cliff and Claire would adopt you or If you ever picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue, then you're in the right place; this is the 80's at 8 Now from 1986 Fabulous Thunderbirds "Tuff Enuff" From 1983 UB40 "Red Red Wine" If you ever used a Cyndi Lauper video as an excuse to rally the girls for drinks, if you ever wanted to grab a hot dog with Ferris and Cameron at Wrigley or if you ever wanted to snuggle up to Harry and the Hendersons, then you're in the right place; this is the 80's at 8 Now from 1986 The Bangles "Manic Monday."


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Criminal grinch steals car full of gifts for humane society
POCATELLO, Idaho - Pocatello police say a thief traded up his mode of transportation Thursday morning, he ditched his BMX bike to make off with someone's car.
Kenneth Eline said he was just following his his normal routine, when on his way to work he stopped at the Maverick gas station and left his car running as he ran in for a cup of coffee.
"And from the time I walked in to the time I walked to the coffee pot and filled it up then looked out the window, the car was gone. I just about dropped my coffee on the floor, that's how quick it was. You just don't think something like that happens in Pocatello," victim of car theft, Kenneth Eline said.
Police said in that extremely short period of time a thief rode up on a bike, hopped in the car and took off, leaving the bike behind.
Surveilance footage shows the white Honda Accord and the suspected thief riding into the shot.
"So there's a lot of crime that happens at Christmastime. There are some that have some special circumstances, so we're trying to get the word out," Lt. Paul Manning said.
As for those special circumstances, police said one aspect of this crime makes the perpetrator a genuine grinch.
"The car had a lot of community donations that were intended for the Bannock Humane Society," Manning said.
Eline said the trunk of the car was full of gifts intended for pets and the people who volunteer their time at the humane society.
"We just have a gift exchange for the pets. Our personal pets and for the instructors, now it's all gone," Eline said.
So the police are asking locals to keep a lookout for the car.
"It's a '92 Honda Accord four door. It's got chrome hubcaps, it's pretty clean, pretty straight. At least it was this morning, don't know what it looks like now," Eline said.
If anyone spots it, you might just make Christmas for one man and a whole lot of animals.
Anyone with information on the stolen car can call the Pocatello Police at 234-6100.


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Reminder: 2016 Coupe Mondiale Entries Closing, 31st July - Russiaby Elizaveta Poelueva
|Teachers, contestants and national associations are reminded that the entry closing date for the 2016 Coupe Mondiale is 31st July for all 8 international accordion categories of competitions which include classical, virtuoso entertainment, ensemble and digital categories.
The Coupe Mondiale in Russia will be an outstanding, historical event. Rostov City Administration with the support of International Music Center "Harmony" are preparing a very exciting schedule of musical events for participants, delegates and guests.
Rostov-on-Don is the capital of the Southern region of Russia and is a big industrial, scientific and cultural center. As well as the Coupe Mondiale competitions, there will be six concerts in the best music halls of the city.
Concert information:
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The entry system for competitors for the 69th Coupe Mondiale is online – so make your entries at: Coupe Mondiale
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33rd China Harbin Summer Music Festival International Accordion Art Week - Chinaby Wang Hongyu
|Harbin 2016 Art Director Prof. Wang Hongyu (picture right), President of Music College of Harbin Normal University, has released the Harbin schedule of concerts and workshops.
Featured are: Yuri Shishkin, Bjarke Mogensen, Volodymyr Runchak, Franck Angelis plus international competition winners and students from Harbin Normal University. 2016HProgram
Download the competition rules and entry form in Chinese and English at: 2016Harbin
Entry closing date: 25th July
Billy McComiskey's AFC Fellowship Award, Washington DC - USAby Rob Howard
|Video: To celebrate the AFC's 40-year connection with Billy McComiskey, he was invited to headline a concert on June 28th featuring his sons Patrick, Sean, and Mikey, his nieces Catriona and Angela Fee, and his friends Myron Bretholz and Josh Dukes. Presented as part of the Library of Congress American Folklife Center's Homegrown: The Music of America series. Kennedy Center, Published: Jun 28, 2016.
The American Folklife Center has congratulated Billy McComiskey, one of the USA's top button accordion players in Irish traditional music, for winning a 2016 National Heritage Fellowship award. The Fellowship is in recognition for a lifetime of excellence in a traditional art form, and is the highest honor in the folk and traditional arts in the United States.
Billy McComiskey, from New York, has long been widely regarded as one of the leading Irish traditional musicians. His fame and music have been the subject of a doctoral dissertation, which is soon to be published as a book.
Billy's award is special for the AFC as he is among the people who have been associated with the Center for all 40 years of its existence. On January 2nd 1976, President Ford signed into law the American Folklife Preservation Act, which the Congress had previously passed. It established the American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress with the mission to preserve and present American folklife. One of the first things the Librarian of Congress, Dr. Daniel Boorstin, did was to throw a party to celebrate the new Center, involving many leading Irish musicians, including a group called The Irish Tradition, featuring Billy McComiskey.
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Emmanuel Gasser Wins AAA Elsie Bennett Composition Competition - USAby Rita Davidson Barnea
|Video: "Spring Blizzard" by Emmanuel Gasser
Emmanuel Gasser from Ontario, Canada won 1st Prize in the Elsie M. Bennett Composition Competition sponsored by the American Accordionists' Association (AAA) held at the 2016 AAA Festival in Buffalo, New York, July 6-10, 2016. The general purpose of the composition competition is to add to the solo concert repertoire of the acoustic accordion.
Emmanuel wrote: "Winning 1st prize with my first free bass composition "Spring Blizzard" means A LOT to me. It is very encouraging that I, as a young composer, can write a piece that gets appreciated by the judges of the competition and the audience."
Emmanuel's description of his composition:
"Spring Blizzard" is in Scherzo form with a fast first part in F minor written for free bass that invokes the feel of a snowstorm with glowing technical passages. The second part is introduced with a cadenza that serves both as divider and connector that resolves to a more hopeful and positive waltz theme written for stradella representing Spring.
An embellished version of the "Spring" theme follows. The first half of this variation although being in 3/4 has a march-like feel, that is metaphorical for the strength of life that overpowers the dead of Winter. The second half of the "Spring" variation, written for free bass, is dreamy and "twitter-pated". The listener is ready for a happy-ending but Old Man Winter wishes to show himself one more time and sneaks into the scene with another modulating cadenza followed by the animated, blizzardy first theme and concluded with a virtuosic Coda."
Emmanuel Gasser, nineteen years old, lives on a beautiful dairy farm in St. Charles, Ontario, Canada. He has won numerous trophies and awards in North American as well as representing Canada at the Coupe Mondiale, Klingenthal Germany, IAC Reinach Switzerland and PIF Castelfidardo.
He is currently studying with accordion virtuoso Alexander Sevastian in Toronto, Canada. Emmanuel has also completed various internet and survey courses on Classical Music and Music History with Prof. Robert Greenberg (San Francisco Conservatory of Music) and on Classical Composition with Prof. Peter Edwards (University of Singapore).
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Paris Moscou Duo Masterclass by Music School Diapson - Franceby Holda Paoletti-Kampl
|For the second year, for the week of 11 to 16 July, the Paris Moscou Duo of Domi Emorine and Roman Jbanov ran a masterclass at the training center CREPS in Reims. The masterclass was organised by the music school Diapson, headed by Pierre Laval.
From Monday to Friday the trainees from different parts of France (Vendée, Nice, Toulouse, Rennes, Lyon, but also from Luxembourg, Belgium, Portugal) took advantage of individual courses with Domi and Roman as well as a course collective daily. Tuition addressed technical sound, bellow shake, musical and physical expression for all levels, all ages, all styles.
On Friday night, the course ended with a concert by with all participants and the Paris Moscou Duo at the Concert Hall of the Music School Diapason.
The successful course will be held again, same period in July 2017.
Video: Quartetto Gelato Performing at the AAA Festival, Buffalo - USAby Harley Jones
|The highly acclaimed "Quartetto Gelato" performing at the AAA Festival Tralf Music Hall concert. Quartetto Gelato is a Canadian new classical quartet of Peter DeSotto (tenor, violin, mandolin), Alexander Sevastian (accordion, piano), Liza McLellan (cello, bass), Colin Maier (oboe, clarinet), who are based in Toronto, Ontario. Video courtesy of Dan Grauman.
Donie's First Solo Album is Worth the Wait, Limerick – Irish Republicby Rob Howard
|Over 250 people gathered in the Devon Inn Hotel last Thursday for the long-awaited solo album from West Limerick button accordion player Donie Nolan, and on Sunday, Donie's CD 'The Banks of the Abha Bhán' had its second outing at the Willie Clancy Week in Miltown Malbay.
Having featured on at least half a dozen CDs by others over the past thirty years, Donie is no stranger to recordings but the surprise for many is that this is his first solo album. It is, however, an album that has been worth the wait, a CD full of selections and surprises that demonstrates the breadth and beauty of Donie's style and his instinctive musicianship. In the sleeve notes, there is a look at the musical journey this man has made since he first picked up an accordion.
Donie's first brush with music was as a pupil in Kilcolman NS where teacher Paddy Murphy got a school band going. "I remember the first tune I played was with a mouth organ above in the old hall in Knockaderry," he recalled this week. "I have been playing accordion since I was eleven or twelve," he continued. "I wasn't ever taught. I never learnt by note. I always played by ear." He started out, he explained, with the old C sharp and D style or what he called the "old press and draw style". But he was later attracted to the newer style advanced by Paddy O'Brien from Tipperary, using both rows in what came to be known as B and C playing. "It gives you a broader range," Donie explained. "But I would go back to the older style if I were playing on my own."
A car, acquired when he was about 18, opened up a new world of music for Donie as he travelled around to Kerry, Clare, Cork and around the country and became familiar with other musicians, other tunes and other styles of playing.
Over the years, Donie has become synonymous with the Carrigkerry WrenBoys and with the Taylors Cross Ceili Band but he has also built a reputation as a singer and this is reflected in the album where he sings on three of the 16 tracks.
Another very vivid and unique element in Donie's CD is that it features dancers, resurrecting memories of dancing on radio. Their dance steps can clearly be heard during several of the dance sets which were recorded live.
'The Banks of the Abha Bhán' takes its title from the White River which rises in Donie's part of the world and Donie is accompanied on the album by John Blake and Brian Mooney. It costs €15 and is available in local shops in Carrigkerry, Athea, Glin, Ballyhahill, Lyons in Abbyfeale and O'Connors, Newcastle West.
Pietro Roffi performs Gorka Hermosa's Composition at 'Bir Miftuħ Festival' – Maltaby Rob Howard
|Sound file: Pietro Roffi performing 'Gernika' composed by Gorka Hermosa, live recording in Córdoba, Argentina, 2014
The Times newspaper (edition for Malta) has published an article about the recent interpretation by the Italian accordionist Pietro Roffi of the Spanish accordionist, teacher and composer Gorka Hermosa's composition 'Gernika'. "The performance was received with a rapturous ovation from the appreciative audience".
The critical review called "Unusual and interesting" adds, "The dynamic range of the instrument was demonstrated, from the soft subtle tones of the piano pieces to the violence, which depicts the story of the Nazi bomb attack in 1937 on the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War, concluding with an explosive final chord".
Pietro Roffi played this piece during the concert he gave at the 'Bir Miftuh Festival' in Malta.
Murl Allen Sanders in World Premier of "Fantasia for Santoor and Accordion" - USAby Rita Davidson Barnea
|Video: Sample of "Fantasia for Santoor and Accordion" being rehearsed.
A fascinating concert, Celebrate Asia, was held in January 2016. This was the eighth year of this series. The concert was organized due to the desire of Seattle's classical music supporters, Asian and Pacific Islander Americans to hear non-Western music performed by the Seattle Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jindong Cai.
The accordion and santoor were featured in "Fantasia for Santoor and Accordion" by composer and bassoonist, Alireza Motevaseli. The composition received its world premiere performance during the concert featuring santoor player Anjali Joshi and accordionist Murl Allen Sanders. It was also a unique moment since it was the first time that Iranian music was performed in the Celebrate Asia concerts.
What is a santoor? A santoor is a trapezoidal string instrument consisting of generally walnut and about 70 to more than 100 metal strings in sets of three to five. Its metallic sounds are created by hitting the sets of strings with two wooden sticks.
Accordionist Murl Allen Sanders is a musician, composer, teacher and recording artist who has been active in the Seattle area music scene and across the United States, Canada, England, Brazil and Japan.
Murl teaches piano and accordion privately and is also adjunct faculty at Cornish College of the Arts and Shoreline Community College in Seattle. He a grant to compose his "Accordion Concerto #2" which premiered in 2007 with Orchestra Seattle/Seattle Chamber Singers.
His "Accordion Concerto #1", a commission from Orchestra Seattle/Seattle Chamber Singers, premiered in 2003. Murl received a 2010 and 2009 ASCAP plus award for his concert compositions from The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
Video: Ginny Mac and her brother Glenn McLaughlin at AAA Festival - USAby Harley Jones
|Ginny Mac (picture left) and her brother Glenn McLaughlin performing at the AAA Festival Tralf Music Hall concert. Video courtesy of Dan Grauman.
Future events
XVII Akordeono Festivalis, International Accordion Festival Palanga – Lithuaniaby Rob Howard
|This year's 22nd annual Akordeono Festivalis, organized by the Lithuanian Accordionists Association, Director Raimondas Sviackevicius, takes place from July 22nd to 29th in Palanga, Lithuania. This week-long event includes many concerts, workshops and seminars. The event also celebrates the 30th Anniversary of the Lithuanian Accordionists Association.
On July 26th there will be a concert in the hall of the recently restored Kurhaus, featuring Henn Rebane (Estonia), the duo Vladimir Ushakov (Russia) and Svetlana Stavitskaya (Latvia) and Tadas Motiecius.
Santa Maria Accordion Band Concert - Maltaby Rob Howard
|Concert in Malta, 22nd July, details above.
Tillingbourne Accordion Orchestra Charity Event, Surrey – UKby Rob Howard
|On Saturday July 23rd, at 1.30pm until 5pm, the Tillingbourne Accordion Orchestra (MD Marion Szuman) will be playing in the Ripley Event, Village Green, High Street, Ripley, Surrey. There is free entry, lots of entertainment for everyone, and the event is to raise funds for a new village hall and other good causes.
The Tillingbourne Accordion Orchestra was founded in 1988, and rehearses in the annexe to Ripley Village Hall, where it still meets on Tuesdays at 8pm and potential members are always welcome.
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10th Victoria International Accordion Festival and Competitions in Canadaby Harley Jones
|Download poster/program at: 2016Victoria.pdf
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Peter Soave Music Academy Concerts - Italyby Holda Paoletti-Kampl
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Le Vent du Nord 'Elise' UK Tour July/August 2016 - UKby Rob Howard
|Le Vent du Nord, from Quebec, Canada, perform the lively folk dance music of the Quebecois tradition. The band are true performers, not just playing their music, but revelling in it and drawing the audience in with their enthusiasm and warmth.
The band all sing and are multi-instrumentalists with guitar, bouzouki, accordion, bass, piano, hurdy gurdy, fiddle and foot percussion - making over 10,000 foot taps per gig, all while playing the fiddle, Olivier Demers is a man of both great skill and great stamina.
July 2016 - Le Vent du Nord
Sun 24. Warwick Folk Festival Bridge House Theatre, Myton Rd, Warwick CV34 6PP
Tel: 01926 776438 See festival website for full details
Mon 25. East Riding Theatre 10 Lord Roberts Rd, Beverley, E.Yorks HU17 9BE
Tel: 01482 874050 Tickets £16.00 -- Doors7:30 p.m.
Tue 26. Waterside Arts Centre Waterside Plaza, Sale, Manchester M33 7ZF
Tel: 0161 9125616 Tickets £15.00 -- Doors 7:30 p.m.
Wed 27. Cottiers Theatre, 93-95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow, Scotland G11 5PU
Tel: 0141 357 4000 Tickets £18.00 -- Doors 7:30 p.m.
Thur 28. Ludlow Assembly Rooms 1 Mill Street, Ludlow, Shropshire SY8 1AZ
Tel: 01584 878141 Tickets £16.00 -- Doors 7;30 p.m.
Fri 29. Cambridge Folk Festival, Cherry Hinton Hall, Cherry Hinton Rd, Cambridge CB1 8DW
Tel: 01223 357851 See festival website for details
Sat 30. Cambridge Folk Festival, Cherry Hinton Hall, Cherry Hinton Rd, Cambridge CB1 8DW
Tel: 01223 357851 See festival website for details
Sun 31. WOMAD for BBC Radio 3 Charlie Gillett Stage, Charlton Park nr Malmesbury, Wiltshire SN16 9DG See festival website for details
August 2016 - Le Vent du Nord
Tue 2 Sidmouth Folk Week, The Ham Marquee, The Ham, Sidmouth EX10 8XR
Tel: 01395 577952 See festival website for details
Fri 5. Wickham Festival, Blind Lane, Wickham, Hampshire PO17 5HD
Tel: 01329 231942 See festival website for details
Sun 21. Beautiful Days Big Top, Escot Park, Nr Fairmile, Devon EX11 1LU
See festival website for details
Tue 23. EFDSS Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regents Pk Rd, London, NW1 7AY
Tel: 020 7485 2206 Tickets £18:00 -- Doors 7:00 p.m.
Wed 24. Aldeburgh Music, Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape Bridge, Snape, Suffolk IP17 1SP
Tel: 01728 687110 Tickets £20.00 -- Doors 7:30 p.m.
Fri 26. The Ropetackle Art Centre Little High Street, Shoreham by Sea, West Sussex BN43 5EG
Tel: 01273 464440 Tickets £17.00 -- From 8:00 p.m.
'Accordions Around the World', New York - USAby Rob Howard
|'Accordions Around the World' is a weekly series of Wednesday evening concerts throughout the summer, each featuring six accordionists as well as bandoneon/bayan/concertina/harmonium players of different genres, performing in various locations around Bryant Park, New York. Forthcoming performances include:
July 27th, 6pm/8pm - Barry Adler (German + Austrian), Gregorio Uribe (Colombian Cumbia + Vallenato), Dan Gurney (Irish Traditional), Melinda Fields (Balkan), Ivan Filipchyk (bayan, 17th Century Baroque), Julie Winterbottom (Cajun music from Louisiana)
August 3rd, 6pm/8pm – Albert Behar (Gypsy Jazz + Valse Musettes), Ariel Iud (bandoneon, Argentine Tango), Rob Curto (Brazilian Bluegrass), Lacey Anderson (Indie), Phil Racz (Classical + Brazilian), Shoko Nagai (Japanese + Jewish)
August 10th, 6pm/8pm – Maestro Tito Castro (bandoneon, Argentine Tango),
Melissa Elledge (Pop + Rock), Jenny Luna (Balkan + Turkish), Jaroslaw Palylyk and Walt Syzonenko (Ukrainian Folk), Vitor Gonçalves (Brazilian Choro + Forro), Sadys Rodrigo Espitia (Columbian Cumbia + Vallenato)
August 17th, 6pm/8pm – Yumbell Donato (Colombian Cumbia + Vallenato), Suzanne Davenport (French Musette), Tony Kovatch (French Musette + Gypsy Jazz), Mary Spencer Knapp (Cabaret, Soul + Pop), Jody Kruskal (concertina, Old Americana), Niall O'Leary (Irish Traditional)
August 24th, 6pm/8pm – Christina Crowder (Klezmer), Gregory Grene (Irish Rock), Alma Mia (Colombian Vallenato), Mario Tacca (French Musette + Waltz), Yuri Lemeshev – (World, Classical + Jazz), Brooke Watkins (French Musette + Standards)
August 31st, 5pm/10pm - Bands: Silver City Bound (American Roots), Baryna Balalaika Trio (Russian), Pistolera (Latin Alt Party), Golem (Klezmer Punk), Fidelina Pascual (Dominican Perico Ripiao), Brooklyn Qawwali Party (Pakistani inspired Party Punk); Soloists: Ismail Butera with Natalia Perlaza – Epyllion (Music of the Mediterranean), Gregory Grene (Celtic Roots Rock), Albert Behar (Gypsy Jazz + Waltz), Eva Salina & Peter Stan (Music from the Balkans), and Gregorio Uribe (Colombian Cumbia + Vallenato)
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Rosemary Wright Recital, Rutland – UKby Rob Howard
|Rosemary Wright performs a recital on Wednesday July 27th, 1.30pm, at All Saints Church, Oakham Rutland.
Rosemary Wright, a former All Britain Champion and Principal of the British College of Accordionists, is a virtuoso accordionist and a popular guest at accordion clubs and festivals.
AAA Master Class and Concert Series, New York City – USAby Rob Howard
|This year's annual American Accordionists' Association (AAA) Master Class and Concert series takes place over the weekend July 29th to 31st.
Dr William Schimmel (picture right) is again the Moderator-Curator and this year's event will be the 22nd consecutive year he has been the Moderator-Curator. The theme is "No Place Like Home".
Celebrating his 70th birthday in 2016, William Schimmel has received the AAA Distinguished Service Award in commemoration of over fifty years of accordion endeavors. A lifetime of concerts, recordings, compositions and accordion seminars and for some years, also a distinguished AAA Lecturer in Residence.
The Master Classes begin at 3 pm, and concerts at 7 pm. The venue is the Tenri Cultural Center, 43A W 13th St, between 5th and 6th Avenues, New York.
Participants will include: Micki Goodman, Paul Stein, Dr. Robert Young Mc Mahan, Will Holshouser, Art Bailey, Doug Makofka, Brian Dewan, Yoichi Fukui, Gene Pritsker, Melissa Elledge, Mark Nathanson, Benjamin Ickies, Godfrey Nelson, Lorraine Nelson-Wolf, Dragica Banic-Curcic, Peter Flint, Erica Marie Mancini, Dave Soldier, Mayumi Miyaoka, Tomoka Sugawara, Dan Cooper, Rachel Swaner, Milica Paranosic, Michael Dames, Peter Jarvis, David Stoler, David First, Mary Spencer Knapp, Dr. Hugo Goldenzweig, Lee Mc Clure, Ken Laufer, John Foti, Kathleen Tipton, Marni Rice, Bob Goldberg, Corn Mo, Rachid Eladlouni, Carl Riehl, Linda Reed, Rita Barnea, Dr. Denise Koncelik, Alicia Svigals, Elizabeth Brown , Ted Nash, Jeanne Velonis, Devon Tipp, Sydknee, Michiyo Suzuki, Dr. Thomas Massucci, Bactopus, The Main Squeeze Orchestra, The Famous Accordion Orchestra, and more.
Download the AAA registration form at: 2016AAAmc.pdf
Kosmos Concerts in August, Pembrokeshire, Dorset – UKby Rob Howard
|The trio Kosmos concert perform in concert during August, as follows:
August 1st, 7.30pm - Letterston Memorial Hall, Wales SA62 5RY
August 2nd, 3pm - Theatr Gwaun, Fishguard, Wales SA65 9AD
These concerts are part of the Fishguard International Music Festival
August 15th, 7pm – Burton Bradstock Festival of Music and Art, St Mary's Church, Dorset
Kosmos are Harriet Mackenzie (violin), Meg Hamilton (Viola), and Miloš Milivojevic (accordion). Serbian born Miloš Milivojevic is a first prize winner at international competitions in Germany, France, Italy and Denmark. In Serbia he studied with Vojin Vasovic, and then with Owen Murray at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he graduated and was awarded with Dip RAM. In 2007 he became the first accordionist ever to win the RAM Club Prize at the Academy and in the 2008 was the Winner of the prestigious Derek Butler London Prize at the Wigmore Hall, London.
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New and Updated Sites
New Site: Ron Pearce Music Announce New Website, Adelaide - Australiaby Rawnee Pearce
|Ron Pearce Music announces a new website featuring their new and used accordions (including concertinas and other button models), accordion accessories, straps and accordion music.
Ron Pearce Music, began in 1954, when Ron Pearce, a professional accordion player, radio and television performer, started a music school, teaching, selling and repairing accordions in Adelaide.
Updated Arrangements Now Available, Arranged by Gary Dahl - USAby Gary Dahl
|Updated Site:
- Harlem Nocturne arranged by well known teacher, performer and arranger Gary Dahl. Catalog: DH0096
- Indiana (Back Home Again In) arranged by Gary Dahl. Catalog: DH0115
Any clients who have already purchased this music may email for the updated arrangement which will be provided by email to you without charge.
Updated Site: Franco Cambareri Two New Works Released - Australiaby Franco Cambareri
|Franco Cambareri has released two new compositions:
cfranco208 - Twinkle Toes
Twinkle Toes is a Fun Samba
cfranco209 - El Caminito
El Caminito is a nice piece of music with a sweet melody. View sample page.
These works are eSheet (pdf file, able to be emailed to you) and can be purchased online with secure server credit card.
Renzo Ruggieri Music Recorded On Various Albums - Italyby Harley Jones
|Renzo solo virtuoso entertainment compositions and arrangements. These are all at the real value price of only 10 Euro Many of these, you can also buy a recording.
Sheet music composition/arrangement rrenzo501 - Song For S.B (Solo)
- Catalog rruggieri07 Renzo Ruggieri Collection CD and eTracks album
Sheet music composition/arrangement rrenzo502 - Volo Degli Angeli (Solo)
- Catalog ADG01 Accordion Colours CD and eTracks album by Andrea Di Giacomo
Sheet music composition/arrangement rrenzo503 - Tango Italiano (Solo)
- Catalog rruggieri07 Renzo Ruggieri Collection CD and eTracks album
- Catalog rruggieri05 Spaghetti Time by Renzo Ruggieri CD and eTracks album
- Catalog ADG01 Accordion Colours CD and eTracks album by Andrea Di Giacomo
- Catalog azzaro10eT Claudio Azzaro World Project CD and eTracks album
- Catalog viivi01 Carnevale CD eTracks mp3 album by Viivi Maria Saarenkylä
Sheet music composition/arrangement rrenzo504 - Carnevale (Solo)
- Catalog rruggieri07 Renzo Ruggieri Collection CD and eTracks album
- Catalog rruggieri03 Accordion Voyage CD and eTracks album by Renzo Ruggieri
- Catalog ADG01 Accordion Colours CD and eTracks album by Andrea Di Giacomo
- Catalog viivi01 Carnevale CD eTracks mp3 album by Viivi Maria Saarenkylä
Sheet music composition/arrangement rrenzo505 - Roma Tango (Solo)
- Catalog ADG01 Accordion Colours CD and eTracks album by Andrea Di Giacomo
Sheet music composition/arrangement rrenzo507 - Variations on Säkkijärven Polka (Solo)
- Catalog viivi01 Carnevale CD eTracks mp3 album by Viivi Maria Saarenkylä
Sheet music composition/arrangement rrenzo509 - Acquarelli Italiani (Solo)
- Catalog ADG01 Accordion Colours CD and eTracks album by Andrea Di Giacomo
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I have spent years engaged in debates with those defending Israel occupation of the West Bank on grounds God had nothing to do one day so he leaned down and identified the West Bank as belonging to Jews. After all, anything written in the Torah– or anything someone wants to believe is written in the Torah– must be true. President Shimon Peres offered some words of common sense to the people of Israel. Of course, any expression of "common sense" to some is merely an example of a self hating Jew.
Peres described reality. "Israel settlements in territories densely populated with Arabs,which followed their attack on us, can lead to threatening demographic change. It places a Jewish majority in the state of Israel at risk. Without a Jewish majority it is doubtful if the state will remain Jewish."
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The national debt clearly has grown too large and is the top threat to national security, U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster said Tuesday.
Shuster, speaking at an event sponsored by the Indiana Armstrong Patriots, said he believes that to lower the debt the country will have to grow economically. And one way to encourage that, he said, is by reforming the tax code.
"Growing our way out of this is really the big answer," he said.
The event, held at IUP's Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex, was billed as a forum about the national debt and the future of Pennsylvania and the United States. But the thread running through the event's five speeches was loosely tied, and as the speakers were conservatives speaking to a conservative audience, the event took on the feel of a Republican campaign rally.
Shuster took a few minutes to talk about the work he and the House transportation and infrastructure committee are doing on a water infrastructure bill to be taken up this fall. Shuster said the bill will call for major reforms to the way water transportation projects are approved. He said the bill will increase Congressional oversight, streamline the approval process and help ensure that American products can cost-efficiently reach the world markets.
The audience also heard from Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley, who touted the leadership of Gov. Tom Corbett's administration.
Cawley said that they've been able to provide $600 million in tax relief to Pennsylvanians, in part through elimination of the inheritance tax on family farms and family businesses. He also said they're putting forth a plan to lower the corporate net income tax.
"Since we took office, the private sector has been empowered to create over 130,000 new jobs here in Pennsylvania. To date, the number of employed Pennsylvanians is at its highest since 1983. Unemployment is at its lowest since the recession began," he said.
"That job growth has not happened in spite of our refusal to raise taxes. It's happened because of it," he said.
Earlier in the day, Cawley toured the Specialty Tires of America plant in Indiana, which last year was awarded $114,000 in state financial aid to help it expand a line of radial tires.
Plant officials told Cawley that sales are down, partly due to overall economic conditions and partly due to a drop in demand for tires fitting deep-mining equipment. The officials said that unless conditions improve it will be difficult to meet the job-creation requirements attached to a portion of the aid.
Cawley said the situation is an example of how the Obama administration's environmental policy is hindering businesses.
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Hendrickson said the combined effects of rising college debt and a sour economy are causing young adults to put off first-home purchases and starting families.
The result, he said, is a smaller next generation, leaving fewer to shoulder the weight of the national debt.
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Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is returning to lead the financial data and news company he founded in 1981, just eight months after leaving the mayor's office.
Bloomberg LP said current CEO and former deputy mayor Daniel Doctoroff will step down at the end of the year, clearing the way for Bloomberg to take back the helm of the company, of which he still owns more than 85 percent.
For years, Bloomberg insisted he had no intention of returning full-time to the company he founded, but an article in The New York Times says he's been taking an increasingly hands-on role in meetings and strategy decisions, and that Doctoroff had grown frustrated with how the leadership dynamic had shifted.
Fortune magazine editor-at-large Peter Elkind profiled Bloomberg LP in a story for the magazine. He said the company faces something of an identity crisis.
"[Bloomberg] had always been dependent on the incredible franchise of the financial terminal business, which is quite lucrative," said Elkind.
Diversifying the company's portfolio was at the core of Doctoroff's strategy to transform the company. But once his old friend started showing up at the office every day, it became clear the company wasn't big enough for two CEO's.
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243win to 260 rem
OK i have been shooting a 243win 100gr hornady interlock spbt.
I love the performance and all on deer,but i am going to a 260 rem
and am wondering how the berger 130 gr hunting vld hollow points do up close.Lots of my deer are inside 50 yrds.I have had one shot kills out of the interlock but the dont make a spbt in the 260.So am i gong to have any issuses up close?
I would stick with the bullets you know that work. The Hornady Interlock is great on game like deer that don't need a super-premium bullet. That or the Remington Core-Lokt would work just fine.
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