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CFO Survey: Historic Recession to Last Another 14 Months; Earnings, Capital Spending, and Employment Expected to Drop in 2009
March 13, 2009
These are some of the findings of the most recent Duke University/CFO Magazine Global Business Outlook Survey. The survey, which concluded Feb. 27, asked 1,268 CFOs from a broad range of global public and private companies about their expectations for the economy. (See end of release for survey methodology.) The research has been conducted 52 consecutive quarters.
-- CFOs express record pessimism.
-- Only 35 percent of CFOs say the
-- Employment is expected to fall in the
-- Weak consumer demand and financial market woes are major external concerns for CFOs around the world. Working capital management is a primary internal concern, as is maintaining employee productivity and morale.
More than two-thirds of U.S. CFOs have grown more pessimistic about the
"This is very troubling," said Kate O'Sullivan, senior writer at CFO Magazine. "Throughout the history of our survey, CFOs have shown a remarkable ability to predict future economic conditions. They anticipated the current recession as far back as September 2007. Given the CFOs' track record, the historic pessimism CFOs are currently expressing certainly indicates a tough road ahead in 2009."
Consistent with their pessimistic view, CFOs expect earnings to fall by 22 percent at
Over the next year, domestic employment is expected to fall in all surveyed regions.
"Even with the stimulus plan, CFOs expect to lay off nearly 6 percent of their workforces. This represents a staggering 7.6 million job losses," said Fuqua international finance professor Campbell Harvey, founding director of the survey. "And it gets worse: in addition to the layoffs, many CFOs plan wage freezes and reductions in the number of hours worked for those employees that are retained."
Nearly 60 percent of
Among the industries surveyed, service and consulting firms anticipate the strongest earnings in 2009, followed by healthcare companies. Public manufacturing firms expect earnings to fall 30 percent.
Credit market turmoil is still buffeting the corporate sector, with the effects much worse on companies with poor credit ratings. About 40 percent of companies rated AAA or AA indicate credit market conditions are hurting their firms. Among companies rated B or lower, 77 percent say they have been hurt.
Companies rated B or lower have nearly maxed out credit lines, drawing on average 70 percent of the maximum. AAA and AA rated firms, in contrast, have drawn only 27 percent of the maximum.
"Bank lines of credit are usually a temporary source of funding, or are used as a last resort," said John Graham, a finance professor at Duke and the director of the survey. "In the current market, many companies have few funding options beyond their credit line. In fact, there has been a bank run of sorts on credit lines, with poorly rated companies drawing funds now, just in case their bank decides not to lend to them in the future. This action has in part crowded out the ability of banks to lend to other firms, exacerbating the lack of credit elsewhere in the system."
Over the past six months, the amount of external funding provided by bank lines of credit has approximately equaled the total amount provided by other sources of borrowing, such as short-term and long-term debt.
Credit markets remain extremely tight. Among companies that report they have been directly affected by credit market turmoil, nearly 60 percent have had trouble accessing capital, and nearly half report a higher cost of credit (relative to pre-crisis costs).
PRESIDENT OBAMA: NO HONEYMOON WITH CFOs
U.S. CFOs are lukewarm on President Obama's policy ambitions. Corporate concern about the new administration and Congress ranks as their third biggest external concern. About 32 percent of CFOs indicate they feel the economy has been helped by the economic stimulus actions taken to date, equal to the 32 percent who indicate the economy is worse off. Another one-third feel the stimulus efforts have made no impact. Finally, more than half (53 percent) of CFOs say their companies would be worse off with a national health care system, compared to only 19 percent who say their businesses would be better off.
Only one in five European CFOs expect their own country's economy to begin to recover in 2010. Another 37 percent expect the recovery to begin in the first half of 2010. The remaining 43 percent expect economic recovery will not begin until the second half of 2010 or later.
Nearly two-thirds of European companies indicate they will institute a hiring freeze over the next year, and 57 percent will freeze or reduce wages. Almost one-third of companies say they will reduce work hours for remaining employees. More than 60 percent will reduce their workforce, with the average reduction among those firms being 9 percent.
The top three external concerns for Europeans are weak consumer demand, the financial and banking system, and credit markets more generally.
Fifty-eight percent of European CFOs report problems with suppliers, ranging from 40 percent of suppliers being unable to obtain trade credit or bank financing to 21 percent of companies having a supplier go out of business.
More than two-thirds of Asian firms plan a hiring freeze during the next 12 months. Sixty-three percent plan a wage freeze or wage reduction. In addition, 30 percent of Asian CFOs say their firms will reduce the hours worked by employees who retain their jobs.
Forty-six percent of Asian CFOs expect their own country's economy to begin to recover in 2009, and another 29 percent expect the recovery to begin in the first half of 2010.
Fifty-five percent of Asian CFOs report problems with suppliers, with many not receiving enough order volume to be viable. This has led to a consolidation of orders with stronger suppliers at nearly half of Asian firms.
Chinese CFOs say their top concerns about their own companies are working capital management, maintaining the morale and productivity of workers, and attracting and retaining qualified workers. Their top external concerns are weak consumer demand, credit markets and the cost of non-fuel commodities.
Employment and capital spending are expected to decline over the next year.
More than two-thirds of Chinese companies will impose a hiring freeze during this year, and 30 percent will reduce wages. One-third will reduce the hours worked by retained employees.
Among Chinese companies with bank lines of credit, the average firm has drawn 56 percent of the maximum allowed.
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For additional comment, contact or CFO Magazine's Kate O'Sullivan at (617) 345-9700 (x214) or firstname.lastname@example.com, or Duke's John Graham at (919) 660-7857 or firstname.lastname@example.com . For commentary about European results, contact Janet Kersnar at +44 0 20 7576 8100 or email@example.com or
Detailed results, including tabular summaries of the numbers in this release and results from previous surveys, are available at http://www.cfosurvey.org.
About the survey: This is the 52nd consecutive quarter that the Duke University/CFO Magazine Global Business Outlook survey has been conducted. The survey concluded Feb. 27, 2009 and generated responses from 1,268 CFOs, including 543 from the U.S., 221 from Europe, 246 from Asia (not including China), and 258 from China. The survey of European CFOs was conducted jointly with
About CFO Publishing: CFO Magazine and CFO.com are owned by CFO Publishing, an Economist Group business. With a rate base of 450,000, CFO is the leading business publication for C-level and senior financial executives. For more information, visit www.cfo.com.
Duke's Fuqua School of Business was founded in 1970. Fuqua's mission is to educate business leaders worldwide and to promote the advancement of business management through research.


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Rain prompts flash flood watch in the Coachella Valley
Flash flood watch issued through tonight
Palm Springs, Calif. - There will be scattered thunderstorms and a chance of flash flooding in the Coachella Valley and Riverside County mountains today, meteorologists said.
The National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch for the Coachella Valley and Riverside County mountains from 11 a.m. through this evening, saying just three-tenths of an inch of rainfall in 30 minutes would be enough to cause flash flooding in areas recently denuded by wildfire.
``Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation,'' noted an NWS advisory. ``You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action.''

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Foreclosure Averted, Nashville Symphony Now Faces Tough Labor Talks
Less than two months after narrowly averting a foreclosure on its concert hall, the Nashville Symphony now faces a difficult round of contract talks with its musicians.
In June, the orchestra put up $35 million of its own assets to keep its hall, the Schermerhorn Symphony Center, out of the banks' hands. Its coffers were cleaned out in the process, throwing a hitch into a negotiation that has now dragged on for two months. A meeting is scheduled for Monday, five days after the last contract expired.
The two sides are observing an alleged media blackout, though the Nashville Scene has managed to piece together some details through anonymous sources and leaked internal documents. The newspaper reports that management asked for 30 percent salary cut in its initial offer, slashing the proposed minimum pay from $60,000 to $42,953.40. The offer also stipulated turning 16 of the orchestra's 83 musicians into contract players, who would get a minimum annual salary of $25,056. The pay cuts would be locked in for four years.
Union negotiators flatly rejected the proposal, says the paper. The two sides are more than $1.5 million apart.
Management has agreed to cuts as well. Orchestra CEO Alan Valentine revealed that he and music director Giancarlo Guerrero had both taken 15 percent cuts to their salaries of $381,920 and $471,458 respectively. Senior and middle management salaries shrank 11 percent and four employees were let go, including the orchestra's longtime personnel manager.
The orchestra had owed more than $80 million in debt related to the construction of the Schermerhorn Symphony Center. It was only through the assist of a wealthy board member that the orchestra was able to reach a last-minute deal to pay off its lenders and save the hall. The symphony's next performance is scheduled for Sept. 5.


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Got 781. But some of the questions are just ridiculous.
Would order right now but, they're not shipping outside the UK, right?
I envy you. Not the steaks, but the weather. In my country, we still have a lots (!) of snow everywhere (usually, snow should be melted since the end of February, but this year we, imo, have some kind of 'not-melting' snow :D)
Personally, I do not like Bootstrap.
Yeah, I've used it in some projects, it's kinda easy and takes away a lot of hard work, but.. I prefer using Skeleton. Why? Just because I can call Skeleton some kind of 'starter kit', whereas Bootstrap if fully-packed framework. I kinda tend to call it 'bloated'. If you ain't gonna use all that fancy stuff Bootstrap has to offer, why should you use it at all? Yup, I know that I can configure it the way I want, but why should I do that, when I can just start designing using 'starter kit' like skeleton? It has all the fundamental responsiveness built-in and that's enough for me, but that's my personal opinion, just because I tend to keep things as simple as they should be.
Thanks a lot! Took some time to set it up, but still – great theme you're sharing, sir
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Amazing Work Syamil..! Great Stuff..! Can it handle multiple Purchase Codes per Username..?
Not out of the box, I guess. But can be achieved with other plugin.
Thanks for letting us know!
Was gonna buy it, but now I'll wait! /irony
Think I'm also gonna supply you with one great link – http://thetoolbox.cc/
I guess, you guys, never heard of LESS and something like 'darken(@color, 30%)'?
dekciw said
Congrats! I'm also gonna hit 100 soon!
So, now I'm on the same boat as you are – 101 sales so far!


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The Lakeland Public Library opened in January 1927 on the shores of Lake Morton. Prior to that time the Woman's Club, organized in 1912, maintained a library city residents could use. The city purchased land, formerly used as a campground for Spanish-American War soldiers, from Herbert Munn. There were three librarians from 1927 to 1929 when Serena C. Bailey began a thirty year career as Librarian. In 1955, to honor its former Mayor, Governor of Florida and U.S. Senator, the Library was renamed the Park Trammell Public Library. A new building was built in 1966 farther to the east on the lake on the property of the former Lake Morton Elementary School. This building was then enlarged in 1986.
From 1934 to 1937 library service was provided for the black residents at Washington Park High School. In October 1937, a branch library was opened at North Virginia Ave. and was run by Elsie Dunbar. The branch occupied several other buildings until a new building, The Larry R. Jackson Branch Library, was built and opened in January 1995.
These records are divided into eight series. Records of the Friends of the Library are found in RG2610, under Organizations.
Series I, Subject Files (1929-2003), contains the history of the various buildings, departments and staff, programs offered, and brochures and other ephemera.
Series II, Building Plans for the Main Library (1957-96), contains the records from the need for a new building to the Dedication Ceremonies for the building on Lake Morton and its expansion.
Series III, Building Plans for the Branch Library (1984-96) contains the records of the construction of the Larry R. Jackson Branch Library on N. Florida Ave. (U.S. 98 North), Lakeland.
Series IV: Financial Records (1962-2002), contains mainly operating budgets for the Library.
Series V, Reports (1953-2003), contains annual and monthly reports from the various departments of the Library.
Series VI, Solinet Interlibrary Loan Grant (1985-89), contains information about the Solinet system, contracts, and grants.
Series VII, Photographs (1926-94), of the various buildings and staff are contained in this series as well as photographic albums P199-P204.
Series VIII, Video Tapes (1987-96), pertains to Library activities and staff.
Series IX, Renovation/Expansion of the Main Library (2001-06), contians materials relating to the expansion of the Special Collections Room, the renovation of the Circulation Department, and the expansion of the Children and Young Adult areas.


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Campbells is right – it's time to introduce federal mandatory labeling
By Mark Lynas
Yesterday, in a hugely significant move, the food manufacturer Campbell Soup Company announced that it was supporting labeling of GMOs. Why is this hugely significant? Because Campbell is not just pledging to support the labeling of its own products, it is asking for the introduction of a mandatory federal labeling scheme. Thus the company has broken spectacularly with the long-standing Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) coalition opposing mandatory labeling across the United States.
In my view this is a smart and very timely move by Campbell. It establishes the company as a leader and gets out in front of the endlessly polarized GMO debate with a stance that clearly supports the principle of consumer choice. Don't forget, Campbell has already trialled a new website detailing GMO ingredients (and other relevant info) in its products and found that the sky did not fall in.
I have long been of the opinion that GMO labeling is an issue that needs to be addressed with some kind of sensible compromise. (I made a speech supporting mandatory labeling back in 2013 in Chicago.) By taking a stance that appears to be opposing the consumer 'right to know', industry has not won itself any friends, and has cemented perceptions – eagerly built on by the anti-GMO lobby – that big corporations are trying to smuggle GMO products into the national food system.
The GMA's efforts in Congress have also fallen flat. While the Republican-dominated House passed a bill sponsored by Rep. Mike Pompeo by a wide margin, equivalent legislation has not been forthcoming from the Senate – and an industry-sponsored attempt to attach a rider to the recent spending bill at the end of 2015 also failed. The Senate has failed to act because no Democrat is prepared to take industry's side on this issue – to be seen to be siding with the hated Monsanto on the GMO issue would be suicide for any lawmaker with an urban Democrat voter base.
Latterly the GMA has tried to float a compromise, promising a 'smart label' approach (probably with a QR code) that would detail the presence of GMOs (and other food chain issues) for tens of thousands of products made by its members. The reason the GMA is panicking is because Vermont has a GMO labeling law that is due to come into force in July this year. Unless Congress pre-empts states' rights on the issue soon, Vermont's mandatory labeling law will not only play havoc with the food sector in the state, but may open the floodgates to a patchwork of other GMO labeling laws in other states.
But it's too late for a voluntary approach. With Campbells' move, the writing is on the wall for the entire food sector. No company that cares about the perception of its brand can afford to take a stance that appears to oppose any consumer interest. Note that Campbell's has made its break with the GMA very explicit:
As a result of its decision to support mandatory national GMO labeling, Campbell will withdraw from all efforts led by coalitions and groups opposing such measures.
That means you GMA. The game is up. Thankfully labeling is a good deal better than the total removal of GMO ingredients, a much more threatening move to the food chain that ironically has not panned out too well for those urban hipster capitalists over at Chipotle.
Why must labeling be mandatory? Because otherwise many companies will not label, and those that do may be singled out by anti-GMO lobbyists for consumer boycotts and brand damage. I fully accept that there is no scientific case for labeling, and that for the most part there is no nutritional or compositional difference between foods with GMO ingredients and those without. But that is no longer the point.
Let's look on the bright side of labeling too. Once GMO-derived products are labeled, there is no logical impediment to having more of them. Celiac-friendly baking products derived from GMO wheat? It's your choice. AquaBounty salmon? It's your choice. Labeling does not lead to a ban – quite the reverse. Labeling could lead to many more GMO products on our shelves, if consumers choose to buy them. Once products are labeled, asking then for a ban is illogical.
I want to make this point very clear. Once GMO products are labeled, anti-GMO lobby groups will have sacrificed their best argument. No-one is being denied the 'right to know'. Moreover, the antis will have no defensible reason to call for GMO bans – because then they would be the ones denying consumer choice. If they lobby retailers not to stock GMO AquaBounty salmon, or White Russet potatoes or Arctic Apples, the antis will be unambiguously reducing choice. Growers should then have a clearer route to market with new GMO products because it will not be an all-or-nothing situation in each case.
The issue here is choice, and more particularly informed choice. Farmers have the right to choose whether to grow GMO crops. Consumers have the right to choose whether to eat them. This is a much better situation to have than either prohibitions – such as the awful GMO farming ban in Jackson County, Oregon, or similar initiatives in Hawaiian islands – or the current lack of transparency in the food chain in general, the basic fuel which feeds the anti-GMO fire.
I'm also very impressed that Campbells has accompanied its labeling announcement with a stout defence of GMO technology.
"Campbell continues to recognize that GMOs are safe, as the science indicates that foods derived from crops grown using genetically modified seeds are not nutritionally different from other foods. The company also believes technology will play a crucial role in feeding the world."
Amen to that. This once again reinforces the psychology point I have made repeatedly about labeling: identifying the presence of GMOs in food products does not make people feel they are more risky, it makes people feel they are safer. Freedom of choice dissipates fear and exposes the anti-GMO conspiracy theorists for the deluded fools they are. GMOs should be 'out and proud', shouting about how they are reducing pesticides, making farming more sustainable and improving food security in developing countries.
On the other hand, simply lecturing people about the science doesn't work – you have to accompany this with giving them the ability to make informed choices about what they eat. You have to trust the consumer, not tell them that they don't need to know about something because the experts all agree it is safe. (In these cynical times that hierarchical approach definitely not going to work.)
In my view this looks good for Campbell and will help build the company's ethical brand. This is not a company that is being dragged kicking and screaming into revealing a dark secret about its products. This is a company that is getting out in front of a difficult issue and forcing change on an entire sector. Let's hope other key players 'get it' sooner rather than later. This is not an issue where any company in the sector can afford to be left behind defending the indefensible for very much longer.


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TORONTO – J.A. Happ found what he was looking for. Steve Delabar is still searching. And Mariano Rivera remains old reliable.
After a rough patch in recent weeks, Happ pitched seven shutout innings for the Toronto Blue Jays and left with a 3-0 lead over the New York Yankees. But Delabar, once one of the Jays' most reliable relievers, gave up the tying and lead runs in the eighth inning and Rivera retired the final four batters to collect his 652nd save in the Yankees' 4-3 victory.
Happ was charged with one run after yielding a leadoff double in the eighth. After Aaron Loup gave up a single, Delabar surrendered three straight hits, the clincher coming on a two-run double by ex-Jay Vernon Wells.
The Jays and Yankees have split the first two games in their final series. The finale goes Thursday night, after a ceremony to honour Rivera, who will retire after the season. Toronto is 4-14 vs. the Yankees this year.
After failing to hold the lead, Delabar said he "couldn't feel worse" for Happ.
"Absolutely, he pitched a great game today," Delabar said. "We're down there trying to give him as much support as we can, then you come in and to not get the job done, it's a slap in the face."
Delabar took a 1.71 ERA into his All-Star Game appearance, but started to sag shortly thereafter and spent August on the disabled list recovering from a sore shoulder. In his past three games, covering 2 1/3 innings, he has allowed five runs and seven hits.
Asked whether his shoulder is healthy, he replied ambiguously.
First and second, we want to get that tying run to third base and hopefully take a shot and get a base hit. That's not easy
"I could say yes, but it's been a long year," he said. "We're still fighting. We've got a few things left, but we're going to give it what we can."
It has been a season of discontent for Happ. Since returning to the rotation after three months on the disabled list, he had endured a worrisome patch, posting a 5.22 ERA in his previous six starts.
High pitch counts led to early exits – in some cases, too early for Happ's liking. He would have preferred to work his way out of the messes he made, but manager John Gibbons followed his usual mantra: the game situation dictates how long his starter stays.
Neither pitcher nor manager had to face such a quandary during Happ's session against the Yankees. Happ allowed four hits, struck out seven and threw 101 pitches.
Gibbons was duly impressed with Happ's outing. "I thought he was tremendous tonight … We pissed it away, but he should feel good about that."
Happ has been working with pitching coach Pete Walker to lower his over-the-top arm slot, and while the change will take time, he said he thought he maintained the new angle "for the most part" against the Yankees.
For seven innings, the game carried echoes of the previous night, when the Jays won 2-0 behind R.A. Dickey's strong start and homers by Colby Rasmus and Rajai Davis.
Rasmus was back at it Wednesday, snapping a scoreless tie in the fourth with a two-run shot, his 22nd, into the second deck in right field. Since returning from a month on the disabled list, Rasmus has played four games and homered in each one. It took 35 games for him to hit his previous four homers.
His blast off Phil Hughes brought manager Joe Girardi out to replace his starter. Two batters later, in a lefty-lefty matchup, Ryan Goins hit his first career homer off reliever David Huff to put the Jays up 3-0.
Adam Lind and Rasmus reached Rivera for singles to open the ninth. Pinch-hitting for Moises Sierra, Munenori Kawasaki bunted into a force-out at third before Goins grounded out and J.P. Arencibia struck out.
Rivera is notoriously tough to bunt against, having allowed 26 sacrifice bunts in his 19-year career. Gibbons defended the move.
"[Kawasaki] is a pretty good bunter," he said. "First and second, we want to get that tying run to third base and hopefully take a shot and get a base hit. That's not easy to come by, but it's tough to get a lot of hits in a row off Rivera. And [Kawasaki] is a good bunter. I don't question that."
The bunt bounced in front of the plate and Lyle Overbay, charging hard from first, easily threw out pinch-runner Kevin Pillar at third.


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Wellington: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's participation in the third and final cricket Test against New Zealand remains uncertain with the team management set to take a final decision on Friday.
Dhoni said the back injury that kept him out of the second Test in Napier has improved a lot even though he was not willing to commit whether he would play on Friday.
"My back has improved a lot. But we have to see how I am before the game," Dhoni said.
"In a limited overs match, you know the maximum you can keep is 50 overs, but on a good, flat track in a Test you will have to be ready for 120 overs. I will have to see how I am tomorrow morning," he said.
In Dhoni's absence, his deputy Virender Sehwag led India in Napier where the visitors huffed and puffed before forcing a draw in the match. Dhoni, however, felt his possible absence would not weaken the team in any way.
"I am not that kind of player that the team relies on me a lot. Whether I am playing or not, will not have much impact on the team," Dhoni said.
Dhoni was wearing a support for his back at the nets even though he went through the chores to indicate that he might play the decider starting at the Basin Reserve in Wellington on Friday.


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THIS IS THE LAST DAY TO SIGN UP FOR THE BCCC! Let us know if you're interested ASAP!
ONE HOUR OLY with Sammy, 12-1pm.
CROSSFIT ENDURANCE (Rowing), with Liz, at 530pm.
FOUNDATIONS, with Liz, at 630pm.
HYBRID/ADVANCED OLY, 530-730pm.
ADVANCED OLY, 730-930pm.
GYMNASTICS, with Sammy, at 730pm.
SELF-MYOFASCIAL RELEASE: Lax Ball Feet, Lower Legs, Glutes, and Hamstrings, 8 minutes.
DYNAMIC WARM-UP: Review the drills for the squat clean.
SKILL WORK: Every minute on the minute for 10 minutes: 2 Squat Cleans. Begin at a load that is at least half of your clean max and work up as you are able. You may go up in weight as long as you are not failing the lift. If you fail a lift you must back down to the weight you used in the previous set. If you are feeling entirely unstable and are very new to the lift, take NO shame in simply completing this as a drill with PVC! Form matters SO much more than load here.
STRENGTH: Supinated Grip Pull-up, every two minutes for 16 minutes, a set of two supinated grip pull-ups (so, 16 total pull-ups).
- Your jumps for the Supinated Grip Pull-up if you are beginning with a lot of help with a band should be as follows (let's say your best pull-up is a mini band pull-up (supinated grip): Begin with Light Band. If this set is a little slow on the second rep, do it again. If the second set is good, add 2.5-5lbs to the Light Band. Using the same rules (the set must be FAST, and feel strong), continue to move up to Mini Band, and add the same (2.5-5lbs.) If you fail on ANY set, you MUST drop back down to the weight you successfully completed.
- If you are NOT beginning with a lot of help from a band (aka – you are beginning with a BODYWEIGHT set) – complete your bodyweight set before the timed sets begin and move up to 25% of this for your first set, then 50%, then 65%, then 75%, then up in 10% increments of your best weighted pull-up as you are able. Ex: if your best is 100lbs. x 1, begin with 25lbs. Your second set will be 50lbs., third set 65lbs., fourth set 75lbs., fifth set, 85lbs. and if this is slow, you'll stay there and the sixth set will be a repeat of 85lbs. If you can move up from here, continue to. If the quality of your set drops here (or of course if you fail – stop moving up!)
FOR QUALITY: 5 Rounds of: 30 second Handstand Hold, 30 second Side Plank Hold, 30 second Side Plank Hold, 30 second Front Plank Hold.


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Nakamura Yoshikoto
Nakamura Yoshikoto (中村 是公 , also Nakamura Korekimi, December 18, 1867 – March 1, 1927) was a government bureaucrat, entrepreneur, and politician in late Meiji period Japan. He served as second Chairman of the South Manchurian Railway Company, Mayor of Tokyo, Railroad Minister, and was a member of the House of Peers. He was also known as Nakamura Zekō.[1]
Nakamura was born in Aki Province, in what is now part of Saeki-ku, Hiroshima; however, as his father was a retainer of the Chōshū Domain, for political reasons Nakamura frequently claimed to be a native of Yamaguchi prefecture. He attended the First Tokyo Middle School (now Hibiya High School), where one of his classmates and close friends was the future author Natsume Sōseki. After graduating from the Law School of Tokyo Imperial University in 1893, Nakamura obtained a posting as a bureaucrat at the Ministry of Finance, and was sent to Akita Prefecture. He was later sent to work at the Japanese Governor-General of Taiwan, where he met his lifelong mentor, Gotō Shimpei.
After the Treaty of Portsmouth ended the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905, the Empire of Japan gained the former Russian territories of the Liaodong Peninsula in southern Manchuria, as well as the entire South Manchurian Railway. A new company was established to manage the railway and its extraterritorial properties (i.e. the South Manchurian Railway Zone), and Gotō Shimpei was recruited to head the new company due to his administrative experience and success in Taiwan.[2] Despite Nakamura's young age Gotō hand-picked him to be his assistant. In 1908, when Gotō was selected to become Minister of Communications, Nakamura succeeded him as Chairman of the South Manchurian Railway Company ("Mantetsu").
While Chairman, Nakamura continued to support Gotō politically as he went on to become Home Minister under the Yamamoto Gonnohyōe administration, and a leading figure of the Rikken Seiyūkai political party. Nakamura also maintained correspondence with his school friend Natsume Soseki, and invited him to tour Korea and Manchuria at Mantetsu expense in 1909 in exchange for publicity. An account of his travels was serialized by Asahi Newspaper as Manchuria and Korea, Here and There (満韓ところどころ Mankan tokoro-dokoro).[3]
In 1917, Nakamura was appointed to the House of Peers of the Imperial Diet, and subsequently became Railway Minister in the Terauchi cabinet. Nakamura became Mayor of Tokyo in 1924 and made strenuous efforts towards the rapid reconstruction of the Japanese capital city still devastated by the Great Kantō earthquake of 1923. He was forced out of office in 1926.
Nakamura died of a peptic ulcer in 1927 at the age of 61.
- Young, Louise (1999). Japan's Total Empire: Manchuria and the Culture of Wartime Imperialism. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-21934-1.
- Sims, Richard (2001). Japanese Political History Since the Meiji Renovation 1868-2000. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 0-312-23915-7.
- Gessel, Van C. Three Modern Novelists: Soseki, Tanizaki, Kawabata. Kodansha International, 1993
- Lists of Japanese Cabinet Ministers


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These pups can be very very challenging for most of us. Hopefully you've been able to get thru alot of the http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum...s-puppies.html and http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum...imer-tips.html sites. I have a 4 month old puppy and am wandering thru them myself.
Have you got any great trainers in your area? HUGE help to get someone who'd trained many puppies to help us. Learning is more fun for dog and handler
Here's showing after class from just a few weeks ago!
First tip: Your not the dogs parent . She is a dog not a furry child, treat her as such and you will both be more happy and fulfilled.
Not trying to be mean but this type of thinking is very common and leads to many of the easily avoided/fixable behavior issues you see on here and in real life every day.
Have fun with your new dog.
Hello - new GSD parent from New Zealand
Hello, I am from New Zealand, 3 months ago my partner and I adopted 5 month old German Shepherd -Skye - from our local animal shelter. She was surrendered by a breeder as she had mange and a beautiful star shaped patch of white fur on her chest which I understand is not the breed standard. She is a short coated dog.
Skye is not our first GSD - we also are proud parents to an almost 11 year old GSD female (also a rescue dog) who is a model dog and is like teddy bear! (She is a medium length coat, I think this is called a 'plush coat' but I'm not sure!). We also have 4 beautiful cats (all rescue also) and I must admit that I've always been a 'cat person' - I have not grown up with dogs but have always liked them (although not the love that I have for my girls!).
Now my Skye is 8 months and is going through patch of very naughty behaviour which I understand from these forums is fairly typical - I have a LOT to learn and am very keen for any tips or guidance anyone may have for my very first time as a real dog parent!
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text: RT Book, Whole DB /z-wcorg/ DS http://worldcat.org ID 45786142 LA English T1 The state of the world's refugees, 2000 : fifty years of humanitarian action. A1 Cutts, Mark., Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees., PB UNHCR ; Oxford University Press PP Geneva; New York YR 2000 SN 019924104X 9780199241040 0199241066 9780199241064 AB "This book describes the development of international refugee law and the establishment of institutions devoted to the protection of refugees and other displaced people. It traces the major crises in which UNHCR has been involved since its establishment 50 years ago. Beginning with the mass displacement in Europe after the Second World War, the book addresses the flight of refugees from Hungary in 1956, crises associated with the process of decolonization in Africa, the Bangladesh refugee emergency in 1971, the sustained exodus from Indochina which began in the 1970s, and the large outflows resulting from the protracted wars of the 1980s in Afghanistan, the Horn of Africa, and Central America." "Looking at the challenges of the 1990s, the book examines the population shifts in the former Soviet region, the Kurdish exodus from northern Iraq following the Gulf war, the increasingly restrictive asylum policies in Europe and North America, and the recent crises in the Balkans, the Great Lakes region of Africa, East Timor, and the Caucasus." "In this timely and important publication, UNHCR emphasizes the need to find lasting solutions to problems of forced displacement. Without human security, it argues, there can be no peace and stability."--Jacket.


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Timber Creek's Monarch knows how to tackle adversity
Some of his friends call Sam Monarch "butterfly," but on the football field, the nose tackle stings like a bee for the freshman team at Timber Creek (Orlando).
"He's very powerful for his size (5-9, 168 pound)," said coach Mike Weems. "Sam gets double-teamed about 50 to 60 percent of the time."
Monarch, 15, earned a starting spot despite missing the lower half of one arm. He was born with amniotic band syndrome, which prevented full development of his right arm.
"When I tackle, I hit them as hard as I can," Monarch said. "I try to hit them before they hit me."
Weems said it's hard to explain exactly how Monarch is adapting so well, particularly since he played only one year of Pop Warner football. Timber Creek's freshmen are 1-0 and played Lake Nona (Orlando) on Thursday.
"His biggest problem is he needs to gain some size, like a lot of our players," Weems said. "I don't think his right arm is as much a disability as everybody thinks. He's lived his whole life with one hand and he's learned to compensate.
"When he makes a tackle, it doesn't look that different than a young man would make with two arms. He wraps it up good with his left hand and arm. He finishes tackles with his legs. Instead of dragging them down, he drives through on the tackle."
Monarch ran track in middle school and played volleyball, but said he enjoys the aggressive nature of football.
"I've grown up playing in the backyard and I wanted the experience of playing organized football," Monarch said. "I've been lucky. The other players treat me like anybody else."
Monarch has stood out in one area, however. He usually leads the team in prayer after practice. Monarch's parents work for Campus Crusade for Christ International, whose headquarters are in Orlando. Monarch said his faith and football mesh easily.
"It's very easy to intertwine the two," he said. "You can go out there and be a great football player, but if you don't give the glory to God, what good is that?"
His parents, Thomas and Jill Monarch, adopted him from Tula, Russia, when he was just under 2. He has two older sisters and two adopted younger siblings, a sister with Down syndrome and a brother with cystic fibrosis.
"His parents are unbelievable people to be able to adopt Sam and the two younger siblings," Weems said. "He has a great outlook on life and his parents have had something to do with that. I can't imagine to have all the adversity they've had to overcome to raise Sam and his younger siblings."
Once football season is over, Weems, who is Timber Creek's wrestling coach, would love to see what Monarch could do on the mat.
"He has the qualities for wrestling as far as hard work and tenacity that you can't really teach," Weems said.
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My Browning Silver has the barrel stuck pretty well. I don't break it down completely every time and now I regret that. It's got the dura touch camo finish. I would take it to a gunsmith but I can't find an opening this holiday week.
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Unfortunately, batons aren't "OK" in most places. If you do keep them, I would fill a canvas duffel bag with clothes/linens, and REALLY whack on it. ASPs don't bend or wobble after a good workout, anything else, I would give a good trial run to.
I definitely wouldn't open-carry these. 30" will have the swing of a short-sword- great for breaking through a mob, or fighting someone armed with a bat, but getting it solidly open in confined spaces can be a touch tricky.
I know ASP makes a flashlight that will screw onto their batons- I don't know if there are any after-market products that are similar, but, with the larger stick, that would be the way to go: flashlight head sticking out of your rear pocket, getting some knicks and dings. Won't get a second glance, after it gets a few miles on it. I know of a CA truckstop where CHP only goes with 4 or more cars, and they only get called after things are "getting stiff"- perfect for that environment. Use could have unfavorable ramifications, used in "gentler climes".


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Alexei Abrikosov, Vitaly Ginzburg and Anthony Leggett won the 2003 Nobel Prize in physics, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced.
The trio was awarded the prize for their work in quantum physics concerning superconductivity and superfluidity.
Abrikosov, 75, a Russian and American citizen; Ginzburg, 87, a Russian; and Leggett, 65, a British and American citizen, were worked to improve knowledge of superconductivity and superfluidity.
Superconducting material is used, as an example, in magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, and can gave deeper insight into the ways in which matter behaves in its lowest and most ordered state, the academy said in its citation.
At low temperatures, certain metals will let an electric current pass through them without any resistance, the academy.
The prize includes a check for 10 million kronor ($1.9 million), and bestows a deeper sense of academic and medical integrity upon the winners.
Alfred Nobel, the wealthy Swedish industrialist and inventor of dynamite who endowed the prizes, left only vague guidelines for the selection committee.
In his will he said the prize revealed today should be given to those who "shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind" and "shall have made the most important discovery or invention within the field of physics."
The academy, which also chooses the chemistry and economics winners, invited nominations from previous recipients and experts in the fields before cutting down its choices.
This year's Nobel awards started last week with the awarding of the Nobel Prize in literature to South Africa author JM Coetzee.
Yesterday, American Paul Lauterbur, 74, and Briton Sir Peter Mansfield, 70, were selected by a committee at the Karolinska Institute for the 2003 Nobel Prize in medicine for discoveries leading to a technique that reveals images of the body's inner organs.
Magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, has become a routine method for medical diagnosis and treatment. It is used to examine almost all organs without need for surgery, but is especially valuable for detailed examination of the brain and spinal cord.
The winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry will be named on Wednesday morning and the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel later the same day.
The winner of the coveted peace prize - the only one not awarded in Sweden - will be announced on Friday in Oslo, Norway.
The prizes, which include a gold medal and a diploma, are presented on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel's death in 1896, in Stockholm and in Oslo.
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ANDERSEN: It's a great win. The kids played extremely hard. I thought that was maybe overall our best team victory of the season as far as just every aspect of the game -- offense, defense, special teams -- being a factor in a positive way.
And it's never perfect, but we knew this was going to be a battle. We knew it was going to be physical. I appreciate the kids listening to me and understanding when I talked to them about the toughness of the team that was walking in here. That's a tough team. They'll be tough every week. They'll be tough every year.
A lot of respect for BYU. It was great to beat them. So away we go.
Proud of this football program and the way they handled themselves and the way they took care of business this week.
QUESTION: Gary, I know you always salute the players when they make plays, but can you talk about the defensive game plan that was devised to, especially contain (Taysom) Hill and that offense in general?
ANDERSEN: Absolutely. I thought they did a nice job as a staff. Dave (Aranda) and his staff, they were highly worried walking into this game, but if you look at it and some different things that took place you know, Dez (Southward) moves out to corner, Nate Hammon moves out and has to play (Mitch) Mathews a lot in some man to man situations. Those are matchups that you look at on film and you prepare and study like crazy and then put the kids in position with the game play you think will work.
I thought our pressure on the quarterback was good. The adjustments were good. We were able to get Chris (Borland) freed up a little bit on some rushes. Our pass rush in the second half wasn't quite as good.
The other thing is the game plan as far as handling the pace. The pace was a nonfactor, and that was huge for us. So there wasn't confusion. There wasn't guys running around and looking to see what was going to happen and where we were going.
So the coaches did a nice job. Like I talked about earlier, it's got to go from the coordinator it's got to go personnel group to the coordinator, onto the field to the kids, and they've got to make their calls and get themselves lined up, and they did that in a timely manner the whole day long.
So coaches did a great job, and the kids executed.
QUESTION: Gary, to what degree did you personally reach out to your Utah connections to prepare for this game?
ANDERSEN: You know, not a lot. I talked to Kyle a little bit this week, Kyle Whittingham, the head coach at Utah, spent a little time with him. I'm sure Coach Aranda reached out and talked to a few different people.
It's kind of the film at this point. There's so many game films that you get to look at now that you kind of know who people are.
QUESTION: You talked about James White's performance last week at Iowa. Were there some similarities in this one? There weren't a lot of big plays, but it looked like he made some plays here and there, both as a receiver, runner, picking up blitzes a couple of times.
ANDERSEN: Yeah, I was going to say the first thing I'll say about James, everybody sees him on the ball, everybody sees him scoring those big touchdowns, trust me, those are tremendous plays. But there was one play in the game that was a corner blitz. Corner was free off the edge. There's no way Joel (Stave) gets that ball off.
Joel's turned -- his back is turned, and he's cocked and ready to throw the ball. It was a big play. I can't remember exactly how many yards it got, if it was third down or what it was, but it was a big play, and we got a completed pass.
James scanned it, came back, looked across the protection and bumped the corner right off. Those plays are huge plays. At that point in the game, we ended up scoring on that drive. So it was good.
He's playing very well at a high level. And then the other one he popped was a lot like the Iowa run. You thought, okay, it's third and two. Looks like he got the first down. Next time you look up, he's in the end zone doing that little dance they do. I love that dance.
But it's James is playing very, very well, at a high level.
QUESTION: What did you like specifically about the matchup with Dez at corner on Number 2?
ANDERSEN: (Cody) Hoffman is so physical, and Mathews is too. You've got to have some length to be able to stay with them. Those contested balls they get up there and they caught a great contested ball on the fade in the second half. I don't know what else you can tell Dez to do really in that situation. He got a little bit beat off the line or what have you, but I thought he covered him well.
It was just clearly matchups, allowing our kids to be able to get physical with them at the line of scrimmage. We felt like we could gain an advantage pre snap, and hopefully our rush would take off and make the fade balls be difficult. It's kind of the essence of man coverage, if you will, is to disrupt and take offense out of their comfort zones.
QUESTION: Gary, is James the most complete back you've been around, and are you talking about the blitz pickup on the two minute drill? Is that the one you're referring to?
ANDERSEN: You know what, I'm so dazed right now, my mind is all over the place going through there. I don't know which one it was, but he had a bunch of them.
You know what, James is. I would agree with that. His ability to block and be physical, his ability to be our downhill runner, have some speed on the outside, and catch the football is a very unique package, and he can do all that stuff very well.
QUESTION: One more about James. How much do you attribute just to the urgency of being a senior, his kind of time here is winding down, the way he's performing the last few weeks?
ANDERSEN: A lot of things are important to James. That's a big part of it. He loves Wisconsin. He loves his teammates, there's no doubt about it. He does see that you know, the time ticking on him day by day. It gives kids a little bit of an edge, especially when you're a senior.
I know it sure did for me when I was playing, and I know these kids, they want to be together for a long time. So I'm sure that fuels his fire.
But he has a big desire to play at the next level, and that's okay. There's nothing wrong with talking about that, and that's my goal, and that's where I want to be, and he's got to play well to have that opportunity.
So a lot of things drive James, but the number one thing that drives him is the University of Wisconsin and getting victories with his teammates, I promise you that.
QUESTION: Gary, did you sense any sort of emotional lift from having Tyler Dippel back?
ANDERSEN: You know, Tyler was able to get in front of the kids prior to, in the locker room, when we left. I would bet that was a little edge. Gave me an edge. Not that that matters on game day for me, whether I have an edge or not too much.
But the edge that our kids have, they seem to be prepared every week. They were ready. It was good for them to see Tyler.
When we go for our team walk in the morning, Tyler was our, what we call our post. He was our first guy that every kid on the team got to shake his hand, and that was just a way to welcome him back and say, Let's go.
I think this was great for Tyler to be able to go out and compete and then have an evening with his teammates will be great.
QUESTION: When did he get back into town, and was there any question in your mind or his whether or not he was going to be able to go?
ANDERSEN: Late last night, 8:30 ish, I would say, around there, when I got a text back from him. No doubt in my mind he'd be able to play limited.
Pat Muldoon took the little playbook with him and his iPad with him, and they studied some film and got themselves where they needed to be. I know Tyler did that on the flight over here, and he got the game plan in his mind. If anybody can come in and do that, it would be that group of defensive linemen because they'll study it like crazy and get ready.
QUESTION: Clearly, Wisconsin and BYU aren't rivals, but considering your past, does this game, this win mean any more to you?
ANDERSEN: Yeah, I can't say it doesn't. It's a big victory when you grow up and that's that's the team that you're not supposed to like from the time that you're whenever you start learning things.
We all know I've got great respect for BYU. I can't say I dislike them. I don't. It's a competitive team, and it's a big win for us.
University of Wisconsin gets seven wins, improves our opportunity to have an opportunity to be a great team, and we're still working down those lines to get there. We've got to keep on fighting to get ready for next week.
QUESTION: Gary, the other day, when we were talking to Dave Aranda about a red zone defense, you were talking about how teams like to go side to side when they get closer. There was a third down play, you guys were up 7 0, looked like Tyler (Dippel) flushed the quarterback, and (Michael) Caputo came up and closed on him and resulted in an incompletion. Can you address the importance of that, getting that stop, and holding them to a field goal instead of a touchdown?
ANDERSEN: Our red zone defense, they really have an attitude when they get out there. Plays like that have been made. You go back to the Iowa game and you go to this game tonight and allow those guys to get in there and kick a field goal, they're huge momentum swings.
The defense, it's not what they want at the end. They want zero points. But if you can walk out, once you get into the red zone, the gear shifts. If you can get them to kick a field goal, it's job well done. That is the bottom line. They've done a good job with that.
They didn't like giving that one up there at the end. That was a little disheartening for them, but they're solid, they're salty down there. And I've been around some defenses in the past that may not have that belief. They get down in the red zone, and it's like, 'Oh, man, the field is short.'
The fact of the matter is it's hard for people to score down there if you play solid D.
QUESTION: BYU seemed to do a pretty good job of limiting Melvin's explosiveness. Is he at full strength?
ANDERSEN: Yeah, he is. Yeah, I think Melvin, he's good in practice, looks fast and clean. Those kids on BYU, they're fast, they can run, and they're good tacklers.
QUESTION: Gary, you said the players were a little bit disheartened on the last score. Is there any disappointment on any level about having scratch and claw on a game you looked like you could have put away a little earlier?
ANDERSEN: None whatsoever. I think we were in a good spot, and you play a good team, you're going to have to grind like crazy to get the victories at the end.
The one drive, would you like to have it back? Always. But we won. So that's all that matters. 7 2, baby.
QUESTION: It seemed like Joel had a chance for a couple of touchdown passes. What did you see in his performance?
ANDERSEN: You know, he'd love to have the one back, obviously, which we all saw. Overall, Joel seemed to have pretty good poise in the pocket, made some big throws.
The touchdown throw he had at the end of the second quarter was huge. Looked around, scoured the field. Trust me, that's not his first, second, or third look, and that throw, he checked the ball down and scored a touchdown to James. That was a big time play.
But Joel is, again, checking the run game. He's managing the game. And I don't think you can underestimate those words. Managing the game is very important for our offense and always will be. He's handling it well.
So you always want to dissect the quarterback and look for perfection. That's never going to happen in any position. He's getting better every week.
QUESTION: Gary, what's your message to the team as you guys get back to Big Ten play this week with Indiana? The goals that are still out there for you guys.
ANDERSEN: No real message, just business as usual. The biggest message I keep sharing with them is now everything we do is three guarantees left, and we'll get to that bowl game and have fun when we get to the opportunity.
But in a regular season right now, we're sitting in the Big Ten, we're 4 1, and we have some we have the ability to do some special things and have a special record in the Big Ten, but that's all out there. Three games left. We'll see what happens.
QUESTION: Could you talk about Chris Borland coming back and what it meant to this team and how his performance really helped out the production on defense.
ANDERSEN: Yeah, well, you can see his plays. When he flies around there, he smacked some guys pretty good today, and he plays with such a high level of intensity and a want to. There's just a little bit extra when Chris is out there on the field as far as leadership.
The thing I like about this defense is I can't say this defense is waiting for Chris Borland to make plays, which is good to see. Chris is he'll get his what did he have? 13 tackles today or whatever it was. He's made some great plays and will continue to do that.
This defense is very happy to have him out there, and I am too. It's nice to see him running around out there again.
QUESTION: Gary, you said there would be no special message after this game. Do you think they've handled their business since the Ohio State game? Not worried about they've been asked about the BCS, they've been asked about the Big Ten Championship, but it seems like they haven't worried about that.
ANDERSEN: No, I don't think they're worried about that one bit. All that stuff, it's not in your control. Why worry about things that you can't control? Just get ready, prepare, and all we can control is the next opponent, and do a good job on Saturdays, and take care of ourselves as a football team.
They've got enough to worry about if they worry about themselves socially, academically, and then athletically. Those kids have plenty to worry about. They don't need to worry about some poll.
QUESTION: All three of your scoring drives in the first half were 11 plays, over 60 yards. How important was it for you to sustain some long drives and put some points on the board, keeping their offense off the field?
ANDERSEN: It was huge. I haven't looked at the stats to see the overall time of possession. It was good for us to be able to continually drive the ball.
Probably one of the best things you could say about the offense today is you didn't have a bunch of negative plays. There was some, obviously, and a sack here or a run here, whatever it may have been, but for the most part, BYU thrives on that type of defense, making the big plays behind the line of scrimmage. They thrive on turnovers.
We were able to handle that for the most part and keep the game within our control so they don't get in a feeding frenzy, and that's the type of defense they played for years and years, and that's how I believe our defense is built too. You want those kids to feel like that on defense. I don't think we ever let them get completely settled.
QUESTION: Gary, seeing how the plays that Tanner McEvoy is playing, do you still have him in your quarterback picture going forward after this season?
ANDERSEN: I haven't even thought about that. He's a safety next week, and we'll move on from there. I don't know about that one.
QUESTION: Do you feel comfortable with the way Jack Russell is now hitting the ball. He had the one that was wiped out last week, but he got his first two today.
ANDERSEN: Yeah, I thought after the first PAT, he really started getting the ball up even better and seemed to strike it pretty well today.
I'm proud of those crew of specialists. They're having some success. It's good to see. It's fun to see it. It's fun to see the support they have of each other. Kyle's out there supporting Jack now, and they're all working as a unit. Good for them. It's good to see.
QUESTION: Can you talk about Caputo's role in stopping Hill, particularly some of the quarterback runs?
ANDERSEN: They get in the quarterback runs, they go plus one on you really quick. You're back there in a four wide receiver set, and you've got the offensive line sitting there and the running back in the backfield wants to go be a lead blocker, you don't have a plus one in the box unless you cheat that safety down there real quick. That's what Michael did today. I thought he was very physical, for the most part, on his tackles.
That kid will throw it in there. You want to talk about tough, physical, want to, care factor, it's all rolled up into one with that man. He's in a position to where it's great to see him have success.
He's also very smart. He gets things lined up. He did everything today. He blitzed. He played the post. He played man to man coverage, you name it. He was everywhere.
QUESTION: Gary, back to McEvoy, if you don't mind. Do you think that might have been his most complete performance, with your big play, the pick early, and just flying around, it seemed like?
ANDERSEN: Yeah he seemed to it's just to get a little more comfortable, I think, every week with him. That was a big play. I hope he would have got the pick because it was like it was lobbed up in a softball game, so hit it out of the park. He got that one. He made that play.
He's also made some more physical. I think he's becoming more confident in the post. I think he's getting more confident in breaking his angles and reading the quarterback's eyes, and he's getting more confident in his tackling ability.
So he's improving, and he has enough games underneath his belt now where there's really no excuse for him not to play well.


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'It' Reveals a New Look at Bill Skarsgård's Pennywise
Posted on Tuesday, August 16th, 2016 by Jacob Hall
Director Andy Muschiettii is currently deep into filming his adaptation of Stephen King's It and he's been sharing unofficial glimpses of the set (and a few key locations) over on his Instagram page. Today's new look at the film is anything but unofficial. We saw our first look at Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise the Dancing Clown, the chief face of the film's shapeshifting villain, a few weeks ago. But that deliberately cropped close-up has nothing on this new image, which reveals this fear-eating, kid-killing, monstrosity in all of his creepy glory.


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Laws, Regulations & Annotations
Property Taxes Law Guide – Revision 2017
Government Code Provisions
Provisions Relating to Solar-Use Easements
Chapter 6.9. SOLAR-USE EASEMENT*
Article 3. Extinguishment of a Solar-Use Easement
Section 51192.1
51192.1. Restoration of land. In the case of a solar-use easement that is extinguished because of a notice of nonrenewal by the landowner or due to termination, the landowner shall restore the land that is subject to the easement to the conditions that existed before the approval of the easement by the time the easement terminates.
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Private shareholders asking questions at the meeting had made clear their anger at the proposed deal, which will see in-administration Railtrack Plc sold off to a not-for-profit new company Network Rail, for £500m. The deal means the shareholders are expected to get about 245p to 255p a share.
The Railtrack Private Shareholders Action Group believes Railtrack is worth far more than £500m. But in figures disclosed at the end of the emotional three-hour meeting it became clear that postal voting carried out already means the proposal will go ahead.
In the postal voting, 276,439,336 shares were in favour of the proposal, and 9,267,531 against. The vote for represents 53.2% of the total shares in issue, and only a simple majority is needed. The effect is that angry shareholders voting in person today cannot affect the outcome, which will also see Railtrack selling its interest in the Channel Tunnel Rail Link to the London & Continental Railways company for £375m.
It had been expected that private shareholders would be heavily outvoted by major institutional shareholders who own more than 80% of the 519m shares in Railtrack and were known to be backing the deal.
Hundreds of private shareholders flocked to the extraordinary general meeting at Alexandra Palace in north London and the Board of Railtrack Group came in for some fierce questioning.
Investors were demanding that the company fight on and litigate for a better deal.
One shareholder asked: 'Where's your backbone? You've won one battle, why not battle on?' This was a reference to initial indications that shareholders would receive no compensation.
But group chairman Geoffrey Howe told them: 'The board has to look at the options that are there, the choice is the offer which is on the table, which produces a certain amount of money for the shareholders, or litigate and fight on.'
'In the board's view that is a risky and uncertain option. You don't know if you will be successful, you don't know how long it will take you, how much it will cost you, and how much you will get.'
And he added: 'The proposals in front of you today are part of a package which should permit between 245p and 255p being returned to shareholders. While I know that many shareholders believe this sum should be higher, the board has to be realistic about the options that are available.
'It is only 10% less than the share price on the day our subsidiary Railtrack Plc went into administration and it is a significant advance on the Government's initial position that shareholders would receive nothing.'
Following moves by former Transport Secretary Stephen Byers, Railtrack Plc was put into administration in October 2001 and the shares, which have once been as high as £17 were suspended at 280p. Shares began trading again on the London Stock Market on June 27 this year.Reuse content


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Century Theatres
12155 N. Oracle Road, 742-6512
Dredd (R)
Dredd 3D (R)
End of Watch (R)
House at the End of the Street (PG-13)
Trouble with the Curve (PG-13)
Finding Nemo (G)
Finding Nemo 3D (G)
The Master (R)
Resident Evil: Retribution (R)
Resident Evil: Retribution 3D (R)
The Words (PG-13)
The Possession (PG-13)
Lawless (2012) (R)
Robot & Frank (PG-13)
The Bourne Legacy (PG-13)
2016 Obama's America (PG)
Farewell, My Queen (R)
7401 N. La Cholla Blvd., 742-6174
Dredd (R)
Dredd 3D (R)
End of Watch (R)
House at the End of the Street (PG-13)
Trouble with the Curve (PG-13)
Resident Evil: Retribution IMAX (R)
Finding Nemo 3D (G)
Last Ounce of Courage (PG)
The Master (R)
Resident Evil: Retribution (R)
Resident Evil: Retribution 3D (R)
The Words (PG-13)
The Possession (PG-13)
Lawless (2012) (R)
The Expendables 2 (R)
The Odd Life of Timothy Green (PG)
The Bourne Legacy (PG-13)
The Dark Knight Rises (PG-13)
2016 Obama's America (PG)
Oracle View
4690 N. Oracle Road, 292-2430
The Watch (R)
Savages (R)
The Amazing Spider-Man (PG-13)
Magic Mike (R)
Ted (R)
To Rome with Love (R)
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (PG)
Snow White and the Huntsman (PG-13)
Men in Black III (PG-13)
Marvel's The Avengers (PG-13)
Tower Theatres
8031 N. Business Park Drive, 579-0500
Dredd (R)
End of Watch (R)
House at the End of the Street (PG-13)
Trouble with the Curve (PG-13)
Finding Nemo (G)
Finding Nemo 3D (G)
Resident Evil: Retribution (R)
The Cold Light of Day (PG-13)
The Words (PG-13)
The Possession (PG-13)
Lawless (2012) (R)
The Expendables 2 (R)
ParaNorman (PG)
The Odd Life of Timothy Green (PG)
The Bourne Legacy (PG-13)
Ice Age: Continental Drift (PG)
Friday to Sunday, Sept. 28-Oct. 7
• Bring the whole family for a performance of the lively and humorous Rudyard Kipling classic The Jungle Book about an Indian boy raised by caring wolves in the jungles of India. Details: 7 p.m. Friday, 2 & 7 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday; Pima Community College, Proscenium Theatre, 2202 W. Anklam Rd.; $6; 206-6986.
Through Sunday, Sept. 30
• Catch a performance of one of the greatest Broadway musicals, South Pacific. Details: 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday; Red Barn Theater, 948 N. Main Ave.; $10-$16; 887-6239.
Through Saturday, Oct. 6
• Enjoy a performance of the Arizona Theatre Company's award-winning musical Next to Normal that explores how one suburban family copes with crisis. Details: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 & 7 p.m. Sunday; Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Ave.; $47-$75; 622-2823.
Thursday to Sunday, Oct. 11-14
• See your favorite Disney characters and stories brought to life with the artistry of ice skating at Disney on Ice - Dare to Dream for an unforgettable show everyone will love. Details: 7 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 11 a.m., 3 & 7 p.m. Saturday, 1 & 5 p.m. Sunday; Tucson Arena, 260 S. Church Ave.; $12-$57; 800-745-3000.
Through Sunday, Nov. 11
• Catch a performance of The Phantom of the Opera as the Gaslight Theatre transforms the stage into post-Revolution Paris. Details: 7 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 6 & 8:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 & 7 p.m. Sunday; 7010 E. Broadway Blvd.; $17.95, $7.95 under 12; 886-9428.
Friday, Sept. 28
• Enjoy the Jazz Legends Live Benefit Concert with internationally recognized jazz musicians. Details: 5:30 p.m. dinner; 7 p.m. concert; Tucson Country Club, 2950 N. Camino Principal; $40-$99.
• Enjoy the music of Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers who pioneered a new style of blues combining Chicago grit, West Coast swing and jazz, and the rhythmic drive of the early R&B and rock & roll. Details: 8 p.m.; Palomino Plaza, 2970 N. Swan Rd., Suite 147; $23, $20 in advance; 319-9966.
• Don't miss War & Average White Band long hailed for their musical virtuosity and influences which include, jazz, rock, funk, soul, RB, and Latin. Details: 8 p.m.; Casino del Sol AVA Amphitheater, 5655 W. Valencia Rd.; $15-$40; 800-344-9435.
Saturday, Sept. 29
• Listen to the contemporary music of versatile guitarist and pianist, singer/songwriter John Gorka who's never short of sly comments or clever jokes to ignite his audience. Details: 8 p.m.; Plaza Palomino, Suite 147, 2970 N. Swan Rd.; $25, $22 in advance; 319-9966.
Saturday to Sunday, Sept. 29-30
• Enjoy the Tucson Chamber Artists' special program of American folk songs and spirituals How Sweet the Sound. Details: 7:30 p.m. Saturday; Resurrection Lutheran Church, 11575 N. First Ave.; or 3 p.m. Sunday; Vista de la Montaña Methodist Church, 3001 E. Miravista Ln.; $20, students free; 401-2651 or www.tucsonchamberartists.org.
Sunday, Sept. 30
• Listen to a beautiful collection of songs resulting from living through enormous difficulties from acclaimed singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter. Details: 7:30 p.m.; Fox Theatre, 17 W. Congress St.; $25-$75; 547-3040.
Monday, Oct. 1
• Enjoy an evening of jazz, pop and Broadway with vocalists Lisa Otey and Liz McMahon at the Lisa Otey & Friends Concert Series. Details: 7 p.m.; Z Mansion, 288 N. Church Ave.; $15; 370-5912.
• Enjoy the music of innovative American jazz guitarist and composer Pat Metheny in concert at the Fox Theater. Details: 8 p.m.; 17 W. Congress St.; $40-$50; 547-3040.
Tuesday, Oct. 2
• Listen to the music of the Eroica Trio in Recital featuring pianist Erika Nickrenz, violinist Sara Parkins, and cellist Sara Sant'Ambrogio. Details: 8 p.m.; Catalina Foothills High School, 4300 E. Sunrise Dr.; $25; 882-8585.
Friday, Oct. 5
• Don't miss the opening concert of Jazz Under the Stars Fall Series featuring the smooth jazz of Neamen Lyles and Dominic Amato. Details: 7 p.m.; Tohono Chul Park, 7366 N. Paseo Del Norte; $25, $20 in advance, $15 members, $10 students/active military; 742-6455.
Saturday-Sunday, Oct. 6-7
• Enjoy the opening concert of the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra season with the world premier of Jay Vosk: Running The Rim and more. Details: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, DesertView Performing Arts Center, 39900 Clubhouse Dr.; $23, $21 in advance; 825-2818; or 3 p.m. Sunday, St. Andrew's Church, 7575 N. Paseo del Norte; $20, under 17 free; 308-6226.
Sunday, Oct. 7
• Enjoy the music of timeless favorite George Thorogood with special guest Molly Hatchet. Details: 8 p.m.; Casino del Sol AVA Amphitheater, 5655 W. Valencia Rd.; $10-$45; 800-344-9435.
Wednesday to Sunday; Sept. 26-30
• Shop for great deals on art books and supplies at the Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild (SAWG) Fall Artists Market. Details: 1-5 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday; Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild Gallery, 5605 E. River Rd., Suite 131; free admission but canned goods donations to local food bank requested; 299-7294.
Thursday, Sept. 27
• Help raise funds for the Liver Foundation at the 9th Annual Flavors of Tucson featuring premiere chefs preparing a five-course dinner with accompanying wines and live and silent auctions. Details: 6:30 p.m.; Lowes Ventana Canyon Resort, 7000 N. Resort Dr.; $225; 866-953-1800 or www.liverfoundation.org/chapters/Arizona.
Thursday to Sunday, Sept. 27-30
• Bring the whole family to the Optimist Club's Oktoberfest with live music and dancing, kids' games, craft booths, and German foods. Details: 5-10 p.m. Thursday, noon-11 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday, noon-5 p.m. Sunday; Hi Corbett Field, 900 S. Randolph Way; $3, under 12 free; 574-9320.
• Enjoy the Tucson Flamenco Festival with authentic Spanish fare, cooking demonstrations and flamenco dancing. Details: 8-10 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m.-midnight Friday-Saturday, 3-5 p.m. Sunday; Casa Vicente restaurant, 375 S. Stone Ave.; $15-$35; 884-5253.
Friday to Saturday, Sept. 28-29
• Come on out for a nighttime festival of art and music at GLOW with twinkling lights, sculptures, theatrical performances, music, food, and art. Details: 7-11 p.m.; Triangle L Ranch, Triangle L Ranch Rd. & Oracle Ranch Rd., Oracle; $10, $5 under age 18 with guardian.
Friday to Sunday, Sept. 28-Oct. 28
• Get scared out of your wits at Nightfall at Old Tucson with hideous beasts and monsters, ghoulish stunts, and frightening shows. Details: 6-10 p.m. Thursday & Sunday, 6 p.m.-midnight Friday-Saturday; 201 S. Kinney Rd.; $25, $20 children; 908-4833.
Saturday, Sept. 29
• Help raise funds at the Marana Community Food Bank Hunger Walk with a 1 or 3-mile walk along the Santa Cruz River followed by food trucks, vendors, and live music. Details: 7:30-11 a.m.; Crossroads at Silverbell Park, Cortaro & Silverbell Rds.; $10, under 12 free; 310-4662.
• Peruse 300 species of plants at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Annual Plant Sale including regional and desert-adapted trees, shrubs, perennials, vines, and succulents. Details: 7:30 a.m.-3 p.m.; Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Education Breezeway, 2021 N. Kinney Rd.; free admission; 883-3073.
Saturday to Sunday, Sept. 29-30
• Pick your own pumpkins, fall vegetables and apples, hayride to the pumpkin patch and children's play area, or navigate a corn maze with 3 levels of difficulty at the Fall Pumpkin Celebration. Details: 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Apple Annie's Produce & Pumpkins, 6405 W. Williams Rd., Willcox; $3 (includes hayride and children's play area); 520-384-2084.
• Browse hundreds of beautiful African violets or their cousins at African Violet Annual Fall Sale. Details: 10 a.m.-9 a.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday; Foothills Mall, 7401 N. La Cholla Blvd.; 574-1367 or www.tucsonavs.org.
Saturday to Sunday, Sept. 29-30, Oct. 6-7 & 13-14
• Enjoy German culture, food, and music at Oktoberfest on Mount Lemmon. Details: noon-5 p.m.; 10300 Ski Run Rd., Ski Valley; free admission; 576-1400.
Sunday, Sept. 30
• See what TROT is all about at the Therapeutic Riding of Tucson (TROT) Open House. Details: 2-4 p.m.; 8920 E. Woodland Rd.; free; 749-2360.
• Enjoy live music, food, and a silent auction at the 6th Annual Tucson Musicians Museum Music and Cultural Event. Details: 4-7 p.m.; Tucson Convention Center, Leo Rich Theatre, 260 S. Church Ave.; 906-7394 or www.TucsonMusiciansMuseum.org.
Friday to Sunday, Oct. 5-7
• Find the latest in home improvement trends, remodeling ideas and outdoor living at the SAHBA Home Show produced by the Southern Arizona Home Builders Association. Details: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday; Tucson Convention Center Exhibit Halls, 260 N. Church Ave.; $8, under 12 free; www.sahbahomeshow.com.
Thursday, Sept. 27
• Learn about weather and climate from Mike Crimmins and Gary Woodward speaking on the topic "The Critical Need for Dense Sensor Networks: The Role of Volunteers in Weather and Climate Science" at Science Café Oro Valley. Details: 6:30 p.m.; Western National Parks Association, 12880 N. Vistoso Village Dr.; free but reservations required; 622-6014.
Saturday, Sept. 29
• Hear about the biological and political history of jaguars in the U.S.; where they were originally found, what happened to them and why, and the current process to develop a recovery plan and designate a protected 'critical habitat' at Recovering the Jaguar presented by author and conservation advocate for the Center for Biological Diversity Michael Robinson. Details: noon & 2 p.m.; National Parks Store, 12880 N. Vistoso Village Dr.; free but reservations required; 622-6014.
Sunday, Sept. 30
• Explore the mating habits of butterflies at the class Butterfly Sex. Details: 2-4 p.m.; Tucson Botanical Gardens, 2150 N. Alvernon Way; $14, $10 members; 326-9686.
Wednesday, Oct. 3
• Discover creative writing techniques at the Writers' Workshop presented by Alexis Powers. Details: 9-10 a.m.; Oro Valley Public Library, 1305 W. Naranja Dr.; free; 229-5300.
• Enjoy a presentation by Tammy Bearden about Multicultural Art outlining the way 20th century Mexican, Native American and African American artists interpreted their culture and society through their art at the University of Arizona Museum of Art Lecture Series. Details: 2-3 p.m.; Oro Valley Public Library, 1305 W. Naranja Dr.; free; 229-5300.
Mondays, Oct. 15-Dec. 17
• Sign up now for the 10-week Volunteer Chaplain Training Course conducted by Northwest Medical Center's Pastoral Caring Program. Details: 9-11 a.m.; Northwest Medical Center, 6200 N. La Cholla Blvd.; free; 576-2076 or email@example.com.
Saturday, Sept. 29
• Celebrate National Public Lands Day and help improve and enhance Saguaro National Park by removing buffelgrass. Details: 7 a.m.-noon; meet at the Red Hills Visitor Center, 2700 N. Kinney Rd.; 628-2092.
Saturday, Oct. 6
• Explore the sights, sounds, and workings of instruments and dance at Musical Magic for Kids featuring "The Nutcracker" with Laszlo Veres of the Tucson Pops Orchestra presented by the Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance and the Town of Oro Valley. Details: 10 a.m.; Oro Valley Council Chambers, 11000 N. La Cañada Dr.; free.
Through Monday, Oct. 1
• View an eclectic mix of painting, photography, fiber arts, ceramics and more at the Porter Gallery exhibit Gardener by Day; Artist by Night showcasing the talents of the Gardens' staff, board members, and their families. Details: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Tucson Botanical Gardens, 2150 N. Alvernon Way; included with garden admission; 326-9686.
Through Friday, Oct. 5
• View the exhibit Desert Initiative: Looking Across the Border featuring the works of David Taylor, Alejandro Cartagena and Paul Turounet. Details: 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday & Wednesday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday & Thursday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday; Pima Community College, Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery, 2202 W. Anklam Rd.; free; 206-6986.
Through Sunday, Oct. 21
• View the exhibit Contemporary Ceramics showcasing the works of local artists using clay in inventive ways. Details: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Tohono Chul Park Exhibit Hall, 7366 N. Paseo Del Norte; included with park admission $7 adults, $5 seniors/active military, $3 children; 742-6455.
Through Tuesday, Nov. 6
• View Bellos Adornos: A Photographic Exhibit Celebrating Tucson's Mexican-American Home & Garden Decorative Traditions in the Education Building. Details: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (when classroom is not in use); Tucson Botanical Gardens, 2150 N. Alvernon Way; included with garden admission; 326-9686.
Saturday, Sept. 29
• Bring the whole family to Movie Night featuring an uplifting message, "The Secrets of Jonathan Speery" and free root beer floats. Details: 7 p.m.; North West Heights Adventist Church, 3130 W. Overton Rd.; free; 818-8692.
Sunday, Sept. 30
• View the film 389 Miles: Living on the Border which illustrates life and culture on both sides and the complexities of border issues presented by St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church Border and Immigration Ministries. Details: 10:15 a.m.; St. Philip's in the Hills Church West Gallery, 4440 N. Campbell Ave.; free; 299-6421.


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Spitzer: Weiner Needs to Listen to Dem Leaders and 'Move On'
Ex-Governor Eliot Spitzer on Tuesday joined the chorus of Democrats calling for Rep. Anthony Weiner to resign from his post after the married Congressman who represents Brooklyn and Queens confessed to sending lewd photos and messages to women.
Speaking on WNYC's The Brian Lehrer Show, the former governor and co-host of CNN's "In the Arena" made his remarks the same day President Barack Obama told NBC in an interview that if he were in Weiner's position, he would resign.
"It's a personal tragedy," Spitzer told WNYC. "I think he should heed the wisdom of the senior democratic leadership and permit politics now at this point to move on to other, more critical issues. I think that's a judgment I hope he comes to sometime in the near term."
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi has called for an ethics investigation and on Saturday called for Weiner to resign. Weiner has requested a leave of absence from the House so he can enter rehab.
Spitzer, once a rising political star in New York politics, infamously resigned from office in 2008 amid a sex scandal after it was revealed the married former attorney general met with high-priced prostitutes.


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I got one of those M3 style rear diffuser from the breakers last week for a bargain price, along with a full 4 piece black mat set. Drivers mat has BMw plaque on the edge and both fronts have M-TECH foot plates on them. price? A tenner for them all!! £5 for the diffuser!!! Don't you just love it when people don't know or care what they're selling!!!
Remember to look for the diffuser that fits NON M bumpers, they are a little shorter than the M bumper diffusers. Depending on the company that makes them, they either go straight on and look ok, or you may have to trim a bit of the plastic down so it slots all the way in. The one I got was made by a german company and sat nicely. That'll be going on Ebay soon.
Have a look at the member's wives car gallery. Ooops, I meant member rides. Get some ideas. The sky's the limit when it comes to styling.
get rid of the black spoiler and get some normal number plates and it's tidy..
lower it significantly and put some nice wheels on it and it'll be very nice
I quite like the black spoiler but then i am a bit biased! hehe! as said previously lower (but not to much) nice set of alloys maybe black grill and you have to go with the mtech kit!
Nice tidy car mate one to be proud of!
Dropped 40 or 60mm all round, m,sport alloys and kit, job done.
well i just agree with every style they all said..and wheels can really make the car to, imo...
Car looks very clean mate Are those arches as tidy as they look in those pictures?
I actually like those Style 13s they make the car look clean cut.
I would lose the rear spoiler, and put those black grills back to standard.... and then its blank canvas time
Did someone say lose that spoiler?
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Below is a list of Halloween Activities received for the Owasso area. If you have one to add, e-mail the information to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
First Baptist Church Owasso at the Owasso High School parking lot on Oct 30th from 2-5pm
Dozen inflatable games
- Horse rides
- Pedal go carts
- Fun games
- Free bag of candy to kids
Saturday, October 30th, 2010
St. Henry's Church
8500 N. Owasso Expressway
following 5:00 mass
Hot dogs, treats, games
Free to everyone!
October 31, 2010
Rejoice Church
South Campus (86th Street)
Trunk or Treat @ 5 pm
50 cent Corndogs at Sonic from 5pm-10pm
Saturday and Sunday
October 30 - 31
Cici's Pizza will give any child 10 years old or under a free buffet if they are wearing their Halloween costume. We will also have candy for kids of all ages. You can check us out on facebook - Cici's Pizza Owasso____________________
October 31, 2010
Rejoice Church
South Campus (86th Street)
Trunk or Treat @ 5 pm
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50 cent Corndogs at Sonic from 5pm-10pm
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Trunk or Treat
First United Methodist Church
6:00pm - Free hot dogs and hot chocolate for all while it lasts!
13800 E 106th St N
106th & Hwy 169
Sunday, October 31, 2010
"Light the Night" Trunk n Treat6:00 pm
Church parking lot
Church parking lot
Friendship Baptist Church
14100 E 86th St N
Owasso, OK 74055
Owasso, OK 74055
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Fall Festival
October 31st from 4 to 6 pm
First Presbyterian Church of Owasso is hosting their annual Fall Festival on the church lawn on Sunday, October 31st from 4 to 6 pm. Food, Fun, Games, Inflatables, and Crafts for Sale! Fun for the whole family. Wear your costume, play games, get treats! Free and open to the public. FPC Owasso is located at 85th St N and 129th E Ave, across from McAlister's Deli
Fall Family Festival on Sunday,
Oct. 31, from 6 to 8:30 p.m.
Central Baptist Church and Silver Creek Church of the Nazarene are jointly hosting a Fall Family Festival on Sunday, Oct. 31, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Central Baptist Church location.
Families can participate in games and win candy, hayride, karaoke, booth games and crafts and snacks. Please wear your favorite costume and join us for a night of family fun.
Central Baptist Church is located at 9001 N. 145th E. Ave. Co-sponsor Silver Creek Church is is located across the street. Admission is free. Visit www.cbcowasso.org for more information.
Sunday, October 31 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Bring the little ones by our Owassoisms office to get a treat, AND get their picture taken to be shared in our "Little Guys and Ghouls" online photo album! We are also collecting food items for Owasso Community Resources. Bring in your donations while you are here! Our office is located in the Three Lakes Center, 8555 North 117th East Avenue (south of Goodwill), Suite 102. Call 274-1500 with any questions.
HAUNTED HOUSE October 28-30
The Limestone Firefighters Association Haunted House will be this coming weekend October 28th, 29th and 30th starting at 7pm each night; at Limestone Station #1, 5262 East Hwy 20. Approx. 5 Miles East of Hwy 169.
Tickets are $5 for Adults, $3 for Kids 6-12 and 5 and under are free. All proceeds benefit the Limestone Firefighter Association.
For more information contact us at 918 341-6430 or firstname.lastname@example.com
For more information contact us at 918 341-6430 or firstname.lastname@example.com
Pet Costume Contest and Halloween Party
Sunday October 31, 2010
Calling all pets...and their families! You are invited to this years Halloween Party and Costume Contest at Strathe Veterinary Hospital. It will be held on Sunday, October 31 from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. The costume contest will be held from 2:30-3.
Everyone is encouraged to come in costume, but the contest is just for the furry members of the family.
There will be treats for everyone!
There will be treats for everyone!
Strathe Veterinary Hospital is located at 8514 N 128th East Ave, behind Freckles. You can reach them at 918-272-2241 with questions.


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Foreign Currency Account
Foreign Currency Account
- Bank in the currency of your choice
- Make and receive foreign payments
- Reduce your exchange rate risk
- You need a Barclays sterling account before you can open a Foreign Currency Account
What you get
How it works
This could suit you if:
- You make and receive foreign currency payments
- You want to reduce exchange rate risk
- You'll maintain a minimum balance of $2,000 or the foreign equivalent in your account
See our alternative accounts if:
- You're unlikely to maintain a minimum balance of $2,000 in your account
- You are looking for a currency deposit account 900 KB
Ready to apply?
- You need a Barclays sterling current account before you can open a Foreign Currency Account. See our Current accounts
- If you have a Barclays sterling account, you can apply in branch for your Foreign Currency Account
Important information
1. Lines are open Monday to Friday 9am-5pm. To maintain a quality service, we may monitor or record phone calls. Call charges site.
Looking for alternative accounts?
Euro Account – The ideal euro bank account
Dollar Account – International bank accounts in US dollars
Offshore Bank Account – To manage your wealth


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