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Olivia "Libby" Eddy has been named the permanent registrar for UAF. She has been serving in an interim capacity since the position was vacated by Mike Earnest in August of last year. Kara Cleveland will serve as assistant registrar student records, which had previously been held by Eddy.
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BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) Office Depot's Chairman and CEO Steve Odland is stepping down as the office supplier struggles to turn its business around in the face of tough competition.
The disclosure on Monday that Odland has resigned comes only days after the company, Odland and another executive agreed to pay civil penalties tied to Office Depot's disclosure of corporate information to a select group of investors and analysts.
Office Depot (ODP) also announced that it expects to report a profit for its fiscal third quarter. Wall Street analysts had expected a small loss.
Office Depot's stock rose 16 cents, or 3.5%, to $4.79. The stock has traded between $3.36 and $9.19 over the past 52 weeks.
Odland's departure is effective Nov. 1. The company said he would stay on as a consultant until the end of the year to assure a smooth transition.
The company said lead director and former NFL President Neil Austrian will step in as interim chairman and CEO. He also filled the position on an interim basis before the company brought on Odland in 2005, after Odland turned around Autozone as CEO there.
Office Depot, based in Boca Raton, Fla., has struggled to come up with an effective way to beat back competition from Staples, OfficeMax and general merchants like Target, Walmart and discount stores.
Odland began a plan to cut jobs and close stores, but "the turnaround stalled as a result of company-specific issues that were compounded by the recession," said William Blair analyst Jack Murphy. Blair noted the company's stock price has fallen about 80% since Odland arrived.
Morningstar analyst Joscelyn MacKay said a clearer vision is needed and that's likely the reason for Odland's departure.
"It is our hope under new leadership Office Depot can come up with a cohesive turnaround strategy with measurable and achievable targets," said MacKay.
Austrian, the interim CEO, said in a statement that Office Depot feels "this is an appropriate time to seek new leadership to make the most of the platform we have in place, return to sales growth, improve financial performance and reinvigorate our franchise."
Office Depot did not return a call seeking more specific reasons for Odland's departure. It has tapped Heidrick & Struggles to help it find a permanent replacement.
The company, which is based in Boca Raton, Fla., reported last week that it agreed to pay $1 million to settle federal charges that it overstated earnings and shared information with a select group of investors and analysts that it failed to include in public filings. Odland and former Chief Financial Officer Patricia McKay agreed to pay civil penalties of $50,000.
In the spring of 2008, a dissident shareholder group had sought to replace Odland and former Chairman David Fuente from the board but withdrew its nominees in the face of resistance from major proxy advisory firms.
In July this year, Office Depot reported that it narrowed its second-quarter loss but its revenue continued to fall.
For the third quarter, Office Depot expects earnings of 18 cents per share on revenue of about $2.9 billion. The earnings results would include significant tax and interest expense benefits that added about 15 cents per share to its earnings, the company said. The company also expects its total operating expenses to drop by approximately 8%.
Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters, whose estimates usually exclude one-time items, forecast a loss of 3 cents a share on revenue of $2.9 billion. In last year's third quarter, Office Depot reported a loss of $1.51 per share, or 8 cents per share on an adjusted basis, and revenue of $3.03 billion.
Office Depot, which has 1,600 stores worldwide, will report its third-quarter results on Wednesday.
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Written on: 15/07/2017 by Allotmentandy (1 review written)
We had a 200m long Paladin fence and gates fitted at our Allotments by Stockport Fencing. Very helpful at quotation stage, provided best price and the team did a great job, looks superb… Read Full Review
Written on: 24/03/2017 by Ckeane (1 review written)
This was my first experience of this company, having read their website I felt happy I was dealing with a professional, trustworthy company. How wrong was I. The staff member who handled my query regarding my delivery can only be described as a 'bully'. My only advice to anyone is to avoid them at all costs, but if you have no alternative, please do not place an order with them over the telephone, get the paperwork to support your order and payment… Read Full Review
Written on: 31/03/2017
Dear Sir/ Madam.
I can only apologise if you feel let down by whoever you have spoken to at our company. I have no knowledge of any complaints made to us by yourself and would welcome the opportunity to discuss this review you have written as the description of one of our members of staff as a 'bully' is obviously something that as a company we would take very seriously. Please contact me, via e-mail or in writing.
John Ashton
Stockport Fencing Ltd
Written on: 12/03/2017 by 348Duggan (1 review written)
Fence blew down in storm, got a quote very quickly, was very reasonable. On the day, the guys were very polite and efficient, and have done an excellent job. Would definitely use them again… Read Full Review
Written on: 05/12/2016 by Trev1954 (1 review written)
Excellent service from beginning to end. The gates are exactly as promised and were fitted promptly and efficiently. They are well finished and a perfect fit. The old gates were taken away and the whole area was left tidy. All involved with the ordering, measuring and fitting were extremely polite and helpful. I would recommend the company without hesitation… Read Full Review
Written on: 26/11/2016 by StockportFencingAreCrap (1 review written)
They may as well trade from the O.K. Corral. Useless staff, poor attitude that comes from the director/owner. I wouldn't use Stockport Fencing if they paid me to take the job on. Terrible… Read Full Review
Written on: 08/12/2016
Thank you for posting this highly informative review. We will certainly endeavour to ensure we are not useless in the future. However, if you would like to expand on your experience it may help us, and prospective customers, fully understand the nature of your very vague complaint.
Kind Regards
John Ashton
Written on: 27/08/2016 by ZoiePennington (1 review written)
S/F supplied and fit 3 six foot fencing panels to existing posts, from ringing up to arrange it to the panels being fit they provided an excellent service. 2 guys turned up a Cpl of days later to do the job, they removed the old panels, inserted the new panels(had to shave some off 1 of them as it was a tight fit)then put the old panels on their truck to dispose of them. I went in to make them a brew and by the time I had made it they had finished the job! I literally could not believe they had… Read Full Review
Written on: 28/07/2016 by TonyCotgrave (1 review written)
We have just had some new gates fitted....we had to wait around 6 weeks from placing the order but well worth the wait. The gates are quality and very sturdy. Obviously for an extra fee they also treat and paint the gates which I highly recommend. Definitely recommend Stockport Fencing and wouldn't think twice of using them again. Good communication and friendly fitters… Read Full Review
Written on: 06/05/2016 by EricJamesThomas (1 review written)
We wanted a long fence on two sides of our garden. The guy who came to give us a quote was very helpful indeed and made several useful suggestions. We agreed dates for the job to be done and the work was carried out efficiently and carefully on these days. The person who put the fence up also had some good design ideas and we were very pleased indeed with the outcome. It has made a significant improvement to the appearance of our property that is on a corner plot. The work was carried out… Read Full Review
Written on: 30/03/2016 by RoseAndersen (1 review written)
Excellent workmanship and quality. The team of two was on site for three days, and worked hard and with care throughout. The completed fence - a sloping run of 120 feet alongside existing hedging - followed the levels perfectly, looked good, and more than met our expectations… Read Full Review
Written on: 10/03/2016 by colinlewry (1 review written)
We were very pleased with the quality and price of Stockport Fencing, when having 18 panels replaced and new bases/uprights. The team were excellent - tidy, on-time, polite and competent. The fence panels themselves look great, and the run of fencing is arrow straight - some nice corner work has improved the security of the panels over and above the original plan. Additionally, they kept the site secure overnight well. I would thoroughly recommend them based on my experience… Read Full Review
Written on: 20/01/2016 by Kaib293 (1 review written)
Brilliant all-round service. We are very pleased with the quality of the gate and fence panel we purchased, which were fitted despite rain and hail!… Read Full Review
Written on: 06/01/2016
My wife and I have used Stockport Fencing on two occasions. Each time the work done has been quite outstanding. The materials used are of excellent quality. The standard of workmanship on the installation service cannot be bettered. Everything is done quickly, efficiently and politely.....from the time of initial enquiry, through estimation of cost to final installation. Any requests for adjustments to the initial job specification are accepted and processed without any fuss or bother. The cost… Read Full Review
Written on: 16/12/2015 by Crue1969 (1 review written)
Perfect from quote to completion - great job all round, my wife and I are very happy customers and with regard to fencing would not go anywhere else… Read Full Review
Written on: 14/09/2015 by ReviewerAlan (1 review written)
Being at bottom of a cul-de-sac I had 6 neighbours. Four houses alongside one boundary of the garden had gardens about 2' lower than mine. The two men who came had to dig out the remains of an old stone wall and and create a new fence with concrete panels to hold in the soil. Because of the nature of the job, part of my estimate was based on time taken. The job wasn't straightforward and required a few adjustments as they went along. The men worked hard and did the job within the… Read Full Review
Written on: 28/08/2015 by 174McConnell (1 review written)
Our yard gates had disintegrated over the winter due to the weather and an apparently wimpy post holding one of them up. Having popped into Stockport Fencing we arranged for an estimate which was done within a week. Due to other pressures we didn't go ahead immediately and lost the estimate, but it was found by the business when we next visited a few months later. We discussed options, including stain, shape/size, having a beefier support post and lock, and after making some amendments… Read Full Review
Written on: 12/06/2015 by Lotscot (1 review written)
Finding a suitable professional company proved difficult on the internet from France. Once I came in contact with Stockport Fencing I knew I was in safe hands. The quote details were clear and my questions were answered. Yes there were a couple of glitches but the end product is impressive and has definitely added value to the property. Thank you to everyone at Stockport Fencing for a job well done… Read Full Review
Written on: 28/04/2015 by saintpauls (1 review written)
I can only praise the quality of the fencing supplied & fitted to one side of the garden amounting to nine panels & a replacement gate.Fully expecting a day's work minimum it was impressive to see it finished in less time to an extremely high standard. We would recommend your Company wholeheartedly & it's more than possible that we will be in touch again in the near future. Thanks to everyone concerned! G D Barrand … Read Full Review
Written on: 08/04/2015
I recently had my fencing supplied and fitted by Stockport fencing installers. To say that I am thrilled would be an understatement. The workmen arrived on time and immediately got to work. Throughout the whole process they explained what was going on and what needed to be done. Both friendly, hardworking guys who knew exactly what they were doing. To say that the weather conditions were challenging is an understatement. But somehow they managed to supply and erect my new fencing during… Read Full Review
Written on: 29/01/2015
Stockport Fencing put up a fence and gate for us 18 months ago. I had to call them back last week as the fence had dropped leaving the gate unusable and the lock provided has broken. They reluctantly agreed to come out and take a look - noting that any repairs would be at my expense. Having taken an afternoon off work to be available for an 'afternoon appointment' (no time stated) I received a call at 1230 today advising that they would not be coming as the traffic was bad and (I quote)… Read Full Review
Written on: 29/01/2015
Thank you for your review. Whilst I can apologise for the inconvenience caused I feel your review lacks a few pieces of vital information.
The day in question was Thursday 29th January and heavy snowfall overnight and continued heavy snowfall that morning meant that over 60 Stockport schools had been closed, runways at Manchester airport were closed and traffic was gridlocked on virtually every road in the area. Whilst we attempted to go out and fulfill calls that day the driving conditions could only be described as atrocious and after sitting in traffic jam after traffic jam our estimator decided enough was enough.
When our estimator called you to explain his difficulties he was met with animosity from the offset and you terminated the call by abruptly putting the phone down on him. Not what I'd describe as a pleasant and personable demeanor.
If by some miracle the snow had not fallen in Didsbury and you were blissfully unaware of the carnage it was causing on the roads then you have our sincerest apologies.
On a footnote and in relation to the quality of the materials/ workmanship. As I attempted to explain on the day you originally called, gates can settle over time and the problem was likely to be easily rectified by moving the keep for the lock. We would have happily done this for you without charge (even after 2 years) as this is perfectly normal. However, if the problem had arisen by misuse I.e. allowing the gate to swing open in the recent strong winds then it would be chargeable. Your reaction as I attempted to explain this, immediately going on the defensive and saying that after paying over one thousand pounds for a job you would expect it to last longer than 2 years tells its own story.
As the rest of the reviews point out our quality is of the highest standard and we do attempt to rectify problems when they arise. Unfortunately, as much as we'd like to we have absolutely no control over the weather but if we can be held accountable for this then I once again offer my profound apologies. You were given the option to re-book the appointment at another time but as we had already forced you to take the afternoon off work against your will you didn't offer this suggestion any consideration. Instead deciding to vent your frustration by posting a negative review that was severely lacking in detail that actually had a bearing on the situation.
I hope this clarifies a few things and if we can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact us.
Kind Regards
John Ashton
Written on: 17/01/2015 by Angelica63 (1 review written)
Have only good things to say about this business. From the estimator calling to give me a quote, which was a really reasonable and fair price, to the work commencing. The guys who came to fit the fencing and gate, worked none stop and were really hardworking, they did a perfect job I was very pleased indeed. They then cleaned every bit of mess they had made. Leaving the garden looking very tidy and with new fencing looking fantastic. I was most impressed, Thanks to all involved… Read Full Review
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Lucky Seven in s randard
vb see notes for File memnu Visual basic Windows
applicatgion Project name Locqation for
saving WHne form comes
onto the scrfeen gop to toolbar and select button and drag to form
Creating the user
1. On the file menu, click the New Project command. Click OK to create a standard 32-bit VB application.
Resize the Form so it will be large enough for all
your objects. Click the CommandButton control. Move the mouse pointer to the form where you want
the button and drag to the size you want.
Move and resize a
(command) button:
1. Drag the
command button the the
right by using the mouse.
2. Resize and reshape as needed.
Add a second
command button:
1. Click the
CommandButton control in the toolbox.
2. Draw a
command button below the first button
on the form.
3. Move or resize the button.
Add the number labels:
1. Click the Label control in the toolbox, and then place the mouse pointer over the form.
2. Create a small rectangular box to the right of the first
command button.
3. Click the label control and draw a label box to the right of the first label box.
4. Click the label control and draw a third label box to the right of the last box.
5. Click the Label control and create a larger rectangle directly below
the two
command buttons.
an image
1. Click the
image control
in the toolbox.
2. Using the
image control,
create a large rectangular box directly beneath the three number labels.
Set the
command button properties
1. Click the first
command button
on the form.
2. Double-click the Properties window title bar.
3. Double-click the
Caption property in the left column of
the Properties window.
4. Type Spin and press Enter.
5. Open the object drop-down list box at the top of the Properties window.
6. Click
Command2 in
the list box.
7. Double-click the current
Caption property, type End, and press
Set the number label properties
1. Click the first number label, and then, holding down the Shift key, click the second and third number labels. When all three labels are selected, release the Shift key.
2. Click the
Alignment property,
and then click the drop-down list box arrow that appears to the right.
3. Click the
2 - Center option.
4. Click the BorderStyle property, and then click the drop-down list box arrow that appears to the right.
5. Click
1 - Fixed Single in the list box to
add a thin border around each label.
Double-click the Font property in the
Properties window.
7. change the font to Times New Roman, the font style to Bold, and the point size to 24, and then click OK.
8. Click the form to remove the selection handles from the three labels, and then click the first label.
9. Double-click the
Caption property,
and then press
10. Delete the
captions in
the second and third labels on the form.
Set the descriptive label properties
1. Click the fourth label object on the form.
2. Change the
Caption property
to "Lucky Seven".
3. Double-click the Font property, and use the Font dialog box to change the font to Arial, the font style to Bold, and the point size to 20. Click OK.
4. Double-click the ForeColor property in the Properties window.
5. Click the
Palette tab, and then click the box containing dark purple.
Set the Image box properties
1. Navigate to the www.mvhs.net/images page with your browser.
2. Download COINS.wmf by right clicking the mouse and save it in your server drive.
3. Click the
image box
object on the form.
4. Click the
Stretch property
in the Properties window, click the drop-down list box arrow, and then click True.
5. Click the
picture property.
Select the file Coins.wmf in the dialog box, and then
click Open.
6. Click the Visible property. Click the Visible drop-down list box arrow.
Click False to make the image invisible when the program starts.
Double-click the Properties window's title bar to
return it to the docked position.
Use the Code Window
1. Double-Click the End
command button
on the form. Inside the Code window are program statements that mark the
beginning and the end of this particular Visual Basic subroutine (event
procedure). The body of the procedure always fits between these lines and is
executed whenever a user activates the interface element associated with the
2. Type End, and press the Down arrow key.
3. Move the cursor to the beginning of the line with the End statement in it, and press the Spacebar four times.
Write code for the Spin Button
1. Open the Object drop-down list box in the Code window.
2. Click
Command1 in
the list box.
3. Type the program lines below between the Private Sub and End Sub
statements, pressing Enter after each line and taking care to type the program
statements exactly as they appear
Private Sub Command1_Click()
Private Sub
Save the Lucky 7 program
1. On the File menu, click the Save
project As command Select the vb folder you created in your server H
drive Type MyLucky7 in the file name text box and press
enter. (The form is saved.) Type MyLucky7 in the Project dialog box and press
enter. (The project is saved).
Run the program
1. Click the
Start button
on the toolbar .
2. Click the Spin button.
3. Click the Spin button 15 or 16 more times, watching the results of the spins in the number windows.
4. When you have finished experimenting with your new creation, Click the End button and the program stops.
Create an executable file On the file menu, click the Make MyLucky7.exe
command. Click OK to accept the default filename and
location for the file. On the File menu, click Exit to close Visual Basic
and the MyLucky7 project.
Adding to a Program
1. Load Visual Basic by clicking the VB icon on the desktop.
2. Click the Recent tab in the New Project dialog box.
3. Double-click MyLucky7 to load the Lucky Seven program from disk.
4. Double-click the form (not one of the objects) to display the Form_Load procedure.
5. Press the Spacebar four times, type Randomize, and press the Down Arrow key.
6. Run the new version of Lucky Seven, and then save the project to disk.


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Comedy Bottle with Kurtis Matthews
The Purple Onion at Kells
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See your favorite local headliners before they make it to the big time and stop returning your calls! This showcase features the best stand-up veterans in town on stage at the newly opened Purple Onion at Kells. Like the Phoenix, the Purple Onion and its legendary comedic prowess will forever regenerate and keep the laughs coming. Support local comedians! Show line-ups change every weekend. Tickets $15.
Oct. 4-5: Headliner Kurtis Matthews, Featuring Kyle McFadden
Special Guest Set by Mark Shrayber
In 1984, Kurtis began his comedy career at the Comedy Store in Hollywood, later appearing and touring with Bill Hicks, Sam Kinison, Adam Sandler, Judd Apatow, George Lopez, Jeff Cesario, Jim Carrey, Bob Goldthwaite, Rodney Dangerfield, Janeane Garofalo, Alonzo Bodden and Mark Lundholm, among others. Twelve years of touring as a stand-up, appearing on national television, numerous radio shows and a five-year stint in the software industry provided both the show business and corporate experience not found in any other comedy teacher. In 1999, the San Francisco Comedy College (SFCC) was born. Over the past thirteen years, the SFCC has become the largest stand up school in the country, training over 7,000 people to be funny with classes in stand up, improv, one-person shows and comedy writing. In 2006, HBO came to the SFCC to showcase comedians for its annual US Arts Comedy Festival in Aspen, marking the first time the network, nationally renowned for its comedy programming, scouted for talent at a comedy school. In 2006 and 2008, the Late Show with David Letterman held auditions for upcoming episodes at the SFCC, solidifying their role as the most sought-after comedy training in the country. As well as being a great comedy teacher he can also be seen nationwide as talent in the Comedy Addiction Tour www.comedyaddictiontour.com and in the UK as the star of BBC1s "Find Me the Funny."
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Opened in the 1950s, The Purple Onion has hosted comedy legends such as Bob Newhart, Lenny Bruce, Woody Allen, Phyllis Diller and Richard Pryor. More contemporary stand up heavy-hitters like Robin Williams, Zach Galifianakis and Todd Barry have also performed at the historic comedy venue. In 2012, the club moved around the corner to Kell's Irish Pub, keeping the speakeasy charm of an underground comedy club. Now featuring the best new talent comedy showcases in the Bay Area. Shows start at 8:30pm every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.


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Tomato Do's and Don'ts
Posted: August 5, 2012
Canning recommendations for tomatoes have changed over the years. Although tomatoes have a tangy acidic taste, they actually do not contain as much acid as fruit. Because tomatoes are borderline between high and low acid foods, certain precautions must be taken to can them safely. Below are do's and don't to keep in mind when processing tomatoes and tomato products.
Do use high quality tomatoes. Some growing conditions may cause the tomatoes to be unsafe to can even when the tomatoes look fine. Tomatoes with blight and those from dead or frost-killed vines may be lower in acidity and are more likely to carry bacteria.
Do acidify the tomatoes by adding bottled lemon juice or citric acid to each jar before processing. Place 2 tablespoons bottled lemon juice or ½ teaspoon citric acid crystals in the bottom of each quart jar before filling with the tomato product. Use half those amounts when canning in pint jars. This will assure a safe acidity level.
Other tomato products should also be acidified. Some catsup and barbecue sauces do not need to be acidified because they contain large amounts of vinegar that provides the needed acidity. If in doubt, add the lemon juice.
Do process long enough. Processing times for tomatoes have increased over the years. Processing time depends upon the method of pack and added ingredients. Quarts of tomato juice, tomato vegetable juice blend, and crushed hot pack tomatoes should be processed 45 minutes in a boiling water bath. Hot or raw pack whole or halved tomatoes packed in water only require 45 minutes of processing while the same tomatoes packed in tomato juice or without added liquid require 85 minutes of processing time. Tomatoes may also be processed in a pressure canner. In fact, tomato products with added vegetables or meat require pressure canning.
Do match the type of tomato to the product being canned. Regular tomatoes work well for juice and canned tomatoes. Italian and plum type varieties are good for making sauce, salsa, catsup, and purees. The two types can be mixed.
Do follow the same directions for canning low-acid tomatoes or yellow tomatoes as are recommended for canning regular tomatoes. Although low-acid tomatoes don't taste as sour, their acidity is masked by the natural sweetness of the variety; so no changes are needed in the recipe for safety.
Do not can using the open kettle method. That means do not just heat the tomatoes or tomato product and pour the hot product into the jars, add the lids, and wait for the lids to "pop" without any further processing. Even though the jars may seal, the contents inside the jars have not been heated adequately to destroy harmful spoilage organisms. Other unsafe methods include oven canning and the use of so-called canning powders. Aspirin belongs to this last category.
Do not can tomato juice in half-gallon jars. Half-gallon jars are only suitable for canning apple or grape juice. Use quart or smaller jars for canning all tomato products.
Do not make up your own recipes for canning salsa, spaghetti sauce, pizza sauce, etc. All these foods have added low acid ingredients for flavor. Use up-to-date scientifically research based recipes.
Do not add low acid ingredients such as peppers, onion, garlic, etc. for flavor unless using a scientifically tested recipe. Do not add extra of these ingredients in a tested recipe. Add no more than three cups in any combination of finely chopped celery, onions, carrots, and pepper for each 22 pounds (the amount for seven quarts) of tomatoes when making tomato-vegetable juice blends.
Do not add thickeners or milk to tomatoes or tomato products before processing. Instead, add the ingredients to make stewed tomatoes or tomato soup when you are ready to serve them.
For additional information and more recipes for canning tomatoes visit http://extension.psu.edu/food-safety/food-preservation/safe-methods/


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Although identified as NW Region actions regarding Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Licenses, this map gives an idea of the many dams on both large
rivers and small streams in the Pacific Northwest. There are nearly twenty
major dams on the Columbia River and Snake River shown here and at least 100
smaller sites shown.
Image ID: fish6589, NOAA's Historic Fisheries Collection
Location: Washington, Oregon
Photo Date: 1989 March
Credit: NMFS/Northwest Fisheries Science Center; Pacific Northwest Collection
Category: Historic Fisheries/Salmon/
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As we celebrate the release of Iron Braydz's newest album "Verbal sWARdz", we have the video for the single "Rambo". Iron Braydz has teamed up with Kyza and Skriblah who also feature in the video, alongside the rest of the Triple Darkness crew, and credits go to the resident Triple Darkness video team "Global Faction". Fans can download Iron Braydz's "Verbal sWARdz" album from the link listed above, and also read the HHK exclusive "25 Facts about Iron Braydz – Verbal sWARdz". You can watch Iron Braydz ft Kyza and Skriblah – Rambo on the YouTube player below.
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I can't say I blame him. If you had a girl that looks like Mila Kunis, you wouldn't want to move on either.
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Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 41 / Number 3P2 / May 2002 / Pages 573-577
Device, Facility, and Operation / Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Tritium Science and Technology Tsukuba, Japan November 12-16, 2001
Several institutes of the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe are currently contributing to tritium-related research for fusion reactors. The overall objective of this work is the provision of sound technologies and proven components for the torus exhaust gas processing system of ITER and investigations into key technologies for the fuel cycle of fixture power plants. The work also addresses safety issues, assessing by modeling the radiological consequences of tritium in the atmosphere under normal and offset operation conditions of the plant. Moreover, a tritium-beta-decay experiment to measure the mass of the electron neutrino is planned.


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Cold water does not always equal a slow fishery here in the lowcountry! January provides a great time of year for the avid fly fisherman to sneak up in the shallows to sight cast to schooling redfish, as those reds will push onto the shallow water mud flats on a sunny day to warm themselves (water temps often will be 4 or 5 degrees warmer on a shallow mud flat as the dark mud absorbs the sunlight). Even if you are not an avid fly fisherman, try taking some live mud minnows or a Gulp! 3″ shrimp on some spinning gear into the shallows, you might be surprised at how well some of these reds will take a bait this time of year. In addition to the shallow water reds, winter brings on a solid sheepshead bite as well anywhere from the jetties, to local bridge pilings, to our nearshore reefs. Live fiddlers are a sure bet for some sheepshead action, but do not overlook a live shrimp or even a shucked raw oyster for bait. Trout begin to get a little lethargic with water temps in the lower 50′s, but can still be found in deep holes at low tide using a finesse style lure and fishing them very slow.
Winds howling from the W lately have kept boats at the dock, but before this string of windy days several boats were able to get out and do a little bottom bumping as well as some high speed trolling along the ledge. Bottom reports in 60-90ft consisted of plenty of sea bass, triggers, and the usual porgies and grunts. High speed trolling produced some wahoo last week, and while I did not hear of any major catch numbers, the fish that were caught were good sized hoos in the 40-60# class.
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Lyme Disease gives you DEPRESSION-Anxiety and Anger.. SUICIDE..GET CHECKED
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wow its impressive how little people know about one of the worst attacks on anything that lives on earth.
LYMES was created to be the perfect biological weapon, and still is. Hard to detect, even when tested for correctly, and if you don't have the bullzeye then you will most likely go chronic and never know why you have over a dozen deadly symptoms. At once.
OP you said it was sexually transmitted...thats so wrong, pregnant women give birth to lymeless babies. I've messed around plenty and nobody suddenly became crippled with side effects. Its not airborne, its strictly blood to blood. And odds are slim then too unless you're chronically infected like a tick, and if you were you would be in no position to lose blood or bang anyone. Or do anything really.
I was lucky enough to have immediate reactions against it, fever that lasted weeks and the bullzeye. If it wasnt for the bullzeye, doctor would not have known where to send my bloodwork.
theres no cure, in the mainstream anyway. Maybe when those DNA altering viruses come out for the public we can properly fight it. But for now its just too small for our own bodies to find and fight it.
heres one for the conspiracy, we all know some prick nazi from project paperclip on long island created it, wont bother looking up his trash name, some revered prodigy at creating bio weapons. However, as for the cure, it would be inconvenient because when you make it through lymes, you begin to develop special antibodies that can be sucked out of your blood by a centrifuge, then your blood is given right back to you for a decent price, 400$ a pop as many times as you can donate plasma. If you live by a center that does this.
IF you make the certain antibodies they are looking for, because you can make a variety of them, i qualified but the center near me closed down.
They can use the antibodies in our plasma to treat other diseases, the 400 dollars they give us for a plasma donation can make them thousand in return.
So someone is profiting from Lymes not having a real cure.
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Unfortunately that is what you were lead to believe.
New research states it IS AIR BORNE, is sexually transmitted, through saliva as well.
OVER 1 BILLION have this disease in one shape or form and counting.. Nov 2nd in Boston they had 16 doctors, scientists and biologists all exclaiming the past research is now useless. They have silently been experimenting with NEW RESEARCH..
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Subject: Re: [DNA] Marker Mutation Rates [and MRCA]
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 20:10:07 -0500 (EST)
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In-Reply-To: <firstname.lastname@example.com> (message fromDavid Faux on Sun, 2 Nov 2003 21:59:24 -0800 (PST))
David wrote:
> Perhaps someone can illuminate why I should be jazzed to learn that
> the pattern of scores as reflected in a series of 3 mutations means
> that the Most Recent Common Ancestor (MRCA) of DKF and IAF is
> somewhere within the interval between present and 50 generations ago
> (at the 95% confidence interval). Gee, thats a whole lot of help.
Actually, it IS a whole lot of help. Consider the alternative -- for
two random people off the street, the chances are that the 95% confidence
interval would not include the present at all. You have been spared
that contingency.
> I am also beginning to wonder whether some Y chromosomes (i.e.,
> families) are likely to experience more mutations than others
That has always been a possibility, but so what? Some families
live in houses with high radon concentrations, or eat foods with
mutagenic pesticide residues. or experience various other factors
that might or might not influence the rate of replication slippage.
None of the evidence I've seen to date suggests, or even supports,
the notion of systematic biases in the mutation rates. The
statistics are not strong enough yet. Some day, but not now.
> Irrespective, the fact is that a mutation could
> supposedly occur at any marker in any generation.
> What we
> need is a subset of markers known (from empirical evidence) to never
> mutate
That's no help at all. If it NEVER mutates, then, ipso facto, there
is no variation in the human population. What you're suggesting bears
a strong resemblance to UEPs, which are rare enough to be presumed to
have occurred only once in all time. Those are fine for population
studies, but virtually useless for genealogy.
> Based on the Kayser evidence FTDNA should include DYS390 among their
> "fast moving" markers,
No. The Kayser evidence is not statistically significant for any
individual marker. It was only by averaging them all together that
they got any kind of meaningful result.
> As it stands, neither mutation rates, nor the concept of the MRCA
> have any purpose whatsoever in my research.
Not explicitly, but you must understand that the entire context of
DNA studies is set by the average mutation rate. That context
determines the range of time spans that you can think about and
governs what you can get away with calling a "near-match". If
the rates were ten times higher than they are, you couldn't do
the same kind of research at all.
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The feeling is like no other. I wish they'd just leave me alone. They're always bugging me. I can't be my own person. Why did God take her away from me? Sometimes I get lost in my own world. They all call me a freak; they tell me I'm useless. I'm never good enough for anyone. My mom wonders if I'm even her son. I'm scared. I hate life. I hate my name. I see things in a way no one else does. I get yelled at for not being good enough. Kids tell me to die already. It hurts… a lot. It's okay to write a sad story, it's not okay when you can relate. When you can relate, it's more sad than the story itself... *contains mild language* Copyright © 2015 by bella zaffino Copyright © 2015 Dreaming With A Broken Heart Copyright © 2015 Cover Photo by bella zaffino All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form
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Homeowners, builders and architects are working together and pushing standards to build net-zero homes.
These homes produce as much energy as they consume on an annual basis, taking the EnerGuide rating up to 100. EnerGuide rates the energy efficiency of a house; a higher rating means a more energy-efficient home.
One of my partner builders recently built a net-zero home in Edmonton. It features some of the latest green technology, such as prefab wall systems and triple-pane glass, to achieve an EnerGuide rating of 100. And it looks good.
When you incorporate the right technologies with the right systems -- always using the right pros -- you can build a home that produces as much energy as it uses, sometimes more. Whatever you don't use you can sell back to the grid. Who wouldn't like that?
There are two things you need to keep in mind when it comes to a net-zero home. To support its own energy needs, it usually means incorporating a solar-electric system and sometimes wind power too.
Next, the building envelope must be highly efficient -- it has to have a high R-value (a material's ability to resist heat flow) and needs to be tightly sealed. This ensures the home uses every unit of energy to its maximum potential.
When building a net-zero home, there are some key considerations, starting with the walls.
Prefab wall systems are insulated and structurally sound. The ones we use are made with Pinkwood, which is mould-, moisture- and fire-resistant, and have polystyrene infill panels. This yields a highly energy-efficient building envelope with an insulation value of R-42. If you go with a 16-inch (41-centimetre), double-stud, wood frame with blown-in cellulose, you can bump that insulation value up to R-56. This is great for your walls and attic, another heat-loss hot spot.
The foundation is another potential area for major energy loss, so it must be well insulated. On the house in Edmonton, the builders insulated the foundation below and outside the slab with expanded polystyrene (EPS). They also built the foundation using insulated concrete forms. The concrete is also insulated with EPS, which is non-toxic, mould-free and CFC-free and doesn't lose insulating value over time. Also, by adding an additional interior wall to the foundation -- like they did in Edmonton -- you get a foundation with an insulation value of R-40.
What about the windows? Double pane used to be the best when it came to energy efficiency. But now there's triple pane, which has two coats of low-e film, plus argon-gas-filled glazing with insulating spacers between panes.
Then there's passive solar, which includes adding south-facing windows to allow light and heat in all day long. If your home has concrete floors, these windows will absorb the heat and radiate it back into the living space.
For heating and cooling a net-zero home, I like a geothermal system: The temperature in the ground is used to regulate the temperature in the house. Another option is installing an electric baseboard heating system. This isn't as expensive as geothermal, so it's a better option if you're on a budget, but it's not as energy-efficient either.
And we can't forget about ventilation. When a home is airtight, you need to bring in fresh air and get rid of stale indoor air, or condensation problems can arise. Heat-recovery ventilators (HRVs) are great for exchanging indoor air for outdoor air. The air that comes in is preheated by the exhausting air -- a process that can recover up to 88 per cent of the heat. And the HRV's electronically commutated motor reduces the amount of electricity needed to run it.
Building a net-zero home isn't cheap, it's an investment that will pay you back every month for as long as you live in it. It's not a trend -- it's the future of housing.
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12:42pm Friday 30th May 2014
By Andy Carswell
CHESHAM United have lined up a pre-season friendly with League Two side Stevenage.
The Football League outfit will visit The Meadow on Saturday, July 26.
Chesham and Stevenage were frequent opponents in the Isthmian League before the Hertfordshire side's rise through the ranks up to League One - the division they were relegated from last season.
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A referendum making hunting and fishing constitutional rights in Arizona is being pushed by sportsmen's groups as a way to make it harder to ban hunting at the polls.
Backers of Proposition 109 say they're trying to stop "wildlife management by ballot box," which they say appeals to emotions. They say Proposition 109 will ensure laws governing hunting and fishing are designed with wildlife conservation in mind. They say they want wildlife managed according to science.
But opponents are afraid Prop. 109 would tie voters' hands and see it as a power grab by the Legislature and a threat to the Game and Fish Commission's authority. They say this proposal puts politics ahead of science and could make it harder to regulate hunting even if science seems to call for it. Finally, they see proposal as unclear and having too much room for interpretation.
The two sides disagree not only over the proposal's merits, but over its meaning, down to individual words and clauses.
How it would work
The proposition would give the Legislature exclusive authority to enact laws for hunting, fishing and harvesting of wildlife, although that authority can be delegated to a State Game and Fish Commission. It would prohibit laws unreasonably restricting these practices. It would require that laws and rules governing hunting and fishing be done for wildlife conservation and management and for preserving hunting and fishing's future.
Supporters say they are concerned that someday, groups in Arizona will try to institute California's mountain lion hunting ban, Michigan's dove hunting ban or New Jersey's just-ended bear hunting ban. Without constitutional protection for hunting and fishing and without language requiring the use of science in setting policies, they're afraid that anti-hunting groups could use emotional arguments to stop them.
Jack Husted, a State Game and Fish commissioner, said when he attended his first commission meeting last year, he was told by Game and Fish Department staff he needed to "walk very lightly" on the issue of killing mountain lions in the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge to protect bighorn sheep. If he didn't, a citizens initiative might be launched to ban mountain lion hunting statewide, Husted said.
"I can't do the right thing by all of the state's wildlife because of those advocacy groups," said Husted, a Springervile resident, and former volunteer game warden and reserve officer.
He and Larry Audsley, a Tucsonan active in the Arizona Wildlife Federation, see Proposition 109 as critical to preserve what is known as the North American Model of Wildlife Management. Under that system, revenue from hunting and fishing licenses maintains wildlife populations and habitat - a practice that has lasted a century nationwide, including at Arizona's Game and Fish Department.
If hunting and fishing are reduced or eliminated, how will wildlife fare if it must compete for general fund tax dollars with child welfare, education, public safety and transportation, asked Audsley, the federation's Southern Arizona regional director.
While the Game and Fish Commission has endorsed Proposition 109, former commission Chairman Bob Hernbrode said he's concerned the proposition will backfire on hunters, hurting their standing in the long run.
"It's a matter of arrogance," said Hernbrode, whose term expired this year and who like Husted is a longtime hunter. "The difference between a right and a privilege is having a sense of responsibility for what you do. When someone tells me I have a right to hunt, it kind of blows down my sense of responsibility to the rest of the public."
No efforts are planned to try to ban hunting or fishing in this state, said Stephanie Nichols-Young, a Phoenix attorney who heads the Animal Defense League of Arizona. "Supporters are trying to scare people to gain more power. It's pretty obvious."
Opponents say by putting hunting into the constitution, the law will require another constitutional amendment to pass new hunting restrictions if they're needed - a process that is much harder to change than a simple initiative.
"The intent is pretty clear. They intend to tie the hands of Arizona citizens when it comes to enacting wildlife measures," said Sandy Bahr, a Sierra Club lobbyist.
The opponents also say the provision requiring laws be reasonable could provoke litigation over the definition of "reasonable," Hernbrode said.
"Today, if hunters don't like what the Legislature or Game and Fish does, they have no cause of action in court," Nichols-Young said. "If it passes, they will. Because hunting is a fundamental right, the test of reasonableness will be applied in favor of the person suing, not the state."
Finally, because the proposition makes harvesting of wildlife a constitutional right, opponents fear it could allow a fur trapper to sue to overturn the ban on leghold trapping that voters approved in 1994.
As for the trapping ban, Todd Rathner, a National Rifle Association board member living in Tucson, said, "In Arizona, anybody can sue for anything. . . . It's knotty. There are arguments on both sides. Could a trapper take it to the courts? Possibly. Would they? I have no idea. I'm not aware of any effort to do that."
The NRA initiated the proposal.
Proposition 109
• Arizonans have a constitutional right to lawfully hunt, fish and harvest wildlife.
• The state Legislature has exclusive authority to enact laws regarding "the manner, methods or seasons" for hunting, fishing and harvesting of wildlife. It can delegate rule making authority to a Game and Fish Commission.
• Lawful hunting and fishing are preferred means for managing and controlling wildlife.
• It doesn't affect property rights.
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H. Weeds
Having Simple, Alternate (or Rosette), Toothed Leaves
pink with long inferior ovaries...
Beeblossom (Gaura angustifolia)
with milky sap... see "Category L - Weeds with
milky sap"
painfully spiny ... Purple Thistle
(Cirsium horridulum)
(teeth oriented toward leaf tip like a sawblade):
If some or
all of the leaves are compound, see... Beggarticks
(Bidens alba)
If the
crushed leaves emit a strong "chemical" odor...
Mexican Tea
(Chenopodium ambrosioides);
consider also Peppergrass, (Lepidium
Plant with
tiny white 4-petalled flowers and round flat fruits 1/8" in diameter, leaves
smelly when crushed... Peppergrass
(Lepidium virginicum)
Leaves all
in a basal cluster, with widely spaced teeth; flowers green in a vertical green
wand ... Plantain
(Plantago virginica)
with irregularly toothed leaves, but the plant rising to 4' tall with the stem
leaves narrow and not toothed; plant parts with conspicuous long stiff hairs...
Canadian Horseweed
(Conyza candensis)
lilac; leaves with long-tapered bases...
Little Ironweed (Cyanthilfium cinereum)
sessile or nearly so; leaves hairless or nearly so...
(sida ulmifolia)
sessile or nearly so; leaves very fuzzy...
Heartleaf Sida (Sida cordifolia)
Flowers on
wire-like stems 1-2" long... lndian Hemp
(Sida rhombifolia)
Dentate (teeth point
straight out) or spiny or irregularly Lobed:
sprawling in moist places; leaves with notched base, the teeth shallow...
Asiatic Pennywort
(Centella asiatica)
Plants < 1'
tall; leaves deeply and irregularly lobed, pungent when crushed; flowers tiny
with 4 white petals; pods long like miniature green beans...
Pennsylvania Bittercress
(Cardamine pensylvanica)
Plants to
2' tall; leaf bases wrap around stem; flower heads red or lilac...
Tassel Flowers
(Emilia fosbergii
(red) and
E. sonchifolia (lilac)
Plants to
3' tall, with mealy white powder on young growth; flowers green in congested
clusters... Lambs Quarters
(Chenopodium album)
Plants to
2' tall. Flowers yellow, resembling dandelion flower but numerous; basal leaves
irregularly lobed and narrowed toward the base...
Asiatic Hawksbeard
(Youngia japonica)
Very common
weed having leaves with large, irregular lobes and teeth, the stems rising to 4'
tall from a rosette; flower heads mostly white with a long cylindric vaselike
involucre of phyllaries (green base to the flower heads)...
Burnweed (Erechtites hieraciifolius)
Plants <
18" tall; petals yellowish, the sepals forming a husk around the flower base and
around the fruit... Husk Tomato. There are several species of
Physalis in Florida.
walteri and
P. angustifiolia have stellate
trichomes, P. walteri throughout, and
P. angustifolia glabrous except on
the sepals. The other species have simple trichomes.
Physalis angulata has sharp teeth on the leaves.
Physalis pubescens and
P. arenicola have similar pubescent
leaves with irregular lobes and blunt teeth; the former has dark spots on the
flower, and the latter has flowers with no dark spots. There are additional
species but not likely encountered as weeds, esp. in South Florida.


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Caterpillar on Top After Bet at Bottom: Riskless Return
Caterpillar Inc. (CAT), the largest maker of construction and mining equipment, has provided the best risk-adjusted return among its peers since financial markets hit bottom in 2009 as it made acquisitions and expanded in emerging markets such as China.
Caterpillar's risk-adjusted gain of 4.5 percent in the three years through June 26 topped that of 20 competitors with sales of more than $2 billion in the Bloomberg Industries Construction & Mining Machinery Index, the BLOOMBERG RISKLESS RANKING shows. The Peoria, Illinois-based company also had the highest total return in the index at 157 percent and volatility below 75 percent of stocks.
Doug Oberhelman has announced at least $10.3 billion of acquisitions since he became chief executive officer almost two years ago, adding mining shovels, drills and gas-driven engines while building and expanding factories from Brazil to China. Customers replacing used machinery in the U.S. and Europe have supported Caterpillar's recovery after financial markets plunged in late 2008. Earnings will more than quadruple in the three years through 2012, according to analysts' estimates compiled by Bloomberg.
"Over the past three years, their key end-markets have had stronger growth such as the U.S. and Europe," Stephen Volkmann, a New York-based analyst for Jefferies & Co. who has a buy rating on the shares, said in a telephone interview. "Caterpillar's been pushing a lot of levers to maintain diversity."
Lehman Aftermath
The risk-adjusted return, which isn't annualized, is calculated by dividing total return by volatility, or the degree of daily price variation, giving a measure of income per unit of risk. A higher volatility means the price of an asset can swing dramatically in a short period, increasing the potential for unexpected losses.
Caterpillar's risk-adjusted return was more than five times that of Tokyo-based Komatsu Ltd. (6301), its closest rival by size. Sweden's Atlas Copco AB (ATCOA) and China's Sany Heavy Industry Co. provided the second- and third-highest gain with 3.2 percent and 3 percent respectively.
Caterpillar's net income fell 75 percent to $895 million in 2009, while sales dropped 37 percent to $32 billion, the biggest decline since the Great Depression. That year, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDU) fell to the lowest in almost 12 years and the 24-commodity Standard & Poor's GSCI Spot Index dropped to a more than four-year low as the U.S. and euro area experienced recessions in the aftermath of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s bankruptcy.
'Tough Times'
In response, the company raised its research and development spending to the second-highest in Caterpillar's history, partly to meet new emission rules and also to position itself for an economic rebound, Chief Financial Officer Ed Rapp said in a June 15 interview. The company increased investment and did so earlier compared with previous business cycles while ensuring suppliers would be able to meet demand when an upturn came, he said.
"You really find out who you are in tough times," Rapp said. "If we didn't invest during the trough, we wouldn't have been in a position to compete when we came out."
Since the start of 2010, Caterpillar has posted year-over- year earnings growth and topped analysts' profit estimates in every quarter except one, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The company posted net income of $4.9 billion on $60 billion in sales in 2011. While demand for excavators, shovels and trucks has risen, Caterpillar has also boosted revenue with a string of acquisitions.
Bucyrus Acquisition
The company completed its $8.6 billion purchase of mining- equipment maker Bucyrus International Inc. in July, its largest acquisition, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Caterpillar said June 6 it expects to complete the purchase of Hong Kong-based ERA Mining Machinery Ltd. (8043) in the third quarter, adding underground coal-mining equipment.
Caterpillar also bought assets in other industries. It acquired German engine manufacturer Motoren-Werke Mannheim Holding GmbH in November for 580 million euros ($724 million) and in August 2010 completed the $820 million purchase of locomotive manufacturer Electro-Motive Diesel Inc., a deal announced under Oberhelman's predecessor Jim Owens.
The "depth and breadth" of Caterpillar's product line, which now ranges from electricity generators for vacation homes to 100-ton trucks used at open-pit mines, helps keep sales steady, Rapp said.
Geographic Diversity
Following the string of acquisitions, revenue is spread more evenly on a geographical basis. North America was responsible for 36 percent of sales last year, down from more than half six years ago. A quarter of revenue came from the Asia-Pacific region and the same proportion from Europe, Africa and the Middle East last year.
In 2006, the company sold $1 worth of machines in the developing world for every $5 in the developed world, Rapp said. Revenue was split 50-50 last year, he said.
Caterpillar earned $7.40 a share in 2011, forecasts profit of about $9.50 this year and is targeting $15 to $20 in 2015. That's based on "a non-recessionary, not great, but healing and modestly growing world," Caterpillar Group President Rich Lavin said during a June 5 investor presentation.
Chinese Slowdown
Lavin said his scenario also includes a "healthy China, a recovering Europe" and U.S. economic growth probably in a range of 3 percent or more.
First-quarter Chinese sales fell by as much as $300 million, Caterpillar said in April. Demand in developing markets will be lower than anticipated this year, it said.
Capital spending by mining companies, an indicator for equipment sales, will decline 3 percent in 2013 after increasing for three straight years, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said in a June 1 report. Capital expenditures may decline as commodity prices drop, Goldman Sachs said.
The European debt crisis, global economic instability and the prospect of construction machines sales growth from replacement not continuing next year led Sameer Rathod, a San Francisco-based analyst at Macquarie Group Ltd., to lower his profit forecast for this year to $9.30 a share from $9.50.
Caterpillar's economic assumptions are looking optimistic and "we think the market has already priced in a guidance cut," Rathod, who has a buy rating on the shares, said in a June 13 report. The shares have fallen each month from March.
Commodities Drop
To those doubting Caterpillar's underlying assumptions, Rapp points out that a target set back in 2009 to boost annual sales to $60 billion by 2012 was achieved last year. Also in 2009, the company set a profit goal for 2012 of $8 to $10 a share. Based on the $9.72 average of 22 analysts' estimates compiled by Bloomberg, it's on course to achieve that target, too.
Still, copper futures in New York have dropped 19 percent over the past year while the price of coal from Australia, the biggest exporter of the fuel, has dropped 31 percent. The economy in China, which is the largest coal and metals user, expanded 8.1 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, the slowest pace in almost three years.
The country's central bank last week cut borrowing costs for the first time since 2008 and loosened controls on banks' ability to set lending and deposit rates, efforts to combat a domestic slowdown.
Joy Forecast
Joy Global Inc. (JOY), a U.S. competitor of Caterpillar, on May 31 cut its earnings and sales forecasts because of a contracting U.S coal industry. It also said concerns about Europe and "tempered growth expectations" in China are affecting demand for mined commodities such as copper.
Growth in U.S. construction can help offset some weakness in the country's coal industry, which used to be a bigger part of Caterpillar's mining business, said Baltimore-based Russell Croft, co-portfolio manager of the Croft Value Fund.
"These cyclical slowdowns can come hard and heavy and the more shots you have on goal, the more chances you have out there," said Croft, whose firm, Croft Leominster Inc., holds 153,000 Caterpillar shares. "It helps large global blue-chip companies like Caterpillar to ride through cycles."
Industry-wide construction equipment sales in Europe increased in 2010 and 2011 after a two-year slump, data compiled by Bloomberg show. In North America, they have also gained in the last two years, after dropping for three-straight years, the data show.
Construction Growth
There may be room for further growth. North American sales in units are 45 percent below their 2006 peak and Europe is 42 percent below its 2007 peak, said Karen Ubelhart, an analyst at Bloomberg Industries in Skillman, New Jersey.
The average age of the U.S. rental construction-equipment fleet in April was 50.3 months, according to Rouse Asset Services.
"Equipment is still old so demand should hold up," Ubelhart said.
While a bigger mix of larger, more profitable machinery such as mining trucks is helping to boost returns, Caterpillar also has benefited from increasing manufacturing efficiency, said Andy Kaplowitz, a New York-based analyst for Barclays Plc.
Even as Caterpillar's sales rose 24 percent from 2006 through 2008, earnings were little changed. Efforts to improve productivity, profitability and market share started under Owens and continued under Oberhelman, Kaplowitz said.
'Horrible Conditions'
Such moves are helping boost the bottom line, said Croft. He said his fund bought the stock in October 2008 amid "horrible market conditions" on expectations it would be a "winner" when the economy improved.
Twenty analysts recommend buying Caterpillar's stock, five have a hold rating and none advise selling, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The shares have gained 139 percent in the three years through June 26, the biggest increase of all companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Still, Caterpillar's ranking for risk-adjusted returns has slipped over the last two years with competitors such as Chinese manufacturers Sany and Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology Co. taking the top spots.
"If the global economy holds up, Caterpillar can maintain its lead over global competitors," Kaplowitz said. "Chinese competitors have a long way to go to catch up" in terms of quality, durability and technology, he said.
Caterpillar is in the third year of a roughly seven-year cycle of improving business, Mike DeWalt, director of investor relations, said during the same presentation at which Lavin made his remarks.
"It might be bumpy along the way but I do think the commodities and infrastructure build out in mining is a good longer-term place to be invested," Croft said. "I'd want to own stocks like Caterpillar."
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As a County, we are striving for sustainability in our day-to-day operations, our facilities and buildings, the policies we implement, and the education we provide to our employees and citizens. Currently, we're working to reduce the energy use in our buildings and utilize the free renewable power of the sun where it's appropriate. We have a robust recycling program in our County buildings, innovative pilot programs to reduce fuel use in our fleet, and are working to purchase "green" products for office and cleaning supplies. Our first LEED-certified building is under construction, and our Douglas County Food Policy Council continues to be recognized as a regional leader in developing policies and programs to support our local food economy.


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Generally people want to do the "right" thing. It's when things go awry that we feel the need to codify good behaviour.
In the minds of some, this is where the evil of red tape begins.
On Wednesday, hours before senator
If the Coalition's proposed laws succeed, financial advisers will have looser rules to govern their behaviour.
The government wants to remove the requirement that financial planners act in their clients' "best interests" and allow "conflicted remuneration" in some circumstances. Because, of course, financial planners would always act in their clients' best interest, wouldn't they?
The changes allow banks to reward tellers with commissions for selling bank products, as long as they make it clear to customers they are offering general advice rather than personal advice.
Some wholeheartedly agree
Some sectors of the finance industry agree wholeheartedly with the Coalition plans to dismantle Labor's laws, on the grounds it will make advice cheaper and more accessible to consumers.
Others – like
When a "red tape" reduction deals with the ethics of people dealing with the nation's $1.8 trillion in retirement savings, any tinkering deserves the utmost attention.
"In our view, look, as a professional you have to manage conflict," Rowe told ABC's Lateline on Tuesday. "You come [across] conflict every day. You might be dealing with a husband and wife when they divorce and you've got to choose: well, can I still work with the couple or do I choose one or other? It's about managing the conflict. With commissions we believe there's no way to avoid that conflict."
Sinodinos, fulsomely praised by his colleagues for his integrity and honourable behaviour, may now wish he'd had Rowe's advice back in 2010-11.
The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption inquiry heard on Wednesday that Sinodinos was given the task of negotiating an informal $1 million success fee – a commission if you will – for NSW political lobbyist
The fee was payable if
Sinodinos resigned from the company when he entered the Senate and forfeited the shares he was given as part of his role.
Success fees banned
More worryingly, there's the issue of why, as treasurer and then NSW Liberal Party president, Sinodinos was unaware the company of which he was chairman was also making donations to his own party.
NSW Premier
With Sinodinos now out of action until ICAC decides whether he is in the clear, there's another problem of a more prosaic nature.
The government's expenditure review committee – otherwise known as its budget razor gang – met on Thursday without Sinodinos. His absence means his colleagues, particularly Finance Minister
Former prime minister
Assistant treasurers don't last long
And, as a rule, assistant treasurers don't last long, Over the past decade there have been seven, not one serving a term of more than two years. Sinodinos's stint of 182 days is by no means the briefest. Former NSW Labor powerbroker
The longest tenure in the past decade was held by the Coalition's
These schemes, commission-based and rarely profit-making, culminated in a series of financial collapses costing consumers millions in lost savings. Agriculture economists like Sam Paton fear a return of sales commissions for general advice on financial products could see a resurgence of shonky managed investment schemes. It's been 16 years since the Howard government – Sinodinos was Howard's chief of staff – introduced these schemes. Commissions equal conflict, according to Paton. One person's regulation is another person's red tape. It's the grey areas that cause the problems.
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Re: Sum
I believe the answer lies in an innocent looking line in the
Mathematica book, under "Sum":
"If a sum cannot be carried out explicitly by adding up a finite number
of terms, Sum will attempt to find a symbolic result. In this case, f
is first evaluated symbolically. "
(f refers to the syntax Sum[f, {i, a}]). i.e., when the Sum cannot
be converted to Plus, f (your x) is evaluated BEFORE the iterator
variable i (your k). Thus, x is converted to the form Exp[-k] first,
and is not affected by the "change" in k - in an infinite sum, the
iterator does not really iterates \inf times.
an easy workaround is to define the k-dependence explicitly:
x[k_]:= Exp[-k]
Sum[x, {k, 0, Infinity}]
- works fine in Mathematica 5.1.0 on windows. no need to copy/paste
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SAN ANTONIO — A local elementary school teacher is one of 102 instructors throughout the country picked for a White House award next year for skill in teaching math and science, and one of only two from Texas.
Kent Page, a science teacher at Carnahan Elementary School, was on a list of winners released Friday afternoon for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. He had been previously nominated but only made it to the state level in recent years.
National winners receive $10,000, which they can use at their discretion. Page said he is donating his full award to Northside Independent School District.
"I don't want a penny," Page, 57, said. "This is about the kids, so it should go to them."
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He will get an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, however, to attend recognition events, and a citation signed by President Barack Obama.
The award, first bestowed in 1983, is considered the highest recognition in the United States that a K-12 mathematics or science teacher can receive for exemplary teaching. The National Science Foundation administers the award on behalf of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Page joined Northside ISD in 2000 as a teacher at the Northside Children's Center, and moved to Carnahan in 2008 when the campus opened.
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LOS ANGELES ---- BMW will recall 1.3 million luxury cars, including 367,000 in the U.S., because of a potential problem with a battery cable connector.
It is BMW's largest recall ever, company officials said, and it is big by industry standards, rivaling some of the large recalls issued by Toyota Motor Co. as it dealt with quality issues in the past two years.
The recall includes all BMW 5 Series sedans and sport wagons produced between June 1, 2003, and March 31, 2010, and 6 Series coupes and convertibles produced between Sept. 1, 2003, and July 31, 2010.
The German automaker said the problem is with the bolt connecting the positive battery cables at the insulated bulkhead connector in the vehicle's trunk.