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Monday November 26, 2012 21:30 by Jerome Raza jerome at riseup dot net
In September 2012, shortly after the end of the largest unlimited general student strike in the history of Quebec, several class-struggle anarchist organisations in Canada along with a few local chapters of the IWW put together a cross-country tour to bring the history and experiences of the Quebec student movement to students and activists outside the province. Stopping in over a dozen cities from Toronto, Ontario to Victoria, BC, the tour brought a participant in the 2012 student strike to audiences in colleges and universities as well as union halls and various cooperatives. The article that follows is based on this conference. Special thanks to Jonathan from Zabalaza for editing help!
The student movement in Quebec has recently written an important chapter in its history. The strike that was launched back in February 2012, against the latest hike in university tuition turned into one of the largest social movements in the province's, and perhaps even Canada's, entire histories.
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by Larry Gambone - IWW Tue Nov 27, 2012 01:23 redlionpress at hotmail dot com
Jerome's talk went over very well in Victoria. I am glad to see it here in full. It was also a very good thing for class struggle organizations to work together on this tour. Just one thing though. The Vancouver Island IWW branch also helped with the tour and is not listed here. http://vanislewobs.wordpress.com/
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Eric Smit – CFO
Ashu Roy – Chairman & CEO
eGain Communications (EGAN) Q4 2008 Earnings Call September 15, 2008 5:00 PM ET
Good day ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the eGain Communications press release conference call. (Operator Instructions) I would now like to introduce your host for today's conference, Mr. Eric Smit, Chief Financial Officer for eGain Communications; sir you may begin.
Eric Smit
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen and thank you for joining us for eGain's conference call. Today eGain will discuss the results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended June 30, 2008.
Please note this call is being recorded and will be available for replay from the Investor Relations section of our website at www.egain.com for seven days following this call.
I will start by reading a Safe Harbor Statement.
All statements on this call that involve eGain's plans, forecasts, including the guidance provided on this call, beliefs, projections, expectations, strategies and intentions are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
These forward-looking statements, which are based on information available to eGain at the time of this call, are not guarantees of future results; rather, they are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth on this call.
These risks include, but are not limited to, the uncertainty of demand for eGain products including our guidance regarding bookings and revenue; the actual mix in new business between hosting and license transactions when compared with management's projections; the increased complexity of certain transactions and the timing of revenue recognition on such transactions; and other risks detailed from time to time in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on September 28, 2007, and the company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. eGain assumes no obligations to update these forward-looking statements.
The company also believes that it is useful to disclose new hosting and license bookings details on this call in addition to the information contained in the GAAP presentation of financial information. We internally use this metric to focus management on the productivity of the sales teams and period-to-period changes in the company's core business.
Therefore we believe that this information is meaningful and helpful in allowing individuals to better assess the ongoing nature of our core operations. The presentation of this additional non-GAAP financial information is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP.
With me today is Ashu Roy, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of eGain Communications. To begin management's discussion, I would now like to turn the call over Ashu Roy.
Ashu Roy
Thank you Eric, good afternoon everyone. Overall we are pleased with our growth in fiscal 2008. Our total revenue was up 34% from the prior year, license revenue was up 93% from the prior year, professional services revenue was up 40% from the prior year, and hosting revenue was up 34% from the prior year.
That was good, on the other hand new licensed and hosted bookings in the fourth quarter suffered due to several large deals slipping. Given our focus on the enterprise market, fluctuation in quarterly bookings because of the timing of a few large deals is natural, as long as the deals do materialize. So we are happy to report that most of the large deals that slipped in the fourth quarter have now closed.
Turning to the significant milestones and industry recognition during fiscal 2008, eGain marked its 10th anniversary of delivering on-demand customer service software for the enterprise. eGain is the only company in the market to have offered both on-demand and on-premise deployment of customer service software to enterprises for over a decade.
The company conducted a unique state of customer service study that included a holistic measurement of single channel and cross channel customer service offered by leading North American companies. The study strongly validated the need for a robust customer service solution such as eGain's.
The company introduced powerful multilingual capabilities to the eGain Service suite including user interface and content support for Dutch, German, French, Italian, and Spanish languages.
eGain Service was ranked the #1 customer service software in the annual survey of the top 500 US-based web retailers conducted by Internet Retailer magazine in 2007.
eGain Service was selected as a Product of the Year for 2007 by Customer Interaction magazine.
eGain was named to the Software 500 list for the fifth year in a row. The Software 500 is the Software magazine list of the world's premier software and services providers.
eGain was included in the 2008 list of 100 Companies that Matter in Knowledge Management by KMWorld magazine.
And finally the company was named as the One to Watch for 2008 by CRM magazine in the web interaction management category in recognition of its comprehensive, innovative, and unified solution for multichannel interaction management.
Building and developing partnerships to expand our market reach has been a focus for over the past fiscal year and we are making steady progress in this regard. Specifically eGain delivered the second phase of its multi-phase OEM product delivery agreement with Cisco in December 2007.
Early customer response to Cisco's multichannel offering based on eGain technology is encouraging. Based on strong customer feedback and demand for specific industry-leading capabilities, Cisco and eGain have expanded the scope of the integrated product capabilities, resulting in a delay in the third and final deliverable that is now targeted for the second half of fiscal year 2009, as opposed to the earlier target of the end of fiscal year 2008.
Next, eGain signed up several new reseller and system integrator partnerships worldwide, including Cystelcom in Spain, CUBE in Poland, and PlanNet21 in Ireland. The company trained solution implementation professionals from 23 partner organizations in its partner ecosystem during the fiscal year.
Finally, the company also expanded its Partner EcoNet portal to provide comprehensive sales, support and services information for channel partners while enabling them to collaborate with one another through an online forum.
On the customer front, we continue to acquire marquee enterprise customers in fiscal 2008. Notable acquisitions included: a leading fortune 50 pharmaceutical company; a leading fortune 500 consumer electronics company; an international financial services organization; one of the leading global services providers in insurance, banking and asset management; a global leader in benefits outsourcing; a leading European catalogue retailer; and finally one of the UK's largest online fashion and beauty stores.
Looking ahead to fiscal 2009 and beyond leading analysts believe that the customer interaction hub market continues to be a viable one within the larger enterprise business application space. Further, in an economic slowdown efficiencies generated by self-service and agent productivity solutions are increasingly in demand.
Moreover, much of the arbitrage benefit from off-shoring and outsourcing is being eroded by wage inflation in emerging economies, leading businesses to tilt their investments more towards technology.
Finally, the business case for retaining existing customers through differentiated service is even more compelling in a slow economy as businesses struggle to acquire new customers.
Om fiscal 2009 the company plans to balance growth and profitability goals. Given the economic slowdown, we believe that it is prudent to invest in specific, well-developed and relatively short-term opportunities this year.
We plan to continue to invest in our Cisco OEM partnership to expand our global market reach. This channel promises to deliver meaningful bookings impact for us in fiscal year 2009. Next, we are systematically investing in developing our partner ecosystem. It is already showing good promise in our European business.
Finally, we plan to invest in our global customer care infrastructure as our enterprise clients increasingly want us to offer responsive 7x24 support for their global, mission-critical eGain deployments. This investment will help us further strengthen our customer loyalty.
As a result of these targeted investments we expect to steadily grow our top-line in a tough environment by successfully acquiring and serving new global enterprise clients who trust eGain as a long-term supplier of top-rated, innovative customer interaction hub solutions.
On that note, I would like to ask Eric Smit, our Chief Financial Officer, to discuss in more detail our financial performance for the quarter.
Eric Smit
Thank you Ashu. I'll walk you through the key financial details and then outline our guidance for fiscal year 2009.
Total new bookings of license and hosting were $1 million for the quarter, a decrease of 78% from the year-ago quarter. Total new bookings for the year were $8.1 million, a decrease of 20% from the prior year.
As Ashu indicated our bookings for the fourth quarter suffered due to several large deals slipping, of which most of them have now closed in the first quarter of fiscal 2009.
Approximately 24% of the new bookings in the quarter were from new hosting contracts and 76% from new license contracts. This compared to 42% hosting and 58% license bookings in the year-ago quarter. New hosting contracts for the year accounted for approximately 43% of the new bookings compared to 45% last year.
Now turning to our financial results, total revenue for the quarter was $6.7 million, an increase of $1.3 million or 24% from the year-ago quarter. Total revenue for the year was $30.1 million, and increase of $7.6 million or 34% from last year and the highest annual revenue we have achieved in the last six years.
There was an increase in all revenue types. License revenue for the quarter increased 124% to $721,000 from $322,000 in the comparable year-ago quarter. This represents 11% of total revenue for the quarter, up from 6% in the year-ago quarter.
License revenue for the year increased 93% to $6.6 million from $3.4 million last year. This represented 22% of total revenue for the year, up from 15% in the prior year. While our support and services revenue increased 18% to $6 million from $5.1 million in the comparable year-ago quarter. This represents 89% of total revenue for the quarter, down from 94% in the year-ago quarter.
Support and services revenue for the year increased 23% to $23.5 million from $19.1 million last year. This represents 78% of total revenue for the year down from 85% last year. Of particular note, hosting revenue increased 24% quarter-over-quarter and 34% year-over-year.
The year-over-year increase in our occurring hosting revenue is primarily driven by the increased size of new hosting contracts we have closed over the last 18 months and our high renewal rates. Professional services revenue increased 35% quarter-over-quarter and 40% year-over-year. This increase was driven by larger [inaudible] engagements due to multi application sales and larger customer deployments.
As of June 30, 2008, we had approximately $800,000 of deferred professional services revenue compared to approximately $700,000 as of June 30, 2007. The majority f this deferred professional services revenue is from hosting deployments we have delivered the professional services but are recognizing the revenue over the estimated life of the hosting arrangements.
Looking at our gross profits and gross margins, gross profit for the quarter were $3.8million or a gross margin of 57% compared to $2.8 million or a gross margin of 51% in the comparable year-ago quarter.
Gross profit for the year was $18.5 million or a gross margin of 61% compared to $13.2 million or a gross margin of 59% last year. Turning to our operating costs, research and development expense for the quarter was $1.4 million, an increase of 21% from the comparable year-ago quarter and up 13% from last quarter.
Research and development expense for the year was $5.1 million, an increase of 28% from last year. The increase was primarily due to the increase in personnel costs and outside consulting expenses. Total research and development expense as a percentage of total revenues were 21% in the quarter, a slight decrease from 22% in the comparable year-ago quarter.
Total research and development expense as a percentage of total revenues were 17% for the year compared to 18% last year. Sales and marketing expense for the quarter was $2.8 million, a decrease of 18% from the comparable year-ago quarter and up 3% from last quarter.
Sales and marketing expense for the year was $11.8 million, a decrease of 9% from last year. The year-to-date decrease consisted primarily of the decrease in personnel related expenses.
Total sales and marketing expense as a percentage of total revenues was 42% in the quarter, compared to 65% in the comparable year-ago quarter. Total sales and marketing expense as a percentage of total revenue for the year was 39% compared to 57% last year.
General and administrative expense for the quarter was $912,000, an increase of 38% from the comparable year-ago quarter and down 3% from last quarter. General and administrative expense for the year was $4.2 million, an increase of 47% from last year.
The increase was primarily due to the increase in legal expense, auditing fees, outside consulting expenses, and personnel expenses. The year-over-year increase of more than $470,000 in legal expenses primarily related to the patent lawsuit that was settled in September, 2007.
At this time we do not expect any material legal expenses in future quarters. We also incurred additional consulting costs in the second half of the year associated with our SOX for our full compliance requirements.
Total general and administrative expenses as a percentage of total revenues was 14% in the quarter compared to 12% in the same quarter a year ago. Total general and administrative expense as a percentage of total revenues was 14% for the year compared to 13% last year.
Included in the total costs and expenses were stock-based compensation expense of $77,000 for the quarter and $53,000 for the comparable year-ago quarter. Stock-based compensation expense for the year was $318,000 compared to $273,000 last year.
Looking at other income and expense, interest expense for the quarter was $432,000, an increase of 31% from the comparable year-ago quarter. Interest expense for the year was $1.2 million, an increase of 42% from last year.
The increase was primarily due to the increase in accrued interest on related party debt that had no impact on cash in the current period. GAAP loss from operations for the quarter, that is before interest, tax, and other non-operating income and expenses, was $1.4 million compared to a loss of $2.6 million in the comparable year-ago quarter.
GAAP loss from operations for the year was $2.6 million compared to a loss of $6.5 million last year. Net loss for the quarter was $1.9 million or $0.12 per share compared to a net loss of $2.9 million or $0.19 per share in the comparable year-ago quarter.
Net loss for the year was $4.1 million or $0.27 per share compared to a net loss of $7.7 million or $0.50 per share last year. I would now like to turn to our balance sheet, total cash and cash equivalents were $3.8 million on June 30, 2008 compared to $4 million at March 31, 2008.
Day sales outstanding or DSOs for the quarter ended June 30, 2008 were 37 days compared to 30 days for the comparable year-ago quarter. Now turning to our guidance, as Ashu outlined we plan to balance our growth and profitability goals in fiscal year 2009 and accordingly we are providing the following guidance for fiscal year 2009.
The company currently expects new hosting and license bookings for fiscal year 2009 to be in the range of $12.1 million to $14.2 million or a 50% to 75% increase over fiscal year 2008.
The company currently expects total revenue for fiscal year 2009 to be in the range of $33.1 million to $34.6 million or a 10% to 15% increase over fiscal year 2008.
The company currently expects to be profitable on an operating basis and generate positive cash flows from operations in fiscal year 2009.
This ends the eGain fourth quarter and fiscal year ended June 30, 2008 conference call. Thank you for listening and we look forward to providing you an update after our first quarter of fiscal 2009 financial release.
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In business district
Situated in the business district, this hotel is located near Chrysler LLC Headquarters, Somerset Collection, Palace of Auburn Hills, & DTE Energy Music Theatre.
Onsite restaurant
Marriott Auburn Hills Pontiac at Centerpoint features unique amenities including onsite restaurant Parkway Grille, indoor pool, 24-hour fitness center, & onsite Starbucks.
Flat-screen TVs & Wi-Fi
Guestrooms offer high-tech amenities including flat-screen TVs with premium cable & free HBO, wired & wireless Internet access, & iPod docking station.
Hotel Amenities
- General
Marriott Auburn Hills Pontiac at Centerpoint offers a restaurant and a bar/lounge. Business amenities at this 3.5-star property consist of a business center, audio-visual equipment, and small meeting rooms. In addition to an indoor pool and a seasonal outdoor pool, Marriott Auburn Hills Pontiac at Centerpoint provides a spa tub and a fitness facility. Event facilities include conference/meeting rooms, a ballroom, exhibit space, and banquet facilities. This spa hotel also offers valet parking, spa services, and gift shops/newsstands. Business services, concierge services, and wedding services can be provided. Onsite parking is complimentary.
- 24-hour front desk
- Air-conditioned public areas
- ATM/banking
- Audiovisual equipment
- Ballroom(s)
- Banquet facilities
- Number of floors - 11
- Bar/lounge
- Business center
- Business services
- Concierge services
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Event catering
- Exhibit space
- Express check-in
- Multiple large conference rooms
- Fireplace in lobby
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-out
- Fitness facilities
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Wireless Internet access - surcharge
- Wired (high-speed) Internet access - surcharge
- Laundry facilities
- Multiple small meeting rooms
- Total number of rooms - 290
- Patio
- Porter/bellhop
- Room service (limited hours)
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Year Built 2000
- Number of meeting/conference rooms - 11
- Self parking
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Spa tub
- Swimming pool - indoor
- Swimming pool - outdoor seasonal
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Wedding services
- Free parking
- Internet
Available in all rooms: Wireless Internet access (surcharge), Wired high-speed Internet access (surcharge)
Available in some public areas: Wireless Internet access - surcharge, Wired (high-speed) Internet access - surcharge
- Parking
Free parking, Self parking
- Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- Climate control
- Complimentary weekday newspaper
- Air conditioning
- Voice mail
- Multi-line phone
- Coffee/tea maker
- Wake-up calls
- Turndown service
- Shower/tub combination
- Complimentary toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- Clock radio
- Desk
- Daily housekeeping
- Electronic check-out
- Electronic/magnetic keys
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- iPod docking station
- Ergonomic chair
- Cable TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Wireless Internet access (surcharge)
- Wired high-speed Internet access (surcharge)
- Dining
Marriott Auburn Hills Pontiac at Centerpoint has a restaurant on site. Room service during limited hours is available.
- Recreation
An indoor pool, a seasonal outdoor pool, and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a fitness facility.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Skiing - cross-country nearby
- Ice skating nearby
- Boat launch nearby
- Rowing or canoeing nearby
- Fishing nearby
- Swimming on site
- Accessibility
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- Accessible path of travel
- Accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
Policies & Fees
- Check-in
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
- Payment types
Accepted at this hotel: Discover, JCB International, MasterCard, Visa, American Express
- Pets
Pets not allowed
- General
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Fees
- The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Fee for in-room high-speed Internet (wired): USD 14.95 per day (rates may vary)
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
- Additional Details
This hotel has a smoke-free policy.


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Peter Shutt
Scientist offers new take
OPINION: How many times have I written "first get the science"?
Need for community involvement
If you missed the opportunity to attend the South Canterbury Water Enhancement Group (SWEG) meeting last Monday night you missed a golden opportunity to hear progress from the three local zone committees.
Timely debate on water quality
OPINION: The public meeting of the South Canterbury Water Enhancement Group is timely.
Big effort by a little team
More than 2000 carex plants were successfully planted last Sunday at Forest Creek Station by a small team comprising members of the Riparian Support Trust, Fish and Game and other volunteers.
Refusal to wear life jackets
I regret starting this column on such a negative note, but would you have preferred an obituary?
Early release for fry
OPINION: The Orari salmon fishery received a boost when McKinnon's hatchery volunteers released salmon fry into the Ohapi Stream.
Volunteers remove sapling alders
OPINION: With help from volunteers, Central South Island Fish and Game and Irishman Creek Station run-holder Justin Wills have cleared Maryburn Stream.
One fishing trip not enough
For Jenny Hart of Geraldine, five weeks in Alaska was not enough. She plans to return and enjoy more of the excellent salmon fishing she witnessed in July and take a closer look at the native plants and glacial formations.
Sponsored links
Good trout, flows and happy anglers
OPINION: Hamish Steven's report in the October 2 issue of The Timaru Herald confirmed my observation of the Opihi River on opening day. Hamish's report from Lake Opuha also echoed reports I was getting throughout the day.
The great day returns for anglers
As you read this you will be aware that the time for day-dreaming is almost over and that the new fishing season opens on Tuesday, October 1.
Fisherman's tales poetic odes to joy
PETER SHUTT - © Fairfax NZ News
A poem received from an out-of-town angler back in June 1984 tells of his love of the Rangitata River salmon fishery.
Time right for annual hatchery spring clean
Next Saturday will be the focus of attention for supporters of the McKinnon's Creek salmon hatchery on the Rangitata River.
Biodiversity: You owe it more than you think
PETER SHUTT - © Fairfax NZ News
Every angler knows it's biodiversity that provides the bait we use when fishing.
Joint effort to boost Opihi's salmon stocks
Fish & Game, with help from the Opihi Enhancement group and McKinnon's Creek salmon hatchery volunteers, released 12,000 salmon fry into the Opihi River's headwaters.
Anglers' diary programme proves its worth
Central South Island Fish and Game is appreciative of the observations reported in the 2012/13 annual angler's diary programme.
Easy to talk the talk, but we must walk the walk
OPINION: Could Green China actually be showing us the way?
Anglers look to future
Few meetings are as informative or absorbing as was the South Canterbury Salmon Anglers Association annual meeting last Thursday.
Alaska may answer salmon mysteries
OPINION: No names - no pack drill - but this week two comments started me thinking about salmon. One was a home-grown comment while the other originated from a good friend referring to what is probably the salmon capital of the world.
Anglers plan to raise awareness of issues
The 80th annual meeting of the South Canterbury Anglers Club on Tuesday saw members resolve to return the club to its traditional role as a conduit for angling issues to be addressed and forwarded to the appropriate authorities.
Have a say on water quality
OPINION: July 18 is worth noting for the meetings scheduled at Omarama: 10-11am - Wrinkly Rams (24-30 Omarama-Twizel Road, Rapid 10), Twizel: 1-2pm - Twizel Events Centre (61 McKenzie Dr, Twizel), and Tekapo: 5-6pm - Lake Tekapo Community Hall (Aorangi Cres, Lake Tekapo).
Tom Walsh breaks NZ shot put record again
Lifejackets not negotiable - ECan
First-home buyers hold off, says agent
Sharp campers sought to catch site-fee dodgers
Crisis meeting over falling roll
Graduates valued as QV staff show their age
More SC patients on green plan for health
Teachers' trust in Novopay lost


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As part of the government shutdown that started October 1, the National Parks Service closed all U.S. national parks and monuments. Visitors were denied entry to Yosemite and Yellowstone and acres and acres of national park lands until the government resumes business. But economics professor Holly...
Randy Simmons, Ryan M. Yonk
At the turn of the 20th century, Congress passed the Antiquities Act – giving President Teddy Roosevelt the authority to restrict the use of any federally owned public land by designating it as a national monument. However, monument designation can bring distinct negative impacts. Here's why.
Do you visit national parks for the monumental value or for their ecological value? Can they be the same and how can we manage to keep our parks operating well into the 21st century? Join Alfred Runte and Holly Fretwell for a conversation on national parks.
Warren Meyer
Park agencies are partnering with private companies to keep parks open, well maintained, and generate a return for taxpayers.
Shawn Regan
PERC research fellow Shawn Regan provides testimony for the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on "Funding the National Park System for the Next Century."
Holly Fretwell
State parks often have their budgets cut when revenues are tight. Some parks are having success by hiring private companies to run the parks. They are efficient, good stewards of the resource, and customer-friendly.
Wycliffe Muga
Kenya might make 20 times more money from the Masai Mara Game Reserve, which is just a sixth of Tanzania's Serengeti, but this, reports Special Correspondent WYCLIFFE MUGA, comes at a huge environmental cost .
By Wycliffe Muga
PERC Media Fellow
Eric Kihiu Ngure
How a fence and an off-road race are creating a new conservation paradigm in Kenya
Donald Leal, Holly Fretwell
Our national parks are in trouble. Their roads, historic buildings, visitor facilities, and water and sewer systems are falling apart.


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[caption id="attachment_281" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Boulder as seen from the top of Bear Mtn"][/caption]
I intended to run up Bear Mtn and then Green but once I got up Green I had it in my head to beat the arriving thunderstorm cell that was visibly dumping rain over the valley to the west of the flatirons. So, I got to the top of Bear twice and Green once. I'm clearly out of shape when it comes to vertical running. The endurance seems fine but there's just no "pop" or energy to bound UP the trails. Regardless, I had a nice time and plan to hit at least one of the peaks every day for the next month or so. I took some photos and two videos (one at the last stretch of Bear and one of the last stretch of Green), so I'll let them tell the short story of the run today.
Other than the sheer joy of the running, the nice part was meeting two guys from Denmark up on Green Mtn. Knut (pronounced newt) and Jacob (yaycub) are nice guys and heavy runners. Jacob asked me if I run ultras and I responded yes, but only up to 50 miles, as of now. I asked if they did (run ultras) and Knut responded, "Yes, I run long distances." So, I asked what kind of long distances and he responded with "250k's mostly". Okeedokee.
The videos are shaky but the one up Green is sort of funny. The worst part of the run was the second ascent of Bear. The thunder and lightning were getting closer together, and closer to me but I pushed on and scrambled up to the true summit of Bear just as a bolt flash rocked me. I don't mean the cute little static shock you get on shag carpeting but a to the bone shock that left me dazed with skin feeling fuzzy. It scared me enough that I immediately dropped off the East side of Bear onto the sheer rock face where I traversed over to the trail and then flew down to the saddle and eased onto fern trail where I could relax a bit... I've been electrocuted before and this was crazy.
Here's the first ascent of Bear Vid:
Here's the Green Vid:
[caption id="attachment_285" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Green Mtn as seen from the top of Bear Mtn"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_286" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Knut and Jacob from Denmark"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_287" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Creepy guy on Fern trail photo. Yes, I used the wrong (too short) attachment to cut my hair this time."][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_289" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="The final scramble up to the peak of Bear Mtn"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_290" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="The last photo up on Bear just after I got shocked to the bone by lightning and dropped over the east side of the peak."][/caption]


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Manfred Mann
Bootleg Archives, Vols. 1-5
Original Release Date: November 16, 2009
Track Listing
1. Hello Hello [Cologne 13/02/1981] [Live]
2. Angels At My Gate [Paris 05/02/1981] [Live]
3. On the Run [Paris 05/02/1981] [Live]
4. Chicago Institute [Paris 05/02/1981] [Live]
5. Spirits In the Night [Paris 05/02/1981] [Live]
6. Fritz the Blank [Paris 05/02/1981] [Live]
7. Martha's Madman [Paris 05/02/1981] [Live]
8. Blinded By the Light [Paris 05/02/1981] [Live]
9. Stranded [Paris 05/02/1981] [Live]
10. Lies Thru' the 80s [Paris 05/02/1981] [Live]
11. Hobo Bill's Last Ride/Resurrection [Vienna 12/02/1981] [Live]
12. Step By Step [Vienna 12/02/1981] [Live]
13. Give Me the Good Earth [Live]
14. Banquet [Live]
15. Tribal Statistics [Live]
16. Visionary Mountains [Live]
17. Redemption Song [Live]
18. Going Underground [Live]
19. Do Anything You Wanna Do [Live]
20. Father of Day [Live]
21. The Runner [Live]
22. Gimme Some Loving/Mony Mony [Live]
23. The Third Man Theme [Live]
24. Mighty Quinn [Live]
25. Davy's On the Road Again [Live]
26. Banquet [Live]
27. Shelter From the Storm [Live]
28. The Times They Are a-Changin' [Live]
29. Castles Burning [Live]
30. Martha's Madman [Live]
31. Medicine Song [Live]
32. Redemption Song [Live]
33. Blinded By the Light [Live]
34. Davy's On the Road Again [Live]
35. Crazy 'Bout an Automobile [Live]
36. Jam [Live]
37. Joybringer [London, England] [Live]
38. Pleasure and Pain [London, England] [Live]
39. (I'll Give You) Shelter From the Storm [Live]
40. Castles Burning [Live]
41. Martha's Madman [Live]
42. Don't Kill It Carol [Live]
43. Angels At My Gate [Live]
44. The Times They Are a-Changin' [Live]
45. Demolition Man [Live]
46. (She Was) Blinded By the Light [Live]
47. Redemption Song [Live]
48. Mighty Quinn [Live]
49. Spirits In the Night [Live]
50. Castles Burning [Live]
51. Martha's Madman [Live]
52. Captain Bobby Stout [Live]
53. Dancing In the Dark/House of the Rising Sun [Live]
54. Redemption Song [Live]
55. Demolition Man [Live]
56. Don't Kill It Carol [Live]
57. Davy's On the Road Again [Live]
Bob Dylan: Composer
Manfred Mann: Group Member
Steve Winwood: Composer
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Geoff Dunn: Group Member
Pat King: Group Member
John Lingwood: Group Member
Nestor: Composer
Mick Rogers: Group Member
Steve Waller: Group Member
John Trotter: Group Member
Steve Kinch: Group Member
Chris Thompson: Group Member
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The Bosphorus (/ˈbɒsfərəs/) or Bosporus (/ˈbɒspərəs/, Turkish: Boğaziçi, Greek: Βόσπορος, Vosporos), also referred to sometimes as the Istanbul Strait (Turkish: İstanbul Boğazı), is a strait that forms part of the boundary between Europe and Asia. The Bosphorus, the Sea of Marmara, and the Dardanelles strait to the southwest together form the Turkish Straits. The world's narrowest strait used for international navigation, the Bosphorus connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara (which is connected by the Dardanelles to the Aegean Sea, and thereby to the Mediterranean Sea).
The limits of the Bosphorus are defined as the connecting line between the lighthouses Rumeli Feneri and Anadolu Feneri in the north and between the Ahırkapı Feneri and the Kadıköy İnciburnu Feneri in the south. Between the limits, the strait is 31 km (17 nmi) long, with a width of 3,329 m (1.798 nmi) at the northern entrance and 2,826 m (1.526 nmi) at the southern entrance. Its maximum width is 3,420 m (1.85 nmi) between Umuryeri and Büyükdere Limanı, and minimum width 700 m (0.38 nmi) between Kandilli Point and Aşiyan. This part of the strait is a dangerous point for maritime traffic: a 45-degree course alteration is required, and the current can reach 7 to 8 knots (3.6 to 4.1 m/s). To the south, at Yeniköy, the necessary course alteration is 80 degrees. All the dangers and obstacles characteristic of narrow waterways are present and acute in this critical sea lane. At the above mentioned turns (Kandilli and Yeniköy) where significant course alterations have to be made, the rear and forward sights are totally blocked prior to and during the course alteration. Ships approaching from the opposite direction cannot be seen round these bends. The risks posed by geography are increased dramatically by the heavy ferry traffic across the strait, linking the European and Asian sides of the city.[1]
The depth of Bosphorus varies from 13 to 110 m (43 to 360 ft) in midstream with an average of 65 m (213 ft). The deepest location is between Kandilli and Bebek with 110 m (360 ft). The most shallow locations are off Kadıköy İnciburnu on the northward route with 18 m (59 ft) and off Aşiyan Point on the southward route with 13 m (43 ft).[1]
The shores of the strait are heavily populated, straddled as it is by the city of Istanbul (with a metropolitan area population in excess of 12 million inhabitants) which extends inland from both coasts.
The name comes from Greek Bosporos (Βόσπορος),[2] which the ancient Greeks analysed as bous βοῦς 'ox' + poros πόρος 'means of passing a river, ford, ferry', thus meaning 'ox-ford', which is a reference to Io from Greek mythology who was transformed into a cow and condemned to wander the earth until she crossed the Bosphorus where she met Prometheus. Although it has been known for a while that the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara flow into each other in an example of a density flow, findings of a study by the University of Leeds in August 2010 reveal that there is in fact an underwater channel of high-density water flowing across the floor of the Bosphorus (caused by the difference in density of the two seas), which would be the sixth largest river on Earth if it were to be on land.[3]
The exact cause for the formation of the Bosphorus remains the subject of debate among geologists. Thousands of years ago, the Black Sea became disconnected from the Aegean Sea. The Black Sea deluge theory (published in 1997 by William Ryan and Walter Pitman from Columbia University) contends that the Bosphorus was formed about 5600 BC when the rising waters of the Mediterranean/Sea of Marmara breached through to the Black Sea, which at the time (according to the theory) was a low-lying body of fresh water.
It is also said in myth that floating rocks known as the Symplegades or Clashing Rocks once crushed any ship that attempted passage of the Bosphorus until the hero Jason obtained passage, whereupon the rocks became fixed, and Greek access to the Black Sea was opened.
Ancient Greece, Persia, Rome, the Byzantines and the Ottoman Empire[edit]
As part of the only passage between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, the Bosphorus has always been of great commercial and strategic importance. The Greek city-state of Athens in the 5th century BC, which was dependent on grain imports from Scythia, maintained critical alliances with cities which controlled the straits, such as the Megarian colony Byzantium.
Persian King Darius I the Great, in an attempt to subdue the Scythian horsemen who roamed across the north of the Black Sea, crossed through the Bosphorus, then marched towards the Danube River. His army crossed the Bosphorus over an enormous bridge made by connecting Achaemenid boats.[4] This bridge essentially connected the farthest geographic tip of Asia to Europe, encompassing at least some 1000 meters of open water if not more.[5] Years later, a similar boat bridge would be constructed by Xerxes I on the Dardanelles (Hellespont) strait, during his invasion of Greece. Byzantines called the Bosphorus "Stenon" and most important toponyms of it Bosphorios Akra, Argyropolis, St. Mamas, St. Phokas, Hestiai or Michaelion, Phoneus, Anaplous or Sosthenion in European side and Hieron tower, Eirenaion, Anthemiou, Sophianai, Bithynian Chryspolis in Asian side in this era [6]
The strategic significance of the strait was one of the factors in the decision of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great to found there in AD 330 his new capital, Constantinople, which came to be known as the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. On 29 May 1453 it was conquered by the emerging Ottoman Empire. In fact, as the Ottoman Turks closed in on Constantinople, they constructed a fortification on each side of the strait, Anadoluhisarı (1393) and Rumelihisarı (1451).
Strategic importance[edit]
The Bosphorus remains strategically important. It is a major sea access route for Russia and the Ukraine. Control over it has been an objective of a number of hostilities in modern history, notably the Russo–Turkish War, 1877–1878, as well as of the attack of the Allied Powers on the Dardanelles during the 1915 Battle of Gallipoli in the course of World War I.
At its peak in the 16th through the 18th centuries, the Ottoman Empire had wrested control of the entire Black Sea area, which was for the time an "Ottoman lake", on which Russian warships were prohibited.[7]
Subsequently, several international treaties have governed vessels using the waters. Under the Treaty of Hünkar Iskelesi of 1833, the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits were to be closed on Russian demand to naval vessels of other powers.[8] Following World War I, the 1920 Treaty of Sèvres demilitarized the strait and made it an international territory under the control of the League of Nations. This was amended under the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne, which restored the straits to Turkish territory—but allowed all foreign warships and commercial shipping to traverse the straits freely. Turkey eventually rejected the terms of that treaty, and subsequently Turkey remilitarized the straits area. The reversion to this old regime was formalized under the Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Turkish Straits of July 1936. That convention, which is still in practical force as of 2011[update], treats the straits as an international shipping lane, but Turkey retains the right to restrict the naval traffic of non-Black Sea nations (such as Greece, a traditional enemy, or Algeria).
During World War II, through February 1945, when Turkey was neutral for most of the length of the conflict, the Dardanelles were closed to the ships of the belligerent nations. In the conferences during World War II, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin openly requested the concession of Soviet military bases on the Straits, even though Turkey was not involved in the war. This incident, coupled with Stalin's demands for the restitution of the Turkish provinces of Kars, Artvin and Ardahan to the Soviet Union (which were lost by Turkey with the Russo–Turkish War of 1877–1878, but were regained with the Treaty of Kars in 1921) was one of the main reasons why Turkey decided to give up its general principle of neutrality in foreign affairs. Turkey did declare war against Germany in February 1945, but did not engage in offensive actions.[9][10][11][12]
In more recent years, the Turkish Straits have become particularly important for the oil industry. Russian oil, from ports such as Novorossyisk, is exported by tankers to western Europe and the U.S. via the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles straits.
The waters of the strait are traversed by numerous ferries. Two suspension bridges cross the Bosphorus. The first of these, the Bosphorus Bridge, is 1,074 m (3,524 ft) long and was completed in 1973. The second, named Fatih Sultan Mehmet (Bosphorus II) Bridge, is 1,090 m (3,576 ft) long, and was completed in 1988 about 5 km (3 mi) north of the first bridge. The Bosphorus Bridge forms part of the O1 Motorway, while the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge forms part of the Trans-European Motorway.
Construction of the a third suspension bridge, the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, began on May 29, 2013; opening is planned for May 29, 2015.[13] The bridge will be built near the northern end of the Bosphorus, between the villages of Garipçe on the European side and Poyrazköy on the Asian side.[14] It will be part of the "Northern Marmara Motorway", which will be further integrated with the existing Black Sea Coastal Highway, and will allow transit traffic to bypass city traffic,
The Marmaray project, featuring a 13.7 km (8.5 mi) long undersea railway tunnel, opened on 29 October 2013.[15] Approximately 1,400 m (4,593 ft) of the tunnel runs under the strait, at a depth of about 55 m (180 ft).
An undersea water supply tunnel with a length of 5,551 m (18,212 ft),[16] named the Bosphorus Water Tunnel, was constructed in 2012 to transfer water from the Melen Creek in Düzce Province (to the east of the Bosphorus strait, in northwestern Anatolia) to the European side of Istanbul, a distance of 185 km (115 mi).[16][17]
The Eurasia Tunnel is a road tunnel between Kazlicesme and Goztepe, which began construction in February 2011 and is expected to open in 2014.
The phrase "swim the Bosphorus" or "crossing the Bosphorus" is used to indicate religious conversion to the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Submarine channel[edit]
In 2010, a team of scientists led by the University of Leeds used a robotic "yellow submarine" to observe detailed flows within an "undersea river" for the first time. Submarine channels are similar to land rivers, but they are formed by density currents—underwater flow mixtures of sand, mud and water that are denser than sea water and so sink and flow along the bottom. These channels are the main transport pathway for sediments to the deep sea where they form sedimentary deposits. These deposits ultimately hold not only untapped reserves of gas and oil, they also house important secrets—from clues on past climate change to the ways in which mountains were formed.
The team, led by Dr. Dan Parsons and Dr. Jeff Peakall from the University of Leeds, has been able to study the detailed flow within these channels. According to Dr. Parsons: "The channel complex and the density flow provide the ideal natural laboratory for investigating and detailing the structure of the flow field through the channel. Our initial findings show that the flow in these channels is quite different to the flow in river channels on land. Specifically, as flow moves around a bend it spirals in the opposite direction in the deep sea compared to the spiral to that found in river channels on land. This is important in understanding the sedimentology and layers of sediment deposited by these systems."[18]
It is thought by some that the channels in the Black Sea were formed around 6,000 years ago when sea levels were approaching their current point. The Mediterranean swelled and breached through into the Black Sea—once an isolated freshwater lake—via the Bosphorus Strait. As the waters surged, they carried a dense, salty fluid which formed a network of sea-floor channels that are almost constantly active, even today.
Some people even believe that this was the biblical event of Noah's flood, but despite their historical significance, the first spectacular images of these submarine channels were obtained in 1999 (Di Iorio, et al., 1999[19]) in the frame of a NATO SACLANT Undersea Research project using jointly the NATO RV Alliance, and the Turkish Navy survey ship Çubuklu. In 2002, a new survey was carried out on board the Ifremer RV Le Suroit for BlaSON project (Lericolais, et al., 2003[20]) completed the multibeam mapping of this underwater channel fan-delta. A complete map was published in 2009 (Flood, et al., 2009[21]) using these previous results with high quality mapping obtained in 2006 (by researchers at Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada who are project partners in this study.)
The team will use the data obtained to create innovative computer simulations that can be used to model how sediment flows through these channels. The models the team will produce will have broad applications, including inputting into the design of seafloor engineering by oil and gas companies.
The project was led by Dr. Jeff Peakall and Dr. Daniel Parsons at the University of Leeds, in collaboration with the University of Southampton, Memorial University (Newfoundland, Canada), and the Institute of Marine Sciences (Izmir, Turkey). The survey was run and coordinated from the Institute of Marine Sciences research ship, the R/V Koca Piri Reis.
The researchers estimate that the river—known as a submarine channel—would be the sixth largest river in the world if it were on land based on the amount of water flowing through it.[3]
The Bosphorus is particularly famous for the 620 historic waterfront houses (yalı) built during the Ottoman period, which stretch along the strait's European and Asian shorelines. Ottoman palaces such as the Topkapı Palace, Dolmabahçe Palace, Yıldız Palace, Çırağan Palace, Feriye Palaces, Beylerbeyi Palace, Küçüksu Palace, Ihlamur Palace, Hatice Sultan Palace, Adile Sultan Palace and Khedive Palace also adorn the shores and hills of the strait; together with other landmark monuments and buildings such as the Hagia Sophia, Hagia Irene, Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Yeni Mosque, Kılıç Ali Pasha Mosque, Nusretiye Mosque, Dolmabahçe Mosque, Ortaköy Mosque, Üsküdar Mihrimah Sultan Mosque, Yeni Valide Mosque, Maiden's Tower, Galata Tower, Rumelian Castle, Anatolian Castle, Yoros Castle, Selimiye Barracks, Sakıp Sabancı Museum, Sadberk Hanım Museum, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Borusan Museum of Contemporary Art, Tophane-i Amire Museum, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Galatasaray University, Boğaziçi University, Robert College, Kabataş High School, Kuleli Military High School, among numerous others.
A cheap way to explore the Bosphorus is offered by the public ferries that traverse the strait from Eminönü (ferries dock at the Boğaz İskelesi pier) on the historic peninsula of Istanbul to Anadolu Kavağı near the Black Sea, zigzagging between the Rumelian and Anatolian sides of the city. It is also possible to experience the Bosphorus by taking a shorter, regular ride in one of the public ferries that travel between the European and Asian sides; or by one of the privately owned ferries that operate between Üsküdar and Beşiktaş or Kabataş.
The catamaran seabuses offer high-speed commuter services between the European and Asian shores of the Bosphorus, but they stop at fewer ports and piers in comparison to the public ferries. Both the public ferries and the seabuses also provide commuter services between the Bosphorus and the Prince Islands in the Sea of Marmara.
There are also tourist rides available in various places along the coasts of the Bosphorus. The prices vary according to the type of the ride, and some feature loud popular music for the duration of the trip.
Image gallery[edit]
View of the entrance to the Bosphorus from the Sea of Marmara, as seen from the Topkapı Palace.
Dolmabahçe Palace on the Bosphorus.
The Rumelian Castle on the Bosphorus, with both suspension bridges which span the strait.
620 historic waterfront houses stretch along the coasts of the Bosphorus, such as the yalı of Ahmet Rasim Pasha.
Yalı of Hacı Şefik Bey on the Bosphorus.
Ottoman era waterfront houses on the Bosphorus.
Afif Pasha Mansion on the Bosphorus was designed by Alexander Vallaury.
The quarters of Bebek, Arnavutköy and Yeniköy on the Bosphorus are famous for their fish restaurants.
See also[edit]
- ^ a b "Türk Boğazları ve Marmara Denizi'nin Coğrafi Konumu-İstanbul Boğazı" (in Turkish). Denizcilik. Retrieved 2010-09-18.[dead link]
- ^ Entry: Βόσπορος at Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, 1940, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- ^ a b http://www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/866/leeds_researchers_study_undersea_rivers_with_a_yellow_submarine
- ^ Polybios, Historiae IV, 39, 16; Özhan Öztürk. Pontus: Antik Çağ'dan Günümüze Karadeniz'in Etnik ve Siyasi Tarihi Genesis Yayınları. Ankara, 2011 pp. 28–29
- ^ Herodotus (Translation by George Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Sir John Gardner Wilkinson) (1859). The History of Herodotus: a new English version, Volume 3. John Murray. pp. 77 (Chp. 86).
- ^ Özhan Öztürk. Pontus: Antik Çağ'dan Günümüze Karadeniz'in Etnik ve Siyasi Tarihi Genesis Yayınları. Ankara, 2011 pp. 28–32
- ^ "Turkey - Köprülü Era". Workmall.com. 2007-03-24. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
- ^ "Turkey - External Threats and Internal Transformations". Workmall.com. 2007-03-24. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
- ^ "Foreign Policy Research Institute: The Turkish Factor in the Geopolitics of the Post-Soviet Space (Igor Torbakov)". Fpri.org. 2003-01-10. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
- ^ "Turkish-Soviet Relations". Robert Cutler. 1999-03-28. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
- ^ "Russia's relations with Turkey". Answers.com. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
- ^ "Today's Zaman: Against who and where are we going to stand? (Ali Bulaç)". Todayszaman.com. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
- ^ Yavuz Sultan Selim Köprüsü "3. köprünün ismi Yavuz Sultan Selim". NTV-MSNBC (in Turkish). 2013-05-29. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
- ^ "Turkey Unveils Route for Istanbul's Third Bridge". Anatolian Agency. 29 April 2010.
- ^ "Turkey's Bosphorus tunnel to open sub-sea Asia link". BBC News. 29 October 2013.
- ^ a b CNN Türk: "Melen hattı Boğaz'ı geçti" (21-05-2012)
- ^ Nayır, Mehmet (2012-05-19). "Melen Boğaz'ı geçiyor". Sabah Ekonomi (in Turkish). Retrieved 2012-06-11.
- ^ Futurity.org: "Robotic sub records flow of undersea river" (August 2, 2010.)
- ^ Di Iorio, D., and Yüce, H. (1999). Observations of Mediterranean flow into the Black Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research 104(C2), 3091-3108.
- ^ Lericolais, G., Le Drezen, E., Nouzé, H., Gillet, H., Ergun, M., Cifci, G., Avci, M., Dondurur, D., and Okay, S. (2002). Recent canyon heads evidenced at the Bosphorus outlet. EOS transactions, AGU Fall Meet. Suppl. 83(47), Abstract PP71B-0409.
- ^ Flood, R. D., Hiscott, R. N., and Aksu, A. E. (2009). Morphology and evolution of an anastomosed channel network where saline underflow enters the Black Sea. Sedimentology 56(3), 807-839.
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Stay RVCA Pant
RVCA was conceived and founded by designer P.M. Tenore, officially launched in 2000. RVCA combines art, music, fashion and a modern lifestyle in an original way.
- 32" Inseam
- 10.5" Rise
- 99% cotton 1% elastane
- 16" in the knee and 16" at the leg opening
- Slight fading throughout
- Buttoned fly
- This item is not available for international export
- Styled with
Common Projects Original Achilles Mid in Black. - Modeled in size 32. See fit guide for model's dimensions.
- Revolve Style No. RVCA-MP134
- Manufacturer Style No. MT3005SP Olive


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This hotfix repairs a problem with the configuration of the redundant license server causing servers to stop when the master server has been changed twice. This hotfix applies to any 2009 or earlier products that use network licensing.
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Published date: 2009-Jan-05 ID: DL12183344


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Montana X-treme cleaning rods are made from high-grade spring steel, so they'll push through tough fouling without bending. Dirt and grit won't cling to the proprietary, nonembedding coating for extra protection to the bore of your prized rifle. The machined aluminum handle is slim enough to avoid contact with the stock when cleaning from the breech, while still comfortable and easy-to-grasp for excellent control. Bearings at each end of the handle let the rod rotate smoothly to keep the jag or brush fully in contact with the rifling. Color-coded handles help you make sure you pick up the correct-caliber rod. Each rod has a soft aluminum ferrule at the threaded end to help protect the breech or muzzle from damage.
Mfr Part: 9165
Caliber: 22 Caliber (.223-.224)
Length: 42
Mfr Part: 9140
Caliber: 17 Caliber (.172), 20 Caliber (.204)
Length: 36
Mfr Part: 9130
Length: 30
Mfr Part: 9145
Mfr Part: 9150
Caliber: 22 Caliber (.223-.224), 264/6.5 mm (.264)
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Tech at Night: Hacker threats and arrests, we must defeat Patent Reform and the Texas Amazon Tax, Sprint's spending exposed
The cyberterrorist groups Anonymous and its apparent splinter group Lulzsec are getting bold. The latter gang of criminals is attempting to blackmail the United States Government after attacking government networks, which is just insane and I hope will lead to mass arrests. While the former is attacking the Spanish government after arrests made there, and suffering further damage from mass arrests in Turkey. I hope | Read More »
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