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Archinect - News 2017-08-18T08:51:08-04:00 http://archinect.com/news/article/150004746/the-neutra-vdl-house-celebrates-its-national-historic-landmark-status The Neutra VDL House Celebrates its National Historic Landmark Status Nicholas Korody 2017-04-26T13:13:00-04:00 >2017-04-26T18:04:19-04:00
Built in 1932, the VDL Research House designed by Richard Neutra is one of Southern California's modernist gems. Now it has been named a National Historic Landmark by the U.S. Department of the Interior following the tireless work of its owners, the Cal Poly Pomona Foundation and, in particular, the VDL House director and chair of the architecture department at Cal Poly, Sarah Lorenzen. The effort was assisted by Los Angeles Congressman Adam Schiff, who helped celebrate the designation last Sunday.

Neutra's third building in the United States, and his own private home, the House is said to encapsulate his ideas. For the famed Austrian-American architect, the role of contemporary architecture was to shape life in the modern world, marked by new technologies and new lifestyles. According to the U.S. Department of the Interior, the House is "the only property where one can see the progression of his style over a period of years and is among the key properties to understanding the nation...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/150003039/check-out-the-newly-restored-neutra-designed-oasis-building-in-the-petrified-national-forest Check out the newly-restored Neutra-designed Oasis Building in the Petrified National Forest Nicholas Korody 2017-04-14T12:21:00-04:00 >2017-04-14T15:15:44-04:00
Back in the early '60s, the National Park Service had a program dubbed Mission 66, dedicated to bringing modern facilities to the national parks. One of the earliest examples of this, the Painted Desert Community Complex designed by Richard Neutra and Robert Alexander, has just been restored in a joint effort between the Park Service and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

A 22-acre self-contained park community, the Complex is the last surviving Neutral-Designed structure in the Park Service system. It's design was inspired by Puebloan Native American buildings as well as the dramatic landscape of its site, the Petrified Forest National Park. Comprising 36 steel, glass and masonry buildings with flat roofs, low silhouettes, primary colors and native plantings.

The buildings have been in a state of depredation for some time, ravaged by neglect, a lack of maintenance funding and the harsh desert climate. The restoration mainly focused on the glass Oasis Building storefront, m...
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The Cognoscenti Coffee cocktails were flowing (and frothing) at the Neutra VDL House on Saturday May 2nd, as Archinect, the VDL House and the Graham Foundation hosted the book launch of Treatise, a series of publications wherein 14 relatively new design offices explored the question "Why Write Alone?" Featuring work from emerging talents such as Andrew Kovacs, Point Supreme, and SOFTLab, the project is part of a larger mandate to explore creative approaches to architecture, and was initially part of an exhibition featuring over 200 models, images, drawings, and multi-media installations curated by Jimenez Lai in Chicago in January.

Photo by Diana Koenigsberg

Several hours into the party, the stylishly-dressed Lai mounted the gravel strewn median above the courtyard to toast the Graham Foundation for providing the grant that made Treatise possible. He also thanked Archinect's Paul Petrunia for hosting the event, to which over 250 attendees affirmatively R.S.V.P.-ed.

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 Triangle Modernist Houses continues the 2012 TalkModern Lecture Series.

 October 30, 2012 (Raleigh, NC) – In 1949, Time magazine named modern master Richard Neutra (1892-1970) the second most important architect in America, second only to Frank Lloyd Wright. On Tuesday, November 13, at 7 p.m., the master's son, architect Dion Neutra, AIA, will discuss his father's celebrated work and philosophy when he presents "Neutra Architecture: The View From Inside" at the AIA North Carolina Center for Architecture and Design in downtown Raleigh.

 Dion's lecture is the second half of Triangle Modernist Houses' 2012 TalkModern Lecture Series this fall entitled "A Fistful of Neutras." His brother Raymond spoke in October.

 A partner in his father's firm, Dion will share his personal and professional views of the sensitivity to the relationship of man and nature that he and his father called bio-realism.

 "The Neutras sounded the environmental alarm in the 1950s many years before ecology, ...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/14625054/nother-neutra-slated-to-be-demo-d 'nother Neutra slated to be demo'd Barry Lehrman 2011-07-25T14:55:17-04:00 >2011-11-24T09:05:52-05:00
The [Kronish House]... has been "terribly neglected, but the bones are still there," said Dion Neutra, an architect who teamed up with his late father, Richard, on the project. "The new owner thinks it would be more valuable to tear it down and have empty land."

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 I recently got acquainted with Cal Poly Pomona's archives of Richard Neutra, Raphael Soriano, Donald Wexler, Garrett Eckbo, Craig Ellwood and others. These archives contain never published before original drawings, photographs, blueprints, and stories. They were given to the College of Environmental Design and they are in care of Dr. Lauren Weiss Bricker. The archives are open to public with an appointment. I have arranged a permission to do an Archinect Feature on them including an interview with Dr. Bricker and others who have many stories about this precious collection. Coming soon...
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The 1941 Maxwell house by Richard Neutra, one of Southern California's most celebrated residential architects, is being moved in pieces from Brentwood to a vacant lot in Angelino Heights, the neighborhood near downtown Los Angeles best known for its restored Victorians. Photographer Brian Thomas Jones was on the scene as the first part of the 1,700-square-foot wooden structure made the journey down Sunset Boulevard to its new home.

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Sometimes, i loved to make people laughing..
Because for me, the happiness of other people
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My Job is running some corporate business with my friend
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I believe what make us happy is not money, but true love.
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Getting parenting support is tough at the best of times, but especially challenging for women struggling with mental-health issues. Now a first-of-its-kind centre that dispenses with the need for formal referrals to a child psychiatrist, long wait times and fees is helping women be better moms.
Launched in January by Women's College Hospital, but only officially announced this month, the Toronto centre – a pilot project – offers advice on helping kids overcome everything from sleep and eating disorders to sibling rivalry.
"We know that many women with a mental-health issue won't access the help they need because they can't afford it, don't know where to go, or are worried about being seen as a bad parent," says social worker Marsha Gallinger, who runs the centre free-of-charge to all its mental-health patients. "We want to eliminate some of the barriers women are faced with when searching for help, including the need for a formal referral to a child psychiatrist, long wait times and fees."
Jenny, who battled postpartum depression and has ongoing anxiety issues, is one of 35 women being treated at Women's College to benefit from the Parenting Support Centre. (Fearing stigma, she wishes to remain anonymous.) With three children under the age of six, including an 11-week-old, she's a very busy, hands-on mother.
Before the recent birth of her third child, Jenny – already juggling a rebellious three-year-old – feared a relapse.
"Because I had experienced postpartum depression before, I was anticipating it was going to happen again," she says. "I was starting to get overwhelmed at the thought of the new baby. Even with an extremely supportive husband, I wasn't sure I'd be able to cope."
Like most women who use the centre's services, Jenny went for four one-on-one sessions with Gallinger to talk confidentially about the most pressing child-rearing challenges she needed to address.
In Jenny's case, it was her eldest's difficulty getting to sleep: Gallinger recommended she tell her daughter she would check on her every 10 minutes until she finally fell asleep, thereby easing her sleep-related anxiety by letting her daughter know her mother was a constant, reassuring presence.
"It worked," says Jenny, who adds that strategies like these are simple, but indispensable when you're run ragged and constantly trying to catch up. "Now if my older one says, 'Mommy, I wish I was the baby,' I go and cuddle her. The centre gave me the assurance that I could hear what my kids were asking for."
Women's College child psychiatrist Dr. Aliza Israel, who launched the pilot program, says the need for parenting support for women with mental illness is critical because most don't know where to reach out, and hesitate to ask for help for fear they will be regarded as "bad mothers."
"Parenting can be tremendously difficult under the easiest of circumstances, but for our patients who struggle with anxiety, depression or other mental-health illnesses, it can be overwhelming," says Israel, who is also the centre's director. "Research shows a mother's mental illness can have a significant effect on a child, leading to behavioural issues and even impact a child's own mental health."
The one-on-one sessions are modelled on the Positive Parenting Program, or Triple P, an approach developed more than 25 years ago by Dr. Matt Sanders, a psychologist in Australia known for his research on prevention and treatment of behaviour problems in children. The goal is to reduce stress in the family before it reaches the stage where emergency aid is needed.
"By giving these women the tools to be the mothers they want to be, in a setting that is supportive, easy to access and free, we can help improve their well-being and that of their children," Israel explains.
The program "responds to the old adage that 'if mom ain't happy, ain't nobody happy,'" says Israel. "Many of these moms don't have the emotional energy or reserves to be the parents they'd like to be."
The centre will remain open until fall, when government funding runs out. Israel sees the centre as a potential model for mental-health services elsewhere.
Jenny, who hasn't had to return to the centre since the birth of her youngest, hopes funding and access can be extended into schools, hospitals and doctors' offices across the country to help women like her.
"When you have anxiety, you're so worried to show it to anyone because you're afraid they're going to think you're a bad mother," she says. "The centre gave me the tools to be a better parent, a more present one. Now I have way more days – not every day – when I think, 'Today was a pretty good day.'"Report Typo/Error
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Difference Between Dietician and Nutritionist
Dietician vs Nutritionist
We often hear people using the terms dietician and nutritionist interchangeably. Though it is used interchangeably in many places, there are many differences in the designations, roles, and responsibilities of these professionals.
A nutritionist is a person who holds a degree in the discipline of nutrition. It can also be a doctorate degree. A dietician is a person who will have completed the concerned examination as well as an internship. These people are licensed to work and are known more as Registered Dieticians. They usually need a degree and post-graduate degree in the program. For the license, they must specifically pass the licensing exam.
Nutritionists are not professionals who are licensed by the state board. This does not mean that they work illegally. If they hold a bachelors degree, licensing is not required. But in the case of dieticians, the professionals cannot work without the licenses. If they do so, their practise is illegal. Non-licensed professionals usually use the designations of Dietary Educator or Diet Specialist.
A nutritionist is a person who can advise you on your balanced meals and health. This professional helps you in figuring out what diets are good for your body nature. A dietician helps you with your obesity problems. This professional is capable of giving you tips on how to lose weight and instruct diets specifically for the purpose.
Usually nutritionists work in the government health sectors like the health departments. Dieticians usually work in private and other hospitals and are usually better paid than nutritionists. They also work in the public health and community spheres, research, and academic domains as well. Those who practice privately offer one-to-one counselling as well.
Dieticians meeting the national standards specified for training and education can use titles like RD, RDt, or PDt. These professionals are held accountable by the law for the conduct and care provided by them to their patients. On the other hand, nutritionist is not protected by law everywhere. But the accredited nutritionists can have designations like Associate Nutritionists, Registered Nutritionist, and Associate Public Health Nutritionists.
In medical scenarios, dieticians provide the artificial nutritional requirements to the patients who are not able to consume the foods in the normal way. Dietary modification is a major section of the study and application of dietetics. These professionals usually prepare and serve the proper foods to the patients. A nutritionist elicits, disseminates, and promotes the knowledge on the effects of nutrition to people.
While seeking the professional advice of a dietician or nutritionist, you must check for the credibility of the profession. Self proclaimed dieticians and nutritionists can do harm to your body.
1.Dietician is protected by law but nutritionist is not protected by law in all countries.
2.Dietician deals majorly with the problems of obesity and diets for weight loss. Nutritionists work by spreading the knowledge of the healthy foods and diets for healthy bodies.
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BOURNEMOUTH University is applying for planning permission for a new academic building and a replacement car park.
The proposed development at the Talbot Campus would involve a new four-storey building on the site of the current Car Park A, and a replacement surface level car park. It would provide 214 car parking and 17 motorbike spaces at Cutler Close.
The new building would include seminar rooms and lecture theatres, social spaces for students and staff, research space and a catering facility.
The name Park and Stride describes a parking solution that reduces the number of vehicle parking spaces within the campus but provides them within easy walking distance.
The proposal, received by Borough of Poole, includes a service yard and bin store and associated landscaping on the existing car park.


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THE prospect of more affordable housing in Knutsford is welcome especially if, as one of your recent contributors to Opinion suggested, the units are not all the standard four bedroom configuration but of different sizes that will attract the young 'first home seekers' as much as the more elderly 'downsizers'.
Increased housing capacity alone however will not be enough to support our growing community and in this respect your recent article featuring the proposal from Bill Gore to build a medical centre could be an important addition to our access to health care that is both local and economical, hopefully with an increased complement of healthcare professionals to cater for our expanding population.
But what are the plans for education and transportation?
Our nursery and primary schools are already stretched so what provisions are there for increasing their capacity?
Do we let the builders walk away making relatively little contribution to the needs of the larger community they have helped create?
If developers can re-site a cricket club then surely it is not too much to ask them to contribute to a primary school?
And what of Knutsford's roads that are all too frequently blocked with the local car population augmented by the mass exodus from the M6 every time there is a tailback or major incident?
Is it not time now for a wider discussion that moves the focus from how and where we build houses to how we build and enhance our community?
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Lazy Ox Canteen Update: The Return of Josef Centeno and Yes, His Bäcos
Construction is moving along nicely at the Lazy Ox Canteen, Josef Centeno and Michael Cardenas' new project in the Sakura Crossing building in Little Tokyo. Centeno, who previously cooked at Lot 1, Opus and Meson G, says that the concrete is being poured on Monday and the restaurant will open November 23, "if not sooner." Lazy Ox Canteen ("we partnered in the year of the Ox") will have 58 seats inside, 18 seats outside, sport two 8-foot communal tables and an 11-seat bar. Centeno says that for the first month they'll focus on dinner, then do brunch and eventually be open 7 days a week. "The idea is to stay open until 3," after the neighborhood bars close. Imagine. Brick-roasted mussels with arbol chile and feta in this town at that hour.
Josef Centeno at the Lazy Ox Canteen
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Also on the menu--along with Centeno's signature bäcos and hand-made pasta, salumi and sausages--will be dishes like poblano cannelloni; escabeche of guinea hen and pork jowl; and charred octopus with pickled shallots and corona beans. Centeno will also do the desserts and bake his own bread in the dual gas-and-wood pizza oven that's right now being installed. The oven will not be for pizza; instead Centeno plans to roast suckling pigs in it.
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"It's going to be weird actually having a restaurant," says Centeno. "I've been trying to get one for so long." As for his partnership with Cardenas (Sushi Roku, Boa), Centeno says that he met Cardenas when he cooked for him at Opus. "Who'd have thought that would be one of the most important dinners I ever cooked."
Lazy Ox Canteen: 241 S. San Pedro St., Los Angeles.
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Ginza Restaurant Review: Ginza is a lively spot with a loyal following at lunch, when there are always well-priced specials. The restaurant fills up most evenings, too, thanks to dependably fresh fish served by a relaxed staff and an attentive owner eager to welcome new customers and regulars. Snack on complimentary edamame, try any of the specialty maki rolls or let the chefs create a custom sashimi platter based on what's in season. Not into sushi? Udon noodle bowls, teriyaki and tempura round out the options.
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David Hughes has been appointed SABIC's general manager for Aromatics and Chlor-Alkali, based in Riyadh, the Blog hears on 3 August 2011 from fellow blogger Paul Hodges. Hughes, formerly general manager for SABIC's Oxygenates Business Unit, will be replaced in this role by Ahmed al Umar, currently SABIC's regional head for Asia based in […]
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Top 100 Chemical Distributors 2011
The ICIS global ranking of chemical distributors shows the leaders as Brenntag, Univar, Helm and Nexeo. This week's ICIS Chemical Business is a special issue with the Top 100 distributors listed by 2010 sales. Plus for the first time, the leaders shown by geographic regions in separate tables. Click here for the Top 100 […]
MOVES: Jim McLiverty joins Statoil
James (Jim) McLiverty, former propylene trader with ConocoPhillips in the US, has joined Statoil, his industry contacts informed the Blog this week. McLiverty is in the natural gas liquids (NGL) team in his new role, which he started a couple of months ago, they said.
MOVES: David Cartwright joins Kolmar
David Cartwright will start a new position with global trading company Zug-based Kolmar on Monday 4 July he told Nel today. David, previously the Butadiene/C4s man at INEOS, will be overseeing Kolmar's global olefins activities.
MOVES: Dirk van der Burg joins HML
Dirk van der Burg, formerly with Koch and Chemium, has joined trader and distributor Hazel Mercantile, he told the Blog at EPL yesterday. He will be working with the ebullient Roosmarijn Vandeputte, trading pygas and aromatics amongst other petchems. Van der Burg had previously been with Intermarc and, briefly, Fortrec, he added.
Marc Rich – The Movie
Crime and punishment do not go together in the case of former fugitive billionaire oil trader Marc Rich. Pardoned by President Bill Clinton for crimes of tax evasion and illegal oil trading with Iran, he is now living out an old age of luxury and philanthropy in Switzerland. He was once a resident of […]
MOVES: Marc Van Nievelt joins Koppers
Marc Van Nievelt will be joining the sales force at distributor Koppers in the Netherlands on 24 May 2011, selling carbon black and other related products, he told Caroline today. Marc, formerly at distributor Bax Chemicals for 10 years, was actively trading for the last six. His successor at Bax has yet to be announced. In the […]
MOVES: Traders join Petrochemical East
A new name in the petchem trading world is Petrochemical East, which traders say has recently started up with some former traders from Summit. A new company website will be ready in a couple of weeks, a company source messaged us today.
MOVES: Secret News
Two towering figures in the European olefins biz are set to change jobs imminently, the Blog overhears across the office on Tuesday. Unusually, they both want to keep their moves secret until their feet are under their new respective desks, although not so secret that they didn't want to share their news with prominent […]
TRADER MOVES: Anneke Duijverman joins Joss
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Jewett-Cameron Trading Company Ltd (NASDAQ:JCTCF) is a company with four business segments operating in four distinctly different markets. Although the company was incorporated in Canada, the current headquarters are in Oregon and there are no significant company assets located in Canada. The parent company owns a subsidiary, which itself has three subsidiaries; a bit confusing, but not out of the ordinary. The individual businesses are as follows, with the corresponding sales mix over the previous nine months ended May 31, 2012:
- JCLC manufactures and distributes specialty metal products and distributes wood products to retailers: 65% of total sales (lawn, garden, pet, and other)
- Greenwood processes and distributes specialty wood and other products to the marine and transportation industries: 16% (industrial wood products)
- JCSC processes and distributes agricultural seeds: 13% (seed processing and sales)
- MSI imports and distributes pneumatic air tools, saw blades, and specialty clamps. Some products have the Avenger Products label: 6% (industrial tools)
These figures were calculated based on information reported in the 3rd quarter 2012 SEC filing, which I will use for most of the analysis in this article.
I like this company for a long idea due to its strong earnings per share growth, strong balance sheet, and the aggressive share repurchase and cancellation program.
The Income Statement
Jewett-Cameron has had a lot of ups and downs in earnings over the past few years. The company's products are very sensitive to the overall economy, especially the home improvement market with 65% of trailing nine months sales coming from lawn, garden, and pet products, which the company describes as fencing, landscape timbers, a proprietary gate support system, dog kennels, and greenhouses. These items are directly related to the desire of consumers to support their pets and improve their homes. In the last year or so the segment has been improving nicely along with the general market for housing and home improvement. The following table outlines the last several quarters of earnings and sales:
|Year over year comparisons
|EPS previous
|% change
|Sales % change
|1st Quarter 2010
|2nd Quarter 2010
|3rd Quarter 2010
|4th Quarter 2010
|1st Quarter 2011
|2nd Quarter 2011
|3rd Quarter 2011
|4th Quarter 2011
|1st Quarter 2012
|vs loss
|2nd Quarter 2012
|3rd Quarter 2012
Source: Nasdaq
The first glaring issue is the $0.37 loss in the first quarter of 2011. Upon review, the loss was due to a charge taken for litigation purposes, which was reversed in the second quarter of 2012 after the Oregon Supreme Court found in favor of Jackson-Cameron. As of the most recent quarterly report, the company is clear of any litigation either for or against the company, so these charges are now behind the company, with no additional charges on the immediate horizon.
After a few years of up and down earnings, the company has emerged in the last nine months with strong sales and earnings growth, resulting in $1.61 of trailing twelve month earnings (including the reversal of the litigation charges). Income from operations for the past nine months grew 27.8% and for the three months grew 50.3%. Both of these are a truer representation of the underlying business, without the distortions of the litigation. The company explains a big chunk of the gains as a result of "staycations." Consumers are choosing more often to stay at home during their vacation time and improve their homes and the lives of their pets, versus going on expensive trips. This is consistent with the reports from other companies in the home improvement segment, which are generally seeing strong sales and earnings growth. I expect these trends to continue, as consumers see real value in improving their existing homes versus the old rush to flip a house every so many years.
The last component making current and future EPS desirable for Jewett-Cameron is the substantial and ongoing share buyback program, which will be discussed later.
The Balance Sheet
The next item I focus on after the income statement is a company's balance sheet. The five general categories of a balance sheet are current assets, total assets, current liabilities, total liabilities, and equity. For Jewett-Cameron, the absolute values can be misleading, with current assets, total assets, current liabilities, and equity all decreasing over the last nine months. However, as I will discuss later, the company has been aggressively buying back shares, so a proper analysis should focus on a per share basis. The following table breaks down the numbers per share:
|Weighted average diluted shares
|1.60 million
|2.00 million
|Balance sheet items per share:
|May 31, 2012
|August 31, 2011
|Current assets
|$ 10.36
|$ 9.02
|Total assets
|$ 11.85
|$ 10.28
|Current liabilities
|$ 1.41
|$ 1.54
|Stockholder's Equity
|$ 10.44
|$ 8.73
As one can see, per share, current assets are up, total assets are up, and stockholder's equity is up, while current liabilities per share are down. The company had no long-term debt for either reporting period. Each of these items make up a strong balance sheet, especially the lack of long-term debt and very minimal current liabilities. In fact, the company was recently trading for less than equity per share, a very good sign for holders of the shares and potential buyers.
Another important point from the balance sheet is the quality of the assets. Many companies have a lot of "assets" wrapped up in intangible items, such as goodwill, patents, and customer relationships. Jewett-Cameron has only $0.46 per share in assets in the intangible category, which mainly consists of a patent the company has been amortizing, and only $1.76 per share in property, plant, and equipment. The company has 87.5% of assets in the current assets category. Combined with very minimal current liabilities and no long-term debt, these items make the company extremely liquid. Which brings me to my next point for Jewett-Cameron.
Company Share Repurchases
Since May 25, 2010, the company has authorized six share repurchase programs. The following table represents the actual shares repurchased under these plans, as reported in the most recent quarterly SEC filing:
|Shares repurchased
|Average price
|Total cost
|4th quarter 2010
|$ 6.95
|$ 549,328.00
|1st quarter 2011
|$ 8.25
|3rd quarter 2011
|$ 9.50
|$ 911,126.00
|4th quarter 2011
|$ 9.35
|$ 98,175.00
|1st quarter 2012
|$ 9.08
|$ 454,000.00
|2nd quarter 2012
|$ 9.01
|3rd quarter 2012
|$ 9.13
|$ 382,537.87
In my opinion, there is no better use of excess cash for a company than to repurchase and cancel shares. Repurchasing shares reduces the supply of shares on the market and increases the earnings per share of the remaining shares. As mentioned earlier, despite a decrease in total current assets, total assets, and stockholder's equity, the amount of each category per share has actually increased in the previous nine months, due to an aggressive share repurchase and cancellation program.
On August 17th, 2012, the company announced its latest repurchase program of 400,000 shares. In this press release, the company justifies the program by saying:
"The share repurchase program was approved by the Company's Board of Directors as part of its ongoing consideration of alternative ways to leverage the Company's strong cash position. The Board of Directors believes that a share repurchase program at this time is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders, and will not impact the Company's ability to execute its growth plans. "
I thoroughly agree with this statement. The company has plenty of cash, plenty of current assets, and no long-term debt. Between earnings and the healthy balance sheet, the company has enough cash on hand to fund future growth plans, while still being able to afford an aggressive share repurchase program. I have no doubt the company will continue to purchase shares in the current quarter, as well as future quarters, though I will caution readers the company is not likely to repurchase the full 400,000 shares authorized under the program. As each preceding share repurchase program has expired, the board has approved a new one. This bodes well for existing and future shareholders.
The company also mentioned in the third quarter SEC filing that it is exploring delisting from the Toronto Stock Exchange and trading solely on the Nasdaq, something which would save the company a little money in fees associated with this listing.
Conclusion And Thoughts On The Future
As I have demonstrated in this article, Jewett-Cameron currently has a strong rate of growth in both the top and bottom line. The balance sheet is nearly as pristine as any I can find, offering room for growth and, most importantly, the share repurchase program. With the share repurchases, the company can have flat year over year net income, but still grow earnings per share.
The company's business prospects are currently bright. The lawn, garden, and pet category has shown strong top-line growth of 18% year over year during the last 9 months. The industrial tools segment has seen 42% growth. The seed segment has shown 12% growth and the company announced a new grass seed retail program in March. The one declining segment has been the industrial wood products segment with a 6% decline in sales, due to a still soft marine products market. With the majority of the business showing growth in the first nine months of the year, one could expect a positive result in coming quarters.
Speaking of coming quarters, the company has yet to report fiscal year end 2012 earnings. The company has traditionally reported earnings during the first few weeks of November and I see no reason for this to change. As I submit this article I currently have a bid in to buy some shares in anticipation of a run up before earnings and will update in the comments if I should indeed purchase shares. I believe Jewett-Cameron is undervalued, has strong growth potential, and is a steal at current prices, especially with the company competing to buy shares.
Good luck investing everyone!
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, but may initiate a long position in JCTCF over the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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Just when you assumed it could not get harder, there's a new video game in town. Ready to make money off service providers and also give house owners ammo making it harder for you to offer tasks.
That means that when you go on a lead for a kitchen remodel, you'll find out about the lovely kitchen area remodel throughout town they saw online that cost $15,000. Three years earlier. Certainly, the pictures will certainly have been taken right after the task was complete. They won't show how it looks now, three years later, with wear patterns in the inexpensive flooring, chips as well as warping on the particle-board cupboards, and the inexpensive kitchen faucet trickling.
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In business, it's all about the cash, which will originate from you. From this article, you could review that Deck "will make money by billing experts for market understandings as well as promotional direct exposure, at a rate of $35/month for certain geographic locations within a city, with the ability for specialists to register for several geographic areas each time."
And also note that it's $35/month per area, not $35/month per specialist. When you pay them, you obtain the possibility to give them even more data on tasks, and also hope that you'll obtain top quality leads.
Where can you find home remodeling leads in Danby?
There are millions of construction-related business owners in the United States, a lot of whom are gifted, passionate tradespeople that like their job yet aren't solid on the business side. And they are even weaker on advertising. So they hand their firm identification over to others with the hope of a $35/lead (like from Angie's Listing or HomeAdvisor), or the opportunity to pay to show their job photos on someone else's site.
Please– you do not have to do that. Put in the time to develop your own social existence. It doesn't call for a great deal. Begin with the cost-free things– assert your identity on Yelp, Seller Circle, Manta, AboutUs. It only takes a couple of mins per website as well as it's totally free. We covered this in a newsletter write-up last January. You can (and also must) do it today.
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I'll inform you how specialists have assisted Angie's Checklist. In the 2nd quarter of 2013 alone, Angie's Checklist brought in $59 million in total income, with $43 numerous that from provider like you. Angie's Listing requires you. HomeAdvisor needs you. Deck will require you.


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John Quincy Adams once said, "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."
His quote, along with tens of thousands of other great quotes on leadership, inspired me to find out more about what defines great leaders and to answer the age-old question of whether they are born or made. I have come to believe that the only innate elements of great leadership are passion and energy. Everything else can be taught.
Great leadership doesn't happen overnight. There's no 6-week course that will suddenly turn you into George Washington or Jack Welch. Great leadership is built brick by brick over many years with each decision and every mistake you make. Done correctly, great leadership stands on a rock solid foundation.
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Within that foundation are four cornerstones. These are the four words that best describe the type of leader you are today. They also represent the type of person and leader you aspire to become. Some cornerstone examples include: Integrity, Gratitude, Decency, Vision and Character. The words are the core of what you stand for as a person and a leader.
To give you a better sense of how to select your leadership cornerstones, here are the four I chose for myself over 30 years ago when I was a teenager. I had parents who were also great mentors and showed me the importance of having these stones in place during the formidable years of my life. My four cornerstones are:
Once you've established your four cornerstones, it's time to fill in the foundation. Select 15 to 20 more words that describe your personal and leadership skills (e.g., excellence, respect, humility and responsibility). Lay these words across your foundation, let them settle in and stay committed to them.
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Just as important as selecting the positive words that represent you as a person and leader are selecting the words you want to avoid, such as: dishonest, conceited, insincere and dictatorial. These words are red flags when they come up in discussion. You not only want to avoid them yourself, but you want to steer clear of other people who embody these words. They will quickly drag you down and keep you from achieving your objectives.
If you want to become a great leader, it's imperative to gauge how others view you. This is not a popularity contest, but rather a litmus test to see if you are being true to the words you've chosen for yourself. What do others say when describing you as a leader? Do their words match your cornerstone words? What about your foundation words?
Ask your family, friends, colleagues and employees to select three to four words to describe you: a) as a person, and b) as a leader. Which were the most common words used to describe you? Were there any surprises? Are the differences big enough to make you change how you live and lead?
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Perioperative Hemodynamic Optimization Using the NICOM Device
This study has been completed.
Hospital Universitario La Paz
University Hospital of the Nuestra Señora de Candelaria
Hospital del Río Hortega
Hospital General de Ciudad Real
University of Valencia
Carmel Medical Center
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Hospital Universitario La Paz
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First received: October 7, 2010
Last updated: November 19, 2012
Last verified: September 2010
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In the last years, there is a growing interest in the improvement of prognosis and shortening of hospital length of stay in high-risk surgical patients. Several evidence-based protocols ("fast-track" surgery) have been developed and implemented in some hospitals for this purpose. Cardiovascular optimization through the so-called "goal-directed therapy" (GDT) is a key element in these protocols. Previous studies in the literature use invasive monitors to assess hemodynamics. The NICOM ™ is a non-invasive monitor validated in several clinical scenarios. The aim of the present randomized, international, multi-center, open-label clinical trial is to use a GDT protocol (including colloid boluses and vasoactive drug infusion) based on data obtained from the NICOM™ device (cardiac index and mean arterial pressure) to test the hypothesis that GDT is superior to standard practice in terms of reduction in the incidence of perioperative complications and length of hospital stay in high-risk major abdominal surgery patients (requiring ICU surveillance for, at least, 24 hours). As secondary objectives, time to first flatus, wound infection, anastomotic leaks and mortality will be analysed. All patients will be followed from the day of surgery up to hospital discharge (determined by a specialist surgeon not involved in the study) or death.
|Major Abdominal Surgery
|Device: Hemodynamic monitoring Other: Usual treatment
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|Perioperative Hemodynamic Goal-directed Optimization Using the Noninvasive NICOM™ Monitoring Device in Major Abdominal Surgery
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Further study details as provided by Hospital Universitario La Paz:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Decrease in hospital length of stay [ Time Frame: Three months ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Time to peristalsis recovery [ Time Frame: Three weeks ]Peristalsis shall be assessed by first flatus after abdominal surgery
- Incidence of wound infection [ Time Frame: Three weeks ]
- Incidence of anastomotic leaks [ Time Frame: Three weeks ]
- Any cause mortality [ Time Frame: Three months ]
|Study Start Date:
|January 2011
|Study Completion Date:
|November 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|November 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Sham Comparator: Usual treatment
The hemodynamic management will be performed according to the institution's standard of care, using fluids at the discretion of the anesthesiologist and the ICU specialist.
Other: Usual treatment
Hemodynamic monitoring based on common practice
Active Comparator: NICOM
For volume replacement, crystalloids will be used following the standard procedure according to the anesthesiologist or ICU specialist. Mean arterial pressure and cardiac index will be assessed every 5 minutes, and a volume bolus (250 mL colloid in 10 minutes) will be used to achieve a:
If these cardiovascular parameters are not met after the first colloid infusion, a supplementary bolus will be added. In case of not achieving the target, additional colloid boluses and/or pharmacologic support (norepinephrine in case of persistent hypotension, dobutamine in case of low cardiac output) will be provided according to the protocol
Device: Hemodynamic monitoring
Hemodynamic monitoring based on the NICOM device
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 90 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult patients scheduled for:
- Open colorectal surgery: hemicolectomy, pancolectomy, abdomino-perineal resection.
- Gastrectomy.
- Small bowel resection.
- Signed written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Less than 18 years old.
- Laparoscopic procedure.
- Emergency surgery.
- Intra-abdominal infection.
- Patients not requiring ICU admission (patients should stay for at least the first day at the ICU).
- Life expectancy lower than 60 days.
- Disseminated malignancy.
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Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01217151
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01217151
|Carmel Medical Center
|Haifa, Israel, 34362
|Hospital General
|Ciudad Real, Spain, 13005
|Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria
|Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, 38010
|Hospital Universitario Río Hortega
|Valladolid, Spain, 47009
Sponsors and Collaborators
Hospital Universitario La Paz
University Hospital of the Nuestra Señora de Candelaria
Hospital del Río Hortega
Hospital General de Ciudad Real
University of Valencia
Carmel Medical Center
|Principal Investigator:
|David Pestaña, M.D. Ph.D
|Hospital Universitario La Paz
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|David Pestaña, Hospital Universitario La Paz
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|November 19, 2012
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Hemodynamic Monitoring
Goal-Directed Therapy
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More than 150 chief executives, including JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon and Goldman Sachs Group's Lloyd Blankfein, called on US President
Without a "principled compromise" soon, the CEOs warned in a letter on Tuesday, the US would suffer "long-lasting, if not permanent" economic damage.
While Mr Boehner, an Ohio Republican, and Mr Obama are continuing their private talks on a tax and spending deal, each side is insisting publicly the other must give in first.
The President is pressing for the expiration of tax breaks for top earners, while the Speaker said yesterday on the House floor he expected Mr Obama to propose spending cuts as part of a deficit-reduction package. If the White House and Congress don't reach agreement, more than $US600 billion in tax increases and spending cuts will start taking effect in January.
"Delaying this doesn't do any good to anybody," Jeffrey Immelt, chief executive of General Electric, told reporters. "We've been dealing with this amount of uncertainty for not just since the election but for almost two years now."
The CEOs are members of the Business Roundtable, a Washington-based association. The group planned to buy newspaper advertising and visit legislators and White House staff to discuss the short-term and long-term issues tied to the nation's debt and deficit, Andrew Liveris, chief executive of Dow Chemical, told reporters.
"Compromise will require Congress to agree on more revenue – whether by increasing rates, eliminating deductions or some combination thereof – and the administration to agree to larger, meaningful structural and benefit entitlement reforms and spending reductions that are a fiscally responsible multiple of increased revenues," said the CEOs' letter.
Other CEOs to sign the letter include James McNerney of Boeing, David Cote of Honeywell International, Kenneth Chenault of American Express, Laurence Fink of BlackRock and Doug Oberhelman of Caterpillar. The executives also sent the letter to the Senate majority and minority leaders and House Minority Leader
By initiating tax and entitlement overhauls "simultaneously", Congress and the White House can rebuild the confidence needed "for business to invest in new factories, equipment and employees", the letter says.
Bloomberg, Reuters


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A TEENAGER had to be rescued from above Dunmail Raise after suffering a head injury in a fall.
Both Patterdale and Langdale and Ambleside mountain rescue teams turned out to help the 17-year-old, after she was reported injured at Grizedale Tarn at around 10.20am today.
The North West Ambulance Service was also alerted, while the Great North Air Ambulance Service sent a helicopter.
The girl, who was part of a group, evacuated by mountain rescue team members to the top of Dunmail Raise, and flown to Preston Royal Infirmary by air ambulance.
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A DAY of music is being held in Bolton to celebrate the life of a 17th century political activist.
More than a dozen acts will perform at Bolton Socialist Club, Wood Street, between 2pm and 10pm this Saturday in honour of Wigan-born Gerrard Winstanley.
The line-up for the free event will include folk and punk headline band, Headsticks, singer/ songwriter Alun Parry, punk poet Jeffarama, comedian Rich Davenport and Bolton Clarion Choir.
Gerrard Winstanley, who lived from 1609 to 1676, was an English Protestant religious reformer and political activist who founded the socialist group, True Levellers, who became known as Diggers because of their attempts to farm on common land.
This weekend's event in Bolton, which follows on from last year's at the Dog and Partridge, Manor Street, is a taster ahead of the 4th annual Wigan Diggers' Festival on Saturday, September 13.
The event, to be held in The Wiend area of Wigan, is expected to attract up to 2,000 people.
Stephen Hall, from the Wigan Diggers' Festival Committee who lives in Atherton, said: "It's open to anybody.
"Headsticks, the headline band are a fantastic group, you only have to look at their stuff on YouTube.
"We've got some really good poets. We call them poets but many of them are comedians.
"We have got a couple of comedians, a variety of bands.
"It's a bit of history and celebrating a good bunch of people from the past.
"Whatever background you are from, you should get something out of it.
"Plus we have got food on and a bar and a good bunch of people."
Last May, the Wigan Diggers' Festival Committee gave its inaugural Ged Winstanley Spade award to politician Tony Benn, before the former cabinet minister and veteran left-wing campaigner's death earlier this year at the age of 88.
This year the committee has agreed to bestow the honour on Bolton actress Maxine Peake for her contribution to socialism.
The free Diggers' mini-festival will take place at Bolton Socialist Club, Wood Street, between 2pm and 10pm on Saturday.


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Family Collectibles
Growing up, our family was very close.
With a limited income, we still managed to have the necessities, and the toys that we did have, were very precious to us. Our family also moved a lot, but I have lived in California, for most of my life. I have fond memories of those times playing as a young girl playing with my Barbie doll, Mrs. Beasley doll, and listening to my 45 records on my portable record player.
I only have a few precious items from my past. Whenever I see toys like I used to play with as a young girl, it brings back those fond memories. When I see vintage toys, it makes me wonder what memories that these toys had with the young child who owned them. I think that my two sons would be shocked that I used a skateboard, or that I rode on a motorcycle out in the desert as a teenager.
I enjoy the gorgeous jewelry that was designed so long ago, and I can see true quality. I love the sparkle of AB rhinestones, the gorgeous gold and silver tones used in the jewelry, and the unique collectibles that are still around after all these years.
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Newsletter from Danish Research Centre for Organic Farming June 2003 No. 2
Consumer demand for organic foods
Control of parasites
Organic tomatoes
Handling of grain
Experimental units
SAFO workshop
Organic Eprints
Livestock science
Ecosystem services
By Susanne Elmholt, Maiken Schioldann Haase, Department of Agroecology, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences
Improper handling of grain may result in the formation of the mycotoxin, Ochratoxin A (OTA). In temperate conditions, OTA is produced by Penicillium verrucosum. It is the cause of porcine nephropathy and regarded as being carcinogenic. It is, however, not produced in all conditions and an increased knowledge on the ecology of P. verrucosum will improve our possibilities to prevent fungal dispersal, growth and mycotoxin production.
Surveillance reports from the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration indicate more severe problems with OTA in organic than in conventional farms, although problems seem decreasing during recent years.
At the Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, we have been studying the ecology of P. verrucosum. Our results indicate that the fungus is more frequently occurring in organically than in conventionally cultivated soils, but in conclusion our results do not support the hypothesis that the organic farming system as such presents a higher risk of OTA contamination. Rather, the problems seem related to improper management, either pre- and/or post-harvest. The individual organic farmer may address OTA problems by assuring that the grain is quickly and efficiently dried. It is also important that drying and storage facilities are properly cleaned in order to prevent pockets of old grain from contaminating the newly harvested grain.
During autumn 2000, sampling was performed in rye and oats at a farm, where we had earlier found very high abundancies of P. verrucosum in dried grain. The study was part of a Master's Thesis at the University of Aarhus and associated to a DARCOF project on mycotoxin prevention in organic farming. The farm had a home-made natural air-drying system (7.5 kW). The main duct was made of chipboard, internally covered by plastic. The side-ducts were made of boards with bottoms of plywood and covered by old grain sacks made of hessian, some of which being 20 years old. The rye was placed to a height of approx. 0.7 m and oats to a height of approx. 1 m. The farmer judged that heating of the drying air was unnecessary. Using a grain sampler, we sampled in the top and bottom layer of the rye (46-82 and 13-24 cm over floor level, respectively) and in the top layer of the oats. From August to November, a statistically significant increase was found in the number of both rye and oats kernels that were contaminated with P. verrucosum (Figure 1). The bottom layer of the rye contained more kernels with P. verrucosum than the top layer. It is most likely that contamination has taken place via the dryer as both the ducts and the hessian were found to contain large amounts of P. verrucosum conidia. These will inevitable be dispersed into the grain.
When the fungal analyses were completed, the remaining grain was placed at 2˚C. The relative humidity in the room was high, and because the packaging was not completely air tight, the moisture content of the grain increased. After 18 months it was approx. 23 % in all samples of rye. At this time The Veterinary and Food Administration analysed the OTA content in some of the samples. Both top- and bottom samples of rye from the first four samplings were below the accepted limit of grain for human consumption (5µg OTA/kg). So were all bottom samples of rye from the fifth sampling while all top samples from the fifth sampling exceeded this limit by 10-70 times! We do not know for sure whether OTA was produced during drying or during the following cool storage - or perhaps both. After a further six months' storage in these conditions, however, some of the top samples from the fifth sampling were analysed again and the same level of OTA was found this time, indicating that no OTA had been produced during these six months. It is known, however, that P. verrucosum is able to grow at 2˚C, and German studies have shown that the fungus can actually produce OTA at 4˚C in grain with water contents above 20 %.
Improper handling of grain may lead to OTA levels far beyond the Danish limit of 5 µg/kg grain. We are, however, still lacking knowledge on, why P. verrucosum - under apparently similar conditions - produces OTA in some cases and not in others. This emphasizes the need to prevent grain from being contaminated with P. verrucosum if at all possible and based on so-far obtained knowledge we can give the following pieces of advice:
Elmholt, S. 2003: Ecology of the ochratoxin A producing Penicillium verrucosum: Occurrence in field soil and grain with special attention to farming system and on-farm drying practices. Biological Agriculture and Horticulture 20, 311-337.
Elmholt, S. & Hestbjerg, H. 2000: Field ecology of the ochratoxin A-producing Penicillium verrucosum: Survival and resource colonisation in soil. Mycopathologia 147, 67-81.
Elmholt, S., R. Labouriau, H. Hestbjerg & J.M. Nielsen (1999) Detection and estimation of conidial abundance of Penicillium verrucosum in soil by dilution plating on a selective and diagnostic agar medium (DYSG). Mycological Research 103, 887-895.
Haase, M.S. (2003). Forebyggelse af mykotoksindannelse i økologisk brødkorn -med fokus på Penicillium verrucosum og dannelse af ochratoksin A (Preventing Mycotoxin Problems in Organic Farming - with Focus on Penicillium verrucosum and Ochratoxin A). Master's Thesis (in Danish), University of Aarhus, Aarhus. The thesis will be available from May 26th .


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Terry Funk, hailing from the Double Cross Ranch in Amarillo, Texas, is well-known for being one of the most hardcore athletes to ever set foot inside the squared circle, and is referred to by many as the original Hardcore Legend. He is also widely acknowledged for being one of the best singles and tag team wrestlers in the world today.
Funk began his career in Texas, defeating tough veteran Sputnik Munroe in his debut match, and he has never looked back since. He has gone on to feud with some of the greatest wrestlers alive, as well as some of the most dangerous. Ric Flair, Harley Race, Jack Briscoe, Abdullah the Butcher, The Sheik, Sabu, Mick Foley, "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes and even his own flesh-and-blood, Dory Funk Jr., have had the misfortune to stand across the ring from the Funker, and he has, at one point or another, beaten them all.
Terry Funk is a former NWA World Champion, and he successfully defended the strap for fourteen months before dropping the belt to Harley Race. He also revolutionized hardcore wrestling in the NWA after he piledrove the Nature Boy Ric Flair through an announcer's table as a challenge for Flair's NWA title.
He was also the first man to introduce the Tables Match to the wrestling world, as he met the homicidal, suicidal, genocidal Sabu in the first ever tables match over in Japan. He also had legendary tag team feuds in Japan, teaming with his brother Dory against the monstrous team of Abdullah the Butcher and The Sheik. He would also have a brutal barbed wire contest in Japan against Sabu.
When he went back to the US, one of his first ports of call would be Memphis, Tennessee, home of Elvis Presley and one of Funk's biggest rivals: Jerry "The King" Lawler. Funk and Lawler had several bloody wars in Memphis, one of them being the infamous empty arena match in which Lawler nearly blinded Funk by kicking a sharp spike back into his left eye.
Funk then became a mainstay for ECW, and would win the Heavyweight strap several times in his illustrious ECW career. He would feud with several ECW alumni, including Shane Douglas, Mick Foley and Sabu, and would be involved in the King of the Death Match tournament over in Japan, losing to Foley in the finals.
A stint in WCW quickly followed where he became Hardcore Champion and United States Champion, as well as Commissioner for WCW.
Despite the decades of bloodshed, Terry Funk still manages to get the job done in the ring. He still feuds extensively with Jerry Lawler on the independent circuit, as well as facing old rivals Dusty Rhodes and Abdullah the Butcher from time to time.
All in all, Terry Funk is one of wrestling's true legends. He wrestles on despite being well north of fifty, and he is still successful.
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I've been seeing this guy for about 2 months now, we meet 1-2 a week and have a really good time together. I'm 23 and he's 26 and we have been dating exclusively from the beginning. We have fooled around, but haven't really gone all the way ... I'm a virgin and I'm waiting a little longer, although I do feel that time is approaching. He texts me every day almost, initiating the convo. I also try to initiate and ask him to hang out, but I like making him pursue me because girls are more needy in general, so I try to give him space with his friends and family, things have been good so far. He's sweet, smart, funny and we have a lot of chemistry. But, about 2 weeks into dating (that is, 6 weeks ago) he mentioned he wasn't ready yet for a serious relationship and wanted to go slow, just enjoy each others' company. I agreed because both of us have had hurtful past relationships. After this we have not had a "where do we stand"convo. I'm letting it just unravel on its own.
He texted me this morning and I responded saying I was missing him (although we spent about 4 hours together on Friday). This was the first time I had let my emotions out a bit in our relationship but I took the plunge with the text. He texted me back, I'm missing you too, do you want to hang out tonight?
We ended up not hanging out cause he was exhausted after work, but I still regret texting him I miss him. Yet at the same time I feel I should be honest. Am I doing anything wrong? Any advice?
Should I have the "where do we stand" talk?
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Ughh... It wouldn't let me finish my comment... So I'll do it here. Read my 2nd comment below first before you read this.
But then you say... I've been distant because you don't seem to want the same thing as me and I'm not going to waste my time.
This displays utmost confidence, and that you respect yourself so much you're not going to put up with being strung along and taken for granted. It also implies you believe you will have no problem finding a guy who will gladly meet your needs.
This confidence will make him want to have you as his girlfriend, and he will be afraid that if he doesn't act, someone else will scoop you up.
What most girls do, is they say they want a relationship, but then hang around when the guy refuses to give it to them. Hoping the guy will eventually realize what he has. THIS NEVER WORKS. Because just by hanging around, she is showing that her needs aren't important, and guys don't respect nor want to date girls that comprise their needs.
Don't ever settle for less than you deserve!
And make it known that you never have and never will.
Hey, thx for your response, I really appreciate the advice. I haven't had the talk and I've been being a little distant but he and I have hung out a couple times this week and it's been great. I think one issue is I'm a little distant and shy in person with him. I never ever initiate holding hands or kiss him, even on the cheek. I kno that's weird after 2 months, but I'm shy by nature. I feel bad making him do all the work and I was thinking maybe I shd let him kno in case he thinks I'm
(contined comment ...) confused or mixed abt my feelings. I was just gonna ask to meet him tonight for a few min and say, "I know I'm not very forward with you and I didn't want you to think I wasn't comf or didn't like you ... I'm just a little shy by nature and I felt if I did take initiative it would put pressure and I completely respect your wishes in that regard. I just feel bad making you do all the work ..." the reason I'm even bringing it up is cause last night at the movies I think he was
(continued ...) waiting for me to hold his hand or lean on him and I wanted to but I'm so shy I just didn't. He finally just grabbed my hand gently toward the end of the movie. I really like him and want to make it clear because I guess I am sending mixed signals. I'm sure most girls rub up against their man or cozy up to them by now ... Do you think that would be an OK convo to have? It would really bug me all week if I had to wait to bring it up ...