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PUBLISHED: 13:13 28 October 2014 | UPDATED: 13:24 28 October 2014
Ryman Premier outfit Leiston have named former Bury Town boss Richard Wilkins as their new manager.
We revealed on Saturday that Blues chairman Andy Crisp was set to offer the job to Wilkins, who had been working as departing manager Steve Ball's number two at Victory Road this season.
Wilkins, who spent 14 years in charge at Bury, will lead Leiston, one position outside the play-off places, for the first time tonight at home to eighth-placed Grays Athletic, with Ball (inset) having left to work as a full-time coach at Colchester United, following Saturday's 3-2 win against Bognor Regis.
"There are not that many jobs in the area that would appeal to me, but Leiston is a positive club with some good people on board," said Wilkins, who will be helped in the short-term by ex-Bury Town youngster Elliot Hunter.
Wilkins has injury problems ahead of tonight's game with Tom Bullard, Leon Ottley-Gooch and Patrick Brothers all missing.
Despite that, Wilkins won't be afraid to alter certain things.
"There are certain things Steve did that I might not have done, but to be fair to him, we chatted about everything and the final say was with him," said Wilkins, who left Bury in May.
"We worked extremely well as a partnership, we sing off the same hymn sheet in the way we want to play and there isn't too much tinkering to do.
"We are in a decent position although we are conceding too many soft goals at the minute.
"We are being punished for every single mistake right now. We are probably five or six points off where I think we should be.
"Our target is the play-offs but it is going to be tough."


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Heritage Village was transformed into the 1860s on Saturday with Civil War Days.
The event drew more than 1,500 people, including volunteers and re-enactors, according to Tracy Spikes, the museum's curator of education.
"I think the general view was that it worked out really well and our visitors really enjoyed the different activities that were available," Spikes said. "The skirmish went off without any hitches."
This year's 26th annual Heritage Village Skirmish involved Confederate forces lying in wait for the Union soldiers and then mounting an attack, according to Lewis Zerfas, spokesman for the USS Fort Henry, one of the living history units hosting the event. Activities included a military trial, parade and drills; salt-making and blacksmithing demonstrations; and an old-time baseball game.
Beyond public view, there were unorthodox touches: Confederate re-enactor Walter Cook, 18, of Webster, plopped down next to a central air conditioning vent in a house at the Heritage Village to cool off. "Luckily, the inaccurate AC kept me cool for a minute," he said.
And, while Confederates are generally dressed in gray and Union troops in blue, there are some exceptions: Traditionally, Union sharphooters or snipers dressed in green.
The event was sponsored by the Pinellas County Historical Society.

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Verbatim: Leavitt Q&A on NFL Network
In truth, I'd only taped "College Football Now" on NFL Network on Wednesday because my friend and colleague Larry Weisbaum from USFnation.com was among the show's guests. As it turns out, so was USF coach Jim Leavitt, who seemed at ease in a five-minute conversation with host Paul Burmeister and analysts Mike Mayock and Charles Davis. Sure, I'll transcribe it for you ...
PB: All three of us are looking forward to the only coach the University of South Florida has ever known. Entering his 12th season in Tampa, Jim Leavitt. Coach, thanks for being with us. I want to start by taking a little trip back to last year. Such an up and down year. You climb the polls to No. 2, you end the season unranked. How are you better, how is your team better off for having experienced that?
Leavitt: Going through the experience of getting that high, then really as we dipped and came back and won a number of games, just going through the novelty of it, our players had never gone through something like that, so hopefully the experience of going through that will help them this year.
MM: Coach, this is Mike Mayock. I'm really intrigued by your quarterback, Matt Grothe. He looks like the kind of guy to me, if you've ever played pickup basketball, where winners keep the court for the whole day, he's the kind of guy I'd want on my team, and I think I'd probably play basketball all afternoon. Would that be fair?
Leavitt: Mike, you're right. Matt, he's a competitor, he loves the challenge. He does great things with the football, and if I was going to the bank, I'd want him with me.
CD: Coach, Charles Davis. Last year, your defense only gave up eight rushing touchdowns all year long. You did have some key losses, but George Selvie is back. One of those key losses, your middle linebacker, Ben Moffitt. Will Tyrone McKenzie, your outside linebacker, led your team in tackles, will he swing to the middle at all this year? Or will you go maybe with a juco guy by the name of Kion Wilson, or Chris Robinson?
Leavitt: Well, Kion's the one that's in the middle right now. Tyrone can play in the middle, and so can Brouce Mompremier, but we're going with Kion, at least to start off the season, see how he does. He's been working extremely hard, he's doing some awfully good things. Chris is a good player, and we have another young man named Sabbath Joseph that's going to play some pretty good football for us this year.
PB: Coach, I know you probably don't pay a whole lot of attention to this, but a little north of you in Gainesville, a lot of talk about Tim Tebow and how they'd like for him to run the ball a little less this season. Mike mentioned Matt Grothe, and I want to get it back to him. He averaged 14 carries a game last year. Is that too many, or is that something you want to see stay the same?
Leavitt: No, we ain't going to change. Matt's a playmaker. You said in a pickup game, you want Matt with the ball and helping you out, and I'm the same way. I want the ball in his hands, whether he's throwing it, running it, delivering it, whatever he does. We're not going to change what we do. We were successful with it, we're going to stay with it. If the need to hand it off is there, we'll do that. Otherwise, he'll run it or throw it.
MM: Coach, I watched an awful lot of tape of your draft picks at the corner position last year, Mike Jenkins and Trae Williams. When you lose two NFL draft picks out on the edge like that, can you be anywhere near as good looking ahead to this year at corner?
Leavitt: Those guys were great players, and we all know that. But Jerome Murphy and Tyller Roberts played a lot of football at corner last year, and Quenton Washington and Tyson Butler and Theo Wilson are doing a great job backing up those two guys. People leave, they go on, move on, and we've got to be better. We've got to be better at the position there if we're going to be better as a football team.
CD: Coach, you know Bob Stoops worked for Steve Spurrier at the University of Florida, so many people thought that he started wearing a visor because he'd hung out with Darth Visor himself. But my understanding is that you guys, while you were at Kansas State, you introduced the visor to him. Tell us a little about that.
Leavitt: Shoot, I introduced all kinds of things to Bob. You kidding me? (laughter)
(Would you care to elaborate, Coach? Give us everything.)
Leavitt: Yeah, Bob, he needs a lot of work. I'm just kidding. I always wore that visor when I was at small colleges, Morningside, Dubuque and everything. I just wore it at Kansas State. Bob, he's just trying to copy me.
MM: Coach, I know coaches hate to look ahead, and I know Tennessee-Martin is No. 1 up, but after that you've got an in-state rival with UCF, and then, I'm really intrigued when Kansas comes to town. Can you tell us a little about that inter-conference matchup and whether or not people are looking ahead to that game?
Leavitt: You're right. Coaches don't want to look ahead. It's just the way we are. Tennessee-Martin, if we get by that game, Central Florida's awfully strong, won the conference championship last year. Kansas, a good friend of mine, Mark Mangino, is coaching up there, and they're loaded. They're awfully good. It's going to take all we have to get through any of them. Like you said, all I'm thinking about is our special-teams meeting in about an hour. That's about it, or I'd get confused. You guys always try to do that stuff to us.
PB: He dodged it well. Coach Leavitt, thanks for being with it, congratulations on back-to-back 9-4 seasons and best of luck chasing the Big East title.
-- Later, the analysts talked about the league. Mayock is taking Cincinnati (!) to win the league, with USF finishing fourth behind West Virginia and Rutgers. Why USF fourth: "I don't even know. They can play. They've got a great schedule in front of them. The playmakers really make a difference there. You've got Grothe and Selvie, they're the two guys on that team."
Davis, however, is picking USF. "Last year, getting up to the heights they were, No. 2 in the country, then having a little bit of a skid, taught this team a great lesson. Remember this is the team that has shut down West Virginia the last two years and really left no doubt in either ballgame. If they win the Big East, you're going to hand Wally Burnham, their defensive coordinator, a game ball." Davis has Connecticut all the way down in seventh.


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Bugle Hotel, The Square, Titchfield, PO14 4RT
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44% would recommend it to a friend
Customer service
Food quality
Room quality
quick overnight buniness trip
Staff were more then helpful and after the disaster of the gas supply failing made me a free of charge sandwich meal and a red wine.
And a great sandwich it was
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Not as bad as reviews indicate but not worth the money
This hotel is in a nice spot and could be OK, but it isn't.
The room I was in needed a refit to justify the cost. It was clean enough but nearly everything looked cheap and tired, in need of attention. The shower was really bad, it needed a proper screen instead of a nasty plastic curtain. I didn't buy breakfast so I can't comment on the food. However I might have if they had taken the time to read my booking request and popped to the Coop next door for a carton of soya milk. This hotel either needs to charge less or step up.
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Hotel more like B&B with terrible standards
Ordered online and was looking forward to staying while I got my car fixed.
When I booked in and was shown about reality kicked in. Had no en suite bathroom told I had to share a toilet and shower which I didn't like. Room was semi clean but bed was terrible like spring valley mattress. I went into the shared toilet which had urine and human excrement everywhere made me feel sick so I didn't use the toilet ended up walking up the road to a café and asked if I could use the toilet. I then came back to my 1 star room and thought all cant be bad and decided to get a shower. Well as listed earlier shared and it was absolutely disgusting. beard trimmings all over the sink, hair everywhere in the shower again I thought this is disgusting and gave it a miss because I was leaving in morning and thought of showering in there made me feel sick. I couldn't wait to book out and get out of that filthy horrible environment. They need to work on everything in this hotel as room shared facilities was so terrible I wasn't prepared to eat as concerned i'd get ill. Asked if I could order food in as I didn't like anything they were serving up and they refused to let me so I was disappointed all round and if anyone doesn't believe above book at your own risk.
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Response from hotel
We are sorry that you felt you had an unpleasant stay with us and would like to take this opportunity to respond to your concerns
1. You would have been fully aware at the time of booking that the two single rooms we have share a bathroom. It is made clear on laterooms booking site that this is the case. In addition if a booking is made directly with us by phone then it is always explained fully that only our double and twin rooms have en suites.
2. Obviously we do not sleep on our guest beds. This is the first time we have been made aware of any problems regarding the mattresses. As a result of your comments we are taking steps to remedy the issue by replacing both our single mattresses.
3. Regarding the shower/toilet, we have both facilities cleaned everyday. At the end of the cleaners shift all work is checked and signed off by senior management.
It is quite clear that they were used by the other occupant between the check and you booking in. Should you have spoken to any member of staff this situation would have been rectified immediately as we strive to maintain a high standard of cleanliness and you could have enjoyed the facilities.
4. Most hotels have a 'food only purchased on the premises policy' especially when the is a restaurant with a wide and varied menu on offer. In addition to that all guests upon check in are told that as we use local produce and cook on the premises, providing we have the ingredients in the kitchen we can and will accommodate them.
On a final note :- Maybe the key to all complaints is communication. If you had voiced your concerns to any member of staff at the time every effort would have been made to rectify any issues you may have had.
Good food, friendly staff, nice location
Only problems were: - No shower in room, only bath.
- Too expensive for what you get. - I went home a day early and the last night was not refundable. Good things:
- Food is very nice
- Very friendly staff
- Let me use the shed to lock my bike.
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Hospitable and welcoming owners, comfortable bed, clean room, delicious food.
I have booked another stay there.
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Staying at the Bugle
The hotel is lovely, really nice building, people are very nice and the location is amazing.
Don't bother!!!
I booked this place for 3 nights.
On arrival a grubby looking woman showed me to my room (room 6). I was told the kitchen was closed so there was no food, but they failed to mention this at the time of booking. Eventually I settled in then realized, the room was dirty, tea cups were dirty, the bathtub had cold water only. So I used the communal shower....the light flashed for the entire 5 minutes I was there and the water was cold.
I complained. So they moved me to room 2, again it was dirty. And this time the room,boiled because heating pipes ran under it.
I didn't bother staying for my third night I just left and drove for 4 hours to get home.
They didn't even question why I was leaving early or offer me some money back. Overall, I wouldn't go again. Better off pitching a tent in the park.
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Excellent value for money
Very welcoming staff and a lovely room.
Like a home from home
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Food, hospitality and room all ok Shower facilities took forever to warm up Basic requirements can't be met.
I checked out over a week ago but as yet I still have not received a receipt for the room, dispite promises that I'd get via email within 24 hours of checking out.
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By DAN CHILDS, ABC News Medical Unit
Today's 5-4 U.S. Supreme Court ruling against big tobacco for promoting "light" and "low tar" brands could send the corporations scrambling for ways to stay clear of a potential wave of lawsuits, claiming that marketing of these products violated state laws against deceptive practices.
A statement on behalf of Philip Morris USA by Murray Garnick, Altria client services senior vice president and associate general counsel, appeared on Altria's Web site today:
"While we had hoped for a dismissal based upon federal pre-emption, it is important to note that the Supreme Court made no finding of liability. We continue to view these cases as manageable, and the company will assert many of the strong defenses used successfully in the past to defend against this very type of case."
But while Altria maintains in the statement that plaintiffs must still prove that the use of "light" and "lowered tar" labels constituted a deceptive practice, tobacco expert Stanton Glantz, professor in the division of cardiology at the University of California, San Francisco, says the ruling could mean the industry built on smoke will now come under some heavy fire:
"This is an important development that will allow public health forces to keep pressure on the tobacco industry to end its deceptive marketing of so-called 'light and mild' cigarettes," Glantz told the ABC News Medical Unit. "The tobacco industry has known for decades that these cigarettes are no safer than 'regular' cigarettes, but markets them to appeal to 'health concerned' smokers."


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Mission police told Action 4 News they discovered the body of woman on the city's northwest side early Tuesday morning.
They told us the discovery happened off Moorefield and Roman Roads around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday morning.
Investigators told Action4 News that the body of 23-year-old Christina Kalifa was laying on the grass with her feet sticking on the road.
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This "Virtual Console" Monday brings three new classic titles online for the Wii. This week, gamers get two shooters, Xevious for the NES at 500 points, R-Type III: The Third Lightning for the Super NES at 800 points, and a racing game, Moto Roader for the TurboGrafx-16 at 600 points. Gamers will probably be most familiar with Namco's Xevious and Irem's R-Type series, but Hudsonsoft's Moto Roader may be worth a look for the 5 player multiplayer racing.
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A press release from Nintendo of Europe has the Virtual Console receiving 36 new titles in the first quarter of 2007. Nintendo plans on offering 20 new Nintendo titles, 7 from the Turbografx-16, and 9 from the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. Some of the titles have already hit the US, including Street Fighter II, but gamers in the UK will also see the classic Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. No release date for this game has been revealed for the US, but hopefully gamers in the North American territory will see this as well as Mario Kart 64 and Super Mario World around the same time that the games launch in Europe. Of course, gamers that managed to grab either the Zelda: Master Quest or Zelda: Collector's Edition for the Gamecube could play those titles now, but the Virtual Console version is a lot cheaper than a trip to eBay to get those releases.
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Sony Online Announces Six Downloadable Midway Titles
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Sony Online Entertainment and Midway Games announced that six Midway titles will be brought to the Playstation Network in 2007. The six titles will be Mortal Kombat II, Gauntlet II, Joust, Rampage World Tour, Rampart, and Championship Sprint. Championship Sprint, Gauntlet II, and Rampart all had addictive gameplay; hopefully Internet play will be implemented with limited lag. The releases should be based around the arcade versions of the games; it would be tragic to get a port on par with the woeful Sega Saturn version.
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Three New Titles Hit Virtual Console
Nintendo announced three new titles for the Virtual Console today, including the delayed Dungeon Explorer for the TurboGrafx-16. In addition to the five player multiplayer Gauntlet style Dungeon Explorer, Nintendo also offers Star Soldier for the TurboGrafx and the classic shooter Gradius for the NES. Both TurboGrafx titles sell for 600 Wii points and Gradius will sell for 500 Wii points. The TurboGrafx console struggled in the US, despite some strong software titles; it is good to see these getting more exposure on the Virtual Console.
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ESRB Hints At Street Fighter II On Virtual Console
1up.com has done a little trolling through the ESRB database and found some interesting titles. Games like Kirby's Adventure and Kid Icarus appear in the database for the Wii, but a new entry, Street Fighter II: The World Warrior is listed. While this title could be for something other than the Virtual Console, this seems unlikely. Hopefully, having Capcom on board will mean that gamers will get to see other classic titles like Bionic Commando.
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Four New Titles In US Virtual Console
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Nintendo today made four new Virtual Console titles available in the US. The titles include Ice Hockey for the NES at 500 points, Gunstar Heroes and Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine for the Genesis at 800 points each, and Alien Crush for the TurboGrafx16 at 600 points. The titles are a decent mix; the most interesting is probably Alien Crush, a classic pinball release. Mean Bean Machine, based around the Puyo Puyo play mechanic may also interest puzzle game fans.
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First PS1 Games Show Up On US Playstation Store
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According to a post from the E-mpire forums, the first batch of original Playstation games for the PSP is now available from the Playstation store. Those gamers that have managed to score a Playstation 3 to go with the PSP will be able to download one of five PS1 games for $5.99. The games, and file sizes are:
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The pricing for the games certainly seems aggressive compared to offerings Nintendo, particularly with Genesis and Nintendo 64 games running at $8 and $10 US on the Virtual Console.
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Nintendo To Add New Virtual Console Titles Monday
On December 4, Nintendo will release four new titles for their Virtual Console game service. The releases include Donkey Kong Jr. for 500 Wii Points, Victory Run for the TurboGrafx16 for 600 Points, and Columns and Ristar from the Sega Genesis for 800 Wii Points each. The games will be available starting at 9 AM Pacific time, and Nintendo has promised that each Monday after this will also feature new Virtual Console titles. While the previous selection of Virtual Console titles has been a little uneven in terms of quality, having new releases every week may mean that gamers will get to see more of their past favorites or forgotten cult classics a little sooner.
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My Gametap-less friends, the long wait is over. Sam and Max Season I: Episode I: Culture Shock is now available for the low price of $8.95. The 72MB game, which appears to be clocking in at about 3 hours of playtime, can be downloaded from TellTale's site by itself, or as part of a "season pass" for $34.95. You can also download a free demo of the game, although one has to wonder exactly how much play you'll get out of a demo for a 3-hour long game.
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Japan Gets Crazy Wii Virtual Console Launch Lineup
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Oh Nintendo… why is it that you're so well-loved over in Japan, but constantly the runner-up here. Could it be because gamers here are into more "mature" content? Could it be that you're a native company in Japan? Or is just because you save all of your best, most awesomest stuff for Japan only. First there were the Japan-only Game and Watch collection, the Japan-only DS game cases, then the Japan-only "Bit Generations" games and the (now formerly) Japan-only Pink and Black DS Lites. And now? You guessed it, an incredibly awesome list of Virtual Console games for the Wii that is (for the time being at least) Japan-only.
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The coal industry does care about safety
I take exception to Tawni O'Dell's indictment of the coal industry as "rife with mismanagement, corruption, greed and ... [a] blatant disregard [for] safety" ("Heroes, Victims, Martyrs, Fools," April 11 Forum). I know quite a few senior managers after 36 years in the industry, and I see a different picture.
U.S. coal fatalities were a historic low of 18 in 2009, compared with more than 3,000 in China -- or with the estimated 300 children who die in accidents on America's family farms every year. Are family farmers corrupt and greedy, blatantly disregarding the safety of children just to harvest the crop? The coal industry's progress in reducing accidents is owed to the efforts of its management and work force, to better technology and to a robust inspection system.
The industry CEOs I know are good and honorable people. Like the CEOs of most companies, they care about production, but they also care deeply about workplace safety. They have large safety organizations and spend millions of shareholders' dollars on safety -- not just on compliance with the law, but on new technologies and better training.
And contrary to public opinion, most coal CEOs understand that poor safety performance increases, not decreases, costs. A trained, experienced work force is a valuable asset. When miners get hurt, work is disrupted, facilities or equipment are damaged, and medical costs skyrocket. There is little incentive to be cavalier about safety.
The loss of life at the Upper Big Branch mine is a tragedy felt by everyone in the industry. But it's premature to convict Massey Energy before the investigation. And it is certainly unfair for Ms. O'Dell to brand an entire industry when the facts say otherwise.
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The union matters
Tawni O'Dell is wrong about coal miners ("Heroes, Victims, Martyrs, Fools," April 11 Forum). In the Washington County mine where I worked for 13 years, and in my travels to coal mining communities around the United States, the miners with whom I shared that underground life had little in common with the stereotype she presents. Far from being "the last ones to speak up for their rights," these men and women were keeping up the United Mine Workers of America's long tradition of being leaders in exactly the opposite of what Ms. O'Dell proclaims -- in standing up not only for themselves, but for one another.
Then along come Massey and Don Blankenship to West Virginia with a vicious campaign in the 1980s to change all of that -- to drive out the organization that makes it possible for miners to "speak up for their rights." It was on the UMWA picket lines there, and in the vigils outside the jails alongside the wives of the miners who were arrested for standing up for themselves -- and for one another -- that I learned the words to all the verses of "Amazing Grace." That's where I learned to admire to the depths of my soul the standing-up and standing-together spirit of these miners and their families.
Massey won. The miners lost their union. Now Massey can fire miners who "speak up for their rights." Methane is present? Combustible dust? You say work anyway? Do I risk maybe losing my life, or certainly losing my job by "speaking up"? Get the picture?
These miners need the union that kept me and my co-workers and union sisters and brothers alive. Laws help, but without the union they don't get enforced and miners die. My heart and soul are with my brothers and sisters in West Virginia. They need more than that. They need our union.
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For a safer world
I normally read Jack Kelly's column and laugh. I often wonder how many people think like him. I guess we have to blow somebody off the map to make him happy ("Nuclear Naivete," April 11).
Sarah Palin says "lock and load." Others say "nuke 'em." I say someone has to be the first to put the knife down, unload the gun and say, "enough is enough."
In the Beatitudes of St. Matthew, Chapter 5, Jesus said, "Blessed are the peacemakers." He did not say, "He who has the most bombs wins."
That President Barack Obama is trying to make the world safer, in my opinion, is a good thing. America needs to take the initiative to show that we will do whatever it takes to bring peace and love into the world.
I don't know what makes some people hate. I don't hate anyone, not even Mr. Kelly.
Ben Avon
Ask other Catholics
When the Vatican recently referred to "petty gossip," it might have envisioned Sally Kalson's April 11 column ("The Pedophile Scandal Turns Nixonian").
Ms. Kalson recounts a friend's ugly claim about the church ("When I was growing up, just about every parish had its pedophile priest"), then, after noting other assertions, goes on to state, "I don't know how representative she is of Catholics current or lapsed." Did Ms. Kalson not care to ask any of the hundreds of thousands of happy, practicing Catholics who live and work in the region? If not, does she believe that her commentary is well-informed, i.e. something other than "petty gossip"?
Had Ms. Kalson asked, she would have encountered among the faithful not only deep contrition, but also a very different narrative concerning the church's great progress on the abuse issue, along with widespread hope for the future and fondness for the clergy. She might also find indignation over her giving voice to her friend's explosive and incredible claim at a time when Catholics' emotions are running raw.
Ms. Kalson is a very able writer, and I'm sure a lovely and conscientious person. She is welcome to criticize, but if she doesn't wish to handle such a sensitive topic with the required discretion and nuance, then perhaps she ought to write about something else.
West Deer
Journalistic low
Like the Catholic Church with its pedophile scandal, journalism has also been experiencing a loss of public trust. Sally Kalson's April 11 column ("The Pedophile Scandal Turns Nixonian") is an example of another low. Ms. Kalson and her disgruntled friend, Carrie, are to have us believe that Catholic families stood idly by while pedophile priests abused their children. Give me a break.
Students say it
This letter is in response to the letter from Natalie Thomas of Swissvale ("Offensive to Most," April 4). She writes that the majority of African-Americans do not use the N-word.
I taught for 30 years in the Pittsburgh Public Schools. The N-word was used regularly by African-American youths in addressing each other or talking about others. If I had a dollar for every time I heard "the word" used, I would have been able to retire five years sooner.
This subject was even addressed during in-service meetings and other faculty gatherings. African-American teachers were at a loss to understand why students would use self-denigrating language.
Sorry, Ms. Thomas, but the word has been and is still used by many African-American school students.
Buyer beware, especially in the world of art
Sally Kalson's April 11 article ("From Peanuts to Picasso: Art Collection Is Vast, But Is It the Real Deal?") is a cautionary tale to those who may think a "deal" is too good to be true. It is!
Tony Greco says he gets few returns, but I know he has had more than a few. I know of work that has been returned to Mr. Greco because our studio was able to explain to the purchaser that it was not the work of my husband, "Peanuts" creator Charles M. Schulz.
Since my husband's death in February 2000, I have been sent innumerable images which people who are familiar with his work are questioning. In 98 percent of the cases they are not my husband's original drawings.
I see artwork on the websites of galleries and auctions, as well as individual work on eBay, that I have had to tell the sellers is not authentic. Of course they feel cheated.
So all of us who represent my husband's legacy are saying, again, as loudly as we can, "Buyer beware." Buy only with a 100 percent, good forever, guarantee of authenticity! And remember that even then a certificate of authenticity may not be worth the paper it is printed on.
Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates
Santa Rosa, Calif.
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My main research interest remains the notion of logical consequence; and extends from medieval theories in the philosophy of language, mind and logic, to the more modern concerns of relevance logic and the philosophy of logic, in particular, proof-theoretic semantics and the semantic paradoxes.
I have been awarded a Leverhulme Project Grant for a project on Theories of Paradox in Fourteenth-Century Logic: Edition and Translation of Key Texts. The grant covers the salary of a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow for three years from August 2017 and the additional costs of the research. The aim is to produce critical editions from the medieval manuscripts of the texts on insolubles by Paul of Venice, Walter Segrave, John Dumbleton and Peter of Ailly, with English translations of the first three, and commentary.
From the summer of 2017, I will be leading the Medieval Logic Research Group in the Arché Research Centre. The research of this group embraces the Leverhulme-funded project on Theories of Paradox in Fourteenth-Century Logic, and Mark Thakkar's Leverhulme-funded project on John Wyclif's Logica. It also hosts weekly meetings of the Medieval Logic Reading Group.
The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Logic, which Catarina Dutilh Novaes and I edited, appeared in September 2016.
Recently, I led the Arché research group in History and Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics, formerly, the MMM group (Models, Modality and Meaning, 2012-15). The first HPLM workshop was on Inferentialism (25-26 November 2015). The second was held in Oslo on 7-8 June 2016, jointly organised with the Department of Philosophy at the University of Oslo, on Cardinality, Worlds and Paradox. The most recent workshop was in May 2017 on the topic of Proofs of Propositions (probationes propositionum) in 14th-century Logic.
I was the Principal Investigator in an Arché research project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) on the Foundations of Logical Consequence. This project started in January 2009 and concluded in June 2012.
My new English translation with Introduction of John Buridan's Treatise on Consequences (a translation of Hubien's 1976 edition of the Latin text Tractatus de Consequentiis) appeared at the end of 2014 with Fordham UP. Sten Ebbesen reviewed it in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. and Sara Uckelman has recently reviewed it in Studia Logica. Here is a list of corrections and improvements.
An earlier project was an examination of Bradwardine's discussion of insolubles and the Liar paradox. I prepared a new edition and English translation of Bradwardine's Latin text from the thirteen known manuscripts. The work appeared in May 2010 as volume 10 in the series Dallas Medieval Texts and Translations published by Peeters. Here is a list of corrections and improvements.
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I made this a while back trying to spice up my Youtube page a bit. I grabbed the image of Chell and friends from the retro poster of Portal 2. The turret, the cube, the sign, the writing and the cake, were also images borrowed from other places. I actually used the square wall textures and skewed them to make it look like the inside of the room. The portals were made using the ellipse tool and various other effects on Photoshop. I know I messed up on the co-op colors because at first I was thinking of the single-player colors. After it was done, I got too lazy to change it. Well, regardless of the incorrect portal colors, I think it turned out fairly well.
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For a year or so after turning 59, I qualified for the senior discount at the Monterey Sports Center. But then those sneaky bureaucrats at City Hall up and raised the age on me. I had to pay full freight again, hard on the pocketbook. Small-town newspapering may be glamorous, but it doesn't pay super well.
I didn't qualify for the cut rate again until last month, when I turned 62. I am now able to save a couple of bucks each time I visit the Sports Center. I can only hope the municipal budget hawks planned ahead and managed to get the city's pension liability paid down before my discount kicked in again.
The truth of it is, I am thankful for having lived long enough to be able to pay less, even though I am not entirely sure why this happens. Do the people who set prices feel sorry for older folks? Or does it have to do with fixed incomes? If that's it, almost everyone should qualify these days.
Regardless, the discount and this week's big holiday remind me that I am thankful for other things as well, many of them age related in one way or another.
I'm thankful that my back doesn't hurt right away when I do yard work or try to build something. I'm thankful that one of my ears hears better than the other, though I can't remember which it is. I'm not sure which.
I'm thankful that I don't have to pay for haircuts. It does not take Supercuts to take care of what I have left.
I'm thankful my dog is getting older, too. She is usually ready to end her walk around the same time I am.
I'm thankful to have learned some patience, finally. I used to fret when I got stuck in a grocery line. Time taught me to knock it off. What difference does it make if it takes seven minutes to get through the line instead of four?
I'm thankful for those guys around my age who nod at me, just slightly, when our paths cross at the store. The nod seems to be saying, "Hey there, guy around my age. Keep on keepin' on." At least that's what I think is going on.
I'm thankful my mother is still around to remind me that I put on a few pounds since last Thanksgiving.
I'm thankful my mother-in-law is still around to give me a hug every time I see her.
I'm thankful for the white tees at the golf course because the blue tees would force me to use clubs of the sort that I do not own, those that hit balls long and straight. Wish I could afford some of those.
I'm thankful for halfcourt basketball. I'm thankful that the masters' water polo team lets me pretend to play now and then. I'm thankful for the shallow end.
I'm thankful for my wife and daughters, partly because they give me a clue about how things look through younger eyes. I don't want to be one of those boomers who believes ours is the only perspective that matters.
Speaking of younger eyes, I am grateful for cataract surgery, though the replacement lenses are starting to get pretty old.
I'm thankful for Nexium and for each of my doctors.
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YUKON v.s. SIERRA GEARS
i ordered some replacement gears for my high pinion dana 30 and did not get what i ordered.
i ordered yukon
i got sierra.
some input would be great on the quality of sierra gears as i would not like to deal with the hassle of making this vendor take back the wrong gears and make good.
the company i ordered from does not need to be mentioned at this point. i can only hope that it was an honest mistake.
comments are welcome as i am very irked right now...
thank you,
Tim Doumit
In that case, order parts from me next time.:thumbsup: If you don't care what you get. Order tires from me and I'll send you a big bag of dog food:rofl::rofl:
Just take the time and send them back. get what you paid for.
Yukon FTW!
Not to jump your thread, but to add a little more info...
Out of curiosity, what makes one gear set better than the other if they are set up properly? Not that it doesn't happen, but I don't see a lot of gear failures (at least on the boards) based on quality control. It's usually the setup of the gears that was wrong which led to their demise. (I understand that poor quality could lead to more difficulty in setting them up in the first place.) Could someone enlighten me...
(...and yes, just like most of us, a nice hunk of well manufactured high quality steel does make me horny...)
I'm just wondering what actually makes Yukon better than the other 1/2 dozen gear manufacturers.
Personally, I'll always go with American made Spicer gears when available. Many of the others like Yukon are imported.
the vendor i went with me assures me of the same quality of yukon or better. he was very kind in offering me a call tag to have them picked up if i wanted. also, he apologized for switching without asking permission. the yukons were unavailable and he felt the sierras are of better quality.
he goes on with some other details i found interesting but the most important thing is i can send them back and he is willing to work with me. service is very important to me...
Ive only heard great things about Yukons. Ive not heard of the Sierras though, so im not much help there.
I voted about the same...
the shop that did my gears used Sierra and I have no issues whatsoever. not sure what it matters.
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My mum passed away suddenly back in April and I have been left to sort everything out on my own. I have done everything I can to the best of my ability and I don't mind doing it for my mum.
What is starting to eat away at me is that I have a brother and a sister who have literally left everything to me rather than help me out.
My brother in law is now hankering after the money as its close to being finalised. They have bought 2 new cars (new to them) on a finance deal cos they knew they would have some money coming to them to pay them off.
I just feel a bit like i'm spending all my time and a fair bit of money going backwards and forwards (they know that out of all three of us, i have the least spare cash) sorting things out while they just wait for their share of the proceeds.
Then I start feeling bad and just think I should just get on with it for my mum.
A family friend, who's close to both me and my sister has seen it all and she said both brother and sister have been a bit out of order with it all and I should think about claiming my expenses before sharing the money out. I feel bad doing that as it should be something you WANT to do for your loved ones, not something you do for gain as it were.
I don't even think i'm asking anything here, or why i'm trying to write it down for that matter.... i'm just getting frustrated at their lack of input I think.
So sorry for the loss of your mum. Are you an executor? From memory, executors can deduct reasonable expenses from the estate before division, and you should make very sure you are not out of pocket. Disclaimer - not a professional, just going on my experience. Don't let yourself be rushed or harrassed by your brother-in-law (what is it to do with him anyway?).
There wasn't a will so we had to apply for probate. I made the first few calls so it was just assumed I would continue. When I applied for probate I offered to let them be joint applicants but they just said it was easier for just one of us to do it.
I went to my mums house for the last time on Tuesday. Took a brew and sat 'with her'
I'm sorry kafri. I've been in your position and it sucks, really really sucks.
Message withdrawn at poster's request.
It hasn't helped that on top of sorting everything out I have my 8m old son to look after. He was only 3 months when my mum passed away and he was a very very clingy baby with awful reflux so he wouldn't happily snooze time away while I made calls/cleared house etc.
The guy who is buying my mums house has helped more than my siblings - the sale is due to go through and there are a few bits bib the garage I haven't been able to get to the tip in time. He knows I'm juggling it with my son so spoke to the estate agent and told me to leave it and he'll sort the last bits.
I was having trouble getting to sleep at night. I just kept seeing my mum in the hallway (she had a massive stroke and we believe had been in her hallway alone overnight) but this had improved since I went in her house this week and just sat with a brew and chatted to her. I asked her to find a way to let me know if she's ok now so I don't know, maybe that's her way of letting me know?? I don't know what I believe.
I know I feel too young to not have any parents, I was only 5 when my dad passed away and I'm 29 now.
Hello Kafri
Sorry to read your thread. Lost my dad suddenly when I was 29 and also did all the sorting out but it was really my way of coping.
Reading your later posts it sounds more like you're still coming to terms with the loss and I wonder if that is making it harder and the stress of the arrangements is almost a useful distraction?
In any event, don't wear yourself out. Is there anything left to do that you could hand over?
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Redskins.com intern Brian Tinsman gives us an update on Redskins first-round draft pick linebacker Ryan Kerrigan.
Ryan Kerrigan's mastery on the football field is well-documented. His time as a high school basketball player has already been covered, as have his superior swimming abilities. But wait, there's more!
While most of the country was celebrating our nation's armed forces with family time and backyard cookouts, Kerrigan was moonlighting as a baseball player.
Well, sort of.
Kerrigan did the honors of throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at the minor league baseball game between the Indianapolis Indians and the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees.
The Indians, the Triple-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates, were Kerrigan's hometown team growing up. The home stadium, Victory Field, is considered one of the finest minor league baseball facilities in the country.
Kerrigan first invited everyone out to the game, via twitter (@RyanKerrigan):
Now I've been watching baseball for a long time, and I have no idea what "hot stinky cheddar" is. Curiosity caused me to look it up, and unsurprisingly, no one had ever used that hash-tag before. But apparently it's a good thing, because more than 8,000 fans showed up.
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Natalie Toro & Gloria Estefan Tweet From ON YOUR FEET Reading
World renowned concert performer and recording artist Gloria Estefan recently announced plans for the 2015 Broadway debut of a new jukebox musical based on her music, life and career titled On Your Feet and a first look at the cast in rehearsal at a recent workshop is now available to view, featuring Broadway headliner Natalie Toro.
Toro took to Twitter to share a pic of herself alongside the superstar, captioning it, "My life is complete
@GloriaEstefan. Your story will forever live with me. The reading of "On Your Feet" The Musical".
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In addition to the Broadway musical itself, Estefan also plans to star in a reality series tracing the journey of the forthcoming production from auditions to opening night and beyond.
Estefan reveals of the new project, "It's going to be daunting, but I have no doubt whatsoever that we are going to be able to do it and so much fun to be a part of the processes."
Of note, a worldwide search for two actresses to portray the singer as both a teenager and young adult has already begun.
Estefan is considered the most successful Latin music crossover artist of all time, having amassed 7 Grammy Awards and selling more than 100 million records worldwide over the course of her 40-year career. Her international hits include "Conga", "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You", "Anything For You", "1-2-3", "Words Get In The Way", "Bad Boy", "Coming Out Of The Dark", "Music Of My Heart" (with *N SYNC) and more - many recorded with the Miami Sound Machine.
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Seeing the Physio for my Vertigo
I went to see the physio today for my benign positional vertigo.
She examined me and then used an Epley manouver to move the crystals in my inner ear.
She also showed me something called a Brandt-Daroff exercise, that I can do myself.
Let's hope it all goes well.
A Second New Bus for London is Spotted
Tonight I spotted a second New Bus for London in the Balls Pond Road.
It appears to be numbered as LT6.
They all appear to have registration numbers starting with LT
A Big Spelling Mistake
I photographed this in a shop window in the Kingsland Road.
I thought spelling mistakes like this on products were a thing of the past.
Boiler Room Scammers Boiled
I like this story. Let's hope these three don't ever get out of jail to fleece people of their money.
The Death of the Flannel
The Daily Mail amongst other media, is reporting that we're not buying flannels any more. The BBC drive program is making great fun of their demise, with various jokes being sent in. Some of course are saying that flannels are towels for diminutive people, like the presenter, Peter Allen. Others are sending in jokes. One just said.
I have two flannels; one for upstairs and one for downstairs.
I can't actually remember any flannels in my house for many years. I think we got rid of the last ones when the children left home. When I changed all my towels for the new house, I didn't find any flannels to throw out. I think C used one of the last ones to clean out our first basset hounds ears.
Is It Hire a Frog Week?
I think that the result of the French Presidential Election and the subsequent uncertainy may mean that a lot of high-grade people working in France decide to hop-on the Eurostar and get a job in England.
Personally, I am pleased I no longer own the house in Antibes, as I suspect if some of the candidates win on May 6th, I'd have a lot more taxes to pay.
I checked with my stockbroker this morning, and he said that French bonds are at least holding up, but that is not what can be said for Spanish ones.


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The British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has come under the strongest domestic political pressure yet to demand restraint from the US military, a bigger United Nations role and more say for Britain over decisions taken in Iraq.
Mr Blair, who is to meet President George Bush this week, came under fire from the Conservative opposition and appeared to be losing support among his back-benchers over the Iraq policy.
One senior army officer in southern Iraq said that the US's aggressive methods were causing friction among allied commanders and that there was a growing sense of "unease and frustration" among the British high command.
The officer, who would not be identified, said: "My view and the view of the British chain of command is that the Americans' use of violence is not proportionate and is over-responsive to the threat they are facing. They are not concerned about the Iraqi loss of life in the way the British are.
"The US troops view things in very simplistic terms. It seems hard for them to reconcile subtleties between who supports what and who doesn't in Iraq. As far as they are concerned Iraq is bandit country and everybody is out to kill them."
Although no formal complaints have as yet been made to their US counterparts, the officer said the British Government was aware of its commanders' "concerns and fears".
He explained that British troops would never be given clearance to carry out attacks such as the US helicopter gunship assaults on targets in urban areas.
"When US troops are attacked with mortars in Baghdad they use mortar-locating radar to find the firing point and then attack the general area with artillery, even though . . . it may be in the middle of a densely populated residential area."
While it was trite, "American troops do shoot first and ask questions later", he said.
Despite private doubts about US tactics in Iraq, Britain's Defence Minister, Geoff Hoon, insisted the British-US coalition would not postpone its plan to hand sovereignty to Iraq on June 30.
He doubted the need for extra British troops. The situation was calm in the British sector, he said.
But the Conservative Party leader, Michael Howard, implied that British diplomats did not have enough sway with the US.
Britain's presence had been weakened by the departure of Mr Blair's special envoy, Sir Jeremy Greenstock, last month, he said.
Sir Jeremy left at the end of his six-month contract, handing over to his less experienced deputy, David Richmond.
Mr Howard said it had never been more important for Britain to have a strong voice in Baghdad, and called on the Government to appoint a "senior and experienced" representative to serve as the deputy to the US administrator, Paul Bremer.
The former foreign secretary Robin Cook urged Mr Blair to be robust with Mr Bush.
Labour Party MPs, who backed the war in Iraq in a crucial parliamentary vote, voiced grave doubts about their decision.
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A Year in Warren Buffett's New Managers Ted Weschler and Todd Combs
Posted by: Holly LaFon (IP Logged)
Date: December 20, 2013 04:44PM
More than two full years have transpired since Buffett hired two relatively unknown managers to begin investing funds for Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)(BRK.B), allowing for a slightly clearer picture of their strategies and performance. This year solidified that their tenure as Berkshire portfolio managers has begun on a positive note.
Buffett, when he has mentioned the two men, has indicated he made as good a decision selecting them as most of his investments. In his 2012 letter he gushed:
"Todd Combs and Ted Weschler, our new investment managers, have proved to be smart, models of integrity, helpful to Berkshire in many ways beyond portfolio management, and a perfect cultural fit. We hit the jackpot with these two. In 2012 each outperformed the S&P 500 by double-digit margins. They left me in the dust as well.
Consequently, we have increased the funds managed by each to almost $5 billion (some of this emanating from the pension funds of our subsidiaries). Todd and Ted are young and will be around to manage Berkshire's massive portfolio long after Charlie and I have left the scene. You can rest easy when they take over."
Berkshire shareholders and Buffett enthusiasts have eagerly watched to see how the heirs to the financial legend would compare. Below is a review of another year of their equity investing performance.
Review of Combs and Weschler's stocks
DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. (DVA)
Though once the managers' stocks were distinguishable from Buffett's due to their small quantity, DaVita has worked its way up to become Berkshire's eleventh largest holding. Weschler amassed 36,514,700 shares of DaVita since beginning the position in the fourth quarter of 2011, giving him a 9.75% stake in the company.
Though a long-term thinker, the investment has already paid off in spades. Weschler has a 73% gain on his lowest average price paid, and a 33% gain on his average price paid of $46.53, based on Friday's price of $61.69 per share.
DaVita is a fast-growing U.S. kidney care company that in Nov. 2012 acquired the nation's largest medical group and physician network company, HealthCare Partners, which expanded its reach to areas of health care outside of kidney treatment. Both DaVita and HealthCare Partners focus their business on cutting health care costs through reducing hospital stay time by offering coordinated primary and specialty care for chronic illness patients.
In the following nine months, DaVita HealthCare Partners reported $512.9 million in earnings, compared to $457.4 million in the corresponding period of 2012. Total net revenues also increased to $8.7 billion from $5.7 billion, while its operating margin jumped to 17.5% from 12.3% in the same periods. The company's cash balance grew to $970.7 million from $382.2 million, and its total debt grew to $8.5 billion from $5.75 billion.
DaVita also continues to expand its business. As of Sept. 30 it hosts about 166,000 patients at 2,108 outpatient dialysis centers, which grew from 150,000 patients at 1,912 outpatient dialysis centers at Sept. 30, 2012.
The Baron Funds initiated a stake in DaVita in the third quarter. The fund's Neal Kaufman concurred with Weschler on the worthiness of DaVita, commenting:
"We think DaVita is well positioned to capitalize on trends in U.S. healthcare. The dialysis business generates steady growth driven by the increased prevalence of diabetes and has additional growth opportunities from international expansion and integrated care. HCP contracts with health plans and is accountable for the healthcare of its patients in exchange for a fixed fee. In this way, HCP is incentivized to deliver high quality healthcare at low cost. We think DaVita has an opportunity to bring HCP's successful model into new markets and is well positioned to benefit from the shift from fee-for-service reimbursement to risk-sharing and coordinated care."
DaVita has a P/E of 22.7, P/S of 1.17 and P/B of 2.99, which is close to a three-year low.
Year-to-date gain: 11%
DirecTV (DTV)
DirecTV has also expanded in size, now occupying the eighth spot in Berkshire's portfolio. Berkshire holds 36,514,700 shares of the company after buying since the third quarter of 2011, giving it 6.65% ownership of the company. The stock has gained 40% from Berkshire's average buy price of $47.04, based on Friday's price of $65.93.
DirecTV is the world's largest pay TV provider, with over 37 million subscribers, and is split into two businesses: DirecTV U.S. and Latin America, and DirecTV Regional Sports Networks. The company has grown rapidly and estimates that it has significant room for growth in Latin America, where Pan American countries excluding Argentina and Venezuela have just 32% pay-TV penetration. By 2016, it hopes to have doubled its subscriber base to 8 million, in spite of strong competitors in most local markets.
For the first nine months of 2013, DirecTV made $23.16 billion in revenues, greater than $21.69 billion in the corresponding period of 2012, due to higher ARPU at its U.S. segment and subscriber growth at both its Latin American and U.S. segments. Earnings were slightly higher over the same period at $2.069 billion compared to $2.029 billion, and operating profit margin was slightly lower at 16.5% compared to 17.5%. Free cash flow declined to $1.61 billion from $1.74 billion.
It ended the quarter with $18.6 billion in long-term debt and $1.6 billion in cash.
Another DirecTV investor, Mason Hawkins of Longleaf Partners, said of the company in his third quarter letter: "DIRECTV slipped 3% on increased subscriber churn amidst a challenged Brazilian economy. DIRECTV Latin America remains well positioned to benefit from rising pay-TV penetration in the region, and the mature U.S. business continues to generate higher ARPU (average revenue per user)."
DirecTV has a P/E of 12.6 and P/S of 1.2, which is close to a two-year high.
Year-to-date gain: 32%
Visa and MasterCard are about even in the portfolio, at 0.32% and 0.3% weighting, respectively. The MasterCard stake was acquired in the first and second quarters of 2011, and Visa in the third and fourth quarters of the same year. Both have played out incredibly well. Visa has gained 145% from the average buy price of $88.30 based on Friday's share price of $216.08, and MasterCard has gained 212% since the average buy price of $257.81, based on Friday's share price of $805.38.
Visa, the global payments technology company, saw the number of transactions processed with its cards in the year ended Sept. 30, 2013 increase 10% over 2012 to 58 billion. Its annual earnings totaled $5.0 billion, an 18% increase over the prior year. Net operating revenue was $11.8 billion, a 13% increase which can be broken down into revenue growth of 10% for service, 17% for data processing, 12% for international transactions and 2% for other, including Visa Europe licensing fees.
Visa holds cash of $2.2 billion, and liabilities of $9.1 billion.
The company has a P/E ratio of 28.5, P/B ratio close to a 10-year high at 6.09, and P/S close to a three-year high at 11.7.
Visa year-to-date gain: 42.5%
MasterCard, another electronic payments company, continued to see steady growth this year. In the first nine months, its number of transactions processed increased 13%. It also had a 13% increase in net revenue to $6.2 billion, broken down into gross dollar volume growth of 14%, and cross-border volume growth of 18%. MasterCard net income rose 15% to $2.5 billion, excluding a litigation charge from 2012.
MasterCard has cash assets of $3.4 billion and total liabilities of $6.06 billion, as of Sept. 30.
Its P/E is 31.9, P/B is 12.7 and P/S is near a 10-year high at 12.21.
MasterCard year-to-date gain: 66%
It is speculated that Verisign (VRSN) and Viacom (VIAB) round out the Weschler and Combs holdings embedded within the Berkshire portfolio. These two stocks this year have gained 53% and 60%, respectively.
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Teachers Camron Stewart (right) and James Decker of the Sigonella Branch painted the bus stop at the Navy Air Station Sigonella in Sicily, Italy. With a little help from their youth leaders and a few of the boys' friends who stopped by to help out, the bus stop looked great after the service project.
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Jessica Crook, a Beehive, said, "I think the activities helped all of us understand more about helping and serving others." In the end there were more yellow papers than green, so the young women were rewarded with a dinner prepared and served by their leaders.
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G. Gordon Whyte of Moose Jaw was the first member of the Church in Saskatchewan. He was baptized in August 1923 and later moved to Regina. Whyte and John G. Allred preached in a street meeting in Regina where they placed 16 copies of the Book of Mormon. The Church sent missionaries to Regina in 1925, organized a congregation there, and dedicated a meetinghouse in 1939. Church membership in Saskatchewan grew from 145 in 1930 to 4,200 in 1990. In November 1999 the Church completed a temple in Regina.
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The Titus Youngification of America continues folks.
Donate my brain to the brain scientists because I've got CTE from Shaking My Head so hard folks. Our ME-FIRST "Lady" (more like Seargeant at ARMS) Moochelle cant keep her Jax shoulders off MY Superbowl.
The most powerful woman in America is going to make a appearance on the Puppy Bowl Pregame show AND TEACH OUR NATIONS YOUTH A TD CELEBRATION. Even I have to admit its ironic shes going to be in the puppy bowl because shes got biceps like a Black Boxer no offense.
With Washington schoolchildren on hand, 13 puppies from shelters and rescue groups played fetch and ran agility drills as Obama taped segments announcing "Let the Puppy Bowl begin" and demonstrating a touchdown dance.
Listen Michelle our nations pregame shows are reserved for thoughtful conversation from Terry Bradshaw Coach Ditka and Frank Caliendo. But the only impression that your giving is of a show off instead of a showman like Frank. And her timing couldnt be worse considering our nation is still reeling from the aftershocks of Richard Shermen thinking about sexually assaulting poor Erin Andrews probably.
At least Hillary Clinton would of handed her balls back to the ref no offense. But we havent won a war since 1991 and shes spiking the ball between her legs and looking more like Michelle Obochocinco celebrating her two victories over the Browns each year. She's doing this all under the rouse of calling America fat. Shes also ripping off Commissioner Goodells "Play60" campaign too. Wow I wonder how many executive orders itll take to have Goodell kidnapped and his brain harvested for the rest of his good ideas huh?
In one segment, Obama advises against being an "armchair quarterback" and urges 60 minutes of physical activity a day and a well-balanced diet.
Isnt that rich? She is literally fatter then hell and shes telling ME to get in shape? Yeah she wants me to be a square. Im going to eat what I want when I want and just because your a idiot doesnt mean I cant get seconds on the cobbler bitch, not to be insulting. It seems that racist Michelles "Let's Move" campaign isnt just what she said when white people started buying houses in her neighborhood afterall. Now its a excuse to invade my living room on the most important national holiday of all.
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Douglas Turner, 78 and his wife Barbara, 74, laid solid foundations for their marriage when they tied the knot in February 13, 1954, following a chance meeting years earlier while he was building a wall.
Three days after their wedding in Oxford Registry Office, Mr Turner was bound for Egypt to complete his national service.
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The couple first moved to Hunstanton in 1997.
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