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Enloe Medical Center provides patient centered comprehensive care including cardiac surgery, stroke, neurosurgery, orthopedics, cancer care, maternity care and bariatrics.
Enloe meets your urgent medical care needs with two Prompt Care Clinics in Chico, Calif.
Enloe is the area's Designated Level II Trauma Center and a STEMI Receiving Center, with emergency services that include air and ground ambulance services.
Enloe Medical Center offers a comprehensive range of surgical services at two locations.
1531 EsplanadeChico, CA 95926
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Our commitment: We are excited to build the park on the Enloe campus. The park is intended to provide a quiet space for walking, meandering, contemplating and enjoying a peaceful place. It is also intended to create a nice buffer between the medical center and rest of the residential areas within our shared neighborhood. We already have a children's playground in place, and we are committed to adding to this park space, to being a good neighbor, and help minimize any encroachment of parking in the neighborhood as best we can. As you may recall, the park is the final phase of the Enloe Century Project expansion. Building it is part of our Development Agreement with the city. We intend to follow the letter and spirit of this agreement. This is an expensive project, and it is our wish that the finished product will be something that is appreciated and enjoyed as a betterment of the neighborhood as a whole and as a comforting place for medical center patients, visitors and staff.
Contractor in place, start date pending: We have a contractor selected for building the park. We are holding the construction start date pending the finalization of discussions with CANA leaders. Over the years there have been several concepts and ideas for the park, with multiple discussions between Enloe and neighbors to share ideas and get feedback. We value the feedback and work hard to balance the neighborhoods needs and wishes with the needs of patients, visitors and staff. Once construction begins, it should take at least five months, weather permitting.
Street trees, sidewalks: As part of this project, some unhealthy, non-legacy street trees will be removed. The trees were planted years ago however they have become unsafe or are inappropriate as street trees. Many are dropping large branches. We appreciate the beauty and value of trees and will continue to plant them as part of this project and to maintain low-water-use planting and the most efficient and appropriate irrigation systems. In sidewalk work, we will remove the driveway apron (the path from the street to a driveway) at Enloe's yellow house on Arcadian Avenue between 5th and 6th Avenues. There has not been an actual driveway at that property for many years.
Improvements over the years for the betterment of our shared neighborhood:
Thank you for your feedback over the years as we've worked on the hospital expansion project and neighborhood improvements. We value our role in the neighborhood and value you as our neighbors.
While we do our best to project dates, they are subject to change due to factors including weather and permits. If you have questions or concerns, feel free to contact Bill Seguine, Director of Property Development and Facilities Management, at (530) 864-1322 or firstname.lastname@example.com. To learn more about the Enloe Century Project, and to read archived issues of this newsletter, visit www.enloe.org/century.
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Football player Thierry Henry stars in the third stage of Renault Clio's integrated push. The campaign includes Tv and cinema advertising as well as online marketing. Digital Bulletin reports Publicis Dialog has created a micro-site featuring a virtual hotel and an expandable skyscraper streaming the 40-second commercial ad on the main Uk sites.

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I'm not sure if this is the right forum to post this in, but I've been having some trouble identifying this rifle. I got it from my grandpa shortly before he passed away, and it's labeled as a Coastal Arms rifle. It's a semiautomatic .22 and from the few times I've fired it, works fine. The only problem I've had is that I can't find anything on Coastal Arms other than a suppressor manufacturer. Can anyone shed any light on this?
Check out Coast To Coast rifles that were made by Savage Arms.
Back in the day, department stores sold their own line of firearms. Sears sold a rifle line call Ted Williams. These guns were a little less money, or sometimes more, with more features and accessories. Usually, these firearms are the same quality as the name brands, just a different label on them.
There is a brand cross reference in the Numrich catalog. If you don't have access to the catalog, post your model number and I will look it up and post it. The Costal was made by Savage, Stevens, Springfield, Marlin and Mossberg
Yep- known as "Store Brand" guns, or in some cases, "hardware guns" Sears had JC Higgins and Ted Williams brands, Western Auto stores had Revelation, Montgomery Ward's had Westernfield, etc.
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Koronadal, officially the City of Koronadal and popularly known as Marbel, is a 3rd class component city in the Philippines. It is the capital of the province of South Cotabato and regional center of SOCCSKSARGEN (Region XII). According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 158,273.[1]
Koronadal became a component city of South Cotabato by virtue of Republic Act 8803 dated October 8, 2000. In 2003 and 2005 the city was recognized as "Most Competitive City" in the small-city category, and in 2005 and 2006 as the most business friendly city in Mindanao.[2] Koronadal also hosted several national activities such as the Palarong Pambansa in 1996 with General Santos and solo in 2007, Mindanao Business Forum, and National Schools Press Conference. On June 12, 2009, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo together with Defense Secretary Gibo Teodoro celebrated the 111th Independence Day in the city, which marks a significant and historic event in the history of Koronadal.
Koronadal City is one of the cities in Mindanao whose citizens are Hiligaynon speakers. 90% of the city's population speaks Hiligaynon, the other city is Tacurong [2]
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The pop-up Microsoft Store located in the heart of Times Square officially opens tonight with a ribbon cutting ceremony and I'll be there to share the news and excitement. I encourage you to follow me on twitter @bobhms to catch the action in real time, or come join in on the excitement and fun right in Times Square at 9 PM tonight.
Tomorrow, Friday October 26th is the official launch and General Availability of Windows 8 and the much anticipated Surface. The first parts of the Windows 8 Launch begin shortly and you can find more about how to join the live webcast at bit.ly/SkzMVv.
I'm very excited to finally get to see the Surface up close and personal, can't wait! Be sure to check back, I'll have a recap of the launch activities and lots of good information on Windows 8 and the Microsoft Surface soon.
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If Arsenal is going to keep the pressure on Manchester United in the English Premier League title race the Gunners will need to win at the same stadium where Manchester United recently stumbled, St. Andrews.
Arsenal take on Birmingham today in one of the more intriguing match-ups of today's New Year's Day Schedule. Manchester United opened the day's action at West Bromwich Albion, but the Gunners can keep pressure on with a win in Birmingham.
Bolton takes on Liverpool in another must-see clash, though American midfielder Stuart Holden is sidelined by an injury. Clint Dempsey is in action today as Fulham meets Tottenham in another quality tilt.
If you will be watching today's action please feel free to share your thoughts, opinions and some play-by-play in the comments section below.
Enjoy the action (Today's TV schedule is after the jump):
7:45am- ESPN2- West Bromwich Albion vs. Manchester United
8am- Fox Soccer Plus- Leeds United vs. Middlesbrough
10am-Fox Soccer Channel- Manchester City vs. Blackpool
10am-Fox Soccer Plus- Liverpool vs. Bolton
10am- FoxSoccer.tv- Tottenham vs. Fulham
10am- FoxSoccer.tv- West Ham vs. Wolverhampton
10am- FoxSoccer.tv- Stoke City vs. Everton
10am- FoxSoccer.tv- Sunderland vs. Blackburn
NOON- Fox Soccer Plus- West Ham vs. Wolverhampton (Delayed)
12:30PM- Fox Soccer Channel- Birmingham City vs. Arsenal
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Judge imposes conditions on bond for Longview murder suspect
From Staff Reports
April 25, 2013 at 7:07 a.m.
During a morning hearing in the 124th District Court, all parties agreed to conditions on bond for murder suspect Cedric Carldwell, who was released from jail April 16.
As condition of his release on bond, Carldwell, 42, must be inside his home from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., must submit to electronic monitoring and must not have any form of contact with witnesses in the case. Carldwell also cannot re-enter the area where the shooting happened.
Carldwell was arrested on charges stemming from the April 14 fatal shooting of Huey "Bull" Gray.
Carldwell's background includes a 15-year prison sentence for a 1992 attempted murder conviction and a two-year state jail sentence for attempted kidnapping conviction in 2007.


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No Shock that Orton made it in Spokane
Greg Orton, the last cut of Spokane's 2010 training camp, has turned that negative into a positive. He returned at midseason when Spokane was hit by injuries to the receiving unit and he became a mainstay.
Then, he got better. Read about Orton's journey from being released to being one of the best receivers in the AFL here.
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ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — A former Sauk Rapids legislator is the Minnesota Republican Party's choice for an open secretary of state's race.
Ex-Representative Dan Severson grabbed the GOP endorsement Friday at the state party convention after another former lawmaker exited the race.
State Senator John Howe withdrew before the first ballot was announced.
Incumbent Secretary of State Mark Ritchie isn't running again. Democrats expect to settle on a candidate Saturday at the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party convention in Duluth in a race that features two sitting legislators.
Severson argues that Minnesota has a "corrupt election system" and told delegates it is "time for a conservative secretary of state."
The secretary of state's office has been pivotal in recent elections. It has overseen back-to-back recounts in races for U.S. Senate and governor. The office also has business registration duties.
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Sprint Corporation (NYSE:S) is a technology company operating in the wireless communications industry. The company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. SoftBank acquired Sprint in 2013 and the company now operates as a subsidiary of SoftBank Corp. The company offers wireline, wireless and data services to customers all over the U.S. Sprint's network utilizes 3G, CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) and 4G technologies. 4G includes LTE (Long Term Evolution) and WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access). The company is planning to shut down WiMAX by the end of 2015. It is divided into two segments for reporting purposes - wireline and wireless.
Wireless: Sprint offers wireless services on a prepaid and postpaid basis. It offers several plans including a family plan in the postpaid segment. A family of four can subscribe for $40 per person with unlimited talk, text and 1GB data. The wireless segment of the company competes with Verizon (NYSE:VZ), AT&T (NYSE:T) and T-Mobile (NASDAQ:TMUS). Note that the company is a facing strong price competition because of T-Mobile's un-carrier strategy while AT&T has also responded with attractive packages. These developments are expected to impact Sprint's, and the industry's, earnings in the near future. The company generated around 81% of its revenue from the wireless segment during the year ended 2013.
Wireline: The wireline segment of the company provides voice and data services to other communication companies, business clients and consumers. Sprint also provides IP and other services to cable system operators. The wireline segment competes with AT&T, Verizon Communications, CenturyLink (NYSE:CTL) and Level 3 Communications (NASDAQ:LVLT). The company generated around 19% of its revenue from the wireline segment during the year ended 2013.
Market Performance
Shares of Sprint are listed on NYSE and are currently trading at around $8. The market cap of the company is around $35 billion. Valuations of the company have shown a growth of 40% since July 2013 despite negative EPS throughout 2013. The main reason behind this appreciation seems to be the acquisition of the company by SoftBank. Moreover, the company managed to surpass analyst estimates regarding EPS in the last three quarters. Beating analyst expectations consistently has also contributed to the valuation growth in the past few months.
Financial Performance
Revenue and EPS
Sprint posted a revenue figure of $16.81 billion as compared to $35 billion posted in the previous year. However, due to the merger activity with SoftBank, the results of these two years are not comparable and we will use a combined result to identify the revenue trend for the company.
*Source: SEC filings
Revenue almost remained flat during the year ended 2013. Revenues from wireless depend upon the ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) and the addition and retention of the customers in a given period. The average revenue per user increased in the year ended 2013 but the effect was offset by the decrease in overall postpaid customers and hence, the company did not experience a considerable growth in revenues. Sprint almost lost 1.34 million postpaid subscribers during the year which resulted in the flat revenues. The average revenue from prepaid subscribers also increased during the year ended 2013.
*Source: SEC filings
At present ARPU is improving as far as postpaid customers are concerned. This might not be the case in the coming year because of T-Mobile's aggressive pricing strategy. Sprint cannot withstand price cuts due to its consistent losses. The company is generating cash flows but long-term loss exposure can limit that ability as well. If the company does not sacrifice its ARPU this year, we believe it will lose more subscribers. T-Mobile's ARPU is around $52 and is expected to be around $50 in the coming year. With $63 ARPU, Sprint is not expected to gain subscribers at the expense of T-Mobile.
On the EPS front, the company was not able to post a positive EPS and posted a net loss of $3.012 billion as compared to the net loss of $4.326 billion in the year ended 2012. This reflects the good cost control of the company during the year. The graph below summarizes the net income position of the company:
*Source: SEC filings
Sprint's net loss position improved in 2013 but remained negative. It is a worrying sign as far as the performance of the company is concerned. Long-term and consistent exposure to losses will affect the liquidity and cash flow generating ability of the company and will eventually challenge its going concern position.
Cash and Balance Sheet
The company has a healthy cash balance of around $7.47 billion and its current ratio is around 1.22 while the industry average is 0.97. The company's liquidity position is satisfactory. The table below summarizes this position relative to the competitors:
Current ratio
*Source: Yahoo finance
We can see that T-Mobile and Sprint are in the same league. Sprint holds the third position as far as market share is concerned but it is evident that T-Mobile is generating more cash flows and is better covered for its liquidity. The point is that T-Mobile can indulge in price wars for a longer time than Sprint without external help. Sprint needs to decrease its ARPU if it wants to gain subscribers at the expense of T-Mobile and it can do that with the help of SoftBank. Currently, T-Mobile appears to be in a better position to challenge sprint.
Subscriber Growth
Sprint has around 53.9 million subscribers with a market share of approximately 15.6%. See the graph that follows:
*Source: SEC filings
The company's prepaid subscribers are increasing while postpaid subscribers are decreasing. By analyzing this graph in comparison to the ARPU graph presented above, it is quite clear that subscriber addition and retention is correlated to the price structure of the service. The main reasons for Sprint's subscriber decline are the aggressive price reductions from T-Mobile and general price competition in the industry.
Network and Coverage
Sprint is the third largest U.S. network with around 53 million subscribers as per its recent news release. More than 200 million customers are covered by Sprint's 4G LTE network. OpenSignal rates the network reliability of Sprint at around 93.71%, which is slightly higher than T-Mobile's 93.62%.
*Source: opensignal.com
According to this snapshot, T-Mobile is ranked above Sprint because of a higher download speed which compensated for the marginal difference in reliability. On the other hand, the average revenue charged by T-Mobile is also lower than Sprint. In short, the network quality of Sprint and T-Mobile is comparable but the prices charged by T-Mobile are low and therefore, it is expected to gain market share at Sprint's expense. Sprint can protect its own share by entering into a price war but this will affect the industry's overall margins and valuations. In our view, Sprint is in a tough position and T-Mobile looks set to benefit in the near future.
Valuations and Final Thoughts
- Standard CAPM assumptions. the telecom sector average is used for Sprint rather than beta.
- 3% growth until 2018 based on IDC's low single digit growth predictions for the telecom sector and Sprint's historic growth rate. No growth is assumed in perpetuity.
- Capital expenditure assumptions based on historic pattern and reduced as the LTE network installations will be completed by the end of 2015.
The price target of the company reveals that the stock is overpriced at present. We believe that a cash flow based price target correctly reflects the valuation of the company. As can be seen from our target price, at these levels Sprint seems grossly overvalued. Comparatively we believe T-Mobile is a much better investment option at these levels than Sprint. T-Mobile is more likely to gain subscribers than Sprint because of its slightly better 4G and 3G networks and low prices. The company is also generating better cash flows than Sprint. Investors are valuing Sprint higher than it should be and therefore, the stock is a candidate for short sell.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within 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.
Additional disclosure: Equity Flux is a team of analysts. This article was written by our Technology analyst. We did not receive compensation for this article (other than from Seeking Alpha), and we have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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He explained the importance of Africa, writing, In 2006, Africas mines produced nearly 17 percent of the worlds uranium. As a result of two new uranium mines opening in Africa this year Langer Heinrich and Dominion, the continents uranium production could reach nearly 20 percent by 2008, possibly challenging Australia as the second highest producing uranium continent.
According to StockInterview, the nuclear renaissance is alive and attracting more interest, One by one, European and North American politicians are cautiously considering the inclusion of nuclear energy with renewable energy sources as an alternative to more than 800 new coal-fired plants proposed in the United States, India and China. But Finch asks, Will there be sufficient uranium mined to meet the new demand?
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|Interviewed by Mark D. Van Ells on October 3, 1994 in Wisconsin.
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Kenneth Johnson, a Jackson, Michigan native, talks about his experience in the Army Air Force flying with the 4th Combat Cargo Group in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Johnson discusses his limited awareness of the war as a Madison (Wisconsin) high school student and his decision to enlist and enter the Army Air Force Cadet program. He speaks of the train ride to a reception center in Santa Anna (California), College Training Detachment in Spearfish (South Dakota), and pre, basic, and advanced flight school in Santa Anna (California). He describes betting other units about marching scores and funding a dance with the profits. Johnson touches upon classes, getting airsick during aerobatics lessons, and flying a Stearman, C-47s, and C-46s. He remembers flying across the Atlantic and being shaken up by a Tokyo Rose radio program that named his commanding officers and threatened an air attack that didn't happen. He mentions his first base in Sylhet (India) and flying three trips a day to supply the British 14th Army. Johnson gives examples of his cargo: Bailey bridges, food, ammunition, troops, mules, and gasoline. He reveals how the pilots would go on oxygen and fly high enough to put their British guides to sleep so they could pilfer beer from the cargo. Johnson mentions the British shooting an Indian officer for stealing supplies and the lack of women helping British and American troops get along. He explains they didn't see many Japanese aircraft and suffered infrequently from ground fire. He talks about the Gurkhas and the similarities between English-supported Maharajas and Chinese warlords. Johnson portrays flying over the Hump to Kunming (China), and after the war flying in gasoline and supplies for Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese Nationalist Army, though he suspected the warlords sold the supplies instead of giving them to their troops. He describes the difficult terrain and pilots' having to bail out of planes due primarily to running out of gas and bad weather. He relates having his airplane's engines both temporarily fail and jettisoning their cargo. Johnson talks about how Chinese soldiers would be shot if they dented an airplane while unloading, so the Americans would do it themselves. He speaks of the goodwill encountered on his recent trip to China with other Hump pilots and describes his how close-knit his crew became. He talks about how the Japanese's following orders made their surrender easier. Johnson describes waiting a month in Karachi (India), playing golf and tennis and drinking, and then sailing home on rough November seas. He relates his homecoming, having a full Thanksgiving dinner on embarkation in New York, discharge at Camp McCoy (Wisconsin), meeting his infant daughter, and entering the reserves. He talks about his time in the Selective Service System including having the Madison office trashed during the Vietnam War, his commanding officer General Hershey, and the lottery system. He describes the prefab houses, frequently blown fuses, and thin walls in Badger Village (Wisconsin) and the relationships between GI Bill veteran students and the professors at University Wisconsin-Madison. Johnson discusses belonging to the Hump Pilots Association.
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Kendrick Lamar - War Is My Love Lyrics
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Kendrick Lamar contributed to the soundtrack of the "Ghost Recon Future Soldier" video game, and the song he chose is "War Is My Love"... pretty appropriate, wouldn't you agree?
Kendrick Lamar – War Is My Love Lyrics
[Kendrick Lamar]
Look inside my eyes and tell me you see a warrior
I never felt the feeling of euphoria
Pain forever, prolong the pros and cons of prosperity is strong
Wake up in the morning and I gotta win
Not taking the victory, that's my only sin
And so I send a message to your messenger
A warning shot to let em know I'm serious
I'm ready for a war
When I roar it can break a glass window
The only thing for sure is the perfect way
To bend you on your back
Even if I gotta slither through the cracks
I can crack every code you deliver I attack
Every hole with a bomb squad sittin' on the tripod
Even if he try hard, he can still die hard
Run but you can't hide
White flags, you can pull 'em out fast
And tell me your last goodbye
I will, I will, climb the highest mountain
Before the flood comes
And all my fight is drowning in blood
What I gotta lose? What I gotta prove?
I guess, war is my love
[Kendrick Lamar]
Make sure your next move is slick
Your best move is nothing
You know I take risk, dark clouds, I love it
Cause I can hide in the mist
Hop out and crushin' every soldier you're with
So I'm 6 for 6
I'm sick with determination, I'll terminate ya quick
I lead the pack, I follow no rules, I see the traps
I know you're close to fallin' on your face
Unload, reload, hand me another case
Explode, explode
The fire of my eyes
Is waiting on your demise
I know you hope your help is close by
I will, I will, climb the highest mountain
Before the flood comes
And all my fight is drowning in blood
What I gotta lose? What I gotta prove?
I guess, war is my love
War is my love
I guess, war is my love
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I actually got it a bit wrong with this.
The instructions are for 1g per 100ml, which is, for my mugs, normally a well-heaped teaspoon, which is about 2.5g. The trouble is, this is so coarse and long and straggly in the dry that I couldn't handle it with the spoon. So I used my fingers and weighed it on the kitchen scales. The trouble was that I absent-mindedly weighed out 1g instead of 2.5g.
Here's the strange thing: it made an excellent cup of tea – I mean really, really excellent.
It made a quite intense clear-brown infusion and didn't look at all too weak for a black tea.
The aroma is a little odd – it seems to change. I sniff it and get that pastry dough or pizza base aroma; but another sniff will get a beautiful, grassy, perfumey, flowery aroma.
In the mouth, there is what immediately struck me as a 'garden' element. I mean the 'lawns and flower beds type' garden. It's that warm evening perfume of damp lawns and mixed flowers, especially if there are a few lilies in the garden. There's just enough good basic tea to it, and there's a toffee or butter element adding body and smoothness.
Is it over the top to describe a tea as 'sensuous'? I've got into a habit of describing teas as either 'delicate', as with Darjeelings, or 'robust' as with a Lapsang Souchong; but neither seems to fit, here. It seems on the delicate side, but it's full-on and seductive, rather than delicate and refined. I'm now sorry that I used that 'Theda Bara of teas' crack about the Turzum 'Muscatel Dream' because it would fit much better here.
I made a second infusion – same way.
It was a little lighter in colour and I thought the aroma was now more grass than flower.
The flavour is still pretty good, but different. The basic tea element has developed a little toastiness, bringing it more to the fore; the floweriness is reined back a bit and it's a little more grassy. Having mentioned the Turzum 'Muscatel Dream', above, it strikes me that this second infusion could very easily be the first infusion of a good Darjeeling – it's that sort of flavour.
I made a third infusion – same way. This was too many and the tea was much less intense in colour and rather lacking in flavour.
I'm not going to rate this at the moment. I'll wait till another day when I've used the correct amount of dry tea. Having said that, it was so excellent as it was that it hardly seems worth the bother of trying a larger amount.


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Good Points
Good balance, good power in .177, accurate.
Bad Points
None as long as you use it within its limits.
General Comments
I got my RWS 34 Diana on close out for $115 and for that price, I couldn't be happier.
The gun handles well and has good power using both 7.9gr and 10.5gr Premiers. The 7.9gr shoot at about 900fps while the 10.5 shoot at around 820fps.
Accuracy is good out to 30 yards, but that is about the upper limit of this gun. I'm sure there are those out there that have shot at longer distances, but 30 yards is where I stop with this gun. At that distance, on a good day I can get nickel sized groups.
I've found my 34 to be a bit hold sensitive so make sure when you shoot it, you practice good springer airgun shooting technique and keep the hold consistent for best accuracy.
I've fitted mine with a cheap scope (springer rated) and an RWS one piece mount and it does fine with this.
The gun does not have as much twang as other lower end springers I've shot. A nice solid 'thump' is all you hear and very little vibration.
With a bit of work, you can easily add a buttpad and muzzle brake to this gun and have a nice looking airgun.


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Paid Sunday Metered Parking Returns To Lakeview
It took over a year, but 44th Ward Alderman Tom Tunney finally was able to restore paid metered parking to Lakeview on Sundays.
Drivers had to start paying the meters Sunday, September 28th at metered parking spaces on major streets like Clark, Halsted, Broadway, Belmont, Southport and others from 10 AM until 8 PM. Monday through Saturday meters must be fed from 8 AM until 10 PM in most areas.
The alderman told DNA Info a few weeks ago, the move was necessary to promote turnover of parking spaces to allow more people to find parking to shop in Lakeview.
"Saturday and Sunday are the No. 1 and 2 days of economic activity in the ward," Tunney said. "We need the turnover specifically on those busiest days.
Fox Chicago News, Other Media Outlets Cover ParkChicago Story
Fox Chicago News and a bevy of other media outlets picked up on The Expired Meter's story on the issues with ParkChicago users getting ticketed while paid up using the app.
Newsradio 780′s Nancy Harty also had a short radio report as well.
Parking Meter App Users Wrongly Ticketed Hundreds of Times
City officials confirm that 317 drivers using the recently released ParkChicago pay-by-phone app have reported receiving tickets for an expired-meter violation — even though there was still time on the meter — in the first two months since the app's rollout began in May.
Chicago Parking Meters spokesman Scott Burnham said only a small percentage of parkers who used the app have gotten tickets, although he didn't say how many times the app had been used overall to pay meters.
The city has issued 81,868 expired-meter tickets to all parkers citywide since the app became available, although most of those went to parkers using the pay boxes on the street.
The ParkChicago app debuted to great fanfare in a West Loop pilot test in mid-April. It allows drivers to use their Android or iOS smartphones to pay their parking meter without having to walk to the parking meter paybox.
Read more at DNA Info Chicago.
Chicago Tribune Rehashes Website's Reporting On Savings From Revised Meter Lease Deal
In an awesome job of re-reporting a story reported by The Expired Meter two months ago, the Chicago Tribune recently published a piece breaking down numbers which shows the city is paying less to Chicago Parking Meters, LLC than it had previously.
Again, as originally reported back in May, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration renegotiated the much criticized parking meter lease deal signed by Mayor Richard Daley in 2008. Under the revised deal, numbers seem to indicate that payments made to CPM for temporary meter closures, metered spaces taken out of service and other events reducing the value of the metered parking system have been drastically reduced.
Bills which topped $53 million in one year, are now just over $6 million a year.
Appellate Court Upholds Chicago's Parking Meter Lease Deal
After fighting a five-year uphill legal battle, a state appellate court has upheld the legality of Chicago's infamous parking meter lease deal according to the Chicago Reader.
The lawsuit, filed by attorney Clint Krislov on behalf of the IVI-IPO, challenged the state constitutionality of the 2008 deal.
Krislov main argument was that the "True-up" payments the city has to pay Chicago Parking Meters, LLC, any time the city has to make changes to the public way that affects meter revenue is a de facto surrender of the city's police powers.
But, despite the judge's sympathy with Krislov on how bad the deal is for the city, they say that's not enough to reverse the deal.
The Reader quotes the June 20th decision which says:
Professor Discovers Even More Problems With Parking Meter Deal
It's hard to believe the infamous 2008 parking meter lease deal could continue to become an even larger failure than it already is. However, according to a local academic the meter deal continues to surpass everyone's expectations of what's already considered a fiasco.
Roosevelt University professor of sociology Stephanie Farmer was curious to know how the meter lease deal affected what she termed "street-level planning", so she interviewed local transportation planners.
Farmer recently published some of her findings at Next City and what her research indicates is that the meter lease deal is making it difficult and potentially very expensive for Chicago to make significant changes and/or improvements to city streets.
Illinois Appellate Court Hears Parking Meter Lawsuit Arguments
The wheels of justice turn very, very slowly.
That's why, despite being originally filed in 2009, the lawsuit challenging the state constitutionality of Chicago's 2008 parking meter lease deal is just now being considered by the Illinois Appellate Court in 2014.
According to Chicago Reader reporter Mick Dumke who was at court Thursday, a three-judge panel heard oral arguments from lead attorney Clint Krislov on behalf of the IVI-IPO on Thursday. Krislov argued the city turned over its "police powers" to Chicago Parking Meters, LLC thus giving up its ability to effectively regulate parking, traffic and the public way. This is something at odds with the Illinois state constitution according to Krislov.
Over 15,000 Drivers Sign Up For ParkChicago App
ParkChicago is the pay-by-phone app that allows Chicago motorists to pay for metered parking remotely via their smartphone remotely, instead of having to feed the meter.
CPM launched the service with a three-week pilot test confined to a four block area in the West Loop neighborhood back in mid-April and then started the expansion the first week in May.
"The response to ParkChicago has been very positive as you can tell by the number of drivers who have signed up in just a short amount of time," said CPM spokesperson Scott Burnham. "Our customers obviously like the ease and convenience of the app, which allows them to avoid a trip to the meter box and eliminates the need of having to walk back to their vehicle to place a parking receipt on their dashboard. It also gives them added flexibility by enabling them to extend their time remotely so they don't have to rush to get back before their time expires."
Parking Meter Deal Revisions Saving City Tens of Millions of Dollars: City
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's revision of the controversial parking meter deal is saving the city tens of millions of dollars, figures released by the mayor's office show.
Meanwhile, a change in state law that greatly limited which disabled drivers can park for free at the meters could also save the city a bundle, city officials say.
According to data based on audited financial statements filed by Chicago Parking Meters late last week, the amount of money the city must pay the meter operator when meters are taken out of commission — known as "true up" payments — has dropped dramatically since the revised deal went into effect last June.
Since that time, the city paid CPM $6.6 million in "true up" payments, or an average of $1.65 million per quarter.
In the five quarters preceding the revised deal, the payments averaged $10.2 million per quarter.
Read more at DNA Info Chicago.
Meter Company Begins Citywide Expansion Of Pay By Phone System
Tuesday morning in the South Loop, workers for Chicago Parking Meters, LLC began erecting the new signs heralding the citywide expansion of the new ParkChicago mobile parking payment system.
The company just completed a successful pilot test of the app in a four block area of the West Loop where the company saw more than 3,500 people download the ParkChicago app and 1,600 drivers sign up to use it.
The rollout will expand outward from areas adjacent to the pilot area to the rest of the 36,000 metered spaces citywide. Workers will need several months to replace the approximately 42,000 signs with new ones which instruct drivers on how to use the new system. The city and CPM promise ParkChicago will be available everywhere by the end of the summer but hope it's finished sooner.
"We launched the pilot to garner feedback from the public, and the response from
drivers and local businesses has been very positive," said CPM's CEO Dennis Pedrelli. "We look forward to introducing this new service to residents, commuters and visitors around the city, as we continue to seek out new ways to improve the parking experience in Chicago."


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On Monday, Sept. 1, the opening day of the Republican National Convention, throughout St. Paul, there were numerous clashes between protesters and police. Monday afternoon, police engaged protesters with tear gas near Shepard Road in St. Paul. Minnesota Public Radio's Michael Caputo recorded the confrontation as police deployed tear gas.
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The rise of high-resolution displays means that web developers need resolution-independent graphics. The good-old PNG icons we've been relying on just aren't going to cut it for much longer.
It's true that a slightly blurry icon or logo on the iPad probably isn't going to ruin a site by driving visitors away in droves, but it is a problem, and one that will only become more obvious as higher-resolution screens proliferate.
At the moment there are essentially two ways to swap out your PNG icons for something a bit crisper: icon-fonts or SVG graphics. Naturally, neither is perfect — the last time something worked perfectly on the web Tim Berners-Lee and friends were the web's only users — so it's worth looking into the advantages and drawbacks of each.
That's exactly what UIX designer Simon Uray recently did, breaking down the good and the bad of both icon fonts and SVG images. Give Uray's post a read for the finer details on both, but here's the short story: icon fonts are probably your best bet at the moment, though you'll have to live with the fact that some icons are a tiny bit blurry on traditional displays.
Since at the moment the vast majority of screens on the web are not high resolution, adopting icon fonts over the PNGs you're using now might be a case of premature optimization.
As Uray writes, "sorry, if you're looking for a silver bullet, I'm afraid it doesn't exist." To that we might add "yet." But SVG support in browsers (one of the chief problems with SVG is that it isn't as widely supported as icon fonts) continues to improve. There's also always the option to use them all. "Maybe best," writes Uray, "is to use PNG served in many different sizes for your high fidelity, multi-color logo and other graphics… SVG icons for your navigation that stays the same size, but also look sharp on Retina displays [and] Responsive inline SVG for bars and charts and an icon font for all your different button sizes." The best of all worlds.
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Grains per cartridge and paper over primer
Doc Hoy,
You are right, depending on the bullet you use, you may be able to fit 30-32 grains in the case. I fit 30gr in with a 200 gr RNFP bullet, over powder card (fairly thick one) and a grease cookie that was about 1/8 inch thick. So, there's lots of room for more powder if you delete the grease cookie and use a thinner over powder card.
I loaded about 20 452190's today, with a thick over powder card and no grease cookie. I seated the bullets so that the crimp was just about where the bullet starts to neck down towards the nose (probably 3/16th's above the top grease groove). With about 1 or 2 /16th's compression I was able to get 28gr by weight of 3f in the case. I could probably seat the bullet higher and get more, but this is my starting load for this bullet and will work it up an down till I find something the gun likes.
As for the paper over the primer, this is sometimes used in Long Range BP Cartridge Rifles - discussed by Paul Matthews in several of his books. The notion being that the old primers did not deliver as much heat/flame as the new primers, while also delivering more hot debris. Black powder apparently likes the hot/flaming debris more than hot gas. Modern primers are a product of smokeless powder which likes lots of hot gas. The idea being that if you put a piece of wax paper over the bottom of the cartridge, you dissipate those gasses quicker and provide a bit more combustible material to ignite the powder from the base of the powder column. This might provide a more even burn than would hot gasses going nearly all the way to the base of the bullet from modern primers. There are several Long Range BPCR guys that now use small pistol primers held in by a shim-ring on their rifle cartridges, creating less of a primer charge. I haven't tried that yet with my 45-70, but may do some day...
I'll let you know how I get on with the rest of my load build.
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Jansjems, Etsy.com, and the online community of DIY jewelry makers
Local jewelry designer Jan Bajgier might create her whimsical collection of unique earrings, necklaces, and bracelets out of her South Deerfield home, but she can sell them to the world at the click of a mouse.
Recently, I picked her brain about the ins and outs of jewelry design, the global online community of jewelry vendors on Etsy.com, as well as where she gathers her inspiration.
How did you become interested in jewelry making?
I started out with an interest in gemstones. I took some classes, read a lot and eventually started buying faceted stones - some just to have in my collection, some I actually had set into jewelry. My main source was the gem show in Marlboro (back then that was the only one) and I often took my young daughters with me. They discovered all the jewelry findings and bead vendors that were just starting to populate what was traditionally gemstones and jewelry. We bought a few things and started creating our own jewelry and occasionally pieces for friends.
About 2 years ago my oldest daughter discovered Etsy.com and thought it would be a good idea to try to sell our jewelry. Etsy turned out to be a perfect place to start a small business. Etsy is user-friendly, inexpensive, and provides us with a community where we can ask questions and from whom we can learn.
How are your daughters involved in the process today?
My youngest daughter makes some of the jewelry you can find in the Jansjems shop. She lives in Virginia now and has a very busy life, but she sends pieces when she can and I post them on Etsy. Her designs are bolder and her earrings are long and dangly. My older daughter's designs are only available at the craft fairs we attend.
She favors pastel colors and her designs are light and airy. She doesn't create as much as she used to but she's the partner who helps with the business decisions, joins me for the craft shows, and she's great with customers.
What inspires you creatively?
Just about anything can bring on a design idea but I'm drawn to colors first and combinations of colors - new clothing colors for the season, a painting I spot in a Northampton gallery, the flowers in someone's garden. Once I put the beads together, the design usually creates itself. I often start out thinking I'm going to make a bracelet and end up with a necklace. Some inspirations come from the beads themselves. I see a strand or two and can visualize what I'm going to make.
I just started adding some steampunk pieces into the shop. I only became aware of the steampunk genre a few months ago. But this past spring I was helping my mom do some work in her house. I went into the cellar looking for some tools and ended up rummaging through my dad's old workbench. It contained a wealth of material (some going back to the 1940s & 1950s) that was perfect for making this type of jewelry. I brought a box of metal pieces, skeleton keys, and copper doodads home and had a great time creating jewelry. So far removed from what I normally do, it was challenging and fun and a great diversion. There are 3 or 4 pieces on the website.
What defines "steampunk" jewelry?
Steampunk imagines what the world would have been like if technology and improvements hadn't been created so quickly. It imagines what things people would have invented from items in existence back in the era of the steam engine, i.e. a computer made of typewriter parts and clock gears. It is often associated with fantasy and cyberpunk. The craftspeople who are really into the genre write whole stories to explain how their creations came into being and what they are used for. But for some time now the application of steampunk has gone beyond recognizable historical periods. Everyone has gotten on the bandwagon and the genre is now loosely translated to include the repurposing of old things, giving them a timelessness.
You mentioned gathering materials from gem shows, as well. Any place else that you find inspirational findings?
The International Gem and Jewelry Show is now also held in Hartford and Springfield as well as Marlboro. There are bead shows in Sturbridge, Marlboro, and Boston. So there's probably one nearby every month from March to November. With hundreds of dealers it's easy to compare prices and gemstone quality.
I work predominantly with genuine stones, so being able to see them up close and compare strands is important to me. And precious metals are usually a little less expensive and don't require paying postage. I do occasionally buy silver from a couple of the many online dealers, but only when I need something in a hurry. And I have purchased some handmade findings from Etsy silversmiths because they're so unique.
Are you ever inspired by current fashion trends?
To some extent. If I go shopping and notice that brown is now the new black, I'll try to get some beads that allow me to make jewelry that looks nice with brown. If I see in the magazines that everyone is wearing long necklaces, I might make a couple just so customers don't think I'm totally out of the loop. If they're popular, I'll make more.
Do you have any favorite Etsy sellers?
I have lots of favorites; pages of them [are] actually on my Etsy site. A few of the Western Mass. people are:
Zerkahloostrah: she makes custom shoes. Where outside of Italy can you get custom-made shoes! Oakandacorn: He has some very nice hand-tooled leather items. Trukencrafts: Ken makes wonderful soaps and if you like tea tree oil added for its medicinal characteristics, he'll do that for you.There's a geolocator on Etsy and if you plug in Western Massachusetts you'll get a whole list.
What advice would you give to a newbie interested in making and / or selling their jewelry?
Etsy is a great place for someone to start selling their handmade items. Jewelry is a tough sell though, as the competition is huge. Easily two thirds of the sellers are jewelers. And if several people make the same kinds of jewelry or use similar materials, buyers clearly compare products.
The most successful people are those with a unique product who maintain a presence on the site and off. And maintaining a presence is the key no matter what you're selling. You need to be visible in the forums, list products often, maintain a blog, get your pictures into Flickr, join a team, etc..
You'll get out of it what you put into it. I have a full-time job so I don't spend a great deal of time on Etsy. I try to list a few times a week and join the forums when I have time. So I can't say I've sold a lot. But business definitely picks up when I'm visible!
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I wonder if it would help your partner to not "swing and miss" if you and he come up with a specific code phrase you can use when you're feeling locked up and like you can't say no even when you want to? I haven't been through the same journey as you, but I sometimes freeze and don't say no or ask for time to think in stressful situations, and dh felt very frustrated a few times when I made it clear afterward that he didn't protect me as much as I needed. He WANTED to protect me, but we just didn't connect. So we came up with an innocuous phrase, talked about what I needed him to do if I said the code phrase, and I reminded him of it before doctor appointments and whatnot. Big, huge difference, having a specific phrase set up ahead of time.
Would it help if you had a specific plan with your midwife in place as far as what happens at each prenatal visit, so you know what to expect? At each of my prenatal appointments my midwife usually:
- Takes my pulse and blood pressure
- Measures the fundal height/palpates the abdomen to feel baby's position
- Listens to the baby's heart with either doppler or fetoscope
Perhaps if you know to expect each of these things, or not if you decide to forgo some of these things ahead of time, it won't catch you off guard. I wonder if it would also be a good idea to have an understanding with your midwife in advance that she waits for you to say you are ready to do each of these things? Like "Ok, I am ready for you to listen to the baby's heart now."
It sounds like you were also caught off guard by the goo they put on your stomach to use the doppler. If your midwife has a fetoscope, they don't need to use the goo with that. With the fetoscope you don't get to hear the baby's heartbeat out loud, just the person doing the listening.
Perhaps you could also request to have a consultation with the assistant (seperate from a prenatal visit), to get to know her better, find out if you can be comfortable with her? I think this is a reasonable request, especially considering your situation. I can understand how it would be upsetting to have someone you haven't met before at a prenatal visit, which is so intimate. If it turns out that you really are not comfortable with the assistant, you can inquire about hiring a different birth assistant to attend your birth, if there are many working in your area.
Banana, doula wife to Papa Banana and mother to Banana One, Banana Two, Banana Three, Banana Four...
Erika, mama to three beautiful kids (plus one gestating), and wife to one fantastic man.
Homeschooling mama to 6 year old DD.
mom to 3 home-born children, wife to a great guy
April -
I agree, a lot was foggy in the interaction. Had she given me some indication that she wanted to do an exam during the meeting, I imagine it would have gone smoother than it did. The way it was presented didn't make it comfortable. It's probably SOP for her, and I know I didn't give her any indication otherwise.
However, I don't know how far I'm going to get in "unlearning" my being non-vocal in the next four or so months. I'm trying, I'm working on an email to the MW, I've got a therapist...I just don't want to set myself up for failure, either, by expecting myself to "get better" and then be disappointed (or worse) if things don't go how I want. I just wanted to be heard, and I thought there was a better chance of that happening with a MW. Hopefully we will make it work!
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Jade Royal EMERITUS (4)We must move on....Tyler Munro EMERITUS (4)While The Great Misdirect might not match the raw intensity of The Silent Circus, it might...Xenophanes STAFF (3.5)Varied, grandiose, epic, with some"been there done that" thrown in the mix....Comatorium. (4.5)Between The Buried And Me's most focused effort to date, "The Great Misdirect" presents si...
Maarten (5)The Great Misdirect is Between The Buried And Me at their finest....Sean (4)While not straying too far from the sound that BTBAM formed on "Colors", they still manage...Daniel King (4.5)...James Eugene (4.5)Colors' evil twin....
Beauville88 (2)Without any articulate concepts or comprehensible structures, The Great Misdirect fails to...Taylor Jermolajew (2)Tweedle-dee, meets Tweedle-dumbass....radianteclipse (3)Between the Buried and Me, explained through Jesus....Nick Habisch (3.5)A step backwards for Between the Buried and Me...
OpethOfEpica (5)Their glorious return and arguments aside, I love this album....
Tried to be as objective and non fanboyist as possible though im waiting for the negs from the haters who disagree with me... if your gonna neg me at least give me a good reason on the review rather than disagreeing with my opinion.
Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Off[img]http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:6GV84xDbcE71EM:[/img]
I hate your opinions on everything. Seems worthy of a neg if you ask me.
Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Offuse the shift key holy shit what is wrong with you
When you write in English, you're meant to capitalise the word 'I' and any proper nouns.
You're aware of this, right?
Album Rating: 3.0Great review (apart from the lower case "i's". I wouldnt have this as a 5 but I liked it a lot
When you write in English, you're meant to capitalise the word 'I' and any proper nouns.
You're aware of this, right?
yeah i was just a bit lazy, will fix up.
Album Rating: 1.0why, why do we need another one
because theres not a 5 review ;) hahahaha
lol, album has 2, 2, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5
someone please write a 1
Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Offi'm on it
also if you're just a bit lazy don't submit a fucking review you know just saying
or a 2.5. LOL @ the hate negger, sorry i dont fit ur ideal opinion loser.
Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Offno he probably negged because you were "just a bit lazy" and DIDN'T CAPITALIZE ANYTHING
or because
I hate your opinions on everything. Seems worthy of a neg if you ask me.
oh my bad.
I hate your opinions on everything. Seems worthy of a neg if you ask me.
Thats no reason to neg me fool.
Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Offoh nice you fixed it wait no you didn't
Album Rating: 2.0Ewwww
ewww @ you Phantom.
not really all that controversial anymore.. just saying.
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The anti-DP crowd is crowing over another "exoneration," once again obscuring the distinction between inability to reprosecute and actual proof (or even evidence) of actual innocence. DPIC, for example, has this description of the case of Levon Jones in North Carolina. The headline begins "Innocence" even though the text of the story does not claim he is actually innocent.
The district attorney's press release is here. It turns out the witness recantation is only in an affidavit prepared by defense counsel. That is the weakest of all forms of evidence. It is not unusual for a person to sign a statement under pressure from a persistent lawyer or investigator only to say something quite different when speaking in his or her own words on neutral ground. But in this case, the witness won't speak to anyone from law enforcement. The DA believes she has been intimidated by the defendant. Two other witnesses in the case are dead.
What does it mean to be "exonerated"? The Oxford online dictionary says, "1 officially absolve from blame. 2 (exonerate from) release (someone) from (a duty or obligation)." If a person is released and the charges are dropped, the person is "exonerated" in the second sense. He has no remaining duty or obligation. He is not, however, absolved from blame in the sense of having been affirmatively shown to be blameless.
This is a vitally important distinction when the policy implications of cases such as this are considered. The requirement of proof beyond a reasonable doubt, along with other protections for the defendant, means that we tolerate a lot of guilty people going free. That happens on initial trials, such as O.J. Simpson, and it happens when convictions are set aside and cases are sent back for retrial. The fact that a few cases cannot be successfully reprosecuted a decade or two after the crime does not mean that the defendants were innocent. A few are, but not all or even most.


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Folks, I we want a meeting place closer to BART (which would be good for many people) we need to find one. I need some help on this. Our ideal location would be either: 1) An inexpensive restaurant, which is quiet on Tuesday nights or has a private dining room for large parties, or: 2) A tech company with offices downtown or SOMA near Market who can host us in a large meeting room where we can order delivery. For option 2, I have no ideas. For option 1, I know several restaurants which are quiet and near BART but not cheap; several which are cheap and quiet but not near BART, and and a few which are cheap and near BART but not quiet. Suggestions, please! -- -Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco
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I hope you like cats because I have, for you, a handful of photos of my/our cats from when I was at my folks over the weekend! It's been a while since I last saw all of them and I hate that I have somehow developed an allergy for cat fur! I have to make sure I keep them away from my face and that I wash my hands with soap and water right after cuddling them. Why can't I be allergic to something else, like IDK, a cabinet lock?!
This is Peachy, everyone's favorite. All the other cats take after her personality (meaning, they're not very cuddly… unless you're my dad).
Peachy and her baby, Girlie, napping.
Sleeping Girlie! Sleeping cats are the cutest.
Peachy and Girlie napping together.
Peachy waking up from her nap.
AB and Kitty. Of all our cats, Kitty is the wariest and jumpiest. I was only able to hold her once during the weekend. Girlfriend runs away the moment I take a step in her direction.
AB grooming himself and looking funny.
Missing from these photos is Silly cat who was barely home and barely stood still long enough for me to grab my camera. Sucks because he's such a handsome cat with his white socks and tuxedo fur.


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Species Profile
Cryptic Paw Lichen
Scientific Name: Nephroma occultum
Other/Previous Names: Cryptic Paw
Taxonomy Group: Lichens
Range: British Columbia
Last COSEWIC Assessment: April 2006
Last COSEWIC Designation: Special Concern
SARA Status: Schedule 1, Special Concern
Quick Links: | Photo | Description | Habitat | Biology | Threats | Protection | Recovery Team | National Recovery Program | Documents
Image of Cryptic Paw Lichen
The lichen is leafy, rounded and loosely pressed in appearance. It measures 3 to 7 cm across. The upper surface is pale yellowish- to greenish- or bluish-grey, while the lower surface is pale tan at the edges, blackish toward the centre. Both sides are dull and naked. The bottom is finely wrinkled. A lichen is a plant organism composed of a fungus and an alga in symbiotic association.
Distribution and Population
The Cryptic Paw Lichen is found only in the Pacific Northwest of North America. There are 28 locations in which the lichen is known to occur (21 in British Columbia, five in Oregon, two in Washington). The density of these lichens ranges from distinctly sparse to locally frequent (20 thalli (plant-bodies) per square metre considered frequent). Only one or two thalli per site were recently found in more than half the B.C. sites, but virtually all the plants were vigourous.
The Cryptic Paw Lichen is restricted to humid old-growth forests at lower elevations in mountainous regions. It appears to have very specific ecological requirements, which include high humidity and moderate summer temperatures.
The species reproduces through spores (reproductive cells). Spores grow to become individuals identical to the parents, in a suitable habitat. Splashing rain carries spores short distances. Migrating birds and other animals disperse spores over longer distances.
Continued logging of B.C.'s old-growth forests is causing the species' steady, seemingly permanent, decline. Once the plant has disappeared from a site, it is not likely to reoccur in secondary-growth replacement forests. The species' limited distribution results mostly from its specific climatic requirements. Natural causes of mortality are competition from other lichens and forest defoliation by insects.
Federal ProtectionMore information about SARA, including how it protects individual species, is available in the Species at Risk Act: A Guide.
Provincial and Territorial Protection
To know if this species is protected by provincial or territorial laws, consult the provinces' and territories' websites.
Recovery Team
Team for the Cryptic Paw Lichen
Brenda Costanzo - Chair/Contact - Government of BC
Phone: 250-387-9611 Fax: 250-356-9145 Send Email
PLEASE NOTE: Not all COSEWIC reports are currently available on the SARA Public Registry. Most of the reports not yet available are status reports for species assessed by COSEWIC prior to May 2002. Other COSEWIC reports not yet available may include those species assessed as Extinct, Data Deficient or Not at Risk. In the meantime, they are available on request from the COSEWIC Secretariat.
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- COSEWIC Status Reports (1 record(s) found.)
- COSEWIC Assessments (1 record(s) found.)
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- Management Plans (1 record(s) found.)
- Orders (3 record(s) found.)
- COSEWIC Annual Reports (1 record(s) found.)
- Consultation Documents (1 record(s) found.)
COSEWIC Status Reports
COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the cryptic paw Nephroma occultum in Canada (2006)Nephroma occultum is a rare lichen, endemic to Western North America. It is strongly associated with humid old growth forests and is characterized by a yellowish, greenish, or bluish-grey upper surface with net-shaped ridges, and a hairless tan to sometimes blackish lower surface. It is commonly is 2-7 cm broad and has rounded lobes 4-12 mm wide. It produces many asexual propagules, called soredia, along the margins and the ridges of the upper surface, and lacks apothecia, the spore-producing sexual stage of reproduction.
COSEWIC Assessments
Response Statements
Management Plans
Management Plan for the Cryptic Paw Lichen (Nephroma occultum) in Canada (2012)The Cryptic Paw Lichen (Nephroma occultum) was listed as Special Concern on the federal Species at Risk Act (SARA) Schedule 1 in 2007. In British Columbia, Cryptic Paw is ranked S2S3 (imperiled to special concern, vulnerable to extirpation or extinction) by the Conservation Data Centre. SARA section 65 requires the competent Minister, which in this case, is the federal Minister of the Environment to prepare a management plan for all listed species of special concern. SARA section 69 allows the Minister to adopt all or part of an existing plan for the species if the Minister is of the opinion that an existing plan relating to wildlife species includes adequate measures for the conservation of the species. This management plan has been prepared by B.C. Ministry of Environment as advice to the responsible jurisdictions and organizations that may be involved in managing the species. Environment Canada has prepared a federal addition to meet the requirements of SARA.
Order Acknowledging Receipt of the Assessments Done Pursuant to Subsection 23(1) of the Act (2007) (2007)This Order acknowledges receipt by the Governor in Council of the assessments of the status of 40 species done pursuant to paragraph 15(1)(a) and in accordance with subsection 23(1) of the Species at Risk Act (SARA) by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC). The purpose of SARA is to prevent wildlife species from being extirpated or becoming extinct, to provide for the recovery of wildlife species that are extirpated, endangered or threatened as a result of human activity and to manage species of special concern to prevent them from becoming endangered or threatened.
COSEWIC Annual Reports
COSEWIC Annual Report - 2006 (2006)2006 Annual Report to the The Minister of the Environment and the Canadian Endangered Species Conservation Council (CESCC) from the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada.
Consultation Documents
Consultation on Amending the List of Species under the Species at Risk Act Terrestrial Species: December 2006 (2006)The Government of Canada proclaimed the Species at Risk Act (SARA) on June 5, 2003 as part of its strategy for the protection of wildlife species at risk. Attached to the Act is Schedule 1, the list of the species that receive protection under SARA, hereinafter referred to as the 'SARA list'. Canadians are invited to comment on whether all or some of the species included in this document should be added to the SARA list. Please submit your comments by March 16, 2007 for species undergoing normal consultations and by March 14, 2008 for species undergoing extended consultations.
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Clinton Group's Wet Seal Victory Shows Off Another Activist Tactic
Executives worried about activists might breathe a sigh of relief at the end of proxy season. Perhaps they shouldn't.
That's a takeaway from last week's board overhaul women's retailer Wet Seal Inc.
The board changes came amid agitation from an investor in the company, Clinton Group, that pursued a "consent solicitation" to further its agenda.
The situation heated up in July when Wet Seal, based in Foothill Ranch, Calif., fired its chief executive after meeting with Clinton Group. That set off alarm bells at Clinton, which says it hadn't sought the CEO change. The investor decided it needed to mobilize fast if it was going to influence the company's future.
While shares were dropping as Wet Seal pledged a turnaround and started the search for its fourth CEO in five years, Clinton Group publicly began urging the company sell.
Holding a 6.9% stake, Clinton Group didn't want to wait for the annual meeting in the spring to act, Clinton Group Managing Director Gregory Taxin told Deal Journal.
"That evening we decided something had to be done to right the ship," Taxin said of the night it published its release about a sale.


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Crowdfunding is hot. We're constantly hearing about local campaigns (Geekadelphia even has Weekly Kickstarter feature).
But what's the deal with equity crowdfunding, the practice of investing in a company via crowdfunding rather than simply purchasing a product or getting perks and swag? And what does the federal government have to do with that?
Michael Harrington, an attorney with Fox Rothschild's Tech/Venture practice group, gives us a look at the current state of equity crowdfunding and how he believes the SEC is preventing companies from earning early stage funding from this practice.
Read it on Technical.ly here.
Or find more on Fox Rothschild's blog here.
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Kevin Sullivan, chairman and chief executive officer of Winstead, says the firm's new headquarters office in Dallas is smaller than its previous home in Renaissance Tower but seems more spacious. He says that's the difference between a space designed in 1987 and one designed in 2012.
"That reduction in space is a funny thing because it seems bigger," Sullivan says about the firm's new offices in the Winstead Building.
On Monday, the firm moved its headquarters into 130,000 square feet in the Harwood district building, after spending 25 years in Renaissance Tower, where the firm had 200,000 square feet of space. The new space is 35 percent smaller than the old.
The 300-lawyer firm has 130 lawyers in Dallas, he says.
Sullivan says individual offices for shareholders and associates in the new building are about the same size as in the old building, but the firm's space is configured more efficiently. The new library, for instance, has 39 shelves, compared to 250 shelf units in the old one. Sullivan says paper files of all sorts — not just law books in the library — are now stored digitally, which allows the firm to need much less file space. Also, there are fewer secretarial stations than in the old space because the circa-1987 ratio of one secretary to one lawyer is long gone, he says.
"We have way more kind of collaborative areas, conference areas and that sort of thing," Sullivan says, noting that the new building is still relatively close to the heart of downtown, but in a "park-like setting."
Sullivan says Renaissance Tower is a "beautiful building" but the firm's space was inefficient. The firm is using eight of the 10 floors of the new building, compared to six larger floors in Renaissance Tower.
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AF Course will, yet again, be the only Italian representative in the Le Mans 24 Hours.
It's time for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Following victory in the 2012 race – with Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 driven by Giancarlo Fisichella, Gianmaria Bruni and Toni Vilander - AF Corse will line up at the event of the year five Ferrari 458 Italia GT2, split in both GT categories, Pro and Am. The team of Amato Ferrari will, yet again, be the only Italian representative in the Le Mans 24 Hours, this year celebrating 90 years.
Two cars will start in the category which Ferrari and AF Corse dominated in the 2012 French race.
In the Ferrari 458 Italia N°51, Giancarlo Fisichella, Gianmaria Bruni and Matteo Malucelli (ITA/ITA/ITA); the trio composed of Kamui Kobayashi, Toni Vilander, Olivier Beretta (JPN/FIN/MCO) will be at the wheel of the 458 Italia N°71.
Both squads are well able to win, as shown by the numerous successes of each driver.
GTE Am
In the GTE Am category, Yannick Mallegol, Howard Blank e Jean Marc Bachelier (FRA/USA/FRA) will alternate in the Ferrari N° 54. The Ferrari 458 Italia N°55 will be driven by Piergiuseppe Perrazini, Darryl O'Young, Lorenzo Casè (ITA/CAN/ITA).
Jack Gerber, Marco Cioci, Matt Griffin (ZAF/ITA/IRL) will race at La Sarthe in their Ferrari 458 N°61. In addition to these five cars, AF Corse will manage the 8 Star Motorsport Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 with the drivers Enzo Potolicchio, Rui Aguas, Jason Bright (VEN/POR/AUS). Both GT categories will have 13 squads, many of them relying on the best drivers in the motorsporting world.
The games will begin the 9th of June with the official tests. Saturday, June 22nd at 3pm (GMT +1), the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the most prestigious race in the world, will take off.
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Mohammad Saadeh Suleiman completed his high school studies in Jerusalem in 1971. After spending two years at Birzeit College, he joined the American University in Beirut where he was awarded a B.S. degree in 1975. He received his Ph.D. degree in biological chemistry in 1980 from the University of Essex, UK. Suleiman then joined the faculty of An-Najah National University in Palestine. For 8 years, he played a key role in promoting scientific collaboration and held senior positions including Dean of Research and a Member of the Board of Directors for Scholarships at the British Council in Jerusalem. In 1988, he secured a research position in Physiology at Bristol University and in 2005, he was promoted to a Chair of Cardiac Physiology in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry. Suleiman is a Founding Member of the Bristol Heart Institute which has become one of the top cardiovascular research institutes in the UK. In 2003, the University of Bristol awarded him the higher degree of D.S. in recognition of the distinction of his research. His activities outside Bristol included being a member of the team that was awarded the UK Hospital Doctor Award for Team of the Year in Surgery and runners up for Cardiovascular Medicine, election to the executive committee of the British Society for Cardiovascular Research, invitations to advise on research activities overseas and to speak at or chair at national and international meetings. In 2010, Suleiman was elected as Fellow of the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences. The aims of Suleiman's research have been to investigate the cellular mechanisms underlying the damaging effects of cardiac insults and to formulate cardioprotective strategies based on interventions that oppose metabolic and ionic disturbances.
Biography Updated on 19 December 2013


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Truly, I did not expect us to win so decisively. Maybe this makes me a lesser man than I ought to be. Or maybe it means I underestimated both the spirit of our troops and the leadership of my lord. Regardless, my hopes are high, now that we have so utterly defeated the Blackbars. It will send a message to the Redwynes, and to all the other enemies we have in the Reach: House Tuttle must not be underestimated.
I heard some of the men speak, of the plentiful years that are ahead and of the relative ease which they now expect. Some even reckon the rebels will lay down their weapons. I fear they underestimate the enemy just like the enemy underestimated us. We will be challenged again, maybe very soon. The enemies of the Blackbars want to be our friends now and we receive friendly messages from all over the Reach. But likewise our enemies will want to be friends with the Blackbars, and the fronts will harden more than ever.
This victory, decisive as it was, means the next conflict will be less straight-forward. But it also means that we must ride the wave and take our place among the more fortunate houses within the Reach, and that we must brace ourselves for the more concealed attacks that will now follow.
The successful infiltration by the old master of arms shows very clearly that we are short on troops whenever we move out to meet an attack or hunt the rebels. I must talk with Lord Tuttle and see what we can do to hire more men to be stationed at Tannenhall at all times. Or at least train some of the servants to man the bell tower in times of need. I feel rage when I think about how narrowly the Lady Maera escaped the hands of this brutal man that once was the master of arms. He is dead now and will trouble us no more. But I fear this is not the last we have seen of the rebels, and they will surprise us yet again.


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Yesterday, I was listening to snippets of speeches being given by our two presidential candidates. Unsurprisingly, when it comes to taxation, spending and regulation, their viewpoints are like night and day. Where you find the common ground is the issue of military and the country's defense.
Go back through U.S. history, and despite what rhetoric or actions have been taken with regard to our national security, at the end of the day our defense industry continues to thrive as it should.
My ability to sit in a comfortable office and write these columns, read annual reports and invest in a free-market economy is in large part due to the security and freedom this great nation affords us. Borrowing a word from MasterCard, the privilege to have such freedom and security is priceless.
There are just some expenses you cannot significantly cut back on, regardless of the financial "consequence." In a household, those items include medicine, food and electricity. In the U.S., defense is one such category. Several months ago, when I wrote favorably about such names as Lockheed Martin (LMT) and Raytheon (RTN), they and other defense-related stocks were deemed unattractive investments because of the cutbacks in defense spending. Shares in Lockheed were trading in the high $70s, and Raytheon was changing hands in the mid-$40s. Shares of both are up about 20% since then, despite the uncertainty about cutbacks.
As in any other business, investment decisions should be made on the basis of quantitative fundamentals and the qualitative attributes of the business. Even in an industry as stable as defense stocks, investments shouldn't be made blindly. Yet despite the appreciation in share price, Lockheed Martin currently trades for 11x earnings and yields nearly 5%. The yield is one of the highest you will find for such a strong, well-established business. In fact, Lockheed's yield is a solid one, a half percentage point higher than its peers.
Given the market's voracious appetite for dividends along with a very comfortable valuation, Lockheed is in a pretty good spot today. Given the uncertainty of the upcoming presidential election and the fiscal cliff, defense-related stocks could actually be among the most defensive places to be today. While Lockheed is by no means 100% immune to any spending cuts, I highly doubt that anyone on either side of the political aisle wants to be responsible for harming economic growth in 2013 and beyond. Specific to Lockheed, many of its products such as fighter aircraft and missiles are undoubtedly vital to our military.
General Dynamics (GD), another defense stalwart, yields a solid 3.1% and trades for less than 9x forward earnings. In the near term, the top line may stagnate, but the company's aerospace business continues to do well. Value Line is estimating earnings per share of over $8 in the next two to three years, against a $65 share price today. The dividend is safe and attractive, and the cash flows are not going to disappear. After the healthy run the stock market has had, it's only a matter of time before things cool off -- that's one thing you can be certain about. With incredibly strong dividends and avenues of revenue generation, the defense industry is not as stale as many believe it to be.
Unfortunately, the world isn't getting any safer. As economies and countries continue to develop, increased security becomes more and more vital to not only protecting people but protecting economic stability. And since a healthy economy is crucial to people's well-being, no candidate or party is going to risk jeopardizing that for a couple hundred billion dollars.


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LONDON -- France is one victory away from retaining its Olympic handball title.
The 2008 champions will take on Sweden in Sunday's final, giving the Swedes a fourth chance to finally win the gold medal after finishing runner-up straight three times from 1992-2000.
The French defeated 2004 champion Croatia 25-22 in the semifinals Friday, getting four goals each from Luc Abalo, Daniel Narcisse and Samuel Honrubia. In the first semifinal, Sweden edged Hungary 27-26.
"It will be a very interesting game," France captain Jerome Fernandez said. "It will be a tough fight as we have very different playing styles."
World champion France will start as the favorite but Fernandez warned his team not to look past Sweden.
"They are in the final and they deserve it," the left back said.
France took a 5-1 lead in the first 10 minutes as Croatia missed 10 of its first 11 shots, mainly because of outstanding goalkeeping by Thierry Omeyer.
France led 12-10 at halftime and held on to its lead, despite Croatia having more shots on goal, 47-41.
"Incredible," Croatia pivot Igor Vori said. "So many chances in the first 20 minutes."
Croatia was also beaten by France in the semifinals in Beijing four years ago by an almost identical score, 25-23. Then, defending champion Croatia went on to lose the bronze-medal match against Spain.
In the early match, Sweden right wing Niclas Ekberg scored six times against Hungary.
"I am very satisfied and proud of what we've done with this team," Sweden captain Tobias Karlsson said. "We were deep down after a bad qualification in June. We have done hard work and are really proud to be in the final."
Hungary battled in the second half and got within one or two goals, but could not manage an equalizer.
"I had a good feeling when I woke up this morning," Ekberg said. "I had a smile on my face."
Ekberg now tops the list of the tournament's scorers with Gudjon Valur Sigurdsson from already eliminated Iceland. Both have scored 44 goals.


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A festival devoted to reading and writing becomes a political statement in a city where bomb blasts, like thunderstorms, have become part of the natural order.
Introducing his new book at the Karachi Literature Festival, one of Pakistan's leading younger novelists says, "You have to find new ways of telling stories."
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