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Snakeskin Jacket by Les Modules Etranges
Album Description
A mere journey through time,
the great work of anachronistic alchemists,
the apiary of a network of precognitifs,
the magnetic murmur of a quantum flaw,
a vortex of antimatter annihilating all listeners' dogmas,
a dream above the Earth passing through the Unconscious,
a psychotropic meditation resetting the consciousness,
an early bud of the new era,
the psychoactive alliance of the mental mutants,
the sand seed in the mechanism of the machine,
an interdimensional radio broadcast sent to who knows who?
a psychedelic blood sample that will fertilize the multiverse futures...
The spectrum of possibilities has been further expanded.
Still difficult to define Necktar 2017, but now that the third cycle is half the way, you may have a quite clear idea of what it will become...
Currently it's a compilation of hors norme (not normal) music for free sharing, articulated in several thematic episodes and cycles.
A co-release (January 2016) by Le Colibri Necrophile / Earsheltering / H.A.K. Lo-Fi Record.
The set of themes of volume 8 is
Chaos / Transmission / Harmony : Humanity.
The set of themes of volume 7 is
Death / Transmission / Life : Mythos.
The set of themes of volume 6 is
Virtual / Fusion / Material : Revolution.
The set of themes of volume 5 is
Artificial / Fusion / Natural : Union.
The set of themes of volume 4 is
Theory / Fusion / Practical : Revelation.
The set of themes of volume 3 is
Macro / Perception / Micro : Evolution.
The set of themes of volume 2 is
Random / Perception / Cycles : Reproduction.
The set of themes of volume 1 is
Reel / Perception / Realities : Illusion.
Track Info
Snakeskin Jacket by Les Modules Etranges is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.


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The goal of the weed abatement program is to reduce the number and size of vegetation fires in areas protected by the Vallejo Fire Department. The following types of lots/parcels are inspected.
1. Vacant lots within the City limits.
2. Vacant lots in Solano County protected by the East Vallejo Fire Protection District (EVFPD).
3. Lots with structures in Solano County protected by the East Vallejo Fire Protection District (EVFPD).
All parcels deemed a hazard are sent notification advising the property owners of the hazard and the need to abate them. Please review the requirements found below for the rules regarding the abatement of hazards on your properties.
The goal of the Vallejo Fire Department is to create a fire safe environment for businesses and families that reside within the city/district boundaries. If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact the Vallejo Fire Department at 707-648-4049 or 707-648-4436.Thank you for your cooperation.
The guideline is necessary to provide fire control points and to create or maintain a defensible space around buildings and property lines. Creating defensible space will help minimize fire damage and provide a fuel break where firefighters can defend against fire.
Weeds, grass, vines and other growth that are capable of endangering property shall be cut down and removed by the owner or occupant of the premises. Vegetation clearance requirements in the wildland-urban interface areas shall be in accordance with the California Fire Code and local ordinances.
For properties with annual abatement requirements, a letter will be sent instructing the property owner on how to abate these fire hazards.
Parcels five (5) acres or less must have all combustible growth cut or removed. Larger parcels shall maintain a minimum disked perimeter around the property, turning the soil in such a way as to bury all vegetation. Where larger parcels are being disked, additional fuel breaks may be required to divide the property into smaller areas that would separate large amounts of fuel. The disked trail should be a minimum of 30' wide.
A defensible space of 30'-100', cut one inch (1") off the ground depending on grade and other factors, around all structures, either man-made or natural, in which material is capable of allowing fire to spread unchecked, must be cleared, treated or modified to slow the rate and intensity of an approaching fire. Please see the Figure I illustration at the end of this document for more information on vegetation clearances.
Roadways, driveways and Fire Department access roads shall be cleared of
combustible vegetation equal to the width of the road plus ten feet (10') on both sides. The property owner must also mitigate any additional fire hazard(s) that are determined by the City's Fire Chief.
Mowing is acceptable where disking is impractical or inappropriate. These areas would include, but are not limited to, biologically sensitive areas or habitats. When mowing with a tractor is sometimes impractical due to terrain. Mowing with a handheld weed-eater is acceptable and referred to as "handwork". In some cases, use of goats and sheep are acceptable abatement practices. If you are unclear on the appropriate method to abate, contact the Weed Abatement Officer at 707-648-4049 or 648-4436 for guidance.
Property owners that discover the existence of rare, threatened or endangered plants or wildlife on a noticed property must notify the Department of Fish and Wildlife (or appropriate agency) at least ten (10) days in advance of undertaking the vegetation clearance. If the landowner is aware of any State or Federally-listed species on the property, then the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Department of Fish and Wildlife should be notified prior to the abatement. If a State or Federal candidate or listed species is killed, injured or captured, the landowner shall report this information to the Department of Fish and Wildlife or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, respectfully.
Mowing weeds must be completed safely: One small spark from a mower blade hitting a rock can result in a large fire. All mowing should be completed as early in the morning as possible, while temperatures are low, humidity is high, and grasses are still damp with dew. When mowing, always have a water fire extinguisher or other source and pointed shovel handy. Mow early and often.

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Grilled Vegetable Towers with Wilted Greens and Prosciutto Pine Nut Vinaigrette
One of my favorite pastimes is translating restaurant trends for family meals or entertaining. The visually exciting presentations in restaurants often are easily recreated at home. With just a bit of creativity, these restaurant "tricks" heighten the excitement of your home dining experience.
This recipe was tested on my Viking indoor grill, so it must be made two servings at a time. If you are serving more guests, head outside to grill the vegetables or prepare them in batches, layering your towers and keeping them warm in a 200 degree oven.
Turn grill to high and preheat for 5 minutes. Combine 1/2 cup olive oil with coarse salt and 12 to 15 grindings of black pepper on a dinner plate or shallow bowl. Dip both sides of vegetables in olive oil mixture as you place on the grill. Reduce grill setting to medium high and grill vegetables 2 to 3 minutes per side. Remove vegetables from grill as they are done.
While vegetables are grilling, combine prosciutto, green onion and pine nuts with remaining 1/4 cup of olive oil in a small skillet. Saute until pine nuts are toasted and the onions are wilted. Stir in sherry vinegar, and season with salt, black pepper and a pinch of sugar. Set aside.


text: CHICAGO (WJCL) -- Honda's all-new 2015 Fit will be appearing in local dealerships this spring and will bring some major refinements to the subcompact car. The new version of the Fit retains the five-door hatchback layout of the out-going model, but that's about where the similarities end. "It's been completely redesigned. From the front-end perspective it's got a completely new grille, front fascia, and new headlights. In back it's got new LED taillights," said Steve Kinkade of American Honda Motor Company. The new Fit is a little smaller on the outside. It's 1.6 inches shorter, but 0.3 inches wider. However, the inside is actually larger, gaining nearly five cubic feet of space in the interior. Honda is making a point of equipping all 2015 Fits with features like a back-up camera, Bluetooth connectivity, and a driver's side mirror that has a wide-angle area to it for better visibility in the driver's blind spot. Moving up in trim levels adds things like a moonroof, heated front seats, a side camera to watch the passenger side blind spot and even leather seats. "From a safety perspective it comes with our ACE body structure, so we know it's going to get strong safety ratings," Kinkade said. Powering the little car is an all-new 1.5-liter direct-injection engine that generates 130 horsepower and 114 pound-feet of torque. Those numbers are up by 13 horsepower and 8 pound feet over the previous engine. Drivers will have two transmission choices: a conventional 6-speed manual transmission or a smooth continuously variable unit (CVT). The cars equipped with the CVT are expected to achieve 33 mpg in the city and 41 on the highway. Production on the new car has started at Honda's all-new factory in Celaya, Mexico.


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We all know that Lando "Billy Dee Williams" Calrissian is a sharp dresser. Heck, even his Cloud City pad would be a dead cert for the title of "Best Intergalactic Crib" should the MTV show ever spread among the stars. But what of the rest of the Star Wars cast? With a whole empire at his disposal Darth Vader would surely …
Video: Band of Outsiders x Sperry
As videos go this one is kinda dull. There are no explosions, guns or tits nor is there a girl satisfying a horse/dog/herself (delete as applicable) so it's doubtful that this is the kind of fodder we would usually ogle on our TV's or behind our bedroom's locked door. However there are shoes, lots of lovely shoes. The video is from Band of Outsiders and showcases their collabo with Sperry bringing some awesome deck shoes for the coming season.
Band of Outsiders Holiday Collection
Band of Outsiders designer Scott Sternberg asked photographer Paul Jasmin to pose for their Holiday Collection in his LA home, it's a shoot full of character and really gets the message of the clothes across.
More boat shoes! this time from Band of Outsiders
If we said phrases like 'so and so is the new so and so' we'd say that boat shoes are the new Puma for Brandish. The latest hoppers onto the boat shoe bandwagon are Band of Outsiders. Their new collaboration is with boat shoe specialists Sperry topsider.


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Today I launch my official campaign to get Bruce Springsteen on the $1 Trillion coin that President Obama will have to have the Treasury mint and deposit at the Fed.
Let me first say that while it is certainly a preposterous idea to mint a trillion dollar coin so that the government can pay its bills, the more preposterous idea is to keep playing games of chicken with the debt ceiling every two years and allowing the Jihadi wing of the Republican party take the world economy hostage.
Obama has to go down this road, and he shouldn't blink or think twice. Republicans set a truly terrifying precedent in 2011 by opening up this can of worms, and now he has to set a precedent that allows presidents to circumvent lunatic congressional minorities who want to use whatever meager power they have to extract concessions rather than win elections, who are ready to strap an economic bomb to their chests and set it off without a second thought. The problem is that the Republicans will probably have a majority in the House for the rest of the decade because the Tea Party tidal wave of 2010 turned so many state houses red. These state houses then redrew district lines and gerrymandered their states for maximum Republican representation. In Pennsylvania for instance, a state where Obama handily beat Mitt Romney, Democrats won only five of 18 House seats.
Furthermore, all these gerrymandered seats nationwide are highly safe for Republicans so the only possibility of losing the seat is to lose to an even more rabid true-believer. In other words, voters will reward those politicians who promise to default on the debt and set the bomb off. It's a case of some truly nasty incentives, and President Obama cannot allow himself or his successor to have this potentially disastrous negotiation every two years until 2020 when its possible to undo some of the damage wrought by 2010. He has to shut it down now.
So while minting a trillion dollar coin kinda goes to demonstrate the hilarious abstractedness of money, it at least has unmasked a lot of really stupid commentary—people writing things like, "The $1 trillion coin would take so much platinum it would sink the Titanic!" was one of the egregiously stupid things I saw on Twitter. (That's like saying "The hundred dollar bill would take so much paper it would take up two rooms in the Library of Congress!")
With all that said, President Obama, mint the coin and keep 'em coming until a sane, rational congress reappears and does away with this idiotic debt ceiling mechanism.
But can we get Bruce Springsteen on that coin? Think about it: American icon, rock legend, a strong Obama supporter. The only question is what version do we want? 1980s American flag headband and jean jacket Springsteen? Latter-day soul patch Springsteen? Or how about scruffy, scrawny, ratty clothes, unknown, '70s Springsteen? That last one might be the ticket.
As far as the flip side of the coin, I'm not sure. Maybe a big middle finger to the debt ceiling default crew.


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Linked by Eugenia Loli on Sat 8th Mar 2008 19:07 UTC, submitted by Moochman
El Reg reports: "Less than a day after Apple unveiled its much-discussed iPhone SDK, Sun Microsystems has told the world it will build a Java Virtual Machine for Steve Job's handheld status symbol. 'We're very excited,' Eric Klein, Sun's vice president of Java marketing, told the The Reg. 'We've spent the last 24 hours furiously looking through what information was made publicly available, and we feel comfortable enough at this point on the information we have to commit the engineering resources to bring the JVM over to the iPhone and the iTouch as fast as our schedules and Apple's release schedule will allow.'" Sun plans to distribute the JVM free of cost via the App store.
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But will Apple allow it?
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The eCig Executive Starter Kit has everything an executive needs packed into one great package, the kit includes one month's supply of eliquid of your choice, a sleek leather carrying case designed for maximum comfort and style, as well as a Car/USB charger. The kit is inclusive of the items in a starter kit.
Light and Easy to Carry with Heavy Vapor, Smooth and Rich Flavor Looks Like Conventional Cigarette. A favorite amongst regular smokers.
Executive Packaging:
1 E-Cigarette Atomizer
2 E-Cigarette Batteries
1 AC Charger
1 Car/USB Charger
10ml Liquid (One full month supply for an average smoker)
1 Leather Carrying Case
1 Power cord (Europe/USA/Japanese plug)
5 E-cigarette cartridges
Diameter: 9mm
Length: 103mm (w/ cartridge)
Weight: 16g (w/ battery)
Package dimension: 198X88X53mm
Box Weight: 650 g
Color: white, stainless steel and black.


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How to Use the Images Photo 1
Photo 1
The Delta-01 Launch Control Facility was one of 15 constructed in the missile field of western South Dakota. The Delta-01 structure was neither hidden nor advertised. Instead it was of basic ranch design, made to look the same as many structures in this region of South Dakota. However, this installation was surrounded by a chain link fence, an array of bizarre antennas, and it had a helicopter landing pad.
Questions for Photo 5
1. What kind of building does this look like to you? Would you think that it controlled nuclear missiles?
2. What was the mission of the staff who served in Delta-01? If needed, refer to Reading 3.
3. Why do think the Launch Control Center was beneath the surface instead topside beside the rest of the Launch Control Facility?
4. Based on what you have learned in the readings and observed in the photos, would you rather work in the above ground facility of the LCC bunker below ground? How would your jobs differ in each place?
* The image on this screen has a resolution of 72 dots per inch (dpi), and therefore will print poorly. You can obtain a larger version of Photo 5, but be aware that the file will take as much as 30 seconds to load with a 28.8K modem.


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Martin Klepsch
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3. background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) none;
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Am I right in the assumption that this actually loads black50.png first?
This would abolish the speed benefits you get from using rgba();.
Whats about using :
1. h1 {
2. background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) none !important;
3. background: transparent url(black50.png);
4. }
I'm not sure how that renders.
But for me it seems logical that browsers like FF, Safari, Co. are ignoring the second background property.
Of course this would remove some flexibility because you are using !important.
Just an idea & not tested (yet).


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WIC Food Packages
- WIC Updates
- Breastfeeding & Nutrition
- Resources & Publications
- Forms
- Data & Statistical Reports
- Training
- WIC participant eligibility
- Locations
- Related Links
- Frequently Asked Questions
- WIC LWP Home
- WIC Vendors Home
- WIC Families Home
- Non-Discrimination Statement
The New WIC: Food and Focus
Beginning October 2009, WIC is offering a new food package based on the healthy eating advice of the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Food Package Facts
- WIC foods help to improve the nutrition and health status of the nation's low-income pregnant women, new mothers, infants and young children.
- WIC families will have more variety to help make smart choices. The new package offers fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low-fat milk and baby food in addition to cereal, eggs, juice, peanut butter and beans.
- The food packages help support WIC's nutrition education messages, better promote and support successful long-term breastfeeding and provide more variety of foods.
- Foods included in the food packages are lower in fat and cholesterol, higher in fiber and limit added sugar and sodium.
- To help lower the amount of saturated fat, cholesterol and total fat the WIC food packages provide and to help control costs, some participants will receive less milk, eggs and juice.
For more information about the changes to WIC foods or to make comments or recommendations about the federal regulations and changes to the new WIC Food Package, you may do so by visiting:
Interim Rule - Revisions to the WIC Food Packages
Please submit questions to email@example.com.


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FRITZ!Box 6820 LTE Serwis - Baza wiedzy
AVM Content
Cannot complete registration of a MyFRITZ! account
Registration of a MyFRITZ! account cannot be completed. The web page for activating your MyFRITZ! account does not react when you click the "Activate Account" button.
Note:The configuration procedure and notes on functions given in this guide refer to the latest FRITZ!OS for your FRITZ!Box.
Simply proceed as described below. After each measure, check whether the problem persists.
1 Repeating the MyFRITZ! registration procedure
The registration link in the email from MyFRITZ! is only valid for a maximum of 48 hours. After that, all information regarding non-registered MyFRITZ! accounts is deleted for security reasons.
If you call up the registration link after it has expired, the MyFRITZ! account cannot be activated. In this case, set up a new MyFRITZ! account with the same email address:
2 Setting up a MyFRITZ! account in the FRITZ!Box again
If the MyFRITZ! account has already been activated, the MyFRITZ! web page does not react when you click the "Activate Account" button. In this case, set up the MyFRITZ! account as an existing MyFRITZ! account in the FRITZ!Box:
- Click "Internet" in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
- Click "MyFRITZ! Account" in the "Internet" menu.
- If the option "MyFRITZ! enabled for this FRITZ!Box" is displayed, click the "Another MyFRITZ! account" link to the right of the email address.
- Enable the option "Register the FRITZ!Box with an existing MyFRITZ! account".
- In the corresponding fields, enter the email address and MyFRITZ! password you used to register with MyFRITZ!. This is the login information for your MyFRITZ! account required to log in on the myfritz.net website.
- Click "Continue".
- If you are asked to set up a FRITZ!Box user, enter a name and password for the FRITZ!Box user in the corresponding fields and click "Next".
Important:For security reasons, the passwords for the FRITZ!Box user and your MyFRITZ! account must be different.


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WORCESTER � A fire sparked by a box fan running in a window Sunday damaged a second-floor apartment at 114 Endicott St., displacing 17 tenants.
District Fire Chief Frank DiLiddo said the fire started in the fan and spread to the ceiling and walls of the kitchen. It was reported about 6:20 p.m., and initial calls indicated that people were still inside.
"When we arrived people were coming out," District Chief DiLiddo said.
While the fire was contained to one apartment, utilities to the building were shut down and the tenants were not allowed to return to their homes because of potential building code violations firefighters discovered.
"The building cannot be occupied," the district chief said, adding that the city building inspector and the Fire Department's Investigations Unit were being called in.
The fire was quickly brought under control.


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Asus Eee 1000H Review
It is clear computers are taking more and more space in our lives, but the way we use them has changed drastically. They used to be exclusively used by the wealthiest industries and took up hundreds of square feet as well as weighed more than you could ever imagine. Now, most of us have at least a desktop computer, but even though it is much smaller than its predecessors, it is still way too big to carry. With everyone wanting access to their email, stock or favorite website on the go, laptops are increasing in market share while continuously decreasing in size. That has led to ultra portables like the Lenovo X300 and Macbook Air, but those are quite expensive and definitely not targeted at a mainstream audience.
Fortunately for the consumer, almost a year ago now, Asus came up with something that would revolutionize the notebook market - the Eee PC. The 700 was the company's first attempt in that newly born market. It featured a tiny 7 inch screen which was, for many people, way too small and often considered as a kid notebook since the keyboard was ridiculously small. The form factor created much interest, a full featured computer in a form factor comparable to a tablet. In the meantime, Asus was preparing something else for us. Shortly after, the Eee 900 and 1000 appeared. Those ones were equipped with 8.9 and 10 inch screens, repectively, and a bigger chassis that enabled them to squeeze a larger keyboard much better suited for everyone. Then came the plethora of models, four of the original 7 inch, five 900s and three 1000s. All are more or less similar, some using the Celeron processor while others opted for Atom, others swapping the traditional hard disk drive for a solid state drive.
With other manufacturers seeing how much success Asus was having with its new line of sub-notebooks, or netbooks as Intel decided they should be called, many, or most now, jumped on the bandwagon and started designing their own. There's so much choice now, it is confusing to attempt to choose the right one. Although HP's Mini Note 2133 came out first, it is more aimed toward business users, so MSI's Wind was the first one to offer some real opposition against the Asus EeePC. Unfortunately, the Wind's availability was, and still is, limited so it never caught up. Other big names include Acer, Lenovo, Dell, Samsung, Toshiba and many others. All of them use very similar configurations, but one thing that is identical across all the manufacturers is the platform and its processor – Atom.
Let's now see what this platform has to offer.


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It's difficult to pinpoint exactly when the whole window conversation became an annual offseason topic.
You know the one I'm talking about. It revolves around the Eagles' window of opportunity to win a Super Bowl. After the 2001 season, when the Birds reached the NFC championship with a third-year coach and a 25-year-old quarterback, the window seemed like it would be wide open for years to come (and really, it was).
But pretty much every offseason thereafter, the question was asked: What do the Eagles need to do to win now?
Given the roster turnover we've seen in the past few seasons (Brian Dawkins, Donovan McNabb, Jon Runyan, Tra Thomas, Brian Westbrook, Sheldon Brown, Lito Sheppard and so on), it makes sense to visit that topic once again.
Before 2010, Eagles management refused to use the word rebuilding around the Novacare Complex. Yet, after the playoff loss to the Packers, Andy Reid's message was a little different.
"Very few teams can retool the way that we retooled and still compete, put yourself in a position to compete for a championship, and we were able to do that," he said.
And so the question must be asked. After a season of retooling, are the Eagles built to win right now? Will they be legitimate Super Bowl contenders in 2011? It's a complex question that I want to look at from three different angles: personnel, coaching staff and offseason uncertainty.
Let's examine the first (and the biggest) one today and the other two on Tuesday.
Do the Eagles have the players right now to compete for a championship, and how long will the core be together? I've identified a specific group to examine based on two factors:
1. I expect each to be starting for this team in 2011 (assuming there's football). This means their jobs are secure, they're under contract (or are expected to be) and they're healthy.
2. Each is capable of playing at a high level and has demonstrated that in the past year or two.
Here's a chart with those players listed, along with age and contract information. Note that age pertains to the projected start of the 2011 season.
|Michael Vick
|LeSean McCoy
|Signed through 2012
|DeSean Jackson
|Signed through 2011
|Jeremy Maclin
|Signed through 2013
|Jason Avant
|Signed through 2014
|Brent Celek
|Signed through 2016
|Jason Peters
|Signed through 2014
|Todd Herremans
|Signed through 2013
|Asante Samuel
|Signed through 2013
|Trent Cole
|Signed through 2013
Before I get to what the table shows, let's acknowledge some players who were left off. Because of the offseason uncertainty, we do not know how things are going to play out for guys like Quintin Mikell and Stewart Bradley, who are not under contract. I included Vick though because I have trouble envisioning a scenario where he is not the starting quarterback in 2011.
There were some tough decisions to make on defense. You could make the case for Antonio Dixon or Mike Patterson to be included, but given the way the Eagles rotated defensive linemen in 2010, I didn't include either guy. And injuries have to be accounted for also, which is why you don't see either Brandon Graham or Nate Allen listed. Both players showed promise, but they suffered season-ending injuries, and I wasn't comfortable saying either is a sure bet after one season.
One more thing to keep in mind when looking at the last column of when players are signed through. That doesn't mean the player will become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the contract. We don't know what their exact rights will be until the CBA is resolved.
Let's move on to the players who are listed. As you can see, seven of the 10 are signed through the 2013 season. And from the numbers I saw, those aren't really backloaded/deceiving contracts. The one exception could be Samuel, who's scheduled to make $10.4M in 2013 at the age of 32. Then again, he's coming off his best season as an Eagle.
Vick is a tough player to project. He'll be 31 later this year, and while he's unsigned, the Eagles are fully expected to use the franchise tag on him to keep him here in 2011. Remember, just because they tag Vick doesn't mean a long-term extension won't be worked out. So it's a distinct possibility that he's the starting quarterback through at least that 2013 window. We don't know how much (if any) his body benefited from not getting hit for two seasons while in prison. We also do not know how he will react to different defensive schemes being thrown at him now that teams have a year of film on him in the Eagles' system.
Jackson is only signed through next season, but extending him will likely be an offseason priority (once the Eagles are able to do so). McCoy is an interesting case because he'll be in a somewhat similar situation to Jackson next season. He's working under a rookie contract that will pay him $490,000 in 2011 and $575,000 in 2012. Like Jackson, McCoy is represented by Drew Rosenhaus. Keep in mind, though, that he'll only be 24 when his rookie deal runs out. Assuming he doesn't take some kind of giant leap backwards in the next two years, it's reasonable to assume he'll be with the Birds through another contract.
You'll notice that eight of the 10 players I listed are on offense. That group is built to win now. Guys like McCoy, Jackson, Maclin, Avant, Celek, Peters and Herremans should all theoretically be in their primes. And Vick is coming off his best season.
McCoy, Jackson, Maclin and Celek are nowhere close to 30. The only three offensive positions not accounted for in the above table are center, right guard and right tackle. Winston Justice was signed to an extension during the '09 season and is under contract through 2013. He had an inconsistent 2010 that resulted in the benching against Green Bay, and the Eagles will have to decide whether he can start at right tackle for the next few years.
Center is an unknown with Jamaal Jackson recovering from injury and Mike McGlynn having had an up-and-down 2010 season. However, Jackson is also signed through 2013. McGlynn is scheduled to be a free agent after next season.
At right guard, Max Jean-Gilles is not under contract. Neither is Nick Cole.
So overall, the offense is in very good shape to be a championship-level group through at least 2013. At that point, Vick will be 34.
The defense, of course, is another story. There's a lot of uncertainty on that side of the ball.
Up front, Trent Cole is a Pro Bowl-caliber defensive end, and Dixon also played at a Pro Bowl level last season, even though he was not used as an every-down player. The Eagles have three other guys who were first-round picks: Brodrick Bunkley, Mike Patterson and Graham. That's where Jim Washburn comes in. The Birds are counting on him to get the most out of this group. Of the players mentioned here, only Bunkley is likely to become an unrestricted free agent before 2013.
Linebacker is a complete crapshoot. Bradley, Akeem Jordan and Ernie Sims are scheduled to be free agents, although we don't know what exactly their rights will be until after the CBA is resolved. I can't imagine they'd bring Sims back though. Meanwhile, JaMar Chaney and Moise Fokou are playing on rookie contracts so the Eagles control their rights. Having said all that, I'm not sure that there are three starting linebackers among this group.
And finally, the secondary. I mentioned Samuel above. Mikell is a free agent, and Allen is on his rookie contract so he's not going anywhere. Right cornerback is a position that has to be addressed (hey, didn't we say the same thing last year?). And Joselio Hanson is signed through 2013.
So what's the bottom line here with personnel? Offensively, the Eagles are in position to compete at a Super Bowl level in the next two-to-three years. That window could probably be extended, based on a variety of factors (contracts, health, draft, free agency, etc.). But without taking any of those into account, the Eagles have several talented players that should be in their primes (and under contract) through 2013.
The defense is filled with question marks. Last year's group certainly was not Super Bowl-caliber. If Graham, Allen and Chaney make significant leaps in their second seasons, if the Eagles add a talented linebacker (or two) and a capable right cornerback, if Juan Castillo proves to be a better fit than Sean McDermott and if Washburn can get more from the defensive line, maybe it could be. But then again, those are a lot of ifs.
In the second part of this analysis, I'll take a look at the offseason coaching changes, the draft and free agency.
And if you missed my posts from the weekend, I rounded up some mock drafts and wrote about how Kevin Kolb would feel about a potential trade to the Cardinals.
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Take a look at some new screenshots of LEGO City: Undercover.
I have pretty high hopes for this title. I can't find a solid release date though. I thought that this game was coming out this month but it doesn't look like it
Never been a big Lego fan but I preordered this. I hope it turns out good
Yep buying this no doubt! Also need wondeeful 101, alien Marines and Bayonetta 2
Cannot wait for this game. These screenshots don't do the game justice though. They aren't high res shots. Some of the earlier screenshots posted look absolutely gorgeous. And I love that it's completely original this time around.


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Bronzed Salmon With A Mango-Spinach Puree
Makes 4 servings
1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon Chef Paul Prudhomme's Blackened Redfish Magic®
1 teaspoon dill weed
¾ teaspoon ground ginger
4 salmon fillets, about 8 ounces each
4 teaspoons unsalted butter, in all
½ cup chopped onions
5 ounce spinach leaves, washed and drained, stems removed, and torn into pieces
1 very ripe medium-size mango, about 12 ounces, chopped, about 1-1½ cups of pulp
1½ cups fish stock, in all
½ cup sour cream
how to prepare
Combine the first 4 ingredients in a small bowl and mix well to make the Seasoning Mix.
In an 8-inch nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, melt 2 tablespoons of the butter, about 3 minutes, then add the onions. Cook until the onions are just beginning to turn brown, about 6 minutes, and add the spinach. Cook, stirring almost constantly, until the spinach wilts, about 3 minutes. Add the mango pulp and 2 teaspoons of the Seasoning Mix. Cook until the mango just begins to brown and stick to the skillet, about 4 minutes. Stir in 1 cup of stock, then stir and scrape the mixture thoroughly, loosening all the brown bits from the bottom of the skillet.
Remove from the heat and transfer the mixture to a food processor or blender and purée, then return it to the skillet over medium-high heat. Whisk in the remaining ½ cup stock and the sour cream. Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring constantly, and when it begins to sputter like little volcanoes, remove from the heat and set aside.
Preheat a 12-inch nonstick skillet over high heat until very hot, about 5 minutes.
Melt the remaining butter. Place 2 of the fillets on a plate and brush one side of each with the melted butter. Sprinkle each buttered side with ½ teaspoon of the Seasoning Mix and place both fillets in the hot skillet. Brush the top sides with melted butter and season each with ½ teaspoon of the seasoning mix. Cook, turning twice, until both sides are a rich golden brown and just cooked through, about 3-4 minutes in all. Remove from the skillet and keep warm in a 200° oven while you cook the remaining fillets. To serve, spread ½ cup of the purée on each plate and carefully place a fillet on top of the purée.
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Common Etiquette Mistakes
The Real Life 101 team agrees that proper etiquette is an important aspect of every day life. We asked our etiquette expert, Jennifer Indyk, to share some of the most common mistakes she sees. Here were her thoughts:
Many people make introductions in the wrong order:
- The person of greater authority is mentioned first: "Mrs. President, may I present Mr. Vice President."
- Introductions should be done immediately and by whomever knows both parties.
- When being introduced, offer right hand immediately for a handshake, make eye contact, smile and say something like "It's nice to meet you" or "How do you do?"
It is a mistake to not leave your phone number on a voice mail message because you just know the other person has it.
Do not show up late to an appointment. Be on time; arriving late shows a lack of respect.
At the table, it is important to understand which place setting is yours.
- Your glassware will be on your right and your bread plate on your left.
- Your fork will be on your left and spoon on the right.
Use cutlery with care.
- Hold cutlery with fingers; not fists.
- Do not gesture with your cutlery.
- Once you pick up a piece of cutlery, it should never touch the table again.
Napkin use:
- Do not tuck the napkin into shirt.
- The napkin goes on your lap as soon as you sit down.
- Dab the corners of your mouth with the napkin.
It is a mistake to pass the salt or pepper alone.
- Always pass the two together, even if someone requests you to pass only one.
- Just place both in front of the person requesting them.
Buttering Bread:
- Do not take the butter directly from the dish and place it on your bread.
- Rather, place a pat of butter on your bread plate first; then spread it on the bread.
- Bread is to be torn, not cut. Tear off a piece of a roll, butter and then eat, one piece at a time.
Do not put anything on table; this includes a cell phone or PDA.
Always pass food to the right.
Do not push away or stack your dishes.
Never blow on liquid to cool it.
Elbows are not permitted on the table when there is food on the table.
Remember these guidelines to avoid confusion and embarrassment when it really matters.
Written by Real Life 101, Inc.
August 4, 2011 at 11:55 am


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Champions for Children - 3/8/10
Supporting homeless children and bettering their futures was the mission of the evening at the 11th Annual Champions for Children Benefit, hosted by the Homeless Children's Education Fund. The event, held at the Rivers Club, included both silent and Chinese auctions, which included prizes such as a Penguins Lollapalooza package, donated by Citizen's Bank of Pennsylvania, and a personal tour of the Pittsburgh Steelers South Side Sports Complex and dinner with donors Brett and Sarah Keisel. Proceeds from the auctions benefited the HCEF's endowment fund, which gives homeless children the same educational resources as their peers. Honorees for the evening were chairman of Citizen's Bank Ralph and Ruth Anne Papa. Attendees enjoyed cuisine and beverages from the River's Club, dessert from local chocolatiers, and live music from the Boilermaker Jazz Band. Photography by Megan WylieRead More


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Thomas Nagel, a professor of philosophy and of law at New York University, has made his reputation over the last fifty years as a leading contributor to moral and political philosophy, with occasional forays into the philosophy of mind. Most famously, and most relevant to his new book, Mind and Cosmos, he wrote an influential paper in the 1970s with the memorable title "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?" Nagel tried to demonstrate the implausibility of the notion that, even if one knew all the relevant physical facts about the brains of bats, one could have any idea what it felt like to be a bat. How could the subjective feeling of this experience be captured by a set of cold, objective biological and chemical facts about neurons? Nagel's new book revisits some of these ideas and aims to "develop the rival alternative conceptions" to what he calls the "materialism and Darwinism" of our age.
Nagel's is the latest in what has become a small cottage industry involving a handful of prominent senior philosophers expressing skepticism about aspects of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. Some, like the overtly Christian philosopher Alvin Plantinga, have made a career of dialectical ingenuity in support of the rationality of religious faith. Others, such as Jerry Fodor, are avowed atheists like Nagel, and have only tried to raise challenges to discrete aspects of evolutionary explanations for biological phenomena. Plantinga's influence has largely been limited to other religious believers, while Fodor's challenge was exposed rather quickly by philosophers as trading on confusions (even Nagel disowns it in a footnote). Nagel now enters the fray with a far-reaching broadside against Darwin and materialism worthy of the true-believing Plantinga (whom Nagel cites favorably). We suspect that philosophers—even philosophers sympathetic to some of Nagel's concerns—will be disappointed by the actual quality of the argument.
Nagel opposes two main components of the "materialist" view inspired by Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. The first is what we will call theoretical reductionism, the view that there is an order of priority among the sciences, with all theories ultimately derivable from physics and all phenomena ultimately explicable in physical terms. We believe, along with most philosophers, that Nagel is right to reject theoretical reductionism, because the sciences have not progressed in a way consistent with it. We have not witnessed the reduction of psychology to biology, biology to chemistry, and chemistry to physics, but rather the proliferation of fields like neuroscience and evolutionary biology that explain psychological and biological phenomena in terms unrecognizable by physics. As the philosopher of biology Philip Kitcher pointed out some thirty years ago, even classical genetics has not been fully reduced to molecular genetics, and that reduction would have been wholly within one field. We simply do not see any serious attempts to reduce all the "higher" sciences to the laws of physics.
Yet Nagel argues in his book as if this kind of reductive materialism really were driving the scientific community. The only named target is the Nobel Prize–winning physicist Steven Weinberg, famous for his defense of the primacy of physics in such popular works as Dreams of a Final Theory (1992). Here is what Nagel writes in describing Weinberg's view:


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Cards up to Old Hollywood were legal for this tournament.
The Hadrian's Wall Tournament was put together by a couple of friends and they did an amazing job. 56 players converged on the Victoria Park Hotel in Edinburgh and many nets were run, servers broken and brains fried in the pursuit of cybercrime. I had a Hayley deck for my runner and Haarp for my Corp. Here is how I got on (spoilers, not badly at all)
Haarpsichord Studios (Old Hollywood)
Agenda (10)
3x AstroScript Pilot Program (Core Set)
2x Explode-a-palooza (Old Hollywood)
2x NAPD Contract (Double Time)
3x Project Beale (Future Proof)
Asset (10)
3x Jackson Howard (Opening Moves)
2x Marked Accounts (Cyber Exodus)
2x PAD Campaign (Core Set)
2x Plan B (Honor and Profit)
1x Project Junebug (Core Set) •
Upgrade (4)
2x Crisium Grid (First Contact) ••
2x Cyberdex Virus Suite (Order and Chaos)
Operation (8)
3x Hedge Fund (Core Set)
2x Mushin No Shin (Honor and Profit) ••••
3x Sweeps Week (True Colors)
Barrier (6)
1x Changeling (Up and Over) ••
1x Eli 1.0 (Future Proof) •
1x Spiderweb (The Underway) ••
2x Wall of Static (Core Set)
1x Wraparound (Fear and Loathing)
Code Gate (5)
2x Enigma (Core Set)
1x Little Engine (Chrome City)
1x Pop-up Window (Cyber Exodus)
1x Tollbooth (Core Set)
Sentry (3)
1x Caduceus (What Lies Ahead) ••
1x Guard (Honor and Profit)
1x Swordsman (Second Thoughts) •
Other (3)
2x Chimera (Cyber Exodus)
1x Mother Goddess (Upstalk)
15 influence spent (max 15)
20 agenda points (between 20 and 21)
49 cards (min 45)
Cards up to Old Hollywood
Resourceful Hayley 1.15
Hayley Kaplan: Universal Scholar (Breaker Bay)
Event (5)
2x Indexing (Future Proof)
3x Sure Gamble (Core Set)
Hardware (5)
1x Akamatsu Mem Chip (Core Set)
1x Astrolabe (Up and Over)
3x Clone Chip (Creation and Control)
Resource (18)
2x Aesop's Pawnshop (Core Set)
3x Armitage Codebusting (Core Set)
3x Daily Casts (Creation and Control)
2x Film Critic (Old Hollywood)
2x Kati Jones (Humanity's Shadow)
3x Professional Contacts (Creation and Control)
3x Street Peddler (The Underway) •••
Icebreaker (7)
1x Atman (Creation and Control)
2x Cerberus "Lady" H1 (All That Remains)
1x Deus X (A Study in Static)
1x Gordian Blade (Core Set)
1x Mimic (Core Set) •
1x Sharpshooter (True Colors)
Program (10)
3x Cache (The Spaces Between) •••
1x Clot (The Valley) ••
1x Datasucker (Core Set) •
1x Imp (What Lies Ahead) •••
1x Parasite (Core Set) ••
3x Self-modifying Code (Creation and Control)
15 influence spent (max 15)
45 cards (min 45)
Cards up to Old Hollywood
Round 1 vs. Amy Ramshaw (Gagarin and Hayley)
Aimee brought Gagarin to the table, a deck my Hayley was untested against. Aimee proceeded to go horizontal on me, scoring out an Atlas early on but with no token. I don't think I have seen quite so many servers before, at one time counting 12 I think.
Anyway there was a moment of horror when she rezzed a Corporate Town off the Atlas, and since I was running resource heavy I had to go and destroy it costing me 8, damn encryption protocols. I was well setup by this time so that wasn't too much of a hit and my indexing won me the game with a double score just before the dedicated response team came and kicked my door in.
My Haarp vs. Hayley went quickly as I managed to score out a Beale, Astro then 3 point Beale in quick succession. The deck surprised me with how well it dealt with very little money.
Result 4 points, 2 wins, 0 loss
Round 2 vs. David Hamilton (CT and Biotech)
David and I have crossed nets before and he is a good player. I went Corp first against his Chaos Theory and managed to quickly score out whilst he got setup.
The reverse was against Biotech which I hadn't played against at all with Hayley. He quickly flipped his ID for a Nisei score and I knew that the race was then on. I built a commanding rig and managed to score out 4 points before making a silly error. With R&D open and most likely a winning agenda on the table, I mucked around indexing and trashing a caprice, then going for the server. This left me 1 click and some money short, I had a Kati out with the cash. He scored out the next round and my lesson was learnt.
Result 6 points, 3 wins, 1 loss
Round 3 vs. Mark Wilson (Kate and HB:ETF)
This was the first time my Haarp had been tested against Kate so I was very wary. Kate is still an amazingly strong runner and can get a big rig up fast! An early film critic had me extra cautious so I went the big server route with some mythic ice to help out. This proved fruitful and the game was over once I could start scoring out.
I got setup pretty well against his ETF deck but he managed to get a really good remote setup with Caprice in it. I kept running it hoping to get rid of her when I should have really gone elsewhere, most likely R&D. My laser focus on that remote was an error that Mark took full advantage of and scored out for the win with little trouble.
Result 8 points, 4 wins, 2 losses
Round 4 vs. David Barrett (Reina and Haarp)
This was the first time my Hayley deck faced off against Haarp and she did a grand job. David got Agenda flooded and I took full advantage getting out some early scores and a quick rig setup for a quick win.
My testing with the Haarp before the tournament had not been favourable in Reina match-ups so I was a bit worried when I saw here hit the table. I was careful to protect myself from headlock plays as much as possible and set myself up a scoring remote, getting to 4 points reasonably quickly.
David had a Faust on the table which could be a real problem for me but I decided to go for a risky play. Putting a Junebug in my scoring remote an advancing twice I calculated that he would have to discard just enough cards to get to it to also be flat-lined by it. A cheeky play on the way in, that I don't fully recall, meant I thought my calculation was off for a second, but he ended up with 3 cards and ran straight into it. My only flat-line of the day.
Results 12 points, 6 wins, 2 losses
Round 5 vs. Thomas Smith (Kate and NEH)
My second game against Kate and the same fears remained. Despite that I got setup with a scoring remote protected by Mother Goddess very quickly and scored out. That card and Chimera where my MVPs on the day.
Hayley hadn't come up against much NEH but I feared the Butchershop as I'm not running Plascretes. Film Critic is my midseasons defence and I hoped the money I can generate and that would keep me safe.
This was another one of those games that I got laser focused on one sever, HQ in this case, and lost because of it. I got a clot out which slowed him down a bit, but then a silly run on archives to get a jackson fired lost me that and he scored out next turn. I should have run the jackson directly and would have maybe been able to squeak out the win.
Results 14 points, 7 wins, 3 losses
Round 6 vs. Matt Lloyd (Andy and Foundry)
I was really pleased with my performance thus far and found myself on table 2 for the first time in ages. Matt took corp first and I wondered how Hayley would handle the Foundry.
This was the shortest game I ever played. I could blame the beer but let's call it what it was a stupid play. I ran headlong at HQ for a face check, Matt rezzed a Neural Katana and the twins, went and got another Neural Katana. Game. Over. This was a classic example of me not looking at the table state, and although that combo was impossible to see coming I should have been wary of the probable Merlin anyway. Just dumb.
Picking myself up from we started our second game. I got setup reasonably well but an attempt to score out a Beale early on went wrong and Matt grabbed it from me when I should have scored it. He was using indexing to great effect and really kept up the assaults on me. Well played.
Results 14 points, 7 wins, 5 losses
I came 10th out of 56 players so I was delighted about my performance for the day. I think of myself as a midtable player but I am really working to improve aspects of my game, and it seems to be paying off. The testing I had done with my Haarp online had really showed but I should have put more time into Hayley: I had grown too confident of my ability with her. The deck is strong I'm certain, my losses coming from pilot error.
Massive thanks to everyone I played and talked to over the day, it really made my Birthday being able to hang out with such lovely fellow gamers. Also a big kudos to my friends Seamus and Peter who put on a great event that felt at once competitive and casual.
This is the thing that keeps bringing me back to netrunner when I am down on my own performance, as I was after this years regionals: the people. I have met so many good people over the years playing it and made new friends from all over the country that even when I'm down on my own performance, the folks involved at all levels make sure I will pick up my console once more, dust it off and plug in.
13/09/15, Casual, Edinburgh, 10th out of 56, Assaulting Hadrian's Wall
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Lovely write-up, and well done for the wins. Seems like you were in a very dominant position indeed up until that last round. Mistakes happen, I suppose!
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It's not easy for Senate Republicans successfully to filibuster President Obama's judicial nominees; nor, in my view, should it be. How, then, did Republicans succeed in blocking Caitlin Halligan's nomination?
The one word answer, if we're honest, is: guns.
It's not that Halligan's left-liberalism is confined to Second Amendment issues. It extends to the full range of controversial legal issues as to which she is on record including, most notably, national security.
But, as Curt Levey of the Committee for Justice (CFJ) has argued, "guns are the new abortion" in the judicial confirmation process:
[With] the Supreme Court's 2008 [Heller] decision recognizing the Second Amendment as an individual right … the Justices transferred the theater of war from legislatures to the judiciary. … That's why … gun owners — their fate tied to the selection of judges in the wake of Heller — [have become] a potent part of the coalition advocating against liberal judicial activism and for judges who strictly interpret the Constitution.
Had not the potency of this part of the coalition been brought to bear, it's likely that Halligan would have been confirmed.
Democrats hoped and the media speculated that the national reaction to the Newtown shootings would make Halligan's campaign against firearms look more sympathetic, thus boosting her chances of confirmation. They were wrong. On Halligan's first cloture vote in December 2011, she fell 6 votes short. She fell 9 votes short on the second cloture vote today. Both times, only one GOP senator — Murkowski (R-AK) — voted for her.
Why did Newtown fail to soften concerns about Halligan's Second Amendment record? We suspect it's both because the post-Newtown "fervor" for gun control has been greatly exaggerated and because the prospect of new gun control legislation has made GOP senators more sensitive to the Second Amendment records of judicial nominees who, if confirmed, will determine the constitutionality of any new gun laws.
In the future, I think we can expect the Obama adminstration to nominate judges who aren't on the record when it comes to the Second Amendment.


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Sidewalk Repair Project
27th to 30th – Mopac Trail to Fair
28th from Fair to Leighton
April 18, 2014
The City of Lincoln has awarded a contract for sidewalk repair in an area of the Clinton Neighborhood. This repair contract encompasses the area from 27th Street to 30th Street from Mopac Trail to Fair Street and 28th Street from Fair Street to Leighton Avenue. The contract for this work has been awarded to R & C Construction of Lincoln, Nebraska.
The Contractor has indicated work will begin within the next several days. It is expected the sidewalk repairs in this neighborhood will take 50 to 90 days to complete. The repair work will involve removal and replacement of marked sections of sidewalk. This work will also include construction of curb access ramps at intersections where ramps do not currently exist. This will involve lowering the sidewalk at ramp locations to meet requirements associated with ADA design guidelines. In some situations, short retaining walls or six-inch curb may be constructed to minimize the grading in the area along the sidewalks.
There will be some inconvenience to residents and businesses in this area as sidewalk sections are removed and replaced and sidewalk locations are closed and barricaded to complete this work. Driveways may also be closed for short durations to complete work on sidewalk through driveways.
We request the patience and cooperation of residents and businesses in this area as the Contractor progresses with this work. If you have a sprinkler system, it is advisable that you mark the location of the sprinkler lines and heads. The City does not accept responsibility for repair of sprinkler systems.
This project is funded with funds through the Urban Development TIF funds. The Public Works and Utilities Department will administer this contract, and Alfred Benesch and Company will provide construction management and inspection of the project. If you have any questions or comments, please call one of the phone numbers shown below.
Project Contacts
Project Manager
Steve Irons
Alfred Benesch & Company
Phone: 402-310-7459
Project Contractor
Rene Solc
R & C Construction
Phone: 402-432-2145


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Knuckle Down!
The Alibi's 2007 Election Guide
It's sad, but we understand. There's a fairly good chance you're unaware that Oct. 2 is Election Day. Even if you are aware, you may not be planning on voting. It's just a municipal election, right? Four Council seats are up for grabs along with a recall for one district and a number of bonds and propositions. No big deal. You don't really need to go; you'll just take a long lunch instead. But it's precisely that mentality that leads to such small turnouts at municipal elections, making it even more critical that you show up. Your voice matters, and in citywide elections, it matters even more.
Albuquerque's City Charter has the same relationship to the city that the Constitution has to the federal government—that is, it defines how the city operates as well as the rights and responsibilities of its elected officials and its citizens. One of the perks of living in Albuquerque is that voters regularly get to vote on propositions to amend the charter. This year, voters have five propositions to consider.
General Obligation Bonds
Alibi Endorses All of Them
District 2
The Alibi Endorses: Debbie O'Malley
It's no secret that Council President Debbie O'Malley has a contentious relationship with Mayor Martin Chavez. That reality has, unfortunately, fueled the District 2 race, leading constituents to choose their vote based on who they side with rather than on which of the two actual candidates—O'Malley and challenger Katherine Martinez—would be better for their district. We'll ask you right now to put all that aside.
Alibi Clip-n-Save Voters' Guide
Can't remember who or what to vote for? Clip out this voting guide and take it with you. Disagree with our endorsements? Scratch them out and write in your favorite—it's all in your hands.
District 4
The Alibi Endorses: Brad Winter
The District 4 contest has turned into a real cringer. It was bad enough that the race turned negative so quickly, with incumbent Brad Winter and challenger Paulette de'Pascal trading nasty barbs in the press. Then an errant e-mail revealed that Albuquerque Transit Director and former city councilor Greg Payne was working on de'Pascal's campaign, a major ethics violation if he was doing so on the city's dime.
District 6
The Alibi Endorses: Rey Garduño
District 6 is lucky. It has a track record of excellent councilors. Hess Yntema, one of Albuquerque's all-time favorites, filled the seat for more than a decade. When he left four years ago, the position was filled by "movie star Martin" Heinrich, who has come to be another city favorite. Heinrich has garnered such a large fan base in his district and in Albuquerque that he's decided to pull a "Heinrich maneuver" (you have no idea how long we've been waiting to use that term) and run for Congressional District One against incumbent Heather Wilson. That little move leaves his Council seat wide open, and now several outstanding candidates have entered the ring to take his place.
District 8
Trudy Jones (Unopposed)
What's up with District 8? Do people living in this far Northeast Heights portion of the city just not give a damn about the direction of our city?
District 9 Recall Election
The Alibi Does Not Support
The Alibi didn't endorse lawyer Don Harris during his run for City Council two years ago, but we haven't been nearly as annoyed with him as we thought we'd be. As Alibi Council reporter Laura Sanchez says, "Don Harris hasn't been as bad as I expected. He's certainly worked harder for his district than the appalling Tina Cummins [Harris' predecessor] and has been more independent than expected."


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"The word Martini is a nostalgic passport to another era — when automobiles had curves like Mae West, when women were either ladies or dames, when men wore hats, when a deal was done on a handshake, when boxing and polo were regular pastimes, when we lived for movies instead of MTV, and when jazz was going from hot to cool. It was a time when a relationship was called either a romance or an affair, when love over a pitcher of Martinis was bigger than both of us, sweetheart, and it wouldn't matter if the Russians dropped the bomb as long as the gin was wet and the vermouth was dry. That was Martini Culture."
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Chewbacca is now owned by Disney. Boba Fett is now owned by Disney. Darth friggin Vader is now owned by Disney. We love The Lion King as much as the next person, but following Disney's buyout of George Lucas's Lucasfilm production company for $4.05 billion, is the Mouse House really the best place for Star Wars to live?
We're not sure. Disney have done good things so far with Marvel comics, who they now own too. But there are few franchises more well-loved (and fiercely defended by vocal fans) than Star Wars.
What we are sure about though is just how many great items of Star Wars clothing there are around! And with the winter months now upon us, and the Halloween spirit also in full swing, we thought we'd pick out five of our favourite Star Wars costume hoodies, available from 80sTees.com.
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Style # 221915
AVAILABILITY: Unavailable for immediate shipment.
With a sexy heart-shaped lace bodice and dramatic feather skirt, this bebe cocktail dress has all the attention-stealing elements of a true show-stopping party piece. Style it with strappy sandals and a minaudiere to complete a stunning evening look.
- 100% polyester, feather
- Spot clean
- Imported
- Center back to hem: 23" (58 cm)
- Gripper tape
- Removable straps
- Padded bust
- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S
Isis Lace Feather Dress is rated out of 5 by 16.
Rated 5 out of 5 by BlondeBombshell from Love the pink feathers! Obsessed with this dress! You will get tons of compliments wearing it out. It's fun, easy to wear, and you can dance your heart out in it. I'm 5'11, thin with a c-cup; ordered a Medium and it fit great! You will leave some feathers "behind" in this dress but it's all good. Also, if you pull up the skirt for any reason (like in the restroom), it might temporarily bunch up, so you just need to "retuck" and smooth out the layers and you'll be all set.
Date published: 2014-01-14
Rated 5 out of 5 by Beeski2 from Perfect Party Dress I wore this dress for New Years Eve and I received so many compliments! It was very cute, short and sexy. I ordered the black dress in a large size and it was a perfect fit. The feathers were secure and didn't fall off. If you want to turn heads, buy this dress. this is one of my favorite dresses from BEBE's so far!
Date published: 2014-01-03
Rated 4 out of 5 by Jenga from Love it! Love this dress, its fun and flirty! I am going to have to use the straps because the top is a bit too roomy but still love it! I can't wait for New Years Eve!
Date published: 2013-12-27
Rated 5 out of 5 by sc2013 from Great Dress! Best Purchase I've ever made on a dress! I wore this to a party and got a ton of compliments!! It was a hit!
Date published: 2013-12-17
Rated 4 out of 5 by latp from Pretty Dress I have both colors. Both are just as pretty in person as they are online. I cannot wait to wear these to parties!
Date published: 2013-12-12
Rated 1 out of 5 by Sonya from Not worth the price The dress was made cheaply, especially the faux feathers, the feathers were so static and wouldn't flow. Returned it, not worth the price.
Date published: 2013-12-10
Rated 4 out of 5 by Jane from Sizing is a petite- not regular- fpr tall girls- that is a problem Dress is gorgeous and looks expensive but my problem is that is a petite not a regular. So if you are 5.7 you will have to go bigger- for under 5.4 feet tall I think that is a great fit. Great on a body with no hips but straight narrow hips- for the other ones not so much.
Date published: 2013-12-05
Rated 3 out of 5 by Kaylee from Beautiful! The dress is gorgeous! (I got it in black) it looks very similar to the pictures, no surprises. My only complaint is that the sizing seems to be a little off. I have a 42" bust so I ordered an XL which is said to be 41.5" in the bust. Well the minute I move I start popping out and it looks rather frumpy because it's so big. It could be worn with strap and "fit" but it doesn't look very nice.
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The price of oil slid below $95 a barrel on Tuesday as the International Energy Agency raised its U.S. oil production forecasts and cut its prediction for global crude demand.
By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark oil for June delivery was down 44 cents to $94.73 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell 87 cents to finish at $95.17 a barrel on the Nymex on Monday.
The falls came after the Paris-based IEA, which advises 28 countries about energy issues, said rising U.S oil output would be the key source of new supplies over the coming five-year period.
"Following several years of stronger-than-expected North American supply growth, the shockwaves of rising United States shale gas and light tight oil (LTO) and Canadian oil sands production are reaching virtually all recesses of the global oil market," the IEA said in its in its medium-term market report. "The supply shock created by a surge in North American oil production will be as transformative to the market over the next five years as was the rise of Chinese demand over the last 15."
While noting risks such as the effects of the "Arab Spring" on investment and capacity growth in the North African and Middle East oil industries, the IEA said it expected "a more comfortable global oil supply/demand balance" in the next five years.
"North America has set off a supply shock that is sending ripples throughout the world," said IEA Executive Director Maria van der Hoeven. "The good news is that this is helping to ease a market that was relatively tight for several years. The technology that unlocked the bonanza in places like North Dakota can and will be applied elsewhere, potentially leading to a broad reassessment of reserves."
Also weighing on prices was the IEA's decision to trim its global demand forecast for every year between 2013 and 2017, going from 20,000 barrels a day less this year to 95,000 barrels a day less in 2017 compared to its expectations in the previous report, released in Oct. 2012.
Overall, the IEA forecast global oil demand growth to rise by a total of 6.1 million barrels a day over the next five years, from 90.6 million barrels a day in 2013 to 96.7 million barrels a day in 2018.
"Growth will remain subdued in 2013, then gain momentum in 2014-15 on stronger economic expansion, and slow down again in 2016-18 on efficiency improvements and fuel switching," the IEA said.
Brent crude, which is a benchmark for many international oil varieties, rose 2 cent to $102.66 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London.
In other energy futures trading on Nymex:
— Wholesale gasoline lost 0.23 cent to $2.8187 a gallon.
— Heating oil fell 1.97 cents to $2.8713 a gallon.
— Natural gas rose 1.4 cents to $3.939 per 1,000 cubic feet.
Pamela Sampson in Bangkok contributed to this report.


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Today, on the 5th Day/10th Lunar Month, 7th November 2013, the Chinese Mahayana Tradition commemorates Arya Bodhidharma,
the 28th Indian Dhyana Patriarch & 1st Chán Patriarch in China
After the meal, the Magistrate asked the Master to take his seat. Together with officials, scholars, and the assembly, he bowed reverently and asked,
"Your disciple has heard the High Master explain the Dharma. It is truly inconceivable.
I now have a few doubts and hope you will be compassionate and resolve them for me."
The Master said, "If you have any doubts, please ask me and I will explain."
The Honorable Wei said, "Is not what the Master speaks the same as the doctrine of Bodhidharma?"
The Master replied, "It is."
The Magistrate asked, "Your disciple has heard that when Bodhidharma first instructed the Emperor Wu of Liang, the Emperor asked him,
'All my life I have built temples, given sanction to the Sangha, practiced giving, and arranged vegetarian feasts. What merit and virtue have I gained?'
"Bodhidharma said, 'There was actually no merit and virtue.'
"I, your disciple, have not yet understood this principle and hope that the High Master will explain it."
The Master said, "There actually was no merit and virtue. Do not doubt the words of a sage. Emperor Wu of Liang's mind was wrong; he did not know the right Dharma. Building temples and giving sanction to the Sangha, practicing giving and arranging vegetarian feasts is called 'seeking blessings'.
Do not mistake blessings for merit and virtue. Merit and virtue are in the Dharma body, not in the cultivation of blessings."
The Master said further, "Seeing your own nature is merit, and equanimity is virtue. To be unobstructed in every thought, constantly seeing the true, real, wonderful function of your original nature is called merit and virtue."
"Inner humility is merit and the outer practice of reverence is virtue. Your self-nature establishing the ten thousand dharmas is merit and the mind-substance separate from thought is virtue. Not being separate from the self-nature is merit, and the correct use of the undefiled (self-nature) is virtue.
If you seek the merit and virtue of the Dharma body, simply act according to these principles, for this is true merit and virtue."
"Those who cultivate merit and virtue in their thoughts do not slight others, but always respect them.
Those who slight others and do not cut off the 'me and mine' are without merit.
The vain and unreal self-nature is without virtue, because of the 'me and mine,' because of the greatness of the 'self,' and because of the constant slighting of others."
"Good Knowing Advisors, continuity of thought is merit, and the mind practicing equality and directness is virtue.
Self-cultivation of one's nature is merit, and self-cultivation of the body is virtue."
"Good Knowing Advisors, merit and virtue should be seen within one's own nature, not sought through giving and making offerings.
That is the difference between blessings and merit and virtue. Emperor Wu did not know the true principle. Our Patriarch was not in error."
When Bodhidharma came to the East, he practiced in seclusion at Shao Lin Temple. The Second Patriarch Hui-ko went to him to ask about the Dharma.
During a long night of heavy snow, Hui-ko stood outside Bodhidharma's Ch'an hall waiting.
The snow piled up to his knees, but Hui-ko did not budge, pleading Bodhidharma for his teachings.
Finally, Bodhidharma opened his eyes and asked, "What do you want standing here so long"?
"Please, Master help me settle my mind". "Give me your mind, I'll settle it for you".
"But I cannot find my mind".
"I have already settled your mind for you completely".
Once Hui-ko discovered his deluded mind, it became settled.
The Story of Bodhidharmahttp://ctzen.org/sunnyvale/enUS/index.p ... &Itemid=59
One Flower with Five Petals 一花開五葉
One day Bodhidharma called together his disciples and said, "The time has come for me to return. Each of you, say something to demonstrate your understanding."
A disciple named Daofu said, "As I see it, the function of the Way is not bound by words and speech, nor is it separate from words and speech."
Bodhidharma said, "You have attained my skin."
The nun Zongchi said, "According to my understanding, it is like Ananda's glimpse of the realm of Akshobhya Buddha. Seen once, it is never seen again."
Bodhidharma said, "You have attained my flesh."
A disciple named Daoyu said, "The four elements are all empty and the five skandhas are without actual existence. I see that there is not a single dharma to be grasped."
Bodhidharma said, "You've attained my bones."
Finally, without saying anything, Huike bowed and stood in his place.
Bodhidharma said, "You have attained my marrow."
And Bodhidharma recited the following poem:
Originally I came to this land
To rescue the deluded by transmitting the Dharma.
One flower will open with five petals
And the fruit will ripen by itself.
The Zen Teachings of Bodhidharma
Bodhidharma as Textual and Religious Paradigm
Tracking Bodhidharma: A journey into the heart of Chinese culture
Why Did Bodhidharma Come from the West?
The Patriarch Bodhidharma's Advent in China
Gathas of Night Sitting


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Hidden cameras. GPS trackers. Spyware that allows a person to monitor text messages, incoming and outgoing cellphone calls, or even to remotely activate the phone in order to eavesdrop.
This is the new world of stalking — the new way for an abuser to monitor his or her victim. This is part of domestic violence in the 21st century.
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"The law has not caught up with the perpetrators," Kostyal-Larrier said.
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|November 27, 2002, 01:49 PM
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Browning BAR .308
Hey guys,
Did a search, but couldn't find out what I needed to know. I recently borrowed a Remington 740 Woodmaster 30.06 to deer hunt with. I liked it so much I decided I need a autoloading deer rifle.
I am a Browning Man by nature, so naturally I was really interested in the BAR. I really like the fit and finish of the rifle, Its so Purty! I am interested in the BAR LightWeight, probably in .308 since I will only be using it for Whitetail here in WI, and I think .06 might be a bit much for my needs.
They sure are pretty, but can they shoot? I always like a rifle that which will outshoot me, Which normally isn't a problem.
Can I properly mount a scope to allow the use of the Iron Sights? I really like the idea of having them as backup or for close in shots.
How is the trigger on the BAR, that was the biggest downfall of the Woodmaster, the trigger was extremely heavy.
What about the BOSS, is it even offered on the .308? I seem to recall I read that it wasn't. If it is, is it worth it?
Thats about alll I have for now. Any other comments would be great.
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|November 27, 2002, 03:30 PM
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Look here:
Check out the other BAR Rifles by clicking on the icon at the top right.
I have a 7400 Carbine in .30-06 and a BAR in 7mm Rem.Mag. w/BOSS-CR.
Two very different guns for different purposes for me.
The Remington is accurate enough and meant to be a versatile hunting gun. I will be switching to 150-gr. ammo to keep from pounding it to an early death. Also, a smaller scope is going on to keep it useful as the short and handy powerhouse it is.
The Browning was meant to be my nicest rifle, and it still is.
I like the 7mm Rem.Mag. and wanted the BOSS (correctly printed with periods as B.O.S.S., but that gets tiring!).
It is nicer overall than the 7400 and it's more accurate. Smoother, too.
If you got a .308 with sights, that would be a fine firearm.
If you opt for the BOSS, the new .300 WSM looks like it'll be around a while and would give you power with a capital 'P', plus the BOSS would tune it in to give you dead nuts on accuracy with your choice of ammo, not the rifle's choice. Something to think about.
If you're looking to have iron sights, then the BOSS is out.
A NIKON 2-7 scope would be a good fit and is a clear scope.
If you opt for the BOSS, any scope, large or small, can be your choice.
Mounting on a Weaver style base/rings would allow quick R&R of the scope. Weaver brand mounts/rings may not be the most aesthetic. Kwik-Site rings are good looking, though.
(check out the Beretta 1201FP shotgun for a 12-ga. autoloader that is a practical twin to the BAR in profile and operational characteristics re safety location and bolt closing button location...it's eerily similar. If I got the regular buttstock for my 1201FPG3, it would be fun that way.)
(Beretta 1201FP shotgun photo for profile comparison)
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|November 27, 2002, 09:15 PM
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The idea of having open sights and a scope is nice, but can you find rings that won't make you take your cheek too far off of the stock, I never could.
I just bought a .300 WSM in the Browning A-Bolt, and that is the greatest caliber I have found aside from the .308, more than enough power, and a suprisingly moderate recoil.
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|November 27, 2002, 10:38 PM
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Thanks for the reply guys...
I was worried about the scope/sight problem. The 740 I used has the see through rings, and its hard to get a good cheek weld. It too has a 2-7 scope on it it. I think this is ideal for where I hunt. Most of the time under 100 yards, but the ocasional long shot. I used to think the more scope the better, but I am finally coming down off that bandwagon.
Now I need to decide if I want/need the B.O.S.S. (happy? ) or not. What is the difference between the B.O.S.S. and the B.O.S.S. CR?
I guess I am always worried about knocking the scope off, and missing the buck of a lifetime. How much force does it take to knock a good scope off? I was thinking along the lines of a Leupold. Any model suggestions?
As far as the shot gun, I've got a Browning Gold Hunter Auto with walnut, that would look killer sitting next to a BAR w/walnut.
I also like the idea of the .300 WSM, what is the recoil considerable to? 30.06? I am a bigger guy (6'4" 220lbs) so it shouldn't really be an issue.
Thanks guys! Off for four more days of gun hunting. Its the tail end of our 9 day hunt here in Wisconsin.
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|November 27, 2002, 10:43 PM
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I don't have a dog in the hunt, but this was on the "for sale" forum a few days ago.
|November 27, 2002, 11:03 PM
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The Leupold is a fine choice, I use a vxII 3-9x40 on the rifle I spoke about.
I personally use Leupold rings and bases, and it would take a pretty good knock to take that scope off.
A friend of mine has a Browning A-bolt .270 and the recoil from my .300 wsm is comparable to that, the only noticable difference is after about a 25-30 rounds, you start to feel it in your shoulder, where as with the .270, you can shoot all day long. I am 6'1" 235 and I have absolutely no problem controlling it, excellent rifle, excellent cartridge.
Another thing to consider is that you are looking at the BAR, and that particular rifle in my experience has almost no recoil from a .308 or a 30-06, the .300 shouldn't be any worse.
Good luck, and let us know what you choose...
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|November 28, 2002, 12:13 AM
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The thing about see-thru rings, besides putting the scope WAY up there, is all that weight is on the four screws and the two bases. I guess it could be my imagination, but, it seems that there is more chance of leveraging the whole unit off the top of the rifle than if it were all held by a 1-pc. base lower to the top of the action.
The 'C.R.' is a replacement unit for the B.O.S.S. (...periods put in for effect! ) MUZZLE BRAKE unit.
The C.R. stands for 'conventional recoil', i.e., still tunes the barrel vibrations without the attendant noise allowed by the holes in the other unit and therefore doesn't 'brake' the recoil.
Walnut stocks look excellent, especially in pairs.
Hey, you have a computer where you hunt?
Nice camp!
Good luck out there.
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|November 28, 2002, 04:16 PM
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I have a BAR in 270 WCF and the recoil is mild. You won't need a BOSS with a 308WCF. Any muzzle brake will damage your hearing permanently if you fire without plugs. If you rip off a fast string at a WI whitetail you are sure to be damaged.
The BAR is really accurate, well balanced and reliable.
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|December 29, 2005, 09:43 AM
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Bar .308 / Rem 7400
Saw your post and even though it quit old, I wanted to add something for interest. I purchased a Remington 7400 in .243 last year on impluse. I always want a auto loader for hunting varmints. It has manual sites and I mounted a see through set of rings and a Nikon 3-9 X 40 BuckMaster scope. Gun is a excellent three to five shot rifle for two or more coyotes.
My next want was a longer range knockdown rifle for larger game. I found a Browning BAR Black Lightweight Stalker in .308 and is it a excellent white tail and hogs rifle. Also, holds four plus one in the chamber for rapid fire when needed.
Now here's the kicker.
I not satified completely with either gun today. Just shot a friends Armalite AR-10A4 Flat Top in a .243 with a ten round magazine. Oh boy how sweet it is ! The 1 MOA is excellent for target and the fast action will allow you to pan for yotes on a dead run. And I mean dead. We shot two that where running away from us and hides are on the board.
If anyone is intersted the BAR it FOR SALE for $650 complete with 1" rings. NO SCOPE but will pay shipping & insurance to your FLL.
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|April 9, 2010, 11:53 AM
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catusbill, do you still have a BAR .308 for sale? Please pm with details.
|April 9, 2010, 02:20 PM
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BAR will be a much better gun than the Rem.
The trigger on most BARs is pretty crappy. (most auto loading hunting rifles are.) It's not heavy, but most have creap, which is really crappy. I'm thinking of sending mine to Bill Sprinfield for some trigger work.
Note: Don't let just any gunsmith work on your BAR trigger! Most of them won't touch it anyway.
|April 9, 2010, 04:52 PM
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My BAR is an old Belgium made .338 Win Mag. The trigger is nice and it shoots as well as I can, which means it likely shoots much better. It would be a comfortable rifle to shoot in .308. A Pachmayr Decelerator tames the .338 pretty well. I doubt it would be needed with the .308. The BAR is a sturdy well made rifle. It would make a fine hunting rifle if you're looking for a semi auto. JMHO
|April 9, 2010, 10:27 PM
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Korytm, I see that you are new to the forum. Welcome.
Cactusbill had that BAR for sale almost five years ago, worth a shot I guess. Good luck.
BTW Brownings site has a couple of new BAR models that CLAIM to weigh 6lb 1oz. Very nice if true. I've been waiting for them to catch the mistake but it's been several months now. Those new guns use the pre-Shortrack receiver like my 90's vintage Stalker, that's why I'm sceptical about the weights. Can anyone confirm or shoot down the claimed 6lb 1oz weights?
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|April 10, 2010, 01:13 PM
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I think that the difference in PERCEIVED recoil between the .308 and and the .30-06 in a BAR is nil. The .30-06 will handle bullets heavier than 150 grains better than the .308. With 150 grain bullets, its a toss up. The advantage the .308 has in a bolt action over the .30-06 (short vs long action) is gone in the BAR. IMO, the BAR is a better and more accurate rifle than the Remington. Finally, ++1 on the no BOSS version. My .30-06 will shoot a little over 1" five shot groups @100 meters with ammo it likes without the BOSS and it's associated blast.
Instead of see-thru mounts, I have a set of Weaver tipoff mounts on my '06 M70 which snap into place and they absolutely DO hold zero. That said, my favorite scope is B&L ( now Bushnell) 1.5-6. At the low setting, it's better than iron sights. With 1 or 1.5 power, the magnification is so low and the FOV so big, you don't need iron sights. I used to do a lot of hunting IN, not on the edge of old overgrown aspen clear cuts (popple thickets) so I know. The 6 power magnification is more than enough for any range I feel I can hit with offhand in Wisconsin.
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|March 31, 2013, 08:36 PM
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Browning BAR accuracy
I have (3) Browning BARs... a Safari Grade 7mm Mag, a Short-Trac Stalker.308 and a Short-Trac Stalker .270. The 7mm Mag has a B.O.S.S. (set at 6.5). I consistently get less than 3/4 MOA with the 7MM Mag, but get between 1.5" and 2" with the other two guns. My recommendation would be to get a B.O.S.S. if possible. All my guns have Leupold scopes. The Safari grade has a Leupold VX-III, 4.5x14x. The other two are Leupold VX-II, 3.5x10x. There are a couple of other variables that may come into play with the Safari grade versus the other two...slightly less weight, a little longer barrel. The result is a dead-on bone collector that shoots as well as a great bolt action with the benefit of quick followups and very soft kick (it is loud though).
I've been hunting for 38 years and have never knocked a scope bad enough to put it off center. I think the chance of anyone knocking their scope out is pretty slim, but I always have a spare gun just in case (chance favors the prepared). Even if it's a shotgun with slugs, it'll keep you in the game if the worse happens.
|April 3, 2013, 10:11 AM
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I'll add my 2cents. I've hunted with 3 different BAR's over the course of 18 years...MKI's w/out BOSS (308Win) and a MKII w/ a BOSS (270Win).
If you want the lightest recoiling configuration possible get the BOSS, mine is a pussycat with it. How good is the BOSS at tuning loads? The factory recommended sweet spot for my brand and bullet weight produced 2" groups, my own setting of "0" w/ microadjustment at "2" I consistently get groups under 1". So you have to play with it, but let the barrel cool. The downside to the BOSS, like others have pointed out, is the muzzle blast. It's pretty loud.
As others have pointed also, triggers are creepy. My MKI had a much better trigger than my MKII, but they all have creep.
And my personal opinion (and that's all it is) the BAR is a Cadillac compared to the Remington 7400...and that's coming from a Remington lover.
I've never shot one of the lightweight receiver models.
|April 3, 2013, 10:22 AM
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Original thread from 2002, resurrected in 2005, 2010, and now 2013. Must have some energizer bunny in its lineage!
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|April 11, 2013, 12:56 AM
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Fnar? Seems really cool
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|April 18, 2013, 09:31 PM
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You'll know it's a special occasion when you get to enjoy a serving of this delicious pie.
Melt 1/2 oz. BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate as directed on package; drizzle over pie just before serving.
* Nutrition information is estimated based on the ingredients and cooking instructions as described in each recipe and is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Please note that nutrition details may vary based on methods of preparation, origin and freshness of ingredients used.


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Julio MorbanSeattle Mariners
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|Mariners | Three cut
Wed, 05 Mar 2014 07:30:05 -0800
The Seattle Mariners optioned SP Danny Hultzen to Triple-A Tacoma; and P Anthony Fernandez and OF Julio Morban to Double-A Jackson.
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|| Source: MLB.com - Greg Johns
|Mariners | Eight signed
Thu, 20 Feb 2014 13:26:51 -0800
The Seattle Mariners signed 3B Kyle Seager, SS Nick Franklin, C Mike Zunino, OFs Julio Morban and Stefen Romero and Ps James Paxton, Anthony Fernandez and Logan Bawcom to undisclosed one-year deals Thursday, Feb. 20.
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|| Source: The Tacoma News Tribune - Bob Dutton
|Mariners | Nine signed
Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:20:04 -0800
The Seattle Mariners inked 3B Kyle Seager, 1B Justin Smoak, INF Francisco Martinez, Ps Blake Beavan, Lucas Luetge and Chance Ruffin and OFs Julio Morban, Carlos Peguero, Eric Thames and Casper Wells to undisclosed one-year deals for the 2013 season.
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|| Source: The Sports Network
|Mariners | Five added
Wed, 21 Nov 2012 06:29:55 -0800
The Seattle Mariners added 3B Vinnie Catricala, P Anthony Fernandez, P Bobby Lafromboise, P Brandon Maurer and OF Julio Morban to the 40-man roster.
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|| Source: The Seattle Times - Geoff Baker
|Mariners | Morban signs
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:04:37 -0700
The Seattle Mariners have signed OF Julio Morban, according to USATODAY.com. No financial terms were disclosed.
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