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Amazon adventure premieres at Binghamton University
From March 7 – 11, a riveting multimedia adventure titled "Perspectives: Expedition Amazon" will transport visitors deep into the rainforest through a myriad of sight and sound. Featuring artwork, photographs, film and performance, the exhibition will have its world premiere in the Binghamton University Art Museum. An opening reception, which is free and open to the public, is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 7.
The Expedition Amazon exhibition reflects the journey of a group of Binghamton University alumni and colleagues to Belen, a remote community in Peru. Their efforts to build a health clinic in this impoverished corner of the world is reflected in over 90 paintings and photographs.
The exhibit will debut a performance piece titled "Prayer from Amazon" featuring the work of Tadashi, an artist and philosopher. The piece, specially choreographed for this exhibit, illustrates the plight and hope of the people of Belen.
In addition, the exhibition will feature a screening of an interpretive film, titled The Shaman: Don Humberto, and trailers for two documentaries currently in production. Produced by Track 6, a Binghamton-based company, the documentaries trace the struggles of doctors and nurses associated with Amazon Promise, an international aid group, as they face the challenges of bringing healthcare to the Belen community.
Expedition Amazon is the brainchild of Binghamton University alumna, Ann Campbell, whose entry in VISA's "Ideas Happen" contest in 2004 provided $20,000 in seed money for the clinic. Campbell is hoping the Expedition Amazon exhibit will raise awareness and much-needed funding for the Belen clinic project.
For more information about the exhibition, contact Ann Campbell at 607-624-8881.
The Binghamton University Art Museum is located in the Fine Arts Building and is open year round, Tuesday to Saturday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and Thursday from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. It is closed Monday and holidays. Admission is free.


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Has anyone used BOTH of these products, and if so, would you say that you favored one vs. the other?
Has anyone used BOTH of these products, and if so, would you say that you favored one vs. the other?
I have used both and prefer the Duragloss. You'll hear the opposite about as often. I started with the Flexcoat on rod #1, then moved to Duragloss for my second project and did much better -- probably in part because I was more experienced the second time around. Since then I've worked out a method that never lets me down.
there was a product called "Duragloss 2000" that was too thin, though I've not seen it on shelves at all lately. It came and went pretty fast.
What method is that? I've built a few rods, used Flex Coat on the first, then used Perma Gloss. I don't think that the one-part adhesives make as nice a nice finish as the two-part ones. I was thinking of trying the Dura Gloss on an upcoming Sage project.
Here's my method.
Clean all surfaces that will touch epoxy with acetone and dust-free cloth.
prep the epoxy: Heat an inch of water in an empty margarine container to 85 degrees (I use a stream thermometer), place epoxy containers upright to warm up, wait five minutes (they will equalize at about 80 degrees), and this provides the perfect starting temperature for mixing, bubble evasion, and applying a thin clear finish to penetrate the thread everytime.
I mix the epoxy in an upside-down beer or bottle can. The curved surface works great. Clean with acetone first. Squirt one half of epoxy directly into the other half. I use a small flat laboratory weighing spoon to mix the epoxy - gently - circular or figure 8 motion. Mix 1.5 mins, then let sit for 2 before applying. Make sure the first coat penetrates the thread well (*this is normally easy with Duragloss). I use a quality sable brush with short hair (1/4") to provide a nice firm surface for applying epoxy. Brushes hold a lot of air and air bubbles. I work the epoxy into the brush pretty well before starting to apply to rod. I'll even "sacrifice" some epoxy and spread the initial brush full onto a waste surface. THe first brush full carries a lot of bubbles
For a level finish - try using less stuff at more coats. I prefer a slower motor speed (I think mine is 8 RPM?) because it produces a minimum of centrifugal force on the epoxy, which is self leveling and takes care of itself. You can blow gently on any persistent bubbles to remove them, or use a bodkin
good luck!
Steve, that's great information; I really appreciate it. I'll be sure to follow those steps. Thanks!
Either of them produces a nice finish when applied properly. I do have a strong preference for the Flex Coat Lite though because it is a thinner finish with less build up, and it doesn't need to be heated to penetrate like the Duragloss or standard Flex Coat.
And as Steve mentioned, using thin coats produces a much better finish than think coats. Also, I have found that if I mix up a new separate small batch of finish for each section of the rod, it results in a much nicer finish because it doesn't have time to thicken before you're done applying it. Applying the finsh while the rod is rotating on the drying motor (as Steve mentioned) is also very conducive to having a good finish and produces fewer bubbles because you drag the finish over the thread as the rod rotates instead of brushing it.
Hey Chris,
Just finished my second rod (first was about a year ago and a disaster) and used the new Dura Gloss LS Supreme. Pretty sweet stuff for a rookie like me. I used flex coat last time and it probably reflects my newness to rod building but I had the thick stuff and had trouble.
No trouble though this time. I used a very thin coat for the first coat , just enough to saturate the wraps. Then went back through and put on a thicker coat and the wraps look pretty damn good. No bubbles and very easy to mix and brush on the wraps. Also has about a 40 minute pot life so you can actually get a couple sections done no problem.
Anyway thought I would let you know how it worked for me. Two thumbs up!
Thanks Sean; I'm preparing for my January rod-building project, a Sage XP. I'm going to try the Flex-Coat Lite on this one, and will post my results when it's all finished.


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Description 36-72" (91.4-182.9 cm). A large kingsnake with dark brown or black scales marked with a central yellow spot; light spots sometimes in rows; remnants of crossbands present. Belly typically yellow with dark blotches. Scales smooth, in 21 rows. Anal plate single.
Habitat Wooded hillsides to river swamps and coastal marshes.
Range S. and w. Illinois, s. Iowa, and se. Nebraska south to n. and e. Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, and c. and sw. Alabama.
Discussion This is one of seven currently recognized subspecies of the Common Kingsnake. It intergrades with the Black Kingsnake on the eastern edge of its range, with the Eastern Kingsnake to the southeast, and with the Desert Kingsnake in a broad area to the west. Kingsnakes are constrictors that eat other snakes, lizards, rodents, and birds.


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We don't believe the citizens of New London should petition the revised $41.3 million general government budget to referendum. We do believe they have the right to do so.
After watching voters reject the general government budget at referendum by a 60 percent to 40 percent margin, the City Council trimmed about $1 million through a combination of budget cuts and rearranging debt to save on interest. The changes reduced the projected property tax increase from 7.5 percent to 5.1 percent.
After several years without a tax increase, this is a reasonable budget. If anything, it is too low. After years of overspending and dependence on unrealistic revenue projections, the administration of Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio, working with the council, made a good faith effort to adjust revenues and control spending. Contract renegotiations and procedural changes lowered fire and police department costs. Staffs were trimmed in many departments. The mayor contends any unexpected expenses, such as dealing with a bad winter, will necessitate further cuts.
Forcing the council and mayor to reduce the budget further, four months into the fiscal year, could create genuine hardship for the city, detract from public safety and invite insolvency.
But while we urge against again petitioning the budget to a vote, we do not agree with a legal ruling that prevents a petition.
The City Charter caps the spending of city departments at no more than 25 percent of last year's budget while waiting for an appropriation ordinance to become effective. It is a bad rule. During a prolonged budget fight, as the one witnessed this year, there is no way to keep within the cap without shutting down the city, which is not a reasonable option. And the city has exceeded the cap.
What we don't agree with is the opinion of attorney Jeffrey T. Londregan, director of law, that because the city exceeded the cap it precludes the referendum option. It makes no logical or legal sense to us that because the administration violated one provision of the charter (the cap) it blocks citizens from invoking their rights under another section of the charter.
We can't blame the mayor for following the attorney's opinion, which adheres to precedent set by prior law directors. Ignoring the opinion of the city's attorney, particularly when it keeps with past practice, would put the mayor in a legally tenuous position. Still, we disagree.
At the very least, a future charter commission should address this conundrum.
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Network Appliance is introducing midrange network storage platforms Tuesday that it says pose a competitive challenge to storage devices from rivals EMC and Hewlett-Packard. The FAS3070 and V3070, at starting list prices of about US$115,000, are positioned between NetApp's midrange 3050 line and its high-end 6030 lines. The 3070s feature 64-bit encryption architecture, 16GB of memory, accommodate up to 504 ...
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Enterprises are reaching deeper into their pockets to add data storage capacity to their computer networks, according to an industry report released Friday.Worldwide revenue for external disk storage systems rose to US$4.3 billion in the third quarter of 2006, a 9.9 percent increase compared to the same period last year, according to the research firm IDC.This is the 14th consecutive ...
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Dell and Microsoft rolled out a new storage system on Wednesday for file and application data that integrates hardware and software from both vendors.The system pairs Dell's PowerVault NX1950, a serial-attached SCSI (SAS) back-end storage array that can use up to 45 drives, with Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003, a file server and package of management tools. The companies ...
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A wise guy would say, yup they are just as destructive. We better ban them both.
But I have to say that this guy completely misses the point. The idea is that they figure that the gun equipped with adjustable stock, pistol grip, and flash suppressor makes the gun easier to handle in an assault type situation. And the flash suppressor makes the gunman harder for swat to locate and take out. He does seem to think he's pretty smart though judging by his sarcastic demeanor. Pretty comical that he thinks that politicians wanting to ban those accessories has anything to do with "knockdown power."
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More than a century after first joining forces to create the famed Auto-5, Browning and Fabrique Nationale are making history again with the all new Browning Maxus autoloading shotgun. The new Power Drive Gas System is the world's best, the product of extensive research and testing that has resulted in a new piston design that's even more reliable in all conditions, regardless of heavy or light loads being used. The new gas piston features larger exhaust ports to dump gases faster on heavy loads and an all new patented, enclosed seal design that keeps residue out of the action for cleaner operation. The Maxus is sure to change minds about recoil control as its Power Drive Gas System, Inflex Technology recoil pad, Vector Pro back-boring, and natural Browning balance combine to transfer 18% less total recoil force to the shooter than any autoloader on the market, while reducing muzzle jump as much as 44%. The easily removable Lightning Trigger is designed to offer a smooth, crisp feel with minimal travel and a consistently perfect pull, offering locktimes averaging .0052 seconds, 24% faster than the nearest competing autoloader. This Maxus variant's close-radius pistol grip composite stock has a camouflage finish with Dura Touch Armor Coating, a speed lock forearm, and textured gripping surfaces. The shotgun is shim-adjustable for length of pull and utilizes Vector Pro lengthened forcing cones. Invector-Plus full, modified, and improved cylinder choke tubes are included.


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TITANS `11: Played in all 111 sets, making nine starts • Set a career high in kills with eight on Sept. 10 against South Dakota at the Montana Tournament • Became a dominant defensive specialist midway through the season and finished fourth in the Big West Conference in total digs (455) and fifth in digs per set (4.10) • Her 455 digs was the ninth-best single-season dig performance in school history • Had 10-or-more digs 21 times, 15-or-more 13 times, reached the 20-dig plateau six times, surpassed 25 digs four times and had more than 30 on two occasions • Set a career high with 33 digs on Oct. 21 at UC Santa Barbara and tied Vanessa Vella (who scooped 33 attempts twice in her career from 2004-06) for the eight-most digs in a single match by a Titan • Had 15 service aces, good for third on the team • Had two aces in a match on two occasions (Sept. 24 vs. UC Santa Barbara and Nov. 11 at UC Davis) • Was named an All-Big West honorable mention at season's end • Was among 207 volleyball player to participate in open tryouts for the U.S. Women's National Team at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., in February.
TITANS `10: Played in 79 sets over 25 matches making five starts • Set season highs in kills (3) three times including the Titans' final match of the season at the NCAA first round game on Dec. 3 against Colorado State • Landed three service aces on two occasions, Nov. 9 vs. San Diego State and Nov. 13 vs. UC Riverside • Set a season high in digs on Sept. 10 against Pepperdine, scooping 21 attack attempts • Tied her career high of two block assists on Oct. 1 at Cal Poly • Had three kills, two aces and 12 digs in the TItans' first postseason appearance on Dec. 3 against Colorado State
TITANS `09: Played in just 25 of the Titans' 106 matches in 2009 • The setter had 10 assists in her first collegiate match on Aug. 29 (vs. Appalachian State) and set her season high on Nov. 28 - the last match of the season - with a 25-assist night against UNLV • Posted a season best three kills in back-to-back matches on Oct. 3 vs. UC Santa Barbara and Oct. 9 at Pacific • Served up one ace on the year, on Oct. 3 vs. UC Santa Barbara • Had one double-double on the year, a 25-assist, 10-dig night on Nov. 28 vs. UNLV • Had two of her total five block assists on Sept. 7 at Oregon State.
CHERRY CREEK HS: Named an Under Armor High School All-American second teamer by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) after propelling Cherry Creek High School (Greenwood Village, Colorado) to a perfect 31-0 season • Was a 4-year letterwinnner for the Bruins under Head Coach Sally Moos • Was a three-time All-Centennial League honoree including First Team recognition in her final two seasons • Named to the Colorado State Championship all-tournament team following the Bruins three-set sweep of Grandview High School at the Denver Coliseum and was also selected to Colorado's All-State Team in 2008-09.
PERSONAL: Born on Nov. 22, 1990, in Ponca, Oklahoma • Full name is Gabrielle Marie Dewberry • Nickname is Gabi • Father is Glenn Dewberry and her mother is Annette Popplewell • Is the youngest of four children - has two brothers, Daniel (36) and Uriah (34), and one sister, Alisha (26) • Majoring in nursing with aspirations of becoming a neonatal nurse • Favorites include: Ludacris and Lil' Wayne (musical artists), "Man on Fire" and "The Notebook" (movies), "Friends" and "Sex and the City" (TV shows), Terrell Davis (athlete), Denver Broncos (team) and spaghetti carbonara (food).


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A shortened and updated version of the advice that David Harley and Andrew Lee gave to potential phish victims in an earlier paper. Part 3 of a three-part article on phishing scams old and new, and some of the ways to recognize the baited hook.
A crime wave of malware that demands money from victims to avoid prosecution by the FBI has been alarming web surfers across America. Victims suddenly find their computer frozen, and an official-looking page, like the one shown below, is displayed in their web browser. The FBI and the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) have received
News of SMS (text) phishing scams are nothing new to readers of this blog. ESET researcher Cameron Camp recently wrote an article explaining how they work and how to avoid them here on ESET's Threat Blog: SMSmishing (SMS Text Phishing) – how to spot and avoid scams, And just before Valentine's Day, my colleague Stephen
Phishers always try to find new ways to bypass security features and trick 'educated' users. Over the years we have seen simplistic phishing attempts where the required information had to be typed into the e-mail body. This worked at that time because phishing was new and hardly anyone had a notion of the implications. Later,
Introduction Mobile World Congress 2012 is almost upon us, and one of the most hotly-anticipated topics is the next generation of Microsoft's smartphone operating system Windows Phone 8, which has been kept under wraps far more tightly than its PC counterpart, Windows 8. While Microsoft was an early adopter in the creation of smartphones with
Yesterday's announcement by the US Department of Justice that the operators of file-sharing site Megaupload had been indicted for operating a criminal enterprise that generated over $175 million by trafficking in over half a billion dollars of pirated copyrighted material has sent shockwaves across the Internet. The accuracy of those figures may be questionable, but
… people have been asking me about Google's interesting paper on Trends in Circumventing Web-Malware Detection…
An article came out yesterday from Clement Genzmer who is a security engineer at Facebook. His tagline is "searching and destroying malicious links". Those of us in the business of digital security and safety can certainly identify with that, especially the part where we aim to identify the criminals and work with law enforcement to
The death of Osama bin Laden has gone viral, with blogs, social media and search engines pumping terabytes of rumor, innuendo and conspiracy theories at the speed of light, along with the occasional kilobyte of truth. As the number of people searching for pictures and videos of bin Laden's execution has skyrocketed, the criminal syndicates
[NOTE: As we were publishing this articl, our Latin American office discovered another Black Hat SEO campaign incorporating promises of Osama bin Laden videos on Facebook. Click here to view their article in Spanish. We will follow up on this shortly. AG] The malware phenomenon started by the announcement of Osama Bin Laden's death continues
Not using Twitter or Facebook is, in these times, akin to not owning or using a mobile 'phone. Last night's events – the reported death of Osama Bin Laden – proved that we are well and truly in the Twitter era (Twitter reported that over 4000 tweets per second were made immediately preceding the President's
Just a quick follow up on the Microsoft Security Advisory (2501696) post that my colleague Randy Abrams wrote about on January 28th regarding Microsoft's recent MHTML vulnerability, which is listed by ESET as HTML/Exploit.CVE-2011-0096.A in our signature database. Although reports remain low so far, any vulnerability in a particular version of Microsoft Windows
This weekend, an unnamed worm forced Microsoft to temporarily suspend active links in Live Messenger 2009, in order to prevent the aggressive worm from spreading further. This is quite a surprising measure, because worms spreading through Instant Messaging (IM) such as Skype, Yahoo! Messenger and Microsoft Live Messenger are not new at all! For example,
Every layer of protection you add will harden the target against cybercrime. SmartScreen technology found in Internet Explorer 8 has recently clocked over 1 billion blocked potential malware downloads from malicious sites. By way of Terry Zink's blog: 1 billion malware blocks is an amazing milestone and an example of two things. First socially engineered
While the jury's still out about whether the intent of the past month's mass webserver breaches are fully criminal, Dancho reports new developments which also link Koobface activity into this command and control structure:
Yet another mass sites compromise is currently taking place, this time targeting DreamHost customers, courtesy of the same gang behind the U.S Treasury/GoDaddy/NetworkSolutions mass compromise campaigns.
This week there have been several major malware injection campaigns against WordPress blogs and other php-based content management systems. This malware injection battle began last week with Network Solutions and GoDaddy. Recently researcher Dancho Danchev has found evidence linking two US Treasury sites into the malware injection campaign: What's particularly interesting about this campaign is
Earlier this month, we reported on the massive new Koobface campaign making the rounds through Facebook and how it tricked users into downloading and running it through that tenet of social engineering, the fake codec. We now have a video showing how the Koobface worm tricks users into running it: NOTE: The audio is not
We have discussed SEO poisoning extensively in the ESET Threat Blog, and it should come as no surprise to our readers that any topic which trends up quickly in search engine traffic will be exploited by the criminals who specialize in such activities. The poisoned search term du jour is "erin andrews death threat". Apparently,
The Apple iPad is the current gadget du jour amongst the digerati and has been seeing strong presales, with estimates as high as 150,000 units on the first day. With such attention in the media and the blogosphere, it is no wonder that both legitimate businesses and scammers have taken to using it as bait
It is public knowledge that the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was hit in the face which left him with facial injuries, a broken nose and several broken teeth. The video of the attack is circulating on the Internet but at this time, if you search for them on any search engine it is possible


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Malaysia has to reshape its clinical trials industry to become a favourable spot for clinical research activities in the region
Malaysia's aspiration is to be a developed nation by the year 2020. With 10 years more to prepare for this anticipated year, current Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak announced that the country will undergo a major economic transformation, with revamp planned for 12 national key economic areas. These changes, when implemented, will help the country emerge as a strong economic competitor in just a few years. One of the key projects involve creating a supportive ecosystem for the growth of clinical research, and this article will give an update on the modifications outlined for this industry under the Malaysian Economic Transformation Programme.
Clinical research comes under healthcare, which has five other economic projects: 1) mandating private health insurance for foreign workers; 2) pursuing generics export opportunities; 3) reinvigorating health travel through better customer experience, proactive alliances and niche marketing; 4) creating a diagnostic services nexus to achieve scale in telemedicine for eventual international outsourcing; and 5) developing a health metropolis- a world-class campus for healthcare and bioscience. Of the six projects, clinical research was categorised as a quick-win project, which means it is ready for immediate implementation. The only other quick-win project under healthcare is the private health insurance for foreign workers.
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Physicists to present view of work at Large Hadron Collider
Posted April 27, 2010; 08:17 p.m.
Princeton physics professors Pierre Piroue and Christopher Tully will offer a view of work being conducted at the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest scientific instrument, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 28, in Jadwin Hall, Room A10.
The event, titled "Visualizing Elementary Particles From the Early Days at Princeton to the Large Hadron Collider," will inaugurate a real-time visual display in Jadwin Hall of collisions recorded at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, Switzerland.
Piroue, the Henry DeWolf Smyth Professor of Physics Emeritus, and Tully, an associate professor of physics, will describe the phenomenon of cosmic rays and highlight some of the early technologies, such as the spark chamber, that were used at Princeton to visualize the existence of new forms of elementary matter in the middle of the 20th century. They also will offer a view of the Large Hadron Collider, describing the modern-day techniques being used to explore and visualize the subnuclear world of particles that roamed the universe in ancient times.
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Chronic inflammatory polyneuropathy involves nerve swelling and irritation (inflammation) that leads to a loss of strength or sensation.
Polyneuropathy - chronic inflammatory; CIDP; Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
Chronic inflammatory polyneuropathy leads to a common type of damage to nerves outside the brain or spinal cord (peripheral neuropathy). Polyneuropathy means several nerves are involved. It usually affects both sides of the body the same amount.
The cause of chronic inflammatory polyneuropathy is an abnormal immune response. The specific triggers vary. In many cases, the cause cannot be identified.
It may occur with other conditions, such as:
Other symptoms that can occur with this disease:
The doctor will examine you and ask questions about your medical history. The physical exam shows:
Tests may include:
Which other tests are done depends on the suspected cause of the condition, and may include x-rays, imaging scans, and blood tests.
The goal of treatment is to control symptoms. What treatment is given depends on how severe the symptoms are, among other things. The most aggressive treatment is usually only given if you have difficulty walking or if symptoms interfere with your ability to care for yourself or perform work functions.
Treatments may include:
The outcome varies. The disorder may continue long-term, or you may have repeated episodes of symptoms. Complete recovery is possible, but permanent loss of nerve function is not uncommon.
Call your health care provider if you have a loss of movement or sensation in any area of the body, especially if your symptoms get worse.
Katirji B, Koontz D. Disorders of peripheral nerves. In: Daroff RB, Fenichel GM, Jankovic J, Mazziotta JC, eds. Bradley's Neurology in Clinical Practice. 6th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2012:chap 76.
Shy ME. Peripheral neuropathies. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 428.
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I killed a good bird Mon. he gobbled on the roost after first light and I got in on him within 100 yds.
I tree yelped to him twice with no response when he hit the ground he gobbled and was on his way I clucked twice followed by three low yelps and he was there.
I have hunted this bird for three years off and on and finally won the battle I sort of missed hearing him on the ridge thismorning although I did sleep better last night.
He was 20.2 lbs. had two beards 6 1/2" and 10" 1" very pointy and even spurs.
When I picked him up to carry him out one of his legs broke I assune from old age since there was no sign of a stray pellet in that area.


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After 46 in the workforce, all I can say is I am glad that I have never had to belong to a union that set my pay or benefits. I have always been paid strickly on my productivity and negotiated my own benefits and that is they way I like it!
After 46 in the workforce, all I can say is I am glad that I have never had to belong to a union that set my pay or benefits. I have always been paid strickly on my productivity and negotiated my own benefits and that is they way I like it!
"All those things bother me: The populism, the lying and the scapegoating and the xenophobia bother me, but then theres a layer of incompetence here. I suppose, in a way, we should be thankful: If he had a coherent ideology, hed probably be more dangerous." P J O'Rourke
Salary. You make huge, broad assumptions about people. You have no idea about my roots or how I treat the employees that I work with.
I really don't have any experience with unions, but trying to look at this objectively.
It appears that once a company has a union, it always stays there. Does the union ever have to be subjected to a "confidence" vote? Like, every so many years, do the workers get to re-affirm that they want this union to represent them? For example, if a group of workers felt that the union was doing a poor job of representation; or if there was abuse of funds, etc., the workers might want a change ... either to another union or to no union.
For a long time (I don't know if it is still so), there were no unions in Japan, but workers were treated well. There were rarely layoffs or job-changing. We now have companies like Toyota here in the US who do not have a union for workers.
What I haven't seen in these discussions is any admission that unions can have flaws in the way they are managed ... just like companies can have flawed management.
When talking of the fact that union wages are higher than non-union wages, that can also mean the products those companies produce will cost more than products made by non-union companies. Isn't that part of he problem with why jobs then go overseas ... because even though Americans might prefer to buy American-made products, they opt for foreign-made products due to price combined with quality. If the US-made product is superior, and the price is within reason v. the foreign-made product, it will still be competitive in the market.
There is a market for higher quality goods. Toyota cars are competitive, even though often more expensive, due to their perceived durability. US-made cars lost their perceived quality over time. That's one example, and certainly not perfect, as more recently even Toyota has had quality-control issues it would appear.
It is often cited that American workers are among the most productive workers in the world. I wouldn't dispute this. If we start there, then we might also assume they work hard to do a good job at what they do. Would it not follow that US products would then have a high quality? Is it the companies who manage the business who use methods that produce lower quality for their price point, and the workers simply do what they are told to do, even if it means producing an inferior product?
I tend to think that smaller companies are more likely to use their workers' ingenuity in improving product quality or features. Large companies seem to have many layers between the worker and where the management decisions are made, and they lose the ability to tap into the workers' experience with the systems and materials. Can large unions similarly lose touch with their worker members?
Locally, we have an Amazon distribution center. It made headlines in the local papers when workers were suffering through the summer in an incredibly hot building. There was public pressure for Amazon to improve its working conditions.
I'd be interested in hearing the varied opinions on this.
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I just noticed your avatar... the famous photo of Y.A. Tittle.
"A photo of a dazed Tittle in the endzone taken by Morris Berman of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on September 20, 1964, is regarded among the most iconic images in the history of sports. Tittle, who was in the final season of his career, was photographed helmet-less, bloodied and kneeling immediately after having been knocked to the ground by John Baker of the Pittsburgh Steelers and throwing an interception that was returned for a touchdown at the old Pitt Stadium. The quarterback suffered both a concussion and cracked sternum on the play.+
His record of 7 TD passes in a single game is still a record today and he held the record for most TD passes in a season for over 20 years until broken by Dan Marino. Probably the greatest QB to ever come out of LSU.
"All those things bother me: The populism, the lying and the scapegoating and the xenophobia bother me, but then theres a layer of incompetence here. I suppose, in a way, we should be thankful: If he had a coherent ideology, hed probably be more dangerous." P J O'Rourke
Murral, there you go again making assumptions. I never once said how I was paid prior to my last post and salaried employees can join a union (in specific fields) if they are inclined too.
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"We could hear the trees snapping and popping, and the rocks starting to move, and we know it was coming down," highway crew member Tim Ray said.
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Ray estimated the road would be cleared by Tuesday at the earliest, but with the seemingly relentless rain, another mudslide is a scary reality for workers who are still scrambling to clean up Highway 61 before the ground gives way again.
Yet another mudslide blocked Highway 35, and Crawford isn't the only county whose roads are seeing damage. Grant County Emergency Services Director Steve Braun said thoroughfares around Boscobel have seen their fair share of the storms' aftermath.
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Honestly what was the point of this article? Seems to me like Armando is just trying to meet some sort of quota and just threw something together.
Honestly what was the point of this article? Seems to me like Armando is just trying to meet some sort of quota and just threw something together.
another bad read by a beat writer...tannehill was not terrible against buffalo or tennessee...the entire team no showed against the titans...and against buffalo the oc was a no show for the first 3 quarters pretty much...yeah he threw two ints the first of which was a diving finger tips grab as he's going to ground scoop out of the air by jarius byrd which 9 times out of 10 get dropped on contact with the ground...the 2nd was a bad decision trying to fit a ball on a crossing in the middle bess b/t three defenders in the final minute...yep that was a bad decision by a rookie qb trying to make a play and forcing something...one of the few bad decisions that he has actually made all year...
we're fine at qb folks...
Agreed. I still believe that Ireland knows he will get canned this year or next year. He might want to get out of town by his own decision and have to let Ross down gently.
I believe that Ireland could go to the NY Jets after Tanenbaum is canned. Parcels could still be pulling strings behind the scenes. Just a theory.
With Ireland gone, Philbin will have control of the team and promote Gaine or bring in someone from a NFC team.
Armando is like a parrot. He keeps spewing out the same crap. Like a tired broken record.
Please God, let me see 1 Dolphins Superbowl victory before I die.
2/3's of that group I'm fine with...Ireland on the other hand...
I use don't mind Armando but that article is awful.
When's Darlington coming back already???
How many of you actually read the article? Though poorly written it doesn't reflect the title of this thread. Horrible job by Armando and the OP.


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The next day, Nevermind (Geffen) would hit stores, so Nirvana were the underdogs on this bill celebrating WFNX's birthday on Lansdowne Street. When they went on, the audience and the band ignited. The big-time production values of Nevermind were stripped away to reveal the raw, bleeding bones of Kurt Cobain's songs. People were flying through the air. Every 15 or 20 seconds another body would be propelled over the crowd's heads as if squeezed from a tube, be caught, and then slip back safely into the masses. There were too many people for anyone to fall straight to the floor. And it wasn't only the audience. From the first chord Cobain was like a super ball — he seemed to ricochet off the floor into the air, off the audience back to the stage, off his amp to the front, and back again. His feet hardly touched the ground. Yet somehow every song came through with teeth-gritting perfection.
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Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan was also a commanding presence. The Pumpkins played so loud their set had a hurricane-like force. But there was a deep emotional resonance embedded in that wall of sound — an annex of what Jimi Hendrix called "the electric church." The headliners were local outfit Bullet LaVolta, one of the greatest Boston bands of the '80s. RCA released two of their albums that year, and they seemed poised to be, well, maybe what Nirvana became. Leader Yukki Gipe lived up to the first part of the band's name at Axis, firing off the stage into the fans at the blisteringly hard, fast, loud set began. Even if LaVolta's raw blend of hardcore and pop eventually couldn't compete in the hookier world of alt-rock grunge, that night anything seemed possible.
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terrible divorce with my Giant XTC 2 – $750 (Cabbagetown)
Date: 2010-06-29, 11:07PM EDT
Me – We need to talk
ME – I… I don't think we should see each other anymore
XTC = What! Why?
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ME = no, not at all… Hell, I'm 6′. technically I'm too big for you.
XTC – Is it my shifters? You don't like the Deore's anymore…
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XTC – god I can't believe you!
ME – Yes, ok I admit it! you're just too… hybrid for me.
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ME – god dammit, can we not… please.
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Fuck you Giant.XTC 2…. I hate you… even though we were only together for less than a year, you let me ride you maybe 10 times! you suck. I never want to see you again.
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This one-day workshop on MPI will help researchers write better and portable parallel codes for distributed-memory machines like Linux clusters, such as the Institute's IBM Power4, the SGI Altix, and the Netfinity Cluster. It will focus on basic point-to-point communication and collective communications, which are the most commonly used MPI routines in high-performance scientific computation. In addition, the advantage of using MPI non-blocking communication will be introduced. Each session of the workshop will combine a lecture with hands-on practice. The lecture introduces basic principles, and the hands-on portion focuses on the use of MPI principles via examples.
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Margaret Cocke says she doesn't cook like she used to. But she can still put a pretty mean meal on the table.
The mother of three, grandmother of seven and great-grandmother of seven, used to cook every weekend for her family.
"But my family got too big and my house got too small," said Cocke, 66, who works part time for Baptist Memorial Hospital as a medical transcriptionist.
Cocke grew up in Myrtle, the oldest of two girls born to Thressa and S.C. Harris. She began cooking early in life, learning peas and cornbread first and then moving on to cakes.
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Still there were some things Cocke had never cooked when she married. One of them was squirrel.
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DIY WEDDING TO END ALL DIYS | Featured on: Style Me Pretty | Styling: Sitting in a Tree | Photos: Sarah Yates
I have to show you this, because it is a reason to live… if you look for reasons to live in your wedding blogs. I hinted at its furious awesomeness in last week's FFF, but it bears repeating and expanding.
The wedding of Junia and Andres, photographed by the amazing Sarah Yates, was featured on Style Me Pretty by Erin Lepperd of Erin Ever After, a very prolific partner in guest blogging crime over on SMP (not to mention, one of my favorite blogger broads)… and it is the end. The end, my friend. The end of any sadness, any inspiration drought you may be having, the end of suffering, the end of you doing any more work at your 9-5. You're done. Because you're going to stare at THIS for the remainder of your day.
Note: my Mom practically begged me to let her buy me those succulent candles on a trip to Crate & Barrel. I didn't let her because I didn't have a need for them and because I'm crazy. Aren't they precious?
How much do you LOVE Erin for blogging that freaking phenomenal wedding?!! A bushel? A peck? A hug around the neck? I love her a barrel and an effing HEAP. Thank you, Erin, for bringing me enough inspiration to last me through the weekend. The wedding of Junia and Andres will be in my dreams – both the day and the night kinds.
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By the way, you totally have to check out the rad-ass Portland, Oregon wedding feature I have going up on SMP today. No, seriously. No. SERIOUSLY. When it's up (I'll update this post), check it out, and then GO TO THE GALLERY. It is sick.
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It's a compromise that does neither OT nor PT fans any favors. Instead of getting an "ultimate" R2 since we're paying "ultimate" pricing, we're getting a handful of gimmicks and it seems to be ensuring that we won't be seeing all the stuff we should be getting in either realm. With this thinking, why not just make all Vaders into 1 figure, with ANH vest robes and ROTS limiting shoulder armor? Why not just make 1 Han Solo figure for the entire saga, so what if he has a different outfit in each movie and looks different as he ages - close enough, right? It's lame and a bad precedent. It's also surprising given the amount of sheer accuracy they put into the Sandtrooper - why show your commitment to such deep collector quality in one figure and then stumble on another? It's not like R2's a large figure or a complex figure or even heavily articulated, so is it a cash grab, is it just budgetitis, is it a lack of vision?The OT still gets three accessories in the periscope, lightsaber, and scanner, plus the saga-spanning arm, so is it really that much of a travesty that they threw us PT fans a bone? It's not like they're these huge, giant accessories - I doubt the drink tray could have been included instead of these; that's a much bigger piece. I don't remember Hasbro saying the waves would be 75% OT to 25% PT - the USA Today article only says the line would "primarily" be OT, and that's not even a direct Derryl quote. You said it yourself that the booster rockets are the only PT accessories, so it's not like the OT's being ignored here or anything.
As for the 75% OT thing, I thought it was something said during the presentation, not sure where I picked it up if not there.
EDIT: Rebelscum stated it here, I took it as accurate since they were at the show and I wasn't - http://www.rebelscum.com/story/front...ort_150221.asp
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Manziel is going to be a big time playmaker at the next level. Sure he's going to be a headache off the field at times but I'll be floored if he gets out of the top ten.
Kyle Van Noy is way underrated. Very instinctual three down linebacker. I think he goes top 25.
Trent Murphy will be a real solid pro. Reminds me of Bjorn Werner last year. Does everything, wows you with nothing.
I too believe Mack goes top ten ahead of Barr...
Verrett from TCU is one of the top thirty two players in this draft IMO. The only reason for him to fall is size.
Another guy who has my attention is Richard Rodgers from Cal. I'm not talking top thirty two here but I think he'll work his way up to maybe the second round.
One other thing. Its hard to figure out where David Fales' stock is but thats the QB I'd keep an eye on.
This isn't my prediction of where players get drafted, rather who I think are the best 32. Manziel will be a top 10 pick. Van Noy can't play in space. Takes bad angles and misses tackles in the open field. His only real fit would be a 3-4 OLB but he is a little undersized for that now. I have Fales the #4 QB after: Bridgewater, Carr, and Garoppolo. I gave Garoppolo and Fales 2nd round grades.
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It may be a while for the iPhone 5 jailbreak, although the good news is the developer claims CameraTweak is fully compatible with the iPhone 5 and will work with it when the iPhone 5 does end up jailbroken.
Of course there is no testing to back this up due to the lack of a jailbreak.
Did it get pulled?
No it's still in the BigBoss repository right now. Refresh your sources if you have not already.
frame rate above 30 fps (for example if you set it to 60 fps it is still 30 fps, but horizontally distorted)
high resolution (no difference to normal res)
4:3 ratio (it is still (16:9 in the movie)
In that case, I will agree that only two of the mentioned may be considered 'handicapped' on the iPhone 4 (hardware limitation). I still do not see how this translates as "most" of the features not working when the tweak comes with several features.
iPhone 4S users will not be as limited with these features because of the upgraded camera hardware, which is capable of much more.
I'm sorry to be so stubborn, but the 3 features that I listed above simply don't work in my iPhone 4. It does not matter what frame rate I set, the iPhone records always in 29.96 fms. The format setting 4:3 does not give me a movie in the 4:3 format. It is still in 16:9 format, only with a much worse resolution. And I really can't see any difference between the native 1280x720 resolution and the "High Resolution".
Even have the Rez at 60fps would be nice for something's.
Yawn, all of this and more is a standard feature on the Galaxy devices., lmfo.
Tried it on the "mule" 3GS (because all JB apps I load there first) and Yikes! It has the 3GS listed but the silver ui button doesn't show, when the blank spaces is clicked a white box shows in the lower right side of the display. Touching the spaces where things are supposed to be gets a brief dialogue, to brief. So basically this is not really usable on a 3GS, yet (i.e. having faith that updates will fix these issues). Always leery of a apps that aren't at 1.00 or above from dev with only a few apps under belt. We shall see...


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Did you know that you can pay for your prescriptions in advance?
For those of us who live in England and has to pay for prescriptions you could be using something called a prescription prepayment certificate, which would save you money on each prescription you buy. If you buy more than 13 prescribed medicines each year a 12 month prescription prepayment certificate would save you money as it only costs £104. There is also the option of a three-month prescription prepayment certificate which costs £29.10, this would also save you money if you only need to buy prescribed medicines for three months and are intending on buying more than three prescribed medicines during that period.
Saving money on your water bills
If the house that you live him cannot have a water meter installed and you believe that your water consumption is reasonably low, perhaps your single person. You can request that your water company based your bill on an assessed charge. What this means is that the water company will actually provide you with a bill which better reflects your water consumption.
The easiest way to find out if you could save money this way is to contact your water provider and ask them for an assessment. Have a look at how it compares with your existing flat rate Water Bill. Lots of people tend to save between 50 and £100 a year this way.
Saving money on the trains
Have you ever heard of a carnet? Essentially what it is a batch of single tickets that most chain companies sell and can be used for both peak and off-peak travel on quite a lot of commuter routes. The carnets last for a maximum of three months and you have to pay the full value upfront.
The train companies also provide carnet tickets for longer journeys as well. It's best to check with your local train company for the exact pricing and the routes that the tickets are valid on.
Save on your MOT
Did you know that there are council run MOT testing stations? These typically charge around £55 for an MOT but because they don't do repairs they have no incentive tool to fail your car. It has been reported by number of people that they have faced big repair bills after failing a test at the normal garage, but then when they took their car to a council run MOT testing station it passed first time.
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Many people are unaware that they pay for all of the rain that runs off of their property and into the public sewer. Those people who have houses in which the drainpipes to not take the rainwater off the roof and pass it through to the sewage system are able to claim a rebate of between £17 and £50 a year.
It may seem not seem obvious but the sewage companies apply a charge to treat that rainwater that has come from your house, however if that's not applicable then you shouldn't be paying for it. So it's worth getting in contact with your water company and asking them for the form to fill in. It may also require a visit your home by one of their representatives; but if you can prove that the rainwater from your property goes into a soakaway then you can apply for the rebate.
More saving on trains
A group save ticket can save you quite a lot of money on travelling by train assuming there are a group of either adults or children travelling. For the price of two adults on off-peak services up to 4 people can travel and you can add children at a flat rate of 1 pound each.
The voucher and discount codes
Many times when you're shopping online you will get to the checkout and find that there is a promo code option. It's at this point that you should open another window on your computer and Google the name of the company and the word promo. Although a lot of the voucher codes that you find online can be out of date, with a little searching you can find vouchers which will give you up to 20% off of the products that you are looking to purchase.
Trains delayed again?
If your train is delayed by an hour or more by law the minimum compensation that you're able to receive is 20% of the ticket value. It's worth noting that specific train companies have much more generous terms which can be found in the passenger charters. First Capital Connect give you $.50 back of your ticket value if the train is 30 minutes late. Whilst Virgin Trains give you 25% of the ticket value back if the Birmingham to London route is delayed by more than 45 minutes. In order to claim your compensation just pop into your local ticket office and ask for the form.
Don't you just love your bank?
Many people these days have a packaged account. This type of account comes with a number of benefits which tend to include travel insurance and car breakdown recovery etc. However did you know that you can usually buy these particular services a lot more cheaply elsewhere, and you can actually get them so that they are more specific to your own circumstances. It's worth giving your bank call and asking to downgrade your account to the basic current-account which at the moment most banks tend to offer as a non-feepaying account. This could save you up to £300 a year.
Selling your old stuff
There's a saying one man's rubbish is another man's gold. You would be surprised at how many things in your house that you could sell to other people for cash Some people even get such a liking for it that they develop small businesses out of reselling their junk. There are a number of places online that you can do this, so if you're looking to sell your netbook or something similar you could realise at least a few hundred pounds.


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Or Wayne if you have any suggestions.
Thanks guys i was aware of the sit to the pile drill in TRT.. Just did not know if there were any other Obedience drills only (not training with bumpers) to begin to condition him to sit in the field. But as you mentioned i may be expecting to much from my pup at this age. Jen thanks i will send you a pm to give you an idea of what stage my pup is currently at.
If you go to the Fireside Chat dvd (No. 5), Lardy discusses the crooked sit. He uses BB (Bird Boy) blinds to work on crooked sits and other problems. Generally he uses this technique when he cleaned up the crooked sit on pile work but it reappeared in field work. But given the difficulty you are having, it might be best to use BB blinds.
If you don't have Disc 5 let me know and I'll describe it.
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Wayne, thanks for your help. I don't have Disc 5 right now to refer to. You mind describing it?
I'm by no means an expert, Wayne is right, Lardy has an excellent sequence about the crooked sit. I'll let him describe it if he chooses. You should buy the dvds - they're awesome.
My platform drill is based on clicker/marker training and is used by the competition obedience crowd. Don't know if you want to give it a try, but if you do, I'll describe it for you. It definitely helps create a precise, square sit, facing handler. Though not sure how it will meld with your training so far. It has worked great for me so far in teaching front sit, heel sit and right hand heel positions.
OK here goes BB blinds:
BB blinds are used so you can get lots of reps. Put a white coat person (Bird Boy) with about a dozen bumpers (white at first) out 75 yds in short cover. Have BB drop a bumper at his feet and walk off 8 steps perpendicular to the line.
Send the dog. Stop if he gets off line (use strict standard). If he sits crooked. The process is:
First use just attrition with body english (both arms out in front bending down slightly) with a toot-toot-toot come in whistle. He should only move a step or so toward you. When he straightens out sit whistle again.
After the first few times start using ecollar nick (momentary with relatively low pressure). Toot-toot-toot then nick when he doesn't straighten up immediately to the toot-toot-toot. Then sit whistle as soon as he straightens up.
After a little while of this give nick with the toot-toot-toot whistle. Then sit whistle when he straightens up.
The crooked sit may not clean up in one day but may take four days or so.
After dog picks up the first bumper, while the dog in coming back, BB drops another bumper at his feet and walks off another 8 steps perpendicular to the line. After going in one direction for a while BB should reverse directions. Edit: When reversing direction put bumper on the other side of the BB.
This process is a lot easier to visualize on a dvd than to describe in words but I hope it helps.
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I'm working on sit while returning with my six month old in prep for going to the pile. I want to teach her that concept before I ask for it under the pressure of pile work, or with bumper in mouth. She's collar conditioned so it's easier, but I can describe to you how to do it with a long line if you want. I'm using a combination of pressure and rewards to get the results while maintaining attitude.
It's nothing you'll see in TRT or any other program but it supports the concept of sitting on the way back from the pile.
PM me for more information if you think it would be useful.
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Which "Vintage" figures are actually new, for those of us who throw away our packaging and don't care one bit about the throwback cards?


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Commodities traders are looking to countries beset with internal unrest to make high-risk bets for high rewards.
The Vitol oil trader dressed in heels picking her way through the armed rebels and pick-up trucks of post-war Tripoli had eyes only for the lucrative oil contracts up for grabs from Libya's new revolutionary government.
Her landmark deal for Vitol to export Libyan crude heralded the return of commodity houses to their swashbuckling roots, trading oil and grain with countries troubled by war and debt.
After years of backroom work focused on the dry business of building out storage, shipping and logistics operations, a small club of trading houses has jumped at the chance to land some old-fashioned big-profit deals.
They have had plenty of choice over the past year: war or unrest in Libya, Egypt, Syria, Yemen and South Sudan, sanctions on Iran, Greece on the brink of default.
"Trading houses are not shying away from places with high risk profiles if these profiles also lead to higher profit margins. It's about risk versus reward," said Ton Schurink at Geneva-based Commodity Finance Trading Advisory Services.
Vitol, Glencore, Gunvor and Trafigura in oil and Cargill, Louis Dreyfus and Bunge in grains have demonstrated that, for some at least, the security, credit and reputational risks are worth taking if the rewards are big enough.
Traders can operate in risky places because their business model is fundamentally different from the likes of BP or ExxonMobil.
Oil majors tend to be more wary of upsetting their home governments or shareholders and are bound to stricter rules when it comes to daily operations.
And because trading companies are mostly private, there is nobody to second-guess their internal decisions and more room for a star trader to take a bold initiative.
"Can you imagine someone at Exxon saying I'm just going to override that rule and send my tanker into pirate waters because it's a good trade? In a trading house, you don't have to listen to the model as it's privately owned," said an industry source working for a European oil firm.
Estimates from rivals suggest a trader who dares to sell grains to sanctions-straitened Iran could pocket $2 million profit per Panamax-size cargo as opposed to $200,000 if the cargo is sold to a low-risk buyer.
Premiums of at least $1.25 million were charged per diesel fuel cargo heading to unrest-prone Egypt in June this year, just days before the presidential election.
"Everyone has the same commodity to sell so you have to take risks to distinguish yourself and then manage them," said Robert Petritsch, Chief Financial Officer of Swiss-based Quadra Commodities.


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JetBlue Pilot Meltdown Ended by Choke Hold from Former Prison Guard: With Video and Audio
Tags: Airbus A320, Aviation accidents and incidents, breaking, Clayton Osbon, diversions, emergency landings, JetBlue Airways, JetBlue Flight 191, Las Vegas McCarran (LAS), N796JB, New York John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport (AMA), spotlight
JetBlue Flight 191, an Airbus A320 (N796JB) enroute from New York John F. Kennedy International Airport to Las Vegas McCarran International Airport, was cruising at 34,000 feet about 55 miles north of Amarillo, Texas, when the first officer declared an emergency, according to The Aviation Herald. Onboard were 135 passengers and six crew.
The plane landed about 20 minutes later at Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport, where it was met by law enforcement and medical personnel.
Fox News identified the captain as Clayton Osbon of Milwaukee. JetBlue declined to share any information about the pilot, other than that he was transported to a medical facility after landing.
Alison Fargis, whose brother was on the plane, said, via Twitter, that the first officer tricked the disturbed Captain Osbon into going to the bathroom, and then locked the cockpit door so he couldn't return.
Ok, copilot got pilot to go to the bathroom then locked him out of the cockpit. (I still like the idea of them locking him the bathroom!)
— Alison Fargis (@AlisonFargis) March 27, 2012
Osbon then began screaming semi-coherently about Iraq, Iran and Al Qaeda, and said there was a bomb on the plane. "Say your prayers!" he screamed while running up and down the aisle, according to one report.
Osbon is heard screaming in this clip:
David Gonzalez, a 50-year-old former officer of the New York City Department of Corrections, stepped in. "I said, 'I'm going to show you Iraq and Iran right now,' and I just took him in a choke hold," Gonzalez told ABC News. "I started to cut his windpipe off so he couldn't get any air," he explained, and about three minutes later, Osbon was unconscious. Other passengers assisted in keeping him down until the plane reached the ground.
Air Traffic Control Audio of Flight 191 Emergency Landing:
JetBlue said, in a statement, that an off-duty pilot on the flight joined the remaining pilot on the flight deck after the incident.
Passengers restrain Osbon:
Sidenote for the avgeeks: The incident aircraft, N796JB, was delivered fresh from Airbus last week, and this occurred on just its fourth day in revenue service, according to FlightAware records.
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Join me, April Showers, each Wednesday at 9 am Pacific, 10 am Mountain, 11 am Central and Noon Eastern Time for the High Noon Crop. All coasts and time zones are welcome! These crops are designed to allow you to work on your own photos and themes simply giving participants a one hour goal and a fun, new challenge each week.
On September 12th we'll do a Quote Challenge! Create a layout using a meaningful, inspiring or funny quote. It can be in place of journaling, or use a beloved quote as a starting point for your journaling.
Create your layout and upload it to the special High Noon Crop and Challenge. You'll be amazed what you can get done in just one hour, but there is no High Noon Sheriff timing you! Hope to see you in the chat room!
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Posted 11 September 2012 - 11:49 PM
My Gallery I scrap with Photoshop CS6.
Posted 12 September 2012 - 06:08 AM
Here's mine for this week My Brother
Posted 12 September 2012 - 07:42 AM
My quote layout. My link
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Took me forever to find the photo I wanted - of my friend Laetitia and I so I had to settle for this one, I think it proves Helen Rowland wrong.... as far as we go. LOL
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I like this quote and decided to use it even though the roses in my photos aren't actually wild. Thanks for another fun chat and challenge!
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Even though it's not Wednesday and I didn't go to the chat, I decided to make a page about a quote anyway. Here is Hope.
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