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Feng shi's Method for Producing Steel
Feng Yu Heng was quite interested in walking wherever she pleased, but right now, she had to deal with a rather troubling problem: Teach Xuan Tian Ming how to read simplified characters.
She told Xuan Tian Ming: "I write this way entirely because I am lazy. I want to write a few less strokes. Either way, as long as I understand the meaning, it's fine."
How could Xuan Tian Ming believe this, as he frankly said: "You can just directly tell me that these are Persian words."
She shrugged: "Although I really want to say that, in reality, these really are not Persian words. If you insist on continuing this discussion, it is something that will end up being revealed sooner or later."
Xuan Tian Ming wanted to say that there were quite a few things that she wanted to reveal in the future, but in the end, he was unwilling to expose her. Under Feng Yu Heng's guidance, he began to become accustomed to the simplified characters used in "Feng shi's Method for Producing Steel".
The so-called "Feng shi's Method for Producing Steel" was really just Feng Yu Heng's handwritten guide to producing steel. From the creation of slag to the final step of adding silicon, maintaining control until the end with steel being produced, there were a total of 19 steps. Each step had detailed explanations and instructions. There were also some problems that could not be resolved in the current era. She had done some analysis on her own and found some alternative measures, which were also noted down with instructions. But these alternative measures required some experimentation. It was still unknown if it would succeed or not. This was the hardest part of producing steel for them.
Xuan Tian Ming had a very good ability to absorb knowledge. Feng Yu Heng explained the basics of reading simplified characters then guided him through a few lines. After that, he was already able to figure things out, but some of the more professional terms still required Feng Yu Heng to explain.
Two hours later, he finally put down the guide and said to Feng Yu Heng: "Producing steel is not an easy task. After reading this, I am even more certain of its difficulty. I cannot guarantee that we will definitely succeed, but at the very least, we can give it a try. If one time is not enough, we can try a second time. If two times is not enough, we can try 20 times. No matter how long it takes, I trust that we will succeed in the end. The heavens will not be so pitiless towards my Da Shun."
She nodded. While getting started with tidying up the forge, she said: "This is unrelated to whether or not the heavens take pity on Da Shun. Although I have not personally produced steel, I have personally seen someone else produce it. It's just that some of the tools needed do not exist, so the alternatives are what we need to test."
Xuan Tian Ming became serious and moved his wheelchair. He began to prepare things along with Feng Yu Heng.
The first step in producing steel was producing slag. Compared to the later steps, this was quite easy. Or perhaps it could be said that everything from creating slag to mixing it in the furnace was easy. It just required an electric furnace and some air. Who knew if the large bellows would be able to do the job. Especially in the following step of smelting, oxidizing and removing of carbon, that was when they would truly begin their experimentation.
The two did not care for their image, in fact, Xuan Tian Ming even climbed out of his wheelchair and sat right on the ground. Feng Yu Heng provided technical guidance, while Xuan Tian Ming was the main laborer.
"Creating slag is when the composition of the steel can be adjusted. When creating the slag, the alkalinity and viscosity of the slag have an effect on the product. The purpose is to refine a metal that has the desired temperature and composition." She would say a few things, and he could act. From the quantity of materials to how long something spent in the furnace, everything was strictly regulated. He absolutely did not dare carry on forward. Unfortunately, after the slag came out, Feng Yu Heng shook her head: "No good, the oxidized slag is not sufficiently clean. If it is like this, it's very easy for phosphorus to return to the metal." Thinking a little more, "I feel that everything else is fine. It's just a matter of timing. Although we calculated it very carefully, it was not accurate enough."
Xuan Tian Ming nodded and simply said: "Let's try again."
"Wait a moment." She grabbed his wrist and thought a little longer. She simply removed a clock from a wall in her space.
Xuan Tian Ming watched her pull out a large thing that absolutely could not fit inside her sleeve. His hair even stood on end. Fortunately, he had experienced the soldiers being poisoned at the end of the previous year, so he had seen this girl pull out a butt from her sleeve. Although he was still shocked, he did not view Feng Yu Heng as a monster. Moreover, Xuan Tian Ming understood that something that was out of the ordinary would be viewed as demonic. Thinking along these lines, this little wife of his would have been viewed as a deity.
"This thing is called a clock." Feng Yu Heng felt guilty and did not dare explain where this thing had come from. She chose to avoid the important details and spoke on the trivial, explaining how to use the clock. She told Xuan Tian Ming: "There are three hands on the clock. One is the hour hand, one is the minute hand, and one is the second hand. It follows the same principle as the sundial used in our Da Shun. It's just that the sundial has 12 two hour intervals, while the clock is divided into 24 hours. That is to say, one interval on the sundial is equal to two hours."
She patiently made sure that Xuan Tian Ming understood how to use a clock then said: "The process of creating a slag requires one hour and 45 minutes. This time, we will be more accurate when using the clock. Let's try again."
"Good." He nodded and pointed to the 12-o'clock position on the clock and said: "When the minute and second hand reach this point, we will begin. This time, we cannot miss a moment."
The two prepared everything necessary one more time and stared intently at the clock for the remaining two minutes. One second at a time, they finally saw the second hand tick once more. The instant that it landed in position, Xuan Tian Ming immediately set to work.
Feng Yu Heng stared nervously, following along and giving instructions one more time.
Xuan Tian Ming was very quick to remember. After doing it once personally, he was able to completely memorize the process. His movements were skillful, and it looked as though he was a veteran. Even Feng Yu Heng had to praise this person for being quite smart. No matter what he did, it was like this.
Finally, all of the processes were completed, and all that remained was to wait. Last time, they would occasionally speak a bit, but this time, even with a clock there, the two were even more nervous. There was not a single bit of communication between the two. Their eyes were fixed on the clock for the entire time, and they did not dare to shift their gazes in the slightest.
When only one minute remained, Feng Yu Heng quietly reminded: "Prepare to open the furnace. When two seconds remain, it must be retrieved from the furnace."
Xuan Tian Ming nodded, his hand remaining on the handle of the furnace.
Finally, the last minute came to an end. In practically the instant that the second hand reached the 12-o'clock position, Xuan Tian Ming opened up the furnace, and a wave of heat rushed out. When the shovel was pulled out from the furnace, he heard Feng Yu Heng shout: "It succeeded!"
Once these two words came out of her mouth, Xuan Tian Ming also became emotional. Looking at the slag on the shovel, he asked Feng Yu Heng with uncertainty: "It really succeeded?"
Feng Yu Heng nodded, "Yes! Not only was it a success, you produced the best slag. With this, our following steps will have a solid foundation. Xuan Tian Ming, you really are skilled!"
She had sincerely praised him, and Xuan Tian Ming also let out a sigh of relief. This was only the first step. If they had to repeat the first step too many times, the morale would have dropped too low.
"We must continue to produce slag." Feng Yu Heng said: "Although we were only trying to produce a piece of steel, the intermediate steps will end in countless failures. With every failure, the materials will become scrap. Creating slag is the first step, and we must ensure that we have a sufficient amount of materials from this first step to continue with the next steps."
Xuan Tian Ming nodded, "Fine, then let's create a few more batches. Either way, it is more practice." As he said this, he moved the successful piece to the side and placed more materials into the furnace, beginning another round of slag creation.
This time, he was a little more practiced. He also became better at reading the time from the clock. There was practically no more need for Feng Yu Heng to remind him. He was able to handle the entire process on his own.
However, Xuan Tian Ming did not think that when it was pulled out this time, his wife would shake her head: "No good, the quality is worse than the last time. It should be a problem with the temperature at the beginning. We were a bit rushed. You need to be a little calmer."
"Then let's go again." Without saying another word, he set to work once more.
The fourth time, success.
The fifth time, success.
The sixth time, failure.
The seventh time, success.
Feng Yu Heng kept track in her mind. In the beginning, it would be two success for every failure. Sometimes, there would be two failures in a row. After Xuan Tian Ming did it the sixteenth time, his success rate began to increase in a linear fashion, as he succeeded ten times in a row.
Feng Yu Heng told him: "You have already mastered the essence of creating slag. The amount of product that we have now is enough to use freely barring any unexpected problems. Let's do this now and continue forward. If we truly do not have enough, we can come back and make more."
Xuan Tian Ming nodded and looked at the clock once more, saying: "We cannot keep going. You must rest." He pointed at the clock and said: "Based on the rules of time that you taught, it should be dinner time right now. Also, it's the dinner time of the second day since we entered this place. Heng Heng, it's been a night since you last slept, and you have not eaten anything."
"Huh?" She was a little surprised. Being locked up in this place and focusing on a single matter, she could not tell the flow of time at all. However, she did not think that one day and one night had already passed. It would be fine if it was not mentioned, but once it was, it caused her stomach to rumble from the hunger. She could not help but complain: "Really, if we don't go out, would nobody think to come in and send us food?"
Xuan Tian Ming helplessly told her: "Over that time, they came six times, and I could even smell the rice, but they were chased away by you."
"I chased them away?" Feng Yu Heng did not remember the matter of chasing people away at all, "How could that be possible?"
"How could that not be possible?" Xuan Tian Ming pointed at the pile of empty bottles of mineral water and said: "If it was not for these things, I figure we would have died of dehydration."
Feng Yu Heng lost it!
When had she brought out so many bottles of mineral water? Looking at the number of bottles, it was not enough for a full case, but it was more than half a case. Damn, she had taken so many things out of her sleeve, Xuan Tian Ming definitely viewed her as some sort of monster.
Just as she was thinking her nonsense, she turned to look at Xuan Tian Ming. Surprised, she noticed that he was actually… "What are you eating?" Feng Yu Heng regained control and rushed to his side. Staring with eyes filled with horror, she tore away the paper that hung from his mouth.
Then, then she was speechless.
Over the past day and night, what exactly had she done?


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The privilege of a stockholder to maintain a proportionate share of the ownership of a corporation by purchasing a proportionate share of any new stock issues.
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Get Your Boat Ready for the Season
Planning is the key to timely and efficient drydocking, according to Al Turner, Sr. Project Manager at Alaska Ship & Drydock, one of Vigor Industrial's seven shipyards. The two most important things that commercial vessel/fleet owners and operators should do is book maintenance time early and provide the yard a clear scope of the work to be performed. "They're going to have different scopes of work, depending on what was done the year before," he says.
Bryan Nichols, Sales Representative, Vigor Industrial adds: "Commercial fishermen are fishing so many seasons now, they can be coming in for maintenance at almost any time of the year," he says. "As soon as you know when you will have the time, get that booked and you will have a greater chance of getting in the drydock when it fits your schedule."
Here are Turner and Nichol's basic tips to keep in mind for your next drydocking session:
Provide drawings. A set of vessel and tank drawings is appreciated so the yard can prepare ahead of time.
If the project scope includes work in or around fuel tanks, come in with as little fuel as possible on board. If your fuel tanks are full or near-full, the fuel will need to be removed, adding extra expense to your drydock costs.
Come in with low stores. If you're planning to be out of the water for any length of time, ensure any freezer foods are either used, transported elsewhere or discarded as necessary.
Know your paint brands and model numbers. If you're providing the paint for your vessel, make sure you provide enough to complete the job and let the yard know the brand and color you need. This is important, especially for a quick turn-around job.
Don't skimp on the paint. If you're paying the money to get hauled out of the water, make sure you have good paint on the bottom. Some owners try to save money on surface prep or by using a cover coat. It's the surface prep that determines how long your whole coating system lasts, so an adequate surface prep coat is as important as anything else to the life of the paint job.
Identify outside contractors. If there is work like an engine overhaul to be done, that's another thing to communicate with the yard early in the process. Different yards will have different rules for entry and work rules for visiting contractors. Advance notice is critical for sequencing the work that the shipyard has to do with outside contractors.
Longer-term drydocking and fleet agreements. At Alaska Ship & Drydock, there are two drydocks, 9,600 LT and 3,600 LT that can handle a wide range of vessels from 100 feet in length up to large factory trawlers. Vessels can be transferred on shore if work required will take a month or longer. Cost-saving fleet agreements can also help, as operation costs on a floating dry dock are typically higher than what it would be for a marine railway, a travel lift, or almost any other kind of lift.
Alaska Ship & Drydock works under the direction of their customers and current drydock needs, however, there are typical routine maintenance tasks performed as Turner explains: "The first thing we do is pressure-wash the bottom and see what the coatings look like. Then we normally take shaft bearing clearance readings. Next we inspect the rudder/rudder bearing by taking readings in four different locations on each bearing on the rudder. If the ship has bow thrusters, we usually pop the grates off the bow thruster and take an oil sample and send it off to make sure there are no iron filings or any water in the bow thruster oil. We also check all the sea valves that are connected to the skin on the underwater body and the overboard valves, take them apart and make sure they're seating properly."
Turner says for underwater paint job and inspections, plan on having your vessel in dry dock from eight to 10 days minimum. "It takes cure time between each coat of paint."
When it comes to maintaining engine support systems, there are several areas that need attention when preparing vessels for the season. "A lot of people don't put their equipment away properly at the end of the season, and exactly what you do at the beginning of the season is dictated by what you do at the end," says Bill Mossey, Director, Off Highways Division for Pacific Power Products based in Kent, Washington. "Regardless, checking each support system and the propulsion system are critical to reliability in the upcoming season."
Following are some of the most important areas Mossey says should be checked:
Consult your manufacturer manuals and servicing dealer. Each engine and engine manufacturer has his own requirements. Your local dealer will understand any typical unique requirements your environment may cause. Be sure to study and understand the manufacturer requirements for lubricants, coolant and maintenance. If your engine or vessel is new to you, don't assume that it is like your previous equipment. Vessel systems are different as are engines and reduction gears. Consulting the experts is critical to ensuring the highest reliability.
Batteries. With today's electronic engines, battery systems are ever more important, and for vessels having been out of service for the winter, this is an area not to be overlooked. This should be the first area to check over and inspect. Clean the battery and inspect the case for warping, cracks and other damage. Ensure the connections are corrosion-free, clean and protected. Inspect the battery fluid level and if needed, add distilled water to each cell as required. Check the specific gravity of each cell; re-charge if below 1.210 and replace if any cell is more than 30 points different than another. If possible, have a local provider do a load test on batteries. Also inspect the battery cables and make sure connections are clean and free of corrosion. Inspect the battery charging system. Look at your instrument panel and see if the battery charging light is out or that your voltmeter shows the battery is being charged in the normal range (13.2-14.4 volts for a 12v system).
Fuel system. If tanks aren't at full capacity over the winter, with the temperature changes, water can condense in them and sink to the bottom. If you have drains that are accessible to the fuel tanks, drain any water or other contamination that has collected. Some tanks are designed in such a fashion that you can put a dip-tube down to the bottom of the tank and extract any water that's in them. Be sure to change both primary and engine-mounted secondary fuel filters. If you have water-separating fuel filters, besides changing the element, inspect the canisters or bowl area of the filter and clean as required.
Exhaust system. Be on the lookout for telltale signs of exhaust problems such as signs of soot anywhere in the engine room, around the hull structure or the engine hatches. This is a sign that there is a leak of exhaust gas or exhaust soot from somewhere in the exhaust system. Identify the leak and repair it as it's very damaging to the engine and shortens the engine life. It can plug air filters, causing high fuel burn consumption rates and generally poor performance. Even if you don't find any leaks, perform a good inspection of the dry exhaust system for corrosion, loose fasteners, failed gaskets and cracks in flexible exhaust bellows or flexible exhaust connections.
Engine coolant. Most Alaskan commercial fishing vessels will have antifreeze, however, it's important to remember that it is not a "forever life" product. Anti-freeze serves two purposes; it keeps the coolant from freezing, and it also controls corrosion, galvanic action and cavitation within the engine.
Purchase a coolant sample kit from your local engine provider. In the laboratory, the coolant will be run through a series of tests to let you know not only about the level of the freeze protection, but more importantly, the level of inhibitive products that are in the coolant mixture. That will also help you know whether or not the coolant needs to be changed. Alternately, you can flush the engine and replace it.
There are many different anti-freeze products with different life spans and chemical make-up. It's best to determine what type of anti-freeze you have and thereby, how frequently it needs to be changed. If you don't know what that product is and it's older than five years, it should be changed no matter what. If you have a keel-cooled system, you should drain the keel coolers entirely before installing new coolant.
Don't be fooled if the overheating light doesn't turn on. That's not enough to let you know what's really happening in today's modern engines. Most have dissimilar metals; aluminum, cast iron, titanium, and copper nickel. The coolant plays a critical part in ensuring long life and trouble-free operation. Also ensure that you don't mix coolants, e.g. if your coolant is green in color, only replace with green coolant. Ensure you either purchase pre-mixed coolant or, if you use water and concentrates, use distilled water or ensure the local water source meets the manufacturer's requirements. We can't overemphasize the need to make sure your coolant in the engine is the proper mixture, with the needed inhibitors and proper PH. If you are unsure what to do, consult your dealer.
Heat exchanger-cooled/raw water-cooled system. Most heat exchanger-cooled engines have a rubber type impeller pump for seawater. This pump should be inspected. Remove the cover and impeller and inspect the cover and impeller for wear. We prefer for customers to replace the impeller. When the impeller is removed, inspect the wear cam and back plate for wear and replace as needed. Most of these systems will include zinc anodes in the raw water system. Remove and replace these as needed. Be sure to inspect any reduction gear oil coolers and other auxiliary coolers in your system.
Engine pulleys. Pulleys for alternators, water pumps and other equipment need to be inspected for corrosion, and cleaned up. The belts should be inspected visually for cracks and other normal deterioration and replaced if necessary. Be sure to tension all belts as called out for by your maintenance manuals.
Engine mounts. Re-adjust all the mounts as needed during the alignment check after the vessel is launched and set the isolators according to the manufacturer directions. Whether the engine mounts are rigidly-mounted or resiliently-mounted, all the fasteners should be checked for tightness. If it's resiliently-mounted, the rubber in those isolators should be visually inspected for breakdowns, swelling from having oil or diesel fuel on them and replaced as necessary. Also inspect any studs for being broken as they often are without any noticeable signs.
Air filters. Air filters should be inspected, and if they're wet or dirty, should be replaced. When the air filter is removed, it's a good idea to take a flashlight and look into the turbocharger. If you see anything other than a clean-bladed turbo compressor wheel, e.g., if it's all dark and black and oily and greasy, then call your local service rep and have that inspected.
Reduction gearboxes. All the guidelines from the manufacturer should be followed. Oil should be changed at the beginning of the season. Many reduction gears have a filter or screen that should be checked, cleaned or replaced, depending on the type of transmission. Ensure the shift valves operate smoothly and are free, and inspect connections for electrical pressure and temperature sensors as needed.
Control systems. Visually inspect the throttle and gearshift control systems and make sure they're operating smoothly and are tested before you leave the dock. If your boat has multiple stations, go to each one and make sure it's functioning properly. For mechanical systems, consult the systems manual for lubrication requirements.
Before starting engine. Before attempting to start the engine with the starter motor, you should manually bar or crank the engine over because if your exhaust system or dry exhaust stack hasn't been sealed up well for the winter, rain and snow can get in the cylinders. If you crank the engine with the starter motor, you can risk damaging the engine. Put a wrench on the crankshaft (some engines have a particular place to bar them over) and manually turn the engine over two revolutions. As long as you can turn it over two revolutions, you'll know there is no water in the cylinders and you can now start the engine without any concern.
Tune-up requirements. Valve adjustments and injector servicing are important. It's best to consult with the manufacturer's specific recommendations and your local dealer, along with the records of what you've done in previous years. Some of those items don't need to be done annually. A lot of that depends on how many operating hours per year you put on your engines. If you haven't serviced your injectors in one or two years, you should discuss this with your servicing dealer. Many newer engines have more frequent requirements for injector change intervals. Seek advice, especially if there are any unusual operating conditions of the engine.
Gasoline-powered boats. There aren't that many around anymore but if you have one of these, you'll need to go through the ignition system of the vessel, making sure the ignition system is in good condition. Replace the spark plugs, points and condenser. Inspect the distributor cap and rotor and replace as needed. Consult your dealer and owner's manual for any additional services required.
Do your own sea trial. When you start the engine for the first time, run the engine at the dock. Thoroughly check the engine. Inspect each pump for leaks as well as generally around the ending and reduction gear. Run the engine until it warms up, then shut it down and check all fluid levels before heading out for the sea trial. During sea trials, gradually run the engine RPM up and keep inspecting the instruments. Listen, look and feel for abnormal signs. Run up to full power and determine if the engine makes the expected wide-open throttle RPM and if the instruments indicate a normal operating engine.
The above information focuses only on the engine, reduction gear and support systems. Don't forget to also address the balance of your vessel's systems to ensure you have the best chance at a trouble-free season.
Phil Riise, owner of Seaview Boatyards of Seattle and Bellingham says the Bellingham facility, in particular, offers commercial fishermen the option of working on their own vessels or having the yard participate in the work at any level they require. Seaview Boatyards handles steel, aluminum, fiberglass and wood boats. "We have a tremendous amount of fishermen that come to us every spring, primarily the Seine fleet that stop on their way to southeast Alaska," he reports.
Following are Riise's absolute must-do seasonal tasks:
Get a fresh new coat of bottom paint. For wood Seiners, ensure you get a good bottom copper paint. Steel and aluminum boats typically go with a vinyl-type hard-based paint, and require high-quality epoxy coatings above and below the waterline to protect the steel and aluminum from the environment. Protect the bottom of your boat and always renew your copper paint on a seasonal basis.
Use aluminum anodes. They are a far superior product to zinc anodes, are mil spec, meet ISO standards, and will protect steel, aluminum, fiberglass and wood boats from electrolysis due to the specific aluminum alloy used in the anodes. They are also more cost-effective, and since they are cadmium-free, better for the environment. Anode protection can play a major role in the effectiveness of your catch, especially in the case of trollers.
Ensure your propulsion system is in good shape. Check that your shaft is true and the prop is balanced and is functioning at its maximum performance. If your prop has any fouling like barnacle growth, it will affect fuel efficiency. Check the stern cutlass bearings because if anything in this system goes out during your fishing season, you are in big trouble. Anything that's out of balance can cause vibration throughout the boat and will negatively affect your catching ability.
Service engine, gen set, hydraulic and fuel systems. A routine service and maintenance plan is critical. Lube, oil and filters for these systems should all be changed religiously. Also make sure you have the proper systems in place to keep your diesel fuel clean.
Maintain your sea chests. Sea chests and underwater valve systems should be inspected, serviced, greased and maintained regularly. Check your rudder bearings and the area where the bearings pass through the hull to make sure the packing at the shaft propulsion and the rudder packing glands are in good shape. Riise recommends using Gore-Tex packing because it's as close to being a dripless seal as possible, yet it holds up better than any other packing material out there. If you want to keep your bilges as dry as possible, use this product.
Plan ahead. When it comes to booking your drydock, Riise suggests, "When you need to go north, planning is better than reacting. Figure out what you can do yourself and who you want to hire that you trust to work on your boat. Your asset is out there to do one thing; catch fish and make you money, so determine what you're really good at and decide on the yard you want based on the yard's expertise."
Keep a log. Finally, he encourages vessel owners to keep a log on what worked and what didn't work during the season, prioritize the list, and before putting the boat away for the winter, look at some of the things that make economic sense to do at that time. "More planning at the end of the fishing season better prepares you for the next season coming up."


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Vintage Corvettes can be restored—and many have been over the years, to a condition just like they were when they rolled out of Flint Assembly in 1953, or St. Louis Assembly from 1954 to 1981, or Bowling Green from late 1981 onward.
But a Corvette is only original once, when it wears not only its original colors and options, but still bears the markings that went on when it went down the assembly line.
Such is the case with this '70 Corvette Stingray coupe, the 28th one built during the abbreviated 1970 model run. (A strike at St. Louis Assembly from May to August 1969 caused Chevy's then-General Manager John DeLorean to extend the '69 model run by four months, to clear a backlog of unfilled orders before the change-over to '70 specifications began in December.)
There was plenty new for 1970. The shark's body got a new "egg-crate" grille and fender vents, fender flares, and rectangular-shaped exhausts. Formerly optional features such as tinted glass, Positraction, and the M20 four-speed manual gearbox were now standard, and the M40 Turbo-400 automatic was now a no-extra-charge option.
Corvette's engine lineup also got a makeover for '70, with the 327- and 427-inch powerplants disappearing from the equipment list. Replacing them was a choice of 350-inch small-blocks—the base, 300-horsepower ZQ3, the 350hp L46, and the new, solid-lifter, 370-horse LT-1—and one factory big-block, the 390hp LS5 454. The (likely underrated) 450hp LS6 and 465hp LS7 454s that had been intended for RPO duty in the '70 Vette were available as crate engines only that year, thanks to the 14th Floor overruling DeLorean's approval of those options.
Though built on the first day of '70 Corvette production, this shark wasn't sold to its first owner until July 22 of that year, per the invoice from Prince Chevrolet in Princeton, New Jersey. Equipped with the ZQ3 350, Turbo-400, power steering, standard interior trim with "Comfort Weave" knit-cloth seating surfaces, whitewalls, and a Delco AM/FM radio, the sticker price came to $5,679.80, plus a $125 destination charge. The original owner traded a '66 Sting Ray coupe (for which Prince Chevrolet gave an allowance of $3,179.80) and a cashier's check for $2,625, and he drove his Mulsanne Blue C3 home that day.
That original owner drove the car until 1973, then garaged it until 1995, when the second owner bought it. This C3 had been bought and sold again (but not driven much) when Mark Rudnick entered the picture in November 2000, after seeing it at an NCRS judging clinic held at a Corvette restoration shop.
"I'd always liked the shark cars, and I became enamored with the chrome-bumper sharks," he says. The '70s factory color also appealed to Rudnick.
Though this 28th-built '70 had moved ahead in time three decades, it had only covered 13,805 miles on the road during that time, and that odometer reading spoke loudly to Rudnick.
"When I saw this car, and realized that it was an original, unrestored car with that kind of low mileage, that's what made me want to buy it." Soon, he had the C3 in his garage, where two previous sharks (both of them '77s) had resided, as well as a '95 LT1 convertible that he'd bought new.
In just over a decade, Rudnick has put less than 1,700 miles on his '70.
"I don't drive it very much at all, and I need to start doing it a little bit more," he says, adding, "That's the problem with a very-low-mileage, original, unrestored Corvette. You're so fearful of anything happening to it, and then—all of a sudden—it's no longer that 'virgin' car."
Still, he's shown the car and earned an NCRS Regional Top Flight with it, as well as an NCRS "3 Star Award" recognizing the shark's preservation. Rudnick adds that even more special recognition comes from those who see it and recognize its significance.
"People who really know and like Corvettes are just blown away by it," he says, while adding that their reaction is especially keen when they see the original markings on the car from St. Louis Assembly, and when they spy other telltale signs demonstrating how The General built Corvettes way back when.
What's it like to drive? "This one's a lot of fun," says Rudnick. "Because there's no smog equipment on it or catalytic converters, it still has the higher compression, and it's still a fun ride."
If Rudnick had the chance to go back in time and get another '70 Corvette, would it look anything like this one? Possibly. It would still be painted Mulsanne Blue at St. Louis—but there'd be one big change underneath that acrylic lacquer.
"My ultimate would be for it to be an LT-1. A '70 Mulsanne Blue LT-1 coupe." Rudnick says it would be easy to tell apart from this ZQ3-powered C3—by the distinctively-striped LT1 hood, "and its awesome power difference," he adds.
Maybe you're one who'd like to find a low-mileage original Corvette of any vintage. If you are, Rudnick has this advice: "Keep looking! They're few and far between, but for people who like original, unrestored cars, they're in a class by themselves."


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James Hatton was born in Bolton in 1886 and was the son of Edward Hatton, a machine iron turner, and Mary Hatton (née Osborne).
James first appeared on the 1891 Census living at 37 Andrew Street with his parents and brothers John Joseph (b.1882) and William Henry (b.1883).
In 1901 the family were living at 50 Irving Street, Bolton with the addition of a sister Elizabeth (b.1893). By this point James was about 15 years old and was working as a plaiter down in a bleachworks.
On the 1911 Census his sister Elizabeth was living in the Catholic Girls' Home in Clarence Street, Bolton – not an institution but respectable accommodation run by the adjoining Convent for girls who would have been homeless otherwise. She was also employed as a laundress at the home.
When war broke out James enlisted into the Army at Bolton and joined the 6th (Service) Battalion of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment with the number 11507.
He sailed for Gallipoli from Avonmouth aboard HMT Braemar Castle on 15th June 1915 and unfortunately would be reported missing (later presumed to have been killed) during the action at Chunuk Bair on the 9th August 1915.
The official despatch about the action states;
"The two battalions of the New Army chosen to hold Chunuk Bair were the 6th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. The first of these arrived in good time and occupied the trenches. Even in the darkness their commanding officer, Lieut-Colonel H.G. Levinge, recognized how dangerously these trenches were sited, and he began at once to dig observation posts on the actual crest and to strengthen the defences where he could; but he had not time given him to do much.
The second battalion, the Wiltshires, were delayed by the intricate country; they did not reach the edge of the entrenchment until 4am, and were then told to lie down in what was believed, erroneously, to be a covered position. At daybreak on Tuesday 10th August, the Turks delivered a grand attack from the Chunuk Bair Hill-Q against these two battalions, already weakened in numbers, though not in spirit, by previous fighting.
First our men were shelled by every enemy gun, and then, at 5.30am, were assaulted by a huge column consisting of no less than a full division, plus a regiment of three battalions.
The Loyal North Lancashire men were simply overwhelmed in their shallow trenches by sheer weight in numbers, whilst the Wiltshires who were caught in the open, were literally almost annihilated. The ponderous mass of enemy swept over the crest, turned the right flank of our line below, swarmed round the Hampshires and General Baldwin's column, which had to which had to give ground and were only extricated with great difficulty and very heavy losses.
Towards this supreme struggle the absolute last two battalions from our general reserve were now hurried, but by 10am, the effort of the enemy was spent. Soon their shattered remnants began to trickle back, leaving a track of corpses behind them, and by nightfall, except prisoners or wounded, no live Turk was left upon our side of the slope."
James is remembered on the Helles Memorial and his next of kin later received his 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Allied Victory Medal. They would also receive a memorial plaque and scroll bearing his name and in recognition of his sacrifice. His war gratuity was paid to his father.
Rank: Private
Service No: 11507
Date of Death: 09/08/1915
Age: 29
Regiment/Service: The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, 6th Bn.
Memorial: HELLES MEMORIAL
This article has been reproduced with kind permission from the DBBC young roots heritage project. The young people identified and researched the the servicemen pictured in a 1916 Bolton Journal and Guardian supplement who were killed at Gallipoli. You can visit their website by clicking on the DBBC logo.
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Examine the rectum, the rectum curves to the right and passes out of the median plane of section which lies within the concavity of the pelvic surface of the sacrum and the coccyx. Confirm that only the anterior and lateral surface of the rectum is covered by peritoneum. The rectum is continuous distally with the anal canal at the rectoanal junction (Figure 43.6).Clean the internal aspect of the rectum and anal canal, and attempt to identify three transverse rectal folds (of Houston), which project into its lumen. On the internal wall of the anal canal, identify the vertical anal columns and anal sinuses . At the distal end of the anal columns, identify anal valves,
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Eleven IFYEs (International 4-H Youth Exchange) delegates will be visiting Colorado this summer and fall. Colorado 4-H is looking for host families for these youth who are between 16 – 24 years of age and the IFYEs would be spending two to three weeks with host families.
Colorado began participating in the IFYE program in 1951, although the program was developed in 1948 as a post-war peace effort involving 4-H farm youth from around the world. Currently, IFYE participants come from countries on every continent. Colorado's IFYE program is one of the strongest in the United States.
Each year Colorado, through sponsorship by the Colorado 4-H Foundation, sends two to three youth between 19-30 years of age to participate in a six month international experience of living and working with several host families for about three weeks at a time. Sarah Northup from Sterling recently participated in this program.
The IFYE programs enhance the 4-H program through international, cross-cultural experiences that enable young people to improve their leadership and communication skills, while increasing their international awareness and understanding.
To get involved, call the Logan County Extension Office at (970) 522-3200. There are eleven IFYEs from ten different countries. The home-stay experience is very important in the IFYE program. The delegates become just like a member of the family for the 2-3 weeks. All delegates have medical insurance and personal spending money. For more information about the youth or if you want to host, contact the Logan County Extension Office at (970) 522-3200. Youth who will be in Colorado are from Austria, Germany, Greece, Finland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Taiwan. All IFYEs speak English and have interest in agriculture.
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RIAA/IFPI Explored Possible Lawsuit Against Google For Not Ranking iTunes Above Pirate Bay
from the good-luck-with-that deptOver the years we've seen a few lawsuits against Google because companies are upset that they don't rank high enough in search results. Those companies seem to think there's some sort of legal right to being ranked where they want to be ranked. Pretty much all of those lawsuits have resulted in dismissals. Google's search rankings are an opinion and thus protected under the First Amendment.
Of course, most of those suing over this are kooks... but apparently a much larger potential lawsuit on this issue has been considered. The IFPI and the RIAA supposedly have asked for a confidential legal analysis concerning the legal issues if they sued Google for sometimes showing unauthorized sites above authorized sites in its search results. In other words, in the mind of the RIAA/IFPI if Google shows The Pirate Bay over iTunes... that must be illegal:
"Google continues to fail to prioritize legal music sites over illegal sites in search results, claiming that its algorithm for search results is based on the relevance of sites to consumers," the document states.Of course all of this shows a massive misunderstanding of how Google works. The IFPI seems to honestly think that Google employees are making a conscious choice that "let's rank these unauthorized sites higher." They don't seem to understand how algorithmic search results work.
"With a view to addressing this failure, IFPI obtained a highly confidential and preliminary legal opinion in July 2011 on the possibility of bringing a competition law complaint against Google for abuse of its dominant position, given the distortion of the market for legitimate online music that is likely to result from Google's prioritizing of illegal sites."
The fact that no lawsuit has appeared since July suggests that (hopefully) the "legal opinion" explained to the IFPI that any such lawsuit would likely be laughed out of court. Hell they just had to look at the dismissal of the myTriggers lawsuit in September if they wanted to understand why such a legal strategy is destined to fail miserably.
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This is probably the best Frank Lloyd Wright story I've ever heard. A 12-year-old boy Jim Berger from San Anselmo, CA asked FLW if he would design a home for his black Labrador, Eddie. "I would appreciate it if you would design me a doghouse, which would be easy to build, but would go with our house...," read the letter dated June 19, 1956. "[My dog] is two and a half feet high and three feet long. The reasons [sic] I would like this doghouse is for the winters mainly." And he mentioned to pay with the money he made from his paper route. FLW was quite busy with the Guggenheim at that time, but he did eventually send drawings to the boy 5 months later, free of charge.
|Jim Berger's letter asking FLW to design a doghouse
|FLW's response
The fact that somebody like FLW would agree and actually designed a doghouse for some 12-year-old kid is amazing. By "someone like FLW," I don't mean "the greatest architect of all time" as some others think. I'm talking about a famous but self-centered, arrogant, cunning, and ingratiating old man. Ken Burns, who made a documentary on Wright for PBS, called him a schmuck. Lewis Mumford described that "he lived from first to last like a God, one who acts but is not acted upon." When questioned about his vanity, FLW justified himself by saying: "Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility; I chose honest arrogance." Once while testifying in court, FLW referred to himself as the world's greatest architect. Asked later how he could make such an excessive claim, he replied, "Well, I was under oath, wasn't I?"
FLW saw Le Corbusier as a rival. He called the Villa Savoye "a box on stilts." When Corb was in Chicago, FLW declined to meet the visitor from Paris. On the other hand, Corb himself also had a rather difficult and controversial personality. Nicholas Fox Weber, author of Le Corbusier: A Life, used contradictory words to describe him: compassionate, arrogant, generous, selfish, Calvinist, hedonistic, proud, enraged, ecstatic, sad, provocative, unique. When Corb went to America, he wanted to dominate the design board for the new UN headquarters, and eventually got into a power fight with Wally Harrison. Corb's relationships with clients often ended badly. He was not very kind to his own employees either, even people like Iannis Xenakis, who contributed greatly on fantastic design of the Philips Pavilion and La Tourette. Corb started to dislike Xenakis after he found out that Xenakis had kept direct contact with a client without his permission. One summer when Xenakis went back to the office after vacation, he found the lock had changed. Shortly after, he received a letter from Corb which begins, "Modern architecture triumphs in France; it has been adapted. Today you may find a field of application for everything which you have acquired by yourself as well as through your work with me."
This reminds me of how Steve Jobs treated Wozniak. After leaving Apple, Woz decided to start a company to make a universal remote control that he had invented. He approached frogdesign, a California-based company who also did design work for Apple, to design his device. But Jobs stretched all his power to make sure it didn't happen. He told the Wall Street Journal, "We don't want to see our design language used on other products. Woz has to find his own resources. He can't leverage off Apple's resources; we can't treat him specially." Woz was not the only victim. Walter Isaacson wrote that Jobs was "frequently obnoxious, rude, selfish, and nasty to other people." Even his old lover Tina Redse complained that it was incredibly painful to "be in love with someone so self-centered." She read a psychiatric manual about Narcissistic Personality Disorder and decided that Jobs met perfectly all the criteria. In the office, he was mean and abusive, super hard to work with. He would "introduce tension, politics, and hassles," with a mood swing that "resembles a high-voltage alternating current." He was prone to tell people they were "dumb shit" and what they had done looked like shit. At the same time he was also a master of manipulation. Once you fall into his "reality distortion field," you would be easily encouraged to work your ass off for him. Most of the Mac team, for example, got extremely burnt out at the end, and some even went schizo.
Many architectural offices also have the reputation of over-working people, and OMA is probably the most notorious. Rem would call up his staff in the middle of the night asking for design updates, just because he was bored in the hotel room in a different time zone. It's so hard to get him for meetings that the teams had to rent a conference room at the airport and meet him there. But there was no guarantee that he would show up. For the times he did come, he might cut you off in the middle of the sentence and said, "How can you be so fucking stupid? I have a plane to catch." I remember when I visited the OMA Rotterdam office, people got so nervous when someone said "Jesus is coming!" It reminded me of the scene in The Devil Wears Prada when Meryl Streep walks in the office. Well, Rem wears Prada as well.
I keep asking myself: does one really need to be either a psycho or an asshole to excel in creativity? Are those callous behaviors natural companions to fame and success? A friend said he did not mind arrogance as long as the person had real talent. Another friend said it was just a way for them to get things done. I guess if you look at it positively, you will find words like confident, passionate, decisive, persuasive, and efficient. Just that they have pushed it too hard that it appears as cocky, stubborn, controlling, manipulative, and cold-blooded.
I live in a modernist apartment building, reading the biographies on my iPad, and posting this text with a Mac. At the end, the asshole personalities of these stars are transcended by the brilliance they've left us. As said in the "Think Different" ad, "the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."


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Only three questions....
The questions given below are based on the lecture notes, and are intended to familiarize you with concepts of arrays, ArrayList and inheritance.
1. Arrays
Write a program that read in 16 values from the keyboard and store them into a two dimension array (myArray). The program then calculate the sum of every row elements and every column elements an put this sum into elements of two arrays (one for the rows rowSum and the other for columns- colSum ) ,then the program print the three arrays.
2. ArrayList class
You are to write a simple names book program. A names book contains names of your friends. Store your names book as an ArrayList with entries contains strings that represent the names. Your program must tell you how many friends you have and which one of them has the longest name.
3. Inheritance
Design and draw the UML class diagram of a set of classes that define the employees of a Hospital, the classes are:
HospitalPerson , Doctor and Nurse.
Where HospitalPerson is a supper class, Doctor and Nurse are subclasses.
Design your classes to satisfy the following requirements:
1. Each HospitalPerson has a name and an idNumber.
2. A Doctor has in addition a specialty attribute, while a Nurse has a
maxDutyHours attribute.
3. We want to have a special print (output information) as following:
a. The name and idNumber of a HospitalPerson works for the Hospital.
b. The specialty of a Doctor.
c. The maxDutyHours of a Nurse.


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4:45 am Saturday March 9, 12 SMU Spring Breakers piled into the white Outdoor Adventure van, closely situated after only just learning each other's names and majors. 14 hours later, 7:00 pm Mountain Time, the van pulled into the Rio Rancho Comfort Inn, completing day one of the road trip to Canyonlands National Park, UT.
For spring break 2013, SMU's Outdoor Adventure Program took eight students backpacking March 9 – 17 through the Needles District of Utah's Canyonlands National Park. The trip was planned and led by student Leaders Jeremy Rechtien, Grant Ryden and Karly Hanson. Program director Albert Mitugo also tagged along.
Students of different ages and languages came together for a unique experience. Graduate students Sanket Ghormade and Leo Yu, transfer student Chanesia Johnson, Jing Jing Yang, sophomores Arvin Tsai, Lizzie Wilson, and freshmen Alex Stephens and Becca Rothstein all signed up for a spring break away in the back country. Only two had backpacking experience, and only four had been camping before.
The trip itinerary consisted of two driving days, the first night spent in the Comfort Inn and the second camping out at the privately owned Needles Outpost – the last running water and traditional restrooms the group would see for five days. From there, they left the van behind at the trail head and hiked to their first two camp sites in Big Spring. Day two they spent at Squaw Flat, Day three and four they were at Lost Canyon, and on day five they camped along the Horse Canyon trail. In order to reduce the group's impact as much as possible, the leaders split into pairs and each lead a half of the group to a different camp site. The two groups would meet up in the morning and complete the majority of the day hikes together, and then go their separate ways late in the afternoon to camp sites about one mile apart.
The first night sleeping outside at Needles Outpost was by far the coldest, with temperatures plummeting as low as 20 degrees F. Hot drinks were cradled under layers in attempt to create warmth, participants huddled like penguins jumping up and down as the feeling in their toes surrendered to the cold. However, this did not stop the participants from staying up and admiring the luminous starry night. They huddled up by Grant's telescope as he described and pointed out the different winter time constellations such as Orion and The Pleiades, and the brightest star in the night sky, Sirius.
Leaders Albert, Jeremy, Grant, and Karly decided not to put up a tent and enjoy the serenity of sleeping under the stars, only to wake up with frozen sleeping bags. Even Albert said it was the coldest night he has experienced in the canyon lands despite his years of experience.
A typical day for the group began with a morning stretch once the two groups had joined together again, hiking to next camp site, stopping for water and lunch, setting up camp at the new site then cooking dinner, discussions, and the nightly de-brief before going to sleep.
Though this was a spring break trip, education was not completely left behind. The participants learned basic back country skills such as cooking, water purification, and tent set-up.
Because Canyonlands National Park is a desert, a few of the campsites were dry, meaning that the backpackers often had to haul water in dromedaries whenever a water source was found.
Cooking for the participants quickly became a game of concocting original, filling dishes. What started as rice and beans wrapped in a tortilla with cheese, quickly became Craisin pancake breakfasts and pepperoni calzone dinners. While several of them had never really cooked in the front country, they were able to pick up basic cooking skills and get creative with the menu. The participant cook group at Albert's camp often made two dinners in order to keep Arvin happily fed. He ate all of the left-over's and then some, balancing out the smaller appetite of Alex, who became known as Steelex, a combination of his last and first name.
With these freezing night-time temperatures, needless to say that hot drinks were the highlight to everyone's morning and night. Any left over water was boiled and used to make tea, cocoa, and cider.
On the lay-over day in Lost Canyon, the group went on a small hike to an elevated slab of smooth rock area to have lunch, participate in some facilitation activities, and to take two hours to themselves, in their own space, to do whatever they wanted. This time period was called "solos" because it was essentially the only time that the participants and leaders had genuine alone time since the early morning departure March 9. Participants used this time to decompress, nap in the sun, and reflect on their experience and on their life as a whole.
Eventually, by the last long day-hike, the intensity of maneuvering in and out of the canyons became less strenuous and participants began to pass the time in song. Lizzie, Jing Jing and Chanesia especially found this amusing, and serenaded the rest of the group with songs from One Direction, Britney Spears, and even the Back Street Boys.
Also on the last long day-hike, the leaders found themselves geographically challenged and the maps were brought out to reconfigure the exact location of the group. As it turned out, they had hiked south for 3 miles in the opposite direction from where they wanted to go, and therefore needed to correct this. Though the participants were a little discouraged, as the beginning signs of blisters began to form on their feet, they were able to push a little further and make it to a decent camping site where the groups shared a final dinner together.
In the morning, it was time to hike out of the park and Grant, Jeremy, Karly, and Alex hiked ahead in order to scout out the trail and go grab the van from the starting trail head. When the rest of the group reached the barrier, marking the end of the trail and the park, participants screamed in relief and took pictures sitting on the fence, proud of themselves for trying something new and surviving it.
The group then repacked the van and headed off to Needles Outpost for their first showers in five days, and then the drive back to Rio Rancho commenced. March 17 8:00 pm the van pulled up next to Doak Walker, signifying the end of another SMU spring break.
Karly Hanson- SMU Outdoor Adventures Trip Leader in training.


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I have spent the last several months developing solutions with Office 2007 and the Office Open XML SDK 2. Our client has requirements that cross the suite from PowerPoint Presentations to Word Documents. The Open XML standard which define the structure of these documents is very powerful. My biggest frustration is the lack of consistent capabilities between the products.
Since we are doing document generation based on templates it is very important we that the code can consistently identify any part of a document, whether that is a section of text, a chart, a table or an image. While Word 2007 has Content Controls and Custom XML (2007 only) which can be used for marking up a document, similar features are not available in PowerPoint. This is a major issue for us since the majority of our templated work is in PowerPoint.
A key to a successful solution for me is that a markup needs to be consistent in the way it is implemented in all of the Office applications. It should also have a way that an end user can add a tag to a document without the risk of it being mislabeled because of human error. This is one of the drawbacks of Content Controls. Another thing that makes CustomXml more attractive is that you can use just one type of control to encapsulate content (more on Content Controls versus CustomXml in the next few days). There are a variety of content controls that are tightly typed. In other situations this may be a plus, but if anything the developer should be able to define the type of objects used for tagging.
Further, the fact that something as simple as a Text object being in a different namespace even within the same document type means that we have to write duplicate code for dealing with text in charts, document paragraphs and embedded spreadsheets. If I were to design it, this shared functionality would be abstracted to its own namespace. I want to be able to write clean, reusable code.
Ultimately the teams within the Office suite need to start working together the way that the language teams have begun to do within Visual Studio. The same tagging tools should be available in Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote and they should be represented the same in the XML that is rendered.
The Chicago Architects Group will be holding its next meeting on February 16th. Please come and join us and get involved in our architect community.
Presenter: Chris McAvoy Topic: Amazon Cloud Services Location: Illinois Technology Association 200 S. Wacker Dr., Suite 1500 Room A Chicago, IL 60606 Time: 5:30 - Doors open at 5:00
We had a great turnout this evening and some wonderful discussion. I really enjoyed presenting as well as seeing a lot of people I haven't seen in a long time. At the same time there were a lot of new faces. Some of the input from tonight will definitely go to improving this talk if I present it again in the future. If anyone has comments feel free to leave them here.
The next talk I am going to work on is Document Generation Frameworks. This will mainly be around Office Open XML, but it will include ODF if I can fit it in.
Look for announcements for the February and March Chicago Architects Group events. In the mean time visit the links below for information from tonight's meeting.
The slides can be found here.
The code is available here.
Last month when I spoke at ArcSummit for nPlus1.org about design patterns, object oriented programming and dependency injection Chris Woodruff and I sat down and recorded an episode of Thirsty Developer with Dave Bost and Clark Sell. Check it out here.
Tim is a Solutions Architect for PSC Group, LLC. He has been an IT consultant since 1999 specializing in Microsoft technologies. Along with running the Chicago Information Technology Architects Group and speaking on Microsoft and architecture topics he was also contributing author on "The Definitive Guide to the Microsoft Enterprise Library".


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preemptive right(redirected from Pre-Emptive Right)
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Related to Pre-Emptive Right: Subscription Rights
Preemptive right
Common stockholders' right to anything of value distributed by thecompany.
Preemptive Right
In stock, the ability of a shareholder to maintain the same percentage of ownership in a company should the company issue more stock by subscribing to a proportional number of shares at or below the market price. This protects the investor from devaluation of his/her shares if the company decides to hold a round of financing. The purchase of this proportional number of shares usually takes place before the new issue is offered to the secondary market, and must be exercised before a certain date (known as the expiration date) if the shareholder is to maintain the same percentage of ownership. It is also called a subscription right. See also: Anti-dilution provision.
preemptive right
A stockholder's right to keep a constant percentage of a firm's outstanding stock by being given the first chance to purchase shares in a new stock issue in proportion to the percentage of outstanding shares already held. Not all firms provide the preemptive right, which is more important to stockholders owning a significant part of a company. Also called subscription privilege. Compare privileged subscription. See also special subscription account.


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