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A Book of One's Own
- By Peter Slatin
- | From Bill Cosby, Autumn 94
Rare book is really a terrible misnomer," says Craig Anderson, manager of the Rare Book Room at the Strand Bookstore in Manhattan, a third-floor hideaway in an emporium that proudly proclaims 8 Miles of Books on an outside wall. "In general, these books aren't rare. That's why a lot of people can collect them."
Not rare? Well, as you might expect when discussing books, it's a matter of semantics: Anderson prefers the terms scarce and uncommon. The distinction actually points up the true measure of book collecting. It's a sport that is defined anew by anybody who plays. What seems most important to collectors, booksellers, publishers and librarians is that one collects what one wants most to collect.
What lies beyond that seemingly obvious dictum is that, should you start collecting books--something that can happen without your actually having made a decision to do so--you may soon become lost in a world of your own making. The history of publishing is so broad and deep that no matter where you turn, there will be something to hunt and gather.
Just as any respectable library is stacked with treasures and volumes that just about everyone reads as well as books that are almost never checked out, so book collecting is rife with contradictions as perplexing as the oxymoron that Craig Anderson deplores. Experts will point out that a book is valuable only if others have collected it before. But if the road has been traveled, what's the point in following? The answer--and the key to building a successful collection--is to discover and then map out your own realm.
"Books being what they are, virtually every subject can be found in them, every activity of humankind," says Roger Stoddard, curator of rare books at Harvard University's Houghton Library. "The beauty of books is that so many different interests can be served by them through 500 years of printing. What they have above all other objects is that you can find something that interests you over that span of time. It's not just authors," adds Stoddard. "You can collect a time, a subject. You can spend the next 30 years of your life happily forming a collection of--or about--Teddy Roosevelt, Mozart, Newton."
It's easy to get caught up in the mystique of rich leather bindings, soft paper and beautiful type or in great names, great ideas and tracing history in print. And though early purchases can and should be relatively inexpensive, the deeper you go, the more you will pay. "You have to be clever," warns Peter Kraus, owner of Ursus Books on Manhattan's Upper East Side. "The minute you go for brand-name things, you're competing with people and institutions who have vast resources. Invent the wheel. People are sheep, and to be successful you have to not be a sheep."
"It's a game," says Leona Rostenberg, a dealer, with her partner, Madeleine Stern, of early printed books (c. 1500-1800). The duo just celebrated their first 50 years in business. "You're pitting your knowledge against the next fellow's," says Rostenberg.
That can be tough for a novice, especially if the next fellow is already immersed in books, as many collectors are, by virtue of their profession--as librarians, professors, architects or playwrights. So how do you know you are buying the right book? Stephen Massey, a senior vice president in Christie's rare book department, is painfully blunt: "Become an expert," he advises. If you invent your own territory, you will be the only expert there, but the books you want will likely be sought after by other collectors with whom your interests intersect.
Becoming an expert is not as daunting as it might seem, although it takes time and effort. Visit book fairs and auction houses and read their catalogs as well as those put out regularly by private book dealers and other collectors. To verify a dealer's bona fides, check with the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA), a national trade group. Find out if there is a local club, such as the Grolier Club in New York, which, though private, makes its library available to the public by appointment.
With luck, your subject will pick you more often than vice versa. Whether it's a hobby you have pursued, a writer you have loved or an age you wish you'd been born into, the books of that love will fall into your hands. What remains, however, is a range of choices that will determine the size and scope of future purchases. "There are two kinds of collectors," says Luke Ives Pontifell, a precocious publisher of beautifully crafted, idiosyncratic books he designs himself and issues in numbered limited editions under his own imprint: Thornwillow Press. (This type of limited-edition, finely wrought book is known as a "fine-press book"; its golden age was at the end of the nineteenth century. Thornwillow is just one of a myriad of active fine presses in the United States, England and elsewhere.) "There is the rigid, narrowly focused collector, who wants to buy everything ever produced by a single author. Then there is the peripatetic collector, who wants anything even remotely connected to such an author [known as "derivatives" in trade jargon], or to a discipline, or to an age." Pontifell, as befits his decadelong adventure at Thornwillow, is a voracious buyer of books on the history of printing and typography.
It is possible to do it both ways, notes Roger Stoddard, especially if your interests are broad enough. "You can be all determination and rigor on one side or have fun and make it a little more sporting," he says. "I've just written up a local collector who left two collections," he adds by way of example. "One is a collection of English fine-press books bound from the late nineteenth to early twentieth centuries, the high moment of private press work. It's not complete, but it's all taste and judgment--a very elegant little cabinet. The other collection is comprised of Sherlockana, Arthur Conan Doyle's first editions; this is all rigor. That's one man doing it both ways, and it's quite wonderful."
No matter how much you can afford to spend or how many feet of shelf space you can build and fill, boundaries need to be set: from quality to price, from condition to edition, from what's between the covers to the covers themselves.
At the same time, a certain flexibility is necessary to keep a collection from stagnating. "I'm interested in the transmission of texts," says Glenn Horowitz, a New York City dealer who also maintains a store in the exclusive Hamptons area of Long Island. Although he offers a fairly broad range of books for sale, as a collector himself, Horowitz is especially taken by books that bear some trace of their author or owner--notes or inscriptions in the author's hand, for example. "Because of the intersection of the text and the author's physical presence in the text," says Horowitz, these books, "take on the presence of a living artifact, a meaningful level of animation. First editions of modern writers are important, but more important to me is that the books indicate personal contact or carry a revelation on some level about their author or their owner."
But Marty Barringer, a collector who is the librarian of special collections at Georgetown University's library, couldn't care less about who wrote what to or about whom. Barringer seeks out "decorative publishers' bindings," something that has gained attention in recent years.
"We don't buy books for their innards," says Barringer, who says he is "one of those rare collectors who buys with his wife." Their collection of about 1,800 volumes, amassed over the past 20 years, ranges from "Bibles to treatises against masturbation and all points in between." Very seldom, he adds, have they paid more than $500 for an item.
Publishers' bindings began in the eighteenth century to supplant the aristocratic practice of bringing books to one's private binder for individual finishing. Publishers began to issue bound editions of books and found that decorated bindings were one way to attract attention and provide longevity for their products. Rather than go for first editions, which are more sought after for those innards he abjures, Barringer buys second editions. "The bindings bear the same relationship to the tastes of the time and they are cheaper. What's really crucial is condition. It's amazing to see a book produced in 1845 that looks the way it did the day it appeared for sale." To preserve the collection, the Barringers installed a library in their master bedroom and moved themselves into their guest room. "The idea is to keep [the books] in the room where the TV is not, where we don't slosh drinks around and can keep sun out."
Despite his attention to the care of his books and the obvious value of his collection, Barringer says he never buys with an eye toward investment. "Absolutely not," he insists. "That's the biggest piece of foolishness in the world--it would be like picking a restaurant on the basis of nutritional value."
The question of value--"nutritional" or financial--is as slippery in antiquarian books as in any other collectible. Age is a virtual red herring, says Peter Kraus of Ursus Books. "The one thing that drives me nuts is that people are always intrigued by age. Age is the most irrelevant factor. Many old books are worthless while those that are five years old are valuable or desirable. There isn't anyone going around buying old books because they're old." Kraus calls a current trend of collecting first editions or even galley proofs of such pulp authors as Stephen King or John Grisham "pathetic." For those looking for real value in collecting first editions of authors, he suggests foreign-language editions, because Americans just aren't that interested in them. "A great French writer like Proust is going to cost one-fifth of Hemingway," he suggests. Of course, the eventual cost will depend on edition, condition and demand--the ultimate price-setter.
It is, after all, a hunt, and the quarry may change before your eyes. That's especially true for those to whom finding a book is not nearly as exciting as searching for it. "Each book leads to the next," says Leona Rostenberg, a twinkle in her sharp eye.
Peter Slatin reads and writes in New York City and is a frequent contributor to Wine Spectator and The New York Times.


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Joomla! 3.2 was released November 6, 2013. Key new features include:
- Version Control - Enables a Joomla administrator to revert to an older version of content on a website and compare side-by-side to see what changes have been made.
- Rapid Application Development (RAD) - RAD simplifies the process for a developer to write their own Joomla extensions; apps that enhance a Joomla site like calendars, videos or polls
- Extension Finder - This simplifies the process of searching for and installing Joomla extensions by allowing users to do all that directly from within their admin view with just a few clicks. The previous processes included separate steps to first search for and download extensions to a desktop, and then log in to the Joomla admin view and install those extensions.
- Bcrypt - A strong encryption method that scrambles passwords stored in a Joomla website's database.
- Two-factor Authentication - In order for a change to be made to a Joomla website, there can be an optional requirement for a user to fill out another form of authentication (other than a username/password). Two-factor authentication can be anything like entering an auto-generated code that is texted to a person's mobile phone.
- User Interface Improvements - The new Joomla 3.2 administration interface is more streamlined and task-focused.
- Iimproved template manager
- Multi-lingual site installer,
- Improved WYSIWYG editor
- Micro-data semantics library
- HTML form fields and attributes.
We will discuss Joomla! 3.2 at our November 20, 2013 Northern Virginia Joomla! Users Group Meeting. See the event on Meetup.
In addition to the press releases all around the web, here is Tim Plummer's briefing on the new features:
I have finally gotten to posting my presentations from the Northern Virginia Joomla! Users Group on SlideShare.
Here is the most recent, Timeless Tips extracted by Dorothy Firsching from Jen Kramer's book, Joomla! Start to Finish: How to Plan, Execute, and Maintain Your Web Site, Wrox, 2010.
Jen Kramer is president of 4Web, Inc., a company dedicated to building highly customized Joomla! web sites.

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CSC Named a "Top Military Friendly Employer" for Fourth Year
FALLS CHURCH, Va., Nov. 28, 2012 /3BL Media/ – CSC (NYSE: CSC) announced today that G.I. Jobs magazine recognized the company as one of America's "Top 100 Military Friendly Employers" for the fourth year in a row.
CSC has been actively hiring former military personnel for more than five years and currently employs approximately 8,000 U.S. military veterans. CSC veterans possess a unique set of skills and attributes including leadership experience, a disciplined work approach and institutional knowledge of CSC's federal government clients.
CSC's widely recognized Military Recruitment Program provides transitional support to active and former military personnel and wounded warriors seeking new careers. In addition, CSC's military spouse program, initiated in 2003, provides one-on-one assistance and career portability for military spouses. CSC has also implemented programs that promote a military-friendly workplace that seeks to support active service members and help veterans and their families find new careers.
The ninth annual G.I. Jobs list, which will be published in the magazine's December 2012 issue, honors the companies that are doing the most to recruit America's veterans. The top 100 businesses selected for the "Military Friendly Employers" designation represent the most prominent two percent of all corporate recruiting programs aimed at military veterans.
"The unique skills, diversity and leadership that military veterans provide to the company are invaluable, and CSC continues to grow stronger thanks to their integrity and perseverance," said Dave Zolet, executive vice president and general manager of CSC's North America Public Sector. "We are proud to be recognized for our strong commitment to establishing a military-friendly environment where recruiting and hiring military veterans and their spouses is a priority."
For more information on CSC's military programs, visit www.csc.com/salutes.
About G.I. Jobs
G.I. Jobs (http://www.gijobs.com) is published by Victory Media, a veteran-owned business headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa. The company also publishes Military Spouse and Vetrepreneur magazines. Follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/GI Jobs Magazine or Twitter @GIJobsMagazine.
About CSC
CSC is a global leader in providing technology-enabled business solutions and services. Headquartered in Falls Church, Va., CSC has approximately 95,000 employees and reported revenue of $15.7 billion for the 12 months ended September 28, 2012. For more information, visit the company's website at www.csc.com.


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Implosion At Los Alamos is a frightening exposé that reveals failed security, crime, mismanagement, cover-ups and corruption at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Ground Zero for America's strongest defense against rogue nations and terroristic entities – at least it should be.
Former Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Glenn Walp was hired by "the lab" to investigate crime and lapsed security that plagued the lab post-9/11. Walp uncovered the theft/loss of over $3 million in taxpayer property, including nearly 400 computers that potentially housed nuclear secrets. Certain lab leaders, concerned that public exposure of these and other administrative and criminal debacles could jeopardize the lab's lucrative government contract, opposed his efforts at every turn.
Notwithstanding, Walp and his two partners remained dauntless, exposing to the world the real and present danger to America's nuclear secrets. Walp proposes - through well-documented facts – that because of the lab's failed security throughout the first decade of the 21st century, America and her allies are vulnerable to those who may now be in possession of America's darkest nuclear weapons secrets.


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this-week-in-geek-10-24-2016 Posted in By Madeleine Vasaly On October 22, 2016
Follow @TwinCitiesGeeks on Twitter or Like Twin Cities Geek on Facebook for more great stuff from Minnesota geeks in your feed!
About the Author
Madeleine Vasaly
Madeleine is Twin Cities Geek's co-head and chief word nerd as well as a freelance editor and writer who tweets intermittently as @mnbookgeek. She is the commissioning editor of Treknology: The Science of Star Trek from Tricorders to Warp Drive.


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Michelle Obama Hilariously Breaks Down Why Melania Trump's Inauguration Gift Exchange Appeared So Awkward
The former FLOTUS also explained to Ellen Degeneres how Barack stepped in and saved the day.
President Barack Obama's Inaugural Balls are certain to make a splash. Today, the Presidential Inaugural Committee announced still more performers for the already stacked traditional events, which are just days away. Joining the ceremonies are a raft of artists including Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Hudson among others. Previously announced performers include Alicia Keys, Usher, Katy Perry and John Legend.
There are two balls scheduled to take place on the night of Jan. 21 after President Obama is sworn in to office. The Commander-in-Chief's Ball will honor members of the Armed Forces and their families while the more general Inaugural Ball is all-inclusive. Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, Marc Anthony, Brad Paisley and Chris Cornell will perform at the Commander-in-Chief's ball. Keys will also perform later at the Inaugural Ball, where she'll be joined by Usher, John Legend, Katy Perry, Far East Movement, FUN, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Soundgarden and the cast of Glee.
Both ceremonies will take place at the Washington Convention Center and be covered by news networks beginning at 7 P.M. Eastern time. Earlier in the day, select artists including Beyoncé, James Taylor and Kelly Clarkson will perform on the steps of the Capital where crowds will gather as President Obama is inaugurated into his second term.
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The former FLOTUS also explained to Ellen Degeneres how Barack stepped in and saved the day.
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Kite Kasia wrote:so what airline is the best/safest bet to fly with to Caticlan Airport from Manila?
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United Colors of Benetton Posted in By Madeleine Vasaly On February 21, 2016
Follow @TwinCitiesGeeks on Twitter or Like Twin Cities Geek on Facebook for more great stuff from Minnesota geeks in your feed!
About the Author
Madeleine Vasaly
Madeleine is Twin Cities Geek's co-head and chief word nerd as well as a freelance editor and writer who tweets intermittently as @mnbookgeek. She is the commissioning editor of Treknology: The Science of Star Trek from Tricorders to Warp Drive.


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We're not going to admit that we still sleep with our favorite teddy bear, but we will say that we prefer to keep him close by — even if that means he's strung around our necks. Enter TOUS, the jewelry line you love because of its refined elegance and, probably, its iconic little bear design.
The Barcelona-based, family-run business has been going strong with ladies-who-lunch baubles since 1920, and this season's is as sweet as ever. We've got an early look at the label's June ad campaign, called "Bliss," which is shot by Mario Sorrenti and is inspired by "true happiness and a profound sense of well-being." And, clearly, TOUS knows, in our book, that means the love of an adorable puppy.
Meet model Loulou Robert and her furry sidekick, Tito the Pom, who's totally the real-life version of our adorable stuffed animals. He's changing the landscape of modeling today by taking the focus away from the product and onto his face. And you know you love it.


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Why Fannie and Freddie Are Paying Back Uncle Sam
A few years ago, the conventional wisdom in Washington said that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac wouldn't ever be able make taxpayers whole for the 2008 bailouts of the mortgage-finance giants.
Those who haven't followed the companies closely will be surprised to learn that Fannie and Freddie are now on the brink of doing just that.
When the companies report their third-quarter earnings, which could take place as soon as this week, they could show that by the end of this year, they'll have sent more money to the Treasury in dividends than what they received over the past five years. (And if that doesn't happen this quarter, it very likely will occur when the companies report their fourth-quarter earnings next February.)
Of course, Fannie and Freddie aren't allowed to "repay" the money they've received from the U.S. Treasury. Here's how their agreement works: The government in 2008 agreed to inject massive sums of aid so that Fannie and Freddie would stay solvent, allowing mortgage markets to operate smoothly. In exchange, the Treasury took a new class of "senior preferred" shares in the companies that originally paid a 10% dividend; they also received warrants to acquire up to 80% of the firms' common shares.
The agreement doesn't provide any mechanism for Fannie and Freddie to buy back the government's senior preferred shares, which now total $188 billion. If it sounds like Fannie and Freddie are making interest payments on a loan that can't ever be repaid, that's because they are. So any discussion of "repayment" needs this disclaimer: Even once Fannie and Freddie have paid $188 billion in dividends, they'll still owe $188 billion.
This makes any "repayment" of taxpayers a mostly symbolic event—one that doesn't change whether the companies can be freed from government control. And the political ramifications are altogether unclear. At a housing forum last month, Sen. Mark Warner (D., Va.) brushed away the idea that Fannie and Freddie should be returned to their former ownership simply after paying as much in dividends as they had borrowed. "I was a venture capitalist for a lot longer than I've been a politician. If I had put $180 billion into Fannie and Freddie back in 2009, I'd expect more than a one-to-one return on that," he said. "So once I got a 30-to-one return…talk to me about Fannie and Freddie making money."
Still, the event is significant given that few expected it would happen this soon. What changed? Here are nine reasons the companies are paying the Treasury more money:
1. The government altered the terms of its support of the companies last year. It scrapped the 10% dividend, which in some quarters had forced the companies to borrow money to pay the dividend, and instead required all profits to be sent to the Treasury as dividends. In quarters where the companies run a loss, they don't owe anything. While this hasn't changed the firms' profitability, it has sharply increased the amount of money the companies send to the government. It also prevents Fannie and Freddie from rebuilding capital. (Shareholders have filed lawsuits challenging the arrangement; Treasury and FHFA say they've acted appropriately.)
The companies have sent $146 billion to the Treasury in dividends, with $91 billion in payments being made this year. If the old terms had been in place, the companies would have sent around $14 billion to the Treasury this year. The Treasury, meanwhile, has invested $188 billion in the companies.
2. Fewer homeowners are defaulting. Fewer than 2.6% of loans backed by the companies were 90 days or more past due at the end of September. While this is still very high historically, it is down sharply from peaks of 5.5% and 4.1% for Fannie and Freddie, respectively, in early 2010. Fewer delinquencies mean fewer foreclosures, reducing the amount of money the companies have to set aside to cover loan losses.
3. Home prices are up sharply over the past year. The companies estimates around loan losses are heavily sensitive to home prices because that determines how much the companies lose when they sell homes through foreclosure. Losses on foreclosures are down sharply as prices have risen. During the second quarter, Fannie lost around 25 cents for every $1 in debt that went through foreclosure, down from 35 cents one year earlier. The upshot is that the companies are foreclosing on fewer properties than a year ago, and they are losing less money when they do.
4. Exposure to loans from the worst years of the housing bust is declining. Loans made in 2006 and 2007, which have been by far the worst performers, are either moving through foreclosure or refinancing, thanks to a program the companies launched two years ago that made it easier for underwater borrowers to refinance their mortgages. The dollar volume of loans from these two years has fallen by 46% through June from two years earlier, according to an analysis by Jim Vogel at FTN Financial. Home-price gains have also reduced the number of borrowers who are underwater and at risk of foreclosure.
5. The companies are guaranteeing much better quality mortgages, and they're charging significantly more for those guarantees. Fannie and Freddie don't make loans but instead buy them from banks and other lenders, packaging them together and selling them off as securities to investors. They charge "guarantee fees" to lenders when they buy those loans, and those fees have more than doubled over the past three years. Meanwhile, the companies have tightened up lending standards, and banks have been even more cautious to guard against the risk they'll have to buy back loans that have underwriting mistakes.
6. Fannie and Freddie have won some big legal settlements. The firms' regulator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, has settled five of 18 lawsuits filed on the firms' behalf in 2011. Two of those settlements—with J.P. Morgan Chase & Co for $4 billion and UBS for $885 million—have been made public. Others could follow. Also, the companies have recouped billions of dollars by forcing banks to buy back defaulted mortgages that ran afoul of underwriting guidelines.
7. Some of the eye-popping profits have been driven by the same accounting rules that required the companies to take eye-popping write-downs five years ago. Fannie, for example, reported a $58.7 billion profit in the first quarter, due mostly to a one-time gain of $50.6 billion from reclaiming certain tax benefits that had been written down during the bust. Freddie has around $28 billion in so-called deferred tax assets that it hasn't yet claimed, but the company has said it could recapture some of those benefits as soon as the third quarter. "Much of the current 'profit' is the reversal of earlier" loss reserves, meaning "the original losses that caused great outrage weren't necessarily that big to begin with," wrote Mr. Vogel earlier this year.
8. The firms have very little competition right now. Outside of other federal agencies such as the Federal Housing Administration, there are few investors willing to invest in mortgages or mortgage-backed securities right now.
9. The companies have as close to an explicit government guarantee as they can get. Because the Treasury has made clear that it will ensure the companies have enough resources to pay bondholders, Fannie and Freddie have been able to borrow cheaply in the capital markets to fund portfolios of mortgages that, while shrinking, are still large.


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Beer, it's my opinion!
- Written by Woodinville Weekly Staff
Well, I have great news: Our little backyard pub, Redhook, has officially reopened its doors after undergoing an extensive remodel that started in March.
If you haven't been down to the Hook for a while, you may want to get on down there to check out their great work. My publisher and I got the royal treatment for the grand reopening event on June 4.
The weather was perfect and the VIP treatment was fantastic: an hour early entry, hors d'oeuvres and beverages — all this because of my hard work. Even the wait staff was nice to me.
Of course the night wasn't all about us. Redhook made a donation with proceeds of their grand opening ticket sales going to the Woodinville Firefighters Benevolent Fund.
Let's all thank the fire department for all the work they do.
Our night would not have been complete without the addition of other local celebrities with whom we met up.
Our little group had piles of ribs, wings, pulled pork sliders and somebody even tried to slip some salad in there too. I know — weird.
We all had a great time. Redhook, thanks!
The new digs include a bar which is nearly doubled in size and the expansion of their kitchen.
This definitely doesn't look like the same place. For all the folks who have told me over the years they wished Redhook had fries with their tasty burgers, the wait is finally over!
The expanded kitchen now has fryers so we can get a bigger selection of traditional pub food such as fresh cut fries, wings and fish 'n chips.
They have also installed a new smoker so you can get a great choice of smoked meats, including fall-off-the-bone ribs, tender pulled pork and yes, even a smoked turkey leg. Delish!
Have you ever avoided going to the Hook because your date doesn't do beer?
In the past, Redhook would have told you to dump 'em but with the remodel they now have a fully stocked bar to please your alcohol sensibilities. Your relationship is now safe — whew.
Along with the addition of the booze, Redhook has expanded its taps to feature guest taps and to share some beer brewed by the sister companies, Kona and Widmere. This is the time of the year to gather your friends and head on out to the patio and soak up the rays with an ice cold beer or a refreshing cocktail and share some laughs.
You might even see me there once in awhile, so stop by and say hello.
Toren Heald


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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - May 21, 2013) - ShaMaran Petroleum Corp. ("ShaMaran" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:SNM)(OMX:SNM) announces that, further to the news release dated March 15, 2013, the Annual General and Special Meeting of ShaMaran will be held at Suite 2000, 885 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 3E8 on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at 8:00 a.m. (Vancouver time), for the following purposes:
The record date for the Annual General and Special Meeting is May 13, 2013. The full notice of annual general and special meeting and accompanying management information circular are available under the Corporation's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
About ShaMaran
ShaMaran Petroleum Corp. is a Kurdistan focused oil development and exploration vehicle with a 20.1% direct interest in the Atrush Block located in the region. This project is nearby and on trend with existing fields and recent discoveries.
Kurdistan lies within the northern extension of the Zagros Folded Belt. The area is highly underexplored and is currently undergoing a significant exploration and development campaign by over 40 international oil companies.
ShaMaran Petroleum is a Canadian oil and gas company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange and the NASDAQ OMX First North Exchange (Stockholm) under the symbol "SNM".
The Company's condensed interim consolidated financial statements, notes to the financial statements and management's discussion and analysis have been filed on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) and are available on the Company's website (www.shamaranpetroleum.com).
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains statements about expected or anticipated future events and financial results that are forward-looking in nature and, as a result, are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, such as legal and political risk, civil unrest, general economic, market and business conditions, the regulatory process and actions, technical issues, new legislation, competitive and general economic factors and conditions, the uncertainties resulting from potential delays or changes in plans, the occurrence of unexpected events and management's capacity to execute and implement its future plans. Actual results may differ materially from those projected by management. Further, any forward-looking information is made only as of a certain date and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking information or statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made or reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as may be required by applicable securities laws. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for management of the Company to predict all of these factors and to assess in advance the impact of each such factor on the Company's business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking information.
On behalf of the Board,
Pradeep Kabra, President and CEO
ShaMaran Petroleum's Certified Advisor on NASDAQ OMX First North is Pareto Öhman AB.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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The story below is from The Wall Street Journal.
This is the future for Obama and the DemocRats.
Democrats were trounced in Tuesday's state legislature election, despite the president's heavy investment of time in the state.
Of all the noise of this week's state election results, what mattered most for Election 2012 came out of Virginia. It was the sound of the air leaking out of the Plouffe plan.
That would be David Plouffe, President Obama's former campaign manager and current senior strategist, who is focused today on how to cobble together 270 electoral votes for re-election. That's proving tough, what with the economy hurting Mr. Obama in states like Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania that he won in 2008. The White House's response has been to pin its hopes on a more roundabout path to electoral victory, one based on the Southern and Western states Mr. Obama also claimed in 2008.
States like Virginia. Mr. Obama was the first Democrat to win Virginia since 1964; he beat John McCain by seven percentage points; and he did so on the strength of his appeal to Northern Virginia's many white-collar independents. Along with victories in North Carolina, Colorado and Nevada, the Obama Old Dominion win in 2008 inspired a flurry of stories about how Democrats had forever altered the political map.
So the White House is pouring resources into what Tim Kaine, the state's former Democratic governor, now pridefully refers to as Democrats' "New Dominion." The Obama campaign has held some 1,600 events in the state in the last half-year alone. Only last month Mr. Obama hopped a three-day bus trip through Virginia and North Carolina. Obama officials keep flocking to the state, and Tuesday's election was to offer the first indication of how these efforts are succeeding.
Let's just say the New Dominion is looking an awful lot like the Old Dominion. If anything, more so.
Virginia Republicans added seven new seats to their majority in the House of Delegates, giving them two-thirds of that chamber's votes—the party's largest margin in history. The GOP also took over the Virginia Senate in results that were especially notable, given that Virginia Democrats this spring crafted an aggressive redistricting plan that had only one aim: providing a firewall against a Republican takeover of that chamber. Even that extreme gerrymander didn't work.
Every Republican incumbent—52 in the House, 15 in the Senate—won. The state GOP is looking at unified control over government for only the second time since the Civil War. This is after winning all three top statewide offices—including the election of Gov. Bob McDonnell—in 2009, and picking off three U.S. House Democrats in last year's midterms.
Topline figures aside, what ought to really concern the White House was the nature of the campaign, and the breakout of Tuesday's election data. Mr. Obama may have big plans for Virginia, but the question is increasingly: him and what army?
Elected state Democrats—who form the backbone of grass-roots movements—couldn't distance themselves far enough from Mr. Obama in this race. Most refused to mention the president, to defend his policies, or to appear with him. The more Republicans sought to nationalize the Virginia campaign, the more Democrats stressed local issues.
State House Minority Leader Ward Armstrong felt compelled to run an ad protesting that it was a "stretch" for his GOP opponent to "compare me to Barack Obama." After all, he was "pro-life, pro-gun and I always put Virginia first." (Mr. Armstrong lost on Tuesday.)
Virginia Democrats were happy to identify with one top official: Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell, who is providing a lesson in the benefits of smart GOP governance in battleground states. Criticized as being too socially conservative for Virginia when he was elected in 2009, Mr. McDonnell has won over voters by focusing on the economy and jobs. His approval ratings are in the 60s, and he helped raise some $5 million for local candidates. He's popular enough that Democrats took to including pictures of him in their campaign literature, and bragging that they'd worked with him.
Mr. McDonnell has been particularly adept at connecting with the independent, white-collar voters Mr. Obama used to win Virginia in 2008. That crowd lives in North Virginia's booming exurb counties of Prince William and Loudoun, and presidential races hinge on their votes. Mr. Obama's 2008 victory in Virginia rested on his significant wins in both Loudoun (8%) and Prince Williams (16%).
Yet Tuesday's results showed the extent to which that support has reversed. Loudoun in particular proved an unmitigated rout for Democrats. Republicans won or held three of four of the county's Senate seats. It swept all seven of the county's House seats. It won all nine slots on the county's Board of Supervisors, and pretty much every other county office. In Prince William, the story was much the same. This is what happens when a recent Quinnipiac poll shows Mr. Obama's approval rating among Virginia independents at 29%.
Democrats are now arguing that turnout (about 30%) was too low to prove anything, but then again, the particularly low Democratic turnout suggests that, on top of everything else, the White House really does face an enthusiasm gap. It's still got time to try to remedy that problem, and some other Virginia fundamentals. But going by Tuesday's results, Mr. Plouffe might need to start considering Electoral Plan C.


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Mainstream history shows all communist regimes have been violent and result in mass death.
What's the "mainstream history" of Christianity? Genocide, torture, totalitarianism.
What's the "mainstream history" of Christianity? Genocide, torture, totalitarianism. And yet how can anyone with a conscience and any sense of fairness at all reconcile this with the message of Jesus? The regimes you have in mind were counterrevolutionary creations of vested interests and the creatures who serve them - the "Illuminati", if you like. Such regimes have been, and are, formations that have served, and do serve, to effect the liquidation of true communist movements. True communism is anarchism with an understanding of the class struggle and an appreciation for the importance of incorruptible revolutionary leadership (and this does not mean cults of personality or castes of privileged "revolutionary professionals"). Show me a successful capitalist regime and I'll show you a despotic dictatorship in the hands of a privileged few. All governments are dictatorships for the oppression of one class over another. Government is an unnecessary evil that will be cast on the wasteheap of history once those who live by labor have emancipated themselves from wageslavery, racism, and war.
There has never been communism on this planet. True communism could only be chosen and participated in, not enforced and not by majority. Democracy as currently practised is just dictatorship in another guise, as people are about to find out. The whole charade is a total farce, always has been, always will be... until everyone realises THEY have to act from a personal responsibility stance. Fat chance at the present. It looks like the blinkers will have to be torn from their faces, rather than surrendered. I have a lot of time for the suggestion that this is what the whole situation is really about... growing up.
A primitive form of true communism was practiced in the early Christian communes of Greece and Rome. Work and meals were shared in common, as in the Essene communes. But, since these communes were trying to exist in the midst of an emerging empire based on large slave plantations and in which republicans and free farmers were ruined and murdered, they were bound to fail as economic units. After Constantinian "Christianity" came to power, these Christian communards were gradually enslaved or turned into indentured servants (gradually to become serfs). Many times, these serfs and slaves were owned by "Christian" bishops. The last slave to be freed in Western Europe was owned by a bishop. The Founding Fathers realized that the seeds of liberty must be spread in order to flourish anywhere. True democracy could only flourish in isolated communities (mostly in the Western territories: Ohio, upstate NY, Kentucky) unless American republicanism could be spread to Europe. The American Revolution was subverted by the Federalists and failed to support the sons and daughters of liberty in Europe. As a result, the French Revolution was overthrown by Napoleon and the Directorate. Royalist England and the other royalist states of Europe were eventually able to destroy this Napoleonic perversion and set up a king in France. For all intents and purposes, the English ruling class then ruled the world. In America, those who wanted democracy moved west or joined together in unions of farmers, craftsmen, or millworkers (originally models of true democracy); here, a dynamic form of democracy which can be called "workers' democracy" emerged. This was not the so-called "democracy" of the emerging American capitalist state. Just as the democracy of a nation must be spread or perish in isolation, union democracy that is not spread is doomed to fail. An effort to create a re-invigorated form of unionism was inaugurated prior to World War I by the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and other true unionists, who named their new industrial union the CIO. Later, the CIO (after a spurt of growth in the 1930s) merged with the less democratic and counterrevolutionary AFL to form the AFL-CIO. The AFL-CIO was eventually subverted and used as a counterrevolutionary force to undermine workers' democracy and support anti-union and anti-communist front groups in Latin America, where currently the AFL-CIO is known popularly as the "AFL-CIA". Most unionists in the U.S. belong to a member union of the AFL-CIO and are under the thumb of what real unionists call "labor aristocrats". True democracy (liberty) will not be established until workers, and the few surviving small farmers, rediscover workers' democracy for themselves and smash the chains of official unionism, eventually bringing all workers and small farmers into "one, big union" (the watchword of the IWW). They will have also to smash the governments, here and worldwide, which have perverted the unions for their own social control and war-mongering imperialist ends. This true democracy will be indistinguishable from the ideal of true communism (if "ideal" is the right word, since real communists rely on materialist analysis rather than idealism). But a very important difference will be that advanced economic methods of production and trade will be universally available once the workers and farmers take the large industrial enterprises into their own hands to serve the interests of society, rather than the profits of a few. Enterprise and trade will then be the right of all workers as social equals under the law, until such time as law becomes unnecessary and is replaced by a common desire for each to work in the interest of all. Only in this way will enterprise be truly free and democracy flourish as the duties required by liberty are part of the conscience of every man and woman. We have a long way to go, brothers and sisters. Time is short and the prize is great.
Communism never reached the end stage of it's development. It got stuck in the military dictatorship/police state part and never moved forward. The politicians didn't want to give up the power.
It's the best idea, that we can all just take what we need and live together in harmony....However on the average man, its unrealistic, for psycotic kingping elites bent on controlling the earth and killing nearly all humans...its ultra unrealistic.
If you want to see the truest form of Communism / Socialism then see the Star Trek race called The Borg, with everyone becoming part of the 'collective' and loosing all of their individuality.That's not for me, I like my Independence too much - even with all its draw backs and dangers. At least I'm still me and not some pathetic worthless & mindless drone.
Do you really believe that anyone else is entitled to the fruits of your labor? If you work at a job, is someone else entitled to receive the pay for the work you did? If you buy two shirts, should you be forced by the government to give one away because someone else doesn't have one? Should you be forced into a lower standard living than you would normally enjoy because the government makes sure that everyone is treated equally and nobody has anything more than anyone else? That is what communism/socialism is about. The government comes and takes things away from people who earned them and gives them to people who haven't.
The problem with Communism is, who wants to be the one who cleans the toilets?
Do you really believe that corporate monopoly is entitled to the fruits of your labor? If you work at a job, is the board of directors entitled to receive most of the pay for the work you did? If you work two jobs, should you then be forced by the cooperation to get another one because someone else has all the profits? Should you be forced into a lower standard living than you would normally enjoy because the corporations make sure that everyone is treated unequally and only they have more than anyone else? That is what fascism/capitalism is about. The cooperation comes and takes things away from people who earned them and gives them to people who haven't.
you are comparing communism with national socialism.when the state allows for one corporation to become so powerful (via subsidies/regulations/oversight/priveledged information) that it can create a barrier for competing companies to affect market share then you no longer have capitalism.you have a socialized form of company power (like national socialist powers that Nazi German companies inflicted on its slave labor). Basically the constitution is in dirrect conflict with national socialism. the constitution allows for free market capitalism, however the constitution has been trashed as socialist agendas have run wild. Here are a few tragic and unconstitutional programs...-The Federal Reserve-The IRS-Department of Energy-Department of Education-NAFTAThese programs do not allow for free market capitalism at all; they are onerous programs of socialized nationalism and socialized internationalism. These programs prevent the fruits of labor to be fully given to the individual that earned them. Free market capitalism has not been seen in this country for many decades.You are simply comparing one oppressive government to another (Hegelian Dialectic). The constitution calls for numerous limitations of government that prevents such oppression by government over its people.This constitutional republic has been protected from communism/national socialism for many years. But it looks like we are in store for a shift from National Socialist policies to communist policies with soon to be president obama.rockefeller will hijack the anger against the national socialist neo-cons in this country to push for communist policies (can't ya just feel it coming?)
OK, so why is it one choice or another when we really have a hybrid? Capitalist, individualism, and monopolies vs. socialist, collectivism, and the states absolute power. Is the only choice we have between fascism or Communism? Fabian socialist vs. the fascist? Shouldn't we just try to keep the balance of power as stable as we can. Isn't it better to have the middle class be as wide as possible and the condensation of power and poverty as little as possible. Both Communism and Fascism concentrate the power to the few. People speak of the tyranny of majority, but what of the tyranny of the few or the minority? Dose that not exist also? Power dose not share itself period, eventually every system you can dream up will be subverted as long as people have a desire to dominate one another. That is why many wait for a deity that has no use for anything physical we could offer. It is hoped by many that this being will be benevolent and uncorruptible and save us from ourselves. On the other hand, I have enough problems to just take one day at a time.
this utopian ideal of communism/collectivism is philosophically flawed, that is why you cant get a straight definition of it, unlike for instance the very clear moral principles of capitalism/individualism with individual rights, voluntary contracts, mutual consent etccommunism simply replaces the individual with the collective, but by doing so it requires the abstraction (collective) to make decisions, such as the needs of individuals. when a collectivist says "from each according to ability, and to each according to need" that is a utopian ideal, but more importantly it dictates that a decision is placed upon each of us, who decides our ability? and who decides our needs? an abstraction?i guess what would be called anarcho-collectivists, or as they probably refer to themselves, "true" communists/collectivists, would argue that we all simply take from the store of plenty, and can do any job we like. again, a very nice sounding utopian ideal, but again, who decides what needs to be made for the store of plenty, and who or what ensures there's enough for everybody? if the individual is not in charge of the means of production, if you place an abstraction in charge, that is yielding your freedom and your power as an individual.there are two ways in which communism can exist, both are utopian, one is a completely benign government that can somehow know what is best for one individual and all individuals at the same time, and the other is without government, where human beings have a sort of collective mind that again is benign and can somehow manifest itself in a tangible way.
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What other boards you post on?
I'm going to see them at Coachella <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/smile-1.gif" alt=":)" title=":)" /><!-- s:) --> it's my fourth year going! I LIVE for Coachella.
i think I might be going, a couple friends suggested it last night. omgggzz i would die. shinsy we could hang out! :O
Please please come!! We can eat a funnel cake together (i'm going to be eating a whole lot of funnel cakes though, since I've said that to everyone I know who's going). A ton of my GU friends from all over are coming too. One of my defining characteristics there is "likes Animal Collective" so it would be no surprise to them if I had a friend from this board xD Gahh. It's so close! I'm sooooo excited.
awesome! Make sure you tell us all about it when you get back!!!!!! (and you too TT if you're going!)
ahahaha "At Ease Radiohead Board (been there since 1999 over a damn decade and i am the highest poster by so much it is quite sad! ... i grew up on that board!) Mortigi Temple (another Rhed board! it's kinda crappy so i don't go there much but i've been there off and on also for like 10 years it's insane) A Little Space (ANOTHER radiohead board! this was an offshoot of the main one... god i feel kinda of like a joop with so many radiohead boards... oh god) Collected Animals (i was there from the begin in 2005 and watched it turn to shit!) THIS BOARD (it was all fields! there was also an AC dot net board that started up and it was a battle who would win and that one died and this one grew!) MEN WITHOUT HATS BOARD (i've been there since 2002! ... it's REALLY dead and a guy from the actual board posts on there... only like 10 regular posters and most all of them are probably in their 40s so it's really strange!) i also post on a Fetish board where Japanese Girls dress in Monkey Outfits and are in Wheelchairs but now is not the time to get into THAT!" can we not even quote on here? what the hell! then there was POP LARKIN (which was in 2003 and tied to the MWH board... me using some guys FACE and he found me! ... then it died for years and years only to be reborn about a year ago! JELROY!) also briefly SOMB (Sound Opinions Message Board) but that place was no fun! and THE SUPERGRASS BOARD! (temp at ease!) A Little Space used to be BACKDRIFTS and i was King there Too! the ANGRY BIRDS board! THE REBECCA BLACK FORUM! and more!
Aww, Wini's old post. Good thing I'm a purple storm cloud... I was also briefly on this INFP board but all those people talked about was like, being INFP. Which I guess I do sometimes. And there was this one for "gifted" people, which was like, smart kids who felt like they were different. All very nice people. Never was more than a spark for me though. GU's gone to shit now, at least as far as I know, about a year ago I started a GU unofficial...it was kinda funny but I made this rule that one particular mean person couldn't join, and then he thought I made it just for that specific purpose, and then he hated me, and then it died.
Collected Animals sucks so much... it really scared me when Calvin said he'd come here. He's ruined CA for all the old-timers by all accounts. I'd love more activity on this board but it would ruin it.
I discussed this exact point about this time last year, if this boards awareness is raised then we will get a lot of new people that may ruin the already good community !
what is INFP and what is GU? ] these damn acorn nims! our future lies in the hands of Shinsy & Something! and Clayson's BROTHER! (dave's mother!)
It's like what happened to the Quakers! They invented Pennsylvania and let everyone in cause they believed in religious freedom and then all the meanies messed it up! (INFP is a personality type and GU is Gorillaz Unofficial)
there's a board i post on that i've been on since...shit, 2002, 2001? something like that. i post on reddit, a few other sites. i'm on CA as well, but don't really post outside of tabs/chords etc.
I post on RuKind as well as CA and this board. RuKind has a real wealth of information on gear. Gets down to some real techy stuff. It's relatively narrow in its scope, but they're the best at what they do.
i can't even fathom the idear of being on the same board for 30+ years... how weird that would be... i wonder how the future of that will all pan out things seemed kind of groovy for awhile but just in the last year or two things started breaking down! ... many boards being wiped or things like geoshitties being taken down... none of it is built to last!
Really hope this place lasts! Doesn't look like it however with the whole crash thing that happened. I don't really post anywhere else, and that is because any other site just seems full of haters (we have one too). I'll be on here til I am 64!
Built To Last is a pretty lousy album. You're right. None of it's built to last. Part of me hopes it will all implode and that I'll never have to deal with the internet again. In fact, all of me hopes that.
You and McCartney.
Haters? Peacefish, we have a hater? Who?! Really! Everyone here gets scriggly sometimes but a hater? Do you need me to beat them up?
The hater is Hateradio and all I need to say is... Haters gonna hate Ponies gonna pone (Edit for spelling)
Plus we're all patio haters so...
i have been a member for a while leading to this point, here is my advert, volcano insurance !
Clayson-We don't have volcanoes in my part of the world but I have walked on two! One was in Honduras and they aren't all safety-legality conscious so we just went trippity trampity up to the lava beds. GI Go, you can't imagine anything for 30 years. Technically impozzibel. Peacefish- yeah, I figured that one out late. Dave- I don't like the internet either but it brought me to y'all so it's good for something! (and Something!) Shinsaling you are my little angel bunny.
that was a lovely summary and answer hahaha i am quite vague with my answers, apologies !
I don't really enjoy 4chan at all. It's pretty much HATE central there. The only other board I post on is Growery.org, it has some really chill people there, it's fun to talk about music or just day-to-day stuff with them.
yeah 4 Chan is a bit of a dodgy one, i have had my past of posting there, i didn't really know it was a forum, and did you know that they helped out arrest some animal abuser because they traced the ip address and then informed the local authorities ! there is my wisdom of the day !
i used to post on skateperception all the time, now i am an avid poster on oddfuturetalk
I used to post lots on The Comatorium (Mars Volta forum) waaaaay back when. That place was ok, considerably immature with lots of people forming factions and little groups and squabbling. It was funny and entertaining to a degree, most of it was in jest I think.
ooh, we should squabble! Isn't that like scrabble, but with squab? Which I think are small birds you eat? Like grouse?
I'm beast at scrabble, not really, but the game is fun, like Apples to Apples!
now i'm on British Sea Power forum! but i don't see it going to swell... what other boardies do YOU post on?
As of now I just post on this one, CA and Twoism (Boards of Canada forum). I'm also registered on The Avalanches board but there's no activity so i don't even bother.
I actually really like CA, I just joined. I really like this board though, It feels like we're kinda close.
Actually we're 2x as close with that double post^
the double post never lies!
Yeah CA5 has gotten off to a really good start. I think there have definitely been times when it's been full of bad vibes but some of the main posters from the last CA are barely posting anymore so that probably has something to do with it.
I agree El, I'm really digging the CA 5 vibe!
CA4 was rotten to the core but it had its moments
I was almost never on there. I love CA5 though.
CA5 is as beautiful as the Honeycomb banner obliges it to be. I havent posted their really (yet) but i will
new CA board? Or is it just the old one still. I'll check out the place, old or new. They sometimes have an elitist attitude over there and I hate posting on big boards. not for me really.
its a completely new board! were going to buy new servers! we have new/more mods! its a much better vibe then CA4
It's a GOOD vibe!
Chillwill is best chill.
speaking of twoism, can someone please PM me with links to BoC's live shows?
hehe! NOPE! grope! ant (uh!) e:lope! Burger Dog destroys your TECHNO!! ha!


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Installation is not neat and workmanlike [110.12].
Improper electrical connections and terminations (i.e., more than one wire terminated on branch and main breakers) [110.14].
Improper identification of grounded and ungrounded conductors (i.e., white wire being used as ungrounded conductor and red wire being used as grounded conductor) [200.6, 200.7 and 210.5].
Undersized conductors attached to main breaker (i.e., not properly protected) [240.4].
Enclosures for switches and overcurrent devices shall not be used as junction boxes [312.8].


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It's hard to make a Carbon stem as stiff as an alloy one at the same weight. It gets harder when KCNC are knocking out units like this that are sub-100g and are still plenty stiff. Some of that weight saving comes in the form of some rather fiddly bolts so there's a bit of an ease-of-use trade off
We had the 90mm incarnation of the SC Wing which weighed in at an almost worrying 96g, but fitted to a bike with some standard bars it proved itself to be more than stiff enough to deal with the daily grind. Constructed from the same T-7451 alloy as the SC Force handlebars, it's machined to save a few grams and supplied with 3mm Titanium allen bolts which are a bit of a fiddle to tighten and would be easy to round if you don't have a high quality set of keys. They're coated in Ti-prep too, which makes them squeak and stick when you're tightening them, but that's better than having them seize later on.
I was sceptical as to whether they'd save that much weight, but the scales of truth showed they were only 11g to 22g for some standard bolts, so fair enough: it's the difference between sub 100g and not. A more standard 110mm length does sneak over the 100g mark – just – but it's still a very, very light stem and not particularly expensive. If low weight is your ultimate aim then this is definitely a stem to consider, but it doesn't have the wider appeal of some of the other KCNC stuff.
Super-light alloy stem that'll appeal to budget-conscious weight weenies
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road.cc test report
Make and model: KCNC SC Wing stem
Size tested: 90mm
Did you enjoy using the product? It was okay apart from the fiddly bolts
Would you consider buying the product? No, but i'm not weight obsessed
Would you recommend the product to a friend? Yes depending on their needs
About the tester
Age: 37 Height: 190cm Weight: 96kg
I usually ride: whatever I\\\'m testing... My best bike is: Genesis Equilibrium with Ultegra 6700
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I regularly do the following types of riding: time trialling, cyclo cross, commuting, sportives, general fitness riding, fixed/singlespeed, mtb, Mountain Bike Bog Snorkelling, track
Dave is a founding father of road.cc and responsible for kicking the server when it breaks. In a previous life he was a graphic designer but he's also a three-time Mountain Bike Bog Snorkelling world champion, and remains unbeaten through the bog. Dave rides all sorts of bikes but tends to prefer metal ones. He's getting old is why.


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A Northwestern law professor has come up with a revolutionary proposal about how to fix the legal education crisis.Basically, he wants to do away with law school.
In a January op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, Professor John McGinnis argues "states should permit undergraduate colleges to offer majors in law that will entitle graduates to take the bar exam."
If states really want a practical requirement added to the degree, they could "ask graduates to serve one-year apprenticeships before becoming eligible for admission to the bar," according to McGinnis.
And McGinnis is sticking to his guns.
In a panel earlier this week McGinnis suggested 60 hours of coursework would be enough for an undergraduate law degree even though the American Bar Association currently requires 80 hours from an ABA-accredited law school, according to Above The Law.
From ATL:
McGinnis argued that his proposal of allowing for an undergraduate option, to be offered in addition to traditional graduate study in law, would have several advantages. It would lower the cost of getting a legal education, in terms of eliminating both the cost of a J.D. degree and the opportunity cost of graduate study in law, and this lower cost would hopefully translate into lower-priced legal services for consumers. But consumers would still be protected, thanks to the requirement of bar exam passage.
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September 10, 2013
by Allison Ruth
Allison Ruth is mama to three hungry girls. She blogs at Some the Wiser where she takes life as it comes and tries to learn a little something as she goes. Whether she's baking bread, sewing, or contemplating the fate of socks gone missing in the laundry, she looks for the peace and creativity life offers to everyone who is paying attention. Living life deliberately isn't easy, she admits, but it helps when you have good things to eat. You can also find her at Allison Ruth Photography.


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Heneri Ann Short of Red Oak, Texas, was a baseball fan her whole life: her father used to plop her on the mound as a baby when he pitched for his rural league team. She was a Rangers fan for as long as they existed. She battled bone and lung cancer for the last three months, finally deciding to stop the chemotherapy treatments. But she had one wish left.
"I only want to live long enough to see the Rangers win the World Series," she told her doctor last week. She passed away last night, with the Rangers a game away from the championship.


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Voyager crossing superhighway to solar system exit
Latest frontier may be last before spacecraft reaches interstellar space
On its way out of the solar system, the Voyager 1 spacecraft has encountered a "magnetic highway" of charged particles — a hint that the spacecraft may not have far to go before reaching the brink of interstellar space.
This so-called highway lies where the sun's magnetic field and the interstellar magnetic field meet. Particles blown outward by the solar wind are speeding in one direction, while particles from cosmic rays generated outside the solar system are


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Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) probably didn't help the GOP's push to woo Latino voters, after using a racial slur during a radio interview with KRBD in Alaska last week. Young's comments came during a conversation about bringing jobs back to the United States:
My father had a ranch; we used to have 50-60 wetbacks to pick tomatoes. It takes two people to pick the same tomatoes now. It's all done by machine. [KRBD]
After the inevitable firestorm of negative media attention that followed, Young released a statement saying that it "was a poor choice of words," and that there was "no malice in my heart or intent to offend."
Consider people not impressed. Here is a look at how politicians and commentators across the political spectrum have reacted to Young's words:
1. Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio)
Boehner didn't waste any time in denouncing Young. The day after the radio interview, Boehner told the Los Angeles Times, "Congressman Young's remarks were offensive and beneath the dignity of the office he holds. I don't care why he said it — there's no excuse and it warrants an immediate apology."
2. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.)
McCain took to Twitter to distance the Republican Party from Young's remarks:
Don Young's comments were offensive and have no place in our Party or in our nation's discourse. He should apologize immediately
— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) March 29, 2013
3. Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D-Texas)
The chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus made sure to get a jab in at the GOP, saying, "He has served alongside Hispanics in Congress since 1973, so he should know terms like 'wetback' have never been acceptable. As the Republican minority outreach efforts develop, I'd advise their strategists to list 'don't say racial slurs like "wetback"' as a bedrock for their messaging."
We're sure RNC chair Reince Priebus is writing down that helpful tip right now.
4. Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas)
The young congressman from San Antonio kept his criticism short and sweet:
Mr. Young, your words are disgusting. "Congressman Don Young Uses 'Wetbacks' To Describe Latinos huff.to/14sfFMe via @huffpostpol"
— Joaquin Castro(@JoaquinCastrotx) March 29, 2013
5. The Washington Post
The Washington Post's Aaron Blake and Juliet Eilperin framed it as the GOP's "Archer Bunker" problem:
The message: Whatever effort they make toward modernizing their brand, there will always be a few Archie Bunkers out there — people, like the lead character in the 70's sitcom All in the Family, who are unconcerned with or unwilling to moderate their tone. And these days more than in the past, their offhand remarks can derail the most carefully orchestrated PR campaign. [Washington Post]
6. Presente.org
The Latino advocacy group called for his resignation, complaining that Young issued a "non-apology saying he 'meant no disrespect' but that isn't anywhere near what needs to be done to make up for a member of Congress using a word with the harmful history of 'wetback.'"
7. Charles Blow at The New York Times
"The Republican Party has a severe minority problem," writes Blow, attributing it to cultural isolation:
Too many House Republican districts are isolated in naturally homogeneous areas or gerrymandered ghettos, so elected officials there rarely hear — or see — the great and growing diversity of this country and the infusion of energy and ideas and art with which it enriches us. These districts produce representatives unaccountable to the confluence. And this will likely be the case for the next decade. [New York Times]
8. MoveOn.org
A petition started on a MoveOn.org-sponsored site argues that, as someone who seems to lack cultural sensitivity, perhaps Mr. Young should not remain chair of the Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.


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Cub Scout Horseback Riding
From MeritBadgeDotOrg
|Cub Scout Horseback Riding has been discontinued. (See Discontinued awards.)
| Horseback Riding
Belt Loop and Pin
Horseback Riding Sports Belt Loop
Cub Scout Horseback Riding requirements
Tiger Cubs, Cub Scouts, and Webelos Scouts may complete requirements in a family, den, pack, school, or community environment. Tiger Cubs must work with their parents or adult partners.
Belt Loop Requirements
Complete these three requirements:
Sports Pin Requirements
Earn the Horseback Riding belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:
View the change list (history) of these requirements. The text of these requirements may be locked. In that case, they can only be edited by an administrator.
Please note any errors found in the above requirements on this article's Talk Page.
Guide to Safe Scouting restrictions
Horsemanship Activities
"Horseback riding activities are limited to Wolf Cub Scouts and older members." —G2SS: Horsemanship Activities
Bear in mind though, "activities" means "Scouting functions".
On the other hand, the awards requirements plainly state:
- "Tiger Cubs, Cub Scouts, and Webelos Scouts may complete requirements in a family, den, pack, school, or community environment. Tiger Cubs must work with their parents or adult partners."
Without due consideration, this may be viewed as conflicting guidance; but, it is not...
- While the G2SS does, in fact, limit horseback riding at Scouting functions to Wolf Cub Scouts and older members, that does not preclude Tiger Cub Scouts from earning the Cub Scout Horseback Riding belt loop and pin —with their parent/adult partner present— in some other venue.
| Note: I have submitted a request to the National Council's Health & Safety desk for any potential clarification.
Please carry any discussion over to (the Tiger Cubs section on) the talk page. —RWSmith (Bureaucrat), 14:54, July 22, 2010 (EDT)
Requirement resources
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I really love the game even if I was a bit scared at the beginning because of the procedural content.
Here are some things I'd like to be implemented or improved :
- a sound and/or a graphic alert when your shield is really low (because you don't have time to check you bar at the bottom right to know if you can or not go throught the next bullets wave)
- maybe an explosion or something like that at the end of the phoenix transformation (because you usually stay on ennemies during phoenix form and you sometimes being killed when it's finished)
- new "weapon" : a clone who's taunting ennemies for few seconds
- more boss levels : it's sad to only face each one time
- it's not easy at the beginning to understand that collecting green orbs upgrade your auto attack, you should maybe show it somewhere on the UI. In Full Mojo Rampage (a lovely game I recommand) you can show main stats at top of the screen (health, fire rate, damages and move speed http://www.gamesidestory.com/wp-content ... page23.jpg It's pretty different because you can pick up items which modify your stats but I like the fact to know exactly how my character is
I hope this message will be understandable (I'm french :'() and otherwise, I'll stream the game a bit on my channel tonight at 23h (UTC+1) http://www.twitch.tv/bestiyo


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Daily Archives: February 20, 2006
It's warming up, finally.
Filed under Life in the backyard
Filed under Life in the backyard
Tagged as Weather
These are chapters in "The Answers Book"
This is a great little book that shows that creationists are not just blindly believing the Bible, but they have scientific evidence for their beliefs.
The Young Earth
by John D. Morris, PhD
By Design
by Dr. Jonathan Safarti
Darwin's Black Box
by Michael J. Behe
Darwin's Enigma
by Luther D. Sunderland
Bones of Contention
by Marvin L. Lubenow
Icons of Evolution
by Jonathan Wells
The Case for a Creator
by Lee Strobel
In Six Days
Edited by John F. Ashton PhD.
On the Seventh Day
Edited by John F. Ashton PhD.
Many Infallible Proofs
by Henry M. Morris
*** This list includes wild birds I've seen in my yard and flying over my yard. The birds love our fishpond!


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8 years ago
Dave Thomason told this story at Ten Fingers, the San Francisco storytelling even where anybody can spin a tale. He won first prize and took home $150 for his trouble. Sign up to tell YOUR story at the next Ten Fingers on Sept. 15th or come and watch...the event is free and all ages. More information can be found here.
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- increased the size of health warnings on cigarette packets from 50 percent of the total pack size to 80 percent;
- changed the design of six messages that would fill the 80 percent space;
- passed a regulation that forced companies to sell only one variation of cigarettes per brand (to get around a previous prohibition on labelling cigarettes as 'light' or 'ultralight', some manufacturers had taken to colour-labelling cigarette packs).
PMI claimed the measures violated its intellectual property rights guaranteed in a trade treaty between Uruguay and Switzerland, where the company is located. The industry's challenge was strategic, as FCA's Regional Director for the Americas, Eduardo Bianco, explained on CBC Radio.
Uruguay 'a pawn'
"Uruguay was just a pawn in this chess game. The real intention of Philip Morris was using Uruguay to scare other Latin American countries and other developing countries so they didn't follow the example of Uruguay," Eduardo said on the programme The Current in January 2014.
Other countries in the region have since gone ahead with tobacco control measures, but we don't know how many plans were delayed or cancelled because of PMI's move. We do know that the tobacco industry has increased its use of international agreements to contest governments' tobacco control measures, including plain packaging.
What about Uruguay itself? What is the state of tobacco control there five years after PMI launched its challenge?
There are both positive and negative developments. According to a report by the ITC Project, the percentage of smokers not planning to quit decreased from 40 percent in 2006 to 31 percent in 2012. There was also an increase in the number of smokers who had made a quit attempt in 2012 (44 percent), compared with 2010-2011 (39 percent).
More affordable
However, cigarettes in Uruguay had actually become more affordable between 2006 and 2012, because prices had not kept pace with smokers' buying power.
The government did implement further measures. In September 2014, it ratified the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products, a new international treaty and the first protocol to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). And it banned the only form of tobacco advertising that was still legal – at sales counters, a ban that came into effect on 31 Dec. 2014
PMI's challenge continues to work its way through the World Bank International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, where in March, Uruguay submitted its 500-page defence. Also earlier this year the WHO, Pan-American Health Organization and FCTC Secretariat were given permission to submit briefs on the case.
Perhaps the most significant development has been Uruguay's status as a tobacco control champion, and target of the multi-billion-dollar tobacco industry.
Bloomberg support
Soon after PMI launched its challenge, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that he would pay legal fees for the Government of Uruguay's defence.
Meeting in the country in November 2010, the 172 Parties to the WHO tobacco control treaty adopted the Punta del Este Declaration. It expressed "concern regarding actions taken by the tobacco industry that seek to subvert and undermine government policies on tobacco control".
The Declaration, named for the Uruguayan city where the meeting was held, stated that FCTC Parties "have the right to define and implement national public health policies pursuant to compliance with conventions and commitments under WHO".
In 2014, the FCTC Secretariat established a tobacco control knowledge hub in the country. Its mandate is "to promote the sharing of information and knowledge on implementation of the Convention internationally," said the Secretariat.
Uruguay's citizens appear to support the country's tobacco control efforts. In 2012, 68 percent of smokers said they believe the government should take even stronger action to protect the public from the harms of smoking, compared with less than half of smokers in 2006, according to the ITC.
Get involved
- See FCA's map of global tobacco control hot spots
- Read how current trade negotiations threaten global tobacco control
- Support the work of Eduardo Bianco and other FCAers around the world


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June 15, 2010
Eugene, Ore. - Ryan Martin and Julian DeRubira each earned All-American status and Kayla Smith broke a school record on the final day of the NCAA Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Ore., on Saturday.
Martin, a junior, ran a 1:47.02 in the 800 meters to finish in fourth-place in the event. In the steeplechase, deRubira ran an 8:49.34 to finish ninth. The duo of Martin and deRubira joined the All-American trio of Jane Doolittle (high jump), Danielle Domenichelli (10,000 meters), and Barbara Nwaba (heptathlon) each of whom earned All-Amercan honors earlier in the meet.
Smith narrowly missed joining her teammates as All-Americans. She finished 12th in the shot put with a school record heave of 52' 9.85". Smith broke Amy Haapanen's three-year old record.
These results combined with Danielle Domenichelli and Jane Doolittle's All-American performances last Thursday gave the Gaucho women 33rd place with 7 points, and the Gaucho men 45th place with 5 points.