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Where the lands for which application is made under section 701 of this title have been withdrawn in aid of a function of a Federal department or agency other than the Department of the Interior, or of a State, county, municipality, water district, or other local governmental subdivision or agency, the Secretary of the Interior may convey an interest therein only with the consent of the head of the governmental unit concerned and under such terms and conditions as said head may deem necessary.
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- The January 21st episode of RAW had 326,000 homes watching on DVR or tape delay while the January 28th show had 351,000 homes watching on a delay. - Courtesy of WWEDVDNews, here is the cover photo for WWE's "For All Mankind – The Life and Career of Mick Foley." The DVD and Blu-ray hits stores on April 16th: - Regarding the talk that WWE ripped off their Zeb Colter character from a Lucha Libre USA gimmick, a WWE source notes that officials have been considering the current storyline with Zeb and Jack Swagger for almost a year. Is Jack Swagger Losing His Push?, Sexy New Rosa Mendes Bikini Pics, More… Partial source: F4Wonline.com The post Backstage News on Swagger & Colter, Cover for Foley DVD, RAW appeared first on TWNP - Wrestling News & Information. Related posts: Lilian Insulted by Swagger & Colter, The Rock Talks WM XXX, More Will Foley Wrestle Again?, No Plans to Bring Back Guerrero, More JBL Receives Hate Mail, Update on Christian's Return, More
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Foxborough, Mass. • Tom Brady waited out the final tense minutes on the sideline and somehow his fourth-quarter leap into the end zone held up, sending the New England Patriots back to the Super Bowl.
With New England leading by 3 points with 11 seconds left, Billy Cundiff missed a 32-yard field goal attempt and the Patriots escaped with a 23-20 win Sunday in the AFC championship game.
Baltimore 20, New England 23
Baltimore 0 10 10 0 — 20
New England 3 10 3 7 — 23
First Quarter
NE » FG Gostkowski 29, 5:49.
Second Quarter
Bal » FG Cundiff 20, 14:21.
NE » Green-Ellis 7 run (Gostkowski kick), 10:35.
Bal » Pitta 6 pass from Flacco (Cundiff kick), 6:03.
NE » FG Gostkowski 35, 3:00.
Third Quarter
NE » FG Gostkowski 24, 9:06.
Bal » T.Smith 29 pass from Flacco (Cundiff kick), 3:38.
Bal » FG Cundiff 39, :50.
Fourth Quarter
NE » Brady 1 run (Gostkowski kick), 11:29.
Attendance » 68,756.
Bal NE
First downs 19 25
Total Net Yards 398 330
Rushes-yards 31-116 31-96
Passing 282 234
Punt Returns 1-4 3-7
Kickoff Returns 1-20 3-101
Interceptions Ret. 2-39 1-19
Comp-Att-Int 22-36-1 22-36-2
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-24 1-5
Punts 4-43.8 2-48.5
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-1
Penalties-yards 6-33 1-5
Time of Possession 33:33 26:27
Individual Statistics
Rushing » Baltimore, Rice 21-67, Flacco 4-27, R.Williams 6-22. New England, Green-Ellis 15-68, Woodhead 6-18, Hernandez 3-9, Brady 6-2, Edelman 1-(minus 1).
Passing » Baltimore, Flacco 22-36-1-306. New England, Brady 22-36-2-239.
Receiving » Baltimore, Boldin 6-101, Pitta 5-41, T.Smith 3-82, Evans 3-39, Dickson 2-23, Leach 2-9, Rice 1-11. New England, Hernandez 7-66, Welker 6-53, Gronkowski 5-87, Branch 2-18, Edelman 1-8, Woodhead 1-7.
Missed Field Goals » Baltimore, Cundiff 32 (WL).
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On his 1-yard scoring dive with 11:29 left, Brady took a huge hit from Ravens star linebacker Ray Lewis, then emphatically spiked the ball as he walked away. Earlier, Brady showed his fire by barking at Lewis following a hard tackle on a 4-yard run.
Next up as the Patriots chase their fourth Super Bowl trophy in Brady and coach Bill Belichick's tenure in New England is the winner of Sunday's NFC championship game between the Giants and 49ers. The Super Bowl is Feb. 5 in Indianapolis.
In their last trip to the big game, the Patriots had an 18-0 record when they were stunned by the Giants four years ago. They won the NFL championship for the 2001, 2003 and 2004 seasons. This time, they had to the Sup Bowl with a 10-game winning streak.
Brady's fifth trip to the Super Bowl will equal John Elway's achievement with Denver.
"We're going to try to go out and kick some butt in a couple of weeks," Brady said.
Before Cundiff missed, the Ravens had a chance to go ahead two plays earlier, but wide receiver Lee Evans was stripped of the ball in the end zone by backup cornerback Sterling Moore, who earlier was victimized for a touchdown that gave Baltimore the lead 17-16.
Then Cundiff misfired, and the Patriots stormed off their sideline in celebration as the chilled crowd roared.
A three-time NFL champion, Brady didn't throw for a touchdown for the first time in 36 games, although he did pass for 239 yards.
"Well, I (stunk) pretty bad today, but our defense saved us," Brady said. "I'm going to try to go out and do a better job in a couple of weeks, but I'm proud of this team, my teammates."
Brady needed help not only from Cundiff's botched kick in guiding the Patriots (15-3) to their fifth AFC title in 11 seasons, but from New England's maligned defense.
"We stepped up," Pro Bowl nose tackle Vince Wilfork said. "We all stepped up big time. Being in this situation is a great moment. You have to cherish this moment."
The Patriots shut down Ray Rice, the league's total yardage leader, who was limited to 78 yards. Brandon Spikes made a fourth-quarter interception of Joe Flacco, who played well before that and threw for two touchdowns. And when the Ravens (13-5) were threatening to score a late touchdown to win their first conference title in 11 years, New England clamped down.
"It's two great football teams, two gladiators, I guess, just kind of going at each other at the end, and I'm proud of our guys," Ravens coach John Harbaugh said. "You know, we've got 53 guys, mighty men, as we like to call them — and they fought, and we came up a little bit short, as 53. You know, 53 win and 53 lose."
With Rice a nonfactor, Baltimore had to rely on Flacco, and he delivered one of his best performances. Flacco has led the Ravens into the playoffs in all four of his pro seasons, but not to the Super Bowl. He was 22 for 36 for 306 yards and touchdowns of 6 yards to Dennis Pitta and 29 to rookie Torrey Smith.
The loss hardly could be blamed on Flacco.
Operating against a maligned secondary missing its top cornerback, Kyle Arrington, who left in the second quarter with an eye injury, Flacco gave Baltimore its first lead. His short pass on third down to explosive receiver Smith turned into a 29-yard scamper down the right sideline after Moore completely whiffed on the tackle.
Danny Woodhead's fumble on the ensuing kickoff set up Baltimore at the Patriots 28, but a third-down sack forced Cundiff to kick a 39-yard field goal, making it 20-16.
New England didn't flinch.
Brady took the Patriots 63 yards in 11 plays, and seemed to score on a 1-yard run. The call was overruled by replay, though, and on fourth-down, he dived just high enough over the line for the winning points.Next Page >
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Barry is an artist, both with words and with paint. He has been associated with our organization for nearly three decades and is our go-to guy for any wildlife question. He knows his animals — especially birds — and the issues that affect them. His blogs will give you just the tip of his wildlife-knowledge iceberg, so be sure to stay and delve deeper into his Canadian Project articles. If you like wildlife and reading, Barry's your man. (And we're happy to have him as part of our team, too!)
Snopes' Frustration Is My Frustration
Truth Matters Not At All to a Very Large Minority
Have you heard of Snopes.com? It's a website dedicated to putting the lie to "urban myths" and misinformation, and sorting out, among the countless allegations making the electronic communications rounds, which are false, which are true, and which are a mountain of fabrication built on a molehill of fact. The site also provides information on where rumors originated. Many have a multitude of variations and have been around for ages.
The latest announcement from Snopes to arrive in my own electronic mailbox starts with a statement that reverberated with me to an enormous degree. After pointing out that reporters often congratulate Snopes for "striking a blow for truth," Snopes says, "those reporters usually seem to be taken aback or disappointed when I tell them that I don't really believe our site makes much of a difference in the greater scheme of things; that the responses we get tend to indicate a good many people are determined to believe whatever they want to believe, and no collection of contradictory factual information, no matter how large or authoritative or impressive it might be, is ever going to dissuade them from their beliefs."
This statement is in an article that refutes one of a suite of lies being circulated to discredit the U.S. president, Barack Obama, or question the legitimacy of his presidency. Since this is about animals, not politics, and I am not an American at any rate, I'll not comment beyond saying that this is a classic case of a desire (wanting to discredit Obama) that trumps facts, the accusation made to discredit him being demonstrably false.
It's this business about truth that concerns me, as it applies to animal protection. Yes, it can be difficult to discern what really is true. It once seemed obvious that the Earth was flat and there was excellent supportive evidence. But the evidence to the contrary is overwhelming, and supported by an interrelated assembly of easily demonstrated, indisputable facts.
The only qualifier I'd add to the Snopes statement quoted above is that, in advocacy, you must start with facts, but never, ever, think that disproving your adversaries' arguments is going to be enough to prevail for your cause. It usually is not, but is at best a necessary starting point. I could list many examples of campaigns fought in which yes, we had "facts" on our side, but they didn't matter.
Conversely, you don't have the luxury of being incorrect. Flawed logic or misinformation will inevitably and effectively be used against your cause. Why does it not work in reverse? Why do the people who want to abuse animals get away with misinformation? Rarely they don't, but usually they do because they, and the people they need to convince, have a vested interest in not being dissuaded from their beliefs.
I'll use a small campaign I waged and won many years ago to illustrate my point. There was an intense lobby by hunters to kill deer in what was supposed to be a refuge, a "crown game reserve." The fear, stated, was that if deer were not killed in the reserve they would eat all the food and then starve. I was shown what is called "high browse lines" as proof. Vegetation of the type deer eat had been grazed as high as deer could reach. As happens again and again, the argument was that there were too many deer; a catastrophic die-off from starvation was imminent, the allegation illustrated by gruesome pictures of emaciated deer.
I'll leave to another day the utter, unmitigated irony of our species, in our multiplying and highly destructive and often starving and warring billions, daring to suggest that some other species is "over-abundant." It's a favorite excuse of wildlife managers to justify their jobs, which they see as promoting hunting as a "wildlife management tool," or what I call the final-solution school of wildlife management.
I cited numerous studies that showed that yes, deer could starve in winter, but that they did so in response to deep snow and intense cold, both in hunted and non-hunted populations, and that according to peer-reviewed scientific research, such "starvation episodes" happened at most one every several deer populations. I also pointed out that there were many wildlife species who experienced starvation episodes when the weather eliminated their food sources, but if they weren't game species, somehow it didn't seem to matter.
I won that argument not because I was factual, but because the officials who were charged with deciding what to do realized that a lot of work would be needed to change the legalistic status-quo, and they simply couldn't be bothered. At best, my arguments presented enough of a frisson of doubt to justify what would otherwise be indifference to the horrific suffering so graphically described by the hunters who were so anxious to kill deer.
But what is important, what my point is, is that this all happened about 30-odd years ago, and I am still waiting for that starvation episode to wipe out a significant number of deer in that refuge. The dire prediction of mass die-off has yet to come true, and yet my colleagues and I have had to fight the same battle, in some part of the province or another, every year since then.
That was a small effort, a small victory. A massive campaign that ended in failure was mounted a dozen years ago to protect two species of wild goose, the snow goose, and the smaller but very similar (and once endangered) Ross's goose from an intensive lobby to allow huge bag limits and a spring as well as a fall hunt.
In 1997 a group of wildlife managers released a report, "Arctic Ecosystem in Peril." A year later, the report led to the United States and Canada deciding that the entire population of the "lesser" snow goose (the race nesting more or less from Hudson Bay westward) had to be reduced by 50 percent to 85 percent. Similar but no-less-deadly proposals subsequently were made with regard to the "greater" snow goose, a slightly larger subspecies that mostly nests in the eastern Arctic and subarctic, and the Ross's goose. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lumped all these geese into one group it called the "light" geese (snow geese actually come in two colors, one white with black wing tips, the other having a dark, brownish-gray body — often called the "blue goose" and which once was considered a different species).
Ross's geese
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The issue is exceptionally complex. "Light" geese "grub," meaning they dig down to consume roots of the plants they eat, and those plants are important to maintaining the ecosystem in which they occur, in a manner that serves the needs of some other Arctic/subarctic species who live there, leaving open mudflats behind. In recent decades the absolute number of "light" geese has hugely increased. They nest in colonies, which leave behind open patches of mud.
The argument was that the "agricultural subsidy" provided by farmlands and intentional planting of grain for migratory waterfowl greatly enhanced the survival of "light" geese, particularly the inexperienced young, on their wintering grounds in the southern United States. This, in turn, purportedly led to an unprecedented population explosion. Thus, to "save" the Canadian Arctic, it was necessary to cull at least half the light geese on the continent, although there was no clear agreement on how many geese that was. This was, of course, in the better interest of the geese as they were stripping their own food base and goslings were growing lighter, or failing to survive.
I won't go into detail about what we found when, in the company of animal advocates from the Humane Society of the United States and Dr. Vernon G. Thomas, an associate professor in the Department of Zoology at the University of Guelph, we visited the western shoreline of Hudson Bay to see for ourselves the "damage" done by snow geese, except to say we found that notwithstanding cleared areas amid the goose colonies, we found an area that was dynamic, filled with native wildlife but always changing (the land is rising and the shoreline moving eastward, as well as experiencing the effects of global climate change) and still was largely empty of colonies of snow geese.
To me the real issue was the unquestioned belief of the proponents of the extra slaughter of "light" geese that the population size of the snow geese was unprecedented. They cited a publication I had in my library that actually claimed the opposite of what they were saying. It cited various sources that clearly indicated that in, and before, the early decades of the 20th century, there were also huge numbers of snow geese. What the wildlife managers were doing was measuring the "increase" from what they had first encountered as young men, 10 or 20 years earlier, when snow geese populations were undoubtedly much lower, perhaps lower than they ever had been. And the basic, essential, premise upon which the rest of their argument depended was that those low numbers were the "right" numbers, the number that "should" occur, even if you have to kill 50 percent to 85 percent of the "light" geese to get there.
There isn't space to revisit the arguments here, my point being that it did not matter that there were written descriptions of the number of geese that once existed — they were simply ignored or misrepresented, and of course legislators assumed they were being told the truth. The only response I ever got from one of the researchers involved in demonizing "light" geese was that the information from historical sources was "anecdotal," thus not dependable, even though "anecdotal" evidence was not the only evidence that could exist from that early in history. It was deemed accurate in wildlife management circles when it served the correct political need.
(Born Free USA suggests how we can coexist with geese, and can point you toward specific incidents in which people and animals truly don't coexist.)
I could name numerous other examples of facts ignored and truth trampled, but the bottom line is that facts don't change minds that have a vested interest in not being changed. They never have and they never will. But we still have to be factual; ours is an uphill struggle against inherent assumptions.
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Best Sources for Packing/Moving Boxes?
It seems silly to purchases boxes when so many can be reused and so many others are being thrown out.
Upon hitting up stores recently that often give their extras away from the warehouse, one friend found that many are now just saying "NO."
Then, on a recent trek to the always ghastly busy and inconvenient U-Haul on Fullerton Ave. to find boxes, my friend found a pleasant surprise: there's a spot for drop-off (donate) or grab (borrow)...
With so many people we know packing and moving right now, what are your best resources for boxes (with no purchase required)??
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Try Craigslist. Although I didn't find any listed when I was packing to move last summer, that's how I passed them on to a number of grateful people!
I loved getting new boxes from U-Haul. They are sturdy and stackable and they'll buy back whatever you don't use.
Paper boxes from work (also great for storage)
The cardboard bin at my apartment complex
Mom and Dad - Mom saves every box, Dad hates that she does; when I take one, Mom feels justified, and Dad is glad to get rid of it! :)
The last time I moved I got almost all my boxes from work. Around the time I signed my new lease I started collecting boxes from supply deliveries and other large packages by flattening them and stacking to the side of my cubicle once they'd been emptied. Worked out great!
Post a WANTED: Moving boxes listing on Freecycle. I had boxes in my basement after a move, and got rid of them slowly by offering them to people ready to come-pick-them-up-right-now.
Try a bookstore -- I worked at Borders last time I moved and used book boxes almost exclusively. They're the right size for all but a few things, and are nice and sturdy.
Usually there are a lot of extra boxes that get thrown out at a bookstore every day. Call ahead in the morning and ask if they'll save their extra boxes for you, then go pick them up in the early afternoon when they've finished unpacking the day's delivery. I only needed one trip to get all the boxes I needed. When my mom moved she went to the Borders near her, and she had to go back a couple times. Still -- free is free!
search the trash. specifically large dumpsters used by restaurants or retail. I know they are locked up, but I'm sure you know someone who works somewhere...
also, condo buildings produce the best take worthy garbage! boxes galore!
Freecycle or craigslist
Chicago U-Hauls are hellish but thanks for the news. I would think craigslist.
On a side note, anyone know how to sign up for Freecycle. I used my yahoo account to "sign up" for membership but they denied me?!
At least around here (Rockford, Illinois), the local grocery store gives them away on certain days. So I have heard anyway.
I work at a hospital, and there are a million boxes available here. I'm collecting only boxes that hold disposable gloves - they come on a pallet, so the boxes themselves have never been mailed and are clean and unsquashed. Ask before you start taking things, but if you can find the right person, they'll probably be happy to let you take some away.
The past couple of times I've moved, I've gotten my boxes from the local grocery store (Publix). I called the produce section and they gladly gave me the leftovers. The boxes weren't huge since both times I never had that much stuff to move (fresh out of college) but I was happy to get what I could and they were sturdy enough for my stuff! =)
I moved three years ago, and here's what I did:
1. Made friends with the people at the grocery store I frequented. They saved me apple crates and all other types of sturdy boxes. Whenever I asked, they would save them for me, and tell me the best days to come by to collect them.
2. My brother worked at Kohl's at the time. WOW, talk about good sturdy boxes! Make friends with people there too, if you can.
Of course, I gave them to other movers after this or recycled them.
I live in Utah where all of the liquor stores are state owned which means they have large stacks of empty boxes available to take. Liquor boxes are the perfect size because you can't pack so much in them that they become unbearably heavy. Nevermind that after every move we look like raging alcoholics with the amount of empty liquor boxes we carry out to discard for several weeks.
Liquor stores. I agree with Meowsk.
My mom works at a store that sells wine and the wine boxes are a great size for moving because they're all pretty uniform in size which makes stacking easy. Plus they're small enough that you're never in danger of overloading a single box with so much heavy stuff that you can't carry it.
also check with your IT department at work -- the boxes that laptops ship in also fall into the small-but-sturdy category, and larger boxes from desktop PCs and monitors are great for lighter stuff. my last move happened almost entirely in computer boxes. (but then, I'm in IT, so I was just cutting out the middle man. :)
I have a dozen boxes and some bubble wrap available in Brooklyn, ASAP. If you want them, contact me at jplee1974[at]gmail[dot]com
We used liquor boxes (state owned stores in NH, too), book boxes from the library where I work, purchased boxes (Home Depot is cheaper than UPS), and scavanged boxes from other places (one supermarket chain saves them up front), then recycled the cardboard as we emptied them.
One note about liquor boxes. They are small enough to be lighter weight, especially when full of books, BUT around here they were opened initially with a utility knife, so it's hard to close them securely. Movers we hired, showing their muscle, would stack three of them on top of each other and haul them out. The structural instability of the boxes even when taped shut nearly led to disaster. So don't pack your glassware in them!
the last big move I had, I got boxes from an auto supply store so those are all in oil and windshield washer boxes. they are square and a good size so that you can't pack in too many books.
also, try you local copy shop. paper boxes are perfect, can hold a fair amount of stuff and make a great game of tetris when packing up the u-haul. plus they are a uniform size, so there shouldn't be any shifting on those long moves.
Costco - my local one had SO many boxes last weekend, I'm sure I could fill my entire apartment with them!
It may sound like a waste of money but on a recent trip to Ikea I purchased a pack of 2 moving boxes. I hated that I spent 6 bucks on them but getting them for free elsewhere is a hassle.
The Ikea boxes saved the day. They were sturdy, held a lot and didn't require any tape to build. They have handles, the cardboard is thick.
I got free clean boxes from Craigslist listings, including book boxes, dish boxes, and even perfect wardrobe boxes. I plan on passing these boxes on when I finish unpacking in PDX... on the other hand, Home Depot has lowered their price for packing boxes down to less than a dollar per piece (from about $2.80) if you absolutely cannot find anything recycleable.
trader joes will save boxes for you if you call ahead. they are free
Midori Montsta, I'm in PDX and moving at the end of May, I would be happy to relieve you of your boxes once you are done unpacking... Let me know! aclilley[at]yahoo[dot]com
I had luck with the Target store by Elston/Diversey when I moved in February. Call customer service the day before you need them, and they will tell you the specific steps to follow. It took a bit of work, but let me tell you, it was worth it! We got around 30 medium and large boxes (for free), which was more than enough to pack up our apartment.
I also got boxes from the Borders I worked at a few years ago. They're a little bit smaller and oh-so-much-easier to lift and carry than bigger boxes. It limits how many books and heavy objects you can pack in one box, and your friends and/or the packers will probably thank you. The bookstores unpack dozens of boxes each day; call ahead and have them hold them for you. Another thing I've done that has worked really well is packing soft stuff (like linens, blankets, pillows, etc.) in plastic bags, which can be stuffed in those odd-shaped leftover nooks in the truck, and can also cushion other fragile items. The bags can then be reused later (most will make it intact).
I moved cross-country last year and got boxes from every conceivable source, from friends' basements to warehouses to UsedCarboardBoxes.com. I wanted to save money and the planet as much as possible.
It's worth it to have good boxes, though, especially if you're going with movers, as I was. For some special items I ordered boxes through U-haul's website - the nice thing about that was that they came in another box!
I'm in India where we don't have U-Haul or Ikea for new boxes. I asked the manager at the local supermarket outlet and was offered a variety of cartons in various sizes. My boyfriend was incensed because when he asked earlier they told him they recycled their boxes for cash.
Getting rid of boxes is easy. We have these 'ruddiwalas' who come to your door with weighing scales and will buy anything recyclable like cardboard, newspapers, old plastic or glass bottles.
I'm moving in mere days, and all my stuff is currently packed away in excellent boxes I "stole" from Barnes & Noble's cardboard dumpster. I've gone there a few times to pick some up, and I find them to be consistently in great shape, a perfect not too big not too small size, and I've been able to get a bunch that are exactly the same size, which makes for much easier stacking. I haven't gotten yelled at for taking them so far, either.
I moved twice and have bought boxes from usedcardboard boxes.com, once for a local move and once for a cross country move. I also asked my local library for book boxes and my liquor store for boxes with dividers to pack my glasses and plates. I know subway gives away boxes for free but they smell of food, so if you dont mind that then go ahead....
craigslist boxes are hit or miss ....ive scored few from freecycle too...i know my local grocery store leaves boxes out everyday but the place where they leave them out is very icky and i wouldnt want to store my stuff in them not knowing what has crawled into those boxes before....
i gave away all my boxes on craigslist after my move....
Hit up factories and warehouses, or just check their trash. Recycling dumpsters, if you happen to have any in your area, are also a GREAT place to look.
If you're striking out at larger, chain stores check out the smaller, independent shops. The more one-on-one environment often makes people much more willing to work with you. Also think outside the box. Stores aren't the only places that get boxes in!
I no longer have boxes in Brooklyn. Sorry!
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I am moving to another state, and used them to purchase boxes. They save gently-used cardboard from being thrown out. All of the boxes I recieved came from warehouses or offices originally and were in great condition. Plus, they were cheaper than UHaul and came with tape and a box cutter.


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When looking at outperforming retail segments, dollar stores usually appear on the list. Family Dollar (NYSE: FDO) comes across as quite an appealing investment opportunity. Family Dollar could be at an inflection point considering that it has new management with critical small box experience and is accelerating multiple initiatives that should yield strong earnings growth. However, as wise investors know, every major aspect of the company should be weighed before investing. With this purpose, we will look into the main strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) of Family Dollar Stores.
- Growing industry: Over the last few years, dollar stores have surprised retail giants with their simple but solid (and successful) business proposal: low operation costs, discount prices for the public (on average 20% lower than the prices offered by supermarkets), a targeted customer base, convenient locations and small-box format stores that provide an easier, less stressful shopping experience. While this business has not yet reached its ceiling, growth prospects make it an interesting choice for investors. As a result of this advantage, dollar stores have offered comparable store sales growth (approximately 5% on average since 2010) that is considerably higher than that of their competitors: supermarkets, drugstores and discounters saw under 3% growth, on average, for the same period.
- Economically sensitive client base: Payroll tax cuts implemented in January 2011 are always an issue when analyzing the success of dollar stores, since their competitiveness largely relies on this policy. Expected cuts to this incentive during 2013 could seriously diminish the company's and the whole sector's profits. Another important stimulus that could be cut back by the government in 2013 are food stamp plans for the unemployed or underemployed. Since this means of payment is used by 10%-15% of Family Dollar's clients, a reduction in their circulation would certainly impact its sales.
- Business suffers from higher oil prices: A correlation between dollar stores' sales and fuel prices seems to exist. Higher energy expenses cannot be transferred into prices since the sector's competitiveness relies on their everyday low price strategy. In consequence, upsurges in the oil prices would definitely lower profit margins.
- Expected growth: Dollar stores' growth potential are still far from its top. Calculations suggest that the US market alone can support over 15,000 more stores. Family Dollar's expansion initiatives could position the firm to take advantage of its competitors in some areas that the business has not yet fully penetrated. However, estimated annual square footage growth is estimated at 6%, at least until 2015, while Dollar General (NYSE: DG) and Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) are projected to deliver 7% growth.
- Roll-out of multiple initiatives: Several initiatives like the roll-out of tobacco, an aggressive remodel campaign and a distribution agreement with McLane generate considerable prospects to narrow the gap -- $2.00 of earnings potential per share -- with Dollar General. Although completely eliminating this distance seems unlikely in the short run, getting halfway closer could add around 30% to the company's earnings.
- Close gap against competitors: While being positioned somewhat behind its competitors in similar productivity initiatives, an opportunity to imitate some of their policies arises. More effective and efficient implementation could bring success to Family Dollar, helping close the aforementioned gap with Dollar General.
- Store renovation: An ongoing plan to comprehensively renovate, relocate or expand stores is being executed. Family Dollar's management assures shareholders (in an earnings call transcript) that by the end of fiscal year 2013, about 60% of stores will offer customers an enhanced shopping experience. Initial results look promising as renewed shops have consistently provided comps above the average.
- Unproven success: Even though key management positions have been renewed (Mike Bloom as President and COO in September 2011, and Mary Winston as CFO in April 2012), initiatives to improve productivity and profit margins have shown limited success. A history of irregular (and not as successful as its competitors') administration leads many investors toward caution when considering investing in Family Dollar.
- Stores overlapping: Store overlap is an item of concern. While not extremely high, it is not insignificant either. Overlapping (within a 3 mile radius) with other dollar stores reaches figures as high as 55% and over 40% for supermarkets. Wal-Mart's incursion in the small box format opens the possibility of greater overlapping and competition in the future. In this area, Family Dollar faces a disadvantaged position against Dollar Tree, which already experiences the greatest Wal-Mart overlap (75%) but still provides the highest operating (EBIT) margins, proving to be less vulnerable to the advances of the retail giant.
- Increased capital expenditures: As a result of Family Dollar's aggressive expansion campaign, capital expenditures rose from $130.9 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2012 to $196.4 million in fiscal 2013's first quarter, and almost doubled from 2011 ($345.268 million) to 2012 ($603.313 million). Capital expenditures are expected to keep on growing during 2013 and could reach $650 million. Although it certainly is a bet on the long-run, the stock may experience some short-term pressure.
Within the promising dollar store segment, Family Dollar seems to offer the best investment prospects. Both Dollar General and DollarTree and great companies but offer limited upside.
Dollar General is one of the premier companies in retail with an attractive business model, first class management and growth profiles, but the stock offers limited upside compared to Family Dollar. In addition, its sales momentum seems moderate. Dollar General has staged a dramatic turnaround and transformed the company into a leading retailer. It is trading at 17.8x earnings and 1.03x sales, compared to Family Dollar´s 16.6x P/E and 0.76x P/S.
DollarTree has one of the most differentiated concepts (all its merchandise is priced at just $1), a superior growth opportunity and is more immune to Wal-Mart entry risks. Its operating margin already leads the industry and does not have the same opportunity for improving store operations and merchandising that Family Dollar does. In other words, its gross margin is likely capped at current levels.
However, potential upside is not the only element to observe before investing. Despite the projected upside, I recommend caution. While various factors point towards the development of the company, some important risks and threats should be taken into account in order to make a wise choice.
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Barack Obama has been projected to be re-elected President of the United States, with the president himself tweeting "Four more years" late on Tuesday night.
Most of election night was a close call, with Republican candidate Mitt Romney ahead for most of the night. But once California and Ohio were both called for Obama, the president pulled ahead with an estimated 275 electoral college votes to Romney's 201, as of press time. Florida had not yet been called, but Obama was expected to win that state as well. Romney had yet to concede the election.
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Part of Course: Agriscience/Intro to Ag Model
Unit Overview / Details
This unit contains lessons on types of nutrients, feed analysis, and basic animal feeding guidelines and feeding programs.
Instructional Hours
- Classroom
- 15 Hours
Content / Concepts
- Types of nutrients required by farm animals including proteins, minerals, vitamins, carbohydrates, fats/oils, and water
- Analysis of suitable common feed ingredients, including forages, roughages, concentrates, and supplements, for ruminant, monogastric, equine, and avian digestive systems
- Basic animal feeding guidelines and feeding programs evaluation
CTE Standards
- California's 2008 CTE Standards: 10
- California Academic Content Standards: Reinforced: 4
- All Standards
- Full Details
Lessons in this Unit
In this lesson students will learn about the five types of nutrients and their purposes. This lesson will also cover symptoms of nutritional deficiencies in livestock. I divide this lesson into two class periods. On the first day we talk about nutrients and the second day we talk about the importance of nutrients for body functions such as growth, reproduction, and maintenance. At the end, students will have to pass a quiz that covers most of the main information taught during these lessons as a means to exhibit proficient comprehension of the information and its importance.
- 2 class periods
- 50 Minutes
This lesson will cover basic feeding techniques for common project animals. This will include making a feeding plan for a fair project.
- lesson time
- 54 Minutes
This lesson covers the parts and functions of the ruminant digestive system. It also covers how this unique digestive system provides for the safety of the animal and contributes to humans.
- 1 Class period
- 54 Minutes


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A major role of the Center is to support the undergraduate and graduate study in Insurance, Risk Management, and Employee Benefits. The undergraduate major is Insurance/Finance and it provides students with an education that helps them to face the challenges of an ever-changing financial world. Students are equipped to follow dynamic career paths. The Center's support for student activities have included financial support of Gamma Iota Sigma, a national fraternity for study of risk, insurance, risk management and actuarial science. Also, students have the opportunities to become involved in the local chapter meetings of the Risk and Insurance Management Society and the CPCU Society. Both groups have established strong support for our programs.
The CPCU Society has established the Gert Sweeney Scholarship for University of Hartford Students majoring in Insurance/Finance. The Connecticut Valley Chapter of RIMS has sponsored students to attend their national conference. Also, we have competed in the Anita Benedetti student competition of the national Risk and Insurance Management Society, and a select group is chosen to attend their national conference - all expenses paid. Scholars chosen represent the best from across the country, and they are fortunate to participate in a program that provides them with hands-on opportunity to meet risk managers, employee benefits consultants, insurance executive, and agents and brokers from all over the United States and Canada. Students from Barney have been selected for this prestigious program for each of the last 12 years. This year's recipients are Michael Neaton and Kyle Parsons.
Organizations such as Travelers, Partners Re, the Angus Robinson Jr. Memorial Foundation, the Insurance Scholarship Foundation of America and the Bermuda Foundation for Insurance Studies have all provided schoolarships to our majors. Also, our students have done internships at most of the major financial companies.
Our undergraduate and graduate programs also have benefited from a close relationship with the Spencer Foundation. Several have been chosen to be Spencer Scholars, which provides a $5,000 stipend and, most importantly, an industry mentor. A $10,000 scholarship is available for graduate students. Elisa Heaton is a 2007-2008 Spencer Scholar.
Our Economics, Finance and Insurance Department has again, in 2013, been awarded a grant by the Spencer Foundation to sponsor a visiting Risk-Manager-in-Residence. These grants are awarded based on proposals submitted by universities nationwide. The Barney School has been selected for fourteen consecutive years. This year we are honored to have Michael Lubben, Director of Risk Management at The Marvin Companies, an industry leader in product innovation, energy efficiency and progressive manufacturing techniques. Mr. Lubben's broad-based and enterprise-wide responsibilities include Enterprise Risk Management, Internal Audit, Safety, Environmental, Claims, Insurance Procurement and Aviation Operations. Prior to joining The Marvin Companies, Mr. Lubben worked as vice president of Global Risk Management at Ryder System, Inc., a Fortune 500 logistics and transportation firm that generates $6 billion annually and employs 29,000+ people globally. Mr. Lubben was senior commercial risk manager at the United Technologies Corporation in Connecticut before he moved to Ryder System. His even earlier work experiences include senior positions at Kone Corporation (Helsinki, Finland), John Deere Insurance (Illinois) and Aetna Life and Casualty (Hartford, CT). Mr. Lubben will be interacting with both undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and local risk managers. We welcome him to Barney and look forward to the knowledge sharing that will take place during his visit. Mr. Lubben is scheduled to give on March 19,
Another major activity of the Knox Center is to encourage research by awarding summer research grants to Barney faculty. The recipients of the research grants for 2008 and 2009 are: "Implications of Public Policy Actions and Retirement Security" – Ann Costello, Ph.D. and "Influences of Organizational Form on Medical Malpractice Insurance Market" – Yu Lei, Ph.D.
The Center provides major support by contributions to the cost of Research Insight (Compustat) for the faculty and students of the Barney School. This database provides extensive financial information on a vast cross-section of companies and is essential for corporate financial analysis. Other publications are provided for the enhancement of the classroom experience.
The Center also has established graduation awards for outstanding Insurance/Finance graduates and serves as a conduit for employment and internship inquiries from industry.


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Northern Michigan Forum-Share Events, Travel Ideas, Photos, Videos
Time: July 9, 2013 from 5pm to 7pm
Location: The Pavillion
Street: 180 N. State St.
City/Town: St. Ignace
Website or Map: http://www.stignace.com
Phone: 800-970-8717
Event Type: pavillion, wine, beer, tasting, chamber, commerce, music, winery, wineries
Organized By: St. Ignace Chamber of Commerce
Latest Activity: Jul 9, 2013
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Every Tuesday from July 2nd to August 27th, local businesses will prepare hors d'oeuvres, and live music will be provided by local artisans. Samplings from local, national and international wineries will be offered.
The $7.00 admission includes six 1-ounce tastings of wine or beer, hors d'oeuvres and live music.
Sponsored by the St. Ignace Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with The Winery.