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Why I Love Apple, But Run Windows
by Wayne A. Thorp
Last month I had the opportunity to meet many AAII members and CI subscribers at the AAII Investor Conference in Las Vegas. I truly enjoy interacting with members and getting direct feedback. One question that I got over and over was when AAII would start producing a Mac-based version of its fundamental stock screening and research database program, Stock Investor Pro (of which I am project manager). I am forced to disappoint our Mac users by explaining that we have to allocate our finite resources to benefit the greatest number of members, and an overwhelming percentage of our members use Windows.
Although I have used computers for over 30 years, the Mac has never played a large role in my computing life. I grew up in a Commodore household—first a Vic-20 and then a Commodore 64. In high school my family purchased a PowerPC, but I kept the Commodore 64 in my bedroom. When I arrived at college in 1993, the computer labs were filled with Windows 3.1x systems, so I didn't think twice the following year when I bought a Gateway laptop loaded with Windows. For the nearly 15 years I have been at AAII, the dozens of the systems I have used have all been Windows-based.
Do I have something against Apple? Absolutely not! I love Apple products, as evidenced by the iPod nano I listen to at the gym, the iPod touch I listen to during my commute and when I am traveling, my two iPads, and my new iPhone 4S. All of these products satisfy specific needs that I have, but I cannot say the same about the Mac. Historically, the Mac OS has been more stable and secure than Windows. But with Windows Vista (which received a lot of undeserved negative press, in my opinion) and Windows 7, Microsoft has finally come up with stable and secure operating systems that rival the Mac OS.
In addition, Mac computers carry a price premium over similarly equipped Windows systems (for an example of this, check out my annual PC Buyer's Guide, available at the Computerized Investing website).
Perhaps most important is the issue of software. As an investor, I use a collection of specialized programs for analysis and tracking, all of which are Windows-based. While readers chastise me for not covering more Mac-based software in CI, there is not a lot out there. This issue's comparison of technical analysis and charting programs, features a program, Investor/RT, that is unique in that it offers Mac and Windows versions with the exact same features and functionality. TC2000, another of my top picks in the comparison, is now cloud-based, meaning it can be run through a Web browser irrespective of operating system. This is where I envision Stock Investor Pro ending up at some point.
Also, in this issue, Joe Lan reviews iBank, a fully featured personal finance program for the Mac. If you are aware of any quality Mac-based investment analysis and tracking software, please contact us at email@example.com.
I wish you and yours a happy and safe holiday season and a healthy and prosperous New Year!
Carl from SC posted over 6 years ago:
I have had the chance to try Stock Investor Pro which is an effective tool, but can be a hassle to manage. I love using tools like Stockcharts.com, that are always up to date, continually improved and I don't have to be and IT manager and run them on my Mac. I do use iBank, which is better then Quicken for my tasks, and there it makes sense the have personal finance stuff on my PC. Good luck to getting to your online version soon, I would probably be a taker and you will find more customers, better control and offer a more up to date hassle free product for your clients. Regards Carl
Don from CA posted over 6 years ago:
Last year, after many frustrating years of XP and sluggish Vista issues requiring reboots, I dumped my HP laptop in favor of a MacBook Air laptop connected to a Samsung Monitor, and now I have the best of both. For Windows-only programs I use Parallels, running Windows 7.1
What is interesting is Windows boots almost instantaneously when I boot up the MAC. I often click on a Win7 programs (TC2000 for Funds) and then back to an OS program (iPhoto, for example) seamlessly. When on Win7 for the MAC, you can hardly visually tell the difference.
It is also nice that with an iPhone 4S (which you mention you own), your photos appear shortly on iPhoto on the MacAir (and I assume your iPAd), thanks to iCloud.
Bottom line -- one computer, two operating systems - Best of both
Robert from FL posted over 6 years ago:
In your Outlook column, you stated that the overwhelming percentage of AAII members use Windows. Exactly what is that percentage and how do you know what operating system I am using? Has AAII or CI taken a survey of what OS its members use, and is that information available on the AAII or CI website?
Thank you.
John p from GA posted over 6 years ago:
Windows 7 is a huge improvement in stability and for maintenance and solving software issues. I love Apple for photo and movie editing, but have never sprung the big bucks to Apple (except for a 30gig iPod). Don in CA has good idea and I might consider going Apple that way. Thanks for the post Don.
Harvey from IL posted over 6 years ago:
I, too went to windows (but from an Apple II plus,and improved my way to Windows 7. My issue was the severe restrictions on getting into the Mac system, not encouraging third party programmers, which resulted in very high program costs. I must agree that Microsoft teird to do the same controlling , but was over0rulled by the many programmers that were able to offer good programs
Chris from MA posted over 6 years ago:
I'm actually quite surprised that the outlook for Stock Investor Pro winding up as cloud-based is "at some point", and not "by next year" or even "this year".
Such a transition would bring with it a host of other benefits: you'd be able to share your custom screens with other AAII members at just the push of a button; data backups would be automatic and painless, as would be data updates and software updates; offering a mobile / tablet version would be easy as well.
Wayne from IL posted over 6 years ago:
While I would love to say, as project manager of Stock Investor Pro, that a cloud-based version of Stock Investor would be ready by X date, I am also a realist. This is a great opportunity for us to take a step back an re-examine all elements of the program, including functionality and usability. It is not worth rushing out a product to say we are "on the cloud" if we can't also make it better and easier to use. Wayne A. Thorp, CFA, AAII
Robert from CO posted over 6 years ago:
An online version of SIP would free AAII members from the "gatekeepers" of Microsoft and Apple, and provide the benefits of using opensource operating systems such as Linux/Unix. They have an initial steep learning curve, but what doesn't that is really worthwhile in life. My experience has been once past that curve, you will never look back.
Right now we are "stuck" with virtualizing Windows or Apple (based on Linux) hosted on a Linux computer. And, if you want to build your own high performance workstation for serious financial analysis, Windows is a flawed option.
There are good reasons why most of the world's super computers use Linux or Unix, and not Windows.
John Bauman from CO posted over 5 years ago:
Ditto re Linux. I finished the switch from XP ti Ubuntu Linux a few months ago. Does anyone know if SIP can be installed and run using Wine?
Charles Perrin from TX posted over 5 years ago:
Stock Investor Pro reportedly can be run on a Mac using CrossOver (a commercially supported version of Wine). There is also CrossOver for Linux, but there are no comments about if it will run.
Wayne Thorp from IL posted over 5 years ago:
We do not have a Linux box in the office we so can't provide a definitive answer. However, a Linux user told us that enhancements/upgrades we made to Stock Investor Pro last year prevented him from running the program on Wine.
Wayne A. Thorp, CFA
Editor, Computerized Investing
Program Manager, Stock Investor Pro
Paul Blacklock from TX posted over 3 years ago:
Any updates on when SIP might start transitioning to the cloud?
H Rogove from CA posted over 2 years ago:
Three years later and no StockPro for Mac, but yet the world has millions of Mac users. Hard to believe the option is not there especially when so much is now cloud based. As an "old" guy maybe AAII needs some young blood?
MJ from Minnesota posted about 1 year ago:
I can confirm Stock Investor Pro works nicely on OSX El Capitan under Crossover (commercial Wine). There are a few little gotchas to deal with:
1. Pre-install .net framework 4.0 into your Windows 7 32 bit Crossover bottle. Crossover has that as a supported app and direct menu installation.
2. Pre-install a few Visual C++ redistributables. I used 6.0, 10.0, and 12.0 I think.
3. Run the SI Pro installer.
4. After it is complete manually select Run Command and find si.exe si_util.exe and si_start.exe. Set those as launchers. These are in /Program Files/Stock Investor
5. Backup your old user files using SIPro utilities and restore them into your Mac using si_util.exe.


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Arkane Studios was working on a new game when it was acquired by Bethesda parent company ZeniMax last August, and now we finally know a little about it. The maker of Arx Fatalis and Dark Messiah of Might and Magic has been busy working on Dishonored.
Very few details are offered, with Bethesda simply describing it as "an all-new first-person action game." However, Game Informer magazine, which features Dishonored as its August cover game, elaborates a little, describing it more excitingly as a "first-person stealth/action adventure."
Deus Ex lead designer Harvey Smith is creative director on Dishonored with Arx Fatalis lead designer Raphael Colantonio. Arkane has also drafted the artistic eye behind Half-Life 2's stunning dystopian City 17, Viktor Antonov.
Here's how Game Informer describes Dishonored, which sounds a wee bit fantastic:
Dishonored is the antithesis of a edge-of-your-seat roller-coaster ride. It's a game about assassination where you don't have to kill anyone. It's a game about infiltration where you can set up traps and slaughter the entire garrison of an aristocrat's mansion rather than sneak in. It's a game about brutal violence where you can slip in and out of a fortified barracks with nobody ever knowing you were there. It's a game about morality and player choice where the world you create is based on your actions, not navigating conversation trees.
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Direct Marketing: Message in a Bottle
Every medicine has a story the marketer must uncork. As doctors' needs evolve, message delivery must adapt to align more with their preferences. Mark Grove and Joanne Flynn share a fresh approach for meeting the new challenges of physician engagement
Sales detailing and direct marketing have traditionally been the key components of physician engagement strategies employed by pharmaceutical companies and have formed the primary link between company and physician. Due to significant changes in the pharmaceutical marketplace, such as the introduction of mobile technology, the increase in "no access" physicians, heightened payer pressures and resource allocation constraints, the traditional sales and marketing models no longer produce the return-on-investment they once did. To meet the needs of the current market, and the new requirements of healthcare practitioners, sales and marketing leaders are in the midst of redefining physician engagement.
"The old pharma sales and marketing model is dying. How fast a death, I'm not sure," explains Al Reicheg, Qforma's corporate development officer. "The pharmaceutical industry once employed 110,000 sales representatives. This number has decreased to about 50,000 to 60,000. It's interesting that our industry is one of the very few that personally shows up at our customer's door, without an appointment, with a visual aid outlining what we want to talk about. The business world has changed. Customers, including physicians, expect to have relevant, specific and even requested information delivered to them when and how they want it in the evenings, in the middle of the night, and on their computers, iPads or smartphones."
In today's healthcare environment, brand success depends on engaging physicians on their own terms. We not only need to reach our customers, but must reach them in a meaningful way. Meaningful engagement is about delivering perceived value. The challenge is to leverage our marketing channels to deliver messages and information that are helpful to physicians, their patients and their practices.
A fresh approach to physician engagement means redefining sales and marketing strategies to develop physician relationships that change prescribing behaviors. And, the key to building relationships is to create meaningful exchanges, those that provide valuable information and lead to brand loyalty. In short, business strategies must build physician trust. To gain trust, your brand's multichannel programming should include the following.
Engage physicians on their own terms
Leveraging channels that give physicians control over when, where and how they access information is critical to winning physician trust. With the popularity of social media, mobile technology and internet resources, the multichannel environment offers pharmaceutical companies opportunities for building meaningful engagements.
As Michael Rowbotham, a director in the Multichannel Group at Pfizer, explains: "Multichannel marketing used to be limited to a relatively narrow number of channels, but this area has grown quickly over the last few years. New channels offer pharmaceutical marketers innovative opportunities to engage physicians like never before, and we are constantly learning how to use them more effectively. We also need to learn to accurately measure them differently than traditional channels."
The multichannel landscape lets marketers better leverage physician preferences to build value, and in turn, trust. Because the physician controls how, when and where they get information, versus traditional detailing and direct mail methods, he/she is more likely to perceive value. When the physician, not the sales person or marketer, chooses what brand messaging and content is of value, engagements become more meaningful and trust may be built more easily.
Provide value by focusing communications on physician education and skills enhancement
Engaging physicians on their own terms by providing value can be challenging. Marketers need to transition from "this is what the physician needs to know" to "what does the physician want to know." Brand messaging and content is of more value to practitioners when the focus is education and skills enhancement. To achieve this goal, marketers need to successfully integrate several tactics:
- Adapt content and messaging to the specific communication channel (e.g., video on-demand, mobile technology, etc.)
- Provide a variety of clinically relevant, on-demand information that physicians can easily access and consider a trusted resource
- Create an information delivery infrastructure that can quickly adapt to physicians' changing clinical interests and needs
- Deliver interactive content allowing the physician to feel more fully engaged and part of a medical community
- Adapt internal training programs to help sales and marketers adjust activities to the new model of physician engagement
- Collect and analyze program data to evaluate physician preferences and to effectively adjust multichannel tactics and strategies to these preferences
This last point is critical. How do we know if our multichannel strategies are successful? Andy Woolf, CEO of McCallan Health, offers additional insight. "One of the many challenges of creating an impactful multichannel marketing approach is collecting, archiving and mining the data on the various types of customer interactions," he says. "The process of collecting this data is significant. But access to this rich data on a customer's preferences will not only make multichannel campaigns more efficient; it will also help marketers to hone the communication information that is desired by each customer. Properly capturing the customer engagement data will also allow advanced analytics to enable optimization of future programs."
Identify physician networks that can amplify your brand's value
One of the best ways to build physician trust is leveraging professional peer networks and physician relationships. In today's market, it's critical that your brand is part of the daily conversations between physician peers. Marketers must capitalize on these conversations by integrating multichannel programs at the peer and community levels. To achieve these objectives, marketers must overcome two challenges: 1) Deciphering complex and disparate data sets to identify high-value physicians; and 2) Identifying those community influencers who have the greatest positive impact on growing your brand.
"Many of our pharmaceutical clients are drowning in a sea of data without the appropriate resources or technology to translate the data into actionable business intelligence," adds Qforma's Reicheg. "For example, high-prescribing physicians are often the target segment identified for personal and non-personal promotional strategies. However, our experience shows these physicians may not amplify your brand's message or change physician behavior due to their minimal peer relationships or influence over other physicians' prescribing decisions. Our goal is to help pharmaceutical sales and marketers identify the highest-value physicians who will spread their message and maximize program returns."
Changes in the marketplace are driving marketing and sales leaders to redefine their approach to physician engagement. The new engagement model focuses less on "pushing" specific brand messaging to physicians and focuses more on enabling physicians to "pull" the information they perceive as valuable. Leveraging multichannel programs to create value and build physician trust is critical. Those companies that adapt their business strategies to this model, by engaging physicians on their own terms, will create meaningful physician interactions that build trust and brand success.
Mark Grove is EVP, sales and marketing, and Joanne Flynn is VP, marketing communication, Qforma.


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Goal is to strengthen agriculture and family farms
Growing the state's agriculture industry and helping New York's family farms prosper is the goal of the "Grown in New York" plan, unveiled Tuesday at a Capitol news conference by members of the Senate's agriculture committee, as well as leaders of the New York Farm Bureau. The plan is designed to strengthen the state's $5.2 billion agriculture industry by expanding markets for New York-grown products, improving the bottom lines of family farms, and investing in the future of farming.
"Agriculture is New York's leading industry, and Senate Republicans have been at the forefront of efforts to bolster agriculture and help farmers grow," said Sen. Patty Ritchie (Heuvelton). "Over the past two years, we have worked to restore budget cuts to vital marketing, research, and educational programs farmers depend on to strengthen their bottom line. 'Grown in New York' is the Senate Republican plan to build on that success and help farmers grow and build for the future."
Sen. Patrick M. Gallivan (Elma) said, "Agriculture is New York's most important industry and one of its most diverse, impacting every individual and family in the state. The 'Grown in New York' plan will help ease the tax burden on family farms, and eliminate the costly bureaucratic redundancies and red tape that continue to stifle growth. This is a dynamic and forward-thinking approach that recognizes the immense economic potential of agriculture and agri-business for New York state, and will allow this important sector to expand and thrive for generations to come."
"Our 'Grown in New York' plan will dramatically strengthen New York's critically important farming and agriculture sectors for years to come by reducing taxes on farmers and helping farmers expand their markets, boost productivity and increase their profitability," said Senate Republican Leader Dean G. Skelos. "The plan would also help keep farms in the family, remove burdensome and duplicative regulations, and ensure the future success of New York farmers."
New York Farm Bureau President Dean Norton added, "New York Farm Bureau has long held to the proven belief that when you grow New York's farms, you grow New York's economy. The efforts put forth today by Senate Republican Leader Skelos, Senate agriculture committee Chair Ritchie and their conference colleagues will do just that. We appreciate their hard work to lower the high cost of farming to help ensure the next generation of farmers can continue the time-honored tradition of providing healthy, local food to the people of this state and the world."
The "Grown in New York" plan would:
•Reduce taxes on farmers;
•Eliminate the burdensome 18-a energy tax surcharge;
•Curtail red tape and outdated regulations;
•Improve farmers' access to customers by expanding farmers markets and food hubs;
•Put more New York-grown products in schools and government facilities;
•Encourage the growth of New York's maple and wine industries;
•Put idled farmland back in production; and
•Improve farm safety.
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The Senate Republican plan is for a stronger agriculture economy.
•Strengthening family farms by reducing taxes on farmers;
•A 2 percent property tax cap for farms; and
•Reduce energy costs on farms by rejecting the governor's effort to extend the 18-a energy tax, and restoring the 18-a assessment back to its pre-2009 level.
Helping New York Farmers Expand Their Markets, Boost Productivity, Increase Profitability
•Dairy: Support the governor's review of a state regulation that limits the size of some dairy farms;
•Maple: Support legislation to cut burdensome regulations and expand opportunities for maple producers;
•Farmers markets: Urge state Department of Agriculture and Markets to commit additional resources to updating its database of New York farm markets, and make information more easily available to the public;
•Food hubs: Support the governor's plan to create new "food hubs" located in growing regions of the state to facilitate access to New York City markets;
•"Buy from the Backyard": Support this program that sets a goal of at least 20 percent of food purchases by state and local government agencies to include locally produced items;
•Remove tariffs: Encourage the federal delegation, as well as Canadian officials, to remove a severe tariff that restricts New York wines from being imported into Ontario;
•Farm breweries: Support increased funding to assist farmers in adding new crops like malt and hops for use in New York's burgeoning small batch and locally produced beer breweries;
•Biofuel crops: Support tax incentives for farmers to produce and use alternative, crop-based fuels; and
•Rescue abandoned farmland: Provide incentives to return forest and abandoned fields to active farm producing.
Keeping Farms in the Family
•Increase estate tax threshold for farms from $1 million to $5 million;
•Create farm savings accounts for young people to purchase farms and to help farmers cover unexpected expenses and losses related to farming; and
•Support continued funding of farming education and enrichment programs such as Future Farmers of America and 4H.
Removing Obstacles to Success and Cutting Red Tape for Farmers
•Cut needless red tape for farmers, who are subject to regulation by more than 20 different federal, state and local agencies. Duplicative red tape prevents farmers from spending more time working in their fields.
Investing in the Future of Farming
•Seek additional budgetary support for maple promotion, the Farm Viability Institute, dairy profits teams that help farmers improve efficiency, and funds to help berry and apple growers recover from damage from storms and invasive species.
Dine: 'Pride of New York'
•This bill would expand the current "Pride of New York" program by creating the "Dine: Pride of New York" program, allowing restaurants serving food and food products produced in New York state access to promotional materials in order to increase their exposure to consumers and promote the sale of locally grown food.
Protecting Farmers from Tractor Rollovers
•The Senate is proposing to restore funding for the tractor rollover program that provides help to New York farmers to purchase and retrofit tractors with rollover protective structures. The program rebates 70 percent of the cost of purchasing and installing the ROPS, up to $765. Tractor accidents are the No. 1 cause of fatalities on the farm.
Support for Dairy Producers
•New York does not set the price of milk that its dairy farmers produce, and the senators stressed the critical need for the federal government to maintain strong support for key federal programs, such as the dairy production margin protection program and dairy market stabilization, to stabilize the milk pricing system and to support a strong dairy industry.


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BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — A Washington State Patrol trooper who responded to a report of a deer killed by a truck on Interstate 5 ended up with a 2-month-old fawn in his car.
The patrol says when Trooper Scott Brown arrived at the Bellingham scene on Tuesday evening, other deer in the area stayed back but the fawn — possibly orphaned by the collision — ran up to him. Trooper Mark Francis says the baby deer nuzzled against Brown and started "mewing."
Unsure what to do, Brown picked up the fawn, loaded it into his patrol car and drove it to Sarvey Wildlife Care Center in Arlington.
Sarvey Executive Director Suzanne West says the fawn was severely dehydrated but is doing better. She says it had some minor injuries and might have been clipped by the truck that hit the adult deer. She says it's possible that deer was the fawn's mother.
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COLUMBIA CITY — Can an aquatics facility be built in Columbia City? Where is the money going to come from Where is it going to be built? These are some of questions the recently formed Aquatic Task Force is working to answer.Wednesday the task force met for the first time and spent an hour discussing the options, as well as the challenges, in building a new aquatics center.It was decided by the City of Columbia City to close Burnworth Memorial Pool in 2014. Due to an increasing amount of repairs needed and the growing cost to maintain the pool, the decision was made.That sparked the next question — what does the city do now? Enter in the Aquatics Task Force. This group is made up of members of city council, the park board, school board, Whitley County Youth Council and area business leaders in the community. Working to establish some sort of aquatics option, the task force has many hurdles to cross before area swimmers don their suits.The public is welcome to attend the task force meetings. At the end of the meeting, public comments will be allowed. The next meeting will be on Feb. 6. For a more in-depth look at this story, see the Jan. 10 issue of The Post and Mail. Don't have a subscription? Call (260) 244-5153 or subscribe to our e-edition. For breaking news, sports updates and additional coverage, bookmark the homepage and find us on facebook.


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Bluejays coach earns milestone victory in DH sweep of Evansville
OMAHA, Neb. -- Brent Vigness won his 600th game at Creighton as his Bluejays defeated Evansville 4-3 in game one of Saturday's doubleheader at the CU Sports Complex. Creighton completed the doubleheader sweep with another one-run victory in the nightcap, 2-1.
Creighton scored in each of the first two innings in the opening game to claim an early 3-0 lead. An infield single to lead off the game by Ellen Homan was turned into an early 1-0 lead when she scored on Alexis Cantu's single through the right side. Cantu would move to second on a single from Amy Baker, then score when Bri Lingl singled.
After Evansville left the bases loaded in the top of the second inning, Creighton scored once again. With one away, Christa Ruf and Homan singled. Ruf would come around to score on an Allie Mathewson base hit to left-center field, making it 3-0.
The Aces scored in the fourth on Niki Rahming's first homer of the year, but Creighton answered when Lingl homered to lead off the home half of the fifth.
Maggie Little hit her first homer of the year to lead off the Evansville sixth inning, trimming CU's lead to 4-2. The Purple Aces made it 4-3 when Halie Malone was hit by a pitch, and pinch-runner Kacey Rodgers later scored with a nice slide around catcher Amy Baker on Katie Sears' single to right.
Evansville's last hurrah was started with a lead-off single by Kayla Fortner in the seventh inning, but she'd be picked off at first by Baker for the second out, and Victoria Dellorto lined out to third to end the game.
Becca Changstrom threw 142 pitches in a complete-game effort to improve to 13-10 on the year. She allowed six hits, three runs and three walks while striking out seven. Offensively, Creighton got three hits from Homan and two each from Mathewson and Lingl.
Taylor Perry suffered the loss for Evansville, dropping to 4-7 on the season after yielding CU's first three runs. Sears and Fortner each had two hits for UE, while Little and Rahming also hit solo homers.
Creighton completed the doubleheader sweep with a 2-1 victory against Evansville in the nightcap.
Alexis Cantu started the scoring with an opposite-field homer in the bottom of the third inning -- her MVC-leading 13th long ball of the season.
The Jays doubled that margin in the fifth inning with the help of a defensive miscue. With runners on first and second and two outs, Bri Lingl singled to left. A throw home from left field was cut off by third baseman Brianna Villanueva. Villanueva would try to flip the ball to shortstop Niki Rahming to cut down Christa Ruf at third. But her toss got away, and Ruf would scamper home with a crucial insurance run on the play.
Evansville finally scored in the top of the seventh. Maggie Little walked and pinch-runner Kacey Rogers went to second on an illegal pitch. With a 1-1 count, third baseman Sammy Snygg came on in relief of CU hurler Cantu. Snygg got pinch-hitter Kendall Kautz to ground out to second for the first out.
Rahming kept UE's comeback hopes alive with an infield single that advanced Rogers to third. Pinch-hitter Alicia Betancur singled to center to score Rogers and moved Rahming into scoring position at second. But Snygg got pinch-hitter Allison Aguilera looking for the second out, then closed out the Aces by getting leadoff hitter Katie Sears to fly out to center to end it.
Cantu improved to 7-4 with the win, throwing six innings of two-hit ball while allowing just one run. Snygg notched her first career save by nailing down the last three outs. The Bluejay offense had five players with one hit each, led by Cantu's round-tripper.
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NOAA's Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary is seeking applicants for two positions representing charter/commercial fishing and university education on its advisory council, which ensures public participation in sanctuary management and provides advice to the sanctuary superintendent.
Candidates will be selected based on their expertise and experience in relation to the seat for which they are applying, community and professional affiliations, and views regarding the protection and management of marine resources. Applicants who are chosen as members should expect to serve three-year terms, pursuant to the council's charter.
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Killing Them Softly
Sometimes a director has a favorite actor that they jibe with, whom they cast in a whole whack of movies in a row. Think Scorsese and DiCaprio, Wes Anderson and Bill Murray, or Sofia Coppola and Kirsten Dunst. It's a sort of professional infatuation that can serve a project well, but it can also lull them into self-indulgence. Although this is only the second time that Killing Them Softly's writer/director Andrew Dominik has worked with Brad Pitt, it feels like they have a certain camaraderie. The symbiosis previously worked in their favor, in 2007's The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. This time around they never quite find the same rhythm.
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Unfortunately for them, Jackie Cogan (Pitt) is called in to investigate the matter. His record is impeccable, his glasses mirror-slick, and his hands steady. His technique is, of course, to kill his victims ''softly,'' from a distance. ''It's so embarrassing,'' he comments to a middleman played by Richard Jenkins, to watch his targets plead and cry and lose control of their bodily functions. It's just as embarrassing to see his colleagues lose their mettle, like Mickey (James Gandolfini), a gangster he called in to help out. Mickey is a dogged drunk and a womanizer who's given to rapturous platitudes about a prostitute he knew in Florida. ''There's no ass in the whole world like a young Jewish girl who's hooking,'' he tells an increasingly frustrated Jackie. Grossly funny scenes like this, the scatological problems one encounters while driving dog-napped pups across country, and an explosion gone awry are outweighed by a weirdly bloated narrative that makes pits stops so characters can loll in junkie nods to the tunes of the Velvet Underground.
The changing political climate of the era is used as a clumsy foil for this underground economy. At first, it's interesting and makes you feel a bit clever to notice the TV in the background playing an old clip of George W. Bush droning on about the economy, or a huge political ad on a billboard looming over a desolate area. As time goes on, Bush is replaced by Obama (first as senator, later as president) on TV, but nothing really changes for these people or their situations. Midway through, it's obvious, and by the end, overbearing, especially as Jackie lectures Jenkins's lawyer (and us) about why the system is as screwed as the characters. ''America's not a country, it's a business. Now f**king pay me,'' he tells Jenkins's Driver, in an echo of the classic Goodfellas line uttered by Liotta.
Dominik has only made three films, but he's a formidable writer and director with a keen eye for assembling ensemble casts. It's possible that time and multiple viewings will treat Killing Them Softly as well as it has The Assassination of Jesse James or Chopper, but for now, it works better as a character study or perhaps a showpiece for its talented performers than an overall experience.
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Welcome to the heart of Austin! We are the only hostel in the city center! Located at the epicenter of downtown, the Firehouse Hostel & Lounge is within walking distance to everything this extraordinary city has to offer. The building is tucked away just around the corner from historic 6th Street with its legendary nightlife and live music scene. The Firehouse is your perfect oasis amid all the action.
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• 24-hour reception
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• our fun, friendly, and helpful staff
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• our unbeatable location, close to all the sightseeing, attractions, venues, and nightlife
Our friendly and knowledgeable staff are here to help make your stay exciting and unforgettable. Austin's new bike-share program has several stations only a few blocks away. We are conveniently close to bus stops for all the major bus routes. You can even take the bus to/from the airport for only $1.50!
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Located in the oldest standing firehouse in Austin, built in 1886, the Firehouse Hostel is opening this fall to provide Austin area travelers with an affordable and friendly option in Downtown Austin. We offer clean and secure accommodation, 24 hr reception, laundry facilities, secure luggage storage, free wifi and a complimentary, healthy breakfast.
The attached Firehouse Lounge is a great place to meet travelers and locals, sip on a classically prepared cocktail or locally brewed beer and enjoy live, local music.
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Check In: 3.00 pm
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Cancellation Policy: 48 hours prior to check-in. Check-in: 3.00 pm. Check-out: 12.00 noon. Method of Payment upon the arrival: Credit Cards, Debit Cards, Cash. Breakfast is included. Taxes are not included. (additional 15%). Guests must be 18 and up unless traveling with a parent. The Firehouse Lounge is limited to guests 21 and up. Parking passes for a nearby garage are available on a limited bases for $10 per night.
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From the Airport
Public Bus - $1
The bus stops only a few blocks from our front door!
Walk to the lower level of the ABIA and board bus 100 Inbound. Get off at 4th and Congress. Cross the street heading east, walk 1 block to Brazos Street and turn left. Walk north 2 blocks and you have arrived. Look for the red awnings
Upon exiting the airport turn left onto State Hwy 71 heading west. Stay on Hwy 71 exit I-35 N then take exit 234C. Turn left onto E 6th St Turn right onto Brazos St. There are two parking garages and two lots within two blocks of the Hostel .
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Supper Shuttle offers door to door drop off and pick up 24 hours a day 7 days a week
Cost is $15 per person. Pre book your pick up at http://www.supershuttle.com/
From the Greyhound Station
Take the number 10 bus Southbound to the 6th and Congress St stop
Walk one block east to Brazos St.
Walk half a block North to 605 Brazos St
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The Firehouse Hostel is located at 605 Brazos St, in the heart of Austin's downtown district. We are just steps away from an enormous selection of restaurants, bars, shops and attractions. Austin's historic 6th Street, the epicenter of Austin's nightlife and events, is only a block away. Local area attractions such as Barton Springs, Zilker Park, the State Capital, and The University of Texas are a short bike or bus ride away.


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LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) — The principal of Columbine High School, who helped shepherd students to safety during the 1999 shootings there, is retiring after 18 years of leading the school.
In a letter to parents Tuesday, Frank DeAngelis said he would step down at the end of the school year.
"People said, 'I'm amazed you're still there, that you have the strength,'" DeAngelis told KMGH-TV. "This place provides strength for me."
DeAngelis was in his office the morning of April 20, 1999, when two student gunmen launched an attack on the school, killing 13 people.
He shepherded a group of about 20 students to safety that day, and he survived with no physical injuries. However, he has said the shootings left him with severe anxiety attacks that felt like heart attacks. He said the attack contributed to the end of his marriage of 17 years because he didn't want to talk about what he was going through.
DeAngelis said he's healthier now and believes schools everywhere are safer because people are now more likely to report suspicious behavior.
When people think about the Columbine shootings, DeAngelis said he hopes they think about the teacher and 12 students killed and the lessons they left behind.
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January 16, 2006
Judkins' versatility unmatched
By Tom Rock
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The key, Nicole Judkins said, is the rhythm. You have to pay attention to your breathing while focusing on the target. It's all about routine and knowing your aim.
The senior forward on the Farmingdale State women's basketball team could easily be talking about a free throw, but she's not. She's talking about the skills learned in basic marksmanship, about firing a machine gun. Though, come to think of it ...
"They are sort of the same thing," Judkins said of the similarities in foul shooting and just plain shooting. "And if you think about either too much, it's not going to happen."
Judkins is one of very few who can accurately draw that comparison. The multi-tasker is not only a full-time student at Farmingdale playing hoops, she's also an Army reservist participating in the ROTC program. The daughter of a career Army officer, and the sister of a soldier who just returned from Iraq last week, Judkins always figured she would have a future in a green uniform. Now she switches between ensembles, from the emerald duds worn by the Rams to the camouflage fatigues worn during military training.
Judkins, 23, was one of four Farmingdale student-athletes who took part in an LTC (leadership training course) at Fort Knox, Ky., last summer. Kristen Tong (basketball and softball), Gina Moscato (volleyball and softball) and Devan Weber (softball) were also there and absorbed what they could. Perhaps nudged by her family history, Judkins took it one step further and enlisted.
"I grew up in military life, so I felt that's what I had to do," she said. "I realized if I didn't do this, I would regret it for the rest of my life. I knew even if I hated the LTC, there was something about the Army I would love. It's a very proud job."
And so far pretty hectic. Though ROTC training follows the school semester schedule, during the academic year Judkins is shuffling all around Nassau County. On Mondays and Wednesdays, she takes a full load of classes at Farmingdale. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, she trains with the ROTC, and on Thursdays, she also goes to Hofstra for leadership classes and labs in topics such as land navigation or basic marksmanship. Finding time for basketball practice isn't easy, which is why Judkins will sometimes show up wearing her fatigues.
"I've been running through the woods all day, and then I change into basketball clothes," she said.
Judkins said her parents have been supportive of her enlistment, but her brother has been hesitant to fully back the decision, and not just because Nicole would outrank him as an officer.
"My brother is real protective, and he just came back from a war zone and can't stand to think of me heading over there," she said. "He's seen it, he's smelled it, he's breathed the air over there. I think it is harder for him having done it than for me, who hasn't done it yet."
Judkins, who played two seasons at Southern Maine and is in her final year of basketball eligibility - she averages 2.9 points and 1.8 rebound per game off the bench for the Rams - will graduate from Farmingdale next spring.
"Then," she said, "it's off to wherever the Army sends me."


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Looking To BTFD In Silver and Gold
Wow, this is crazy, isn't it? There is so much crapola going on in the world that, seriously, I don't know where to start. So, I guess I'll start where I'm most comfortable...with the ruler and the sharpie...and wait till you see what I've found!
As I've mentioned quite a few times as of late, this 20%+ equity rally over the last three months makes me nauseous. While I feel that the perfect 45-degree rally is a clear sign of Fed manipulation, others argue that it is the rational result of The Great Global Liquidity Flush of 2012. Maybe they're right? Maybe we're all right? Who knows? All I know is that the charts don't lie and they are what they are.
To that end, below is the most important chart of the day...perhaps of all 2012 to date. Note that since the panic beatdown and collapse of December, gold has been in a similar pattern to stocks. Take a look:
From this chart, I think we can deduce several things:
- Since it's not just gold and equities that have this 2012 pattern, there really is a Great Liquidity Flush happening and it will likely continue throughout the year as the central banks desperately try to maintain the illusion of recovery and hope.
- The Cartel is still active in trying to manage gold's ascent. Note that this range rises a perfect $100/month.
- If we expect The Great Liquidity Flush to continue then this chart pattern should continue, as well.
- The current floor of the channel is at $1720. This means that by late April, the floor of the channel will be at the old all-time highs for gold, near $1920, and the top side of the channel reaches there by late March.
- Buy gold. Buy it on the dip or buy it on the rally. In the end it doesn't really matter. Just buy it.
Now, the next question is: Can we get a dip to buy? Maybe. In fact, I kind of like our chances that we'll get that dip, sometime between now and Thursday afternoon.
First of all, the POSX is rallying. In fact, at 79.30, it's actually above the level at which it was trading pre-Greece on Monday. Interestingly, the metals are holding in there today even while The Pig strengthens. I have a hunch, however, that a few WOPRS may eventually trip into "sell" and take the PMs down a few dollars.
So, where might that dip take us? In gold, I will be very excited if we can get a dip to 1740-45. You can clearly see that area on these two charts:
In silver, the BTFD area is also clearly defined. Take a look at these two chart first:
And now check out this hourly chart. If a dip develops to 33.70-33.80, it sure looks like a solid buying opportunity. The only thing complicating matters somewhat is the pending expiration of the March options at the close tomorrow. Keep that little item in mind if you are attempting to trade today and recall how SLV call holders were treated when their options expired back on Friday.
Lastly, I'm trying really hard to bring myself up-to-speed on this Greek "bailout" deal. If you want to take a crack at it, too, try reading this:
and this:
and then consider this:
What I can't figure out is why a powerful hedge fund would allow themselves to get screwed in this deal. Why wouldn't a loose consortium of hedge funds band together and deny the deal? Because the ECB and the Fed are so afraid of a CDS trigger, couldn't these funds force them to sweeten the deal in a sort of 80s-esque "greenmail" attempt? They could even short JPM and GS, profit from putting the squeeze on and then close those positions right before they accept the sweetened deal!
Anyway, it seems to me that there is a palpable sense of desperation to avoid CDS triggering through a Greek default. In the next few weeks and days, there will be some wild volatility as markets react to "deal on" and "deal off" rumors but, in the end, a deal will be struck that will be much more costly than that which was announced yesterday. Costly = more euro and more dollars. Costly = continuation of the Great Liquidity Flush of 2012. Costly = gold and silver continue to rally and perhaps even accelerate to the upside.
Of course, I could be wrong. Maybe default is inevitable next month. Gonzalo seems to think so:
However, this event is PM-positive, too, as breaking up the euro will also drive the PMs significantly higher. Maybe not so much in the near term but definitely in the longer term.
So, there you go. That's all for now. Crude is still over $106 and, the more time it spends at $106+, the more certain you can be that it is headed to at least $115. Got UCO?
More later. TF
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First!!!!! Thanks TF.
First!!!!! Thanks TF.
Not taking your advice Turd:)
Sorry, I just went a little long today, bought some 1950-2000 gold spreads - Feb 2013. $1200 with potential for a 4 bagger. i hate buying short term. I like to go long, that's my mantra..so i don't get fcuked like last April. Took it so far up the bottom that it came out of my mouth.
Thurd is good!
and got some 38-39 and 39-40 silver spreads for Dec 2013 around the same price two weeks ago. that' longer the long john silver:)
Stack stack stack
Man they can draw this shit out,
but it is opportunity!
Fitch to declare Default?
Fitch have relegated Greek Debt from CCC to C according to the Telegraph, and are saying this deal going through will count as a default as far as they are concerned - which is a D rating....this just came through their live blog so a bit vague for now...
Re the stocks rally, I do agree with the liquidity juicing story, but it is interesting to hear the astrology guy Ray Merriman who Turdite "Timer" I think was his name turned us onto on blogspot...Ray thinks this rally will break down before March 7th, so interesting to observe while we sit in this flat calm for PM's, yawn, waiting for the wind to get up in them sails shipmaties x
$38 silver will never be in
$38 silver will never be in the money by Dec 13 :)
For The Good Of The Ponzi
The IIF is rollin' on hopium and denial that private investors are going to jump on the "voluntary taking of losses train" for the good of the world monetary fiat ponzi. Of course, the "good" thing would be to end this fiat ponzi ASAP so the governments of the world stop stealing the resources of the world through the printing press.
@dr. G
ya know, the thought actually crossed my mind. But im such a risk taker . If we dont' get 38 silver by then im going to buy long-term bonds
With 720% 1 year Greek bonds, the outlook is looking pretty grim. If Greece does end up restructuring (defaulting) and goes back to the Drachma, will other countries such as Italy, Portugal, Spain, etc. do the same and expect the same? Will this break up the Euro entirely? Wouldn't this cause a flight of "safety" back to the dollar, then driving the POSX up higher in the near term, this suppressing PM prices in the short term? I do believe this will be PM positive in the long run, but I am very cautious in the short term.
I think the ECB will ask the FED to step up and help bail out the institutions who made the bad bets on Greek bonds, and Greece will most likely go back to the Drachma. There is NO WAY that the banks will take the hit... It's always been the people who bailed them out. Why would that change now? I'd be more concerned of the other European countries who will be put in the same position Greece is 2 years from now expecting some forgiveness and not getting it.
Here is the link regarding
Here is the link regarding the Fitch/Greece downgrade story: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/debt-crisis-live/9097237/Debt-crisis-live.html
PS. Nigel Farage for US President. Seriously.
"Buy gold. Buy it on the dip or buy it on the rally. In the end it doesn't really matter. Just buy it".
Best advice you've ever given. In the end it is all that will matter anyway. Highs, lows, WGAF?
@ securi_D
That is my take away from the Swiss debacle late last summer. At the time I couldn't envision anything being more PM positive than annihilation of the last true flight-to-saftey currency. Yet PM's were crushed - presumably by the Swiss themselves on command of their EE overlords. The cabal said, "Sure, you can devalue, but only if you flood the market with your gold at the same time, else we will make it very bad for you." I still can't really get my head around it.
Ok that all was a little off track, but I guess I had to vent. Yes, though, I think a default would cause a melt up on the POSX. Don't get me wrong, though. I am buying PM's.
More from Nigel
More from Nigel - damn he is ALWAYS spot-on
This is slightly dated - from last year -
but it is pertinent in that he gives a sufficient background to
the EU/ Greek affair, and you must have some basic understanding in the entire EU/UK affair
in order to understand the EU/Greek affair. OK?
Also he includes some basic background in EU Bonds -
which are central to the whole Paper Ponzi scheme~!
Root Cause Analysis will always get you back to the Bond Market,
and the bottom line is that it is as Fiat/manipulated as the PIG market and
when that is finally exposed - TSHTF.
Dr J and GSR stuff
Dr J and SGR stuff
Submitted by Hondo on February 22, 2012 - 12:01pm.
Hat Tip! 0
I agree about a forum on this GSR. I have been aware about it since I opened the "silver door" to this rabbit hole I now dwell in wearing my tin foil hat. I just never had the confinence and depth to understand the in and outs. Hat tips to the poster who has been hitting the GSR stuff a lot lately, so I don't recall your handle but thanks and keep it coming! I don't know about y'all but, I don't care to gamble on what I don't understand with my stash.
So, from what I have learned of late, I did the math on what could have been since buying my first chunck in nov 09. The GSR at the time was ballpark 62.
60 oz. Ag @ 60: 1 = 1 oz Au . The lowest I have seen since was ballpark 30:1 right before the May massacre.
60 oz. Ag @ 30:1=2 oz Au. Double the Au I could have purchased with my initial cash purchase. Missed that boat, oh the humanity!
So now GSR 51:1
2 oz Au( I didn't trade for!) would get 102 oz Ag if I chose this ratio. I would maybe wait till 55, but still that would make me 40 free oz Ag per 60 oz Ag done on original 30:1 trade, per x amount of 60 oz I traded!
That's math I like.
Question I have is the tax man. You don't have to report your metals to IRS unless you sell per my accountant. So if you have to sell to get the cash to do the swap that destroys the profit ratio. I haven't done that exact math but spitball math at 35 percent is lil over a third hit on your forty ounces and increasing your footprint if you get my drift.
Any ideas on another way? Anyon
The only option I have come up with is to find LCS to swap with. Convince them they are still getting equal value and then happily pay them their premium. Then walk away hoping they don't change their mind when it's time for the next swap.
I am getting giddy on the possibilities!
edit: Ha ha had to copy this from last thread. Last poster sucka!
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Will patience be rewarded?
Sure, buying gold or silver right here likely will look good a year out.
But in view of all the past options manipulations beatdowns, I can't pull the trigger to add now until I see what the bad guys have in store for the next day and change. Been burned one too many times by their antics.
The way I look at it, buying gold or silver Friday will look good a year out, also. But both could be on sale at that time (Friday).
This one is a doozy...
Fulford and Wilcock are looking more and more credible with every passing day...
Lord James of Blackheath: Mystery 15 Trillion Dollars Transferred to HSBC For Royal Bank of Scotland Connected to JP Morgan and Federal Reserve
"There are three possible conclusions which may come from it. First, there may have been a massive piece of money-laundering committed by a major Government who should know better. Effectively, it undermined the integrity of a British bank, the Royal Bank of Scotland, in doing so. The second possibility is that a major American department has an agency which has gone rogue on it because it has been wound up and has created a structure out of which it is seeking to get at least €50 billion as a pay-off. The third possibility is that this is an extraordinarily elaborate fraud, which has not been carried out, but which has been prepared to provide a threat to one Government or more if they do not make a pay-off. These three possibilities need an urgent review.
In April and May 2009, the situation started with the alleged transfer of $5 trillion to HSBC in the United Kingdom. Seven days later, another $5 trillion came to HSBC and three weeks later another $5 trillion. A total of $15 trillion is alleged to have been passed into the hands of HSBC for onward transit to the Royal Bank of Scotland. We need to look to where this came from and the history of this money. I have been trying to sort out the sequence by which this money has been created and where it has come from for a long time."
If you haven't read David Wilcock's 'Financial Tyranny' report, I suggest you grab a comfy seat and beverage of choice:
Dr G
Nigel Farage for Prez? Yes! I hear he has a Hawaiian birth certificate too!
Warren Buffet candidate for Socialist Sainthood !
He lives in a modest frame house in Omaha and eats a bowl of oatmeal every morning ! Monedas 2012 I hope he chokes on an oatmeal flake !
Always looking
Thanks Turd for the charts! I don't comment much, but I check the site daily to get a sense of what's going on.
Personally, I find it difficult to convince myself to purchase large amounts of silver when the price is above it's 50-day moving average ($31.28 according to StockCharts.com). Maybe it's just the cheapskate in me.
Nevertheless, I'm heading to the local coin shop today. I found a pair of 1oz silver kookaburras last week for $40 and a pair of 1oz silver pandas for $34. Maybe 3rd time's the charm? :)
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Note that removing your Web History also pauses it. Web History will remain off until you enable it again.
If you have several Google accounts, you will need to do this for each of them.
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Couldn't we get the high
Couldn't we get the high school kid who photoshopped BO's birth certificate to do one proving that Nigel Farage was born in the United States?
Thanx Turd
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Black Capped Vireo (Vireo atricapilla)
(Federally listed as Endangered)
Description: This is a small songbird approximately five inches in length. The back, wings and sides are a greenish color, and the head is either black (in males) or gray (in females). The breast and belly are white, and there are white markings around the eyes and above the bill that look like spectacles. Black-capped Vireos feed primarily on soft-bodied insects, especially caterpillars, that they glean off of leaves and twigs.
Habitat: Black-capped Vireos are typically found in low brushy thickets comprised of deciduous trees such as oaks, redbuds and plums. These thickets are often found on thin and rocky soils that slow or stunt the growth of trees and maintain the low thickets that the vireo prefers. Periodic fires and drought are important in maintaining this scrubby habitat. Black-capped Vireos are migratory and occur in Oklahoma between mid-April and early September. Vireos form breeding pairs shortly after returning to Oklahoma and their nesting season begins in the first week of May and continues through mid July. Vireos lay their eggs in small hanging nests that are normally constructed at the end of a branch and commonly hidden by overhanging leaves. Nests are usually built only four to eight feet above the ground, and vireos lay an average of four eggs. Most pairs of vireos raise one brood of chicks per year, although a small percentage may rear two broods.
Current and Historic Distribution: Currently, there are only two known populations of Black-capped Vireos in Oklahoma. One population is large (over 2,000 birds) and is located in the Wichita Mountains of northern Comanche County. The other population is small (less than 30 birds) and is located in the canyon lands of northern Blaine County north of Watonga. Historically this species was once more widespread in central Oklahoma and was found in scattered locations in the Cross Timbers region of the state. Nesting populations also remain in portions of northern Mexico and central Texas including the Edward's Plateau. During the fall, all Black-capped Vireos in Oklahoma and Texas migrate south to spend the winter in southern and western Mexico.
Reasons for Decline: Vireo populations have declined for several reasons including the loss and modification of their nesting habitat. Much of their oak scrub habitat has been cleared and converted to cropland or non-native pastureland. The condition of most of their remaining habitat has declined as a result of fire suppression which has allowed the encroachment of taller vegetation such as Eastern Redcedar. Nest parasitism by the Brown-headed Cowbird is another contributing factor. The Brown-headed Cowbird lays its eggs in the nests of songbirds such as vireos, and in the case of the Black-capped Vireo the young cowbirds hatch sooner and are larger than the young vireos so they typically cause the deaths of all of the vireo chicks in the nest. Brown-headed Cowbird populations have increased over the past century as a result of changes in the populations of large grazing animals in the U.S.
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Hi, Mincha
There are many, many things to thank you for! Foremost, is my life-changing trip to your beautiful country. You enriched my experience with your stories, identifying the animals and birds, the patience and care for our comfort, your sense of humor, the love you have for your country and community and on and on.
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