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(IMF) Machinery Stock Outlook – September 2012 – Zacks Analyst Interviews
A world economic recovery, as seen from equity market improvements off the lows experienced since the 2008 global crisis, has been quite impressive. The journey was difficult with ever-present headwinds hindering growth, the most recent of which was the Eurozone debt crisis that significantly slowed down the overall growth pace in 2011. Lingering effects also impacted the
first and second quarters of 2012.
According to the World Economic Outlook published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in June 2012, the world economy is expected to grow roughly 3.5% in 2012 and 3.9% in 2013. The projection for 2012 is 10 basis points (bps) and for 2013 is 20 bps lower than IMF's April forecast.
Growth in advanced economies is projected at 1.4% in 2012 and 1.9% in 2013, while it is anticipated that the emerging and developing countries would grow by 5.6% in 2012 and 5.9% in 2013.
No doubt obstacles still persist as can be deduced from unstable European economy and slowly reviving advanced countries, the overall growth picture may not materially deteriorate from the IMF's June forecast.
Demand for the Machinery industry is correlated with increasing economic activity, which stimulates demand for industrial products, thereby increasing the need for new/advanced machinery. The major end-markets for the machinery industry include agriculture, construction, mining and energy industries, among others.
Machinery Industry Prospects in the U.S.
The IMF expects the United States to grow 2.0% and 2.3% in 2012 and 2013, respectively. Increasing consumption, higher exports and slightly improved employment conditions despite recent evidence of softness, all bode well for the economy. Gross fixed capital formation is projected to grow 4.8% and 5.9% in 2012 and 2013, respectively.
The Machinery industry in specific and the broader factory sector in general has been doing reasonably well during the economic recovery. While momentum seems to be flagging a bit recently, the group's growth performance has been one of the best in the economy.
In the second quarter of 2012, industrial production in the United States rose by 4.7% while manufacturing output increased by 1.4%. According to the US Census Bureau report, machinery shipments in the first half of 2012 increased 11.1% year over year and new machinery orders grew by 1.7% in the same period. Machinery order backlogs at the end of the quarter escalated 12.5%.
In the first half of 2012, shipments for construction and industrial machinery rose by 27.1% and 9.4%, respectively. Shipments for mining equipment were up 7.2% while farm machinery shipments rose 6.1%.
International demand for technologically advanced construction and agriculture equipment is improving. The United States' construction equipment exports rose 24% while agricultural equipment exports registered a 29% increase in the first half of 2012, according to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). In 2011, capital equipment exports reached $160 billion and accounted for nearly 14% of the global machinery market share.
Japanese Markets
Japan's Cabinet Office reported a decline of 1.7% year over year and 1.4% sequentially in core machine orders in the second quarter of 2012. However, on a monthly basis, June recorded 5.6% monthly growth and July witnessed a 4.6% increase in core machine orders.
Recovery through acceleration in consumer spending and reconstruction activities failed to gain momentum as weak foreign economies, especially Europe's debt crisis, stalled growth in the country.
Weak exports and uncertain global economic environment, partially offset by recent months' results, affected the government's core machine order forecast for the third quarter of 2012, reflecting a 4.8% year over year and 1.2% sequential decline.
According to the IMF, the Japanese economy is projected to grow 2.4% in 2012 and 1.5% in 2013.
Emerging Nations
China and India, the two major emerging/developing nations, are expected to show signs of tangible growth in the years ahead. However, near-term conditions in these economies are weak. According to the IMF, the Chinese economy is projected to grow 8.0% and 8.5% in 2012 and 2013, respectively.
Looser fiscal and monetary measures by the Chinese authorities, efforts of increasing fixed asset investment along the lines of interest rate cut by the Chinese central bank, are expected to offset some of the recent weakness in economic data. Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) flow into the country has slowed and exports have weakened, especially due to slowing global economy while lack of domestic demand for construction, mining and textile machinery contracted imports.
Industrial production in India has been weak in recent months, with the released data showing a bare 0.1% annual growth in July. Poor performances by manufacturing, mining and capital goods sectors reflect weak domestic demand and exports were hurt largely by the European debt crisis. According to IMF, the country is projected to grow 6.1% in 2012 and 6.5% in 2013.
Korea's industrial production increase fell from 1.3% in May to just 0.6% in June and then plummeted 1.6% in July. Weak exports due to global uncertainties, especially the Eurozone crisis, hit the economy hard. Attempts, including interest rate cuts by the central bank of the country, are being made to infuse strength in the economy.
Thailand seems to be recovering fast from the ravages of its floods; reconstruction activities are perceptible in the region to spur demand in the machinery industry. However, weak economic conditions around the globe, especially that of the Eurozone, has impacted growth in the country, as can be seen from the decline in the country's industrial production.
Other Major Players
As per data released by the Brazilian government, economic growth in Brazil remains healthy with projected growth of about 4.0% by the end of 2012 from 2.7% in 2011. Upcoming sporting events to be held in Brazil, rising government spending to improve the country's infrastructure, growing trade relations with other economies, as well as huge foreign direct investments all bode well for the economy. According to the IMF, the country is expected to grow 2.5% in 2012 and 4.6% in 2013.
South Africa is also making progress and is expected to grow 2.6% in 2012 and 3.3% in 2013, as projected by the IMF. The government is focused on improving its mining, manufacturing and agricultural sectors. Moreover, huge public investments in the infrastructure development programs remain in the forefront.
Eurozone – A Hurdle
The Eurozone debt crisis has slowed down the overall growth pace in the region as well as of the global economy. According to a report published by Eurostat in September 2012, industrial production (excluding construction), on a monthly basis, in the Eurozone inched up 0.6% in July 2012 as compared with a fall of 0.6% in June 2012.
On a year-over-year basis, industrial production in July fell 2.3%, including 7.3% fall in Italy, 5.4% in Spain and 5.3% in Greece. However, increase of 18.4% was recorded in Slovakia, 5.3% in Latvia and 5.1% in Ireland.
Construction output, on a monthly basis, fell 0.3% in July and 0.6% in June 2012. On an annual basis, production dropped 4.7% in July, including 18.3% decline in Slovenia, 18.2% in Portugal, 16.1% in Spain and 14.2% in Italy. Offsetting the declines were 7.7% construction output increase in Hungary, 3.0 in Bulgaria, and 2.2% in Germany.
According to the VDMA machine makers association, German machine tool orders in the second quarter of 2012 plummeted 20% year over year, with domestic orders down by 8% and international orders sliding by 26%.
Important Players of the Machinery Industry
Deere & Company (DE) was impressed with its record fiscal third quarter 2012 (ended July 31, 2012) results and fiscal 2012 outlook. Equipment sales rose 16%; and price realization contributed 5%.
The agricultural and forestry equipment provider is expanding globally to leverage benefits from the growing global farm industry. Fiscal year 2012 equipment sales are expected to grow 13% year over year, after netting out 3% unfavorable currency translation impact expected for the year. Net earnings are anticipated to be approximately $3.1 billion.
Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) reported record results in the second quarter 2012. The company's Equipment sales improved 23% year over year. The company raised its 2012 profit per share expectation from $9.50 to $9.60 on better demand forecasts.
Italy-based CNH Global NV (CNH) posted 3% or 9% (constant currency basis) year-over-year increase in its equipment sales — agricultural and construction — in the second quarter of 2012. Worldwide agricultural and construction equipment retail demand in 2012 is expected to be flat to down 5%.
Other top players in the agricultural, construction and mining industry includes: AGCO Corporation (AGCO), The Toro Company (TTC), Terex Corp. (TEX) and Kubota Corporation (KUB), among others.
Prime companies operating in machinery industries other than agricultural, construction and mining, include Rockwell Automation Inc. (ROK), Illinois Tool Works, Inc. (ITW), Manitowoc Company, Inc. (MTW), among others.
Fiscal government expenditures play a counter-cyclical role curbing the ill effects of slower economic developments and a tight credit market. China has come forward with its structural stimulus package for 2012. Government spending on social welfare, construction of low-cost housing, completion of infrastructure projects on agriculture, forestry and water resources received special attention.
Also, the U.S. Congress had a stimulus package designed in 2009 that had money flowing into infrastructure spending. Also, The American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act (H.R. 7) will boost spending in the infrastructure projects. Approximately $260 billion will be allocated to fund roads, bridges and highway projects over five years.
Russia becoming the World Trade Organization (WTO) member in 2012 will open the gates for companies worldwide to benefit from the growing needs for modernizing the agricultural, transport and infrastructure sectors of the economy.
We remain wary of the rising raw material costs of some of the major players of the machinery industry. Steel prices along with energy, especially coal and fuel prices, remain the prime causes of concern.
Research and development costs are on the rise for machine makers in their pursuit of manufacturing more sophisticated and technologically advanced machinery. Availability of funds remains difficult as some major nations are still struggling to bring stability to their own economies.
Favorable commodity prices are a boon, although government policies affecting prices along with export and import policies and trade relations with other countries impact the machinery industry.
Conclusion: Prospects Bright
Despite the prevailing global uncertainties, rising needs of better infrastructure, modernized methods of agriculture and growing complexity of mining/manufacturing methods will boost demand for technologically advanced equipment in those industries. Moreover, looking ahead on the growth path, the emerging and developing nations will inevitably be an attractive destination for machine makers worldwide.Zacks Investment Research
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What is the usual cause of damage regarding MOSFET?
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I'm testing a DC motor using a power MOSFET and an H-bridge circuit, but I can't control it and the MOSFET gets damaged. I'm using the following specifications.
- DC power supply: DC5-16V
- DC current: 0-25A
If normal rotation, reverse rotation, and stop is repeated continuously, the n-channel MOSFET heats up and becomes damaged. There is a 10 msec interval switching between each control. If only normal and reverse rotation are performed, there is no problem, but if rotation is stopped the n-channel MOSFET is damaged when it is turned on. What could be the cause of the damage?
- Is heat sink of a sufficient size?
If the heat sink is small, thermal resistance will be high and channel temperature will rise. If the rated channel temperature is exceeded, this could result in damage.
- Are you turning on the p-channel MOSFET and n-channel MOSFET of the H-bridge circuit simultaneously?
If the connected p-channel and n-channel MOSFETs are turned on simultaneously, penetration current flows into the MOSFETs and could cause damage.
- Is any external power being applied to the DC motor (and generating power)?
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You Can Qualify For Elite Status At Hotels Without Staying There A Million Nights First
The perks of being loyal to a hotel chain can make someone feel like George Clooney in Up In the Air — rolling in and out of locations with the greatest of ease and the least amount of hassle. But what if you're not the kind of person who can rack up 75 or 100 nights per year at a hotel to qualify? There are ways around that hurdle.
The New York Times points out that although we can't all be George, there are lower tiers of elite status programs that are within your reach without having to bed down for a bajillion nights on the road.
Staying only four times a year could bring you within reach of many loyalty programs. So no, you won't get a personal assistant, but you can earn loyalty points and have access to upgrades or free Internet access.
Each program has its own set of requirements, some that include several nights at their locations or using a certain credit card. The first step is to pick a hotel that is everywhere, so that no matter where you travel, you'll be building your elite status. Then it's just down to a bit of research to find out which hotel is the best fit, and has the perks you want.
One example is the Hilton HHonors program, which only requires four nights per year, or 10 nights total and the option to earn Silver elite status just for using their American Express card of the same name. That will earn you early "check-in and late checkout; free use of the fitness center; a 15 percent point bonus for hotel stays; discounts on award nights; and two bottles of water per stay, depending on the hotel."
For the rundown of a few more popular hotels, the perks they offer at their lowest elite status levels and how you can get there, check out the full NYT.com story.
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- number of passenger accessible decks, number (in any) of swimming pools and whirlpools (hot tubs), passenger elevators, water-slides.
- On some ships is additionally provided information regarding name origin/meaning, service history, fun facts.
Many lines, especially river cruise companies, offer bonuses such as free flights, pre-paid gratuities and on-board credits when you book and pay several months in advance. You also have the benefit of booking your preferred deck plan and cabin and if you are planning a family cruise during school holidays, always the busiest times, booking at least six months ahead is almost essential.
Like all things in life, cruise ship deck plans do change in time. Often, cruise lines change facilities and public venues - their location, type (services and amenities) or names. Other changes may relate to new cabin categories. Often, after a major refurbishment, cruise lines add to the ship:
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In an effort to help clients meet their professional and financial goals in 2013, business coach Cheryl Heppard has created the Enlighten Mastermind Group to give them personal guidance through innovative techniques and marketing strategies that will bring them new clients and customers in the coming year.
With her proven coaching, consulting and marketing expertise, Cheryl inspires other entrepreneurs and shows them how to increase their marketing and profits by using an integrated strategy that has worked for many others.
"This Enlighten Mastermind Program might be the most powerful training program I've ever put together," Cheryl said. She has an outstanding record in showing service-related and help entrepreneurs how to use their time and talents to work with more clients in less time, and create multiple streams of income.
"By tapping into the unique knowledge that has let me build three six-figure coaching businesses in just over three years, we'll train you to turn your passion project into a self-sustaining coaching practice," she said. Cheryl's proven systems and the results her clients have seen after working with her have made her a leading sought-after mentor, consultant and speaker. She has appeared on numerous television and radio programs.
The new Enlighten Mastermind Program provides a limited number of clients with the opportunity to have one-on-one coaching sessions with Cheryl during a six-month intensive personalized coaching program. Her highly advanced coaching system allows students to plan a successful business before they even get started and leads them throughout the process.
This system has been the backbone of Cheryl's coaching accomplishments in her mission to teach health and wellness practitioners and small business entrepreneurs all over the world how to use proven marketing visibility and publicity strategies to attract more ideal clients and enjoy more income and freedom in their business.
Everyone who signs up for the special intensive coaching group will receive a free ticket to Cheryl's ListSpike Spring Training Conference this coming April. At her ListSpike Bootcamp event last fall, students rose several levels and built invaluable personal networks.
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Long before Kay Ryan was a successful poet, let alone the Poet Laureate of the United States, she practiced her craft by writing short poems about odd things she read in "Ripley's Believe It or Not!"
Begun in 1918, "Ripley's Believe It or Not!" was a syndicated newspaper cartoon feature of bizarre events and unusual feats and facts. Collections of them were published in dozens of paperback editions over the decades.
"I had this 1930s volume that I would open to a page at random, and whatever story appeared, I would write a poem about it," Ryan recalled, speaking from her Fairfax home. "And what happened was that I got very fond of this. Over 10 years, I wrote hundreds of them."
In 2002, Ryan teamed with her friends, Fairfax artists Carl and Marie Dern, on a limited edition, hardback collection of 15 of the best of Ryan's "Believe it or Not!" poems. The book has now been reprinted as a mass market paperback.
"To me, these Ripley's stories are terrifically funny, but they're not just funny; they have pathos, they have a human dimension in comic form," Ryan explained. "I discovered that I didn't want to focus on the bizarre, the grotesque, the extreme or the incredible. What I really enjoyed was humdrum-atizing them. I liked taking a cartoon and then warming it. But I didn't know that right away. I had to look at 100 of them to see that's what I'd done."
Titled "Ripley's Believe It or Not!," the original hand-bound collection was designed by Marie, who set the type by hand and printed the pages on the letterpress in her studio. Carl illustrated the book with whimsical watercolor drawings.
"Kay's poems are like sketches," Carl said. "It's not that they're simple and that she doesn't spend a lot of time doing them, but they're like sketches in literature and poetry. I thought of them that way when I was doing the drawings. And they're lighthearted, so I felt lighthearted drawings would go along with them."
To illustrate a poem about a French peasant with two noses, Dern drew a cartoon character in a beret standing in profile, looking at himself in a mirror. You see his nose and he sees another in his reflection: two noses.
"I like Kay's humor, and I tried to interject some of my own," he said.
Only 125 cloth bound, fine art copies, priced at $225, were made in the original edition, aimed at collectors of artists' books.
But everyone concerned believed the charming little collection had obvious mass market potential - especially after Ryan was named U.S. Poet Laureate in July.
"Marie and Carl and I felt it was a book that more people would buy it if it could be brought down to a cheaper trade paperback price," Ryan recalls.
They discussed this at a window table at the Koffee Klatch in Fairfax, which served as their office and conference room, and decided to move ahead with their populist paperback.
"Kay said, 'I'm going to be famous for 15 minutes, so let's take advantage of it,'" Marie giggles. "'She said, 'Now that I can, that's what I want to do.' I thought that was pretty wonderful. So that's what we did."
Retitled "The Jam Jar Lifeboat & Other Novelties Exposed," after one of Ryan's poems, the collection was just published in trade paperback by Red Berry Editions, a new company founded by Marie Dern and her partner in the venture, Jane Downs. They hired a Canadian company to print 1,000 copies in its first edition, priced at $20 each.
The title poem was inspired by a Ripley's entry about "a man named Bateman" who invented a jam jar lifeboat in 1831, insisting it was unsinkable. Unfortunately for him, it wasn't.
Ryan's poem:
It was quixotic to think
the cold gray North Atlantic
might be survived in a jam jar boat.
It is not enough that one of something
can be made to float with its lid sealed tight.
One rat might survive one night
on a single treadmill bottle
but even that would be a battle.
Bateman always hated how small truths
extrapolated so poorly. He came up with
really good small ones almost hourly.
"I found myself feeling a lot of compassion, an amused sympathy for the people in Ripleys'," Ryan said. "So many of us have so many good ideas that just don't extrapolate. This guy thought he could hook a bunch of jam jars together and make a cool lifeboat. So he puts it in the North Sea and it sinks immediately.
After taking a moment to reflect on the Bateman in all of us, she said:
"He's just so sad because he has tons of little inspirations and ideas that turn out so poorly. They're little tragedies, really. And we humans love great failures. These poems are generally funny, but they're also tender. And it's a tenderness I really enjoy. There's an affection for humans I'm quite pleased with."
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One year before the release of the classic biker film Easy Rider, a young photographer named Danny Lyon published The Bikeriders, a book featuring an iconic and influential series of photographs of biker culture that Lyon took from 1963-67. Lyon's then-uncommon approach, which was not common at the time, was to photograph his subjects from the inside, rather than simply being an observer. In 1963, Lyon joined the Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club and, over the next four years, participated with the members on long distance rides and at races, field meets and informal gatherings, always armed with camera and tape recorder. Lyon became friends with his subjects and with this series helped to demystify a culture that was often stereotyped as a form of "low life."
Lyon began photographing in the early 1960s. While studying history at the University of Chicago, he joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee as their first staff photographer. Soon thereafter, he published some of his earliest photographs in a documentary book about the Southern Civil Rights Movement. In addition to bikers, Lyon has photo-documented death-row inmates, street kids and the changing urban landscape of lower Manhattan. He has also produced a number of films and is considered an important influence on contemporary photographers Nan Goldin and Larry Clark.
Danny Lyon: The Bikeriders features fifty photographs. All are recent or promised gifts to SAMA from Ernest Pomerantz and Marie Brenner.
Exhibition preview for SAMA Contemporaries members: Friday, September 6, 6-8 p.m.
Lecture, "Danny Lyon: Working on the Edge", by Anne Wilkes Tucker, the Gus and Lyndall Wortham Curator of Photography at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: Friday, September 27, 6:30 p.m. The lecture is cosponsored by FotoSeptiembreUSA.
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Title: "Mangrove Islands"
Medium: Integrated Art - Terrazzo
Year Installed: 2005
Venue: Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport -Rental Car Center
Artist Thomas H. Sayre designed an integrated terrazzo artwork to cover over 55,800 square feet of the customer service area on levels 2, 3 and 4 of the new Rental Car Center at the Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport. He selected the indigenous mangrove islands as his inspiration and created an unusual view of this otherwise familiar theme by ingeniously slicing three horizontal segments of this Florida habitat. The Level 4 represents the mangrove islands at top view with a copious array of intricate leaves and wildlife; Level 3 depicts the above water view with thick tree trunks, sailboats and turtles, and Level 2 represents the underwater view with shoe crabs, fish, coral and mangrove roots. The three levels flooring design, although unique on their own, are thematically linked. The artist has created a rich pattern of images, textures and colors that all come together as an unifying concept when viewed down from the balcony of Level 4.
"While on many levels, all airports are similar as dictated by the technical realities of passenger flow, baggage handling, security, etc., the memorable airports around the world distinguish themselves as unique places by connecting the buildings to what is unique about their respective regions.The RAC floor depicts a view of the indigenous mangrove island, which used to be prevalent in South Florida and still exists in the vicinity of the airport. The multi floor design of the RAC Facility offers the opportunity to present the theme in a unique way by slicing the mangrove island into three horizontal sections, thereby presenting the very unusual view of an otherwise familiar and even overly familiar image of South Florida. Level TwoThe composition of the RAC floors begins on Level Two with a view of the mangrove island cut below the water level just above the sandy bottom. The sandy surface of the bottom is achieved using primarily mother of pearl, as well as light blue glass in the terrazzo field mix. On this level we see the central trunks and a myriad of outrigger roots of the mangrove tree. Red fish, oysters, turtle grass, burma reed grass and horseshoe crabs are depicted via a sectional cut taken through 3-D model of each element.Level ThreeCut higher on the trunk at just above water level, on this level we see the larger trunk sections of the mangrove trees, as well as turtle grass and burma reed grass where they change shape from contact with the air. Additionally, we see turtles, manatees, as well as two different wind surfers. The ripples in the water are achieved via the use of aluminum shavings taken from a lathe and laid horizontally prior to grinding in a field of ground blue glass.Level FourHere the view of the section of the mangrove island is cut at the leaf canopy level where we see the complexity of the large, waxy mangrove leaves, which contain different amounts of pieces of threaded rod, which serve to vary the reflectivity of the leaf clusters. Additionally, we can see butterflies, mangrove flowers, as well as flying pelicans."
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Jennifer Lopez: Emme Inspires Me to be Better
Jennifer Lopez waves to fans and photographers while leaving her hotel with 3-year-old daughter Emme on Tuesday (November 8) in NYC.
The night before, the 42-year-old entertainer attended Glamour's Women of the Year Awards where she was one of the night's honorees.
"It's the women. Through the ups and the not so ups, that's the one thing that got me through," Jennifer said during her emotional speech. "My daughter Emme inspires me to be a better human being."
Pictured inside: Jennifer wearing a black Valentino leather dress and Jimmy Choo shoes inside the Glamour dinner, where she met up with sister Lynda, Jennifer Aniston, Inside the Actors Studio host James Lipton, and Glamour's editor-in-chief, Cindi Leive.
FYI: Emme is wearing Skechers Twinkle Toes Shuffles.
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I kind of like this, but it seems like Grievous couldn't make up his mind. Do I want to roll? Crawl? I guess we'll find out how it works in the movie.
Interesting looking vehicle...although the one thing that makes me the happiest is that it includes a Grievous figure. Hopefully that means for the first time in the Prequel era*, we'll have a pilot figure who can actually fit in their ship without any contortionist tricks.
Ever since I first saw the design for this ride, I've been curious to see how it moves, the toy itself doesn't really imply roll or crawl, my guess is that it can do both, sort of like a Droideka - rolls quickly into position and then deploys the legs for stability when engaged in combat.
What was that wheel-bike thing from Southpark? Dale, do you have a picture we can even show here of that one? I wonder if Greivous makes it go the same way? hahaha
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Grateful Dead
Road Trips Vol. 4 No. 3: Denver November 1973 - SOLD OUT
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Colorado has been fertile Grateful Dead Territory since the band's first foray at the short- lived Denver Family Dog in 1967, and by the time 1973 rolled around, the group had built a large and loyal following there the old-fashioned way—by playing killer shows!
And you'll have a high time getting lost in the majesty and mystery of Road Trips Vol. 4, No. 3, which consists of the entire November 21, 1973 concert at the Denver Coliseum spread across two-and-a-half discs, and then an excellent sequence of tunes from the second set of the previous night's Denver show.
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ViSalus™ Announces World's Largest Resolution Rally To Kick-Off New Year's Weight-Loss & Fitness Resolutions
More Than 300 Resolution Rally Parties Being Held Across North America On Saturday, January 5
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Volume 19, Number 6
September 2002
Renaissance: Rethink, Renew, Retool
By Karen J. Mathis
Do you remember when you last truly loved being a lawyer? Perhaps it was today, or maybe it was a long time ago. I've been practicing 27 years now, and I like to say I've been a "serial specialist" during that time. Perhaps it's the twists and turns my practice has taken that make me feel it is still new and interesting. But most likely, it's my great friends who are also lawyers, and my bar activities, that have kept the law so fresh for me.
There is excitement in the air when the law and its practitioners are discussed-its increasing diversity, multijurisdictional practice, "Ethics 2000," multidisciplinary practice, globalization, the profit crunch, niche marketing, huge starting salaries, crushing law school debt, and the tyranny of the billable hour-and that's without even mentioning Law & Order, The Practice, or Court TV.
All of the new trends in law affect general practitioners and solo and small firm lawyers very directly. Sometimes it seems overwhelming, and perhaps your first inclination is to pull the covers over your head and ignore it all! There is an alternative: You can embrace a renaissance in your life and your practice! Ride the wave of change that is morph-ing the practice of law as we know it.
Join other lawyers, like me, at the ABA General Practice Section's Fall Meeting in San Diego, California, October 3-6, 2002. Renaissance: Rethink, Renew, Retool is our theme, and it's our goal to send you home equipped with a fresh perspective and new tools to use in your work and your life. Our educational programs and social events have been designed with your entire family in mind. So all attendees can rethink their professional and personal interests; renew their spirits with old and new friends while helping others; and retool by learning new skills for life and work!
You'll see all types of folks at our Section's meetings because we are the home for almost every breed of lawyer in the ABA-from new associates at large firms to the senior partner of a five-person shop; the part-time lawyer practicing family law out of the home to the managing partner of a Brooklyn practice setting; the military lawyer to the lawyer in transition; law student to senior lawyer in a new practice setting. It's the place for general practitioners as well as solo and small firm lawyers; for lawyers who like to "go it alone" as well as those with finely honed organizational skills in larger organizations. This is your home in the ABA, and we want you to enjoy it with us in sunny Southern California.
Our group isn't stuffy, formal, or overly academic, and everyone will find something useful at our Section's meetings! We've planned an exciting year, focused on achieving a renaissance of new thought, new spirit, and new tools to assist you. You'll hear more about these exciting plans as the year progresses. For now, here's what you need to remember: Book your flights, reserve a room, block your calendar, and register to join us in San Diego this October for a refreshing time away from your office-you deserve it!


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New Shill Gas Study Published by SUNY Buffalo Institute With Heavy Industry TiesRead time: 4 mins
Steve Horn | May 17, 2012
By Steve Horn • Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 14:19
When does a study on the unconventional shale gas industry become a "shill gas study"? The quick answer: when nearly everyone writing and peer reviewing it has close ties to the industry they're purportedly doing an "objective" study on.
The newest kid on the block: a recent study published by SUNY Buffalo's Shale Resources and Society Institute, titled, "Environmental Impacts During Shale Gas Drilling: Causes, Impacts and Remedies."
The four co-authors of the "study" all have backgrounds, directly or indirectly, in the oil and gas industry:
Timothy Considine and Robert Watson: A professor emeritus at University of Wyoming and a professor at Pennsylvania State University respectively, Considine and Watson co-authored a Marcellus Shale Coalition "jobs" study often cited by the industry and mainstream press titled, "The Economic Impacts of the Pennsylvania Marcellus Shale Natural Gas Play," published in May 2010. The Marcellus Shale Coalition is a gas industry lobbying group representing nearly all of the corporations fracking for gas in the Marcellus. That "jobs" data was used in a July 2011 New York fracking jobs "study" shown to be farcical by Food and Water Watch in a November 2011 report, as covered by DeSmogBlog.
Nicholas Considine: Head of the University of Wyoming's Center for Energy Economics and Public Policy. He co-authored, along with his brother Timothy and Robert Watson, a Manhattan Institute-commissioned paper published in June 2011 titled, "The Economic Opportunities of Shale Energy Development." The Institute is heavily funded by the oil and gas industry.
- John Martin: Martin is a Consultant at JPMartin Energy Strategy LLC. According to his biography appearing on the JPMartin website, he has spent decades working in various sectors of the oil and gas industry, during which he also was responsible for overseeing the research and writing of the first examination of "the natural gas potential of New York's Utica Shale that helped stimulate significant industry investment in this resource." Martin also serves as co-director of the recently created SUNY Buffalo's Shale Resources and Society Institute, which published this "study."


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Discuss Genealogy Society Issues with Genealogy Leaders at the FGS Booth
January 30, 2012– Austin, TX: The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) announces a new feature at during RootsTech this year: FGS Society Central LIVE!
Stop by the FGS booth in the Expo Hall starting Thursday, February 2, 2012 and spend time with a variety of FGS board members who are leaders in the genealogy community. You'll have an opportunity to discuss issues ranging from technology to attracting new society members.
FGS Society Central LIVE sessions are not "formal" lectures but casual conversations with subject matter experts. Show up at the FGS booth with your questions and get advice that you can take back home to your genealogy society.
The FGS Society Central LIVE schedule includes these sessions:
- Going Green: Convincing Your Society to Go Digital with Randy Whited
Thursday February 2, 2012, 9:45 a.m. − 10:45 a.m.
- Tech Initiatives to Jump Start Your Society with Thomas MacEntee
Friday February 3, 2012, 10:00 a.m. − 11:00 a.m.
- Volunteers for Your Society's Tech Projects: Finding, Keeping, and Motivating with Paula Stuart-Warren
Friday February 3, 2012, 2:00 p.m. − 3:00 p.m.
- Youth, Technology, and Your Society with D. Joshua Taylor
Friday, February 3, 2012, 3:00 p.m. − 4:00 p.m.
- Why Your Society Needs a Computer Interest Group with Drew Smith
Saturday, February 4, 2012, 10:00 a.m. − 11:00 a.m.
- War of 1812 Preserve the Pensions Project with Curt B. Witcher
(please stop by the FGS Booth for info on the exact date and time)


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Use this space to cheer the creator along, and talk to your fellow backers.
Have a question?
Mad Martigan on
@KenWhitman - please provide details of the progress made since your last update.
Are you still on schedule for the revised delivery date that you provided in July 2016?
I do not care about your personal life, I just want to receive the DVD that I paid for.
Ravenknight on
Thanks for the link Ken Carlson. So this is the end of the line? Mr Whitman's latest enabler is claiming that he is suicidal. Read the comments if you haven't they are... interesting.
Ken Carlson on
And now Ken "Whit" Whitman's back to using the camera/filming equipment we paid for to film personal promos for his BFF/apologist Marcus King's store now that he's moved back home around Corbin, KY, fleeing the indie actors demanding their money back from his time in Atlanta. Good to know he seems mentally so well balanced and totally not a lunatic in the comments too. Funny, if he'd just hand over the (possibly deleted by this point) footage to people, this project could (Mostly) be a bad memory by now.
Jeri Summers on
I just finished reading some of the typical tirades Ken posted here; lashing out at the backers who understandably want what they paid for (my, how unreasonable we all are!), whining that people are being mean to him and keeping him from working (still don't see how trying to protect one's fellow citizens from potential fraud and broken promises by putting the truth of how these projects have unfolded keeps him from holding down a job), continuing to blame everyone but himself for why this project hasn't been delivered, complaining that Jolly "won't help me," (it's not Jolly's responsibility to save Ken from the messes he's made), and more nonsense about how backers asking legitimate questions about this project is "keeping him from working." Oh, and how he's received "100" emails of support when people are being mean to him. (Yes, that was sarcasm!) We just want our product! I didn't back Traveler or any other project associated with Ken so why should I have to wait for him to finish that and double ship to "save money?" How much can it cost to send a dvd in a paper wrapper? A dollar for a padded envelope or cardboard sleeve, a dollar or $1.50 for postage? I'll send him $3.00 to cover it if it means I can finally get what I paid $250 for! Another question: if Ken had to buy new equipment because the equipment he initially bought with the funds from this project was considered too old for him to work with, what happened to that equipment? Did he sell it? Does he still have it and can he sell it for money to fulfill his obligations to finish and ship these Kickstarter projects? Does the equipment technically belong to the project and therefore the backers? Does anyone know what he did with the equipment and if he sold it, where the money went? Has anyone audited the books on this project to see just how far in the red it is and confirm how funds were spent? My point is that if postage is Ken's main excuse for not being able to fulfill his obligations maybe people would be willing to pay for postage just to get their stuff at long last! Although since I paid $250 for a dvd it seems silly that I have to pay a few more bucks just to get that dvd but if I have to, so be it! In my opinion, Ken could do a lot to redeem himself if he'd stop attacking and bickering with backers that have legitimate complaints about how he's failed to fulfill his obligations in a timely manner, put his head down and work, finish it and ship it. Then it's over and he can move forward. No more excuses, trying to shift blame and otherwise making the situation worse; just focus, finish and ship...done deal! I think I can speak for most of us when I write that we really don't care about Ken's personal problems and how life isn't what he thought it was going to be right now. We all have problems but that's life; we deal with it and move on. This is a strictly business arrangement: Ken promised a product, was given money to produce the product and now, years later, the investors are still waiting for delivery. We don't want to hear excuses or tirades against backers with legitimate concerns, we just want to know that Ken is going to deliver and do so as soon as possible. Three years is a long time to be patient, after all. People are understandably going to be frustrated and upset. Ken can still salvage the situation. I hope he chooses to do so and steps it up.
Peter Epperly on
So, when do we get to see some more Live Action KODT? The first 3 episodes were great.
Pierre-Adrien BeaupletSuperbackeron
@Jolly Blackburn: Wait, 13 months? I thought Ken would be done by next August. Did he kick the can further down the road at some point?
Jolly Blackburn on
Only 13 months until Ken Whitman delivers KODTLAS. Wheeee!
Ravenknight on
@Jolly Blackburn - Yes, it says a lot.
@Charles Martinell - Life must be swell when you can con 795 people and only get 20 enemies... ;)
Charles Martinell on
I often wonder if I can play myself in the tv version of this story......I'm apparently one of the 20 people who hate Ken. Yes I am. Thanks again for taking my cash and not fulfilling the dvd's.
Jolly Blackburn on
So Mr. Whitman is bragging on another site that no one will ever bother suing him because he doesn't have any money. Bragging!! That says a lot about him.
Jolly Blackburn on
sort of strange isn't it...? Guy comes back to a game store to peddle for money — after owing backers so much? It would be one thing if all that money raised had gone toward producign product and he came up short due to problems beyond his control. But we know better.
Phil Marshall on
"Will w**k for coins"
Ken Carlson on
Oh lord. Ken/Whit Whitman's actually *charging* $18 bucks a photo at his BFF Marcus King's store. For an autographed photo of a dude who did nothing but stand there in the background menacingly in one episode of the walking dead, a non-speaking minor role. Red Shirts in Star Trek have more right to charge, good lord. Maybe he'll try another gofraudme for writing nasty Haiku to someone like he's done in the past to raise money next. Good lord. This is sad comedy. Hope someone's got it on film, and some legal papers have been served appropriately, from folks here and from Spinward Traveler, Pencil Dice, and Castles & Crusades. (Though those IP owners don't seem as concerned that Whitman ripped off all their fans, I hope they take this opportunity to serve the appropriate legal papers.
Phil Marshall on
A leopard cannot change its shorts
Jolly Blackburn on
So just under a year in Georgia and he left owing people money... Not surprising.
Ken Carlson on
Well, folks, looks like Ken/Whit Whitman himself, the one & only, will be available for you to meet, serve legal papers to alongside your legal council or state Attorney General of choice, at the below game shop, in *Kentucky*, this Saturday.
It appears he's making an appearance at his best bud Marcus King's game store to sign autographs from his brief appearance last season on the Walking Dead. The same Marcus King whose game store was last seen re-selling Kickstarter merchandise that didn't go to the backers of Traveler, etc...
The word is now that he's had to leave Atlanta, GA, following reports of actors who paid him to record demo footage (using our camera equipment), and not doing so. Another scam act that caught up to him.
Thus, he's apparently run home to Corbin, Kentucky, right in Marcus King's backyard, and about 3 hours from where he previously lived during this scam Kickstarter, in Brandenburg.
I'm sure this is of obvious interest to anyone wishing to hand him legal paperwork in person, and also multiple states' Attorney Generals hunting him down.
Spread the word, to Spinward Traveler, Pencil Dice, Castles & Crusades, Whit Studios' jilted actors in Atlanta, and beyond. Hope everyone perusing legal remedy for his countless scams and theft of our cash has an opportunity to get his "autograph" on some legal paperwork.
Jolly Blackburn on
Phil, he's clearly hoping this follows him less as time passes. It's always worked for him in the past before social media.
Jolly Blackburn on
Another month with zero progress or any updates. I guess yearly updates of "sorry, going to be another year" is the business model here.
Phil Marshall on
Jolly, just issuing a ridiculous date cannot set aside Ken's obligations to his customers, especially when we have previous statements contradicting his latest ones, surely?
Ken Carlson on
Happy Halloween everyone! Everyone's dressing as Faeries, Witches, Unicorns, and other mythical nonexistant beings, so I'm thinking of dressing as a finished KODT LAS DVD, or maybe a 20 Years of Covers softcover book!
Granted, it's hard to imagine what those sort of imaginary things look like, they don't exist after all, but if Whitman was able to dress up as a respectable director years ago, I figure it can't be that hard!
Happy Halloween!
Jolly Blackburn on
Sadly Ravenknight that's because he's kicked the can down the road another year and we won't be seeing or hearing much until people start demanding answers when nothing happens with the new date. And then he'll kick that can down the road some more.
Ravenknight on
And two more weeks passed without communication from mr Whitman.
Phil Marshall on
Legally speaking, my last comment was a "joke"
Impact! Miniatures on
A story due to the KODT: LAS Kickstarter.
After Pencil Dice rose from the ashes of this KickStarter ... so did Knights of the Dinner Table Chibi Miniatures
Because of my love for KODT, I was an eager backer of the KODT: LAS KickStarter. I have been a bit horrified to see Jolly Blackburn's wonderful IP left in the dust of this KickStarter gone off the tracks. This upset me for several reasons. 1) Jolly is a great individual and known benefactor of the gaming community. 2) KickStarter is a major investment tool of my company and when one goes badly in the fantasy/gaming realm it means my possible future backers might not want to back another KickStarter and 3) The Creator has been regularly abusing the backers.
As a result of all this ... I've done what I could to help. I've helped get data on the backers to assist verifying claims by the Creator. When it was revealed he had sold backer rewards to a retail outlet instead of sending them to the backers, I sent free product to the retail outlet that they could sell to cover the cost of shipping those items as rewards to the backers who should have received them.
During all of this, I mentioned to Jolly in July 2015 that I would love to run a KickStarter with the KODT IP so that I could give him what I believe would be a very positive experience with a KickStarter of his licensed IP. Jolly let me know he was not against trying another KODT KickStarter. This led to a year of conversations about what would the design of the miniatures would be, art proof of concepts for approval and even a Kenzer & Co employee sucking on a prototype model at Gen Con 2016 to try and figure out what chemicals were in the model when Jolly wondered. All events leading to a license contract signed on September 26, 2016 to bring you this project!
Phil Marshall on
Legally, Ken only has to fob us off once every two months
Ravenknight on
And once again: nothing but silence. During the last month we got a couple of bloopers that we have seen before alongside (of course) insults towards backers of the project and then... nothing.
Natasha Neame on
Same here - plus I paid a pretty considerable amount & should be getting more than just the disks anyway (not that I think i'm getting anything.)
Jeri Summers on
Chad, I didn't see the survey but I want discs, not downloads. I paid for a tangible product. It isn't our responsibility to make fulfilling his commitments easy for Ken.
Chad H. on
One of those "Nos" did say it would be acceptable under certain conditions (No involvement from Ken and an apology).
I wont draw any conclusions from it, as numbers are low. But it does suggest that people would not accept anything less than what they've been promised.
However, I do suggest Ken, for his own sake, does his own survey, sent out as an update, asking the entire backer community if they'd take it. He's more likely to get a significant sample than me.
Ravenknight on
@Jolly Blackburn
I think it's safe to say that they don't seem to care very much.
Jolly Blackburn on
"Be respectful and considerate." I must confess, Kickstarter. I'm finding that extremely hard to do regarding this creator when he actively bullies and harasses his backers.
Charles Martinell on
Just a kick in the ribs. Blooper reels....really don't care about bloopers when the product is unfinished.
Ravenknight on
@Ken Carlson
Just the kind of class act I've come to expect from mr Whitman.
Jolly Blackburn on
I noticed that K. Carson - a bit of salt in the wound for some I would think.
Ken Carlson on
Lovely, that new background picture's the "20 years of KODT Covers" book I paid Ken Whitman for and never received. He must be bored.
Jeri Summers on
Every time I read the latest on this fiasco I get so annoyed that I go buy more Knights of the Dinner Table books because there isn't anything else I can do to support Kenzer and Jolly right now. It's a shame this project is still in limbo.
Pierre-Adrien BeaupletSuperbackeron
Oh, new background picture? Did Ken upload that?
Jolly Blackburn on
yeah too bad there is nothing new here.
Natasha Neame on
I'm not convinced that showing us bloopers that we've already seen cause they were at the end of episode 1, 2 and 3 is evidence he's 'working on a blooper reel'
Jeri Summers on
My emphasis isn't on revenge but making these issues of breach of contract, fraud, libel, etc., a matter of public record to prevent other people from being hurt in future. If the information websites detailing these issues do that and potential victims search for them, that will suffice. However, there is still a lot of unanswered questions. I'm particularly curious about Ken's statement that he has now had to buy new equipment since that bought with this project's funds is now outdated so he's not using that same equipment? Is the project done or not?
Please remember that while I understand the balance of getting what we paid for from him and his possible intention to file bankruptcy to avoid fulfilling his contractual obligations, none of this is our fault and it's not up to us, already defrauded and disappointed, to make this process easy for him! He either mans up and gets it done, tries to salvage his reputation in doing so, or he sinks himself even further and this will haunt him for the rest of his life. It won't go away but he can make it right and regain some self-respect. If he takes the easy way out, bankruptcy, this will never go away and will follow him through any other venture he tries. It's in his own best interest to do the right thing, in my opinion.
I will abide by whatever the majority thinks we should do. I'm offering my financial support. Is it money wasted to force a legal battle or is it the only way we can get what's owed? How long is too long to wait for him to deliver? What is our ultimate goal; delivery on product paid for and then let it go? I've stayed out of this for the most part up until now but can't stand the thought of anyone else getting taken in future by this kind of thing. What do you all think?
Chad H. on
If we're going to go that route, we're going to need an estimate from a lawyer so we can budget this thing properly.
Although the contract was agreed when he was in Kentucky, the Atlanta address for Whit Studios suggests that his domicile is now in Georgia, so we should be looking for a Georgian court action and Georgian lawyer.
I just want to reiterate if we're going to do that, it's going to be an act of "vengeance" rather than "refund". He's got no cash for us to be paid, so after we get a court order to terminate the contract, we're looking at paying for an attempt to enforce the verdict, then a further case to push him into bankruptcy.
For the above reason "no win no fee" isn't likely to be open to us - we're looking at being forced to pay no matter what.
We're also looking at a situation where defences from Ken could bring the costs higher than the original estimate, unless a fixed fee contract can be arranged with the lawyer.
Is anyone from the Atlanta/Georgia area who'd have the time and ability to call in to a few practices and getting us some estimates based on a no defence and robust defence secenario?
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Why is he "working on a blooper reel" when he hasn't finished the original commitments? I'll contribute to a fund to pursue this legally! All of the lying, cons, libel, character assassination, excuses and simple dishonest business practices needs to be documented and made a matter of public record to keep other people from being misled in the future! As for allegations of damaging Mr Whitman's work prospects I consider it more protecting those who might be equally vulnerable to losing time and money by trusting someone who is unable to deliver! Mr. Whitman might try pursuing gainful employment in another field where he is qualified, whatever that would be. If something isn't working you go on to something that is, not dig yourself a deeper hole. So, what should we do? Individual small claims court filings per person? A blanket suit? Mr. Kenner is an attorney; has Kenner filed against Ken?
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At least we got an update concerning the product instead of childish slander. Seems that discussions about legal proceedings is the way to go.
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I long long ago gave up on getting any reward from the project. However I would donate to a GoFundMe that had a specific plan to serve Ken if the goal of the legal proceedings was to force him to surrender everything related to the KODT KS (financials, footage, etc.) to ZOE and Kenzer. At this point Ken can keep his ill-gained equipment ... I have no desire to not allow him to eat. But because I love KODT and massively respect Jolly Blackburn ... if a legal proceeding allowed this chapter to close ... I'd support it.
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Looks like Mr. Whitman finally has an address, at "Whit Studios", for anyone interested, for serving legal notices, attorney general letters, etc.
Address below. Nice place, and nice to see he describes funders as "sugar mommas & sugar daddies", and that the equipment he's still using from this project as "his own". Classy as always.


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Panthers remain unbeaten in 13-9 win over South Fremont
THOMAS — The Snake River Panthers picked up their fourth win in four days on Saturday afternoon as they pounded out 18 hits for 13 runs in a 13-9 non-conference victory over the visiting Cougars of South Fremont.
"The thing that was probably the most impressive about today is our gutsiness," Snake River skipper Rich Dunn said. "We got up on them early with good pitching and good hitting and then credit South Fremont because they didn't go away. They have a big inning and cut the lead to three and our next at bat we said no, it isn't going to happen and answer those three which is always nice."
Early on it looked as if Snake River were going to cruise to their fourth straight ten run rule victory as they jumped out to a 7-0 lead after three innings of play.
The Panthers got two runs in the first inning as Adrian Castaneda led off with a single and then advanced to second on a throwing error by the Cougar catcher. Kade Harral scored Castaneda from second with a line drive single to centerfield and on the throw to the plate, Harral displayed heads up base running as he moved to second on the throw.
One batter later Harral came racing home when Bret Parkinson laced an RBI single to centerfield for the 2-0 lead.
The hits kept coming in the home half of the second inning as Cole Hrabik led off with a triple to deep centerfield. Wyatt Wray scored Hrabik with a sacrifice fly for the 3-0 lead. Trey Albertson then joined the hit parade with a double to center which was followed by a single by Castaneda. On the play Albertson was allowed to score when the left fielder was unable to pick up the ball cleanly eventually leading to Castaneda advancing to third base. Castaneda scored two pitches later when Harral collected his second of four hits on the afternoon and the Panthers were rolling 5-0. Cash Cardona and Cole Rushton capped off the four run inning with a pair of RBI singles and after two innings of play, Snake River led 7-0.
"Really, our pitchers are just working on hitting spots, moving the ball in and out, up and down and with our offense giving us all of these runs it is giving us a great opportunity to work on our pitching without having to worry about the score so much," coach Dunn said. "The power of the bat has definitely been the power of the wins this week."
Kade Keller was the beneficiary of the offensive onslaught as the lanky junior scattered 3 hits over his 4 innings of work. Keller held the Cougars to just 1 run while striking out 7 in the win.
Adrian Castaneda entered in relief of Keller in the fifth inning and Trey Albertson closed out the afternoon by working the final two innings in the victory.
South Fremont came alive at the plate in the fifth and sixth innings where they picked up 6 runs on the Panthers, closing the score to 10-7.
The Panther bats responded however as Albertson set the table with a one out single, advancing to second courtesy of an error by the South Fremont third baseman on a ground ball by Castaneda. Harral followed with a sacrifice bunt to advance the runners to second and third and then Nate Martin chased both runners home with a 2RBI single to centerfield. Parkinson followed with a double off the fence in centerfield to score Martin to put the game out of reach.
"Again, it's a broken record but in that last inning we get runners on base with one out and then we are able to get a bunt down to put runners at second and third. Our three four batters then pick up three big runs for us," coach Dunn said. "Top to bottom, the last four games, everybody has contributed at the plate, in the field, just absolutely a total team effort this week."
Snake River (4-0) will be back in action Tuesday when they hit the road for the first time on the young season, traveling to Shelley for a 3:30 game with the cross county rival Russets.
South Fremont 000 142 2 - 9 6 3
Snake River 251 203 x - 13 18 2
SOUTH FREMONT: Leading hitters - W. Wilder 3-4 2B 4RBI, Z. Trost 2-3 4R, L. Blanchard 1-2 3R. Pitching - M. Green 2IP 9H 7R 4ER 0BB 2K, R. Maupin (L) 4IP 9H 6R 2ER 1BB 7K.
SNAKE RIVER: Leading hitters - A. Castaneda 3-4 4R, K. Harral 4-4 3RBI 2R, N. Martin 2-4 3RBI 2R, B. Parkinson 3-5 2B 2RBI, C. Cardona 2-5 2B, T. Albertson 2-2 2B 3R. Pitching - K. Keller (W) 4IP 3H 1R 1ER 3BB 7K, A. Castaneda 1IP 0H 4R 1ER 6BB 1K, T. Albertson 2IP 3H 4R 2ER 1BB 0K.


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It's not easy to stand still in this silky fringe poncho, especially when you have the salty breeze of the gulf of finland throwing it around, it's almost as if it was made for a situation like this, but then again I can see myself wearing it all summer-everywhere. And with the pace that I am stuffing myself with all the amazing food here, it will be the only thing I'll fit in.
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* Fine highest ever for delay in reporting a recall
* Fine related to June recall of Lexus vehicles
* Toyota agrees to settlement without admitting violation
By Bijoy Anandoth Koyitty
Dec 18 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp has agreed to a record fine of $17.35 million for failing to report a safety defect to the U.S. government in a timely manner, but maintained it has done nothing wrong.
Toyota announced a recall of 154,036 2010 Lexus RX 350 and RX 450h vehicles in June to address a risk that a loose floormat could force down the accelerator pedal.
The U.S. Department of Transportation said the fine was the highest ever for not initiating a recall in a timely manner. ()
This year's recall followed a string of damaging safety recalls from Toyota, the world's top automaker, since 2009.
Certain unintended acceleration claims made against some models caused a worldwide recall of nearly 19 million vehicles from late 2009 to early 2011.
Toyota in a statement said it agreed to the settlement without admitting any violation of its U.S. safety obligations.
"We agreed to this settlement in order to avoid a time-consuming dispute and to focus fully on our shared commitment with NHTSA to keep drivers safe," Ray Tanguay, chief quality officer of Toyota North America, said in a statement. ()
The Department of Transport's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it contacted Toyota in May after it noticed a trend of "floor mat pedal entrapments" in vehicle owner questionnaires.
Toyota advised the safety agency a month later that it was aware of 63 alleged incidents and said it would launch the recall.
Federal law requires automakers to notify the agency within five business days of determining that a safety defect exists and to conduct a recall.
"Every moment of delay has the potential to lead to deaths or injuries on our nation's highways," said David Strickland, the Administrator of the highway safety agency.
The penalties come a month after Toyota said it would recall about 2.77 million vehicles worldwide, including some of its popular Prius hybrid cars, for steering and water pump problems.
The carmaker was fined a total of $48.8 million in civil penalties in 2010 as a result of three separate investigations into its handling of vehicle recalls.
Analysts said Tuesday's NHTSA fine would not have any significant impact on demand.
"Consumers tend to gloss over these events. A lot of the decision-making is based on products in the showroom, and in that respect, Toyota is very competitive," Polk analyst Tom Libby said.
Matthew Stover, an analyst with Guggenheim Securities, said there would be minimal financial impact from the penalties.
"Recalls in general don't have an impact on sales like they used to," Stover said.
Toyota maintained from the start of its worst safety crisis ever that the floor mat pedal entrapment issue was linked to floormats pinning gas pedals down rather than a systemic electronic problem.
Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in early 2011 a federal probe essentially agreed with the company's claim.
The U.S. auto safety regulators in April this year announced a proposal that would require brake override systems -- that can stop a vehicle if the accelerator pedal gets stuck open -- on all new passenger cars and trucks, likely by the 2015 model year.


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What is the wisdom behind eating the meat of mountain goats and wild cattle? Is the basic principle behind it that it is permissible or allowed?.
The basic principle with regard to land animals is that it is permissible to eat them unless there is evidence to show that it is prohibited.
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The basic principle with regard to food is that it is permissible, except that for which there is evidence that it is prohibited. If we are uncertain about something, whether it is halaal or haraam, the basic principle is that it is permissible unless we find proof that it is prohibited.
The evidence for that is the verse in which Allah says (interpretation of the meaning): "He it is Who created for you all that is on earth" [al-Baqarah 2:29]. That includes everything on earth, animals, plants, clothing and so on.
And Allah says (interpretation of the meaning): "He it is Who created for you all that is on earth" [al-Jaathiyah 45:13].
Based on that, the basic principle with regard to all animals is that they are permissible unless there is evidence to prove that they are prohibited.
End quote from Fataawa Noor 'ala al-Darb, 11/116
It was narrated that there was consensus among the scholars that it is permissible to eat wild cattle.
It says in al-Mawsoo'ah al-Fiqhiyyah (5/134): Every wild animal that does not have fangs with which it kills prey and is not vermin – animals such as gazelles, wild cattle, wild donkeys (onagers), and wild camels – are permissible according to the consensus of the Muslims, because they come under the heading of that which is good (al-tayyibaat). End quote.
Al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Mountains goats are halaal, and there is no difference of opinion concerning that.
End quote from al-Majmoo', 9/9
Ibn Qudaamah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Wild cattle are all permissible, of all types, including wild goats, mountain goats, wild cattle and other types of game. They are all permissible, and there is scholarly consensus on all of that; we do not know of any difference of opinion concerning it. (9/327).
So it is permissible to eat it because it comes under the heading of al-tayyibaat (that which is good, i.e., halaal), and it does not come under the category of fanged predators or vermin.
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Paul Walker's brothers are helping director James Wan complete filming on Fast & Furious 7 by serving as stand-ins for the late actor's unfinished scenes.
Caleb and Cody Walker will be used during select scenes, while computer graphics will be utilised to "mask any discrepancies between their bodies and his," according to TheWrap.com.
However, they will not be replacing the franchise star in the film.
In a message on the movie's official Facebook.com page, producers write, "Paul had already shot his dramatic scenes and most of his action for Fast & Furious 7, and it's among the strongest work of his career.
"We have resumed shooting and now welcome Paul's brothers, Caleb and Cody, into our Fast family. Caleb and Cody are helping us complete some remaining action for their brother and fill in small gaps left in production. Having them on set has made us all feel that Paul is with us too..."
Production on the project was halted after the actor died in a fiery car crash in November (13), but filming resumed earlier this month (Apr14).


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I have written previously about the Ireland Reaching Out(XO) project. The project is gaining steam, and is planning another "Week of Welcomes" this June. Even if you can't be in Ireland this June for the Week of Welcomes, do check out the project's web page. Individual parish pages are being set up--be sure to sign up on your ancestral parish registry
Below is the press release from the Ireland Reaching Out (XO) describing this great family and local history gathering:
It is a week organised by the Parishes for their own Diaspora and an opportunity to meet in a place of common ancestry, with which a deep and real connection is shared. Above all, the Week of Welcomes builds on the paper trail of the records that may only get you so far, by providing that final link of local knowledge. You get to speak to people from the communities of your ancestors and use their knowledge to perhaps finally discover that elusive headstone, or the spot where the ancestral home once stood, or even seek out some long-lost cousins...and have some fun along the way!
The Week of Welcomes in South East Galway is an absolutely unique, personal and intimate experience - we will meet and greet you, taking you deep into Ireland, its parishes and townlands. With stops at must-see places, as well as those that are off-the-beaten path, we will entertain you with history, stories, music, and lively discussions about Ireland's past, present and future.
Have a look at the Week of Welcomes Brochure here!
Itinerary in Brief...Come for the Week or just the Weekend!
Jun 24 Open Event & Welcome Reception
Jun 25 'This is who you are' Day
Jun 26 Shannon River Cruise – Garden Tea Party
Jun 27 Historical & Heritage Tour of local areas
Jun 28 Free Day – Irish Night
Jun 29 Culture – Crafts – Heritage: all things Irish!
Jun 30 Country Market - Hurling Match – Farewell Event
Jul 01 Departure Day
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People travel to the Mojave expecting arid crags, tortured landscapes and vast expanses. But water? Not so much. On a recent winter trip to the Mojave, I stumbled on a new desert lure: bubbling springs, creeks and even a river, the Amargosa. My husband, Barry, and I followed a watery trail through the hamlets of Shoshone and Tecopa Hot Springs, in the seam of desert between Death Valley National Park and the Nevada border.
The bed
Don't expect turn-down service. First up was the Shoshone Inn, a cinder-block motel on California Highway 127 in Shoshone ([760] 852-4335 or [760] 852-4224; From about $85 a night). The room needed painting, and the bathroom was barely big enough to turn around in. But the bed was fine, and we could drive less than a mile to swim in the hot springs-fed pool used by Shoshone Inn guests. A notch above on the second night was the Tecopa Hot Springs Resort (860 Tecopa Hot Springs Road, Tecopa; [760] 852-4420; $95 plus tax for two; includes unlimited use of mineral baths/pools). Room 16 — the manager's favorite, she said — had granite countertops and a king-size fold-down Murphy bed. Best of all, we had our own hot springs-fed tub in which to soak and wash off desert dust. In both motels, the heaters were noisy and woke us up when they kicked on.
The meal
Options are slim, and this is beef country. Burgers, steaks and Mexican fare are dished up at the Crowbar Cafe & Saloon, on Highway 127 ([760] 852-4123) across the street from the Shoshone Inn. Barry had prime rib; I had a patty melt. It's a better place — and the only one for miles — for breakfast. For dinner, don't miss Pastels Bistro, behind the office of the Tecopa resort. Barry had beef and pork stew, billed as veal but still delicious; I gobbled a plate of Brazilian red beans and brown rice. The chocolate cake — made by the wife of a local doctor, we were told — was a creamy delight. If you have time, stop for a piece of homemade pie at the Amargosa Café in Death Valley Junction.
The find
Oases are a desert cliché, but we found a couple: China Ranch ([760] 852-4415) is postcard-perfect, and Ash Meadows Wildlife Refuge is home of the endangered pup fish. The working date farm, started in the 1890s by a Chinese laborer, is hidden in the badlands near Tecopa. Stop in, have a date shake, hike the canyon or stroll among the palms and chattering birds. You'll find your blood sugar levels rising but stress levels decreasing. Oh, and watch out for the alligator rumored to be living in the stream.
The lesson learned
Leave behind your big-city hurry and expectations. Time slows here; people are friendly and have time to chat and share their love of the area.
The tab
Excluding gas from Los Angeles, we spent $214 on lodging and $110 for meals.


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