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Fall Months Offer a Great Time for Tree Planting
This article was originally published on October 2, 2013 and expired on November 15, 2013. It is provided here for archival purposes and may contain dated information.
With a good 2013 growing season, fall is a great time to plant trees, said a University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator.
"Nearly all of northern Illinois has seen the decline and loss of ash trees from the Emerald Ash Borer or from the drought of 2012," said Richard Hentschel. "The 2013 growing season has been good for many plants including trees. The longer cooler spring with above average moisture has been great. There are many other species of trees to choose from. This is also that opportunity in our yards to consider where the new tree will be planted and how big of a tree we want when it is mature."
Once size, location and, plant characteristics have been decided, the decision of planting the tree yourself or having the tree planted by the nursery must be made.
"How much the tree weighs is often the deciding factor for a homeowner," Hentschel said. "Trees can be found in large pots with an artificial soil and weigh far less than the same tree offered as a balled and burlapped tree."
Hentschel pointed out that one limitation to a potted tree will be the sizes available. "If you are looking to replant with a larger caliper tree, then you will most often go with a balled and burlapped plant," he said.
How you plant the tree once it has been delivered or brought home with you will make a big difference on how quickly it recovers and its long-term health. "The challenge will be making sure the pot or ball is planted at the right depth in your yard," he said.
Regardless of how the tree sits in the pot or what it looks like being balled and burlap, there is a critical spot on the trunk that should be found before digging the hole. This is the flare area where the trunk begins to turn into the root system.
"On larger trees, this flare is more readily apparent. On smaller trees, you will have to clear away the soil in the pot or the top of the ball to be sure you know where this flare is. Even on a larger balled and burlapped tree the flare can be below the top of the ball. What research has shown us is that a tree planted too deep is slow to recover from being transplanted and has more problems in the future with insects and disease," Hentschel noted.
Once you have determined where the flare is, the hole should be dug so the flare will be at the soil line or even an inch or two above that. "If you do not have great drainage, then above the soil line is suggested. Roots will naturally grow down into the soil profile to a depth where they find a balance of soil moisture and air for quickest transplant recovery and long-term growth," he said. Once you are ready to set the tree in the planting hole, there are a few more things that can ensure that the tree will establish easily. For a tree that has been grown in a pot, there will be some roots that have found the edge of the pot and are now circling. These roots need to be bent outward as you backfill the hole.
"If they cannot be bent out, pruning them away is the alternative," he said. "Any new roots that grow from the cut will grow out normally."
For balled and burlapped plants and those with a wire basket, Hentschel recommends a different strategy.
"Once the ball is in the planting hole, removing some of the basket and burlap and twine is needed," he explained. "Burlap and twine may not be entirely natural and rot away as in the past. Twine will need to be removed from around the base of the trunk and burlap down over the sides of the ball as far as possible.
He added that the wire basket should also be removed down over the shoulder of the ball, leaving room for the expanding roots to develop. "You can use the remaining portions of the wire basket to tie more twine up and over the ball, just not around the trunk in order to help stabilize the tree in the new hole," he said.
The final steps will be to backfill with the soil about two-thirds up, then water to settle the soil around the root ball. Finish backfilling and water to settle that soil as well. "With any remaining soil, you can create a berm for watering the rest of the fall. The berm will retain the water and keep it where the roots are, right in the area of the ball or pot," Hentschel said.
"Monitor and water right up until about mid-November to be sure the newly planted trees have ample water," he noted. "Before freezing temperatures get here, cut a couple of spots out of the watering berm so it will not stand water and harm the tree trunk."
Source: Richard Hentschel, Extension Educator, Horticulture, email@example.com
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I Love Riding in the City – Jeff Bequette
NAME: Jeff Bequette
LOCATION: Omaha, Nebraska
OCCUPATION: Railroad
Where do you live and what's it like riding in your city?
Omaha Nebraska, a great town to raise kids and bike, if you like going North-South. Unfortunately, I live West and must go East to get to work. Very active in the bicycle world with a City Coordinator, great organizations and a plethora of shops covering the bike spectrum. It also helps we are next door to RAGBRAI and minutes from the Taco Ride.
What was your favorite city to ride in, and why?
Besides Omaha? Fayetteville/ North Cacalackey, was fun as day after day I proved it was faster to ride my bike to work (Ft. Bragg) than it was to drive, and minutes from urban were winding rural roads that begged to get hammered.
Why do you love riding in the city?
Riding in the city keeps you conscious, having to think a bit faster than the next cager coming at you and anticipate you moves ahead of time for the interplay of traffic. And to be in the right gear for the next hill.
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Dawn is breaking as I dodge another pothole I'd never noticed in my car. Commuting by bike enhances my awareness of the road, life stirring in the city, the golden light reflecting from buildings as the Sun cranks up for another day. Working third shift, my 'morning' commute starts at 8:00 PM, pouring coffee from the press into a thermos, checking the work clothes a last time, tightening the straps and turning on the lights. I clip in and am off on an 18 mile ride through West Omaha, then Grover and Vinton, discovering new communities on this route. A little boy waves to me from his porch and I wave back through the gathering dark, a blinking shape cutting through the night. I change at work and start bleeding off job stress with the first pedal stroke, heading west in the morning, cranking up from riverside towards home. Traffic starts to thicken as cagers rush eastwards to work, but stays light in the westbound lane. I dodge potholes and morning sprinklers, sprinting for lights and euphoric by the time I arrive home, warm and stress free, almost disappointed to end the day by going to bed.
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Awesome brother! I'm a cycling commuter out West in Scottsbluff and I believe in bleeding the work stress.

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Though meant to convince consumers the automaker has upgraded dealerships for Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Plymouth, the campaign has a secondary target.
A.C. "Bud" Liebler, DaimlerChrysler senior VP-marketing, said the campaign will pressure dealers that have not yet met Five Star certification standards in employee training, procedures, equipment and facilities.
"They're going to look down the street and see the competition, the other Chrysler dealer, is Five Star," Mr. Liebler said. "They've heard us talking about this at meetings; now they're going to see it advertised. That's a real strong message."
With the ads, Five Star dealers should reap an advantage in vehicle sales and maintenance work.
Currently, about 1,600 of DaimlerChrysler's 4,450 dealers are hanging Five Star flags in their windows. Those dealers represent about 60% of sales volume, Mr. Liebler said.
"There are some big dealers out there who are desperately trying to get on Five Star," Mr. Liebler said. "They'd prefer that we delay this advertising, but they understand what we're doing. We're just doing what we said we would all along."
The program, initiated in March 1997, represents the DaimlerChrysler strategy for making dealers more consumer-friendly. Unlike Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp., which have either bought up dealers or sought to open other distribution channels, DaimlerChrysler is sticking with independently owned franchises, Mr. Liebler said.
Joseph Casola, VP-marketing operations, said other vehicle-sales methods, such as online shopping, still send buyers to dealers to pick up cars. "We decided that if we could elevate our dealers to a competitive advantage, that's a lot better," Mr. Casola said.
National TV breaks with two spots from FCB Worldwide, Southfield, Mich., on NFL telecasts. Print will include buys in USA Today and The Wall Street Journal as well as magazine spreads.
The two initial spots, "Keys" and "Drill," take a light tone while showing "seamless, effortless teamwork, like the Harlem Globetrotters" among dealership personnel dedicated to treating the customer well, Mr. Liebler said.
The tagline is "Five Star. It's better. We'll prove it." Heavy saturation is planned, Mr. Liebler said.
"Blind date," a follow-up spot, uses an analogy of a teen boy constantly asking his date how he's doing, finally saying, "Hey, if you think of anything else, get back to me in the morning." Other ads will break later this year, with the campaign continuing into first quarter 2000.
Early executions from FCB were redone, Mr. Liebler said.
"The first couple renderings were rejected," he said. "It's not like advertising a new car. It's a process."
Mr. Liebler added: "This is not something we intend to stop advertising. It's


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Climate changes and the continuing drought worry many in California. What new strategies do you believe would ensure that California is able to both satisfy its water needs and protect the environment? Please be specific.
Local strategies for rain water storage, groundwater management, water recycling, conservation and, on the coast, desalinization powered by renewable energy resources, such as harnessing ocean wave energy, should be encouraged and supported by the state.
What are your top three fiscal priorities, recognizing the need to balance the state's income with its spending?
It's not just balancing the state's income and spending but, as Governor Brown has championed, creating sufficient savings to offset dramatic declines in revenues during recessions. As Governor Brown has reported, the next recession could leave the state $50 billion in the hole. In order to maintian public services during times that are the most difficult for the state's citizens, we need to put away money now for the next inevitable recession.
The preservation of our crumbling roads and infrastructure are estimated to be underfunded by $135 billion over the next 10 years. Some of the monies traditionally used for roads have been diverted to pay for transportion bonds the voters understood would be repaid from the General Fund. The first thing to do is stop raiding $1 billion in commercial truck weight fees from the State Highway Account and find the money to pay for the bonds from the general fund by using surplus tax revenue and reducing other state expenditures. But that will only reduce the need by $10 billion in the next 10 years leaving us $125 billion short, or $12.5 billion a year. To put that in a more individual perspective last year's gasoline sales were aproximately 13.6 billion gallons making the shortfall $0.88 per gallon of gas sold. The question is, are our citizens willing to pay to protect our investment in our transportion system?
Education is the back bone of our civilization. Education isn't a guarantee for success in life, but it is almost a certainty that life with an education will be better than without. It benefits not only the individual, but reduces crime and unintended pregnancies, while the individual's increased productivity leads to higher tax revenues. Education is truly a win-win for all. Our children's educational attainment must be one of the most important goals of government.
There are a variety of proposals to raise California's minimum wage. Many of these proposals face opposition from business groups who are concerned that they would kill jobs. Do you support increasing the minimum wage in California? In your answer please explain your position on the relationship between wages and jobs with specific reference to the situation in your district.
A new minimum wage law has already been passed. We should pay close attention for any unintended consequences.
Many Californians are concerned about the influence of money in politics. What can the state legislature do to ensure that decision-making by elected officials is not swayed by moneyed interests at the expense of constituents?
As a candidate not affiliated with any political party, and without the financial support of any special interests, the best thing to do is to elect me.
Moneyed interests most often claim their interests are aligned with the state's, or at least regions of the state. All of them obtained their wealth by providing goods and services consumed by citizens, and sustain employment, but they shouldn't be allowed to impose financial or enviromental burdens on our state just for the sake of their interests. I understand that the job of Assemblyman will require decisions that provide the greatest good with the least cost to our state and it's citizens.


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Maternal gatekeeping: Why moms don't let dads helpPosted: Updated:
By Elissa Strauss CNN
(CNN) -- The broken gender dynamics of our workplaces has a simple solution: We need to give women more power. But redressing the gender dynamics in our homes is not so simple.
Outside homes, society is largely organized according to a men-on-top-women-on-bottom power structure. Inside our homes, on the other hand, is where women hold a considerable amount of sway. Wives and moms tend to call the shots in most matters related to housework and child care, a reality evidenced by the ubiquity of "ask your mom" across space and time.
Women didn't ask for this power. In fact, a growing number of us have come to resent it, particularly since our increase in power (aka responsibility) in the workplace hasn't correlated with a commensurate decrease in our power at home. "Ask your dad!" moms have begun to cry out, more in desperation than hope.
Women don't just want men to do more housework and child care because such labor can be tedious and exhausting, they want it because men not doing it is hurting women professionally. Though the fix here clearly involves dads doing more at home, men, even the lazy and obtuse ones, aren't solely to blame for a lack of progress. Many moms -- often unintentionally, sometimes unconsciously -- stand in the way of progress.
Psychologists refer to this phenomenon as "maternal gatekeeping," when moms control dads' household responsibilities and/or interactions with their children. It's common and difficult to shake.
Research from the past 20 years has documented a connection between how controlling a mom is of her partner's parenting and how much parenting he does. The more gatekeeping from mom, the less parental involvement from dad.
"Just by saying maternal gatekeeping exists doesn't mean all the responsibility should be on women to manage men. But it still serves as an impediment to the quality of the relationship between fathers and their children ... and is part of the very complicated puzzle of how gender plays out in families," said Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan, a professor of human sciences and psychology at Ohio State University who has studied maternal gatekeeping.
Maternal gatekeeping was first mentioned in academic literature in the 1970s, after second-wave feminism pushed scholars to evaluate and reimagine family dynamics. Interest in the subject waned throughout most of the 1980s and 1990s and didn't pick up again until 1999, when an influential study on the subject was published. It found that women in dual-earner couples who were gatekeepers did "five more hours of family work per week and had less equal divisions of labor than women classified as collaborators."
This was followed by research looking at the mechanisms behind gatekeeping and what role it plays in perpetuating gender inequality in the home. One study, led by Schoppe-Sullivan, found that women are more likely to "gatekeep" -- or, specifically, "gate-close" -- when they perceive their relationship as less stable, when they are anxious or depressed, when fathers lack confidence or when mothers hold excessively high standards for parenting.
Overall, "fathers' characteristics are less predictive of maternal gatekeeping than mothers' characteristics." Another study found that the more sexist a woman is toward men, the more she gatekeeps and the more child care and housework she does.
Paying more attention to maternal gatekeeping doesn't just help women be more clear-eyed about the co-parenting dynamics in their homes. It also helps them identify the external sources pressuring them to feel that they need to be the lead parent, no matter their professional status, and a perfect one at that.
It starts on day one
On a policy level, the absence of a paid leave for men in the United States plays a big role in maintaining the gender status quo. (The federal government doesn't mandate paid leave for men or women, but more women opt to take advantage of their employers' policies or take unpaid leave than men.) Here, men remain very likely to go back to work right after a child is born, and women remain less likely to go back to work at all. Studies show that when men get a chance to be home in those early months, they become more involved fathers for the long run.
For many families, the legacy of those early months when mom is the primary parent can be hard to shake. Though some of this has to do with the realities dictated by biology, it's not the only factor at play.
One study looking at it in heterosexual and homosexual families who adopt found that heterosexual women engage in gatekeeping even when they aren't breastfeeding. They also learned that men in same-sex relationships tend to "gatekeep" more than women in same-sex relationships. The authors believe this is a result of the fact that lesbian relationships tend to be more equal than gay men's. They also suspect that gay fathers, aware that dads are perceived as less competent than moms, may feel more pressure to be seen as good parents and criticize their partners more as a result.
The 'perfect' mother
On a cultural level, mothers are subject to a wide array of pressures, most of which make them feel as though they could and should be better moms, no matter how well their children are doing. These messages are everywhere, coming from social media, the playground, mommy groups and entertainment. Even the most resolute, feminist moms out there have a hard time resisting them.
"Gatekeeping really seems to depend on how much a woman internalizes societal standards about being a good mom," Schoppe-Sullivan said. "The more you care about (being viewed as a good mom), the less likely you are to give up control over that domain."
Sarah Laubach Gur, a lawyer and mother of two young children in Oakland, said her gatekeeping was the byproduct of the unease she felt as a working mom.
"My fear (of my husband doing the wrong thing) was really tied into being a working mom and going back to work insanely early with both kids. So I 'gatekept' as a way to convince myself that I could still be a 'good' or 'real' mom," she explained. "Boxing out dad, who was also working and competing for time with the babies, was not very loving, but it also wasn't conscious."
Becoming aware of this behavior has helped Gur interfere less with her husband's parenting, and as a result, he has become a more confident parent.
Sheet cake-gate
Many women want to stop gatekeeping but are aware that they will face the consequences should their husband make the wrong decision. Take what happened at my 5-year-old son's recent birthday party: I planned the whole event but told my husband to order the cake. (This is not to be interpreted as a dig against my husband, with whom I split most of the housework and child care.)
He ordered an organic double-decker sheet cake topped with whipped cream and strawberries, which he assumed would be a hit. But those of us well-versed in the politics of intensive parenting would have noticed a red flag: A double-decker cake, especially one loaded with whipped cream, is a hard cake to cut into small pieces. And today's parents, who tend to take a great interest in monitoring sugar consumption, like small pieces.
At the party, I did my best to smush that cake into obedience, creating small but unsightly mounds while muttering something about density of whipped cream compared with frosting. Nevertheless, a few of the parents, who did not hesitate to express their concerns while I was cutting, quickly seized their children's plates in order to adjust the size. Afterward, frazzled, I said to him, "this is what happens when you choose the cake."
"Well, next time just let me cut it. I wouldn't have cared, and they probably wouldn't have said anything if a dad was cutting it anyway."
It's true this would have worked at the party, but it might have not fixed the larger problem.
Men have come a long way, baby
Matt Stevenson, a postdoctoral research fellow in developmental psychology at the University of Michigan who has studied dads and gatekeeping, pointed out that dads are still too frequently seen as clueless, and moms too frequently buy into it. This is despite a generational shift toward co-parenting and a growing body of research proving that dads are just as fit to parent as moms.
Still, he's optimistic. Fathers do more child care and housework than ever and are perceived as more competent parents than ever. He expects these trends will continue in the future, especially with women's help.
"To a degree, this is a matter of giving a husband space in the house to come up ways to show love and help," Stevenson said.
This is what Lauren Apfel, a mother of four and editor of Motherwell magazine, did. As the primary caregiver when her children were little, she felt as though because was the one "scripting the children's lives," she had "a vested interest in, and certain standards about, how that script is being acted out."
But then she had twins and returned to work and realized that holding the reins so tightly was hurting both her and her husband. Although she still does more parenting than her husband, she no longer interferes when it's his turn.
"(When) he is responsible for some aspect of their care, he is fully responsible. That's the key. Responsible from start to finish," Apfel said. "I'm happy to give input, and often I still have an insight into them that he doesn't, but he has the space now to make decisions, not just execute the decisions I've made for him. And that is one hell of a relief."
One of the biggest challenges for women looking to break free from the burden of domestic work is determining what is essential and what is not. There are the obvious ones: Kids need love, food, clothes, schooling, doctor's appointments and rooms to dwell in that are relatively sanitary, orderly and climate-controlled. When a mom does more than this, there is a chance that she is responding to the outsize pressures she puts on herself rather than those put on her by her family.
In addition to doing more child care and cleaning, fathers can be helpful by flagging those moments when moms are trying to meet standards that don't really need to be met. This is useful insight, but it can't be shared unless those gates are open.
Elissa Strauss writes about the politics and culture of parenthood.
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"Then Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David's brother, answered and said, 'Let not my lord suppose they have killed all the young men, the king's sons, for only Amnon is dead. For by the command of Absalom this has been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar'." 2 Samuel 13:32After David sinned with Bathsheba, the prophet Nathan warned the king that the sword would never depart from his house. And David endured domestic problems from that day on. No one saw this more clearly than his son, Absalom. When Amnon raped Absolom's sister Tamar and David did nothing about it, Absalom became irate. After his attempts to get an audience with his father failed, Absalom decided to get everyone's attention. He avenged his sister Tamar by murdering Amnon, his half-brother. For this crime his father banished him. After he was permitted to return, Absalom got angry with General Joab and set his field on fire.
Despite his actions, Absalom couldn't get the fatherly attention he wanted so desperately. So he used his passion to sabotage his father's leadership. In the end, Absalom died a maverick leader whose passion went awry.
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Sharpen your axe
Have you ever worked closely with a subject matter expert (SME) who politely handed you a 112-slide PowerPoint deck and said that that was the content to include in your 20-minute course? Have you ever gasped in utter despair and not known what to do with all that content except create text bullet after endless text bullet?
Well, we're here to tell you that there's hope for you. And it's as simple as getting at the content-cutting axe – not a dull-edged, 'slash and burn' kind of an axe, but rather a sharp, finely honed instrument that's much closer to a scalpel, really.
So here's what you do.
First, sit down with that SME and get him or her to commit to the 3-5 learning objectives that the course needs to cover – the things that the learner needs to be able to DO at the end of the day. These are the real takeaways of the course.
Next, map each and every one of the content slides back to one of those learning objectives (we sometimes create a table in a Word document to see how it all connects).
What? That content doesn't map to an objective? Well then, out it goes.
And it's important to do this exercise WITH your SME so that he or she can see where the content that supports those learning objectives really is. Have them participate in this cutting exercise so that they can see what's truly valuable.
If they still love all of that content, put it in a PDF document for people to read in their own time if they want to go deeper.
Then go out and sharpen your axe again for next time!


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Does Liam Hemsworth want an open relationship with Miley Cyrus? Reports say the actor may want to explore other options since his relationship with the Can't Be Tamed singer is crumbling.
However Miley is not for the idea at all. A source told Hollywoodlife.com, "No way in hell are they having an open relationship! That's not the way Miley was raised, she has morals. She's making sure that she gives Liam his space because she doesn't want to be needy and they're still working through stuff, but there's absolutely no chance she'd agree to an open relationship."
The insider added, "Miley is going through a wild phase, but she's still the same girl underneath and she really believes in true love and soul mates and it's just ridiculous to think she'd agree to that kind of arrangement!"
On the work front Liam is in talks to star in The Raven. Deadline.com reports that the film is a sci-fi conspiracy thriller, set in the near future.


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Sunday, December 16, 2012
Episode 19: Every game is a White-Person Killer.
This week we tackle hard hitting topics such as Game of the Year, the Spike VGA's & Secret World going to the Buy2Play model. Caucasian Murder Simulator Infinite is made buy Ken "I hate crackers" Levine. Gary's cat make an appearance. Chris & Gary talk about the physics in the new Mario games & Chris's opinion is invalid... Men in Black III is good, but not 48FPS good. Sanrio Smash Ball next week! Plus More!
Monday, December 10, 2012
Episode 18: Thou shall not smear peanut butter on thine butt.
This week we are have a return visit by Shane. 2, II, TWO new Megaman games are coming out for PC. We talk more Kickstarter stuff. Dark Souls II is gonna be a thing. Jaime plays Kairosoft's new game. We talk comics some more. Valve alludes to the "Steambox" AND MORE!
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Episode 17: This episode does NOT mention Laser Mission
This week was a week like no other, a 3rd day of the weekend was discovered but we found out Gary liked it too much SO WE TOOK IT AWAY! Girls in the gaming industry are discussed to quite some detail. Chris & Jaime talk a bit about the Feed the Beast modpack for Minecraft. Some FUCKSTICK says video games are not art, only because the Museum of Modern Art in New York said they are. Dante changes his hair-color, get over it... The OTON is... awww Fuck it... Plus More!
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BALTIMORE — The Yankees are running out of days to make up ground in the wild-card race and Derek Jeter is running out of days to get healthy.
He was with the team for Monday's 4-2 loss to the Orioles at Camden Yards, but was sidelined for a second straight game after being removed from Saturday's loss to the Red Sox with soreness in his bothersome left ankle.
And while the shortstop was held out of baseball activities prior to the series opener against the Orioles, manager Joe Girardi said before the game he would use Jeter off the bench in an emergency. He didn't.
"It's not like I have a number of shortstops lying around," the manager said.
Eduardo Nunez remains the lone healthy shortstop on the roster and started again Monday. Girardi was unsure if Jeter would be back Tuesday, either.
"As I said, we will go a day at a time with him and keep him off it not doing a lot of baseball activities," the manager said. "He is anxious to get back out there. Normal Derek Jeter stuff."
General manager Brian Cashman said he hadn't received an update from Dr. Robert Anderson, who performed surgery on Jeter's ankle in October and was sent images from the recent CT scan.
Cashman also noted Jeter had already been slated to undergo a CT scan during a physical following the season.
"We decided 'Let's do it now,'" Cashman said. "There were a number of different factors that led to it. It wasn't like, 'Hey, let's go do this.' It was more like, 'We might as well do it now and get it out of the way.'"
If nothing else, Cashman is confident the clean result will give Jeter more confidence in the ankle when he does return.
"I think from his perspective, it was probably a good mind-healer," Cashman said. "I'm sure in the back of his mind, as he was moving around he thought, 'This is bothering me a little bit. Does this mean anything?''
And the Yankees wanted to make sure he wasn't in worse shape than he was letting on.
"I just know we don't want to be in a situation like we were in during March, where it's sore, so you think you're trying to play through soreness and something else happens," Cashman said, referring the second fracture Jeter suffered in spring training. "The bottom line is if he feels a little better, he will be moving better."


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Rates are low. Regulation is high. But business is booming at innovative banks.
A number of fast-growing banks with niche business models are making big gains, the research team of Keefe, Bruyette & Woods recently observed. Their report "America's Challenger Banks" underscores recent data showing how regional banks are outperforming many larger competitors.
Banks with $5 billion to $50 billion in assets have steadily increased their market share, in terms of overall assets, since the financial crisis, while larger banks like Citigroup and Bank of America have scaled down, KBW's analysts noted. Regionals have nearly 8% of total industry assets, compared to 5.4% in 2010, but those modest gains highlight how new approaches to banking are slowly reshaping and redefining the market.
"The idea of being a financial institution where you just bank everybody within a 25-mile radius is just a flawed model," Stephen Gordon, chief executive at the $5.6 billion-asset Opus Bank in Irvine, Calif., said in an interview.
"It's not as though there's a lack of financial institutions in the United States," Gordon added, noting that more than 6,000 banks exist. "You need to differentiate yourself."
KBW's report discussed how a number of banks are adopting new practices in order to succeed.
Many have developed expertise in fast-growing industries, including Opus, which focuses on high-growth sectors such as technology and health care. Doing so helped increase the bank's loan book by 37% in the first quarter compared to a year earlier, to $4.3 billion.
Other banks, such as the $5.5 billion-asset BofI Holding in San Diego, have grown quickly by focusing exclusively on their digital platforms.
"At the core of what it means to be a challenger bank is that you're disrupting the existing community banking model," Catherine Mealor, a KBW analyst who co-authored the report, said in an interview. "They're forcing the other large banks in their market to rethink how they should grow."
The report, at times, wades into murky political waters. It suggests that post-crisis regulations have given smaller lenders a leg up in the industry.
Banks with $5 billion to $50 billion in assets are "optimally positioned for higher growth" and profitability because they don't have to deal with the costs of being a systemically important financial institution, KBW's analysts said. Smaller institutions are also big enough to handle a range of compliance costs.
"The large banks are too big," Mealor said. "They've got too much regulatory scrutiny."
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Outline Chapter 11 Crystals, Ions, and Solutions. 11-1. Ionic and Covalent Crystals 11-2. The Metallic Bond 11-3. Molecular Crystals 11-4. Solubility 11-5. Polar and Nonpolar Liquids 11-6. Ions in Solution 11-7. Evidence for Dissociation. 11-1. Ionic and Covalent Crystals.
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Outline Chapter 11 Crystals, Ions, and Solutions
11-1. Ionic and Covalent Crystals
11-2. The Metallic Bond
11-3. Molecular Crystals
11-4. Solubility
11-5. Polar and Nonpolar Liquids
11-6. Ions in Solution
11-7. Evidence for Dissociation
11-1. Ionic and Covalent Crystals
Most solids are crystalline, meaning the particles that compose them are arranged in repeated patterns. Amorphous solids have particles irregularly arranged. Crystalline solids fall into four classes:
1. Ionic
2. Covalent
3. Metallic
4. Molecular
Amorphous Glass
11-1. Ionic and Covalent Crystals
Ionic crystals are formed by the attraction between positive and negative ions.
1. Face-centered cubic ionic crystals have ions located at the corners and centers of the faces of a series of cubes.
2. Body-centered cubic ionic crystals have each ion located at the center of a cube at whose corners are ions of the other kind.
11-1. Ionic and Covalent Crystals
Covalent crystals are formed when pairs of electrons are shared between adjacent atoms. Some crystals are neither wholly ionic nor wholly covalent but contain bonds of mixed character.
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The metallic bond is formed by a "gas" of electrons that moves freely through the assembly of metal ions that form a solid metal.The metallic bond accounts for the characteristics of metals.
The Electron Sea is responsible for the shiny surfaces of metals.
Some liquids and solids are formed through the action of van der Waals forces, named after the Dutch physicist Johannes van der Waals.
Polar-polar interaction occurs between polar molecules whose positively and negatively charged ends cause them to line up with the ends that have opposite charges adjacent.
The water molecules in a snowflake are held together by van der Waals bonds. Ice is less dense than its liquid and thus floats.
Cling film owes its properties to polar molecules on its surface.
Non-polar-non-polar interaction occurs between non-polar molecules when the molecule's electrons at any given moment are distributed unevenly. This creates temporarily charged molecules whose adjacent ends having opposite signs results in an attractive force.
Examples of these weak temperary interactions is nitrogen gas. Nitrogen gas is normally non-polar but if the temperature is low enough, these non-polar molecules can form a liquid, liquid nitrogen.
In a solution, the substance present in larger amount is the solvent; the other is the solute. The concentration of a solution is the amount of solute in a given amount of solvent. The solubility of a substance is the maximum amount that can be dissolved in a given quantity of a particular solvent at a given temperature. Examples of solutions:
liquid in liquid-
alcoholic drinks
solid in liquid-
salt water
gas in liquid-
gas in gas-
solid in solid-
metal alloy
A saturated solution contains the maximum amount of solute possible at a given temperature; a supersaturated solution contains more dissolved solute than is normally possible at a given temperature and is usually unstable.
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The solubilities of solids increase with increasing temperatures, while the solubilities of gases in liquids decrease with increasing temperatures. The boiling point of a solution is usually higher than that of the pure solvent, and its freezing point is lower.
Antifreeze lowers the freezing point of your radiator fluid and raises the boiling point.
Salting roads melts the ice.
Making Ice Cream
You must add salt so as to lower the freezing point of the ice water cold enough to freeze the ice cream.
A polar liquid is a substance whose molecules behave as if negatively charged at one end and positively charged at the other. The molecules of a nonpolar liquid have uniform charge distributions.
Polar liquids dissolve only ionic and polar covalent compounds. Nonpolar liquids dissolve only nonpolar covalent compounds.
Dipole-Dipole Forces
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Oδ-Hδ+ Hδ+
Soaps and Detergents have polar head and a non-polar tail. The tail is attracted to the non-polar greasy dirt and the polar head is attracted to the polar water molecules.
Dissociation refers to the separation of a compound into ions when it dissolves.
Electrolytes are substances that dissociate into ions when dissolved in water; nonelectrolytes are soluble covalent compounds that do not dissociate in solution. Electrolytes in solution are able to conduct electric current.
Ions in solution have their own sets of properties that differ from their original atoms and from the original solute. Dissociation is a type of chemical change. The properties of a solution of an electrolyte are the sum of the properties of the ions present in the solution.
11-7. Evidence of Dissociation
In 1887, the Swedish chemist Svante Arrhenius proposed that many substances exist as ions in solution. His hypothesis was based on two points:
1. Reactions between electrolytes in solution occur almost instantaneously, but very slowly or not at all if the electrolytes are dry.
2. Electrolyte solutions have lower freezing points than comparable solutions of nonelectrolytes.
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This device used the color difference between chromic and dichromate ions to measure the alcohol concentration in a person's breath.
Outline Chapter 11b Crystals, Ions, and Solutions
11-8. Water
11-9. Water Pollution
11-10. Acids
11-11. Strong and Weak Acids11-12. Bases
11-13. The pH Scale
11-14. Salts
Seawater has an average salt content, or salinity, of 3.5 percent.. "Hard" water is freshwater that contains Ca2+ and Mg2+ ions in solution; "soft" water is free of Ca2+ and Mg2+ ions.
Hard water left a deposit of scale in this pipe.
These household water softeners are ion-exchange resins.
Sources of water pollution include:
1. Industrial pollutants
2. Agricultural fertilizers and pesticides
3. Thermal pollution
The biochemical oxygen demand, or BOD, is the amount of oxygen needed to completely oxidize the organic material in a sample of water.
A municipal waste water treatment plant.
Water pollution from a steel mill. Public anger has forced governments to act against such abuse of the environment. Below fertilizers caused algae raft.
An acid is a hydrogen-containing substance that increases the number of H+ ions present when the substance is dissolved in water. The H+ ions released when an acid dissociates in water combine with water molecules to produce hydronium ions, H3O+.
The water solutions of acids taste sour, and acids change the color of litmus dye from blue to red.
11-11. Strong Acids and Weak Acids
Strong acids dissociate completely; weak acids dissociate only slightly. Some substances, such as carbon dioxide, do not contain hydrogen but produce acidic solutions by reacting with water to liberate H+ ions from water molecules.
A base is a substance that contains hydroxide groups and whose solution in water increases the number of OH- ions present.Strong bases dissociate completely; weak bases dissociate only slightly. The water solutions of bases have a bitter taste, a soapy feel, and turn red litmus to blue.The name alkali is sometimes used for a substance that dissolves in water to give a basic solution. The terms alkaline and basic mean the same.
The pH scale expresses the exact degree of acidity or basicity of a solution in terms of its H+ ion concentration. A solution that is neither acidic nor basic is said to be neutral and has a pH of 7. Acidic solutions have pH values of less than 7. Basic solutions have pH values of more than 7.
To find the [H+]from the pH just insert the pH into 10-pH.
For example, if the pH is 4 the [H+] is 10-4.
If the pH is 6 the [H+]is
If the pH is 10 the [H+]is
If the pH is 8 the [H+]is
To find the pH from the [H+]just insert the [H+]into -log [H+].
For example, if the [H+]is 10-4 the pHis
If the [H+]is 10-9 the pH is
If the [H+]is 10-2 the pH is
pH = - log [H+]
[H+] = antilog (-pH) = 10-pH
If [H+] = 2.0 x 10-9 then
pH = -log(2.0 x 10-9) = 8.69897
pH =8.70 [H+] = 10-8.7
If pH = 3.2 then
[H+] = antilog(-3.2) = 6.31 x 10-4
pH Meter
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When a basic solution is mixed with an acidic solution, the base destroys, or neutralizes, the properties of the acid and vice versa. The process is called neutralization. In neutralization reactions, H+ and OH- ions join to form water molecules. Ions left in solution as a result of neutralization can combine to form a salt when the solution is evaporated to dryness. Most salts are crystalline solids that consist of positive metal ions and negative nonmetal ions.


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We are delighted with CNN's coverage of our new report on data brokers.
This report focuses on government use of commercial data brokers, the implications for that usage, and what needs to be done to address privacy problems. The government must bring itself fully to heel in the area of privacy. If it is going to outsource its data needs to commercial data brokers, it needs to attach the privacy standards it would have been held to if it had collected the data itself. Outsourcing is not an excuse for evading privacy obligations. Report authors: Bob Gellman and Pam Dixon.
The US federal government uses commercial data brokers [1] extensively for a wide variety of governmental activities. It is unquestioned that the government provides considerable revenue to commercial data brokers. How much? A reasonable and conservative estimate is that the number ranges in the billions of dollars. Over the course of the last 20 years, the extent of the relationship has become clear through a series of detailed investigations and scholarly research. For background purposes, we reference a leading study and discuss a newer use. This report does not seek to reinvestigate and re-document known uses.
Recommendations for the Office of Management and Budget:
OMB should establish privacy standards that are at least a good as those in and recommended for the Do Not Pay Initiative to cover all government purchases of commercial databases with personal information. OMB should consider accomplishing an expansion by establishing a task force that includes representatives of consumer and privacy groups.
OMB deserves much praise for this novel privacy initiative, but it has more work to do. The evaluation of the first private sector database in the Do Not Pay Initiative needs to be accomplished in the open with full participation by all interested parties. The OMB memo provides for that. We need to see how well that process works.


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Put the potatoes in a medium saucepan and cover with cold water by 2 inches and season generously with salt. Bring to a boil over high heat, lower the heat to maintain a gentle simmer and cook until very tender, about 30 minutes. Drain the potatoes and let cool slightly.
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U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Randall Tobias says President Bush's $15 billion emergency plan for AIDS relief is on track in providing anti-retroviral AIDS treatment to victims of the disease in 15 of the most afflicted countries in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean.
President Bush's $15 billion emergency plan aims to provide anti-AIDS drugs for two million victims in five years. One goal along the way was to support treatment for 200,000 people in 15 countries in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean by the end of this month.
U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Randall Tobias says that target was reached in March, three months early. He says about 235,000 men, women and children, most of them in Africa, now are receiving life-saving treatment.
"So, I think these results indicate the emergency plan is on track, scaling up to meet the ambitious goal of supporting treatment to two million people in five years," said Mr. Tobias. "And I am particularly encouraged that 57 percent of those receiving treatment are women and girls. We are working to ensure that women and girls have full access to prevention, treatment and care which in many nations has historically been a problem."
The United Nations estimates 40 million people worldwide have HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. About 25.5 million of these people live in sub-Saharan Africa. The United Nations says nearly 57 percent of those infected are women and girls.
While Mr. Tobias is pleased with the results so far, he agrees that a great deal more needs to be done in fighting the AIDS pandemic. He says more work has to be done in the area of prevention.
He notes people cannot access care and treatment until they know their HIV status. In order to reach the goal of treating two million HIV-AIDS patients, he says 40 million to 100 million people must be tested for the disease.
The U.S. ambassador says the problem is so huge that vast amounts of money are needed to tackle it. But, he adds money alone will not solve the problem.
"For example, in Mozambique, there are about 18 million people in the country," he added. "There are about 650 doctors in the entire country. We have to as a world community, address the infrastructure problems and particularly the problem of shortages of health care personnel that are a critical part of the ability to build up treatment programs. It does not do any good to have a warehouse full of drugs if you do not have the laboratories and the laboratory technicians and the health care workers and others who can actually deliver the health care."
Mr. Tobias says the United States works very closely with local communities. He says the successful implementation of programs depends on taking into account national strategies for fighting HIV-AIDS.


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I began to masturbate at the age of 11 1/2 when I discovered the good feeling of massaging my penis one day while taking a bath (I had overheard guys at school talking about jacking off but really had no idea what they were talking about). As I continued to massage it, I soon was overwhelmed by my 1st orgasm as all my muscles tightened up and I felt like I wanted to jump right out of my skin. I soon was masturbating nearly every day, almost always at nite and in bed. I soon found that by trial and error, I could have multiple climaxes during any one session. Now it usually took 4 to 5 minutes of stroking to achieve the 1st climax which was always very intense. All my body muscles would tighten up as I climaxed and my arm would actually lockup; I couldn't have continued stroking if I had wanted to. The first couple of times I jacked off it felt so good that I tried to start stroking again as soon as my muscles relaxed enough to allow that - maybe 5 or 6 seconds after the orgasm hit. I found that to start stroking again so soon actually hurt - my body and especially my cock head was still way too sensitive. After some trial & error, I soon realized that if I waited about 12 to 15 seconds for the intensity to diminish and the muscles to relax and the sensitivity to wane, I could start stroking again and bring on additional climaxes with only about 15 to 20 strokes on my penis. Boy was that great! I was essentially going from one orgasmic high to another without having to start all over from scratch, a process similar to that which many women experience. What I had discovered was what I called my 'window of opportunity'. As noted above I had to wait for the sensitivity to decrease until the right moment to begin stroking again. However, if I waited too long I would 'loose it' and have to start all over again from scratch. Anyway, I almost always had 4 or 5 climaxes and sometimes as many as 6 or 7 during one session. I was always exhausted at the end of each session and quickly fell asleep. About a month before my 13th birthday I was having a session as usual and noticed that when I climaxed I had a drop of clear oily substance on the head of my penis. I had had my first ejaculation!
During the next several weeks I noticed many significant changes in the way my body was functionally sexually. 1st I noticed that the time necessary to achieve the 1st climax dropped rapidly. As noted above, the first climax used to take 4 to 5 minutes with approximately 500 strokes needed. This fell to where I was consistently able to reach that 1st climax in a little over 2 minutes with only about 200 strokes needed. That was the good news. The bad news was that I rapidly lost the ability to achieve additional climaxes per session and soon had to 'start all over again' if I wanted additional climaxes. At age 13 that really wasn't a problem as I could achieve a 2nd climax and ejaculation (with less cum) with an additional 200 strokes. The waiting period was generally only a couple of minutes and sometimes I even maintained an erection during the 'recovery period'. The additional work needed to have multiple climaxes and ejaculations meant that I soon (by age 14 or 15) was content to have only one climax and ejaculation per session.
The other bad news is that the intensity of the climaxes diminished considerably. As noted above, I had been consistently having very intense climaxes even after having several in rapid succession. Then the nature of the climaxes changed; I now was having the multiple muscle contractions needed to shoot several spasms of cum out of my penis when ejaculating. I found that from the day that I noticed the 1st drop of cum on my penis, it took about 4 to 6 months before I was ejaculating the usual amount of creamy white cum. This usually took place in 2 spurts which shot about 6 to 9 inches (occasionally to 12 inches) up on my chest and an additional muscle spasm which resulted in additional cum oozing out of my penis.
It has only been in the last few years that I have come to realize that my experience as a young boy and my ability to have multiple dry orgasms is a somewhat rare phenomenon. Perhaps less than 10% of prepuberty males have the same experience which I had. The rest experience multiple pelvic muscle contractions, just as they do later on, just no jizz comes out when they experience a dry orgasm.
Although I have always enjoyed my masturbating sessions through these many years and the resulting orgasms and ejaculations, I often long for the days of prepuberty and those wonderful multiple climaxes (and with no mess to clean up!).


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Phenomics provides the tools and animal models to support the large-scale, systematic study of gene function. The phenomics approach seeks to help clinicians to discover gene function, to determine the genetic causes of disease, and to deliver more tailored medicine for individuals. The era of precision medicine is dawning, and promises to transform society. The APN suite of cutting edge technologies and expertise is helping Australia's scientists remain at the forefront of discovery and translation.
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SOURCE: EnerJex Resources, Inc.
August 17, 2015 08:30 ET
SAN ANTONIO, TX--(Marketwired - Aug 17, 2015) - EnerJex Resources, Inc. (NYSE MKT: ENRJ) (NYSE MKT: ENRJ.PR) ("EnerJex" or the "Company"), an independent exploration and production company focused on the acquisition and development of oil and natural gas properties located in the Rocky Mountain and Mid-Continent regions of the United States, announced today that it has filed its SEC Form 10-Q for the second quarter ended June 30, 2015.
Highlights for the second quarter include the following:
- Reduction of bank debt to $21.5 million compared to $23.5 million as of March 31, 2015 and $32.0 million as of March 31, 2014.
- Positive net working capital of $4.1 million at the end of the period, including current assets of $7.9 million.
- Reduction of accounts payable to $1.2 million compared to $2.0 million as of March 31, 2015 and $3.0 million as of December 31, 2014.
Corporate Updates:
- On August 12, 2015, EnerJex completed the sale of various oil and gas leases, equipment and wells in Kansas for approximately $2.8 million. The Company repaid $1.5 million of bank debt with the proceeds and plans to invest the balance of $1.3 million in its existing oil and gas assets.
- On July 21, 2015, EnerJex received a liquidating distribution in the amount of $1.45 million with respect to the shares of Oakridge Energy, Inc. ("Oakridge") that are owned by the Company. EnerJex expects to receive one or more additional liquidating distributions from Oakridge although the timing and amount of such distributions are uncertain. The Company repaid $750,000 of bank debt with the proceeds from this distribution.
- As a result of the above transactions, EnerJex's bank debt has been further reduced to $19.1 million, accounts payable have been reduced to approximately $0.4 million, and cash on the balance sheet (inlcuding restricted cash) was approximately $3.2 million as of August 14, 2015.
- The company recently added additional oil hedges in the form of deferred premium put options, which provide downside protection while preserving upside potential. For the second half of 2015, EnerJex has hedged approximately 320 barrels of oil per day through swaps at an average price of $85.86 per barrel. For the first half of 2016, the Company has hedged approximately 300 barrels of oil per day through put options at an average price of $85.00 per barel, excluding a deffered put premium of $5.03 per barrel. For the second half of 2016, EnerJex has hedged approximately 160 barrels of oil per day through put options at an average price of $60.00 per barrel, excluding a deferred put premium of $5.72 per barrel.
- EnerJex recently entered into a joint venture arrangement with multiple industry partners pursuant to which the Company will contribute certain undeveloped oil and gas leases and retain a 50% working interest in the project. In return for the acreage contribution, EnerJex will retain a 50% carried interest in four exploration wells targeting oil from multiple stacked pay zones on large subsurface structures that have been identified through the interpretation of extensive 3D seismic data. It is anticipated that these will be vertical wells drilled to a total depth of approximately 6,000 feet. The Company expects the first of these wells to be spudded in the fourth quarter 2015. Further details on this joint venture will be forthcoming.
Management Comments
EnerJex's CEO, Robert Watson, Jr., commented, "Management has been working diligently to position the Company for an eventual recovery in oil prices. EnerJex's hedging strategy has proven to be invaluable in the current difficult commodity price environment. I am proud of our team's commitment and accomplishments during 2015, and I am pleased to announce that the Company expects to increase its operational activity during the remainder of this year through investment in existing oil and gas assets and through the joint venture. EnerJex's Board of Directors continues to evaluate strategic initiatives including but not limited to potential mergers and asset acquisitions."
About EnerJex Resources, Inc.
EnerJex Resources, Inc. (NYSE MKT: ENRJ) (NYSE MKT: ENRJ.PR) is an independent exploration and production company focused on the acquisition and development of oil and natural gas properties located in the Rocky Mountain and Mid-Continent regions of the United States. The Company owns oil and gas leases covering nearly 100,000 acres in multiple prolific hydrocarbon basins located in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, and Texas.
EnerJex's producing assets are characterized by long-lived reserves with low production decline rates, and the Company has identified more than 500 drilling locations within its existing properties. Through its large acreage footprint in the Denver-Julesburg ("DJ") Basin, EnerJex also has exposure to emerging oil resource plays including the horizontal Niobrara and Codell plays in Weld County, Colorado. The Company's management team has more than 100 years of combined experience in the oil and gas exploration and production industry, including geology, engineering, operations, and finance. EnerJex's headquarters are located in San Antonio, Texas, and additional information is available on its website at www.enerjex.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release and the materials referenced herein include "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements give EnerJex's current expectations or forecasts of future events. The statements in this press release regarding the completion of drilling for and commencement of operations at new wells, successful production at newly drilled wells, expected increases in overall production, the acquisition of operating assets and related agreements, any implied or perceived benefits from any current or future transaction, and any other effects resulting from any of those matters, are forward-looking statements. Such statements involve material risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to: whether newly drilled or newly acquired properties will produce at levels consistent with management's expectations; market conditions; whether EnerJex will experience equipment failures and, if they materialize, whether we will be able to fund repair work without materially impairing planned production levels or the availability of capital for further production increases; the ability of EnerJex to meet its loan covenants under the debt facility that is expected to fund the costs of the new wells and to obtain financing from other sources for continued drilling; the costs of operations; delays, and any other difficulties related to producing oil; the ability of EnerJex to integrate the newly producing assets; the ability to retain necessary skilled workers to operate the new producing wells; the price of oil; EnerJex's ability to market and sell produced minerals; the risks and effects of legal and administrative proceedings and governmental regulation; future financial and operational results; competition; general economic conditions; the ability to manage and continue growth; and the ability of management to successfully integrate Black Raven. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual outcomes may vary materially from those indicated. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements are set forth in our Form 10-K filed with the SEC. EnerJex undertakes no obligation to revise or update such statements to reflect current events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. EnerJex's production forecasts are dependent upon many assumptions, including estimates of production decline rates from existing wells and the outcome of future drilling activity. Although EnerJex believes the expectations and forecasts reflected in these and other forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance they will prove to have been correct. They can be affected by inaccurate assumptions or by known or unknown risks and uncertainties.
ContactEnerJex Resources, Inc.
Robert Watson, Jr.
4040 Broadway Street, STE 508
San Antonio, TX 78209
Phone: (210) 451-5545
ContactEnerJex Resources, Inc.
Robert Watson, Jr.
4040 Broadway Street, STE 508
San Antonio, TX 78209
Phone: (210) 451-5545
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