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General Comments: Futures closed lower again on improving weather. Some speculators are rolling positions or liquidating positions as First Notice Day is coming with the start of May as well. The growing conditions are getting better in many parts of Florida, and are expected to improve over time. Some good rains were seen in the state over the weekend, but drought conditions persist overall. Conditions should turn dry again for the rest of this week. Greening disease and what it might mean to production prospects continues to be a primary support item. Irrigation is widespread, even with recent rains. Temperatures are warm in the state. The Valencia harvest is continuing. Brazil is seeing near to above normal temperatures and dry weather.
Overnight News: Florida weather forecasts call for mostly dry conditions after some showers today. Temperatures will average near to above normal.
Chart Trends: Trends in FCOJ are mixed to down with objectives of 138.00 and 132.00 May. Support is at 141.00, 140.00, and 135.00 May, with resistance at 146.50, 150.50, and 152.00 May.
General Comments: Futures closed lower and remained within the trading range. Traders remain bearish on supplies, and this has hurt New York prices. London traders note that the spread between the two markets makes Sugar processing profitable and that White Sugar supplies should be large as well. Traders are keeping an eye on developments in Brazil and expect big production as the harvest moves forward. However, Brazil mills could concentrate on Ethanol production first and Sugar production second, and that could create some short term shortages for the market. Brazil announced some tax reforms in an effort to create new investment and increase Ethanol production yesterday. Most traders remain bearish longer term on ideas that big production will be available to the market as the Brazil harvest is processed and comes to market. Chart patterns are sideways for the short term.
Overnight News: Mostly dry conditions are expected in Brazil. Temperatures should average near to above normal.
Chart Trends: Trends in New York are mixed. Support is at 1740, 1710, and 1680 July, and resistance is at 1800, 1830, and 1850 July. Trends in London are mixed. Support is at 500.00, 496.00, and 494.00 August, and resistance is at 513.00, 516.00, and 520.00 August.
General Comments: Futures closed higher. Chart patterns suggest further rallies could be coming and fundamentals for the short term could support the charts as demand has been better than trade expectations. The flow of Cocoa from western Africa is weaker, and traders wonder about the quality and size of the mid crop after some hot and dry weather during the growing season. However, weather has improved in western Africa lately with more rain and somewhat cooler temperaturas. Ideas are that production in West Africa could be less next crop year as well despite the improved weather as farmers have not liked offered prices. The mid crop harvest is underway, and less than expected production along with smaller beans is reported. Malaysia and Indonesia crops appear to be in good condition and weather is called favorable.
Overnight News: Scattered showers are expected in West Africa. Temperatures will average near to above normal. Malaysia and Indonesia should see episodes of isolated showers. Temperatures should average near normal. Brazil will get mostly dry conditions and warm temperatures. ICE certified stocks are little changed today at 4.720 million bags. ICE said 0 delivery notices were posted against May contracts today and that total deliveries are now 727 contracts.
Chart Trends: Trends in New York are mixed to up with objectives of 2370 and 2530 July. Support is at 2295, 2275, and 2255 July, with resistance at 2350, 2385, and 2400 July. Trends in London are mixed to up with objectives of 1580 and 1670 July. Support is at 1525, 1490, and 1455 July, with resistance at 1560, 1570, and 1590 July.


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Week 8: Game of the week winner
Week 8: Game of the week winner
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Statistical Reports
CSU Origin of Fall Term Enrollment,
Skip the following Explanatory Notes and go directly to the Table of Contents?
1. This report is based on the Student
Enrollment File (ERSS) of the Enrollment Reporting System.
2. The census date for this report
is the close of the third week of instruction for campuses on
a quarter system and the fourth week of instruction for campuses
on a semester system. Enrollments are in terms of the net number
of students actively enrolled on the census date.
3. Undergraduate student level classification
is determined by the number of accumulated semester or quarter
credit hours. A graduate student holds an acceptable baccalaureate
or its equivalent and has been enrolled in a graduate degree program.
A postbaccalaureate student holds an acceptable baccalaureate
or its equivalent and is not enrolled in a graduate degree program.
4. The citizenship definition is based
on codes which indicate whether or not a student is a citizen
of the USA, and is not related to fee status (tables labeled noncitizen
5. The resident status for noncitizens
Visa status includes noncitizens
who are attending the CSU on a student "F" visa, an
exchange visitor "J" visa, and other "O" visa.
Some visa students, such as diplomats and dependents pay resident
Resident alien status includes immigrants
(applied for and received form I-151 "green card").
6. For students who have been classified
as California residents, the geographic origin of the student
is the California county of residence at the time of application
to the CSU. For citizens of the USA who are nonresidents of
California for fee purposes, the geographic origin of the student
is the state or possession in which the student resided at the
time of application. For noncitizens who also are nonresident
students (based on fee status), the geographic origin is the country
of citizenship.
Table 1. Total Enrollment by Citizenship Status by Campus & Sex, Fall 1996
Residence of Total Enrollment, All Levels
Table 2. Summary, Systemwide from Fall 1975
Table 3. Summary By Campus and Sex, Fall 1996
Table 4. Residence of Total Enrollment by Campus, Fall 1996
Residence of Undergraduate Students
Table 5. Summary by Campus and Sex, Fall 1996
Table 6. By Campus, Fall 1996
Residence of Postbaccalaureate and Graduate Students
Table 7. Summary by Campus and Sex, Fall 1996
Table 8. By Campus, Fall 1996
Table 9. Citizenship Status and Sex, Number and Percent, Systemwide, from Fall 1980
Table 10. Rank of Campus by Noncitizen Enrollment, Number and Percent, Fall 1996
Table 11. Enrollment by Major Division, Citizenship Status, and Sex, All Levels, Systemwide, Fall 1996
Table 12. Source Countries by Citizenship Status, Systemwide, Fall 1996
Table 13. Top Fifteen Source Countries, Number and Percent of Total Noncitizens, Systemwide, from 1987
Table 14. Source Countries of
Noncitizen Students by Campus, Fall 1996
Table 15. Undergraduate Noncitizen Students
by Source Country and Campus, Fall 1996
Table 16. Postbaccalaureate and Graduate Noncitizen Students by Source, Country and Campus, Fall 1996


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Cardiac catheterization involves passing a thin flexible tube (catheter) into the right or left side of the heart. The catheter is most often inserted from the groin or the arm.
Catheterization - cardiac; Heart catheterization
You will get medicine before the test to help you relax.
The health care provider will clean a site on your arm, neck, or groin and insert a line into one of your veins. This is called an intravenous (IV) line.
A larger thin plastic tube called a sheath is placed into a vein or artery in your leg or arm. Then longer plastic tubes called catheters are carefully moved up into the heart using live x-rays as a guide. Then the doctor can:
If you have a blockage, you may have angioplasty and a stent placed during the procedure.
The test may last 30 - 60 minutes. If you also need special procedures, the test may take longer. If the catheter is placed in your groin, you will often be asked to lie flat on your back for a few to several hours after the test to avoid bleeding.
You will be told how to take care of yourself when you go home after the procedure is done.
You should not eat or drink for 6 - 8 hours before the test. The test takes place in a hospital and you will be asked to wear a hospital gown. Sometimes, you will need to spend the night before the test in the hospital. Otherwise, you will come to the hospital the morning of the procedure.
Your health care provider will explain the procedure and its risks. A witnessed, signed consent form for the procedure is required.
Tell your doctor if you:
The study is done by cardiologists and a trained health care team.
You will be awake and able to follow instructions during the test.
You may feel some discomfort or pressure where the catheter is placed. You may have some discomfort from lying still during the test or from lying flat on your back after the procedure.
This procedure is most often done to get information about the heart or its blood vessels. It may also be done to treat some types of heart conditions, or to find out if you need heart surgery.
Your doctor may perform cardiac catheterization to diagnose or evaluate:
The following procedures may also be done using cardiac catheterization:
Cardiac catheterization carries a slightly higher risk than other heart tests. However, it is very safe when done by an experienced team.
The risks include:
Possible complications of any type of catheterization include the following:
Davidson CJ, Bonow RO. Cardiac catheterization. In: Bonow RO, Mann DL, Zipes DP, Libby P, eds. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 9th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 20.
Fraker TD Jr, Fihn SD, Gibbons RJ, Abrams J, Chatterjee K, Daley J et al. 2007 chronic angina focused update of the ACC/AHA 2002 Guidelines for the management of patients with chronic stable angina: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines Writing Group to develop the focused update of the 2002 Guidelines for the management of patients with chronic stable angina. Circulation. 2007;116:2762-2772.
Kern M. Catheterization and angiography. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 57.


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The so-called stimulus bills passed by the House and about to be passed by the Senate cannot withstand scrutiny. The monstrosities shot through the bills would prove to be a great embarrassment upon reasoned examination. The prominent economist Robert Barro concisely renders judgment:
This is probably the worst bill that has been put forward since the 1930s. I don't know what to say. I mean it's wasting a tremendous amount of money. It has some simplistic theory that I don't think will work, so I don't think the expenditure stuff is going to have the intended effect. I don't think it will expand the economy. And the tax cutting isn't really geared toward incentives. It's not really geared to lowering tax rates; it's more along the lines of throwing money at people. On both sides I think it's garbage. So in terms of balance between [spending and tax relief] it doesn't really matter that much.
But will the bill that is to be adopted risk great harm? That is a question that has been addressed far too little. Richard Fernandez asks "whether current government solutions to the crisis contribute to political risk or reduce it. That means knowing what's broke before applying the screwdriver to the screw." He comments: "Who knows what the future brings? But maybe we should look before we leap." Those who prefer otherwise appear to have something other than the best interest of the country in mind.
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General Comments: Futures closed a little higher again on what appeared to be speculative buying. Weather remains good in Florida, although more rain would be beneficial. Temperatures remain mild in the state, and conditions are mostly dry. Forecasts call for mostly dry conditions to continue. Fruit is holding for now, and irrigation is being used by producers to hold crop condition. Harvest in Florida of mid and early oranges is continuing. Demand for domestically produced Juice remains down from last year. Weather in Brazil is reported to be good. Brazil is seeing normal temperatures and light showers or dry conditions. Better showers are likely this weekend. The USDA cold storage report showed increased supplies from the market, which mirrors the trend in the weekly data from the Florida Mutual Association. Harvest is continuing, so an increase in supplies should be expected at this time of year.
Overnight News: Florida weather forecasts call for mostly dry conditions. Temperatures will average near to above normal.
Chart Trends: Trends in FCOJ are mixed to up with objectives of 119.00 and 125.00 March. Support is at 113.50, 110.00, and 109.00 March, with resistance at 118.00, 122.00, and 126.00 March.
General Comments: Futures were a little higher in consolidation trading. Trends turned down for the short term Tuesday, but prices remain in the recent trading range longer term. However, futures could drop more this week if more speculative selling shows up. Current crop development is good this year in Brazil, and production areas are getting beneficial rain for the developing crop. Central America crops are mostly harvested. There are widespread reports of rust on the trees and leaves, and Roya has become a big issue as well. It is possible that many Central America and Mexico producers will harvest much less Coffee next year if they are affected by this disease, and many seem to be affected. Crops in Central America will see some significant losses due to Roya next year, and some yields have been impacted this year. Colombia is reported to have good conditions.
Overnight News: Certified stocks are higher today and are about 2.612 million bags. The ICO composite price is now 135.61 ct/lb. Brazil should get mostly dry conditions this week and scattered showers and storms this weekend and into next week. Temperatures will average near normal. Colombia should get mostly dry conditions, and Central America and Mexico should get mostly dry conditions. Temperatures should average near to above normal. EU stocks were 9.55 million bags at the end of November, 3.2% less than the end of October.
Chart Trends: Trends in New York are mixed to down with objectives of 147.50 and 140.00 March. Support is at 148.00, 145.50, and 142.50 March, and resistance is at 154.50, 158.00, and 160.00 March. Trends in London are mixed to down with objectives of 1935 and 1910 March. Support is at 1930, 1905, and 1900 March, and resistance is at 1965, 1980, and 1990 March. Trends in Sao Paulo are mixed. Support is at 183.00, 182.00, and 179.50 March, and resistance is at 187.00, 190.00, and 193.00 March.
General Comments: Futures closed a little higher. Good arrivals in Africa are negative and are continuing. Ivory Coast arrivals are strong, and the trend for strong arrivals from there should continue. However, arrivals from other west African countries are starting to move lower. Malaysia and Indonesia crops appear to be in good condition and weather is called favorable. Overall weather patterns in West Africa production areas are good for harvest progress. Demand is reported weaker from the US and Europe, in part due to current economics and in part due to changes forced by the World Bank that encouraged forward marketing of the crops. Traders are starting to look ahead and past the midcrop harvest and note that the market could move to a production déficit next year. Ivory Cost growing conditions are reported good right now as the Harmattan winds are subsiding without causing any real damage to crops. Some showers have been reported as well. The better weather is needed as it was too dry last year.
Overnight News: Mostly dry conditions are expected in West Africa, but some showers ar expecte. Temperatures will average mostly above normal. Malaysia and Indonesia should see episodes of scattered showers, but Malaysia will be drier this weekend. Temperatures should average near normal. Brazil will get scattered showers and warm temperatures. ICE certified stocks are lower today at 3.798 million bags. Indonesian sources expect exports of Cocoa beans to drop as much as 26% this year as more of the crop gets processed by local grinders.
Chart Trends: Trends in New York are down with objectives of 2185, 2175, and 2100 March. Support is at 2195, 2155, and 2145 March, with resistance at 2230, 2250, and 2275 March. Trends in London are mixed to down with objectives of 1425 March. Support is at 1430, 1410, and 1405 March, with resistance at 1465, 1480, and 1500 March.


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Next month's 'Hey Day' at Godena Farm
The Conanicut Island Land Trust will sponsor "Hey Day" on Saturday, Oct. 1, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Godena Farm. "Hey Day" is a celebration of open space and the "great outdoors on the island."
Included in the festivities will be fresh food cooked by island chef Phil Larson, live music played by local musicians, wagon rides through the fields, outdoor games for children and a silent auction featuring art and items of value.
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November 20. 2012 11:05PM
Roger Brown's First and 10: Talking turkey
Manchester Central senior co-captains, from left, Dan Pasqual, Andrew Slingsby, and Troy Pelletier, during practice Tuesday afternoon at Gill Stadium in Manchester. (Mark Bolton/Union Leader)
Roger Brown's Grid Picks
Salem at Lawrence (Mass.), 6 p.m.
Victory eludes the Blue Devils: Lawrence (Mass.) 28, Salem 27.
Somersworth at Spaulding, 10 a.m.
It's always tough to get up for a Thanksgiving Day contest after you come up short in a championship game: Spaulding 20, Somersworth 13.
Nashua North vs. Nashua South at Stellos Stadium, 10 a.m.
South beats North for the second time this season: South 21, North 14.
Souhegan at Merrimack, 10 a.m.
The Sabers send coach Mike Beliveau out on a winning note: Souhegan 34, Merrimack 14.
Dover at Portsmouth, 10 a.m.
Clippers remain unbeaten at home: Portsmouth 27, Dover 13.
Central vs. Trinity at Gill Stadium, 10:15 a.m.
Each defense will be tested in this contest. Central avoids the upset: Central 26, Trinity 22.
NHIAA football will have a new shape next season, when the state's 57 teams will be squeezed into three divisions.
Manchester's three public schools - Central, Memorial and West - will all compete in Division I North, a conference that will also include Bedford and Concord. Trinity will be part of Division II South, along with John Stark, Milford, Souhegan and Windham.
What effect, if any, will this have on the Manchester Turkey Bowl? "Logic would dictate eliminating Trinity from the mix," said Central coach Ryan Ray, who is preparing his team to face Trinity on Thursday. "That's what happened a few years ago when Trinity stepped out of Division I to play an independent schedule.
"Since three teams will be in the same division, people might be more comfortable with a clear-cut way of determining the two best teams. That's just my opinion. I don't have any say in how it goes."
Manchester athletic director Dave Gosselin said no decision has been made regarding how next year's Turkey Bowl teams will be selected. It could be a three-team race between the public schools. A weighted formula based on regular-season victories - like the one currently in place - could be used to include Trinity. Or there may be more than one game.
"Memorial has asked me about having its own game," Gosselin said. "It's a Catch-22 because then you have to find a team to play. At this point, everything is up in the air. Right now we're just trying to get through this year's game."
The key matchup in Thursday's Central-Trinity contest will be Trinity's clock-killing double-wing offense against a Central defense that has struggled against strong opponents this season. Central (6-5) surrendered 91 points in its two games against No. 1 Exeter, 49 points against No. 3 Pinkerton Academy, 28 points against No. 8 Nashua South and 35 points against No. 9 Souhegan.
"We don't want to get behind and let them choke the clock," Ray said. "We'll have to play well in all three facets of the game."
Trinity (9-2), which lost to Plymouth in the Division IV championship game, has two players averaging more than 6 yards per carry: wingback Romeo Masuku (93 carries for 736 yards) and fullback Ryan Carrier (100-605).
Central has two of the top offensive players in the state in quarterback Riley Cote and split end Troy Pelletier. Despite averaging 26.2 points per game, the Little Green couldn't get past Exeter in the Division I semifinals.
"We'll need to slow down their offense," Trinity coach Steve Burns said. "You're not going to stop them. They have some of the top skill-position players in the state. Controlling the clock by running the ball will certainly be a big factor for us."
Central has beaten Trinity in each of the last two Turkey Bowls and has a 17-10 record in the game. Trinity is 8-5, West is 6-9 and Memorial is 0-7.
"This is a big game," Burns said. "This is the city championship."
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THE Nashua North-Nashua South contest is the only Thanksgiving Day game that features teams that have already played this season. South scored 27 points in the second quarter en route to a 30-17 victory in the rain on Sept. 28.
South quarterback Trevor Knight and South running back Dymier Hyde each ran for 115 yards in that contest.
"I think we had three turnovers in that game that led to points," North coach Jason Robie said. "We have to tackle better and not turn the ball over."
North (4-6 ) has a 2-6 record against South (6-5) on Thanksgiving. South leads the overall series 12-6.
"It's the last game for the seniors, and the last game of the year for the whole team," Robie said. "You want to go out with your best effort. We prepare for this game as hard as we do any other game as a staff, and we expect the kids to do the same."
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THE annual Thanksgiving Day games between Dover and Portsmouth, and Merrimack and Souhegan were on life support at this time a year ago, but each series was extended. The question is: for how long? "I don't know if I can answer that question," Souhegan coach Mike Beliveau said. "It's a little vague because both schools have new athletic directors. There was talk of extending it for four years with this being the first year, but I'm not sure either athletic director is aware of that. These (agreements) aren't things you always put in writing."
Souhegan (9-2) began playing Merrimack (0-10) in 1997, and leads the series 10-5. The teams will meet in Merrimack this year.
Originally, this year's game between Dover and Portsmouth wasn't scheduled. The series, which began when Portsmouth dropped from Division II to Division III in 2006, was extended by a year, but whether or not the teams will play next year is uncertain.
"We want to play the game," Dover coach Ken Osbon said "If we don't play next year it will be because someone on their side didn't want it to continue. We do not want to see it end."
Dover, which will travel to Portsmouth on Thursday, has won three of its five Thanksgiving meetings with Portsmouth.
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THERE ARE two other Thanksgiving games on the menu: Salem will play at Lawrence (Mass.) tonight (6), and Somersworth will play at Spaulding on Thursday (10 a.m.) It will be the third time Salem (0-10) has played Lawrence (2-8). The teams split the two previous games.
Spaulding (2-8) and Somersworth (8-2) will be meeting for the fifth time. Each team has prevailed twice.
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WINDHAM coach Bill Raycraft had hoped to play a Thanksgiving Day game this year, but nothing materialized.
"We didn't have any takers," Raycraft said. "I was contacted by some Bedford parents, but I think Kurt (Bedford coach Kurt Hines) was focused on the Division II championship game. Ideally we'd like to play somebody local, but we'll travel if we have to."
A Windham-Salem game might make the most sense, since Windham students used to attend Salem. Alvirne and Londonderry are also possibilities. Alvirne will have a new coach next season.
"New coach, new opportunity," Raycraft said. "I'm not sure what Salem's situation with Lawrence is. Maybe (Salem athletic director) Dave Rozumek and I can work something out."
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DIVISION I champion Exeter (11-1) is the only program that has finished first in the Union Leader/WGIR/WMUR Power Poll twice. The state's top-ranked team in the poll's five-year history:
2012 - Exeter
2011 - Exeter
2010 - Pinkerton
2009 - Bishop Guertin
2008 - Nashua South
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Communication Advisors Nominated for Outstanding Advisor AwardPosted 3-1-2011 by Keith Bartholomew
John Macejak, Melinda Long and Lynda Arnold, the Department of Communication advisors, have been nominated for this year's Outstanding Advisor Award.
"All three of our incredible advisors were nominated this year," remarked Department Chair Charla L. Markham Shaw. "We're so appreciative of our advisors for their contributions to the success of our students and our department. Congratulations to John, Melinda, and Lynda!"
The Outstanding Academic Advisor Award program, started in the 1984-1985 academic year, recognizes distinguished advisors who strive to uphold the University's pursuit of academic excellence. These individuals develop and nurture relationships and work closely with UTA's student population, and the University and community at large.


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Lady Gaga has been named the new face of Versace for the Spring 2014 campaign!
"#Versace proudly confirms @LadyGaga as the face of SS14 campaign shot by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott #VersaceLovesGaga," the designer brand tweeted with a pic about the 27-year-old entertainer.
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Smashing Pumpkins 'Mellon Collie' Reissue Could Feature 75 Previously Unreleased Songs
Any Smashing Pumpkins fan worth their salt knows that there is a wealth of unreleased material in frontman Billy Corgan's vault. As part of their ongoing reissue campaign, the band will re-release their celebrated double disc, 'Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness,' with up to 75 previously unheard tracks.
Billy Corgan has a lot of projects in the works currently — there's his new pro wrestling company, which may also become a reality TV program, and the continuing 44-song project 'Teargarden by Kaleidyscope', of which 'Oceania,' their new 13-track album, is a part of. Despite all those forward leaning projects, Corgan is also cultivating his band's history by reissuing their previous albums with bonus material.
The next classic SP album to get a makeover is perhaps their most beloved by fans — 'Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.' The original double album showcased the versatility of the Pumpkins, going from hard-edged rocker hits like 'Zero' and 'Bullet with Butterfly Wings' to the anthemic, yet delicate balladry of '1979′ and 'Tonight, Tonight.' Now Corgan, the last man standing from the 'Mellon Collie'-era, has revealed that there may be a wealth of bonus tracks added to the album's 28 initial songs as part of the forthcoming reissue.
Corgan recently informed Crestfallen via email that the MCIS reissue will feature up to 75 unreleased tracks/ alternate mixes, which will come in the form of three extra CDs and may also be packaged with a concert DVD. So for those of you keeping score at home — that's a six-disc package. In other Pumpkins back-catalog news, there is also an expanded 'Aeroplane Flies High' reissue in the works and live releases planned for the Smashing Pumpkins Record Club (SPRC).
Meanwhile, Smashing Pumpkins new album, 'Oceania,' is set for release on June 19 and has been compared to 'Mellon Collie' by some who've been lucky enough to have heard it, making this the perfect time to serve everyone a shot of nostalgia.


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"If the U.S. was once the most efficient, lowest cost producer of agricultural commodities, it can no longer make that claim in a number of production sectors," says David J. Frederickson, president of the National Farmers Union.
"U.S. producers are now witnessing a loss of our competitive position both internationally and domestically. Not only is our comparative production advantage over producers in other countries waning in many commodity sectors, but we are also losing the battle in maintaining a competitive advantage."
To a great extent, he says, this is due to the acceleration of technology transfer globally and a wide range of strongly supported U.S. public policies concerning labor and environment. "In addition, macroeconomic and monetary policy considerations continue to severely hamper U.S. agricultural exports and encourage imports due to exchange rate differentials."
"For a variety of reasons," he says, "the U.S. has unilaterally disarmed itself in the traditional agricultural trade areas of market access, domestic policies, and export subsidies, while ignoring the basic issues that affect our future competitiveness."
The U.S. and it's trading partners "have failed to harmonize, enforce, or dismantle much regulatory authority over sectors critical to maintaining competitiveness in agriculture." At the same time, as the agriculture service sector has become more globalized, it has also consolidated, "concentrating its global influence and control over multilateral negotiations and markets."
Over the last three decades, Frederickson says, the aggregate farm gate export value for U.S. agricultural products has been flat, while domestic demand has continued to rise.
"Our actual experience directly contradicts trade advocate claims. Also, the individual overseas markets that were expected to provide the greatest stimulation to our exports, such as the former Soviet republics, China, Latin America, and Southeast Asia, have failed to materialize."
The Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and other free trade agreements "have not resulted in improved U.S. agricultural performance," he contends. "In fact, as a result of numerous trade agreements, the U.S. has greatly increased its imports of competing agricultural goods."
Frederickson says it is "unrealistic" to expect governments — "ours, and particularly those of food-deficit nations — to curtail intervention in agricultural markets or in areas that directly have an impact on production and distribution.
"Food safety and security, along with the importance of agriculture to national economies and social structures, insure that some form of intervention or market management will remain."
But, he says, if U.S. producers are to be competitive in the 21st century, "trade negotiations and agreements must first be viewed as a 'means' and not the 'end,' as many currently seem to believe." Then, he says, the U.S. may be able to create an agricultural trade environment and spirit of cooperation that "can identify and address the legitimate concerns of consumers for an adequate, affordable, and safe food supply, while providing a more stable and acceptable economic environment for producers."
Attention must be given, Frederickson says, not only to the traditional trade issues of market access, export subsidies, domestic policy, and special and differential treatment, but also to issues such as labor and environmental standards and exchange rate fluctuations.
"The primary goal of trade negotiations should be to enhance the harmonization of national policies and priorities, while fostering greater cooperation in addressing the real problems that concern producers and consumers."
Unless the U.S. finds new ways to address these issues, Frederickson says, "our production agriculture's ability to engage in economic rivalry, without the presence of monopoly or collusion, will be relegated to the same mythical status as free trade."


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so far yes.
prank wickets
empty stadiums
slow outfields
just one close game
so far yes.
prank wickets
empty stadiums
slow outfields
just one close game
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ok just one close game
Some of those points are a bit unjustified - with the group stage including Afghanistan, Ireland and Zimbabwe close games somewhat rely on those teams stepping up and so far that hasn't really happened. Later in the tournament with the top teams under pressure situations I'd imagine that the amount of matches with tight finishes would rise. As far as the weather goes, thats a bit unavoidable. Slow outfields is somewhat a result of the rain. I haven't seen enough of the tournament so can't really comment too much on the wickets and crowd numbers.
Thought USA 94 wasn't great tbh.
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#408. Sixty three not out forever.
Someone not watching in 2006 either it would seem.
it's been the worst world cup i have ever seen and i've seen just about all the cricket world cups/champions trophies held in the last 3-4 years. only one game has been close and even that was very low scoring. slow wickets mean spinners bowling a lot of overs and nobody wants to see spinners opening the bowling all the time. grounds are just completely empty and the games arent even played under lights so its really visible.
i don't knwo i just can't get myself excited about this tournament. the only reason i'm still watching is that the kiwis seem to be one of the top 3 teams right now.
hopefully the crowds will pick up for the super 8 games and wi qualify for the finals. it would be embarrasing playing one the game's major finals in front of nobody.
Not at all!
I'm enjoying this world 'cup'....
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I'm enjoying it personally. We've seen some excellent cricket; the bowlers are yet to shine, but we've seen a couple of magnificent innings, most notably Jayawardene's yesterday. The worries about low scores seem to have dissipated given we've already seen 2 centuries, and England made almost 200 yesterday. I think it's got the makings of an excellent tournament. There are a few really strong sides and I think we're going to see some really fantastic cricket.
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Fearing losing him after the season for little compensation, the Pirates traded #2 starter John Smiley to the Twins for a pair of prospects during spring training 1992. The results were not disastrous, but perhaps could have been much better. (Click to embiggen)
Neagle had some good years as a Pirate and Schmidt became even better, just not with the Bucs.
Fun side notes: John Smiley wound up signing with the Reds. The Twins used the draft pick they received on Torii Hunter. I would have loved to have seen him in center for the Pirates instead of the litany of mediocrity that was trudged out after Andy Van Slyke left.
When Jason Schmidt signed with the Dodgers, San Francisco used the draft pick they acquired to pick Tim Alderson. Alderson was later acquired by the Pirates in the Freddy Sanchez trade.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Michael Vick won't be on the field when the Atlanta Falcons open training camp next Thursday. He'll be in a federal courtroom in Virginia answering charges that he participated in a dog-fighting operation.
Vick and three associates must appear in Richmond next week for bond hearings and arraignments on charges contained in a detailed, 18-page indictment handed up yesterday. What happens after that is anyone's guess.
For the time being, the NFL intends for the foreseeable future to let the star quarterback continue to play. After consulting with the Falcons, commissioner Roger Goodell and top league officials agreed to let the legal process determine the facts. A person with knowledge of the meeting, who requested anonymity so the case would not be influenced, said the NFL would stick to that position for the time being, despite its new personal conduct policy.
In April, Goodell suspended Tennessee's Adam "Pacman" Jones for the 2007 season even though Jones had not been convicted of a crime. He did, however, have ten encounters with police and five arrests since he was drafted in 2005.
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Classic Video of Metallica as Motorhead Tribute Band The Lemmys Posted Online
There's no doubt that Metallica love Motorhead, and now there's some additional video footage to prove it. Back in 1995, the Metallica members, decked out in long black-haired wigs, took the stage at Los Angeles' Whisky-a-Go-Go to play a set of Motorhead songs in honor of Lemmy Kilmister's 50th birthday. Now, the famous venue has just posted video from the performance on YouTube.
During the evening, the band went under the moniker 'The Lemmys' as they ripped through a set that included 'Overkill,' 'Damage Case,' 'Stone Dead Forever,' 'Too Late, Too Late,' 'The Chase Is Better Than the Catch,' 'We Are the Road Crew' and a reprise of 'Overkill.' During 'We Are the Road Crew,' James Hetfield ceded vocals to bassist Jason Newsted.
"They all dressed up as me and I thought that was great," said Lemmy to VH1.com after the show. "They all had long black wigs on and penciled-in mustaches, and a tattoo drawn on one arm with a black marker. Besides, they got their tattoos on the wrong arm, too, every one of them."
Blabbermouth reports that drummer Lars Ulrich would tell the band's So What! Magazine, "After some initial hesitation, I also donned the wig and shades (try playing Motorhead songs when you have a three-foot black wig and can't see s—!), and as we walked toward the Whisky stage (for the first time since supporting Saxon in 1982), the f—ing look on people's faces, classic. I started 'Overkill' and immediately swallowed half the wig, but who gives a f—, and off we went."
The love goes both ways as Motorhead received a Grammy in 2005 for their cover of Metallica's 'Whiplash' off the 'Metallic Attack: Metallica – The Ultimate Tribute' album.
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The Chevrolet Avalanche is a distinctive utility vehicle that blends the comfort and passenger capacity of an SUV with the cargo capacity of a long-bed pickup truck. Its unique "midgate" feature allows it to be converted from a five- or six-passenger crew cab pickup with a short cargo box into a two- or three-passenger pickup with a long cargo box. A lockable hard plastic cover keeps the bed contents safe.
Produced for two generations, the Avalanche was based on Chevy's related full-size trucks and SUVs and therefore shared basic underpinnings and powertrains. Though it may command a price premium on the used-car market, the Avalanche also has more to offer than most pure trucks or SUVs. For the shopper in need of a jack-of-all-trades vehicle, either generation of this unusual truck should make for a smart choice.
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Rear-wheel drive by default, this Avalanche was also offered with two four-wheel-drive (4WD) systems -- one with a single-speed transfer case (introduced on the 2010 model) and one with low-range gearing (previously the only option). All models started with a 5.3-liter V8 that initially produced 320 horsepower and 340 pound-feet of torque (310 hp and 335 lb-ft with 4WD). A 6.0-liter V8 with 366 hp and 380 lb-ft of torque was optional from 2007-'09. (Note that rated power on these engines varied slightly through the years, but you shouldn't notice any real-world difference in performance.) Earlier Avalanche models had a four-speed automatic transmission, while a six-speed automatic (which helped improve fuel economy) became standard for 2009.
In reviews of the second-generation Chevrolet Avalanche, we consistently praised its exceptional versatility on account of the adjustable-length bed. From behind the wheel, we found the Avalanche to be comfortable and smooth-riding for such a workhorse, with robust acceleration from either of the proven V8 engines. The towing capacity impressed us at over 8,000 pounds, easily outdoing the car-based Honda Ridgeline, though trailing pure trucks with V8 power. Maneuvering in tight spots was a challenge, however, due to the Avalanche's massive size and considerable blind spots astern. Still, with its updated platform, it was markedly more pleasant to drive than the previous-generation model.
Aside from the powertrain changes noted above, this Avalanche received standard side airbags for 2008, and the LTZ was upgraded for 2009 with standard Bose audio, heated and ventilated front seats and leather upholstery. The final-year 2013 model was technically known as the Black Diamond Avalanche; it was treated to special badging and some additional features as standard.
The first-generation Chevrolet Avalanche was produced on an older platform from 2002-'06, making a name for itself with its innovative midgate, which was largely carried over to the second-generation model. This Avalanche is also very similar to the newer version in terms of passenger space. At its debut, the first-generation model was offered with two- or four-wheel drive and in 1500 (half-ton) or 2500 (3/4-ton) designations. The 1500 came with a 5.3-liter V8 good for 285 hp. The 2500 model had a 340-hp 8.1-liter V8 as well as higher towing and payload capacities. Both engines came standard with a four-speed automatic transmission.
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Do you have indoor cats or dogs? Well if you do then you have some unique problems that only pet owners can understand. I have had indoor cats and have envisioned building them something special so that they can climb and exercise and still maintain a level of fitness that they would if they were outdoors too. My cats have stayed indoors more as they aged. A special ceiling design for cats was actually in the movie, The Princess Diaries, Directed by Gary Marshall that came out in 2001. I ran into this little story of an elderly couple who custom built walkways in their home at ceiling length. A fabulous idea if you have the time and talent to build something like that. Something like this can always be done by someone handy. Take a look at this: http://www.shine.yahoo.com/animal-nation/cats-house-couple-redesigns-home-cats-mind.202300439.html . There are a lot of great products on the market too. There are end tables that hide a cat litter box. You can buy two of these, one for food and one for the cat box. There is a neat rocking chair that your animal can fit into on the bottom with space for your furry friend to join you. I am not too sure if they will enjoy the rocking movement though, you can find it at www.paulKweton.com. If you are remodeling anyway, ask your designer, contractor, or architect to incorporate the animal into the design. An example of doing this would be to include your animals feeding area, sleeping area, and how your animal can use the rest room without too much fuss and away from your living space. One design company built a little nitch area within the kitchen's island. That was clever, simple, and way better than bumping into the water or food container over and over again. You may ask them to build a private area for your animal in a custom cabinet. You can include a sleeping area, open lounging area, and an eating area within the same space. Also for convenience include a pet door so they can use the restroom outside. You can build a shelf at the window inside and outside and include a window door so they can come in and out as they please. You can train them to use the litter box that will be outside instead of inside. So while we are remodeling, let's not forget to design with your pets in mind.
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As Eldrick "Tiger" Woods presumably marches on one leg to his 14th major championship today, those in the media assigned to cover the man often tremble in his wake and are quick to include him among the greatest athletes of all time. Rocco Mediate, the man set to compete against him in an 18-hole playoff today, can probably be counted amongst those who are intimidated by Woods, his solid gold putter, Swedish bikini model wife and army of rabid fans.
As a service to both Rocco Mediate and his dozens of fans world wide, we've taken time out on our first day back from vacation to show that Tiger really isn't that awesome. In fact, there are plenty of athletes that eclipse Tiger Woods in most aspects of sports and athletic competition. And so we present the man that springs most quickly to mind: Eldon "Pokey" Reddick—one time Oilers backup goalie and one of the most feared sports competitors of all time.
Eldrick "Tiger" Woods: meet Eldon "Pokey" Reddick.
Career Earnings
Advantage: Eldrick. It would seem that a career as the #1 pro golfer of all time is a lucrative business, whereas playing 22 games for the Fort Wayne Comets of the IHL in 1999 is not. While it's certainly possible that Reddick gained some German endorsements while starting for the Frankfurt Lions from 1999–2002, it's unlikely they match the size and scope of Woods' endorsers—many of whom would likely fold if Woods were to quit as their spokesman. But money ain't everything, as we shall see…
Career Wins
Advantage Eldon. If the measure of an athlete is ultimately how often they win, then it's clear that Eldrick barely holds a candle to Eldon. Reddick destroys Woods with a stunning 301 wins—over three times the 86 wins Eldrick has been able to accumulate during his 12-year career. 86 wins in 12 years? You think that the coach of the Grand Rapids Griffins would have allowed that from his starting goalie in 1996? Hells no!
Mediate should take heart from these statistics and see that while perhaps a force on Tour, Tiger really isn't that scary when you start comparing his career stats outside the PGA.
Knee Stability
Advantage: Eldon. While Eldrick is one Nancy Kerrigan-type smasheroo to the knee away from spending his days going from A to B on a Segway, Eldon has two seemingly rock solid knees which come handy as he spends his days on his hands and knees cleaning his James Norris and Bud Poile Trophies (see below). Physical fitness aside, injury prone athletes are often less valued than those in peak physical condition, and this would lead us to value Eldon above Eldrick.
Career GAA
Advantage: Eldon. People (Lowetide) seem to think that "statistics," "numbers" and "data" are a good way to analyze athletic performance. Well, your ol' pal Wanye isn't really one for readin' and writin' usually, but we were able to dig up this glaring statistical spread between the two athletes. Reddick sports a steady-but-not-showy career GAA of 3.74. We couldn't even find any goals against statistics for Woods, if you can believe that.
- 1985-86 James Norris Memorial Trophy (IHL)
- 1993 N.R. "Bud" Poile Trophy (IHL)
- PGA Player of the Year nine times
- PGA Tour Money Leader eight times
- Vardon Trophy winner seven times
- Nine years number one ranked golfer in the world
Awards don't mean squat—see Fernando being gypped out of the Masterton trophy as evidence. Woods can pile his awards and trophies up to the sky for all we care. We bet he'd trade it all for just half of Reddick's career victories, or a night with his wife. You can win awards for pretty much anything these days, whereas wins are wins. You think Tiger wouldn't kill to have won the Bud Poile Trophy as the most valuable player in the Turner Cup in the now defunct International Hockey League?? Ha! He wishes he had a Turner Cup Championship Trophy on his mantle.
Advantage: Eldrick.
Eldrick on Hockey
When asked his thoughts on the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals:
"I don't really care. I don't think anyone really watches hockey anymore."
—Tiger Woods, June 3, 2008.
Eldon on Golf
How dare you sir? How dare you defame the Stanley Cup finals! Golfing is what hockey players do to kill time while they wait for a new season to begin! We hardly think that you would hear Justin Leonard interviewed after a round:
Golf Talking Head: "So Justin, what are your plans until the new PGA season begins?"
Justin Leonard: "Well, like any player I guess I will just head over to the hockey rink and play as much as I can during the off-season."
Considering the fact that the most tiring thing most PGA players do during a round is yell at their caddy to speed up while they trot down the fairway, it is classless for Tiger to take a run at a real sport. It's really beyond us that Tiger would offer up such a douchebag response during a media conference in Michigan of all places, and it probably didn't win him many fans in HockeyTown.
Fortunately, Eldrick dissing the NHL has about as much impact on the game as Eldon dissing the Buick Open—little to say the least. However because of the fact we were unable to find any Reddick quotes on, well, really anything, we will take it that he's a classier man and award him the point.
Advantage: Eldon.
Fighting Back
Wow. Sweet putt Tiger.
Advantage: Eldrick
So more career wins, a less injury prone body and a lower GAA to boot. Ipso facto: Eldon beats Eldrick. Science doesn't lie, lambs.
So we don't want to hear another word about "one of the top athletes of all time" from you ESPN folk. Nor do we want to hear any "you da man"-ing from the gallery today at the US Open.
Take heart, Rocco Mediate. Tiger Woods ain't all that and a bag of chips. We think it's pretty clear that he's not "the man," and that Eldrick can barely stand up to close scrutiny outside his lush fairways, monster drives, and luxury cars so fast they make your eyes bleed.
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Benjamin Franklin stated it best when he said: "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
What beautiful words of wisdom, that apply today in America, as much if not more so, than the day he was first quoted. With the proposal of each new bill and the passing of each new law today, we find ourselves deeper and deeper in debt. Not just in the financial sense, but equally if not more importantly, in our deficit of freedom.
Government today is completely and totally reactionary and utilizes each and every opportunity to grab another handful of our rights, liberties and freedoms. These are all rights that we will never see again. Each liberty that we allow to be taken away today will be just one more freedom that children born tomorrow will never know.
No right nor freedom has ever been provided or given by any government. All of our liberties were endowed to us by our Creator at birth. Governments only possess the ability to limit, restrict or completely absolve us of our God-given rights. The freedoms that we enjoy today and the rights we allow to slip away were preserved, protected and passed down by the bloodshed of our ancestors. Our brave and courageous grandfathers shed their blood in valleys, on hillsides and from sea to shining sea, just to ensure our rights were secure for us today.
Our government instills the fear factor and any other tool at their disposal to bring the citizens into submission. They utilize conditioning and desensitizing techniques to slowly lure us down the path to servitude. We cannot turn on the news today without being subjected to around the clock shootings that are updated every hour on the hour. This is just a method of saturation used to bring all of the sheeple into lock-step and march them off the cliff to serfdom. All that is truly necessary for the government to succeed is for the people to remain silent or give in to their demands. We could more than likely make it another thousand years without the creation of one more new law. What we really need is simply for the government to enforce the laws that are already on the books, not create new ones. All we truly need is to be proactive as a society.
We place armed guards everywhere in our society today where something of value to us is possessed. We have armed guards in our banks to protect our money. We have armed guards at our Smithsonian Museum to protect the artwork. We have armed guards at our military installations to protect our equipment. We have armed guards at the CIA and NSA to protect our secrets. We have armed guards at the Federal Reserve and Fort Knox to protect our gold reserves. So, here is my question: Which of the above is more valuable to us than our children? Absolutely none of them. Then, why not immediately place armed guards in our schools? We do not need new laws to place restrictions on gun owners but rather, what we need is common sense.
Just think of the jobs that would be created if we placed at least two well-trained, certified armed guards in all of our childrens's schools over the next 30 days. But more importantly, think of the security and piece of mind that our children and parents would benefit and not at the cost of even one of our constitutional rights.
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The whitetail fraternity lost a true icon Oct. 7, 2013, with the passing of Larry Benoit of Duxbury, Vt. Larry, 89, died from complications after a brief bout with cancer.
By Duncan Dobie
Family members and close friends held a private service for Benoit on Oct. 14. Long-time friend Craig Jaques was a pallbearer. Jaques, an avid whitetail hunter who knew Benoit for 45 years, said all the pallbearers wore green-and black-checked hunting coats in honor of Benoit, a tradition Benoit had made famous years ago and that was continued by his sons Lane, Lanny and Shane, and many of Benoit's close hunting friends.
Benoit never really sought public recognition, but it came to him through his passion for snow-tracking big bucks in the late 1960s and throughout the '70s, when then-media giant Sports Afield ran several articles about his legendary exploits in Vermont and across New England.
His famed skyrocketed in September 1970 when Sports Afield ran a cover photo of Benoit along with the subtitle, "Larry Benoit — Is He the Best Deer Hunter in America?" It was the first time in the history of the magazine that a real hunter had appeared on the cover. It was a ground-breaking event.
It was a bold statement to insinuate that Benoit might be the best deer hunter in America, even in 1970. Today, there are probably hundreds of high-profile deer hunters across the country who would like to be considered deer hunting legends, but Benoit was the real thing. In those days, it truly meant something when someone was referred to as a living legend, and for all practical purposes Benoit earned that title.
What's more, Benoit hunted and killed big bucks the hard way — on foot, in the Big Woods and without nary a hint of help from modern technology. No scent-reducing sprays or suits. No rangefinder, grunt call or deer scent. He tracked down and shot big buck after big buck with just the power of his own two legs and the iron sights on his rifle.
Several more stories were written about him in Sports Afield in the mid-'70s. Then, in 1975, Benoit published his classic book, "How To Bag The Biggest Buck Of Your Life." Today, the book is a collector's item, and those who own copies treasure them.
Two follow-up books were written by Bryce Towsley and printed by the publishers of Deer & Deer Hunting Magazine. Those books: "Big Bucks the Benoit Way" (1998) and "Benoit Bucks: Whitetail Tactics for a New Generation" (2003) are among the two most popular deer hunting books in history.
Benoit was a throwback to the time of true hunting heroes such as Fred Bear of Michigan or Fred Goodwin of Maine. When it came to snow-tracking big whitetails, Benoit was a pioneer.
"A purist in every sense of the word, it was often said of him that he knew what the deer was going to do before the deer knew," said Ron Boucher, a well-known whitetail expert and hunter from Wallingford, Vt., who called Benoit a friend for 30 years. "He was to whitetail hunting what Ted Williams was to baseball and Dale Earnhardt was to auto racing. He was a one of a kind. They'll never be another like him."
Stubborn and sometimes cantankerous, Benoit did it his way. But his way was not always easy. There are many stories about him tracking a buck all day, having to give up at dark and coming back the next morning to pick up the trail again. There are also stories about him having to walk 10 miles or more back to his truck after being on a trail all day. Benoit never worried about getting lost. He seemed to have a natural built-in compass and homing instinct. If he was on a track when darkness fell, he'd simply head down the mountain, look for the nearest road and walk back to his truck.
Measuring trophy antlers held no interest for him. It was all about tracking and killing big deer. A "big" buck in his eyes had to dress out at heavier than 200 pounds. Many of his deer dressed out in the 250-pound range. In the old days, if it was bitter cold outside, he would sometimes bring deer right inside the house and skin them out in his living room.
Although it was a big blow to Benoit when Iris, his beloved wife of 66 years, died in 2008, Benoit enjoyed fairly good health most of his life was able to hunt each season through 2012. He seldom came home without filling his tag.
"During the past decade or so, he frequently hunted the big woods of Ontario because he loved the wilderness so much," Jaques said. "You can still find some big woods in Maine to hunt, but for the most part, things have changed a lot in New England over the years. That's why he started going to Canada on a regular basis."
Like so many people who befriended Benoit through the years, Jaques' initial introduction to the famous hunter was a memorable experience that left a lasting impression.
"I was hunting with my dad when I was 12 years old in 1964," he said. "We had come out of the woods and were driving home after the day's hunt when we saw this hunter walking down the road in the dark. My dad stopped and asked him if he needed a lift. He smiled and said, 'Yes.' That hunter turned out to be Larry Benoit!
"We drove him all the way home that night. Once we got there, he invited us inside where we met his wife, Iris. Even back then, the walls of his living room were covered with deer antlers and photos. Every square inch of space was covered. It was the most unbelievable thing I had ever seen. I talked about it to my friends for weeks. He was my hero from then on."
Although Jaques and Benoit became very good friends and did many things together the next three decades, it took 35 years before Jaques got to hunt with the Vermont legend.
"I finally talked him in to going to Ontario with me in 1999, and he fell in love with the place," Jaques said. "He saw wolves, eagles and plenty of wilderness areas where he could get lost. It was his kind of place."
As mentioned, Benoit continued to hunt Ontario each year until recently.
"He inspired so many people," Jaques said. "He was a humble guy, but when it came to tracking big bucks in the snow, he had no equal. He was a natural."
Anyone who knew Benoit usually has a favorite story to tell about him. In my case, I was a budding young trophy hunter in 1975 when I heard about Benoit's book, "How to Bag the Biggest Buck of Your Life." I ordered the book as soon as it came out. My mother was in the hospital dying of a brain tumor when it arrived. While sitting next to her hospital bed for several long nights, I devoured Benoit's book. I read some chapters again and again. Although I lived in the South, where we seldom had any appreciable snow, I dreamed about snow-tracking "Benoit style." Benoit's book helped me keep my sanity during a very sad time. It also taught me a lot about hunting big bucks and got me fired up. It inspired me to become a better hunter.
In addition to his trademark green-and-black-checked hunting jacket, Benoit romanticized snow-tracking with his traditional Remington Model 7600 .30-06 pump, a rifle that he made famous. Thousands of hunters bought that rifle because that's what Benoit used. In 1999, Remington produced the Larry Benoit Commemorative .30-06 Carbine in a limited edition of 1,000 rifles. The guns sold well, and today are considered to be collector's items, fetching considerably more than the original $1,000 price tag.
Benoit hated having to wear hunter orange in later years. It was unnatural for such a tuned-in woodsman. When laws changed and he had to wear orange, he did so with great reluctance.
"During my 30-year friendship with Larry, I saw a real spiritual side of him that went far beyond simply hunting," Boucher said. "His love and respect for the natural world was immense. I'm sure that came from the fact that he had a lot of Indian blood running through his veins. He was an honest and common man, yet he affected so many lives through the years. He was a very spiritual man."
Today, it seems we are inundated with celebrities and sports stars who are referred to as icons, heroes and legends. Benoit was a bona fide deer hunting icon and legend. Back in the day, the almost larger-than-life image of five or six big-bodied New England whitetails hanging on the front porch of the Benoit house with five or six hunters wearing green jackets posed underneath them in the snow was one of the most recognizable images in all of Vermont. To many older hunters who followed Benoit's exploits, that image will be etched in our minds forever. Thanks for the inspiration, Larry. The flame will never be extinguished. Your spirit will always be with us.
— Duncan Dobie is a regular D&DH contributor from Georgia.
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18 de Octubre 2012, Roma, Italia - Hunger has no political or social colouring and development needs to reach all people, said the Maronite Patriarch, His Beatitude Mar Bechara Boutros Rai, in a meeting today with FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva in Rome.
The Maronite Patriarch was answering a call made by Graziano da Silva to join the Zero Hunger Challenge, launched by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the Rio+20 Conference in June.
Bechara Boutros Rai highlighted the importance of working with small-scale producers and helping them to organize themselves in cooperatives so they can better access markets, referring to the speech made by Graziano da Silva on World Food Day.
The FAO Director-General added: "Ending hunger is a moral issue. We already produce enough food in the world and need to mobilize political support to realize the hunger-free future we want."
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The FAO Director-General pointed out that although there had been a fall in the global number of undernourished people, hunger was on the rise in Africa and the Near East.
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The Maronite Patriarch agreed, adding that conflicts affect social and development work that is done and expressing his concern about how hunger and conflict pushed families to migrate internally and externally.
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Some scrap buyers and brokers are a little troubled about what steelmakers will melt for the rest of this year. The supply of scrap has not reached the shortage stage, but it has dried up. How can that be when no one was buying much scrap for the first six months of this year?
The perception is not true. There were more than a few buyers in the U.S. market—most of them from Asia. Exports to South Korea, India, Turkey and several smaller nations like Vietnam rose to levels that had not been seen for years. China, that bottomless abyss for scrap and iron ore, was the top buyer for much of the first half of this year until prices reached $350 a tonne, when they backed away from the international scrap market.
The mechanism of offshore markets has changed radically in the past few years. One sign of that change is the volume of shredded being shipped overseas in containers. Virtually every major scrap processing equipment maker is now offering machines to load 20- and 40-foot containers with shredded and heavy melt. This has drawn a whole new network of scrap sellers to the offshore market, many of them mid-sized dealers with shredders who used to sell their output to steelmakers and then to the export yards if the steelmakers weren't buying. Nowadays, even the smaller yards can afford the machinery to load containers and are selling their scrap to foreign traders.
Twenty years ago, a report by Washington-based consultantcy Robert R. Nathans Associates Inc. said not to worry, there were millions of tons of ferrous scrap available in the U.S. market. That study was a response to an earlier report by the late Father William Hogan, a prominent steel industry analyst who warned that scrap shortages were likely to recur throughout the 1980s. Those shortages never occurred—at least not to the extent that Hogan anticipated. Scrap supplies were tight from time to time, both in those days and now, but there was always one mill or broker willing to pay a few more dollars more than his rivals for No. 1 bundles or plate and structural scrap—and that is the key, underlying part of the problem.
Steelmakers may not face a shortage today, but the supply is tighter than it has been in decades. For example, Nucor Corp. bought cargoes of busheling and shredded scrap from Europe, although to some it seemed like the big steelmaker was bringing in extra supplies to help hold down the domestic scrap price.
At the same time, the integrated mills re-lit five blast furnaces, a sign that they expected stronger demand for sheet products from the automakers. Unfortunately, at least one of those big mills had little scrap at two of its largest plants because during the slowdown earlier in the year it shipped much of the scrap inventories it had to smaller operations that it owns, so it had to go out in the market and replenish its scrap inventories.
There may be enough ferrous scrap in the country to fill the needs of both the integrated and electric-arc furnace mills, as that old study said. But that isn't the main question. Scrap users should be asking how accessible that material is. Is it worthwhile tearing down an old factory in a small town, which is likely to yield maybe 20 or 30 tons of I-beams from the floor supports and a few tons of tinplate from the roof?
Some may think that the federal government's "Cash for Clunkers" program will help fill up the supply pipeline, but that's hardly the case. Each of the three billion dollars the government ponied up reeled in about 250,000 cars at best. So with the government shelling out $3 billion overall, that's 750,000 cars for the junkyards and shredders. In a market that sells 16 million cars a year, that equates to less than 5 percent of the market. The total figure in terms of shredded scrap generated by the program is 20.5 million tons, a healthy portion of which will no doubt find its way into the export market.
There is really only one thing that draws out scrap—money. When dealers and processors cut the prices at the scale, peddlers don't bring much metal to the yards, the demolition contractors lay off their crews and wait for prices to rise so they can bid on the bigger wrecking jobs, and auto junkyards pile cars two or three high and wait for the prices they want from the shredders. Auto junkyards don't need to see the hulks when the price is $100 a ton or less; they just leave them in the yard, sell parts off them and unload a few of the wrecks that have been picked clean to pay the bills in the meantime.
But what's a steel mill buyer to do when he has a production schedule to meet and a melt shop demanding scrap? What usually happens is the mills outbid each other for whatever scrap is available. One mill agrees to pay $250 a ton for 5,000 tons of a scrapyard's No. 1 heavy melt. A broker for another mill hears about the sale, calls the yard and offers $255 or $260 a ton to make sure his client gets that scrap. Prices start to spiral upward. And the original buyer maybe gets half of the metal he ordered later in the month, along with a promise that the rest will be delivered the following month at this month's price even if the price has spiked another $10 to $20 a ton.
Mill buyers and brokers often complain about the greed of the dealers that makes the market jump. Just as often the fuse that lights up scrap prices is steel mills outbidding each other for whatever scrap is available.
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