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Bob, thank you for that kind introduction, and many thanks for this invitation to join you here in Jacksonville.
Let me also acknowledge National Commander Steve Zeitz and Executive Director Herb Rosenbleeth. Thank you for your leadership of this great organization;
David Magidson, thank you as well for helping to preserve the many contributions of Jewish Veterans to our nation's military;
Two West Point classmates, Mike Leibowitz and Len Green;
Fellow Veterans, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen:
Good morning, I am honored to join you at your national convention for my first visit. As the oldest Veteran service organization, you have, for over one hundred years, promoted the principles on which our great Nation was founded.
By opposing bigotry in the United States, and indeed by being the only Veteran service organization to march alongside Martin Luther King, Jr., in Washington in 1963, Jewish War Veterans has helped create a society in which all of America's children and grandchildren can flourish. Your commitment to the next generation is also evident in your unwavering and longtime support for the Boy Scouts and your college scholarship program.
I am thankful to President Obama for giving me this opportunity to serve Veterans. You don't get many do-over's in life, and for me, this is a do-over. I get to care for the folks I went to war with 40 years ago in Vietnam. I get to care for the youngsters I sent to war as Army Chief of Staff. And I get to care for true giants who saved the world during World War II and who marched to the guns in Korea in 1950.
Like some of you, I grew up in Vietnam. I went to war with a generation of patriots who were equally tough, determined, courageous, and capable of unbelievable acts of courage and sacrifice. It is sometimes said that we honor the fallen by how we care for the living--the ones who made it home. And that's what President Obama and VA have been committed to for the past two-and-a-half years.
These are tough economic times, and that's especially true for Veterans. As of June of this year, one million Veterans were unemployed, and the jobless rate for post-9/11 Veterans was 13.3 percent--a particularly hard-hit generation. And, as troops return from Iraq and Afghanistan, an additional one million servicemembers are projected to leave the military between 2011 and 2016.
So, last Friday, the President again, in demonstrating both his unwavering commitment to those who have defended our Nation and his deep concern about the unique challenges facing them, took action and announced four new initiatives to directly address these conditions:
* First, a Returning Heroes Tax Credit, for firms that hire unemployed Veterans--a maximum of $2,400 for every short-term unemployed hire and $4,800 for every long-term hire. Also, the existing Wounded Warriors Tax Credit for all Veterans with service-connected disabilities [max of $4,800] will continue, with an increase for firms that hire Veterans with service-connected disabilities who are long-term "unemployeds"--a maximum credit of $9,600 per Veteran.
* Second, a presidential call for a career-ready military: VA will work closely with the Department of Defense, other federal departments, and the President's economic and domestic policy teams to develop reforms to ensure that every member of the service receives the training, education, and credentials needed to successfully transition to the civilian workforce or to pursue higher education--including the design of a "reverse boot camp," extending the transition period to give servicemembers more counseling and guidance to prepare them for civilian careers.
* Third, better transition to the private sector for all Veterans. The Department of Labor will establish an enhanced career development and job-search service package for transitioning Veterans.
* And last, a challenge to the private sector to hire or train 100,000 unemployed Veterans or their spouses by the end of 2013.
President Obama handed me two priorities when he offered me this appointment: First, make things better for Veterans--that's what Friday's job announcement was about--and then, transform the Department of Veterans Affairs so that it better serves Veterans throughout the 21st century.
Pretty strategic guidance: Serve Veterans, do it better, transform for the future. He didn't say what or how or when. He expected me to figure that out.
Well, I didn't grow up in VA, and I'm not a clinician, so there was a lot of learning that first year. You watched me struggle a bit in implementing the new Post-9/11 GI Bill, without any automation tools for what was, in 2009, a massive, brand new program. The new law directed VA to implement it on the fly--and we did.
Everything had to be done by stubby pencil, but we put 173,000 youngsters into college that fall--the hard way. At the same time, we fast-tracked development of IT tools that have arrived and are today in operation administrating the education of over 518,000 Veterans and family members under the new GI Bill program. And when VA's other educational assistance programs are added, that number of Veteran and family member students exceeds 840,000.
This fall, we will expand that GI Bill program to provide vocational training and other non-degree job opportunities for Veterans who want to work but who aren't necessarily interested in spending four years in a college classroom--another opportunity for Veterans to add value to their communities.
There are clear lessons from implementing the new GI Bill: First, VA is tough and agile enough to implement a new program on the fly. Second, as it does that, it is also innovative enough to simultaneously develop new tools to better administer that new program for the long haul.
What that told me is that we have good, dedicated, and creative people who come to work at VA every day. My job is to grow and develop them for long-term leadership responsibilities to this important department and to provide them the right tools, which have been lacking.
Now, the President provided not only strategic guidance--he also provided his personal support; he assured the availability of much needed, scarce resources to address longstanding issues; and then he allowed me, as secretary, the freedom to make decisions and to act.
Well, two-and-a-half years ago, here were some of the things I started to work on: Too many Veterans could not access VA's services and benefits, and when they tried, the claims process was difficult to navigate--some said "near impossible"--creating a massive backlog in disability claims. In fact, some Veterans suggested that VA was waiting for them to die so it wouldn't have to pay them their benefits. Pretty strong stuff for a new secretary to hear. But OK, I got the picture. I asked you to give me a chance to try to fix a backlog that had been years in the making. I just needed resources and a little time.
You also told me that it was wrong for any Veteran in this country to be homeless, and I agreed with you. In fact, the President was ahead of both of us on this, based on his insights from his time on the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee. And he decided to do something about it.
Some of you also told me that VA had an attitude problem--that we didn't always treat Veterans with dignity and respect--and that women Veterans, in particular, were not being well served in many cases. It was not that we were doing anything disrespectful, but that our entire system was heavily male-oriented, so women Veterans didn't feel comfortable or welcomed. OK, we needed to do something about both of these perceptions.
Finally, many felt we were too slow to react to real changes in Veterans lives. An example here might be the impact of rising gas prices or the cost of medications. Three-and-a-half-years ago, the beneficial travel rate was 11 cents per mile; today, it is 41.5 cents per mile, and we have controlled co-pay costs on medications to the benefit of all Veterans for the past one-and-a-half years.
In response to our budget proposals to address all these concerns, among others, President Obama increased VA's 2010 budget to $115 billion--a 16 percent increase over the $99.8 billion budget I inherited in 2009, the largest single-year increase in over 30 years. This year, the 2011 budget grew to $126.6 billion, and the President's 2012 budget request for next year, currently before the Congress, is for $132.2 billion. Very few organizations--public, private, profit, nonprofit--have had this kind of resourcing support over the past three budget cycles. And every bit of it is needed to fix longstanding issues in this department.
Thanks to the President, we have a clear direction, predictability in resourcing, and unwavering leadership support. Now it's up to us to deliver. While there will likely be some adjustment to the President's 2012 budget request currently before the Congress and our 2013 budget proposal, Veterans remain a very high priority with President Obama. I know that personally, and it goes deep with him. That commitment will be reflected in the care and benefits VA continues to provide the men and women who served us in our Nation's darkest hours--and their families and our survivors.
In keeping his promises to Veterans, the President's past budgets have enabled us to address some of the early concerns you asked me to take on when I arrived:
Access: To your concerns from 2009 that not enough Veterans could access VA's benefits and services, we have made measurable progress in outreaching to Veterans who did not know about VA or their earned benefits, or had lost faith in us some time ago. Streamlining initiatives to improve Veterans' access to healthcare has increased the number of enrolled Veterans by nearly 800,000 in the last two-and-a-half- years--a 10 percent uptick.
We will continue to press in this area and broaden our appeal to women Veterans. With women's program coordinators at each major medical center, with over 1,200 providers having received advanced training in women's healthcare, and with our efforts to give women Veterans their own larger voice through a national women's summit, we believe we are anticipating the coming surge in women Veterans.
And with two operational campaigns still underway and continuing economic challenges at home, VA's mission is clear and compelling for Veterans' long-term well-being. We, in VA, must be more demanding on ourselves to get every penny and every second of return on the investments we make on behalf of Veterans. And when the last combatant comes home from Iraq and Afghanistan in a few years, DoD's missions may be over, but VA's requirements will still be growing, something that is likely to continue for another decade or more beyond that point. We must be vigilant to not create another Vietnam generation, whose unaddressed medical needs continue to challenge its members, even today.
Homelessness: In 2009, you told me that no Veteran should live homeless in this rich and powerful country. Well, I've never been able to fix a problem that I couldn't see, so we have begun creating a registry of homeless Veterans. We cannot help them unless we know who and where they are and what they need, so we are working with HUD, Labor, Education, Defense, state and local governments, non-profits, and volunteers to get a reliable registry so we can attack the root causes of the homeless problem.
VA's progress has been significant. Since 2008, VA has helped permanently house over 29,000 homeless Veterans. Another 30,000 have been assisted through the homeless call center, and we have hired approximately 330 homeless or formerly homeless Veterans to provide peer support and to help ease the suffering of other Veterans who find themselves homeless. We intend to reduce the number of homeless Veterans to below 60,000 by June 2012, with the goal of ending this national embarrassment in 2015.
What we have learned over the past two-and-a-half years is that we cannot end Veterans homelessness through street rescues alone. We must develop robust prevention initiatives that protect an "at risk" population that is difficult to define and see. But we know this "at risk" population exists because Veterans lead the Nation in homelessness, depression, substance abuse, suicidal ideation, and are well up there in joblessness, as well. Unless we are conducting a full-court press in all these areas, street rescues of the estimated 80,000 homeless Veterans alone will not be enough.
VA is leading the fight against homelessness with all of our substantial capabilities: primary medical and dental care; mental health; substance abuse treatment; education; case management; housing; and jobs counseling. Importantly, street rescues must continue, but they have never defined the entire problem. We are outreaching to states and communities to collaborate at the local level with nonprofit partners who know the homeless situation first hand.
We are also conducting justice outreach to support the creation of Veterans courts, which would remand Veterans--those facing minor charges, petty crimes, and repeated substance abuse offenses--to VA for treatment in lieu of incarceration. And we're working with state and federal prisons to afford Veterans being released from prison an opportunity to break the cycle of incarceration-homelessness-incarceration, which plagues many of them. We are committed to ending Veterans homelessness by 2015, and we are after it.
Claims backlog: You asked me to fix the backlog in disability claims, and I have committed to ending it in 2015, by putting in place a system that processes all claims within 125 days at a 98 percent accuracy level. Of the things you asked me to take on, this one's taking longer to achieve momentum. But we have a host of promising options being piloted today and expect them to begin paying off in 2012, as we begin fully automating the disability claims process. Our success in automating the new GI Bill program on the fly gives us a measure of confidence that we will soon have the automation tools needed to begin beating the backlog in the short term.
Attitude: Two years ago, I heard that some in VA had an attitude problem. And so, since last December, with input and recommendations from a variety of panels, work groups, and VA senior leaders, we have settled on five core values that underscore the moral obligations inherent in VA's mission: integrity, commitment, advocacy, respect, excellence.
* Integrity--Because "I CARE," I will act with high moral principle, adhere to the highest professional standards, and maintain the trust and confidence of all with whom I engage.
* Commitment--Because "I CARE," I will work diligently to serve Veterans and other beneficiaries, be driven by an earnest belief in VA's mission, and fulfill my individual and organizational responsibilities.
* Advocacy--Because "I CARE," I will be truly Veteran-centric by identifying, fully considering, and appropriately advancing the interests of Veterans and other beneficiaries.
* Respect--Because "I CARE," I will treat all those I serve, and with whom we work, with dignity, showing respect to earn respect.
* Excellence--Because "I CARE," I will strive for the highest quality and continuous improvement, be thoughtful and decisive in leadership, and be accountable for my actions, willing to admit mistakes, and rigorous in correcting them.
In time, I hope you will see our core values demonstrably at work in our daily conduct of business. You have my assurance that these are promises VA has embraced with serious dispatch.
With your help and support, we've had more than two good years for Veterans. There's still much to be done, but we have momentum in key areas and clear directions for the future. We will not fail the men and women who have fought to keep us free, and next month will mark a decade since 9/11--a decade in which our country has been at war.
The 9/11 Generation includes more than a million spouses and two million children of service members, many of whom have lived their entire lives in a nation at war. More military women have served in combat than ever before. Hundreds of thousands of troops have deployed multiple times. They have all borne a heavy burden on behalf of the Nation. But despite the enormous strains of ten years of continuous operations, our military remains as strong as it has ever been. The 9/11 Generation is defined, just as every previous generation of America's Veterans has been defined, by the virtues of selfless service, sacrifice, and devotion to duty.
From the "greatest generation" came an Army dentist named Ben Salomon. The story of his heroism in battle is nothing short of epic. Regrettably, it took our country over 50 years to recognize his actions.
In 1944, Captain Salomon went ashore on Saipan with the 105th Infantry Regiment. Since there was little need for a regimental dentist, he volunteered to replace the second battalion's surgeon who had been wounded. Under orders to kill ten Americans each, several thousand Japanese soldiers began moving against the regiment's 1st and 2nd battalions. Salomon was attending to the wounded in his aid tent when Japanese soldiers began to enter. He shot the first one, who had bayoneted a wounded American lying near the tent. As he turned his attention back to the wounded, two more Japanese soldiers appeared at the tent entrance. As Captain Salomon killed them, four more crawled under the tent walls. Captain Salomon kicked the knife out of the hand of one, shot another, and bayoneted a third. He butted the fourth in the stomach and a wounded comrade shot and killed the enemy soldier. Captain Salomon then ordered the wounded to evacuate to safety, as best they could, while he held off the enemy.
Captain Salomon took control of a machine gun, the crew of which had been killed, and defended his aid station. The position was overrun, and when it was retaken two days later, Captain Salomon's body was found slumped over the gun with more than 90 wounds. At the gun's final emplacement, drag marks from the tripod indicated Captain Salomon had displaced the gun at least once, and collected enemy dead defined earlier fighting positions. Ninety-eight enemy soldiers' bodies were piled in front.
For his actions, Captain Salomon received the Medal of Honor in 2002. He joins 17 other Jewish servicemembers who have been awarded our Nation's top military honor.
We stand in awe of such courage, determination, and selflessness. Remembering Ben Salomon and the service of all Jewish Veterans is a privilege and an honor for all of us at VA.
God bless our men and women in uniform who serve the cause of peace; God bless our Veterans; and may God continue to bless this great Nation of ours. Thank you.
Source: http://www.va.gov/opa/speeches/2011/08_11_2011_jewish_veterans.asp


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A Snack on The Way To School - Southern Vietnam
For the last seven months I have been cycling and eating my way up The Mekong River in South East Asia.
Staring in the sweaty surounds of Vietnam and the Mekomg Delta I followed the river to the heights of Yunnan in China. As well as the places I visit and food I eat the people I meet are what makes any journey special. Here are a selction of faces from the Mekong river.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Visitors to downtown Jacksonville will soon be able to know more easily and in real time where on-street parking is open.
Mayor Alvin Brown and the city of Jacksonville are working with Streetline, a leading provider of innovative parking solutions, to implement the company's smart parking system in certain sections of downtown. It will allow people with smartphones or computers to find on-street parking spaces in real time, as well as the locations of parking garages and lots.
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Brown said that as part of his vision to make downtown more accessible, vibrant and lively, a project will take place to implement parking sensors near certain meters to make visiting downtown easier for residents and visitors. The sensors will detect which spaces are available, which will be shown on a smartphone app that will also offer other useful features. By early March, the app -- Parker by Streetline -- will be published to connect the data to visitors.
"I am excited to see this innovative technology reach our streets," Brown said. "Our citizens have told us that parking is a big factor in their downtown experiences, and this action represents another example of the determination that I and many other stakeholders have to move our downtown forward and truly make it a destination for all our residents and visitors."
Brown has made economic development, and particularly reinvigorating downtown, a strategic priority, successfully winning approval from Gov. Rick Scott, the Legislature and City Council for improvements to economic development by the city, including creation of the Downtown Investment Authority. Most recently, joined by business and community leaders, the mayor announced an initiative that invests $9 million in savings toward leveraging private investment for downtown.
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Installation of 99 parking sensors will begin this week at the intersection of Laura and Forsyth streets. The sensors will be embedded in the pavement.
The sensors will stretch along Laura Street from Monroe Street to Independent Drive and will also span several blocks of road intersecting Laura Street including Adams, Forsyth and Bay streets. Parker is the sensors' partner smartphone app that will provide the location and availability of on-street spaces, as well as locations, rates and hours of garages and lots. Once parked, motorists will be able to use the app to set a timer to track how much time is remaining on the meter as well as access walking directions back to their cars.
"Parker will encourage even more residents to enjoy our great downtown restaurants and activities," said Bill Prescott, vice-chair of the Downtown Marketing Collaborative and member of the executive board of Downtown Vision Inc. "By guiding visitors directly to available spaces, people will see there is ample, easy-to-access parking in our urban core."
Besides an easy-to-use search and visual map similar to GPS and in-car navigation systems, the app includes a hands-free option with an audible cue when available parking is nearby. Parker is expected to be available for download in Jacksonville by the first week of March.
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Streetline's parking solutions have been successfully implemented in other cities, including Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles, Indianapolis, New Brunswick, Reno and Washington D.C.
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Screw destiny. I have my own plans. @Smarag_Dos
Gamestop Giving Away 5 Wii-U Consoles
Fans try to assault CM Punk at the end of RAW
Needs more Henshin.
SHINOBI-03 wrote:
24 years old as of today... I'm one year away of half a century.... I'M GETTING OLD...!!
A bit late, but
(I know the cake says Valentines day but go with the flow. 'LAWL')
completely unrelated
penguin drum?
i started watching chuunibyou and god damn this shit bis hilarious i honestly was reminded so hard about my own grade school and high school days that i remembered the day i convinced my friends i was actually capable of shooting a kamehameha.........that was like just 4 years ago man i miss those innocent and pure days, now that i'm a otaku i lost my innocence so hard that i can't even see my sister brush her teeth or eat octopus nor squid again
all right no im just rambling
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do not disturb-dumbass at work
It's all about oni-chan.
Anytime Diend acts tsundere toward Decade take a shot!
Anytime you see a fight scene that they just showed completely in the trailers, take a shot or swig!
Anytime someone says "destroy", "kill", or someone's name when they die take a shot or swig.
For every moment that should've been awesome, but fell short, take a shot or swig.
For every time it's the wrong voice actor, take a shot or swig.
Each time narutaki elongates his vowels randomly, 10 shots or finish your bottle!
Anytime people mention decade or killing somone, take a swig or shot!
When ever they say "ore wo taosu" (I will defeat), take 5 shots or finish the bottle!
and here is the movie
Needs more Henshin.
Hey kids! What time is it?
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The most interesting man in the world aint got SHIT on this guy :)
1) Harlock fought gods and won.
2) The Most Interesting Man in the World was a red shirt on an episode of the original Star Trek and didn't die as part of the Away team in that episode...
It's a tie.
We'd never meet in real life, just online, although we'd have photo proof of the other's existence. I know I'm paranoid enough and perverted enough and have enough of a hint of insanity that should we ever really meet for if we did hit it off, there'd be laughter, there'd be joy, and there'd be bloodshed that would get me locked up (or her if she got the drop on me) for life. If I ever end up truly unleashing all the horrible things in my head that I've been holding back all these years, it would be bad... Cthulu bad.
But enough about that... *deep breath* Happy fun times, right guys?
And your later post of the birth and month thing...
Watch the world burn with Itachi... let's see, that's Sasuke's older brother... who's voiced by Crispin Freeman, heck yeah!
... and with that, I am caught up. No mot, sleep is trying to o'ertake me.
It's hard to find nice things on the po' side of town. - Johnny Rivers
I'm back guys! After nearly a week of studying for an exam and visiting my family, I have returned (for the most part, another test on Thursday)!!! I've been gone for a while so here's a few things I want to respond to.
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Mega Man and Tifa. What a weird family I have
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Watched the world burn with...Cell.
Watched the world burn with... Yuno... Gasai... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
I'm suffering from a bad case of badass right now
Am I the only one to notice?
Onii-chan Dakedo Ai Sae Areba Kankeinai yo ne
Edit page capture "like a boss" raw
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back to the alucard utsuho fight,
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i just realised that we don't really know much about death in touhou, either.
if a character gets hit, they explode into several pieces, but then regenerate. and if this is the case, where do ghosts come from, and even more puzzling, is youmu who is a half ghost. how does that work?
and do these rules apply to utsuho, who is in litteral hell? i mean, if she dies, where does she go? heaven? but what of tenshi who resides in heaven?
can alucard kill ghosts, or angels?
more research is required.
lets breakdown the answer:
since we need to go by facts, here's the lowdown of my limited knowledge of this area.
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1. Characters who are hit in danmaku don't actually die. instead, they just take spiritual damage. if you take enough of it, you are rendered useless and unable to fight for a short while. now you're wondering why the MC has to fire so many compare to boss characters who only need to give a single hit. this is because the MC has a weaker bullet strength in exchange for constant streaming (if you look at youmu's slash attack in TH13, you'll notice its alot slower but stronger than a regular bullet). Also, Youmu is technically half-phantom. She was born that way. Don't ask how, she just was.
2. Youkai are judged differently as they are a phenomenon instead of an actual being. Reimu once said that youkai will disappear if they're existence are forgotten (wild and horned hermit). Regarding Heaven or Hell, the person will ascend to whichever or reincarnation depending on the judgement of the Yama (assuming they survive the journey through the sanzu river)
3. Weeeellll....... debatable. Can you kill that which is already dead?
so, reimu can survive being hit by a blast of raw nuclear energy? or being smashed by a giant flying boulder? defence for the win.
as for youmu being a half phantom, i'm not asking how she was born that way, i'm wondering what it even means. how is a half ghost different from a human or a ghost?
for the judgement of youkai, that makes utsuho even more powerful, as people will always be afraid of something, and the easiest way to do that is to demonize it. example - a child is afraid of the unknown, and it's difficult to see in the dark. at young ages it's difficult to know what's what if you can't see it, even if you're an adult, and children tend to have rather vivid imaginations. what darker place is there than under the bed, or in the closet after lights out? in the mind of a child, not too many. so, they begin to imagine what IS down there, and it's almost always something scary. for me, it was always a skeleton under the bed.
for the killing of the dead, sure, if it has a physical being. but alucard doesn't deal spiritual damage. he deals physical, with almost all of his attacks. i'm not quite sure how his shadows work, but they seem to be physical, as they can tear through flesh. i'll give him the advantage here, as i've read enough doujin to say that utsuho has a physical body and is not a ghost or spirit.
did anybody else catch the WoW touhou refference?
his name is commander nazrim and his quest is "a tiny, clever commander."
and in an even more shocking anime reference, metalocalypse.
note, this pic was not shopped. it's from season 4, episode 3.
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tfw you missed leg day and then dropped a 2289 lb battery on your leg
It seems that there are at least 6 folks that aren't commies. There is some faith in humanity after all. "LAWL"
MrKaizer wrote:
Not again. Had it pushed back to some remote corner of my mind, buried beneath several feet of catgirl images and mugis cake. But you had to go and dig it back up
Ha, ha. I like you. You are so fresh. "LAWL"
One of these day we should hang out together. You know have couple of beers, watch some Japanese dick girl porn, and choke out some baby pomeranians- the usual guy stuff. "PLATONIC_LAWL"
Xylrot wrote:
I see...kinda...
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but astral projections are not everyday things, so the fact that you could see, touch and f*ck someone who wasn't there
is technically miracle, or how the internet calls it "because fuck you, that's why!" and with that no explanation needed
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To be fair, to be fair, it's kinda of hard to tell a ghost to stop blowing you for various reason. "LAWL"
This would be high time where I would post a picture of her saying "UGUU!" after or while the deed is being done, but yeah.
Instead, have this "safer" alternative:
En Español, las chicas llamanme "El Tigre Negro Chino Cabrónisimo". "LÀWL"
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who the fuck report posts like this?
i mean there is nothing that is NOT pg-13 in this picture (you can see big cleavage on every beach ....)
Oh hey rules, what was that? Breast exposure?
● Breast Exposure
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The image in question barely covered the girl's areola. In other words, the report was completely justified.
Besides, the thread was not locked because of Zeta.
So why you are being so agitated is beyond me.
Rules are rules. At some time, I think that many /AMP/ users stopped caring about the rules when it comes to borderline nudity. So clearly you guys have been spoiled by me.
In summary, calm your jets down.


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Letter: Atherton officers perform important work, professionally
Original post made on Jun 26, 2013
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a resident of Atherton: other
on Jun 26, 2013 at 7:16 pm
Viewpoint - Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Letter: Atherton officers perform important work, professionally
In response to the "Viewpoint" article (Atherton faces big decision on police costs) in the Almanac by the editor dated May 22, I do not agree with some of the opinions stated in the Viewpoint.
As a retired police officer (sergeant) with over 26 years service to the town of Atherton, I do not agree with the comments that were made that "officers often perform mundane tasks like checking the residents' homes while they are on vacation or stopping suspicious vehicles that might venture into the town." These tasks are anything but mundane, especially when you consider the low number of burglaries that take place in Atherton. Stopping suspicious persons and vacation checks are proven tools in crime prevention and this has proven itself over and over again in the past years. While there is no way to give a statistic on crimes prevented, the low number of crimes speaks for itself. Also added to this, vacation checks allow the officers to become familiar with the properties so that when they respond to a call for service they know how a property is laid out, allowing for a successful outcome of whatever the nature of the call for service. Over the years the courts have ruled in favor of the Atherton police officers' justified right to stop suspicious vehicles and persons.
I strongly believe that most Atherton residents would rather pay officers who are working to prevent crimes to their property than to have them respond to their property after a crime has been committed. The residents can leave their homes during the day and sleep well at night knowing that their police department is doing its job with a high degree of professionalism.
I do agree that Atherton "officers enjoy relatively easy duty." But compared to other cities with a higher crime rate there is no comparison for the type of policing that Atherton does. The police constantly work to prevent crime and it is a constant job that continues twenty-four seven. The entry level of standards for the Atherton police officers are as high if not higher than other cities. At the entry level it is up to the candidate to decide what kind of policing they want to be involved in. In my case I came from a department (prior to Atherton) that did not give the quality of service that the Atherton police department does. And I learned very quickly the value of the quality of service that the Atherton police department gives.
In the years 2011-2012 the department had over 12,000 calls for service. And for an understaffed police department like Atherton, that is a huge number. I enjoyed giving the service and never regretted my years serving the town with a very proud police department that has proven itself over and over again. The quality of the Atherton police officer has continued to show itself over the years by showing that when an Atherton officer did decide to leave that they went on to distinguish themselves by rising within the ranks to become sergeants, lieutenants, captains, sheriffs, chiefs and even a California Highway Patrol commissioner.
In closing I do agree that something has to be done about the high cost of salaries and retirement plans for all of law enforcement in California. I saw this coming years ago and the answer won't come easy. Both sides have to work together and be reasonable. All the citizens of this "great state" should continue to enjoy the highly professional quality of its law enforcement employees. It seems that the unions only add to the costs with their outrageous demands that are not not realistic.
Bottom line is that the Atherton police department is doing their job. I know from my experience that the Atherton residents greatly appreciate their police department" (as they have stated many times) and the quality of service given.
George Carr
Sergeant retired A.P.D.
Menlo Park
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Jun 26, 2013 at 7:46 pm
With all due respect, the low rate of crime in Atherton is hardly due to its police department. It has most to do with its wealthy residents and lack of a "bad part of town." In addition, there are really only two ways in and out of Atherton that are fast so, unlike Palo Alto, with EPA on its border with quick access, the criminals are not going to target Atherton. At least if they can avoid it.
When you go through the posted crime logs you will note that most crimes are opportunity crimes. There are very few burglaries and virtually no self initiated felony arrests. Never mind the fact APD has a virtual parade of dirt bags transiting El Camino day and night and should be able to make pinch after pinch. Yet who do they arrest? Unlicensed drivers or driver with suspended licenses or the occasional DUI.
Atherton could be easily served by a private security force at a much lower cost. The Atherton citizens continued insistence on having their own police force is based on a false sense of the importance of the presence of a dedicated police force to their security.
As the retired sergeant notes, many of the officers that have moved on from APD have gone on to bigger and better things. Here's the big secret; those guys weren't going to stay in Atherton in the first place. Any cop that's actually a "cop" isn't going to be satisfied being a glorified security guard which is what APD officers are.
Wake up Atherton and save yourselves some serious money. Contract with SMCSO for police services and with a private security service for the ridiculous stuff no professional police officer should be forced to do.
a resident of another community
on Jun 26, 2013 at 9:35 pm
Also, residents of Atherton call in ANYTHING suspicious...like their own gardener...an ethnic-looking woman walking or cycling down the street...teens playing music in their car...someone pulled over to find an address, or circling the streets, lost...
I've met some decent APD officers through the years, but they still have a rep that either makes people mad or makes them laugh.
a resident of Atherton: West Atherton
on Jun 26, 2013 at 9:51 pm
"In addition, there are really only two ways in and out of Atherton"
North on Middlefield, south on same.
Bay road. To Marsh or Willow.
The Alameda
Sneaking thru the side streets into RWC and onto Woodside road in a heartbeat, just to avoid the Alameda or ECR. Same for MP.
"a virtual parade of dirt bags transiting El Camino"
What the ???? The good citizens driving on ECR to get to work are now DIRTBAGS? (but they're okay as they continue on ECR thru your town?)
MENLO Voter - why are you, (and for that matter, San Carlos resident Mike S) always so hyped up about Atherton?
We're doing fine, thanks.
a resident of Atherton: other
on Jun 26, 2013 at 11:36 pm
The letter from Mr. Carr is actually very reasonable and balanced.
First, he does acknowledge the obvious (though the APOA continues to dispute it): that Atherton officers have easier duty than just about anywhere else. There's never been an Atherton officer killed or even seriously injured in the line of duty. That's not true anywhere else. The APOA website says this is a myth, but it just defies common sense that the dangers of being an Atherton police officer even approach that of a "normal" community.
He notes the crime prevention and special services, and while it's hard to prove (or disprove) his point, it certainly could be true.
The other insight he makes that's clearly true is that salaries and benefits are a problem, and that "the unions only add to the costs with their outrageous demands that are not realistic."
The APOA could learn from Sgt. Carr and stop sending propaganda mailings, funding political candidates, etc.
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Jun 27, 2013 at 6:53 am
Had Enough:
I am n constant wonder at the citizens of Atherton insistence that they need a dedicated police force when it's quite obvious they don't. It seems a ridiculous waste of money. And APOA's insistence that they are integral to the safety of Atherton is such a joke I can't let it go. I'm ex law enforcement. I know what the job in a real police department entails and Atherton PD ain't it.
I never said everyone on El Camino were dirt bags. I said there is a regular parade of them and there is. Don't believe me? Go sit by the side of the road for an hour an pay attention to all of the vehicles passing by.
a resident of Atherton: West Atherton
on Jun 27, 2013 at 9:34 am
"I said there is a regular parade of them and there is. .... Go sit by the side of the road for an hour an pay attention to all of the vehicles passing by."
Awesome, mad skills!
Sitting by the side of the road and the all knowing ability to tell which passing citizens are DIRTBAGS and which are good Americans.
You are truly a great man/woman. Tell us, do you do it by the appearance of their cars, such as a beat up 80's compact, or of the person driving?
In other words, who are the DIRTBAGS? Poor folk, or persons of color? Or both?
Anything else you can teach the world?
Good thing I'm lilly white and drive a late model European behemoth!! Wouldn't want Menlo Voter to peg me as a DIRTBAG. Better keep using sunscreen while playing tennis lest Menlo Voter make a mistake form the curb (I know, no curbs, in this town.)
Atherton wants it's own police force. Menlo wants theirs, or did I miss your posts decrying your Menlo police being fired and merging with Redwood City, or the county? Maybe a National Police Service, for all of us!
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Jun 27, 2013 at 2:55 pm
Had Enough:
care to make some more straw man arguments?
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Jun 27, 2013 at 3:20 pm
SteveC is a registered user.
Atherton Officers are a continuous source of amusement. Just read the police calls/reports. A private patrol would be much cheaper.
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Jun 27, 2013 at 5:19 pm
If Atherton residents really want to foot the bill and pay a substantial amount of money for a "personalized" police service, then they should be aware of the total package costs -- including retirement, benefits, etc. Residents should look to see what a 5 year and 10 year projection will cost the city.
While public safety is an essential service, it currently comes with a big price tag.
a resident of Atherton: West Atherton
on Jun 27, 2013 at 5:31 pm
Menlo Voter: You're the one unwise enough to pathetically rant on and on about another community's police force - [portion removed; don't attack other posters or invent stories about them.]
What's the opposite of straw man? No standing!
Your reasons for having a vendetta against a police force from a neighboring community is one thing, we can all guess why (I did, though eagerly await your denial.) But to label fellow community members as DIRTBAGS driving through town deserves notice, not just letting it pass. I'll leave your lack of geographic awareness alone at this point.
Where are your posts about dissolving MPPD? Or is that a little too close to home?
They know where you live, don't they?
a resident of Atherton: other
on Jun 27, 2013 at 6:04 pm
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a resident of Atherton: other
on Jun 27, 2013 at 6:57 pm
The APD supporters posting here also have an interesting case of myopia. They don't acknowledge, perhaps even to themselves, some of the horrendous APD behavior in recent years.
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Hi. I went fossil hunting for my birthday on Saturday for carboniferous fossils in Ossett West Yorkshire, UK.
When I was just about to leave, I found my best trigonocarpus nut ever. It is one of my biggest ones ever and my first complete one ever.
Here are the fossils which I found:
Top row:
Left: Calamites
Middle: crystallised rocks
Right: Calamites root
Middle row:
Left: Artisia root?
Middle: trigonocarpus nut
Right: fossil wood (I found much more but I've only showed a few of them in the picture)
Bottom row:
Pos+neg Calamites
Please correct me if any if my IDs are wrong.
Just a couple of comments:
- The Artisia we're still thinking about (as in previous topic).
- For rocks in which you can see crystals, you should, in general, use 'crystalline' not 'crystallized'. 'Crystallized rock' implies the rock as a whole crystallized - from a molten state or from a solution. In many cases, that will not be true. The crystals in many sedimentary rocks, for instance, arose from deposition of particles of other rocks (which happened to be crystalline) plus the deposition of mineral crystals in the pore spaces (from chemicals dissolved in pore fluids). On top of that, recrystallization may have occured, modifying the earlier crystals (that may occur in diagenesis or metamorphism).
Thanks for the reply.
Very nice finds Dan.
Well done!
Thanks tabfish.
Hi again. I managed to video some of my finds on this trip.
The first one is a Calamites (which is on the top left in the original picture), and the other one is the trigonocarpus nut.
Sorry they are not very clear, I videoed them on my phone but it couldn't post them on my phone so I had to vidio them on my ipad from my phone.
Back to the possible Artisia...
The closest I have found is some types of rugose coral (like Hippurites), though I have not been able to find a good photo. The best I can do is this engraving - http://www.fossilmuseum.net/fossil-art/cnidaria/rugosa2.jpg
(from http://www.fossilmuseum.net/Tree_of_Life/PhylumCnidaria/classanthozoa.htm)
It has the right sort of mesh pattern, but it seems to be lacking the interwoven aspect of your specimen.
Dan, maybe you could check: am I inventing the interwoven nature of the structure from looking at your photo, or does it really exist? Maybe you can look closely at your specimen and tell me.
Thanks for the reply. It has lines going up and down, but I don't think it's a coral because where I live has never been under water.
Yes, the tree and plant fossils suggest a non-marine environment.
(So coral is not particularly likely; quite right.)
That is OK as a generalization. Just bear in mind:
- The environment where organisms lived can be different from the one where they became finally deposited (plant material is washed from deltas and can be deposited in a marine environment, eg.).
- Even a thin band of rocks can represent quite a large period of time, during which the environment can vary quite a lot (and it is complicated by hiatuses - periods not recorded in the rocks because of erosion or non-deposition). Even though a stratigraphic unit, such as the Coal Measures, may have a simple name, it may entail a range of lithologies and environments. For instance, although there may have been times when plants flourished on land/swamps, occassional submergence could easily allow the same area to see deposition of marine sediments and associated fossils. When you see an outcrop composed of different rock types, you are probably looking at manifestations of different environments.
In an area known for plant fossils, marine fossils may be uncommon. But they can occur, and can be be of special interest, resulting in papers being written about them. By way of an example, here are a couple concerning the Coal Measures.
'Marine horizons in the coal measures of south Wales'
Trueman, A. E., 1928
"Marine beds, some with abundant faunas, occur in the Anthra-comya pulchra zone at Cwmgorse, near Swansea, and in Yorkshire. Possible marine beds also occur at lower horizons in the former locality; they contain Orthoceras, Orbiculoidea, Lingula and other typically marine organisms."
'Lingula Horizons in the Coal Measures of Northumberland and Durham'
William Hopkins, University of Durham
Geological Magazine, Volume 71, Issue 04, April 1934, pp.183-189
"Previous to 1858, the Northumberland and Durham Coalfield was considered to be destitute of any fauna other than the usual non-marine type. In 1858, J. W. Kirkby gave the first indication of marine fossils in this coalfield. He obtained specimens of Lingula credneri (Geinitz) from shales some 17 feet above the Five-Quarter seam during the sinking of a shaft at Ryhope, 3 miles south of Sunderland (9). Some of these specimens are figured by T. Davidson (2)."
Your area, Ossett, has been under water. The BGS describes the Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation as "swamps, estuaries and deltas. These rocks were formed in marginal coastal plains with lakes and swamps periodically inundated by the sea; or estuaries and deltas, and shallow seas". That is just the bedrock exposed at the surface. There are older rocks below and there were younger rocks above (since removed by erosion), some of which were probably also deposited in marine environments (although we know many were not).
Ok thanks for the reply.
Hi Mike
Just looking through some old books and I came across something that looks like the specimen that Dan has found.
I will probably be wrong but it looks like a referance to a fossil found in the Silurian around the New York area,
called Syringopora.
It is a reasonable thought, thanks; especially as Syringopora is recorded from Yorkshire.
But I don't think it flies.
Dan's specimen has a fairly regular pattern of vertical and horizontal struts, whereas the structure in Syringopora is somewhat random horizontally; also in Dan's specimen the struts are narrow and probably solid, whereas in S. they are thicker (relative to the gaps between) and more tubular.
I've been trying to find an example of a plant with woody vascular bundles arranged in the right sort of structure, but without luck. (You may have noticed on old Antirrhinum (snapdragon) stems, there is a perforated woody inner part that remains for a while as old plants decompose; Broccoli and wallflower, likewise.)
Thanks for your replys. Could it be a new species? If it's a possobility, should I send it to that centre in the NHM so they can have a look at it?
By all means consider sending it to the NHM, but contact them first for advice (they may get a palaeontolgist to have a look at the discussion, which might give result in an ID).
Also, just because I and other viewers here don't recognize it, it doesn't mean it is a new species. I've been doing geology for over 40 years, and I still find plenty of stuff new to me but known to others.
Ok thanks for the reply.


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David Beckham has spoken out about the riots this summer across England, saying they made him feel "physically sick".
He told the Wall Street Journal that he felt what had happened was "disgusting".
The LA Galaxy footballer, who grew up in East London, spoke of how he felt there has been many changes in culture since he lived there.
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"The problem is, there is a minority of youth today in England who are not scared of authority. If they steal something, they are not worried about the consequences.
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Comedian Ricky Gervais stopped by "The Tonight Show" to dish on his comedy-drama Netflix series "Derek" and play a game of "Word Sneak."
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"Do you remember that time we flew together?" Fallon asked.
"That's not a euphemism," Gervais said to the audience as a joke.
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"When I watch 'Derek,' It's funny but it has a lot of heart to it," Fallon said.
Gervais compared it "The Office," the BBC series he created that had a popular adaptation in the U.S. starring Steve Carell.
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Gervais also explained that many members of his family have worked at homes for the elderly and have told him stories about their experiences, inspiring plot lines in the series.
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Fallon also brought up that Gervais sometimes cries on the series. "Is it hard for you to cry?" Fallon asked.
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Finally, Gervais played a game of "Word Sneak" with Fallon, cleverly dropping words into conversation like "Gerbil," "Fanny Pack, and "Shaquille O'Neal."
"It's good walking around town," Gervais said of his wandering around New York City. "I went to an Irish pub. It's called 'Shaquille O'Neal's'."
The crowd was losing it during the game because of the special way Gervais laughs. His howl was noted by Questlove, the drummer for "Tonight Show" band The Roots on tTwitter.
hands down @rickygervais has the best laugh in late night history #FallonTonight
— Questlove Gomez (@questlove) June 2, 2014
Fallon also recently played "Word Sneak" with Bryan Cranston.
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Author Notes: I originally made this to satisfy my best friend's cravings for beef bulgogi, but it's turned into our ultimate comfort food, especially with homemade kimchi. There are two versions, depending on how much time you have. —angiecita
Serves 4
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 2 tablespoons mirin (optional)
- 1-2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1-2 tablespoons garlic, minced
- 1-2 jalapenos, seeded if desired, and minced
- 2 tablespoons Sriracha, instead of jalapeno
- 1 bunch sliced green onions, divided
- 1 pound flank steak, trimmed of excess fat
- 1 teaspoon peanut oil
- 2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds
- rice for serving
- kimchi for serving
- To make the marinade: In a medium bowl, combine soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, mirin (if using), 1 T brown sugar, garlic, jalapenos (or Sriracha) , and half the green onions. Taste the marinade and make sure it is primarily sweet and salty, and that you can taste the smokiness of the sesame oil. Add more soy sauce and/or sugar to achieve a well-balanced marinade.
- Two ways to prepare the beef: If you have the time, place the steak in a ziploc bag, add the marinade, and set the bag in the fridge to marinate overnight, or up to 24 hours.
- Heat peanut oil in a grill pan on high. Add the steak and cook 2 minutes on each side. Lower heat to medium-high, and continue cooking steak 8 minutes more on each side. Remove steak from pan and place on cutting board. Tent loosely with aluminum foil and let sit 10 minutes, then slice steak across the grain as thinly as possible.
- If you are running short on time, place the steak in the freezer for 15 minutes, then slice across the grain as thinly as possible. Place the steak and marinade in a ziploc bag or large tupperware container. Place in fridge to marinate 1-2 hours, shaking the container occasionally.
- Heat the peanut oil in a large skillet on medium-high, add the beef and a few tablespoons of marinade. Saute steak 4-8 minutes, depending on desired doneness.
- Scoop rice into bowls, top with steak, green onions, and sesame seeds. Add kimchi, Sriracha, and other condiments as desired.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Flank Steak
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Prosperity Watch Issue 32, No. 1: North Carolina continues to lag nation in job creation, and moving in the wrong direction
Despite recent superficial improvement in North Carolina's unemployment rate, persistent joblessness continues to plague the state's workers and hinder the state's recovery from the Great Recession. In recent years, North Carolina has consistently lagged the nation in reducing unemployment—a trend that appears to be getting worse.
At first glance, the news that the state's unemployment rate has dropped 1.7 points from 10.4 percent in August 2011 to 8.7 percent in August 2013 shows that North Carolina is headed in the right direction. But while any reduction in unemployment is certainly good news, a deeper look reveals that the news isn't quite as good as advertised. As we have written about before, much of what is driving the drop in unemployment is a decline in the labor force.
Moreover, recent gains by North Carolina are just not enough to catch up to the rest of the nation. For example, the national unemployment rate also dropped 1.7 points from August 2011 to August 2013, putting the national average at 7.3—well below the state jobless rate.
North Carolina has consistently lagged behind the rest of the nation in terms of the percentage of its citizens that have jobs. Since the unemployment rate does not count the number of unemployed workers who have given up on finding work, the number of people with jobs compared to the total working-age population is a far better indicator of the true health of the job market for workers than the traditional jobless rate. According to this measure, 54.6 percent of working age people in the Tarheel State were employed, compared to 58.6 percent in the nation as a whole. To reach the national average, North Carolina would need 130,000 more people with jobs in the economy.
The jobs-to-people trends are even more discouraging when looking over the longer term. In the two years from August 2011 to August 2013, the national percentage of the population with jobs has remained largely steady between 58.3 and 58.7, suggesting a stable level of employment in the nation as a whole. But the North Carolina rate has experienced a very different trend over the past two years. After rising from 56.3 in August 2011 to 57.4 percent in December 2012, the state's rate has fallen precipitously back down to 56.3 in August, erasing nine months' worth of gains. This downward trend suggests that North Carolina's labor market is moving in the wrong direction, leaving too many workers with too few job opportunities.
Despite modest private sector job creation, unemployment remains high, and too many workers cannot find work. When compared to the national economy it is clear that North Carolina continues to underperform. Policymakers must recognize that without considering direct job creation strategies and investments in job training and economic development, the jobs for workers trend will continue in the wrong direction.


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Arnold Van Den Berg Reduces 58 Holdings in the First Quarter
Posted by: Holly LaFon (IP Logged)
Date: April 11, 2012 09:50AM
Arnold Van Den Berg's first quarter portfolio is striking because he reduced almost all of his holdings. He also sold out seven stocks, bought two new ones and increased five. His pull back from the market was foreshadowed in an interview in December: "We wait for opportunity in bonds or fixed income and do the same thing in stocks. We are 18% cash right now, if market moves up, we might end up to be 30-35% cash. If it goes lower, we would put that money to work. Future return is most important thing," he said.
Van Den Berg's team has also found that most of their large-cap, dividend-paying stocks have come close to the upper ends of their valuation. As die-hard value investors, they would sell stocks that become too expensive.
Rather, while many tout the record profits of corporations, they believe many smaller companies have only just begun to come off the bottom, are mid-cycle and will not reach another earnings peak for five or so years. They have been looking for companies with great balance sheets, not more than 26% debt to capital and with more cash than debt. Many of these stocks trade for near book value because they have not been making a lot of money.
Van Den Berg's only two new stocks he bought for his portfolio are: Newmont Mining (NEM) and Tesco Plc ADR (TSCDY). His largest position increases were Vishay Precision (VPG) and Orion Marine Group (ORN).
Newmont Mining (NEM)
Van Den Berg bought 483,691 of Newmont Mining in the first quarter. Year to date, the stock price has declined almost 18% to $49.20, from a 52-week high of $72.42.
Newmont Mining Corp. is engaged in the production of gold, the exploration for gold and the acquisition and development of gold properties worldwide. Newmont Mining has a market cap of $23.4 billion and a P/E ratio of 10.9 and P/S ratio of 2.3. The dividend yield of Newmont Mining stocks is 2.9%. Newmont Mining had an annual average earnings growth of 12.7% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Newmont Mining the business predictability rank of 2.5-star.
Newmont's stock price became depressed in the fourth quarter on disappointing earnings results. Though the company had earned $2.3 billion in 2010 and $366 million in 2011, it lost $1 billion in the fourth quarter, declined from earnings of $812 million in the prior year quarter. Revenue had also been increasing annually since 2006, and was $2.8 billion in 2011, compared to $2.6 billion the prior year quarter.
Van Den Berg looks for stocks with strong free cash flow, which Newmont has had since 2009, along with $2.5 billion in cash and $7.8 billion in long-term liabilities and debt.
Tesco Plc ADR (TSCDY)
Van Den Berg bought 199,350 shares of Tesco Plc in the fourth quarter. He was able to purchase shares after the stock dropped almost 20% to a 52-week low in the first quarter primarily due to a profit warning.
Tesco Plc is the UK's largest retailer and one of the world's international retailers. Tesco has a market cap of $41.72 billion; its shares were traded at around $15.16 with and P/S ratio of 0.4. The dividend yield of Tesco Plc stocks is 4.3%. Tesco had an annual average earnings growth of 4% over the past five years.
Tesco issued a profit warning in January that said a challenging consumer environment in the UK and early signs of more cautious behavior internationally had placed a strain on its profitability during the holiday period. It told investors to expect Group trading profit growth to be near the low end of the current market consensus forecast range. The company's results were particularly affected by its significant price cuts during the holiday period, which were not offset by increased volume sales.
Vishay Precision (VPG)
The largest increase Van Den Berg made to a holding was Vishay Precision. He added 625,605 shares in the first quarter to the 37,000 shares he bought in the third quarter of 2011 at approximately $15 per share. At quarter end he had a total of 662,605 shares, or 5.38% of the company. Vishay dropped approximately 12.5% in the first quarter.
Vishay Precision Group Inc. is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of resistive foil technology products such as resistive sensors, weighing modules and control systems for a wide variety of applications. Vishay Precision has a market cap of $178.9 million; its shares were traded at around $13.98 with a P/E ratio of 18.4 and P/S ratio of 0.8.
Having joined the NYSE in June 2010, Vishay has only two years of public earnings records (previously, it was part of Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (VSH). They show that revenue increased from $208 million in 2010 to $238 million in 2011, while earnings declined from $11.7 million to $10.8 million in 2011. The company has $115 million in cash and $34.9 million in long-term liabilities and debt.
Van Den Berg got the stock for approximately $15, near its 2011 book value of $15.01. It is currently trading at $13.98 per share, a discount to book value.
Orion Marine Group Inc. (ORN)
Van Den Berg had been buying shares of Orion Marine Group in the second and third quarters of 2011, then bought 624,715 shares in the first quarter of 2012. At quarter end he owned a total of 988,665 shares, or 3.65% of the company.
Though the stock price declined almost 33% over the last year, it increased almost 7% year to date. Currently it is trading around $7.1 per share, a discount to book value of $8.61.
Orion Marine Group Inc. provides a broad range of marine construction and specialty services on, over and under the water along the Gulf Coast, the Atlantic Seaboard and the Caribbean Basin and acts as a single-source turnkey solution for its customers' marine contracting needs. Orion Marine Group has a market cap of $196.9 million with and P/S ratio of 0.8.
After four years of annual revenue increases, Onion Marine's revenue dipped from $353 million in 2010 to $260 million in 2011. Net income of $21.88 million swung to a loss of $13.11. The company has generated free cash flow in four of the last five years, which reached $18.6 million in 2011. The company has $80.1 million in cash on its balance sheet and $22.1 million in long-term liabilities.
On March 23, Orion said it expects its margins to be under pressure due to weak economic growth and delays in federal spending in the first half of 2012. It also expects first quarter bottom line results to be significantly less than in the fourth quarter of 2011. "The company does not expect the start of recently awarded projects to materially begin until the third and fourth quarter of 2012," Orion Marine said in a statement.
Van Den Berg is clearly looking for smaller-cap companies trading near book value and does not mind holding a great deal of cash if he sees few undervalued opportunities. See his newly updated first quarter portfolio here. Also check out the Undervalued Stocks, Top Growth Companies and High Yield stocks of Arnold Van Den Berg..
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^ Lol chill.. Lebron has been the best player on team USA so far
^ Lol chill.. Lebron has been the best player on team USA so far
Lebrons lebron loll. Im talking about NBA season and unno melos probably been second to bron thus far. And we all know as the tourney gets deeper melo gets better
DaTPRiNCE...That EGYPTiAN Fella, #MeloMafia
I love Melo
He'll never win MVP
You guys realize and honestly god forbid this but if the plane carrying our USA team crashed, the NBA would be a 100% differently place.
Its just amazing to think how one event could drastically change something.
I could actually see Melo getting MVP and DPOY next year
I say if Melo limits Lebron to single digits in points and 0 assists and rebounds, he gets an automatic bid for defensive player of the year. Matter fact, if anyone does that I'll give it to them.
Damnation. Melo was a downtown wrecking ball in the first half. Just deadly. His D was solid, his spacing refined, and he showed just how perfectly moulded he is to the world version of basketball.
LeBron James is phenomenal. He's a morphing virtuoso - PG, SG, SF, PF, C - all in a single transition, and plays every role flawlessly. As a Knick fan, I can't stand him. As a fan of the game, he's uncanny to watch.
Tyson had a forgettable outing, but his first foul was BS. Refs were overbearing in that first half, and wound down in to sloppy non-calls.
I'm having to route for USA with Melo and Tyson on board, because there's naturally zero available footage of my beloved home team, Australia. We'll give it a run this year, and hopefully finish top 5. Bogut, as always, is out due to vaginaitis. Still, we do well for a country whose population is only 1.6(ish) million people more than metropolitan New York.
I'm stoked that Melo is on Team USA as I think he will come into the season full bore ready to go. I'm not so sure Chandler should be out there, however. With his injury history and how much we have invested in him I'd rather see him and STAT working out in a low risk to injury kind of way...
If Carmelo gives us
Consistent Defense
50+ wins
Then he'll likely be top 5 in MVP voting, at least All-NBA second team, maybe get a few All-Defensive team votes, definite All-Star and we'll likely get to at least the ECF
I'd LOL if Amare had an MVP type season for us instead of Melo
As long as we win next year I don't care if it's Steve Novak who gets MVP.


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A couple of years back I interviewed Anita Pallenberg – who celebrated her birthday yesterday – for Mojo magazine.
The subject was the scene in and around the King's Road in 1967. Crisp and funny, Pallenberg was just as buzzed about the present; visiting Karl Lagerfeld in Paris the next day, her interests in gardening and photography, the bargains to be found in charity shops and the notion of a collection based on the MA show from her studies at Saint Martins in the 90s.
A few months later, with her friend Anna Sui, Pallenberg participated in a rock & roll event I organised at the Port Eliot LitFest; after the show it was an honour to give her a vintage Vive Le Rock tee, which, of course, she wore with her trademark élan.
Here's a refreshed and re-edited chance to appreciate this bewitching figure whose combination of innate style, fashion-savviness and earthy sexuality brought Continental sophistication to Swinging London and turned it on its head:
Gawky gamins and dolly-birds melted into insignificance in the presence of the impressive 21-year-old who arrived in London in 1965 having already studied graphic design in her native Rome, assisted Vogue photographer Gianni Penati and modelled in Paris.


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WASHINGTON—General Motors Co. Chief Executive Mary Barra withstood a second day of withering attacks from lawmakers with one senator saying the nation's largest auto maker should face criminal liability and another saying she needed to fix its "culture of coverup."
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Church Peak Climber's Log
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|Rose and Church combo
Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2015
|Although the hike to the peak from the Rose trail was pretty fun, the overall experience wasn't as exciting as Rose. The views are nice, but not as good as Rose. Still a fun day hiking though.
|Posted Feb 12, 2016 11:41 pm
|From Mt. Rose
Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2015
|With meetup group.
4 peak day (With Relay & Houghton).
|Posted Oct 18, 2015 8:23 pm
|5 peak day
Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2015
|Fun day of hiking, from Mt. Rose summit took the Relay Road, cross country from due south of Tamarack, up and over the peak, back down to Relay Road, up to Relay Peak where I scrambled up the last 300 feet rather than walking the road, then took the new trail to Mt. Houghton, then cross country down from Houghton to the saddle with Mt. Rose, picked up the Mt. Rose trail here, took that until it was time for the easy cross country to Church Peak, then rejoined the Mt. Rose trail to the summit of Mt. Rose. Took the Mt. Rose trail all the way back down. TR will be posted HERE.
|Posted Aug 21, 2015 12:12 am
|From Rose/Church Saddle
Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2014
|A short walk/class 2 scramble, a little easier if you stay on the east side of the ridge. I couldn't find the ammo can. There were many cairns on and around the summit; it would be interesting to know the significance considering the peak's relative insignificance.
|Posted Jul 7, 2014 6:25 pm
|Larry Laverty
|Summit via South Ridge
Date Climbed: Mar 18, 2013
|In crampons and without, followed the ridge over from Mt. Rose to this peak. As with my time on Mt. Rose, there was no evidence in the snow that anyone had been on this peak in weeks or months. What made this summit challenging was the descent. I chose to go straight down the East Face in snowshoes and then along the Whites Creek drainage. Yee Haw! Then back to the Jones Creek approach and out.
|Posted Mar 28, 2013 5:35 pm
|Vic Hanson
|Rose and Church
Date Climbed: Sep 10, 2012
|I did the normal hike on the way up but then went over to the summit of Church Peak from the saddle between the two and then cut over to the trail on the west edge of the saddle on the way down. There was a faint use path in some places.
1:48 up, 26 min. on top, 25 min. to Church, 1:39 down, 4:19 total RT.
|Posted Sep 11, 2012 2:13 am
|Peak One
Date Climbed: Dec 16, 2011
|First stop on a loop of Church, Houghton, and Relay.
|Posted Dec 22, 2011 5:02 pm
|A Little Extra Peakbagging
Date Climbed: Sep 12, 2011
|This "peak" does not have enough prominence to be considered its own mountain, but due to it being so close to Mount Rose and because it is an officially-named summit I decided to make the trek over to it. I was completely fascinated by the very large piles of rocks scattered on the upper slopes. I kept wondering who put them there, and why.
|Posted Sep 13, 2011 12:55 am
|From Mount Rose
Date Climbed: Jan 23, 2011
|Snowshoe outing along with Mount Rose and Mount Snowflower. Nice day. Interesting rock formations on Church Peak (looks like cairns everywhere).
|Posted Jan 24, 2011 3:02 am
Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2009
|I ate my lunch here cause there was a mob on top of Rose.
|Posted Jun 13, 2010 1:16 am
Date Climbed: Apr 10, 2010
|finally got to ski the north face in good snow!
|Posted Apr 23, 2010 5:46 pm
|Good times, winter and summer
|Spent a winter night here looking for some tranquility. 4 Inches fresh powder in the morning. Now that's Love.
|Posted Dec 30, 2009 10:40 pm
|From Mt. Rose
Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2009
|Easy bonus peak.
|Posted Aug 2, 2009 12:20 am
|Windy and snow
Date Climbed: Nov 22, 2008
|There was a lot of snow along the trail. It was sometimes hard to follow the trail. It was very windy at the summit. I left some gloves near the top when I was tying my shoe. I had the gloves for 12 years. Unfortunate that I lost them. However, it was a tough summit to get, and I got it in cold and snow on the ground and wind, so I am satisfied.
|Posted Nov 22, 2008 7:56 pm
|Combined with Rose
Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2008
|Hiked from Rose, fun day. Bit smokey..
|Posted Jul 25, 2008 12:11 am
|From Mount Rose
Date Climbed: Jun 14, 2008
|Had a nice weekend in the area, bagging Mount Rose, Church Peak, Sunflower Mountain, Houghton, and Relay Peak.
|Posted Jul 3, 2008 5:02 pm
|Quick Dayhike
Date Climbed: Jun 29, 2008
|A quick dayhike to get some exertion at altitude before heading the the High Sierra this week for a couple 14ers. Views were heavily impacted by all the wildfires. Chased down during descent by some hail.
|Posted Jun 30, 2008 11:51 am
|Easy Peak
Date Climbed: Jun 29, 2008
|Quick and easy side trip from Mt. Rose.
|Posted Jun 30, 2008 12:26 am
|Katy Y
|Another side trip
Date Climbed: Nov 4, 2007
|Yep, side trip from Mt. Rose. Ammo can and log book mark the peak.
|Posted Nov 5, 2007 8:56 am
|A Bit
|Nice side trip
Date Climbed: Jun 2, 2007
|Surprised to learn recently that this is a named peak. It is a nice side trip from Mt. Rose.
|Posted Sep 1, 2007 1:37 am


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CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA — The mission of the Born This Way Foundation, a new foundation created by Grammy award-winning performer, Lady Gaga, is to empower young people to make positive change in the world, with a specific focus on stopping meanness and cruelty, especially online. The foundation will use this grant to help establish online outreach to youth and adults through social media; implement a digital citizenship curriculum campaign; develop and disseminate Lady Gaga badges to inspire civic engagement; and design and develop a concert tour bus based on the YOUmedia teen space to extend programs to youth across the country.
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text: I see them as farmers. They wait out other civilizations for new innovations. There's no point in assimilating redundant technology. That's the opposite of lazy. The restraint it takes not to take raw resources and man power on the off chance that the planets they're watching might create something interesting in three hundred years is impressive. But then there's forced evolution. By wittingly fumbling their invasion of the Federation, they have bottle necked all the inventiveness of a 150 worlds into creation of poorly deployed haphazard antiborg technology which the Borg can laugh at while they assimilate and recognize that they're lucky a competent opposition was not putting them to task with the same tools. Case in point... The Borg have assimilated all of Adrmial Janeways Future tech and it will never be a threat to them again. The next 16 years of Federation genius is moot.


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I have 3 systems with the same problem.
When I try to update the program or anti-spyware manually, I get the following error:
Error: download error
A clean un-install and reinstall has not fixed this. (one system only)
The only changes to the 3 systems are security updates. They were all working fine yesterday.
All 3 systems have the following:
ZA Pro
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Each has a different AV (AVG, Avast, and Avira)
Any one have any ideas as to how I may fix this please?
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I only have four rides on mine, but it's been great so far. As others have mentioned, it's important to get the cable length right, but once you do that, it's smooth sailing. I had a KS i950-R on another bike and it worked flawlessly, so I'm optimistic the LEV will work just as well with the proper maintenance. Though time will tell...
The only other thing to keep an eye on is the little "KS" cover over the cable mechanism in the collar. With repeated cycling, mine had a tendency to work loose, so I wrapped a small zip-tie around it and all's well again. Overall, I couldn't be happier and really like that the cable/housing doesn't move with the seat like other posts.
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