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Hi all sitting here thinking ,I do rat shooting of a night which I use my vermi mk2 for ,I have a 40 meter back garden which is my shooting range with allsorts of targets from 10-35 meters handy for zeroing at all different ranges .
Thing I was thinking about was I get a lot of magpies ,pigeons ,crows etc in my garden which has good backstops ,would the sight of one of these corvids be ok to shoot on my property in my boundaries ??
Now they are classed as pest but is that only on farm land ?? lets say a Magpie is destroying a nest and eating eggs we don't see them do that ?
so he has done that a mile away and lands in my garden for a rest could I shoot him ???
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The Escudo was first introduced in 1988 at the Japanese market and in other countries became available from 1989 as two-door convertible. It is produced with 1.0-litre JA and more powerful 4-wheel-drive JX & JLX trims. An 80 hp (60 kW) 1.6-litre, 8-valve, 4-cylinder Suzuki G16 engine was available on the JX & JLX. Second generation from Suzuki Escudo was appeared in 1998.
Third generation Escudo SUV was went to sale in 2005. It uses a longitudinally mounted engine and is at least rear-wheel drive with a 103.9 in (2639 mm) wheelbase. The most widely available Escudo is the 5-door version, but a 3-door version is also available in some markets.
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Racial profiling and the George Zimmerman trial were in sharp focus as the 104th national convention of the NAACP met last week in Orlando.
Also on the minds of many was the Supreme Court ruling that struck down portions of the Voting Rights Act. These are deeply troubling events. But there's also room for optimism as we listened to the speakers. They included some of the best-educated people in the African-American community.


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[MobilePRwire] – Snap Clap introduces a creative solution for photography without manually pushing the shutter button on your iDevice. "Place your iDevice wherever you want and you can take picture using Snap Clap simply by clapping your hands!" With this amazing app you can impress anywhere you go: take a group picture of an evening out with your friends, romantic moments together with your most loved ones or a picture of yourself but this time with all of your hand in the photo.
Hot Snap Clap application has made a breakthrough in photography: users don't have to miss on pictures just to click the shutter button on their iPhone, iPod touch or iPad. All magic is done by clapping hands.
Developed by DS Corporation, revolutionary Snap Clap application resolves the painful problem affecting people all around the world: nobody has to be that unlucky fall guy who does not appear on pictures doing a non-paid photographer job. By taking simple steps everybody can capture the most awesome moments spent together with their friends. All users should do – is just place their iPhone, iPod touch or iPad wherever they want and clap their hands.
The application allows taking pictures using the back as well as the front camera of the device. Snap Clap gives place for everyone in the photo. The app is even better now: users have a great chance to edit photos and adjust them to their own liking.
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(Seattle—Sept. 19, 2011) Chemco, a company that manufactures wood treatment chemicals, will pay $25,400 for improper and late reporting on the use of two chemicals from 2005-2008, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The company, located in Ferndale, Washington, failed to properly report its use and releases of formaldehyde and methanol.
"Companies that deal with toxic chemicals have an obligation to report accurately and on time each year about releases of chemicals," said Kelly Huynh, Manager of the Inspection and Enforcement Management Unit at EPA. "The information keeps the public in the know about what's in their communities."
Chemco uses formaldehyde and methanol in its wood treatment chemical manufacturing. The company used more than 25,000 pounds of formaldehyde and 10,000 pounds of methanol in 2005, 2007 and 2008. The company reported its use and releases of formaldehyde and methanol in those years late or inaccurately. An EPA inspector identified the reporting lapses in 2010.
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Josh Barro, politics editor for Business Insider, wrote an article yesterday with this headline:
Implosion Of Virginia Governor Shows Why We Need To Pay Elected Officials MoreThe Virginia governor he's talking about: Bob McDonnell. Barro tells us about him right off the bat:
Alex Burns of Politico expresses incredulity that McDonnell has apparently tossed away his presidential ambitions by accepting gifts like a Rolex watch—and a $120,000 payment that may or may not have been a loan—from one of his top donors.That really doesn't give us the whole story: McDonnell is being investigated by both Virginia law enforcement agencies and the FBI on allegations of very serious wrongdoing:
The money to the corporation and Maureen McDonnell brings to $145,000 the amount Williams gave to assist the McDonnell family in 2011 and 2012 — funds that are now at the center of federal and state investigations.
Williams, the chief executive of dietary supplement manufacturer Star Scientific Inc., also provided a $10,000 check in December as a present to McDonnell's eldest daughter, Jeanine, intended to help defray costs at her May 2013 wedding, the people said.
Virginia's first family already is under intense scrutiny for accepting $15,000 from the same chief executive to pay for the catering at the June 2011 wedding of Cailin McDonnell at the Executive Mansion.
All the payments came as McDonnell and his wife took steps to promote the donor's company and its products.What's Josh Barro's response to this?
Politicians are human. They want sex and money and power like anybody else. They make crass and boneheaded errors in pursuit of them like anybody else.
But at least on the money dimension, we have a way to reduce the likelihood that elected officials will err: Pay them more. The Governor of Virginia makes $175,000 a year, and that is, in some sense, a lot of money. It's about three times the median household income in the state. It's plenty of money to live a nice lifestyle on.
But it's not nearly enough money to match the lifestyle of the sort of people you become surrounded by when you are a powerful political leader. And while some people have the ability to make peace with that (Pope Francis comes to mind), many don't.There is a really lot of bad reporting and writing on politics in the U.S. (and the world) these days, so it's easy to write another plop on the pile like this off. But this is really in a league of its own.
• A powerful elected official is being investigated for what looks like taking bribes.
• Political reporter Josh Barro's response: If only we gave the guy taking bribes more money in the first place—he wouldn't have taken the bribes!
I'm finding it hard to follow that. Honestly. A prominent political reporter responds to allegations of bribery by an elected public official not by focusing on that possible crime against the public—but by saying the public should give elected officials more money.
The only thing I can honestly right this second come up with for a finish: What the fuck is wrong with us?
Update: Virginia's governor is 4th highest paid governor in nation.
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I haven't had the time to really think about trying to blog or even read. Life has been quite busy between work and my family. It's funny I had more time when I was doing school my junior year than I did this whole summer. And I didn't start to really get back into reading until the last week of summer--which was just last week. School is in session! Four five months anyways and then my Senior year is O-V-E-R. Can you tell I'm ready to just be finished with High School?
This summer was a whirl wind. I got another job at a farmers market and that started at 8AM pretty much everyday I could go and then from there I had to get to the barn and I was pretty much there until 8 or 9 every night. That left no time to read because by time I got home I was exhausted. And even when I had the time to read this summer I didn't. Why? I couldn't focus on anything. My brain would just wander off and I'd still be on the same page trying to retain one single line. Pretty much I've had a lot on mind and it's been preventing me from being able to read the way I would like thus why there have been zero reviews posted.
I suppose I could have posted other things like meme's and such but I didn't have it in me honestly. I felt burnt out on blogging for a while. It was stressing me out to be totally truthful. In everyday life I am a worrier. I worry about everything. I can't help it!
So of course I'd be worrying a lot about what to post and whether or not people would actually find it interesting and getting books read at a certain date among other things. I found I was reading all of these books that I didn't really want to read at the time. Many books have been sitting on my shelf because I have felt that I couldn't read them yet. There was always another book that needed to be read first. I stopped Netgalley awhile back because I had no restraint to stop requesting all these amazing books. I even closed my review requests because I couldn't keep up with it. But even then I wasn't into blogging like I was when I first started.
To be truthful I didn't have any intentions of really starting back up. I thought okay I'm done. It was fun for a while but I need to read for me. Not for the blog. But for me. And I have been lately and it is really refreshing. The thing is though I miss the blog. I miss chatting with other bloggers who love the books I do! I've come to the conclusion that I'm not gonna worry anymore. I'm going to post for me and not worry about who reads it and who doesn't. Easier said then done but I'm going to try. I might not post something everyday but I'm slowly going to try and get into the swing of things starting with posting a few reviews.


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Making Money
Some people are born entrepreneurs, natural salespeople. You know the kind I mean -- the ones (like my father-in-law) who get bored in the summer, and where normal people go to the beach for the week, they start businesses for fun. The high schoolers who mow lawns and babysit like all the other kids, but then invest in stocks and bonds and put themselves through college. The guys who could, with a smile and a joke, steal your car and sell it back to you -- and you'd think you got a good deal.
I am not one of them. I can manage the money I have, save it and invest it and spend it wisely, but I am not one of those people who says, "Hey, let's [fill in the blank]" and the air is suddenly full of dollar signs. Whether my children take after me or their grandpa, though, I feel it's important that they understand how money works, and have some of their own to manage. They each get a small weekly allowance that is not tied to chores, and from that they are expected to put 10% in the bank each month, and 10% into the church offering or another charity. The rest is theirs to save for toys and games, and up until recently that worked out pretty well.
And then there was Lego. Lots of Legos, actually. Hundreds. Thousands. Car Legos, spaceship Legos, airplane Legos, Star Wars Legos, and most of all, Indiana Jones Legos. It starts out small, the little kit with the Indiana Jones guy and his little car and his little hat and his little whip. And on the back of the instruction sheet, there is a picture of a bigger Indiana Jones kit, with a sidekick who comes with his own little hat, and a tower and a boat and a snake to scare Indiana Jones with. And do you know what comes on the back of that instruction sheet? Oh yes. The MOTHER of all Indiana Jones Lego kits. It has 554 pieces, two 75-page books of illustrated instructions, six spiders, eight snakes, a plane, two skeletons, three working traps, a golden skull, and (this always feels vaguely heretical) a little plastic Ark of the Covenant.
It costs eighty bucks. So you can imagine that the kit advertised on the back of that instruction manual was not within the price range of someone who makes $3.20 a month, after giving and savings. Peter therefore took matters into his own hands. He asked for paper, a pen, a cup, some tape, a big cardboard box ("No, Mom, BIGGER!"), and refused to answer any questions about his business plan. Fifteen minutes later, he set up shop:
A closer look at the sign:
When that didn't work, we tried the more mundane approach of household chores. We would agree on a service and Peter's fee, he would do the work, I would pay him, and his amused and generous Mama Kate would match his earnings with her own donation. He liked the idea of getting money from Mom and Grandma, but the reality of actually picking up sticks, cleaning under his bed, and sweeping up leaves proved to be daunting.
His latest moneymaking venture arrived in a black construction paper "envelope", carefully folded and taped around a yellow construction paper letter. He had dictated it to an aide in his first-grade class, and signed it in red marker. It reads:
Dear Mom,
I like you because you're good. And that's very kind of you. And it would be very sweet if you would just give me $1,050,001.00.
Your son,
It was certainly worth a try, and if nothing else I got a good laugh out of it. Even with the transparent attempt to cloak his financial scheme in filial love, I was proud of his focused efforts to bring in a few more bucks toward the next box of tiny pieces of plastic joy. And in today's economy, I fully understand the exasperation of watching the slow, slow growth of a pile of dollar bills toward something you really want.
Now that I stop and think about it, though, stranger business plans have worked. Any number of now-successful businessmen were laughed out of the first ten (or hundred) offices in which they pitched their products, before finding ultimate success. Maybe he's onto something:
"Dear IRS,
I like you because you're very big and strong. And that's very kind of you. And it would be very sweet of you if you would just give me ..."


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A metallic grey edition of the official PlayStation 3 controller has surfaced online.
The new colour variant of the DualShock 3 appeared on Sony's Japanese website, with a release in overseas territories uncertain.
Sony previously confirmed that DualShock 3 controllers will not be compatible with its upcoming PlayStation 4 hardware, because the architecture of the console is fundamentally different to that of the PS3.
However, PS4 owners will be able to stream PS3 games - as well as older software - on the next generation machine thanks to the inclusion of cloud technology support from Gaikai.
Sony recently confirmed that the PS4 will include a headset and a large hard drive, and that controllers will be able to charge while the system is in standby mode.
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Compared to other social networks, Twitter has many client applications and supporting tools available. Also, we have many browser extensions and mobile apps were available to enhance the user experience in Twitter. It is because of the instant update of world happenings and all the trending stories on the web. Today I've come with another interesting web app called "CtrlTwit" for Twitter, which lets you control few popular web apps from your Twitter application. You can send commands from your Twitter account to perform an action in another web app. Here's how to do it.
To start with CtrlTwit, you don't need to create an account. All you have to do is, just send a tweet with appropriate keywords to perform the action. For instance, if you find an interesting YouTube link in your Twitter timeline and want to subscribe to that channel, just reply to that tweet as "@Youtube Subscribe #CtrlTwit". Pretty cool, isn't it? CtrlTwit lets you do five more action in five different web apps.
On Dropbox, you can check, how much space left by sending "@Dropbox how much space left? #CtrlTwit". All you have to do is, just log into the particular web app, you want to perform the action. Right now CtrlTwit supports Dropbox, Instagram, Pocket, YouTube, Meetup and YouTube. In Instagram, you can like any picture from your Twitter timeline using the link. If you find any interesting link on your Twitter timeline, instantly save that to your "Pocket App" using CtrlTwit.
Find a new or a nearby place in FourSquare and reply to any Meetup link in your timeline with "Yes, No or Maybe" using the commands. As of now, the supporting web apps are limited, you can suggest your favorite web apps to CtrlTwit developers on their website. If you spend more time with Twitter, this app will help you to perform actions on other web apps without leaving your timeline.
Check commands for other apps on their website. You don't need to download or install any app to do this, anyone on Twitter can easily perform all these actions from their timeline. Try the new CtrlTwit feature in your Twitter account and share your experience with us in the comments. Thanks for reading, do share this post with your friends.


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Scleral icterus is a yellowing of the whites of the eyes that most classically occurs in patients with liver disease. People with this problem may experience a change in color that ranges from a muddying to a bright yellow or orange discoloration. This phenomenon is a symptom, rather than an underlying condition, and it is resolved when the cause of the liver problems is treated.
In people with scleral icterus, the body's processing system for bilirubin, a pigment normally handled by the liver, breaks down. Bilirubin is a byproduct of the breakdown of red blood cells, and it travels through the bloodstream to the liver, where it is converted into a form that can be expressed by the body. In some people, a problem can occur along the way to the liver, in the liver, or in the process of expressing the bilirubin from the body. The pigment circulates in the blood, and becomes deposited in the conjunctiva, the membrane that covers the whites of the eye. It can also be present in the skin, causing it to turn yellow along with the eyes.
This yellowing is also known as jaundice, which can develop because of liver inflammation or infection, liver cancer, alcoholism, bile duct obstructions, and certain medications. Sometimes, it is seen in newborn infants as well. When a patient has jaundice, the first step in treatment is to determine why. A series of tests can be used to check levels of liver enzymes, bilirubin in the blood, and other key signs. Discoloration of the eyes will be classified as pre-hepatic, hepatic, or post-hepatic, depending on where the problem with processing the bilirubin lies.
Sometimes, people have naturally dark sclera, and it can be difficult to identify scleral icterus. Self reporting from a patient is very useful in these cases, as patients as well as friends and family can tell care providers whether or not apparent discoloration is abnormal. Generally, people with darker skin are more likely to have cream colored, rather than white, scleras, although this is not always the case. The vision is not distorted by the discoloration, belying the slang term "with a jaundiced eye" to refer to viewing something with prejudice.
Some conditions that cause jaundice can be resolved with medical treatment, while others can only be controlled. People in liver failure, for example, usually need new livers, and may need to stay in the hospital to receive skilled nursing care while they await organs suitable for transplant. In newborns with jaundice, phototherapy sessions can be used to treat the patient and the eyes and skin will gradually return to a more conventional shade.
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XFX 6970 x 5770?
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i WAS using a 5770, and i was wondering if XFX'ing these two cards could be worth the pain???
probably not, but i was just curious.
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You can't crossfire two different series 5xxx, 6xxx....so even if you could get around that the 6970 will run at the same speed as the 5770...kinda silly since the 6970 is faster than two 5770's crossfired....
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cheers ok.
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12 Chocolate Crunch Quesadillas! **500th Post**
Ever since I tried these at Sam's Club, I've been dreaming about making chocolate tortillas.
Yes, that's right, chocolate tortillas.
This is a dark chocolate flour tortilla that has endless possibilities for a dessert. Originally created by Deer Creek Foods based in Utah, they have a corner market for gourmet style tortillas.
Can't find these tortillas at your store? Don't worry, I came up with a recipe for you!
It all starts with Ghirardelli's sweet ground chocolate and cocoa. This canister has recipes for brownies, frosting and even a hot cocoa beverage.
If you can't find this product, you may have to experiment with dissolving chocolate squares into your hot water or using a Dutch processed cocoa powder. Do not use the Hershey's cocoa. It is too bitter for this recipe. I like using this powder because it is easy to mix in with the flour, salt and baking powder.
Hot water is poured over the flour mixture and mixed by hand for no more than 3 minutes.
After a 20 minute rest, the dough is shaped into 1.5 oz (golf ball size) portions.
The dough is very soft and pliable, easily rolled thin with a rolling pin.
Each tortilla is cooked over medium-high heat until it begins to bubble, about a minute.
It is flipped over and cooked on the other side. I like to keep my tortillas warm and pliable in a tortilla keeper. A clean kitchen towel works well, too.
To make Chocolate Crunch Quesadillas, spread each tortilla with Nutella. I have made a chocolate hazelnut spread that is even better than Nutella, in my opinion.
Top half with shredded sweetened coconut and sliced almonds.
Fold in half, and cut into thirds for wedges.
I bet you can think of a zillion things to make with these chocolate tortillas....
Chocolate Tortillas
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Use fleeting in a sentence
- She thanked him with one fleeting, tearful glance that was as a grant of all her priceless possessions. [9]
- Even the jealousy which had clouded the happiness of her love like a fleeting, rapidly changing shadow, she believed she had now renounced forever. [10]
- And this is what came of that fleeting visit of those young Englishmen to our village such ages and ages ago! [5]
- Her own smile was fleeting. [9]
- But Barbara was too weary to bestow more than a fleeting glance upon it. [10]
- But no one told Soada this, and she did not think; she was content to rest in the fleeting dream. [11]
- Heaven grant that this which I have been compelled to hear may be no more than a fleeting and foolish whim! [10]
- Tom hinted at things he had to attend to; things that must be done; and time was fleeting. [5]
- If they failed, they were to be called knaves and fools, and fanatics for a fleeting hour; then to sink and be forgotten. [7]
- Would he exchange the sweetness of that for the fleeting reputation of the most brilliant lawyer? [4]
- Along the crowded path they bore her now; pure as the newly-fallen snow that covered it; whose day on earth had been as fleeting. [12]
- The long-enduring monuments of the dead do so mock the fleeting presence of the living! [6]
- There were fleeting movements of her lips as if she might be occasionally saying parts of sentences to herself. [5]
- I was in moderate circumstances pecuniarily, though I was perhaps better furnished with less fleeting riches than many others. [4]
- The interest in it is vivid and constant; the interest in other topics is fleeting. [5]
- The waking hours, instead of burdens, were so many fleeting joys. [9]
- For a fleeting instant she was inclined to catch at some hidden meaning, but her grasp of things was uncertain. [11]
- As for me, I was wholly puzzled to account for these fleeting changes in her humor. [9]
- But hopes are fleeting. [12]
- He had a faint and fleeting sense of disquiet, which registered and was gone. [9]
- Not only the contents of the books and periodicals, but the covers, must be made to catch the fleeting fancy. [4]
- I would not believe that, not for one fleeting second. [11]
- These glimpses were as fleeting as thought, and instantly we were again isolated in the sea of mist. [4]
- Life being brief, and pie and the like fleeting, he very soon decides upon an active campaign. [4]
- Once she gave a fleeting glance over her shoulder, and he was still standing where she had left him. [9]
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Levitron's LEV25 Amazing Anti-Gravity Spinning Top brings the excitement and fascination of real world physics into your home. This magical top spins and floats in mid-air, supported and levitated by the strong repelling magnetic force produced from the permanent neodymium iron boron magnets. The magnets are so strong that you can pass your hand underneath, and around the magnetic top and magnetic base without interfering with the magnetic levitation.
To levitate the magnetic top, place the plastic plate on top of the magnetic base and spin the top on the plate. The top should be spinning between 25 to 50 rotations per second (1,500 to 3,000 RPM). If too slow, the top will fall over and slide off the plastic cover; if too fast, the top will not orient itself to follow the magnetic flux as it moves, and slides off. Next, lift the plastic plate with your hands until, if the conditions are appropriate, the top begins to rise. The top will need to be weighted with the various washers provided, but if it is too heavy it will not rise above the plate, and if it is too light, the top flies off. It takes some time and patience, but once you're able to levitate the top, the sight is remarkable.
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Amos 2 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC)
2 Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Moab [descendants of Lot] and for four [for multiplied delinquencies], I will not reverse the punishment of it or revoke My word concerning it, because he burned the bones of the king of Edom [Esau's descendant] into lime.
2 So I will send a fire upon Moab and it shall devour the strongholds of Kerioth, and Moab shall die amid uproar, shouting, and the sound of the trumpet.
3 And I will cut off the ruler from its midst and will slay all its princes with him, says the Lord.
4 Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Judah and for four [for multiplied delinquencies], I will not reverse the punishment of it or revoke My word concerning it, because they have despised and rejected the law of the Lord and have not kept His commandments, but their lies, after which their fathers have walked, caused them to err and go astray.
5 So I will send a fire upon Judah and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.
6 Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Israel and for four [for multiplied delinquencies], I will not reverse the punishment of it or revoke My word concerning it, because they have sold the [strictly] just and uncompromisingly righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals;
7 They pant after [the sight of] the poor [reduced to such misery that they will be throwing] dust of the earth on their heads [in token of their grief]; they defraud and turn aside the humble [who are too meek to defend themselves]; and a man and his father will have sexual relations with the same maiden, so that My holy name is profaned.
8 And they lay themselves down beside every [pagan] altar upon clothes they have taken in pledge [for indebtedness], and in the house of their God [in daring contempt of Him] they frivolously drink the wine which has been exacted from those [unjustly] fined.
9 Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above and his roots from beneath.
10 Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt and led you forty years through the wilderness to possess the land of the Amorite.
11 And I raised up some of your sons for prophets and some of your young men for dedicated ones [Nazirites]. Is this not true, O you children of Israel? says the Lord.
12 But you gave the dedicated ones [the Nazirites] wine to drink and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
13 Behold, I am pressed under you and I will press you down in your place as a cart presses that is full of sheaves.
14 And flight shall be lost to the swift and refuge shall fail him; the strong shall not retain and confirm his strength, neither shall the mighty deliver himself.
15 Neither shall he stand who handles the bow, and he who is swift of foot shall not deliver himself; neither shall he who rides the horse deliver his life.
16 And he who is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked on that day, says the Lord.
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Trex decking, railing, fencing, and trim products are made from about 50 percent recycled and reclaimed plastic, and 50 percent reclaimed wood, including sawdust and used pallets from woodworking operations, and recycled plastic grocery bags from all over the country. (Trex is actually one of the largest plastic bag recyclers in the US.)
The recycled plastic (from sources such as grocery bags and stretch film) shields the wood from moisture and insect damage, so there's no rotting, warping, or splintering, while the reclaimed wood (a waste product of woodworking manufacturers) protects the plastic from UV damage, giving your fences and deck railings a solid look and feel.
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The Folk Arts Center of New England exists to encourage an appreciation of and participation in the traditional folk arts of many cultures: dance, music, crafts. It will publicize, perform, exhibit, and teach these traditional forms and foster their development in today's culture and act in cooperation with other groups or individuals with similar aims.
The Folk Arts Center of New England is a 30 year old, small non-profit organization based in Melrose MA. We sponsor 2 weekly international folk dance meetings a week, in Watertown and Arlington MA, several monthly music and dance events, and several annual dance and music camps in New England. We publish a bimonthly listing of dance events in the Boston area called "Folk Dancing Round Boston" as well as a quarterly newsletter.
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Wrapping text on Level 0
I have created a vertical CSS menu using V2.0 of the extension and have a question.
The menu is dynamic and pulls back Level 0 and its contents from a database. All works brilliantly.
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Long Time No Blog....
It's been forever since my last update. Partially because I'm not sure how to handle the blogging anymore. Since my last post, we had a new addition to our family, Ezra Esprit Johnson was born Jan. 25th 2010. Ezra, like our middle boy, Noah, is hearing. Yes, I know, he is almost a year old already! Time flies! Isaac is in kindergarden, but we have decided to teach him at home. This was not a choice we made because he is Deaf. It is the best decision for our family. It has been challenging, not because of teaching Isaac, but because of incorporating school into our day with an active pre-school aged boy who loves his big brother (aka Noah), and a walking 11 month old who is into everything!
Isaac loves learning and usually is very quick to master new concepts. He continues to amaze me with how well he is doing. If he were to go to traditional kindergarden, he would be mainstreamed with other hearing children and simply have 45 min. of speech therapy a week! Praise God! He loves learning and can read pretty well for a 5 year old. It is so amazing to witness the first sentence that he read! The look on his face will stay with me forever.
Isaac still has the Nucleus Freedom processors. We are entertaining the idea of upgrading him to the N5 processors, but are unsure how much he will benefit and if the out of pocket expense will justify it. He already talks non-stop. Even withouth his processors on, he uses words in his pretend play with his toys. We are going to GBMC on Jan. 7th to discuss this further. Prayers would be appreciated! This past year has been a whirlwind. I would like to combine Isaac and Noah's blogs into one and am unsure how to do this. I don't know if I will just create a new blog and post Johnson family updates or what. We will see. Merry Christmas Everyone!


text: High-resolution images from a laser-based tool developed at Duke University could help doctors better diagnose melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. The improved diagnoses could potentially save thousands of lives and millions of dollars in unnecessary healthcare costs each year. The tool probes skin cells using two lasers to pump small amounts of energy, less than that of a laser pointer, into a suspicious mole. Scientists analyze the way the energy redistributes in the skin cells to pinpoint the microscopic locations of different skin pigments. For the first time, scientists have the ability to identify substantial chemical differences between cancerous and healthy skin tissues, said Thomas Matthews, a Duke graduate student who helped develop the new two-laser microscopy technique. Composite shows the high-resolution image of tissue with melanoma (top) versus healthy tissue (bottom). The melanoma clearly shows pigment cells along the basal layer at the edge of the lesion and deep in the papillary dermis at the center. The healthy tissue shows melanin at only the basal layer of the epidermis. (Images courtesy of Science/AAAS) The Duke team imaged 42 skin slices with the new tool. The images show that melanomas tend to have more eumelanin, a kind of skin pigment, than healthy tissue. Using the amount of eumelanin as a diagnostic criterion, the team used the tool to correctly identify all eleven melanoma samples in the study. The results appear in the Feb. 23 issue of Science Translational Medicine. The technique will be further tested using thousands of archived skin slices. Studying old samples will verify whether the new technique can identify changes in moles that eventually did become cancerous. Even if the technique proves, on a large scale, to be 50 percent more accurate than a biopsy, it would prevent about 100,000 false melanoma diagnoses, said Warren S. Warren, director of Duke's Center for Molecular and Biomolecular Imaging and a chemistry professor. Warren oversaw the development of the new melanoma diagnostic tool. Warren's group has succeeded in using the laser pump method to locate two different types of skin pigments in skin tissue, which may better identify developing melanoma, said James Grichnik, a dermatologist at the University of Miami who was not involved in the study. The work is limited to fixed tissue on slides, but holds promise for diagnosing melanoma prior to biopsy, and the increased diagnostic accuracy, without unnecessary biopsies, is where the new tool could have cost-saving potential, he said. Melanoma is the fifth-most common cancer for males and sixth-most common for females. In 2010, US doctors diagnosed nearly 115,000 new cases of the disease, with nearly 8700 resulting in death. The cancer is also one of the few where the death rate is increasing. Image shows how melanin appears in H&E stained biopsy tissue under the new laser light. The top scan is of an unusual but benign mole, showing a healthy distribution of pheomelanin, seen in green, at the basal layer and no eumelanin. The bottom scan of a malignant melanoma shows large deposits of melanin, including eumelanin (red) in pigment-producing cells deeper within the basal layer. Doctors typically use a light and a magnifying glass or tissue biopsy, where a pathologist removes suspicious skin cells and looks at them under a microscope, to spot signs of disease. But using a lens and a light is a "17th century" technique that is only 85 percent accurate, at best, and tissue biopsy is not much more reliable, Warren said. In 14 percent of biopsy diagnoses, pathologists would disagree on whether or not the sampled cells were cancerous, according to a 2010 study published in the Journal of American Academy of Dermatology. The statistic implies that two pathologists would have opposing diagnoses on 214,000 to 643,000 melanoma cases each year, Warren said. When studying biopsied tissue, doctors typically follow the "when in doubt, cut it out" philosophy. If they are not sure about the health of the skin tissue, doctors remove additional skin around the diseased cells. The first and second tissue biopsies can cost thousands of dollars. If the melanoma is thought have spread, patients may then have lymph nodes in their arms removed or undergo chemotherapy, which dramatically adds to treatment costs. But not all of the extra treatment is necessary because not all of the biopsied tissues are actually cancerous. Doctors need a more accurate way to diagnose melanoma, Warren said. In 2009, he received a $1 million Challenge Grant from the National Institutes of Health, which was part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, to develop the imaging tool. The highly specialized lasers are currently commercially available and would only need to be added to the microscopes pathologists already use to diagnose melanomas. The cost for the added instrumentation is about $100,000, which may sound like a lot of money. But if each false positive melanoma diagnosis costs thousands of dollars, having such an instrument available for questionable cases could considerably reduce health care costs overall, Warren said. Suspicious moles would still have to be removed from a patient and then imaged to detect cancer, he added. Matthews is working on imaging skin cancers grafted on to mice to see if the tool could become a device dermatologists could use to scan a mole without removing it. A device like that would be much more expensive and would not be ready for a few years, Warren said. However, pathologists could begin using the lasers to study biopsied tissue now. For more information, visit: www.duke.edu


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I challenged my daughter, Jen, to make a sewing machine cake for my friend, Steph's birthday. Steph is my sewing partner in crime. A couple of years ago Steph bought a Singer featherweight, so this was the obvious choice. Jen has never seen a Singer Featherweight so she had to look up some images on the internet to use as a guide. It's interesting to see what details she picked out.
When she made this cake, Jen was in a lull between finishing her graphics A level exam at the end of April and start of her remaining exams in June. So she had some time but not too much. I suspect given the opportunity she would have added a foot but the cocktail stick needle did add some structural support.
I was pleased that used this cake as an opportunity to try out some new techniques, such as the quilting round the side of the base cake. The roses were made a special rose cutter which she had been keen to try. The sewing machine itself was made using rice krispie and marshmallow technique she used the camera cake and the "Owl I want for Christmas" cake. It was so pretty to look at, it was 3 days before we could bring ourselves to start eating it.


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Although it took some time, at last the laboratory was finally prepped and ready for Anzu's impending operation. She had had some serious doubts about the success of the operation, most notably when Sengo carefully preserved a rather decomposed rodent instead of discarding of it like a proper human would. Still, after a quite thorough disinfecting Anzu at last gave her approval to begin the procedure, a fact which made her "surgeon" quite ecstatic as he quickly whipped out a scalpel seemingly out of nowhere.
Anzu let out a scoff at the man's obvious enthusiasm for the sadistic; the Naga truly were interesting creatures. She made her way over to the center of Sengo's makeshift O.R., hopping nimbly upon the cold surface of the operating table. Without instruction, she began removing various layers of armor and bandages until her amputated limb was no longer inhibited and was free to be operated upon. Sensing Sengo's anticipation, she looked up, and quickly held a hand up to preemptively curb the Naga's excitement.
"Before we get started Sengo, a few words. First off, do you have something to prop my arm on? Otherwise, this surgery will become exhausting very, very quickly. Secondly, I know you have some level of medical knowledge, but I want you to focus your scientific knowledge on that arm. I trust you know the best way to attach it, whether to build it on my body or construct it first and attach it at once; I'll leave that part to you. Focus on making sure it's fully functioning, and that it can properly channel my chakra."
"As far as the medical expertise goes, I'll watch out for that. Where to cut, bleeding issues; whatever the case may be defer to me on that, understood? And as far as the pain goes, well..." She felt a shiver run through her body, as though the parasite within her knew what was about to come and was preparing itself to block out her pain. "I'll worry about that. Focus on the science. I'll be fine."
With that, she closed her eyes and drew in a deep and deliberate breath, seemingly readying herself for the grueling experience she knew she was about to endure. After a few seconds, she allowed her crimson eyes to meet the gaze of the gaunt man standing before her. A smile came across her lips as she raised her residual limb towards Sengo.
"Well, I trust that you are ready? Let's begin, shall we?"
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As the woman began to undress it was not her body that he was interested in, it was her arm. The mauled and amputated arm was not something you would see everyday and there was no doubt that Anzu would be dead if it wasn't for the parasite living in her head. Looking at her eyes once more, Sengo hoped to see if it wiggled or bumped out of the bone. However, his fascination was quickly derailed as Anzu began to speak.
"Yea, I can get a prop for you" Sengo stated as he looked around still listening to the woman speak.
At this point he had already decided he wanted to attach the pieces one by one. It would make for a more satisfying surgery and plus, it would be a god experiment to witness and record what a human pain threshold can really be.
Shuffling over another high table Sengo placed Anzu's raised nub onto it. And started to state his intentions.
"We are going to have to do this step by step. Unfortunately, chakra is quite complex and I must attach these chakra conductors to the perfect spot to be able to meld with your coils. Without properly doing such would be a fruitless surgery. Second, this is going to hurt a lot, it will not just be a prick or a stab, this is going to resonate throughout your whole body because we are hooking your coils into this arm. " Sengo stated quite worried for the woman.
Picking up one of the conductors he looked at the woman and gave himself a large gulp.
Now this is going to hurt." Sengo stated as he shoved the four conductor necessary to be the base. The length of the conductors were just enough that after insertion would look like metal brackets no more then a few inches off the surface of the skin.
"If you don't faint from just this we will continue" Sengo prepared the second, third, and fourth.
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Even with the Naosu already prepared to deliver its numbing secretions throughout her bloodstream, the pain Anzu felt when her partner inserted the conductor into her arm was unfathomable. Sengo had not lied when he described the agony that Anzu would feel; the pain she felt was no mere flesh wound. It was as if every nerve in her body had suddenly been set alight, as if every spot on her body that could possibly feel pain was suddenly and forcibly pierced with a red hot needle.
She gritted her teeth, the pain so intense she could not even muster a scream. She attempted to focus her mind on just what she was suffering for in a desperate hope that it would help to block out some of the pain. This was for strength, so that she may better serve Raimei-sama and the Hidden Village she swore to protect. This was for pride, so that she would never again experience a failure like her most recent mission. This was for perfection, so that she could soon become Otogakure's most trusted warrior. She focused as long as she could on these ideals she held most dear, hoping that she could distract herself just long enough for the natural painkillers being produced within her brain to kick in. Through tear-filled eyes she looked up, staring directly at her surgeon when she suddenly noticed...
I-Is he smiling?! That. Sadistic. Bastard...
After a few more moments of intense agony, the Naosu's work within her body had numbed the pain she felt to a more manageable level. Still staring directly at Sengo, she raised her left hand and hovered it over the site where he had inserted the chakra conductor. Within seconds, a faint green glow emitted from her palm, and the bleeding around the incision came to a halt. It was a bit odd for her to be healing such mundane wounds on her own, but her Naosu had enough to focus on to manage the pain. Anzu felt she need not distract the organism with simple maintenance. Besides, the surgery called for three more conductors to be inserted; this would be a long fight.
"I-I am ready," she stammered. Though her speech belied the suffering she was in, her gaze never lost its intensity as she stared daggers into the mad surgeon's skull. "Proceed with the others."
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Sengo was in heaven currently. He loved every thought of giving someone pain, even if the person were an ally. He loved the idea of hearing screams reverberate around his laboratory. No doubt the woman on his table would have fainted form the pain if it wasn't for the magnificent creature that resided in her head. So small, it still held so much power. Sengo was going to really enjoy the process. Taking the next three conductors he readied the next injection. Blood was washing down his drain into a vile that was now beginning to over fill.
"These are just samples…you know in case something happens and you need a blood transfusion or something…yea, we will go with that. Now just sit still." Sengo stated as he shoved the next three rods into the woman's stub of an arm.
The sounds of the screams echoed through the chambers and if it wasn't for the insulated muzzling designed walls there was no doubt that the noise would turn some heads into the direction of the experiment. However, it went on and on. Maybe an hour worth of pain and fear must have crossed the woman's mind before finally the first part was done.
Taking a deep breath Sengo relished in his progress. It was not everyday that you could do something like what he was doing and he would enjoy it.
[solor=red]"I am surprised you are still awake Anzu, I really thought you would have fainted. I mean, I hope nothing bad happens to you but still. You can take a rest."[/color] Sengo stated as he prepared the next part of the work. The foundation was laid out and now it was time to create the walls that would be her arms.
The next part of the process would not really hurt and the worst part had been over. Now all Sengo had to do was finish the frame.
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By the time Sengo had finished inserting the remaining three conductors into Anzu's damaged limb, the Ninsen had quickly degenerated into a much different patient. Her face no longer bore a snarl, her inner fire clearly dissipating through repeated applications of immense pain. Her body was slumped over, no longer sitting defiant and erect, with only the crude brace the surgeon had fashioned holding her arm in place. Upon first glance, it appeared as though the Ninsen had finally succumbed to the agony inflicted upon her by the mad surgeon, were it not for one, key feature.
Her eyes.
Though they had lost some of their fire and appeared glazed over, there was no mistaking it. Her furrowed brow and crimson stare still conveyed an intensity that had not yet fully evaporated from the Ninsen patient. Though she may not have had the strength to respond to Sengo's taunting compliments or wide sneer, her eyes made sure to communicate that no matter what suffering she would have to endure to make her strong, she would not relent; she would never give up.
As the doctor turned to gather his materials necessary for the next step of the operation, Anzu was finally granted a moment of reprieve. She let out a long sigh as for the first time in quite a while she was able to relax without staving off wave after wave of pain. A whirring sound caught her attention, as the surgeon began piecing together what appeared to be pristine ivory plates, no doubt they would be the framework for her new appendage. As the minutes passed, her focus slowly returned to her and she called out to her colleague. Her voice hoarse from her screams, she attempted to catch his attention with a question posed in the form of a barely audible whisper.
"Sengo...H-how does it look...?"
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Sengo worked furiously on the outerpart of the arm, there was no doubt in his head that this would be a perfect concoction of both engineering and ninja arts. He had never really reconstructed an arm before but he had to admit that he was doing one hell of a job. In fact, he felt like there was nothing wrong with the arm from a cosmetic standpoint. The way that the fingers attached to the wrist plate, the forearm plate was shiny over the light that beamed down on the table, and the attachment to the stub made it impeccable.
It was as if you couldn't tell it was created out of the basement of some Naga, and instead in some super technologically advanced hospital. Of course, the Naga had it all when it came to technology and even in the shinobi world, Sengo knew no one or no other group that could do what the Naga did.
Slowly, Sengo relinquished his overbearing position and stepped back for a moment. He looked at his contraption for one more moment before he took a whip that was lying on a table nearby.
"Now, lets put this within the arm. I am going to curl it up so that it fits inside the forearm attachment. There is a trigger in there that will allow it to come out and retract back in. There is a lot of training to be done, it probably wont be like when you used it with your two hands. Think of this as more of an extension to your body and not a weapon. Now, I want you to try it. This button here, if you press it, the rope will come out." Sengo stated in a long breathe explanation.
He stepped back and allowed the Jounin to try her new arm. Sengo only hoped that it didn't back fire and blow up in her face.
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By all accounts, the prosthetic developed by Sengo looked absolutely pristine. It came as a shock to the fatigued Anzu, who honestly expected something developed by the Naga to be far more gaunt or mundane in appearance. Instead, what she got was a gauntlet constructed out of the most pristine ivory, with sleek black and chrome finishing to add to its aesthetic appeal. She was speechless, though not from the fatigue, but in genuine awe of the masterpiece that the Naga had managed to create.
However, looks were only a small portion of what made this limb extraordinary. As Sengo elaborated on the capabilities of the prosthetic, Anzu could not help but feel an excitement begin to overtake her fatigue. An extra whip in the arm would allow for more offensive capabilities when engaging foes; plus, if Sengo had stayed true to his word, the addition of the arm cannons would allow Anzu to finally be deadly at longer ranges, a trait she had found sorely lacking in their last mission together. With an audible clink, Anzu connected her new limb to the nodes Sengo had implanted within her arm, locking the prosthetic in place.
At Sengo's suggestion, she began to flex the muscles in her arm, trying to curl and clasp the fingers in her right hand into a fist. It was a strange feeling, and as such it took quite some time before Anzu could even begin to move the ivory appendages. Frustrated at the lack of development in her motor skills, she instead followed her colleague's suggestion and pressed the large white, circular button on the top of the prosthetic limb.
With a loud whooshing noise, a leather whip came shooting out of the top of her new arm, cascading to the floor as the weapon reached its full length. She cracked it once against the marble floor, smiling for the first time since the surgery began at the familiar sound. She cracked the whip again, two, three times as she began to adapt to the feel of the weapon now embedded within her body. Smiling at Sengo, she slowly grasped the hilt of the ivory weapon on her hip and withdrew it from its holster, cracking both whips on the floor at once. The sound reverberated loudly against the stone walls of Sengo's laboratory, and in an instant Anzu felt a sensation that she had not felt in quite some time.
The chill that went down her spine was not one of fear, or nerves; no, the Ninsen shuddered instead out of excitement, out of the anticipation of the power she could gain. She looked back once more at the surgeon, who now seemed to beaming with pride, instead of sadistic glee. He had truly done everything she had asked, and with no attempts at something sinister. She had to commend him; she did not expect the surgery to go so smoothly.
"I-It feels good," she stammered, her voice still shaky from the effects of the surgery. "Light, nimble, just like I asked...well done. Just, one more thing."
She held her limb up, and concentrated her chakra into the nodes now implanted within her arm. Her brow furrowed, as for a few moments nothing seemed to happen. Then, all of the sudden, it appeared; the trademark green glow of the medical chakra pulsed weakly through the ivory plates of her arm. Though she certainly lacked the control to properly utilize techniques through the construct currently, her face bore a look of relief as she came to the realization that, with time, she would be able to regain her full strength and once again serve as the renowned healer that Otogakure needed her to be. She smiled once more as the green light began to pulse stronger and stronger within the prosthetic. This power that she felt coursing through her body, this would be the power that would rebuild Hidden Sound. This would be the power that cut down her foes. There would be no repeats of her last failure, for failure was no longer an option.
Enemies of Sound...you will all fall before me.
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Destructive Rise of the Machines behind, and his veteran, curious and fascinated by the nature of the robot's Bastion, explore the world, not forgetting to get round people who are still full of fear of the machines.
Products "Bastion" class was originally created for the purposes of peace, and have the unique ability to quickly change the mode of the assault on the siege and back. During the uprising of machines these robots turned against the people and formed the core of the rebel army, but at the end of the conflict almost all of them were destroyed or dismantled. Machinery "Bastion" to this day represent the horrors of war.
One of these robots seriously damaged during the recent battles have been lost on more than a decade. He rusted, immobile and open to the elements, and nature is slowly absorbed him. Entwined vines entwined roots and serving a haven for small critters, he lost track of time. But one fateful day, he woke up. From the Battle of the program was gone, and its place was taken by an interest in wildlife and everything that inhabits it. Curious siege mechanism went traveling, hoping to find their place in this war-torn planet.
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Moore, Mordean Taylor. "Black Student Unrest at the University of Arkansas: A Case Study." Thesis (M.A.), University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1972.
Morgan, Gordon D., and Izola Preston. The Edge of Campus: a Journal of the Black Experience at the University of Arkansas. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1990.
Robinson II, Charles F., and Lonnie R. Williams. Remembrances in Black: Personal Perspectives of the African American Experience at the University of Arkansas, 1940s-2000s. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2010.
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In the News tile app, you can pin preferred news sources to the Start Menu, allowing you to open the News app directly to your favorite sources.
Here's how to pin a live tile for a selected news source to the Start Menu:
- Open the News tile (Figure A) Figure A
- Swipe down from the top to pull up top menu
- Tap Sources (Figure B) Figure B
- Scroll until you find the group and source you want to pin, and touch the source to open it (Figure C) Figure C
- Once the source opens, swipe down from the top to reveal the hidden menu, and click Pin to Start (Figure D) Figure D
- You'll see a box with the tile as it will appear on your Start Menu. Change the title or touch Pin to Start to accept the default title (Figure E) Figure E
- Now, you can access this news source directly from the Start Screen (Figure F) Figure F
Open the News tile.
Tap Sources.
Find the group and source you want to pin.
Tap Pin to Start.
You can accept or edit the default title.
You can now select the news source from your Start Screen.
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The People tile can be overwhelming if you have very active Facebook and Twitter feeds. Fortunately, you can filter the "What's new" section of the People tile to show one or the other.
Here's how to filter your What's new social media feed:
- Tap the People tile (Figure G) Figure G
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Q4 2013 Update
Operating Results:
We report Sandalstone's 4th Quarter and Full Year 2013 results to be records during the rental phase. Full year revenues increased 31% over 2012. The primary reason for this is the increased number of rental unit days. However this growth is abating as we only purchased two properties this year - both in the early part of the year. We stopped purchasing when our numbers couldn't be supported as asset prices increased above our (high) hurdle rate. This is a nice problem to have. This is reflected in the Quarterly numbers where we barely recorded a 1% gain. The gain is a positive surprise as we had two tenant turnovers in the Quarter. As a reflection of the strong rental market the Oakland vacancy was for 7 days and the Las Vegas one for 15 days. For the year we ended with 2.9% vacancy which is a good indicator of rental strength compared with our 6% historical average.
Another indication of rental strength is our ability to raise rents. The best time for us to test this is when we have tenant turnover. In Oakland we were able to raise rents 14.8% off the existing base. We also used the opportunity to refresh the units - which after six years was due. Thus, we can confirm that the SF Bay Rental market has been on fire as widely reported in the press (most of which include Google's buses). Except for our Section 8 properties, we anticipate having operating leverage next year as we pass along price increases. We are also going to explore value add short term options using services like AirBnB on one of our properties in the next year. So that experiment will be interesting.
In Las Vegas we had a two significant issues which put us at three for the year. One involved tenant turnover. The tenant despite having a non-smoke clause in her lease, smoked in the house. We had to repaint the entire house and replace the carpet. Unfortunately her deposit only covered a fraction of the cost. The upside was that our crew was able to do the work in 7 days and we managed to get it rented out in the next 8 days. So the work paid off in having a low vacancy. The other issue was having to replace a heater/AC unit. I suppose we will need to factor this in as most of our houses are about the same vintage. The good news is that the unit is far more energy efficient and we are covered for the next 20 years with a warranty. Despite these issues, the low overall vacancy and our conservative approach let us meet (and most likely exceed) our expectations. There is some indication of our being able to raise prices heading into next year as the jobs numbers are improving. Our forecaset is that as the overall Economy improves next year and that we should be able to raise prices in the second half of the year.
Market Update
We reference Case Shiller in each of our updates as we believe that index to be the best indicator of asset prices. Las Vegas and SF were once again the Top Two markets in the nation registering annual gains of 27.1% and 24.6% respectively. To put that in some perspective - based on Zillow which also tracks home specific housing prices with its ZEstimate - has our properties up over 35% from our fully capitalized basis (including repairs). This would be on top of the income that has been distributed over the years. We have had our earliest properties return their entire purchase cost.
Having said that, the strategy for Sandalstone is to continue to hold. This is where we are going to maximize what's best for our investors rather than some IRR number. We may need to do some re-positioning for tax purposes as time goes on - however for now the strategy of patiently waiting, collecting rents, and ultimately letting the markets return to its long term growth rate remains our preferred approach.
I'm going to repeat some of what I wrote last quarter as its still applicable and still worth reading again - with one additional sensitivity analysis. Still no news to report on the Acquisition front. As we have not been able to find deals of the type we focused on reducing debt and further strengthening the balance sheet. Our revolving lines of credit remain fully open as we have paid back the amount that was used to fund purchases in our growth phase. Our average interest cost as a percentage remains less than 4%. This is the most sensitive item in our Free Cash Flow and we have worked diligently to minimize this expense while giving us flexibility.
In thinking about real estate as it was taught to us, we recognize that real estate is cyclical. In the single family sector the cyclicality has played out as expected (in hindsight of course). We had a remarkably long and high upcycle which ended in 2007/8. We are clearly out of the bottom by 2012 in just about every area of the nation. Investing in the bottom is always the best time as the actual risk is relatively low (perceived risk high) and the returns both from a yield (high cap rate) and subsequent appreciation are the highest.
We spent a lot of time investigating multi-family acquisitions this year. There was nothing that appealed to us. Most of the sellers wanted (and received) offers with a 5% or so cap rate. And these of course were in B and C neighborhoods. By comparison when we started a decade earlier we were taught that 7 to 8% cap rate was the historical norm. Just a bit of math to illustrate the sensitivity of this as it would seem this difference is trivial. Say a Building has a NOI (net operating income) of $1M. Using a 5% cap rate this building would be valued at $20M. At an 8% cap rate this building is valued at $12.5M. Even assuming a conservative leverage ratio of 65% - that means the entire equity position has been wiped out. Of course the folks buying at these prices are assuming a few things that would help. One is rent/income appreciation (a 3% appreciation in income for 7 years gets you $15.4M assuming 8% cap rate). The other is that interest rates stay at these low levels.
In the Bay Area rents though have gone up quite more than 3% in the past few years. So using my math above and as a further test of sensitivity average rents would have to rise about 7.5% annually to compensate for a rise in cap rates. In others words a $1,000/month rent would go to $1,659 or $2,000 rent would go to $3,318 for breakeven on asset value - IF cap rates go to 8%.
If either of these two variables don't work out as forecast (rent increases or interest rates staying low) then there will be opportunities in this class. If interest rates rise as multi-family loans come up for renewal (usually in 7 years) there will be distressed sellers who have been buying during the last few years (and who have used high amounts of leverage). At that time people with strong balance sheets and the availability of financing will do extremely well (again). We think there is prudence in waiting at this time.
Clarameda Fund, LLC:
- See commentary about Las Vegas. We managed three adverse events this quarter including a perceived mold issue, a tenant turnover that had significant damage, and the replacing of a rooftop AC/Heater.
- Continued Partner distributions (every month for past 5 years and going...). Anticipate subject to final approval to issue a Special Distribution based on 2013 results.
- We end the year in a strong financial position. Partners will get more 2013 analysis when we issue K1s next year (expect in March).
In Summary,
As we celebrate our best year ever (during our rental phase), we are looking forward to next year where we anticipate continuing to manage the properities diligently. We did well this past year with an overall vacancy of 2.9% and believe that is due in part (the part we can control) to our emphasis on keeping our properties in excellent shape. Our forecast is that the Bay Area will remain hot as the number of companies with positive liquidity events continues to grow. In Las Vegas the catalyst events including two new Strip casino projects get going in 2014 so we anticipate that the economy moves forward with those drivers. The latest jobs reports confirm our forecasts of improved jobs, (in the Rental business - its JOBS, JOBS, JOBS).
While we project our revenue growth to slow down if as anticipated we don't add new units - we are optimistic that our ability to raise rents (either through value added services such as AirBnB and simply thru price increases) will continue strong results. We also project that this year will be the last one where we enjoy absurdly low interest rates - our adjustable rate mortgages re-set for 2014 at below 3%! - so we continue to pay down liabilities on our balance sheet.
Finally, one more shout out to the Shorey House which became one of 145 City of Oakland Landmarks!
Bay Area Rents:
An article that doesn't also mention Google Buses
Case Shiller:
WSJ: Q3 Case Shiller - Top Two Markets: Vegas and SF
This is an interesting Graph which shows cyclicality of the SF market using Case Shiller data
Las Vegas Unemployment:
NICE DROP IN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE - 8.6% vs 9.4% - perhaps seasonal - however part of downward trend