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The founders of Data Scavenger had an idea for a centralized data warehouse that would enable the oil and gas industry to share information and documentation more conveniently and securely. As active industry participants and experts, they knew from first-hand experience that traditional office processes were an inefficient and time-consuming way to manage the flow of industry data, and had a vision for a better method.
Make IT worked with Data Scavenger to design a data warehouse and supporting web services from the ground up, starting with extensive consultation to explore and refine the idea. Make IT developed a secure cloud-based system where operating companies could collect and electronically transfer data and documentation to a centralized, secure system that makes the information available only to authorized joint venture and royalty partners. Using an agile development process, Make IT ensured that Data Scavenger had an opportunity to see results quickly, make changes regularly, and ensure the software reflected their vision.
Despite the early skepticism from some industry participants, dsDATA has swiftly become the oil and gas industry’s standard and trusted solution for data collaboration and distribution. The company now holds more than 90% of Canada’s market share, with a user base that includes over 500 of the oil and gas industry’s leading companies.

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Experience the superior ride and reputation that Albemarle boats are famous for. This family business has been building incredibly strong and safe offshore sport boats for decades. This one is powered with twin Yanmar 170hp inboard diesels and has a marlin tower with controls. Furuno NavNet electronics and a complete ready to use Green Stick tuna rig are included. New upholstery and extra parts included. More photos and information at pacificboatsales.com or call John Jordan (808) 936-1405 for more details.
Illness is unfortunately forcing sale of 36' x 12' Wilson Flybridge. Powered by twin Cummins 300's V-Drives w/ 3,700 original hrs. 460 gals fuel, 8 KW Onan generator, dual steering stations, full walk around with stainless steel railing, large aft deck, swimstep, transom door, electronics w/ radar & amp; autopilot, safety gear, riggers, Ika Mau, Pompenette fighting chair, 2 fish boxes approx. 1,400 lbs. Reduced for a quick sale. Vessel to be sold in an "as is, where is condition". Vessel is all legal and paperwork up to date. Vessel has been fishing regularly and running good.
42' GRAND BANKS EUROPA "LUNA"
"Back on the market at a very attractive price." Grand Banks has long been considered the leader in production trawler boats. The Europa model is a blend of hand crafted teak joinery and elegant accents. Her two stateroom layout gives you and your guests private space. Large windows allow an abundance of natural lighting and fabulous outside visibility. Check out her specs at yachtworld.com/kokua. Call Brad Vessels to see at (808) 256-5206.
Rare offering of a 1995 38’ Fountaine Pajot Athena Motor Sailing Catamaran here in Hawaii! If you want a fine high quality sailing cat...here you go. Offered with twin 150hp diesel Yanmar engines & cruises at 16 knots. Call for all the details and a showing. Don’t miss this one.
Honokohau Harbor slip I-21 with mooring and commercial permits available with the transfer of this clean up to date corporation. Convenient to restrooms, fuel dock, markets, marine store and dry dock. Slip is 26’ to 40’ max LOA. Sale includes a 33’ twin diesel Concorde fly bridge sportfishing boat in fair as is condition. Call John Jordan, listing Broker, for more information (808) 936-1405.
USCG COI for 46 total persons. Custom built by Force Marine of Hilo in 2014. She is laid out very well for snorkel & whale/dolphin watching & private charters. A flybridge w a bimini top for the captain, beautiful custom aluminum work including large dive ladder off transom, lots of storage, a head, a $20,000. Marine stereo system w/ mixer, mounted Magma BBQ, water slide,water toys & much more. Powered by T 2016 Yamaha Outboards 250 HP w/ only 975 hrs. Includes a brand new engine in create. Call for details.
2014 17' Zodiac RIB w/ 90hp Yamaha all in very good condition, low hours. New Bimini, Garmin GPS/Fishfinder,VHF radio,and compass. Custom boat cover, spare prop in box, safety gear. All services up to date, boat kept in covered shed. 2014 Pacific galvanized boat trailer. Call (808) 320-7112 or cell (503) 724-2978.
new bottom paint last year. Never previously chartered proven pelagic kiling machine. For more pictures, see the HBY online color edition.
Large original interior w/ 6'6" headroom. Queen bedded aft state- room w/enclosed shower. Large salon w/full size couch. Great live aboard. New bottom paint & bilge pumps. Perkins 4-107 50 hp diesel. New Raymarine electronics. All manuals & many spares. Beam 12'4", Fin keel 7'. Call or text for showing & more pics.
“RED SKY” is ready for sailing here or blue water. She has red sails with a roller referring jib, main and mizzen sail. Powered by a Perkins 50 hp. diesel. Extras include a propane stove, hot water shower, a water maker and solar panels. She can sleep 5 or six comfortably. Slip available! For more pictures see the HBY color online edition.
This Elliot Bay Steam Launch is named after the Royal Hawaiian Navy ship HHMS Kaimiloa. She runs on wood, charcoal, or coal in its 30 gallon vertical fire tube boiler. It has a 10hp dual compound engine that will push her easily 5-6 kts top speed. It has been fitted w/ a condensing system on the exhaust for saltwater operations. 6-8 people fit comfortably aboard for day cruises. The hull is a 100+ year old design made of modern materials, fiberglass w/ balsa core. It is on a trailer included in the sale. Check out her specs at yachtworld.com/kokua. Call Brad Vessels to see at (808) 256-5206.
One of a kind! 33’ Ft Original Don Radon manufactured in Goleta, California. Built brand new in 2005, the Radon is outfitted w/ twin Volvo 350 diesel motors w/ very low 1600 hours, 3 separate fish boxes able to hold 8500 lbs +, 570 gal fuel capacity, live bait well, 30 gal fresh water hold, 2 control stations equipped w/ auto pilot, Furuno depth recorder w/ GPS, including Triple axel trailer. Recent Marine survey dated 12/2017, info available on request. This boat was built for the fishermen in mind! Serious inquiries only please.
1988 36’ (42’ overall) Lightning Radon with 6BTA 315 HP Cummins. Currently operated as a dive, snorkel and whale watch vessel. Current COI for 34 or 15 divers + 3 crew.
Original owner selling a 2008 21’ Force in excellent condition, powered by counter-rotating Yamaha F115 - 4 stroke engines w/ 1000 (apprx.) hours. Also included: 6’ Fish Box, Ikima, trim tabs, Garmin 10” Chartplotter, Furuno FCV 588 1000W Fishfinder, Autopilot, Wash Down Pump, VHF & CB radios & SS props. Custom built seats, instrument box, rails, fuel tank bulkhead, & upholstery. All galvanized custom trailer w/ dependable electric disc brakes. Fuel efficiency at 3 to 3.5 gph trolling.
FIRST $42,000.00 TAKES THE TRAILER, BOAT AND TRUCK!
1998 Bayliner Trophy Model 2802 Walk Around w/ factory hard top & removable rough weather windows, includes trailer. Boat has 440+ hours, twin 150hp 2 stroke engines 3 blade SS props, some of the electronics include Northstar 6000iGPS/FishFinder, VHF Marine radio, Marine stereo system, Life jackets, Ice chest, flares, Emergency first aid kit, etc. Cuddy type cabin. Two outriggers. Brand new canvas cover. "LOA 27.4'/31' Measured, BOA 9.9', Depth 2.6',... Underwater Body (Condition Overall): Very good"...a quote from survey. 2003 Silverado LT 3500, 4WD, LB, Crew Cab, Duramax Diesel 6.6 V8 engine, Allison 5 spd automatic transmission, exterior Dark gray metallic w/ Dark charcoal leather interior. Goose neck hitch + regular trailer hitch, Big dually rear wheels, Bose sound system. 225k miles. One Owner. Great Shape. Package can be split but boat goes first.

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Movie: "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"
Toula Portokalos (Nia Vardalos) is a Greek woman working in her family's restaurant Dancing Zorba's. Lacking self confidence and constantly pressured by her family to marry a nice Greek boy, Toula decides to make a change. She overhauls her look, takes some computer classes at her local community college, and begins working at her aunt's travel agency. There, she meets Ian (John Corbett) and they quickly fall in love. Ian proposes to Toula, but there's one huge problem: he's not Greek. Now, Toula must get her family to accept Ian despite their hope that she would marry a fellow Greek.
Written by and starring Nia Vardalos, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" started out as a low budget rom-com and quickly became a smashing and massive box office success. Produced by Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson and costing a measly $5 million to make, it went on to gross over $368 million worldwide. This was more than likely a shock to everyone involved since this is an original story with no major stars who were already known to be box office draws. In the world of cinema, this very rarely if ever happens. "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" was not an instant money maker, though. It didn't kill it out of the gate, but rather slowly gained momentum as good word of mouth spread about this charming little film. We can definitely see why.
I remember fondly watching this movie in the theater with my mom, and afterwards, we walked a few doors down to have a nice Greek meal. This is the type of story that's good for everyone. Parents will love it, grandparents will connect with it, it's something women will love and men won't hate, and the younger generation can re-watch it and be able to fall in love with Toula and Ian all over again. This is an honest love story, not one filled with grand romantic gestures and too much needless drama, apart from some crazy family interventions. It is simply about two people from vastly different cultures meeting and falling in love and accepting each other wholeheartedly without reservation. The chemistry between Toula, played by Nia Vardalos herself, and Ian, played by John Corbett, is totally believable and we find ourselves rooting for their romance each time we watch. Sure, the "take off the glasses and you're beautiful!" plot line has been done before and is more than a little tired, but in this context, it actually works. There is a lot of awkward humor many in the general public might be able to relate to if they are from a family that embraces their culture, ethnicity, or region of birth. There are a lot of culture clash jokes about adapting to unfamiliar situations, and while some might see these as over-the-top and stereotypical, we've never really thought too much about it because some families we've met in real life are the same way, very dedicated to their ethnicity and heritage. This movie boasts a great supporting cast that makes up Toula's massive family, and each member get their chance to shine in their own way, even *NSYNC's Joey Fatone, who was really the only huge name at the time (though not for his acting).
Despite all of the "haha, look at this culturally unfamiliar family!" tones and jokes, there is still a sincerity to "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" that's lacking in most modern romances. Each little nuance, each little look Ian gives Toula, the sacrifices they both make for one another, each part of their story is adorable and simultaneously crazy. From her dad's obsession with Windex to her grandma's breaking out of the house multiple nights in an attempt to run away, this film has a lot of heart and winds up being very endearing. The Portokalos family might be big, eccentric, and perhaps mildly insane, but it's all part of their charm. A fantastic romantic comedy!
One year ago, we were watching: "In & Out"

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Stanford has inked a one-year deal with the Lions, Farhan Lalji of TSN reports.
The 24-year-old played for both the Roughriders and the Alouettes last season, but he was much more prolific with the former. For Saskatchewan, he appeared in 14 games, catching 17 passes for 165 yards. That said, he has yet to find the endzone throughout his three-year career.
Stanford was released by Montreal on Wednesday, CFL.ca reports.
Stanford was traded from Montreal to Saskatchewan along with the Alouettes 2020 second-round pick on Wednesday in exchange for offensive lineman Philip Blake and wide receiver Patrick Lavoie.
Stanford (undisclosed) was scratched from Monday's game against Edmonton, Ian Hamilton of Riderville.com reports.
Stanford is listed as a starting wide receiver for Today's game against the Eskimos.
Stanford caught both his targets for 33 yards in Thursday's 18-13 defeat of Hamilton.

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Bella Caledonia published a shortish piece of mine on the political economy of a currency union with Scotland, post-independence. I argued that disputes here reflected both the overwhelming strength of finance inside the UK economy, and the hidden weakness of its current account position. This provoked some debate; my reply is as below.
You might have missed the ONS’ latest estimates for UK productivity – they crept out late last year on Christmas Eve. They tell a familiar but not especially pretty story: output per hour worked fell by 0.3% over the middle part of 2013. In production industries, it’s down 1.2%. This means whatever economic growth occurred over the last year was not the result of people working better, or more efficiently. It was the result of an increase in the total number of hours worked. Productivity, over the whole year, barely improved.
This theory explains why, in spite of the antagonistic mode of distribution and the tendency of the rate of profit to decline, there is not a permanent crisis of overproduction, but a cyclical movement of the economy.
This is, to my mind, a much more satisfactory description of the actual history of capitalist development than the prediction of ever-worsening crises over time, ameliorated only by “countervailing factors”.
This is a longish note that was originally part of an email discussion concerning the tendency of the rate of profit to fall (TRPF) in Marx’s own writings, and that of later Marxists. It might be of wider interest, so I’ve reproduced it here.
The evidence from Rosa Luxemburg’s principle writings does not tend to support the conclusion that she viewed the falling rate of profit as an essential part of her analysis. Her critical focus, in The Accumulation of Capital, was on the crisis of realisation: of what we might now think of as effective demand. On the basis of her updates of Marx’s volume 2 reproduction schemes, she concluded that this realisation crisis – not a profits crisis – could be resolved through the expansion of capital into the non-capitalist world; that is, through imperialism. The dynamic of her system, in other words, was not determined by a crisis of profitability emerging at the point of production (as in the orthodox, Chris Harman version of TRPF), but of crisis emerging as result of problems in the circulation of commodities.
This was originally written for the Socialist Workers Party’s (increasingly ill-named) ‘Internal Bulletin’, ahead of conference in early 2010, and shortly after I was suspended as a member, as detailed below. I was, as the piece makes clear, somewhat irked at the time by these spurious disciplinary proceedings, although in light of events over subsequent years it’s really very small beer indeed. Originally written from the viewpoint that the SWP could in some sense be reformed, it’s now painfully clear that this would be a hopeless task. It cannot be reformed, and nor should it be rebuilt. New organisations, not exercises in nostalgia, are now required.
I’m republishing the article here because the more interesting parts of the essay weren’t printed at the time. These are the first and last sections, on how the internet and communications technology changes the possibilities for political organisation. It was a mistake not to submit them for publication back then, but I think the issues raised (and the solutions suggested) are still of immediate relevance – perhaps more so now.
I think it was one of the first pieces to express some cynicism about the brave talk of a “boom” that suddenly appeared everywhere last summer. Subsequent events tend to confirm the analysis given here.
Happy days are here again, if you read the right papers. UK output grew by a mighty 0.6% between April and June this year, on top of 0.2% growth in the three months before that. “BOOMING BRITAIN HAS WOW FACTOR” boasted London’s Evening Standard.
Don’t believe the hype. This isn’t a boom. It’s barely even a convincing recovery. Only after years of stagnation, aided and abetted by George Osborne’s austerity policies, is it possible to present these feeble growth figures as something to boast about. The IMF now forecasts 0.9% growth for the year. That’s a third of the rate of the early 2000s. The economy is limping when we would normally expect it to be sprinting.
It’s ten years ago this month that the Marxist economist Michael Kidron died. Kidron’s work today is woefully and unfairly neglected, but his concerns – around the fusion of state and capital, and environmental destruction especially – now look far ahead of their time.
It was in the course of writing an appreciation of Kidron that I was ended up rereading Chris Harman’s Explaining the Crisis, and noticed a glaring theoretical flaw I’d failed to spot in the past (pp.24 et seq.). Harman, in seeking to defend an orthodox interpretation of Marx’s Capital with the falling rate of profit as the principle theory of crisis, attacks those making use of simultaneous equations solutions to the transformation problem. (It’s around about here that things are going to get obscure – apologies.) In particular, he – correctly – indicates that input prices for commodities used in production will vary from output prices, but then claims that the use of simultaneous equations solutions to the price system enforce an equation between the two. His preferred “solution” to the transformation problem involves taking a set of input prices for the production process, and then allowing them to be transformed (through the production process) into a different set of prices. The prices change because of the application of labour to the input commodities; the new output necessarily reflects a different labour content. Simultaneous equations solutions, Harman claims, collapse this dynamic process of production.
But this won’t do. As Ajit Sinha notes of Andrew Kilman’s Reclaiming Capital, in his devastating review, it involves a fundamental misunderstanding of the procedure of simultaneous equations. The problem is that once the outputs have been produced by the economy, they then re-enter a further round of production, forming another new set of input prices. This process is continuous under capitalism: the system does not just produce (say) one year’s worth of output, and then stop. In other words, we can’t just calculate one round of production – we have to keep running the system forward until we arrive at a stable set of prices for the economy, so that every year’s worth of output forms the following year’s input, and so on.
This is precisely what the simultaneous equations method attempts to do: they attempt to show how the system, on the basis of Marx’s assumptions about the labour theory of value, produces a stable set of prices for all commodities produced. All Harman has done here is to (in effect) follow the first step in finding a solution to simultaneous equation solution, and then declare that the entire system is thereby solved. It isn’t.
So Harman got the working substantially wrong – echoing, it would seem, the same error made by Marx. His defence, in Explaining the Crisis, of the falling rate of profit, collapses as a result of it. But he got the *intuition* correct. It is absolutely true that capitalism is a dynamic system because it depends on the production of commodities, not just “by commodities” (in Sraffa’s phrase) but over time by labour. Simultaneous equations solutions to the price system assume away too much, collapsing that dynamic production process into a problem of the exchange of produced commodities only. To grasp that dynamic, however, requires to specify it properly – the “commonsense” solution provided by Harman, and its scholastic elaboration by Kliman, is not adequate to the task. The approach of Duncan Foley (1982), specifying formally the dynamic systems of prices and values, looks much more promising – and has been used fruitfully in recent work by Paulo dos Santos and Giorgos Galanis, for instance. As far as I can tell, Harman never referred to it, which is a great shame: his basically correct insight might not have lead, then, to a basically incorrect theory.

industry_corpus2: Finance & Economics


text: A great, relatively short hike. The forest is beautiful to walk through and the trail is well marked. There are a few steep-ish ascents, but they are fairly short and interspersed with long flat sections. It took us just over 2 hours to complete it. I couldn't remember the name of the cafe that was on the walk, so it would be good if the sign for Berry Farm had a food/coffee symbol on it as it didn't seem like that was going to be the cafe as it appeared to be a slight detour off the track. But, if you remember the name this isn't really a problem! Definitely recommend this walk if you are in the area.

industry_corpus2: Travel & Geography


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The Level 200 Certification course is designed for the coach working with athletes in phases 3, 4 and 5 of the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Training Systems. Phase 3 marks the typical entry point to formal competition for many athletes. Phases 4 and 5 follow the athlete into regional and national level competition. The Level 200 coach should have the knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully support and train athletes through these critical phases of development.
Submit a course setting recommendation form signed by a Level 300 or higher coach or Level 2 or higher referee or chief of race.
The Level 200 Alpine Technique and Tactics course is a 3-day course designed to build on the Alpine Ski Fundamentals introduced in the Level 100 clinic and on basic course setting principles. We will introduce racing tactics, and discuss its relationship with a racer's ability, the course and technical skills. Progressions will be presented that span all of our training modalities, from freeskiing through drills in gates and outside of gates and into race simulation training. Coaches will learn new gate drills to accomplish technical and tactical goals and will gain experience in setting these. Classroom discussion following the on-hill sessions will cover a more in depth discussion of tactics, course setting, course inspection, course reports, and race day planning. At the end of the clinic, coaches will have a strong understanding of the relationship between technique and tactics and will have a broad range of drills and exercises they can use to teach these skills. In addition, coaches will learn how to be more effective on race day to help their athletes perform with confidence and consistency.
PRICE: $270 (U.S. Ski & Snowboard members only). Includes on-snow and indoor clinic, clinic participant materials, and alpine training environment and tactics manuals and online exams. Lift tickets additional (most resorts offer discounted lift tickets to participants). Price does not include the other requirements for Level 200 certification.
Level 1 Referee Certification: Check with your division for clinics.
ASEP Coaching Principles Online Course: This is an excellent sport coaching course that will help you become a better teacher on the snow. This is an online course and exam taken through the ASEP website. Please notify sporteducation@usskiandsnowboard.org that you have completed and passed this exam. *Be sure to choose the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Association under the organization drop down menu.
The registration closing date is firm, NO registration will be taken after this date. Registration closes at 5pm EASTERN time on the date listed.
The Introduction to Course Setting clinic is designed as an introductory level course where coaches can practice and learn about basic course setting, focused primarily on GS and slalom setting skills. It is for coaches who have little or no course setting experience, but coaches who have been setting and want a refresher and feedback on their setting are welcome as well. Each participant will have the chance to set a course in GS and slalom with feedback and guidance from the clinic instructor. A classroom session will review key course setting concepts, rules and safety. The primary objective of this clinic is to give coaches basic knowledge and confidence to begin course setting in the club environment, gaining experience through more practice on their own.
PRICE: $75 for U.S. Ski & Snowboard members only. Includes clinic and participant materials (course setting documents). Does not include lift ticket (most ski areas offer discounted lift tickets to clinic participants).
Course setting recommendation submission form.


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My exchange partner isA person who is very open and is slow with helping me learn what I need to learn and understand what I am struggling with.
My favorite topicsMusic, Entertainment ,Books,..etc.
Ideal conversation exchange partnerSomeone with an open and inquisitive mind who enjoys learning new ideas and exploring ancient ones. I love having stimulating conversations that are both thought-provoking and passionate.
My favorite topicsMusic, travel, politics, technology, science, current events, art, literature, religion, philosophy, and anthropology.
Perfect language exchange partnerSomeone who speaks German and can help me improve mine!
My learning goalsImproving my listening and speaking skills!
My exchange partner isSomeone patient.
My learning goalsI want to be able to speak to students and my boyfriend’s family.
My favorite topicsJust about anything. I love to read and write. I’m an avid movie goer.
My learning goalsTo speak Spanish naturally, learn to think in Spanish. Habla el español más natural, aprender de pensar en el español.
My favorite topicsFood, TV, Music. La comida, el televisión, Música tropical!
Ideal conversation exchange partner可以说中文的人，开朗的, Someone who is positive and really wants to improve language skills.
My favorite topicsI’m into a lot of things from sports to entertainment and food.
Perfect language exchange partnerI'm looking to make friends with anyone around my age. Language exchange would be fun too!
My learning goalsI hope to supplement my Korean learning with daily talk/immersion. I can help with English too which will prepare me for teaching abroad.
My exchange partner isSomeone willing to help me learn and answer my questions!
Ideal language community partnerSomeone who can help me learn new words and phrases in Mandarin. I am 律师 in the U.S., so reading and writing English is a very important part of my job. I can help beginners and more advanced English speakers.
My learning goalsBecome more conversational in Mandarin in a business context.
My favorite topicsMusic, reading, exercising, and sleeping.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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Smoothing adhesive composed of hydraulic pozzolan lime for reconstructed stone and brick laying. Indoor-outdoor.
Yield: 6-7 kg/m2 according to the kind of support. Packaging 25 Kg.

industry_corpus2: Real Estate & Construction


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I'm Ramya, working in chennai. I grew up in a Middle class,Nuclear family with Traditional values. I have a nature of confident and caring and I do expect the same from him.My family living in a rented house at chennai. I expect my life mate who is accepting me what I am. I will be his strength and support him to lead a beautiful life.
She is our eldest daughter who was born and brought up in Chennai. She has completed her master degree in structural engineering. She is a simple,down to earth and friendly girl who loves her family. She is talented,self motivated and she prefers working after marriage. My elder son is doing B.E and my youngest son is doing senior secondary school. WE ARE LOOKING FOR A GROOM FROM OUR SAME COMMUNITY.
She is very affectionate, pious, intelligent, sensitive and has a good sense of humor. She was engaged in the year 2015 but due to irreconcilable difference we did not proceed with the marriage. Expecting a well educated, broad and like minded person for our daughter. Request only genuine grooms to contact us please.

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Former Manchester United midfielder, Michael Carrick, has reacted to Chris Smalling’s goal in the club’s 2-1 victory against Watford in Saturday’s Premier League encounter at the Vicarage Road Stadium.
Smalling’s first goal of the season put Jose Mourinho’s men 2-0 up after striker, Romelu Lukaku’s opener, before Andre Gray pulled one back for the hosts in the second half.
Carrick, who retired from United at the end of last season, described Smalling’s goal as ‘lovely’ and ‘great’ strike.
“Yeah, it was a great goal from Chris. It’s something we’ve been trying to do, really – score more goals from set plays and create more chances and try and come up with things to do that,” Carrick told MUTV.


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Shark Wheel - the SQUARE skateboarding wheel that shreds!
Go faster. Slide better. Ride on wet surfaces with incredible grip or go smoothly through gravel. We reinvented the wheel. Literally!
The Fusion Wallet - A beautiful CNC Machined wallet, Designed to be the perfect fusion of style and function.
Front Pocket, RFID Blocking, Expandable Wallet. Fits all the contents of your old wallet. We want to make cool stuff for your pockets!
American Made multi tool, designed and built in beautiful California. Wear it, torque it, open it.
Small and simple bottle opener designed to last for life. Made in the USA from stainless steel or titanium.
It's time to geek out with us! We're engraving the first million digits of pi on a crystal gem and mounting it on an engraved pendant.
An elegantly crafted Raspberry Pi case designed for the perfect combination of durability, affordability, and strength.
The Golf Board is the most innovative addition to golf since the graphite shaft, bringing modern technology to a traditional game.


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Various authors have noted anomia, or word finding difficulties, to be a frequent sign following traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, there has been very little research which has examained the nature of these word finding problems. The present study was designed to answer the following questions: 1) Is anomia a common finding following TBI? If so, are word finding abilities related to a particular individuals's functional communication? 2) What is the nature of word finding following TBI? Thirteen adults who had experienced a TBI were recruited for the present study. The Test of Adolescent/Adult Word Finding (TAWF) and the Functional Assessment of Communication Skill for Adults (FACS) were administered to each subject. The TAWF was intended to give information regarding word finding in a number of contexts while the FACS was designed to give a measure of functional communication for each subject. Fifty-four percent (N=7) of the subjects evidenced significant word finding deficits while 62% of the population studied demonstrated increased response latencies when compared to normative data. Common noun error types included coordinate, no response, self-corrections, and circumlocutions. The most frequent verb error types were found to be coordinate verbs, no response, and superordinate verbs. A relation between accuracy of word finding and functional communication also was revealed.
Murphy, April D., "The Nature of Word Finding Abilities Following Traumatic Brain Injury" (1997). MSU Graduate Theses. 517.

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Is NOW The TIme To Refinance Your Home? How Much Money Can You Save?
Is NOW the Time To Refinance Your Home?
Mortgage interest rates have recently seen the biggest dip in over a decade! Is now the time for you to take advantage of these rates and refinance? The answer is that it really depends on your situation.
Statistics are showing that over 4.5 million people may qualify for a 3/4% or more mortgage interest rate reduction. Instead of calling some advertisement you get in the mail, see online , or talk with a call center, schedule a free consultation with my team. We will give you honest advise and let you know if it makes sense for you and your family. If not we will continue to work for you and monitor your rate and be in touch when it does make sense for you to refinance.
If your looking to pay off high interest credit card debt, lower your rate, or get cash out to buy more property we are happy to help.
Please visit me online https://dreamhomefunder.com/refinance/ , Call / Text 480-203-6263, or send me an email ryan@dreamhomefunder.com to schedule your free consolation.


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Jane and I sat high up on the cliff top, the sea blue with white horses dancing on it below.
A chilly edge to the air.
We sat for a bit longer; our noses, cheeks and fingers growing colder..
'I think I can see Jamie on the beach', Jane said, as we stood up unravelling our crossed legs and started on our way down the grassy rocky stony slope, to Jamie, my nineteen year old nephew, who had been drawing the beach and the people on it in his artist's pad..
Jane and I had come straight from a healing lunchtime spent with Gerhard who is an intuitive masseur... His hands have heat and energy emanating from them, and his being is one of intuition and sensitivity.
I had sat on his balcony while Jane had her massage... I enjoyed the dark Godiva chocolate that she had brought me as a gift, with sea salt in it... It seemed at that moment to be the most delicious chocolate I had ever eaten.


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"Lies, lies, lies, lies, lies"
The Banished Ones approaching the palace shouted obscenities.
They tried to confuse the Rainbow Children and dethrone their king.
For their time spent in the palace before the exile.
The Banished Ones accepted and returned to their place of birth in Mendacity.
As for the Rainbow Children, they began deconstructing the Digital Garden.

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Polly (Liz Bennett, left) is indignant as her husband’s boss, Edith (Cynthia Edwards), pressures Henry (Bob Greig) to retire from his professor’s job in this rehearsal scene from CAT’s Cliffhanger. (Submitted photo).
When philosophy instructor Henry Lowenthal encounters an ethical problem — being forced into retirement by his new boss — he opts for a Socratic solution.
That is, he uses a bust of Socrates to club his boss over the head.
Central Alberta Theatre is starting 2019 by promising dinner-theatre audiences some thrills and spills — of laughter — with Cliffhanger. The comedy-mystery by James Yaffe will run from Jan. 18 to Feb. 9 at the Black Knight Inn Dinner Theatre.
Director Michael Sutherland believes January can benefit from some hilarity, and he’s happy to deliver it with his five-person cast.
Bob Greig will play Henry, a college instructor who once made the mistake of not hiring his former student, Edith Wilshire.
When Edith (Cynthia Edwards) eventually lands a position as his boss, she makes it clear that “things are now going to be done her way,” said Sutherland.
Edith’s first order of business is getting rid of Henry — but the college instructor can’t conceive of retiring from a job he loves.
Within the first few minutes of the play, audience members will see a murder seemingly committed on stage.
But just as Henry and his wife Polly (Liz Bennett) look like they might get away with it, in stumbles Henry’s student, Melvin McMullen, to mess things up.
Melvin is at his philosophy instructor’s home, trying to get his mark changed, “so his father won’t kill him,” said Sutherland.
When Lowenthal refuses to budge, Melvin decides to go over his head and find Wilshire.
Sutherland said the plot soon becomes convoluted, raising all sorts of questions, including whether there was a murder committed in the first place. And if so, whodunnit?
The CAT veteran is having a ton of fun rehearsing this production with an experienced cast, including Bennett, who usually performs with the Innisfail Town Theatre.
Sutherland believes audiences will enjoy the witty dialogue: “Some lines still make us laugh,” he said, even though the cast has heard them time and again. He compares Yaffe’s “intellectual comedy” to an episode of Frasier, with pompous characters getting their comeuppance.
Tickets are available from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.


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I have my army of sisters in my back and use my platform for change.
What can the fashion industry do to create self-esteem for women?
They can make clothes for women.
Use models in all sizes, colors, shapes and refuse to subscribe to the so-called anemic fashion look that just kills the vibe. Give us shoes to dance in and skirts that allow us to walk goddammit!
Your advice to the next generation of young women & men?
We need to walk together into this new era.
We have to re-learn how to behave and be brave enough to take the fight. Every fight!
Don’t let anyone get away with judgmental comments, kill them with facts and fierce kindness.


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Quite a few newcomers will be trying their luck in the seventh edition of the Jubilee Insurance National Junior (Under-21) Snooker Championship 2015 which cues off at the Movenpick Hotel in Karachi on January 5.
According to the draws released by the Pakistan Billiards & Snooker Association (PBSA), the 30 participating cueists, representing all the four provinces and the federal capital, have been divided in eight groups.
The Group A comprises of Abdul Rahim (Punjab), Khushi Mohammad (Balochistan) and Sanaullah Sattar (Sindh) while the Group B contains Ali Zaman Khan (Sindh), Junaid Babar (KPK) and Haris Tahir (Punjab).
The quartet of Ahsan Wakeel (KPK), Mohammad Ibrahim (Balochistan), Sameer Khan (Sindh) and Mohammad Ali (Punjab) constitute the Group C while Nouman Iqbal (Islamabad), Hazratullah (KPK), Mohammad Afzal (Punjab) and Junaid Ali (Sindh) feature in the Group D.
The Group E is composed of Taimoor Aftab (Balochistan), Sameer-ul-Hassan (Sindh), Mohammad Azam (KPK) and Mohammad Saqib (Punjab) while the Group F has the presence of Fahad Khan (Sindh), Saifullah (Punjab), Athar Ali (Balochistan) and Umar Javed (KPK).
Mohammad Fahim (Punjab), Mohammad Hassan Anwar (Islamabad), Tanvir Baloch (Sindh) and Rabi-ul-Hasan (Balochistan) have been drawn in the Group G while Mohammad Kashif (KPK), Mohammad Adil (Balochistan), Aamir Tariq (Punjab) and Gawish Khan (Sindh) are included in the Group H.
The qualifying round matches will be best-of-five frame encounters while the pre-quarter-finals and the quarter-finals will be best-of-seven frame contests. The semifinals will be best-of-nine frame fixtures while the final will be best-of-11 frame clash.
The league matches, starting on January 5, will be spread over three days at the end of which the top two cueists from each groups will be qualifying for the knockout stage of the competition, starting with the pre-quarter-finals on January 8 The six-day event will be concluding with the final and the prize distribution ceremony on January 10.
The championship, being sponsored by the Jubilee Insurance Group, offers prize money of Rs 130,000 with the winner to collect Rs 50,000 and the runner-up to get Rs 25,000. The losing semifinalists will be receiving Rs 15,000 each and the losing quarter-finalists will be compensated with Rs 5,000 each. The highest break award will earn a purse of Rs 5,000.
The PBSA has declared that both the finalists of the event will qualify to represent the country in the Asian Under-21 Championship 2015 to be staged in China in April, as well as in the World Under-21 Championship to be held in the second half of the year.
The PBSA, pursuant to its policy of encouraging the promising youngsters, has also decided to let the four semifinalists of the National Junior Championship to compete in the all the four national ranking tournaments of the year.


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Forum for Timothy Pederick's Lone Wolf Action Chart (LWAC), another aid for playing the Project Aon editions of the Lone Wolf books.

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The initial focus of the group will be Prajna Paramita, a Nature of Mind practice which Ms. Quayle will teach to students over the course of the first three sessions. The group will continue on most Sundays doing the practice together and receiving further Buddhist teachings.
There is no charge for the group. Donations are gratefully accepted. Please feel free to email or call for more information.
Ms. Quayle has been on the Buddhist path since 1982. She has studied and practiced in the Theravadan and Vajrayana Buddhist traditions and offers meditation instruction and Buddhist teachings in a variety of settings including classes, dharma groups, retreats, and in private sessions.
Debra is also trained as a Buddhist Chaplain and integrates Buddhist philosophy and practice into her work in prisons, hospitals, colleges, residential treatment centers, and in her own clinical practice as a psychotherapist.
She has gone to India several times on pilgrimage and while living in Asia in 2005 and 2006, she studied at the Library for Tibetan Works and Archives, the Institute of Buddhist Dialects, and the Kagyu Institute for Buddhist Studies as well as doing retreats in a variety of other locations.
Following her return to the U.S., Ms. Quayle met Lama Tsultrim Allione, and has completed many retreats with her, including a three-month solitary retreat at Tara Manadala Retreat Center in Southern Colorado. Through Lama Tsultrim, Ms. Quayle has had the good fortune to receive teachings from Tsoknyi Rinipoche, Tulku Sang-ngag Rinpoche, Lama Wangdu Rinpoche, Lama Wangdor Rinpoche, Chagdud Khandro and His Holiness the Seventeenth Karmapa. She is one of Lama Tsultrim’s Authorized Teachers and continues to study and practice with her.


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For years, Alzheimer's researchers have focused on two proteins that accumulate in the brains of people with Alzheimer's and may contribute to the disease: plaques made up of the protein amyloid-beta, and tangles of another protein, called tau.
But for the first time, an Alzheimer’s researcher has looked closely at not the two proteins independently, but at the interaction of the two proteins with each other — in the brain tissue of post-mortem Alzheimer’s patients and in mouse brains with Alzheimer’s disease. The research found that the interaction between the two proteins might be the key: as these interactions increased, the progression of Alzheimer’s disease worsened.
The research, by Hemachandra Reddy, Ph.D., an associate scientist at the Oregon National Primate Research Center at Oregon Health & Science University, is detailed in the June 2013 edition of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.
Reddy’s paper suggests that when the interaction between the phosphorylated tau and the amyloid-beta — particularly in its toxic form — happens at brain synapses, it can damage those synapses. And that can lead to cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s patients.
To conduct the research, Reddy and his team studied three different kinds of mice, who had been bred to have some of the brain characteristics of Alzheimer’s disease, including having amyloid-beta and phosphorylated tau in their brains. Reddy also analyzed postmortem brain tissue from people who had Alzheimer’s disease.
Using multiple antibodies that recognize amyloid-beta and phosphorylated tau, Reddy and Maria Manczak, Ph.D., a research associate in Reddy’s laboratory, specifically looked for the evidence of the amyloid-beta and phosphorylated tau interactions. They found amyloid-beta/tau complexes in the human Alzheimer’s brain tissue and in the Alzheimer’s disease mouse brains. The Reddy team also found much more of those amyloid-beta/tau complexes in brains where Alzheimer’s disease had progressed the most.
Reddy found very little or no evidence of the same interaction in the “control” subjects — mice that did not have the Alzheimer’s traits and human brain tissue of people who did not have Alzheimer’s.
Reddy and his lab are already working on the next crucial questions. One is to define the binding site or sites and exactly where within the neuron the interaction of amyloid-beta and tau first occurs. The second is to find a way to inhibit that interaction — and thus maybe prevent or slow the progression of Alzheimer’s.
Manczak was a co-author on the Journal of Alzheimer’s Diseasearticle.
The research was funded by the following grants from the National Institutes of Health: AG028072, AG042178, RR000163 and P30-NS061800. It was also funded by a grant from the Medical Research Foundation of Oregon.
Abnormal Interaction of Oligomeric Amyloid-β with Phosphorylated Tau: Implications to Synaptic Dysfunction and Neuronal Damage. Maria Manczak, P. Hemachandra Reddy. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease 36(2), 2013, DOI: 10.3233/JAD-130275. Published by IOS Press.
Full text of the article is available to credentialed journalists upon request. Contact Daphne Watrin, IOS Press at +31 20 688 3355, d.watrin@iospress.nl to obtain a copy.
The Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease is an international multidisciplinary journal to facilitate progress in understanding the etiology, pathogenesis, epidemiology, genetics, behavior, treatment and psychology of Alzheimer’s disease. Groundbreaking research that has appeared in the journal includes novel therapeutic targets, mechanisms of disease and clinical trial outcomes. The Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease has an Impact Factor of 4.174 according to Thomson Reuters’ 2012 Journal Citation Reports. It is ranked #23 on the Index Copernicus Top 100 Journal List. The Journal is published by IOS Press.
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Your feet and ankles are composed of numerous joints, bones, muscles, tendons, ligaments and nerves that together provide your body with the support, balance and mobility required to walk, run and get around. They bear a lot of pressure and so wear and tear problems and injuries are common. Arthritis, sports injuries and ill-fitting shoes are frequent causes of foot and ankle problems.
As your feet and ankles are essential elements in your mobility, we understand that if you’re suffering from pain in these areas or an inability to get around, you need access to prompt medical care to resolve these issues.
At Duchy we offer our patients access to expert consultant orthopaedic surgeons without waiting who will assess and diagnose your foot and ankle condition using the latest diagnostic facilities. They perform routine foot and ankle surgery for a wide variety of foot and ankle problems including: bunions, Morton’s neuroma, in-growing toenails, arthritic toe and lesser toe deformities. Foot and ankle surgery reduces pain and increases mobility.
If your big toe leans over too much onto the smaller toes, a bony lump at the joint of the base of the big toe may appear. This is called a bunion or hallux valgus. There is often thickening of the skin and tissues next to the affected joint and this may become inflamed, swollen and painful. When you wear shoes your bunion may rub and your bunion may make it difficult to find shoes that fit.
You may be offered footwear advice to ease your symptoms of pain and discomfort. Painkillers may also relieve the pain. Surgery may be recommended if a change of footwear doesn’t ease your pain. There are many different types of bunion surgery, ranging from an operation to trim parts of your joint to a total artificial replacement of your big toe joint. Surgery aims to straighten the joint as much as possible and relieve pain.
Morton's neuroma is a condition that normally affects the nerve that runs between the long bones in the third and fourth toes of your foot. It’s thought that Morton’s neuroma occurs when the nerve suffers chronic stress and irritation from the toe bones pressing on it due to a narrow gap between the bones and it then becomes enlarged or swollen.
Poorly fitting, constricting and high-heeled shoes can contribute to Morton's neuroma. Injury, flat feet, being overweight and playing sports that put pressure on your feet can also result in this condition.
Often changing your footwear, orthotic devices, losing weight, painkillers, calf stretching exercises, avoiding some leisure activities and injections help relieve the pain. Minor surgery may be required to create more space around the affected nerve (nerve decompression) or to remove the nerve.
If you’ve a painful and inflamed in-growing toenail your orthopaedic surgeon may recommend Zadeks procedure. It’s a simple technique performed under local anaesthetic that removes your whole toenail and the surrounding area of tissue where the toenail grows from.
Osteoporosis may affect the main joint in your big toe. Arthritic toe or hallux rigidus can cause damage to the joint surfaces of your big toe so that they don’t move smoothly. Your big toe can become inflamed, stiff and painful, making walking difficult.
Pain relief, anti-inflammatory medicines, shoe modifications or injections into the joint will be recommended initially to reduce your pain and stiffness.
If these approaches don’t relieve your pain, your foot and ankle surgeon may recommend surgery. There are a number of surgeries available for arthritic toes. Surgical treatments can range from the trimming of upper part of your joint and washing out the joint to joint replacement. The best approach to relieve your pain will be discussed with you.
The lesser toes are all toes excluding your big toe and they have two interphalangeal joints as opposed to the big toe which has only one. Lesser toes can suffer from deformities called claw and hammer toes. These conditions cause your lesser toes to look strange and can be painful. They are caused by one of the tendons in the foot contracting often due to wearing poor fitting shoes or an underlying muscle imbalance.
A claw toe is so called due to your toe looking like a claw. The first bone is raised and the second two bones point downwards.
A hammer toe resembles a hammer. The first bone is slightly raised, the second bone tilts downwards and the third bone is almost flat.
Most cases of claw or hammer toes require surgery to straighten the toes although alternative shoes and orthotics, toe exercises, splints and medicines may help. Your surgeon may operate to release trapped soft tissue and to lengthen your tendon. For acute problems, they may perform fusion surgery where they remove the cartilage from the end of the toe bones in the middle joint and insert a pin to hold the two ends together to allow the bones to fuse together.


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The American Airlines stated that it will be allowing passengers with nut allergies to board flights early. The new policy is expected to start from December 12.
A statement revealed that customers with nut allergies willing to board flights early to wipe down surfaces can do so at the gate. Although peanuts is not being served in flights there was still no guarantee that their customers will not be exposed to it or other tree nuts during their trips. Those with allergies were encouraged to take necessary medical precautions before flying.
After complaints were filed against the airline last year by the Food Allergy Research and Education, a non profit focused on food allergy awareness and advocacy the decision came in. There was a woman whose has had a life-threatening peanut allergy.
The decision was outlined by the airline in a response filing with the U.S. Transportation Department.
Passengers in Delta Air Lines allows passengers with nut allergies to board flights early to clean the seating area.

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The last post criticized development royalty financing as if that is Altius’s business model. Liberty is, of course, completely off base and talking in circles.
When has Altius bought a major royalty from a project developer? NEVER.
The royalties they bought during the last cycle were from mines that had been in production for decades. Facts not fantasies: Look up the dates Rocanville, Esterhazy, Chapada, Genesee, 777, IOC went into production.
Why did these mines sell these royalties? It's still just a way to raise capital, right? Why would the terms be so much better for the buyer than on other forms of capital? Please explain that to me.
And I didn't mean non-producing junior miners, I meant people who are raising money to pay for their projects, wether capex for mine expansion or selling a piece of one mine to finance the building of another one. You took what I wrote too narrowly.
I'll bite. It's very possible for Altius to be a lender of last resorts - especially given their counter cyclical business model - without taking undue risk.
I went to 10+ banks and credit unions to get a loan to buy this thing. I was making ~60k at the time and so was my partner. Even with two personal incomes backing the loan, an 18% cap rate, a tenant who had doubled sales in the last 5 years despite the recession, and being 2 years into the economic recovery, we couldn't get a loan. Why? Because it was 2010/2011 and lenders didn't lend to anyone. It had nothing to deal with the deal mechanics and everything to do with lenders being skittish.
If I could have sold a royalty on some of the cash flows to finance the purchase, it would have been lucrative for the person buying it because there was virtually no risk in the transaction of the financing not getting paid with 160k cash/yr against a 210k mortgage.
Secondly, Altius isn't just a lender of last resort. They're the one who is often times providing the land package and necessary equity financing to allow for the exploration to occur to begin with. Without Altius, there is no mine even if you can go to the bank for financing.
That's what I thought the model was, be counter-cyclical, sit on cash to have it when others need it, etc.
But that doesn't change that when you do that the royalty model isn't that different from debt or equity. If you're injecting capital when someone really needs it, you can usually get pretty good price and terms. Yet in recent years, despite us apparently being in a terrible time for commodities, I haven't seen such great deals, and I haven't seen such great IRRs from past deployments of capital. Hence my point that being so enamored by the royalty format can distract us from the fact that however you structure things, you won't get economics that are that different from other providers of capital for distressed situations, unless you're lucky (which can also happen with equity/warrants/etc). And just the fact that your lendees can get in distressed capital-starved situations in the first place shows that there's probably a decent amount of risk there.
I guess you no longer need financing for your projects but if you ever did, call me and we'll talk. I would make sure that the royalty is based on revenue so I don't have to worry about rising costs and would include liens on whatever positive may happen to the property (building getting larger with more rented space, new metro station nearby with its effect on rent etc).
There is nothing magical with the royalty model and the "inventors" (Mr. Lassonde and Mr. Schulich) of the model in the commodity space did extremely well because of an unusual combination of shrewd skill and luck (especially with their first homerun purchase) as well as a patient and contrarian capacity to ride several cycles. And perhaps not all that glitters is gold.
IMO the royalty model sits somewhere between debt and equity (in terms of risk and return) and modulates the effects of the cycle. In certain instances, notwithstanding the credit cycle (especially in early stages of development), mining companies may want to avoid debt (cash flow issue) and may want to avoid equity financing (expensive dilution) and may then offer an attractive proposition to royalty capital providers which, by definition, occupy this financing space.
A lot of those assets were existing royalties they bought from others, not mine owner-operators. Potash they bought from Sherritt, which was distressed from overspending on a nickel mine in Madagascar. 777 was owned by Callinan another public royalty co. that they took over, the market had no confidence in their strategy. IOC is a public company and they bought shares on the stock exchange.
There's nothing magic about royalties but they offer a very different return profile to either debt or equity.
Debt gives you no (upside) exposure to the cycle or to mine life extensions. Equities give you both, but with (usually levered) downside exposure to the cycle.
Royalties sit somewhere in the middle. You get exposure to the cycle and mine life extensions, but no operating or financial leverage and no exposure to rising costs. If you're skilled enough to be a countercyclical LOLR, then royalties offer a relatively high reward low risk profile compared to debt and equity.
In the end what matters is the returns on the capital and the ability to redeploy at attractive returns (since royalties don't offer a built-in reinvestment mechanism), and that's where I'm not yet convinced. If you can get high ROIC with royalties over long periods and with most of your capital, that's amazing, but it's easier said than done, apparently.
I agree with what TwoCities said recently, unfortunately I am in the same boat and this has been dead money for such a long time.
I just don't see a catalyst unfortunately to move the stock. The only big catalyst would be Alderon and I don't see that happening. The PG portfolio isn't going to move the needle, say they hit big on one of the properties, it still isn't really going to move the stock. The increase in value on the PG portfolio isn't going to be enough to really move the stock. The royalty on that said property isn't going to be worth much because these mines take such a long time to be built that the market isn't going to assign any value to that. The big problem is that Altius has 777 stopping at the end of 2021 and the market doesn't have much confidence in the thermal coal royalties. This is why it doesn't matter if Altius hits 67-72 million in royalty revenue because the market is very uncertain on near term cash flows and the market hates declining royalty revenues.
I do feel a lot of the moves they have made in the last couple of years were very good deals, chapada, LIF (as long as management doesn't do something dumb) and 2nd part of potash royalty deal were deals that are likely to turn out well. The problem is that 777 and thermal coal royalty purchases didn't work out as planned. When they made the 777 purchase I think they felt it had a good chance of getting extended. I would also guess that in their worse case scenario they didn't plan the thermal coal royalties working out this way. I know the thermal coal and potash package came together but those deals just didn't work out well. I don't think this stock is expensive but I also don't see it being super cheap. Unfortunately, it looks like dead money to me.
The one thing they have going for them is that commodities have been pretty brutal for quite awhile, majors seem to be only building tier 1 assets and sooner or later commodities are likely to turn. The other positive is that Excelsior and Allegiance coal have a decent chance of replacing the 777 mine. Those two mines have a decent probability of working out for Altius.

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We made it! 1073 Bicycles!!
The Toys for Tots program extends back to the late 1940’s as a charitable program of the United States Marine Corps. We directly support two Marine groups who distribute toys throughout Allegheny, Butler, and Beaver Counties as well as throughout Western Pennsylvania.
Our bicycle drive helps fill an important role for children in the Toys for Tots program. Bigger ticket items must be donated directly to the Marines as they are limited in what they can spend to purchase a toy.
We’d love to have your help in transporting the bicycles and delivering them to the Marines on Thursday December 6th, 2018 at the Wildwood Country Club. Please sign up below.
We began this bike drive in 2008 with the support and help of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors who have sponsored an annual luncheon to support Toys for Tots. Financial Planner Al Todd had served on the board for many years and had learned that larger, more expensive items must be donated to the Marines as they are limited on what they may purchase. The Marines made mention that some bicycles were in need.
Al grew up riding his bike everywhere. He decided that every child should have the opportunity to have a bike to ride. That year, and with the ongoing support of his company, he raised funds to purchase 31 bicycles. In 2009, funds were raised for 78. 2010 saw 166 bicycles delivered. In 2011 there were 200 and in 2012, it grew to 300 bicycles.
We purchase our bikes from Walmart in Gibsonia, PA. They are terrific to work with and we appreciate their generous support of the program.
Spread the love this holiday season, and put a smile on a child's face. With your donation, a child will have the opportunity to have the right of passage of riding a bike. Al’s Bike Drive is a registered 501(c)3 non profit organization.
Volunteers who can help transport the bikes should meet at Wal-Mart in Gibsonia at 9:30 am on Thursday December 6th 2018; The luncheon will begin at 11:30 am at Wildwood Country Club. Click to volunteer to transport or click to come to luncheon.
If you would like to share in the joy and help us load and distribute bikes, please fill out the form to the right.
All donors and volunteers are welcome to a lunch following the drive. If you are attending the luncheon, please fill out the form to the right.
Click here to see all of the photos and videos from our previous drives.
Special thanks go out to all the companies that graciously contribute to our cause.
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I am back at it and have found my next project. After selling my SMB last summer and regretting it, I have been looking for the right van ever sense. After having way too many vans in the past and selling them for various reasons. I have realized that MY van is not out there, so I am going to do a full custom interior build to suit my needs.
I found my "new" van down in New Mexico. It is a 2001 E350 EB Cargo with 60K miles and the 7.3L.
The plan is to add a hightop and do a full interior buildout. Then the 4x4 conversion will happen, hopefully this fall or winter.
Here is a now picture and there will be updates as projects happen. If all goes well, it will be camp-able in the next couple months. That way I can sell my current VW camper.
You bought the correct chassis and body---if the 7.3 is your engine of choice you did very well IMHO.
I recently acquired an '05 E350 extended body, 5.4 motor, was/is technically a Club Wagon but modified with the raised roof, extended height rear door and a wheel chair lift (since removed & discarded). Having had E250's previously I love the E350 much more.
I did add Hellwig super heavy duty front and rear sway bars. Next up will be Bilstein shocks for short wheel base motorhomes built on the E-Series chassis. They're already here, just need time and weather to swap them in.
Hope to see your build as it progresses!
Great score! Can't wait to hear more about the details of which high top and what interior floor plan you have in mind.
I just ordered a Tufport high top from Delta BC (kinda near ya), so we'll see how that one works out.
Congrats and nice find, looking forward to the build thread!
It is a 2001 E350 EB Cargo with 60K miles and the 7.3L.
Nice find. I am in awe of how people keep finding low mile 7.3's that aren't completely trashed in every other sense. Almost every low mileage one I found were complete rust buckets or damaged in some other way. Or priced so high it was laughable.
Well, I was looking daily for months and I did have to pay for this van... I don't believe I over paid but I probably paid a "Retail Dealer" price. Unfortunately the transmission promptly took a crap on me, so I get it back tomorrow with a fully rebuilt transmission with all of the possible upgrades.
My first part showed up! Thanks 1der!!!
If you're not already personally acquainted with the Door Talon/Claw you'll love it---I couldn't live without one myself!
Let us know you thoughts on these....does the rear swaybar hang below the axle? Is the improvement already very noticable?
I do indeed have both front and rear Hellwig bars installed, maybe 500 or so miles driving with them. I can say categorically any E-Series with a rear sway is noticeably improved first drive. I've not yet had time to install the Bilstein's but that's coming up soon.
Ride-wise I'm never sure how to answer that as its too subjective to the driver. Personally I'm far more concerned with safe and under-control the ride is, much more so over any "comfort". Do keep in mind all my miles are strictly paved roads and highways.
My E350 EB formerly Club Wagon now fully gutted is a bit stiff but once its refitted with about 2K additional weight it will be much less "bouncy" over the Ohio roads. Between the Hellwig bars and Bilstein shocks I'm confident the ride will still be "firm" which is what I'm after. Michelin LTX's E-rated 245 tires @70 psi front and rear will help too.
If any additional info, views or measurements are wanted please let me know.


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Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre | Where can I pay for parking?
Where can I pay for parking?
If you have parked in the North or South lots you can pay at one of our parking pay stations located just inside the North and South entrances to the building. just insert your ticket and follow the prompts! Payment can be made by VISA, Mastercard, American Express or cash.
You can also pay at the exit gate in the North or South lots by VISA, Mastercard or American Express.
Lot H and all corresponding UTSC parking lots have pay stations located within the lots themselves where payment can be made. Payments cannot be made at the facility for any UTSC parking lot.


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Move over, kiddos! Here are a couple of summer treat recipes with an adult-spin to help the grownups beat the summer heat.
Coffee time is all the time – make your next caffeine fix a local one in the Tri-Valley!
Our beloved Game of Thrones characters would enjoy hanging out at these Tri-Valley breweries in Livermore, Pleasanton, Dublin and Danville.
Heather McGrail shares her most favorite experiences in Livermore Valley wine country.

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Most teenagers wait tables or work at their the movie theater for their first summer jobs.
Not Charlie. Right after school got out he took a flight to Kenai intent on spending the next two months gutting salmon for 14 hours a day.
Today, we call him up and talk management styles, crazy Alaskan rents, and why he even chose to do this in the first place.
On a more serious note, Tim Leatherman is best know for inventing the Leatherman tool after he found his Boy Scout knife ineffective in repairing a cranky Fiat during a road trip through Europe. Now, the Leatherman Tool Group does over $100 million in annual revenue by selling their tools all over the world.
This is an interview I did with him while I was in high school in Portland, Oregon.
What is slang? How many people need to use a word before it becomes a word? What types of people do these need to be?
This is a re-edit of a podcast I did in high school with my friend Kate Leblanc. Special thanks to her, and anyone on NW 23rd who was happy to share their slang with me.
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Stopping Boston Terrier Puppies Biting " "
Boston terrier puppies bite, a trait not uncommon in most breeds. A biting puppy is quite normal because this is how he communicated with his fellow litter mates. Furthermore, he tends to gain many of his experiences through taste, so his mouth is liberally used most of the time.
Nevertheless, even though boston terrier puppies may have become accustom to using their mouth, you need to make it clear to your canine that you are the leader of his pack. This means your body, clothes and other belongings are off limits. Teaching your pet not to bite is not as difficult as you might think and it’s a lesson they need to learn. After all, biting is certainly not something you want your terrier to continue when he’s full grown.
The following are some tips you can put into practice to deter your pup from his chomping habit.
Tip 1 – When boston terrier puppies nip at your skin produce a sharp cry. The more you can make this sound like a high pitched yelp the more he should respond to it. Yelping is what his other four-legged brothers and sisters would do, so it is more likely to work to your advantage as he is more apt to respond on instinct.
Tip 2 – If making an injured noise doesn’t work, another good idea is to take hold of his muzzle and close your hand around his mouth gently applying pressure. In a firm voice tell him “no”. Repeat this every time he does it, holding his snout closed for a longer period each time. Be sure to praise him when he licks you instead of using his teeth to help him understand that this is acceptable while biting is not.
Tip 3 – Boston puppies love attention and they love to play, by ignoring him and taking away this special time you’ll get his attention. If your little one starts to get nippy and you’ve followd tip 2 but he hasn’t got the message, cease all interaction with him to make it clear you aren’t playing with him if he’s going to be a biter.
Remember, though you want to stop boston terrier puppies from biting, chewing is a natural habit, especially during teething, so you need to provide your pooch with plenty of acceptable things to chew on.


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Finally tried this one of the favorite dessert spots in Pantai Indah Kapuk, North Pole Cafe!
They have two types of room. At the front, you will see a room with wooden interior with a touch of black and brown color. The wall painted white and you will find a polar bear welcoming you on the top side of the wall. Separated by glass door, you will find another room with blue and white color. Decorated with mural on the wall which drawing the image of North Pole. You can also find comfortable sofa in this room. But since me and my friends love to take picture, we chose the first room which providing natural lighting from the glass windows.
You will also be greeted by some pictures on frame hanging on their left side wall. Ice cream selections are also shown on the display. I think I arrived too early at that day so the ice cream selections haven't shown completely.
Move on to the food!
Also love this! The mozzarella inside was melted, the savory taste from the chicken is perfect, seasoned perfectly. I already like it without the dipping sauce though.
Ferrero Rocher seems a promising ingredient right? In here, North Pole combines the Ferrero crunch with waffle, vanilla gelato, chocolate sauce, and cornflakes. I kinda expect the taste to be more chocolatey. Turns out the chocolate taste is not so thick. But all hail the Ferrero!
Actually North Pole has more interesting desserts selections. They also have new menu that you can enjoy this month. This place will suit you when you're looking for a nice chilling chitchat spot when you're too hot to deal with the sunshine!


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We manufacture custom truck beds and install liftgates in our shop to meet your specific application. From dump bodies to flat beds, in steel or aluminum, we can build the truck bed you need to get your job done.
In addition to our custom truck beds, we carry a full selection of specialty bodies and liftgates to meet your specific needs.

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Vets Best Waterless Cat Bath Shampoo is a gentle blend of naturally based cleansers that comes complete with a calming fragrance and acts as a soothing cleanser and moisturiser for skin and fur.
The special formula works without affecting flea control products and is suitable for cats over 12 weeks old. For best results dispense a small amount of waterless bath foam onto the palm of your hand and gently stroke into fur and skin and use as part of your regular petting process.


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The Green Bay Packers were holding a 28-25 lead, and had the ball, midway through the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl.
The Green Bay Packers defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25 to win the Super Bowl.
After Jennings’ second score, the Steelers responded with Ben Roethlisberger throwing a 25-yard TD pass to Mike Wallace with 7:34 left. Pittsburgh then went for two, and Antwaan Randle El took a pitch into the end zone to cut the gap to a field goal.
Greg Jennings has caught his second touchdown pass from Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers have a 28-17 lead over the Pittsburgh Steelers with just under 12 minutes left in the Super Bowl.
The 8-yard TD pass was the first score for the Packers since Jennings had caught a 21-yarder with 2:31 left before halftime for a 21-3 lead.
Roethlisberger’s touchdown pass came just before the 32-minute halftime break highlighted by the Black Eyed Peas performing. R&B star Usher and former Guns `N Roses guitarist Slash made special appearances as part of the set.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have struck first in the second half of the Super Bowl, though still trail the Green Bay Packers 21-17 after Rashard Mendenhall’s 8-yard touchdown run less than 5 minutes after halftime.
Mendenhall had a 17-yard run to start the 50-yard, five-play drive after the Packers punted on the opening drive of the second half. He bulled into the end zone to send the Steelers fans into a frenzy.
Green Bay had only one penalty before halftime, but had three penalties on their opening drive of the second half.
Getting closer was nice, but Pittsburgh couldn’t savor it too much because Green Bay was getting the ball to open the second half. The Packers won the toss but coach Mike McCarthy deferred the ball until the second half.
Injuries messed things up for both teams.
The Steelers saw right tackle Flozell Adams (shoulder), cornerback Bryant McFadden (hip) and receiver Emmanuel Sanders (foot) all miss time. McFadden and Adams eventually returned.
Packers receiver Donald Driver hurt an ankle. X-rays showed no break, but his return was questionable. Cornerbacks Charles Woodson and Sam Shields both went into the locker room with shoulder injuries just before halftime.
Green Bay has led by at least 11 points in all four of its games this postseason. The Packers also have this stat in their favor: Teams returning an interception for a touchdown are 10-0.
Aaron Rodgers has thrown for 137 yards and two touchdowns and the Green Bay Packers have a 21-10 halftime lead over the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Super Bowl.
Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger threw an 8-yard TD pass to Hines Ward just before halftime and his team needed it. Big Ben had already thrown two interceptions, and both led to Green Bay touchdowns.
Rodgers was 11-of-16 passing at halftime. Roethlisberger was 13 of 21 for 143 yards.
Green Bay, which deferred after winning the coin toss at the beginning of the game, gets the ball to start the second half.
Aaron Rodgers has thrown two touchdowns and Ben Roethlisberger has thrown two interceptions, and the Green Bay Packers have a 21-3 lead over Pittsburgh late in the first half of the Super Bowl.
Rodgers’ second TD pass was a 21-yarder to Greg Jennings with 2:31 left in the first half. That score came four plays after Jarrett Bush set the Packers up with an interception near midfield.
Nick Collins returned the other interception thrown by Roethlisberger 37 yards for a touchdown.
Jordy Nelson made a leaping catch for a 29-yard touchdown and on the next play Nick Collins intercepted a pass and returned it 37 yards for a touchdown, sending the Green Bay Packers a 14-0 lead over the Pittsburgh Steelers after the first quarter of the Super Bowl on Sunday.
New to this big stage against a team filled with ring owners, the NFC champion Packers sure got comfortable fast.
Aaron Rodgers overcame a few nervous misfires to get on a roll during his second series. He hit five straight passes, three to Nelson, while leading Green Bay 80 yards in nine plays for the first score.
The Packers’ defense already had stopped Ben Roethlisberger twice, then came out with the Steelers backed up to their 7-yard line because of a penalty on the kickoff return.
Roethlisberger dropped back near the goal line, pump faked, then threw deep down the left sideline – except, his shoulder was hit by lineman Howard Green, a midseason pickup generously listed at 340 pounds.
The ball fluttered well short of his target and Collins saw it all the way. Like a baseball player running under a pop fly, he made the interception and took off for the end zone. He didn’t face much opposition until he got close, then weaved between a few Steelers and dove over the goal line. Teams that have returned an interception for a touchdown are 10-0 in Super Bowls; this was the 14th such time that’s happened.
Collins’ celebration drew a penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct, but he didn’t even savor the moment the most. The wildest celebrant was beefy nose tackle B.J. Raji, who went near the Pittsburgh sideline and did the same hip-swiveling dance he did in the end zone after returning an interception for a touchdown himself in the NFC championship game.
Pittsburgh’s right tackle Flozell Adams hurt his left shoulder trying to stop Collins at the end zone. His return was questionable, a blow for an offensive line already having to replace Pro Bowl center Maurkice Pouncey.
Steelers cornerback Bryant McFadden went out with a hip injury. His return also was questionable.
The first Super Bowl held at $1.2 billion Cowboys Stadium came following a week of ice and snow that caused all sorts of problems. Hopes for an uneventful gameday were ruined when several sections of temporary seats were deemed unsafe, forcing organizers to move 400 people outside and relocate another 850.
Those inside sure seemed to be enjoying themselves – from former President George W. Bush to baseball slugger Alex Rodriguez, who was seen having popcorn shoveled into his mouth by actress Cameron Diaz.
The Green Bay Packers have kicked off the Super Bowl, sending Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers onto the field first.
Judging by the number of Terrible Towels waving, the Steelers had a decided edge among the fans at Cowboys Stadium. A record crowd of more than 105,000 was expected.
Before the game, about 1,250 seats were deemed unsafe. About 400 fans were sent outside and promised triple refunds, the rest relocated.
The Steelers are seeking their third Super Bowl title in six years. They already have the most championships with six. This is their eighth appearance, tying the Dallas Cowboys for the most.
The Packers – a sixth seed from the NFC – are seeking their fourth championship. The last came with Brett Favre at quarterback, in January 1997.
Emotions were high. Tears slipped from the eyes of Steelers cornerback William Gay as Christina Aguilera sang the national anthem. Perhaps emotion was behind Aguilera flubbing some of the lyrics.
This is the 45th edition of the nation’s largest annual sporting spectacle, an informal holiday of eating, drinking and watching both the game and the commercials. It’s the first time the Cowboys have hosted.


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• Reduce prescription opioid painkiller abuse.
• Improve opioid painkiller prescribing practices and identify high-risk individuals early.
• Ensure access to Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT).
• Treat people addicted to heroin or prescription opioid painkillers with MAT which combines the use of medications (methadone, buprenorphine, or naltrexone) with counseling and behavioral therapies.
• Expand the use of naloxone.
• Use naloxone, a life-saving drug that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose when administered in time.
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