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MHG725 SMITH & WESSON HAND EJECT REVOLVER
Item # MHG725
Cal 32 Long. 4-1/4" bbl. 6-shot fluted cylinder. Good deal of blue remaining. Traces of case colors on the hammer and trigger. Good bore with strong rifling. Crisp action. Hard rubber grips with S&W motif on each side.
Modern $ 295.
MSG675 EXHIBITION GRADE DARNE SXS 12 GA SHOTGUN
Item # MSG675
Very unusual elaborately done gun. The fences on the receiver show a floral chiselling with gold inlays. The back of the receiver is finely and elaborately engraved with matching trigger guard. Circassian walnut stock is fancy with an unusual style of checkering. Stock measures 15" with 1-1/4" added by the checkered style wood buttplate. Repair to the wrist area. Bbls are 30" improved modified and cylinder. Bright shiny bores. Side activated safety. Sling swivels. Decoratively done with intertwining initials below the forearm. I have not encountered anything like this interesting gun.
Antique $ 6,500.
MSG601 DOUBLE BARREL CAPE GUN
Item # MSG601
45 cal rifle barrel and 20 ga shotgun barrel. Marked on top of the rib is "Blissett and Son High Holborn London." 4-leaf folding express sight. Period front sight. Nicely figured European Circassian Walnut stocks with shotgun style buttplate. Checkering has been freshened. Looks good. Complete with correct sling eyes. Back action locks are very delicately engraved and marked "Blissett and Son". Nice looking gun. Double trigger bottom opener. Double hammer. Beautiful delicate looking gun! Bbls have been refinished a long time ago. Still retain about 90% of the professional refinish. Receiver has about 20% nickeling original case colors. No pitting. Smooth sharp crisp action.
Antique $ 4,500.
JM318 MARLIN MODEL 95 FACTORY ENGRAVED RIFLE
Item # JM318
Cal 38-56. Original 26 inch half octagon barrel and full mag tube. Gun is elaborately engraved with a grade 5 pattern 1 featuring a moose on one side and a stag deer in an oval on the other side. Fancy Burl checkered pistol grip Dlx wood is checkered in D pattern. Retains most high gloss lacquer finish. Overall metal in fine condition with about 90% barrel and mag blue. Receiver has turned mostly nickel color with traces of case color in protected areas. Case colors showing on hammer and lever. Overall gun looks great! Complete with Factory Letter of Authenticity.
Antique $ 17,500.
W2120 WINCHESTER MODEL 62A
Item # W2120
Cal 22. The 62A is the modern version of the Winchester 1890. 23 inch round barrel. Beautiful bright shiny bore. Most all of the original blue remains on the barrel and frame with just the usual carry point and slide wear. Original sights. Crisp tight action. Wood is very good overall with a few minor handling mars. Winchester hard rubber buttplate. A very nice little pump 22 Winchester!
Modern $ 1,075.
MHG867 UNMARKED EUROPEAN PERCUSSION COAT PISTOL
Item # MHG867
54 caliber. 3-1/4 inch smooth bore octagon barrel with a good lightly oxidized bore. The metal surfaces of this pistol are mostly gunmetal color. Barrel retains very strong etched damascus-style pattern throughout. The frame is engraved with geometric borders. All of the metal surfaces show some minor freckling One-piece black stained walnut grips that show some wear to the edges. Motiff carved on the left looks to have had a repair. Comes with a form fitted case. Quite a unique piece!
Antique $ 895.
MHG734 SMITH & WESSON .32 SAFETY HAMMERLESS THIRD MODEL REVOLVER WITH PEARL GRIPS
Item # MHG734
5 shot 32 S&W caliber. 3 inch round solid rib barrel. Most all of the original nickel finish remains. Nice functioning action with a bright shiny bore. Good amount of case color remains on the trigger. Pear grips are in very nice condition with no cracks or chips. Lemon Squeezer safety on back strap. All matching numbers. Very fine condition Top-break Smith & Wesson revolver. 73,000 made between 1909-1937.
Modern $ 495.
MHG735 .32 DOUBLE ACTION 4TH MODEL SMITH & WESSON
Item # MHG735
5 shot 32 S&W caliber. 3 inch round barrel. Most all of the original nickel finish remains. Nice looking black hard rubber grips are in good condition. Nice action. Good bore. Matching serial numbers. Nice Top-Break Smith & Wesson revolver. 239,600 made between 1883-1909.
Modern $ 350.
C123 COLT EARLY 1ST MODEL NEW LINE 32 CALIBER REVOLVER
Item # C123
5-shot 32 RF caliber with short cylinder flutes. 2-1/4 inch round barrel. Full nickel finish with wear to the edges. 2-piece wood grips with some original varnish remaining. Spur trigger. Nice functioning action. Traces of fire blue on hammer. Good bore with visible rifling. Early gun with all matching serial number 357. These were made 1873-1884.
Antique $ 350.
W2374 NICE WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 RIFLE
Item # W2374
High condition Model 1873 rifle with 24 inch round barrel chambered in 38 WCF full length mag tube and crescent butt. Beautiful bright shiny bore! Crisp action. Original sights include blade front and a sporting rear. Ample case colors remain on the hammer, trigger and lever. Butt plate has nice case color too. Loading gate has most of the bright original niter blue. Most all of the original blue remains on all of the metal parts of the gun including the dust cover and forend cap. There are a few spots on top of the barrel from poor storage. Most all of the original varnish remains on the stock and forearm. Very nice example of a Winchester rifle made in 1888.
Antique $ 7,750.
W1525 WINCHESTER MODEL 1866 MUSKET
Item # W1525
Standard Musket configuration. 44 RF caliber 27 inch barrel. Original sights. Comes with a bayonet and sling with correct swivels. Wood shows numerous mars, dings and rack marks from taking in and out of a rack. Good barrel address and turning a plum/brown. Receiver is a pale yellow. All original good looking Musket that was made in 1870.
Antique $ 6,100.
W771 WINCHESTER 1873 MUSKET WITH BAYONET
Item # W771
Standard musket configuration with 30 inch barrel chambered in 44 WCF caliber. Bright shiny bore. Crisp action. Original sights. Sling swivels. Most all original blue remains on the barrel. Receiver also retains most of its original blue finish with some fading and streaks to the side plates. Hammer and lever as well as trigger have strong case colors. Buttplate also has bright case colors. Wood is in good condition with some light nicks and dings. Bayonet has some light oxidation. This is a very fine example of a Winchester musket.
Antique $ 5,975.
5644 WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 MUSKET WITH SABRE BAYONET IN .45-75
Item # 5644
Likely a Hawaiian Citizen Guard Musket as it went to order No. 35449 on 11/22/82. Stock is marked twice with 'S9' (Squad 9). VG+ bore, overall metal is a plum brown patina coloration with traces of blue in the protected areas. Walnut musket forearm has a couple of bayonet chop marks but is sound. Sound, serviceable buttstock as well, a coat of light varnish added to the wood, correct sights and sling swivels. Complete with sabre bayonet and Cody Research Form.
Antique $ 12,500 .
W142A WINCHESTER 1885 MUSKET
Item # W142A
This is a thickside musket in 40-60 cal. A good looking musket with 80%+ blue remaining on the 32" bbl. Some aging and thinning in spots but overall good blue. Receiver was case colored and has aged to a medium brown color. Nice markings on bbl and frame. Wood is also very nice with only one light chip missing in the upper corner. Muskets usually have a big ding or gouge somewhere but this one only has some small handling marks. An early gun at just under 10k serial range. Original musket sight. VG bore with just a trace of some light pitting towards the chamber area. Nice 1885!
Antique $ 3,895.
W727 WINCHESTER MODEL 95 NRA MUSKET
Item # W727
Original 24" musket style bbl in scarce cal 30-03. It has the Craig Jorgenson flip up rear sight. Stationary post front sight. Correct bbl bands. Correct sling swivels. Correct flat musket style buttplate. Wood is in generally VG condition with a few mars and dings but no splits or cracks. Metal is also VG with 75-80% bbl blue and 30-40 thinning and toning receiver blue. Scarce original gun!
Modern $ 3,995.
W630 WINCHESTER MODEL 1892 MUSKET
Item # W630
Scarce cal 32-20. Original 30" full round bbl with original sights. Original musket stock in generally VG condition with correct sling swivels and only a few handling mars. No splits or cracks. Very slight chip of wood missing in the upper right hand side near the tang. Good bbl markings. Overall metal is generally VG+ with 50% toning blue on bbl. Receiver is mostly flaked and is a plum/brown patina with traces of blue. All original with a few minor mars in the bbl, looks as though someone has taken the bbl off for some reason. I guarantee that it is the correct bbl for this frame. VG+ condition overall. Nice clean little gun.
Modern $ 8,250.
W1574 WINCHESTER HIGH WALL MUSKET
Item # W1574
Re-chambered in the very desirable 45-90. On top of that, it has a very near excellent bore. Exterior of the bbl is an aged blue with nearly all finish remaining. Light pin pricking on the right half of the muzzle. Standard front sight and a Buffington rear sight. The 7 has been changed to a 9 so that it reads 45-90 on the bbl. Receiver has a nice aged looked with some case colors remaining. It looks like it had a tang sight at one time. Very nice case colors on the upper tang. Overall wood condition is VG. Cleaning rod is present. Comes with a Winchester letter that is dated 1963 and some other notes. A nice looking High Wall and very usable.
Antique $ 4,995.
W626 VERY EARLY FIRST MODEL 1876 MUSKET
Item # W626
Hawaiian musket features on this gun with the cleaning rod half exposed on the left hand side of the fore wood as well as the flip up spring loaded rear sight. Serial numbers in the 3800 range. This gun was part of a small group of 76 muskets that were sent to Northwest India approximately 1878. This is the only one I have seen with this exact configuration. Quite a unique gun. It has the 2nd model thumbprint dust cover with correct sliding rail. Overall the gun is in excellent+ condition with about 90% slightly toning bbl blue and 75% toning receiver blue. Original wood has a considerable amount of original varnish with a few mars and dings. Sound with no splits or cracks. VG condition with correct carbine style buttplate as well as sling swivels. Crisp and tight mechanical condition. Hard to improve upon this early 76 musket.
Antique $ 22,500.
W504 RARE 1ST MODEL WINCHESTER 1873 MUSKET
Item # W504
This is an early 1st Model Musket made in 1876 with standard 30 inch barrel and 3 barrel bands. Only about 500 of these were mfg. Not only is it rare, it is in fine condition with most original receiver blue remaining. All barrel blue is present with slight thinning. Traces of case color remain on the hammer and lever, butt plate is mostly silvered out. Bore has good shine with deep rifling and just a few light pits. Wood is good on forearm with just the usual small dings that you would expect to see on a 140 year old gun. Stock is good with a little figure showing on the left side. There is a small hair line crack coming off the upper tang next to the screw. This musket appears to have been made from a carbine frame with the saddle ring holes plugged with screws. This musket has been over seas judging from the British proof marks on the barrel and frame. Over all this is a very fine rare old Winchester for the collectors looking to fill a hole in their collection.
Antique $ 13,750.
W412 1866 WINCHESTER MUSKET
Item # W412
Cal 44RF. 27" bbl, 24" mag tube and musket style long forearm wood. Serial number 33082 which falls right in the middle of a group of muskets identified as being possible weapons used in the Battle of Liberty Place September 1874. The bbl and mag tube are a blue/brown color with some roughness at the muzzle. Sights include post front sight and ladder rear sight. Receiver is a deep mustard color in good overall condition with dings and dents. Wood is in good overall condition with of the period carving on the left side of butt "Le Duc de Hanes". Sling swivels are present. A good looking 1866.
Antique $ 8,250.
MR1054 SAW HANDLE TARGET PISTOL
Item # MR1054
This is a New England style underhammer percussion target pistol. We are noted for our fine firearms and also items that you don't see or find everywhere. This is one of those items! This falls under "a bit strange" category. Cal 32 with octagon to round bbl. At the muzzle is a cool piece of wood that fits over the muzzle and a ram rod that goes inside. It is like a muzzle protector of sorts. The bbl has an early style hooded target sight. Bbl is a pleasing antique brown. There is a dovetail with a blank at the end of the octagon portion. The rear sight is a very long peep sight with medium aperture adjustable for both height and windage. Saw handle is a piece of art. Fits well and in VG condition. If you feel you can't hit anything as a pistol, you can add the brass screw on skeleton buttstock. This would be an excellent conversation piece!
Antique $ 1,395.
MHG602 INTERESTING LEFAUCHEUX PINFIRE CARBINE
Item # MHG602
This is a 6-shot pinfire in approximately 12mm with 17 inch barrel. I believe it to be a model 1854 double action pistol-carbine. Serial number is 27. Also on this gun is a metal detachable shoulder stock. Belgium proof mark on the bottom of the bbl. This gun has been professionally restored with nearly all of that finish remaining. Action works very good. If your are looking for something different and a good conversation piece this would be an awesome gun for you.
Antique $ 3,750.
MR759 STEVENS MODEL 34 HUNTERS PET SINGLE SHOT RIFLE
Item # MR759
Also called a Pocket rifle No. 34. Cal 44 RF. This is a fine example with the octagon 18 inch barrel. This is an early 3 digit serial number gun that features the one line barrel address as well as the rare nickel-plated brass frame instead of the later nickel-plated iron frames. Does have original metal detachable skeleton stock. Overall condition is VG for it's age. Nice clean metal. Pretty much all the blue remains on the bbl. Thinning from age of course. The frame is nickel with most finish remaining. Flaking in a few areas. The wooden grips are in superb condition. The detachable buttstock is also in VG condition. Shiny bore with good riflings. Light pitting and some roughness. Bore is overall VG. These are a very unique item and make a great conversation piece.
Antique $ 1,875.
MHG593 STEVENS LORD TIP UP PISTOL
Item # MHG593
Barrel length is 9-3/4 inches. Barrel has been re-blued and has no markings. Cal 22. VG+ bore. Nice smooth metal on the frame. Good blue on the hammer. Grips are VG with just a couple of light scuffs but no cracks or losses. These were noted for being very good guns.
Antique $ 1,175.
MHG245 RECORD BREAKING ENGRAVED PRESENTATION CASED STEVENS CONLIN #38 2ND ISSUE TARGET PISTOL
Item # MHG245
Inscribed on the left side of the barrel "With this pistol was made the first perfect outdoor score of 100 at 50-yard range" continuing on the right side "Made at Philadelphia November 8th, 1898 by C.H. Taylor." His initials are very elaborately engraved on the butt. He went on to be a very well known successful businessman after graduating from Harvard. Taylor worked for a number of automobile manufacturers and airline companies where he patented numerous devices. Entirely engraved: gold gilted receiver elaborately engraved and retains nearly all the orig gold gilt; bbl is in excellent cond retaining all the orig blue; orig mother-of-pearl grips. Beautifully cased in a French Moroccan style leather case with a 'J. Stevens Arms & Tool Co.' label on inside top which also has the "First Perfect Score of 100 at 50 Yard Range, November 8, 1893" statement on it. Very neat and interesting as far as early American target shooting is concerned. Gun is near mint condition; complete with tools fitted inside the case and a box of cartridges. Hard to improve on and definitely a plus to any Stevens collection. Complete with documents about the pistol and also Mr Taylor.
Antique $ 12,500.
MHG557 PETTINGILL 3RD MODEL POCKET REVOLVER
Item # MHG557
The Pettingill is a rather strange revolver being a percussion cap revolver in double action only. Cal 31. Serial number 77. It has a 4-1/2" octagon barrel and a 6-shot cylinder. Overall metal show its age having a pleasing antique grey /brown color. Metal is nice and smooth with light freking but no real pitting. The rosewood grips are VG+ cond. A very unique revolver and a good example of the variations tried on these early hand guns.
Antique $ 2,775.
MHG562 REID KNUCKLE DUSTER
Item # MHG562
This has the marking "My Friend". These are the unique 7-shot palm pistol style. Brass frame. Engraving and nickel plated finish. About 60% worn away leaving a pleasing antique look. Cylinder has several scratches and carry marks. Finish is mostly a brown with flaked and scratched nickel on the remaining part of the cylinder. Hammer and trigger work. Cylinder rotates. Functions good but not perfect. These are a strange and very collectable gun.
Antique $ 1,495 .
MHG536 REID MY FRIEND POCKET PISTOL
Item # MHG536
This is a brass frame with silver plating. About half of the silver remaining. The cylinder also was silver or nickel plated and has some flaking. About half of the cylinder has lost all of it's platting and is a grey color. Gun appears to work well. Good eye appeal on this little gun!
Antique $ 1,575 .
MHG832 BEAUTIFUL BELGIAN BROWNING ENGRAVED BABY SEMI-AUTO PISTOL
Item # MHG832
Cal 25 ACP. 2" bbl with leafy scroll engraving on most all the metal surfaces. This beautiful little Browning has a gold washed trigger and simulated pearl grips. Features fixed sights and standard markings on the slide, frame and bbl. Comes in a "Browning by Montana Silversmiths" case of dark blue velveteen. Case has some wear. This Browning is a little cutie!
Modern $ 2,550.
W2021 VERY RARE WINCHESTER MODEL 94/95 VARIATION SRC
Item # W2021
Standard 20 inch carbine configuration with 20 inch barrel, saddle ring and carbine butt. Barrel and mag tube have thinning original blue chambered in 30 WCF caliber with an outstanding bright shiny bore. Crisp action. Receiver is a gray/brown patina with some blue in the protected area around the saddle ring. Carbine ladder rear with ramped front sight from the Model 95. Wood is good looking and has a nice fit with the usual dings and wear present. The barrel on this rare variation is from the Model 95, 30-03/30-06 N.R.A. Musket. They were cut down from the original 24 inch length to eliminate the 30-03/30-06 chamber, and re-chambered to 30 WCF, then roll-marked with correct Model 94 barrel markings, and rethreaded and fitted on Model 94 receivers. The majority of these were 21-3/4 inch versions, and about 30 known 20-inch examples, all have rifling with 1-in-10 inch twist of the 30-03/30-06, instead of the 1-in-12 twist normally used for the 30 WCF. With only about 30 known, this is a very rare collectable Winchester for the hole in your 1894 collection!
Modern $ 3,500.
W1163 RARE WINCHESTER 1894 SRC 1895 VARIANT
Item # W1163
Cal 30 WCF. 20" bbl, full length mag tube and carbine butt. Sights include original ramp front sight making this the rare 94/95 variant. Winchester was a frugal manufacturer and never threw away parts. When the Model 95 was discontinued, surplus bbls were shortened from the breech end and re-chambered for 30 WCF cartridges. They were then used on the model 94. Another distinctive feature is the bbl band dovetailed into the bottom of the bbl. This gun is in very good condition. Bbl and mag tube have a good amount of blue/plum color. Some wear at the muzzle. Receiver has flaked and retains some blue in protected areas. Overall wood is good with just minor handling dents. Mint bore. Crisp tight action. Comes with printed article from the Winchester Collector magazine that describes the rarity of the Model 94/95 variant. Also comes with a Factory Letter that simply gives serial number application date. A rare unique gun!
Modern $ 4,995.
W2052 WINCHESTER 94 PISTOL GRIP SEMI-DELUXE SRC
Item # W2052
Cal 32 WS. 20 inch round barrel and 2/3 length mag tube. Pistol grip uncheckered semi-dlx wood is in excellent condition. Overall gun has been refinished a long time ago and retains most of that finish. Sights include 3- leaf express rear sight and a folding Lyman tang sight. Correct saddle ring. Comes complete with Factory Letter stating all these specification. Very nice gun that could even have been a factory refinish.
Modern $ 3,275.
W1096 WINCHESTER 1894 CARBINE
Item # W1096
Cal 32 WS. 20 inch round barrel with 3/4 length mag tube and Winchester hard rubber checkered buttplate. Sights include a pinned blade front sight with ivory bead and sporting rear sight. Bbl and mag tube have most blue remaining. Receiver has flaked to a gray/silver. Stocks have some wear and handling mars. VG bright shiny bore. Nice action.
Modern $ 1,375.
W959 WINCHESTER MODEL 92 WITH RARE 3/4 MAGAZINE TUBE
Item # W959
Cal 38 WCF. 24 inch octagon barrel with 3/4 length mag tube and shotgun butt. Sights include Marble #2 with white bead front sight, rear bbl blank and a Marble tang sight. Bbl and mag tube retain a good amount of blue. Some wear at the muzzle and high points. Receiver is mostly silver/grey color with slight traces of blue in protected areas. Hammer and trigger have traces of blue. Wood is VG overall with just some handling mars and dings. Hard rubber buttplate with good checkering and a clear Winchester logo. VG bore with strong rifling. Nice action. Nice little 92 rifle in rare configuration!
Modern $ 2,775.
W861 WINCHESTER 1894 SRC
Item # W861
Cal 30 WCF. 20 inch round barrel with 3/4 mag tube and shotgun butt. Bbl and mag have about 50% thinning blue. Receiver, lever and hammer are mostly a grey/silver color with traces of blue in protected areas. Wood is in good cond with just some handling mars and a little oil staining. Forearm has a slim crack just ahead of the band. Sights include a post front sight with copper blade and flip up ladder rear sight. Fair bore. Complete with saddle ring.
Modern $ 1,295.
W838 WINCHESTER 1894 SRC
Item # W838
Standard 20 inch carbine configuration chambered in 30 WCF with full mag and shotgun style butt. Barrel and mag tube retain about 50% blue. Receiver has turned a grey/plum with traces of blue in protected areas. Bore is good to VG. Original sights include flip up ladder rear sight and blade front sight. Correct saddle ring. Wood is overall good with the usual handling mars and dents. Nice little 1894 SRC.
Modern $ 1,295.
W836 WINCHESTER 1892 RIFLE
Item # W836
24 inch round barrel chambered in 38 WCF with full mag and crescent butt. Sights include dovetail front and a replacement sporting rear sight. Bbl and mag tube have been lightly polished and have turned mostly a grey color. Receiver has turned mostly a brown color. Overall wood has been sanded and is slightly undersized with a coat of finish applied. Fair bore and nice action.
Modern $ 1,275.
W834 WINCHESTER 1892 CARBINE
Item # W834
Cal 38 WCF 20 inch round barrel with a 3/4 length mag tube and shotgun butt. Sights include post front sight and carbine rear sight with ladder. Fair bore. All metal has been cleaned and has some areas of oxidation. Wood has been sanded and is slightly undersized. Black hard rubber buttplate has 19 "achievement" notches in it.
Modern $ 1,695.
W821 WINCHESTER MODEL 1892 SRC WITH 3/4 MAG TUBE
Item # W821
38 WCF cal. Standard length 20 inch bbl. with special order 3/4 length magazine tube. Lightly sanded gum wood stocks. A couple of the typical cracks at the front of the forearm. Bore has real good shine with a few scattered light pits. Mag tube has thinning blue. Barrel has a plum/brown patina with thinning blue in the protected area above the mag tube. Receiver, hammer and lever are a grey/brown patina. Nice smooth metal and a crisp action. Just over 100 years old! This would make a fine shooter as well as an affordable collectable.
Modern $ 1,695.
W820 SPECIAL ORDER 1892 WINCHESTER SRC
Item # W820
20 inch round barrel chambered in 38 WCF with a 3/4 length mag tube. Bore has bright shine with strong rifling and light roughness throughout. Receiver is mostly grey with a little blue in the protected areas. Special order features include 3/4 mag tube and shotgun butt with steel butt plate. Barrel and mag have most original thinning blue present. Wood is in good condition. Forearm still has traces of original varnish remaining. Stock is in good shape with a coat of finish added. Butt plate has about 34 "achievement " marks on it. Crisp functioning action. Original sights and saddle ring present. Almost 100 year old Winchester. Should make a handy little shooter!
Modern $ 2,100.
W89 WINCHESTER 92 OCT RIFLE
Item # W89
Caliber is a custom gunsmith stamping "38". I checked the round and 38-40 does fit. This gun has been re-finished. The blue would only be called fair. It was way overbuffed. Bbl address is very faint. They even buffed out the serial number and reapplied number 1. Based on the upper tang stamp style this rifle was most likely manufactured some place in the serial number range between 475000 and 502000 which corresponds to 1909 production. There are the occasional guns in 1910 with that tang but not common.The wood is relatively good but the finish does not match. The buttstock has a filled hole on the bottom. Forearm is a nice piece of wood. Orig rear sight missing the elevator. The front sight is a strange modified thing. Action is good. Bore is fair to good.
Antique $ 1,395.
W289 FACTORY ENGRAVED WINCHESTER 1892 SHORT RIFLE
Item # W289
This rifle has a host of features including the Factory Engraving, 20" oct bbl, take down and to top it off 44 cal! The bbl is mostly a grey with some blue in protected areas. Receiver has had a lot of wear and the orig engraving is faint in areas. This is the style 10 engraving with the deer on the left side. The deer is barely visible but the engraving still does show up. Extra figure wood that was sanded and oiled at some time. The extra figure really stands out. Crescent buttplate. The forearm is in about the same condition and has the typical crack in the upper corner and a slight piece missing from the left hand side. Good bore. A very unique special order Winchester with the Letter to prove it! .
Modern $ 7,250.
W1526 WINCHESTER 1892 44 SRC
Item # W1526
Well sort of, at least that is what it started it's life as. There has been some changes done to it through the years. Bbl is 22". It is now marked "Model 92". The 92 looks a bit suspicious like it may be covering up a 53. Another oddity is the forearm which looks like a 64 forearm. The receiver has been re-blued. If I haven't lost you yet please keep reading. There is a bright side to all this. One being a "put your sunglasses on" brilliant bright bore! More good news, as stated, it has been nicely re-blued making the receiver look very nice. Wood looks nice and fits nice. No cracks or losses. Absolute smooth tight crisp action. This would be a great gun to take out and have fun shooting!
Modern $ 1,775.
W300 WINCHESTER 1873 DELUXE 2ND MODEL RIFLE
Item # W300
.44 WCF caliber, 26 inch half octagon barrel with a shiny bore. Case colors are still present on frame, hammer and lever. Barrel retains most of the original blue that is thinning and turning plum. Fancy walnut stock is good with some light freshening long ago. Not a bad example of a 2nd Model Deluxe Winchester.
Antique $ 18,750.
W263 SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1873
Item # W263
.38 WCF Caliber. Standard configuration rifle with the scarce special order 26 " octagon barrel. Full magazine. Crescent buttplate. Bright shiny bore. 95+% original blue on the barrel and mag tube. Receiver and side plates retain about 80-85% strong original blue. Brighter on the left side, and duller on the right. Hammer and lever have visible case colors. Wood is in good shape with most original finish, with a few spots on the left side. Nice crisp action. A great looking Model 1873 with the bonus of a rare feature too!
Antique $ 6,975.
W264 WINCHESTER 1873 RIFLE
Item # W264
Special order features include oct bbl and button mag. There is quite a rare sight which I haven't seen very often. It is a non-flipping brass globe front sight with post. Rear sight is standard and there is a Marble tang sight. Cal 38. A somewhat early 73 in the 190k serial range. This is a good looking gun that shows it's age but was well cared for. There is a blue/brown color on the bbl. The receiver is mostly a pleasing brown with blue peeking out in protected areas. Wood is nice fitting but has a large gouge on the right side in the comb area. A coat of some sort of old style shellac was added years ago. Forearm is nice with no cracks or losses. Good to VG bore with strong rifling and light roughness. Nice action. Original dust cover.
Antique $ 3,975.
W382 WINCHESTER 1873 RIFLE
Item # W382
Cal 32. 24" round bbl, full length mag tube and crescent buttplate. Bbl has a pleasing antique brown patina with orig sights and a VG bore. Mag tube also has a nice aged color. Receiver has quite a bit of blue. Beginning to age with a nice look. Equipped with a Lyman tang sight. Nice fitting wood with just the right amount of age. This is 1873 that has not been messed with.
Antique $ 3,275.
W326 WINCHESTER 1873 MUSKET
Item # W326
44 cal. Standard configuration musket with 30" bbl and a near excellent bore! Nearly all bbl blue remains. There is some freckling and light corrosion scattered throughout the top of the bbl and a spot on the left side of the receiver. This evidently was wrapped in a blanket or in a gun case and got damp at one time. The rest of the blue is quite nice with the exception of the right side in front of the loading gate where it is a brown color. Very nice case colors on the lever and hammer. Wood is also exceptional being nice fitting and just a few handling marks. Original musket sights. Comes with original 5-piece cleaning rod in the buttstock.
Antique $ 4,275.
MSG895 BEAUTIFUL FACTORY ENGRAVED PURDEY 28 GAUGE BEST QUALITY HAMMERLESS SHOTGUN
Item # MSG895
A very desirable gun featuring self openers, side clips and raised matted solid rib. Pistol grip checkered deluxe grade Circassian walnut stock in excellent condition. 13-3/4 inch LOP to the end of the original rubber buttplate. Automatic ejectors. 98% barrel blue and about 75% case colors starting to tone somewhat. Weighs just over 6 pounds. Comes complete with original canvas case with leather corners. Has a Purdey label inside. Gun fits perfectly. Very desirable Beautiful gun!
Antique $ 32,500 .
W2372 WINCHESTER MODEL 100 RIFLE
Item # W2372
Cal 308 Win. 22 inch barrel with VG bore. Metal retains most original blue. Walnut stocks or in good condition and feature the basket-weave press checkering with acorn and leaves. Red "W" steel grip cap, sling swivels and hard rubber buttplate. A one-piece Weaver scope base is mounted to the receiver and 1" scope rings are included. A nice classic sporting rifle!
Modern $ 595.
W673A WINCHESTER MODEL 94 SADDLE RING CARBINE
Item # W673A
Cal 30-30. Original folding ladder rear sight and typical post front sight. VG shootable bore. 1/2 length mag tube. Wood is VG with original shotgun style buttplate. Retains most original varnish. Original saddle ring. Overall metal with about 85% bright shiny original blue starting to flake and turn thin in areas.
Modern $ 1,375.
W1171 WINCHESTER MODEL 1895 GOLD INLAID RIFLE OWNED BY TEDDY ROOSEVELT
Item # W1171
Gun was presented by President Roosevelt to a hunting buddy. Cal 35 WCF. Orig sights. Original carved grade "B" checkered dlx wood in fine condition with an old refinish having been applied some time ago. Overall gun has been refinished and retains virtually all of that reblue. Was nicely done and is very attractive. There are several gold inlaid animals as well as gold borders. Tight scroll engraving covers most all of the gun. Marked on the lower tang is the stamp of John Ulrich, the engraver. This gun is well documented with a couple of Letters from R.L. Wilson and is also pictured in "The Texas Gun Collectors Antique Arms Annual" pg. 142 center gun. This gun was in the Jimmy Fowler collection and then to Greg Martin's collection. A superb historically significant Winchester that deserves to be in the worlds finest collection!
Modern $ 135,000.
MHG853 ENGRAVED SPUR TRIGGER MANHATTAN ARMS REVOLVER
Item # MHG853
This revolver is a "tip-up" type with hinged barrel. 7 shot spur trigger revolver with 3 inch octagon barrel chambered in 22 RF caliber made by Manhattan Firearms Mfg. Company of New-York. There is no half-cock position. The cylinder has to be removed for loading. Good bore with visible rifling. The revolver is in excellent mechanical condition and works perfectly. There is an old re-nickel job done on this revolver and you can see brass in the deeper cuts in the engraving. Original rosewood grips look very nice. A good antique collectable for not a lot of money.
Antique $ 375.
MHG850 RARE PEANUT SIZE HENRY DERINGER PHILADELPHIA PERCUSSION PISTOL
Item # MHG850
Peanut size Deringer percussion pistol with a 2 inch barrel displaying Deringer Philadelphia mark on the top flat and a "P" proof on left top flat and his usual ‘Deringer – Philadelphia” marking on the lock plate. Mounted in checkered walnut stock with a birds head butt featuring German silver furniture. German silver front sight. Mechanically fine. Less than 5 inches total length. These were the conceal carry guns of the day.
Antique $ 1,295 sale pending.
MHG860 ENGRAVED FRENCH DOUBLE ACTION BULLDOG REVOLVER
Item # MHG860
5 shot 2-1/2 inch round barrel chambered in the large .450 CF caliber. There is a pretty big hole in the end of that barrel! Bright and shiny with deep rifling. Revolver retains most of the original nickel finish with a few spots having thinned. The revolver is embellished with very nice tight foliate scrollwork throughout. The barrel is marked "MANUFRE FRANCAISE" on the right and "D'ARMES ET CYCLES ST. ETIENNE" on the left. There are some French proofs on the right side frame and cylinder. The hammer, axis pin, ejector rod assembly, screw heads and trigger face retain most of the bright nitre blue. The sides of the hammer and trigger are also very nicely jeweled. The black hard rubber grips are near excellent condition. The action works well in both double and single action. This revolver features a swing-out ejector rod, loading gate and rebounding hammer. A nice looking French-made revolver in a large caliber.
Modern $ 875.
MHG772 SMITH & WESSON 38 SAFETY HAMMERLESS 3RD MODEL REVOLVER
Item # MHG772
5 shot double action revolver with 5 inch solid rib barrel chambered in 38 S&W caliber. Some of the original nickel remains in the protected areas and on the cylinder with the balance thinning and worn. Hard rubber grips are in good condition and fit well. A trace of case color remains on the trigger. Good bore with fine functioning action. These were made from 1890-1898.
Antique $ 300 sale pending.
MHG758 ENGRAVED HOPKINS & ALLEN SPUR TRIGGER “CZAR” REVOLVER
Item # MHG758
7 shot spur trigger revolver with 3 1/2 inch octagon barrel chambered in 22 RF caliber. Most all of the original Nickel finish remains. Hard rubber grips are in good condition. Traces of case color on hammer. Good bore. Action works but needs a tune up. Nice looking engraving. Antique serial number.
Antique $ 275.
MHG795 ENGRAVED HOPKINS & ALLEN BLUE JACKET NO. 1-1/2 REVOLVER
Item # MHG795
7 shot spur trigger revolver with 2 1/2 inch round barrel chambered in 22 RF caliber. Most all of the original Nickel finish remains. Walnut grips are in good condition. Traces f case color remain on the hammer. Good bore. Action needs a tune up. Half cock holds and fires when the trigger is pulled but the cylinder does not index. Engraving looks sharp. Antique serial number.
Antique $ 475.
MHG477 BEAUTIFUL SCOTTISH STYLE PERCUSSION PISTOL
Item # MHG477
Lock is signed "Mortimer." All metal pistol. Has a 7" bbl and measures 11-1/2" overall. It has a 3-stage canon type bbl with the belt hook on the opposite side. Gun is very beautifully engraved. Several different motifs. Mechanical condition is excellent. Gun looks fantastic with an aged unpolished full silver finish which has turned an untouched patina coloration. Very unique gun with wonderful engraving.
Antique $ 4,950.
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When August sunflowers color my garden I think about Thanksgiving. I have to because my holidays are a project. To lasso and corral my family, at the same time, into the same corral, consumes as much effort as it does to shell those August sunflower seeds.
But with that imaginary lasso in my hand I also cooked up thoughts of how delightful my kitchen smells in the fall: Nutmeg and cinnamon, roasted root vegetables and turkey wafting throughout the house. Turkey?
Wait a second? Maybe not so much this fall. The price per pound is cheap, but the grocer’s turkeys are big ole’ boys, and that price per pound quickly ratchets up. I’m thinking turkey loaves this Thanksgiving. You know, ground turkey, bread crumbs, spices and herbs.
Cripes! Didn’t Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation, a large meat processor, just recall so much ground turkey that the New York Times wrote, “It appeared to be one of the largest meat recalls ever?”
The CDC recounted, “A total of 107 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Heidelberg have been reported from 31 states,” after consuming ground turkey.
While I watched my August sunflowers expand another inch, I thought we might revisit my once-famous Thanksgiving Walnut Loaf with a soy sauce based gravy filling the gravy bowl. (I hear spouse and company’s primal screams.)
Jesting aside, this recent meat recall by a multi-national corporation that operates a “concentrated animal feed operation” –or a CAFO as it is tagged in the industry–didn’t surprise me. But lack of surprise and fact are two different birds. So I called , Christine Heinrichs, a poultry expert and author of “How To Raise Poultry.”
When Christine explained that Cargill’s turkeys are “industrial turkeys,” I asked if they wore tiny hard hats. “No,” she immediately corrected my flight of fancy, “ industrial turkeys are bred to do nothing but gain weight…hundreds of thousands of turkeys are housed in a structure where a specialized turkey mash runs on a conveyor belt all day long…the feed includes subclinical doses of antibiotics to make them grow faster.” (For more about industrial turkeys, read About a Bird.)
This confirmed the logical conclusion as to why the recalled ground turkey housed a salmonella strain that resists antibiotics.
Christine directed me to her blog, The Official Poultry Bookstore where Frank Reese of Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch explained, “The factory bird is not physically or structurally fit. It has been bred to grow fast. Really fast. To the detriment of the rest of its needs for a sound body and immune system. The factory chicken is a dead-end animal and will die within a year if you do not kill it. Because they grow at such a rapid rate (300 times faster than heirloom breeds) and become morbidly obese so fast their skeletal structure cannot hold the young bird up. These birds can no longer walk and so die from muscle weakness and joint failure. Many of these birds also die from congestive heart failure. In the factory system the average life span of a meat birds is 42 to 60 days, and for breeder birds, no longer than one year.”
Clearly, this is not the bird our ancestors deemed perfect for a day of thanks and giving.
Christine cinched my thoughts of walnut loaf when she pointed to one more sad fact—how poultry factory farm wastes have zapped the oxygen from Chesapeake Bay. Chesapeake Bay’s dead zone growth looks like the Grim Reaper on crack spreading havoc and mayhem to life at the bay’s bottom.
“Already, fully a third of the bay—once one of the globe’s most productive fisheries—is incapable of supporting sea life,” reports a recent issue of Mother Jones.
How and why? CAFOs cluster along the rivers and tributaries that flow into Chesapeake Bay. (The Gulf of Mexico experiences the same flow and complications.) The vast amounts of poultry waste is unmanageable and with this year’s rains, excessive amounts of nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) entered lakes, streams and rivers creating a chain reaction called eutrophication. Eutrophication accelerates algae growth. A recent Pew Environment report explains, “The algae may be noxious or even toxic, and its presence on the water surface can block sunlight and lead to loss of important underwater grasses that provide habitat for fish and other organisms. The algae’s decomposition, in turn, uses up oxygen needed to sustain aquatic life.”
What to do? For me, I’ll gather today’s sunflower seed harvest and take them to a local, independent farmer who practices sustainable methods for raising turkeys, particularly heirloom breeds, and ask if we could reserve a few for the holidays.
Spouse ceased his primal scream and just said, “Your roasted turkeys are the best.”
Author’s note: The following is from Financial Times.
Farming groups hit back at activists
By Alan Rappeport in New York
Big US farming groups are joining forces in a multimillion dollar marketing
campaign to respond to attacks by activists and small farmers that accuse
them of promoting unhealthy food and abusing animals.
The outreach comes at a time of growing tension between industrial
agriculture groups and small farmers and activists who argue that “factory
farming” is inhumane to animals and produces food that leads to obesity and
The effort also coincides with the US food industry coming under pressure to
contain a salmonella outbreak this month that has been linked to ground
turkey processed by Cargill, the US meatpacker. The US Centers for Disease
Control said more than 100 people have been affected by the outbreak, with
As part of the push, a new organisation called the US Farmers and Ranchers
Alliance will hold the first of several town hall meetings in September. The
meeting, which will be streamed online, is part of a multimedia effort to
diffuse what the group calls myths about the agricultural industry.
With 50 affiliates, the group is aiming to spend as much as $30m a year on
“Consumers are confused,” Bob Stallman, president of the American Farm
Bureau Federation, told the Financial Times. “There is a huge knowledge gap
out there and we want people to know that farmers and ranchers are committed
to providing healthy choices.”
Mr Stallman said that the industry had been unfairly vilified since films,
such as Food Inc and Farmageddon, have depicted the industry as using
genetically modified seeds, pumping animals full of antibiotics to fatten
them and confining them in cages with no light. He argues that activist
groups want the farmers to return to the days when small family farms served
Small farming groups say that such a campaign is too little and too late.
Joel Salatin, owner of Polyface, an organic farm in Virginia, called the
USFRA campaign “laughable” and said that criticism of industrial farmers is
justified because they view the environment as a machine rather than as
According to Mark Kastel, a director of The Cornucopia Institute, which
supports sustainable and organic agriculture, big farming and ranching
groups are fearful that the onslaught of negative publicity is taking a
“I think corporate agri-business is frightened about the marketplace
implications and concerned about more regulatory constraint,” Mr Kastel,
said. “They are afraid that the ugly stories out there are tarnishing their
Federal regulators have been considering ways to impose changes on the
farming industry and some states have already taken action. Last year,
farmers in Ohio agreed to restrict close confinement of hogs, hens and
calves. That followed similar moves in California and several other states
to limit extreme caging methods.
“More people are caring about how their food is produced, where it is
produced and by whom,” said Kathy Ozer, of the National Family Farm
Coalition. “People are asking questions about how their eggs are raised and
what conditions animals are facing.”
Mr Stallman said that his group will be working to clarify their perceptions
about how industrial farmers treat animals and the impact of hormones and
antibiotics on the food that they eat. He acknowledged that, until now, the
industry has been overly defensive and slow to respond to its critics.
“We realised that we have not been part of the conversation and we realise
that is a mistake,” Mr Stallman said.
3 thoughts on “August Sunflowers and Tainted Turkeys”
Definitely food for thought! I admire that you are already thinking about the holidays. I like when I am in them but like birthdays I wait till the very end before I plan or anticipate. I can never buy a cheap egg again and now with your message I guess I will not be getting my turkey at Costco this year. On that note I had the most delicious vegan raw lasagna bolognese for lunch today with vegan ice creme for dessert. XO
During a period of my ill-spent youth I worked on the Robinson turkey farm. As a result, I can assure you that industrial turkeys have to be the most stupid bird in the world! If left outside during a rain they’ll drown themselves.
At the risk of speaking heresy, quack, why not consider duck? On occasion we have. It can be prepared so many different ways, a quick Google search produces 20 million hits! Besides the traditional Thanksgiving side dishes go well with duck.
Whatever you select, we have so much for which to give thanks. Best wishes to you and yours this Thanksgiving…

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Gas leak kills 8 at SW China coal mine
GUIYANG, CHINA (BNO NEWS) — A gas leak at a coal mine in southwest China killed eight workers on early Monday morning, state-run media reported. Several others were injured.
The state-run Xinhua news agency said the incident happened at around 3.30 a.m. local time at the Luoduo coal mine in Yuni Township, part of Panxian County in Guizhou Province. A total of 95 miners were underground when it happened.
According to Tan Bo, a deputy director of the county press office, 84 miners were able to escape themselves while eight others were found dead. Three other people were taken to hospital and their conditions were not immediately known.
Xinhua cited Tan as saying that the mine was under technological renovation to expand annual capacity to 300,000 tonnes from 60,000 tonnes. The cause of the accident is being investigated.
Safety conditions at mines in China have significantly improved in recent years, but they remain among the world’s most dangerous with around 2,600 fatalities in 2009 alone.
On Thursday, 13 miners were killed and six others were injured when a gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in northeast China, in Jilin Province. Scores of others were able to escape the blast.
One of the worst mining accidents in China in recent years happened in November 2009 when 104 workers were killed after several explosions at a coal mine in Heilongjiang province.


The Washington State Supreme Court this morning ruled against the City of Seattle in a case over its a 911 medical response call that went very wrong. In response to a 911 call. the city’s 911 call center dispatched a medical unit that went to the wrong address, and it took 15 minutes to resolve the misdirection and send the unit to the proper place.
The city argued that under the “public duty” doctrine, it had no responsibility to respond to a 911 call and thus is immune to lawsuits. In an important clarification, the Court ruled that while the city would be immune if it had chosen not to respond at all, once it voluntarily chose to respond it had a duty to act with “reasonable care”. It did not rule on the specific facts related to the city’s liability for this errant response, but instead remanded the case back to a lower court to decide that question.
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Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii) introduced the Senior Executive Reform Act, which would link the General Schedule with the pay system for senior executives and let senior executives include their performance bonuses in their retirement calculation.
After rejecting a bipartisan compromise and President Obama's budget Wednesday, the House prepares to vote on a Republican plan that calls for an extension of the federal pay freeze through 2015, increased federal retirement contributions and a reduction of the federal workforce by 10 percent.
The Pentagon is telling lawmakers military retirees' share of health care costs is going to have to increase if it's going to meet the budget targets Congress and the President handed over with last year's budget control act.
Buyouts are popping up all over the government. And even if you are not in the market, they may have an impact on your job, your promotion potential and, if you are planning to retire anyhow, how quickly you get your first full annuity payment, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
Host Mike Causey will talk federal retirement with the NITP's Tammy Flanagan. Senior Executives Association President Carol Bonosaro will talk about a new report that looks at the mobility of members of the Senior Executives Service.
March 28, 2012
The Republican Study Committee, a caucus of House conservatives, laid out a budget blueprint that increases federal employees' pension contributions and incentivize feds to enroll in lower-priced health plans.
A prominent retirement planner said in an ideal world, the last check you write will bounce. Meaning you got the most for your money. The problem is knowing when that day will come, and managing your finances accordingly, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. So what to do ... ?
Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe testified today before a House subcommittee saying a USPS-sponsored plan would save $7 billion a year. Such a plan, Donahoe said, would offer equal or better coverage to current employees and retirees.
Lester Austin, public affairs specialist at the Social Security Administration, answers your Social Security questions.
March 26, 2012
Thinking about retiring in the next couple of years? Well, here's something to think about, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says: How long and how well could you live if your income was cut by more than 60 percent for months at a time?
April 1 is the deadline for federal employees and annuitants with traditional IRA accounts and are at least 70-1/2 years old in 2011 to make their first minimum required distribution (MRD) for 2011.
So, what's the connection between making love and getting a buyout? Technique, frequency and careful preparation are central to both, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. So how did federal agencies score this year?
Tammy Flanagan, senior benefits director at the National Institute of Transition Planning joins host Mike Causey to talk about what you should do to plan for your retirement.
March 21, 2012
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), the top GOP budget writer, borrowed the idea of insurance exchanges, a big pooled marketplace, from the health care law enacted in Massachusetts when GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney was governor. Ryan wants to set one up for Medicare.
What do skydiving and retiring have in common? Short answer is that many people only do each once, and it is a really good idea to do it right the first time, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
Federal benefits specialist James Marshall discusses how your benefits could be affected by Social Security.
March 19, 2012
Four senators introduced a bill that would add Medicare patients to the Federal Employee Health Benefits Plan, as Medicare is gradually phased out. The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association tells feds to be wary of the bill.
Uncle Sam's five-month buyout season is about to end. So if you were thinking about leaving with a $25,000 check, grab it while you can, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
Senate amendment allows retiring federal employees to return to work on a part-time basis. Ron Sanders, senior executive adviser at Booz Allen Hamilton, says this provision allows retirees to pass along their institutional knowledge while continuing their civil service.
Host Mike Causey will talk career mobility with
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Washington: ‘Mean Girls’ star Lindsay Lohan’s lawyer has revealed that the actress is looking forward to her release from jail.
Attorney Shawn Chapman Holley had visited Lohan, 24, at Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, Calif., for about an hour.
“She’s looking forward to her release. It’s a light at the end of the tunnel,” People magazine quoted Holley as saying.
Holley also added that Lohan is fine and good, though she is not sure when her jail term will be over.

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Burleys Flyover reopens after urgent repairs
A MAJOR flyover on Leicester's inner ring road has reopened after urgent repairs.
Burleys Flyover had to be partially closed following a road accident last Wednesday which damaged the bridge parapets.
It had been hoped the repair work could be completed over the weekend, but the replacement parts, which included 15-metre lengths of specialist steel, had to be made to order.
The work was completed on Wednesday, March 6, and the road reopened at 5.40pm after safety checks were completed.
Leicester City Council traffic manager Andy Thomas said: "The damage done to the bridge meant we've had to replace three lengths of 15m tubular steel, which were fastened to a series of anchors to create the safety barrier.
"We don't keep items like this in stock, as all our bridges are different, and they are specialist items which were not available locally. The barriers had to be made to order by a firm in Peterborough, and then galvanized by another firm before we could install them.
"The whole process of ordering the replacement parts has been done as an emergency to ensure we got them as quickly as possible. We had originally hoped to get all the parts needed to complete the work over the weekend, but this wasn’t possible.
"Everything was on site and being installed on Wednesday. Our priority was getting the bridge reopened, which we did on Wednesday afternoon once the final inspections showed it was safe to do so."
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DTE Energy, Enbridge Inc. and Spectra Energy Corp. have agreed to develop the NEXUS Gas Transmission (NGT) system to move growing supplies of Ohio Utica shale gas to markets in the U.S. Midwest, including Ohio, Michigan, and Ontario, Canada.
The NGT project would originate in northeastern Ohio, include about 250 miles of large-diameter pipe and be capable of transporting 1Bcf/d. The pipeline would follow existing utility corridors to an interconnect in Michigan and utilize the existing Vector Pipeline system to reach the Ontario market.
The project could cost $1.2-1.5 billion, the companies said.
“The project will provide critical access to emerging supplies from the Utica Shale gas producing area and provide energy consumers in the region with affordable, cleaner-burning and domestically abundant natural gas to help meet the growing environmental need for cleaner power generation and home heating,” the companies said in a fact sheet announcing the project.
NGT also could carry some Marcellus gas, too, Spectra’s Brian McKerlie, vice president for business development, told NGI’s Shale Daily. Calling it a Utica project gives the effort a focal point. It also would be developed on a timeline anticipated to be in step with the Utica’s coming into its own. “…[L]argely the focus is to capture the new Utica development as it begins to materialize over the next few years,” he said.
“The Utica is in the very early stages of development. We think it holds great promise as the Marcellus did for how it will develop and come on over the coming years. Just being able to access a new market like Michigan or eastern Canada, I think, is pretty exciting for those producers.”
Over the next five years Utica production is expected to grow to about 2 Bcf/d, Bentek Energy LLC analyst Kyle Martinez, who focuses on the Northeast region, told NGI’s Shale Daily. Martinez said he doesn’t expect NGT to take a full 1 Bcf/d of the Utica’s output. “That seems kind of large,” he said. But then there is all that gas coming from the Marcellus, too.
Upon completion of the project, Spectra Energy would become a 20% owner of Vector, which is a joint venture of DTE Energy and Enbridge. Currently, Enbridge has a 60% stake in Vector and DTE Energy a 40% stake. As for NGT, each of the three partners is expected to hold one-third.
The new pipeline would serve local distribution companies, power generators and industrial users in Ohio, Michigan and Ontario. It would include interconnects with Michigan Consolidated Gas Co., Consumers Energy and, through Vector, the Enbridge Tecumseh Gas Storage facility and Union Gas’ Dawn Hub, both of which are in Ontario.
“I think that one of the biggest market demand points here is through the local distribution companies in Ontario and Quebec and Michigan, so eastern Canada and Michigan. They’re largely commercial and residential customers. So I think a good portion of the gas that makes its way into those regional markets will serve that,” McKerlie said.
Gas-fired power generation is a growing market, too, he said, particularly in Ontario where a commitment has been made to rely more on natural gas. “I think that you’ll see a fair amount of the market being there,” McKerlie said. “I think as we move across the states of Ohio and Michigan we believe there will be opportunities to serve power generation along that corridor as well.”
Abundant gas storage capacity, at the Dawn Hub and elsewhere, also makes the project attractive, McKerlie said. “When we get to the Dawn Hub there’s significant storage there, owned and managed by either Union Gas or Enbridge through their Tecumseh [Gas Storage Ltd.] field,” he said. “And there’s storage in Michigan.
“One of the neat things about this project is this is a great supply-meets-demand story for the region, and producers are looking to move their gas on a 365-day portfolio…[L]anding in that region with all that storage will really allow the two to work very well together.”
McKerlie said the partners “expect that there will be some expansion to” Vector in order to accommodate volumes delivered by NGT.
Martinez said currently most of the gas coming onto Vector is delivered by the Alliance Pipeline system. During the last 30-day average period Vector has received about 650 MMcf/d from Alliance, according to Bentek. “They’re [Vector] pretty much full right now,” Martinez said. “They’re delivering about 800 MMcf/d into Dawn.”
As for pushback from Canadian producers not wanting to see U.S. gas enter the country, McKerlie said that shouldn’t be a problem.
“…[C]ertainly there’s growth that’s occurring there [in eastern Canada] that’s seeking out new supply, and I think the other dynamic that’s important to realize here is that the existing Western Canadian supplies, the traditional production, is declining. So I think there are two dynamics here for the market that make a lot of sense and that’s that they have existing markets that need to be served and there’s growth, largely from the power market…And they need a new source of supply into Ontario and Quebec and this is a way of doing it.”
The partners said they have received expressions of interest for a “significant level” of firm capacity to anchor the project. An open season is planned for the fourth quarter. The project has a targeted in-service date as early as November 2015, depending upon final market demand and commitments.
Gas from the Marcellus Shale, which lies above the Utica, has been pushing Canadian gas out of the Northeast and is seen making inroads in Canadian markets, an analysis released earlier this year by LCI Energy Insight and Energy Ventures Analysis found (see Shale Daily, Feb. 21).
According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management, as of Aug. 5 there had been 335 permits issued to drill horizontal wells in the Utica. Of those, only 118 have been drilled. Carroll County led the field with 124 permits issued, followed by Columbiana (48), Harrison (28) and Jefferson (26) counties. Other counties with significant permits issued were Monroe (17), Guernsey (16), Stark (13), Mahoning and Noble (12 each), and Portage (10) (see Shale Daily, Aug. 16).
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Stockton native Diaz hasn’t set foot inside the Octagon since his majority-decision loss to Conor McGregor at UFC 202, a defeat he vehemently contested.
Diaz, 19-11, was offered an interim-title fight with his fellow Ultimate Fighter winner Tony Ferguson, but turned down the opportunity to face ‘El Cucuy’.
Instead of returning the cage this summer, Diaz, the only man in UFC history to hold a victory over McGregor, revealed he’s planning on sitting out the remainder of the year.
Over the last few months, Diaz has fired a number of shots at the UFC brass, most recently criticising his employers for their derisory offer to fight Ferguson.
And yesterday evening, he threw another verbal jab at his bosses by revealing his thoughts on this past weekend’s Athlete Retreat.
In an Instagram post, which featured a video of Tupac’s ‘Untouchable’, Diaz said: “F**k a retreat.
“Am I wrong cause I wanna get it on till I die.”
Diaz’s latest rant will no doubt soon catch the eye of UFC president Dana White.
We wait with baited breath for his response.


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Western Medicine Panatol for relief of pain and fever Tablets 500mg
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Paracetamol is a cilinically proven analgesic and antipyretic.
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Tarkett Sports Acquires Majority Stake in Poligras Iberica SA
Tarkett Sports has announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Poligras Iberica SA, an artificial turf manufacturer that holds a leadership position in the production and installation of sports surfaces in Spain.
FieldTurf, a Tarkett Sports company, has reinforced its industrial and commercial positions in Europe with the acquisition of Poligras, a company that has been a strategic partner to the world leader in artificial turf since 2006. Poligras was founded in 1988 by Javier Batlle and reported total sales of €35 million in 2009. To date, Poligras has installed 8 million m2 of sports surfaces primarily for soccer, hockey, tennis and golf. Among these installations are artificial turf fields for the 20 principal Spanish soccer clubs, as well as almost 1000 other sports clubs.
With a large specialised staff and 10 regional delegations, Poligras has made innovation part of its corporate culture form the very beginning. As a result, the company has earned a reputation for developing environmentally friendly solutions, while penetrating the multi-sport artificial turf marketplace. Poligras’ state-of-the-art artificial turf products represent considerable savings in water and pesticides consumption and remain playable year round under all weather conditions.
With an impressive manufacturing facility in Valls (Tarragone), built in 2007, Poligras boasts a yearly production capacity of 4 million m2 of artificial turf.
“The addition of Poligras to the FieldTurf family further enhances our ability to continue to provide the highest quality sports surfacing products to our clients around the globe,” said FieldTurf President Eric Daliere. “The synergy between the two companies is already very strong with complete customer satisfaction, innovation, and a commitment to the environment at the core of our operations.”
“Strengthened by FieldTurf’s market position, we are entering a new era that will allow Poligras to continue its development” concludes Javier Batlle.


By Michael Miner
Bulls general manager Jerry Krause made a big mistake last month on national television. He'd just beaten the odds and been handed the first pick in the next NBA draft, and he looked gleeful. Krause quivering with ecstacy is a strange and infuriating sight, and the next day the Chicago papers let him have it. "It was like handing a new hammer to the guy who knocked the nose off Michelangelo's Pieta," Bernie Lincicome wrote. Skip Bayless chimed in, "Cover your eyes. Bar your doors. Egomaniac on the loose."
"It's finally your stage, Jerry Krause. Don't blow it," warned Jay Mariotti, who on the whole was surprisingly temperate. Lincicome taunted, "Your move, Jerry. Everybody's watching."
Four days later another prominent Chicagoan who'd brought a temple down around him took center stage at the groundbreaking for the new one. E. Ratcliffe Anderson Jr., CEO of the American Medical Association, spoke at a press conference called by the AMA to announce a historic reorganization. I missed the 10 AM press conference because the Fed-Exed letter announcing it didn't get to us until 10:30. As the AMA building is across the street from the Reader, I'm not sure such a pricey courier was required.
At any rate, the handsome packet of materials told the story. Anderson's prepackaged words of enthusiasm jumped out at me: "This collegial process has resulted in the development of a new model that may well be emulated by other journals in its ability to ensure the best possible leadership, integrity of research and continued editorial independence."
It seems the AMA had decided to give the next editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association the kind of insulation from busybodies that editors of other medical journals take for granted. For taking this overdue step, the AMA was claiming a place in the vanguard. A statement of "editorial governance" signed by Anderson and a battalion of other AMA dignitaries asserted that the AMA was making not just history but history that was bold and epic. "Editorial independence and journalistic responsibility continue to be hallmarks of the publications of the AMA, and insuring that valued tradition into the next millennium is of utmost importance."
Obviously impressed with the ring of this blather, the AMA rang it again one paragraph later: "A highly viable environment has been set for the next millennium, which will serve as a model for journalistic independence and freedom in the medical-scientific publishing world."
Just as Krause earned his chance to draft first by assembling one of the worst teams in NBA history, the mess the AMA was boldly digging its way out of is one that Anderson got it into in the first place. Last January he peremptorily fired Dr. George Lundberg, JAMA's longtime editor, humiliating doctors who'd supposed their 116-year-old journal served no master but the truth and earning the AMA international scorn. To demonstrate it's learned from that fiasco, the AMA has now placed a seven-member oversight committee--a buffer composed mostly of outsiders--between Anderson and Lundberg's successor. And Anderson has been called on to pretend that editorial independence was a stroke of genius he'd helped think of himself.
Anderson's statement made me imagine Krause having to stand before writers he loathed and announce that Phil Jackson had just signed a new five-year contract to lead the Bulls into the 21st century. A Lincicome would have known how to squeeze that doleful moment until its pips squeaked. There's so much attitude in Chicago's sports pages that just looking joyous can be asking for trouble. Why, I wondered, is there no Lincicome to say what there is to say about an E. Ratcliffe Anderson? Why is there so little attitude in the rest of the paper?
And then I found some. David Greising's business column in last Sunday's Tribune happened to be on Anderson and the AMA, and it read like the work of a press-box wise guy. Greising laid out the AMA's new editorial plan:
"There's a Journalistic Oversight Committee (JOC), which serves as a buffer between the Editor-in-Chief (EIC) and the Board of the American Medical Association (BAMA). And there's a special role for the AMA's executive vice president (EVP)--the aforementioned Dr. Anderson.
"If the JOC wants to fire the EIC, they've got to run their beef by the EVP. Everyone then goes to BAMA, which must approve the firing by a supermajority vote (SMV).
"What's the point of all that? Everyone knows that if some EVP or JOC ever again says R.I.P. to the EIC, the future of JAMA will be D.O.A."
Greising's in on the secret that most people are as silly as athletes, and his tart wit has become one of the Tribune's more reliable commodities. Sports is the only place in the daily papers that wouldn't be helped by a little more sportswriting.
The Real World
The Memorial Day ceremonies in Lakeside, Michigan, ended oddly this year. The River Valley High School band played the usual patriotic tunes, three volleys cracked from the muzzles of the aging Legionnaires, each of them too gaunt or too paunchy, and then the old cemetery fell silent. In the misting rain we waited for the mournful cry of taps.
But we waited in vain. The commander of the riflemen at last shouted, "Order arms!" The perplexed chaplain maneuvered his walker back up to the microphone and offered the benediction, and the commander said, "Fall out!"
The bugler, whom we never see, as he always raises his horn in some spot where the graves and oaks and rolling hills conceal him, hadn't shown up this year, and no one knew it. The biggest crowd the rite had drawn in years--a sign of wartime, perhaps?--dispersed bemused. It's what we see and hear--and thereby feel--that draws us to that cemetery year after year, but this year there was no dramatic climax. If we'd wanted a purely cerebral observance of Memorial Day we could have stayed home and read the editorials in the morning papers.
But reading an editorial isn't witness. Going out among the fire trucks, bands, flags, crumbling shafts of granite, and rustic warriors cinched into old uniforms is. And not for the first time I considered the solemn importance of being there. Technology hasn't advanced us to the point where we can be someplace truly if we're merely there virtually. And as we can still be in only one place at a time, we have serious choices to make about where that place is. The honored dead that the chaplain reminded us were now at their eternal rest in far-off fields and beneath rolling waves might have interesting things to say about the choice between dying where you need to be and living where perhaps you need not to be.
The Pentagon these days is much criticized for waging wars in which our troops know no terrain and the enemy is merely blips on console screens. Wars such as the one we're fighting now, waged to avoid American casualties, are wars in which our forces are too remote from the battlefield to grasp either the violence they do or to whom they do it. But soldiers aren't alone in being remote from the scene. Today's journalists are enormously proud of their ability to work the phones (I'm one), or of their skill at rooting through obscure documents for hidden revelations, or of their flair at finding anything on the Net. Many of today's editors would rather pay for buses than cabs and would be happiest not paying for either--certainly not for the old-fashioned purpose of getting a reporter to where the story is. It's possible these days to stalk an errant public servant and never leave your desk or lay eyes on him--he's merely the bogey in your gun sights. A whole newsroom can be kept busy at cutting-edge stories that don't require a single reporter to pull on a coat. A deft interrogator can provide an endless flow of human-interest stories yet never see another human face.
Jim Yuenger, the late Tribune foreign editor, was a journalist who went places and, when he could, chose them thoughtfully. One year his choice was to stand in the Lakeside cemetery on Memorial Day because it offered the kind of bedrock he was looking for. I'm no foreign correspondent, but years ago I wandered into the village of Mondragon deep in the Pyrenees where a prominent innkeeper had just been shot by masked vigilantes of the far right. The innkeeper was identified with the opposition in Spain's Basque provinces to Franco's rule. There'd been violence lately on both sides, and now a leader of the community lay dead.
Notepad in hand, I visited the funeral mass. Ruddy Basques in sweaters, tweed jackets, and black berets filled every foot of the church and formed lines at the open doors in hopes of hearing what they couldn't see. But when I approached, they made way and let me pass. It's likely that no American journalist had ever come to their town to observe the repression and defiance that marked it. But there I was, standing in space given me in trust, being treated as any stranger would be whose duty was to go back to where he came from and tell the truth. Some say journalism is about afflicting the comfortable, exposing the wicked, or reducing the complex to layman's terms. What I've thought since that day in Mondragon is that journalism really comes down to witness and testimony. If that sounds dangerously close to religious, it is.
And to witness you have to leave the office.
Art accompanying story in printed newspaper (not available in this archive): illustration/Jim Siergey.


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A lot of people will say depression is like a big, black dog. I think it’s more like a stain that can’t be removed, or one that’s been left for too long that it stays permanent in between the fibres of your clothes.
What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of a Christian? Is it irrelevant, boring, untrue? If so, better get yourself to do an Alpha course at your nearest church. Have a great Sunday and God bless you!
Joking! But seriously, what word describes that stereotypical Christian characteristic that we’re supposed to have? (Yes I’m a Christian, if you didn’t know) Are we really that boring? Are our religious scriptures irrelevant? Did God even create the world? It’s funny that all these questions are still being asked since the day that Adam and Eve entered the earth and it seems that nothing is being answered or we’re doing something wrong not convincing you unbelievers to at least get what our faith means to us. If that’s the case, please tell me. I do have to mention that we’re not here to force anything on you or is it our job to convince you into converting but we just love to talk about Christianity without all the crap that a lot of people think it is. So if you do come across a really, really desperate fellow believer who wants to tell you what God has done for him, either you have time to let him ramble or you don’t. Saying yes for the LOLs doesn’t really count, sorry.
That leads me into thinking that maybe it’s slowly been building up to the point where Christians are being perceived as the happy-go-“lucky”, optimistic , enthusiastic, cheerful and all-smiling old people (apparently, young people are too young and immature to be of faith). We look super excited at the opportunity to give our testimonies to friends and inviting them to Christian events, baptisms, Christmas carols and services so yes, we’re absolutely thrilled to let you in into our passion. But that doesn’t mean we’re happy all the time. Do you think those people getting martyred and suffering because of what they believe can smile all the time? Probably not. However, contentment is perhaps the better word to use. But why is it that we’re being looked at like this? Is there no space for our other emotions to be portrayed?
This is where I come in, after exactly 409 words later (I tend to waffle). We are emotional human beings, whether that comes with the monthly period or not, and guys cry too (shocking!) Every day we’re fuelled with emotions that can rush or wait, that appear at the moment of joyful news or shocking disaster, that are repressed because we’re ashamed to feel that way, that are hidden because of our reputation and that can go out of control because we’re clinically diagnosed with that condition. I’d like to write about the latter. Let’s talk about mental health; let’s talk about depression (oh happy day…)
Mental illnesses suck. Ones like Alzheimer’s and dementia have to be left on their own as there’s nothing to cure them and you can’t tell the person to get better. You can’t tell a mentally ill person to get better (you’ve just given them a big slap on the face). As someone who’s a Christian and going through depression, it’s difficult to tell myself that it’s going to be a good day, that it’s going to be better when we’ve mentally boxed our internal thoughts to automatically think it’s going to get worse. I get tired due to insomnia that’s due to over-thinking that’s due to my negative thoughts that’s due to depression. It’s a vicious circle every day. It strains all the energy that I have and the physicality of my body deteriorates as less sleep is being consumed.
Bible verses jump out all at once (yes, I know these by heart):
Do not be anxious about anything but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:6-7 NIV)
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you (1 Peter 5:7 NIV)
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding (Proverbs 3:5 NIV)
and the most infamous saying of all, Jesus loves you. They’re all true and I do live by them but my depression is not the result of my doubts and disbeliefs. I am not, and I choose not to be, defined by my depression – it doesn’t describe who I am as a person.
When people acknowledge what’s wrong with you, they suddenly tag you as aliens who should be carefully dealt with when they go near you. Look, we can’t be avoided and if you know me well enough, you’ll know for sure I won’t avoid you (I do the occasionally annoying play of metaphorical poking on the internet). We’re just like you, with less positivity and more of wanting to be with ourselves than in crowds. We take in your opinions seriously, maybe too seriously, and take judgement heavily. We’re just sensitive to what people say, especially when it’s towards us. The thing that aggravates me the most about mental illness is that it isn’t being discussed enough in churches and so what do our brothers and sisters do when another brother in Christ falls into that category? We pray (duh). And we don’t know what the heck to say because either, we have not gone through the same experience or we just haven’t educated ourselves and been given advice on how to react. I appreciate that we are doing our best to support each other but I can’t reiterate this enough that mental illnesses are something that can’t only be dealt with through prayer. It takes more than just the well-wisher to say it will get better and giving us pity is probably the worst gift to bring.
So before you whip out that Bible verse and start putting your praying hand over our shoulder, first listen to the words that only courage enabled our mouths to open and voice to resonate. And maybe, just be silent in the tears and cry of someone who knows not what they are feeling and going through.
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Photography by Edward Honaker. The photos document his experiences with depresson and anxiety. You can check out the full series here

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The demand for greener housing can be seen in the growing popularity for energy-saving materials, such as solar panels and heat pumps, as well as the government’s ‘Future Homes and Buildings Standard 2025’. These are a set of objectives that will ensure every new build home after 2025 will cut carbon emissions by 75 to 80 percent compared to the homes built before.
“Sustainable housing offers homeowners low operating costs, increased property value, a reduced carbon footprint and a generally healthier and happier way of living” said Mr Chard. “For homeowners looking to reduce the cost of living, sustainable housing is really the future of buying. The Government’s plans to produce more sustainable housing will only encourage property buyers to think greener before buying. Energy prices are one of the biggest issues we’re facing, and the situation isn’t likely to change. Eco-friendly housing offers a great solution to these issues.”
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The U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) has developed something “similar to a master remote control for military ground, air and undersea unmanned systems that will work across the services,” the Navy acknowledged earlier this month. The data model is based on software that enabled development of the Common Control System, which is comprised of many different common control services, ONR says. The Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Control Segment (UCS) software can be added to any ...
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In their recently published work, David Jacoby and colleagues combine long-term shark tracking data with that of enforcement patrols to see how behaviour can influence the vulnerability of marine life to illegal fishing in one of the world’s largest marine protected areas. Continue reading How can movement ecology support marine protected areas in preventing illegal fishing?
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Considering that the majority of vehicles at SEMA tend to be rolling showcases for aftermarket companies, most of them are designed to attract as much attention as possible. After all, how better to make your car stand out from a sea of thousands than to give it an eye-popping paint job or use models or some other attention-getter (like 30-inch rims, maybe) to bring people into closer range to find out more about your products and services? It seems kind of ironic, then, that some have chosen to go the invisible route with their choice in exterior adornment -- as in camouflage. And then it struck us - that is precisely the point. Just like the new Malibu ads, invisible can be effective.
Follow the jump for more of the story and additional photos from SEMA.
These companies decided that the best way to get people into their booths was to have them walk right into the vehicle itself. Frankly, we barely noticed some of these rides until we were right on top of them, and by then we were already within the grasps of the sales people. How clever. Actually, most of the camo appeared on outdoorsy trucks, so it was very appropriate. In a few cases, though, it just didn't click. In others, people had used it to honor the military in one way, shape, or form, which was very touching. In fact, some military tribute vehicles dropped the camo altogether and went with rolling memorials. Reminds us that there can be some substance in all of this fluff as well.


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Catalina Island is an enthralling island within the Pacific simply off the coast of Southern California. A part of Tahiti, it’s a tropical island between South America and Australia and has the same time zone as Hawaii. Entry to Henderson requires a licence issued by the Governor (by way of the Pitcairn Island Administration workplace) in consultation with the Island Council.
For these not inclined to walk, there are numerous options including golf cart leases and shuttle bus aervices that take guests from both end of the island. Whereas the Governor holds most formal powers, a lot day-to-day administration of the islands’ affairs is devolved to a Commissioner primarily based on the Pitcairn Islands Administration workplace in Auckland.
Kegiatan yang kami lakukan selama di Phi Phi Island hanyalah mengitari sebagian Phi Phi Island (Koh Phi Phi Don) di malam hari dan di pagi hari berenang di pantai yang berada tepat di depan restoran Viking Nature Resort. The King Island Delivery Group was established about five years in the past when islanders found the SeaRoad Mersey would cease serving the island when it was replaced with a bigger vessel which was too huge for Grassy Harbour.
The scale of the island seems good, striking a satisfying stability between a 1,000 robust population and the wild, empty landscape of mountain and moor. The islands sugar white seashores are flanked by huge limestone bluffs rising above the Caribbean Sea, and you will find pink flamingos within the lagoons.
They are close together (solely 6km), and there’s a ferry operating several occasions a day all yr long, so it is straightforward to see each islands. If security is a large concern of yours, take into account reserving a keep at a Hawaii trip rental that simply supplies you with an ocean view, as opposed to a beachfront rental.

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What Do You Expect From Singapore Budget 2020?
An industry survey found that the majority of companies across all major industries want tax relief in the Singapore Budget 2020 due to be announced next month as they prepare for a tough year ahead.
According to the annual National Business Survey by the Singapore Business Federation (SBF), a report released on January 14th, Tuesday. It was stated that a majority comprising of both large companies and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) ranked corporate/income tax reduction and rebate to help upskill staff as the top two priorities for Budget 2020.
Approximately 50% of the survey respondents seek support in other areas, such as easier access to information and resources from government agencies, incentives for industry-related training as well as corporate venturing. The annual survey that was carried out from August 26th to October 25th drew responses from more than a thousand companies.
More Challenging Business Climate
After a year wrought by economic uncertainties, companies are seeking relief which is partly because of the US-China trade dispute. A majority of respondents had the opinion that Singapore’s business climate had taken a turn for the worse over the last 12 months. They were also unsatisfied with the regional and global business environment compared to 2018.
44% expect similar conditions in Singapore for the year ahead while 49% anticipate a more challenging business climate. Many more are also worried over the global economic climate. There are a few key concerns for 2020, which are the rising business costs, rising wages, the uncertainties created by the US-China trade tensions and China’s economic slowdown. Among the three top challenges for local businesses are manpower costs, business competition and finding new or better ways to grow revenue.
It was noted by the SBF that manpower issues continue to frustrate local companies. It is shown in the survey that although many businesses are struggling with the rising labour costs, tighter government policies on hiring foreigners are increasing the competition as well as the pressure in securing the best local talent on many companies. Four out of 10 businesses also mentioned the challenges faced in attracting or retaining younger workers.
Singapore Businesses Continue to Venture Out and Expand Overseas
Singapore businesses continue to venture out and expand overseas despite the uncertainties. It is noted that eight in ten businesses have an overseas presence. Internationalisation is popular and widely spread, especially among SMEs. In order to diversify their supply chains and to support sustainable growth, it is important for Singapore companies to expand overseas to access new markets. This is because Singapore’s domestic market is small and have certain limitations. It is a positive and motivating scene to witness as SMEs continue to aggressively extend their global footprints despite the economic uncertainty that shrouded 2019.
With the World Health Organisation declaring the Wuhan Coronavirus a global health emergency, businesses hope that Budget 2020 will provide relief to help them tide over the impact of international travel restrictions on tourism and retail and significant disruptions to supply chains.


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A 22-year-old man was arrested for raping a 19-year-old woman in the north on Monday. He is also suspected for raping an 82-year-old woman in Sderot last year.
Police connected the two incidents after similar descriptions of the suspect were reported to authorities.
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text: aaron and i traveled up to rehoboth beach, delaware for the holiday weekend. we rented a fantastic house and had a great time hanging out with everyone. here are a few pics from the weekend. hopefully i'll make it down to the basement tomorrow to really update the blog. got a few new pics to post from today.


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Varisu Movie Review: Starring ‘Thalapathy’ Vijay in the lead role, Varisu is one of the big releases of Sankranti this year.
India wide Covid surge is already creating a tense situation. India has recorded 163 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours.
A meeting between Jana Sena President Pawan Kalyan and Telugu Desham Party chief Nara Chandrababu Naidu which is ongoing
The Sankranthi festival season is heated up with scheduled release of Balakrishna starrer Veera Simha Reddy and Megastar Chiranjeevi’s
Telangana Cabinet Minister and BRS Working President KT Rama Rao lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his recent visit
Tollywood starlet Samantha Ruth Prabhu has been staying away from the media for the last few months. It is known that she has been diagnosed
Addressing a rally in the presence of Rahul Gandhi, Udai Bhan, Digvijay Singh and others, M Kharge took a dig at Union Home Minister Amit Shah
18 Pages Movie Review: After pan-India blockbuster Karthikeya 2, Nikhil and Anupama Parameswaran are once again in front of the audience
Cirkus Movie Review: Starring Ranveer Singh in a dual role alongside Pooja Hegde, Jacqueline Fernandez and Varun Sharma
Telangana CM and Bharat Rastra Samithi (BRS)’s chief K. Chandrashekar Rao plans to expand his party to six other states namely Andhra