Zero-mode waveguides (ZMWs) are widely used in single molecule fluorescence microscopy for their enhancement of emitted light and the ability to study samples at physiological concentrations. ZMWs are typically produced using photo or electron beam lithography. We report a new method of ZMW production using focused ion beam (FIB) milling with gold ions. We demonstrate that ion-milled gold ZMWs with 200 nm apertures exhibit similar plasmon-enhanced fluorescence seen with ZMWs fabricated with traditional techniques such as electron beam lithography.
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Funding: This work was funded by the Appalachian College Association Faculty Fellowship program and NIH grant R01GM138837.
© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
- single molecule
- single molecule spectroscopy
- sub-wavelength apertures
- zero-mode waveguides
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Sir Tim Rice continues to celebrate the musical heritage of the United States, reaching California, on the West Coast. This week's featured artists include the Beach Boys, Dionne Warwick, Al Jolson, Snoop Dog, The Doors and No Doubt.
Tim has long been fascinated by the history and geography of America: "The sheer romanticism of the names of the fifty states is poetry to my ears and the opportunity to explore every state of the union through its music, musicians, composers, lyricists and performers is irresistible for me."
"I hope each broadcast, through music old and new, familiar and unexpected, proves an enjoyable slice of American Pie, none quite like the forty-nine others.".

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On Friday, May 25th, Ireland faces a referendum vote on whether to repeal the pro-life 8th Amendment of the Irish Constitution.
At this very moment, Irish voters are considering whether to continue protecting preborn babies by preserving the 8th Amendment or to allow a massive abortion expansion in the country, with devastating results.
The 8th Amendment has been one of the strongest life-saving laws in the world, protecting both mothers and children from abortion. Some estimates say it has saved over 100,000 lives since being enacted in 1983.
Regrettably, the abortion industry and its well-funded allies are blanketing Ireland with abortion propaganda, trying to kill the 8th Amendment to open the floodgates of profits from abortion on demand.
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One ordinance change would require 2-mile setbacks for wind turbines, which officials say would prevent Tradewind Energy from building a 200-megawatt wind farm in northeast Walworth County.
The meeting, which closed in on three hours, ended with the commissioners narrowly voting to approve the property value guarantee, a 1,500 foot setback for participating landowners and six times the distance of the tower length or 3,000 feet setbacks from non-participating landowners. The ordinance will still get two readings before the Deuel County Commissioners April 18 and April 25.
Several residents spoke out against a 1,000-foot setback proposed as a buffer between a person's home and a wind tower, many citing potentially diminished property value and possible health effects the towers could cause.
Scott pointed to health and safety concerns, and wondered how a wind turbine within 1,000 feet of his home could potentially impact his property value. Scott's concerns come approximately one year after the commission denied a 9- to 11-turbine wind farm just down the road from his property.
Meeting at the Clear Lake Community Center in front of an audience of at least 200 people, the county commission didn’t get very far when it came time to possibly approving or denying the proposed ordinance revisions recommended by the Deuel County Planning and Zoning Board in January.
"Basically, the main issue was, of course, wind energy setbacks," Hare said. "At a previous meeting, they had modified the setbacks to 2,600 feet. Then they moved to change the setbacks back to the original 2 miles. For the wind energy people, that pretty much kills the deal."
The widow of a South Dakota man who was killed in a plane crash in 2014 is blaming the Federal Aviation Administration for the accident.
I read with some amusement Brian Minish’s Dec. 30 letter to the editor, as there are so many facts missing.
Lincoln County residents worried about the impact of a planned wind energy project will have to wait until February at the soonest for a final resolution on the project. County commissioners decided Tuesday to punt until 2017 on a set of proposed restrictions on wind turbines in the fast-growing county that includes the southern edge of Sioux Falls.
Dakota Power Community Wind would have Lincoln County residents believe that the wind farm opposition is nothing more than a bunch of whiners concerned only with the view of their countryside. DPCW has also noted the Lincoln County Commissioners’ about-face in the degree of support since the initial proposal. A lot of information has since been provided that blows holes in the rosy, distorted projections for a wind farm.
The future of a wind power project in Deuel County is still undecided following another Deuel County Zoning Board meeting this week in Clear Lake.
Lincoln County voted to bar industrial wind development Tuesday night, backers of a massive turbine farm say.
The Deuel County Zoning Board narrowly denied an application by Flying Cow Wind, LCC, to build a wind farm near Lake Cochrane. The Bitter Root Wind Farm would have put up to 14 wind turbines on agricultural land on the eastern edge of the county near the Minnesota border.
A proposed wind farm near Avon has pulled its application for a state permit, one week after nearly 300 people attended a sharply divided public hearing for the project.
Carrie Walkes of Avon, who has taught college nursing courses, spoke of her concerns about reported negative health effects of wind turbines. To prove one of her points, she touched Avon Clarion publisher Jack Brodeen — who volunteered for the demonstration — with a tuning fork. "I did feel it, and it would not be comfortable," Brodeen said.
A proposed 201-megawatt wind farm faces its next challenge this week, as state officials hold a hearing in the vicinity of the proposed Prevailing Winds site.
While some communities have welcomed wind farms with open arms, others are actively working to prevent them. “Of the 77 registered voters, 50 of them did sign a petition against it,” Letcher Township Supervisor Murray VanLaecken said.
Every night, I can sit in my lazy boy and see the red lights flicker. When I put up hay almost next to the towers, I can hear them, see their obnoxious 500-plus feet steel structures ruin the skyline, and experience the shadow flicker when the sun is coming up or going down. ...Do your homework. They will ruin your quality of life.
The township adopted an ordinance to establish a 1-mile setback for any turbine larger than 75 feet tall. Under the approved ordinance, no large wind energy system could be built within 5,280 feet of the nearest residence of a non-participating homeowner, or within 1,500 feet of the nearest neighbor's property line. ..."We're not against wind energy; I think wind energy is great," Amick said before the meeting. "But an overwhelming majority of the township residents have voiced their opinion on this, with signing the petition."
LETCHER — Opposition to the construction of turbines in rural Letcher hasn't knocked the wind out of the project's sails.


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by Sunny Datko
Fulvic Acid offers many physical, chemical and biological benefits to your garden. It gets its name from the Latin fulvus, meaning yellow, describing its color. Its natural buffering, chelating and extremely high ion-exchange properties make mineral elements easier for plants to absorb. This results in increased plant vitality, resistance to environmental stress and improved crop quality and yields.
1. Chelates Nutrients
Fulvic acids can chelate inorganic nutrients and heavy metals such as calcium, magnesium, iron, cobalt, lead and potassium. Once the calcium and iron ions have been chelated they cannot react with phosphate, sulfur or oxygen and precipitate out of solution.
2. Increases Absorption
Fulvic acid greatly increases the absorption through the cell membrane, across the cytoplasm and directly to the nucleus of cells. Once inside the plant cells, fulvic acids become catalysts that makes sure the cells get precisely the amount of nutrients they need and chelate harmful toxins, reducing them into a harmless form.
3. Transports Minerals into Cells
Because the molecular weight of fulvic acid is so low, it can easily transport nutrients in the plant. In fact, fulvic acids are able to transport over 60 times their own weight in minerals into cells. The fulvic acid actually transforms these minerals and metals into elaborate fulvic acid molecular complexes that have vastly different characteristics from their previous metallic mineral form.
4. Increases Resistance to pH Fluctuations
Plants treated with a regular diet of fulvic acid have a greater resistance to fluctuations in pH. The fulvic acid acts as a shock absorber because the nitrogen it contains is slowly released. This is extremely important because excess acidity will make minerals insoluble to plants while an alkaline pH will burn the plant.
5. “Free-Radical” Scavengers
Fulvic acids act as “free-radical” scavengers, supplying vital electrolytes, enhance and transport nutrients, catalyze enzyme reactions, increase assimilation, stimulate metabolism, chelate and change inorganic minerals into organically complex minerals, solubilize, energize, and transport major and trace elements to the site of need, and demonstrate amazing capacity for electrochemical balance.
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Grylls happy to fight One Nation for Pilbara
Maverick Nationals leader Brendon Grylls has welcomed One Nation’s latest threat to run a candidate in his Pilbara electorate.
The Pauline Hanson party is recruiting for a tilt at the March election amid major dissension in the party’s national hierarchy and dramas around its former member WA senator Rod Culleton.
Mr Grylls said the party had fielded candidates against him in four elections since 2001 without success and he expected the same result for One Nation this year.
“If any of those candidates had won it would have resulted in my not winning my seat and many things that have happened in regional WA wouldn’t have occurred,” Mr Grylls said.
“I am very, very happy to have my record tested in the electorate against One Nation. I look forward to hearing their first policy announcement and who their candidate is going to be.”
Mr Grylls said he did not believe voters would turn to One Nation in protest at the major parties. He said skewed polling by companies and lobbyists fighting his planned mining rental lease rise was the only reason for the speculation he was in danger of losing in the Pilbara — which he holds with a double-digit margin.
That polling showed a 16 per cent swing against Mr Grylls.
“The fundamentals of that polling was wrong from the start and I believe will be proved wrong again at the election,” he said.
Announcing that a new Royal Flying Doctor Service plane would be permanently based in Broome, Mr Grylls continued his attack on Federal Liberal MPs and ministers for failing to win WA a bigger share of GST.
He said other Australian States should erect statues in their honour “thanking them for presiding over a system that smashes WA’s economy into structural Budget deficit off the back of us delivering a revenue windfall to the other States”.
Acting Premier Liza Harvey was yesterday also drawn into the One Nation factor looming over the election.
Mrs Harvey said while she was not going to run commentary on the Pauline Hanson-led party, she did expect One Nation would try to attract a “collection of votes”.
“(One Nation will) put forward their policy, they’ll put forward their candidates,” she said. “It’s up to the community to do their due-diligence and determine if those candidates are appropriate and if they deserve their vote.
“Generally parties, single- issue sort of parties and candidates crop up around election time and they’ll attract a collection of votes but our responsibility, my responsibility. is to talk to the community about why I think the Liberal team deserves another go.”
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The spy shots show a partial part of the next-generation Jeep Wrangler. Earlier, images of the SUV’s cabin had also surfaced online. The 2018 Wrangler will retain its iconic design, but will come with minor tweaks, like the new door handles and a new air vent on the front fenders. The prominent waistline runs from the front door and looks like it extends all the way to the back. The windshield in the front can be folded and the hood is now slightly flatter with a larger front bumper.
The car will be available with three engines - a 3.6-litre V6, a turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder, and a 3.0-litre V6 turbo-diesel. While the six-speed manual transmission stays unchanged, Jeep will most probably introduce a new eight-speed automatic.
The car is slated to be unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November 2017.


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These gorgeous cast iron urns from our shoppe made there way to our back deck this season and I couldn't have been more excited. Last season, I had used a hodge podge of white containers in a cluster that I planted with pink and white hues. While they filled out beautifully, I felt like I needed something that was larger and more substantial under our black lights.
For winter interest, I started by adding these "Green Mountain" boxwood topiaries. I wanted to add some variety of boxwood and when I ran across these topiaries, they were the perfect addition as they allow me to plant underneath them and felt European.
When I was walking through the greenhouse, I was taken back by these ruffly black petunias called, "Midnight Gold". They feature double petals and a gold hem. These petunias sparkled my imagination and created this monochromatic look. Under the topiaries, I planted Proven Winners "Snowstorm Giant Snowflake" bacopa, "Starblast Snowdrift" euphorbia, and "Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Jet Black" potato vine".
In the smaller urn, I planted another "Midnight Gold" petunia, vinca vine, Poven Winners "Snow Princess" alyssum and "Supertunia Mini Vista White". The alyssum and supertunia are surely starting to fill in and take over the urn. In hindsight, I think I would have moved the Midnight Gold" petunia to the front of the urn as it's getting lost behind the two vigerous Proven Winners annuals but their little heads are mixing into the bunch slowly.
I love how dainty the blooms are on the alyssum and the whites contrast beautifully with the deep black colors of the petunias and potato vine! The vinca vine bloomed (which I never saw before) and I've already had to trim it up as it ticked the deck already.
I've been fertilizing the urns about once a week and they seem to be loving the feeding. I add Espoma's Bloom! organic fertilizer into my watering can. Last year I never fed any of my annuals (beginners mistake) and they began to fizzle and not perform.
A few weeks ago I hooked these containers up on drip so I didn't have to worry about watering them by hand everyday. BEST decision ever! And I think the urns are thriving more considering they're getting water consistently!
I love how these monochromatic urns turned out and I'm super excited to see how they will look at the end of the season! If you're looking for more container mixes, check them out here!


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AFS: Creating a Medicine Wheel Herb Garden with Margo Mullein
June 10, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 4:30 pm$130
There are many garden templates one can install, yet none are as Earth focused, Spiritual, and meditative as a traditional Medicine Wheel Garden. WeÕll discuss the basic structural elements which create this unique garden design and, from there, sketch one out on paper Ð influenced by our own connection with the Earth. With the basic principles planted in our hearts and minds, we will create and plant a permanent Medicine Wheel Garden garden for all at AFS to enjoy!

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Trailer Winch 2T Horizontal Mount with Hook & 8mm 12m Wire Rope Ref: 160-1-2
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All UK Built Speed Winch trailer winches are of a high build quality and the best materials are used to ensure a long trouble-free life, needing only the minimum of maintenance. A truly well built product which will reflect the quality you build into your trailer.
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2022 HEALTH CARE EDITION
BY BRIAN RASH
St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center Local facility prioritizes top-tier stroke treatment G eorgetown resident Jimmy Taylor knows more than most people about strokes. A clinical nurse coordinator at St. reasons the hospital is now one of the best options for stroke treatment in Central Texas and beyond, he said. Amy Taylor, the hospital’s manager
David’s North Austin Medical Center, Taylor has worked extensively with stroke victims throughout his career. While shopping with his wife, Tami Taylor, on Jan. 22, his right arm went numb and the vision in his left eye started fading. Jimmy told Tami he was pretty sure he was having a stroke. Tami, who is the chief nursing ocer at St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center, gave him an on-site exam and decided to drive him to the Round Rock facility. As part of his immediate treat- ment, sta performed a CT scan and then administered a clot-busting drug, or thrombolytic. “I’ve seen [stroke treatment] lots of times from outside the bed rails,” Jimmy said. “That was my rst time seeing it from inside the bed rails.” Due to his treatment, Jimmy said most of his symptoms abated within an hour with the rest pretty much gone by the next morning. There are basically two main stroke treatments patients can receive, according to health care profession- als, and Jimmy received the less invasive thrombolytic. However, had he needed a surgical procedure to remove his blood clot—a thrombectomy—Jimmy said sta could have performed it at St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center. It is one of the
of cardiovascular services and not related to Jimmy and Tami, agrees the stroke treatment center at St. David’s Round Rock is top tier. She said one of the main reasons is the hospital’s new neurointerven- tional biplane machine, which became operational in November 2020. The machine has enabled health care professionals to perform thrombectomies at the Round Rock facility. It also provides expansive 3D imaging of patients so sta can better diagnose issues, Amy said. “It’s useful not only for stroke patients, but for other patients that require dierent procedures that might be a little more invasive,” she said. Dr. Alexandra Boske, the stroke medical director at St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center for nine years, echoed the benets of the biplane technology. With stroke recovery, reaction time is crucial. The longer a stroke goes on, the more damage is done, so not needing additional time to transfer a patient to Austin improves outcomes, Boske said. “I’ve seen several cases where a person comes in near death, quite frankly, the surgeon goes in and removes the clot, and the next day they look like a dierent person,” she said. “It’s been quite remarkable.”
St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center began operating a biplane machine in late 2020.
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The neurointerventional biplane is designed for the diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders, such as strokes and brain aneurysms. St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center began operating a biplane machine in late 2020. Some benets include: • scanning that enables imaging of the brain, arteries and spine with one single injection of X-ray dye; • safer and faster than older technology; and • can reduce risk by allowing physicians to intervene earlier with patients who are in the midst of a stroke.
Dr. Alexandra Boske is the stroke medical director in Round Rock. RECOGNIZING STROKE SYMPTOMS Recognizing stroke symptoms is crucial to getting a patient proper medical care in time to potentially save their life. Symptoms to watch for include:
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Investors turn cautious as debt-ceiling fears rise
Treasuries, gold and cash prove popular as investors wait for signs of progress on the debt-ceiling resolution.
By Frank Byrt, TheStreet
Investors are showing increasing concern over Congress's resolve to reach an accord on raising the debt ceiling by Tuesday's deadline and are showing that by selling stocks and building cash or gold positions, while others are waffling on Treasury bonds.
Their concerns stem from the congressional stalemate over raising the government's $14.3 trillion debt ceiling. Complicating matters is that as part of that, Congress and the White House also must agree to a deficit-reduction package to avoid a downgrade in the government's triple-A credit rating.
That sort of uncertainty creates volatility, which translates into larger price fluctuations that strike fear into some investors but create buying opportunities for others.
Investors have gone back and forth on Treasuries this week, with some selling Treasury bills that were scheduled to mature within a few weeks. By Thursday, Treasury prices held on to modest gains after a sale of seven-year notes, which indicates that investors still have confidence in U.S. government debt. They sold at the lowest yield this year at 2.28%.
Many investors are heading for the sidelines and turning ultra-conservative. Gold futures reached a record $1,631 an ounce Wednesday amid concerns about the debt ceiling issues and the potential default of Greece on its sovereign debt.
Gold prices are expected to continue to rise until there's some resolution. Gold is up 14% this year, and is heading for its 11th straight annual gain.
The S&P 500 ($INX) is down 2% this week and down 1.2% in July, but is up 3.8% this year.
Standard & Poor's is sounding increasingly pessimistic over the resolution of the crisis and the potential repercussions. Its Investment Policy Committee warned in a report Thursday that "even though we still believe in 11th-hour miracles, we are beginning to feel like a boater attempting to restart an engine, while drifting ever closer to the falls."
The ratings firm cautions that investment strategists should not minimize "an adverse financial reaction should the U.S.'s (credit) rating be lowered, (by) rationalizing that the U.S. is still 'the safest bet on the planet.'"
Fidelity Investments' Dirk Hofschire, vice president of its Asset Allocation Research unit, wrote on the firm's website today that stocks are the most vulnerable to wild swings as the crisis drags on. "When uncertainty grows in advance of a potentially market-moving event, investors tend to gravitate toward less risky securities such as cash.
"Second, the impact of not raising the debt ceiling would be tremendously negative for the U.S. economy," he adds, as there is the threat of a double-dip recession.
But Morningstar analysts say they're "cautiously optimistic" for an outcome and note that "fundamentals are solid and there is still a great deal of cash on the sidelines that could move into the markets to fuel further gains" when a resolution is reached.
But if there isn't one or if there is just an extension of the deadline, the U.S. risks losing its triple-A credit rating which could create market disruptions and send Treasury bond yields higher, due to their perceived higher risk of default.
And that in turn would create market disruptions for other fixed income issuers because Treasuries are used as a benchmark for a large portion of the fixed income market. The end result would be higher borrowing costs across the fixed income markets.
Fidelity's Hofschire wrote that if no agreement is reached and the government was to default, the consequences will be dire. "If the U.S. were to stop its net borrowing overnight, the U.S. would in effect have to cut that 9% of (gross domestic product) GDP of government spending down to zero, which would be a massively austere fiscal adjustment that most likely would plunge the U.S. economy into recession over time. In my view, that would be negative news for stock prices because it would translate into rapid deterioration in corporate profits."
Todd Rosenbluth, a mutual fund analyst for Standard & Poor's, said in an interview that his organization has warned fixed-income mutual funds investors "that they should be aware that a credit downgrade could increase the risk profile of their mutual fund and so they will have to determine if they are comfortable with that exposure" since it could amount to a material change in their portfolio risk profile.
But Mark Travis, president of the Intrepid Capital Funds and a manager of more than $1.2 billion in assets, said he is confident that an agreement will be reached so he's looking for buying opportunities. "I'm probably in the majority (in that) I think at the end of day, they will work out some grand compromise and both sides will pat themselves on the back for saving the republic," he said of Congress and its impasse.
As for last-minute portfolio strategies, he said "it's a little too late to be defensive" in one's stock selection now, given the markets' recent decline.
Travis said his funds have been cash heavy recently, as much as 30% of the portfolio, because of the market's recent run up and in anticipation of volatility so he plans to use any dips as buying opportunities for select stocks with appealing valuations.
"We'll continue to invest" particularly as the market reacts negatively to the current events.
"Prices are up 100% from March 2009 and from our perspective, so are the risks," said Travis. "So we try to buy (stocks) that are beaten up that no one else wants" but they have long-term redeeming characteristics.
For example, he said a recent buy for the portfolio is World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), which produces and promotes wrestling matches on pay-per-view television. "People think the demographics (of its fan base) are what it's about, but really it is the valuation, which is driven by the media contract that they have in place" as that provides long-term revenue stability. The company also carries a hefty 4.84% dividend yield.
Another recent under-the-radar pick for Travis' funds is Regis Corp. (RGS), which owns or franchises more than 12,000 hair salons across North America, Europe, and Asia. Its brand names include Supercuts and Hair Club for Men and Women.
Regis, which is seen as a relatively recession-proof business, has a market value of $881 million.
Kevin DiSano, senior vice president of IndexIQ, which offers index-based investment strategies, including a series of exchange traded funds that mimic hedge funds, said hedge fund strategies are a good way to limit downside risk and still gain regardless of the outcome of the debt ceiling debate. "You can hedge effectively by adding these to your portfolio and it's much better than sitting in cash."
His firm's $28 million IQ Hedge Macro Tracker ETF (MCRO) which acts as a global tactical asset allocation portfolio, has 25% in cash, 23% in corporate bonds, 25% in foreign equities and about 10% in commodities including gold and silver, currencies, and emerging market bonds. It also holds a small short position on U.S. equities.
The fund is reweighted monthly to replicate what's going on in the hedge fund market, he said.
DiSano said it's also clear that investors are opting to invest in Asia to get strong equity returns. "There are pockets of opportunity," he said, including Japan and South Korea that are producing double-digit returns this year.
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In what some may see as the ultimate combination of work and fun, users of the Linux operating system are being offered a chance to learn more about it next August while hiking the Bavarian Alps.
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02-27-2010, 07:28 PM #1
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Bull Barrel 270
I have a model 70 xtr in 270 with a factory bull barrel. I've had the gun for about 20 years, it's a safe queen and hasn't been used much, I am thinking of selling it but I feel it's a rare gun in that caliber with a bull barrel? and with the situation with winchester, I don't know what to price this at to be fair, and suggestions?
02-27-2010, 09:24 PM #2
The current situation with Winchester is that the Model 70's are once again being made (with some changes), so the fear that there would be no more of them is for now not valid. Same with the '94. They are introducing it again, and surely more variations will be forthcoming. Prices skyrocketed on both when Winchester "folded" a few years ago, and now under new ownership, collectors and speculators are seeing prices stabilize on these guns somewhat. Some guys that thought they'd make a killing on these guns are now stuck with them since people are realizing there will be more made.
However, a Model 70 with a bull barrel in .270 Winchester is not a common gun. This could work for you or against you. In your favor is that it is uncommon. Against you is that it is a "newer" gun (even 20 years old is new for a Model 70). True Model 70 collectors are almost exclusively interested in guns made prior to 1964, and not many are interested at all in the "push-feed" action, as I assume your gun is, being an XTR from the '80's.
Most guys who like the Model 70, and are looking for a .270, are not looking for a bull-barrel gun. They want a deer/elk rifle they can carry easily.
Most guys who want a bull-barrel gun are looking for a .223, .22-250, 243, and a very few maybe a .25-06. They want a bench varminter.
Now, having said that, I would not be replying to your post at all, except for the fact that I am a Winchester collector (not of Model 70's---mine are old cowboy guns), and I am also a staunch believer in the .270 Winchester caliber. My eyes popped a bit when I saw your post. I need another .270 like a need a hole in the head, but I've never owned one with a heavy barrel. So, I guess you'd need to find a guy like me to be interested. (Which I am.) I like stuff that not many people have. I like Winchesters, and I like .270's, and I'd like to see what a heavy-barreled one does on the bench.
Garden-variety XTR's of that vintage will be priced depending on condition and caliber. (.223's are more popular than .243's). You have one that is not garden-variety, and again I would say that that could well be in your favor for price, but in your disadvantage to find an interested buyer.
My freshly printed Standard Catalog of Firearms (just got the new edition this week), shows a Model 70 XTR Varmint (in the garden-variety calibers .223-243) at $250 in good condition to $650 new in the box. "Book" prices are what they are: a guideline. Guns are worth what they sell for.
I feel I've not been much help here.
If you decide on a price, I'd like to know about it. I'll watch this post, or if you'd rather PM me, that'd be ok too. Like I said, I have no need for another .270, but yours is weird. I like weird, and I like .270's.
02-28-2010, 10:39 AM #3
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Is it a model 70 standard? made 1964-1980, 22" or 24" heavy barrel, open sight
This is the only model I can find with a 270 heavy barrel.
BB is $600 at 100%.
I am interested if it is a 24" barrel, pm me if you decide to sell it.
03-02-2010, 06:22 AM #4
Original post represented the gun as an "XTR" which is not the Standard. XTR's (at least my two), are what I would call a "semi-deluxe" version, have machine cut checkering, red rubber Winchester solid pad, and my two at least have better than average figure in the wood.
Lepew's difficulty in finding this gun in the books matches mine, but that only goes to show that the books are VERY often incomplete. NEVER assume because you can't find the gun in any book that it was never made (not original), and this is also not necessarily grounds to assume the gun is rare. I have more than one gun that cannot be found in any book, and yet I know the version is relatively common.
Also, rarity does not necessarily convey greater desirability/higher price.
Lepew: I would almost certainly guarantee that if it is a bull barrel gun, it is 24". The text in the book perhaps should have read, "available in 22" barrel standard weight, and 24" bull barrel.
What is weird about this gun, is that it is the long-action with the bull barrel, and weirder yet is that it is .270 (and not .25-06, which is the common long-action Varminter).
Apparently Bill has found two guys who like weird stuff!
03-04-2010, 12:07 AM #5
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It's not worth much. No one is going to want a model 70 bull barrel gun in 270. You should sell it to me, very cheap. I'll switch off between that and my Sendero 270 when I feel the need for making sure a deer is going down in one shot.
Some guys don't like the bull barrel guns because of the weight and typical length of a gun like that.
I don't mind a heavy gun. I hunt with my sendero, a sharps and other heavy guns.
If I'm in the woods with my 270 in my hands and I see a deer, it's going die.
If I were going to sell a gun like that I would try and track gunbroker and other sites for a while to see if I could find others and watch the auction to see what they go for. I would think that despite the blue book, it could bring good money simply because there are a lot of accuracy freaks out there and that should be a great shooter.


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Herts Police has also moved to correct “misinformation” being circulated via social networking service Twitter that there were scenes of disorder in the county.
The spokeswoman said: “There is a lot rumour on the social networking sites but they were unfounded. We have been monitoring that.”
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The organisation’s official Twitter site tweeted at 6pm on Monday that “There are currently no incidents of disorder in Herts. We are monitoring situation [sic] & are prepared. Any offenders will be dealt with robustly.”
This was followed by a further tweet at 9pm on Monday, confirming: “There are no incidents of criminal disorder ongoing in Hertfordshire at all.”
Meanwhile, a spokesman for First Capital Connect has confirmed that despite riots in London there has been no significant decrease in the number of passengers travelling south of St Albans today (Tuesday).
He said: “We don’t think this is the case. It’s quieter, of course, because of the school holidays and has been since they began.”


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An Art of Love Novel
By Kitsy Clare
Sequel to Model Position
Sometimes sugar isn’t so sweet and secrets can be deadly...especially with matters of the heart.
Sienna’s bestie, Harper warned her not to intern for famous bad boy artist, Casper Mason. After all, he just fired Harper who helped Sienna get the interview. But the moment Sienna sees Casper—or Caz—sweaty, practically shirtless and swinging from chains as he works on his sculpture, she’s hooked. He’s the richest, hottest artist in New York, and he lives in the fabulous Williamsburg Sugar Factory. But he’s also an incorrigible game-player, who seems to relish testing Sienna’s loyalty with a string of unsettling tests.
She knows she should get away fast. But by the time Sienna sneaks into his locked storage room and begins to unearth his dark and terrifying secret, she’s fallen way too hard for the handsome, charismatic Caz.
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When I stop trembling, I look over at him. He’s balanced on the pipe, in a carefree, loose manner, as if it’s as easy as doing cartwheels on grass. A wicked grin is slowly spreading across his treacherously handsome face. In one hand—a big, hairy muscular hand, toughened with calluses—he’s gripping the drill.
I can’t help but imagine where those hands might have been: Digging in piles of sugar, hammering nails to erect this studio, stroking a pretty girl’s thigh, inching upward to her softer, private places.
What the hell? Do I want to be that girl? I can’t help imagining that the drill is his rock-hard member he’s inviting me to play with.
Stop it, Sienna! Your mind is disintegrating into a smutty, infatuated muddle.
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Madden NFL 20
Madden NFL 20
Madden NFL 20 is another entry in the most popular NFL game series. Expect another one in the subsequent year.
Madden NFL 20 Articles
EA to agree exclusive NFL partnership
EA will continue to develop and publish more Madden NFL games in the upcoming years. The company is expected to sign a major deal which will see the Madden series continue until 2025.
Xbox, EA Sports, and Nike team up to deliver a custom Xbox One X
Xbox, EA Sports, and Nike are celebrating Sunday’s showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers with a limited-edition custom console. The custom Xbox One X is inspired by the special edition Nike x Madden NFL 20 Air Max 90.
Madden NFL 20 was the best selling game on PS4 in August
Sony revealed the list of top 20 best selling digital games on PlayStation 4 in the month of August 2019. EA Sport's Madden NFL 20 is leading the pack while Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition and GTA V are in second and third respectively.
Madden NFL 20 vs Madden NFL 19 graphics comparison on PS4
In this graphics comparison video, we take a look at the visual differences between EA's Madden NFL 20 and Madden NFL 19. How different does the new game look? Watch our video and you be the judge. Note that all footage was captured on PS4.
Genshin Impact update 2.2 banner characters apparently revealed?11
Genshin Impact update 2.2 banner characters apparently revealed?
Banner re-runs have recently become pretty common in the world of Genshin Impact. A recent leak revealed that we might get the chance to pull for Hu Tao or Childe.
Resident Evil 3 Nemesis Edition reportedly leaks online11
Resident Evil 3 Nemesis Edition reportedly leaks online
Resident Evil 3 "Director's Cut" named Nemesis Edition is reportedly a real thing and could be announced at Tokyo Games Show 2021 later this month.
Pathfinder: WotR Conundrum Unsolved puzzle solution and it's not bugged11
Pathfinder: WotR Conundrum Unsolved puzzle solution and it's not bugged
One of the puzzles in Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous that may seem bugged resides in Conundrum Unsolved location but here is the solution and reasons why it's not.
Pathfinder: WotR location of Storyteller in Drezen11
Pathfinder: WotR location of Storyteller in Drezen
Storyteller is quite useful in Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, which is probably why you're trying to find him in the city, even though he's not necessarily there.
Destiny 2: Hawkmoon quest not appearing? Here is what you need to do11
Destiny 2: Hawkmoon quest not appearing? Here is what you need to do
Bungie released Hawkmoon recently but you may not see the Exotic Quest in Spider's Dialogue. This is because you need to complete some requirements first.
Pathfinder: WotR - Core of the Riddle solution and slab location11
Pathfinder: WotR - Core of the Riddle solution and slab location
Core of the Riddle is another puzzle in the chain for the Heart of Mystery and here is all you need to know to continue adventuring in Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous Gray Garrison puzzle solution11
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous Gray Garrison puzzle solution
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous features several brain teasers but here is a solution to an early one, in case you want to mostly bypass it.
Genshin Impact update 2.2 will apparently bring two banner re-runs11
Genshin Impact update 2.2 will apparently bring two banner re-runs
A recent tweet from a credible Genshin Impact leaker has revealed that we might get two banner re-runs in the upcoming update 2.2. Thoma will apparently be the only new character.
Genshin Impact: Yae Miko release date has apparently been leaked11
Genshin Impact: Yae Miko release date has apparently been leaked
With all the recent leaks about many Genshin Impact characters, we have decided to extract all of the information there currently is about one of the upcoming characters - Yae Miko.
Sons of The Forest is rumoured for Halloween 2021 release date11
Sons of The Forest is rumoured for Halloween 2021 release date
Rumour has it that The Forest sequel Sons of the Forest will be launching on Halloween - October 31, 2021. A new trailer will apparently go live early next month.

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The kit consists of 3 new Bosch motorsport 980cc injectors with harness adaptors
A new billet machined fuel rail to suit 14mm injectors with OEM style fitting
Replacement E85 compatible fuel hose with OEM style connectors.
The fuel rail features a much larger 10mm bore that is able to flow much more fuel than the OEM rail.
Custom tuning will be required.


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Sally Sara speaking in the South East
Sally Sara, AM, is visiting the South East to share some of the fascinating stories from her career as a foreign correspondent and award winning journalist.
Sally has delivered reports to the ABC audience from some of the most troubled spots in the world, including Afghanistan, India, Lebanon and Sierre Leone.
Sally most recently worked as the ABC's Afghanistan correspondent where she covered the on-going conflicts from one of the world's most dangerous warzones.
Starting her career with the ABC as a rural reporter, Sally moved onto Current Affairs before being sent on her first post as a foreign correspondent to Africa.
Sally was the first woman appointed to the ABC's Africa bureau where she stayed for five years before becoming the South East Asia correspondent based in New Dehli, India.
Sally worked solo in Africa, serving as the cameraman and reporter, and spent more than 180 days on the road.
When Sally took a holiday from Africa, she arrived in London and was greeted by the London bombings, something she said she covered "by accident".
"I just happened to be there, I was only a few hundred metres from one of the stations that had been hit, our London bureau needed some help," she said.
In 2011, Sally was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia for service to journalism and the community.
She has won numerous other awards including being a finalist in the Walkley Awards for Journalism, six times.
Sally grew up in Port Broughton, South Australia, and has taken over the late Paul Lockyer's role as reporter of the ABC's rural and regional affairs.
Event organiser, Liz Ballinger, says it is a privilege to have Sally in the Tatiara.
"I met Sally through email after reading her book 'GoGo Mama'.
"I was so compelled to email her and thank her for her compassion and within an hour and four emails, Sally was coming to Bordertown, she is truly amazing," she said.
The evening, hosted by Women in Business and Regional Development, will include an art exhibition and an auction (including a kelpy puppy)
Sally Sara is speaking at the Tatiara Civic Centre, Bordertown, on Friday 21 September at 7pm.
A bus is leaving Mount Gambier at 5pm from the Target carpark.
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- Agriculture Victoria senior veterinarian Robert Suter says six shearers, allegedly depicted abusing sheep in a video released by PETA in 2014, have be
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- Gippsland mother-of-three Fiona Plant says her family is owed hundreds of thousands of dollars by National Dairy Products.
- Victorian contractor Emma Morvell says the wool industry already has everything it needs to rid sheds of drug abuse. She requires every worker to sign


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By Robin Amer
When James Kpoto bought his house in Minneapolis’ Jordan neighborhood in 2001, he knew he had made a terrible mistake. He moved to the 2300 block of Ilion Avenue North at the advice of his uncle, also an immigrant from Liberia. But his uncle didn’t tell him how bad crime was there — worse than in most other areas according to police data.
“There were shootings and killings almost every day,” Kpoto recalls. “It was scary.”
Kpoto considered “walking away” from his house, despite a $95,000 mortgage. A local police officer encouraged him to start a block club instead. Kpoto was shocked when more than 15 people showed up to the first meeting.
Today, Kpoto, 58, is proud of his part of Jordan, a mostly black low- to middle-income neighborhood where the average resident makes just more than $30,000 a year: “You can see how quiet this block is compared to other blocks.”
Looking among colorful prewar homes and manicured lawns dotted with tiger lilies and blue bells, signs of a second crisis emerge – one that threatens the financial stake and sweat equity Kpoto and his neighbors have invested.


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Hermes- Vintage- Art Deco- Rectangular Watch
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On Wednesday, the Albuquerque City Council came to a decision not to pass an anti-gun resolution that would have sent a proposal to the legislature requesting they strip the “firearms pre-emption clause” from Article II, Section 6 of the state constitution. The measure would ask for the revision to the article of the Constitution to be put on the ballot for voters’ approval.
The anti-gun measure, which would have potentially allowed cities like Albuquerque to pass whatever restrictions on guns they would like, would offer citizens no protection, and subject them to extreme restrictions on their constitutively protected right to own a firearm.
According to the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action, “Only five states — CT, HI, MA, NJ & NY, all bastions of gun control — have no preemption law or constitutional protection. Preemption ensures uniformity in state gun laws wherever you live, work or travel so that law-abiding citizens don’t unknowingly run afoul of confusing and conflicting local restrictions.”
The measure failed on a vote of 4 to 5, with Council Members Klarissa J. Peña, Brook Bassan, Cynthia Borrego, Trudy Jones, and Don Harris all opposing the measure. The resolution’s sponsors, Diane G. Gibson and Isaac Benton, as well as Pat Davis and Lan Sena, supported the failed measure.


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David Rockefeller, the last surviving grandson of Standard Oil Company founder John D. Rockefeller, Sr., died Monday morning at the family estate in Pocantico Hills. Rockefeller was 101, the oldest living member of the family, at his passing. He was the last son of philanthropist and financier John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and was the family patriarch since 2004.
Rockefeller, also a philanthropist and banker, served as chief executive and chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank, which for years has also been known as Rockefeller Bank despite the small percent of its shares the family owned.
Rockefeller and his wife, Margaret “Peggy” McGrath, who died in 1996, had six children together. Five of the six children survive Rockefeller: David Rockefeller Jr., Abigail Aldrich “Abby” Rockefeller, Neva Rockefeller, Margaret Dulany “Peggy” Rockefeller, and Eileen Rockefeller. Richard Gilder Rockefeller was killed in June 2014 when his single-engine place crashed near the Westchester Country Airport in White Plains.
Rockefeller’s cause of death has not yet been released.


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The story behind a modern jazz standard
The son of a trumpeter in a Dixieland band, the virtuosic keyboardist Chick Corea is revered as one of the principal alchemists in the fusion of jazz with rock, funk, and Latin music. After recording his seminal 1968 album, Now He Sings, Now He Sobs, he replaced Herbie Hancock as the piano chair in Miles Davis's band—the band that recorded such classic albums as Bitches Brew. Throughout his eclectic career, Corea has collaborated with vibraphonist Gary Burton and banjoist Bela Fleck, pioneered the use of the Fender Rhodes electric piano, and won 16 Grammys. In 1972 he founded the jazz fusion group Return to Forever, which he's steered through several lives—including Return to Forever IV, which recently concluded its 2011 World Tour. Here, Corea shares the original sheet music for "Spain," a composition for the group's 1972 sophomore album, Light as a Feather.
THE FIRST RECORDING took about three hours at a New York studio. This was in 1972, within the first year or two of Return to Forever's inception. We were on the road continually, and we were adding music to our repertoire and preparing our second record. Our rhythm was pretty developed by then-Stanley [Clarke] on bass, Airto [Moreira] playing the trap drums, bringing his Brazilian touch to everything, plus my writing.
At the time I was in love with Miles's "Sketches of Spain," with Gil Evans. I still am. On that record Gil has this fantastic arrangement-it's the second movement of Joaquin Rodrigo's "Concierto de Aranjuez." I fooled around with that theme, extended it and composed some melodies, which turned out to be the main themes of "Spain." I always play Rodrigo's second movement as a keyboard intro.
I work out alternatives in my head, toss them around, play them on the piano until I find a piece that's the best. And I don't set anything down onto paper until I've got a pretty long flow, a complete melodic statement.
By 1976 or so, I started to tire of the song. I started playing really perverted versions of it-I'd refer to it just for a second, then I'd go off on an improvisation. Once the acoustic band was in action, sometime around '85, I decided to try my hand at a rearrangement of the piece. Then there was the orchestral arrangement. Even with my current band, Return to Forever IV, we're still playing "Spain." We've gone back to the original arrangement.
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Maybe another tune will come to the forefront. Probably not, at this part of my life. I don't know. I don't think any artist really knows why a song gets popular. A lot of artists say, we'll, it was a sing-able melody, the rhythm was infectious. You could surmise a lot.
The constant challenge is not so much the creative process, but the challenge of presenting an idea to the public. It's a constant challenge to get your arrangement and musical expression across to a new audience, especially when you're playing live every night, like we are.
Miles set this example of creative fearlessness. He kept changing the way he played. He kept changing the poem of his music. Now, when I play soul piano, for instance, and I play a rendition of "Spain," I do it deconstructively. That's the most fun, but I can only do that when I'm on my own.
-Chick Corea, as told to Alex Hoyt


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Michael Colborne is a journalist who focuses on the transnational far-right and leads Bellingcat Monitoring, Bellingcat’s project to research and monitor the far-right in central and eastern Europe.
Michael’s latest book, From the Fires of War, Ukraine’s Azov Movement and the Global Far Right (Ibidem-verlag/Columbia University Press, 2022) explains how Azov came to be and continues to exploit Ukraine’s fractured social and political situation – including the only ongoing war on European soil – to build one of the most ambitious and dangerous far-right movements in the world.
He tweets at @ColborneMichael.
The current research paper aims to address the distinction between different misogynist communities by employing a multi-layered analytical framework.
This Perspective will analyse the Wagner Group’s designation as a terrorist organisation in light of its connection to transnational organised crime.
This policy brief explores Malaysia’s approach in managing the returning fighters and their families in the post-IS phase.

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The attorney for the massive effort at legal intimidation and the impeding of anti-jihad efforts that is the Flying Imams lawsuit is unhappy. His clients, you see, have been getting a lot of bad press. Never mind that MSNBC’s Contessa Brewer, to the surprise and delight of Ibrahim Hooper of unindicted Hamas co-conspirator CAIR, compared them to Rosa Parks. Others have exposed what they’re really up to, and attorney Omar Mohammedi, a CAIR op himself, can’t bear that. But he’ll just have to put up with it, for now.
“Attorney for imams removed from plane loses bid to limit access,” by Amy Forliti for Associated Press (thanks to all who sent this in):
A federal judge overseeing a lawsuit filed by six Muslim men who were removed from a US Airways flight last fall has declined to limit public access to the case.
Omar T. Mohammedi, a New York attorney for the six Muslim scholars, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he sought limited media access because he felt some of the coverage of the case has been biased against his clients.
“When you think of the media, and the way they have been portraying this case, it has not been very helpful. It has been biased,” Mohammedi said. “That has caused a lot of stress, a lot of stress on our clients, as well as made it difficult for us to handle this case … in a manner that it should be handled.”
In a letter dated Tuesday and addressed to Mohammedi, U.S. District Judge Ann Montgomery noted that Mohammedi had requested that the court remove members of the media from an electronic distribution list, bar members of the media from attending hearings, and hold proceedings in closed session.
“The Court declines to treat this case in the extraordinary manner that you request,” the judge wrote. She added that the public and press have an interest in full access to judicial proceedings under the First Amendment.
“You have provided no legal authority supporting your request to limit public access to this case,” Montgomery wrote. “While it is regrettable that anonymous individuals have threatened violence, the Court Security Officers will insure that the United States Courthouse here in Minneapolis is secure.”

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Mantra Resources to start uranium mining at Mkuju River project
Australia’s Mantra Resources Pty Ltd. (ASX:MRU)) will start extracting uranium at its Mkuju River project in Tanzania, reports AllAfrica.com.
Its subsidiary Mantra Tanzania Ltd. received its environmental impact assessment certificate from the government and is set to proceed.
The company said it would wait for the dry season — typically June through September — to begin so trucks can drive safely on the roads.
During the life of the mine, the Mkuju River project anticipates $1 billion of foreign investment and generate about $630 million to direct and indirect cash flows.
The European Union said it would work with the Tanzanian government to ensure uranium mining is properly conducted.
The Mkuju River project is an in situ recovery uranium project about 470 kilometres southwest of Dar es Salaam. It holds 139,600 tonnes of measured and indicated resources.
Canadian-based Uranium One Inc. (TSE: UUU) holds a minority stake in the project.

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